Lingshan County was one of the eighteen counties governed by Lingfeng Country.
Within Lingshan County City, three great families held sway: the Xiao Family, the Ma Family, and the Chen Family.
Today, however, the Xiao Family, one of these three great families, stood on the precipice of ruin.
And the story of it all began with the family’s true dragon.
Eighteen years ago, the current Patriarch of the Xiao Family, Xiao Qing, joyfully welcomed a son whom he named Xiao Chen.
Legend has it that auspicious signs filled the sky at the time of his birth.
And true to the legend, from a young age, Xiao Chen demonstrated a heaven-defying cultivation speed.
At the age of fifteen, he completed his Foundation Establishment and reached the Vein Opening Realm.
Such speed was unrivaled in the entire history of Lingshan County.
With such monstrous talent, combined with his status as the Xiao Family’s Young Master and his handsome features, Xiao Chen quickly became the man of countless young women’s dreams in Lingshan County.
This included Chen Muxue, the young lady of the Chen Family.
Coming from two of the three great families, Chen Muxue and Xiao Chen were considered the perfect couple in everyone’s eyes.
But to everyone’s surprise, when Chen Muxue confessed her feelings to Xiao Chen, he rejected her on the spot.
Soon after, Xiao Chen left Lingshan County City alone to make his own way in the world.
Three years have passed, and there has been no word from him since.
After Xiao Chen’s departure, his rejection festered into a deep hatred in Chen Muxue’s heart.
And so, a month ago, after being scouted by the Jue Mountain Sect—the strongest sect in Lingshan County—she began her revenge against the Xiao Family.
Over the past three years, the hatred in Chen Muxue’s heart hadn’t faded in the slightest.
In fact, it had become deeply ingrained.
The memory of Xiao Chen’s rejection was a constant torment, and she had sworn to annihilate the Xiao Family and make him regret it for the rest of his life.
‘She, Chen Muxue!
Her talent might not have matched Xiao Chen’s, but in terms of status and beauty, she was second to none.
Scarcely any woman in all of Lingshan County could compare to her.
A Celestial Pride like her, yet Xiao Chen had rejected her, and so mercilessly at that.’
‘She still remembered the day she’d confessed her feelings.
Xiao Chen had said just a single sentence to her, “We’re not compatible…”‘
‘Just that one sentence.
He hadn’t even given her a second glance.
The very next day, Xiao Chen left Lingshan County City.’
For three years, that hatred had festered deep within her heart.
Today, Chen Muxue was finally delivering the fatal blow.
At this very moment, within the Xiao Family estate, seven or eight Disciples from the Jue Mountain Sect, led by Chen Muxue herself, along with a host of experts from the Chen and Ma Families, had the Xiao Family completely surrounded.
Faced with the combined forces of the Chen Family, the Ma Family, and the Jue Mountain Sect, the Xiao Family was powerless to resist.
Led by their Patriarch, Xiao Qing, the Xiao Family’s experts stared at Chen Muxue with grim expressions.
She was as stunningly beautiful as ever, but beneath that beauty lay an incredible ruthlessness.
Taking a deep breath, Xiao Qing looked at Chen Muxue and spoke.
“Must you be so ruthless?
It’s been three years.
Are you still unwilling to spare the Xiao Family?”
At Xiao Qing’s plea, Chen Muxue laughed coldly.
“Spare you?
The day Xiao Chen rejected me, I swore that one day, I would kill every last person in the Xiao Family…”
She would never spare the Xiao Family; she would slaughter every last one of them, down to their dogs.
As her voice faded, Chen Muxue turned to a handsome young man beside her.
The young man appeared to be in his twenties.
He wore a black robe, and his features were delicately handsome.
Linking her arm intimately with his, Chen Muxue smiled coquettishly.
“Brother Ming, you did promise me…”
“Rest assured, Junior Sister Muxue,” Brother Ming replied with a smile.
“The Xiao Family will be annihilated today.”
This “Brother Ming” was Shen Ming, one of the ten great Disciples of the Jue Mountain Sect’s Inner Sect.
At twenty-eight years old, his cultivation had already reached the initial stage of the Yellow Extreme Realm.
The path of the Martial Dao began with the Foundation Establishment Realm, followed by the Vein Opening Realm, Yellow Extreme Realm, Xuanyuan Realm, Earth Mirror Realm, and the Celestial Human Realm.
Each realm was further divided into five stages: Initial Stage, Minor Accomplishment, Major Accomplishment, Lesser Perfection, and Great Perfection.
To have opened all his Spirit Veins and entered the Yellow Extreme Realm by the age of twenty-eight showed that Shen Ming’s talent was indeed impressive.
It was no wonder he was one of the top ten Disciples of the Jue Mountain Sect’s Inner Sect.
Shen Ming had feelings for Chen Muxue, which was why he had stepped forward to help her deal with the Xiao Family.
At Shen Ming’s reply, the smile on Chen Muxue’s face grew even more radiant, while the members of the Xiao Family fell into complete despair.
As the strongest sect in Lingshan County, the Jue Mountain Sect could crush the Xiao Family as easily as an ant.
Although only Shen Ming and a few other Disciples from the Jue Mountain Sect had come today, their cultivation might not match that of the Xiao Family’s older generation of experts.
However, the Ma and Chen Families were also present, watching like hungry tigers.
Moreover, if any of the Jue Mountain Sect Disciples were harmed, the sect’s Elders would surely descend upon them in the future.
That would be a true catastrophe.
“Alas, is it heaven’s will for the Xiao Family to perish?” an elderly Xiao Family member lamented, gazing at the sky.
Faced with this situation, they saw no glimmer of hope.
By this point, Prince Jun’s Mansion had made no move, clearly acquiescing to the Xiao Family’s destruction.
Seeing the despair in the eyes of the Xiao Family, Chen Muxue sneered inwardly.
‘Xiao Chen, when you rejected me three years ago, did you ever imagine this day would come?
HAHAHA…’
Everyone in Lingshan County City knew something major was happening today: the Xiao Family was about to be wiped out.
The news had already spread far and wide.
Just as all eyes were fixed on the Xiao Family estate, a handsome youth appeared on the main road outside the city.
Dressed in robes as white as snow, his long hair flowing behind him, he came galloping toward the city on a Red Flame Horse.
The young man was exceptionally handsome, with sharp brows and star-like eyes.
He carried a faint air of unhurried calm, giving one the impression of a white cloud drifting through the sky, utterly unstained by the dust of the mortal world.
His ink-black hair was tied back with a red ribbon, dancing in the gentle breeze.
He galloped without stopping.
When he was just a few miles from Lingshan County City, a faint smile touched his lips as he gazed at the familiar city walls.
“It’s been three years,” he murmured.
“I wonder how Father and Mother are doing…”
As he spoke, the youth gave a gentle squeeze with his legs, and the Red Flame Horse beneath him immediately dashed toward the city.
After paying ten Gold Coins, the young man entered the city.
He took in the familiar sights along the streets as he made his way at a steady pace toward the Xiao Family estate.
‘Three years…
I’m finally back.’ Indeed, the young man entering the city was none other than the Xiao Family’s “true dragon” who had vanished three years prior: Xiao Chen.
He was hailed as one of the few with the potential to become one of the ten great Celestial Prides of Lingfeng Country.
After a three-year absence, he was finally back.
A subtle smile played on his lips.
His handsome features drew the gazes of many young women on the street; they were naturally captivated by such a dashing man with an extraordinary presence.
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