116: Involving 100,000 people, and you still say you're not bloodthirsty?

For these old things with one foot in the grave, what they truly fear is never their own life or death, but the survival of their Family and the safety of their descendants.

If it were just a threat of death, Sun Changquan certainly wouldn't have said anything.

But threatening the entire Sun Family was a different story.

"The Old Ancestor once said that those who collude with the fallen and throw themselves into the darkness shall have their entire clan exterminated. Has Elder Sun forgotten?"

"With what you have done today, I can order the slaughter of the entire Sun Family to be buried with you!"

"As for your descendants, I will take special care of them. Not only will I sever their Physical Bodies, but I will also extract their Divine Souls and imprison them in a Soul Refining Lamp, letting them howl for tens of millions of years in the pain of burning flames, casting them into Avici forever!"

He smiled nonchalantly, but these words fell upon the ears of the surrounding Elders like falling into an ice cellar, making their scalps tingle with numbness.

Family and descendants were the heaviest burdens for these old fellows who had been rooted in the Holy Land for hundreds or thousands of years; no one could bear the consequence of their entire clan being wiped out and their descendants suffering disaster.

Sure enough, the safety of his Family completely shattered Sun Changquan's psychological defenses.

"No! Xu Jinhuan, how dare you! This is using public office to settle a private grudge!"

Sun Changquan instantly lost his composure, roaring with his beard and hair standing on end. His previous loneliness and madness vanished, replaced only by extreme panic.

"The Sun Family is innocent! My descendants are even more innocent! They know nothing; you cannot do this!"

Xu Jinhuan was very satisfied with his performance.

"In that case, tell me, who guided you toward corruption?"

Sun Changquan was a veteran of the Message Transmission Pavilion, usually unable to even leave the Holy Land—a veritable workhorse. It was impossible for him to be infiltrated by outsiders; he could only have been converted by another traitor within the Holy Land.

Although Li Qingyue had already informed him of a list of traitors, he still had to ask. Perhaps he could dig up some unexpected clues.

"If I speak, will the sequence spare my Family and descendants?"

Sun Changquan asked for confirmation, as if clutching at a life-saving straw.

Xu Jinhuan remained noncommittal, saying indifferently,

"Elder Sun, there is no need to be nervous. I am not a bloodthirsty person; just speak."

Receiving an ambiguous response, although Sun Changquan was still very uneasy, he also knew that the initiative was now in Xu Jinhuan's hands.

All he could do was speak.

Sequence Xu's words should mean he agrees to my request... In the next moment, Sun Changquan spoke a name that even surprised Xu Jinhuan.

"It is Grand Elder Xuanhe!"

"It's him? Meng Xuanhe?!"

Xu Jinhuan was also startled; this time he had truly caught a big fish.

Meng Xuanhe, with a cultivation at the seventh level of the Saint King Realm, had a good reputation among the Grand Elders. He was known as a benevolent old man who often preached the true meaning of the Dao to Disciples and answered their Confusion in spiritual practice, being well-loved both inside and outside the Holy Land.

Who could have imagined that such a highly respected figure was actually an evil traitor colluding with dark creatures, attempting to subvert the Three Thousand Dao Provinces and sacrifice hundreds of millions of compatriots!

"Do you have evidence? I will not act against a Grand Elder based solely on your word."

Words alone are not proof. Xu Jinhuan wouldn't be so foolish as to go directly to kill him and check the corpse; instead, he first asked Sun Changquan for evidence.

"Yes, of course I do! Although he placed a Restriction on my memory, I was cautious at the time and hid several Recording Stones in my secret room, recording the entire scene!"

Before his voice finished, he tremblingly took out three ancient Recording Stones from his storage ring and held them out to Xu Jinhuan with both hands.

Xu Jinhuan gestured for a nearby Elder to take them and activated the Recording Stones in front of everyone.

Light and shadow shifted as the scene of Meng Xuanhe tempting Sun Changquan reappeared, revealed before everyone's eyes.

Meng Xuanhe, wearing a Daoist robe, sat opposite Sun Changquan with a gentle expression. However, his words were full of seductive lures, using 'extending Lifespan' and 'Breakthrough in Realm' as bait to induce Sun Changquan to join the darkness, even promising to protect his Family.

Finally, Sun Changquan nodded in agreement amidst fear and greed, while Meng Xuanhe raised his hand to set a Restriction, erasing part of his memory.

The evidence was as solid as a mountain!

Meng Xuanhe's identity was completely nailed down!

The Message Transmission Pavilion fell into a dead silence. The Elders looked at each other, seeing shock and lingering fear in each other's eyes.

No one could have imagined that such a highly respected Grand Elder was actually this kind of person!

"Sequence Xu! The evidence is here; I have confessed everything!"

Sun Changquan knelt on the ground, crawled forward a few steps, and tightly grabbed the hem of Xu Jinhuan's robe, wailing and pleading,

"You can kill me, but please don't raze the Sun Family! They really know nothing; they are innocent!"

Xu Jinhuan didn't even look at him. He simply raised the taiyi token, infused it with Divine Sense, and spoke in a deep voice, his voice transmitting to the depths of the Holy Land through the token:

"Old Ancestor, Sun Changquan has confessed and identified the traitor Meng Xuanhe with conclusive evidence. According to the rules of the Holy Land, all of Sun Changquan's descendants are to be executed. The entire Sun Family is to be removed from the Holy Land and expelled from the Taiyi Territory, never to enter again!"

Whoa!—

Such a ruthless method of handling the situation instantly caused the pupils of the surrounding Elders to tremble violently, their hearts filled with terror.

They never expected that even after Sun Changquan made a full confession and handed over ironclad evidence, Xu Jinhuan would still be so ruthless, showing no mercy at all! He wouldn't even let the innocent descendants and Family off!

Remembering Xu Jinhuan's words just now, "I am not bloodthirsty," the Elders couldn't help but have their mouths twitch.

Sun Changquan had lived for over five thousand years and had many descendants, at least a hundred thousand. Killing so many people just like that, and you still say you're not bloodthirsty?

However, Xu Jinhuan did seem to have fulfilled his promise; he spared the other members of the Sun Family and only killed Sun Changquan's descendants. It truly couldn't be called bloodthirsty.

These people did deserve to die. Who told Sun Changquan to collude with the fallen darkness?

The descendants of the fallen do not deserve to live in this world!

"Xu Jinhuan! You went back on your word! You promised me..."

Sun Changquan's eyes were nearly splitting as he roared like a madman.

"When did I ever promise you?"

Xu Jinhuan finally looked down at him, his eyes indifferent, and he gave a cold laugh.

"Heh, I only said for you to confess; I never said that confessing would protect your Family. To collude with the fallen, one should have the awareness of their entire Family being wiped out and their whole clan being implicated!"

As his voice fell, he flicked his finger, and a streak of Chaos Power shot through the air, piercing straight through the center of Sun Changquan's brow.

"No—!"

With a wail, the madness and despair in Sun Changquan's eyes suddenly froze. His body crashed to the ground, completely silent.

Xu Jinhuan withdrew his gaze, looked at the pale-faced Elders, and spoke majestically:

"The traitor Sun Changquan has been executed! Elders and Seniors, I do not hope for such a thing to happen again in the future."

"Furthermore, regarding Meng Xuanhe, the Old Ancestor will handle it personally. The operation of the Message Transmission Pavilion's information will resume immediately; all of you may proceed as usual."

"Yes!"

Dozens of Elders responded in unison, being extremely respectful.

It wasn't until Xu Jinhuan's figure completely disappeared that they suddenly realized their backs were already soaked with sweat.

"Is this Sequence Xu? This majesty is too exaggerated; even those Grand Elders in the Saint King Realm didn't give me such terrifying pressure!"

"Indeed! Under the leadership of Sequence Xu, our Taiyi Holy Land will surely reach an unprecedented Peak."

The group of Elders was still in a state of shock, speaking incoherently with complex emotions.