The Cold Mountain Wanderer looked at Xu She and the others, sighed silently, and said, "Follow me."

Xu She and the Xu family disciples quickly followed him. A Xu family woman said, "Ancestor Han Shan, you are also part of the Xu family. How can you sit idly by while the traitor Chen Shi exterminates the Xu family?"

The Cold Mountain Wanderer's face darkened slightly, and Xu She noticed, quickly stopping that Xu family disciple and whispering, "Xiangyun, say less."

Xu Xiangyun shook off his hand angrily and said, "Why can't I speak? The Xu family has been exterminated now; what can't be said? As the ancestor of the Xu family, when the family faces a great calamity, how can you just watch and do nothing? Even if we're not opponents, we must strive and teach us the ultimate skills, exhaust all means to seek revenge!"

The Cold Mountain Wanderer said indifferently, "If you still want revenge, then please leave. I won't protect you. Ha!"

He laughed coldly, his tone full of mockery: "All people in the world have the right to revenge, except the Xu family. Don't think I haven't seen how rotten you Xu family disciples are; it was precisely because I couldn't stand your actions that I left the Xu family to become an independent wanderer! After the Imperial Examination, I started working as a secretary in Hanshan County, witnessing how my Xu family disciples exploit villagers, force good people into prostitution, seize others' Divine Embryos, trade humans, destroy other families, and suppress talents from other surnames. The crimes committed by our Xu family in the countryside, each one of them is enough to punish nine generations!"

He spoke with unstoppable anger. His best friend and schoolmate, named Lv Qing, worked as an archivist in Hanshan County, and they were very close.

Lv Qing had a son, and Han Shan helped name him Lv Song. Lv Qing asked his son to acknowledge Han Shan as a godfather, strengthening the ties between their families, and they often interacted. Han Shan even taught Lv Song to read and write, considering him half a disciple.

Lv Song attended the County Examination at age eleven, coming first in the county and receiving the Second Grade Divine Embryo.

Upon hearing the news, he went to offer congratulations but found Lv Qing holding Lv Song's corpse, his occipital cut open, the Divine Embryo missing.

"Who did this?" he asked furiously, questioning Lv Qing.

Lv Qing just stared blankly at him, and he felt a bad sensation, trembling as he asked, "Was it someone from the Xu family?"

"I wanted revenge for him, but I can never achieve it; I can't even defeat you, let alone the Xu family."

Lv Qing drew his sword and committed suicide in front of him.

The Cold Mountain Wanderer stared blankly at the scene, unable to believe that his dear friend was driven to despair, choosing to die.

It took a long time for him to regain his composure, staggering into the main hall, where he found Lv Qing's wife's body. This woman had already taken her own life before Lv Qing and couldn't be saved.

The incident shocked Han Shan immensely; for a long time, every time he closed his eyes, he could see his dear friend's bloodied family standing in front of him.

He resolved to change the Xu family.

He tried for thirty to forty years, rising to the position of a Second Grade official in the Court, becoming one of the thirteen Cabinet Scholars. Only then did he realize he'd reached the nominal pinnacle of power in the Xu family but couldn't change them at all!

Cabinet Scholars were merely a façade of the Xu family; the real power was held by the Sect Master. Above the Sect Master were the ancestors in the underworld and those in the Upper Realm!

Feeling hopeless and repeatedly facing setbacks, he resigned from office and titles, settling as a carefree wanderer.

To commemorate his experiences in Hanshan County, he named himself the Cold Mountain Wanderer, indicating he had no ties with the Xu family anymore.

If not for this calamity befalling the Xu family, he wouldn't have intervened.

But he's not willing to help the Xu family; he merely wants to save a few Xu family members worth saving to prevent the complete extinction of the lineage.

If they weren't worth saving, he'd rather send them back to the battlefield in Lingzhou.

Because he knew better than anyone the evils the Xu family had done!

Suddenly, with a slight feeling, the Cold Mountain Wanderer's Primordial Spirit overlooked the underworld, seeing King Dushi Xu Luoying leading the Six Great Judges into an ambush by Zhong Kui, Tie Chi, Wang Fu, and other Judges under Little Yama's banner, followed by Qing Yang, Dragon Traveling Wanderer, and others who raised the Purple and Green Dual Qi Ring and Sun and Moon Double Beads, two Immortal Artifacts, to attack.

This battle had nearly no suspense.

"Chen Shi prepared too thoroughly for this battle. He mobilized all possible forces, but integrating such power is indeed challenging."

With a slight feeling, the Cold Mountain Wanderer realized that the person commanding the battlefield and allocating Chen Shi's forces wasn't Chen Shi but someone else.

"This person is probably hiding in the Little Heavenly Realms of the Heavenly Court."

The Cold Mountain Wanderer identified the key, knowing that eliminating this person would cause Chen Shi's forces to fall into disarray and reverse the battle in moments.

"Killing this person is actually very simple—the battlefield has many portals that appear to facilitate Chen Shi's forces' movement, but they leave a huge flaw. I just need to use my Ten Thousand Miles Flying Sword Technique to send a Flying Sword through the portals, and with a single strike, I can kill this person."

With this thought, a slight movement of his mind sent the Treasure Sword on his back soaring out of its sheath, transformed into a white light, and flew with a 'whoosh' through the nearest Heavenly Court portal.

In the next moment, the sword light landed abruptly in front of Yang Bi.

Yang Bi was startled, seeing the sword exude an overwhelming Sword Intent but not attacking him, breaking into a cold sweat.

This Treasure Sword had no intention of harming him; rather, it seemed to guard him, ensuring his safety.

Yang Bi's gaze fell upon the Cold Mountain Wanderer, bowing and saying, "Thank you, elder."

The Cold Mountain Wanderer waved his hand and led Xu She and the others away.

Yang Bi steadied his mind and focused his energy on the battlefield of Tingzhou.

The Yang family in Tingzhou had basically been finished.

He had prepared the most experts for the Yang family in Tingzhou, five out of six great Independents like Chen Yindou were here, along with the ancestral masters of the Taihua Qingyang Palace, as well as Qiongyang, Chang Ying, and other top experts. The most formidable was the first immortal of the Old Method, Jueyangzi!

The only person who had achieved the Immortal Realm.

Although Jueyangzi was a Heavenly Immortal, he was merely a pseudo-immortal because he had achieved Harmonization in the small temple behind Chen Shi's head, a space too limited to be considered a true small world.

Yet a pseudo-immortal was still an immortal.

Wielding the Immortal Sword Red Rainbow Glaze Sword, he was invincible with no equal, and the experts of the Yang family were annihilated almost instantly!

However, Yang Bi still had personal intentions; although the layout seemed the most formidable with no flaws, he left a tiny flaw.

When mobilizing all the experts from the Imperial Capital, he intentionally left a slim chance of survival amidst the interwoven paths of these experts.

No expert from the Imperial Capital could detect this slim chance of survival, but it was enough to save the ones he wanted to save.

"Mother, this way!"

Amidst the slaughter on the battlefield, a young girl led a woman through countless bombardments of magical treasures and Daoist Skills. One by one, the top experts who seemed capable of destroying them a thousand times over clashed, yet neither the magical treasures, talismanic seals, nor magical skills managed to touch the two of them, always missing them.

They hurried forward, as if divinely aided, somehow making their way through the deadly battlefield, escaping this area of death.

The girl's name was Yang Qianqian; her cultivation wasn't high, she had just achieved the Primordial Spirit. Looking back at Tingzhou, she still found it unbelievable and said, "Mother, I feel as if someone is helping us. Could it be brother helping us?"

The woman was a middle-aged lady, and upon hearing this, she couldn't hide the sorrow in her eyes and said, "Qianqian, your brother is dead. He died five years ago when the Upper Realm was destroyed."

Yang Qianqian looked up at the sky and smiled, "Mother, I don't think brother is dead, he's still up there watching us. Brother can't be dead, he's the smartest and he said he would defeat Despair Slope and return to teach me cultivation."

The woman was heartbroken but kept it hidden inside, saying, "Qianqian, it's still not safe here, we must leave quickly. If Bi'er were truly alive, he would also want us to quickly escape from here."

Yang Qianqian nodded, just about to leave, when suddenly an eerie voice came laughing, "Oh, so there are two escaped fish here."

The mother and daughter were startled, only to see a young man with a smile suddenly appearing before them.

In the Little Heavenly Realms, Yang Bi was stunned.

"I calculated the routes of all the experts, doing my utmost to find a slim chance of survival for my mother and Qianqian, but the evil inherent in Creation Little Five exceeded my calculations!"

Cold sweat rolled off his forehead, and his body trembled.

Creation Little Five, who was proficient in the Way of Heaven and Earth, could invert heaven and earth, coming and going as he pleased. Yang Bi exhausted his wisdom trying to predict Creation Little Five's path, only to miscalculate one step, allowing Creation Little Five to block his mother and sister.

Creation Little Five was the most infamous Evil Spirit, and only Chen Yindou could make him obey. Now that he had found the mother and daughter, they would surely meet their end at his hands!

Yang Bi's heartache was like being twisted by a knife, but he came up with no solution.

Then, Creation Little Five suddenly looked up at the sky.

In Yang Bi's eyes, Creation Little Five's face seemed to be up close to his own.

But between them was an invisible void, and it was unclear how this Evil Spirit had put his face into the Little Heavenly Realms.

Yet, despite his eyes darting around, Creation Little Five seemed unable to see him.

The Evil Spirit glanced in his direction, then turned to look at the mother and daughter, and then looked toward Tingzhou, suddenly laughed, "Today, Little Five doesn't feel like eating people, you mother and daughter can leave."

Yang Qianqian felt relieved, quickly pulling her mother's hand to leave.

Then, the voice of Creation Little Five sounded behind them, "You haven't said thank you yet."

Yang Qianqian and Yang Mother hurriedly turned around and said in unison, "Thank you for sparing us!"

Creation Little Five shook his head, "Not you. Yang Bi, say thank you."

The mother and daughter were stunned.

A voice came from the void, the sound that had haunted their souls, it was indeed the voice of Yang Bi.

"Thank you, Lord Five."

Creation Little Five was very satisfied, placing both hands behind his head, swaying as he left, laughing, "You are very polite, I won't kill you."

The mother and daughter wept like rain.

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