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Chapter 1427 - 639: Flowers Fall in Every Family (Part 2)
While other Family Heads were discussing how to clean up the mess, Lord Duan had already returned to his room.
He closed his eyes.
"Tell me, what did you do!"
The voice, spanning half the city, reached into the heart of Zhang Baomian!
Zhang Baomian, covered in bruises, revealed a confident smile like a victor upon hearing the voice.
"I had someone send a message to Ding Hui that her entire life is on the Ten Pillars! If she understands what this means, then she would go to all lengths to study the Ten Pillars! Hui Yao...the secret of the Ten Pillars can’t be hidden anymore! What to do? What to do! Hehehe...Hahahahaha!!!"
"Give me strength, Hui Yao! Transfer your power to me! Let me solve it! If you can’t do it yourself, let me! That insignificant Ding Hui, even if I turn Thunder City upside down, I will find her, kill her, and make her shut her mouth forever!"
"How about it? Hui Yao! Speak up! What do you think of my proposal!!"
Zhang Baomian’s expression twisted into a grimace.
He had had enough of this life!
Having never experienced the light, he had no extravagant hopes.
But he had truly possessed it, and briefly wielded that unmatched power! As if ruling over all things in the Family, becoming the master of the world!
Yet in an instant, he was cast into the Abyss, returning to this mortal frame!
Power! Power! Power!!
For the sake of power, he was willing to do anything!!!
"..."
Lord Duan was silent.
But internally, he was not serene.
He understood Ding Hui and knew the significance of the Ten Pillars to her.
Once Ding Hui truly touches the secret of the Ten Pillars and discovers that it is the end of her lifelong pursuit, she will surely become obsessed and enamored with them, ignoring life and death!
And among the Ten Major Families, no pillar has room for Ding Hui’s interference, especially...at this critical juncture!
"Do you know...Ding Hui has done us a favor! You placed her in danger, this is repaying kindness with betrayal! We’re not those kinds of people!"
Lord Duan did not expect such intense backlash to his words.
"Screw your bullshit favors! That’s your favor! I’m just a Zhang Family lackey, just a worthless stablehand! Do you know what grievances I’ve suffered at the Zhang Family? Do you know the daily humiliation I face! I don’t have that shitty memory, I only know I’m suffering, I refuse to suffer! I want to live, I want to live with dignity, I am also a person, not a dog you raise!!"
The deafening roar seemed to buzz in his ears.
Unilaterally severing the connection, Lord Duan rubbed his shriveled, black hand, furrowing his brow.
Finally, after brief contemplation, his voice suddenly echoed within the heart of the already disappointed Zhang Baomian.
"Keep an eye on Ding Hui for me, protect her silently."
The familiar and intoxicating power slowly transmitted through their invisible connection into...Zhang Baomian’s body!
Swish!
Zhang Baomian abruptly opened his eyes, a bright gleam exploded within them, his body creaked, and his mouth uncontrollably cracked open, revealing expressions of surprise, shock, excitement, elation, and ecstasy!
He wanted...to kill!
Even though the voice on the other end sternly warned him, he still wanted...to kill!!
Creak.
At this moment, the stable door was slowly pushed open.
Zhang Family’s young lady, Zhang Shimin, happened to lead people, familiarly stepping into the stable.
"Zhang~~Bao~~Mian~~"
She uttered in an exaggerated tone, still treating Zhang Baomian as that...worthless waste that could be trampled at will!
"Zhang Shimin, Zhang Panzhang, learning push, Zhang Beinuan...good timing! You all come at a good time!!!"
Step!
The position where Zhang Baomian originally stood suddenly exploded, the straw on the ground flew everywhere in an instant, the stable wall behind him crashed and collapsed, Zhang Shimin and the others hadn’t even realized what happened, only felt a gust of wind.
Boom!!!!
Blood, corpses, broken limbs, and...that frightening young demon.
The entire stable, in an instant, was like being drenched in scarlet paint, wildly splashed about, streaks of blood, pieces of flesh, chunks of organs, painted the entire scene as if it were a purgatory.
And the initiator, only smiled, crushing the heart clenched in his hand.
Bang!
Blood splattered on Zhang Shimin’s face, who was close by.
Thud.
Zhang Shimin’s legs weakened, she knelt on the ground, a slight stench emitted.
Yet she still slowly stretched out her trembling hands, reaching towards Zhang Baomian.
"Zhang Baomian...why...I clearly liked...
Pop.
Her head, along with her spine, was directly pulled out.
Blood spurted from the corpse like a fountain, bathing Zhang Baomian’s grim and crazed face.
Reckless! Unrestrained! As if life has reached its end, it no longer matters!
But clearly, his joy is just beginning.
He sticks out his tongue, licks the blood off his face, strides out of the stable, leaps over the Zhang Mansion walls, and away from the place.
Before long, a piercing scream emanates from the Zhang Mansion’s stables.
"Miss?! Ahhhhh! Ahhhhhhhh! Miss!!!!"
The Zhang Mansion falls into chaos while the Family Head of Zhang Family is still on his way back to the mansion.
...
Due to the looming military threat, the various Family Heads gathered at the An Mansion each hurried back to their own mansions to prepare for the arrival of the Capital’s army.
The Patriarch of Bo Family, at this moment, sits within the sedan, playing with the object in his hands.
"The original evil stone, the original evil stone! My efforts have not been in vain, winding around and yet it ends up in my hands!"
"Nan Ruweng, don’t blame me; it was you who wanted to know too much. And I merely provided you with some trivial information."
The more he plays with it, the more the Patriarch of Bo Family becomes enchanted by the original evil stone.
No wonder it’s a product of the Land of Gathering Evil [Melted Heart Cave]; it contains such massive energy.
"With it, I can speed up my fusion with the Mourning Pillar."
"No need for pillar repairers; we, the Bo Family, can achieve person and pillar unity ourselves!"
"The old ones are too obsessed with the legacy left by the ancestors."
"The era is progressing!"
"Before you repair the pillars, shouldn’t you use your brains? The steadily weakening Ten Pillars already mean they can be tampered with! Stuck at not knowing whether they should go up or down; that requires repairing. We, the Bo Family, have been weakening the Ten Pillars for generations, ultimately integrating them within ourselves, transforming into the pillar itself; that’s the true path!"
"Original evil stone, don’t disappoint me!"
Upon returning to the mansion, the Bo Family Ancestor doesn’t even acknowledge Bo Shan’s calls, heading straight to his secluded place.
"...Father?"
Bo Shan shows some confusion.
Her husband Song Qianlong could once again be missing, nowhere to be found, returning to her family, not even father cares for me!
With mist beginning to form in her eyes, she gnaws to hold back tears.
"Nanny, nanny!"
In the Bo Family, only the nanny truly cares for her...
...
"...!!!!"
Song Qianlong fiercely restrains the impulse throughout his body, staring deadly at the corpse his father is clutching.
If not mistaken, it’s... the upper half of the Master of Foolish Earth Mansion’s corpse!
"Father!"
Suddenly, he calls aloud to the Song Family Master.
The Song Family Master halts, casting a glance his way.
"Rare to see you home."
"Father! Are you going to feed those adults?"
"Naturally."
"Let me do it, Father! Haven’t I always handled such matters?"
"Today’s goods are different." The Song Family Master laughs.
On the day the Song Family’s Sky-reaching Pillar is repaired, when that moment arrives, whichever family has the stronger demons, their Sky-reaching Pillar... will have deeper roots and more capability to seize the position of Thunder City’s dominator!
High-level Martial Artists have always been a resource, not much different from drugged humans.
Waving his hand, he signals Song Qianlong not to bother him, as he strides into the place where demons are raised.
It’s a temple hall... a self-constructed temple within the Song Mansion’s courtyard.
And within the temple hall, statues of Buddhas line both sides.
"Today, you all are in for a feast."
Smiling, he tosses the half corpse directly onto the temple hall floor, then gently exits, slowly closing the door.
Through the door, he can hear the rustling sounds inside, growing more apparent, growing stronger!
Only then does the Song Family Master turn away in reassurance.
However, not long after he leaves, Song Qianlong, clutching a wrapped bundle, quietly sneaks into the place.
Pushing the door open, he enters the temple hall with the wrapped item in hand.
The temple hall quickly plunges into silence.
In the silence, confusion, bewilderment, and perplexity seem to spread.
No one knows what transpired inside, only that when Song Qianlong exits, what he holds is no longer a bundle... but instead a seven or eight-year-old human child!
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