Chapter 151: The Whole Truth, Clear Wind Falls

The Clear Wind Ancestor’s threat to blow himself up put Qin Xiao in a difficult position. The old ghost was already at peak Soul Formation.

“Blow yourself up? Ancestor, don’t be so extreme. I know how much you value your life.”

Duan Mingda exposed the Clear Wind Ancestor’s threat.

How could a man so selfish that he killed his own foster sons for his benefit choose so readily to blow himself up?

“Old ghost, that’s what I thought. Since when were you so unafraid to die? You were trying to fool me!”

Qin Xiao understood. The old scoundrel was using the threat to bargain.

“I do value my life. But if death is certain, why wouldn’t I dare?”

The Clear Wind Ancestor had not expected his unfilial foster son to expose his intentions. Still, he had not been entirely bluffing. If death was certain, he might as well blow himself up; with luck, he could take a few others with him.

“This matter is rather complicated. Allow me to consider it.”

Qin Xiao did not refuse outright. He said he would consider it.

They argued back and forth for a long time, while the Clear Wind Sect’s formation grew weaker.

“What is your decision? Spare me, and everything is yours. You have only suffered some casualties among your low-ranking disciples. The entire Clear Wind Sect is yours as compensation. Is that not enough?”

Feeling the formation weaken, the Clear Wind Ancestor could only press for an answer.

“Young Master Qin, don’t trust him. If he gets away, he will take revenge. The formation will fail any moment. Leave him alive, and who knows when he will come back?”

Seeing that Qin Xiao seemed to be considering it, Duan Mingfei hurried to warn him.

“Don’t worry. I won’t let him go. I’d have to be an idiot to release an enemy at peak Soul Formation. I’m just buying time.”

Qin Xiao knew what the two men were worried about and reassured them.

If this old ghost escaped, he would inevitably return for vengeance. Without Elder Han around to protect him, Qin Xiao knew he could be killed at any moment. He was not that foolish.

“I have considered it. My answer is no.”

Judging that the time was right, Qin Xiao directly rejected the proposal.

“Brat, you tricked me! You insist on this? Then I’ll blow myself up and take you with me!”

Only then did the Clear Wind Ancestor realize Qin Xiao had fooled him. He had been stalling all along.

“Go on, then. Blow yourself up. If you take me with you, I’ll just have to blame my luck.”

Qin Xiao simply let him try. Go on, blow yourself up and show me.

He dared be so brazen because Ji Ci had sent him a voice transmission: he could stop the Clear Wind Ancestor from blowing himself up.

“If I am to die, then we die together!”

The Clear Wind Ancestor knew he had no cards left to play. He would probably die today. He threw caution aside and began circulating all the Spiritual Qi in his body.

Blood-red Spiritual Qi wound around the Clear Wind Ancestor. As he circulated it, the pressure he released grew more violent.

“Hm? An evil technique? Or an evil cultivation method?”

Ji Ci also noticed something wrong. The Qi the Clear Wind Ancestor was circulating was full of violent auras.

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The Clear Wind Ancestor was ready, but still wanted one last chance.

“Master Ji, please act. Otherwise, this old ghost really will blow himself up.”

Instead of answering the Clear Wind Ancestor, Qin Xiao asked Ji Ci for help.

“Very well. There is much about this man that interests me.”

With those words, Ji Ci vanished from his spot.

“What is the meaning of this?”

The strongest cultivator on the other side had suddenly vanished. The Clear Wind Ancestor was bewildered.

“Disperse!”

The command rang out, and a restriction was driven into the Clear Wind Ancestor’s body.

It was Ji Ci. Using a temporary teleportation formation, he had appeared behind the Clear Wind Ancestor and placed a Qi-dispersing restriction inside him before he could react.

The Spiritual Qi around the Clear Wind Ancestor began dissipating visibly.

Moments later, no Spiritual Qi remained. He could no longer even blow himself up.

“How is this possible? Who are you?”

The Clear Wind Ancestor was stunned. How was this possible? A single restriction had destroyed all his Spiritual Qi?

“You need not know who I am. Where did you obtain the evil arts you practice?”

Ji Ci stared at the Clear Wind Ancestor as he asked.

“Senior, I can tell you everything. But spare my life, or I won’t talk even if I die!”

Seeing Ji Ci’s interest in his cultivation method and forbidden arts, the Clear Wind Ancestor glimpsed a chance of survival.

“If you tell me the truth, I can refrain from killing you.”

Ji Ci did not mind. He had never intended to kill the Clear Wind Ancestor; he had only intervened to help Qin Xiao. Now that the Clear Wind Sect had fallen, there was no longer a struggle between factions. He had not killed anyone from the sect either.

“I’ll talk! I’ll tell you everything!”

Seeing Qin Xiao and the others approach, the Clear Wind Ancestor knew he had no choice and hurried to agree to tell them everything.

As he told his story, they learned where the Clear Wind Ancestor had come from.

His name was Duan Qingfeng. He had once been a promising genius. Though he had no Heavenly Spirit Root, he possessed a High Grade Earthly Spirit Root. He had reached Nascent Soul at forty-nine, talent enough to become a mainstay of a second- or third-tier sect.

He owed a debt to a small family, however, and had become their guest elder to repay it.

That same year, the small family secured five entry slots for the Abyss Secret Realm. Duan Qingfeng was unwilling to pass up the opportunity; approaching fifty years of age, it was his final chance to seek fortune.

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On the fourth layer, he clashed with a larger family over a treasure and was hunted down. Fortunately, he managed to escape.

Later, he stumbled into the fifth layer by accident.

Only Soul Formation cultivators dared venture into the fifth layer, where most Demon Beasts were at Soul Formation. How could someone newly at Nascent Soul survive there?

While fleeing, he had a stroke of sheer luck and blundered into a cave.

There he found a skeleton of unknown age. Its bones were dark red, and a Storage Bag lay beside it.

He had obtained the Restriction Art, Formation Art, and Blood Sacrifice Art from that Storage Bag.

A month later, he was teleported out. The four juniors who had gone in with him did not emerge; it seemed they had died.

He returned alone to find the family had been destroyed by its enemies. With him away, they had lost one of their strongest fighters.

Afraid of reprisals, he concealed his name and identity. Using the resources from the Storage Bag, he cultivated diligently for four hundred years and finally reached middle Soul Formation.

More than two hundred years ago, he decided to build a force of his own. With the restrictions, he need not fear his subordinates’ betrayal, and the formations could help him too.

Later, he came to Clear Wind Mountain in Tianyi City. The Spiritual Qi was good, and the mountain’s name resembled his own. He took the bandits there into his force and founded the Clear Wind Sect.

He then searched for talented children to adopt as sons. He needed trusted followers of his own; the bandits were only a temporary solution.

Over time, his force grew into the Clear Wind Sect they knew today.

“I hope you will keep your promise, Senior. Everything is in this Storage Bag.”

After speaking, Duan Qingfeng handed over his Storage Bag.

“Rest assured. I said I would not kill you, and I will not.”

Ji Ci opened the Storage Bag and took only the items related to formations and restrictions. He left everything else untouched and gave the bag to Qin Xiao.

“Qin Xiao, I have what I wanted. The supplies in here are your spoils, so I will not take them. Since there is nothing else, I shall leave.”

Ji Ci was ready to return to the branch. It was time he went back, and he also wanted to study what he had acquired.

“Safe travels, Master. Many thanks for your assistance today.”

Qin Xiao said nothing more. Ji Ci had already helped him so much; he hurried to thank him and see him off.

Ji Ci vanished. The next moment, he appeared at the Immortal Dao Merchant Association in Tianyi City.

“Why are you still staring at me? The Senior already promised to spare my life, and I’ve handed over the storage bag as well!”

Seeing Qin Xiao and Ye Qiuyue still watching him, Duan Qingfeng hurried to speak.

“Master Ji said he wouldn’t kill you. And he didn’t—he has already left. But I never said that.”

As the words fell, Qin Xiao swept his sword through the air.

Duan Qingfeng’s head fell. Ye Qiuyue acted at once, caught his fleeing Primordial Spirit and crushed it.

With that, the Clear Wind Sect was destroyed, and its ancestor was dead.

News of the Clear Wind Sect’s destruction spread quickly throughout Qingzhou. It was a fourth-tier force, no minor power, and Qin Xiao’s name became known once again.

Time flowed swiftly, and before long, the opening of the Spirit Medicine Valley secret realm drew near.