Translator: CinderTL
The head of the Cui Family wore a bitter expression. He wanted to deny the request, but upon seeing Xu Sanyan's gaze, he swallowed his words and nodded wearily. "I will fetch it for you now."
Xu Sanyan's eyes lit up slightly. The item was indeed still in the Cui Family.
This old man was narrow-minded, and it was clear he wouldn't hand over such an important item to Yang Qizhu.
"Thank you then."
Xu Sanyan was in a good mood. With the token in hand, there was no need to seek out Yang Qizhu anymore.
A moment later, the head of the Cui Family returned with a palm-sized gilded token, his face dark. "This is the token of the upper sect. Please accept it, Young Master Xu."
Just as Xu Sanyan was about to reach for it, a shout came from the distance.
"Father, don't!"
Xu Sanyan turned his head and saw Cui Sheng, the eldest son of the Cui Family.
The head of the Cui Family's expression changed, and he immediately scolded, "Sheng'er, step back!"
"Father!"
Cui Sheng's face was filled with resentment. This token was not only the stepping stone for his own path to immortality but also the key to elevating his family's status. To hand it over so easily was unbearable!
Xu Sanyan took the token and then glanced sideways, a faint smile playing on his lips as he looked at Cui Sheng.
Cui Sheng's face turned red with anger and grief. His fingers clenched into fists so tightly that his sharp nails dug into his palms, drawing drops of blood.
"Do you want it?" Xu Sanyan gently shook the token.
Cui Sheng didn't answer, his eyes burning with endless fury.
He hated his own weakness. The last time Xu Sanyan had caused chaos in the Cui residence, he had beaten his younger brother half to death and crippled his cultivation, while Cui Sheng could only watch helplessly.
Now, it was happening again. Xu Sanyan had swaggered into their home and demanded the most precious possession of the Cui Family, and once again, Cui Sheng could only stand by and watch.
He hated it!
Cui Sheng desperately wanted to gain power. He wanted to protect his family from further humiliation and ensure such things would never happen again.
But at this moment, he wanted nothing more than to kill Xu Sanyan!
Seeing Cui Sheng's furious expression, Xu Sanyan chuckled lightly. "Let me teach you something. Before you have the ability to seek revenge, never reveal your anger. You should really learn more from your father."
Upon hearing this, the head of the Cui Family felt a surge of dread. He turned and knelt on the ground with a thud, tears streaming down his face as he pleaded, "Young Master Xu, my son is ignorant. Please don't hold it against him. I beg you to spare him."
"You're mistaken. Young Master Cui is older than me. How can he be ignorant?" Xu Sanyan let him kneel there.
"This…"
The head of the Cui Family was momentarily speechless, his face flushed with anger as he shouted, "You unfilial son! Hurry and kowtow to Young Master Xu to apologize!"
Cui Sheng's handsome face turned crimson with humiliation. He couldn't understand why the prestigious Cui Family had to endure such disgrace. Why not fight to the death? He refused to believe Xu Sanyan could slaughter the entire Cui Family of nearly a hundred members!
"Kneel! How dare you offend the Celestial Immortal Xu!" The head of the Cui Family roared, revealing that Xu Sanyan had already embarked on the path to immortality.
"Celestial… Celestial Immortal?" Cui Sheng's face changed instantly, his mind thrown into chaos as he almost doubted his own ears.
Had he broken through…?
Under the pressure, Cui Sheng slowly knelt down, his face pale as he said, "I was foolish for a moment. I beg for the Celestial Immortal Xu's forgiveness."
"Hehe…"
Xu Sanyan felt nothing—no satisfaction from bullying others, nor any guilt for oppressing the weak.
The world operates on the principle of survival of the fittest, where the strong prey on the weak. Because Xu Sanyan was powerful, even after he had seized the Cui Family's possessions, they still had to kneel and apologize.
They even had to consider whether he was satisfied.
And because the Cui Family was weak, they could only be at the mercy of others, not daring to voice the slightest complaint.
Xu Sanyan waved his hand, "Get up. Remember what I told you. I want fifty precious medicines by tomorrow. That shouldn't be difficult, right?"
The head of the Cui Family gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words, "Not difficult."
The production of precious medicines was extremely low. Even with the resources of the Cui Family, gathering fifty would require a significant effort and a hefty price.
"Good, I'll come to collect them at this time tomorrow." With that, Xu Sanyan turned and left.
The Cui Family had to be destroyed; the enmity between them was irreconcilable. But it was best not to do it himself; he would find an opportunity to let someone else do the dirty work.
Xu Sanyan never left loose ends.
Cui Sheng quickly stepped forward to help the head of the Cui Family up, his eyes red with anger, "Father, let's go to Uncle Cui Yousheng and ask him to avenge us!"
The head of the Cui Family shook his head, sighing inwardly. The Cui Family didn't have that much influence.
To Cui Yousheng, the Cui Family was already a burden. Not only could they not help, but they were also making enemies for Cui Yousheng everywhere. It was unreasonable in both sentiment and logic.
The head of the Cui Family looked up at the sky with a sense of resignation and slowly said, "Take Hao'er with you tonight and leave the city through the secret tunnel. Never come back, and don't think about revenge. Go directly to the State of Wei and leave a bloodline for our Cui Family."
Cui Sheng was stunned, his voice trembling, "Father... what do you mean?"
"Sigh..."
The head of the Cui Family sighed, "Just in case, go and take the cultivation method with you."
He feared that Xu Sanyan would not let the Cui Family off and could only resort to this desperate measure to ensure the family's bloodline would not end with him.
"Father... what about Second Brother?" Cui Sheng couldn't bear it.
"Jie'er is already crippled. Let him stay with the Cui Family."
"Yes..." Cui Sheng wiped his tears and turned to leave.
...
Xu Sanyan returned home and took out a token from his pocket, examining it carefully. The front of the gilded token was engraved with a mountain shrouded in clouds, and the back bore a large character: "Refine."
"Refine..."
Xu Sanyan pondered silently. What did this character represent?
Refining pills?
Refining corpses?
There was no use in overthinking; he would understand when he got there.
Then, with a thought, he channeled his mystic power into the token. Instantly, a cloud of mist rose and slowly unfolded, transforming into a simple map with a mountain at the end.
Seeing this, Xu Sanyan became interested. According to the map, his current location was in the State of Qi. He would have to pass through two countries and a desert to reach the destination, which was quite a journey.
Putting the token away, he took out the two spirit stones he had obtained from Ma Tianqing.
Now that he possessed mystic power, he should be able to draw out the spiritual energy within the spirit stones.
Holding a spirit stone in each hand, Xu Sanyan sat cross-legged and mobilized his mystic power to envelop the stones.
In an instant, a stream of pure spiritual energy flowed out from the spirit stones, slowly surging into his hands, coursing through his meridians, and finally settling in his dantian.
After a quarter of an hour, Xu Sanyan opened his eyes. The two spirit stones in his hands had lost their luster, turning gray and white. With a slight squeeze, they crumbled into dust.
"Hahaha..."
Xu Sanyan's eyes sparkled with excitement, and he was extremely satisfied. Although the two spirit stones had only a minimal effect on his cultivation progress, it was still better than nothing.
However, the "Vitality" on the panel had undergone a change.
(End of the Chapter)
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