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Chapter 185: Chapter 138: Frenzied Plundering, Three Families Conspire (Part 2)

”Meizhen, you can proceed with the next step of the plan.”

Liuu Meizhen heard this.

She let out a long sigh.

Then.

With a complicated expression, she walked toward her father, fed him a red pill, and Liuu Qingmin slowly opened his eyes. He wanted to get up, but found himself weak all over, displaying a look of panic on his face:

”Meizhen, what are you doing?”

”Father, Liuu Qingyun is dead.”

What?!

Liuu Qingmin was momentarily stunned.

His first reaction was disbelief.

The clan leader had already achieved Foundation Establishment.

Even if someone managed to sneak in while he was out, it would be difficult to assassinate the clan leader; besides the Shangguan Family, there were no other Foundation Establishment cultivators in Anyang County.

How could the clan leader have been killed?

Liuu Meizhen looked steadily at her father:

”Father, let me tell you some great news. My husband, your son-in-law, has already advanced to the second layer of Foundation Establishment!”

This....

How could this be possible?

Until now.

The Fu Family had released no such news.

Moreover.

In South Huai Prefecture, Foundation Establishment Pills are only available through bidding at the Wanning Commerce Association or exchanged through the Court. Where did Fu Changsheng get a Foundation Establishment Pill? Could it be a forced breakthrough?!

Liuu Qingmin paused for a moment.

Then he realized.

Which means, it was Fu Changsheng who killed the clan leader.

In a sense, he had become an accomplice.

And all this was something he could never have imagined; his daughter would one day betray the Liuu Family for the Fu Family.

Years ago, when Meizhen failed in the alchemy apprenticeship election, he scrimped and saved to help her through. When she didn’t want to marry the second son of the Shangguan Family, he mediated for her. Although he couldn’t give Meizhen the legitimate status of a daughter, he believed he treated her well, never expecting to end up being betrayed so cruelly!

Liuu Qingmin was so angry that his teeth chattered:

”Liuu Meizhen, even if you disown me as your father, you still carry the Liuu Family blood. How can you do such an outrageous, treacherous thing? I... I really must have been blind to raise such an ungrateful person like you!”

Since Fu Changsheng had already killed the clan leader, he would surely want to wipe out the entire Liuu Family, just like he obliterated the Li and Zhang Families in the past. The Liuu Family, having risen from humble beginnings, would now be destroyed by their unfilial, incompetent descendants.

Liuu Qingmin felt despair.

There was no light left in his eyes.

”Father, don’t worry. The Liuu Family still exists, and among all the clan members, only Liuu Qingyun has met his end. Tonight, Changsheng merely came to remove a tumor from the Liuu Family. Not only you, but the entire Liuu Family should be grateful.”

Upon hearing this, a glimmer returned to Liuu Qingmin’s eyes.

However,

after hearing the latter part, he laughed in anger:

”Truly, a daughter married is like water poured out. Your Fu Family killed a Foundation Establishment clan leader of our Liuu Family, and yet we are supposed to be grateful? This is the biggest joke in the world.”

”A joke?”

Liuu Meizhen snorted coldly:

”Father, do you really think that after reaching Foundation Establishment, Liuu Qingyun could lead the Liuu Family to glory? He just reached Foundation Establishment and immediately welcomed a woman sent by the Ping Family into his chambers. Lately, he has frequently associated with the Ping Family. This is Anyang County, under the control of the Shangguan Family; do you really think the Shangguan Family would overlook this?”

”The current Grand Elder of the Shangguan Family, Shangguan Feng, is a Foundation Establishment Peak cultivator. Although the Court officially forbids upper-class families from acting against lower-class families, with Shangguan Feng’s ability, he wouldn’t need to personally act to make Liuu Qingyun die a hundred times over.”

”And if the Liuu Family were to change allegiance, just like the Li Family was destroyed, the Shangguan Family could find any excuse to slaughter the entire Liuu Family cleanly.”

”You all are just delighted like fools.”

”The Ping Family approaching you is not honey, but the arsenic that will lead to the downfall of the Liuu Family!”

After speaking.

Liuu Qingmin felt a chill down his spine.

These consequences.

How could the elders not have considered them?

They had once subtly reminded the clan leader, but before Foundation Establishment, the clan leader ignored their warnings.

After Foundation Establishment.

Because Ping Wanning kept whispering influences, he didn’t even want to meet them.

After hearing Liuu Meizhen’s explanation.

The Liuu Family needed to pull back from the brink urgently, and it seemed they could still save themselves.

Liuu Meizhen continued:

”Father, tomorrow you must take Liuu Qingyun’s head and, along with the elders, go to the Shangguan Family in Anyang County to apologize, letting the Shangguan Family know that this approach to the Ping Family was entirely the clan leader’s decision. The Shangguan Family will surely spare you, considering your uprightness.”

”Furthermore!”

”Remember, only four of us know what happened tonight.”

”Of course,”

”To show sincerity, father, you must also hand over a strand of your Life Soul.”

This is the only option.

Either the entire Liuu Family gets slaughtered.

Or bow down to the Fu Family.

This is the best outcome she could negotiate for the Liuu Family.

.....

On the next morning.

Pingshan County, the Soul Hall of the Ping Family.

The Second Elder of the Ping Family, Ping Xingyang, felt a sudden surge of unease during his cultivation session last night, so he went to the Soul Hall early in the morning to offer incense to the ancestors.

Just as he reached the hall’s entrance,

he saw a Qi Cultivation clan member, who was responsible for watching over the Life Soul Lamps, rushing out in a panic, almost colliding with Ping Xingyang:

”Why are you in such a panic?”

”Second Elder, Wanning... Wanning’s Life Soul Lamp has gone out!”

”What?!”

Something has indeed happened!

Ping Xingyang’s body flickered repeatedly, and in a flash, he entered the hall. Among the densely hung Life Soul Lamps on the Soul Harvesting Tree, the one with the name Ping Wanning had clearly been extinguished: