Chapter 738: Deserving of Death

Dongxuan Star Realm, above the Hanzhou Prefecture City, the void rippled slightly, and Xu Jin's figure appeared; it was Xu Jin who had arrived through continuous shifting.

Don't look at the fact that Wu Bei died in battle during the vanguard selection and didn't have much wealth, and the best treasure he left behind was a Seven-Star spiritual treasure, but if you really calculated it, Wu Bei's family was not weak.

In this Hanzhou Prefecture City, they were also a prominent family, and the family was not small.

According to the information investigated by Zhu Linxiao, this Wu Bei's family had produced a Little Tianyang Xingjun in their ancestors, and after branching out, they declined, and the descendants took restoring the glory of their ancestors as their own responsibility, but each generation was weaker than the last.

Within the entire clan, the one with the highest cultivation currently was the clan leader, Wu Zheng, at the Ninth-Tier peak.

It is said that after failing to break through to Little Tianyang Xingjun, he had been teaching and cultivating the younger generation within the family.

Within the entire family, counting the fallen Wu Bei, there were seven Ninth-Tier experts.

However, Wu Bei was the youngest Ninth-Tier expert in the family, which was why he was sent to the vanguard selection in the hope of becoming a Dao-Child to restore the family's glory.

The other six, including the clan leader, were all older.

As for Wu Bei, he was the only son in the family; his old father had long died in battle, and he only had a mother, a hair-tied wife, and a pair of children.

Don't look at the fact that Wu Bei was the youngest Ninth-Tier in the Hanzhou Wu clan, but in reality, he was already nearly fifty years old.

Because the family was poor, he married only in his thirties, and now he had a pair of children, the older one being fifteen and the younger one thirteen.

According to Wu Bei's last wish, his wealth was actually not much, mainly three Seven-Star spiritual treasures that were of some value, and Wu Bei had divided them into three parts.

One part was to be returned to the family, one part was left for his children and wife, and the third part was left for his old mother to support her old age.

Looking at this distribution, he was also a man of emotion and righteousness, thinking about taking care of everyone.

Unfortunately, he died in battle.

Entering the Hanzhou Prefecture City, Xu Jin followed Zhu Linxiao's information and inquired all the way, finding Wu Bei's home.

It was a small courtyard with two entrances, which was also fine.

In fact, before this, Wu Bei was the youngest Ninth-Tier in the clan, with a bright future, and could be described as being in his prime, and his treatment was quite good.

There was a large courtyard with five entrances, and the family also had many servants.

It was just that after the clan learned that Wu Bei had died in battle and his bones were gone, they held a funeral for Wu Bei, and his spirit tablet was placed in the ancestral hall.

One month after the funeral ended, the clan issued an order that the large courtyard where Wu Bei's wife and children lived was provided by the clan and they had to move out.

Of course, the Wu clan was not purely the kind that had lost their conscience.

They exchanged it for a small courtyard with two entrances for them.

Actually, in Xu Jin's view, it was also fine.

With orphans and widows, this was safer.

And this was also human nature.

Even if Xu Jin came forward now to fight for a large courtyard, it would be of no use.

So Xu Jin didn't make a fuss, found Wu Bei's home, and went directly to the door.

"May I ask who the noble guest is looking for?" The old servant looked at Xu Jin vigilantly.

"Please report to Old Madam Wu, and say that a close friend of Wu Bei is visiting."

Ten-odd breaths later, an old woman with half-white hair, but combed meticulously and wrapped in a headscarf, in plain clothes, personally welcomed Xu Jin in, and a woman in her thirties who still had charm, with two half-grown children, followed Old Madam Wu to personally welcome Xu Jin.

Wu Bei had been dead in battle for over half a year, and there had been no news; at this time, a close friend visiting, they also thought of something.

With a few words, Xu Jin explained the situation of Wu Bei's death in battle, and at the same time took out Wu Bei's last letter; the woman only looked at it for a few moments before hugging the two children and crying uncontrollably.

Although they had already held a funeral once.

But now, they were facing the true news of death, which was naturally different.

Old Madam Wu carefully finished reading the last letter, her eyes trembled a few times, and she said softly, "Thank you, Young Master Xu, for sending my son's last letter; may I ask if my son had a complete corpse when he left?"

"He did not have a complete corpse."

The old woman's expression trembled, "Young Master Xu, then when my son left, was he... in pain?"

"That was not the case; when Brother Wu left, only a prototype of his origin spirit remained. After finishing his last words, the prototype of the origin spirit collapsed and died; these are some of his belongings."

While speaking, Xu Jin took out the two portions of belongings that Wu Bei had long ago divided, handed them to Old Madam Wu personally, explained the situation, and asked Old Madam Wu to count them according to the numbers listed in Brother Wu Bei's last letter.

After counting, Old Madam Wu suddenly stood up, bowed to Xu Jin, and then said, "Benefactor is righteous; the last letter was written by my son himself, and none of the wealth listed inside is missing; please accept our bow!"

"Xu'er, Yi'er, Mingxia, come and kneel with me to thank Benefactor!"

Xu Jin hurriedly supported Old Madam Wu; as for the great bow of Wu Bei's wife and the pair of children, he accepted it.

This bow, he could afford to accept!

"Old Madam, Brother Wu mentioned in his last letter that there was a portion of belongings to be handed over to the clan; Old Madam might as well go with me to hand them over, which can be considered fulfilling Brother Wu's wish and loyalty," Xu Jin said.

"This is as it should be," Old Madam Wu agreed very readily.

This made Xu Jin breathe a sigh of relief; as long as this last portion of belongings was sent out, his Dao oath would be completed.

As for the surveillance of the residence of True Person Bixuan, he was not worried either.

He had come all the way through spatial shifting, and there were really not many people who could track him.

Just as Xu Jin was preparing to go to the clan with Old Madam Wu, this Old Madam Wu walked to the two children again and directly knelt down with the two children to bow to Xu Jin.

Xu Jin wanted to help them up, but this old woman was incomparably determined.

"Young Master Xu, it is not that this old woman is shameless; now this old woman can only risk this old face and ask Young Master Xu to save my children," Old Madam Wu said.

"Save?" Xu Jin was somewhat puzzled.

"Young Master Xu, the child holding gold in the busy market invites death!

My son Wu Bei mentioned in his last letter that there were three Seven-Star spiritual treasures, one to be returned to the clan, and the other two for me to keep, to be passed on to the two children when they have achieved success in cultivation!

However, this old woman is afraid that I cannot keep these two Seven-Star spiritual treasures!

It might even harm the lives of the whole family because of this.

So I want to ask Young Master Xu to continue to help keep these two Seven-Star spiritual treasures, which can be considered saving the lives of my whole family." Old Madam Wu knelt and said.

"This..."

Xu Jin was somewhat hesitant; keeping two Seven-Star spiritual treasures was the simplest thing for him.

But taking this matter meant taking two burdens!

The key was that Xu Jin himself didn't know how long he could stay in the Dongxuan Star Realm, so he was somewhat hesitant.

"I dare not trouble Young Master Xu too much; I only ask Young Master Xu to keep these Seven-Star spiritual treasures for twenty years!

If these two children achieve success in cultivation, within twenty years, they will definitely bring a gift of thanks to find Young Master Xu.

If they haven't found Young Master Xu within twenty years, it means these two children don't have enough talent and have no results in cultivation.

At that time, please ask Young Master Xu to dispose of them as you see fit," Old Madam Wu said.

"I dispose of them as I see fit, this won't do; this is a family heirloom left by Brother Wu!" To some extent, this could indeed be considered a family heirloom.

In the Kunling Domain, Seven-Star spiritual treasures were only possessed by the Imperial family.

"Alas, if there is no talent, this can only be a life-urging talisman!

I still ask Young Master Xu to look at the friendship with my son Wu Bei and help keep them for twenty years; if these two kids achieve success in cultivation in the future, they will definitely repay Young Master Xu's great kindness." Old Madam Wu kowtowed with the children again.

It had to be said that this Old Madam Wu was truly sober in the human world.

She lived too clearly.

After thinking about it, Xu Jin agreed, which could be considered thoroughly fulfilling the cause and effect with Wu Bei.

At that moment, he produced a token of the residence of True Person Yutang given by Zhu Linxiao, telling them to take this token to the Yutang King's residence to retrieve these two Seven-Star spiritual treasures within twenty years, and Xu Jin would go back and explain this matter to Zhu Linxiao. Obviously, this old woman was frightened by the name of the residence of True Person Yutang.

This name, for them, only existed in legends.

It was a bit like asking commoners to go to the Imperial Palace to retrieve treasures.

Next, this Old Madam Wu took Xu Jin to personally meet the Wu clan leader, Wu Zheng, and in front of several clan elders, handed over the portion of belongings Wu Bei left for the clan.

Among them, a clan elder asked about Wu Bei's other two Seven-Star spiritual treasures, and Xu Jin also used battle damage as an excuse to brush it off, which could be considered covering for this orphan and widow.

Finally, Xu Jin successfully handed over Wu Bei's last portion of belongings to the Wu clan.

The moment the counting was clear and the Wu clan members expressed their thanks, a kind of indescribable relaxation suddenly surged in Xu Jin's heart.

Even his Dao-Fetus felt a circle lighter, as if an invisible shackle had dissipated.

When he made the Dao oath at that time, he had invoked his divine soul origin to make it, and now the restraint was lifted.

Xu Jin instantly understood that this matter was thoroughly completed, and the trouble of the Dao oath had been thoroughly resolved.

At the same time, it also sounded a warning bell for Xu Jin.

Things like Dao oaths, it was better not to make them in the future if he could avoid it.

When it was absolutely necessary to make one, the specific content had to be cautious, and it had to be kept secret; if he really made one, he had to complete it as early as possible.

Like this time, if Wu Bei's wife, children, and old mother really had an accident and were silenced, where would Xu Jin go to cry?

That would be the interruption of his Dao path.

The risk was too great!

In the future, he must be extremely cautious!

The Wu clan leader, Wu Zheng, wanted to set up a banquet to treat Xu Jin, but was rejected by Xu Jin.

He didn't want to stay long.

If he was really tracked by that fellow True Person Bixuan and he came over shamelessly to destroy him with one palm, that would be a huge loss!

It was better to return to a safe area early.

Xu Jin, who left the Wu clan land, just strolled around the city a few times and then disappeared into invisibility.

Directly making the Wu clan members following him lose track, and the two returned to the clan in a panic to report.

Xu Jin, who saw something, hid in the clouds and wanted to leave by spatial shifting several times, but in the end, he didn't leave.

"Damn it, forget it; if there really is such a thing, I'll just let my thoughts be clear."

Xu Jin, who had made the decision, simply hid in the void and released his divine sense to sense the situation in the Hanzhou Prefecture City, and also watched the situation in the Wu family.

Less than a quarter of an hour later, Wu Hui, the son of the Wu clan leader Wu Zheng, brought four clan members to Wu Bei's home.

Seeing this, Xu Jin sighed again.

This Wu clan leader was ultimately too vulgar.

In the sensing of Xu Jin's Mingji Star Pattern, Wu Hui, the son of the clan leader, broke directly into Wu Bei's home, and after asking without result, slapped the old woman to the ground, causing blood to flow from her mouth.

That Old Madam Wu didn't cry, just said it really wasn't sent back, and let them search the house at will.

Xu Jin originally thought this would let Wu Bei's family survive a disaster and be able to grow up smoothly in the future.

But he didn't expect that Wu Hui, who found nothing after searching, directly ordered people to tie up Wu Bei's pair of children.

"You old thief woman, I don't care how you hid it; within half a day, if you don't return those two Seven-Star spiritual treasures, just wait to collect the corpses for your two grandsons!" Wu Hui said angrily.

This time, it really hit the vital point of Old Madam Wu and the woman.

These two children were all their hope.

In an instant, Old Madam Wu didn't care about the disparity in strength and pounced to try to stop them.

Wu Hui sneered and kicked out like lightning.

He was a cultivator at the early Eighth-Tier, and this kick, even if he held back, would leave Old Madam Wu crippled if not dead.

"Why seek death?"

A whisper like a ghost or god suddenly sounded in Wu Hui's ear; the moment Wu Hui's expression was terrified, he suddenly sprayed blood from his seven orifices, fell backward, and the moment he fell, his whole body was stiff and he had no breath.

It was Xu Jin, who was hidden in the void, who directly moved his mind and destroyed this fellow's divine soul.

Wu Hui's four guards were greatly shocked.

They looked at all directions in terror, but didn't find any enemy!

The next instant, two of the four picked up Wu Hui's corpse, wanting to return to the clan land first, while the other two didn't forget to release Wu Bei's two children.

"This is really..."

With a movement of his divine sense, an extremely slight divine soul fluctuation rose, and the guards who were capturing Wu Bei's two children sprayed blood from their seven orifices again and fell backward.

The moment they fell, they had no breath.

This scene directly scared the remaining two guards into peeing their pants, forgetting even to carry Wu Hui's corpse, and they stumbled back to the Wu clan land to report.

In Wu Bei's home, Old Madam Wu held the two rescued children, already understood something, and kowtowed to the void to thank him, but her face was full of worry.

A breath later, Xu Jin had already appeared above the Wu clan land, waited for a few breaths, and only then did the two guards who went to report return in a sorry state, and the moment they stammered their report, the expression of the Wu clan leader Wu Zheng suddenly became extremely ugly.

"Someone hidden in the dark killed my son?"

Amidst the angry shout, the clan leader Wu Zheng stepped on the stars and rose, wanting to rush directly to Wu Bei's home to see his son's situation first.

But the moment he stepped on the stars and rose, Xu Jin's shout had already sounded beside his mind, "Virtueless old thief, instigating the forceful seizure of the legacy of a fallen clansman, the crime deserves death!"

Boom!

Thunder light poured down.

With just one bolt of heavenly thunder, the physical body of the Wu clan leader Wu Zheng, whose cultivation reached the Ninth-Tier peak, turned into ashes.

The origin spirit flew out in terror, and before it could react, the thunder light fell again, and the origin spirit turned into a wisp of blue smoke and disappeared.

With this, the entire Wu clan land was in chaos.

The remaining five Ninth-Tier and over ten Eighth-Tier members stared at the sky one by one, but no one dared to rush into the sky to search for the perpetrator.

Just kidding, the clan leader, whose cultivation reached the Ninth-Tier peak, turned into ashes without even seeing the enemy's face.

If they rushed up, wasn't that looking for death?

They weren't stupid!

But the fear of death shrouded them, and for a time, starlight transmissions flew everywhere.

Xu Jin ultimately didn't kill all these dozens of Wu clan members.

Most of them didn't know about this matter, and even those who did, the crime didn't deserve death.

If he slaughtered them all, Xu Jin would be about the same as this clan leader.

But he couldn't just leave like this.

If he left, Wu Bei's old mother and wife and children would definitely die.

At that moment, Xu Jin found a solution and sent a starlight transmission to Zhu Linxiao at the first opportunity, asking her to come and pick them up.

Let Zhu Linxiao arrange for the Wu family to live and cultivate under the jurisdiction of the King's residence.

【Husband, wait a moment; the star boat has already set off and will arrive in an hour and a half.】 Zhu Linxiao's reply to Xu Jin's starlight transmission was as always a second-reply, and as always, full support.

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