71: Chapter 71 It's time to unleash a massacre!

Placing the corpses of Liang Jiujiu and Chen Shuang together, Qin Muyuan lit a torch and threw it onto their bodies.

Whoosh~

Encountering combustibles, the flames suddenly surged high.

Accompanied by the crackling sound of the fire, their bodies were devoured bit by bit by the flames.

Qin Muyuan just watched this scene quietly.

Those two NPCs, Liang Jiujiu and Chen Shuang, had only crossed paths with him a few times.

As a player, seeing them fall to such an end, Qin Muyuan couldn't really say he felt sad.

It was just that.

A sense of displeasure welled up in his heart.

This displeasure stemmed from the fact that this world was completely unlike what Qin Muyuan had expected.

In fact, it was just the way Qin Muyuan loathed.

In this world, a monarch used ordinary citizens as sacrifices, forcing countless mothers to endure suffering for their children and countless husbands to grieve for their lovers.

And all of this was merely for the monarch to refine the so-called [Dragon-Swallowing Gu Qi].

On this land, whether it was the Martial Artists in the martial arts halls or those Immortal Cultivators from the Southern Wilderness, all of them thought very highly of themselves.

To seek wealth and satisfy their selfish desires, Martial Artists would brazenly traffic people in broad daylight and drive humans and beasts to fight each other for amusement.

The Immortal Cultivators looked down upon all living beings even more; the moment they saw him, they threatened to take his life to seize the Blood Fiend Qi, and even attempted to enslave him as a laborer.

"This world is too filthy!"

Qin Muyuan turned around and looked at the arrow that had reappeared within his field of vision.

"It is time for a great slaughter!"

"Use blood... to cleanse the filth of this world!"

Within the interface, streams of light flashed and lit up.

[The quest seed you hold has been triggered]

[The quest seed issues a quest to you]

[Quest One: Find the Yu Family of Lingzhu Market and become an honored guest of the Yu Family, thereby stepping foot into the Southern Wilderness]

[Quest Two: Find the Yu Family of Lingzhu Market and slaughter all members of the Yu Family, thereby making a name for yourself in the Southern Wilderness]

[Note: Quest One and Quest Two conflict with each other; you can only choose one]

[Quest Two has been selected]

[Quest Two has been locked. The quest has changed to: Find the Yu Family and exterminate the Yu Family entirely according to the Yu Family genealogy. The Yu Family genealogy is as follows: Yu Heng (Clan Chief), Yu Xunche (Clan Elder), Yu Xuan (Clan Elder)... Expand]

[The Yu Family is located in the Lingzhu Market in the southwest direction of Daliang Country, but how does one travel to this Daliang Country? You suddenly recall that Shi Gandang seemed to have traveled around Daliang Country in the past; perhaps you can obtain a map of Daliang Country from him?]

[Quest Rewards: EXP +10,000, Mall Points +50,000, Green Skill - Joy of the Blood Monarch, Green Martial Art - Shadow of Law-Breaking, Green Equipment - Black Qi Human Emperor Banner]

Glancing briefly at the interface, Qin Muyuan closed it.

"Daliang Country... Lingzhu Market... Yu Family... Clan Chief Yu Heng..."

Qin Muyuan chewed on these words, then redeemed a [Yao Beast Intelligence-Opening Pill] from the game mall.

Tucking the Medicinal Pill into Wangcai's mouth, Wangcai let out an excited and high-pitched wolf howl.

Immediately.

Wangcai, whose body length was originally only a little over two to three meters, instantly surged in size to four and a half meters long after swallowing this Medicinal Pill!

Moreover, its wolf paws, which were as thick as an ordinary person's thighs, also rapidly grew larger, becoming as massive as a thick log of some thirty years.

"Awooo!!!"

Feeling the suddenly surging power within its body, Wangcai let out an extremely comfortable wolf howl.

That's right, that's right! It followed the right person!

When one achieves success, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.

Wangcai originally thought it would still need some time following Qin Muyuan before it could achieve ascension.

But now... a Medicinal Pill casually taken out by Qin Muyuan was actually able to directly stimulate the Heavenly Wolf Bloodline within its body!

Stimulated by the Heavenly Wolf Bloodline, Wangcai only felt its strength violently surge and its intelligence become much sharper.

Furthermore, its cultivation Realm directly surged from around a Third-Rate Martial Artist straight to the Realm of a First-Rate Martial Artist!

Although it was still far inferior to Qin Muyuan and could not help Qin Muyuan in combat,

whether it was traveling, hauling cargo, starting fires, adding firewood, washing clothes, or cooking, it could now handle them all with ease!

"Let's go, back to Qinghua County."

Qin Muyuan sat onto Wangcai's back and gave the order.

He was going to return to Qinghua County to find Shi Gandang and demand a map from him.

A map to go to the Lingzhu Market of Daliang Country to find the Yu Family!

With the map, plus the Yu Family genealogy on the interface...

Qin Muyuan would not let a single member of the Yu Family go!

The hatred brought together by Yushui and Yuzhen was etched in Qin Muyuan's heart.

This grudge could only be avenged by wiping out their entire clan along the genealogy!

"Awooo!"

Receiving the command, Wangcai quickly carried Qin Muyuan and set off, returning to Qinghua County.

Qin Muyuan turned on the time acceleration state and slowly closed his eyes.

...

Half a day after Qin Muyuan and Wangcai left Huoyun City,

a smiling and joyful figure flew swiftly from afar and arrived above Huoyun City.

Looking down from above, seeing the scene of wails echoing everywhere and corpses covering the ground within the city, the smile on his face grew even denser.

"Not bad, not bad. I indeed did not misjudge the person."

He nodded in satisfaction.

Over a hundred years ago, the figure had once selected Song Chengshan, who possessed a vicious Heart-Nature and ruthless methods, from among numerous Alchemists.

Afterwards, he secretly employed methods to disguise the Puppet Body-Double Secret Art and the refinement secret method of Dragon-Swallowing Gu Qi as an Opportunity and delivered them before Song Chengshan.

Song Chengshan merely thought his Opportunity was profound, accidentally obtaining these two secret methods, yet he never knew that this was actually a deliberate setup by the figure.

"How truly stupid. I'm afraid even now he still thinks it was all his own luck?"

The figure sneered.

Whether it was the [Puppet Body-Double Secret Art] capable of extending lifespan, or the method capable of refining Profound Rank Low Grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi—the secret method of Dragon-Swallowing Gu Qi.

How could these two secret methods be opportunities that an Alchemist from a remote place like Song Chengshan could easily encounter?

A lower cultivator was just a lower cultivator; he couldn't even see through such an obvious trap.

And he always thought it was his own Opportunity.

Little did he know that back then, the figure had merely fancied the traits of endurance and ruthlessness on Song Chengshan, and thus gave Song Chengshan a little extra care while casting a wide net.

Unexpectedly, Song Chengshan actually persisted on the imperial throne for over a hundred and fifty years.

Persisting for over a hundred and fifty years without stepping out of the imperial palace to satisfy the refinement conditions of the secret method.

Finally, by sacrificing numerous living beings of Huoyun Country, he successfully refined that strand of Profound Rank Low Grade Dragon-Swallowing Gu Qi.

"However, it all belongs to me now!"

The figure let out a wanton, wild laugh, and with a flash of his body, crashed into the imperial palace.

"Hmm?!"

Looking at the scene in the imperial palace's grand hall, the wild laughter and joy on the figure's face instantly vanished.

Before him lay a corpse.

The shriveled corpse of Song Chengshan, the monarch of Huoyun Country.

And that strand of Dragon-Swallowing Gu Qi that should have resided within Song Chengshan's body—

at this moment, had vanished without a trace.

"Who! Who took the Dragon-Swallowing Gu Qi!"

The figure suddenly flew into a rage, his voice echoing like a thunderclap, shaking the entire imperial palace with a buzzing sound that shattered and collapsed it instantly!