I became a saint through my son's boasting.

The sky was ablaze with brilliant firelight.

Countless fragments of lava, like meteorites, crashed down on various locations, trailing long fiery tails.

In a matter of moments, countless figures soared into the air in cities and forests, vying for these fragments like goldfish fighting for food.

"what!"

A roar echoed from the sky, and a colossal golden serpent spirit appeared, its eyes blazing with fire as it angrily stared at Bu Qingshan.

"You just wait!"

Two intersecting rings appeared on its body, emitting a silvery light, and then its body vanished into thin air.

"Bang!"

Bu Qingshan's slap caused tiny cracks to appear in that space, but he missed.

"Spatial power?"

Bu Qingshan frowned.

It is said that reaching the Star-Picking Realm allows one to control the power of space, and those two rings should be magical artifacts crafted by experts at the Star-Picking Realm.

"The Heavenly Demon Sect? How much strength does this force still have? Could it possibly have a Star-Picking Realm expert?"

Bu Qingshan felt somewhat heavy-hearted.

Given his exaggerated combat power, which far surpasses that of other cultivators in the same realm, he might not be much weaker than someone in the Star-Picking Realm in a head-on confrontation. However, that person possesses spatial power.

If they were to launch a sneak attack, a Star-Picking Realm expert could snatch the son and sister-in-law from a distance, making it impossible to defend against.

"Unfortunately, my son and sister-in-law don't understand the Great hope Dynasty, so I can't even run away with them."

Bu Qingshan sighed.

This forbidden bloodline curse is truly harmful!

"However... when the royal patriarch mentioned the forbidden bloodline curse before, he didn't seem to be too opposed to it."

"Could it be that this bloodline curse has some unknown benefits that the old man is hiding from me?"

Bu Qingshan had some guesses.

"Go ask!"

He made a decisive move, transforming himself into a meteorite and plummeting towards the capital. At his current speed, he would arrive in the capital in no time.

"Greetings, senior!"

"Congratulations on defeating the formidable opponent!"

Above the ruins of the palace, the royal family members bowed respectfully upon seeing Bu Qingshan descend.

"How did it get like this?"

Bu Qingshan looked at the ruins of the palace and asked.

"Alas... that beast you just beat up came to the capital demanding the descendants of the Chen family. We concealed it for a moment, and then we were slaughtered."

"The Flame Mark Ancestor said sadly."

Then, pointing to the corpse in Emperor Xiao Yuanzheng's arms, he said helplessly, "His name was Xiao Chengbai. He was the one who revealed the location of Xinghua Village, which is why that beast went there. After he finished speaking, he committed suicide to atone for his sins, hoping to appease the senior's anger."

Looking at the corpse, Bu Qingshan felt conflicted. He thought the man was a real man, but he also felt that the man deserved to die.

This is a matter of stance.

Although you did it to protect your family and loved ones, you betrayed me and put me and my family in danger.

Therefore, an explanation is required!

He survived this time because he was strong enough, but what if he was weaker than his enemy? Not only would he die, but his son and sister-in-law would also die.

He's not a pushover. If anyone could betray him for any legitimate reason, he'd be riddled with knives sooner or later.

Those who betray him must die.

"Alright, let's put this matter behind us."

Bu Qingshan said calmly.

call!

Immediately, everyone in the royal family breathed a sigh of relief. They had been on tenterhooks, fearing that their explanation would not satisfy the other party.

Bu Qingshan looked at the Flame Mark Ancestor, his divine sense isolating the surroundings, and frowned as he said, "It seems you've been hiding something from me regarding the Bloodline Forbidden Curse."

Pfft!

The old man, his face contorted by flames, knelt down and said nervously, "Senior, I had no intention of concealing this. I was afraid you would kill the Wu family's hostage, so I had no choice but to hide it."

Bu Qingshan said calmly, "It's not too late for you to say it now."

The elder with the flame mark felt as if he had been granted a pardon, and then said, "The bloodline curse will bring some risks to our families, but it also has benefits. That is, when the sealed super strongman dies of old age, our family's bloodline descendants can share the fortune of that super strongman. This is an earth-shattering opportunity."

"That is why our great families have always strictly prohibited the outflow of our bloodline. Women are never allowed to marry outside the family, nor are they allowed to have illegitimate children."

"In fact, we strictly control the number of our people and try to have as few children as possible, in order to avoid a situation where there are too many monks and not enough porridge."

Bu Qingshan suddenly realized.

No wonder the Chen family has an ancestral rule that Chen family women should never marry outside the family, so the original owner could only marry into the Chen family without any room for negotiation.

If a woman marries out, it's like adding another pump, drawing away the fortune that originally belonged to the Chen family. In fact, if the woman who marries out has many children and offspring, she might receive more fortune than the Chen family itself.

This is absolutely unacceptable.

Bu Qingshan continued, "Based on your estimates, how long until these four super-strong individuals underground die of old age?"

The old man with the flame mark frowned and said:

"It's really hard to say. We only know the approximate length of time they were detained, but we don't know how old they were when they were detained."

"However, their lifespans are definitely not long. These four powerful individuals have all been imprisoned for more than five hundred years, and one of them has even been imprisoned for more than six hundred years."

Bu Qingshan sighed.

There's nothing we can do but wait.

Anyway, these powerful figures can't be killed; they can only die of old age. Moreover, before the powerful figure sealed by the Chen family dies of old age, his son and sister-in-law will not be able to leave the Great hope Dynasty.

He has already been discovered by the Heavenly Demon Sect. Now, all they can hope is that the red-haired youth is a little too greedy and, in order to take all the credit, doesn't report the matter.

"How is the Wu family's hostage? Did he successfully conceive?"

Bu Qingshan suddenly asked.

"Uh... it should be working, right? We sent a lot of women to serve him day and night, and even gave him a lot of drugs."

The old man with the flame mark said somewhat awkwardly.

Bu Qingshan was taken aback and said in surprise, "He actually got to enjoy it?"

The old man with the flame mark shook his head violently: "No, no, no, that's not true. The women we choose are all extremely ugly, unable to get married, and desperately crave men. They are like wolves and tigers, and most men really can't resist them."

"If it weren't for his previous cultivation at the Transcendent Realm, which gave him a solid foundation, he probably would have been completely drained long ago."

Bu Qingshan was relieved.

We almost let the enemy live a good life.

"On the other hand..."

Bu Qingshan looked at the old man with the flame mark and said meaningfully, "Actually, you're not that sad about the deaths of these clansmen, are you?"

The old man with the flame mark tilted his head slightly, his eyes darting around, and said, "Ahem, how could that be? This is one of my people... Hehe..."

In the end, he gave a guilty smile, which was considered an admission.

I was sad, but not as sad as I had imagined.

They were just warm-hearted people who turned into cold, icy fortune.

Now that more than half of the clan members are gone, when that super strong person dies of old age, the remaining clan members will receive several times more fortune than before!

"Take this. Once the powerful figure sealed by the Wu family dies of old age, immediately crush this and notify me."

Bu Qingshan tossed a fiery red crystal to the other party. It was a crystal he had condensed with energy, containing a wisp of his divine thought.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

The old man with the flame mark quickly caught it.

He was also worried that the Wu family's hostage might suddenly receive a stroke of incredible luck and escape. If they tortured the Wu family's hostage like this and the other party escaped, it would be a disaster.

"Um?"

Suddenly, Bu Qingshan turned his head to look in the direction of Xinghua Village, a cold killing intent flashing in his eyes.

"Those two beasts, they've got some nerve!"