Chapter 3553 - Waiting for That Youth
Tears streamed down the face of the former valley lord. Nobody felt more hurt than him for having to see his own kind eliminated.
However, he knew that he and his house didn't have a choice. They couldn't be an obstacle to the end of all that suffering. As long as Tianming obtained the Grand Myriadpath Ruins and took it away from the Three Exalted Houses, their mission would be complete.
Nobody but House Qingchuan could possibly have determination of that level. Nobody knew pain and suffering like they did. Thus, it was clear to them that there was value in death. There was value in dying for the hope that their nemeses would one day despair! None of them shirked at the last moment.
"Goodbye, living world! Goodbye everyone! Li Tianming...." Jian Qinghe looked up at the Grand Myriadpath Ruins, a tear dripping from the corners of her hopeful eyes. "Farewell!"
She smiled, causing her veil to shift. It was an even more moving sight than Uncle Hei's death and House Fenglin's extermination. The two million cultivators of Myriadpath Valley could feel the significance. If it weren’t for House Qitian's sick practices, another innocent house wouldn’t have to die with them.
It was staggering, to say the least, even to some of the Qitians. They’d just realized that the Qingchuans weren't just putting up a brave front, but truly had a clear intent to die and be released from their suffering—as well as to fuel hope for the future. People like that were the most terrifying.
Some Qitians were starting to feel despair. They had wanted to threaten the former valley lord to give in with the lives of his kinsmen, yet those very kin refused to be victims and embraced their fate.
"Stop them!" The Three Exalted Houses snapped out of their stupor and tried preventing the Qingchuans from ending their own lives. They had gone from murderers to rescuers. "If they die, it'll all go to waste! They'll at least be of some use alive!"
Suishen Ranxing breathed out a long sigh and angrily looked at the Grand Myriadpath Ruins. Qitian Xiao felt like thousands of ants were crawling all over his heart. His plan to use House Qingchuan as bargaining chips had failed, and he had no choice but to keep them alive to see if he could find some other use for them.