Zhang Qingyao’s lips trembled in shock at the scene before her, leaving her speechless.
She didn’t understand why the Ye family’s traitor had been smirking just a moment ago, only to be killed by the Bai Yi Nan the next.
Nor did she know who these people really were.
Zhang Qingyao had originally thought that the Zhang family’s capture was because she and Zhang Yuge had offended the Ye family and were being targeted in retaliation.
But after seeing the death of the Ye family traitor, she was utterly confused.
Who exactly wanted to bring down the Zhang family from behind the scenes had become the biggest mystery.
Bai Yi Nan kicked the corpse of Ye Tianlei, who had fallen to the ground, and ordered the crowd behind him,
“Take them away.”
The Zong Men Disciples obeyed, shoving and urging the remaining Zhang family members forward, while the household servants and retainers were sent back to the sky prison.
Bai Yi Nan pulled a magic treasure out of his storage pouch and threw it into the sky.
The small treasure rapidly expanded in midair, transforming into a Flying Ship.
The number of hostages had been reduced to sixty, enough to fit everyone on board.
One by one, the Zhang family members were escorted onto the Flying Ship.
At that moment, Zhang Qingyao caught sight of the person she most wanted to see and her eyes widened.
Lin Yi was together with the other female Zhang family members, surrounded mostly by women and children.
Among them, a child was crying loudly.
A Zong Men Disciple, irritated by the noise, raised his hand to strike.
The child’s mother immediately hugged her child protectively.
The disciple’s palm landed on the woman’s face, sending her flying.
“Just kill this crying brat already.”
The woman everyone called “Senior Sister,” the expressionless-faced female, said coldly.
The male disciple drew his Sword; sunlight gleamed off the raised blade as it prepared to descend.
Zhang Qingyao almost held her breath.
“Stop!”
Lin Yi shouted, rushing to the child’s side and blocking the disciple with her own body.
“He’s just a child. Why are you making a fuss over a little kid?”
Lin Yi’s tone was neither humble nor afraid, showing no fear or retreat despite their cruelty.
“You stinky woman, get out of my way!”
The disciple with the Sword kicked her to the ground, and others joined in with several stomps.
Lin Yi curled up, holding her head in pain.
Seeing the junior brothers and sisters kicking and trampling Lin Yi, the expressionless female frowned deeply.
She wasn’t willing to wait any longer.
With one Sword thrust, she pierced the crying child, lifted the body, and threw it aside.
The child’s mother—the woman who had been slapped and sent flying—let out a heart-wrenching scream.
The expressionless female, impatient, delivered another Sword strike, ending the poor woman’s life.
Watching her mother humiliated, Zhang Qingyao was deeply pained.
Though she desperately wanted to rush over and help, Zhang Yuge hadn’t arrived yet, and she dared not act rashly.
She only hoped Zhang Yuge would arrive soon.
The disciples of the Shenhuang Sect committing such atrocities, the Zhang family men could not endure the humiliation—they were about to explode.
With their wives kicked and beaten, Zhang family head Zhang Zhengzhi was furious beyond words.
“You’ve gone too far. We Zhang family men will never submit!”
Though their cultivation was ruined and their limbs shackled, the Zhang men recklessly lunged at their captors.
Seeing the Zhang men rising in rebellion, Bai Yi Nan sneered contemptuously, slashing a few times, instantly dousing the fire of their uprising with a cold shower.
“You bunch of deluded trash. If you don’t want to be wiped out here, you’d better behave!”
Bai Yi Nan flicked the blood off his blade and warned the Zhang family men.
He slapped Zhang Zhengzhi’s face with his hand, sneering:
“I’m sparing your life only because you’re the family head. The Sect Leader wants to speak with you, so I can’t kill you.”
Zhang Zhengzhi spat a mouthful of saliva onto Bai Yi Nan’s handsome face.
“Heh… if you’ve got guts, kill me now. Do you dare?”
Zhang Zhengzhi taunted.
Bai Yi Nan wiped the saliva off his face with his hand, smiling brightly.
“Shuang Ye, bring that woman over here.”
Shuang Ye was the expressionless-faced female’s name; she and Bai Yi Nan were Dao Companions.
They were carrying out the Sect Leader’s orders together.
Shuang Ye grabbed Lin Yi by the hair and dragged her before Bai Yi Nan and Zhang Zhengzhi.
Lin Yi was battered and bruised, barely conscious, having been beaten badly just moments before.
“This woman must be your wife, right? Zhang family head has good taste,”
Bai Yi Nan said with a smile.
“…What do you want?”
“Nothing much, just a warning.”
Bai Yi Nan walked behind Zhang Zhengzhi, grabbed his hair, and forced him to look at his wife.
“Shuang Ye, get to work. Let our Zhang family head experience the pain of losing his wife and remember this lesson well.”
“No, no— I apologize! I want to apologize!”
Zhang Zhengzhi panicked, completely changing his earlier demeanor.
“Hahaha, now you know how to admit your mistakes? Too late, hahaha… go ahead!”
A Sword strike came down, and Lin Yi’s agonized scream rang out.
Shuang Ye did not stab at Lin Yi’s vital areas directly but pierced her left thigh.
“Next, the right one,”
Shuang Ye said.
More heart-wrenching screams followed.
“Haha, you really know how to play,”
Bai Yi Nan praised.
“Ahhh, stop! Please stop!”
Zhang Zhengzhi struggled, but Bai Yi Nan pressed his foot on his back, keeping him immobilized as he watched Lin Yi’s torment.
“Stop it!”
A sharp female voice caught the attention of the Shenhuang Sect disciples.
From a distance, a figure wearing eunuch robes ran over.
Her Taijian Hat fell off, revealing long, lustrous black hair; everyone realized she was a beautiful young woman.
“You villains, let go of my parents! Let go of my family!”
Bai Yi Nan sensed her cultivation and struck at Zhang Qingyao.
Zhang Qingyao fought back fiercely.
But how could a Qi Refining stage seven opponent contend with an early Foundation Establishment stage cultivator?
She was shattered with a single hit, knocked back several meters, barely able to stand.
The barely conscious Lin Yi on the ground recognized the girl trying to save them.
Zhong Bailing… how could she be here?
Though the girl had long ago changed her name to Zhang Qingyao, Lin Yi’s impression of her was still as Zhong Bailing, the one who once tried to kill her son.
Could Yao’er also be nearby?
“You said just now ‘let go of your parents’ — are you Zhang family too?”
Bai Yi Nan asked.
Zhang Qingyao knew she couldn’t defeat him, but she had no choice.
If she didn’t step forward, her mother would surely die.
“I’m Zhang family.”
She admitted.
“I don’t know exactly what the Zhang family did to offend you, or why you want to exterminate us.”
“Hmph.”
Bai Yi Nan put on his usual hypocritical expression.
“We’re only following orders. Blame your offense against our Sect Leader.”
“Who is your Sect Leader?”
Zhang Qingyao tried every means to buy time.
“If you come with us, you’ll find out.”
Bai Yi Nan smiled.
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