The Way of The Dao

Chapter 849 I Came To Collect A Debt [II]

"Leader!"

A voice rang out in a different huge hall. A figure quickly entered and walked towards a man in his 40s, calling out to him respectfully.

"We received the report that the central members and almost the entire Gongsun family was wiped out!" The man quickly said what he knew as a shiver ran through him, unable to believe what he was being told.

"Is this information true? Did you corroborate it with the other spies we have nearby?" The leader asked with a frown, feeling the intuition inside him expressing to him that it was a bad omen.

"I corroborated with all the scattered members we have around the Gongsun residence!" The man quickly replied as he said, "The member infiltrated into the servitude said that a young man had entered the great hall a while ago saying that he had reports of the young master Gongsun Nian's murderer! But as of that, we no longer got any more reports from the two elders who were inside the hall while waiting for instructions from Patriarch Gongsun!"

"You were unable to contact them?" The leader frowned even more.

"We tried to contact them several times but got no response..." The man replied fearfully, saying in a somewhat shaky tone of voice, "The communication device ceased once that young man had entered and said he had information about young master Gongsun's murderer, but right after that we could no longer receive any signals... only the servant spies kept contacting, but the only information we got after so long was: exterminated."

The leader's face darkened upon hearing this. As the leader of the Wen clan, he knew what that code meant, which expressed the complete annihilation of the Gongsun family!

Moreover, his own son and a clan elder were completely crippled!

The first clan elder barely managed to return to the clan, explaining that they had encountered a terrifying young man and that he probably belonged to one of the sects of the east state, but he did not rule out the probability that he came from the holy lands of the north state!

His strength completely surpassed the strength of the first elder's nascent soul state!

And that young man, had crippled his son and one of the elders! Plus he had apparently obtained the inheritance of a supreme expert in the Body Condensation realm!

"Will it be that young man who also attacked Ming'er and the others?"

Wen Rue, the leader of the Wen clan, muttered as he gritted his teeth. This grudge and hatred from leaving his crippled son had to be paid back even if the enemy belonged to one of the immortal holy lands!

If they managed to kill this guy quietly, then they could avoid the attention of those holy lands and moreover, obtain the inheritance he obtained! An inheritance from a supreme expert!

If they managed to obtain this expert's inheritance, the Wen Clan would soar into the clouds!

They could even become a world-recognized sect below the famous holy lands!

"The servant who has a higher level of importance in the Gongsun family told us that he sensed the aura of the Gongsun family ancestor for an instant before disappearing!" The man added again and said, "We even have reports that in the city, the powerful aura of a supreme expert that came from the Gongsun family area was felt!"

"The ancestor of the Gongsun family made a move?" Wen Rue frowned before deepening it further and muttering in disbelief, "If the ancestor personally shot, then why was there no more movement and the Gongsun family easily killed? Could it be that he is another young man from a powerful sect and his other companions or protectors are in the shadows and have a higher cultivation level?"

The more Wen Rue thought, the more anxious and nervous he felt.

A power higher than the body condensation realm clearly could only belong to those recognized powerhouses!

The Separation and Reunion realm!

But Wen Rue quickly dismissed this information. For such powerhouses, it would be a waste of time and they would completely disdain to get involved with a family from the south state. Moreover, it was almost impossible to achieve having a high cultivation level while being so young, especially in the southern state.

Not to say that it was almost impossible for such experts to appear in the south state.

But if indeed that young man had such strength, then he would have no choice but to give up and forget about the matter of his son... unless he had a stronger backing than the enemy.

"What does that young man look like? How is he dressed? Does he have any particular emblem or does his clothing seem to show affiliation with any force?"

Wen Rue asked after contemplating the matter. With the annihilation of the Gongsun family, the Wen clan is now the first family in the entire southern state, so he should be happy and content. But now his son and one of the elders were crippled, so joy and arrogance could never come to him and, on the contrary, hatred, anger and even fear came over him.

"They say he was a very young man, about 25 years old in appearance approximately, but he was wearing simple black and white clothing, with a black shirt and white pants... and I was informed that he was very attractive apparently, with medium long black hair." The man quickly explained the information he received, saying the latter somewhat puzzledly, "Our men entered the great hall some time later when they heard no movement, but found only the lifeless bodies of all the members of the Gongsun family and the mysterious young man was gone."

"Really so young?" Wen Rue could not help but be surprised. The thought that the young man who confronted the first old man and crippled his son was the same young man who appeared in the Gongsun family.

* Bang! *

The door suddenly opened as a man rushed in with a pale expression.

"What's wrong? Do you know it's a death penalty to enter the great hall without my authorization?"

Seeing one of his guards enter the hall, Wen Rue frowned in annoyance and said coldly. Only the highest and most powerful members of the clan could be in this grand main hall!

"An apology, leader!" The man shook his head and prostrated himself before Wen Rue before quickly adding, "But outside is a young man who says he has information about the enemy who crippled the young master!"

A young man who has information about the enemy who crippled his son?

Wen Rue was stunned when he remembered that the same thing had happened a while back in the Gongsun family, with a young man saying he had information about the killers of the young master of the Gongsun family and the elders.

Could it be the same young man?

Wen Rue's complexion could not help but pale slightly at the thought of this, feeling that he was about to receive the death sentence. Even the other man was tense and fell silent, swallowing hard and thinking if it couldn't be a coincidence to be that the visitor was a young man as well and had information about what happened to the young master and the elders.

"L-leader?" The guard asked hesitantly as he saw Wen Rue's expression. He didn't know whether to let that strange young man pass or make him leave.

Wen Rue gritted his teeth as the next moment his expression turned dazed briefly.

"Let him in! And once that young man enters this hall quietly gather all the clansmen and wait for the signal!"

Wen Rue quickly regained his composure and even his arrogant and superior bearing returned to him again.

The guard dared not hesitate and quickly left the main hall to bring the young man in. Although he didn't know why the clan leader wanted him to gather all his men, the guard didn't dare not to follow orders.

"You know what to do." Wen Rue looked for a few seconds at the other remaining man standing before him and shot him a glance.

The man nodded and quickly left the main hall, with Wen Rue being left alone.

No more than 1 minute had passed when a young, slender figure entered the main hall.

Wen Rue's eyes flashed coldly for a moment before being covered with seriousness and solemnity at the sight of this person. Black robe with white, a mid-length black hair and a devilishly handsome face, there was no mistaking it.

A small bead of sweat rolled down Wen Rue's temple the more he watched this young man, unable to see through him when he saw that his expression was nothing more than calm indifference.

"You must be the current leader, right?"

Ling Tian, who was looking straight at Wen Rue and with no change in his eyes, asked faintly.

Wen Rue's expression changed slightly on the surface, frowning at the young man's words. But his intuition tightened, filling him with death if he dared to attack this mysterious young man.

"May I know who your excellency is? To what great sect or holy land does you belong?"

Wen Rue quickly regained his composure and asked after nodding at the question Ling Tian had asked. Knowing this young man's background was the most important thing and seeing if he could weigh the consequences.

"Even if I tell you, you won't understand..." Ling Tian shook his head slightly and said lightly, "Don't you want to know why I'm here?"

A faint smile formed on Ling Tian's face. He could feel the spirit senses covering the hall trying to go unnoticed, but with his powerful spirit sense how could he not perceive them?

"No need to guess, because it was you, right?" Wen Rue asked solemnly as he looked at Ling Tian, with his spirit sense not being able to see through him. His intuition soared further off the limit the more he watched this young man.

"Uhm, with your means and contacts you should know what happened to the Gongsun family already, right? It would be strange if you didn't have spies in that place." Ling Tian laughed lightly. The spiritual energy fluctuations and unusual behavior in various members of the servants was evident.

"So what did you come here for?" Wen Rue gritted his teeth, hesitating whether to take the next step or let it go.

But if he let it go, Wen Rue would have to give up on explaining what happened to his son.

"I only come for a compensation in the form of an apology for what your son and your other elders did to one of my grand female disciples." Ling Tian said weakly.

* Crackle! *

No sooner had Ling Tian's words finished, a sound of gears settling and seeming to enclose the main hall was clearly heard.

A terrifying spiritual energy filled the place, surrounding Ling Tian like a terrifying coercion that wanted to crush him completely.

"A young cultivator at the peak of the body condensation realm, or even if you were still at the separation and reunion realm you won't be able to get out of here!"

Then, an old voice filled with murderous intent resounded in the hall, an old but imposing figure that gave the impression of changing the skies by waving his hand appeared in front of Ling Tian as he exuded an aura that approached the peak of the Body Condensation realm.