Chapter 40 - Off He Goes
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nLi Yuanqing soon found the Wei Clan’s ancestral hall after following the aura of the powerful beings.
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nThe people from the Wei clan were really weird. They were actually all gathered outside the ancestral hall and meditating. Even though the sky was not bright yet and many people were sitting on the ground and sleeping, they were all gathered together.
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nIt saved him the trouble of searching alone.
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nBut Li Yuanqing met with a little trouble when he was entering the ancestral hall, which was the formation.
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nThe Wei clan had set up a large number of array formations outside. They were all linked together and looked rather exquisite. However, even if they were exquisite, it was useless as they could not stop Li Yuanqing.
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nHowever, when he stepped into the square outside the ancestral hall, before anyone noticed, a voice suddenly sounded in his head.
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nAre you willing to sign in outside the ancestral hall of the Wei Family?
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nLi Yuanqing was elated. He could sign in outside the ancestral hall? It was a pleasant surprise, so he signed in immediately. Soon, two choices appeared.
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nCongratulations to the host for signing in successfully, a hundredfold reward for the Restore Origin Pill!
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n1: 100 Restore Origin Pills!
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nTwo: One Heavenly Cycle Demon Extinguishing Array!
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nLi Yuanqing was a little tired from running around for days. If he were to take the Restore Origin Pill now, his fatigue would be swept away. However, this Heavenly Cycle Demon Extinguishing Array made him even more interested.
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nAlthough the Wei clan’s formation could not trap him, it was truly quite interesting.
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nFormations were also determined by the cultivation level of the person who set up the formation. If the person who set up the formation had a high cultivation level, it would definitely be able to trap and kill many people. To say it in an exaggerated way, it could even trap thousands of people.
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nIt was even more powerful than an immortal sword.
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nEven though he had killed seven of the aristocratic families of the Northern Kingdom, the words of the Wang Clan’s Old Ancestor that he had once met were still fresh in Li Yuanqing’s mind.
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nIf a child held a gold ingot in the middle of a bustling city, it would attract the attention of countless peeps and others would naturally snatch it away.
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nThus, only by making the royal family stronger would the kingdom be truly stable, unlike the current Emperor who would use his children to exchange for stability.
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nThe Northern Kingdom was destined to be in Zhaoyang’s hands in the future, so the Heavenly Cycle Demon Extinguishing Array should be useful. Li Yuanqing chose the array without hesitation.
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nBecause of this delay, the Wei clan’s Old Ancestor in the ancestral hall was alarmed, and some of the experts were also awakened.
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nLi Yuanqing stood outside the ancestral hall and looked at everyone with a smile. He had killed six powerful aristocratic Martial Saints. He was the last one. Since they were all gathered together, there was no need for him to conceal himself.
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nHe can just kill them!
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nThe Saint Extermination Stone had already been activated to its maximum effect. The original Saint Extermination Stone could only control an area within a hundred meters. However, even if it was activated to its maximum, it was only a radius of thirty meters.
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nBut these thirty meters were enough!
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nThe martial artists that were shrouded by the thirty meters radius instantly lost their fighting capabilities. Their cultivation states were all controlled and could not be channeled. Li Yuanqing was like cutting watermelons as he reaped these powerful beings one by one.
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nThe Wei clan had meticulously laid down an array formation. All the martial artists gathered wanted to resist and counterattack, but it was all useless. They thought that the people who came to kill them would be a group of sacrificial soldiers.
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nBut unexpectedly, only one person came.
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nIt was this one person. Within fifteen minutes, everyone, including the Old Ancestor of the Wei Clan, had died on the spot outside the ancestral hall. Li Yuanqing was glad that they were all together.
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nBy saving time like this, the Wei Clan was finished in less than fifteen minutes.
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nSo what if they had powerful formations?
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nThe sky was still dark and the rest of the Wei Clan did not know about it due to the isolation of the array. Li Yuanqing did not hesitate to destroy the array set up by the Wei Clan when he left.
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nThese formations were useless to him, but to some experts who had just entered the Martial Saint realm, they could trap them to death without giving them any chance to counterattack. This was the Wei Clan’s killing weapon, so it was better to destroy it.
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nWhen he left the ancestral hall of the Wei Clan, the sky was still dark. However, Li Yuanqing had already destroyed the foundation of the seven great clans of the Northern Kingdom.
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nAlthough he was exhausted, he didn’t hesitate. He hurried straight to the Wilderness Valley and made his way back by noon. He didn’t go to see Zhaoyang, but went to the hot spring to take a shower and change his clothes.
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nHe had killed too many people in the past two days. His body reeked of blood and baleful aura. Even if he deliberately avoided it, some of it had stained his body. He should be able to clean himself up after taking a bath.
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nAfter taking a bath, Li Yuanqing rested. When evening came, he appeared before Princess Zhaoyang in white.
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nWang Shun delivered them food again.
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nThe two siblings had dinner together and whispered to each other.
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n“The seven great clans are almost finished. The Li clan is weak from the core. You should take back some of the power of the aristocratic families and forbid them from building a Martial Arts Academy. If the Li clan wants to grow up and win the respect of the poor commoners, they can choose talents from among them. The aristocratic families can pay for the fees …”
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nWhile eating, Li Yuanqing gave Zhaoyang some suggestions.
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nThe Northern Kingdom had only been established for a short period of time. During this period of time, their foundation was poor. Not only were there few martial artists, but their national treasury was also empty. However, this didn’t matter. Since the aristocratic families dared to defy the decree, then they would have to pay a price.
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nDigging out the treasuries of the seven aristocratic families was enough to fill the treasury of the Northern Kingdom, and it could also solve the funding problem of the Martial Arts Academy.
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n“Big Brother, that’s a good idea. However, the reason why the seven great clans are so arrogant is because they have too many experts. They had even more experts than the Northern Kingdom’s royal family. How can they yield so easily…”
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nPrincess Zhaoyang did not know where Li Yuanqing had been these few days, and she did not take his words to heart. That was because it was too inconceivable and unbelievable. Not even an immortal could solve the problem of the seven great clans in three days.
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n“A tiger that has its teeth removed is just a pet cat. Isn’t it still at the mercy of the Li Clan? Don’t miss this opportunity. I’ll go and sleep for a while. You can return to the Imperial City tomorrow. The Seven Great Clans are no longer a threat. All that’s left is to stabilize the regime of the Northern Kingdom and let it grow quickly…”
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nLi Yuanqing finished his meal quickly and drank a cup of tea. He left the confused Princess Zhaoyang to rest.
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nThe Saint Extermination Stone was a great killing weapon in his hands. It was very useful even when facing a Martial Saint. However, after killing the Wei clan’s experts, the power of the Saint Extermination Stone had obviously decreased.
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nRight now, he could control less than ten meters radius.
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nEven if a Martial Saint was turned into an ordinary Martial Artist in the end, the ten-meter radius was still too small. Therefore, Li Yuanqing planned to cultivate the Saint Extermination Stone and the Heavenly Cycle Demon Extinguishing Array that he had signed.
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nWhen Li Yuanqing decided to go into seclusion, Princess Zhaoyang received a secret letter!
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