"Even the abbot of the Great Formless Temple praised my strength as rock-solid. How... how did you manage to break through my Formless Dharma Body?"
"It's simple, just break through the realm." Ye Xingchen said leisurely, "When I slaughtered Jinluo City, I broke through four realms in succession to enter the half-saint realm, and launched a great calamity to destroy the city."
"Although I suffered a backlash back then, I have recovered now. Even if I can't break through four realms to become a saint like I did that day, I can easily break through to a realm on par with you and then defeat you."
“So that’s how it is…” Ru Hai nodded slowly, and said with a wry smile, “As a monk, one really cannot speak falsehoods.”
"I just said I wouldn't fight back, but because I was afraid of losing, I fought back anyway. Buddha is watching what I said from heaven."
“Indeed, one shouldn’t speak carelessly.” Ye Xingchen nodded solemnly. “Old monk, if you have nothing to say, I’ll see you off.”
"I have one more question." Knowing he couldn't escape this predicament, Ru Hai raised his head and said coldly, "What grudge do you have against my Great Wuxiang Temple?"
"There's no real grudge between us, but because of the connection between the Great Wuxiang Temple and the royal family, they also have some secrets that I need to deal with," Ye Xingchen said. "So this battle between us is off."
"Hehe, young man, I advise you to give up." Ru Hai laughed: "There are five monks of the Ru generation in Da Wu Xiang Temple. I became a monk halfway through my life, and because of the appreciation of my senior brother Ru Chen, I was specially granted the title of Ru generation."
"Even if I die, they still have four Celestial Phenomena. How could you possibly shake them alone?"
"Then let's give it a try. Jinluo City also had three top celestial experts that day." Ye Xingchen smiled slightly. "But anyway, thank you for the reminder."
"Good, good...the younger generation is truly formidable." Ru Hai sighed softly, put his hands together, sat down cross-legged, and began chanting scriptures. After a moment, a glimmer of light rose from his body.
As the first glimmer of light appeared, countless luminescent lights rose from his body, and his body began to slowly dissipate in that instant.
"Third Uncle... Third Uncle!" Xu Ping roared as he stepped forward, trying to grab the radiant light, but the light slipped through his fingers, floated in mid-air, and then disappeared after a moment.
The countless fluorescent lights disappeared into the world like fireflies, signifying that Ru Hai's last trace in this world had vanished, and from then on, there was no longer a person named Ru Hai in this world.
“Third Uncle…” Xu Ping knelt on the ground, his expression filled with grief and indignation. He respectfully kowtowed three times to the air before collapsing to the ground.
The Xu family is completely finished. Well, that's fine. He was already a figurehead as the acting head of the family, and he was exhausted. Now that the Xu family is gone, he's free. He can do whatever he wants from now on, since no one will stop him.
"Should I kill you, or spare your life?" Ye Xingchen glanced at Xu Ping.
"If you're going to kill me, just do it. No need for all this nonsense." Xu Ping closed his eyes; he was ready to die.
“I have no grudges against you, nor any conflict of interest. Although killing someone is as easy as wiping away a finger, there is still a blood feud hanging over my head.” Ye Xingchen sighed and waved his hand, saying, “Forget it, you can go.”
"You're willing to let me go?" Xu Ping was taken aback. He looked up at Ye Xingchen with a puzzled expression.
"That's strange?" Ye Xingchen laughed. "I told you, there's no conflict of interest between us, and I don't want to cause any more bloodshed for myself, so you can leave."
“I am a member of the Xu family. You killed my fourth elder and my third uncle. Aren’t you afraid that I will come back to seek revenge?” Xu Ping looked up at Ye Xingchen with great confusion.
"With your mediocre talent, you wouldn't reach my current level even in a hundred years. Why would I be afraid of you seeking revenge?" Ye Xingchen glanced at him. "Besides, he's not your biological father. Why would you waste your time seeking revenge for him?"
Xu Ping remained tense and silent. Indeed, he and Ru Hai were uncle and nephew, but their relationship hadn't reached the point where they would fight to the death with a powerful Celestial Realm expert just to avenge Ru Hai.
Besides, Ru Hai had framed his own father to become the head of the family, and he had been under Ru Hai's control for years, so he had had enough.
“But I am a member of the Xu family. Shouldn’t people like you exterminate your enemies?” Xu Ping looked at Ye Xingchen with a deep gaze.
"Ha, maybe. In your eyes, people like us are the law of the jungle, and we see all living beings as ants." Ye Xingchen smiled. "But unfortunately, I am not that kind of person, or rather, I don't want to kill anymore."
“Okay, okay…” Xu Ping nodded. He glanced at the place where Ru Hai had disappeared. Now, only a monk’s robe remained in the place, and Ru Hai’s physical body had completely vanished.
"My third uncle didn't even leave behind any relics?" Xu Ping sighed.
“Relics are things only high-ranking monks possess. Your third uncle, forget about it.” Ye Xingchen shook his head: “If your heart isn’t devoted to Buddhism, how could you possibly have relics left behind?”
Xu Ping sighed. Yes, although his third uncle had converted to Buddhism, he couldn't sever the grudges and grievances of the Xu family in his heart. As for being a highly accomplished monk, he was still lacking. How could he possibly have left behind any relics?
But things had already reached a point of no return, so he decided to leave it at that. He stepped forward and picked up the monk's robe that had been left on the ground.
Since Ru Hai's physical body was no longer there, only this monk's robe could be used as a cenotaph. The Xu family was disbanded on the spot, and from then on, there was no longer a Xu family, a martial arts family, in Jinling.
Although he had been looking forward to this day, when it finally arrived, Xu Ping felt a sense of desolation. The Xu family, a century-old martial arts family, had fallen to this state, which was undeniably a tragedy.
"Xu Jinhai is dead?" Liang Chenghu was almost dumbfounded in the secret room.
He slowly put down the cup in his hand, his gaze becoming complicated.
"Yes, Second Master, Ye Xingchen stormed the Xu family's Jubei Manor. In the ensuing battle, most of Jubei Manor was destroyed, Xu Jinhai was defeated and died, and the Xu family was disbanded. From then on, there was no longer a martial arts family named Xu." Shui Xin sighed and said.
"Good, good, good." Liang Chenghu laughed, clapping his hands and saying "good" three times in a row: "Ye Xingchen is really strong, so strong that it's unbelievable. But you surnamed Ye, do you really think the Xu family is just a simple martial arts family?"
"Ruhai is one of the five great monks of the Great Wuxiang Temple. By killing Ruhai, you've gone against the Great Wuxiang Temple. You're very powerful, really very powerful, haha..."
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