Chapter 286: The Baili Family’s Meeting (1/2)

The leader of the Baili group sighed. He understood what Xue Wei meant, but he had a hard time accepting it as the truth.

“Well, that’s that,” the man resided, smiling sadly. When he had awoken this morning, he would never have expected that today would be his final day of life, and even less would he have expected this task to end like this.

Now, however, it seemed that it was his final moments, and although he felt some sour feelings in his heart, he was able to accept this ending.

He was proud of his life as a member of the Baili family. He had not let anyone down and even in death; he believed that he would be a ghost of the Baili family.

Such a person was impossible to hate, and he was someone who deserved respect. However, Xue Wei also understood that a person like this would be too dangerous to be left alive.

He simply could not afford to let the man go, and thus he lifted the Qi sword and gave it a firm swing, beheading the leader and giving him a quick, painless death.

There was no bloodlust or murderous aura at this moment; all that was left was a group of experts saying their final goodbye to a man that had garnered some respect.

Even Bai Tianyi took a pause before absorbing the soul power that was released after his death.

After killing the last of them, Xue Wei did not even glance at the corpses that were littered in the streets of the academy; instead, they just continued towards the restaurant.

“Were you scared?” Xue Wei asked Luoluo as he, once more, took her into his arms and carried her.

“Not scared,” Luoluo shook her head with a sweet smile on her face. “Big Brother and Uncle Lin Xiao will protect Luoluo, Luoluo is not at all scared when Big Brother and Uncle Lin Xiao are around.”

Xue Wei laughed when he noticed how she completely ignored ‘doggie’ Hei Gou and ‘brat’ Bai Tianyi.

On the other hand, the two ignored experts did not have any wish to draw attention to themselves.

Bai Tianyi was in a relatively great mood. He had just consumed the soul power of the entire group, and he could already feel how it was increasing his cultivation base slowly but surely.

Hei Gou was also quite happy after having sparred against Xue Wei in the morning, and now having fought a battle against a group of experts, even if it was more one-sided.

He had felt thrilled and excited, so he did not mind forgiving Luoluo for once. After all, Xue Wei really doted on the child, so even if he found her annoying, he had to cope with it.

The spectators were completely silent before a person suddenly started vomiting.

It was clear that these students had never before seen such a macabre scene as the one in front of them. Seeing these people with decapitated heads, amputated limbs, disemboweled intestines—everything they saw was just so gruesome that the sight of the bloodbathed corpses and fresh scent of death saturating the air was simply too much for some of them to stomach.

Rumors were spread through the academy within moments. They used their telepathy to converse with their friends and tell them everything they had just witnessed before their friends spread the news on further. Soon, a few turned to many, many quickly turned to hundreds, and hundreds spread to thousands within the city.

The Baili family were also amongst the first to be informed about the loss of their minions, and the domineering actions of Xue Wei’s group.

Inside the Baili family mansion, the elders gathered together.

“Do you think that this Xue Wei is so much stronger than others at the same rank, or is it true that spiritual energy cultivators are weak compared to the Qi cultivators?” one of the elders asked with a pondering expression on his face.

“I do not believe that Qi cultivators are more powerful in battle,” another said with disdain in his voice. “If they were, would the Primordial Beasts not be much more prominent and dangerous in a fight?”

“So this Xue Wei and his friends are special?” the first person asked with unconcealed uncertainty in his voice.

“They managed to wipe out eleven experts while only being four. It shows that their battle prowess is outstanding, and their ruthlessness cannot be matched by anyone in Yan Dalu.”

“They are too cocky,” an aged voice suddenly sounded. “They killed our men in front of so many witnesses—it is showing contempt for Yan Dalu’s law, and we can charge them with the crime of murdering citizens of our continent.”

“That will not work.” The speaker who responded was also an old man but who was seated in the most prominent position within the hall, and when he spoke, the rest listened with reverence.

“The witnesses saw that the Baili men were the ones who were aggressive and looking for trouble. If we truly drag them to court, we will not win as they will be seen as fighting in the name of self-defense.”

“We can bribe the jury and the judges.” The man who had spoken before was not willing to give up, and he tried to convince them that it was a possibility.