Xie Aotian vanished from the courtyard in a flash and sat down in the main seat in the hall in the blink of an eye.
The bride, who had been terrified and was kneeling on the ground, looked up and saw Xie Aotian's handsome face with its chiseled features.
Sharp eyes, a captivatingly wicked aura, and an overwhelming presence.
My heart was instantly captivated.
Her initial fear dissipated, her face flushed slightly, revealing a hint of girlish charm.
Xie Aotian crossed his legs, picked up the teacup on the table with his right hand, and casually played with it.
Looking at the crowd in the hall and courtyard, who dared not even breathe, he said, "Today, the Xie family is cleaning house. All those who are not involved, please leave immediately."
Before the words were even finished, everyone who had been standing or sitting in the hall took out their flying magical artifacts and left as quickly as possible.
A moment later, only a few elders of the Xie family and some members of the Xie family remained in the hall.
Everyone stood aside, trembling with fear.
The once majestic and powerful head of the Xie family lay motionless on the cold ground in the courtyard, his eyes wide with fury.
Not a single person dared to step forward and help him.
Xie Aotian leaned back lazily in the main seat and said casually, "From now on, I will be the new head of the Xie family."
"Anyone who disobeys will be executed!"
"Did you all understand?"
Everyone lowered their heads, not daring to make a sound; the hall was eerily quiet.
A moment later, an elder walked out shakily, knelt down and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Patriarch."
With him taking the lead, the others knelt down on the spot, bowed to Xie Aotian who was sitting in the main seat, and shouted loudly, "Greetings, Patriarch."
Upon seeing this scene, Xie Zhenping was overcome with rage and coughed up blood, then fainted.
Xie Aotian chuckled, his fingers twitching slightly as he channeled spiritual energy into Xie Zhenping's dantian, enveloping a spirit-devouring worm.
He obtained the Soul-Devouring Insect by chance when he was in the Demon Realm.
At that time, he accidentally fell into the cave of a demon cultivator in the demon realm, and the cave was empty.
Except for a black wooden box that had been sealed with several restrictions.
Xie Aotian had to put in a lot of effort to open the box.
The box contained hundreds of top-grade spirit stones.
Top-grade spirit stones are rare treasures in the cultivation world.
However, what shocked him was not these top-grade spirit stones.
Instead, it is the Spirit-Devouring Insect, a creature that is about to awaken within the pile of top-grade spirit stones and is feared and avoided by countless cultivators.
A legendary, extinct insect.
Once this kind of spirit insect enters a cultivator's dantian, it will drain all of the cultivator's cultivation within three days.
It is recognized by all righteous cultivators in the entire cultivation world as one of the demonic insects.
Cultivators who possess this demonic insect are all considered demonic cultivators.
They were not tolerated by righteous cultivators.
Once discovered, they will surely be attacked by all.
Xie Aotian didn't care about the identity of the Spirit Devouring Insect Demon and the trouble it might bring. He made a contract with it without hesitation and fed it with his essence blood every day to deepen their connection.
For Xie Aotian, whether it's a cultivation technique or a spirit beast, whether it's righteous or evil, as long as it can be used by him, what does it matter if it's evil or demonic?
Good and evil are never found in external things; they depend entirely on how the person using them acts.
In the cultivation world, he had seen plenty of hypocrites who appeared virtuous but were actually righteous. In his opinion, hypocrites were not even as good as evil demonic cultivators.
At least, those demonic cultivators, though evil, are evil in a righteous and open way.
Isn't that much better than those hypocrites who smile while hiding a knife and stab someone in the back?
Moreover, he is not afraid of any so-called backlash.
As long as you are strong enough, what does it matter if there is a backlash? Just eliminate or abandon it in its nascent stage. What is there to fear?
Xie Aotian looked at Xie Zhenping in the courtyard, whose spiritual energy was being absorbed and whose cultivation was beginning to decline. He then pointed to a junior disciple by the door and said, "You, take that old man on the ground back to his own room."
The young disciple of the Xie family who had been chosen immediately bowed and withdrew.
They helped Xie Zhenping, who was unconscious and breathing heavily in the courtyard, to his feet and took him back to the cultivation room in the main courtyard.
Xie Aotian's gaze swept over the Xie family members in the hall and courtyard.
He laughed and said, "Hahaha, everyone, don't worry. As long as you obey my orders, I, Xie Aotian, will not treat you unfairly. You may all step down."
The group bowed and thanked them again before departing.
Only Li Feifei, dressed in a red wedding gown, stood in the hall, and Xie Tianyi, who lay on the ground vomiting blood and unconscious, remained.
Xie Aotian lazily lifted his eyelids, glancing at Li Feifei, who looked shy, and Xie Tianyi, who was lying on the ground with a weak breath.
Seeing that Li Feifei had no intention of helping Xie Tianyi up from beginning to end, and didn't even glance at him, he couldn't help but sneer inwardly.
He originally looked down on this kind of cold-blooded, ruthless, and selfish woman.
However, upon further reflection, this woman was the apple of Xie Tianyi's eye, the one who had once humiliated him, the one he had married through proper channels and wanted to spend his life with. Suddenly, he became somewhat interested again.
Xie Aotian tapped his chin with his finger, a wicked smile playing on his lips.
A deep, pleasant voice, with a hint of seduction, lazily asked Li Feifei, "What... is your name?"
Upon hearing this, Li Feifei looked up at Xie Aotian, her heart pounding with excitement, and said shyly, "I...I'm called Li Feifei."
Xie Aotian said casually, "Oh... I heard that Xie Tianyi likes you very much."
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