Along with the inheritance comes a token and a request for the descendants of the Ling family to take care of them.

But Xiao Jiu had no interest in taking out that token; there was no need for it at all.

Even if Elder Ling hadn't voluntarily handed over the inheritance back then, Xiao Boqi had prepared a way to deal with it.

Those arrays targeting the soul were so powerful that even if Elder Ling wanted to spontaneously combust his soul, he couldn't do it.

And taking care of the descendants of the Ling family is truly just as Huang Jiu said.

That was just a verbal promise that could be made or not made. What's laughable is that the descendants of the Ling family are so ignorant.

Yesterday they were slaves who were arbitrarily humiliated and killed, but today they are using that ridiculous cunning on themselves.

He still wants to use that worthless so-called gratitude to morally blackmail himself into being his free henchman for fifty years!

Ugh, what a fucking bunch of idiots.

"I didn't expect you to be so kind. I thought you would step in and suppress such an ungrateful and shameless person."

Hearing Qing Mi Chuan's words, Xiao Jiu chuckled.

"Old Qing, I never expected that you would still discover the strengths I tried so hard to hide."

"You really have a discerning eye, old man."

To not kill such a despicable and shameless person as Ling Zhong, without even the slightest punishment.

Is Yeo-gu really kind?

The answer is no. He is Xi Jiu, the most insidious person in the entire Daqi.

He even managed to kill the master of the Azure Dragon Temple in the Fangsu Divine Realm through his schemes, so how could he possibly let someone like Ling Zhong go?

He didn't do it because he had designed a more tragic way for Ling Zhong to die, one that would also make him face reality.

This can be considered a free lesson he gave to the descendants of the Ling family, hoping they can learn from it.

I hope I'll be smarter in my next life, if there is a next life.

...

The day after Huang Jiu and Qing Mi Chuan left Tiandao City.

A large number of people belonging to Chu Daoran's temple descended upon Tiandao City with endless murderous aura.

Those members of the Ling family who were under Ling Zhong's command and were trying to rebuild the Ling family's ancestral home were instantly suppressed.

Even though Ling Zhong knelt down and begged for mercy on the spot.

He continued to suffer torture until he died, screaming in agony.

The only survivors were the siblings Lingxi and Lingsheng, who followed Xiaojiu in death.

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