Chapter 786 Destroying the Soul Lamp and Taking Over the Treasure Vault

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In the sky, after capturing the white-haired, youthful-looking old man, Lu Qing showed no mercy.

He crushed the body in one swift motion, imprisoned and sealed the primordial spirit, and threw it into the illusionary space for soul-searching and torture.

Throughout the entire process, the protective magic items on the white-haired, youthful-looking old man were completely ineffective.

The moment it emitted a glimmer of precious light, it was instantly crushed along with the physical body.

With Lu Qing's current strength, ordinary spiritual weapons are no different from paper in front of him.

Even a mid-grade spiritual weapon would find it difficult to withstand his full-force attack.

Only a high-grade spiritual artifact can withstand his power.

Just as Lu Qing was searching the soul of the white-haired, youthful-looking old man, he began to interrogate his primordial spirit.

Below, in Zhou Tian City, all was deathly silent.

Just now, countless people watched in disbelief as the mysterious man wearing a ghost mask appeared.

With each sword strike, they slaughtered the Gongshu family ancestors, who were once considered high and mighty in their eyes, as easily as killing chickens.

From beginning to end, not a single patriarch was able to put up any decent resistance.

In the end, even the most powerful patriarch of the Gongshu family was suppressed with a single palm strike, his physical body crushed and his primordial spirit taken away.

Such a shocking scene immediately filled everyone with immense awe.

The way they looked at Lu Qing was more like looking at a demon god.

At the same time, everyone understood that the Gongshu family was finished.

Several Nascent Soul Ancestors, along with the old clan leader, all perished. The Gongshu family's Nascent Soul Realm combat power has been reduced by more than half.

For a powerful clan that controls a vast territory, the implications of this are obvious.

In an instant, some quick-witted people began to look around, wondering what they were planning.

However, because the terrifying masked figure was still there, no one dared to make a move at this time, even if they had any ulterior motives.

Lu Qing paid no attention to the commotion below.

While he was searching and interrogating the spirit of the white-haired, youthful-looking old man, he descended below and retrieved the storage treasures from the bodies of the Gongshu family ancestors he had killed.

Before he could even check, his face suddenly twitched.

"Hmm? The Gongshu family also has an ancestor at the eighth level of the Nascent Soul stage, traveling through the starry sky?"

However, the soul-searching interrogation of the white-haired, youthful-looking old man within the illusionary space had already yielded results.

From his memories, Lu Qing confirmed that the capture of Wu Bao Daoist and Ye Qingzhu was indeed orchestrated by the Gongshu family.

This old guy was even the main one who offered the advice.

In addition, Lu Qing also discovered various other memories.

What surprised Lu Qing was that this white-haired, youthful-looking old man was not the strongest member of the Gongshu family.

The Gongshu family also has an ancestor who has reached the eighth level of tribulation. In order to find an opportunity to break through, he traveled to the starry sky more than 100 years ago.

I wonder if, after all these centuries, that ancestor has broken through and reached some level.

However, one thing is certain: that old guy is not dead.

Because the soul lamp enshrined in the Gongshu family ancestral hall has been burning brightly for so many years and has not gone out.

Of course, this information only surprised Lu Qing somewhat, but did not shock him too much.

He's just an eighth-level Nascent Soul cultivator. Even if that old guy really breaks through to the ninth level, with his current strength, he's not afraid of him.

What truly concerned Lu Qing was the information about the Gongshu family's treasure vault.

If he can find something in the Gongshu family's treasury.

Perhaps it won't be long before his cultivation level breaks through again.

Then, in this Tianyuan Great World, he can be even more unrestrained.

After collecting the storage treasures from the primordial spirits of several Gongshu family members, Lu Qing flashed and appeared in the inner city.

Zhou Tiancheng was cleaved in two by his sword, and the Zhou Tian Star Array was also completely destroyed, losing almost all of its power.

Its ability to bind space has disappeared, and it can now freely perform spatial teleportation.

As his primordial spirit sensed the situation, the entire inner city was quickly reflected in Lu Qing's mind.

He moved swiftly and appeared before a majestic hall.

"Stop! Stop! This is the ancestral hall, a restricted area. Outsiders are not allowed to approach!"

Upon seeing Lu Qing appear, the dozen or so Golden Core Realm guards trembled and took out their magical treasures to confront him as if facing a formidable enemy.

However, no one dared to lay a hand on Lu Qing.

They had all witnessed the scene of the demon killing the elders.

They knew all too well that the masked man before them, who resembled both a god and a demon, was someone they were simply no match for.

Lu Qing glanced over and the information about these Golden Core Realm cultivators appeared in his field of vision.

His gaze narrowed slightly, and several sword energies condensed in front of him.

The next moment, the heads of several Golden Core Realm guards in front suddenly fell off, their blood staining the ground red.

Lu Qing walked forward, and with each step he took, the surrounding power increased.

Before he reached the entrance of the main hall, all the Golden Core Realm guards had already been pressed to the ground, their faces ashen, unable to move.

Lu Qing didn't even glance at them. With a casual wave of his hand, he unleashed a sword aura that shattered the massive gate of the main hall, along with the array formation on it.

After doing all this, Lu Qing stepped into the main hall.

Upon entering, one is greeted by a magnificent and resplendent scene.

Directly in front was a large number of memorial tablets, and on both sides were dozens of spirit lamps being offered.

Each soul lamp burns with a faint, eerie light.

Lu Qing knew that each of these burning soul lamps contained a wisp of a divided spirit.

Only those at the Yuan Shen realm of the Gongshu family, and the most outstanding members of the clan, are qualified to separate their spirits to create soul lamps, which are then enshrined in the ancestral hall.

Whoosh!

Just as Lu Qing was surveying his surroundings, a dark figure flew out from nowhere, its aura extremely concealed, wielding a short sword, and attacked Lu Qing. In the blink of an eye, it was already behind him.

However, as if he had expected it, Lu Qing lightly tapped his finger backward.

He unleashed a sword aura that pierced through the dark figure's short sword and his body.

"Cough cough..."

The shadowy figure's attack was thwarted, and it fell to the ground, spitting out several mouthfuls of blood.

It was an elderly man dressed in black, with thinning hair and a face full of wrinkles.

"As expected of a powerful clan, even your ancestral hall is guarded by a strongman at the third stage of the Nascent Soul realm. However, from this day forward, your Gongshu family will be completely wiped out of this Tianyuan Great World."

Lu Qing turned around, looked at the old man, and said calmly.

"Who exactly are you, and what deep-seated hatred do you have for the Gongshu family? Why do you want to exterminate my clan?"

The old man in black lay on the ground, raised his head, and stared intently at Lu Qing.

He was struck by Lu Qing's sword energy, and his primordial spirit had begun to dissipate, making his death inevitable.

But before he died, there was one thing he never understood, and he would not be at peace even if he died without figuring it out.

That's why I held on to my last breath, determined to get to the bottom of things from Lu Qing.

"There's no major grudge, I just don't like the look of you guys," Lu Qing said, his eyes unchanged.

"Just because of this?"

The old man in black's eyes widened suddenly, unable to accept this answer.

He couldn't accept that their great family, which had been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years and dominated a region in the Tianyuan Great World, had been wiped out for such an absurd reason.

"You'll have to go to hell to find out the real reason."

Lu Qing flicked his finger, and a wisp of sword energy flew out, extinguishing the last trace of life in the black-clad old man.

After taking the storage magic item from the old man in black, Lu Qing glanced around again.

This time, he didn't bother to distinguish whose soul lamps they were. With a thought, countless sword energies were generated around him, forming a sword energy storm that spread outwards, cutting through everything.

How terrifying is Lu Qing's sword energy now?

Even the ancestral hall and those soul lamps are protected by array formations and restrictions.

Before his terrifying sword energy, they were all like paper, crumbling at the slightest touch and utterly useless.

Boom!

Just a few breaths later, countless cracks appeared in the entire ancestral hall, and then it exploded with a loud bang.

And those memorial tablets and soul lamps have been completely destroyed.

This also means that the ancestors of the Gongshu family, as well as the old man in black from earlier, have completely perished and have no chance of being resurrected.

With the destruction of the ancestral hall, Lu Qing's figure disappeared once again.

When they arrived, they found themselves before a majestic mountain peak.

This mountain peak is the place where the white-haired, youthful-looking old man usually secluded himself for meditation.

From his primordial spirit's memories, Lu Qing also learned that the Gongshu family's greatest treasure trove was located within the mountain peak.

With two fingers together, Lu Qing unleashed a burst of sword energy.

Wherever the sword energy passed, everything was shaken. The entire majestic mountain was cleaved open by his sword, revealing a treasure trove of shining array hidden in the mountain's belly.

From the memories of the white-haired, youthful-looking old man, Lu Qing knew that long-established families had their own rules and regulations. Even the clan leader could not take all the family's resources for himself.

That's why this treasure trove exists in front of us.

The treasure trove contains most of the wealth accumulated by the Gongshu family over hundreds of thousands of years.

Seeing the array light shining above the treasure vault, Lu Qing did not choose to break it immediately.

Instead, it directly manifested a giant, multicolored, shimmering glass hand, which grabbed onto the treasure vault.

Boom!

The next moment, the earth's veins fractured, and the mountains and rocks crumbled.

That treasure trove, comparable in size to a palace, was actually dug out of the mountain by the giant glass hand!

Such a shocking scene made the surviving members of the Gongshu family in the inner city tremble with fear, and they desperately tried to hide themselves.

They truly had no ability to resist those terrifying demons.

Lu Qing ignored the weak members of the Gongshu family and looked at the treasure vault that had been captured. A thought struck him.

The Qiankun Qi Bag at his waist suddenly flew out, growing larger with the wind. In the blink of an eye, it became larger than a mountain, swallowing the treasure vault whole.

Then it returned to its original state and fell back into my hand.

As a low-grade spiritual artifact, the Qiankun Qi Bag had no offensive capabilities in Lu Qing's hands.

However, it contains a vast amount of space, making it perfectly suited for collecting this treasure trove.

After taking the treasure, Lu Qing's figure flashed again, and he arrived at another mountain peak.

Besides the main treasury of the Gongshu family, there are also treasure troves in the mountains where the other direct descendants live.

Just like the treasure trove of the direct descendants of the second branch of the family that he plundered back then, which brought him a great deal of benefits, how could Lu Qing possibly overlook it?

In the following period, Lu Qing followed the same method and collected all the treasures of the other houses into his Qiankun Yiqi Bag.

The whole process went very smoothly, and no one dared to stop him.

After doing all this, Lu Qing transformed into a stream of light and returned to the sky.

He closed his eyes slightly, focused his mind, and sensed the situation within the inner city.

A few breaths later, he opened his eyes and suddenly unleashed dozens of sword strikes.

They landed at various locations within the inner city.

Wherever the sword energy passed, everything was annihilated.

"Oh no! Run!"

"ah!"

"Spare me..."

"You demon, you shall die a horrible death!"

As the sword energy descended, several auras of the Nascent Soul Realm and numerous auras of the Golden Core Realm suddenly erupted, only to dissipate in a very short time.

However, he was completely destroyed by Lu Qing's sword energy.

After doing all this, Lu Qing glanced indifferently at Zhou Tiancheng below, his spatial power fluctuated, and his figure disappeared from the spot.

Even after Lu Qing's figure disappeared, Zhou Tian City remained deathly silent.

Everyone remained rooted to the spot, filled with awe, and dared not make a move.

They feared that terrifying being would return and then conveniently kill them as well.

It wasn't until a long time had passed and Lu Qing hadn't reappeared, and there was no trace of him in the city, that the city gradually began to stir.

"Chieftain, what should we do?"

Inside the outer city, a man asked his clan leader a question.

"You're asking me? Who should I ask?"

The clan chief gave that guy a sidelong glance.

He was merely a lowly ninth-stage Golden Core cultivator; how could he dare to get involved in such a life-threatening matter?

"Clan leader, what I mean is, now that the Gongshu family's Nascent Soul Realm and Golden Core Realm experts are all dead, there are no more powerful figures left in the inner city. Shouldn't we do something about this?"

The man offered a careful reminder.

"You mean..."

The clan chief's eyes lit up.

They were a minor aristocratic family that was subordinate to the Gongshu family. Although they managed to establish themselves in Zhou Tian City under the nominal protection of the Gongshu family, they were still relatively well-connected.

However, the Gongshu family is also known for its vampires.

They had to pay large sums of tribute every year in order to maintain their status.

Even so, the insatiable Gongshu family demanded more and more tributes each year.

In recent years, it has become even more overburdened.

The clan had long harbored resentment about this.

But circumstances were beyond their control; faced with the colossal Gongshu family, they had absolutely no chance of resistance.

Even if they wanted to leave Zhou Tian City, they wouldn't dare to move to another place.

Because doing so would inevitably invite the wrath of the Gongshu family.

They originally thought that their family's resources would be exhausted under the exploitation of the Gongshu family, and they would be completely reduced to slavery.

Unexpectedly, the Gongshu family offended such a terrifying being for some unknown reason.

With just one person, he almost wiped out all the Nascent Soul and Golden Core realm cultivators in the Gongshu family.

Isn't this the best opportunity to break away from the Gongshu family?

However, before they leave, they should take back everything that the Gongshu family has squeezed out of the clan over the years!

The patriarch of that minor family's eyes lit up as he thought about it.

Sensing the chaos in the city and the long-dissipated array of light within the inner city, a bold idea suddenly arose in his mind.

(End of this chapter)