Chapter 780 - 357: The Annihilation of the Nascent Soul Wang Family, a Doubt from the Past

Just then, Cyan Dragon True Monarch spoke. "The terms I’m offering are already quite good. All I ask is that you guard the Cyan Dragon Sect for a hundred years after you achieve Tier Four Body Refinement. Why won’t you agree?"

"I am undisciplined by nature and accustomed to the life of a Loose Cultivator. I’m afraid I would clash with the Sect’s rules."

"Ridiculous!"

Cyan Dragon True Monarch chided.

"Once you achieve Tier Four Body Refinement, your status will be equal to that of a Nascent Soul True Monarch. Your rules will be the Sect’s rules. How could there be any conflict?"

Li Chang’an was momentarily speechless.

’Cyan Dragon True Monarch wasn’t wrong.’

’If he truly managed to achieve Tier Four Body Refinement, the Cyan Dragon Sect would accept him no matter how many rules he broke.’

Seeing that he had nothing more to say,

Cyan Dragon True Monarch added, "Fine. I will concede a step. You don’t need to guard the sect for a hundred years. Fifty will suffice."

Li Chang’an was taken aback. "This..."

"What, you still disagree?"

Cyan Dragon True Monarch asked, his face stern.

"You, a Golden Core Master, have a lifespan of five hundred years. You can’t even spare fifty?"

"Senior, it’s not that I’m unwilling to spare these fifty years."

Li Chang’an hurriedly explained.

He didn’t use the rules as an excuse again, instead voicing his true thoughts.

"I have always cherished my life. In Zhao Country, I have the nickname ’Turtle.’ The reason I’m unwilling to agree is because I’m worried a great turmoil will erupt in the Cultivation Immortality Realm."

His meaning was very clear.

If he signed a Spirit Contract to protect the Cyan Dragon Sect, he would lose the freedom to flee at any moment.

’What would he do if great turmoil suddenly broke out within those fifty years?’

"Absurd!"

Cyan Dragon True Monarch’s tone was cold as he chided him once again.

"The Cyan Dragon Sect has a legacy of ten thousand years. So what if a great turmoil breaks out? What kind of chaos could possibly threaten a Nascent Soul Influence? In a mere fifty years, the situation in the Cultivation Immortality Realm cannot possibly change."

No sooner had he spoken,

Song Yu’Er came rushing up the mountain.

Her face was fraught with anxiety. Clutching several Message Jade Scrolls in her hand, she yelled at the top of her lungs.

"Senior, this is terrible! The Wang Family has been annihilated!"

"Hmm?"

Hearing this, all of them turned their heads in unison.

Li Chang’an felt a sense of foreboding.

He immediately asked, "Yu’Er, which Wang Family?"

"The Northern Plains Royal Family! The one with the Nascent Soul!"

"What?"

Even Cyan Dragon True Monarch found this incredible.

With a wave of his hand, he instantly took the Jade Scrolls from Song Yu’Er’s grasp and began to inspect their messages.

A trace of displeasure appeared on Song Yu’Er’s pretty face. The message was meant for Li Chang’an, but Cyan Dragon True Monarch had intercepted it.

She quietly sent a Sound Transmission: "Senior, who is this middle-aged man? He looks so fierce."

"Yu’Er, this is a Nascent Soul True Monarch from the Cyan Dragon Sect. He can hear your Sound Transmission."

"Ah?"

Song Yu’Er’s face instantly turned pale, and she didn’t dare say another word.

Li Chang’an, however, wasn’t worried.

’Someone of Cyan Dragon True Monarch’s status wouldn’t bother with an ignorant Foundation Establishment junior.’

What he was worried about now was the state of the Cultivation Immortality Realm.

’How could the Wang Family be annihilated so suddenly?’

’The Wang Family was, after all, a clan with a ten-thousand-year legacy and an incredibly deep foundation.’

’Even with only Wang Yannian left as a Nascent Soul True Monarch, they could still protect the Wang Clan Territory with their Tier Four Array.’

’The Emperor of Great Qi would never recklessly attack the Wang Clan Territory without absolute certainty of victory.’

’Even if he could annihilate the Wang Clan Territory, he wouldn’t necessarily be able to capture Wang Yannian.’

’Wang Yannian still had four hundred years of his lifespan remaining.’

’If a Nascent Soul True Monarch like him were to hide in the shadows, bent on revenge...’

’...then for the next several hundred years, the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty would never know peace!’

Song Yu’Er informed him in a small voice, "Senior, it seems the Wang Family wasn’t destroyed by the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty. The information I received indicates that both the Emperor of Great Qi and Senior Jiang Xuanyuan have stated they were not involved."

"It was the Demon Sect!"

Cyan Dragon True Monarch suddenly spoke.

He casually flicked his fingers, sending several motes of Spiritual Light—the information he had just read—into the Seas of Consciousness of Li Chang’an, Zhuo Wanshuang, and the others.

According to the message,

the Wang Family’s clan territory, which they had managed for ten thousand years, was razed to the ground overnight!

Countless Wang Clan Members had met violent deaths, their conditions particularly gruesome.

The Wang Family’s Nascent Soul Ancestor, Wang Yannian, was nowhere to be found.

The current Patriarch, as well as numerous high-level Golden Core experts, the Holy Son and Saintess, and others, were also mostly missing.

’Could something have happened to Daoist Wang, too?’

Li Chang’an immediately took out his Communication Jade Pendant and tried to contact Wang Qianling, but there was no response from the other end.

Chi Qingxuan and the other two also took out their Jade Pendants to contact their friends in the Wang Family.

Without exception,

none of them received a reply!

’It was as if there was no one left alive in the entire Wang Family.’

Chi Qingxuan asked, "Master, was it really the Demon Sect?"

"Yes. Besides the Demon Sect, no other power could annihilate the Wang Family overnight. Not even my Cyan Dragon Sect could do it."

Cyan Dragon True Monarch’s expression was grave as he gazed toward the north.

’Now that the Demon Sect has made a move, they won’t stop so easily.’

’Next, the entire Cultivation Immortality Realm would most likely be plunged into an unprecedented period of turmoil.’

’There was no telling how many Nascent Souls would fall.’

"You all will return with me. We need to discuss this matter thoroughly."

With a grand wave of his hand, he swept up Zhuo Wanshuang and the other two, vanishing from Changqing Mountain in an instant. All that remained was a single, indifferent sentence, echoing in Li Chang’an’s ears.

"Li Chang’an, fifty years is my bottom line. Think it over carefully."

’His attitude was clear: he would not concede any further.’

’He had only been willing to compromise on fifty years because he couldn’t resist his young daughter’s pleading.’

’And now, with great turmoil imminent in the Cultivation Immortality Realm...’

’...he would naturally not let a Loose Cultivator like Li Chang’an, who had the potential to achieve Tier Four Body Refinement, slip through his fingers.’

’One more Tier Four Power in the Cyan Dragon Sect meant one more sliver of hope for surviving the great turmoil.’

"Fifty years..."

Li Chang’an sighed softly.

’With a storm on the horizon, there was no way he could agree to a fifty-year term.’

He pinched his fingers together in a quick divination. A heavy feeling immediately descended upon his heart. A vision of a blood-red sky filled his sight, and he could faintly hear the sound of endless, mournful wails in his ears.