God-Slaying Blade

Luo Wang smiled faintly and said, "You two don't need to feel wronged. I'm doing this for your own good. If Qin Jue really makes a move, he will definitely start by targeting the weaker families to establish his authority."

Since you'll have to repay it anyway, you might as well take the initiative to show weakness and send the land deed over first. This way, you can both appease Qin Jue and protect the strength of both of your families.

Here, I, Luo, can also assure you both that once Qin Jue is dead, the assets you handed over will one day return to your hands.

Li Zhaofeng and An Chengrui thought about it and agreed. Although doing so would make them lose face, it was still better than being wiped out by Qin Jue.

Li Zhaofeng clasped his hands and smiled, "What Patriarch Luo said makes sense. In that case, I will send the land deed to the Qin residence in a moment."

An Chengrui also said, "The An family will also send the land deed over."

Luo Wang laughed heartily: "Alright. But you two must keep this matter a secret."

"That's for sure!" Li Zhaofeng and An Chengrui quickly replied.

Luo Wang then looked at the heads of the three major families and said with a faint smile, "If Qin Jue is still not satisfied with taking the land deeds from the Li and An families, and attacks our four families tomorrow, then we will need to unite to fight him. Therefore, I, Luo, hope that the three of you can state your willingness to form an alliance with me."

Han Feng and Wang Sheng's eyes flickered slightly as they fell into thought.

Zhao Ji, the head of the Zhao family who had remained silent until now, stood up with a smile on his face.

This Zhao Ji was dressed in a blue scholar's robe, with a short beard and a fair complexion, and looked quite refined.

"My Zhao family will not participate in today's alliance. Before coming here, I had already decided to return the land deeds. Moreover, what Qin Jue is asking for is not excessive. He only wants the return of his Qin family's property, not our family's property. Why bother with such thoughts?" Zhao Ji said with a faint smile.

Luo Wang's face darkened, and he frowned, saying coldly, "How can we return the fat meat we've already eaten! Besides, we've poured a lot of effort into these industries over the past five years. Why should we have to return it just because that brat says so? If Patriarch Zhao is truly afraid, he should just say so. Why pretend to be high and mighty in front of us?"

Luo Wang never expected that among the four major families, there would be two cowards.

However, if the Wang and Zhao families do not form an alliance, it will not be easy for the Luo and Han families alone to confront Qin Jue.

Zhao Ji smiled faintly and said, "Patriarch Luo, you must think I, Zhao, am afraid. I'll take my leave now."

Zhao Ji cupped his hands in greeting and then turned to leave.

rub!

Luo Wang stood up angrily and said in a cold voice, "Zhao Ji, don't blame me for not advising you. If you don't form an alliance today, don't even think about getting back the properties you handed over after Qin Jue dies!"

Zhao Ji smiled and said, "If that day ever comes, please feel free to do as you wish."

Luo Wang's nostrils flared as he exhaled heavy breaths.

"Ha, good! Remember what you said!" Luo Wang laughed angrily.

Zhao Ji smiled, slightly raised his hand in a fist salute, and then turned and left.

Luo Wang, his face grim, looked at Wang Sheng and Han Feng and said, "Gentlemen, a tree lives by its bark, and a person lives by their reputation! Zhao Ji doesn't care about his reputation, but we can't be like him! If we obediently return the land deed, what will become of our authority? I'm afraid our men will secretly laugh at us family heads, calling us cowards!"

Wang Sheng looked embarrassed and said, "But now that the Zhao family is gone, can the three of us still stand against Qin Jue?"

Luo Wang sneered, "Even if that brat really becomes a Grandmaster, with three Grandmasters from our three families, are we afraid we can't defeat him? Patriarch Wang, don't be discouraged! If you want to eat meat, you have to be a wolf, not a docile dog!"

Wang Sheng's face twitched slightly. So, if he didn't agree to form an alliance, he'd be treated like a dog?

Han Feng nodded and said, "Patriarch Luo's words make sense. My Han family is willing to form an alliance!"

Wang Sheng thought for a moment, gritted his teeth, and said, "Fine, then I'll take the gamble! To be honest, it hurts me to just return those properties like this."

"Haha, this is what a great family head should look like! Once Qin Jue is dead, the properties that the Zhao family returned will belong to the three of us! If Zhao Ji dares to compete for them, we will join forces to destroy the Zhao family!" Luo Wang laughed, but his smile turned somewhat ferocious.

Wang Sheng and Han Feng were shocked. Luo Wang's intentions were indeed vicious; he even wanted to destroy the Zhao family.

Qin family.

Qin Jue sat cross-legged in front of the altar, his hands forming hand seals. As his internal energy circulated, it surged like a dragon, forming a complete cycle.

His current cultivation level is already at the peak of the Martial Realm Grandmaster. He only needs to refine his inner energy to a sufficiently refined level to attempt to break through to the Spirit Realm.

To break through to the Spirit Realm, one not only needs to refine one's inner energy to an extremely high level, but also requires a huge amount of resources as support.

Qin Jue originally thought that after taking back the family business, he should be able to raise enough resources in a year or two. However, he did not expect that the Xie family would rush to their deaths, which made him a fortune.

Including what he gained in Tianlin City, he now has more than 2.5 million spirit stones in his storage ring.

These spirit stones are enough for him to break through to the Spirit Realm.

But now is not the best time to break through to the Spirit Realm.

"Is the Qin family boy at home?" A faint, smiling voice came from outside the mansion.

Hearing a somewhat familiar voice, Qin Jue ended his cultivation and walked towards the gate.

He opened the gate and saw a middle-aged man in a scholar's robe standing outside with a smile on his face.

Qin Jue bowed and said, "Qin Jue greets Uncle Zhao."

Qin Jue was naturally somewhat familiar with the older generation in Fengzhou City.

Qin Jue had a deeper impression of Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji's eldest daughter, Zhao Qingmeng, was once engaged to Qin Jue's elder brother, Qin Yi.

Because of this relationship, Qin Jue often went to play at the Zhao family's house with Qin Yi when he was young.

Unfortunately, before Qin Yi and Zhao Qingmeng could get married, something happened to the Qin family. It is unknown whether Zhao Qingmeng has married someone else like Xie Yunyuan.

Zhao Ji smiled and said, "You rascal, since you still remember your Uncle Zhao, why didn't you come over for a visit after you got back?"

Qin Jue smiled and said, "I'm bound to offend a lot of people this time I'm back, so I thought I wouldn't cause Uncle Zhao any trouble."

Zhao Ji nodded and said, "You have indeed offended a lot of people, but you have been smart since childhood, so you must have some confidence to dare to make such a fuss."

As he spoke, he glanced at the two broken gates and the empty entrance, and sighed softly, "Now that we're back, we should get this gate repaired. At the very least, we should hang up the Qin family's plaque."

Qin Jue replied, "I'll do it another day. Uncle Zhao, come in and let's talk!"

Qin Jue greeted Zhao Ji as he entered the mansion. Upon entering, Zhao Ji saw the altar in the courtyard and more than a hundred neatly arranged spirit tablets.

Zhao Ji walked over lightly and bowed respectfully to the two memorial tablets in the center.

"You're the only one left in the Qin family. From now on, you must proceed with extreme caution," Zhao Ji sighed softly.

Qin Jue said, "Thank you for the reminder, Uncle Zhao."

Zhao Ji stretched out his right hand, and three land deeds appeared in his palm. He handed them to Qin Jue and said, "These are the land deeds for Tianxianglou, Xuanbingpu, and Baicaozhai. Now that you are back, these three shops should naturally be returned to you."

"Okay." Qin Jue reached out and took it.

This was originally Qin family property, so he naturally wouldn't be polite.

Zhao Ji laughed and said, "Qin Jue, let me ask you, if someone refuses to return the Qin family's property, would you really go to their door with a knife to demand it back?"