On the other side, Zhao Tianlong paced back and forth in the courtyard, waiting anxiously.
Ever since witnessing Fang Ling's abilities, his heart had been unable to calm down.
He knew that such a person would not stay long in his small Fang Family.
Therefore, the only chance to climb this high branch could only rely on his daughter.
"Girl, how was it?" he asked eagerly when Zhao Xilian returned.
Zhao Xilian gently shook her head, looking a bit dejected.
"Father, Young Master Fang doesn't seem to be interested in me," she said.
Zhao Tianlong sighed lightly upon hearing this: "Is that so..."
"It's not surprising. He has an extraordinary background and has naturally met many women."
"We are ultimately people from a small place, so it's hard for us to catch his eye."
"Of course! My Zhao Tianlong's daughter is still excellent, so we don't need to be discouraged."
Zhao Xilian hummed softly and immediately returned to her room, wanting nothing more than a good night's sleep.
On the other side, Fang Ling closed the book and stretched, getting up.
He had finally finished reading this last book, and it was time to leave.
However, there was one more thing he had to do before leaving. With a flash, he instantly appeared at the Qin Family in the east of the city.
The Qin Family's influence in Liu City was greater than the Zhao Family's, and they had been suppressing the Zhao Family for years.
This time, due to the discovery of a new spirit mine outside the city, several large-scale fights had broken out.
Fang Ling had received the Zhao Family's favor, so he wanted to deal with the Qin Family before he left.
But in fact, he knew that was just an excuse.
As soon as he arrived at the Qin Family, his body couldn't help but tremble.
It wasn't because of nervousness, but because of excitement!
After killing Zhao Xilian's Senior Brother today, the beast sleeping in his heart had completely awakened.
......
The next day, dawn broke slightly.
Zhao Xilian was sleeping soundly in her boudoir when she suddenly heard a rapid knocking sound.
She quickly got up, put on her clothes, and opened the door to see her father.
"Father, what's wrong?" She had never seen her father so excited in her life.
Zhao Tianlong said in a deep voice, "Last night, the Qin Family was massacred!"
"The entire Qin Mansion, over a thousand people, none spared!"
"What?" Zhao Xilian was shocked. "Not a single sound? Qin Hui's strength is even stronger than yours!"
"What kind of master could make him utterly defenseless!"
"Could it be..."
Zhao Tianlong nodded: "It's him, it must be him!"
"I just went to the Grass Study and saw that he had already left."
"He also left a note on the table, saying thank you to my Zhao Family for the hospitality over the past few days."
"He's gone?" A trace of regret flashed in Zhao Xilian's eyes. "It's good that he's gone; he's not from our place after all."
"The Qin Family being destroyed is a great thing!" she added.
"Now in Liu City, our Zhao Family can dominate."
"Yes! This Young Master Fang truly lives up to his name; his actions are so sharp!" Zhao Tianlong exclaimed.
"I really didn't expect him to wipe out the Qin Family before he left; I was only hoping he would help us out."
"However, there's one more rather strange thing. I just looked around the Qin Mansion and found that the Qin Family's bodies were all gone."
"If it weren't for some bloodstains on the ground, I would have thought the Qin Family had suddenly moved their entire clan."
"So many bodies are gone?" Zhao Xilian mumbled.
"It's likely that Young Master Fang didn't want people to know his origin, so he specifically dealt with the bodies."
In this world, even bodies can "speak."
Some capable people can determine what Divine Ability and secret technique the perpetrator used based on the cause of death, and then determine their identity and origin.
......
On the other side, somewhere outside the city.
Fang Ling rested for a while and then continued on his journey.
As for why he dealt with the Qin Family's bodies, it was because all the Qin Family members had become nourishment for his Cultivation of Blood Sword and Taotie Divine Skill.
He knew that in the outside world, these types of Divine Ability and secret techniques were classified as Demonic Technique and were openly forbidden.
Although no one could investigate his origin.
But if he could erase the traces, he would try his best to erase them, so as not to leave himself hidden dangers.
In the past month of diligent study at the Zhao Family's Grass Study, he had gained a lot, even learning what he most wanted to know.
The world is divided into Eight Regions: East Green Domain, West Desert Region, Southern Dipper Domain, North Sea Region, Central God Domain, Demon Barbarian Domain, Heaven Demon Domain, and Yin Tu Region.
And the Nanyang Kingdom, where he currently was, was just a small border country in the Southern Dipper Domain.
Eighteen years ago, a major event occurred within the Eight Regions.
The Fang Family, the top Cultivation family in the East Green Domain, was wiped out overnight!
As for the reason, the book did not elaborate, or perhaps the person who recorded the event simply didn't know.
The sudden destruction of a Domain Lord caused great panic back then.
But after that, no continuous malicious incidents occurred, and most people now have forgotten about it.
But Fang Ling didn't believe that such a coincidence existed in the world; he was exactly eighteen years old this year.
And the top family in the East Green Domain, whose entire family was wiped out, also happened to be named Fang!
He could confirm that he was the orphaned descendant of the Fang Family.
When he was young, before the Demonic Heart consciousness was removed, he had nightmares every night.
He dreamt of his heart being gouged out, his eyes dug out, and his bones stripped white!
That realistic feeling even surpassed dreams, allowing him to recall that sensation to this day.
Even now, sometimes he would recall these things...
He was not in a hurry to investigate the source of his pain or who his enemies were.
Even if he could investigate clearly now, he did not have the ability to take revenge.
His only thought now was to make himself strong!
In the past month of reading in the Grass Study, he also spent a long time thinking about where to go next.
The path he was currently taking was not the path to Lintian City.
Instead, it was to the Blood Swamp, the border area of the Nanyang Kingdom, Tianming Kingdom, and Lanyue Kingdom!
That place was the border area of the three countries, a wild land that no one governed and had no order.
Desperadoes from these three surrounding countries, and even from those further north, were entrenched there.
Therefore, those who could survive in the Blood Swamp all possessed considerable strength.
According to the description in the book, as long as one was strong enough, one could do whatever one wanted there.
Such a lawless and strong-dominated place was the best destination for him.
Because the Blood Swamp was located on the western border of the Nanyang Kingdom.
Therefore, the Zhao Family's study had a large number of books describing this place.
There were even several maps to the Blood Swamp, and he also conveniently kept one.
However, his current direction of travel deviated slightly from the map, because he was going to find a mount!
The journey to the Blood Swamp was long, and it would naturally be better to have a mount for travel.
Liu City was in a remote location, and there happened to be a gathering place for Yao Beasts nearby.
He wanted to go there to find a fast-footed Yao Beast!