Qin Zhantian’s old tears flowed like rivers.
“Zhou Xuan, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry. I know I was wrong. I shouldn’t have caused so many deaths.”
But all he received was Zhou Xuan’s whip lashing him, blow after blow.
Qin Zhantian was already old.
How could he endure such torture?
Zhou Xuan sneered, “Doesn’t it feel special?”
“I had this horsewhip soaked in salt water. Every lash lands with full force.”
“Guards, smear honey all over him and release all the carnivorous ants I had flown in.”
Qin Zhantian was terrified, crying and begging for mercy, “Zhou Xuan, I was wrong! I was wrong! Please spare me!”
Unfortunately, his cries had no effect.
The burly men held bowls of thick honey and boxes filled with “rustling” ants and snails, ready to begin.
Zhou Xuan watched this spectacle leisurely, smacking his lips as if enjoying a grand performance.
“Zhou Xuan, no, please! Spare my grandfather!”
“I can die in his place!”
“Is that so?”
“Very well, I shall grant your touching grandfather-granddaughter devotion.”
“Ah!”
Qin Huaiyu let out a cry of alarm.
One of the burly men had already made his move.
“Ah!”
On the other side, her parents were being brutally hacked to death, piece by piece.
Qin Huaiyu completely broke down.
“Ah! I was wrong! I know I was wrong! I’ll kneel before you!”
She moved to kowtow to Zhou Xuan, but before her knees could touch the ground, the burly men pounced on her.
“Ah! Ah!”
Qin Huaiyu screamed repeatedly.
Zhou Xuan’s eyes were filled with a bloodthirsty glint. Watching all this, his heart remained unmoved.
In his eyes, Qin Huaiyu was merely a clown, someone he could crush at any moment.
“You damn scoundrel! I’ll fight you to the death!” Qin Zhantian lunged at Zhou Xuan like a madman, but was intercepted by a guard.
“Get lost! What are you supposed to be!” Qin Zhantian roared.
Alas, he was merely a mortal and an elder.
The guard delivered a gentle punch, sending Qin Zhantian flying.
His bones were shattered.
He could only watch helplessly as Qin Huaiyu was stripped bare, her body left without a single intact piece of flesh.
Just as Zhou Xuan ordered the ants to be poured, Qin Zhantian slammed his fist on the ground.
“Zhou Xuan, stop! I’ll tell you, the remains of your parents and family might be in a certain place, as long as you spare Huaiyu.”
Zhou Xuan’s eyes narrowed. This old man had finally spoken the truth.
“Still using excuses like this? Do you think I wouldn’t dare to kill her?”
Qin Zhantian shook his head, “I’m telling the truth.”
Qin Huaiyu, tortured beyond recognition, still gritted her teeth and said, “Don’t tell him…”
Zhou Xuan was indifferent.
“Whether this information is true or not, I won’t believe you. Don’t try to stall for time. Qin Zhantian, you’re testing my patience.”
“Haha…”
Qin Zhantian suddenly burst into laughter.
“Zhou Xuan, do you remember? I told you that your Zhou family was destroyed by a great fire, and not a single body could be found.
This was indeed not the work of the Qin family.
At that time, a mysterious person took away your parents’ bodies.
His strength was far superior to anyone else’s back then.
After our men made their move, he didn’t intervene to save them, but only appeared after we had ransacked the Zhou residence.”
Zhou Xuan had already consulted the Old Ancestor.
He was also unclear about this matter.
Back then, the ring was held by Grandpa Lu and the others.
He himself was not entirely clear about the subsequent events.
“Zhou Xuan, perhaps there are still survivors among them.”
“Because back then, the great fire hadn’t completely finished burning when our men saw that person appear.”
Qin Zhantian’s voice was hoarse. He knew that if his life hadn’t held some use, Zhou Xuan would have already killed his granddaughter.
Zhou Xuan sneered, “Qin Zhantian, do you take me for a three-year-old? If anyone truly survived, would you tell me?”
“Even so, why haven’t they appeared to find me and acknowledge me?”
“You!” Qin Zhantian was furious but speechless.
However, at that time, it was indeed too hasty. The remains of the Zhou family members hadn’t been fully confirmed before they retreated.
The remaining matters were handled jointly by the Cangyun Li family, Zhao family, and Wang family.
Since they all found the situation suspicious, there must have been something strange.
Qin Zhantian finally understood.
From the very beginning, he had vaguely felt that a pair of unseen hands were stirring the waters.
He had initially dismissed it as a delusion.
But as he looked back on his life before death, he discovered countless incredible doubts.
How could he have overlooked these things?
Who was manipulating from the shadows?
“Haha, Zhou Xuan, don’t be smug. Though my Qin family is annihilated today, your troubles are far from over!”
Thinking of this, Qin Zhantian, unwilling, leaped up and thrust a knife into his granddaughter Qin Huaiyu’s chest.
Qin Huaiyu looked at the knife in front of her with disbelief.
“Gra… Grandpa… you!”
“Huaiyu, rather than suffer humiliation and death at their hands, it’s better for Grandpa to take you along, so you can reunite with your parents!”
Qin Zhantian plunged the dagger deeper.
As he pulled it out, the gushing blood splattered onto Zhou Xuan’s face.
Just as he was about to stab himself in the chest, Zhou Xuan kicked his dagger away.
“The Qin family elder has lost his mind and killed his granddaughter in a family feud with his son and daughter-in-law. Call the police.”
Zhou Xuan struck several vital pressure points on Qin Zhantian.
With the Heavenly Ghost Pushing Back technique, Qin Zhantian became an aged elder, his eyes cloudy, his vitality completely drained.
If he were to die on the roadside the next moment, unable to reach the police station, no one would question it.
Thus,
The Qin family, the foremost of the five great clans of Shangjing, met its end.
From the shadows,
In a place no one could discover,
Two figures watched this grand drama with great interest.
The masked man in black saw Qin Zhantian being treated like this by Zhou Xuan.
He chuckled, “Zhou Xuan, you’ve indeed lived up to expectations.”
“Within a few short years, you have successfully achieved revenge.”
“A small fry like the Qin family dared to dream of allying with our clan.”
“Qin Zhantian, Qin Zhantian, now that you’ve suffered such a great loss, I hope that in your next life, you won’t cross paths with a malevolent god like Zhou Xuan.”
Watching below, Zhou Xuan was slaughtering like a god of war.
The man in black wearing a conical hat behind him spoke with some concern.
“Master, such a person, if left alive, will be a future calamity. Zhou Xuan’s medical skills are divine, and his strength has advanced too quickly. I suspect he already possesses one or two of the Four Great Artifacts.”
“Otherwise, his advancement speed cannot be explained.”
The man in black sneered, “Why doesn’t our clan have such a genius? It’s a pity. If only Zhou Xuan were a descendant of our clan, how perfect would that be!”
The man wearing the conical hat also sighed.
“Now that the experiment is halfway through, Li Ming has already been captured and is being used for testing.”
“But the results are not good!”
The man in black nodded.
“Make him spit out all the formulas he has. I don’t believe we still haven’t found a suitable prescription by now.”