Lu Xin glanced at the corpses lying at the door, all disciples of his Divine Palace, his expression turning grim, his voice icy as he said, "Did you kill them?"
The man felt a chill down his spine, but he still braced himself and said:
"So what if we did? I am the young master of the Sang Hong family. If you dare to attack me, our ancestor will definitely not let you off!"
Lu Xin coldly snorted, "You're wrong. It's I who will not let off anyone who dares to kill my people!"
With that, he raised his hand and pointed.
"You dare… Ah!"
The man was instantly annihilated, and then Lu Xin unleashed a palm strike, instantly killing those armored soldiers.
"Hiss, he actually dared to kill people from the Sang Hong family, and even their young master!"
"Wasn't it said that this newly emerged Pure Yang True Person was only in the late stage of Body Integration? How dare he?"
...
The onlookers discussed in hushed voices.
"This one, you should all escape quickly."
An old man transmitted his voice.
It was someone from the Tong family, the largest family in this area, the very family Lu Xin was seeking cooperation with.
"The ancestor of the Sang Hong family is a Great Ascension cultivator. You can't afford to offend them."
He transmitted another message, then hurriedly left.
"What do we do next?"
Li Wenshu's face was filled with worry. She didn't expect Lu Xin to be so reckless, actually killing the other party.
Lu Xin pointed to the corpses of the Divine Palace disciples on the ground, "Properly collect their bodies. My true body is on the way and will resolve this matter."
"You… aren't you in the Body Integration stage?"
Li Wenshu felt that he should know the other party's strength, but she just didn't understand why he was so confident.
"You will know in due time."
Lu Xin walked inside with his hands behind his back.
This time, he wanted to establish his authority, to formally announce to everyone in the Southern Region what kind of force the Donghua Divine Palace was.
It was strong, not to be trifled with by just anyone.
Soon, the news that the young master of the Sang Hong family had led people to cause trouble for the Donghua Trading Company, and then been wiped out, caused a huge uproar.
What kind of force was the Sang Hong family? Everyone in the Tianque Region knew.
No one expected that the newly emerged Donghua Trading Company would dare to beard the tiger's whiskers.
And it wasn't just an ordinary beard-pulling. Sang Hong Zhi was the successor that the Sang Hong family was focusing on grooming. Killing him meant that the Sang Hong family would erupt with endless fury.
Everyone knew that the Donghua Trading Company and the Pure Yang True Person behind it were doomed.
"What?!"
Inside the Sang Hong family, an old man heard the report, grabbed the person who came to deliver the message, and said in shock, "Are you saying Zhi'er was killed?"
The messenger trembled and said, "Replying, replying to the patriarch, the message from Jiayuan City says so."
"Damn it!"
The old man threw the person out, "They dare kill my son! Find him for me immediately!"
The person quickly scrambled up and said, "Replying to the patriarch, that person said that he would not let us off."
"How dare he!"
The old man was completely enraged, "Send down the order, everyone assemble. If he doesn't come, I will kill my way to the Donghua Region and destroy his damned Donghua Divine Palace!"
At this time, Lu Xin's true body had already appeared in Jiayuan City through the teleportation array.
"Are you really confident?"
Li Wenshu looked at him.
"A mere early-stage Great Ascension cultivator is no match for me."
Lu Xin had already investigated everything clearly. Although he relied on his strength, he still had to make the necessary preparations to avoid being capsized in a gutter.
Of course, he wouldn't say these things.
"Then be careful."
Lu Xin nodded, "You guys teleport away first, lest you be captured as hostages."
After giving the instructions, he stepped out of the Donghua Trading Company.
Outside the trading company, there were many people watching in the open and in secret. They really wanted to know if the Pure Yang True Person would really take the initiative to find trouble with the Sang Hong family.
"Quick, look, he's out!"
"Is that the Pure Yang True Person? So young, yet already a late-stage Body Integration expert?"
"It should be. As for being young, don't you know they specialize in selling Face-Fixing Pills?"
"He's not really going to take the initiative to find trouble with the Sang Hong family, is he?"
"Quick, follow him and see."
Some people whispered, while simultaneously transmitting the news.
Soon, the surrounding forces were alerted and moved.
Lu Xin didn't care about their discussions. If he wanted to establish his authority, he naturally needed an audience.
In the blink of an eye, several days passed.
On this day, the Sang Hong patriarch received a report, "Patriarch, that thief is already coming towards us."
"Very good, I didn't expect he would actually dare to come. Come out with me!"
When Lu Xin arrived at the Sang Hong family.
Dozens of figures were already waiting for him.
Lu Xin looked over. There were three Body Integration cultivators, one each in the early, middle, and late stages.
Eight Void Refinement cultivators, and a dozen Spirit Transformation cultivators.
Behind them were dozens of Nascent Soul cultivators.
It could be said that their strength was formidable.
"It seems you've all gathered. Where is your ancestor?"
Lu Xin frowned.
An old man in the late stage of Body Integration walked out from the crowd, not answering his question, but instead angrily shouted, "You are the Pure Yang thief who killed my son?"
Lu Xin looked at him upon hearing this, "You are the father of that beast who killed my Divine Palace disciples?"
"How dare you! Die!"
The old man exploded in anger and attacked. With a wave of his sleeve, a gilded nine-section steel whip, flashing with golden light, crashed towards Lu Xin's head like a roaring tsunami.
Lu Xin lightly snorted, raised a finger, and with a gentle touch of his fingertip against the steel whip, instantly sent it flying.
The force of the collision between the two didn't even stir his robes.
"What?"
Everyone was shocked to see Lu Xin so casually send the nine-section steel whip spiritual treasure flying.
It was the first time they had seen someone use a finger to directly receive the impact of a spiritual treasure.
"You are a body refinement expert?"
The old man was both shocked and angry.
Lu Xin didn't answer, and raised his hand again. A red gourd suddenly appeared in the sky, growing larger in the wind.
Suddenly, a torrent flowed out from its mouth, sweeping towards the crowd.
"Retreat quickly, this is a treasure-collecting spiritual artifact!"
The crowd's expressions changed drastically as they saw the spiritual treasures in the torrent, and they quickly retreated.
But it was already too late. The three Body Integration cultivators and several Void Refinement cultivators retreated relatively quickly, but those Spirit Transformation and Nascent Soul cultivators were not so lucky.
Under the torrent, there was no life.
Only a series of screams.
"Damn it!"
Those who escaped saw this scene, their eyes widened and their eyes almost popped out of their sockets. The death of these people meant that there was a break in their family's lineage.
They were careless!
"Attack together!"
The old man shouted loudly, and the remaining Void Refinement and Body Integration cultivators waved their spiritual treasures one after another. From all directions, carrying the power to shake the void, they roared and rushed towards Lu Xin.
Lu Xin's expression was calm, seemingly not wanting to waste any more time. His body suddenly grew larger, and with a wave of his hand, his huge palm was like a dice cup collecting thrown dice, gathering all the spiritual treasures that were smashed at him into his hand.
Then, with a flick, these spiritual treasures flew back like shooting stars.
"What the hell is this?"
"Ah!"
All of this happened in the blink of an eye. Before everyone could react, they were smashed into a bloody mist by their own spiritual treasures.
"Ancestor, save me!"
The old man and the middle-stage Body Integration cultivator reacted in time, abandoning their physical bodies in the time it takes to breathe, leaving only their nascent souls to escape from the blood mist.
The few Nascent Soul cultivators who were left behind in the Sang Hong family's protective formation to preside over the formation also had their eyes widened as they saw the Spirit Transformation and Nascent Soul clansmen outside the formation being slaughtered in an instant.
"Damn it, that thief killed so many of our experts, why aren't the clan elders fighting back?"
Those who were secretly watching from a distance and following along had the same question.
From their perspective, the Void Refinement and Body Integration cultivators suddenly stood still, very strangely.
"Not good, there must be something wrong with that painting!"
One person saw the clue, and then, under their horrified gazes, Lu Xin waved his hand easily, ending the lives of those Void Refinement and Body Integration cultivators.
"I didn't expect that there would be a hallucinatory spiritual treasure here."
In a remote mountain in the distance, a man in brocade clothes muttered to himself, then turned to look at the veiled woman beside him, "Nalan, are you confident in resisting it?"
The veiled woman only revealed a pair of dark and bright eyes, without any fluctuation, "This treasure is only effective against those who do not have nascent soul defense treasures."
"Indeed, but it is still considered a powerful spiritual treasure, and I am very interested in his finger that flicked the nine-section steel whip. He should have cultivated his physical body."
The man said, "Moreover, he dares to seek out the Sang Hong family, his physical body realm should be equivalent to the Great Ascension stage."
...
At this time, the Sang Hong clansmen in the protective formation were already in chaos.
Lu Xin put away the Lady's Picture, collected all the corpses, then turned his gaze to the formation, and stomped his foot.
The Sang Hong family's protective formation instantly shattered.
The people below were once again killed and injured everywhere.
But at the same time, a soaring aura rose from within the Sang Hong family.
