100: Joyful Rebirth

"Shen Lian, you weren't like this before. Why, why have you become so vicious now?"

"The way I am now, isn't it exactly what you bitches wanted in your hearts?"

"Shen Lian, if you're angry about what we did to you before, then I apologize. Please don't involve others in the grievances between us!"

"Hahahaha—"

Watching Liu Yixue on the screen, looking pitiful and full of concern for Xie Chen's face, Shen Lian couldn't help but let out a mocking laugh.

"Liu Yixue, it seems you really want to be with this trash. Since that's the case, let's play a game."

Liu Yixue: "What exactly do you want to do?"

"Tomorrow, go to Guyue Peak, and I'll tell you then. If you miss it, you'll never see this trash again."

With that, without giving Liu Yixue any chance to speak, Shen Lian directly cut off the transmission jade slip.

"Shen Lian, you're not allowed to hurt Chener! If anything happens to Chener, I won't let you off, even if I turn into a ghost!"

Liu Yixue's usually aloof face was now filled with worry.

She had finally experienced the feeling of happiness; how could she let it be a fleeting moment and slip through her fingers like this?

"Chener, don't worry, I definitely won't let anything happen to you."

Seeing the communication jade slip cut off, she disregarded everything and immediately transformed into a ray of light, rushing towards Yuntian City.

On the other side, after ending his conversation with Liu Yixue, Shen Lian turned around and stepped on Xie Chen's face.

"Sometimes I really admire you. For trash like you to be so cared for by that white-eyed wolf, you must have some extraordinary qualities."

At this moment, Xie Chen was on his last breath from Shen Lian's torment, and with his face pressed into the mud by a foot, he couldn't utter a single word.

"I've always disbelieved in ridiculous vows of eternal love like 'true love changing the heavens.' However, seeing that bitch like this now,

it has piqued my interest in testing you two. I hope you can let the world witness the greatness of love, hahahaha."

Cruel laughter echoed under the sky of Guyue Peak, and hearing it, Xie Chen felt a chill run down his spine... Inside the City Lord's Mansion, preparations for tomorrow's wedding were underway, both inside and out, presenting a joyous and harmonious scene.

However, in the backyard of the City Lord's Mansion, dozens of corpses lay strewn about. City Lord Xie Nianhua, with his hands behind his back, stood before a trembling young woman.

Tears streamed down the young woman's face, and seeing the scattered corpses, she was instantly terrified.

Lady Liang, the City Lord's wife, with a sharp and harsh face, glared at the young woman for a long time.

"What are you waiting for? For Chener's happiness, we must nip the problem in the bud."

"Understood."

Xie Nianhua slowly walked towards the young woman.

Feeling the killing intent emanating from Xie Nianhua, the young woman's survival instinct made her quickly kneel and repeatedly kowtow.

"City Lord, please spare me! You promised me that as long as I left Xie Chen, you would let us go. But now, why are you breaking your word again?"

It turned out that the young woman was one of Xie Chen's lovers outside.

Now that Xie Chen's wedding was imminent, to prevent their existence from affecting the cooperation between Yuntian City and the Ice and Snow Sect, Xie Nianhua intended to personally eliminate them.

After all, only dead people could forever keep Xie Chen's past of promiscuity a secret.

Currently, six of the seven women involved with Xie Chen had already had their entire families wiped out by Xie Nianhua. Now, only the young woman remained. Once she was dealt with, no one could affect Xie Chen's future.

Facing the young woman's desperate pleas, Xie Nianhua and Lady Liang remained completely unmoved.

"You can only blame yourself for seducing Chener. After all, your background simply isn't worthy of Chener. Leaving you in this world would always be a disaster."

As Xie Nianhua finished speaking, he directly raised his hand.

Immediately, the Han Yang True Art was activated, condensing in his palm for a moment, then he struck it towards the young woman's head.

"Hahahahahaha—"

Just then, wild laughter erupted again.

Boom, boom, boom—

The laughter transformed into sound waves, creating bursts of Qi explosions in the air, forcing Xie Nianhua to retreat more than ten steps.

"Who goes there! How dare you cause trouble in my Xie Family!"

As his voice fell, an object swiftly flew through the air. Under the moonlight, it was revealed to be a heavy coffin.

Xie Nianhua didn't have time to think, decisively activating his Blazing Sun Strength, he raised his palm and blocked, striking the coffin.

Bang—

With a dull thud, Xie Nianhua felt a tremendous resistance on his arm, forcefully impacting his dantian sea and forcing him to retreat more than a dozen steps.

He finally stabilized himself by bracing his leg against a pillar behind him.

However, when he withdrew his move, everyone noticed that Xie Nianhua, who was already at the Peak of Void Refining, was now bleeding from all seven orifices, and the overflowing True Essence continuously emitted colorful light, blinding everyone's eyes.

"Your Excellency, who exactly are you?"

Xie Nianhua asked, simultaneously giving Lady Liang a look.

Lady Liang immediately flashed to Xie Nianhua's side, watching warily from behind her husband.

It was at this moment that countless paper money floated down from mid-air, and strips of pure white canvas shot out from the Void, all hanging on the corridor walls.

In the blink of an eye, the originally festive atmosphere was now arranged as if it were the eve of a funeral.

"Husband and wife sharing a coffin and grave is your best destination!"

With a cold wind blowing, Shen Lian's extraordinary figure descended gracefully.

His elegant black and white scholar's robe now complemented the surrounding scene, appearing to Xie Nianhua like the Black and White Impermanence, messengers of death.

"May I ask, Fellow Daoist, how has my Xie Family offended you?"

Even though fear and confusion filled his heart, Xie Nianhua still gathered his courage to ask.

Shen Lian didn't even glance at the two of them, directly raising his hand and saying, "I'm here to tell you that your Xie Family's joyous occasion tomorrow won't be happening.

I've mercifully changed it to a funeral for you, so your efforts won't be in vain!"

Xie Nianhua and Lady Liang were both startled by these words. Just as they were about to ask for the reason, Shen Lian directly raised his hand.

"Void Concealment · Closing Stance."

In an instant, the surrounding Spiritual Qi madly converged into Shen Lian's palm.

Everyone in the courtyard, including Xie Nianhua and Lady Liang, was unable to move a single inch.

Only the young woman, whose cultivation was merely at the Body Tempering Realm, remained unaffected.

"This..."

"Why..."

Xie Nianhua and Lady Liang felt the True Essence deep within their dantian sea uncontrollably burst out of their bodies, their faces instantly twisting in agony.

"Gather!"

As Shen Lian's open five fingers gently clenched.

"Boom—"

A soft explosion, bringing with it a shower of blood and gore.

In the courtyard, whether it was Xie Nianhua and Lady Liang, or the other servants and thugs, all exploded and died on the spot, not even letting out a single groan until their last breath.

"A family should be neat and tidy, hmph."

After a disdainful cold snort, Shen Lian turned and transformed into a ray of light, departing.

Only the young woman stared blankly at the scene before her, still unable to believe it was real.

That night, all six hundred and eighty-two members of the City Lord's Mansion, from top to bottom, died violently... When the first rays of the morning sun rose the next day, the common folk emerging from their homes were astonished to find that all the red silks, which had signified joy, had been replaced with white funeral banners.

Everyone was in shock, completely unaware of what had happened.

"Hmm, go investigate what exactly happened last night."

The two individuals from the Immortal Cloud Inn, the envoy of the Xuan Sheng Immortal Dynasty, immediately ordered their subordinates to gather information after seeing such a scene.

"To change a joyous occasion to a funeral overnight, without anyone knowing, indicates that this person is not only immensely powerful,

but also harbors deep-seated hatred for the Xie Family. If he can be persuaded to serve the Empress, then the Xuan Sheng Immortal Dynasty will surely reach new heights."

The envoy stroked the jade pendant in his hand, beginning to scheme a plan to recruit this talent.