Seeing the broken sword daring to resist,Su Xin's sword qi shot out between his five fingers,shattering the invisible sword qi of the broken sword,making it emit a mournful cry.
Su Xin reached out to grab the broken sword,but found Du Chen's hand tightly gripping it,eyes flashing with a reddish hue,staring at Su Xin fiercely.
Su Xin shook his head and said,"Why bother?Forget it,I'll just take you to meet the people from the Du family."
With a point of his Blood River Divine Finger,a bloodline directly pierced Du Chen's head,making his hand powerless,and Su Xin seized the broken sword.
An angry emotion emanated from within the broken sword,and the gray light on its blade surged.However,Su Xin snorted coldly,his icy blue true qi erupted from his hand.In an instant,the broken sword was completely frozen,and Su Xin threw it into the mustard seed bag.
Looking at the corpses all over the ground,Su Xin was accustomed to it.Or rather,he had always walked amidst killings.The only difference was the frequency of killings.
Since ancient times,this was how the jianghu operated.In Su Xin's view,there was no distinction between good and evil,only interests.
Even as the compassionate Shaolin Temple,their hands were not necessarily less bloodstained than those in the demonic path.The difference was that most of the blood on their hands came from people in the demonic path.
Innocent people carry the burden of guilt.If the Du family wanted to blame someone,they could only blame themselves for taking things they shouldn't have taken and not having the strength to protect them.
In this world,debts would always be repaid.Su Xin agreed with this sentiment.
Today,he could wipe out two second-rate forces for a piece of heavenly weapon wreckage.Perhaps someday,something on him would attract the attention of other strong individuals and forces,leading them to come and seize it.
So Su Xin felt that his strength was still insufficient.He had to become stronger,so strong that everyone trembled at the mention of his name,so strong that no one dared to harbor ill intentions towards him!
In the blood-soaked night,Su Xin concealed his figure and walked out of the Zhang family's gate.
At this moment,the situation of the Zhang family in Jiangning Prefecture was still unclear.They didn't want to get involved and were just observing from a distance,waiting to know the outcome by tomorrow morning.
However,when they woke up the next morning,everyone found that the Zhang family's courtyard was still eerily quiet,without a sound.
People from other forces couldn't help but exchange glances,wondering what was going on.
If the Du family had won this battle,they should have immediately begun openly looting the Zhang family's treasures and resources.
And if the Zhang family had won,they should have also acted immediately,swiftly dealing with the remnants of the Du family,wiping them out completely,and absorbing the Du family.
Anyway,regardless of who won,it shouldn't be the quiet scene before them now.
After a while,three Nascent Soul realm martial artists arrived at the gate of the Zhang family.They were the representatives of the three major second-rate forces in Jiangning Prefecture.
After these three arrived,they furrowed their brows.
The perception of the Nascent Soul realm was different from that of the Innate realm.In their perception,there was simply no vitality in the Zhang family's mansion,just complete silence.
"Open the door,"ordered one of the Nascent Soul realm martial artists.
Several warriors went over and pushed the gate open,and immediately a strong smell of blood rushed out,causing two people's faces to turn pale,and one martial artist at the Innate realm even vomited on the spot.
As everyone entered the Zhang family,almost everyone's faces turned pale.
Everything in front of them seemed like hell on earth.The entire courtyard was filled with corpses,some of them even stacked on top of each other.Both people from the Zhang family and the Du family had died here!
The three Nascent Soul realm martial artists exchanged glances,feeling puzzled.
If it were a mutual annihilation between the two families,it wouldn't have involved over a thousand people.Have you ever seen both sides completely wiped out without a single survivor?
Although they knew something was wrong,they had no relationship with either the Du family or the Zhang family and couldn't be bothered to investigate.
After burying the bodies,they directly announced to the outside world that the Zhang family had used some evil array technique,causing the problem,and ultimately leading to the mutual destruction of both sides.They warned everyone not to tread the wrong path,and so on.
As for the fact that there was no Daoist in these bodies,who would care?They were discussing how to divide the resources and territories left by the Du family and the Zhang family.
Meanwhile,Su Xin was already on his way to Jiangnan Dao.
The Shaolin Temple's Great Restoration Pill given to Su Xin as a reward had already been consumed by him.
The main function of the Shaolin Temple's Great Restoration Pill was to enhance internal strength.In fact,the effect would be greatest when Su Xin reached the Nascent Soul realm.After all,he was already at the pinnacle of the Divine Palace realm.
It was like a bottle filled with water.Now that the bottle was full,pouring more water into it wouldn't make much difference;there would inevitably be spillage.
It was better to wait until he reached the Nascent Soul realm,turning himself into a bucket,and then consume the pill.
However,Su Xin hadn't even touched the edge of the Nascent Soul realm yet,so it was still unknown when he would break through to that level.Therefore,it was better to take the pill now and see instant effects.
Moreover,the normal consumption of the Great Restoration Pill required a year of careful refining to fully unleash its effects.But Su Xin didn't have so many concerns now.He had roughly refined the medicinal power of the pill in just a few days.Although this meant that at least thirty percent of the medicinal power had been wasted,the remaining seventy percent had been completely absorbed by Su Xin.
Su Xin's already abundant internal energy,combined with the astonishing medicinal power of the Great Restoration Pill,made his true qi reach a terrifying level.Even facing ordinary martial artists of the same level,he could overpower them without even using martial skills.
After nearly ten days,Su Xin rushed back to Jiangnan Dao.However,as soon as he arrived,he felt the tension in the air,with many martial artists feeling uneasy.
After spending some time in a tavern and casually inquiring,Su Xin learned why Jiangnan Dao was in its current state,and it was all because of Yin Ji.
Upon understanding the situation,Su Xin was stunned.He didn't know how to describe Yin Ji.He couldn't say he was foolish,but rather he was too impatient and arrogant.
Not long ago,Yin Ji issued a new rule,requiring all martial sects in Jiangnan Dao to pay taxes to the court,using cultivation resources as payment.This rule angered all sects.While it was understandable for sects like the Nian Gang,who controlled transportation,to pay taxes since they earned money from the Great Zhou Dynasty,it was unjust for smaller sects secluded in the mountains to pay taxes.Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty,such a rule had never existed.
In the past,the strongest sects of the Great Jin Dynasty had done similar things,but what was the result?They were almost annihilated and became the struggling Dong Jin Dynasty.Therefore,when Yin Ji's rule came out,there was unanimous opposition throughout Jiangnan Dao,with curses heard everywhere.
However,Yin Ji had to do this,and it was related to Su Xin.Su Xin's achievements in Jiangnan Dao were evident to all,strengthening the influence of the Six Gates of Jiangnan Dao and revitalizing its prestige.Even if high-ranking members of the Six Gates like Liu Fengwu refused to admit it,others had noticed.
Now,with Yin Ji as the Chief Constable of Jiangnan Dao,the safest approach was to not seek merit but to avoid mistakes,and to stabilize the Six Gates of Jiangnan Dao.However,Yin Ji didn't want to do that because he didn't want to be overshadowed by Su Xin.Thus,he had to achieve some success.
So,he planned to collect taxes from all the martial forces in Jiangnan Dao,aiming for this success.If successful,not only would he stand out in Jiangnan Dao,but even throughout the Great Zhou Dynasty,the Six Gates of Jiangnan Dao would be unrivaled.This would naturally eclipse Su Xin's achievements.
However,Yin Ji might not have expected the intense resistance from all martial forces in Jiangnan Dao,which made him secretly curse.When Su Xin slaughtered the five sects of Jiangnan Dao,they didn't resist this fiercely.
But little did he know that when Su Xin slaughtered those five sects,it was under certain conditions.Firstly,Su Xin would cooperate with another force after destroying one force,thereby reducing criticism.Secondly,even though Su Xin slaughtered five forces,he had no financial relationship with them,so they didn't matter to him.Most people were selfish.Since it didn't concern them,why bother confronting Su Xin?
These people were just a bit resentful,but with Su Xin's cessation,even that bit of resentment disappeared.Yin Ji's actions were different from Su Xin's.Yin Ji was directly plundering their own interests,cutting into their flesh like a dull knife,coming back every month,which was unbearable.
So,many martial forces directly protested together.Yin Ji also wanted to follow Su Xin's example,slaughtering a few martial sects as a warning to others.But later,it almost backfired.
Under Su Xin's management,the strength of Jiangnan Dao was not weak.It was quite simple to overthrow a second-rate sect.Although the elite constables of the Six Gates were held by people like Huang Bingcheng,most of the provincial chief constables had compromised under Yin Ji's pressure.Although they were angry,they had to follow his orders.
With these provincial constables and constables,a few hundred Innate martial artists swarmed in.With this tactic of overwhelming numbers,it was enough to destroy a second-rate force.
