Qin Zhantian burst into laughter.
"Zhou Xuan, do you think killing me and eliminating the Qin family will bring you peace? How naive."
"Let me tell you, as long as the other four families exist, you'll never secure your position. You'll never become the foremost family in Shangjing!"
"Whether I secure my position or not, you'll soon find out in the netherworld."
Zhou Xuan brushed himself off, stomped his foot, blew away the dust, and then stepped on Qin Zhantian's aged face.
With his head pinned down, Qin Zhantian was unable to move, utterly humiliated and pressed into the dust.
The Fang family, the Lu family, the Zhuge family, and all the Sun family members watched with schadenfreude, even unbridled delight!
Seeing his former subordinate now mocking him, Qin Zhantian struggled violently.
But how could he shake Zhou Xuan's strength?
After struggling for a while, he only managed to stir up the dust on the training grounds.
He himself was choked by the dust.
"Cough, cough... Let me go, and the Qin family will be yours!"
"Just spare my life!"
"Why, even now, do you think you're in a position to negotiate with me?"
Zhou Xuan curved his lips into a smile. "Are you senile?"
"I am the master now, and you are the servant!"
"Open your eyes wide and watch carefully as I dismember Qin Huaiyu, bone by bone."
"You dare!"
"Guards! Strip Qin Huaiyu naked in front of everyone and reward my brothers."
Zhou Xuan saw that Qin Zhantian was still only fearful, showing no remorse.
Qin Zhantian harbored no guilt for destroying the Zhou family all those years ago, only fear of being killed by Zhou Xuan.
Instead, he seemed proud, even threatening Zhou Xuan with the desecration of his parents' and family's remains.
In response, the last shred of pity in Zhou Xuan's heart was extinguished.
Qin Zhantian hadn't expected that Zhou Xuan wasn't bluffing but was serious.
Meanwhile, Qin Huaiyu, who had fainted, had water splashed on her, making her completely drenched.
Her exquisite curves were fully displayed, and many present began to grow excited.
The once peerlessly beautiful matriarch of the Qin family was someone one could only admire from afar, but now the pitiable and tragic Qin Huaiyu stirred the desire for conquest in countless men.
As Zhou Xuan's subordinates, over a dozen cultivation experts, surrounded Qin Huaiyu and were about to strip her clothes in front of everyone, Qin Zhantian shouted hoarsely, "Zhou... Zhou Xuan, stop!"
He even reached out to grab Zhou Xuan's trouser leg.
Zhou Xuan forcefully ground his face, causing Qin Zhantian's face to contort.
"How does it feel? Seeing this scene, are you in pain?"
"I've designed many programs specifically for an old, cunning dog like you to witness, to see how I will torture and kill all your Qin descendants, one by one."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Huaiyu's parents, Qin Zhantian's son and daughter-in-law, were hoisted up by a crane.
"Begin. Let them pay their father's debts and taste the true torment of being cut into a thousand pieces."
As Zhou Xuan's voice faded, Qin Huaiyu's parents were lifted, and their excruciatingly brutal execution commenced.
"Qin Zhantian, your grandson is in jail, and your granddaughter has been driven mad by me, but that's far from enough.
Let me tell you something else: your son's son, your daughter-in-law, and all of the Qin family died because of you. Do you know how your lineage established itself in the capital? It was because your line harmed the Zhou family back then."
"Without the Zhou family's funds, did you truly believe you could surpass the Fang family?"
Zhou Xuan's eyes were like those of a wolf or a tiger, as if he could devour Qin Zhantian.
Zhou Xuan would avenge the blood feud of the Zhou family sooner or later, and today he would vent his anger on Qin Zhantian.
He aimed to kill the mind.
Qin Zhantian's greatest pride was founding the Qin family's century-long prosperity, even believing the Qin family would flourish for generations to come.
But now Zhou Xuan was bent on destroying everything he held dear.
This was more painful than killing him.
Qin Zhantian's pupils suddenly contracted, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, falling to his knees before Zhou Xuan.
"Boy, kill me. If you kill me, I'll be free. My life is yours, and you can take it whenever you wish."
Qin Zhantian, throughout his life, had only sought self-preservation and had never begged anyone.
Yet the enmity of the Zhou family had repeatedly plunged him into peril.
In this life, his greatest regret was harming the Zhou family; he never imagined that a descendant of the Zhou family was still alive and well.
"If I hadn't let you live back then, there wouldn't be this disaster today."
Qin Zhantian gritted his teeth. "You'd better pray that my Qin family descendants aren't all dead, or your future will be as bleak as my present situation!"
"Rest assured, after you die, I will make you witness firsthand as I kill them all, making you taste a life worse than death."
Zhou Xuan raised an eyebrow and smiled. "As they say, old ginger is the spiciest."
"Thank you kindly, Elder Qin. You've taught me another lesson."
"You've reminded me. Rest assured, I will order people to take good care of Qin Chao and Qin Qingya. As for the other branches of the Qin family, I will ensure they are completely divorced from power and status!"
Zhou Xuan's words pierced Qin Zhantian's heart like sharp swords.
"Zhou Xuan! I'll fight you to the death!"
Qin Zhantian roared.
Before his words fully registered, the flaying of Qin father and mother began.
"Ahhh..."
"Mercy... Ahhh..."
"Stop cutting, I was wrong, please let me go..."
"No more!"
"Please..."
"We were wrong, we'll give you whatever you want, please!"
"Why isn't anyone coming? Save me, please, save me..."
The screams of the Qin family echoed through the sky.
Before long, they were covered in blood and silenced.
......
Hearing the shrill screams emanating from the training grounds, everyone's heart trembled.
Zhou Xuan looked at Qin Zhantian coldly.
He picked up the horsewhip and lashed it at him.
Instantly, deep, bone-revealing wounds appeared on Qin Zhantian's body.
"Now your son and daughter-in-law have gone to find my parents in the underworld. It's your turn."
"Do you know what crime you've committed?"
"I know!"
"Then tell me, where did you go wrong!"
Qin Zhantian, enduring the whip lashes, said, "I shouldn't have coveted the Zhou family's possessions, nor should I have killed so many people from the Zhou family."
As he spoke, he glanced at his granddaughter Qin Huaiyu, who was trembling on the ground.
Qin Huaiyu had just woken up. The burly men surrounding her leered, and she was utterly powerless to resist.
Zhou Xuan let out a cold laugh and continued, "Who knew the treasure wouldn't be found. Fortunately, thanks to the wisdom and cleverness of the Zhou family's friends, I was saved. And I also benefited from misfortune, receiving the help of my master."
"And you never expected that child from back then would return to claim your lives, did you?"
Zhou Xuan snorted coldly.