Chapter 56: The Envoy

  Suddenly, a strong hand quietly stretched out and grasped her small hand, and with the warm and comfortable feeling transmitted to her palm, it instantly dispelled all her fears.

  Li Qitong turned to look at Xia Chen, smiled and felt a lot more at ease in her heart. Being held by Xia Chen's hand, she suddenly felt a sense of security and warmth, willing to never let go for the rest of her life.

  Xia Chen grasped Li Qiu Tong's hand, his gaze piercing through the crowd and falling directly on an expressionless old man behind the Yang family.

  The old man looked frail and weak, his face was dull and pale, like a patient, in stark contrast to the robust and healthy other guests, but occasionally, his eyes would flash, revealing a chilling glint.

  He stood there motionless, unresponsive to everything in front of him, seemingly very dull, but in Xia Chen's eyes, the old man's demeanor was clearly a contemptuous disdain.

  It seemed that the old man had sensed Xia Chen's attention, and he suddenly looked up, but what he saw was only Xia Chen holding hands with the girl, a intimate appearance of whispering to each other as if no one else was present.

  The old man's face rarely showed a hint of puzzlement, and he stared for half a day before slowly moving his gaze away.

  Li Dongkui's face turned gloomy, and even though he was extremely deep in his ways, Yang Zhen's harsh words still stirred up endless flames of anger within him. He spoke coldly: "Yang Zhen, your son Yang Quan should have died long ago. If I'm being honest, it's good that he's dead. What I regret is not having personally taken care of him myself. Of course, being able to take care of you today is the same thing. You and your beastly father-son duo should have died a long time ago!"

  These words were also extremely ruthless. Yang Zhen's face suddenly turned ferocious: "Li Dongkui, just wait for me to tear you apart!"

  Li Dongkui sneered, "Who knows who will be torn apart!" He turned to Qin Chuan and said, "Brother Qin, let's go up together. First, we'll join forces to attack Yang Zhen, kill him, and then deal with Yu Yongcheng."

  Qin Chuan had been silent all along, expressionless, until this moment when he suddenly said: "Good!"

  As soon as the words left his mouth, he suddenly punched out a fist, and with a loud crash, he heavily struck Li Donggui's chest.

  The two bodies were extremely close, and it was a sudden event. Li Dongkui didn't even have time to defend himself, let out a miserable cry, and was beaten until he flew backward, heavily crashing onto the ground with fresh blood gushing from his mouth.

  Everyone was shocked and stunned at the same time, and they really couldn't have imagined that Qin Chuan would make a comeback and kill Li Dongkui with a ruthless hand. What on earth is going on?

  Xia Chen was also shocked, Qin's family suddenly turned against them, similarly beyond his expectations, wanting to stop it was already too late.

  "Take action!" Suddenly, Qin Luo shouted loudly.

  The dozen or so gate guests of the Qin family had unknowingly stood behind or beside the Li family's gate guests, and upon hearing Qin Luo's command, they immediately drew their swords and launched a fatal attack on the Li family's gate guests standing next to them.

  "Ah..."

  The guests at Li's house had not yet recovered from the shock when they were hit one after another, letting out mournful cries, and fell to the ground covered in blood.

  Although the strengths of the two families' guests were roughly equal, the Qin family's guests had a clever strategy, choosing the perfect moment to launch a surprise attack, and the Li family's guests suffered heavy casualties.

  "Die!" A young Qin family gatekeeper standing beside Xia Chen suddenly drew out a short knife, full of murderous intent, stabbing towards Xia Chen's throat.

  Xia Chen casually pulled Li Qiu Tong behind him, stretched out two fingers to clip the knife body, and with a flick of his wrist, the knife head was twisted off instantly. Following that, he crooked his finger and popped it, and the sharp blade immediately flew into the throat of the young man at the door.

  The young man's eyes widened in shock, and then he silently fell to the ground. The whole process took only a moment, and due to the chaotic scene, no one noticed Xia Chen's move.

  After a moment, more than a dozen Li family guests were lying on the ground, only Wang Ming, the scar-faced man and the middle-aged woman were still standing. The three of them had good cultivation, reacted in time, and managed to dodge the sneak attack, but they also suffered serious injuries.

  Luckily, Yue Cheng was kicked by Xia Chen and couldn't move, otherwise these three people would also be unable to escape.

  "No!" Li Ya-tong let out a sharp cry, rushing over to help Li Dong-kui up. Her heart racing, tears streaming down her face, she wailed: "Dad, how are you? How are you?"

  Li Dongkui's face was as pale as paper, but he forced a faint smile: "Yatong, don't cry, Dad is fine, I'm not dead yet, am I?"

  He said that, but it made Li Ya Tong's tears flow even more.

  "Dad! Dad!" Li Qitong let go of Xia Chen's hand and rushed over, crying, to support Li Dongkui together with her sister.

  Xia Chen sighed, Qin Chuan's move was ruthless and swift, even he didn't have a chance to lend a hand.

  "Qin Chuan, you've done a great job!" Yang Zhen said with a sly smile, "This move of absolute killing has directly eliminated half of the Li family's strength, saving me the trouble of taking action again!"

  Qin Chu's expression was complex, and it wasn't until half a beat later that he spoke: "Yang Zhen, I've already fulfilled my end of the bargain we made beforehand. You should also keep your promise and speak the truth."

  Yang Zhen said coldly, "You are now just a dog in my Yang family, you don't have the qualifications to discuss conditions with me. If you don't want to be exterminated, then honestly listen to me. What I think is what counts, your opinions don't matter!"

  Qin Chuan's face twitched with muscle spasms, and a flash of anger flickered in his eyes, but it was silently extinguished.

  "Qin Chuan!" Li Dongkui struggled to stand up with the support of Li Yatong's sisters, his face pale, and said softly, "Give me an explanation, why did you want to surrender to the Yang family? Why?"

  Qin Chuan's face was expressionless: "Sorry, Brother Li, I don't want to end up like you, with my whole family slaughtered! Please don't blame me!"

  Li Dongkui paused for a moment: "Can the Yang family slaughter your entire Qin family? Does he have such power?"

  "Stop asking," said Qin Chuan with a shake of his head.

  He slowly retreated behind Yang Zhen's back, and the guests from the Qin family also walked over and stood behind him.

  Qin Luo looked at Li Ya Tong with a hesitant expression and called out softly: "Dad!"

  Qin Chuan glared at him in anger, Qin Luo didn't dare to disobey, his face showing extreme regret, and he walked over to Qin Chuan's side with his head down.

  In front of Li's residence, apart from the corpses all over the ground, only Li Dongkui and his daughter, Wang Ming and other guests, as well as Xia Chen and more than a dozen servants were left.

  At this moment, however, everyone's face showed a look of despair. The three major immortal families joined forces, and Li Dongkui was severely injured again. It is likely that the Li family will be destroyed soon.

  "Master Yang! As long as you don't kill us, we can surrender and join the Yang family immediately." Suddenly, Wang Ming, the scar-faced man, and the middle-aged woman stepped forward in big strides, saying loudly.

  The three of them saw that Li's family was already doomed and it was impossible to escape, so they naturally did not want to throw their lives away here.

  "You ungrateful bunch!" Li Yatong was furious, her whole body trembling. She had always been quite good to the three of them, but she never expected that at a critical moment they would actually stab her in the back.

  Xia Chen's sarcastic smile, even Zhou Lin could be bought with a few taels of silver. At this moment, under the threat of their lives, it was only natural for the three to turn against each other.

  Upon hearing Li Ya Tong's angry accusations, the three of them couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. After all, backing out at the last minute was really too spineless.

  "You can abandon darkness and turn to brightness, that's the best. Come over quickly then." Yang Zhen smiled calmly.

  Wang Ming and the other two were overjoyed, feeling relieved as they walked towards Yang's camp. Under Li Ya Tong's gaze that could kill with a single glance, they felt extremely uneasy.

  Whoosh!

  Suddenly, dozens of sharp arrows shot out from behind Yang Zhen's body, extremely fast and ruthless, instantly turning the three people into hedgehogs.

  The three of them fell back slowly with shocked and disbelieving eyes.

  Yang Zhen snapped his fingers: "I said I would make all the males of the Li family die, and I must do it. What's more, these three fools can now turn against the Li family, and one day they will be able to turn against my Yang family. Why keep them?"

  "Serves you right!" Li Yatong squeezed out two words from between her teeth.

  "Li Dongkui, you're now a lone wolf with no one to rely on. Do you have any last words? I'm thrilled to be the one to personally tear you limb from limb!" Yang Zhen sneered with a sinister smile.

  He waved his hand: "Except for Qin's father and daughter, everyone else will be killed! I want to keep these three people and interrogate them about the treasure key!"

  Dozens of guests immediately rushed up and surrounded Li Donggui and others.

  Xia Chen's eyes turned cold, and he was just about to stand up.

  "Haha!" Li Dongkui suddenly burst out laughing: "Yang Zhen, you think that by forcing the Qin family to surrender, you can destroy my Li family? Don't forget, my Li family is a direct affiliate of the Zhengxuan Sect. If you dare to destroy my Li family, the Zhengxuan Sect will not sit idly by. Just one casual expert coming over would be enough to annihilate your Yang family, Yu family, and Qin family all at once. Do you dare try?"

  Yang Zhen's face changed color, and a hint of fear flashed in his eyes. The Zhengyuan Sect was like a giant to the Yang family, something that could not be provoked at all costs.

  He suddenly sneered, "What if it's a subsidiary of the Orthodox Sect? Do you think the Orthodox Sect will look at your unorthodox cultivation small family, don't dream about it. If the Orthodox Sect managed you, could they let the Li family fall to this point?"

  Li Dongkui's eyes flashed with a sharp light: "How do you know that the Zhengxuan Sect doesn't care about my Li family? I'll tell you, Yang Zhen, the inner disciples of the Zhengxuan Sect have already arrived. If you want to destroy my Li family, it would be disrespecting the Zhengxuan Sect. The Envoy can annihilate you at any time."

  He suddenly let go of Li Ya Tong's sister, turned to Xia Chen and bowed his fist: "Lord Xia Chen, the Li family is now at a critical moment of life and death. Please, Lord, lend us a hand and help the Li family out of this predicament."

  What? Everyone's eyes were about to pop out, this ordinary young man who was so plain and unremarkable, was actually a renowned master of the Zhengxuan Sect? This... how is this possible?

  Yang Zhen's face changed drastically, staring fixedly at Xia Chen, his eyes filled with incredulity.

  Li Ya Tong's sisters looked at each other in shock, their faces pale with astonishment.

  Xia Chen's face was calm, looking at Li Dongkui, his eyes showed a questioning color, he was confident that he had not revealed half of his horse foot, Li Dongkui could not see his true identity, could it be that Li Dongkui pretended to borrow his identity to impersonate the Zhengxuan sect disciple, to intimidate Yang Zhen and others?