Chapter 626: Chapter 385: Twin Sister_2

“Zhuang Liangru has to consider the face of the Righteous sect, all the dirty and tiring tasks are done behind the scenes by the likes of Liuyun Manor and other noble families. They keep their hands clean in public, I beg you, I’ve told you everything, just kill me now, kill me, it hurts so much.”

Xu Juyi told everything he knew, his face contorted in pain, only wishing for a swift death.

Su Jie thought for a moment and understood. As the largest Sect power in Qingzhou, Guan Chao Pavilion couldn’t possibly be unaware of the dealings between Liuyun Manor’s noble families and Ghost Ridge Palace in the Black Market.

But these noble families themselves are intricately linked with many Righteous sects, like the Xu Family which had members joining Guan Chao Pavilion for generations.

These half-black, half-white nobles run all sorts of secular and cultivation businesses, with widespread business networks. When necessary, they can also act as white gloves for Guan Chao Pavilion, to keep their own hands clean.

For example, these Blood Elixirs were clearly made by the hands of the Demon Path, but Zhuang Liangru had used them, making these noble families serve him.

Guan Chao Pavilion became the largest sect in Qingzhou and also destroyed many Demon Sects. Those Demon Sect scriptures naturally fell into the hands of Guan Chao Pavilion. Whether they used those scriptures for destruction or for secret cultivation, outsiders could not know.

Anyway, if Su Jie seized scriptures, as long as they were useful for his own cultivation, he didn’t care whether they were of the Righteous or Demon Path. He would cultivate first and ask questions later.

Su Jie sneered, “What a Righteous gentleman, so well disguised.”

While speaking, Su Jie watched the barely breathing Xu Juyi as the Human-faced Moth Cloud spat out acid, corroding him into sludge, not leaving a complete corpse, only a Storage Bag fell into Su Jie’s hand.

“That’s taken care of.”

Han Ruyan drifted over and threw a Storage Bag to Su Jie. This was found in the Xu Family’s possession: spiritual materials and Spirit Stones, totaling more than twenty thousand. This amount surprised Su Jie.

“So many treasures, tsk tsk, this is just a small noble family and they have accumulated so much wealth. It’s a pity that we can’t take it all.”

Su Jie was full of emotion; in fact, the true assets of the Xu Family weren’t just these. The real value lay in their ability to plant Spirit Grain, in the faint spirit land where Spiritual Energy seeped to the surface, in some low-level spiritual material mines, in market seats for cultivators, in the family-trained low-level Alchemists and Artifact Refiners, including trade routes with Loose Cultivators, Righteous sects, and Demon Path trades. These were the true value of a noble family, able to continuously make money.

But Su Jie couldn’t possibly get his hands on these things since the outside world was under Righteous sect territory.

Having satisfyingly secured his spoils of war, Su Jie said to Han Ruyan, “My lady, do you think if we killed a badly injured Taoist Platform Realm expert, we could make a fortune in one stroke?”

Han Ruyan replied, “My lord, whoever you want to kill, I will help you kill.”

Sizzling!

The Thousand-Handed Centipede also emerged from Su Jie’s robe, making a noise to show it was ready to participate.

“Then let’s make a big transaction. If that Zhuang Liangru is indeed severely injured and weak, tsk tsk, I have yet to kill someone from the Taoist Platform Realm.”

A cruel smile appeared on Su Jie’s face; he loved to prey on the old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled, for after all, he was a Demon Cultivator.

After Su Jie left, the refugees who had luckily survived dared to carefully get up and then found the Xu Family’s granaries. The sight of the granaries filled with food brought them to tears.

Su Jie was indifferent to ordinary food, only collecting spiritual materials and Spirit Stones, but to the ordinary refugees, this food was their hope for survival.

…

Three days later.

Su Jie, having disguised himself, arrived in the territory of Liuyun Manor.

He had been here once before when the sect assigned him the task of transporting human slaves; he remembered the address very clearly.

Liuyun Manor was not located in the city. The manor was built against the mountain, the remaining sunlight of the setting sun cast a golden glow over the mountaintop, weaving a magnificent picture with the lush greenery of the forest.

At the mountain’s base and mid-slope, various buildings with an antique charm were built along the mountain; between the pavilions and towers, corridors wound and trees flourished.

However, as soon as they reached this place and still several kilometers away from the manor, Su Jie smelled a strong scent of blood.

“There’s a heavy aura of death, many people have died.”

Han Ruyan looked up at the sky above Liuyun Manor and said expressionlessly.

Normally, such a bustling manor would definitely be lively, but now the whole place was eerily silent, with a disturbing quietness.

Su Jie was surprised, as Liuyun Manor was not like the Xu Family. The latter was just a small-time power that could only dominate in Xia Guang City. According to Su Jie’s knowledge, Liuyun Manor had three members in the Secret Realm, considered a very famous and powerful noble family in Qingzhou.

Su Jie, being cautious, did not approach but instead sent his poisonous insects to scout ahead, utilizing his powers of Insect Control Technique to see through their eyes.

In the humming sound, the small insects controlled by Su Jie flew into Liuyun Manor.

What met the eyes was that this once prosperous manor now only had deathly silence and terror remaining.

Between the broken walls and ruins, bodies were strewn about, splattered with blood, giving off acrid smell of iron, resembling a hell on earth, enough to send shivers down one’s spine.

The wind passed through the broken windows of the manor, making a whining sound, with the air filled with the scent of blood and decay.

“The entire Liuyun Manor has been slaughtered, such ruthless methods.”

Although Su Jie had guessed that something had happened at Liuyun Manor, actually seeing this scene was still very shocking.

Suddenly, in front of the main building’s ancestral hall deep within Liuyun Manor, the bodies were arranged in an unusually orderly manner, as if they had met their death after being judged.

Blood flowed down the steps, and the various family portraits and ancestral tablets hanging in the ancestral hall seemed to be watching over these bodies, creating a particularly eerie contrast.

And on the roof of the main building’s ancestral hall, a cold figure stood quietly.

She was wearing a simple blue and white porcelain-colored long dress, which fluttered in the wind, as light as a floating cloud.

Her bright eyes were black and profound; her clear skin was like snow, and her black hair cascaded down like a waterfall.

Suddenly, the woman seemed to sense something. Her cold eyes looked over, seemingly seeing through the insects to the figure of Su Jie.

Bang!

The next moment, the perspective of Su Jie’s insect disappeared.

In the distance, a figure approached slowly, the same woman that Su Jie had just seen.

With a single step, she would appear a kilometer away, like some kind of Shrinking Ground to Inches divine skill, with every move being the most harmonious symphony between heaven and earth. As she walked by, the flowers and plants nearby burst into bloom, and the vegetation turned lush green, every movement radiated utter elegance.

In just a few steps, she arrived in front of Su Jie.

Upon closer inspection, her long dress was adorned with cranes and immortal deer, embroidered with an array of flowers, reflecting a faint luster in the setting sun, just like her untainted, indifferent temperament.

The blood-colored wedding dress sparkled on Han Ruyan as she moved past Su Jie.

But upon seeing the woman’s face, even with Han Ruyan’s disposition, there was a moment of surprise.

“Ning Xinyue, wait, no, you are not her.”

More shocking than the other’s speed to Su Jie, was that extremely beautiful face that looked strikingly similar to Ning Xinyue.

But their temperaments were completely different; Ning Xinyue was mischievous and lively, like a blooming sunflower in the sunlight.

While the girl in front of him felt like an orchid in a spring, aloof and unsullied by dust, the contrast stark.

Therefore, even though the girl in front of him bore a strong resemblance to Ning Xinyue, Su Jie could tell at a glance that she was not Ning Xinyue.

The girl parted her lips slightly, looking at Su Jie’s face, and spoke slowly, “It was you, who took away my sister.”

Her voice was pleasing, like a light caress of a mountain breeze.

But her demeanor suddenly changed, with an imposing pressure descending, the sky and earth changing color, and surging spiritual power making the area within a kilometer like the center of a storm, as if she had already become the ruler of this realm, with all enemies before her as insignificant as dust.

Taoist Platform Realm!!!

Su Jie’s face changed slightly; this girl was definitely at the Cultivation of the Taoist Platform Realm, and judging by her age, she was even younger than Su Jie.

Considering what Ning Xinyue had previously mentioned, he also understood the identity of the girl in front of him.

“Are you Ning Xinyue’s twin sister?”

Su Jie steadied himself, sensing the tsunami-like powerful spiritual power fluctuations emanating from the girl, which were even more terrifying than what Sect Master Zhang Junwei of Ghost Ridge Palace had made him feel.

Su Jie finally understood why Ning Xinyue was so afraid of her sister.