Chapter 3549 - Give Us Death
Because of the lingering problem, the former valley lord didn't immediately blast off. Instead, the ship stopped near Myriadpath Valley’s entrance. He turned and looked back, seeing the members of the Three Exalted Houses gathering there. They didn't continue to give chase. Behind them, more and more myriadpath disciples and saints gathered, even those who had been in seclusion.
"Jian Qingfeng, Li Tianming, Suishen Jiguang, and Suishen Xiyue! Go ahead and leave, why don't you?!" the silver-haired Qitian Xiao roared, standing with the leaders of the Three Exalted Houses. He glared at the ship with his divine sword raised high. "Qitian Muyue! Bring over the plants of House Qingchuan!"
All cultivators present, including those from the Three Exalted Houses, seemed puzzled. But Tianming grimaced when he heard the words. Tears began welling up in the former valley lord's eyes.
Tianming knew that it wouldn't be any trouble for him to leave with the Suishen siblings, former valley lord, and the Grand Myriadpath Ruins. However, the thousand members of House Qingchuan were still in captivity. There was no way he could rescue them, not with how tightly House Qitian watched them. They had become bargaining chips.
The Three Exalted Houses had ushered the current events into action, so they held the initiative. There was no way Qitian Xiao would allow Tianming to leave with the ship that he had desired for so long. Instead, he had his hostages dragged out into public, all of them chained and bound. Qitian Muyue was beside them, controlling the chains.
After being used as nothing but food by House Qitian, few, if any, elites remained in House Qingchuan. All of them were withered and deathly thin. The two million cultivators of Myriadpath Valley had just heard about their fate, and now, soon after the revelation, were able to personally see their sorry state. It was indisputable proof of House Qitian's torturous treatment of House Qingchuan!
The cultivators grew really uncomfortable at the sight, wondering whether they would one day end up like that. House Qitian's myriadpath source beasts consumed other lifebound beasts, while House Yumo needed to end worlds to refine starblood. Many cultivators were flesh and blood, and also had lifebound beasts of their own. They were no different from the victims of those two houses.
The entire area was silent apart from heavy sounds of breathing and Qitian Xiao's sadistic laughter. "Jian Qingfeng, do you see this? There's only a thousand of your people left. They've all been reduced to mere fodder and brought here. If you have the balls, leave with the Grand Myriadpath Ruins right now. I don’t mind killing all of them to show everyone how traitors end up! Go ahead! Leave!"
Qitian Xiao pulled out a middle-aged man in black from the crowd.