The Sword God of the Universe
Chapter 364 - 364 364 Dust Settles

Chapter 364: Chapter 364: Dust Settles Chapter 364: Chapter 364: Dust Settles Subconsciously, Lv Qin thought she must have heard wrong.

Jing Yan?

Ha, how could Jing Yan possibly appear here?

Jing Yan went to Lanqu County City, how could he suddenly return to Donglin City, and even to the City Lord Mansion of Donglin City?

Moreover, the Jing Family is probably already destroyed by now!

Even if Jing Yan came back, he likely couldn’t escape the Zhao Family’s assassination!

Lv Qin’s lips curled into a bitter smile.

Then, her delicate body slightly trembled.

This time, she seemed to hear Jing Yan’s voice.

What in the world is going on?

Lv Qin quickened her pace and in a few steps reached the door, opening it.

Outside, both Jing Yan and Chen Bing were slightly taken aback.

Jing Yan was surprised to see Lv Qin, he thought she had been controlled by Chen Bing.

On the other hand, Chen Bing was terrified by her appearance.

He had planned to use Lv Qin to escape from Donglin City, but now that Lv Qin had shown herself in front of Jing Yan, it meant that his last resort had lost its meaning.

“Whoosh!”

Chen Bing’s aura condensed, and his Primordial Energy burst forth.

He indeed wasn’t pleased.

Upon seeing Lv Qin, he immediately made his move.

He intended to capture Lv Qin before Jing Yan could act, using her to threaten Jing Yan.

Chen Bing knew that controlling Lv Qin was his only chance to stay alive.

Some deputy City Lord, Jing Yan surely wouldn’t care.

For Jing Yan, killing a deputy City Lord was no different from killing a dog.

“Die!”

Jing Yan let out a low shout, and the red Sword Light of the Skyfire Sword swept out.

No matter how fast Chen Bing reacted, he couldn’t be faster than Jing Yan.

As Chen Bing’s figure moved, Jing Yan had already swung his sword.

With Jing Yan’s strength, Chen Bing, a high-ranking martial artist who had stepped into the Dao Spirit Realm, stood absolutely no chance.

“No!”

Don’t kill me!

Aah…” Chen Bing screamed horribly.

“Puff!” The Sword Light pierced Chen Bing’s body, and his aura instantly dissipated.

Seeing this scene, Lv Qin was once again a bit stunned.

She knew Chen Bing’s strength; among the martial artists at the Innate Peak Realm, Chen Bing was definitely one of the stronger ones.

But how could Jing Yan kill Chen Bing outright with a casual strike?

Lv Qin looked at Jing Yan again more carefully.

This time, she was certain that the one standing not far away was indeed Jing Yan.

“Madam.” Jing Yan smiled at Lv Qin.

“Jing Yan, how did you come back to Donglin City?” Lv Qin had many doubts in her heart.

“I knew the Jing Family was in trouble, so I rushed back on purpose.

I am a disciple of the Jing Family, after all!” Jing Yan chuckled.

“You knew the Jing Family was in trouble and still came back?

How could the Zhao Family let you go?

You’d better hurry while the Zhao Family hasn’t discovered your whereabouts and leave Donglin City.

Go to Lanqu County City and don’t come back, unless you have enough power to confront the Zhao Family.” Lv Qin’s first thought was whether Jing Yan could survive.

“Madam, don’t worry for now, the Zhao Family is actually no more.

Before I came to the City Lord Mansion, Family Head Zhao, the Zhao Family’s martial artists of the Innate Realm, and those reinforcements from the Zhao Family, they were all already dead,” Jing Yan shook his head and said.

“What?”

Lv Qin was truly shocked; she listened as Jing Yan recounted the events.

Looking at Jing Yan again, her gaze was indescribable.

She really couldn’t believe that Jing Yan’s strength had become so formidable.

It seemed even stronger than her husband, Huo Chunyang.

Even Huo Chunyang would probably have difficulty killing those four Dao Spirit Realm powerhouses.

While they were talking, Shi Xuan also returned to the City Lord Mansion.

Jing Yan, Lv Qin, and Shi Xuan gathered together.

“Chief Manager Shi Xuan, there are probably still many of Chen Bing’s confidants in the City Lord Mansion.

We must root them out,” Jing Yan pondered before speaking to Shi Xuan.

Chen Bing’s confidants would undoubtedly be very loyal to him.

If we don’t root them out, who knows what trouble they could cause in the future.

Moreover, even if they claim now to have no association with Chen Bing, we can’t be sure they aren’t waiting for an opportunity to seek revenge.

Therefore, we must find them and deal with them.

“I understand, I’ll take some men and handle it right away.

There aren’t many of Chen Bing’s close associates, and most of the guards actually aren’t loyal to him; they merely followed orders,” Shi Xuan nodded and replied.

Shi Xuan had been in the City Lord Mansion for decades, even arriving earlier than Chen Bing.

Therefore, he knew very well about Chen Bing’s confidants.

Escaping from Shi Xuan’s grasp really was a very difficult task.

Shi Xuan, accompanied by a pair of guards, began to search the City Lord Mansion.

Although there was inevitable bloodshed, it was a necessary action.

“Madam, I need to return to the Jing Family Mansion now.

The unstable elements within the City Lord Mansion have been eliminated, so you can rest assured.

As for the City Lord, I believe he will definitely come back; I don’t believe he is dead,” Jing Yan wasn’t good at consoling people, but he believed Lv Qin wasn’t so fragile.

After bidding farewell to Lv Qin, Jing Yan returned to the Jing Family Mansion.

By then, the large-scale slaughter had completely ceased, though sporadic skirmishes still occurred in certain local areas.

The entire Donglin City was nearly fully under the control of the Jing Family.

The remnants of the Zhao Family who tried to flee Donglin City were mostly intercepted and killed by Jing Chengye’s men, with only a few managing to escape.

Should these few dare to return to Donglin City, they would certainly be killed by the Jing Family.

Their best chance to survive would be to never return to Donglin City.

When Jing Yan returned to the Jing Family Mansion, the corpses that had once sprawled across the street outside were all cleaned up, and the streets had been washed.

Although the air still carried a hint of blood, from appearances alone, one would not be able to tell that a massive battle with thousands of casualties had just taken place.

“Jing Yan, you’re back?

Is everything okay at the City Lord Mansion?”

Just then, Jing Chengye also returned home and immediately approached Jing Yan to ask.

“The issues at the City Lord Mansion have been resolved,” Jing Yan nodded.

“Good, the dust has settled here too.

The Cai Family is finished, with the Cai Family Patriarch and all their elders dead, the pursuit of escapees continues.

The Zhao Family’s and Cai Family’s industries in the city and various towns, along with some of their remaining forces, are still resisting, but the overall situation is under control.

Those two families will become history in Donglin City,” Jing Chengye inhaled sharply, his gaze intensifying.

The main assets in Donglin City are the four workshops.

In many towns within Donglin City, the Zhao and Cai Families had numerous industries, like ore veins and more.

These assets were now war spoils for the Jing Family.

“Regarding the gains, you can handle them, Clan Leader.

However, there is one more matter we need to deal with.

For those families who turned their coats, we must cleanse them all,” Jing Yan said in a low voice.

When the Zhao Family launched a major attack on the Jing Family, the Jing Family sent out numerous guards for assistance, but only three families’ clan leaders with their family members came to their aid.

Most families didn’t show up.

If it was merely their absence from the battlefield, the Jing Family wouldn’t seek retribution after autumn, understanding their desire to preserve their families.

After all, at that time, anyone would have deemed the Jing Family doomed.

However, four families not only failed to help the Jing Family but also killed the Jing Family’s guards who went for help, an absolutely intolerable deed.

“Understood, I’ll arrange it immediately,” Jing Chengye nodded heavily, a fierce light flashing in his eyes.

“Also, regarding the Liu Family, Ma Family, and Li Family, they must be heavily rewarded.

During our family’s crisis, these three families were willing to share life and death with the Jing Family.

They are eternal friends of the Jing Family.

As the Jing Family grows, we must also take these three families along with us,” Jing Yan added.

“Absolutely.

These three families also suffered heavy losses in this battle.

Now is the time to reward them for their contributions.

For those who aided the Jing Family or our power, we will definitely not be stingy.

Tomorrow, I will call them again,” Jing Chengye responded.

If someone nearby were to hear the conversations between Jing Yan and Jing Chengye, they might get the wrong impression that Jing Yan was the Clan Leader of the Jing Family.

However, the truth was that without Jing Yan, the entire Jing Family would be gone by now.

If Jing Yan wished to become the Clan Leader of the Jing Family, Jing Chengye would definitely step down immediately.

But Jing Yan’s ambitions clearly weren’t limited to being the mere Clan Leader of the Jing Family; his pursuits were higher in martial arts, to become a powerful figure of the Heavenly Origin Continent.

And now, Jing Yan’s journey in martial arts was just beginning.

Due to insufficient stock of healing potions in the Jing Family inventory, Jing Yan had to urgently request a large number of healing potions from the Splendid Pill Tower.

The Splendid Pill Tower hadn’t operated normally for over a month, but its pharmacists were still producing medicine daily, so they had a substantial stock.

Of course, the medicines from the Splendid Pill Tower weren’t owned by the Jing Family.

Even when the Pill Tower supplied medicines, they charged for them.

In this war, although the Jing Family suffered major losses, the resources they acquired on the battlefield were also staggering.

The seals in cash from the Zhao and Cai Families, especially after wiping them out, included extensive resources in their treasure vaults.

Buying medicine from the Splendid Pill Tower was a trifling matter for the Jing Family, who paid in full with Spirit Stones at market prices.

Under the command of Jing Chengye and other elders of the Jing Family, Donglin City swiftly returned to calm.

Those adventurers who had hoped to loot amidst the chaos were also very well-behaved this time.

Many adventurers, seeing the Zhao Family forces heading to the Jing Family Mansion, followed behind, hoping to plunder the dead and make a fortune looting in the chaos.

But after the extermination of the Zhao Family, they became quite obedient, with perhaps only a handful making small movements—a quite remarkable turn of events.

However, after a little thought, it became clear they were intimidated by Jing Yan.