41: Chapter 41 Killing Yao Qing

"Kid, why do you keep letting me attack you? Is it just because your defense is strong?" Eighth Elder Yao Qing pondered this possibility.

"You're overthinking it. I just wanted to give you a chance to go all out, because once I make a move, you won't have any more opportunities."

Although Xiao Yuchen was speaking the truth, to Eighth Elder Yao Qing, this was an insult.

"Fine, I'd like to see how much of my true strength you can withstand."

Xiao Yuchen used this method to continuously provoke Eighth Elder Yao Qing, and Eighth Elder Yao Qing kept increasing his strength. However, no matter how fierce his attacks were, he could never break through Xiao Yuchen's defense.

Finally, Eighth Elder Yao Qing was forced to believe that he was simply no match for Xiao Yuchen. However, while he couldn't hurt Xiao Yuchen, it seemed Xiao Yuchen couldn't hurt him either.

"Kid, I underestimated you after all. But so what? You can't break my defense either. How about we call it a day?" Eighth Elder Yao Qing knew he couldn't do anything to Xiao Yuchen and wanted to leave temporarily.

"Who said I couldn't break your defense? Just now, I only used thirty percent of my strength. My purpose was simple: to keep baiting you into attacking me. But I've lost interest in you now, so you can go and become fertilizer."

As he spoke, Xiao Yuchen attacked Eighth Elder Yao Qing again. But this time, Eighth Elder Yao Qing felt the pressure increase tenfold and was constantly suppressed.

Boom!

Another muffled sound rang out, and Eighth Elder Yao Qing was smashed into a pulp of flesh with a single palm strike.

Patriarch Wang Tiande was completely dumbfounded at this sight. Eighth Elder Yao Qing was at the Great Perfection of the Hua Jin stage, yet even so, he couldn't withstand Xiao Yuchen's attack. Just how strong was Xiao Yuchen? Who exactly had he provoked?

Thinking of this, Patriarch Wang Tiande wanted to take his people and leave amidst the chaos, but he was stopped by Zheng He.

"Patriarch Zheng, what are you doing?" Patriarch Wang Tiande asked, somewhat panicked.

"What am I doing? Shouldn't I be the one asking you that? Your Family actually colluded with Medicine God Valley to conspire against my Family. Don't you think you owe me an explanation?" Zheng He's tone was icy, and his words were devoid of any courtesy.

"Patriarch Zheng, this is all a misunderstanding! It was Yao Feng who forced me to do this. I had no choice; one must bow their head when under the eaves." Patriarch Wang Tiande hurriedly explained.

"You want to just walk away after planting a Gu in my daughter? Only if you remove the Gu from my daughter." Zheng He stated his condition.

"But I don't know how to remove the Gu! Besides, that Gu poison is Yao Feng's life-bound Gu; there is simply no cure."

Hearing this, Zheng He fell into complete despair. Was he truly going to have to prepare a memorial tablet for his own daughter?

Just as he was in despair, he suddenly thought of Xiao Yuchen. Xiao Yuchen had heaven-defying means; he would surely be able to save his daughter.

"Little brother, thank you for saving my Family. From now on, my Family is willing to become your ally. As long as you have any orders, my Family will not refuse. I wonder if you could save my daughter?" Zheng He walked over to Xiao Yuchen, his attitude extremely humble.

"If it had been any later, I would have been helpless. But there is still a way now. Have your daughter take this."

As he spoke, Xiao Yuchen handed an antidote pill to Zheng He. Zheng He excitedly took the antidote pill and then fed it to his daughter.

The reason Zheng Yujiao had woken up earlier was because she was being controlled by Yao Feng. Now that Yao Feng was dead, Zheng Yujiao fell into a coma once again.

The antidote pill could cure all strange poisons in the world, including Gu poison. Therefore, after taking the antidote pill, Zheng Yujiao woke up again, and her complexion was much ruddier than before.

"Father, what happened to me?" Zheng Yujiao asked, somewhat confused. She didn't know what had happened earlier.

"Yujiao, someone planted a Gu in you earlier. Fortunately, this little brother saved you."

Zheng He told his daughter about what had happened. After listening to her father, Zheng Yujiao bowed directly to Xiao Yuchen to express her gratitude.

"Little brother, I wonder if you have a girlfriend? If not, what do you think of my Yujiao?"

Hearing her father's words, Zheng Yujiao shyly lowered her head, but she did not object. It was clear that she had a good impression of Xiao Yuchen.

"That... I'm sorry, Patriarch Zheng, I already have a girlfriend. Please forgive me, but I cannot accept your kind offer." Xiao Yuchen refused directly.

Mentioning Yiran, Xiao Yuchen secretly took out his phone, turned on the recording function, and then walked in front of the Wang Family members.

"I was going to let you go just now, but it turns out you had people try to kill me. Was I too merciful to you?" Xiao Yuchen said coldly.

"No, no, little brother, please give me another chance! I will never bother you again. I will have Wang Youzhi dissolve the engagement with the Li Family right now." Patriarch Wang Tiande was clearly terrified.

"It's not impossible for me to let you go. Tell me, why do you want to marry into the Li Family?"

"I advise you to tell the truth, because if I perform soul-searching on you, I will know your true thoughts anyway. But if I do that, you will die."

Hearing this, Patriarch Wang Tiande was truly frightened. Not daring to hide anything, he revealed his true purpose.

It turned out that the reason the Wang Family wanted to marry into the Li Family was because they had their eyes on the Li Family's huge slice of the cake. They intended to slowly erode the Li Family and eventually swallow it up completely.

"Fine. In consideration of your honesty, I'll let you go this time. Get lost."

Although he had been humiliated, Patriarch Wang Tiande dared not retort. He quickly took his people and left the Zheng Family. This time, not only had his plan to secretly manipulate the Zheng Family failed, but he had also cost his son his life. It was truly a case of trying to catch a thief and losing his own property.

Having resolved the Zheng Family's affairs, Xiao Yuchen ate lunch at the Zheng Family's insistence before returning home. The auction was tomorrow, and he needed to rest and restore his energy today.

"Sigh, I originally wanted to use my identity as an alchemist to make the Li Family regret their actions, but I didn't expect things to end up like this. However, it doesn't matter anymore. As long as I can save Yiran, nothing else matters."

In the afternoon, Xiao Yuchen had a good sleep at home. News of the Zheng Family's incident quickly spread throughout the wealthy circles of Jiangcheng.

...

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! How could Xiao Yuchen have such strength? I actually kicked a son-in-law who was at the Great Perfection of the Hua Jin stage out of my house."

Slap!

Slap!

Li Feng kept slapping himself in the face. He had thought he was clever to break up his daughter's happiness and arrange a marriage with the Wang Family, but what was the result? His former son-in-law could wipe out the Four Great Families in minutes.

When he first heard the news, he didn't believe it. But in the afternoon, Wang Youzhi personally came to the house to dissolve the engagement with the Li Family, and he finally believed that everything that happened at the Zheng Family was true.

By evening, Li Feng even received a recording, which was exactly the one Xiao Yuchen had recorded earlier.

When he found out that the Wang Family's marriage alliance with their Li Family was just a scheme to swallow up the Li Family, Li Feng wished he could strangle himself.

"Sigh, I'm old. It's one thing that my energy isn't what it used to be, but my judgment has also become clouded. I'm not even as good as my daughter at judging people. It seems it's time to hand over the position of Li Family head to Yiran."

That evening, Li Feng released his daughter. In order to gain her forgiveness, he knelt directly before her.

Li Yiran had originally harbored some hatred for her father, but seeing him kneeling before her, her heart softened, and she helped him up.