Martial Cultivator

The once-every-sixty-years Sixty-Year Gathering was disrupted, the Three Streams Manor, with its centuries-old heritage, was provoked. In the end, its Ancestral Hall was torn down. That former ancestor of the Three Streams Manor, who had already passed away long ago, had appeared, but now...

Everyone looked at the young martial artist, bare-chested, their expressions complicated as their minds replayed the events that had just transpired.

So much had happened today, which was also too hard to believe.

But it was a fact.

The Three Streams Manor had brought out nearly all its trump cards, and still, it could not stop the young martial artist before them.

Faced with this young martial artist’s question, no one present dared to speak. From among the crowd, Tu Beihai, the Manor Lord of the Three Streams Manor, stepped forward, carrying the corpse of his dead junior brother.

This leading figure of the southern qi refiners looked vacant-eyed, his face desolate.

”Chen Chao, you destroyed my Three Streams Manor’s Ancestral Hall, killed my disciples. This matter will not end like this! After today, my Three Streams Manor will definitely seek justice!”

Coming back to his senses, Tu Beihai stared at the young martial artist before him. Today, the Three Streams Manor had lost all face. As martial artist, he was left humiliated. After this, among the southern qi refiners, the status of the Three Streams Manor would surely fall again and again.

And all of this was thanks to the young Lord Warden Commander before him.

”After today? Manor Lord Tu thinks you can just gloss over what happened today? You haven’t asked if this official will agree to it.”

Chen Chao, bare-chested, looked at Tu Beihai, with a smile that was not a smile.

”Chen Chao! What more do you want? Isn’t this enough already? Must you destroy the dao lineage of my Three Streams Manor before you are satisfied?”

Tu Beihai’s once-vacant eyes were now filled with sudden fury as he glared at Chen Chao. If looks could kill, Chen Chao would have died a thousand times over.

But Chen Chao did not care. He simply smiled and said, ”If this official does mean to sever the dao lineage of your Three Streams Manor, to flatten this mountain, what then?”

Tu Beihai coldly replied, ”Do you truly think my Three Streams Manor has no means left? Though the Ancestral Hall is destroyed, my Three Streams Manor still has countless disciples, and elders cultivating in the back mountain!”

Chen Chao let out an ”oh,” then walked forward a few steps. He kicked aside half a spirit tablet, then looked at Tu Beihai with utmost seriousness and said, ”Then why don’t you bring them all out? Let this official kill them... one by one.”

Kill them... one by one.

What arrogance! The words stunned everyone present into silence. None dared to speak.

Had such a thing ever happened in the cultivation world?

A lone man storming a sect, openly declaring he would slaughter every powerhouse within it. Furthermore, he really had the strength to back it up...

Who could they find to seek justice?

Tu Beihai’s expression was dark, but before he could speak, a qi refiner suddenly stepped out from the crowd, saying coolly, ”Lord Warden Commander Chen, must you truly pursue this without relent, making yourself the enemy of the entire qi refiner lineage? You must know, though your martial prowess is overwhelming, if we all join forces, even Lord Warden Commander Chen may not be able to kill us all.”

These words sounded somewhat threatening, but in truth, they were more a show of weakness.

But Chen Chao pressed on relentlessly and said calmly, ”Then we’ll see about it.”

Once these words were spoken, everyone present was dumbfounded. None of them expected that this young Lord Warden Commander actually had no intention of backing down in the slightest. Was he really going to fight them all to the bitter end?

”You...”

The qi refiner who had just spoken had an ugly expression, and when he was about to say something more, Chen Chao suddenly smiled and spoke first. ”Are you from the South Heaven Sect?”

”So what?!”

The man gave a cold snort, but before he finished speaking, Chen Chao already arrived in front of him. He was about to react, but it was already too late. The young martial artist seized him by the neck, glanced at him, and said, ”So nothing.”

As his words fell, he twisted and snapped the qi refiner’s neck.

After killing him, Chen Chao casually flung the corpse aside and said, ”What is the South Heaven Sect doing meddling here? This official’s next target is precisely the South Heaven Sect. What are you so anxious about?”

To everyone watching, Chen Chao who could kill again while speaking and smiling, was nothing short of a monster that could eat people at any moment.

”Do you think there’s any good person among your qi refiner lineage?”

Chen Chao swept a glance over the crowd, then noticed a figure. After a moment of thought, he added, ”There truly are some good people, but not many.”

It was just this one sentence that made Liang Jinjin’s gaze flicker with emotion. She understood that these words were meant for her.

”You all speak of Heavenly Dao, of karma, none of it concerns this official. You need only remember one thing: since you have done things that harmed our Great Liang, you must pay the price. Whether Three Streams Manor or the South Heaven Sect, do you think this official coming here to settle accounts is some sudden whim?”

Chen Chao narrowed his eyes. ”The matter from a few years ago, you all may have forgotten it quickly, but this official have not forgotten so soon.”

At the mention of old matters, many present actually knew the inside story. It was Three Streams Manor, together with several other sects, that once went to Tianqing County to seek Great Liang’s dragon vein, intending to seize the fortune of this dynasty.

It was precisely because of this that they were in the wrong, and so they had not managed to kill Chen Chao back then in the Divine Capital. At the time, Great Liang also did not pursue the matter too much. Everyone thought that incident had passed just like that. Yet no one imagined that after a few years, it would still be brought up again.

”Utter nonsense. You simply want revenge, why bother dressing it up as righteousness?” someone said.

Chen Chao nodded. ”Yes. Of course this official wants revenge. Say that this official is avenging myself if you like, or say that this official is avenging Great Liang. Either way, it is revenge.”

”As for Three Streams Manor, the lesson this official has given can stop here. But if Manor Lord Tu is still dissatisfied, then invite out the people who should be invited. This official can always kill a few more.”

As he said this, Chen Chao’s eyes never left Tu Beihai, who was standing not far away.

”But this matter will not end with Three Streams Manor. After this official leaves Three Streams Manor, the next place this official is going will be the South Heaven Sect.”

Great Liang was like a true dragon that had slumbered for many years. While it slumbered, it could endure all manner of provocation. But that did not mean that once this dragon awakened, it would forget everything that had happened before.

These matters are never so easily forgotten.

The qi refiners of the South Heaven Sect looked grim. If until now they had been on the sidelines, they were now squarely in the center of the incident.

There was no escape.

“Manor Lord Tu, this person clearly will not let matters rest. If we do not kill him here today, the qi refiner lineage will never know peace.”

A ripple formed in Tu Beihai’s heart as he heard someone speak through thought.

The speaker was an elder of the South Heaven Sect, representing the sect at the Sixty-Year Gathering.

Tu Beihai said nothing, only remaining silent.

“Manor Lord Tu, today South Heaven Sect stands alongside Three Streams Manor, we will not retreat. I have already sent word to my sect, to have them dispatch powerhouses. If we stall him for some time, we can surely hold him back.”

The elder grew somewhat anxious. After all, if Three Streams Manor couldn’t withstand him, they would be next.

Moreover, South Heaven Sect wasn’t far from here. The qi refiners coming from there wouldn’t take much time to arrive.

”Manor Lord Tu!”

The elder grew impatient as he saw Tu Beihai still silent.

“Today, Three Streams Manor has completely lost face. If he is still allowed to leave the mountain, how will Three Streams Manor survive afterward?!”

This final sentence stirred something in Tu Beihai, but he remained calm and addressed those present telepathically.

“Everyone, who is willing to help Three Streams Manor today? After today, Three Streams Manor will certainly regard you as honored guests, never forgetting this favor.”

As Tu Beihai spoke, many responded, but still a significant number remained silent, unwilling to take a stand. Their concerns were too many, not just about Chen Chao, but also about the Great Liang behind Chen Chao.

“Everyone, qi refiners are one family. If Three Streams Manor is destroyed today, next it will be you. Can you really remain indifferent?!”

After saying this, Tu Beihai suddenly let out a bleak laugh. His gaze grew resolute. “Chen Chao, you and Three Streams Manor is destined to be irreconcilable till death. Our Three Streams Manor’s lineage has lasted hundreds of years. I do not believe it will end today!”

Chen Chao turned, glancing at this manor lord of Three Streams Manor, smiling: “Then what does Manor Lord Tu mean by that?”

Tu Beihai drew a deep breath and spoke clearly, word by word: “Three Streams Manor and you, Chen Chao, are irreconcilable till death!”

Chen Chao nodded lightly, saying casually: “Then it seems that after today, there will be no more Three Streams Manor in the world.”

There was no killing intent in his words, but everyone present felt a bone-chilling cold.