Chapter 59: Destruction of the Zheng Clan

“Haaa~, most young geniuses, and patriarchs left the city to search the Divine Treasure. Do you think they will find it?” said a guy with beard. “Idiot, how can it be so easy? Do you think only experts from our city went to find the treasure?” protested another guy. “But still, I can’t imagine the Zheng Clan to miss this chance—” said another middle-aged guy, he looked someone with high wisdom and experience.

“Brother Pu, please don’t be so loud. You are disturbing others. Even if you are our regular customer, I can’t serve you if you do that,” a woman on her mid-twenties interrupted their heated discussion.

“Hahaha, it can’t be helped if it’s you, sister Fei.” the guys lowered their voices as they laughed embarrassedly.

“I’m telling you, Young Master Zheng Wei is the best on the bed. He was so good that I feel dizzy just by even remembering it.” stated a girl. “You exaggerate too much. If you even knew how Young Master Yimu Feng was at night, you would orgasm by remembering it. While he looks calm and generous at day, he is equally demanding and ferocious like a beast at night.” said another girl with a flushed cheek. “No way, that kind Young Master Yimo?! Even though Wuying Jun becomes so meek at night...” disbelief written on the face of the third girl.

Shen and Kaidi drank a mouthful of fish soup as they overheard various people gossiping about the city inside the restaurant. Obviously, it was not possible for anyone. Combined with his sensitive hearing, he had to strain his ears.

Kaidi smirked, “They says, ‘he is demanding and ferocious like a beast,’ are all men like that, at night,” she looked amused.

“Whether it's true or not, I don’t know, but I believe we can find it if we give it go. So, you are interested?” Shen gave her a look of provocation.

Kaidi’s cheek turned beet-red, she wished a hole to appear so that she could hide in it. Who told her to ask him such a question?

What could she do other than biting her lips, “Then, what are you planning now?”

Shen was stunned at Kaidi’s beauty. The red shade on her healthy white skin was beyond perfection, and when she bit her lips. Shen felt a strong desire to kiss her. He wanted to be the one to bite her lips, rather than herself! It was only thanks to his willpower that let him stay seated.

“Honestly, I didn’t hope to be Zheng Clan’s patriarch and grand elder to remain—”

“Hmm, what would you mean by that?” Kaidi asked, confusion written on her face.

“You remember, right? During our journey, almost all the big families sent powerful experts and their younger generation, for the search of divine treasure.”

“Yes. So?”

“But I didn’t expect them to not go. Hehe, it's like they are waiting for me, washing their neck. It’s not that I don’t understand. With the little manpower, if they left the city, they would be eaten thoroughly, hehe! I feel like a devil.” Shen couldn’t stop the smirk that naturally formed on his lips.

Kaidi stared at the young man, who looked like an incarnation of the devil king himself. “So it is a good thing. What would you have done if they were not present?”

“Are you curious?” Shen said mysteriously.

Kaidi immediately nodded like a chick pecking on rice.

“Come, give your master a kiss and he shall fulfill your every curiosity.”

Kaidi started nodding but froze. She got played by him, again! She stared at him with hateful eyes. While she didn’t dislike it, she would never do it.

While they were enjoying their small talk, the girls from the restaurant would take glances toward Shen. Some even threw flirtatious gazes. Shen now had a little to no fat on his body and became two inches taller than a month ago.

It was unknown whether it was a side-effect from when his blood was drained or the impurity cleansing, his skin became whiter and looked soft as silk. He now looked like a real young master with a tall body, white skin tone with a hint of delicacy. Especially his black eyes with a golden hue, that added a hint of mystery in him.

While one month was nowhere near for someone to completely recover from the condition Shen was in, who told him to have the heaven-defying Absolute Jade Immortal Realm.

The sudden change in the girl's reaction caused Shen to wonder. Did the curse from his last life finally disappear? The reason to be his change of appearance never crossed through his head. After all, he was the most handsome man in the whole universe! ...at least from his inner narcissism thought that way...

Shen paid for the foods and left the restaurant. He smiled forcefully as he remembered how the waitress acted when he paid the bill. It was as if she was reuniting with her long-lost lover and wanted to take him to bed right there and then.

...

“Zheng Jin, come out! The judgment for your clan has arrived!”

Before the daylight, a thunderous roar caused one-third of the Zheng City to wake up. Every cultivator inside the city headed for the location. The Zheng Clan was the strongest of all clans inside the whole Zheng Country. But someone declared the destruction of the same family. Nobody wanted to miss out such an occasion!

“WHO DARES TO BE SO ARROGANT BEFORE MY CLAN?!!!” a deep and mighty voice resonated through the half of the city. As expected of the ancestor of the Zheng City’s biggest family, rather than a question, his voice hinted arrogance and threat.

An old man with long white hair and beard stood on the highest position of the Zheng Manor. He had bright black eyes filled with wisdom. Just behind the old man was another middle-aged looking man.

The black bird hovered on the sky, as Shen checked out both of them. The old man was a fifth-grade Marital King, while the middle-aged behind him was fourth-grade Martial King. Shen instantly came to the conclusion that the man in front was the ancestor of the Zheng Clan, and the middle-aged man was the patriarch.

“Hah, look at you, acting so mighty and arrogant.” Shen couldn’t help but look at them with disdain. With that power, they think of themselves as the strongest. Before the power of nine continents, they were nothing more than an ant. The same went for himself.

“Ignorant brat, don’t you believe I’ll destroy your cultivation and humiliate—”

Before the ancestor finished his words, he was interrupted by Shen’s thundering voice. He hated nothing more than someone calling him "Ignorant brat". It reminds him of some bad memories of his previous life.

“Shut up!!! Here I thought you might be intelligent and we can end this feud by your sincere apology! Since you dare to be so arrogant, don’t blame me for being ruthless!” Shen’s face darkened as his silhouette turned blurry, appearing beside the ancestor in an instant. His right hand moved like a mirage, as it passed through his chest.

Puchi

Just like that, the ancestor of the mighty Zheng Clan fell with a whole on his chest. Till the last breath, he couldn’t figure out how did he triggered this monster.

“You! YOU... HOW DARE YOU!!!” Zheng Clan patriarch, Zheng Jin, as if in disbelief hysterically shouted at Shen. As the ancestor, now the dead body was blocking Shen’s view, he executed the technique with most attack power at thunder like speed.

Searing Punch!

The punch came from Shen’s blind spot, the Zheng patriarch could already see his victory, but it was as if Shen already knew his plan, he swatted the punch away through the back of his palm. With another set of sharp and speedy movement, he separated Zheng Jin’s head cleanly.

Shen himself was surprised by this situation. He thought it would be hard victory, and didn’t expect them to fall so easily.

“Eh? I thought I would fight a fierce battle.” skeptical, Shen thought out loud.

After his breakthrough to the Martial King realm, he had no idea how powerful he was, in fact, he looked forward to fight with powerful experts, but what’s with this disappointment he was feeling? He could only disappointingly collect both of their interspatial sachets. They were the ancestor and patriarch of a big family, their sachets must have some good stuff!

The courtyard of Zheng Manor was filled with many experts of Zheng Clan. They stared at Shen with many different feelings, animosity, respect, hatred, resentment, and hostility. The world of nine continents respected strong. Even if they hated him, there was always some who couldn’t help but respect strength.

“All with the clan!!!” suddenly, someone shouted on top of his lung.

“All with the clan!”

“All with the clan!”

“...all with the clan!”

“Seriously, can't you see, you already lost the fight?” Shen summoned the wolf, “Kawa! Kill whoever bears hostility. Don’t touch anyone without hostility.”

During the time inside the Immortal Realm, the wolf advanced twice and reached the peak of Xiantian. While there was a few peak Xiantian among the enemies, Shen didn’t worry about it. After all, the wolf was not his training partner for nothing. Rather than training, it was more like a one-sided beating, causing its resentment toward Shen to increase by another fold.

The wolf growled, indicating its understanding.

And as one would expect the outcome, it was one-sided killing. No, calling it massacre won’t be an exaggeration. Very soon all the people that wanted to strike from the back were assaulted by Kawa, the wolf’s, claw and fangs.

The ones that remained were mortals and a few cultivators. It seemed when the clan felt the danger, they already sent their young generation far away. The remaining cultivators that gave up and didn’t fight only amounted to six and their cultivation ranged from Houtian to Xiantian 5th grade.

Looking at the powerless women and kids, Shen couldn’t bring himself to kill them. And killing every cultivator would be basically killing them too.

“Hey, you. Show me the way to your treasury. Ah, don’t forget to bring the key.” Shen called out to the strongest of the cultivators, a peak 5th-grade Xiantian. He looked a little old but was completely fit, due to a Xiantian's higher lifespan.

“Ah, y-yes!” the man ran off somewhere, before hurrying back in a minute.

“Please follow me.”

Shen followed the man. He felt weird seeing the man. He didn’t seem to bear any hatred for him.

“Don’t you hate me?” Shen couldn’t help but ask, “...Give me your honest reply. No matter what you say, I won’t hurt you, a promise,” he knew the man wouldn’t say anything honestly if he didn’t give an assurance.

The old man looked hesitant at first, but after the promise, he looked as if he gave up on his life. “I hate you. I hate you more than anyone, but I knew. I knew the clan will suffer one day. After the clan got in power, they did anything they wished. The young masters of the main branch acted brazenly, they raped and murdered without any consequences. Yet, they forgot, another clan fell for the same reason. And we are only repeating the history...” the old buried his deep sadness in his eyes, but didn’t let out a drop of tear.

“If someone like you were the patriarch, maybe the Zheng Clan would have gone to a much better path...”

But the old man’s next word surprised Shen greatly.

“...probably not. If I was the patriarch, nothing would have changed. ‘I am strongest of the Zheng City, no, the country! Who would go against me?’ It’s the same, I would have just changed the position with the late patriarch. That’s all there is to it.”

Shen went silent. He never thought like this, but if someone looks carefully, that’s indeed the case. Power colludes one's mind, even if he controlled his power and didn’t let the power to control him, will his descendents be able to do the same? Or they will be similar to how the Zheng Clan was?

Only when you are on the lowest of the food chain in this dog eat dog world, will you be able to see the cruel reality of this world. At that time, you would sing fairness and goodness, but if you had power from the start, you would never consider goodness or fairness, and only self-interest.

It might be different for him, as he came from another world. His view was already different from most. If he wished to set up a clan inside the Greencloud Continent, even with his current power, he could create one of the strongest clan among the Greencloud Continent, at least on the surface.

“We are here,” the old man took the key and unlocked a medium sized door.

“Open it,” Shen looked ahead, as he saw a not so impressive looking small room. The old man opened the door and both entered together. Inside the room was another sturdy door. Shen could see there was nothing behind the gate, but below the gate was another space.

The old man unlocked the door and guided Shen inside the treasury through the stairs.

The treasury was filled with herbs, ores, and money that Zheng Clan has accumulated over the years. Shen felt amazed by how a much big clan could amass. He stored all the items, excluding only those with superficial values.

“Old man, you look like a good guy. I’ll give you a piece of advice. If you want to survive, get out of Zheng City. You can pack out your business while you can. Don’t seek any help from your allies either,” Shen knew if they were left alone, the other families will not hesitate to chew them thoroughly. So, he gave them his last piece of advice.

Shen didn’t wait for his reply as he left the treasury, and summoned the black bird.

The black bird flew above the sky of Zheng City, as it’s silhouette left for the distant sky. Before it disappeared from all cultivators view, they heard a clear and authoritative voice, “The Zheng Clan must leave the Zheng City in a week! No one is allowed to help or touch them!”

“Eh! How dare he order us around?! Let me go and beat the crap out of Zheng Clan,” a young genius of the Wuying Clan couldn’t help but say out loud.

“Shh! Do you want to end your whole clan?” an elder immediately berated the man.

“But Elder Chung, didn’t he already leave the city? Why should we care about them?”

“You are still a kid, you don’t understand. By his words, he showed he is leaving a chance for the Zheng Clan, and if anyone dared to disobey his command, what do you think will happen?”

“Please enlighten this junior.”

“It goes without saying, he will destroy you along with your whole clan. If anything we should be doing right now, that would be making sure the Zheng Clan remained safe for now!”

The young genius was left speechless.