After leaving the Lin family, Qin Chuan and the others quickly returned to the Qin family estate.
Qin Zhantian looked at Qin Chuan with concern. “Chuan’er, are you alright?”
“Young Master!” Xiao Lan also rushed forward, worriedly checking Qin Chuan’s body, afraid that he might be injured somewhere.
At this moment, Qin Chuan’s face was pale, completely devoid of color.
“I’m fine, Patriarch.” Qin Chuan shook his head and forced a smile. “I’ll be alright after some rest. I’ll excuse myself for now.”
Upon hearing that, Qin Zhantian nodded quickly. “Go, go. Let Xiao Lan take care of you. I’ll instruct everyone else not to disturb you.”
“Thank you, Patriarch!”
With that, Qin Chuan and Xiao Lan turned and left.
As he watched them walk away, Qin Zhantian murmured to himself, “It seems our Qin family is truly about to rise.”
“Yes,” the Second Elder nodded in agreement, but soon his expression turned serious. “Patriarch, now that we’ve killed the Young Master of the Azure Thunder Sect, I fear…”
Hearing this, Qin Zhantian’s face also became grim.
…
After returning to his room and sending the young girl away, Qin Chuan immediately entered the space of the Heaven and Earth Spirit Furnace.
Within the starlit space, a woman in a phoenix dress stood suspended in the air. Her features were beautiful, dignified and elegant, looking down at the young man in front of her.
Taking a deep breath, Qin Chuan cupped his hands and said, “Thank you, Senior Yaoxi, for your help. If not for you, I might not have made it out alive.”
“Oh, so you do know that?” Empress Yaoxi’s face was cold as she replied, “If I hadn’t sensed your danger and lent you the last of my cultivation power, you’d be a corpse by now.”
Qin Chuan gave an embarrassed laugh. It was indeed thanks to Empress Yaoxi lending him her power during the battle at the Lin family estate that he was able to defeat Mo Lao so easily.
He immediately cupped his hands again. “Senior Yaoxi, I’ll never forget this great favor. I’ll repay it a thousandfold one day!”
“Forget about ‘one day.’ Repay it now,” Empress Yaoxi said indifferently. “Because of you, all the power I had finally managed to save up was used up. I’m already beginning to suffer the backlash of the Spring Poison of the Other Shore Flower.”
“What should I…” Before Qin Chuan could finish speaking, his face suddenly changed in alarm. “S-Senior Yaoxi, you can’t. I’m still injured—I really can’t…”
“You don’t need to do anything. So what are you afraid of?” Empress Yaoxi interrupted him coldly.
“But—” Qin Chuan had just started to speak again when he suddenly felt a weight pressing down on him. Empress Yaoxi had already pushed him to the ground, and her red lips came down upon his.
“Mmm…”
…
After the battle ended, Qin Chuan felt a dull pain in his lower back.
Looking at the satisfied Empress Yaoxi next to him, he began to suspect that her talk of poison backlash had been a lie…
She was way too aggressive!
Clack!
At that moment, two scrolls fell beside Qin Chuan.
Empress Yaoxi’s voice floated over lightly. “Your strength is still too weak. These two scrolls—‘Limitless Art of the Great Void’ and ‘Heaven-Shattering Palm’—are just some little trinkets I picked up. Take them and train.”
“Heaven-grade, low-rank?!”
The Limitless Art of the Great Void was a cultivation technique without a fixed rank, but when Qin Chuan saw the grade of the Heaven-Shattering Palm, he froze, too stunned to speak.
“Wait a minute… This feeling…” Looking at Empress Yaoxi as she finished adjusting her phoenix robe, Qin Chuan suddenly had an odd realization.
Why did this feel like those brothels in Guiyun City—where after the act, you pull up your pants and get handed some money?
Just as he was about to get up and argue with Empress Yaoxi, he saw that she had already disappeared.
“Sigh…” With a sigh, Qin Chuan picked up the two scrolls and stored them away.
He didn’t start training the martial technique immediately. Instead, he began to focus on recovering from his injuries.
In the battle at the Lin family estate, although he temporarily had access to Empress Yaoxi’s power, his body had been pushed far beyond its limits.
His current body simply couldn’t withstand such strength.
A month passed, and Qin Chuan let out a long breath. His injuries had mostly healed—though in the outside world, only a few hours had gone by.
Without hesitation, he took out the Heaven-Shattering Palm scroll and began cultivating.
The Heaven-Shattering Palm was a Heaven-grade palm technique with five stages…
As time passed, through constant bitter training, Qin Chuan finally mastered the first stage.
But to train the second stage, he would need to break through to the Great Profound Master Realm.
Seeing that, Qin Chuan had no choice but to stop temporarily and exited the Heaven and Earth Spirit Furnace space, heading straight for the main council hall.
At that moment, the atmosphere in the Qin family’s council hall was heavy.
“Patriarch, now that we’ve killed the Azure Thunder Sect’s Young Master, there’s no way they’ll let us off. We must prepare for the worst!” This chapter was taken from novelping(.)com without permission.
“What are we afraid of? At worst, we fight them to the death! That Young Master was too arrogant—he even dared to extract our young master’s bloodline!”
“That’s right! The Azure Thunder Sect was unreasonable from the start. Even if we hadn’t killed him, they still wouldn’t have spared the Qin family!”
“Exactly…”
As soon as he entered the hall, Qin Chuan heard the elders’ intense discussions.
“Cough, cough… Chuan’er, you’re here!” Seeing Qin Chuan walk in, Qin Zhantian immediately rose from the head seat. The movement tugged at his injuries, making him grimace in pain.
“Patriarch, I’ve arrived.” Qin Chuan cupped his hands. “I heard your discussion earlier. Whoever caused this should take responsibility. Let me bear it all alone!”
“What kind of talk is that? We are all part of the Qin family. How could we let you carry this burden alone?” Qin Zhantian scolded.
The Second Elder stepped forward and added, “That’s right! No matter what happens, the Qin family will stand by the Young Master!”
“Yes! Strength lies in unity. Together, we’ll figure something out!”
“That’s right! Even if you tried to take it all on alone, the Azure Thunder Sect wouldn’t just let us go…”
“Exactly!”
The other elders also voiced their agreement.
Hearing their words, Qin Chuan felt a warmth in his heart. He was just an adopted son, yet so many people were willing to support him.
Qin Zhantian added, “Chuan’er, don’t worry. I’ve already sent word to the Lin family. That fool Lin Zhen may be an idiot, but he still understands the gravity of his family’s survival. The news about the Young Master dying in the Lin estate has been temporarily sealed.”
“Although we can’t keep it hidden for long, every extra moment gives us more time to prepare a proper countermeasure.”
“Alright.” Qin Chuan nodded and no longer insisted.
Then he took out a storage ring. “This is the bride price returned by the Lin family. I was thinking—”
Before he could finish, the Second Elder interrupted.
“Young Master, you’re now the foremost figure of the Qin family’s younger generation. Even us old folks feel ashamed in comparison. These things are best left with you.”
“…Very well.” Seeing that everyone shared the same opinion, Qin Chuan didn’t argue and accepted the ring.
“Young Master,” one elder suddenly spoke up, “I’ve received some news. I don’t know whether I should say it… but perhaps it might allow our Qin family to no longer fear the Azure Thunder Sect.”