78: Chapter 78 Tang Mu Arrives

Not far away, Pei Tianlin witnessed everything with his own eyes, his eyes widened like copper bells, his face filled with disbelief.

It wasn't until several breaths later that he recovered from his shock, muttering involuntarily, "So strong!"

Although he had long known that his Old Ancestor was at the Late Stage of Five Viscera, the fact that he had slapped Patriarch Li Wu to death with a single palm still exceeded his imagination.

Since when had a Five-Viscera Martial Artist become so weak?

They couldn't even block one palm from the Old Ancestor.

His own strength was inferior to Patriarch Li Wu's, so wouldn't that mean he couldn't even withstand a single palm?

He had thought he stood at the Peak, but it turned out he was still a weakling.

This dealt him a heavy blow, and the joy of his Breakthrough to the Five Viscera Realm vanished completely.

But soon, he cheered up and felt fortunate for it.

His Old Ancestor was so strong, so what if he was a little proud?

Regaining his confidence, Pei Tianlin shifted his gaze to the battlefield of the Divine Strength Martial Artists.

If he couldn't beat a Five-Viscera Martial Artist, surely he could handle these Divine Strength Martial Artists.

Pei Tianlin grinned and charged into the Divine Strength battlefield.

With a Five-Viscera Martial Artist like him charging in, it was no less than a tiger entering a flock of sheep.

Originally, many Elders of the Li Family had already noticed the death of Patriarch Li Wu and were harboring thoughts of retreating.

With the addition of Pei Tianlin, the Elders of the two families were like tigers that had grown wings, and in an instant, they slaughtered all the Elders of the Li Family.

"The Li Family's Patriarch and Elders have all been killed. If you still want to live, surrender immediately!"

Amidst Pei Tianlin's roar, the Li Family guards also lost their Battle Intent and threw down their weapons one after another.

"It's over."

Watching the Li Family guards drop their weapons, Wang Gang also let out a long sigh of relief.

As a subsidiary family, Wang Gang had originally thought that the Wang Family would suffer significant sacrifices in this operation.

Unexpectedly, this operation was much easier than he had imagined.

The coalition forces of the two sides had suffered less than twenty percent casualties, and all those lost were merely Foundation Martial Artists.

As for the Divine Strength Martial Artists, apart from a few Elders being injured, not a single one had died.

If this had been said before the battle, he absolutely would not have believed this would be the outcome.

One had to know that their opponent was the Li Family, one of the three major families.

But he knew even more clearly that the mastermind behind the Li Family's collapse to this extent was Ancestor Pei, Pei Qingyun.

Whenever he thought of Pei Qingyun, the image of Patriarch Li Wu being slapped to death with one palm would subconsciously appear in his mind, breaking him out in a cold sweat.

Everyone said Pei Qingyun was at the Middle Stage of Five Viscera Realm, but which Middle Stage of Five Viscera Realm could slap Patriarch Li Wu, who was also at the Five Viscera Realm, to death with one palm?

He even suspected that the Chief of the Evil Suppressing Department, Chen Yuanba, might not even be able to do this.

Back then, when Wang Yang went to provoke Pei Qingyun, it was truly an ant trying to shake an elephant, overestimating himself.

"Fortunately, I made the right choice. I believe no one will dare to question my judgment again."

While feeling fortunate, Wang Gang's gaze swept over the Elders of the Wang Family.

Feeling the gaze from Wang Gang, many Elders of the Wang Family lowered their heads.

In fact, before this operation, there were still many voices of doubt within the Wang Family.

But he had overruled all objections and dispatched all the active forces of the Family.

After all, although the Wang Family was a subsidiary family of the Pei Family, their strength had greatly diminished after the rebellion.

And now they had to join the Pei Family to wipe out the Li Family.

To say that these Elders were all willing in their hearts was impossible.

The Li Family's strength was not weak, and no one wanted to die in this operation to wipe them out.

The current battle results were undoubtedly a slap in the face.

Even without them, the Elders, the Pei Family could easily take down the Li Family at most at the cost of some more casualties.

Especially with the strength Pei Qingyun displayed, even if the Wang Family gave birth to another Five-Viscera Martial Artist, they would only be able to keep their heads down and would not dare to have any thoughts of rebellion.

The battle had been won, but the aftermath work was exceptionally complicated.

In this operation, all the Divine Strength Martial Artists in the Li Family's territory had been killed, sixty percent of the Foundation guards were dead or injured, and the remaining forty percent were captives, which were the Pei Family's spoils of war.

In addition to this, the gold and silver treasures, Cultivation Technique, Secret Manuals, and Spirit Pills in the Li Family's territory were all a huge sum of wealth.

Pei Qingyun naturally wanted to empty all of these things out; it was impossible to leave them for other forces.

As for the contribution of the Wang Family in this operation, Pei Qingyun would also provide certain rewards afterwards.

If you want the horse to run, you have to feed it grass.

Pei Qingyun was also quite satisfied with the Wang Family's overall actions this time.

Of course, in addition to the gains, the damage caused by this operation also needed to be paid for.

This was also not a small number.

But compared to the harvest, it was just a drop in the bucket.

At the end of the day, Divine Strength Martial Artists were the core of the Pei Family.

These Foundation Martial Artists were, to put it nicely, the grassroots of the Pei Family, but in reality, they were just cannon fodder and were not worth much money at all.

However, Pei Qingyun had not forgotten the remnants of the Li Family.

Besides their ancestral land, the Li Family also had personnel in various industries.

Among these people, there were still a few Divine Strength Martial Artists.

Pei Qingyun thought that they might as well take advantage of the moonlight, work a little harder, and wipe out the remnants in one fell swoop.

He had to kill them all.

In case a Child of Luck popped out to harass the Pei Family, he didn't want to be annoyed by it.

With the confession of the Li Family captives, Pei Qingyun found the Li Family's treasury.

While looting the treasury, Pei Qingyun also arranged for some personnel to carry out the final cleanup work.

"I will leave this matter to you."

Pei Qingyun said to Pei Tianlin, who was beside him.

Soon, Pei Tianlin led three teams of men to the various industries of the Li Family.

But just as the Pei Family was counting and transporting their wealth, troops from the government office arrived at the Li Family's ancestral land.

The leader was none other than the Wuyang County Magistrate, Tang Mu.

Seeing the corpses all over the ground and the members of the Pei Family constantly moving treasures, he knew that the Li Family had been destroyed.

The destruction of the Li Family made him extremely angry.

But what he was angry about was not that the Li Family was truly gone, but that the Pei Family had ignored his warning and clearly did not take him seriously.

If it were just that, he might not have taken action against the Pei Family.

But when he saw these chests of treasures being moved away right before his eyes, a strong sense of greed arose in his heart.

This was the accumulation of the Li Family over a hundred years, even if the treasures inside might not be useful to him.

But if they were all sold, they could certainly be exchanged for a huge amount of wealth.

With this wealth, he might be able to buy the things he wanted.

The Li Family didn't want him to step in.

He had indeed arrived a little late, but it didn't count as a breach of contract.

Furthermore, there were so few people from the Pei Family left here.

He speculated that the Pei Family was highly likely to have suffered serious damage after this great battle.

After all, the core strength of the two families was not much different.

This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

If he eliminated the Pei Family, he could sit on the wealth of three families.

Thinking of this, Magistrate Tang Mu's mind was occupied by greed, and he angrily shouted, "Your Pei Family has a lot of nerve, launching a night raid on the Li Family and ignoring the laws of the imperial court! Men, take them all down!"