Chapter 226

Chapter 226 Without this experience, it would be difficult to understand

“Xuan’er is dead?”

A figure exuding a terrifying aura held a broken jade token, his face filled with shock and anger.

The token he held was a treasure he had found during a long-ago expedition into a mysterious cave.

It was a rare treasure. By infusing it with a person’s essence and blood, one could instantly control that person’s life force.

He had acquired three such tokens, one of which was infused with the essence and blood of his beloved great-grandson, Mo Xuan.

However, just now, he discovered that this token, infused with his great-grandson’s essence and blood, had completely broken.

The shattered token signified the complete disappearance of the essence and blood’s owner’s life force.

This meant that his great-grandson, Mo Xuan, was dead. How could he not be shocked and furious?

“Grandfather, what happened to provoke such anger?”

At this moment, a middle-aged man in black robes rushed in from outside and asked urgently.

“Xuan’er is dead!” the figure said in a deep voice.

“What? Xuan’er is dead?!” the middle-aged man in black clothing exclaimed in shock. “Impossible! He’s protected by Elder Qiu. Who could have killed him?” He

didn’t doubt his grandfather’s words, for he knew he possessed a rare treasure that could confirm Xuan’er’s condition from a distance of thousands of miles.

But he was also incredulous. Elder Qiu was a martial arts master with a high level of internal organ perfection, only one step away from reaching the Grandmaster stage.

With him protecting him, who could possibly harm Xuan’er?

“You’re asking me? I was about to ask you!” The figure’s aura erupted, suffocating the middle-aged man in the black robes. “I’ve only been in seclusion for a few days, and Xuan’er has already escaped Yunzhou. How could you, as a father, not even know?”

“Grandfather, I’ve been busy with sect affairs. I only knew Xuan’er led a group of disciples, saying they were going to teach a Zhuangzi who had offended him a lesson. I had no idea he’d actually chased him out of Yunzhou!”

Sweat streamed down the middle-aged man’s forehead. Though he had reached the level of a martial arts Grandmaster, he still found it difficult to breathe under the terrifying presence of his grandfather.

“Investigate, investigate immediately! I want to know who killed Xuan’er. I’ll annihilate his entire clan!”

With a command from the terrifying figure, all the Liuyun Sect disciples realized that it was the Young Sect Master who had been murdered.

This momentarily shook the entire Liuyun Sect.

Everyone knew how much the Young Sect Master was favored by the Grand Elder.

Now that he had been murdered, no one could imagine the Grand Elder’s wrath.

But everyone knew that Yunzhou was about to experience a major earthquake.

…

As the entire Yunzhou was shaken by the actions of the Liuyun Sect, in Qingfeng Town, the old doctor finally managed to control the injuries of Fang Tao and the others.

Ma Gu and his companions prepared to join the remaining townspeople in disposing of the bodies.

The town had lost far too many people.

Including the Liuyun Sect disciples killed by Lu Qing, the bodies numbered at least a hundred.

A proper burial for so many bodies was clearly unrealistic.

Not to mention some families whose entire families had been brutally murdered by Liuyun Sect disciples, with no one left to collect the bodies.

If so many bodies were not dealt with quickly, it would easily breed an epidemic, further complicating matters.

Therefore, the best solution was to burn them all.

The old doctor was a healer, and Lu Qing and his companions had saved their lives by killing those evildoers.

The townspeople, grateful as they were, naturally followed their advice,

though they were reluctant to bury those evildoers along with their own relatives.

But compared to the horrific plague, this slight discomfort was clearly negligible.

So, under the guidance of the townspeople, Lu Qing and his team found a piece of wasteland outside the town and dug a large pit.

Then, working together, they moved all the corpses from inside and outside the town and gathered them in the pit. They then found plenty of firewood and piled it on top of the corpses.

Of course, this alone wasn’t enough.

Many of the bodies in the pit were disciples of the Liuyun Sect. As warriors, their muscles and bones were so strong that ordinary firewood would have difficulty completely incinerating them.

So, after the firewood was piled, Lu Qing took out a jade bottle and circled the pit, continuously dripping a red liquid into it.

Once the red liquid was empty, he took a torch and, after asking everyone to step back, tossed it in.

At first, no one understood Lu Qing’s actions.

But when the torch landed in the pit, flames shot up into the sky, and the scorching heat filled everyone’s faces with horror.

If only they had known, even after retreating dozens of meters, the heat was still too much for them to bear.

How intense could the temperature in the pit be?

What was the red liquid Lu Qing had just poured into the pit that could spark such a terrifying flame?

For a moment, the townspeople’s awe of Lu Qing deepened.

The fire in the pit burned for a full hour before it was extinguished.

When the temperature around the pit began to drop, the crowd went to investigate. They saw nothing but ashes, not even a single bone.

They even saw that some of the mud and sand along the sides of the pit had melted, leaving a faint, glassy appearance. The

townspeople were stunned, yet also relieved.

With the fire burning like this, it was clear that the plague couldn’t possibly breed.

This was a blessing in disguise for their town.

Otherwise, if the plague broke out, they would all have been forced to flee their homes, leaving behind the home they had lived in for generations.

The rest of the process would be much simpler.

They worked together to fill the pit and then returned to town.

Lu Qing remained silent all the way back.

Back at the restaurant, he remained silent, standing by the window, gazing into the distance, his thoughts unseen.

“Ah Qing,”

the old doctor noticed his disciple’s unusual mood and approached.

“Master, I feel very upset.” Lu Qing said calmly.

The old doctor paused: “Is it because of that little girl?”

“Not just her.” Lu Qing shook his head. “I just feel that this matter shouldn’t end like this.”

“Then what do you think?”

“I want to go to the Liuyun Sect.” Lu Qing looked at the sky outside the window. “If I don’t take this trip, I will feel very upset and my thoughts will be difficult to understand.”

“Okay, then I will accompany you.” The old doctor nodded.

“Master…” Lu Qing turned back in surprise.

“Don’t look at me like that. Do you think that I am such a pedantic person who can treat everyone equally, regardless of whether they are good or bad?”

The old doctor chuckled, but his smile seemed a little cold.

He turned around and looked at a blood mark in the corner.

There was the place where the small figure was before.

“Although I am a doctor, it does not mean that I am just a doctor.”

(End of this chapter)