Turns Out, I’m In A Villain Clan! - Chapter 499 Quan Clan Destroyed
Chapter 499 Quan Clan Destroyed
By the time the sun rose the next morning, the Quan Clan had completely vanished.
Where the once powerful clan estate had stood, there was now nothing but scorched earth and shattered ruins.
Collapsed buildings.
Burned courtyards.
Blackened stone.
The destruction stretched across the entire estate like a scar on the land.
And most terrifying of all-
There were no survivors.
Not a single one.
Not even a chicken.
Only faint smoke still rose into the pale morning sky.
When the guards arrived after receiving reports of explosions during the night, they were completely stunned.
Some of them had patrolled this area for years.
They knew exactly how powerful the Quan Clan was.
Yet now…
It had been wiped out overnight.
The guards quickly reported the matter to the Imperial Palace.
Inside the palace, the news spread rapidly.
Shock rippled through the court officials and royal guards alike.
“How can this be?!”
“Is it confirmed?”
“Who did this?”
Many questions arose without any answer. After all, for someone as powerful as the Quan Clan to be destroyed in a night, they knew that the culprit would be very powerful.
Someone who is in the Great Ascension Realm or of similar strength.
However, Empress Sun Yaoqing was not surprised.
She had already received the news much earlier.
The only reason she knew the culprit was Chong Sheng was because of a spy she had planted within the Quan Clan.
Shortly before the destruction began, the spy had managed to send one final message.
“Chong Sheng has appeared.”
That was the last message.
After that-
There were no more messages.
The spy had most likely died during the destruction.
But the information had already served its purpose. At least, Sun Yaoqing knew who the culprit was.
She had sent Guards to check on the Quan Clan, but by then everything had already been over.
Without wasting any time, Empress Sun Yaoqing had immediately sent a message to Bai Zihan, exactly as he had instructed her to do if Chong Sheng ever appeared again.
Truthfully, she hadn’t understood something previously.
Why would someone like Bai Zihan be interested in a person like Chong Sheng?
Someone of his status normally wouldn’t pay attention to a mere demonic cultivator.
Yet he had specifically instructed her to inform him the moment Chong Sheng resurfaced.
But now she was able to understand. Chong Sheng’s talent was unparalleled.
Just thinking about it felt unbelievable.
Only a few months ago, Chong Sheng had been nothing more than a weak demonic cultivator-someone who had to run away just to survive.
Yet now-
In just a matter of months-
He had risen to the point where he could destroy an entire clan overnight.
Not just any clan either.
But the Quan Clan, one of the most powerful forces in the region.
Even now, she still found it difficult to believe.
She could understand why Bai Zihan would be interested in someone like him, though she didn’t know how he knew that Chong Sheng would be so talented.
(Perhaps the intuition of a genius?)
She thought.
Still-
For Empress Sun Yaoqing, this was not a bad thing.
If Bai Zihan personally dealt with Chong Sheng, it would save her a great deal of
trouble.
After all…
Chong Sheng had already become far too dangerous.
Although he held a grudge against the Quan Clan and didn’t create trouble for others, being a Demonic Cultivator, it was certain that he would begin
terrorizing her people sooner or later.
She needed to take care of him before he did that.
She slowly set her teacup down.
Her eyes darkened slightly.
Although it wasn’t known what cultivation realm Chong Sheng had reached, it should be high, seeing that the Quan Clan members couldn’t have killed him. But what truly troubled her more was his knowledge of formations. Grade-6 formations were not something ordinary cultivators could create.
No one in the Falling Star Empire was capable of it, yet Chong Sheng was able to do so.
He had already set up a teleportation formation and escaped previously.
Moreover, according to the reports, it seemed like Chong Sheng had used a powerful formation to wipe out the Quan Clan.
Otherwise, solely doing so by hand or weapon would have taken much longer.
Even if he was in the Great Ascension Realm, it wouldn’t be done so quickly unless he possessed some extraordinary technique.
And the other, more reasonable explanation was that he had used a formation.
He had already shown he was capable of that, and she believed that it was
more likely.
.
Princess Sun Yaoqing slowly exhaled.
It was regrettable that Chong Sheng was a Demonic Cultivator; otherwise she
would have done everything to recruit such a talent.
It was certain that given a few years, he could very well rise to become the strongest, not only in the Falling Star Empire but perhaps even surpass those in the Desolate Heaven Empire.
But that was just a regret, and it couldn’t be achieved.
Not to mention that Bai Zihan had already set his eyes on him.
Although Chong Sheng’s strength seemed like a legendary feat that couldn’t be
achieved by anyone, there was another monster who also made such progress almost insignificant.
Bai Zihan killing Great Ascension Demonic Cultivators and Grade-10 Demonic Beasts was not only known by the Desolate Heaven Empire but even in the Falling Star Empire; such news had spread widely.
Being the Empress, she could easily verify the authenticity of the news, and to
her surprise it was all true.
She couldn’t fathom just how strong Bai Zihan had become for him to be able to slay multiple Great Ascension Realm Demonic Cultivators. Although she received another news that he was crippled, later she received
news that he has already recovered.
Against such a monster, she thought that even if Chong Sheng tried everything,
it would be in vain.
This strength was also the reason why she didn’t dare disobey Bai Zihan and immediately sent a message to inform him of Chong Sheng’s appearance. She wanted to leave as favorable an impression as she could on Bai Zihan, so that when required, he might help her.
She didn’t want to make an enemy of Bai Zihan and knew that being on his good side was beneficial-not only to her, but to the Empire.
Just then-
The doors to the chamber burst open.
“Mingzhu?” Empress Sun Yaoqing looked up, slightly startled.
Her personal attendant hurried inside, her usually composed expression
replaced with urgency.
Her breathing was slightly uneven, as if she had rushed all the way here without stopping.
“What happened, Mingzhu?”
Sun Yaoqing asked, her brows knitting together in confusion.
She even began to speculate whether Chong Sheng had attacked another clan
or something. For someone as well-trained as Mingzhu to lose her composure like this,
something big must have occurred.
Mingzhu quickly bowed.
“Your Majesty-“
“Young Master Bai Zihan has arrived!”
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