Chapter 163: Recruiting a Disciple

“My lord, we are all from Yanghe Village. A group of bandits suddenly massacred the entire village. We were captured by the bandits and imprisoned here…”

A clear-eyed young man looked at Qin Ming and slowly spoke.

As he spoke, tears welled up in the eyes of everyone present.

Listening to their jumbled words, Qin Ming roughly understood their origins and guessed why the Sima family had imprisoned them.

It turned out that these youths were all from a remote village, attacked by bandits disguised as human traffickers. They had all been captured by these traffickers and brought to the Sima family.

And the reason the Sima family imprisoned these young men and women, if his guess was correct, was likely because the Sima family wanted to train them as dead warriors.

Hatred, pain, and despair—this was the method the Sima family used for training. Qin Ming had witnessed such things in his previous life, which was why he could guess what the Sima family was doing.

“They truly deserve to die!”

Qin Ming felt a deep hatred in his heart. Although he admitted he wasn't a good person, he detested those who harmed others for their own selfish gain.

“You have suffered enough. From now on, you are free.” Qin Ming waved his hand, and spiritual energy surged forth, striking all the prison cells and blasting them open.

Instantly, all the young people were freed.

Having done this, Qin Ming turned and left. These young people had hands and feet; they would leave on their own. He, however, still had to plunder the Sima family’s wealth and had no time to concern himself with these youths.

Seeing Qin Ming leave, everyone exchanged glances. The clear-eyed young man, with a determined expression, stumbled to Qin Ming, knelt down with a thud, and pleaded:

“My lord, please take me in! I can do anything!”

The other youths also rushed forward, kneeling and pleading:

“My lord, we are homeless. We hope you can take us in.”

“My lord, please teach me martial arts. I want to avenge my father and mother.”

Seeing the resolute gazes of the youths, Qin Ming’s heart trembled.

How similar he was to these people! In his previous life, his entire family was massacred, and he harbored hatred, cultivating diligently, solely to exact his revenge.

If it hadn't been for his master, Qing Yan, appearing, he would probably have lived his entire life in hatred, never becoming the renowned ‘Emperor Ming’ of later years, and now, even a Pill God.

Thinking of this, Qin Ming’s heart softened, and he said:

“Rise. I will accept you as disciples. From now on, I will look after you, teach you cultivation techniques, and let you personally exact your revenge.”

“Master, above, we bow to you, Master!”

The young man who had first knelt immediately kowtowed and said.

At the same time, everyone else reacted and followed suit.

“Good. From now on, you will address each other as senior and junior brothers. Now, first, gather all the wealth of the Sima family.

In the future, this wealth will serve as your cultivation resources.”

Qin Ming instructed,

“Oh! That’s right, the Sima family has already been annihilated by me; there isn’t a single living person left, so you can plunder freely.”

These people exchanged glances. Just who was this master they had just taken? The three major powers of Chenyang City were annihilated just like that.

At the same time, joy appeared on their faces. The Sima family was also their enemy, and now that they were annihilated, their master had avenged them.

“Thank you, Master, for helping us avenge ourselves.” Everyone bowed again in gratitude.

“Alright, rise. You are all injured now, so there’s no need for such a grand ceremony.”

Qin Ming waved his hand and said.