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The new day, the new sky, the water, and the land - ever the same and ever-evolving.

Zeng Yusheng was a small shopkeeper who had a small shop near the eastern waterway. For generations, his family used to sell their homemade plum jam. Everything was going on smoothly until a month ago.

One day when he was out, the beggar sect came to collect the protection money. At that time, his only son was looking after the shop. At the tender age of fourteen, he was filled with dreams of becoming a hero and fighting against injustice. So, when he saw them asking for money, he refused to give them the money. Enraged, those people started beating him up. In the end, his only son was crippled forever. Unable to walk on his own legs again.

Zeng Yusheng went to the city guards for justice, but all he got was their gazes that were filled with disdain. He even remembered one guard laughing and joking about his crippled son about how a pig was better than him.

Even those people from the beggar sect got the wind of this and came back again. This time, they took his wife with him. No matter how desperately he tried to resist, he was beaten back. In the end, he could only see his wife getting raped in front of his eyes. Heartbroken, she couldn't bear this insult and committed suicide along with their son, leaving him all alone in this world.

He didn't know what to do. He tried every possible thing that he was capable of, even sold his generation-old recipe and shop, but in the end, nothing happened. The people responsible were still roaming freely.

Zeng Yusheng lost all hopes in life. He too wanted to commit suicide just like his wife. But before he goes, he wanted to take at least one of those bastards with him. So, he came up with a plan. Strapping himself with highly flammable substances, he came to the main hall of the Beggar sect. He wanted everything to burn in ashes.

However, the moment he came to the Beggar Sect, he was stunned by a crowd of people standing in front of it.

"What happened!?" With some hesitation, he grabbed the nearest person before asking him.

If it was any other day, then the person who just got grabbed would have cursed out loud. But at this moment, his face was lit up with happiness. He even ignored this rude action of Zeng Yusheng and spoke out with a laugh.

"Hahahahaahah... You wouldn't believe it... Yesterday night, someone wiped out the entire Beggar Sect. Hahahahahaa..."

"Wiped out!?" Zeng Yusheng looked at him in confusion.

"I mean someone killed all the members of the Beggar sect yesterday. Massacred... No matter where they were, they all died a miserable death. Their head squashed like watermelon. Hahahaha... If only you arrived a few moments earlier, you would have seen it with your own eyes. But now, these pigs are everywhere, not letting anyone go near the place."

Pointing towards the nearest guard, the man snorted in dissatisfaction. These pigs would never care about them or their problems. God knows how many times, people tried to get their help to get rid of this Beggar Sect, but every time they were refused and mocked.

And now that the entire Beggar Sect has been massacred, these pigs were still defending those bastards.

"BOOM."

"huh!?" Looking back, Zeng Yusheng saw someone lighting up firecrackers.

"Hahahahaha... Let's celebrate... Today we shall celebrate to our heart's content." No one knows who shouted it first, but as soon as this voice echoed, the entire crowd burst out in cheers.

Everyone in this city was harassed by these bastards. Some had their wife taken, some had their daughters taken. The only thing they could do was to accept everything they did with them. And now... Now those bastards were all dead.

The crowd cheered and celebrated. To them, this was freedom... liberation... and hope. They can now live peacefully. Some people who lost their loved ones to these bastards even kowtow on the ground with a pious face. They were thanking their unknown savior.

Zeng Yusheng stood there stunned. The happiness came too suddenly. Those bastards who raped his wife and crippled his son were all dead.

"Hahahahahahahahaha..." Joining the people around him, Zeng Yusheng laughed and laughed and laughed...

"Haaah..." After laughing for a long time, he looked at the Beggar sect one last time before slowly closing his eyes forever. It wasn't until some time later that someone discovered the body of a man standing with a peaceful smile on his face, looking towards the Beggar Sect.

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While everyone was celebrating outside, the scene inside the hall was grim to the extreme. Many of the guards who had never seen such a bloody scene fainted on the spot. Some even vomited directly on the scene. Making the already messy scene even messier.

"Found something yet!?"

Standing in the middle of all those dead bodies, was the figure of an old man observing around. Hearing his voice that was filled with anger, the guards around him trembled for a moment. They were afraid of this man, after all, this was the one in charge of the entire city guards. He has another identity too.

The current patriarch of the Feng clan; Feng Xiaosi.

"This... Just this thing."

With a trembling hand, a guard slowly handed him the envelope that he found on the headless corpse of the Beggar Sect leader, Duàn Zhiqiang.

"Hmm..." Opening it with a frown, Feng Xiaosi took out the letter before reading it. As he read it further and further, the frown on his face became deeper and deeper. By the end of that letter, his face was filled with a dignified expression.

"Clean up this mess. I am going to have a talk with my friend." Placing the letter inside his robe, he walked out of the hall and made his way toward the Xia family. During the entire time, his face was filled with a worried expression. The bloody scene left a deep impact on him. After all, it wasn't every day that someone come across such a scene. There wasn't the slightest mercy. Whoever did it, clearly wanted to send a message. And from his expression, it seemed he had succeded.

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"Huh!? It is rare for you to come here personally. And that too this early... What happened? You look like you have seen a ghost."

Inside the Xia Family, Xia Wen looked at his dear friend Feng Xiaosi before breaking out in a smile.

"Come, have a cup of tea." Shaking his head, he pulled out a cup and filled it with tea.

"Sigh..." Sipping the tea slowly, Feng Xiaosi looked at Xia Wen before taking out the envelope and placing it on the table.

"What's this?" Looking at him with a questioning gaze, Xia Wen picked it up and took out the letter from the inside. After reading it completely, he folded it back inside before looking at his friend with a laugh.

"Hahaha... What happened? That brat came to you for help?"

"Truth be told, I never liked him. There is something about him that I hate. I don't know what that is, but it is there. He even had the audacity to let my daughter serve those insignificant people. Good thing Duàn Zhiqiang has decided to take matters into his own hand."

Sipping the tea he continued further, "But why did that brat come to you? He should have come to the Xia family. That would have been a perfect way of letting him fork out a few more spirit stones."

"Tell me..." Xia Wen looked at his friend Feng Xiaosi with a teasing smile "How much did he promise you to take care of this matter!?"

In his eyes, it was all a game for children. Both the Beggar Sect and the Vault Of Heaven could be said to be serving him. There was no way he was going to take any action against the Beggar Sect. After all, the Vault of heaven might be promising but it didn't give out immediate profits. And the profits that came throughout the year from the Beggar Sect weren't something to be scoffed at. At most, he will remind Duàn Zhiqiang in front of Yang Ze. That is ... only after getting some more benefits.

As these thoughts came to his mind, he nodded his head in satisfaction. This is like killing two birds with a single stone. Not only can he establish his image as a righteous leader, but also gain significant benefits in doing so.

"Sigh..." Looking at his friend's smug face, Feng Xiaosi slowly shook his head. He could guess his inner thoughts, after all, both of them think the same way. As the patriarchs of such big families, they need to get as many benefits as possible for the family.

"I am afraid your plans end here my friend."

"Huh! What do you mean!?" Looking at Feng Xiaosi's grim face, Xia Wen suddenly had an ominous feeling.

"Everyone from the Beggar sect is dead. And their death has been miserable."

"IMPOSSIBLE." Standing with a loud shout, Xia Wen looked at Feng Xiaosi with a frown. "Even if you want to make a joke, at least make a good one. Duàn Zhiqiang is already in the late stage of the Qi Guiding realm. Even I can not kill him in a short time. And now you are telling me that someone not only killed him but also the entire Beggar sect without alerting anyone? Is this some kind of joke!?"

"He is not joking." Before Feng Xiaosi could reply, a hoarse voice sounded in the room.

"Ancestor."

"Ancestor."

Both Xia Wen and Feng Xiaosi stood up respectfully and bowed to the old man that slowly made his way towards them.

"Anccestor, what do you mean by that?" Xia Wen asked with a frown.

"It's exactly as he said. Someone really did masacarred the entire Beggar Sect in an entire night. All two hundred members died miserable deaths. Their heads squashed like some kind of fruit."

"Hisss..." Hearing him, any doubts in his heart were immediately thrown out of the window. There was no reason for the Ancestor to lie to him.

"But... Killing so many people in a single night without a noise?" Xia Wen looked at the Ancestor Xia Jian with a questioning gaze. He still couldn't understand how a person can do all this in a span of few hours. Unless.....

"Innate...." As soon as he blurted out this sentence, Xia Wen's heart was filled with terror. No one knows the power of Innate powerhouse better than him and the people in front of him.

"Yes. It was an innate powerhouse." Speaking with a sigh, Xia Jian looked in the distance with a grave expression. It wasn't until it takes an incense to burn that he looked at Xia Wen with a grave expression.

"I think I need to have a talk with that little friend of yours."

"Leihui Sect?" Looking at Ancestor Xia Jian, Xia wen asked with some uncertainty.

"No idea... But the chances are high."

As soon as Xia Jian finished speaking, the entire room plunged into deathly silence. The three of them looked at each other with helplessness.

"God Damn it." Smashing the cup on the floor, Xia Wen shouted at top of his lungs. Thigs were getting more and more complicated.