Chapter 119 Painfully Losing the Most Beloved Sister
"Young Master, this old one has something to say, but I'm not sure if I should."
An elder with graying hair looked at Qin Shou and said in a deep voice.
"Seventh Elder, please speak."
Qin Shou said with a calm expression.
"Young Master, in your battle against Gu Qing, are you confident of victory?" Seventh Elder looked at Qin Shou with burning eyes.
"I can suppress him with a flick of my hand."
Qin Shou said faintly without lifting his eyelids.
He had cultivated the supreme methods and sword divine abilities of the Immortal Realm, plus he had guidance from a master. Among those of the same level, he had no equal.
What did Gu Qing have?
Nothing more than joining the Star Temple and cultivating a god-level method.
Besides, he had experienced countless life-and-death battles and had rich combat experience. How could Gu Qing, a hothouse flower, compare to him?
"Then... if you don't use secret methods?" Seventh Elder's eyes burned as he asked what he cared about most.
Because he knew full well that it wasn't a secret method at all, but a realm borrowed from a remnant soul.
If discovered by the powerful ones of the Star Temple, would this battle still be considered a fair duel?
Would the Star Temple just stand by and do nothing?
Everyone else also thought of this point and all looked at Qin Shou, wanting to know the answer.
"Heh, Seventh Elder, let's just wait and see."
Qin Shou smiled faintly, not answering.
Because he truly had that confidence, he could defeat Gu Qing even without using the remnant soul.
But crossing one major realm and five minor realms was too shocking.
Even if he said it, not everyone would believe him.
Rather than making pointless explanations, it was better to show with actual actions.
"Young Master, this matter is very important. Please answer." Seventh Elder said in a deep voice.
"Seventh Elder, are you interrogating me?"
Qin Shou put down his teacup and looked at him coldly.
"I dare not!" Seventh Elder said unwillingly and sat back down.
The Ancestor had given orders that Qin Shou's words were his words.
So, he really didn't dare to do anything to Qin Shou.
But he was extremely dissatisfied with Qin Shou in his heart.
The other elders felt the same way, thinking that Qin Shou had become incomparably arrogant after having the Ancestor's support.
This was a matter of life and death for the Qin family, yet he could still act so willfully.
They really didn't know whether the Ancestor's decision was good or bad.
"Young Master, Gu Qing is here. You can go challenge him now." A leisurely female voice sounded in the silent hall.
"No hurry."
Qin Shou flicked his snow-white robe and said faintly, his calm gaze sweeping outside.
He decided to keep Gu Qing waiting for a while, to dampen the Star Temple's momentum.
His Qin family was not something the Star Temple could manipulate as they wished.
...
"Why have you come to the Qin family?"
Gu Qing looked at Chu Chong with a gloomy expression, the world becoming grim because of his anger.
Chu Chong was the head of the Chu family, busy with countless affairs. His visit to the Qin family must be for something important.
Could it be that he wanted to arrange another marriage between his daughter and the Qin family?
If so, Chu Chong's plan would fail.
Probably after today, the Qin family would no longer exist.
If Chu Chong dared to obstruct him and help the Qin family, Gu Qing would not be polite. He could take this opportunity to teach Chu Chong a lesson for Chu Yao and Chu Ling'er.
Let him continue to sell his daughters for glory.
"Just here to break off a marriage."
Chu Chong looked embarrassed and humiliated.
First, he was looked down upon by Qin Shou, and now he was glared at by his new son-in-law. He had lost all face in his life today.
He hated the Qin family even more in his heart.
He wanted to form a marriage alliance with them, but they always made him come to their door. Did having a Divine Fire Realm Ancestor make them so great?
In the future, he would never set foot in the Qin family again.
Even when his remaining daughters were to be engaged, he would absolutely not go to their door.
"Break off a marriage? Whose marriage?"
Gu Qing was stunned, his expression bewildered.
The Chu and Qin families had already fallen through twice, right?
Could there be a third time?
Good grief, was Chu Chong a professional antagonist in breaking off marriages?
Chu Chong made a sound but didn't answer. It was really a difficult question to answer.
How could he say that he was breaking off the marriage of Gu Qing's newly taken Dao companion?
"I really didn't expect that the Chu family, with businesses all over the Desolate Ancient Realm, would force their daughters into marriage alliances." Seeing his silence, Gu Qing said disdainfully.
"Nephew Gu, you misunderstand. I didn't force her."
How could marriage alliances be called forcing?
They were all arranged by parents and matchmakers. What was wrong with him finding a well-matched husband for his daughter?
"Then was there any inducement?"
"Uh..."
"You're clearly enticing." Gu Qing sneered and waved his hand at him as if shooing away a fly.
Such a profit-driven person who sold his daughter for glory made him angry just by looking at him.
If not for Chu Yao's sake, he really wanted to slap him to death.
You say your Chu family is powerful and prestigious, on good terms with countless immortal dao lineages, and even has the Star Temple's backing. Why sacrifice your daughter's happiness?
"What a sin..." Chu Chong sighed with grief.
To think that someone of his noble status, with a supreme cultivation in the mortal realm, would be shooed away like a fly by his son-in-law.
No one would believe it if he told them.
Chu Chong regretted his actions immensely, and a crazy thought suddenly occurred to him - to break off the engagements of all his remaining daughters.
Just to let Gu Qing know that he, Chu Chong, would absolutely not sell his daughters for glory.
"Ji Ning..."
Seeing that no one from the Qin family came out, Gu Qing smiled coldly and gave Ji Ning a look.
Ji Ning immediately understood and summoned the Five Elements Sacred Cauldron.
The enormous cauldron that could blot out the sky was surrounded by five-colored divine light. The five elements' laws mutually reinforced and overcame each other, assimilating all things and deriving destructive power.
The Five Elements Sacred Cauldron, carrying world-destroying might, crashed down on the Qin family's great formation.
With a loud bang, the formation activated billions of runes, and a destructive storm swept across the land.
Within a radius of several million miles, everything was instantly destroyed. Even the cities protected by formations were instantly erased by the destructive storm.
After all, this was a full-strength attack from a Saint Realm expert. Power below the Saint Realm could hardly resist it.
"No..."
The members of the Qin family's eyes widened in fury, their killing intent soaring to the heavens.
You must know that the surrounding cities were inhabited by members of the Qin family or their affiliated forces.
Ji Ning's attack directly caused the death of millions of Qin family members.
"Xue'er..."
Qin Shou, who had been calm and composed, suddenly stood up, his eyes bloodshot.
Because his maidservant was also in one of the destroyed cities.
Although she was a maidservant, Xue'er had always been loyal to him, and he had long regarded her as a dear sister.
Qin Shou never expected that Gu Qing would be so insane. He only wanted to give Gu Qing a warning, but Gu Qing had someone kill countless members of his Qin family and his most beloved sister.
The pain was too much.
She was the only sister he cared about.
"Damn you, it's all your fault... You will pay with your life for my son."
In the great hall, a female elder suddenly flew into a rage and directly summoned a spirit treasure to attack Qin Shou.
If this bastard hadn't been so arrogant, Gu Qing wouldn't have had a Saint Realm expert attack.
Her only son wouldn't have died.
Millions of clan members wouldn't have been affected.
Boom!
Caught off guard, Qin Shou was hit directly by the spirit treasure, and a bloody hole exploded in his body.
If not for his Heaven Overwhelming Body, which had an unparalleled physique, he would have been blasted to powder by the enraged female elder.
"Qin Shuang, are you crazy?" Qin Heng scolded.
Qin Shou looked at her with a cold gaze.
"That's right, I'm crazy. Return my son's life to me." The female elder, looking like a mad demon, continued to attack.
"Wait, your son isn't dead. He secretly went to train behind your back." The elder in charge of the Qin family's mission hall quickly said.
"What did you say?" The female elder trembled all over, then was overjoyed. She immediately sent a message to her son and, receiving a reply, coldly snorted, gave Qin Shou a disgusted look, and turned to leave.
She was going to find her son.
As for the Qin family, she could do without it.
Ever since Qin Shou rose to prominence and gained the Ancestor's favor, the Qin family was no longer their Qin family; it had all become Qin Shou's one-man show.
She had lost count of how many families Qin Shou had offended, how many sects he had annihilated.
The Qin family's Ancestor was not guarding the family because Qin Shou had provoked two immortal dao lineages, and the Ancestor was currently fighting the enemy's Ancestor in the starry sky.
If this continued, with Qin Shou, this ignorant madman, in charge of the Qin family, they would eventually invite a disaster of clan annihilation.
Today's attack on the great formation by a Saint Realm expert was the best proof.
She had to escape quickly.
The people looked at each other, then at Qin Shou, their faces so gloomy they could drip water.
They admitted that Qin Shou's talent was unparalleled and that he had the potential to become an immortal, but his talent for causing trouble was just as formidable.
What should have been a decisive battle between two heavenly geniuses ended up causing the death of countless Qin family members because of Qin Shou's arrogance.
Their deaths were too unjust.
These people were their direct bloodlines, their descendants. They couldn't help but be angry.
Moreover, losing so many clan members had already damaged the Qin family's foundation.
"Why don't you get out already?" Someone couldn't take it anymore and roared.
Regardless of how much they had supported Qin Shou before, at this moment, they wished for his death.
They even came to hate the Ancestor.
The once-great Qin family had become Qin Shou's personal plaything.
They didn't know if Qin Shou had the ability to lead the Qin family to rise, but they were certain that Qin Shou absolutely had the ability to lead the Qin family to its doom.
"You..."
Qin Shou looked at the elders glaring at him and suddenly felt a chill all over.
He wasn't the one who killed them, so why did they all place the blame on him?
His most beloved sister was also dead. He was more heartbroken than anyone else.
Seeing that everyone wished to tear him apart, Qin Shou regretted it.
He regretted it immensely.
If he had known Gu Qing was so insane, he would never have given Gu Qing the chance to go on a rampage.
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