Azure Heaven Saber
Chapter 809 - 809 276 Write-Off Extra for Alliance Leader

Chapter 809: Chapter 276: Write-Off [Extra for Alliance Leader Fengyu Gudu111] Chapter 809: Chapter 276: Write-Off [Extra for Alliance Leader Fengyu Gudu111] Ximen Qianli looked at his own brother, as if he did not recognize him, and exclaimed in surprise, “I could understand if others said this, but you, you are their biological father!”

Ximen Qianqiu said desolately, “What of a biological father? This hatred…”

His voice trembled, “…I am too ashamed to avenge.”

Too ashamed to avenge!

Ximen Qianli sadly lowered his head.

Yes, it is being too ashamed to seek revenge!

The people of your Ximen family annihilated their clan, inciting hatred. Now that an escaped fish has grown successful and come to take revenge, it is only fair and just!

Using all sorts of means to kill Ximen Huaide and Ximen Huai Dao, they were only exacting vengeance and settling grudges, and it was right and proper!

Such justice is indeed what ought to be sought!

If the Ximen family were to retaliate again…

It was then that a white shadow streaked across the sky and disappeared in a flash, its speed rivaling that of fleeting light.

Almost the instant the white shadow appeared, it had already vanished without a trace, leaving behind only a piece of white paper, fluttering down from the sky.

Everyone silently watched the piece of white paper fluttering in the air, descending in slow motion.

Finally, it landed in front of Ximen Qianqiu.

Ximen Qianqiu stared blankly at it, and after a long moment, bent down to pick up the piece of paper.

On it was written a long passage, with a sharp and vigorous script, yet with a barely concealed murderous intent.

“As for the deep-seated animosity against the Ximen clan, let it be settled today.

It started over a piece of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. My brothers and I made the discovery first. After a fierce battle that resulted in injuries, we killed the Demon Beasts guarding it and took the treasure into our possession.

Just as we were about to leave, we were violently ambushed by members of the Ximen family, resulting in the death of two brothers on the spot.

After fighting back valiantly, we killed several members of the Ximen family.

In retaliation, the Ximen family began their reprisal, wiping out all the kin and friends of the surviving party, sparing neither man nor woman, old nor young. Brothers and friends were all implicated. They ruthlessly killed six thousand seven hundred forty-five lives! During which they violated women, five hundred sixty-one in total! They hung the corpses for all to witness, flaunting their power.

Today, I have killed the primary culprits and a handful of accomplices.

The feud is settled this day.

If the Ximen clan harbors thoughts of revenge, I am not afraid. We shall meet again in the martial world.

Mountains high, waters long, the cycle of karma is ordered. Today it is you, tomorrow it may be me. Everyone gets their turn.

In the paths of the martial world, life and death are the ends.

With old grudges extinguished and no new hatreds brewing, henceforth, life or death, all is met with a smile!

This is respectfully presented.

Name withheld.”

The handwriting was sharp, but it was clear that the calligraphy was mediocre at best.

However, the cause and effect were laid out quite clearly.

Ximen Qianqiu and Ximen Qianli both understood the implication of ‘Name withheld.’

Because the cause and effect were there on the paper, one would know who the person was with just a little investigation, and what their background was.

The single matter of six thousand seven hundred forty-five lives, and the talk of hanging corpses for all to witness, would almost not require an investigation to lock down the target.

“So it was them, indeed retribution is inescapable,” Ximen Qianqiu said to himself, voice devoid of spirit.

“Who? Who is the other party?”

“It is… Zhu Weiran of Western Heaven’s Peak and Hu Lengyue, the Blood Lady of the East Sea,” Ximen Qianqiu answered with a lost expression, his body exuding despair.

Upon hearing this, Ximen Qianli’s face suddenly stiffened, and immediately he turned a color of deep embarrassment, overwhelmed with shame.

Because this matter can be regarded as the most unreasonable act committed by the Ximen family in the last few thousand years.

And the instigators were none other than the three brothers of Ximen Huaide.

The killing of one’s sons for forcefully seizing another’s treasure and subsequently leading the family experts in a thorough retaliation was not particularly unusual. Included in this was an element of demonstrating the family’s majesty and cautioning the world against using heavy hands on one’s progeny.

This was the basic principle in how the top sects and clans of this world conducted themselves, or to use the most common phrase: favoritism!

But nobody expected that the so-called retaliation by these three brothers would shock the entire martial world!

According to the three brothers of Ximen Huaide, unable to find Zhu Weiran and his wife initially in order to force them to show themselves, they decided to eliminate all of their relatives, friends, and acquaintances—everyone connected to this couple in the martial world, leaving none alive, regardless of age or sex. The men were put to the sword, and the women violated until death.

Afterward, they hung the corpses naked for all the martial world to see, causing a great shock.

This was to warn everyone not to shelter or aid those connected to Zhu Weiran, that if you dare touch the whiskers of the Ximen family or protect those who have grievances with them, this would be your fate!

More than six thousand lives, brutally ended by their hands!

By the time the family found out, these brothers had already completed their final act. Ximen Qianqiu, Ximen Qianli, and others personally took action to capture them and punish them according to family law, nearly beating them to death.

But ‘nearly beaten to death’ was still not actually dead, and in the end, it was just a loss of flesh and blood. With the Ximen family’s resources, they recovered in a few months.

But by that time, there were no more victims left in the martial world.

Not only had Zhu Weiran and his wife been buried in the mire, but everyone with even the slightest association with them had been slaughtered!

There were truly no more people left to seek vengeance!

But how could such deeply rooted hatred be resolved with mere punishment and an apology?

More than a hundred years had passed, yet today, in Yuezhou City, the other party repaid them with the same methods, the same kind of retribution!

“Retribution! It’s retribution!”

Ximen Qianqiu, holding the letter, cried out to the heavens in anguish, and spat out another mouthful of blood before fainting away.

Not long after.

People from Dongfang, Nangong, Beigong, and the two mountains had all arrived.

As a force of the same rank, the Ximen family needed to make an appearance and state their position after such an incident.

More importantly, they needed to see what the Ximen family’s plans were and how they would respond subsequently.

Unexpectedly, upon their arrival, they saw a group of people, already packed, being led by Ximen Qianqiu and Ximen Qianli, who had checked out of the inn and were walking out the door.

“Brother Qianqiu, what is this…”

Beigong Wang was directly stunned, clearly very surprised by the Ximen family’s actions.

So they were just leaving after suffering such a huge loss?

“We’re going back home.”

Ximen Qianqiu spoke with a low voice, “Everyone, the mountains are high and the rivers long, we’ll meet again someday.”

Without addressing everyone’s questions and confusion, they just left without another word.

…

In the town of Jianghu, Ximen Qianqiu stood on the ruins, staring blankly at the paper money burning with towering flames in front of him.

After a while, when the flames had died down, only ashes remained.

Ximen Qianqiu quietly bowed and then, using a remnant stone as his canvas and his finger as a brush, he wrote four large characters.

As stone chips flew about, Ximen Qianqiu turned away and left without looking back.

All of the Ximen family members silently followed him, gradually disappearing into the snowstorm.

Not long after their departure, Cat Emperor, Feng Yin, Dong Xiaoyan, Feng Ying, and the couple Zhu Weiran made their appearances from afar.

They had arrived earlier and had been keeping an eye on the situation here.

As the group approached, they saw the four characters written on the stone — “All is Cancelled!”

Looking at the signature, it was Ximen Qianqiu.

Staring at those four characters, Zhu Weiran and Hu Lengyue couldn’t help but their eyes redden, then they knelt to the ground and kowtowed vigorously toward the ruins.

As they kowtowed, they burst into loud sobs.

All is cancelled?!

On closer calculation, how many people from the Ximen family had actually died?

At most, less than thirty people, yet the number of lives caught up in this blood feud nearly reached ten thousand.

But Jianghu has never been about fairness, just as Zhu Weiran himself said: if it ends now, perhaps it might stop here.

But if the retaliation continued, and they moved against other members of the Ximen family, it would inevitably provoke a bloody and fierce retribution from the entire Ximen family.

Even Ximen Qianqiu wouldn’t allow more deaths because of this incident.

If so, it would lead to another cycle of bloodshed and violence in Jianghu.

It’s over!

The feud that spanned over a century, today, finally came to an end!

Cat Emperor sighed deeply.

Watching the pair weeping, he understood their feelings very well.

How many in Jianghu have grievances with nowhere to turn?

Have enmities that cannot be avenged?

For someone like Zhu Weiran to have made it to this point, to have something to show for it, is extremely fortunate indeed.

In the end, it comes down to that old saying: the one with the bigger fist is the one with the bigger reason. Without a strong enough fist, what use is reason?!

The Ximen family has left.

Well, not all of the Ximen family members left; the other family elders who paid four times the consultation fee to seek medical help were still lingering here. They had witnessed Ximen Qianqiu’s recovery, which was a great inspiration to them.

But after such an event, each of them was spiritless, having just celebrated Ximen Qianqiu’s recovery with drinks, to then witness the tremendous grief of losing all three sons.

Such drastic ups and downs, such extreme joy and sorrow, even for these seasoned figures of Jianghu, were hard to accept.

Putting themselves in his shoes, if they were Ximen Qianqiu, would they be able to bear such a blow?

Cultivators have long lifespans, and compared to ordinary people, they are much more detached from their progeny and kin. However, for their own children to die in such a dismal and humiliating manner, with no avenue for redress, only to endure in silence, is a significant shock for any cultivator.

Especially someone like Ximen Qianqiu, who had placed great hopes on his sons and had many complaints about his own inaction, the impact was all the greater.

…

Feng Yin was drinking alone in his own courtyard, seemingly quite content, but in reality, he was filled with dread.

His heart was twitching, and he was restless.

Even now, he still didn’t know who his neighbor was.

But through the probing that night, he had truly frightened Physician Feng.

For the sake of realism, it was Feng Ying who had sneaked into the large tree in that courtyard in advance and then spun threads from the Illusory Silkworm for traction.

That was how they achieved not disturbing a speck of dust, leaving no trace behind.

When Feng Yin lured the people over, following the other end of the Illusory Silkworm’s thread, and exploiting its force, he was able to completely hide within the tree, thereby setting everything in stone.

Because of this, all of what befell the Ximen family members was seen by him, witnessed fully.

How could he not be shocked by each development, practically frightened to death!

The neighbor next door, what kind of immortal could this be?

Using only his aura, he managed to suppress the people from the Ximen family who had come on this trip!

Feng Yin was nearly scared to wet himself!