Volume One, Chapter 16: Capture Them All

“Find Chen Yang’s whereabouts—today I will eliminate the threat to the Qin family.” Qin Xiaotian abruptly rose, his voice brimming with confidence.

“Clan leader, have you mastered the Heavenly Dragon Claw?” the chief elder asked, curiosity evident in his eyes.

“Not only have I mastered the Heavenly Dragon Claw, but I have finally broken through the bottleneck and ascended to the sixth level of the Spirit Transformation Realm,” Qin Xiaotian said proudly, a hint of arrogance in his expression.

“A sixth-grade Grand Spirit Master with a spirit-level martial technique in hand—clan leader, even if you can’t claim first place in Yellow Mist City, you must be among the top three!”

“That’s excellent!”

“Chen Yang’s days are numbered!”

“The Qin family is saved!”

At that moment, laughter and cheers filled the entire Qin family’s conference hall.

Clearly, the Qin family’s intelligence was outdated; they had mistakenly believed that Lord Ye was a sixth-grade Grand Spirit Master, and the ancestors of the Su and Lin families were also sixth-grade Grand Spirit Masters.

Thus, the Qin family dared to claim that Qin Xiaotian, who had mastered the Heavenly Dragon Claw, was qualified to compete with Lord Ye for the top spot.

It was no surprise. Without Chen Fei’s help in the past, the Qin family could never have stood on equal footing with the Lord’s Mansion or the Su and Lin families. Their perspective could hardly compare to that of the Ye family or the Su family.

Chen Fei, who now went by the alias Chen Yang, was not hard to find—he lived in the small courtyard where Li Zhong had been placed.

News quickly reached the Qin family. Led by Qin Xiaotian, the four chief elders followed closely behind, bringing the mansion’s limited guard force. They advanced with great momentum toward the courtyard where Chen Fei resided.

If they could kill Chen Fei, they could reclaim the old caravan and reorganize their trade convoy, gradually restoring the Qin family’s vitality.

The seemingly ordinary courtyard was now besieged by the Qin family’s guards, with the clan’s mighty Grand Spirit Masters making a spectacular appearance, led by Qin Xiaotian.

Such a scene was earth-shattering for the nearby small households. Terrified, they shut their doors tight; only a few dared to press their faces against the walls, watching from a distance.

“Chen Yang, come out and accept your fate immediately!”

When Qin Xiaotian’s thunderous roar echoed, everyone finally understood what was happening.

The Qin family had reached their limit—they intended to avenge their downfall by targeting Chen Yang.

The onlookers felt their blood boil; this was the scandal many had been waiting for.

Chen Fei inside the courtyard hadn’t expected the Qin family to dare come for a deadly confrontation.

Who gave them such courage?

Could it be that Qin Shuang, that despicable woman, had returned from Silver Moon Academy?

“Qin Xiaotian, I didn’t come looking for you, yet you dare deliver yourself to me?” Chen Fei taunted.

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“What’s that?”

“Do you really think I won’t kill you?”

Chen Fei stepped into the courtyard, somewhat disappointed to find Qin Shuang absent from the group.

“Chen Yang, you have wronged the Qin family beyond measure. Today, it’s a fight to the death between us!”

As he spoke, Qin Xiaotian charged forward, eager to slay Chen Yang and make a name for himself.

The four elders followed closely behind, ready to assist their clan leader in killing Chen Yang and securing fame throughout Yellow Mist City.

Wearing a mask, Chen Fei finally understood why Qin Xiaotian dared to bring his entire family to their deaths.

“Oh, you’ve advanced your cultivation further, becoming a sixth-grade Grand Spirit Master and mastering a spirit-level martial skill,” Chen Fei remarked as he easily dodged Qin Xiaotian’s attack.

“Indeed. You should be grateful to die beneath my Heavenly Dragon Claw,” Qin Xiaotian laughed loudly, believing his strike had frightened Chen Fei.

“Ridiculous!”

“My brother was truly blind to live with such ignorant and shameless people for an entire year.”

“Well then!”

“Since you’ve come knocking today, I won’t hold back.”

Chen Fei’s murderous aura surged. The Qin family was despicable and hateful. Qin Shuang had not returned all this time, likely because Qin Xiaotian had grown stronger and dared to take a chance.

Therefore, Chen Fei resolved not to show mercy; he would cripple all of the Qin family’s Grand Spirit Masters.

That would surely extinguish any lingering illusions within the Qin family. If they wanted to survive, they would have to call Qin Shuang back.

“Boldly speaking even as death approaches,” Qin Xiaotian remained oblivious to the folly of his actions as he lunged forward again.

The Heavenly Dragon Claw radiated spiritual energy like a sharp weapon, reaching straight for Chen Fei’s chest.

In response, Chen Fei brandished the longsword bestowed by Silver Moon Academy and unleashed the Silver Moon Sword Technique!

In an instant, a white glow of spiritual power enveloped him, his figure becoming ethereal and swift like lightning, the sword weaving countless shadows in the air.

Qin Xiaotian’s strike missed, and all he saw were sword shadows everywhere. His face turned pale with fright as he tried to retreat and evade.

“Pfft!”

Suddenly, a sharp pain struck his lower abdomen—the sword had pierced into his dantian. Spiritual energy surged violently, forcibly destroying his dantian at the sixth level of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

“How is this possible...”

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Qin Xiaotian could never have dreamed that despite his cultivation advancement and mastery of a spirit-level martial skill, he would suffer an even worse fate than before. With a single sword strike, his dantian was shattered, his cultivation ruined, and his life hanging by a thread.

“Clan leader!”

The chief elder and others sensed something was wrong, but it was too late. Qin Xiaotian lay sprawled in a pool of blood, convulsing in pain.

“This is bad!”

“Retreat quickly!”

Realizing the danger, the group immediately tried to withdraw.

However, Chen Fei would not give them the chance.

“No one escapes,” Chen Fei’s movements were as swift as lightning. He sensed everything within the courtyard.

“Pfft…”

One after another, the sounds of piercing flesh rang out like dancing sword lights, seemingly everywhere at once, blocking the four elders’ escape. In the blink of an eye, all were struck in the abdomen, their dantians destroyed.

The Qin family guards at the gate, witnessing this, were so terrified their souls seemed to scatter. This was not revenge—it was a collective suicide mission by the Qin family’s leadership.

The onlookers pressed against their courtyard walls, expecting a grand spectacle, were stunned at how swiftly it ended.

“Li Zhong, stop their bleeding. Don’t let them die so easily,” Chen Fei ordered, calling over Li Zhong to tend to the groaning Qin Xiaotian and his companions.

“Go back to the Qin family and tell Qin Hanming: the five wastes led by the clan leader will see one of them killed every three days.”

“If he wants these people to survive, then have that despicable Qin Shuang return to meet me.”

Chen Fei addressed the trembling Qin family guards at the gate.

News of this spread, shocking the people of Yellow Mist City once more. The Qin family had become a complete laughingstock.

However, when this news reached Qinghai Academy in the Zhou Kingdom, the scene was entirely different.

A young man and woman practicing martial techniques froze in disbelief upon hearing the news, thinking they must have misheard.

“Chen Yang wasn’t crippled? Today he crippled all the Qin family’s sixth-level Grand Spirit Masters?”

Wei Junhao stared intently at the messenger.