Chapter 423 - Slaughter and Desecration (1/2)
Translator: StarReader
Editor: Elitecoder
The raid on Hell Valley ended as quickly as it had begun.
Valley Lord You Wanshan and the elders were visiting Regent Estate for the plans on how to deal with Drifting Flowers Edifices and the others. Of the four Venerables guarding the valley, one escaped, three turned and the valley now looked like the aftermath of a tornado.
Even with a number of ten thousand, the disciples couldn’t handle the incoming raid of just a few thousands of Luo clan’s guards, for more than a few short hours and were killed to the last one.
At the first light of a glorious red dawn, the hellscape of the valley laid bare. The howls halted, the place deserted, with only streams of blood flowing down the mountains, releasing its repugnant stench.
And as a true picture of hell, it couldn’t do without corpses, lots and lots of them to make a mountain. All strewn about, waiting for anyone to come give them a proper burial.
“Steward Zhuo, it’s done.” Li Jingtian glanced below at the genocide and turned a flat face to Zhuo Fan.
Zhuo Fan spoke after a pause, “Take the bodies back to Luo clan. We can now get on to more serious matters.”
“Getting serious? Taking Hell Valley wasn’t serious enough?” Li Jingtian asked.
Zhuo Fan grinned, “Ha-ha-ha, did you think I’d need so many people to destroy Hell Valley? Us two are more than enough.”
“Then…” Li Jingtian probed.
Zhuo Fan said, “Desecration!”
Sss~
Li Jingtian shuddered and gasped, “S-Steward Zhuo, the dead are to be respected. Is your hatred with Hell Valley running so deep that you need to dig up their ancestors?”
“Ha-ha-ha, you’re jumping too far ahead. I never cared a whit about Hell Valley nine years ago, and it goes double now. Besides, the most people I’ve killed came from this house. They should be the one hating me to the bone, not the other way around.”
“Then why…” Li Jingtian was lost.
Zhuo Fan had a crafty smile, “Go do your part while I do mine.”
Li Jingtian left because he believed Zhuo Fan’s every decision was backed by reason.
The Luo clan obeyed Zhuo Fan’s orders to the letter, taking it like any ordinary day back at the job. Only the Hell Valley Venerables were jumpy.
They had turned their backs on Hell Valley in exchange for their lives and were now forced to do such tasks.
Faced with the order of digging up their ancestors, they just couldn’t do it. That was where Hell Valley’s elders, Valley Lords and Venerables were laid to rest.
What logical explanation did the posterity have to dig them up?
[This is outrageous!]
The trio were going to see Zhuo Fan about this. Preach reason, that the two clans weren’t enemies to such a degree.
Li Jingtian saw through their intent and glared, “You, newbies, listen up and listen well. In Luo clan, Steward Zhuo’s word is law. Any complaints you have will be met with a quick trip down under.”
Li Jingtian flew away.
The trio sighed in helplessness, stopping in their tracks.
A guest could only play a guest in a host’s home.
[Since Steward Zhuo wants us to shame our ancestors to get our trust, we’re his men.]
They took this task as Zhuo Fan’s test of loyalty, to have them break all ties with Hell Valley. After flipping over one’s granddaddy’s tomb, one lost all right to call this place home.