104: The end of the war

Everyone else was puzzled because Tang Tian hadn't resurfaced from the water, and those four Qi Refinement stage eight Cultivators had destroyed his sword to vent their anger.

The sword seal in Tang Tian's Dantian burst, but fortunately, Tang Tian had first used Spiritual Qi to block it.

The strength of those four Qi Refinement stage eight Cultivators was genuine, unlike that watery Qi Training Ninth Level Cultivator.

On the Gang's side, a thousand people had already been killed; the battle was fierce, and many bodies sank.

The battlefield had only started a few minutes ago, such was the cruelty of combat between Cultivators.

But Tang Tian was not yet ready to act, because acting now would inevitably require releasing a large amount of Evil Qi to win.

If Tang Tian did that, he would definitely be exposed.

So, to remain undetected, he could only use two hundred strands of Evil Qi to force the four Murong Family members to retreat.

The Murong Family caravan was not weak, but after extensive fighting, all members of the Murong Family caravan, except for the four Qi Refinement stage eight Cultivators, had died.

And of these Gang forces, only over four hundred people remained.

Those Qi Refinement stage eight Cultivators had been slashed by them and were not lightly injured.

However, their eyes were ruthless, and they already wanted to end the battle.

Another chaotic slaughter ensued, and over two hundred Gang members died.

Tang Tian acted in the water at this moment, brandishing his rabbit hair brush.

The "Extreme Encouragement Qi" from the "Three Character Classic" was released, followed by numerous other extreme types of Qi, and the entire Literary Qi of the "Three Character Classic" was perfectly and completely unleashed by Tang Tian.

Literary Qi surged in the sky, and hundreds of streams of Qi shot out from his hand.

And Tang Tian was beneath this bloody water; no one knew where he was.

Who would have thought that Tang Tian was a Lianqi Seventh Level Cultivator, capable of staying underwater for five days without issue?

Those four Qi Refinement stage eight Cultivators said:

"Not good, there's an ambush!"

The Literary Qi instantly struck them.

Tang Tian also rushed out of the water at this moment, and two hundred strands of Evil Qi rose into the air.

Two attacks came one after another, and thirty strands of Cold Feather were released from Tang Tian's hand.

Those four Qi Refinement stage eight Cultivators were scared and said:

"Who are you?! The Murong Family will not let you go!"

Tang Tian said:

"Yu Ping of the Yu Family!"

Coupled with the remaining two hundred-plus people constantly hacking at them, those four Qi Refinement stage eight Cultivators were scared; although they practiced Body Refining,

they couldn't withstand the frenzied attacks of that group of people, and they all fled one by one.

They left behind a harsh warning:

"Yu Ping, is it? My Murong Family will definitely kill you."

These four Cultivators abandoned their ship and fled, disappearing in a flash.

Tang Tian stood on the ship's rail; the battle was over.

In this battle, these four Qi Refinement stage eight Cultivators had killed at least a thousand people.

This battle was truly cruel.

The remaining Cultivators who survived were overjoyed, scrambling to snatch the Spirit Stones from the Murong Family caravan.

Tang Tian didn't want to stop them; after all, these Spirit Stones weren't his.

...

The Yu Family Ancestor had only asked Tang Tian to transport the Spirit Stones back; as for the Spirit Stones they took, the Yu Family Ancestor would make them spit them out.

At this moment, Yu Xu came to meet them.

Seeing that group of Cultivators snatching the Murong Family's Spirit Stones, he furiously said:

"Anyone who dares to snatch Spirit Stones dies."

He killed several Cultivators in a row before retrieving the snatched Spirit Stones.

Yu Xu looked at Tang Tian and said:

"Yu Tian, you did well; this battle was a great victory."

Yu Xu had his people go down to the river to retrieve the Spirit Stones that had fallen to the bottom.

The remaining hundred-plus Cultivators looked fearfully at the Foundation Establishment Poison Pill in Yu Xu's hand.

If he made a move, everyone in this river would die.

Yu Xu said:

"My Yu Family will compensate your merits with Medicinal Pills; hand over all the Spirit Stones."

Those people had no choice but to hand over the snatched Spirit Stones, but Yu Xu gave each of them a thousand Gathering Qi Pills, which was quite generous of the Yu Family.

The unhappiness on those Cultivators' faces subsided a bit; a thousand Gathering Qi Pills were worth a thousand Spirit Stones, so the Yu Family hadn't mistreated them.

But Tang Tian knew the reason behind it; as an Alchemist refining this kind of medicinal material, he could divide one portion of medicinal material into a hundred portions.

And what the Yu Family did was essentially dismiss them with ten herbs, but since they weren't Alchemists, they couldn't tell.

The remaining two hundred surviving Cultivators all went into the water to salvage their former teammates' Storage Rings; both sides were very satisfied with this harvest.

Yu Xu saw that only two hundred Cultivators had survived and was inwardly intimidated by Tang Tian's ruthlessness.

Yu Xu asked:

"What was the cultivation of the strongest person in the Murong Family caravan?"

A person from the nearby Gang said:

"The strongest was at the Qi Training Ninth Level."

Yu Xu naturally didn't believe there was a Murong Family Qi Training Ninth Level Cultivator; it was just an artificially inflated cultivation level achieved with a Foundation Establishment Realm meditation mat, and even he, a Lianqi Fifth Level Cultivator, could kill such a person.

Yu Xu continued to inquire:

"Then how did you win?"

A person from the nearby Gang said:

"The commander released two hundred strands of Evil Qi, which scared away those four Qi Refinement stage eight Cultivators."

The commander was Tang Tian.

Yu Xu gave Tang Tian a deep look; this person was ruthless and not to be offended.

The Yu Family smashed the Murong Family's last merchant ship, and Tang Tian returned to the shore.

All the corpses in front of him sank into the river, and Tang Tian's eyes flickered.

Yu Xu said:

"Yu Tian, you performed very well this time; I will definitely record your merit."

Tang Tian said:

"I am merely doing my duty for the Yu Family."

Tang Tian asked:

"The casualties were heavy this time; will the Yu Family still give me two thousand people for my next task?"

Yu Xu was shocked by how Tang Tian could say such a thing; he thought two thousand Cultivators were like cabbages? This was half the number of Gang forces in the entire Shashi County.

If it weren't for the Yu Family Ancestor fearing that this group of people might be traitors, Tang Tian wouldn't have been asked to deplete them.

Yu Xu said:

"Perhaps you won't have tasks in the future, given the heavy casualties you incurred."

Tang Tian asked:

"Then can I participate when we finally breach the Murong Family?"

Yu Xu said:

"Of course."

Tang Tian was now at ease; he just needed to reap the benefits at the end.

After the team finished cleaning up, they pushed the Spirit Stones back to Qingmu County.

Meanwhile, the Murong family Clan Chief learned of this matter and furiously said:

"Yu Family, you have resorted to such despicable methods! Disperse all the Spirit Stones in the clan, go to Jinque City to seek aid, and fight the Yu Family to the death!"

...

Tang Tian met the Yu Family Ancestor, who said:

"Yu Xu has already told me about this matter. Take this Qi Refinement stage eight Alchemy cauldron; you won't have any more tasks for now. You can learn Alchemy from Yu Su in your free time."

It turned out that the Yu Family Ancestor was grooming Tang Tian to become an Alchemy tool for the Yu Family.

Tang Tian was stunned and muttered to himself:

"Yu Su's Alchemy skills are definitely not as good as mine. To work for your Yu Family, I can't stand your Yu Family's method of using people as Beast Fire. If my strength wasn't insufficient, I would kill every single cultivation Family in Qingmu County and the surrounding counties, without exception."

But facing a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, Tang Tian said:

"Alchemy is also my desire."

The Yu Family Ancestor said:

"Take these three thousand Spirit Stones. Go to Jinque City first to buy some Alchemist Secret Manuals, as my Yu Family lacks basic Alchemy Secret Realms."

Tang Tian fell silent.

The Yu Family Ancestor said:

"It would be best to get certified as a Profound Rank Sixth Grade Alchemist at the Jinque City Lord's Mansion before returning, as Yu Su is a Profound Rank Fifth Grade Alchemist.

"You must at least be a Profound Rank Sixth Grade Alchemist to be qualified to inherit the Yu Family's Alchemy legacy..."