Translator: Silavin
Xue Meigui was in despair.
The people from the Du Family were still not showing up. Clearly, even the Du Family was unwilling to provoke this powerful old man and she had been abandoned by them!
“Retreat!” Xue Meigui made a quick decision, shouting as she began to retreat.
Seeing this, Lang Xing immediately followed.
“You killed people from my Li Family, and you think you can leave Spreading Cloud City!?” Just then, a voice like a thunderbolt resounded, almost audible to half of Spreading Cloud City.
As the voice fell, Li Yuanba, who had been sitting cross-legged, stood up. The aura around him had not diminished, but had instead intensified! After consuming a drop of Thousand Year Old Spirit Milk, he had broken through to become a first level Peak Stage Martial Grandmaster.
“Come and face death!” His first hammer strike was aimed at Yan Hu, who was being supported by others.
“You bastard!” Yan Hu’s eyes were about to pop out as he barely managed to hold his great sword in front of him.
*Bang!* The sword broke, and the man flew. Looking at his caved-in chest, Yan Hu’s vision began to blur. He never imagined he would die in a place like this.
“Ha!” After smashing Yan Hu to death, Li Yuanba’s momentum did not decrease. The second move of the Overlord Hammer Martial Technique… Weight Of Mount Tai, thundered towards the fleeing Lang Xing.
*Boom!* It directly sent Lang Xing flying back, spitting blood. Both his hands were fractured, with white bones exposed.
As soon as he landed, he was smashed to death on the ground by Li Yuanba who had rushed over.
“Brothers, charge!” Seeing Li Yuanba so domineering, the elites of the three Major Families all rushed out from the hall, killing those retreating mercenaries.
The situation was almost one-sided. Those mercenaries no longer had the courage to fight back.
Li Yuanba was like a fierce Tiger entering a flock of Sheep. One sweep of his hammer, if not dead, they were crippled.
In the end, of the three mercenary group leaders, only Xue Meigui escaped with injuries. Lang Xing and Yan Hu perished on the spot.
They had won!
Although they had won, there was not a trace of joy on anyone’s face. Many were even crying out loud.
On this day, too many people had died or been injured.
Fortunately, with Qin Yichen present, these injured all received proper treatment.
At night, in the Ye Family’s gathering hall, Qin Yichen, Ye Hongyun, Lin Huarong, Li Yuanfei, and Ye Liangchen sat around a table. Their faces were very solemn. Although they had repelled the three mercenary groups, who could guarantee that the Du Family would let this go?
As long as the Du Family existed, there would be no peace for them.
“Brother Qin, that old man you brought… he couldn’t be the legendary… Heavenly Blade, could he?” Ye Liangchen spoke first, squinting his small eyes as he stared at Qin Yichen.
“That’s right.” Qin Yichen nodded, confirming it.
“Ahhh…” Ye Hongyun, Li Yuanfei, and Lin Huarong immediately drew in sharp breaths, their eyes filled with shock.
[In just these few days away, this boy had not only improved his strength but he had also brought back the strongest expert in the dynasty!?]
“Senior Zhou won’t take action against the Du Family. To destroy the Du Family, we still need to rely on ourselves.” Seeing the expectation and hope in their eyes, Qin Yichen reminded them.
The Du Family was not comparable to those few mercenary groups. It had deep roots in the Heavenly Unicorn Dynasty. Not to mention, whether Zhou Xiaocang would take action, even if he did, he alone could not bring down the entire Du Family.
“Although Senior Zhou will not take action against the Du Family, with him here, the Du Family won’t act rashly against us.”
This statement made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
The five talked late into the night before Qin Yichen returned to the residence, arranged by the Ye Family.
His Father and Mother were still awake.
“Chen’er is back!” Seeing his Son walk in, Qin Haoran’s face showed a gratified expression. He had heard about the events of today and was increasingly finding his Son to be becoming more and more unfathomable.
“Son, are you alright? You’re not hurt anywhere, are you?” Qin Yichen’s Mother, Du Binglan, anxiously came forward, feeling all over his body.
“Mom, don’t worry. I’m not as weak as you think.” Although Qin Yichen wore a bitter smile, his heart was very warm.
[This is Family affection. Only after losing it did I truly understand how precious this is. I’m grateful to see them so concerned over my well-being.]
“Son, going off to the Black Demon Mountain Range without a word. If anything had happened to you, what would your Mother do…” Du Binglan lightly hit him. She did not care how great her Son’s achievements were, as long as he was safe.
The Family was full of joy and harmony.
“By the way, Mother and Father, don’t we have any Ein our Family?” As he was about to return to his room, Qin Yichen turned back and asked his Parents.
Hearing this, the smiles on Qin Haoran and Du Binglan’s faces instantly froze, their expressions becoming somewhat complex.
Seeing their expressions, Qin Yichen knew they had something difficult to say, so he did not continue asking, “I was just casually asking. Please don’t take it to heart. I’m going back to my room.”
After he left, Qin Haoran and Du Binglan remained sitting there.
“Dear…”
After a long while, Du Binglan finally raised her head, about to say something when she saw Qin Haoran shake his head, “Now is not the time to tell him…”
As he spoke, Qin Haoran’s expression was dark.
…
Soon, news of the destruction of the Thorn Mercenary Group, Wild Wolf Mercenary Group, and Fierce Tiger Mercenary Group quietly spread throughout the dynasty…
The Spreading Cloud City incident ended with Yan Hu and Lang Xing dying miserably in Spreading Cloud City, and Xue Meigui disappearing from then on!
The Du Family remained silent, as if they had nothing to do with this incident.
Just as people in the Royal City were shocked by the strength of the three Major Families of Spreading Cloud City, an even more explosive piece of news came from the Royal Palace…
Princess Linghan was pregnant!
This immediately caused a huge stir in the Royal City, with rumours flying everywhere.
This was definitely not a glorious matter for the Royal Family, especially since Princess Linghan’s marriage had already been decided, which was to the most outstanding young prodigy of the four Major Families. Only through this could the most outstanding prodigy be tied to the Royal Family.
Although the Royal Family had tried their best to suppress the news from spreading, it still caused a great commotion throughout the city.
Inside the Royal Palace, fragments of porcelain were scattered all over the floor, and King Lu Heze’s angry roars could be heard from time to time.
Outside, a crowd of palace maids knelt on the ground, not daring to raise their heads.
“Tell me, what exactly did you do outside?” Lu Heze glared angrily at the calm-faced Lu Linghan before him, his palm slamming on the table in front of him, making books and papers scatter all over the ground.
Lu Linghan closed her eyes and remained silent. There was not a hint of emotion on her face, as if she was a wooden stake.
The hysterical Father before her only made her feel more desolate.
“Speak! Whose bastard child is in your belly!?” Lu Heze lowered his voice, like a man-eating Tiger, killing intent surging in his eyes.
“Does it matter?” Lu Linghan spoke, her flat words left Lu Heze speechless.
Indeed, regardless of whose child it was, the news had already spread. It could not be taken back. The reputation of the Royal Family could no longer be salvaged.
Perhaps even Lu Heze himself could not have imagined that this news to have been deliberately spread by Lu Linghan herself. Otherwise, how could news from within the Royal Palace be so easily known by outsiders?