King of Ten Thousand Years

Inside the room.

Lin Dongchuan lay on the bed, his eyes dim and his breath weak.

”Qinghan, your father doesn’t have much time left,” he said, his expression calm.

”The only thing I can’t let go of is you... and this pharmacy... You must keep it going!”

This pharmacy was Lin Dongchuan’s life’s work.

”Father, I will!”

Lin Qinghan’s expression was resolute.

After everything she had been through, Lin Qinghan seemed like a different person. She had shed her former innocence, becoming strong and capable.

After Lin Dongchuan fell ill, she took over managing the Dongchuan Pharmacy. Hardship and adversity are often what forge a person’s character.

”If you get the chance... don’t forget to avenge your brothers!”

Lin Dongchuan grew agitated, the veins on his forehead bulging.

The death of his two sons was the greatest pain in his heart.

He didn’t have the power to take revenge, but his daughter, Lin Qinghan, had already broken through to the Spirit Sea Realm. She was now a prodigy at the Cloud Heaven Holy Mansion, ranked in the top ten of the Human List, with limitless future potential.

”Yes! I won’t forget!”

A murderous glint flashed in the depths of Lin Qinghan’s eyes!

The Third Prince, Li Yi, had kidnapped them, threatened Lin Dongchuan, and murdered her two brothers... She remembered it all crystal clear!

Just then, a servant entered and whispered something in Lin Qinghan’s ear.

”Take good care of my father!”

Lin Qinghan said to the two maids before quickly leaving.

She arrived at a courtyard where five stretchers were laid out. They were all carrying wounded men covered in blood, and two of them were no longer breathing.

”Miss, the Cyan Dragon Gang did this!”

a young man said, grimacing in pain.

Back then, the leader and Vice Gang Leader of the Cyan Snake Gang had perished while hunting Luo Tian.

But the Cyan Snake Gang hadn’t disappeared. With secret funding from the Third Prince, Li Yi, it was re-established and renamed the ”Cyan Dragon Gang.”

Recently, members of the Cyan Dragon Gang had targeted Dongchuan Pharmacy’s people on several occasions, scaring many of them away.

”This is the Royal Capital! The Cyan Dragon Gang is too outrageous!”

Lin Qinghan said through gritted teeth.

In terms of strength, the small Dongchuan Pharmacy was no match for the Royal Capital’s strongest underground force.

If it weren’t for her status as a prodigy from Cloud Heaven Academy, the Cyan Dragon Gang would have likely been even bolder and destroyed the Dongchuan Pharmacy long ago.

’I’ll have to ask my uncle for help!’

Lin Qinghan sighed.

”Hm?”

Suddenly, Lin Qinghan sensed something and looked toward a large tree outside the courtyard.

RUSTLE!

A light breeze rustled the leaves, but there was nothing there.

’Was it my imagination?’

For a moment, Lin Qinghan had faintly sensed someone was there.

...

The Cyan Dragon Gang, the most powerful and wicked underground force in the Royal Capital.

Its predecessor was none other than the Cyan Snake Gang.

In the Royal Capital, even small and medium-sized Martial Arts Families and businesses could only back down when faced with the Cyan Dragon Gang.

Few knew that the true master behind the Cyan Dragon Gang was the Third Prince of the Azure Cloud Kingdom, Li Yi!

「On this day.」

BANG!

The main gate of the Cyan Dragon Gang’s headquarters was suddenly kicked off its hinges, crushing two gang members to death!

”Who is it? Who dares to cause trouble at the Cyan Dragon Gang? You must have a death wish!”

”Get him!”

Numerous Cyan Dragon Gang members were alerted and immediately rushed to attack.

Luo Tian extended his index finger, gathering a wisp of crystalline, yellow, transparent Sword Qi, and swiped it lightly through the air.

SHIING!

A gale of cold, gleaming Sword Qi swept out. In an instant, blood splattered and bodies fell to the ground!

”Who are you? How dare you barge into the Cyan Dragon Gang’s territory!”

Just then, several extremely powerful auras could be felt approaching.

SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!

The Cyan Dragon Gang’s leader and several high-ranking members all rushed over. They were shocked by the sight of the bodies littering the ground!

’Who could this be, to so casually slaughter dozens of our members?’

”One at the Spirit Sea Realm Sixth Layer, two at the Spirit Sea Realm Fifth Layer. You seem even weaker than the old Cyan Snake Gang, yet you dare to call yourselves the Cyan Dragon Gang?”

Luo Tian sneered, his words dripping with contempt.

”What?”

The Cyan Dragon Gang leader and the others were terrified.

’Who in the world is this person? He saw through our cultivation levels at a glance.’

”As I recall, the Cyan Dragon Gang has never provoked you, Your Excellency.”

The Cyan Dragon Gang leader’s face darkened.

”If I say you provoked me, then you provoked me!”

”Don’t be so insolent! Do you really think the Cyan Dragon Gang is a pushover?”

the Cyan Dragon Gang leader roared. The other high-ranking members were also furious, their killing intent surging!

In the next moment, a battle was about to erupt!

But what followed was only the sound of endless, miserable screams from within the Cyan Dragon Gang’s headquarters.

Ten breaths later!

The screams stopped.

Luo Tian walked out of the gate and vanished.

In less than an hour,

the news that the Cyan Dragon Gang had been annihilated spread completely, causing a considerable stir in the Royal Capital!

The Cyan Dragon Gang, the leading underground power, had actually been slaughtered to the last man without anyone knowing how it happened.

And as for the killer, there wasn’t a single clue!

That same day, the Third Prince, Li Yi, received the news in the Imperial Palace.

”Damn it, who did this?”

Li Yi was furious.

The previous Cyan Snake Gang had been crippled by Luo Tian, almost to the point of being swallowed up by other factions.

The Cyan Dragon Gang, which he had painstakingly rebuilt, had just managed to get a firm foothold before it was suddenly annihilated by a mysterious person!

Li Yi’s heart was bleeding.

’Could it be the Crown Prince?’

Li Yi’s gaze turned grim.

With the Seventh Prince, Li Yao, dead, his most formidable rival for the throne was now the Crown Prince!

But just then, a figure suddenly surfaced in Li Yi’s mind—the one who had escaped the pursuit of both the Qiu Yue Kingdom and the Azure Cloud Kingdom and then vanished without a trace.

’Why would I suddenly think of him?’

Li Yi scoffed.

Luo Tian would never dare to return to the Azure Cloud Kingdom, let alone the Royal Capital.

...

「Dongchuan Pharmacy.」

News of the Cyan Dragon Gang’s sudden annihilation reached Lin Qinghan’s ears.

”What?”

Lin Qinghan, who was in the middle of handling some business, froze on the spot!

Just a short while ago, people from the Dongchuan Pharmacy had been beaten up by members of the Cyan Dragon Gang.

And now, less than two hours later, the Cyan Dragon Gang—the wicked underground force that terrorized the middle and lower classes of the Royal Capital—was gone?

Lin Qinghan even suspected the news might be false.

After all, this was the Royal Capital. A power as large as the Cyan Dragon Gang, with backing from the Royal Family, had been wiped out just like that!

”Who did it?”

Lin Qinghan asked excitedly.

The fall of the Cyan Dragon Gang was incredibly good news for the Dongchuan Pharmacy.

”It’s unclear. Some speculate that the person who wiped out the Cyan Dragon Gang was likely a master at the Half-step Earth Element Realm. Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to have left no clues!”

”A Half-step Earth Element Realm!”

Lin Qinghan’s mind reeled in shock.

A Half-step Earth Element Realm... that was a figure on the same level as the Holy Mansion Masters of the Azure Cloud Kingdom’s Three Great Holy Mansions!

”Tell Father this news!”

Beaming with joy, Lin Qinghan trotted to her father’s bedroom.

”Father, I have good news for you!”

Lin Qinghan was all smiles.

But as soon as she pushed the door open, she froze, her gaze fixed on several Rare Materials and Spiritual Fruits on the table.

Running a pharmacy, she could tell at a glance how rare and precious these Heavenly and Earthly Treasures were. Any single one of them would be enough to cause a huge sensation.

Her breathing quickened. She immediately put these Heavenly and Earthly Treasures into her Storage Ring to prevent anyone from seeing them and causing trouble.

”Father, has anyone been here?”

Lin Qinghan asked.

”No. What’s wrong?”

Lin Dongchuan responded weakly.

”It’s nothing!”

Lin Qinghan shook her head, hiding the matter from him.

”You said you had good news just now. What is it?”

”Just a moment ago, the Cyan Dragon Gang was destroyed by a mysterious expert!”

When Lin Dongchuan heard this, a glimmer of light flashed in his dull, cloudy eyes, and his expression became incredibly agitated.

After all, the Cyan Dragon Gang’s predecessor was the Cyan Snake Gang, the very culprit responsible for murdering his two sons!

’All of this... could it be him?’

Lin Qinghan thought to herself. A person came to mind, but she immediately shook her head.

’The one who destroyed the Cyan Dragon Gang was likely a Half-step Earth Element Realm expert. How could it possibly be that person wanted by the Azure Cloud Kingdom?’

...

「Three days later.」

Luo Tian arrived in Lingyun County.

’I wonder how Master Lin and Chen Haofei are doing...’

Luo Tian couldn’t help but recall his days of cultivation at the Sun Chasing Holy Mansion.

He had the Flying Cloud Bird rest in a nearby forest while he headed to the Sun Chasing Holy Mansion.

With Luo Tian’s current Body Technique speed, it would be difficult for anyone to detect him unless the Vice Manor Master or the Mansion Master themselves appeared.

But those two wouldn’t be idly wandering around the Sun Chasing Holy Mansion for no reason.

’Everything here is still so familiar.’

Luo Tian slipped into the Holy Mansion as if it were uninhabited, admiring the scenery.

He grabbed a random disciple, got the information he needed, and then knocked him out.

This time, Luo Tian had only returned to check on things and didn’t want to cause a major disturbance.

’Is this where my master lives?’

Luo Tian arrived at a humble residence and pushed the door open.

”Who is it?”

An authoritative roar, laced with intense displeasure, echoed from deep within the residence!

SWISH!

An afterimage flashed, and an old man in a white robe appeared in the living room.

He was about to scold the intruder, but his gaze locked onto the young man before him, and he froze, at a loss for words.

Luo Tian looked at the old man. His face hadn’t changed, but his hair was a few shades whiter.

”Mentor! Your student has returned to see you!”