On the other side, Qin Dexin saw the Zhang family ancestor attacking her.

She seemed very panicked and finally changed her combat style, shifting from steady to desperate.

However, this change was very reasonable.

After all, anyone facing a life-and-death crisis would think of fighting back desperately, wouldn’t they?

Zhang Xiao blocked Qin Dexin’s way and shouted to Hao Gou behind him, “Restrain her, don’t let her escape!”

Hao Gou, seeing his family ancestor coming to help, seemed excited as well.

His attacks turned from steady to fierce.

Seeing wolves in front and tigers behind, Qin Dexin couldn’t help but fully unleash her power.

Even though she was only in the early Foundation Establishment stage, with such a crazy fighting style, despite constantly getting injured, she indeed held them off for a few breaths.

Zhang Xiao began to get irritated. “A spent force, stop struggling in vain!”

Qin Dexin kept retreating, seemingly wanting to escape.

Zhang Xiao quickly caught up.

Just as he was about to reach her, Qin Dexin closed her eyes as if she was about to self-destruct.

Zhang Xiao sneered, about to finish her off, when suddenly, he felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end.

A hand grasped his neck from behind—while pursuing Qin Dexin, he had unknowingly closed the distance to Qin Wenxuan.

But even so, with Jin Xuan holding her back, Qin Wenxuan shouldn’t have been able to come over.

Zhang Xiao glared and swung his sword to counterattack.

Qin Wenxuan sneered and directly chopped off one of Zhang Xiao’s arms.

A mid-Foundation Establishment stage cultivator in her hands was like cutting vegetables.

Jin Xuan stood behind, dumbfounded at the scene.

The Qin family ancestor wasn’t just in the late Foundation Establishment stage; she was at the peak of Foundation Establishment…

Not the kind of peak supported by secret techniques, but truly the peak of Foundation Establishment!

Just as Zhang Xiao entered Qin Wenxuan’s attack range, she surged with energy, slapped herself away, and rushed towards Zhang Xiao.

In doing so, she took internal injuries herself.

Realizing this, Jin Xuan swallowed the blood rising in his throat and cursed inwardly:

Zhang family old thief misled me! If he had known this, he wouldn’t have gotten involved in this mess.

Qin Wenxuan seemed to sense his gaze. Without stopping her hands, she locked Zhang Xiao with her formidable aura, grabbed him, and severed his tendons with a swift move.

Zhang Xiao couldn’t help but feel a pain in his wrist, as if his own tendons had been severed.

Qin Wenxuan, this woman, with her thunderous methods, caught Zhang Xiao and without hesitation…

She didn’t boast or say anything arrogant.

First, she chopped off one of his hands, then severed the tendons in his other hand.

Just as Zhang Xiao was about to faint from the pain, she stabbed a sword into his shoulder, rendering him powerless.

As Zhang Xiao bled profusely and lay on the ground like a cripple, she chanted a spell.

At first, Zhang Xiao didn’t understand what the spell was for, until he sensed something and started screaming in anger as if his father had died, “Qin Wenxuan! How dare you destroy my cultivation and spiritual roots!”

Ancestor Wenxuan looked at him coldly. Her white robe, stained with blood, resembled a blooming poppy.

She still hadn’t spoken a word.

She knocked Zhang Xiao unconscious with the hilt of her sword, and as he passed out, she threw him to the ground like trash.

Only then did she say:

“Destroy your spiritual roots? Leaving you alive is already a mercy.”

Jin Xuan watched as the Zhang family ancestor was reduced to a cripple in an instant, trembling all over.

It was terrifying, this scene would haunt him for the rest of his life!

Maybe sensing his gaze, Qin Wenxuan glanced over.

Jin Xuan shuddered and quickly stepped back.

But Qin Wenxuan was only going after the Zhang family son-in-law, who had already fled halfway.

What was his name again? It took a moment for the frightened Jin Xuan to recall.

Right, it was Hao Gou.

Hao Gou, sensing the formidable Qin Wenxuan pursuing him like a demonic god, felt a surge of despair.

The decision he regretted the most in his life was becoming the Zhang family’s son-in-law.

He had good looks and exceptional talent.

He could have happily married a daughter from a noble family.

Unfortunately, he had a sister with even better talent, preventing him from becoming the family heir.

His fate was to be married off.

Being a son-in-law wasn’t too bad.

There were many examples on the Qianyuan Continent of sons-in-law eventually becoming the head of their family.

But he became the son-in-law of the Zhang family.

This family was full of idiots from top to bottom, relying on their ancestors’ savings, arrogant and self-centered.

After suffering a setback at the pharmacy, they should have realized that the Qin family was no longer the same and should have approached them slowly.

Instead, these brainless fools started a fight just because an elder died, dragging him along with them.

Hao Gou was extremely reluctant.

But as one of the only two Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Zhang family, he had no choice but to participate.

And now, Zhang Xiao had his cultivation and spiritual roots destroyed, turning into a mortal.

And Qin Wenxuan was catching up.

Hao Gou wailed inwardly, feeling that fate was against him.

Thinking of Zhang Xiao’s miserable end, Hao Gou stopped running.

Since death was inevitable, he might as well take a gamble.

Ancestor Wenxuan saw him stop, and neither seemed surprised nor eager to kill him.

She knocked him out and, once again, picked him up like trash and threw him away—

Jin Xuan didn’t notice the commotion on that side.

He only saw Ancestor Wenxuan catch Hao Gou and then throw him into the Qin territory.

The Qin family elders watching the battle opened a small gap in the protective array, and Hao Gou’s body fell smoothly into the Qin territory.

The Qin family elders waiting below scattered, covered Hao Gou’s head with a sack, and dragged him away.

It was simply astonishing.

Jin Xuan had never seen such a thing in his life and didn’t know what to say.

Meanwhile, after dealing with Hao Gou…

Qin Wenxuan finally looked at him.

Jin Xuan was shaken, no longer hesitating.

He immediately bowed deeply and urgently said, “Ancestor Wenxuan, there is no deep hatred between the Beiling Jin family and the Qin family.

This time, being deceived by Zhang Xiao’s treachery was my fault.

The Jin family will offer a generous gift to compensate for today’s offense. I hope Ancestor Wenxuan can forgive us!”

Qin Wenxuan sheathed her sword, looked at him indifferently, and didn’t say whether she forgave him or not.

She just said, “Ten thousand spirit stones.”

Jin Xuan froze…

In this day and age, no one has it easy.

Did this Qin family ancestor think spirit stones flowed like water?

Raising her voice, Wenxuan hmphed and raised her sword again, startling Jin Xuan.

He quickly nodded, “Ten thousand spirit stones, just ten thousand spirit stones. The Beiling and Nanling families have always been on good terms. Using ten thousand spirit stones to befriend the Qin family is well worth it!”

This guy was a shameless liar.

Wenxuan seemed satisfied at last and said lightly, “Then the Qin family won’t pursue this further.”

Meaning, she wanted him to leave.

Understanding her intent, Jin Xuan didn’t delay.

He wiped the sweat off his forehead and disappeared into the clouds.

Watching Jin Xuan leave, Han Family, who had been squatting a mile away watching the show, and his son both breathed a sigh of relief.

“Dad, this Qin family ancestor is terrifying!” She crippled Zhang Xiao, which was more terrifying than killing him directly.

Han Yuwen was no longer as indifferent as before.

He placed his hand on his round belly and said solemnly, “Qin Wenxuan… is actually at the Peak Foundation Establishment level.”

Although he had a high opinion of Qin Wenxuan, thinking she was likely hiding her strength, and her outbreak to the Peak Foundation Establishment level last time might not have been accidental, he didn’t expect—she was really at the Peak Foundation Establishment level!

“Could it be that she was disguising herself last time?” Han Yuwen murmured to himself, then quickly denied his own inference, “No, no, no. Last time, her aura was suspended, obviously showing signs of serious injury.

She couldn’t fake that.

And the strength she showed last time was not as strong as today’s.

Today, She killed Zhang Xiao, a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator, as easily as cutting vegetables.

This is not something an ordinary Peak Foundation Establishment cultivator can do.

She is probably not just promoted, but has been at this level for a while and has already touched the threshold of Golden Core Formation!”

Han Jingkun still didn’t understand, “Dad, I still don’t understand why Qin Wenxuan didn’t just kill Zhang Xiao directly.” Leaving him alive, what if there are more troubles in the future?

Han Yuwen glanced at his son, thinking he was thinking too shallowly. “By cutting off his limbs and crippling his tendons and roots, Zhang Xiao is already a cripple and can’t stir up any trouble.

Zhang Xiao usually dominated the Zhang family.

Many people have been dissatisfied with him for a long time.

With such a despicable life, even if he survives and returns, he won’t be able to withstand the family’s internal strife.

In less than three months, he will undoubtedly die! Qin Wenxuan didn’t spare him, she didn’t want to use the Qin family’s hand to kill him.”

Han Jingkun thought of something and asked in surprise, “Are you saying… the Celestial Bureau?”

Han Yuwen nodded faintly, “Today’s matter was initiated by the Zhang family’s attack, and the Qin family responded passively.

Although they crippled his cultivation and roots, they spared his life.

In the eyes of the Celestial Bureau, the Qin family’s actions were reasonable and did not warrant any punishment.

But if Qin Wenxuan had killed the Zhang family ancestor directly, things wouldn’t have been so simple.

Zhang Xiao is registered with the Celestial Bureau.

Afterward, the Qin family still had to deal with the Celestial Bureau.

If things went wrong, they might even be ‘demoted.’

The Qin family is just a minor noble family. If they are demoted again, they will lose their noble status.”

As he spoke, Han Yuwen couldn’t help but sigh, feeling that Qin Wenxuan’s methods were becoming more and more sophisticated.

When she first arrived in Nanling, although her style was strong, her actions were not as “cunning” as they are now, which could be described as watertight.

He wondered if someone behind the scenes was advising the Qin family.

Shaking his head, he shook off his thoughts. “Today’s big show has come to an end, with one climax after another.

It’s quite exciting. I think the Deputy Chief of the Celestial Bureau has already recorded it… The sky over Nanling is finally changing.”

A sigh disappeared into the wind, and when he looked towards the mountain again, there was no one there.

In another part of the Qin family’s territory, the long-browed immortal withdrew his gaze and asked lightly, “Have today’s results been recorded?”

The man in the blue robe behind him nodded and read the last paragraph from the bamboo scroll,

“In the 3156th year of the Qianyuan era, the Qin family ancestor crippled the Zhang family ancestor’s limbs, cultivation, and roots, captured the Zhang family’s Grand Elder ( Son-in-Law ), and the Zhang family’s attack on the Qin family failed!”

The long-browed immortal nodded, indicating that the record was correct.

The man in the blue robe then put away the bamboo scroll and asked, “Master, will the Qin family be held accountable for this?”

The long-browed immortal looked into the distance and said, “No one was killed, so how can there be any accountability?”

The man in the blue robe snorted.

Anyone could see that the Qin family was trying to avoid punishment from the Celestial Bureau.

But since it was within the rules, the Celestial Bureau couldn’t say anything.

Then he thought of something and asked in confusion, “I remember Qin Wenxuan was injured during the last Southern Ridge Beast Tide, right?

She intercepted a Golden Core stage Frost Flame Beast and was thus poisoned by the flame beast’s fire poison? Judging by her current condition, is her injury healed?”

“Qin Wenxuan has the aptitude for Golden Core. If her injuries were healed, she would definitely try to form her Core. There are no signs of Core Formation on her body.”

That means her injuries haven’t healed.

The man in the blue robe sighed, “Zhang Xiao is dead, and the Zhang family is truly finished.

If the Qin family can swallow the Zhang family, even if their ancestor’s injury is completely healed, they will probably have the qualifications to challenge the Silver Grade noble families…

But the Zhang family still has the name of a noble family, and it’s not something that can be easily swallowed. I wonder how they will deal with it?”

The long-browed immortal smiled silently. “Why do you think they captured the Zhang family’s Grand Elder alive?”

The man in the blue robe’s eyes flashed, seeming to understand something.

In the Qin family’s territory, the Zhang family’s Grand elder, Hao Gou, who had just been tied up in a sack, finally breathed fresh air and saw the light of day.

But before he could catch his breath, he saw a circle of people surrounding him.

One of them exclaimed, “This is the Zhang family’s son-in-law, Hao Gou? Truly living up to his name!”

Hao Gou’s breath hitched.

Can’t you be polite?