Chapter 176: Breach! The Breach that Began with Ishida Ryugen

Who is this man?!

Even if Shítian Longxian was usually clueless, he now noticed the extraordinary nature of the man before him—a spiritual pressure so strong it warped the surrounding space, making him feel suffocated, and causing Shībō Yīxīn and Urahara Kisuke, two experts far stronger than him, to treat the man with such respect that his identity was undoubtedly extraordinary.

He is the Captain-Commander of our Guard Court Thirteen Squads!

Mr. Shítian Longxian, I advise you not to have any thoughts of playing tricks~

Captain-Commander Araki's strength is far above ours~

He is the strongest Soul Reaper in Soul Society's history, without equal.

Urahara heard this and specifically warned Longxian.

The strongest Soul Reaper in Soul Society's history?!

Upon hearing this, Longxian's face slightly changed; his naturally fair skin seemed to lose a bit of color, becoming even paler.

Araki had already mixed his Quincy power into Masaki's body.

Young master?!

Shítian Longxian didn't know how he had walked out of Urahara's shop. He felt like a walking corpse, continuously trudging through the city shrouded in endless rain.

Indeed, is that so?

I just don't want to admit it……

However, at the very moment Longxian shot his arrow, a figure appeared before him and, with one hand, caught his Holy Quincy Arrow.

Too late……

At this moment, Zōngxián decided to reveal all the secrets.

Longxian looked at Zōngxián and asked.

Longxian previously didn't know where this relationship lay, but now it seems he finally understands: the Ishida Family appears to have a close connection with the man before him, and with this other man who also possesses Quincy power.

Since Longxian has let you stay, you will stay……

In Urahara Kisuke's shop, Araki formed a light sword made of spirit particles in his hand and directly plunged it into Kurosaki Masaki's chest, which still bore traces of hollowfication.

After Zōngxián had done all this, he spoke to Katagiri at his side.

You two, step aside!

After hearing Zōngxián's words, Longxian gave a bitter smile, stared at the ceiling, and fell into thought—realizing he had been living a lie, and realizing that among the Quincy there were also different factions.

The moment Longxian had this thought arise in his mind, he suppressed it, not daring to dwell on it further; but some things are not up to whether he acknowledges them—just as Araki spoke, a purple bow and arrow appeared in his hand, its spirit particle density far exceeding that of Longxian's Holy Quincy Arrow.

Then what about the war between the Soul Reapers and the Quincy two hundred years ago?

Now, Father, please tell me! What exactly is the truth? Why are there Quincy among the Soul Reapers? Why won't the Soul Reapers cleanse our Ishida Family? What exactly happened in the war between the Soul Reapers and the Quincy two hundred years ago?

Urahara heard this and broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead.

Don't you already have the answer in your heart?

As for Katagiri, the maid, she was about to cry—she was merely a mixed-blood, a little maid infatuated with her young master; what right did she have to know the secrets of the pure-blood Quincy?!

Zōngxián felt his son's gaze and nodded firmly.

Yet what surprised Longxian came afterward: the man who had caught his Holy Quincy Arrow casually crushed it completely, reducing it to the most basic spirit particles, which dissipated between heaven and earth.

Thinking this over, Katagiri let out a helpless sigh; if this was what Young Master Longxian expected, she could not refuse. For the sake of the young master she admired, she forced herself to listen—let's hear this secret about the pure-blood Quincy!

Longxian, actually our pure-blood Quincy does not have just a single ancestor! And our Ishida Family's Quincy power was not passed down from ourselves, but from the ancient Quincy King Yǒuhābāhè! Instead, it is inherited from the current Captain-Commander of the Guard Court Thirteen Squads, Araki!

Longxian gave Katagiri a reassuring look, then fixed his determined gaze on his father.

Exactly as Araki thrust the light sword in, Masaki's body lit up with countless patterns.

After hearing Zōngxián's words, Longxian was about to get up to rescue Masaki.

Young master, old master, I'm heading out now!

Katagiri rushed over to Shítian Longxian.

Father!

Zōngxián heard this, flashed to Longxian's side, and waved a hand to knock him unconscious.

Shítian muttered to himself, during which he encountered his personal maid, Katagiri.

Katagiri……

Longxian had no intention of avoiding Katagiri; facing Zōngxián, he directly asked this utterly ridiculous question.

No, I don't want to know!

Katagiri approached Longxian's front and spoke nervously.

Do you have a fever?

But Longxian, are you truly prepared to know everything?

Katagiri heard this and nodded firmly.

Old master?

Longxian fired his questions at Zōngxián like bullets, one after another.

Just as Longxian posed that ridiculous question, Araki turned around and coldly said to Longzhuan,

Father, I have seen the Soul Reaper's Captain-Commander; please answer me immediately—why is the Soul Reaper's Captain-Commander a pure-blood Quincy?!

Araki looked at Longxian and asked lightly.

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

At the moment Longxian's eyes glazed over, a middle-aged man with silver short hair, hands behind his back, walked into Longxian's bedroom.

……

Longxian is a smart man; upon hearing the man's words, a ridiculous idea suddenly sprang up in his heart.

Good!

At this moment, Katagiri was the most confused; she truly did not want to know the so-called truth!

Thus, Katakiri tried to seek help from his father……

"You're a Death God—how could you possibly use a Holy Annihilation Arrow?"

Long Xian seemingly didn't expect the newcomer's speed to be this fast.

Yi Xin pressed his chest tightly against the arrow in Long Xian's hand and roared at him.

Zong Xian looked at Long Xian and revealed the secret he knew.

"In that case, I'll tell you everything!"

Huang Mu looked at Long Xian and inquired lightly.

"Only a Quincy can use a Holy Annihilation Arrow—unless……"

Long Xian muttered, seemingly unconcerned about his own body.

"Then whatever happens next will be a heaven‑toppling catastrophe for anyone present!"

"Eh……"

"Damn! Indeed, I should have thought of this earlier……"

Although Yi Xin can't see Huang Mu, he can indeed see Long Xian!

Long Xian laughed helplessly; why can the Shi Tian family live so openly in the Present World? The answer is likely only one: the Shi Tian family itself has close ties to the Soul Society and the Death Gods……

At that moment, Long Xian had already bitten through his lip; a strong smell of blood surged straight to his crown, while hatred and malice proliferated endlessly in his heart, making him as ferocious as a wild beast.

The Katakiri standing beside Long Xian, upon hearing his words, dropped the tray in her hand, her eyes filled with disbelief.

Long Xian shouted at Yi Xin and Pu Yuan Da.

"Ah?!"

However, Katakiri received the answer she least wanted.

Long Xian seemed to have his defenses broken, kneeling on the ground. He couldn't comprehend everything he'd seen today—why would the legendary figure who gave the order to slaughter all the Quincys be a Quincy himself? And given how that Quincy's abilities were used, there's no doubt the man before him is a pure-blood Quincy; but if the Death God's commander-in-chief is a pure-blood Quincy, then why would he issue such a heaven‑shattering command to wipe out all pure‑blood Quincys in the Three Realms?!

"Long Xian, aren't you feeling strange?"

"How? That the Death God's commander-in-chief is a Quincy is hard to accept, isn't it?"

"Captain Commander Huang Mu is looking at you~"

"What?!"

At this moment, Katakiri looked toward Long Xian once again.

Zongxian gave an answer that shocked Longxian immensely.

Longxian said, pulling the bow and arrow from his hand and aiming it at Huangmu's head.

"Longxian! Your gaze is like that of a wounded young beast~"

"I've made preparations!"

"Hey, Longxian! How did you get yourself in such a sorry state?"

"Hah..."

After hearing Longxian's words, Zongxian's nearsighted glasses suddenly reflected a cold gleam, and he spoke to Longxian with utter indifference.

Without giving Longxian time to think further, the man who had shattered Longxian's Divine Annihilation Arrow continued speaking.

"If you mean the battle a thousand years ago between the Soul Reapers and the Quincy, then I was a participant! If you mean the two-hundred-year-old slaughter war where the Soul Reapers massacred the Quincy, then, as you thought, I was the behind-the-scenes orchestrator of that war."

Longxian fell silent upon hearing that; being a smart person, he had already anticipated everything, so Zongxian's words did not surprise him—but then something suddenly occurred to him, and he looked at his father with extreme tension, asking.

At the same time, Huangmu could also, during Youha Shengbie's time, screw over Youha with one hand~

"So then..."

"And what about Zhenxiao? How are the Heiqi family doing?"

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible..."

"Then I cannot hand over Zhenxiao to you!"

When Shitian Longxian opened his eyes again, he had already returned home; as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the anxious-looking Piantong.

"Young master, lie down first; you have a fever, don't get up yet..."

"Take good care of him."

"Originally I planned to wait until you started a family and established your career before telling you everything."

At this moment, Longxian seemed to have gotten carried away; he completely ignored Puyuan and Yixin's advice, and after a loud shout, he fired his own Divine Annihilation Arrow.

"The bloodline of the Quincy progenitor Yuhai Bach has proliferated too much; for us pure-blood Quincy who inherit from the Huangmu line, like the Shitian clan, we can live better in the Three Realms! Our ancestral source of power, Huangmu, dispatched the Guardians' Thirteen Squads' Soul Reapers to help us annihilate all pure-blood Quincy who inherit from Yuhai Bach's bloodline living in the Present World! Since then, among us pure-bloods of the Huangmu bloodline in the Present World, we have begun to dominate exclusively! We have now secretly controlled everything in this world..."

Huangmu looked at Longxian and spoke calmly.

Piantong knew that the forthcoming conversation between this father and son would involve the Quincy's utmost secrets, possibly known only to pure-bloods, and not something a mixed-blood like her could hear.

"I have to go save Zhenxiao; I can't leave her alone there!"

"Sigh..."

"No, but... damn it..."

Longxian stared, eyes wide, at Huangmu's Divine Annihilation Arrow.

Shitian gave Piantong a deep look, then lay helplessly on the ground.

"The true Divine Annihilation Arrow?"

"Or the Captain-Commander of the Guardian Thirteen Squads?"

"……"

"Noisy little brat!"

"Young master!"

"Let me show you what a true Divine Annihilation Arrow really is!"

Puyuan's forehead was covered in gushing cold sweat; he had already deployed the Heaven-Pillar Net and called for Four Maple Court Yeyi, but the situation was now beyond what he and Yixin could resolve—only Yeyi, whom Huangmu raised as a daughter, could settle it.

Long Xian, return to your family! Go ask your birth father—whose power truly lies within the Shi Tian family?! My foolish, bewildered child!

If you continue to let you run wild!

In fact, Huang Mu never imagined that among the pure-blood Quincy who attacked the Four Great Gates a thousand years ago, there was actually the progenitor of the Shi Tian family, and Huang Mu naturally took the place of Yuhabah, becoming the source of the Quincy power within the Shi Tian family.

"Unless I myself am a Quincy!"

"Yes, sir!"

"Plop..."

Shi Tian Zongxian, that is, Shi Tian Longxian's father, upon seeing Longxian's gaze, couldn't help but speak.

"That's enough..."

"My head hurts..."

Longxian stared at the man before him, his eyes slightly narrowed.

"Hum!"

Longxian said this, his voice trailed off, he looked at Huang Mu in disbelief.

"Why is that?"

"Heh, how could I not have thought about it?"

"Shinigami, get out of my way! Since you didn't participate in that war, don't come preaching to me about grand principles—those Quincy killed two hundred years ago are not your kin, but mine!!

"What on earth is going on?"

"Your holy Quincy arrow is too weak, brat!"

Longxian stared fixedly at Huang Mu, asking Urahara beside him.

"Yeah? Why?"

To prevent Longxian from making a grave mistake, the two immediately stepped in front of Huang Mu.

"Just as you thought! The Kurosaki clan is the last bloodline of Yuhabah left in this world!"

Huang Mu said, looking at Ichigo kneeling on the ground.

"Hum!"

This time it was Longxian who fell silent.

When Longxian drew his holy Quincy arrow, the first to panic was not Longxian, but Urahara Kisuke and Ichigo.

"Why, in these two hundred years, have all other pure-blood Quincy families declined, while only your Shi Tian family grows stronger? Why do other pure-blood Quincy hide like rats in the shadows, while your Shi Tian family enjoys noble status in the human world? Have you never pondered this?"

"Don't leave, Ichigo! Every Quincy, whether pure-blood or mixed-blood, has the right to know the truth!"

"Oh well..."

In that case, even if Masaki were blessed by Yuhabah, she could still use Quincy power...

"Hey! Longxian! Don't do something you'll regret..."

Zongxian pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose, asking Longxian.

"Sorry! Longxian..."

"If that's the case, then the Shinigami's extermination of the Quincy back then was ordered by this very man?!"

Smirking, Urahara crouched, bringing his mouth to Ichigo's ear, whispering.

"Huh?!"

Ichigo, hearing this, instinctively shivered.

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