Chapter 76: Wrath

Sect Leader Li feebly pounded himself.

It seemed that only the bodily shock could slightly ease the heartache of losing his son.

If,

If that day, she had not listened to her daughter, had not chosen to sever ties, and stood opposed to the Heaven Mystic Dao Sect.

But thinking of the Heaven Mystic Dao Sect's past favor to the Cold Moon Sect, if she had let Su Chen enter the main hall, would her only qilin son not have died?

"Scum!"

"It's you, you killed my son!"

Sect Leader Li, grief-stricken and filled with hatred, slapped hard, knocking the equally kneeling and wailing saintess to the ground, gathering all his spiritual power in his feet and kicking her several times: "If it weren't for you, telling me that Ye Xuan would soon rule the Eastern Wasteland, then I could obtain the Vein-Forging Pill."

"As for Su Chen, showing up at this critical juncture, he can only be seeking aid."

"If it weren't for you, wholeheartedly supporting Ye Xuan and placing all hope of saving my son on him, how could my son have died?"

The entire Cold Moon Sect echoed with grief-stricken cries.

If the Cold Moon Sect were given another chance to choose.

They would surely not dare to turn Su Chen away again, no matter how excessive his demands…… even if it implicated the Cold Moon Sect, plunging it into irredeemable ruin…… for the sake of leading the family toward the glorious heavenly prodigy, what's a little implication?

But…… everything is now gone.

After Sect Leader Li had vented his grief and indignation, Su Yuan then spoke with a self‑mocking tone: "Alas! Regret comes too late; that day I was bewitched and also refused Su Chen entry into the sect, but I never imagined this day would come."

"Regretting the past now is useless; better to think about what to do from now on."

"I'm just giving an example…… if Su Chen's talismans and arcane weapons held off the Azure Abyss Sect's disciples and he successfully joined forces with Su Changfeng, would the situation in the Eastern Wasteland not change?"

Sect Leader Li's eyes were red and swollen, his gaze vacant as he stared ahead; after a while, he reluctantly accepted the fact of losing his beloved son.

Listening to the words of an old friend, Sect Leader Li's mouth curled into a bitter smile: "You mean you want to seek out the Heaven Mystic Dao Sect and mend relations?"

"You are Su Changfeng's brother; even if Su Chen had countless trump cards, even if Ye Xuan grew to fear him, even if the tide truly turned, would Su Changfeng really strike you down?"

"You fear that they would then retaliate against us?"

Su Yuan nodded solemnly.

If it truly is as Ye Xuan said, and Su Chen really obtained the supreme inheritance, or if he has a powerful figure backing him, then the five thousand cultivators of Dragon City might truly not be able to resist Su Chen.

Once Su Chen returns to Cloud Sea City,

The cultivators guarding Cloud Sea City would then possess terrifying talismans capable of killing enemies a major realm above them, and even without spirit stones they could seize them from Ye Han and the Ye family disciples.

After Sect Leader Li had no choice but to face reality, in order to lessen his guilt a little, he involuntarily turned his hatred toward Su Chen.

Even if he himself were the murderer of his son, Su Chen would still be an accomplice.

If Su Chen had earlier revealed the Vein‑Forging Pill for reforging meridians, how could he have possibly turned it away? In the end, it's just that Su Chen lacked sincerity.

Sect Leader Li lifted his proud chin and repeatedly sneered: "Don't scare yourself."

"Su Chen cannot return to Cloud Sea City; those five thousand cultivators are all elite recruits of Ye Xuan's Azure Abyss Sect—against dozens, each would have to drown the opponent with a single spit."

"Even if he had talismans and didn't hesitate to self‑destruct his arcane weapons, their number is ultimately limited; he could not possibly survive to reach Cloud Sea City."

But—

The words finished.

Outside the hall, the guard's voice sounded.

"Sect Leader, the Azure Abyss Holy Sect has sent word."

"The five thousand cultivators of Dragon City ambushed Su Chen, but Su Chen's formation reflected the attack, looted all the spirit stones from the Dragon City Treasury, and the five thousand cultivators were trapped inside an eight‑level holy grand formation, within which thunderfire talismans are buried."

"Every few dozen meters forward, they would be struck into ashes by summoned heavenly thunder."

"Cultivators rushed forward one after another, but after many had died, none dared to act rashly."

"In the end, Su Chen and several dozen others, before thousands of cultivators, swaggered away, and those dozens emerged unscathed."

Sect Leader Li, whose pupils nearly burst: "……"

Sect Leader Su Yuan, stunned speechless: "……"

Both faces felt a burning pain.

This news was like a thunderclap, delivering a hard slap to Sect Leader Li just moments before.

Their four eyes met, each seeing shock and disbelief in the other's gaze, and they could even imagine how furious Ye Xuan, seated on the golden throne in the Azure Abyss Grand Hall, must be.

Ye Xuan's Martial Lord aura nearly lifted the roof of the Azure Abyss Sect.

He did not hide the immense killing intent in his eyes.

His whole body exuded a cold aura, even his breathing grew slightly ragged: "Trash, a bunch of useless trash!"

"What use is it for me to raise you? You're all utterly useless trash!"

"How could five thousand cultivators not stop a single Su Chen, let alone have him swagger away right before their eyes!!"

The Dragon City Lord, trembling with fear, clutched his head and knelt: "Sect Leader…… it's not that we're incompetent, but Su Chen somehow obtained some inheritance and actually mastered the four arts of pills, talismans, artifacts, and formations."

"Those thunderfire talismans summon heavenly thunder out of nowhere; the cultivators cannot sense it, and when the thunder strikes, nothing remains but bones."

"That formation is an eight‑level holy grand formation; the one who laid it must be at least a formation grandmaster, and our side's over a hundred formation masters spent nine days barely breaking it."

"I cannot let our remaining three thousand disciples, knowing it's a dead end, still go to their deaths."

The city lord hoarsely exhausted himself defending his actions.

Ye Xuan didn't listen at all; with a casual lift, his Martial Lord pressure shocked the city lord into unconsciousness.

Immediately the guards dragged him away, until a miserable scream echoed from outside the hall.

Ye Xuan's anger then eased slightly.

But merely thinking of Su Chen's supreme inheritance and his imminent rendezvous with Su Changfeng made it impossible to suppress the greed welling up inside.

Suddenly!

Ye Xuan lifted his gaze to the silent Sixth Prince of the Great Yu beside him: "Last time I spared Lin Jianran; this time……"

Sixth Prince snapped out of his gloom, hastily speaking in a warm voice: "Brother-in-law, over the past three years, Lin Jianran has been Su Chen's beloved, held dear by Su Chen, valued more than his own wealth and life."

I did that before only to guard against accidents; that's why I stopped you from killing her. Moreover, you and she were childhood sweethearts—if you killed him, it would seem you lack human feeling.

With Lin Jianran in hand, I still fear Su Chen won't meekly yield.

Ye Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly, his expression wavering between gloom and clarity.

Over these three years, how deeply Su Chen has devoted himself to Lin Jianran—I heard of it when he traveled through the Central State.

I simply don't know whether Su Chen truly loves Lin Jianran or...

A quarter of an hour,

Only then did Ye Xuan speak with a solemn face: "Can Su Chen really do for Lin Jianran what he wouldn't even do for his own life?"

I've investigated here; based on how deeply Su Chen has loved Lin Jianran over these three years, I think perhaps... Brother-in-law, Lin Jianran doesn't like you, does she? Why not give her a little sweetener, so she'll wholeheartedly work for you?