Chapter 123: Qin Yuandao Dies, Luosang City Falls (1/2)
Qin Yuandao stared at Qin Yu's blood blade with his eyes. He had believed that Qin Yu was wielding the terrifying Blood Devouring Demonic Blade, but this turned out to be false. Qin Yu was merely wielding an ordinary blood blade.
”So it's finally my turn?” Qin Yuandao gave a grieved smile. He shifted his gaze away from the blood blade and slowly turned around. He cast his gaze at the land of the Qin Family once again. This was the place that bore and raised him.
He looked at each of the familiar buildings, and at each of the familiar plants and trees. He had personally commanded the construction of some of these buildings, and he had personally planted some of these saplings. The buildings experienced countless years since then, and the saplings of the past had already grown into giant trees that reached the skies. Perhaps, they too will perish and die along with him today.
No, they were the heart and blood of the Qin Family's ancestors. They were his heart and blood. How could he just let them be destroyed?
”Qin Yu, are you really going to destroy the Qin Family?” Qin Yuandao's old voice was mournful as he faced Qin Yu and asked.
Qin Yu's footsteps stopped before Qin Yuandao. He was ice-cold, and his voice was even more so, ”You're someone who is about to die. Why do you care about these things?”
”Qin Yu, I have nothing I can say about you killing me, but you shouldn't forget. Whether or not you want to admit it, the blood of the Qin Family ultimately flows through your veins. Furthermore, the others from the Qin Family share no animosity with you. They only dealt with you in the past due to my orders. It has nothing to do with them personally.”
Even in his last moments, while facing death, Qin Yuandao still wished to save the Qin Family. He didn't want the Qin Family to perish along with him.
”Qin Yu, what Esteemed Father says is correct. The Qin Family's blood flows within your body.” Qin Zong struggled as he got up. He gasped for breath as he said, ”As the family head, I am unable to shed responsibility for your tragic experiences. If you must kill people to be appeased, I will represent the Qin Family and receive death. I hope you won't cause trouble for others. Too many people have died in our Qin Family today.” Qin Zong saw the corpses that lay everywhere, and his expression was utterly pained. These were all the elites of the Qin Family, after all.
Qin Yu swept a glance at Qin Zong, his expression as indifferent as ever. From his perspective, these people had wanted to kill him just now. If he hadn't retaliated and killed them, he would have been the person that died. If he had died, these people probably wouldn't have lamented the death of a member of the Qin Family. Instead, they would have clapped their hands in celebration for killing the Qin Family's demon.
Of course, Qin Yu still maintained a bit of respect for Qin Zong. Qin Zong had treated Qin Yu decently in the past. He had looked favorably of him and expending great efforts in nurturing him. Also, Qin Zong was powerless when it came to the matters that happened to Qin Yu subsequently. Even if all of this was disregarded, just based purely on the fact that Qin Zong had saved Qin Wu and his wife, Qin Yu had no choice but to feel a bit of gratefulness within his heart.
Qin Yu would pursue both gratitude and grudges. He could kill without blinking an eye when it came to his enemies, but when it came to those who did him kindness, he would repay that drop of kindness as if it were a gushing spring.
Therefore, he wouldn't kill Qin Zong.
”Qin Yu, as long as you don't annihilate the Qin Family, I will give you the secrets to the ultimate art of the Qin Family, the Frozen Soul Miracle. How about it?” Qin Yuandao threw out a condition that he thought to be extremely enticing.
Frozen Soul Miracle?
Qin Yu's eyes slightly congealed. Frankly speaking, he wasn't lacking in cultivation manuals. His brain contained quite a few profound cultivation arts. However, it was very regretful that those techniques were too high level. It was impossible for him to cultivate them with his current strength, and he couldn't display his strength with them.
Frozen Soul Miracle just so happened to be an amazing cultivation manual suited for his current strength in cultivation. The most important thing was that this divine technique had something particular about it. It was able to unleash attacks of frost.
Typically speaking, one needed to comprehend the spiritual power of water to the eighth level or higher in order to congeal water into ice. From here, one could unleash frost attacks. However, Frozen Soul Miracle didn't require its users to comprehend the spiritual power of water in order to do this.
If one cultivated this divine manual to the peak, and he gained the efficiency from combining the ability to congeal water into ice with the spiritual power of water, he could double the power that could be unleashed. This might would absolutely be hard to imagine. At this stage, the Frozen Soul Miracle would truly be called a divine art.
Frankly speaking, Qin Yu was stirred emotionally by the Frozen Soul Miracle.
Qin Yuandao was someone who had lived for quite some years. It was impossible for him to not see the changes within Qin Yu's expression. He didn't say much else. With trembling hands, he took a yellow ring from his withered finger. He gently placed it on the ground to the side. His desolate voice slowly spoke, ”Qin Yu. This is this storage ring that symbolizes the Grand Elder of the Qin Family. The secrets to cultivating the Frozen Soul Miracle lie within. You can take just the Frozen Soul Miracle, or you can take the entire ring. Everything is up to you alone.”
”Another thing. I apologize to Su Yinxue. She is yours now.” He didn't expect to remember Su Yinxue at the very end. He didn't expect a hint of guilt toward this girl to be born from his heart. ”Her father, Su Xiongfei is in prison. You should let him out and let father and daughter reunite. If you feel like it, when you see her, bring my words of apologies to her.”
Birds cried in grief when they were about to die, and people speak benevolently when they were about to die. There was no other idiom that could describe the current Qin Yuandao any better. Of course, Qin Chong's display made him completely disheartened.
”Third little brother and his wife, I am sorry to both of you. I have come to apologize to you.” Qin Yuandao's eyes closed, and bubbling could be heard from within his lips. Then, watery blood came gushing out of his mouth. He left this world by suicide.
”Esteemed Father, don't!” Qin Zong yelled in sorrow as he heavily knelt on the ground. Heartbroken, he grieved.
From his perspective, from the perspective of the Qin Family, Qin Yuandao was still the emblem of the Qin Family, regardless of what he did. He was a monument. He was once a god.
With this emblem fallen, with this monument toppled, with this god fallen, how could the head of the Qin Family not be sorrowful?
He was not the only one. The other members of the Qin Family had all hid due to fear a moment ago. At this time, they walked out one by one and entered the field. They walked before Qin Yuandao and silently knelt.
There were young people. There were old people. There were women, and there were children.
The god of this generation of the Qin Family had fallen. Luosang City's outstanding character of this generation had fallen. This was a proclamation that the era of the Qin Family had ended.