Chapter 275: This is a Very Difficult Matter to Handle

"I didn't expect to have such a harvest this time; if I can do this a few more times, I'll be rich!"

The Mountain and River Map turned back into a Painting Scroll and landed in Shen Yu's palm, after which Shen Yu began to communicate with the system.

"System, check in!"

"Check-in successful, obtained the ability of Blood Rebirth!"

"Blood Rebirth?" Such a term entering his eyes made Shen Yu's heart tremble; just hearing the name, he knew what this skill was about. Does that mean as long as his blood doesn't run dry, he won't die?

However, Shen Yu soon realized he had overthought it. Every instance of Blood Rebirth consumes his essence, Qi, and spirit. At his current realm, he could probably only use it once or twice in the short term.

Afterwards, he would need to recuperate for a while, and only after restoring his essence, Qi, and spirit could he use it again.

He had been a bit too excited just now, but even so, this ability was still terrifyingly powerful.

Although he could only use it once or twice in the short term now, he couldn't be stopped from his realm constantly improving in the future; one day, he would be able to use it at will.

By then, if I stand there and let you kill me as you please, would you even be able to do it?

Sure enough, killing people and setting fires leads to golden belts; although these old monsters are terrifying, the harvest they bring is equally enormous.

Emerging from the Qiu Family, watching the morning sun rising outside, Shen Yu took a deep breath and found a noodle stall on the street to sit down.

At this moment, no one yet knew that the Santu City Qiu Family, the undisputed hegemon of the entire Santu City, had been almost razed to the ground overnight.

Originally, after dealing with Mo Sanniang, Shen Yu had been considering whether to let the Qiu Family off.

After all, the people of the Qiu Family had seemed to have some backbone before; when the whole family faced an opponent as nearly impossible to defeat as Mo Sanniang, they chose to face death calmly.

A family capable of such integrity, one would think they couldn't be that rotten. But in fact, he had guessed wrong.

The entire Qiu Family, from top to bottom, was rotten to the core; it was a complete and utter depravity.

Mo Sanniang's Harvesting and Supplementing Method was revered as a supreme treasure by the Qiu Family. Except for the Family Head Qiu Zihe, everyone else was secretly practicing it.

In the dark prison of the Qiu Family, Shen Yu had also seen dozens of young girls locked up there; they were all secretly rounded up by the Qiu Family from various places.

According to the women inside, every day women would be taken away by the Qiu family members and never return, and every day new people would be brought and locked up here.

Those who were taken away had likely been harvested to death by the Qiu family members.

Even though the Qiu family members seemed to be facing death calmly in the end, it still could not cover up the numerous crimes they had committed before.

Their so-called resistance was only because they were treated as pigs and sheep to be slaughtered at any time by Mo Sanniang, and she gave them the Harvesting and Supplementing Method just to fatten them up before killing them.

Therefore, they resisted to survive, they resisted so the family could continue, not out of any sense of morality.

Thinking about it, if they had succeeded in killing Mo Sanniang, they still would not have abandoned the Harvesting and Supplementing Method she gave them.

After all, it is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but hard to go from extravagant to frugal; they were already addicted to the Harvesting and Supplementing Method, needing only to constantly round up women to easily increase their Cultivation Method.

They even, as a mere second-rate martial arts family, managed to cultivate a Transcendence Realm expert relying on this Cultivation Method, even if this Transcendence Realm expert had an unstable foundation and was somewhat unworthy of the name.

Given time, relying on this secret technique, it was not impossible for their Qiu Family to become a top-tier family in the martial arts world.

At this point, who would still be willing to practice step-by-step? Working hard for a lifetime, practicing without daring to stop for a moment, and still perhaps not even being able to enter the Grandmaster realm.

Diligently practicing for a month is not as good as harvesting two young girls; who would still bitterly go about practicing step-by-step?

It was precisely because of this that Shen Yu carried out a purge of the Qiu Family. Not only did he want to erase their memories regarding that Cultivation Method, but anyone who had forcibly violated women was not to be left alive.

The large Qiu Family, including legitimate sons, illegitimate sons, and collateral branches, added up to hundreds of people; after one purge, only a dozen or so remained.

The Qiu Family, which dominated Santu City, was now completely defeated.

Over these years, the Qiu Family did not know how many people they had harmed. People must be responsible for their own actions; if they are wrong, they should pay the price.

Sitting at the noodle stall, Shen Yu picked up his chopsticks and began to eat the hot noodles; a mere Qiu Family did not cause him much of a ripple.

At this moment, Shen Yu suddenly saw a woman in shackles walking numbly down the street, tattered clothes, disheveled hair, and looking dirty all over, but one could still vaguely see her pretty face.

And beside her, two Constables were escorting her, one on the left and one on the right. This posture seemed to be exile.

"Look, that's her!"

Others sitting at the noodle stall, after seeing the woman walk past, pointed at her one after another. Their words were full of pity.

"She's also a bitter child; exiled for more than two thousand miles, I don't know if she can even survive. Those hateful powerful nobles, why did they have to come to Santu City!"

Shen Yu, sitting to the side, heard the words of the old man next to him and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Brother, do you all know this woman?"

"Of course I know. My son-in-law's cousin is a Constable at the County Government Office; how could I not know about this? Actually, this matter can already be considered known to everyone."

Seeing that Shen Yu seemed truly curious, and at the same time, the old man also seemed to have a breath of frustration in his heart, he couldn't help but start muttering everything he knew.

"This woman was originally a tailor's daughter; her parents passed away early, leaving only her. It's just that she grew up to be a beauty, and was the dream lover of many young men."

"Some time ago, the son of the Inspector didn't know how he came to our Santu City and happened to run into her!"

"As a result, this playboy actually snatched a civilian woman in public, snatched her back, and violated her that very day."

"This girl was also unyielding; after escaping, she went directly to the County Government Office to sue this playboy. He is the son of an Inspector, so not only did she fail to sue, but she was instead slandered for theft and locked in the prison by the County Magistrate!"

"Sigh!" Seeming to think of something, the old man sighed with deep hatred, somewhat hesitant to speak, but in the end, he couldn't help but say everything he knew.

"Young man, you don't know, that Inspector's son actually went directly to the County Government Office prison, and violated her again right inside the prison, and even said she didn't know what was good for her."

"I also heard that the Inspector's son not only did these beastly things himself, but also let his Huwe take turns doing it, and even the Jailer on duty was dragged into it!"

"This poor girl is only sixteen years old and hasn't even been betrothed; her life is ruined."

"Later, the County Magistrate hurriedly released the woman and invited a doctor to treat her. But who would have thought that as soon as she came out, she went to the County Government Office to sue again."

"This little girl not only wanted to sue, but she did it with great fanfare, making the matter known to everyone. But even so, what could be done? She wanted to sue the Inspector's son; you tell me, who would dare to take the case?"

"How could we commoners possibly defeat the Inspector's son? Sigh!"

Sighing again, the old man also felt some unbearable pity. These commoners, in front of these powerful young nobles, are really no better than ants.

Let alone violating them, even if they wanted to kill them, it would be nothing more than a matter of a single word.

Even if this woman is unyielding, in the face of power, she is nothing more than a mantis trying to stop a chariot; it is completely useless.

"Then what was the result? Why was this woman sentenced?"

"Result? What other result could there be? Even if this matter is known to everyone, even if everyone knows, it can't save her. That is the Inspector's son; who would dare to pass judgment!"

"I heard that in the Public Hall, this woman saw that there was no hope for revenge, so she bit the Inspector's son and refused to let go no matter what."

"I heard that the Prefect's son will likely be unable to perform as a man from now on. That young woman is truly a heroine among women!"

He couldn't help but shake his head, not knowing whether he was feeling pity for that young girl or laughing at the Prefect's son for getting what he deserved.

"Speaking of which, the County Magistrate of our Santu City doesn't have it easy either. Such a big incident happened to the Prefect's son, and it was right in the main hall of the County Government Office; how could he possibly escape responsibility?"

"So the County Magistrate sentenced her directly to exile. It's just a pity for such a beautiful girl!"

"Indeed, it is a real pity. These playboys are truly detestable. Come, let's settle the bill!"

Casually slapping down a tael of broken silver, Shen Yu then rose and left. If there were anyone familiar with Santu City, they would notice that the direction this young man was heading seemed to be the direction of the County Government Office.