Tai Shi Shi Tian Jue

Chapter 198 A Tragic Tale of Patriotism, an Old Den Within the Ancestral Hall

Loot everything before killing!

Eunuch Ma's eyes darted around, and he said, "Young Master Chu, if you spare us, I will reward you handsomely!"

"Yes, yes, my general's mansion also has some treasures. As long as Young Master Chu spares us, everything is negotiable." Ma Baoguo was afraid that Chu Feng would resort to underhanded tactics, so he quickly expressed his sincerity.

Chu Feng smiled and said, "Bargaining? Do you even have the right to do that?"

Nie Shuangren laughed and cursed, "You two bastards, obediently hand over all your treasures, or next year this day will be your death anniversary!"

Just as Ma Baoguo and the other man were about to say something, Chu Feng had already turned around and walked towards Qing'er.

The little girl's grandfather was crushed to death by the aura of the eight powerful kings, leaving no trace of his body. Chu Feng had no choice but to ask where she lived so that he could settle her in.

With the strength of the third level of Qi Refining, and being a separate individual, Chu Feng was certain that the moment he left, Qing'er would immediately follow suit and disappear.

"Little Qing'er, where do you live? We'll take you home," Chu Feng asked, ruffling Qing'er's hair.

This little girl, though small in stature and with low cultivation, is quite bold, which Chu Feng admires.

"Big brother, I have no home. Grandpa is dead. I'm all alone now..." Qing'er said softly, her head down.

"Is that so? Then you can come with me, and I'll take you to the Sword Sect to cultivate later. Are you willing?" Chu Feng asked.

In any case, this matter was caused by me. Finding a place for Qing'er will settle this karmic debt.

"Big brother, I'm willing to go with you." Before Chu Feng could finish speaking, Qing'er nodded repeatedly.

Sword Sect—just hearing the name makes it sound like a sect. Chu Feng is so strong, so the sect he belongs to must be incredibly powerful. With an older brother protecting him, no one will be able to bully him anymore.

"Let's go, lead the way to your General's Mansion." Chu Feng grabbed Qing'er's shoulder with one hand and carried Eunuch Ma with the other, instructing Ma Baoguo.

The journey to the secret realm was cut short halfway through. After changing the spiritual vein and settling old scores with Wan Yihao and the others, Chu Feng prepared to head directly to Tianfu City.

Su Yongquan and the others had been staying at Wen Yixi's residence. Although Hong Pingbao had promised Chu Feng that he would protect the Su family, he was still not entirely at ease.

Now that he has the strength of the Nascent Soul stage and Xiao Hui is by his side, Chu Feng is basically fearless as long as those at the second level of the Out-of-Body stage don't make a move!

Furthermore, he cannot stay in the Sword Sect indefinitely; his recent breakthroughs have all been in perilous situations.

The more dangerous the environment, the more conducive it is to spiritual practice.

With the meat on the chopping board, Ma Baoguo could only lead everyone to the General's Mansion.

Walking down the street, people who knew Ma Baoguo and his companion gave them strange looks.

Why do these two jinxes look like prisoners today?

What's going on here?

However, these two were like demons in the imperial city, and even though they were now in dire straits, no one dared to point fingers at them.

At most, I'll just laugh at it to myself.

As for Ma Baoguo, even if everyone in the entire capital city ridicules him, he has no interest in paying attention to it at all.

Chu Feng is like a sword hanging over your head!

Therefore, he was in a great hurry and dared not linger for even a moment.

However, when everyone arrived at the Ma residence, Ma Baoguo was completely dumbfounded!

Damn it, everything that could be moved from the mansion is gone!

Warehouses, studies, secret rooms—everything that could be used to sell spirit stones is gone!

The entire General's mansion was littered with corpses!

His servants, guards, his wife and concubines—all of them were murdered!

After killing the victim, the murderer didn't even leave behind the items on the corpse! Not a single piece of jewelry could be found on Ma Baoguo's concubine!

"Who is it! Who is it! You are incredibly audacious! Once I catch you, I will skin you alive and kill your whole family!" Ma Baoguo shouted fiercely.

Chu Feng frowned and said, "General Ma, you're worthless! All your things have been taken away by others. What use are you?"

He couldn't even save his own life, yet he wanted to kill his whole family?

"No, no, I have value, I still have something, there's a place no one knows about..." Ma Baoguo immediately confessed when he saw Chu Feng's murderous gaze.

Originally, he wanted to use this incident to get away with it and leave some traces, but now that he sees Chu Feng is relentlessly pursuing him, he definitely won't be able to leave anything behind.

So, Ma Baoguo led the group forward again.

The General's Mansion was quite large; it took a full two incense sticks' worth of time to reach the place.

"Ancestral hall? You mean you've hidden something here?" Nie Shuangren asked curiously.

On the way here, Chu Feng sent three wisps of milky white energy to Nie Shuangren. Although his injuries have not fully recovered, he is now able to jump around.

Ma Baoguo chuckled and said, "I have a bad temper and have offended too many people, so I've always kept something in reserve and hidden my most precious things in a secret place."

Chu Feng laughed and said, "Your secret room has been emptied out. Is there any place more hidden than a secret room?"

Ma Baoguo was definitely stolen by his own people; only those who were very close to him could find his secret room.

The ancestral hall is empty; what can it possibly hold?

After entering the ancestral hall, Ma Baoguo went to the ancestral tablets, knelt on the prayer mat, and began to kowtow.

Chu Feng didn't bother with him. With three Grandmaster-level experts at their peak, it would be strange if a second-level Nascent Soul cultivator, who was imprisoned, could escape.

Inside the ancestral hall, besides a few rows of chairs, there was only a large platform for placing the memorial tablets.

Ma Baoguo knelt on the leftmost prayer mat and kowtowed vigorously.

“Ma Baoguo must be a direct descendant of the Ma family, right? With such a high status, even if he were to kowtow to his ancestors, he should kneel in the middle, shouldn’t he?” Nie Shuangren asked doubtfully.

Cang Yufei laughed and said, "If I'm not mistaken, he set up some kind of mechanism in the ancestral hall."

A cunning rabbit has three burrows, let alone a high-ranking and powerful person like a general.

The crowd chattered amongst themselves, but Eunuch Ma remained silent, his face ashen.

When Ma Baoguo kowtowed ninety-nine times, there was a sudden noise on the ground. Ma Baoguo quickly stood up and took three steps back.

A few breaths later, a three-meter-wide opening appeared in the ground in front of the futon, revealing a downward staircase.

There was even a secret room inside the ancestral hall.

Nie Shuangren sighed, "Old Ma really hid himself well. Those murderers and robbers would never come here to kowtow to the Ma family ancestor!"

Besides, even if you kowtow, can you even touch the ground?

"Let's go see what we can find that might save your life." Having hidden it so well, Chu Feng was actually quite curious about what was inside.

If we were to acquire some extraordinary treasure, it wouldn't be out of the question to spare Ma's life to serve his country.

He killed someone's son, stole someone's storage ring, and now Ma Baoguo's entire family has been killed and his property stolen by his own people. It's too tragic. Chu Feng can't bear to kill him.

Of course, even if we don't kill Ma Baoguo, we should still cripple his cultivation to prevent him from continuing to do evil!