Jiang Wang returned to the courtyard with a sweep of his sword, leaving behind a room filled with debris. However, he had not struck the actual target.
"Jiang, what do you want?" Hu Shaomeng asked angrily, getting closer to Jiang Wang. "You can't kill me, and you can't even find me. How did you manage to drive away Xi Zichu? Do you know how many experts in the Soaring Dragon Realm the Xi family has? When they all come after you, even forming a formation to surround and block you, do you think you can escape? Or do you think the reputation of the Reincarnation House can protect you? Quickly send the Qingyun Sheep back to the Reincarnation House, or escape with it yourself. That's the right thing to do, isn't it?"
"I'll compensate you with a thousand Dao Yuan Stones. Can we settle it that way?" Jiang Wang responded, and once again, his sword energy surged.
Another room was destroyed, but Hu Shaomeng's true form had not yet been revealed.
As the rooms collapsed one by one, Hu You, an old and fat man, remained sitting on the steps, his eyes showing signs of agitation.
"Why don't you leave? Every time I strike, you always appear," Jiang Wang asked.
He could have destroyed the entire courtyard in one go, but he had to consider the connection between Dao Yuan and Qi.
Whether attacking or defending, he remained highly vigilant, always leaving room for multiple bursts of power.
Hu Shaomeng was not weak, and he would not be careless.
"Don't think that just because Hu You is here, you can threaten me. If you want to kill him, go ahead. I don't care!" Hu Shaomeng's illusion stood in front of Jiang Wang, gritting his teeth."Perhaps you don't know, but right before you arrived, I just killed his lover!" Hu Shaomeng said.
This just shows that you do care... Jiang Wang sighed inwardly.
But he couldn't bring himself to hold a sword to an old man's neck and force his son to reveal himself.
He had his "stupid" way.
He had his "stupid" choice.
Once again, Jiang Wang's sword energy surged, but he remained undeterred.
The people outside the courtyard had already fled, leaving behind a few carriages filled with luggage.
One of the carriages seemed to have startled the horse, which began to pull the carriage towards the street.
At that moment, Hu You, who was sitting on the steps, suddenly stretched out his hand, trembling as he pointed towards the carriage outside the courtyard. "There's a small mirror in that carriage. His true form is hiding in the mirror!"
He shouted hoarsely, "Go and kill him! Kill him! Bastard! Pretend I never gave birth to you!"
As soon as he said that, the carriage suddenly accelerated!
The horse pulling the carriage went mad and sprinted away, dragging the reins and a few wooden boards, neighing in the distance.
Jiang Wang's sword light soared.
The sun, moon, and stars traversed the sky.
Jiang Wang exerted all his strength, unleashing the Sword of the Sun, Moon, and Stars.
The sunlight, moonlight, and starlight poured down, bathing everything in their radiance.
As soon as the sword appeared, it had already enveloped everything!
At the same time, the carriage exploded on its own.
Inside the carriage, there was a small bronze mirror.
Oval and delicate, it looked like an ordinary dressing mirror that a young lady would carry when going out.
However, a pair of hands burst out from the bronze mirror. One hand was intact, while the other had all five fingers cut off and simply bandaged.
It was Hu Shaomeng's hand!
Hu Shaomeng leaped out of the mirror.
In order to save himself, he had no choice but to come out and resist.
He stepped on the surging waves, with countless sea snakes swimming in the waves.
One of the signature techniques of the Fishing Sea Tower, the Surging Waves and Swimming Snakes.
It had both grandeur and agility.
The starlight, moonlight, and sunlight poured down in an instant.
The sea snakes shattered, and the waves parted.
The Longing for Love Sword pierced through Hu Shaomeng's body, bringing him back into the carriage and crushing it directly to the ground.
The horse, frightened, ran away, dragging the reins and a few wooden boards, neighing in the distance.
Jiang Wang stood beside Hu Shaomeng, holding the hilt of the Longing for Love Sword, ready to kill him completely.
"Wait!" Hu Shaomeng coughed up blood and shouted.
He had managed to avoid a fatal blow earlier, but now he was at Jiang Wang's mercy. If Jiang Wang unleashed his Dao Yuan, he would have no chance of survival.
With a thought, Jiang Wang directly shattered Hu Shaomeng's Heavenly Palace, completely disabling him.
Without saying a word, Jiang Wang made it clear that he would listen to what Hu Shaomeng had to say, but he wouldn't give him any chance.
With his cultivation disabled, Hu Shaomeng spat out a mouthful of blood.
But he seemed prepared for this, breathing heavily as he said, "Before I die, I have one thing to ask of you."
"I won't agree," Jiang Wang replied.
"I'll make a trade with you! I can't leak the secrets of my sect's techniques, but the secret technique I obtained on my own is not bound by the blood oath. How about the Treasure Light Art? It's something I discovered during an adventure in my early years, and I used it to find the Qingyun Sheep."
"What is it?" Jiang Wang added, "I've already promised someone else your head, so I can't spare your life."
"Zhu Biqiong? That stupid woman, and her sister..." Hu Shaomeng stopped halfway through his curse, not bothering to waste his breath on them. He continued, "I don't want to live. What's the point of being alive when I've lost my cultivation? But I have a gift for my father... Can you spare him?"
"I didn't plan on killing him."
People often say that when cutting grass, one must remove the roots, and that misfortune does not befall one's family.
In the end, it was just each person finding their own reasons and support for their actions. There was no absolute right or wrong.
For Jiang Wang, he truly had no intention of killing Hu You.Without such a degree of hatred, he didn't care about the possible revenge from the other party.
An old man half-buried in the ground, devoid of talent and time. Killing him wouldn't bring a shred of peace, and sparing him wouldn't cause any additional tension.
He simply acted according to his heart.
"This is even better." Hu Shaomeng gasped for breath, continuing, "I have a Shadow Stone in my arms. After I die, show it to him... show it to him. Will you do this one thing in exchange?"
It was a trivial matter.
Jiang Wang didn't know the value of the Treasure Light Decision yet, but judging from Tianqing Yangyang, it wouldn't be too bad.
"I agree."
"You are... a man of your word. I believe what you say."
Hu Shaomeng managed to recite the Treasure Light Decision, then looked at Jiang Wang and gave that strange smile again, "Kill me. Then, show it to him."
In the end, he turned his gaze back to the sky.
It seemed he saw many familiar and unfamiliar faces.
There was Zhu Suyao, whom he had abandoned; his fellow disciples whom he had betrayed for treasure; the innocents he had silenced. Some had deep affection for him, some harbored ill intentions towards him. He had been genuinely loved, and genuinely hated...
Finally, there were two figures standing hand in hand inside the door in the heavy snow.
A man and a woman.
One was his father, the other his mother.
"You... all seem to hate me a lot..."
He murmured this, laughing.
He felt a sharp sword aura piercing his heart.
Joyful text.