194: Chapter 194 The Man in White Robes

" However, this is as far as it goes. "

Shangguan Hong shifted his gaze away from Lady Hua and swept across the entire basin.

Then, a flash of coldness flickered in his eyes.

" Spatial fluctuations. "

Shangguan Hong's spiritual sense probed in the direction of the back mountain, where traces of lingering spatial fluctuations remained beneath a patch of ruins.

The teleportation formation had been set up by Lady Hua before the battle began.

Wu Li, Heiyu, Jin Kui, Tieshan, the Rift-Wind Wolf King, the Azure-Horned Deer King, Great Demon Xiong Kuo, and the entire Yao Race of Taiyue Mountain had all escaped.

Shangguan Hong's expression darkened slightly, but he quickly returned to calmness.

" You small fry actually managed to escape. "

Afterwards, Shangguan Hong withdrew his gaze and let it fall upon Lady Hua once more.

" I truly don't understand. "

" You exhausted all your efforts, could it be, just to lure me out and then die by my hand? "

From Shangguan Hong's perspective, Lady Hua's motive was just that: to kill fourteen members of the Human Race with Golden Core cultivation to achieve a Breakthrough to the Fourth Order. He would certainly be able to detect the Fourth Order Demonic Qi fluctuations.

He would not allow a Fourth Order existence to remain among the Yao Race of the Dachuan Dynasty.

Afterwards, he came.

Then, he killed Lady Hua; it was that simple.

" I told you... I want you to be like me, just like me, living forever in... agony... "

The same words appeared again. This time, she, who was already on the verge of death with no hope of recovery, caused Shangguan Hong to instantly become terrified.

" A-Lian! "

Shangguan Hong's eyes instantly turned blood-red, and then he turned and left, directly traversing the Void Realm using a great Divine Ability...

On Madam Hua's side, there was no longer any room for recovery.

The wind blew past.

The green-clad phantom dissipated, turning into countless green specks of light as fine as hair, drifting in the grey, hazy sky.

Madam Hua's lips finally curled up slightly, revealing the last smile of her life...

...

North of the Dachuan Dynasty, Qingzhou, the Tianyu Family.

Pavilions and towers were arranged in an orderly fashion, with rockeries, flowing water, and winding paths leading to secluded places.

The Tianyu Family had practiced cultivation for generations and held a reputable position among the noble clans of the Dachuan Dynasty. Most importantly, the Tianyu Family was backed by Shangguan Hong.

At this moment, a white-robed figure hovered above the residence.

The figure had a male body but a female appearance, with an enchanting face, skin as white as congealed fat, and long black hair tied up with a white jade crown.

A white crane was embroidered on the white robe, its wings extending from the hem to the shoulder, fluttering slightly in the wind.

The head of the Tianyu Family, Tianyu Bo, rushed out from the main hall, releasing the full aura of his Third Turn Golden Core. He looked up at the figure in the Void Realm, his face ashen, but his voice remained relatively steady.

" Who is Your Excellency? My Tianyu Family is a noble clan personally ordained by Lord Shangguan Hong. Since Your Excellency has trespassed into my residence today and killed my clansmen, have you considered the consequences? "

The White-robed Person looked down at him without saying a word.

Tianyu Bo gritted his teeth, formed hand seals, and a golden beam of light shot from his palms, heading straight for the White-robed Person's face.

This was his strongest offensive technique, which had once killed a Second Order Peak Yao Race member in a single strike.

The beam of light passed through the White-robed Person; it went right through his body and struck the clouds behind him, exploding into ripples.

A phantom?

Tianyu Bo's pupils shrank violently.

" Not good... "

Before he could finish speaking, the White-robed Person was already standing in front of him.

A slender, fair hand pressed down on the top of his head.

Tianyu Bo felt as if his head was being crushed by a mountain; his Third Turn Golden Core cultivation was useless at this moment, his internal spiritual power seemed frozen, and he couldn't mobilize even a trace of spiritual power in his Meridians.

" A dog of Shangguan Hong, you dare to ask my name? "

Tianyu Bo's lips trembled, and a hoarse voice squeezed out from his throat: " You... if you kill us, Lord Shangguan will not let you off... "

The White-robed Person looked down at him, his lips curling up slightly to reveal a smile.

The smile was very beautiful, like a flower blooming in the wind, but when Tianyu Bo saw that smile, his whole body trembled.

" Unfortunately, you won't live to see it. "

Fingers tightened.

" Puchi! "

Tianyu Bo's head exploded, and a mist of blood filled the air.

The White-robed Person withdrew his hand, his white cloth shoes stepping into the pool of blood, leaving behind dark red footprints.

He walked through the corridors, the main hall, the pond, and the garden.

Behind him, members of the Tianyu Family were constantly dying.

Half an hour later.

There was no one left standing in the Tianyu Family.

The White-robed Person walked between piles of corpses and pools of blood; the white crane on his white robe had been stained dark red, its wings fluttering slightly in the wind, like a bird drinking blood.

His cloth shoes stepped on the stone slabs, making wet sounds, leaving a dark red footprint with every step.

" Good, good... "

He walked to the door of the back courtyard wing room and kicked open the half-closed door.

Hiding inside was the last survivor.

The Tianyu Family's Grand Elder, Great Elder Tianyu Xuan, with First Turn Golden Core cultivation, was lying on the ground like a dead dog, covered in blood, his legs severed from below the knees by something, the wounds a bloody mess.

Where he had crawled, a long trail of blood was dragged, and his fingers had gouged ten deep blood grooves into the ground.

Hearing the door sound, his body stiffened violently, and he raised his head, his cloudy old eyes filled with fear.

" Don't... don't kill me... I beg you... don't kill me... "

Great Elder Tianyu Xuan's voice was hoarse and weak, like a broken bellows leaking air. His lips were trembling, his chin was covered in blood and saliva, and his face was smeared with tears and snot.

" I almost forgot that I needed a living person to question. "

The White-robed Person walked in front of him, looked down at him, and did not speak.

He took a scroll from his sleeve and unfurled it.

On the painting was a woman with a beautiful face, gentle eyes and brows, and a faint smile hanging at the corners of her mouth.

She was wearing a light cyan long dress with a few orchids embroidered on the hem, her long hair draped behind her shoulders, and a jade hairpin inserted in her hair.

The painting technique was extremely fine, even the eyelashes were drawn one by one. The drawing paper had already turned yellow, the edges worn, as if it had been repeatedly unfurled and rolled up, rolled up and unfurled countless times.

The White-robed Person held the scroll up in front of Great Elder Tianyu Xuan, his voice as calm as if he were asking about the weather today.

" Where is the person in this painting? "

Great Elder Tianyu Xuan's eyes widened violently.

He stared at the face in the painting, his pupils shrinking to pinpricks.

He recognized that face; no one in the Tianyu Family did not recognize it.

Tianyu Lian.

Shangguan Hong's lover.

A hundred years ago, she failed her Nascent Soul Lightning Tribulation, her Origin was depleted, her Physical Body had almost collapsed, and her Divine Soul had also suffered heavy damage.

Everyone thought she was dead, but the people of the Tianyu Family knew she was not dead.

Shangguan Hong exhausted all means, begged everyone he could, and finally placed her in the Forbidden Ground deep within the Tianyu Family, using the Spiritual Vein passed down through generations of the Tianyu Family to nourish her Physical Body and Divine Soul.

This was the biggest secret of the Tianyu Family, and also the reason why the Tianyu Family could stand for hundreds of years under the protection of Shangguan Hong.

Great Elder Tianyu Xuan's mouth opened, wanting to say something, but his throat seemed to be blocked by something, only squeezing out a few garbled syllables.

His eyeballs were rolling, weighing, hesitating.

He knew he couldn't say it; if he said it, he would die, and if he didn't say it, he would also die.

But his body was more honest than his brain; his gaze uncontrollably glanced towards the deepest part of the residence, towards the back mountain sealed layer by layer with Restrictions.