87: Chapter 87 Confiscating property and exterminating the clan? No, this is called resource recycling.

Yunmeng City, a deathly silence after the Asura Field.

With Ye Nantian's demise, the sky-full of blood rain gradually ceased.

Lin Que floated in mid-air, the starfall mo dao in his hand still dripping with the blood of a Nascent Soul mighty figure.

His black robe flapped in the wind, and the purple, white, and red tri-colored exotic flames swirling around him slowly retracted into his body, forming a faint divine halo.

Below, hundreds of thousands of Cultivators looked up at this God of Slaughter, not daring to breathe loudly.

"Won... won?"

"Golden Core slays Nascent Soul... the heavens have changed."

Alliance Leader, the Zhengdao Alliance Leader, stood not far away, his face pale and his eyes filled with extreme complexity.

He looked at Lin Que, wanting to say something, but didn't know what attitude to take. Call him Senior? The other party was only at the Golden Core Stage. Call him Little Friend? The other party had just cleaved his lifelong enemy, Ye Nantian, out of existence.

"Alliance Leader Li."

Lin Que turned around, casually twirling his saber, breaking the silence.

"Uh... Lin... Fellow Daoist Lin."

Alliance Leader tensed up, subconsciously gripping the sword in his hand.

"Don't be nervous."

Lin Que revealed his signature "kind" smile: "Since the Ye Family Patriarch has been executed, then as a rebellious Family colluding with the Demonic Cult..."

He pointed to the most luxurious district below, occupied by the Ye Family: "According to the laws of the Zhengdao Alliance, shouldn't it be time to... confiscate their property?"

Alliance Leader was stunned, then immediately reacted.

The Ye Family was finished. When a wall collapses, everyone pushes it down. If he didn't express his stance now, this God of Slaughter's saber might point towards the Zhengdao Alliance.

"No... that's right!"

Alliance Leader immediately said with righteous indignation: "The Ye Family betrayed the Human Race, their crimes are unforgivable! I announce that the Ye Family is to be immediately sealed, and all clan members..."

"Wait."

Lin Que interrupted him, shaking his finger: "How can such rough work trouble the Alliance Leader personally?"

"I expended a lot of energy killing Ye Nantian (actually not), and urgently need some 'spiritual damage compensation'."

"I'm taking over the Ye Family's treasury. Alliance Leader has no objections, right?"

Alliance Leader's mouth twitched.

Taking over? You're outright robbing!

But looking at Lin Que's eyes, which flickered with exotic flames, how could he object?

"No... no objection. This is what Fellow Daoist Lin deserves."

...

Ye Family ancestral land, in front of the defensive Formation.

At this moment, the Ye Family interior was already in chaos.

With Ye Nantian's death, the remaining Golden Core Stage Elders, though terrified, were mostly driven by madness.

"Damn it! That Lin Que is coming!"

"Quick! Activate the **[Jade and Stone Burning Together Great Formation]**!!"

The Ye Family Grand Elder's eyes were bloodshot, tightly clutching a blood-colored Formation Plate in his hand: "What we can't get, he won't get either! Blow up the treasury! Blow up the ancestral land! Take half of Yunmeng City down with us!!"

"Yes!!"

Dozens of loyal Elders roared in unison, frantically injecting spiritual power into the Formation, preparing to detonate the earthpulse.

Buzz—!!

A terrifying destructive fluctuation emanated from beneath the Ye Family, and the entire Yunmeng City began to shake violently.

"Not good! The Ye Family has gone mad! They want to self-destruct!!"

The Cultivators outside were scared Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, scattering and fleeing.

Lin Que stood in front of the Ye Family gate, looking at the defensive light barrier that had begun to glow red and was about to explode, sighing helplessly.

"Why do villains always like to self-destruct before they die?"

"They have no environmental awareness at all."

He stretched out his right hand and gently pressed on the light barrier.

[Destructive self-destruct program detected and activated!]

[Current progress: 99% (imminent detonation).]

[Disadvantage judgment: A hundred-li radius will be leveled, resources completely destroyed.]

[Transference activated! Logic reorganization—command tampering!]

[Modify 'self-destruct command' to 'deactivate defense and open gate'!]

[Transfer 'energy cost required for self-destruction' to—the Elders controlling the Formation!]

"Open... the gate!!"

Buzz!

Inside the Ye Family ancestral land.

The Grand Elder was waiting with a sinister smile for everyone to die together: "Hahaha! Lin Que! Come die with this old man... huh?"

He suddenly found that the Formation Plate in his hand was not obeying him.

The originally violent spiritual power suddenly became incredibly docile, and then...

Boom! Boom! Boom!

"Ah!!"

"My Dantian!!"

The dozens of Elders who were frantically injecting spiritual power to detonate the Formation suddenly swelled up like inflated balloons!

Because the Formation rejected their spiritual power and poured all the energy accumulated in the earthpulse back into their bodies!

Bang bang bang bang!

A series of muffled thuds.

The Grand Elder and dozens of loyalists instantly exploded into masses of blood mist.

They didn't destroy the world, but simply... blew themselves up.

And with their deaths.

Crack crack crack—

The Ye Family's defensive Formation, reputed to be 'unbreakable by anything less than Nascent Soul,' slowly opened to both sides. Revealing the magnificent, mountain-like pile of treasures inside—the Ye Family Treasury.

"Thank you, Elders, for opening the door."

Lin Que withdrew his hand and cupped it towards the blood and flesh on the ground: "I truly feel your enthusiasm."

The entire scene was silent.

The Cultivators of the Zhengdao Alliance felt their scalps tingle.

What kind of demonic art did this person possess? They were about to self-destruct, but after he touched it, the door opened, and they died?

Lin Que ignored everyone's gazes and swaggered into the Ye Family Treasury.

...

Half an hour later.

Lin Que walked out, thoroughly satisfied.

The Ye Family's thousands of years of heritage, even a pig could be fed into a Heavenly Marshal, let alone him, a Gold-Devouring Beast with a System.

There were three million High-Grade Spirit Stones alone!

Various Magic Treasures, Medicinal Pills, and Spiritual Plants were countless. Most importantly, he found a **[Heavenly Demon Cult Central Continent Branch Map]**!

"Young Master Lin..."

Su Qingyu stood timidly at the door, looking at Lin Que, who was returning fully loaded.

She was now the nominal "First Saintess," but she knew that all of this was given to her by the man in front of her.

"Let's go."

Lin Que tossed her a Storage Pouch (which contained a few leftover Magic Treasures suitable for the Foundation Establishment Stage): "Your share. Although you're in debt, I'm fair and impartial."

Su Qingyu took the Storage Pouch, and looking at Lin Que's stern profile, a strange emotion suddenly surged in her heart.

"Where... are we going?"

Lin Que looked up, towards the north.

That was where the Heavenly Demon Cult's most mysterious Branch was marked on the map—the Heaven-Severing Mountain Range. It was also the only path to the Seal of the Canglan Water Mansion in the Southern Commandery.

"To collect a debt."

A cold glint flashed in Lin Que's eyes:

"The Ye Family was just a runner; the true debtor is... in the north."

...

Outside Yunmeng City, at the Ten-Mile Pavilion.

Zhengdao Alliance Leader Alliance Leader, leading the leaders of the various Sects, personally saw them off.

This was not just courtesy, but also sending off a plague god.

As long as this God of Slaughter remained in Yunmeng City for a day, they wouldn't sleep peacefully for a day.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, the journey ahead is long and arduous..."

Alliance Leader spoke politely.

"Alright, stop being so hypocritical."

Lin Que waved his hand, interrupting his nonsense: "Although the Ye Family has been destroyed, you clean up the mess in the Zhengdao Alliance yourself. If I find out anyone else dares to collude with the Demonic Cult..."

Lin Que's starfall mo dao unsheathed half an inch.

Clang!

A Saber Intent, fused with the pressure of a four-colored Golden Core, instantly enveloped the entire scene.

"Ye Nantian is the consequence."

"Yes, yes, yes! Fellow Daoist Lin, rest assured!"

Alliance Leader's cold sweat poured down, nodding repeatedly.

Lin Que stopped talking nonsense, grabbed Su Qingyu, and transformed into a streak of light, soaring into the sky.

Looking at the receding figure.

Among the crowd, an unknown young Cultivator couldn't help but exclaim:

"Destroying a Nascent Soul with one hand, breaking all techniques with a single glance..."

"How is this a Demonic Saber? This is clearly... a Demonic Venerable!"

As the words "Demonic Venerable" came out, everyone present felt a shock in their hearts.

From this day forward, in the Central Continent cultivation world, there was one more—Demonic Venerable Lin Que—who transcended the rules!

...

At the same time.

In the extreme north, the Heavenly Demon Cult's main altar.

Deep within a dark demonic hall.

A dark figure seated on a throne of dry bones slowly opened his eyes. In his pupils, mountains of corpses and seas of blood seemed to rise and fall.

"Ye Nantian is dead?"

"Three Thousand Blazing Flames... was taken?"

The dark figure's voice was hoarse, as if two rusty iron plates were rubbing together: "Interesting."

"A junior who just formed his Core actually managed to ruin my great plan."

"Issue the order."

"Activate the **'Asura Blood Guard'**."

"Intercept and kill this person in the Heaven-Severing Mountain Range."

"I want his Physical Body to be my... fifth Incarnation!"