"Yes, from the seventy- or eighty-year-old Grandpa Cao and Grandma Cao to the three-year-old daughter of the Cao family, along with the maids, servants, and young servants of the mansion, all of them were captured by those men in black," the man affirmed, unaware of Cao Jinchang's unusual behavior.

Cao Jinchang's mind went blank, his ears filled with the whispers of those people when he first arrived in the city:

"That's terrible!"

"The entire clan was wiped out..."

"The body hung on the city wall for a month, and no one came to claim it!"

"It's rotting and infested with maggots...!"

Cao Jinchang repeatedly told himself in his heart:

No, it can't be his family!

The family they were talking about, which was utterly tragic, was definitely not the Cao family!

Ji Fengyao knew that Cao Jinchang couldn't bear to ask, nor dared to ask, so she asked softly, "What happened to the Cao family members after they were arrested?"

"Oh, this is terrible!" The man who had been grabbed by the collar by Cao Jinchang sighed and shook his head.

The other people who were also identified recounted in detail the tragic suicides of Old Master Cao, Old Madam Cao, Cao's wife, and Cao Miaojin's family.

Finally, the group started talking all at once:

"With no one from the Cao family alive, those masked men in black hung all the corpses of the Cao family members on the city wall of Yongcheng in order to force the escaped gang leader and his son to come out."

"But it's been a month, and the leader of the Cao Gang and his son haven't shown up yet."

"That's because the father and son are smart. If it were me, I wouldn't have come out either. This way, the Cao family line can still be preserved."

"Yes, coming out now is just throwing your life away..."

Suddenly.

Cao Jinchang clenched his fists, raised his head to the sky, and let out a mournful howl: "Ah—!"

This extremely mournful howl was both shocking and heartbreaking, bringing tears to the eyes of many.

This is a man's anger, helplessness, and regret after extreme pain.

He thought that it wasn't some kind of hatred that involved killing or exterminating a family, so it wouldn't bring harm to his wife, children, and parents.

He thought that the Grand Canal Gang was just a small sect in a region and not worth making a big fuss about.

But he was wrong!

That one wrong decision of his almost led to the annihilation of his entire family!

"Black Hell!" Cao Jinchang's eyes were filled with tears, his face flushed red with anger, and the veins on his neck and forehead bulged as he practically chewed out these three words.

"puff!"

The next second, Cao Jinchang suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

His bulky body leaned forward and braced itself on the table, but he used so much force that he crushed the table.

Seeing that he was about to fall to the ground, Ji Fengyao quickly stepped forward and grabbed him.

Ji Fengyao's eyes were also slightly red, her anger and hatred surging. She said, "Uncle Cao, please accept my condolences. Only by taking care of your health can you avenge this blood feud!"

The men nearby were shocked when they heard Ji Fengyao's words:

"Uncle Cao?"

"You...could it be that you are...?"

Bai Lu shot her a fierce glare, her eyes bloodshot, and sternly shouted, "Shut up!"

Several men: "..."

Okay, girl, we're already dead, please don't mind us.

"Yes, only by taking care of my health can I avenge this blood feud." Cao Jinchang struggled to sit up from Ji Fengyao's grasp, large tears tinged with blood. "I, Cao Jinchang, swear that even if it costs me my worthless life, I will fight Black Purgatory to the bitter end! Even if I am reborn as a bird or beast after death, I, Cao Jinchang, swear that I will not be human until I have killed every person in Black Purgatory!"

Buzz!

Ji Fengyao felt a faint fluctuation emanating from Cao Jinchang, spreading throughout the universe and merging with the Dao of Heaven.

Although Cao Jinchang is only a first-level Spirit Gathering cultivator, he is still a cultivator.