Within a vast, grim, and cold-blooded palace.
Eerie wails echoed from within, one after another.
It was unknown what horrific atrocities were unfolding inside.
Most peculiar of all.
The strong aroma of medicinal pills mingled with a faint scent of blood, creating a profoundly strange atmosphere.
Creak!
The palace gates suddenly creaked open a sliver.
A thin, small boy, no older than eight or nine, stumbled out.
His wrists, arms, legs, and even his heart were covered in scar marks from cuts.
His clothes were tattered.
He was emaciated.
He looked as if he had escaped from hell itself.
His face was etched with despair and terror.
He ran desperately towards the outside.
As if trying to flee the man-eating palace behind him.
"Xun'er, run quickly!"
Two figures struggled out from the palace gates.
They were a couple, tortured to the point of being barely recognizable as human.
They blocked the entrance.
But soon.
They were violently stomped to the ground, their bones cracking with a sickening sound.
"Run? Where can you run? This is the fate of your Qing family, a fate of eternal suffering."
A powerful figure clad in Qing Xuan Sect attire sneered, stepping over their heads.
A giant hand materialized, lunging forward.
It pinned the little boy firmly to the ground.
"You little brat, your blood hasn't been fully drained yet, where are you going? You are the direct descendant of the Qing family, with extraordinary bloodline, perfect for refining pills! Hahaha! And, to reward your attempt to escape this time, I'll have your father refine you into a Blood Pill. What do you think, isn't my idea brilliant?"
The man's face contorted into a perverted grin.
In the little boy's eyes.
He looked like a demon.
"I will kill you! Kill all of you! For my kin!" The little boy gritted his teeth, staring fiercely at the man.
"Hmph, you little brat, you won't get the chance. All members of the Qing family cannot resist your fate of eternal servitude. Come back with me obediently."
The powerful figure sneered, approaching the boy.
Then he reached out a hand to grab him.
At that moment.
A furious roar exploded in the man's ears.
"Stop!"
Long Xuan's eyes were bloodshot as he descended before the palace.
"Our Qing Xuan Sect's true disciples?"
The man frowned slightly, looking at the suddenly appearing Long Xuan and Ling Fan.
"What are you doing? The Qing family's punishment is a supreme decree from the Heavenly Court. You dare to pity the Qing family, this is rebellion."
The man said, feeling emboldened.
"Whether it's rebellion or not is another matter, but today I will teach you a good lesson!"
Long Xuan gritted his teeth, his face extremely grim, and walked towards the man step by step.
"Heh, you kid are seeking your own death. Then I'll capture you first and hand you over to the sect for judgment. Afterwards, I'll demote you here too, and I'll take good care of you, haha."
The man sneered.
"Boom!"
Long Xuan could no longer hold back. Waves of dragon qi erupted, covering the sky. A giant cyan dragon claw tore through the void, lunging towards the man.
"Dragon bloodline? Damn it, how can you be so strong!"
This strongman in charge of the pill workshop was also at the peak of the fifth stage Xuan Emperor cultivation.
Not much weaker than some true disciples.
In fact, this person was once a true disciple.
But due to limited talent, he couldn't advance to the sixth stage Xuan Emperor, so he chose to work here.
However, Long Xuan's current strength was even greater than the top ten overlord geniuses of the past, how could this person resist him?
Boom!
Without any suspense.
The man was sent flying away with a bang.
His bones were shattered like mud.
Boom boom boom!
The man's body erupted with intense light as he frantically healed his physical injuries.
But with Long Xuan's cyan dragon claw descending, he had no power to resist and was severely suppressed.
"Don't kill me! Don't kill me! Stop!"
The man cried out in terror.
"I warn you, I am from the Gao family. If you dare to lay a hand on me, even if you are a true disciple, you will face consequences."
"Hmph, you are from the Gao family, then your sins are even greater!"
A cruel smile appeared on Long Xuan's face.
"I will treat you the same way you treated the Qing family."
Sharp beams of light tore down.
Instantly, the Gao family strongman's body was covered in countless wounds.
Blood flowed uncontrollably.
This person managed the pill workshop.
It was unknown how many pills he had embezzled.
And those pills were top-grade Blood Pills refined from the bloodline extracted from the Qing family, causing this Gao family strongman's bloodline to transform several times, now possessing the potential to impact the sixth stage Xuan Emperor.
But now.
He had no such opportunity.
Long Xuan made a sudden grab.
The speed at which the man's blood flowed out increased dramatically.
Almost instantly.
The man turned into a desiccated corpse.
Long Xuan spat out a mouthful of dragon flame, refining the man's bloodline.
Before long.
A blood pill, as lustrous as jade, was successfully refined.
Long Xuan helped up the little boy, looking at the scars on his body with heartache. A direct descendant of the Qing family with extraordinary bloodline, tortured and ravaged to the point of becoming a cripple.
"Eat it, child."
"Thank you, uncle."
The little boy took the blood pill but did not eat it himself. Instead, he quickly ran back into the palace. "Dad, Mom, a kind uncle saved me and punished that hateful devil. Eat this, you'll be alright if you eat it."
"No, Xun'er, we are already crippled. You still have hope. Eat it. If you eat it, it's as if your father and mother have eaten it!"
Seeing the child's filial piety.
Long Xuan's nose felt a little sore.
Ling Fan also felt a pang of sympathy.
This was just the tip of the iceberg.
Who knew how many sins had occurred here.
Ling Fan stepped forward.
He patted the little boy's head.
His voice firm, he said, "Child, you eat it. Your parents have them too, everyone will have them."
As soon as he finished speaking.
Powerful auras erupted from the surrounding palaces.
"Who dares to cause trouble in Qingyu!"
Ling Fan looked around.
These strongmen were almost all from the Gao family.
Ling Fan could never mistake that special bloodline aura.
The rest of the people.
Were also lackeys of the Gao family.
"Thirty-seven fifth-stage Xuan Emperors, ninety-six fourth-stage Xuan Emperors. Three hundred and thirty-three Yuan Emperors below the third stage. And... three half-step sixth-stage Xuan Emperors."
Ling Fan's divine sense enveloped the entire Qingyu.
Instantly grasping the entire situation.
In fact.
Those sent here were all peripheral figures of the Gao family.
With limited potential.
They were unlikely to ever become sixth-stage Xuan Emperors.
Therefore, it was understandable that no sixth-stage Xuan Emperor could be found here.
"With your flesh and blood, your cultivation, your lives, repay your sins."
Ling Fan let out a cold snort.
This single snort.
Was like the roar of an ancient giant spirit god.
Like the beating of drums on a battlefield of gods and demons.
Bang bang bang!
Bang bang bang!
A series of explosions sounded in various corners of Qingyu.
Before the Gao family strongmen could even charge out.
They were successively blown into clouds of blood mist.