"Nothing is left. It is completely reduced to ashes."

This is the conclusion Zhou Qing and his team came to after exploring the Sanxianxia Tiankeng.

The head of the Zhang family in Hanyuan County, a master of the true blood refining, completely disappeared from this world.

No one sympathized with him about this.

Zhou Qing put down the snail in his hand, feeling a little regretful. Zhang Xinkong’s space ring was also destroyed in his self-explosion.

The tragic loss of a True Blood Venerable’s wealth.

But there is no way around it. The more skilled the opponent is, the harder it is to capture him alive.

If one wants to obtain Zhang Xinkong's space ring, one must subdue him instantly, which requires overwhelming strength.

If Zhang Xinkong was given a little room, no one would be able to stop him from self-destructing and destroying everything.

Zhou Qing and his eight companions were able to kill Zhang Xinkong, but it was impossible to stop him from self-destructing.

However, not getting Zhang Xinkong's space ring was just a small problem. The wealth of a Venerable was nothing to Zhou Qing, so it was just a slight pity.

Zhang Xinkong’s death is the most important thing to him.

After carefully searching every part of the giant pit, Zhou Qing came to Han Tielin who was regulating his breathing and asked with concern: "Master Han, are you okay?"

Han Tielin bore the brunt of Zhang Xinkong's self-explosion head-on. Fortunately, the Three Spirits Formation blocked most of the power of the self-explosion for him. Otherwise, there was a great possibility that he would be dragged to death by Zhang Xinkong.

Self-destruction can be said to be a practitioner's last resort, and it is extremely powerful.

But even so, Han Tie was seriously injured again. After the battle, he didn't say a word and immediately started taking medicine and regulating his breathing. It can be seen that his condition is critical.

At this time, although its breath was still extremely weak, it had finally stabilized.

Han Tielin opened his eyes, felt his own condition, and said with a wry smile: "I just recovered not long ago, and now I am injured again. I don't know how long it will take to recover this time."

Without an enemy like Zhang Xinkong to deal with urgently, Han Tielin would have to recuperate slowly, and at most take some normal healing pills.

It would be impossible to directly use the Han family's savings like last time.

"But fortunately, we have finally eradicated this scourge of Zhang Xinkong."

Zhou Qing smiled and said, "Yes, we have eliminated a threat to Hanyuan County and the human race."

Every year, the Zhang family would provide 12,000 people to the barbarians. Destroying the Zhang family would be equivalent to saving a five-digit number of human beings in disguise.

Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. How many pagodas are there?

“Don’t worry, Patriarch Han. When I return to Xuandu Temple, I will find you a true blood healing pill. It will not affect your future cultivation.”

"When the time comes, you can ask Miss Han to go back to Xuandu Temple with me. After you get the elixir, I will ask Miss Han to deliver it to you."

Han Tielin showed a look of joy and said quickly:

"Han is shameless, so I won't refuse. But how dare I let Mr. Zhou spend money? The Han family has accumulated a lot of medicinal materials. Mr. Zhou is welcome to use them."

True Blood Pills are also very precious to the Han family. They are usually difficult to obtain. They are the kind that can be treasured as a heritage and passed down from generation to generation. They will not be used unless it is an emergency.

Zhou Qing shook his head, "Master Han, you're welcome."

He would not ask Luo Liuli for pills directly, but he had a lot of medicinal herbs on him and could give Luo Liuli enough to refine them.

Han Tielin almost died in Zhang Xinkong's self-explosion because of his matter, so it was only natural for him to get a healing pill for him.

After all, from today on, the Han family is our family.

At this time, the Han family's holy monk who was proficient in formations came to Zhou Qing and handed him three tattered formation flags.

"Mr. Zhou, this formation..."

He was about to say something but stopped himself. Zhou Qing looked at the Three Spirits Formation Flag and shook his head.

The damage is so severe that it is beyond the range of natural repair. If you want to continue using it, you must find a formation master to repair it.

This was what he expected.

After all, the Three Spirits Formation was forcibly broken and also endured the power of Zhang Xinkong's self-explosion, so it is normal to have damage.

As long as it's not completely destroyed.

"It's okay. Although it is damaged, I can still ask you to repair it after I return to Xuandu Temple."

There must be someone in Xuandu Temple who can repair the Three Spirits Formation, so there is no need to worry about that.

After it is repaired, you can continue to use it.

Han Tielin asked: "Mr. Zhou, what should we do next?"

Zhou Qing turned his head and looked towards the direction of Hanyuan City, his eyes flashing coldly.

"Zhang Xinkong is dead, so there is no reason for the Zhang family to continue to get away with it."

"Return to Hanyuan City and destroy the Zhang family."

The Aurora flying boat soared into the sky and flew towards Hanyuan City.

From the soul-searching of Zhang Xinli and others, we can know that Zhang Xinkong was not the only one in the Zhang family who was involved in and knew about the selling of people to the barbarians.

At least the high-level people in the Manifestation of Sainthood and Marrow Cleansing Realm all know about it. As for those lower down, some people may also be involved in this.

This family cannot be let go.

However, given Han Tielin's current situation, he has no way to take action against the Zhang family.

But it doesn’t matter. Without Zhang Xinkong, the remaining masters of the Zhang family are just fish on the chopping board to Zhou Qing.

Under the wonderful tree, everyone will be killed.

At this time, the Zhang family was in panic.

The death of Zhang Xinkong has been known to the Zhang family.

At the place where the Zhang family placed the soul lamp, there were guards there for twelve hours to observe the life and death of the clan members at any time.

The death of Zhang Xinkong was immediately reported to other senior members of the Zhang family.

This news is shocking, unbelievable, and makes people feel like they are falling into an icy cave.

"Impossible, this is impossible. The Patriarch is a master of the True Blood Refining Level 1. Who in Hanyuan County can kill the Patriarch?"

"Why is the head of the family not in the clan? Where did he go?"

Some people didn't know about the death of Zhang Xinli and others, so the others quickly explained it to them.

"Xinli and the others died? The head of the family went to investigate the situation, and then died as well?"

A member of the Zhang family who had achieved perfect sainthood suddenly felt dark before his eyes and it felt as if the sky had fallen down.

"This is definitely a trap, a trap set specifically for the owner of the house!"

"Who wants to destroy my Zhang family?!"

"Could it be the barbarians who did it? They no longer need to cooperate with us, so they just took action directly. They want to eliminate the hidden dangers. Only they have the strength to do so."

As soon as this speculation came out, it was immediately recognized by many people.

It is precisely because they cooperate with the barbarians that they know more about the character of this tribe.

He is brutal and rude, and doesn't treat people as human beings at all.

The most important thing is that, after much thought, only the barbarians have the ability to do these things.

"No matter who is in the dark, the most important thing now is what should we do next?"

"Leave Hanyuan City!"

A man with a feminine appearance said decisively: "The head of the family and Elder Xinli are all dead. Everything my Zhang family does is at risk of being exposed."

"Once those things are exposed, the entire Hanzhou will not be able to accommodate us."

"Pack up and leave immediately. We will each lead a group of people and go in different directions!"

This feminine man had great authority. Once his decision was made, the others nodded in agreement and then dispersed to collect their treasures and gather their clansmen.

They couldn't give up what the Zhang family had accumulated over the years, and they couldn't give up all the members of the Zhang family.

There is no way around it.

If they don't want anything, then after they leave here, what are they? Just wandering ghosts.

Besides, it’s not like the enemy has already reached the door and we have to flee in panic. We don’t even know who the enemy is now, and it’s hard to say whether anything will happen to the Zhang family. It’s impossible for us to be scared and give up everything.

Now that they have decided to disperse in the near future, the Zhang family feels that they have made the most prudent choice.

But what the Zhang family didn’t know was that, not to mention that they had to pack up their treasures and gather their clansmen, even if they left immediately, they couldn’t leave.

The area around the Zhang family's land was filled with people from the Han family, waiting everywhere.

Zhou Qing naturally did not forget that after ambushing and killing Zhang Xinkong, this news would be known to the Zhang family.

He also guessed that some members of the Zhang family might choose to escape immediately, so he and Han Tielin had already discussed a response plan yesterday.

After they killed Zhang Xinkong, they immediately informed Han Shanshan that the snail Zhou Qing had just attacked was aimed at her.

At this time, Han Shanshan had probably already dispatched some of the Han family's masters to guard the various exits of the Zhang family.

Zhou Qing also told Han Shanshan the location of the exit of the secret passage, including the one that Zhang Xinkong once used to meet the barbarians.

On the way back to Hanyuan City, Zhou Qing had been communicating with Han Shanshan through Snail, asking about the situation over there.

There was indeed some movement in the Zhang family. Those members of the Zhang family who were doing business in various places in Hanyuan City hurried back to the Zhang family during this period of time.

Han Tielin judged: "The Zhang family should want to leave Hanyuan City, but it seems that they need some time to prepare."

Zhou Qing smiled and said, "We need to prepare. It's better to have more time to prepare."

The Aurora flying boat entered Hanyuan City. Han Tielin returned to the Han family, sat in the center, and dispatched the Han family masters.

The six Han family cultivators followed Zhou Qing and assisted him in his actions.

Zhou Qing was in spirit state at the moment, and he went straight to the main gate of Zhang's house.

The guards were still performing their duties conscientiously, and there was no sign of panic on their faces.

Yes, it is impossible for the news of Zhang Xinkong's death to be notified to even a few security guards. Ignorance is bliss.

Since the top leaders of the Zhang family have decided to leave Hanyuan City, it is destined that some of them will be abandoned.

"Stop, this is Zhang..."

Before the guard could finish his words, Zhou Qing waved his hand and took out his identity card from the inner sect of Xuandu.

"You dare to stop a disciple of Xuandu Temple?"

Several guards were startled and subconsciously made way.

"boom!"

An explosion sounded, the Zhang family's door exploded, and Zhou Qing rushed directly in.

At the same time, the guards immediately fell to the ground and were subdued by Zhou Qing in an instant.

Several members of the Han family rushed out of the crowd and dragged them away.

Such a violent movement immediately attracted the attention of others. After seeing Zhou Qing's actions, they were suddenly shocked.

"Who is that person? How dare he break into Zhang's house?"

"I seem to hear the disciples of Xuandu Temple..."

"What?!!"

Zhou Qing's mental power expanded wantonly, accurately sensing the masters at the Saintly Cleansing Marrow Realm in the Zhang family's territory.

His recklessness naturally attracted attention.

"Who dares to come to the Zhang family and act so unruly!"

"court death!"

Angry shouts rang out, and some people rushed straight towards Zhou Qing, but some masters were horrified and, thinking of Zhang Xinkong's death, immediately turned around and left.

The head of the family just died, and someone came to the door directly? There must be something wrong!

The Tiandi Haoran Sword and the Jade Talisman appeared as fast as lightning and went straight for the masters he sensed.

The divine power was so overwhelming that the targeted Zhang family leaders were terrified beyond words.

He is obviously just a day-traveling monk, how can his strength be so terrifying? As a divine weapon, the purple jade talisman is naturally not only an amplifier of the heavenly thunder and earthly fire seal.

That is just one of its abilities. It itself is also a weapon of destruction that is even more terrifying than the Heaven and Earth Haoran Sword!

When facing normal enemies, the power of thunder, lightning and fire is of course more destructive and destructive than the righteous energy.

Other Yin Shen Zunzhe, with one or two divine materials and some auxiliary materials, can refine a most common divine weapon.

Zhou Qing’s natal magic weapon can be described as “Taotie”, a weapon that has advanced after swallowing countless divine materials.

There is a reason for the high consumption.

The main body of the wonderful tree is an advanced artifact, and the auxiliary instruments that grow from it are all artifacts as well, without any flaws.

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Such a special natal magic weapon will certainly have a big appetite.

The two artifacts unleashed their divine power, continuously causing killings and taking the lives of enemies from a distance.

This is the advantage that cultivators have over warriors.

And how could an ordinary cultivator at the stage of Holy Manifestation and Marrow Cleansing possibly resist Zhou Qing's innate divine weapon, which could kill people like chopping melons and vegetables.

It looks like a person in the late stage of the Sun Tour is controlling the artifact, but with the foundation of Zhou Qing's soul, it is comparable to a normal saintly realm.

How could these people who were at the same level as him possibly stop him?

Unless they also possess divine weapons or real weapons, they will be qualified to resist.

But it's just a qualification.

Miao Shu can exert its full power in Zhou Qing's hands, can their artifacts/real artifacts? Of course not!

After the physical death of the Zhang family’s senior leaders, their souls were directly suppressed by the two divine artifacts.

Zhou Qing himself was not idle either. He went directly to another direction and personally harvested some lives and souls.

"Asshole! I want you dead!"

At this time, a roar resounded throughout the Zhang family, and then some places in the Zhang family lit up, and many runes shone.

A high-ranking member of the Zhang family activated the Zhang family's magic circle to kill Zhou Qing, the murderer.

Zhou Qing found the right position and ran straight towards the person who made the sound. At the same time, a huge force surged and pressed directly towards him.

There is pressure from all directions between heaven and earth.

The Zhang family's formation is quite good.

"boom!"

It was like falling meteorites, bombarding Zhou Qing fiercely, one after another, continuously.

But what they saw was that at the place where the endless meteors fell, a ray of divine light shone brightly, never extinguished, and was moving quickly towards the center of the formation.

Zhou Qing was still fierce in the formation! He saw a wonderful tree above his head, with divine light falling, protecting him and blocking all attacks.

There were also magical talismans flashing around him, taking effect.

It plays a role of defense, force unloading, or transfer.

These are the talismans dropped from the fairy tree. Although their functions are relatively conventional, they are really useful.

The Heaven and Earth Haoran Sword and the Purple-Red Jade Talisman are already unstoppable and powerful, not to mention their mother, the Miao Tree itself.

Zhou Qing’s natal magic weapon has always been the wonderful tree!

If the power of the sword and the talisman is equivalent to that of a normal innate magical weapon, then the wonderful tree itself is even more powerful.

Of course, this is also because the Zhang family’s protective formation is not fully powerful at the moment.

He suddenly broke in, and then used his magical weapon to kill everyone, taking the lives of many of the Zhang family's Xiansheng Xisui realm masters, catching the Zhang family's top leaders off guard.

Now that the formation has been set up in a hurry, its power cannot be fully displayed.

The Zhang family's protective formation is not the Yin God formation, but a clever way of arranging several combined formations of the Manifestation of Saint level, which makes the formation more powerful.

But compared with the real god-level clan protection formation, there is still a big gap.

In the world of cultivation skills, most people practice elixirs, instruments, and talismans, while the least are those who practice formations, and they are very scarce.

Among all kinds of formations, the sect protection formation is one of the most difficult types to set up, and it cannot be completed by one person alone.

The Zhang family originated from Hengchuan County, and they did not have the financial resources to hire someone to set up a truly god-level formation to protect the family.

Moreover, this kind of combined formation is not as smooth and easy to control as a single formation.

It requires several experts to be at the center of the formation at the same time and work together to fully unleash the power of the formation.

Zhou Qing suddenly rushed in and started killing people indiscriminately, leaving several key points of the Zhang family's joint formation empty.

The most important thing is that the person in charge of the main formation is not good enough.

If a True Blood Venerable was in charge of the formation, Zhou Qing would be killed instantly, but the person in charge of the formation at the moment was probably only in the late stage of Manifestation of Sainthood.

The formation was not inherently good, the preparations were not sufficient, the various formations did not fully coordinate, and the master of the formation was not strong enough, so Zhou Qing was still able to prevail in such a large formation to protect the clan, relying on the wonderful tree itself and various treasures.

To outsiders, this seems quite terrifying.

But Zhou Qing could also keenly feel that the power of the Zhang family's formation was gradually increasing. Others had reached another center of the formation and were cooperating with the others to gradually unleash the power of the formation.

The Zhang family's masters must be eliminated before this formation can fully exert its power! Zhou Qing had a clear understanding in his mind. Even if it was a youth version of the clan protection formation, if it exerted its ultimate power, it would be difficult for him to resist.

At this time, a continuous roar suddenly broke out outside the Zhang family, and a large number of masters were attacking the Zhang family's magic formation.

It was the Han family’s masters who came to support.

The appearance of these people also shared a lot of the power of the formation, allowing Zhou Qing to charge faster.

He found a master of the formation, a warrior who had undergone the ultimate marrow cleansing, with a feminine face and murderous eyes.

Zhou Qing recognized this man, Zhang Bo, the Zhang family's warrior with the greatest hope of being promoted to the true blood realm.

Unfortunately, after today, there is no hope.

"Who are you?"

Zhang Bo's eyes were extremely fierce.

"God is watching what we do. Do you think what the Zhang family did was really perfect?"

The wonderful tree glowed, and endless sword energy shot out violently. Zhou Qing pinched the seal at the same time, and the chaotic fire dragon roared to the sky and the earth.

"boom!"

There were endless roars and endless brilliant sounds. The buildings nearby were destroyed in an instant, leaving no residue.

Zhang Bo was protected by the power of the formation, but Zhou Qing was too powerful for the Xiansheng Realm to withstand. Under the continuous attacks, the formation barrier made a sound of being overwhelmed, then deformed, cracks appeared, and finally shattered.

Zhang Bo, who had undergone the ultimate marrow cleansing, was directly swallowed up by the sword energy and the fire dragon, leaving only his dying soul to be suppressed by Zhou Qing.

The Chaos Fire Dragon raged, completely destroying the formation here.

A single move affects the entire Zhang family's protective formation.

Zhou Qing did not stop and continued to rush towards the next formation.

At this moment, his pressure was relieved again. The center of the formation was damaged, and the Han family masters continued to attack the formation.

This formation is no longer effective.

"Who dares to commit murder in Hanyuan City!"

Suddenly, an angry roar was heard, and then a terrifying aura swept across, shocking everyone.

A Yinshen Venerable has arrived.

"Han family, what do you want to do? Stop it immediately!"

Another shout was heard, it was majestic and terrifying, it was also from a Venerable level figure, but he was at the True Blood realm.

The ghost and god department of Hanyuan County and the Dingwu department were both in charge.

Zhou Qing killed another master arrayer and destroyed the core array pattern of this array. Then he soared into the sky, facing the two officers, and said loudly:

"This is a mission carried out by the disciples of Xuandu Temple. The Zhang family colluded with the barbarians. This is an unforgivable crime!"

Both of them immediately locked eyes with him, staring at Zhou Qing.

The chief officer of Dingwu Division had an indifferent expression and cold eyes.

After hearing Zhou Qing's explanation, the Director of the Department of Ghosts and Gods' expression eased slightly, but he also frowned.

"Are you Zhou Qing?"

"Captain Su, your disciple is Zhou Qing!"

Because Hanzhou is the headquarters of the Ghost and God Department, and the general strength of the cultivation community in Hanzhou is also very strong, the Ghost and God Departments in various counties of this state are all managed by elders directly sent by Xuandu Temple, and they are all in the Yin God Realm.

The situation is different from other states.

After all, even if you send a few people in the realm of manifestation of saints to serve as the governors of various counties, they will not be able to shock forces like the Han and Zhang families.

When Zhou Qing came to Hanyuan County, he would naturally understand the situation here in advance. No matter who it was, he knew.

"So he is a disciple of Xuandu Temple. The Zhang family is colluding with the barbarians. Do you have any evidence?"

The Dingwu Division Chief asked, "Besides, you could have let the two divisions handle the Zhang family's collusion with the barbarians. Why did you do this?"

A person rushed into the Zhang family, against the Zhang family's large formation, and killed all the high-level people in the Zhang family who were in the realm of saintly cleansing. This was too horrifying and seriously damaged the majesty of Da Qi.

"Master Du, Xuandu Temple will give an explanation for the inside story once the dust settles."

Zhou Qing said expressionlessly: "Now I still have to kill the criminals of the Zhang family, so I won't accompany you any more."

It is certain that the Dingwu Division Chief had opinions about his behavior. After all, such behavior was very destructive to stability and unity.

But Zhou Qing didn't have the time nor the intention to explain it to him properly here.

He has already decided how to deal with the Zhang family, and even if this manager has objections, he will not pay any attention.

Manager Du was filled with rage, but in the end he could not attack Zhou Qing.

The disciples of Xuandu Temple dealt with the family that colluded with the barbarians. Could he stop it? He couldn't.

If Zhou Qing was just a casual cultivator at this time, then even if he really had evidence that the Zhang family was colluding with the barbarians, Du Duguan would dare to take him down directly.

You said there is evidence? It's funny. If you do this kind of thing in my jurisdiction, I don't care if you have evidence or not. I will just kill you.

If it is confirmed later that the Zhang family is really colluding with the barbarians, then the credit will be mine, and you are the barbarian envoy, here to silence the Zhang family!

But because of Zhou Qingxuan's identity as a disciple, he can't do anything now.

After confirming Zhou Qing's identity, Manager Su said nothing and just watched.

The key points of the formation were broken one after another, and the Zhang family's formation was completely broken.

Without the formation, those masters of the Zhang family were like sheep in front of Zhou Qing.

In the end, all the high-ranking members of the Zhang family who had reached the level of saintly cleansing were killed, and their souls were suppressed by Zhou Qing.

As for the Zhang family members below the two realms, Zhou Qing did not kill them intentionally, and it was impossible for him to really wipe out the entire Zhang family by himself.

If they don't appear in front of him, he will ignore them. If they appear, he will subdue them directly and make them unable to resist.

His main purpose was to kill those who knew about and participated in selling people to the barbarians. As for the rest of the Zhang family, other people would naturally take over the interrogation and punishment later.

In the end, the Zhang family had become a ruined family.

Zhou Qing stood in a courtyard, filled with murderous intent, and let out a long breath.

it's over.

(End of this chapter)