Chapter 174: The Tragic State of the Long Family

Originally, Xiao Fan thought that while traveling with the two Elders, Jiang Yushan and Elder Cao Mu, they would grab him and fly through the air the entire way.

After all, that was how it was when he returned with He Yutang and Elder Shi Ji last time.

However…

Elder Cao Mu took a wooden boat out of his Storage Pouch, which looked no different from a normal ferry boat.

But this was actually a High Grade Profound Rank Magical Artifact…

The wooden boat floated in the air, spacious enough to accommodate over a dozen people.

A moment later…

The wooden boat turned into a streak of light and sped westward from the Jixian Sect.

Xiao Fan was stunned.

So, Artifact Refiners had this trick up their sleeves.

Suddenly, the way he looked at Elder Cao Mu changed…

Seeing this, Jiang Yushan pursed his lips but said nothing.

Elder Cao Mu also didn't speak, but he was secretly pleased; after all, if he could recruit Xiao Fan into the Artifact Refining Lineage, it would be a great achievement.

He would take this opportunity to show off the strength of the Artifact Refining Lineage.

The Second Elder and the Third Clan Elder on the side were already dumbfounded…

Xiao Fan had actually managed to invite two Elders of the Xuandan Realm…

And one of them had even produced such a Magical Artifact boat, which one could tell at a glance was no ordinary object.

The speed of the wooden boat was very fast, at least not inferior to a Xuandan Realm expert flying through the air.

At this speed, the group would surely reach Jingchuan City in less than three days.

Half an hour later, Xiao Fan closed his eyes; he wanted to use this time to diligently refine his own Cultivate, before arriving at Jingchuan City.

to make a Breakthrough to the ninth stage of the Huaqi Realm!!

…

Jingchuan City.

The Long Family had suffered an unprecedented and humiliating disgrace.

Acting on Xiao Tian's orders, Long Yi had rounded up all the Long Family women and direct descendants who wanted to escape, including Long Anhai, the Fourth Clan Elder, and the Fifth Clan Elder.

Following Xiao Tian's instructions, he prepared over a hundred dog cages, locked everyone inside them, and hung them on the tall trees outside the Arena of Jingchuan City…

Exposed to the elements, they suffered day and night.

Food and water were provided by the Xiao Family, but if they needed to relieve themselves…

They had to do it in full view of everyone…

Because of this, Long Miaoyin, Long Caiwei, and many other Long Family women had refused to eat or drink for many days…

Long Miaoyin and Long Caiwei both had the cultivation of the Body Tempering Realm, so even if they didn't eat or drink for over ten days, they wouldn't starve to death, but their complexions were sallow and their bodies were weak.

However, some of the female relatives who had not Cultivate could not endure this…

This kind of torture was worse than death for them.

After Ancestor Long Zizai learned of this, he was incomparably furious…

However, the Long Family could only choose to endure it, because they currently had no other choice.

City Lord Lu Zhiming could only sigh helplessly at this matter.

Although he was the City Lord, commissioned by the Wuhuang Dynasty.

But when it involved a massive power like the Piaomiao Immortal Palace, even the Wuhuang Dynasty dared not express an opinion casually.

Let alone a small City Lord like him.

As for the entire Jingchuan City, countless large and small families sent grand gifts to the Xiao Family one after another.

Every item was priceless, and some small families, in order to curry favor with the Xiao Family, did not hesitate to sell off their Family assets to send expensive gifts.

Anyone could see that the sky over Jingchuan City had changed.

Whether the Long Family would be annihilated, as it stood now, depended only on a word from the Xiao Family…

The couple, Xiao Yuan and Wei Xia, had been grinning from ear to ear recently, receiving gifts until their hands grew soft every day.

Xiao Tian, on the other hand, Cultivate every day; even after arriving in Jingchuan City, his Cultivate did not slacken.

Shou Yuanzhong was very satisfied with Xiao Tian; this child had astonishing talent and would surely become a hegemon of Wuhuang Province in the future.

Regarding the matter of Xiao Tian ordering people to lock the Long Family members in dog cages and hanging them outside the City Lord's Mansion, he did not intervene after finding out.

In his view, although it was a bit cruel.

But this cultivation world was inherently cruel.

He had seen enough life and death, so this kind of matter did not stir much of a ripple in his heart.

Jingchuan City Lord's Mansion.

In the Arena area, the scorching sun shone high above.

Even if one hid in the shade to cool off, one would still be drenched in sweat…

Long Yi was sitting in a pavilion at the edge of the Arena, with herbal tea and fruit beside him.

And his gaze was fixed on the cages holding Long Anhai and the others…

He had an expression of enjoyment.

The people of the Long Mansion were hung on tall trees, just like birds and beasts in cages.

Beside Long Yi were over a dozen servants; these were servants of the Xiao Mansion, sent over to help keep watch.

Long Yi spat on the ground and then led the group over with large strides.

He looked up at Long Anhai in the first dog cage.

The other party's face was livid, his lips cracked, and there were many bloodstains on his body… Seeing Long Yi approach, Long Anhai's eyes turned red, and he roared, "You unfilial son, you unfilial son! Why did I give birth to such a beast like you!"

Hearing Long Anhai's roar, the Fourth Clan Elder, the Fifth Clan Elder, and the others in the nearby cages were also jolted awake.

They were severely injured and could not unleash their strength at all, otherwise they would have risked their lives to break out and hack this beast Long Yi to pieces.

"Long Yi, you beast, you will meet a horrible death!"

"Long Yi, do you still think you are a member of the Long Family? How could you treat us like this!"

"…"

The surrounding Long Family descendants and female relatives all fixed their gazes on Long Yi.

While glaring fiercely, they were also filled with deep fear…

Long Caiwei said angrily, "Long Yi, you are not worthy of being my second brother, you beast!"

Long Miaoyin's face was deathly pale…

Since being locked in here, she had not said a word.

"I'm a beast?"

Long Yi spat on the ground again, then said viciously, "If I'm a beast, then what are you things? Hanging on trees, locked in dog cages?"

Then he laughed coldly, "Don't blame me for not giving you a chance. If you kneel and beg for mercy now, and say that you have nothing to do with the Long Family from now on, perhaps I will plead with Master Xiao to let you go… Otherwise, once the ten-day deadline arrives, I will slaughter you all one by one!"