Chapter 138: Actually a Misunderstanding

As memories flowed, the entire life of the Yu family ancestor flashed through Gu Changqing's mind like a revolving lantern.

The Yu family ancestor's life had been largely smooth sailing. Born into the main branch of the Yu family, he enjoyed a life of luxury and fine clothes, and with his exceptional talent, he naturally joined the Azure Cloud Taoist Sect.

Hm? His romantic entanglements with those senior and junior sister apprentices were quite a sight to behold.

Setting aside the useless memories of the Yu family ancestor, Gu Changqing noted that the ancestor was quite proficient in blade techniques. The Azure-Falling Blade previously practiced by Yu Xuanzheng was originally used by the Yu family ancestor.

In Yu Xuanzheng's memory, the Azure-Falling Blade was an incomplete manual.

However, in the Yu family ancestor's memory, the Azure-Falling Blade was complete, and Yu Xuanzheng was merely left to learn an incomplete version.

From the memories, the Yu family ancestor originally possessed a defensive spiritual weapon, but he had traded it for a Foundation Establishment Pill and some pills to enhance his cultivation.

Those pills were in the hands of Yu Xuanzhen, who was the sole remaining direct descendant of the Yu family, currently cultivating within the Azure Cloud Taoist Sect.

As for the Foundation Establishment Pill, it was kept in the Yu family's treasury, intended to help Yu Xuanzhen break through once he reached the peak of the ninth layer of Qi Refining.

Though the Yu family appeared wealthy and powerful, that was only from the perspective of ordinary mortals.

Especially since their descendants were cultivating in the Azure Cloud Taoist Sect, the pills required were by no means a small amount.

Gu Changqing sorted through the Yu family ancestor's memories and directly located the Yu family treasury according to them. Upon descending, he saw numerous boxes dazzlingly arrayed, and even a few broken spiritual weapons left behind by past Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Yu family. Having lost all spiritual light and battered beyond repair, they could only serve as mementos.

The boxes mostly contained pills, medicinal herbs, ores, nearly a thousand spiritual stones, and seven or eight magical tools set aside.

Combined, these items were worth nearly ten thousand spiritual stones.

Additionally, there were various cultivation manuals and secret techniques, many of which had been forcibly seized from other small families. These formed the very foundation of the Yu family.

Gu Changqing swept all these items away in one go, feeling rather satisfied in his heart.

The magical tools of the two Yu family elders, combined with the contents of this treasury, easily amounted to tens of thousands of spiritual stones, not to mention the items left behind by the Yu family ancestor.

Leaving the Yu family treasury, Gu Changqing walked over to the main hall and retrieved a formation disk.

The Yu family did possess a defensive array, but it could only fend off cultivators at or below the ninth layer of Qi Refining. Moreover, activating it consumed spiritual stones, so it was usually kept deactivated.

There had simply been no time to activate it before Gu Changqing wiped out everyone in Yu Family Fortress, leaving the formation disk completely intact.

After looking around and taking everything worth taking, Gu Changqing tossed out his flying boat. The skiff expanded to over four meters in length. Rising into the air, he formed a hand incantation, summoning a fiery dragon that plunged from the skies and set the entire Yu Family Fortress ablaze.

Without delay, Gu Changqing headed straight for Pingyao.

As for any surviving remnants of the Yu family lingering in Leishan County, they could not stir up any trouble, and Gu Changqing could not be bothered to care.

If they somehow managed to find him for revenge one day, that would simply be wonderful.

Even delivery drivers were not this considerate.

The speed of this flying boat was more than twice as fast as Gu Changqing flying with the Wind-Riding Qi-Governing Technique. Furthermore, the flying boat was enveloped in a layer of spiritual light that blocked the rushing winds, instantly putting Gu Changqing in high spirits.

Arriving in Pingyao in just a single hour, Gu Changqing located the Yu family's residence in the city and descended directly. Releasing his aura, a heavy wave of pressure immediately bore down upon the grounds below.

The Third Elder of the Yu family, Yu Wentao, hurriedly came out and cupped his fists in a salute: "I know not which senior has graced us with their presence. Forgive this junior for failing to welcome you from afar."

Looking down at Yu Wentao below, Gu Changqing let out a cold laugh.

Come to think of it, this fellow was the one who had stirred up all these troubles in the first place.

Ever since he arrived in this world, it had been that You Yuxue and the people of the Yu family causing him trouble.

Fortunately, this fellow was still here; he had been worried the man might be absent.

Presumably, after failing to track his whereabouts around Tongren and other places, the man had returned here to hold down the fort.

The more Yu Wentao looked at the flying boat hovering above his head, the more familiar it seemed. It strongly resembled the one belonging to his family's ancestor. Then, he saw a tall young man descend from the boat, dressed in a long white robe with his hair cascading down his back.

"Senior..." Yu Wentao hurriedly cupped his fists in greeting.

"You don't even know who I am?" Gu Changqing smiled. With a wave of his hand, a massive palm descended from the sky, landing on several Yu family disciples who were standing nearby offering polite greetings. Before they could even utter a scream, they were crushed to dust.

Terror filled the eyes of everyone else; they did not even dare to draw a loud breath.

Yu Wentao's heart hammered wildly. The other party was killing people simply because he did not know their identity!

Yet on the surface, he grew even more deferential. After racking his brain for a long time, he could only say:

"Forgive this junior for his blindness..."

"You've hunted me for so long, and yet you don't even know what I look like!" Gu Changqing laughed heartily.

Astonishment, shock, utter disbelief, and a trace of dread flickered across Yu Wentao's face.

"You are... You are..."

A river of blood surged from Gu Changqing's hand, directly sweeping in a Yu family disciple. In an instant, the disciple melted within it, leaving not even a trace of white bone behind.

"What do you think?" Gu Changqing said with a beaming smile.

Yu Wentao's mouth parted slightly. Had the other party reached Foundation Establishment? How long had it been? Just two or three months ago, this person had not even dared to show his face, and now he had already attained Foundation Establishment?

"Don't panic. Actually, we don't have any deep, irreconcilable hatred!" Gu Changqing said with breezy indifference.

"Senior speaks the truth... Previously, it was truly just a misunderstanding..." Yu Wentao hurriedly plastered on a smile while his mind raced wildly, trying to figure out how to immediately notify his family of this person's situation.

Especially since this person had gone from hiding everywhere to becoming a Foundation Establishment cultivator in just a few months. What kind of supreme fortune was this?

"Misunderstanding or not doesn't matter. Anyway, I've wiped out the entire Yu family, so my anger has dissipated! Doesn't this flying boat look familiar to you?" Gu Changqing laughed heartily.

Hearing this, Yu Wentao's eyes widened in horror, his entire body freezing stiff before his expression abruptly twisted in ferocity: "Impossible, this is impossible... The ancestor, he..."

"The ancestor?" Gu Changqing retrieved a blade from his storage pouch: "Does this look familiar to you?"

"Oh? Why are your Yu family's ancestral tablets with me? I must have grabbed them by mistake just now!"

Gu Changqing casually tossed several memorial tablets onto the ground and stepped on them.

Yu Wentao turned pale as paper, his eyes stained blood-red. A surge of shock and fury rushed straight to his head, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood on the spot.

"Since your entire Yu family is dead, I'll send you to reunite with them, and then this matter will be settled. I know your Yu family still has a Yu Xuanzhen in the Azure Cloud Taoist Sect, but don't worry, I can't be bothered to go looking for trouble with him."

"However, if he insists on seeking revenge, I'll just slap him to death when the time comes, and everything will be completely clean—whether it's your Yu family or the grudge between us. Don't you agree?"

With every word Gu Changqing spoke, Yu Wentao's face grew a shade paler.

By the time Gu Changqing finished, all the color had drained from Yu Wentao's face.

A river of blood swept out from his hands, pulling all the nearby Yu family disciples into its depths. Within moments, the once-bustling Yu family residence was left with only Yu Wentao standing alone.

"I'll fight you to the death!" Driven to apparent madness, Yu Wentao threw his hands up, unleashing twelve black-root spikes that transformed into twelve streaks of dark light aimed straight at Gu Changqing's face.

Gu Changqing merely flicked his fingers a few times, sending the twelve black-root spikes flying away.

Then, smiling warmly, he whispered: "Oh right, the people in Yu Family Fortress died without even knowing why. When you go down, remember to tell them that this was actually a misunderstanding!"

"Your Yu family's Yu Xuanzheng was actually killed by You Yuxue; I've never even laid eyes on him."

"Yet your Yu family assumed I was the killer and chased relentlessly at my heels! You wouldn't listen to my explanations, and I couldn't be bothered to explain either."

Upon hearing these words, Yu Wentao's gaze froze instantly, his entire being looking as though his soul had been ripped away.

Gu Changqing raised his hand, and the river of blood swept Yu Wentao inside.

Looking at the countless souls swirling within the blood river—having grown by several thousand souls, densely packed and somewhat spine-chilling—Gu Changqing finally remembered something and slapped his own head: "Ah, I almost forgot. Since your Yu family members died by my hands, you can't reach the underworld directly; you'll all be reunited right inside the Blood Prison!"

Then he laughed heartily: "Remember to tell them it was all just a misunderstanding. Besides, You Yuxue is down there with you as well, so your family reunion is quite complete!"

Recalling the Blood Prison, Gu Changqing stepped back onto the flying boat and soared away into the distance.

Having devoured several thousand members of the Yu family, Gu Changqing's liquid spiritual Qi within his body had increased from 20 wisps to 27 wisps. Among them, the Yu family ancestor had contributed 5 wisps, while all the others combined only added 2 wisps.

Gu Changqing couldn't help but feel that ever since reaching Foundation Establishment, the path of cultivation was becoming increasingly difficult.

Flying all the way back to the vicinity of Youxian City, Gu Changqing sensed that the passage in his mind was becoming increasingly restless, knowing that his time was reaching its absolute limit.

Initially, traveling through the passage only allowed him to stay for about seven days, but now he could last for eleven days, which was a marked improvement.

Finding a quiet mountain peak, Gu Changqing descended, put away his belongings, and with a single thought and a blur before his eyes, he returned to Martial Pole City in the Qingjiang battlefield.