Villain: I Can See Destiny

25: Chapter 25 The Great Liquidation BeginsThe next day, at dawn, before the sky had brightened.

Luo Cang rose early. While he Cultivated, he also used the heavenly dao bead to deduce the identity of the mysterious person who had met with his younger sister.

Unfortunately, he calculated nothing.

Luo Cang was not surprised by this situation. The heavenly dao bead could not calculate the future out of thin air; rather, it formulated the optimal solution by combining the information he already possessed.

Luo Cang Cultivated until early morning, but seeing no movement from his sister, he couldn’t help but feel some doubt.

”What is going on?”

”My sister actually didn’t wake up early today?”

”Could I be overthinking things?”

Before he could think further, he received a message from Emperor Lin Shu.

The token of the Inspection Bureau was not merely a decoration; it was a Treasure Artifact.

Remote communication was only one of its functions.

After reading the content of the message, Luo Cang’s expression became extremely grim.

From the moment he became the commander of the Inspection Bureau, he knew what the consequences would be.

He just didn’t expect this day to arrive so quickly, a full seven days earlier than in his previous life.

Was it the butterfly effect caused by his Rebirth?

The sudden Great Purge caught Luo Cang off guard.

...

The first to be purged was the Marquis of Heaven-Sent’s manor; it was the Zhou Family’s greatest supporter.

The experts of the Marquis’s manor were dealt with by the Lin Family Army, while the duty of the Inspection Bureau was to ransack the homes... and exterminate the clans.

Following Luo Cang’s order, tens of thousands of old, weak, sick, and disabled people were slaughtered.

Inside the Marquis of Heaven-Sent’s manor, wailing, screaming, and pleas for mercy—all sorts of sounds mixed together, making one’s hair stand on end and heart palpitate with fear.

Watching the red mist floating in the air, Luo Cang painfully closed his eyes.

Just when others thought it was over.

Emperor Lin Shu issued an order declaring that the Wang Family, the Gao Family, the Four Directions Dukedom, the Xuanci Military Prefecture, the Guo Marquis’s manor... all harbored treasonous intentions, and a Great Purge that would last for several days thus began.

Everyone in the Li Kingdom was shocked; they had not expected the new emperor to have such great courage.

Nearly thirty percent of the forces in the Imperial Capital were implicated.

Was he not afraid that this would cause the Li Kingdom’s Foundation to become unstable and invite covetous eyes from other powers?

The figures of the Inspection Bureau were everywhere in the Imperial Capital, and at every moment, a large number of officials were having their homes ransacked and their clans exterminated.

Luo Cang’s heart gradually became numb during this purge, and he just blindly issued one order after another.

Until he arrived at the Guo Manor and saw the two large characters ”Guo Manor,” Luo Cang felt pain to the extreme.

He pushed open the large gates with trembling hands.

At this moment, he even wondered if he shouldn’t have sought revenge. If he had arranged for his family to stay far away from the Li Kingdom and flee from the very beginning, would things have been better?

But there is no regret medicine in this world; he no longer had a way to turn back...

He could not understand why the events of these past few days were completely different from what the heavenly dao bead had deduced, as if an irresistible force was invisibly manipulating everything.

As soon as he entered the gate, he saw the person he least wanted to see at this moment.

Guo Xiuran!

The Dean of Tianya Academy, who was also his teacher, a presence at the Peak of the Saint King Realm.

However, at this moment, his Sea of Consciousness had been destroyed, and he had become a cripple.

”Emperor Lin Shu, is this your test for me?”

Luo Cang thought sorrowfully.

”Little Cang?”

Seeing who had arrived, not only was Guo Xiuran shocked, but the people of the Guo Manor were also shocked.

They all knew Luo Cang; he was the Disciple of the Manor Head, and he often followed the Manor Head to the Guo Manor to study. Over time, they naturally came to know him.

Luo Cang gritted his teeth and did not answer.

”Have you forgotten who taught you to Cultivate?”

”Luo Cang, you ungrateful wretch.”

”Emperor Lin Shu’s lackey.”

”You will die a horrible death.”

The people of the Guo Manor cursed one after another.

Guo Xiuran raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

”Little Cang, I believe you have your own plans. Your teacher does not blame you.”

Guo Xiuran smiled, his expression the same as it had been when he used to teach Luo Cang in the past.

But the only response he received was Luo Cang’s cold voice: ”The crimes of the Guo Manor... warrant the extermination of the entire clan...”

”Luo Cang, you are so cruel!”

”Is your heart made of stone?”

”Emperor Lin Shu’s running dog, to please your master, you’ve even abandoned your own conscience.”

...

As the blades of the Inspection Bureau rose and fell, the Guo Manor gradually became quiet.

Luo Cang turned his head away in pain: ”Teacher, thank you for your trust. I will definitely tear Emperor Lin Shu into ten thousand pieces.”

From this moment on, he, Luo Cang, would stop at nothing for revenge.

Even if it meant sacrificing countless more people, he would not hesitate.

After Luo Cang finished dealing with the Guo Manor, Emperor Lin Shu’s imperial edict arrived immediately.

He didn’t hear a single word of what the messenger said; at this moment, his mind was filled entirely with revenge.

”Lord Luo, this is your third-rank official uniform; please keep it safe.”

”Lord Luo? Lord Luo?”

The imperial guard called out several times before Luo Cang regained his senses: ”I was just overwhelmed by joy. Luo Cang thanks Your Majesty for your great grace.”

The guard said: ”It’s normal, it’s normal. This is the first time I’ve seen someone promoted to a third-rank official so quickly.”

After speaking, he rode away on his horse.

Watching the direction the guard left in, the veins on Luo Cang’s hand bulged.

...

Outside the Luo Residence.

The clansmen looked at Luo Cang wearing the third-rank official attire, their eyes complex; the excitement of that day was gone.

Only today did they realize that this is what the Inspection Bureau did.

They certainly wanted Luo Cang’s official career to go smoothly, but not in this form.

After today, the reputation of their Luo Family was ruined.

Although the clansmen didn’t say anything, Luo Cang could see the lack of understanding and disappointment in their eyes.

But it didn’t matter; when he chose this path, he had already prepared for the worst.

Let him bear all the sins; one day, the sins he had accumulated would all be returned to Emperor Lin Shu.

This was his final persistence and belief.

”Brother, why? Uncle Su, Uncle Shi, they were the few who spoke up for Father, and they were Father’s close friends.”

”How could you bring yourself to do it? Father will never forgive you!”

Luo Cang was silent.

”And the Dean, the Dean... such a good person, and he was the master to both you and Big Sister Mingyue. Can Big Sister Mingyue forgive you?”

Luo Qing sobbed.

Luo Cang remained silent.

Seeing that her brother seemed determined to go all the way to the end, Luo Qing wiped away her tears and left.

...

The Imperial Capital at night was even livelier than during the day.

Walking on the street, Luo Qing felt cold all over and incomparably lonely.

”Miss Luo, you have come...”

Hearing this familiar voice, Luo Qing’s eyes regained a little luster.

Looking up, it was Young Master Xiao. It turned out that she had unconsciously arrived in the Yong’an District.

She wiped her tears, wanting to greet him as usual.

”Miss Luo, are you alright?”

Young Master Xiao Zimo’s voice was filled with concern.

Hearing this concerned voice, a sense of grievance could not help but well up in her heart.

In a moment of impulse, she threw herself into Young Master Xiao Zimo’s arms.

Young Master Xiao Zimo was stunned for a moment, then patted her back, comforting her: ”It’s alright. If there’s anything you can tell me, I will be a very good listener.”

Luo Qing immediately poured out the grievances in her heart to Young Master Xiao Zimo.

”You say your brother suddenly pulled himself together, and after that, he became like this?” Young Master Xiao Zimo said, his eyes flickering.

Luo Qing nodded: ”Yes, my brother would absolutely never have done such things before. Now, it’s as if he has become a different person.”

After comforting her for a while, Young Master Xiao Zimo suddenly said: ”Miss Luo, wait here for a moment, I will be right back.”

”Mm.” Luo Qing didn’t think much of it.

She waited and waited until dawn, but Young Master Xiao never appeared again.

In the days that followed, she would go for a walk at Linshui Lake every morning and go to the Yong’an District to watch the lantern festival every evening, hoping for an unexpected encounter with someone.

But she never saw Young Master Xiao again, as if it were just a beautiful dream she had had.