286: The Murong family was destroyed.

"Whether we can leave or not, we'll only know after trying." Murong Zheng's face was flushed red, his eyes bloodshot.

He was overdrawing his life force. He already didn't have much time left, and now, by stimulating his vitality to boost his strength, he would die in the time it takes for a stick of incense to burn at most.

Instantly, a terrifying pressure was released from Duan Zhengchun's body. Murong Zheng's charging figure suddenly jerked to a halt, then crashed face-first onto the ground, causing the bluestone pavement to shatter directly.

"Puff..."

Murong Zheng sprayed out a mouthful of fresh blood. On the other side, just as Murong Jiu was about to rush out, she found that her body couldn't move at all.

Let alone running away.

The other members of the Murong Family were also all frozen in place.

"This King said, as long as I am unwilling, no one can leave this place."

"Murong Zheng, seeing as you are somewhat of a man, take your own life." Duan Zhengchun looked at Murong Zheng without the slightest change in his expression.

Murong Zheng spat out another mouthful of blood. Seeing that his daughter couldn't move at all, he felt utterly disheartened.

Struggling to stand up, he staggered over to his daughter.

"Xiao Jiu, your father is incompetent and failed to protect you. Now, that we father and daughter can go on this final journey together, it can be considered that Heaven has not treated us poorly."

"This is a Life-Ending Pill. After taking it, you won't feel any pain."

"Father, I don't want it. If we die, let's die together." Murong Jiu's tears fell like beads from a broken string, streaming down her face.

"Silly girl, this is already the last bit of dignity for us father and daughter." With a face full of pain, Murong Zheng directly sealed his daughter's acupoints.

He fed the Life-Ending Pill in his hand directly to Murong Jiu.

Murong Jiu's expression changed, blood overflowed from her mouth, and her body went limp as she fell to the ground, her life force extinguished.

Murong Zheng looked at the other members of the Murong Family with a face full of sorrow.

"It is I, Murong Zheng, who has failed you. In the next life, I shall serve as an ox or a horse to repay the debt I owe today."

"Everyone, this old man shall take the first step."

As Murong Zheng's voice fell, he struck his own crown with his palm. Instantly, Murong Zheng's eyes bulged, he spat blood, and fell straight down.

He died with his eyes open; indeed, Murong Zheng died without finding peace.

The other members of the Murong Family, faces filled with grief, tremblingly picked up their swords and slit their own throats.

In an instant, blood flowed like a river, and everyone in the Murong Family was dead.

As for those unrelated to the Murong Family, they had already left.

"Let's go..."

After Duan Zhengchun finished speaking, he turned to leave, but as he turned, he cast a sidelong glance at Murong Jiu's position, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.

Moon Princess's heart stirred, and she immediately thought of something.

However, Duan Zhengchun didn't say anything, so she wouldn't say anything either.

Just after Duan Zhengchun left, Murong Qiudi's figure appeared at the main gate of the Murong Family. When she saw the shattered gate, Murong Qiudi's expression changed, and she hurried inside.

When she saw the corpses covering the ground, Murong Qiudi's whole body shook, and her face instantly turned pale.

"No, impossible, this isn't real, this isn't real."

"Didn't I already send a messenger pigeon telling you to escape quickly? Why? Why did it turn out like this?" Murong Qiudi looked at the scene before her in disbelief.

At this moment, among those corpses, a figure moved slightly.

At this sight, Murong Qiudi's eyes instantly lit up, and her figure arrived by the person's side in a flash.

"Ninth Sister, Ninth Sister, how are you?" Murong Qiudi was emotionally agitated.

She hadn't expected her Ninth Sister to still be alive.

Murong Jiu opened her eyes dizzily. When she saw her eldest sister, Murong Qiudi, there was no joy on her face; instead, when she looked at Murong Qiudi, her eyes were filled with resentment and anger.

Murong Jiu pushed Murong Qiudi away and struggled to get up. When she saw the corpses all over the ground and her father's eyes still open in death, she let out a mournful cry and threw herself over him.

"Father..."

The sound was sorrowful, a display of filial piety that could move the heavens.

Murong Qiudi said nothing, came to her father's side, and knelt down directly.

"Father, your child is unfilial; it's all my fault."

"Don't worry, I will definitely avenge you. Duan Zhengchun must die." Murong Qiudi's tone was cold and filled with killing intent.

"Revenge? You still have the face to talk about revenge? If it weren't for you, Father wouldn't have died at all."

"Why did you have to provoke Duan Zhengchun? Why?"

"It's all because of you; you are the one who brought this disaster upon the Murong Family. You are the sinner of the Murong Family."

"If Father hadn't used the Life-Ending Pill to deceive Duan Zhengchun, now you would be the only living person left in the entire Murong Family. Are you satisfied now?"

"Are you happy? Just because you insisted on having your own way and had to provoke Duan Zhengchun, the Murong Family is completely destroyed. Get out! I don't have a sister like you." Murong Jiu pointed at Murong Qiudi's nose and began to scold her furiously.

Murong Qiudi's face changed again and again, instantly becoming completely bloodless.

"I... I was trying to save my aunt and cousin before. I was also thinking of the Murong Family. How can you say that to me?" Murong Qiudi said angrily.

"Save your cousin? Save your aunt? So you could just abandon your own parents and your own family?"

"Then why did you even come back? Go live with your aunt and cousin!"

"Years ago, when the Second Uncle's branch was obsessed with restoring the kingdom, they already had a falling out with our family and almost stopped all contact."

"Yet, because of a single letter for help from her, you disregarded the safety of your own family to go save them."

"Now look, the people weren't saved, and your own home is gone, heh... You really are my 'good' big sister, Father's 'good' daughter."

"Is your brain made of pig brains? Duan Zhengchun could even kill the Old Ancestor, an Earth Immortal Realm Master. What right did you have to offend him? Where did you get the nerve to offend him?"

"Is it because of that man who scumbagged you? Where is he? Say it! Murong Qiudi, I, Murong Jiu, from this day forth, sever all ties with you. Our Murong Family does not have a person like you."

"Get out of here, you're not welcome..." Murong Jiu pointed at Murong Qiudi's nose and cursed loudly.

However, even so, it still couldn't dispel the sorrow in her heart.

Just a moment ago, the family was happy and harmonious, and in such a short time, they were separated by life and death.

No matter who it was, they wouldn't be able to accept this fact.

Murong Qiudi felt as if she had been struck by lightning, looking at her Ninth Sister in disbelief.

She hadn't expected that she would rush back in a panic wanting to protect them, only for it to end in such a situation.

The Murong Family was destroyed, leaving only Ninth Sister alone.

Now, in the entire Murong Family, only the two sisters remained.

"No, no, I don't believe it. Why must everything be blamed on me?"

"I clearly sent a messenger pigeon to you, telling you to hide quickly. Why were you still here? Why? Now that something like this has happened, you blame everything on me? Why? I won't accept it, I won't accept it!" Murong Qiudi shook her head frantically, appearing half-crazed.

"Messenger pigeon? You really are a pig-brain. You use a messenger pigeon in front of an Earth Immortal Realm Master?"

"I see that over these years, because of that scumbag Xie Xiaofeng, is your head filled with nothing but filth?" Murong Jiu looked at Murong Qiudi with a playful, cold sneer.

Murong Qiudi's whole body trembled, and she became utterly despondent.

Yes, she had been too naive. Using a messenger pigeon in front of an Earth Immortal Realm Master was simply an idiotic dream.

"Was I wrong? I wasn't wrong, I wasn't wrong. It's all him, it's all that bastard Duan Zhengchun. If it weren't for him, none of this would have happened, none of this would have happened."