Chapter 594 - 286: The End of the Wang Family

Chapter 594: Chapter 286: The End of the Wang Family

The gorge thundered with the sounds of battle!

"The villains are attacking the Holy Altar! The Saint Master is in danger! Go, reinforce him!"

"Protect the Black Lotus God! Protect the Saint Master!"

"Kill all the villains!"

...

The villages on the other end of the gorge, which had not yet been attacked, had already heard the commotion.

Squad after squad of Black Lotus Sect disciples, wielding all sorts of Weapons, poured out of the villages, shouting as they charged toward the heart of the Black Lotus Sect’s territory.

These Black Lotus Sect disciples were men and women, mostly between the ages of fourteen or fifteen to their early thirties. There were even boys and girls as young as twelve or thirteen.

Even younger children stood between the villages, holding Wooden Sabers and Wooden Swords, shouting words of encouragement.

Every one of them displayed a fanatical expression, united against a common enemy, vowing to defend their home to the death.

Seeing this, Xia Lingfeng’s expression grew rather complicated as he stood on a high slope outside the gorge.

After discovering the location of the Black Lotus Sect Headquarters, he had personally snuck into the gorge to investigate several times and had gained some understanding of the sect’s situation.

This gorge was located deep within the Great Wilderness Mountain Range, over two thousand li from the nearest village in Linji Prefecture. The journey was a long one.

The surrounding area was nothing but vast mountains, home to numerous powerful Demon Beasts. An ordinary person could never make it out.

It was a place completely cut off from the rest of the world.

It was a mystery how Ghostly Wound had managed to gather so many followers.

The disciples of the Black Lotus Sect believed in the Black Lotus God, and Ghostly Wound was revered as the god’s reincarnation, titled the Black Lotus Saint Master.

Before the age of thirty, all disciples would lead normal lives, marrying and having children while Cultivating Martial Dao.

Upon reaching thirty, those with outstanding Martial Arts Talent had a chance to be chosen by the Black Lotus God to become a Child of the Black Lotus. They would directly enter the Black Lotus Sacred Land from the Holy Altar and attain eternal bliss.

Those with mediocre Martial Arts Talent, as long as they served the Black Lotus God with piety, could also be granted Black Lotus Treasure Medicine to enhance their Martial Arts Power and become a Religious Protector.

When a Religious Protector reached the age of forty and had accumulated enough merit for the Black Lotus Sect, they too could enter the Black Lotus Sacred Land through the Holy Altar.

One could say that from the moment they were born, the disciples of the Black Lotus Sect had a single lifelong goal: to enter the Black Lotus Sacred Land.

The Black Lotus God blessed everyone, so all were equal, and everyone could achieve this goal.

In the eyes of the Black Lotus Sect disciples, anyone who did not believe in the Black Lotus God was an irredeemable villain, a heretic who deserved to die.

Of course, the Black Lotus God also had a compassionate heart and would often convert fated individuals from the outside world, allowing them to become a Child of the Black Lotus and enter the Black Lotus Sacred Land.

This was undoubtedly the Black Lotus Sect’s method of deluding the masses.

Those with outstanding Martial Arts Talent who "entered" the Black Lotus Sacred Land were simply sent to the Holy Altar to be used as nutrients for cultivating the Black Lotus.

As for the Religious Protectors, their Martial Arts Talent was insufficient. They often didn’t live past forty and would be secretly disposed of. Since they couldn’t be used as nutrients for cultivating the Black Lotus, most were refined into Corpses.

In the outside world, such a scam would be easily exposed.

But in the isolated headquarters of the Black Lotus Sect, no one could ever learn the truth in their lifetime.

Because this was their sole purpose in life from the moment they were born: to become Medicinal Materials and nutrients for Ghostly Wound to extend his life.

It was a creed carved into their very bones, unchangeable from the moment they could form memories.

Watching the young children in the village shouting with their Wooden Sabers and Wooden Swords, Xia Lingfeng couldn’t help but sigh softly:

"Perhaps the ultimate fate of us Martial Artists, who spend our entire lives Cultivating Martial Dao, is also just to become nutrients for the Heaven and Earth Origin!"

"Brother Xia, why would you say such a thing?" Jiang Botao asked in surprise from the side.

"It’s nothing, just a passing thought," Xia Lingfeng said, shaking his head with a hint of self-mockery. He then added,

"Lord Xiao’s side has already made their move. It’s time for us to get going as well."

"Indeed. It is time," Jiang Botao agreed with a nod.

They had, of course, long since noticed the Wang Family’s forces slaughtering their way through most of the villages in the gorge, heading toward the heart of the Black Lotus Sect Headquarters.

They had delayed until now simply because they had a tacit understanding, a plan similar to Xiao Nianci’s: first, let the Wang Family’s forces be worn down to weaken the Wang Family’s power.

After all, the outside world was different from the Black Lotus Sect’s territory. People’s hearts were far too complex, and conflicts were unavoidable.

In Jiang Botao’s view, the Wang Family posed the greatest threat to the Jiang Family’s position as City Lord, and he could not allow the Wang Family’s power to grow any further.

From Xia Lingfeng’s perspective, he was dissatisfied with the various evil deeds the Wang Family had committed behind the scenes. It was only right to enact justice on heaven’s behalf and deal with the Wang Family.

"Spare the children under three," Xia Lingfeng said.

Jiang Botao nodded and said, "That was my intention as well."

The two of them flashed down the slope, leading their men to charge into the gorge.

...

In the gorge, Shen Zhaoyi strode forward, Longsword in hand!

Along the way, in every village he passed, he saw men and women, old and young, lying in pools of blood. Even infants in their swaddling clothes had been slain!

The gruesome scene was like Hell on earth!

’If it weren’t for Ah Cheng, I’m afraid the Shen Family would have met a similarly tragic fate. The people of the Wang Family are truly ruthless to the extreme!

It’s time for me, Shen Zhaoyi, to start a massacre of my own!’

His killing intent grew ever stronger, his gaze turning icy. His hair and beard stood on end, and his clothes flapped in a nonexistent wind. His figure suddenly accelerated, hurtling toward the heart of the Black Lotus Sect’s territory!

...

Outside the gorge, watching Shen Zhaoyi—who looked like a frenzied beast ready to devour someone at any moment—Xiao Nianci shook their head slightly and murmured,

"Although Shen Zhaoyi cultivates the Frost Snow Realm, his temper is as explosive as a raging fire. The Wang Family really shouldn’t have targeted the Shen Family."

Beside them, Qin Qiyuan, the Patriarch of the Qin Family and Commander of the Imperial Guard, remained silent.

’He was extremely wary of Xiao Nianci.

If Xiao Nianci hadn’t intentionally transferred Shen Zhaoyi away, the Wang Family would never have dared to stir up trouble in Linji City.

If it weren’t for the unexpected variable of Chen Cheng, the Shen Family would have likely been all but wiped out by Wang Xuanjiu, using Ghostly Wound as his tool.’