Chapter 93: Retribution!

  "How did it become like this? How do I know, how do I know?" He wiped away old tears, at this moment he was disheveled and dirty, wearing tattered clothes, just like a beggar, where was the slightest bit of his former heroic demeanor?

  "It's all because of Fenghu Lake" That beast is to blame! Yes, if it weren't for that beast who deserves a thousand cuts and still wouldn't be satisfied, my Qin family... how could we have ended up like this, how could we have ended up like this?!

  Qin Hongyuan's voice was hoarse, like a cuckoo, with each word dripping with blood.

  "Really?" Qin Li narrowed his eyes, looking at Qin Hongyuan with a hint of a smile. Before coming here, he hadn't gone to find Ah Hu and the others first, but had instead returned to the poor district, where he saw that Xigua, who had already undergone one Nirvana, was now at the third stage of the Mystic level! However, the second Nirvana was approaching, and Xigua, who had experienced the feeling of his soul being scorched once before, now trembled all over when mentioning those two words, begging Qin Li to save him. But Qin Li also didn't have any confidence; in his hand was a secret ancient dan formula left behind by Wu Jun Wang, which did have several kinds of spiritual power-enhancing pills. Now it was a case of using a dead horse as if it were alive - whether he could survive or not depended on Xigua's fate.

  According to Xigua, the Qin family was not destroyed by the powerful returnees from Fenghuang Lake at all. They were killed by a group of black-clothed people! So, Qin Li's expression of swearing an oath to Qin Hongyuan is completely ignored.

  "Of course it's true, why would I deceive you? Don't forget, I'm your paternal grandfather, and the blood of the Qin family flows through your veins!" Qin Hongyuan said in a low, stern tone.

  On the day of the incident, Qin Hongyuan didn't even have time to escape, but the Qin family had a secret room, more than 50 meters underground. Qin Hongyuan felt something was wrong and hid in it with his concubine until three or four days later when he dared to come out. He didn't expect that the entire Qin family would be slaughtered. At that time, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he almost died.

  Afterwards, Qin Hongyuan disguised himself as an old beggar and hid outside the Qin family's residence. He then contacted some trusted individuals who were not at the Qin residence on the day of the incident and had them send all of the Qin family's wealth to the imperial capital for Qin Feng and Qin Hu. Although there were still some members of the Qin family scattered outside, this marked the complete downfall of the family.

  Wanting to avenge, unless they can take down the Qins, but what power does the Qin family have now? Rely on Qin Feng and Qin Hu? Qin Hongyuan never thought of it, just leave a trace of blood for the Qin family.

  Qin Hongyuan often comes back here late at night, sits here in a daze until dawn and then leaves. Unexpectedly, he ran into Qin Li today. If he hadn't run into him, Qin Hongyuan had almost forgotten about this grandson.

  "If you were telling me the truth, Qin Hongyuan, maybe I could help you avenge. But now, facing me, you're still spouting nonsense. Forget it, I'm leaving, take care of yourself!" Qin Li turned around with a disappointed face, even if Xigua hadn't told him, Qin Li wouldn't have believed that the powerful Qin family could be destroyed so quietly.

  "You little thing, you dare to call me by my name! I'm so angry!"

  Qin Hongyuan pointed at Qin Li with an angry face. Then, he lowered his head and said, "What's the use of telling you? You're someone who can't even protect yourself, and you have a deep grudge against Qin Feng and Qin Hu. Can you really help the Qin family take revenge? It's laughable." However, since you want to hear it, I'll tell you anyway. After all, these things can't be said to others.

  "It's all because of the ancestors of the Qin family!"

  Qin Hongyuan sat on a cold stone, here was once the Qin family garden, the images of birds chirping and flowers blooming in the lake's ripples appeared one by one in his mind, making his eyes moist again.

  "Many years ago, the ancestors of the Qin family were butchers. This is not a secret, many old families in Huangsha City know about it, but they don't know how the Qin family developed from there!"

  Qin Hongyuan's voice was low and deep, somewhat similar to Qin Hengtian's. He continued: "At that time, Huangsha City was still a large town, somewhat desolate and far from the prosperity of today. The adventurers who appeared here at that time were mostly very powerful. In those years, there was a Tian-class strongman who lived in the Qin family, but he treated my ancestors with disdain, not taking them seriously. My ancestor was a person who would seek revenge for any slight. That Tian-class strongman returned from the killing grounds, severely injured, and stayed at the Qin family again. He never expected that my butcher-like ancestor had the guts to use a packet of extremely potent soul-stunning medicine to confuse him, then slowly, one knife cut at a time, he was dissected alive!"

  Although he had heard it from Qin Hengtian once, at this moment, listening to it again still gave people a chilling feeling. Qin Li seemed to be able to imagine the scene of that top-level expert being hacked to death in his sleep, dying too unjustly and too miserably!

  It can be seen that gentlemen are easily deceived, while petty people are difficult to guard against!

  Then, on his body, the "Pastoral Heart Method" was found. He had two elixirs in his possession, which were exactly what everyone needed. This made me, Qin Yong, a nobody, into someone who created two top-level powers for the Qin family, transforming it from a humble origin to a wealthy and influential clan! However, it's a pity that at Feng Huang Lake, someone framed the Qin family, suddenly putting them in the spotlight of everyone's attention! And those nine black-clothed men were also attracted by this, starting to want to negotiate with my Qin family, with 90% of the treasures from Feng Huang Lake going to them and 10% going to the Qin family. From then on, the Qin family would be under their protection!

  Qin Hongyuan said to this point, gritting his teeth. His whole body exuded a strong sense of resentment: "My Qin family didn't get any treasures at all, but I don't want to miss this opportunity either. You know, those nine people, anyone of them is a top-notch high-level expert! In front of them, the Qin family's ancestral land can't even muster up half a bit of resistance. So, we have no choice but to bring out all the Qin family's secret techniques and battle skills... But unexpectedly, when those black-clothed men saw one of the techniques, their faces changed greatly, and then they asked Old Ancestor to demonstrate the Qin family's ultimate..."

  At this point, Qin Hongyuan's face turned extremely ferocious, and blood flowed from his eyes.

  At this time, Qin Li also guessed that it was not far from the truth. Only then did Qin Hongyuan say with a sob: "After Laozu demonstrated it once, those black-clothed men repeatedly praised it, saying that this battle technique is indeed an ancient battle technique." Now thinking back, at that time those people were already extremely resentful and would only speak like that!

  "Those black-clothed men, are they the descendants of the Heaven-level martial artists who were killed back then?" Qin Li asked.

  "That's right, there are descendants and friends of that person. They came here this time for two reasons: one is to visit the ancient ruins on Phoenix Lake, and the other is to find their fellow disciples who went missing back then. By coincidence, they found me, the Qin family head. Tell me, if we hadn't been framed first, how could these black-clad men have possibly found me, the Qin family head?"

  Qin Hongyuan's crazy roar echoed far away in the quiet night sky.

  "This is retribution!" Qin Li said coldly.

  "Not bad, this is retribution, haha, this is indeed retribution. But why didn't it happen to the person who framed and slandered me? Why?!" Qin Hongyuan was like a madman, venting out nearly half a year's worth of pent-up anger in front of Qin Li.

  "Hmph, when your Qin family ancestors massacred my relatives back then, did you ever think it would come to this?" Qin Li's voice grew even colder after learning the true reason behind the downfall of the Qin family. Suddenly, he felt that everything was predetermined by fate.

  "Qin Li, you little beast, don't think you're lucky to have escaped disaster, don't forget that the blood of the Qin family also runs through your veins!" Qin Hongyuan glared at Qin Li and bellowed.

  Saying that, he burst into tears and muttered: "Retribution, it's really retribution!"

  "What goes around comes around?"

  Qin Li's mouth slowly curled up into a cold smile, and he suddenly asked: "Qin Hongyuan, my mother isn't your biological daughter, is she?"

  "What?" Qin Hongyuan suddenly retreated several steps, his eyes filled with terror as he stared at Qin Li, his gaze full of incredulity: "You, who told you! Nonsense! Sheer nonsense! Qin Li, don't even think about denying the fact that you are a descendant of the Qin family!"

  "Haha, it's what your ancestors said." Qin Li looked at Qin Hongyuan with a sneer and said, "It seems I was right, no wonder. You're so cold to me and my mother!"

  "You're full of crap! You little bastard!" Qin Hongyuan cursed furiously: "That's right, I've never had a good impression of you from the start! If it weren't for you, this little bastard, the Qin family would have been imperial relatives long ago! So, I hate you, and even more so that despicable father of yours, he ruined the great future of the Qin family! But, Han Yue... She's still my beloved daughter since childhood, I've never treated her as an outsider! I've always treated her like my own daughter! Waaah... Who knew, who knew she would actually treat me like that? Hmm?"

  Qin Hongyuan suddenly took a few steps back, his whole body shaking violently, pointing at Qin Li with his hand, his eyes filled with shock: "You... what did you just say? Are you talking about my ancestors? Is it you... the one who framed and slandered the Qin family at Fenghuang Lake? It must be you!"

  Qin Li coldly laughed a few times and imitated Qin Hongyuan's tone, saying: "Revenge!"

  "Ah!" Qin Hongyuan let out a mournful cry in extreme grief and indignation.

  "It's indeed a cycle of cause and effect, retribution is not pleasant! Back then, I killed her entire family, took her away, and raised her as my own daughter until she grew up. Who would have thought that her son would destroy my Qin family, causing my entire family to be slaughtered? Haha, haha, hahahaha! The heavens are truly fair! Truly too fair! Damn the heavens!"I curse your ancestors!"

  Qin Hongyuan burst into tears, sat down on the rubble with a thud, and wailed loudly, his heart torn apart.