DLWAV CH60

Ao Ruize: “…”

Cong Yan?

Inverted, isn’t that just Yan Chong?

Who gave Yan Chong the confidence to think that by simply reversing his name, they wouldn’t recognize him?

Long Jingdan: “But the fact is, such a clumsy trick actually kept all the Four Great Families in the dark.”

Ao Ruize: “Hmm?”

Long Jingdan: “Black City is the most chaotic place in the Mingxiao Continent. The people who come and go there are mostly heinous villains.”

“Yan Chong escaped from our hands eight months ago. At that time, he was heavily injured, and his cultivation was only at the Early Golden Core stage.”

“But three months later, when he appeared in Black City again, not only had all his injuries recovered, but his cultivation also skyrocketed directly to the Mid Soul Formation stage.”

Just ask yourself, who would immediately connect a Mid Soul Formation powerhouse with an Early Golden Core cultivator who was heavily injured and dying just a few months ago?

And who could have thought that Yan Chong would have such guts to dare use his inverted name so openly?

Long Jingdan: “After he arrived in Black City, he first relied on his superb alchemy skills to become a consecrated elder of the Zhan Family, the largest power in Black City. Later, in one breath, he found six Tribulation-Transcending and Soul Formation stage mighty figures hiding in Black City. Then, he effortlessly broke the curses on them or cured their incurable injuries, helping them recover their strength, thereby subduing them.”

“Later, he led those subordinates of his to help the Zhan Family destroy two conspiracies launched against them by their deadly enemies. The head of the Zhan Family, Zhan Wu, fell deeply in love with him because of this. With their help, he successfully subdued the other forces in Black City and directly became the new master of Black City.”

“And his cultivation also advanced further in these six months, rushing to the Late Soul Formation stage.”

“Now, his strength is no longer inferior to any one of the One Sect, Three Factions, and Four Gates.”

“If it weren’t for the fact that he was still obsessed with the mother-daughter pair of the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon Clan’s Third Elder, the first thing he did after taking over Black City was to seduce the Third Elder’s daughter who entered Black City to do a task, thus attracting the attention of the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon Clan—”

After all, what normal and capable woman would be willing to risk being laughed at by the world to marry a man whose strength is lower than her own, together with her daughter, especially when this man is also a rotten cucumber [promiscuous man]?

So in the original fate, if Yan Chong hadn’t taken advantage of the Third Elder’s daughter being heavily injured to forcibly sign a master-servant contract with her, and later taken advantage of the Third Elder being poisoned with aphrodisiacs to forcibly have relations with her, the Third Elder and her daughter wouldn’t have ended up in that state step by step.

But now the situation was different. In order to purchase those two pill recipes, the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon Clan had almost emptied their family fortune. As an elder of the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon Clan, didn’t the Third Elder have to painstakingly take her daughter to various places to do tasks to fill the deficit of the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon Clan?

So how could Yan Chong still have the opportunity to take advantage of their precarious state and claim the Third Elder and her daughter?

“Cong Yan’s behavior immediately reminded the Third Elder’s daughter of Yan Chong. After all, in these hundreds of years, the only people who dared to blatantly target the mother and daughter were the two of them.”

“Upon investigating further, they found out that a month ago, Cong Yan had ordered people to eliminate the Luo Family of Zhongzhen.”

The Luo Family of Zhongzhen was none other than the family of Ao Ruize’s former fiancée, Luo Jin.

After Ao Ruize became the Young Patriarch of the Dragon Clan and Yan Chong became a wanted fugitive of the Four Great Families, the Luo Family of Zhongzhen, fearing retaliation from Ao Ruize, directly crippled Luo Jin’s cultivation and locked her in the dungeon.

Back then, they were the ones who coveted the benefits Yan Chong brought and thus tacitly approved of the affair between her and Yan Chong. Later, seeing the situation turn bad, they were also the ones who wanted to dissociate themselves.

So at this time, who else could attack the Luo Family besides the resentful Yan Chong?

“If not for this matter, I’m afraid we would still be unaware that the person we are searching for all over the continent has actually grown strong right under our noses.”

Ao Ruize simply asked: “What is the clan’s intention now?”

Long Jingdan: “Yan Chong’s luck is truly too bizarre.”

He was clearly just a disciple of a small family, yet he could obtain such heaven-defying treasures.

His aptitude was clearly worse than Ao Ruize’s, yet his promotion speed was faster than Ao Ruize, who had the Hehuan Sect Master for dual cultivation [harvesting].

Ao Ruize: “…”

Most importantly, when he was just at the Early Golden Core stage, he dared to clamor about being enemies with the Four Great Families—who gave him such guts?

“So the Patriarch and the others suspect that there might be an even bigger black hand behind Yan Chong helping him, and their target is the Four Great Families.”

Pretty much, Ao Ruize thought.

Long Jingdan: “So we are not in a hurry to make a move on Yan Chong right now. The urgent task is to find out who exactly is hiding behind him.”

Ao Ruize: “That works too.”

Hearing this, the Milk Dumpling couldn’t help but be confused: “Isn’t Yan Chong just a loser with slightly better luck?”

What bigger black hand could be behind him?

But neither the Milk Dumpling nor Long Jingdan and the others expected that although they planned to wait until they found out the truth of the whole matter before making a move on Yan Chong, Yan Chong couldn’t wait to make a move on them—

The next day, news spread throughout the entire Mingxiao Continent that the reason Ao Ruize could advance from Early Golden Core to Mid Nascent Soul in just one year wasn’t because of how good his aptitude was, but because he climbed into the bed of the Hehuan Sect Master, Fu Mu.

Following that, the properties belonging to the Four Great Families near Black City were swallowed up by Yan Chong overnight.

After that, Black City’s largest auction house, the Tanhuang Auction House, suddenly released news that they were preparing to publicly auction five recipes for the Severed Meridian Pill in Black City in half a month.

As the news spread, the Mingxiao Continent was instantly in an uproar.

After all, who in the Mingxiao Continent didn’t know that the Severed Meridian Pill was the nemesis of the Four Great Families?

So they couldn’t help but guess whether the Severed Meridian Pill recipes held by the Tanhuang Auction House were real or not.

As a result, two days later, Cong Yan publicly admitted that he was Yan Chong.

Thinking of how the Four Great Families had searched for Yan Chong like crazy before, people from other families and sects immediately understood that the Severed Meridian Pill recipes held by the Tanhuang Auction House were definitely real.

Otherwise, why would the Four Great Families hunt down Yan Chong endlessly before—

Subsequently, Yan Chong publicly stated that he targeted the Dragon Clan and the Four Great Families only because Long Ruize had previously used the Dragon Clan’s power to force his lover—Luo Jin of the Luo Family of Zhongzhen—to marry him. He could not leave this humiliation unavenged, so as long as the Dragon Clan was willing to hand over Long Ruize, he would destroy the Severed Meridian Pill recipes in his hands.

And then, the Four Great Families fell into complete chaos.

“Is what Yan Chong said true? Was Long Ruize’s former fiancée really snatched by him, and was she originally Yan Chong’s lover?”

“Yan Chong only wants Long Ruize. As long as we hand over Long Ruize, Yan Chong will destroy the Severed Meridian Pill recipes?”

“If you ask me, this matter was caused by Long Ruize. If he had any self-awareness, he should step forward proactively and take responsibility.”

“Exactly. Since Yan Chong dares to challenge us at this time, it shows that his strength is definitely far more than what appears on the surface. One can imagine how many people would die if we really fought with Black City.”

“How do you think the Dragon Clan will choose?”

“Tch, do you even need to ask? The Dragon Clan will definitely choose to protect Long Ruize—after all, Long Ruize’s bloodline concentration is so high, and they are all counting on Long Ruize to lead the Dragon Clan back to the peak of the Mingxiao Continent in the future.”

“Is the disaster caused by their Dragon Clan supposed to be cleaned up by our three clans using human lives?”

…

And the ones jumping the most vigorously were none other than Long Tiancheng’s group and that Bai Wu from the White Tiger Clan.

That Bai Wu from the White Tiger Clan was the guy who, at the Martial Arts Golden Core Competition of the Mingxiao Tournament a few months ago, initially tried to unite with disciples from other families and sects to humiliate Ao Ruize on the arena to step on him and boost his own reputation. Later, seeing the situation turn bad, he tried to negotiate peace with Ao Ruize, only to be kicked directly off the arena by Ao Ruize, becoming a laughingstock among the younger generation.

Because of this, he naturally held a grudge against Ao Ruize.

It just so happened that news came out saying the reason Ao Ruize could advance from Early Golden Core to Late Golden Core in less than a month was because he climbed into the bed of the Hehuan Sect Master, Fu Mu.

But just as he rushed to the scene, preparing to mock Ao Ruize properly and vent his anger, Ao Ruize turned around and took out those two pill recipes… so the Four Great Families subsequently joined hands to suppress this matter.

Plus later, Ao Ruize advanced to Mid Nascent Soul in one breath, and Fu Mu practically turned the Hehuan Sect’s warehouse upside down to help Ao Ruize gather the medicinal ingredients for the Spirit Cleansing Pill… Bai Wu, who originally could have mocked Ao Ruize for using unscrupulous means for promotion and even climbing into the bed of an old man thousands of years old, couldn’t laugh anymore.

After all, if soft rice [living off a woman/partner] could be eaten to this extent, who wouldn’t want to eat it?

Fortunately, not long after, the White Tiger Clan’s Old Ancestor surpassed the Old Ancestors of the other three clans in one fell swoop, advancing to the Mid Ascension stage and becoming the number one person in the Four Great Families.

Bai Wu’s tail instantly perked up again.

Because he was none other than the only descendant of the White Family Old Ancestor.

But before he could find trouble with Ao Ruize, the White Tiger Clan Old Ancestor, who disliked him for being a bit lacking in intelligence, personally taught him a lesson.

People of the White Tiger Clan, by nature, are more or less reckless, so their attacks naturally lacked a sense of proportion.

So the White Tiger Clan Old Ancestor accidentally broke both of Bai Wu’s legs—the comminuted fracture kind—causing Bai Wu to lie in bed for more than half a month.

And then Bai Wu naturally hated Ao Ruize thoroughly.

So as soon as he got out of bed, he started spreading rumors and causing trouble everywhere.

The result was that the next day, he was taught another lesson by the White Tiger Clan Old Ancestor.

This time, his remaining two hands were also broken, and it was still the comminuted fracture kind.

Because of this, at the Four Clans Conference, Long Tiancheng and the others didn’t dare to breathe loudly.

And the White Tiger Clan Old Ancestor was already cursing: “Idiots, a bunch of idiots.”

“Even if there is no bigger black hand behind Yan Chong, I’ve seen plenty of villains like Yan Chong who get arrogant the moment they achieve success. Not to mention he is a lecherous demon, how much of his bullshit can be believed? Even if we hand over Ruize on the front foot and he destroys the Severed Meridian Pill recipes in his hand, on the back foot he can create a few more Severed Meridian Pill recipes to continue threatening us.”

“Moreover, if we really hand over a junior because of a few words from Yan Chong, then we Four Great Families shouldn’t call ourselves descendants of Divine Beasts anymore, let’s just change our name to descendants of soft-footed shrimp.”

“Isn’t he just a measly Yan Chong? I really don’t believe he can turn the sky upside down—”

Junior Ao Ruize: “…”

“That’s right.”

The Patriarch of the Vermilion Bird Clan also said: “Moreover, one look at Yan Chong and you know he’s a person who seeks revenge for the smallest grievance and has wild ambitions. It is precisely because we let him escape last time that so many things have arisen. If we let him escape again this time, then perhaps we will be the ones being chased and shouted at to be killed in the future.”

The Patriarch of the Black Tortoise Clan also stated his position: “Since that’s the case, we shouldn’t delay. We will dispatch troops to Black City right now.”

Hearing these words, the Dragon Clan Patriarch finally spoke: “Good.”

“This time, no matter what, we must completely exterminate Yan Chong!”

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