I Can See Through All Things' Information Chapter 1287 - 786: Destroying the Soul Lamp, Claiming the Treasure Vault (2)
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Lu Qing was aware that each of these flickering Soul Lamps held a strand of Divine Split inside.
In the Gongshu Family, only Primordial Spirit Realm cultivators and the most outstanding elites could create a Soul Lamp by dividing their Divine Split, which was then placed in the ancestral hall.
Swish!
While Lu Qing scanned the area, a shadowy figure abruptly darted from the darkness, its presence incredibly suppressed, gripping a short sword as it lunged at him; in an instant, it had positioned itself right behind.
Yet Lu Qing appeared to anticipate the assault, casually extending a finger rearward.
A beam of Sword Qi shot forth, shattering the Spiritual Artifact short sword in the shadow's grasp and penetrating its form.
"Cough, cough..."
The shadow's strike failed completely, causing it to collapse to the floor while coughing up multiple spurts of blood.
His identity emerged as a black-robed elder, bearing thin hair and a countenance etched with deep creases.
"Worthy of a Noble Family indeed, with even the ancestral hall protected by a Primordial Spirit Realm powerhouse, yet starting today, your Gongshu Family shall be utterly wiped from the Heavenly Origin Great World,"
Lu Qing spun to face the elder, speaking in a composed tone.
"Just who are you? What grudge do you hold against my Gongshu Family to drive you to wipe out our whole clan?"
The elder in black robes lay slumped on the ground, raising his gaze to fixate sharply on Lu Qing.
After taking Lu Qing's Sword Qi hit, his Primordial Spirit had started to scatter, guaranteeing his soon-to-come demise.
Still, prior to dying, a mystery lingered in his mind, and without resolution, he couldn't rest easy in death.
Thus, he summoned his final strength to press Lu Qing for the truth.
"No major grudge exists; I merely find you irritating," Lu Qing answered, his face remaining impassive.
"Only for that?"
The black-robed elder's eyes bulged in shock, rejecting this explanation outright.
He refused to believe that their mighty clan, enduring for hundreds of thousands of years and ruling a territory in the Heavenly Origin Great World, faced destruction over something so ridiculous.
"Seek the real cause in Hell."
Lu Qing snapped his fingers, dispatching a thread of Sword Qi to snuff out the elder's remaining life force.
Afterward, he retrieved the storage Magical Treasure from the black-robed elder and swept his eyes over the surroundings again.
This moment, though, he felt too detached to bother recognizing the Soul Lamps' owners, and with a mere intention, countless Sword Qi swirled into being around him, surging forward like a tempest and shredding all in its path.
The Sword Qi under Lu Qing's control proved utterly dreadful.
Despite the ancestral hall and Soul Lamps being shielded by Array Formation Restrictions,
against his formidable Sword Qi, they resembled fragile parchment, crumbling at contact and offering no defense.
BOOM!
Within mere breaths, the whole ancestral hall cracked extensively before bursting apart entirely.
Meanwhile, the spirit tablets and Soul Lamps suffered total annihilation.
This marked the definitive fall of the Gongshu Family's ancestors and the black-robed elder, with zero hope of revival.
Once the ancestral hall lay in ruins, Lu Qing's form blurred once more.
When he materialized next, he stood at the base of a massive mountain summit.
This peak served as the usual seclusion spot for the elder with flowing white hair like a crane and a face eternally youthful.
Through the Primordial Spirit memories he had accessed, Lu Qing uncovered that the Gongshu Family's grandest Treasure Vault lay concealed inside the mountain as well.
Lu Qing joined two fingers, unleashing a slash of Sword Qi.
Wherever the Sword Qi passed, all yielded and split, as the colossal mountain parted under his lone sword blow, exposing the treasure vault nestled in its core, glowing with Array radiance.
From the elder's recollections, Lu Qing understood that ancient lineages followed strict codes; not even the Clan Leader could claim the clan's entire wealth personally.
As such, this treasure vault stood before him.
It housed the bulk of the Gongshu Family's amassed foundation across hundreds of thousands of years.
Noting the radiant Array glow over the treasure vault, Lu Qing refrained from breaking it down right away.
Rather, he shifted into a colossal glazed palm radiating vibrant hues and seized the treasure vault.
BOOM!
The instant after, the earth's channels ruptured, and stones fragmented.
The palace-sized treasure vault got ripped straight from the mountain's interior by the Glazed Giant Palm!
This astonishing sight made the surviving Gongshu Family members in the inner city shudder harder, frantically attempting to conceal themselves.
Against that horrifying Evil Demon, they possessed no means to fight back.
Lu Qing ignored the feeble remnants of the Gongshu Family, examining the prize he had seized, an idea crossed his mind.
The Qiankun One Qi Bag at his waist abruptly lifted into the air, expanding rapidly, and within one breath, it dwarfed the mountain, engulfing the entire treasure vault.
Following that, it shrank to normal and dropped back into his palm.
As a low-grade Spirit Artifact, the Qiankun One Qi Bag offered no attack power in Lu Qing's possession.
But thanks to its enormous inner capacity, it excelled at holding something like this treasure vault.
With the treasure vault secured, Lu Qing's silhouette flickered briefly, placing him at yet another mountain peak.
Besides the primary vault of the Gongshu Family, various peaks housing direct lineage branches also hid their own treasure vaults.
Similar to the second branch's vault he had raided earlier, which yielded him substantial rewards; how could Lu Qing possibly ignore them?
In the time that followed, Lu Qing repeated the technique to gather every branch vault into the Qiankun One Qi Bag.
The operation proceeded without hitches; nobody ventured to challenge him further.
After finishing these tasks, Lu Qing morphed into a ray of light once more, ascending to the heavens.
He shut his eyes faintly, letting his mind and senses probe the inner city's conditions.
A handful of breaths passed before he reopened them, abruptly unleashing scores of sword slashes.
Every slash aimed at distinct spots across the inner city.
Wherever the Sword Qi struck, total devastation ensued.
"This is bad, flee!"
"Ah!"
"Have mercy..."
"You fiend, you'll meet a horrible end!"
As the Sword Qi rained down, multiple Primordial Spirit Realm presences and a host of Golden Core Realm ones flared up suddenly, only to fade away almost immediately.
Beneath Lu Qing's Sword Qi, they perished.
With everything accomplished, Lu Qing directed a cold look toward Zhou Tian City beneath; a wave of Spatial Power rippled, and his form vanished from sight once again.
Witnessing Lu Qing's departure, Zhou Tian City hung in eerie quiet.
All remained frozen in terror, unwilling to stir.
Lest the dreadful entity return and strike them down without effort.
Not until much time elapsed, with no trace of Lu Qing's return and his aura vanishing from the city, did unrest slowly build inside.
"Clan Leader, what's our next move?"
In the outer city, a voice questioned their Clan Leader.
"You question me, but whom can I turn to?"
The Clan Leader shot a fierce glare at the individual.
He was just a modest Golden Core Ninth Turn; how could he risk entanglement in such a fatal matter?
"Clan Leader, what I'm getting at is, with the Gongshu Family's Primordial Spirit Realm and Golden Core Realm folks all gone, and no strong presences left in the inner city, shouldn't we take action?"
The man offered a tentative suggestion.
"You mean..."
The Clan Leader's gaze lit up.
They formed a minor clan tied to the Gongshu Family, scraping by in Zhou Tian City thanks to the Gongshu Family's nominal shelter.
Yet the Gongshu Family earned a reputation for exploitation.
Annually, they forked over massive tributes to hold their ground.
Even so, the Gongshu Family's avarice pushed for ever-greater demands yearly.
In lately years, the load had grown intolerable.
Resentment had simmered in the clan for ages.
But reality overpowered them; against a giant like the Gongshu Family, defiance was impossible.
Even relocating from Zhou Tian City elsewhere proved impractical.
For that would surely provoke the Gongshu Family's wrathful reprisal.
They had figured their clan would get bled dry by the Gongshu Family, its roots withered, reduced to servitude in the end.
Who knew the Gongshu Family would anger such a fearsome force.
A single individual nearly eradicated all their Primordial Spirit Realm and Golden Core Realm cultivators.
Wasn't this the perfect moment to escape the Gongshu Family's clutches?
Still, prior to departing, they ought to recover all the Gongshu Family had extorted over the years!
The small clan's Clan Leader, now inspired,
sensed a daring plan forming in his thoughts as he noted the city's turmoil and the vanished Array Formation Light Screen in the inner city.