Chapter 571: Chapter 441: The Fall of the Hong Residence (Part 2)
Hong Qingyun’s furious yell fell on everyone’s ears.
On the training ground, Hong Fang and others heard the roar and couldn’t help but look up.
They also noticed Hong Shisan’s act of rushing into the sky at the same moment.
But even Gu Cangtian had been defeated, how could Hong Shisan, with his cultivation at only the Elixir Realm, possibly be a match for Hong Qingyun?
Only Hong Mingyue, with her bright and piercing gaze, who had crossed hands with Hong Shisan, understood all too well that Hong Shisan was not as simple as he seemed.
Looking up at the sky again, Hong Qingyun’s figure couldn’t even support itself, and he staggered from mid-air, tumbling to the ground.
"Father?" Hong Fang and the others wanted to step forward to help.
But they were pushed away by Hong Qingyun, beads of sweat falling from his face, and the hair that was already pitch black quickly lost its color, turning white.
Wrinkles and deep furrows formed densely on his face, and Hong Qingyun seemed to have aged by fifty or sixty years in an instant, rapidly becoming an elderly man.
"Luo Song, you actually colluded with Hong Shisan, what did you tamper with in the Nirvana Pill!" Hong Qingyun, like a mad dog, grabbed Luo Song.
He had previously taken the Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Elixir and had already checked it; there was no issue with the pill.
After his breakthrough to the Divine Power Realm, everything was normal.
Why did the pill change after Hong Shisan appeared?
The Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Elixir was given by Luo Song, he must have conspired with Hong Shisan.
Luo Song was also dreadfully startled, stammering in his response.
"Old Marquis, I don’t know what you’re talking about. That Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Elixir was obtained from the Xingxiu Cave; at that time, both Ming Yue and Zhuge Yi were present. I am innocent."
Hong Mingyue also looked astonished, and turned to look at Hong Shisan, who still stood aloft in mid-air, looking down at Hong Qingyun with mockery.
Hong Qingyun felt an inexplicable force within his body, eating away at his flesh.
"Hong Shisan, what grudge does our Hong Residence have with you, for you to repeatedly set traps for us?"
With Hong Qingyun suddenly in this state, it was clear to anyone that the situation, which had been favorable, took a steep nosedive because of the tampered Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Elixir.
Feng Xun had already ordered the Nirvana Cannon to surround all the people of the Hong Residence, ready to blast them into smithereens at the slightest movement.
"Grudges? Heh~ you should ask Marquis Hong and Hong Fang about what they did fourteen years ago."
Hong Shisan’s eyes were cold and the Cauldron Breath in his hand began to surge.
Fourteen years ago, something flashed through Hong Qingyun’s mind.
But at that moment, the Cauldron Breath within him flared up again, and Hong Qingyun screamed in agony, clutching at his abdomen and gasping for air.
"Hong Shisan, you’ve brought me to such a state, even if I turn into an Evil Ghost, I will not let you go." Hong Qingyun suddenly released all his Primordial Power, a Divine Power Realm Martial Artist’s full force, turning into a mountainous shove toward Hong Shisan.
It was like a meteor breaking through the sky.
Hong Shisan squinted her eyes.
Suddenly, she held something in her hand, a longbow taller than a man, with a bloody red light flickering on the bow body.
Heavenly-grade Spiritual Artifact, Yi God’s Void-breaking Bow!
Her plump, cherry-like lips formed a word coldly.
"Go!"
The Third-Transformation Phoenix Body suddenly activated, and a terrifying Primordial Power fluctuation appeared on Hong Shisan.
The bowstring was drawn tight, and a streak of red light sliced through the sky.
Blood rained from the sky as if a sudden downpour had begun.
The Primordial Power Mountains exploded; as the Yi God Void-breaking Arrow pierced his chest, Hong Qingyun’s body burst apart.
A single arrow triggered a thousand waves; one person shocked the entire field.
Standing at the zenith of the skies, Hong Shisan’s garments were still stained with Hong Qingyun’s blood, like flickering stars resembling fallen petals of red plum blossoms.
Between heaven and earth, everyone on the Imperial Palace Training Ground had forgotten their fights.
Hong Mingyue’s delicate body shuddered.
The Yi God’s Void-breaking Bow—it was her; she was not dead.
"Hong Shisan... Ye Lingyue!"
The piercing scream sliced through the sky like a sharp arrow.
As if struck by lightning, Hong Mingyue trembled uncontrollably.
She should have guessed it; she should’ve known.
Upon hearing the words "Ye Lingyue", Hong Fang abruptly lifted his head.
Xiahou Qi also incredulously raised his head. Was it him? Or her?
Ye Lingyue in the sky slowly lowered her bow, her hair disheveled by the wind, her black locks flowing like enchanting darkness.
Under the dimming sky, her delicate face revealed eyes like new moons.
If not Ye Lingyue, then who?
Fourteen years ago, the girl that was ousted from the Hong Residence.
"It can’t be possible; how could you have killed father?" Hong Fang raved like a madman. "You accursed offspring, had I known this would happen, I would have killed you from the start!"
With resentment festering, one misstep led to continual errors; just because he had spared this despicable brat, the Hong Residence had come to this state. He was not willing to accept this, not willing!
Upon Hong Qingyun’s death, those nobles and Marquises who supported the Hong Residence no longer dared to resist, and in no time, they were subdued by Nie Fengxing and Lan Yingwu.
During the struggle, Luo Song and an elder from Three-Life Valley took advantage of the chaos to flee with Hong Mingyue.
"Hong Fang, the state you find yourself in today is all due to your own doing. I advise you to surrender," Lan Yingwu, along with some guards, surrounded Hong Fang and the others.
After learning that Ye Lingyue was Hong Shisan, Hong Fang looked completely dispirited.
Zhuge Rou and the others stood in a daze. Most people from the Hong Residence died in the earlier explosion, with only the father and son of the Hong family and Zhuge Rou left. The three were thrown into the Heavenly Prison, awaiting their trial by Xiahou Qi.
"Are you... Sister Ling Yue?" The people from the Ye Family surrounded Ye Lingyue.
Especially Ye Liuyun, her face turned red upon seeing Ye Lingyue dressed in men’s clothing.
"My sisters, I’ve frightened you all this time," Ye Lingyue said. The death of Hong Qingyun meant the removal of a significant threat for her.
Regrettably, in a moment of oversight, she didn’t expect Luo Song to have a hidden Jade Talisman, which allowed Hong Mingyue to escape amid the chaos.
Once Hong Mingyue returns to Three-Life Valley, it would be difficult for Ye Lingyue to touch her.
With Hong Mingyue’s talent and the blow suffered this time, if they were to meet again in the future, she would undoubtedly be a formidable enemy.
The Imperial Examination this time ended with the assassination of Emperor Xia, and the Imperial Palace, together with the surrounding residential areas, were mostly destroyed due to the fierce battles.
Although Xiahou Qi had a thousand words to say to Ye Lingyue, he could only first handle the funeral of Emperor Xia and deal with the treasonous courtiers.
A few days later, the Hong Residence was ransacked. Before the ransacking, Ye Lingyue did not forget to retrieve her gambling money from the Wanjing Gambling House.
The enormous sum of thirty million Gold was also an opportunity for Ye Lingyue to profit immensely by looting amidst the chaos.
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