240: Chapter 240 The Chi Family is Destroyed, Wind and Thunder Reverse the Cauldron

In front of the Wind Spirit Sect mountain gate.

Ling Hao casually played with the "Origin Tracing Kinship Jade" in his hand. With a slight movement of his Divine Thought, he easily penetrated its surface layer and captured an extremely insidious curse mark attached inside.

Blood Soul Entanglement Curse!

This curse was incomparably vicious. Once triggered, it would follow the link between essence blood and Divine Soul during Bloodline verification, silently invading the core of the victim's Divine Soul, wrapping around it like the most secret silk thread, ultimately achieving the goal of completely controlling their mind and turning them into the caster's Puppet.

Ling Hao sneered inwardly: What a curse, but unfortunately...

His gaze swept over Chi Shuying beside him. Even without his intervention, this curse was destined to be ineffective.

Chi Shuying's real name had already been engraved on the everlasting light tablet, her Divine Soul enjoying eternal protection, transcending the realm that ordinary curses could infect.

A cold, mocking curve appeared at the corner of his mouth, and Ling Hao applied slight pressure with his five fingers.

Crack!

A crisp shattering sound rang out, and the "Origin Tracing Kinship Jade," which had been passed down for who knows how many years, was crushed into powder right before everyone's eyes!

Fine jade dust fell rustling from between his fingers.

Ling Hao clapped his hands, looked up, and his gaze fell upon the shivering Chi Family members, mocking, "Now, do you still want to claim kinship?"

Boom!

An invisible pressure erupted violently! The Chi Family members felt as if a mountain had collapsed upon them; they all fell to their knees with a thud, and the two Elders were directly pressed flat against the ground, blood overflowing from their mouths and noses, finding even breathing extremely difficult!

"Spare us! Heavenly Venerable, spare us!"

Among the Chi Family group, a white-haired Elder could no longer withstand this Soul-level oppression and screamed, tears and snot streaming down his face, "We... we were forced! It was that Cangwu Palace Master! He coerced our Chi Family! He... he threatened Old Ancestor Zhengyang."

"He... he also bewitched another of our Chi Family Old Ancestors who had been eroded by erosion qi and was on the verge of madness, forcing him to join the Niding Alliance! That Old Ancestor even practiced their evil arts... We... we were helpless!"

He spoke incoherently, just wanting to push all the blame away to save his life.

However, the moment he mentioned the name "Gongsun Gai," a cold curse power hidden deep within his Divine Soul suddenly erupted!

"Argh—!"

The Elder's eyes suddenly widened, his face instantly covered in strange black-purple veins, and a hoarse, rattling sound came from his throat. After his body twitched a few times, his life was extinguished, and he collapsed to the ground.

"Hiss—!"

"Such a ruthless method!"

"Dragging someone down with him even in death? This Niding Alliance is too terrifying!"

"Tsk tsk, the Chi Family is truly finished now, they deserve it!"

The surrounding Cultivators gasped, discussing animatedly. Some were shocked by the viciousness of the curse, some mocked the stupidity of the Chi Family, and there was even more excitement at watching a grand show.

Chi Shuying looked at the suddenly deceased Elder and the trembling Chi Family members. The slight doubt that had arisen earlier because of the other party's confident words dissipated like smoke, and her brows relaxed.

Chi Wanhe blinked her large eyes with an expression that said "it really is so," tugged on Chi Shuying's sleeve, and whispered heartlessly: "Old Ancestor, it really is just as you said."

Ling Hao's gaze turned to Chi Zhengyang and Chi Chengye.

Chi Zhengyang's face was ashen, filled with bitterness. Initially, he was indeed coerced by Gongsun Gai with the lives of his entire Family.

But later, faced with the tempting promises thrown out by the Niding Alliance, such as "leaning on the big tree of the Moonshadow Sect," "helping the Chi Family advance to the seventh rank or even higher," and "sharing the secret method of erosion qi for longevity," that fear was gradually replaced by greed.

He even tacitly allowed that Old Ancestor, who was tortured by erosion qi until he lost his mind, to practice the erosion qi technique... Looking back now, it was too late for regrets! The Hu Kingdom Chi Family's hundreds of years of foundation would likely be completely severed in his hands today!

Chi Chengye was even more terrified to the extreme, only knowing how to kowtow: "Heavenly Venerable, spare us! Spare us! We were wrong! It was all that Devil Head forcing us..."

I don't care about your excuses!

"Attempting to harm a person from my Moonshadow Sect,"

Ling Hao's voice was like ice from the Nine Heavens, and with one sentence, he pronounced the fate of the Chi Family, "The Hu Kingdom Chi Family, must be destroyed."

As soon as his voice fell, his gaze narrowed slightly.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Chi Zhengyang, Chi Chengye, and the other two Elders kneeling at the very front instantly exploded, turning into four clumps of scarlet blood mist and flesh!

Immediately after, a strand of Chaos True Fire ignited from thin air, completely incinerating the blood mist and flesh, along with their remaining Divine Souls, into nothingness!

"Shuying, you arrange the rest."

"Yes!"

Hiss—!

The entire area in front of the mountain gate was dead silent! All the Cultivators held their breath, looking in shock at the four people who had disappeared and the scorched black marks left on the ground.

A top Family of a sixth-rank Immortal Cultivation Kingdom, destroyed just like that!

"The... the Chi Family is gone..."

"Moonshadow Sect... this is too... too domineering and protective of its own!"

"A sixth-rank power, destroyed just like that? This..."

"Shh! Keep your voice down! What do you know? Colluding with the Niding Alliance, attempting to control their Sect Master—this crime is enough to warrant destruction ten times over! Who cares what rank they are?"

"But... doesn't this need to be reported to the Cangwu Yuji Platform? After all, they destroyed a sixth-rank power..." a young Cultivator muttered quietly.

Someone next to him immediately sneered:

"Yuji Platform? Naive! Would an existence like the Moonshadow Heavenly Venerable care about the Yuji Platform? Would the Yuji Platform dare to intervene? They destroyed rebels who colluded with a Devil Head; it is perfectly justified!"

Ling Hao turned a deaf ear to the surrounding discussions. He turned around, took Chi Shuying and Chi Wanhe's hands, and said softly:

"Let's go, back to the Sect."

Three streams of light shot into the sky and disappeared into the depths of the Wind Spirit Sect, leaving behind a mess in front of the mountain gate and heated discussions that could not calm down for a long time.

...

Seven days later, Cangwu Kingdom, Fenglei Sect. Forbidden Ground Secret Hall.

In the gloomy secret hall, the atmosphere was suffocating.

The Sect Master of the Fenglei Sect was a middle-aged man at the Void Tempering Early Stage. Within the Sect, there were three Grand Elders with deep auras: one withered old man at the Void Tempering Late Stage and two dignified middle-aged men at the Void Tempering Middle Stage.

Usually, they were powerful figures in their own territory, but at this moment, they stood respectfully with their hands hanging down like quails, not daring to even breathe loudly.

Before them sat a man wearing a dark purple vine-patterned brocade robe.

His face was cold, his eyes sinister, and his fingers were unconsciously tapping on the cold stone chair armrest, making a monotonous tap-tap sound.

"Pass down the order; let the Danding Sect cooperate with you to go to the Cangwu Yuji Platform and propose the matter of 'sharing' the Sheng-Sheng Creation Spring."

The Fenglei Sect Master and the three Grand Elders felt a chill in their hearts and quickly bowed and replied: "We will strictly follow the Palace Master's decree!"

A cold arc appeared at the corner of Zhu Wutong's mouth,

"Since Di Futian wants this fire, then let us grant his wish and make this fire burn even more fiercely."

The Fenglei Sect Master hesitated for a moment and reported in a low voice:

"Palace Master, we have just received confirmed news... Palace Master Gongsun... has been killed by the Moonshadow Heavenly Venerable Ling Hao... with a single finger in front of the Wind Spirit Sect mountain gate."

Zhu Wutong's tapping on the armrest paused slightly, and then he let out a faint, ambiguous snort:

"Hmm, I know."

His reaction was indifferent, as if the person who died was just an insignificant passerby.

"From now on, I am the Palace Master of Cangwu Province."

The Fenglei Sect Master and the three Grand Elders quickly exchanged glances, seeing deep awe and a trace of helplessness in each other's eyes. They replied in unison:

"Yes, Palace Master!"

No matter who the Palace Master was, their Fenglei Sect was ultimately just a chess piece in the hands of these big figures that could be discarded at any time.

"Cangwu Province, how many usable forces are currently under control?"

Zhu Wutong raised his eyes, his gaze sweeping over the four people.

The Fenglei Sect Master did not dare to be slow and immediately reported: "Reporting to the Palace Master, as far as we know, there are five seventh-rank forces, thirty sixth-rank forces, one hundred and thirty-seven fifth-rank forces, and the rest are fourth-rank and below... totaling over one thousand two hundred in all. As for the eighth-rank forces Wan Shou Mountain and Wutong Divine Dynasty... the degree of infiltration is not yet clear."

Zhu Wutong was expressionless. He flipped his palm, and a Jade Slip shimmering with dark purple light appeared in his palm.

He patted it casually in his palm, making a crisp sound, and scrutinized the four people:

"Very good, still honest, you didn't lie to me."

He put away the Jade Slip, a cold glint flashing in his eyes: "Pass the order down, let those fourth-rank and third-rank low-level forces in the southeast region of Cangwu cause some trouble for the Moonshadow Sect. They don't need to hurt them severely, just annoy them a bit and make them disgusted."

"Yes!" The Fenglei Sect Master immediately agreed.

A cold sneer curled at the corner of Zhu Wutong's mouth: Moonshadow Sect Master Ling Hao... although I cannot spare the time to kill you for now, there are plenty of ways to make sure you have no peace!

He paused, then spoke again:

"Go, first call Chi Zhijie to come and see me."