Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

Gazing at the empty Spring Flowers and Autumn Moon Pavilion, the Chu family patriarch's gaze grew increasingly calm.

He walked around the dozen or so corpses lying on the ground, climbed the steps, and reached the top of the Spring Flowers and Autumn Moon Pavilion step by step.

Upon arriving here, seeing the magnificent five-colored halo in the sky, the Chu family patriarch still showed no signs of panic. He stood on the top of the pavilion, quietly gazing at Mu An in the sky.

"The Chu family, the master of the Broken Soul Pavilion, Lingyun Sanren, became a disciple of the Taoist sect 160 years ago and received this Taoist title."

Sitting on the auspicious cloud, Mu An was clearly stunned for a moment. This was the first time he had encountered such a situation. They had fought to the death and had a blood feud, so why did they have to announce their names and chat for a while, just like when two armies were fighting?

Although he didn't understand, Mu An still stood up. Instead of giving his name, he asked a question.

"Are you a member of the Taoist sect?"

The Chu family patriarch shook his head, denying this claim.

"The old friends are gone, and even the sect of yesteryear has long since vanished, so I can no longer be considered a member of the Daoist sect."

Mu An nodded to the Chu family patriarch and then spoke again.

"Your Chu family has been wiped out. I killed them."

Upon hearing the news of the annihilation of his descendants, the Chu family patriarch did not seem surprised, nor did he show any hysterical emotions.

He took a step forward, standing upright in mid-air, a little taller than before.

"The beginning and end of all things are inevitable. Birth, aging, sickness and death are the normal course of life. All things in heaven and earth are like this. Today's destruction is also the fate of my Chu family. The fact that the Chu family has been able to prosper for five hundred years is already a blessing from heaven and earth."

Looking at the Chu family patriarch, who seemed calm and composed, as if he had already let go of everything, Mu An felt increasingly uneasy.

This old man actually started spouting nonsense!

What? So I've become the villain?

Everything related to the Chu family is like this: Chu Wen, the head of the Chu family, the slaves of the Chu family, and even the last ancestor of the Chu family is like this.

These people could all be called villains, doing things that were outrageous to both gods and men, but killing these despicable people did not bring him any pleasure whatsoever.

They all acted unconventionally, completely different from the formulaic villains in popular books and folk tales.

Even if you know that the characters in the story are portrayed that way simply to highlight emotions, the villain's incompetence, and the protagonist's righteousness.

But when faced with this situation, Mu An still felt really unhappy. He had been very unhappy ever since Chu Wen went crazy.

Therefore, he felt that he must have lost his mind to waste time talking nonsense with this group of villains.

The idea that even the most hateful person has a pitiable side, that we should look at things from different perspectives, and that even villains have their reasons and can be redeemed...

To hell with all this logic! Go tell your story to the King of Hell in the underworld!

Mu An stood on the auspicious cloud, his eyes slightly closed, and he mobilized all the spiritual power in his body, raising his hand to press down lightly.

Above the sky, a burst of light appeared, and five pillars of light fell from the heavens, connecting the sky and the earth.

Centered on the Spring Blossom and Autumn Moon Pavilion, the Five Elements Array with a diameter of 300 meters was completely deployed in an instant.

boom--

A deafening roar echoed throughout the heavens and earth.

Everything within sight was covered by a five-colored halo.

Light, endless light, light is everywhere.

Centered on the Five Elements Grand Array, waves of energy transformed into shockwaves that spread in all directions.

The air grew thicker, and an invisible pressure enveloped the entire city of Qingzhou. The people of Qingzhou felt a heavy weight in their hearts and had difficulty breathing.

They put down their work and looked in the direction of Dongcheng with a sense of bewilderment.

Some elderly people who frequently prayed to gods and Buddhas even knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly in the direction of the five-colored halo.

The Dark Feather Guards gaped, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.

They should have learned from that guy with connections who called himself Xin Liu and run as far away as possible, instead of foolishly standing less than two miles away, mocking his cowardice!

Like the rising sun, the dazzling five-colored light first rushed towards the earth, and upon colliding with the earth, it made a roar, then transformed into a huge mushroom cloud that shot into the sky.

The vast spiritual power stirred the surrounding area, drawing upon the primordial energy within a hundred miles. The surging energy cut through thorns and brambles, soaring straight into the sky, dispersing the thick clouds, and blooming in the azure sky, transforming the surrounding clouds into a colorful sunset.

The entire city of Qingzhou trembled, and it took a while for it to calm down.

As the halo dissipated, the Spring Blossom and Autumn Moon Pavilion, which stood over thirty meters tall, disappeared, replaced by a huge pit with a diameter of three hundred meters and a depth of thirty meters.

The five-colored light continued to flow over the pit, and the dissipated spiritual energy combined with the boiling primordial energy in the world, causing bursts of sound to emanate from the pit from time to time.

High in the sky, Mu An slowly descended. Ignoring the explosive energy, he walked slowly to the center of the pit and saw the Chu family patriarch, whose body was now only about 30% intact.

"Heroes... emerge from among the young... every generation produces its own talented individuals, and I am about to die... could you please tell me... where exactly has our Chu family offended you...?"

Mu An looked up at the sky, then looked around, and finally glanced at the Chu family patriarch.

"Want to hear the truth or a lie?"

"The truth."

"Your Chu family has a man named Chu Tiankuo who is the governor of Shanling County. He said he wanted to kill my whole family, so I came..."

The Chu family patriarch, whose breath was growing weaker and weaker, did not seem surprised. With a third of his head gone, he looked at Mu An with only one eye left.

"What a pity, it's for such a reason... Is it a lie? May I hear it..."

Mu An looked up and exhaled, then casually gripped the hilt of the sword at his waist.

"A lie? That's because I don't like your Chu family."

The Chu family patriarch was visibly surprised. "Just because you're unhappy?"

"Just because I'm unhappy, extremely unhappy, that you've tainted my Dao heart. The entire Qingzhou dislikes you all, isn't that enough?"

The flowing clouds passed through the remaining half of the Chu family patriarch's head, completely extinguishing his life force.

Amidst the ruins, Mu An stood up, looked around at the rubble, rubbed his hands together, and sighed deeply.

"I acted impulsively. Luckily, the Chu family is wealthy, otherwise we wouldn't have enough to cover the losses!"

"Hey Dark Feather Guards over there, stop standing there... Yes, you guys, what are you trembling about? Come over here right now."

"Search carefully to see if there are any injured civilians, and carefully calculate the losses of nearby residents. I wiped out the Chu family of Qingjiang and confiscated all of their related businesses."

Don't give me that double standard calculation. Just give me the amount due, three times the compensation for the residents' losses.

"Anyone who dares to lay a hand on me will be chopped down, understand?"

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"Yes, yes, yes... Don't worry, sir, we guarantee we'll handle it perfectly and won't take a single penny for ourselves!"

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"Boss, that's the Chu family! How much gold and silver would they demand? You're really not taking a single penny?"

"You want to die, don't you! You know that's the Chu family, the Chu family that can control everything! That ruthless person can wipe them out in a heartbeat. You still want more? Given our relationship with the Chu family, we're lucky we weren't wiped out along with them."

"Shall we raid the Chu family's property now and use the money to compensate the people here?"

"Fool! The losses here will be borne by the various factions in Qingzhou ourselves. Do you think we can touch the Chu family's wealth? We'll take whatever we have; it all belongs to that lord!"