Chapter 201: Death by Talking Too Much

It is normal for Cang Lin to have concerns.

Qintai He is already the last thread of bloodline for this branch; he does not wish to let Qintai He take risks.

"Even if we can't kill him, we must create chaos, at the very least to injure him," Ruan Xing interrupted Cang Lin. "Otherwise, we definitely won't be able to leave Xizhou smoothly. If you are afraid, once we fail, you two leave first; I will stay behind to cover the retreat."

"How can that be..." Cang Lin still wanted to persuade her further.

He was interrupted by Qintai He again.

"No need to say more." Qintai He waved his hand to stop Cang Lin, then looked at Ruan Xing and said, "Ruan Xing, did you come back specifically to save me?"

Looking at Qintai He's expression, which seemed as if he were about to cry, Ruan Xing did not know what kind of things he was imagining in his mind.

But, this is a Simulation.

So, she hesitated for only a second before nodding solemnly, "Yes. Don't ask me where I got the news, but I am indeed here to save you, to help you."

"Good, then we shall do as you say!" Qintai He hammered the bed in excitement. "Cang Lin, if you are unwilling, I won't blame you. You may leave. To the clan, you are property; even if you don't receive good treatment in the future, you won't have to die here with me."

A Golden Core and a Nascent Soul conspiring together to kill a Transformation Stage powerhouse.

This sounds like a complete fantasy.

Qintai He had already prepared himself for a one-way trip.

He secretly made up his mind that even if things did not succeed tonight, he would let his junior sister leave first when the time came, and he would stay behind to self-detonate his Golden Core to hinder the others in the clan.

"Young Master!"

Cang Lin shouted in a somewhat stern voice.

Then he knelt on one knee and placed his hands on Qintai He's shoulders; Qintai He was somewhat stunned.

"I will never let the Young Master die before me again."

Ruan Xing turned her head away, thinking to herself, what a touching display of loyalty between master and servant.

It is a pity she cannot understand it.

The two of them were almost on the verge of hugging each other and crying.

In the end, under Ruan Xing's urging, Qintai He took a Healing Pill, and the few of them quietly went out from the Isolation Array.

The Qintai Family estate is vast, and the residences of different branches are in different courtyards, with the distance between them not being particularly close.

Therefore, there were no guards protecting the estate in the paths between the various directions.

Only a few mortal servants walked by with their heads lowered, and it was very easy for them to avoid them.

Before coming out, the few of them had already finalized the plan.

The former Clan Leader at the Transformation Stage and two Elders all lived near the Ancestral Hall. They were too old, and their age difference from their descendants was almost several hundred years or more. Their bloodlines had also branched off, and they no longer had the worldly desire for family happiness, only the continuation of clan interests.

In any case, given their cultivation, age, and seniority, the entire clan had to hold them in high esteem.

The location of the Ancestral Hall is also the place with the densest Spirit Qi in the entire clan.

Clan members below the Nascent Soul Stage all lived in their own branch courtyards, and would only stay at the Ancestral Hall when they occasionally needed to cultivate or receive guidance.

However, the Clan Leader had his own separate residence, which was neither too far nor too close to the Ancestral Hall.

By the time others discovered it and rushed to the Clan Leader's residence, it would take at least two minutes.

If they could kill that Clan Leader within two minutes, they would have plenty of time to leave calmly.

Because Ruan Xing was unfamiliar with the estate, Cang Lin took the lead to guide them, and Qintai He walked in the middle.

She looked at Qintai He's back; it seemed to have a fatal attraction like a tail wagging back and forth, making her fingers itch to move.

So she couldn't help but reach out and flick it.

Qintai He involuntarily stopped and took a step back, his body swaying before he barely managed to stand steady.

He turned his head and looked at Ruan Xing in confusion, "It felt like someone pulled me just now, was it you?"

He was very uncertain; he didn't seem to feel anyone touching him, but there was indeed a force that pulled him backward.

Ruan Xing coughed lightly, "An illusion, perhaps? I have been behind you the whole time and didn't see anyone."

She had merely used a Divine Ability to flick the invisible thread on Qintai He's body.

She definitely did not pull him with her hand.

"Oh, alright." Qintai He turned back, bewildered.

Cang Lin looked back at the two of them, and seeing nothing unusual, he continued walking forward.

Ruan Xing, meanwhile, confirmed that her Divine Ability had indeed made new progress.

She could control the actions of living people for a short time.

It was just that Qintai He had no hostility or guard against her, so he could not feel that he had been controlled, much less have the consciousness to resist.

She was not yet sure if she controlled others, whether they would be able to feel this power, and if they resisted, what kind of effect it would have.

The three of them walked for another stretch, and without using Spiritual Power, they finally arrived smoothly outside the courtyard wall of the Clan Leader's residence.

"I'll go in first," Ruan Xing said.

She summoned Sword and let Sword take her through the Invisibility Channel to sneak into the Clan Leader's residence.

This residence naturally had a barrier, but it was a pity it could not stump Ruan Xing at all; Sword's Ghost Escape Technique could ignore most barrier Formations.

Just as she was about to let Sword go back to bring Qintai He and the other one in, she sensed a dangerous aura.

The Clan Leader inside the room opened his eyes in an instant. At the same time Ruan Xing emerged from the Invisibility Channel, he sensed an uninvited guest appearing within the barrier and muttered to himself, "To think someone dares to trespass into my courtyard."

A sharp light shot from his eyes, and he blew open the window and flew out.

Ruan Xing and Sword hurriedly separated to dodge.

After one strike, seeing the appearance and cultivation of the two, a trace of surprise appeared on the Clan Leader's face, "I thought it was some disobedient junior, but I don't know where you two rats came from."

Ruan Xing did not speak, but instead directed A Jiao to circle around the Clan Leader, while simultaneously telling Sword to quickly bring the other two in.

"It is actually a Spirit Tool!" The Clan Leader soon sensed the extraordinary nature of the White Jade Sword, and there was a hint of pleasant surprise in his tone.

Things like Spirit Tools are treasures passed down through generations. Nowadays, which power with a Spirit Tool doesn't claim to have a thousand-year foundation? He didn't expect that a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator who popped out of nowhere would also have a Spirit Tool. Perhaps they came from some hidden, powerful force, but since they dared to break into his Qintai Family at night, then even if they died here, no one would know.

Wouldn't this Spirit Tool fall into his hands then!? Although the Qintai Family has Spirit Tools of their own, those Spirit Tools are not offensive in nature, and they have always been in the hands of the former Clan Leader; he couldn't even touch the edge of one, and it would only be possible for one to fall into his hands after the former Clan Leader passed away.

Even so, that is still the property of the clan.

But if he could kill these few people tonight and seize the Spirit Tool, then it would be different.

That would be his own spoils of war. One could even say, there is no need to let the clan know.

With a turn of his thoughts, the Clan Leader even had the idea of activating an Isolation Array to prevent others from discovering it.

A Jiao naturally sensed the Clan Leader's disdain and greed, and her childish voice carried a trace of disgust, "You bad person, I won't let you touch me even once!"

To think there is actually a Tool Spirit!

The Clan Leader was even more pleasantly surprised.

Because Spirit Tools are rare, they do not have the division of high, middle, and low grades like Dharma Artifacts.

But it is a universally acknowledged fact that a Spirit Tool with a Tool Spirit is nobler than one without.

His heart became even more determined to obtain it.

As for the Tool Spirit's dissatisfaction, he did not take it to heart; once he killed its master and it witnessed his power, this Tool Spirit would naturally submit to him obediently.

The Clan Leader, who had originally been maneuvering against the Tool Spirit, became increasingly ruthless with his moves; while parrying A Jiao's attacks, he continuously unleashed Magic Arts toward Ruan Xing.

A Jiao has strong autonomy and does not require Ruan Xing to waste any effort controlling her, but A Jiao's attacks lack any methodology, relying solely on the power of the Spirit Tool itself, so Ruan Xing can only continuously guide her on what to do through their mental link.

And she is not afraid of the Clan Leader's attacks at all.

Because she has another Spirit Tool in her hand, the Xumi Mirror! This Xumi Mirror is an existence that even hundreds of Puppets self-destructing their Golden Cores could not damage in the slightest.

Unless the Clan Leader has other offensive Spirit Tools in his hand.

Otherwise, he cannot break her defense at all.

With A Jiao and the Xumi Mirror, she is not worried about being unable to win; her only worry is not being able to finish the battle quickly or this Clan Leader developing the intention to avoid the fight.

Now it is fine; he has become greedy and also looks down on her for only being at the Yuaning stage.

Ruan Xing feels that the success rate is already at fifty percent.

Only a few seconds had passed, and Sword Lai had already led Qintai He and the other person through the Invisibility Channel, bypassing the Formation and bringing them into the courtyard.

Seeing that Ruan Xing was already fighting the Clan Leader, the two hurriedly came up to help.

Seeing this, the Clan Leader sneered, "So it was you two who brought the help. Cang Lin, having lived for so long, the masters you follow get worse and worse. Do you think you can kill me?"

"It's still better than Sha Lin; at least I am still alive," Cang Lin replied. "Qintai Xiao, from the day the master died, I have been thinking day and night about how to kill you. As for whether I can kill you, you will see soon enough."

The expression on Qintai Xiao's face became somewhat annoyed.

Sha Lin was his former protector.

It was just that during a training session when he was young, he used him as a stepping stone, and he died outside.

After that, he had no protector.

"I remember I have said it many times: Sha Lin died to protect me. Calling him a protector is nothing more than my servant. A servant dying for his master is his glory," Qintai Xiao said with a gloomy face.

A Magic Art instantly struck Cang Lin's face.

Cang Lin did not dodge completely, and blood splattered on his face.

Seeing this, Qintai He hurriedly drew his Sword and stepped forward, wanting to divert Qintai Xiao's attention; with a flick of his sleeves, several Fourth-Tier talismans were activated by him and flew toward Qintai Xiao.

Qintai Xiao just gave a light palm strike, and all those talismans were scattered.

He sneered: "Little brat, you should have died outside long ago. Staying in the Xuanbing Sect to muddle along was not enough, you had to come back. You overestimating thing, using Qintai Family items to attack me? You surely don't know that things like talismans have almost no effect on those above the Transformation Stage, right?"

"Oh, I understand," Qintai Xiao realized suddenly, "You don't have any elders at the Transformation Stage in your family to teach you these things, right?"

Qintai Xiao's tone was full of malice.

After hearing this, Qintai He trembled imperceptibly.

He did not give Qintai He a chance to speak, but immediately released his pressure, pinning Qintai He so he could not move.

As for Cang Lin and Ruan Xing, both are at the Yuaning Late Stage, so the pressure has a much weaker effect on them; Cang Lin only felt his footsteps were a bit heavy.

Qintai He was already unable to move, and Qintai Xiao wanted to kill him first before dealing with the other two, but he was constantly interrupted by A Jiao and Cang Lin, which he found extremely annoying.

Cang Lin said to Ruan Xing with some anxiety: "Fairy Ruan, it won't work if this continues. We cannot stop him. If we delay any longer, people will come from the Ancestral Hall."

"I know, don't be anxious, you go and distract his attention first," Ruan Xing said.

The direct gains from this battle for Qintai He and Cang Lin were not great to begin with.

She just wanted Qintai Xiao to keep his eyes on them.

She has the Xumi Mirror on her, so Qintai Xiao does zero damage hitting her; he will definitely think about killing the easy ones first.

She has been fighting Qintai Xiao for nearly a minute since entering and hasn't used other moves; Qintai Xiao already looks down on her, and perhaps now he thinks she only dared to come because she relies on the White Jade Sword and the Xumi Mirror.

And Ruan Xing, who has been standing there, has not been idle besides directing A Jiao.

She is looking for that invisible thread on Qintai Xiao.

The power of her Divine Soul gathered and dissipated in her hands, cycling continuously; she rubbed her fingers, desperately trying to sense what she could touch on Qintai Xiao.

Although Cang Lin was anxious inside after hearing her words, he had no choice but to do as she said, continuously using words to attack Qintai Xiao's weakest points.

Back then, Qintai Xiao did not become the first-choice successor for Clan Leader precisely because of his arrogance.

His aptitude was qualified, so he was listed as a backup in his youth, and the clan equipped him with a protector; unfortunately, that protector died before he reached the Yuaning stage and did not exert the greatest effect at all.

Even if it was a protector, that was also an asset of the clan; how could they allow him to waste a mortal with good Spirit Bone aptitude so carelessly without caring?

So after Sha Lin died, he became less important in the eyes of the former Clan Leader.

He was very unwilling, so he did many irrational things, and most of these, as his competitor's protector, Cang Lin knew a thing or two about.

At this moment, he kept speaking them out to disturb Qintai Xiao's state of mind, coordinating with his own and the White Jade Sword's attacks, making Qintai Xiao increasingly irritable.

"Have you said enough! Now I am the Clan Leader!" Qintai Xiao roared.

And at this moment, a very thin thread was finally grasped in Ruan Xing's hand.

It's time! Ruan Xing's lips curled slightly, revealing a smile.

She silently whispered A Jiao's name in her heart, telling her to prepare for the final strike, and then she fiercely pulled on that silk thread! Qintai Xiao, who had been trading blows with Cang Lin and the White Jade Sword in mid-air, suddenly had his expression freeze; the Spiritual Power in his body began to surge wildly in every direction, and his entire person plummeted downward uncontrollably.

A Jiao had long since received Ruan Xing's instructions, and without a moment's hesitation, she transformed into a streak of light, fiercely piercing several holes through Qintai Xiao's body as he lost his Spiritual Power protection.

The Upper Grade Dharma Garment and defensive Dharma Artifact on his body were as brittle as a sheet of paper in the face of a Spirit Tool, unable to withstand a single blow.

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