In the dark night sky, the stars were obscured by the clouds, and the whole world seemed to have turned pitch-black.

Huixun City—the huge city of rogue cultivators—was also shrouded by darkness. Other than the dim lights from hanging wind lanterns, there was no other light.

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Ou Yangming and the 3 beasts descended from Mount Return Sword and quietly arrived not far from the city gate.

The tall city gate had long been sealed. Even though it was unable to block Spiritualists from entering, there were special runes on the walls. Once activated, they could release an effective resistance ability. Of course, under normal circumstances, such a powerful skill would not be easily activated.

To maintain a powerful defensive ability at all times, the amount of energy consumed would be an astronomical figure.

Not to mention the city of rogue cultivators, even a large sect with a profound foundation would have to think twice before activating the Big Mountain-guarding Formation.

Looking up into the distance, even with Ou Yangming's eyesight, he could only see the outline of the city walls.

"Master, are we going to charge in?" King Kong opened its mouth wide, its eyes filled with a strong and ruthless killing intent.

Although it had successfully killed Li Shaoyuan, the foundation of the Li family was still there. As the saying went, one had to cut the weeds to get rid of the roots. Since it killed the Venerable One, his descendants could not be easily let off.

Of course, this was for those rogue cultivator clans. If they killed an influential sect's Venerable One, the first thing Ou Yangming and the others would do would be to flee far away and not return to seek their own death.

Ou Yangming said with a smile, "There's no need to go through so much trouble. Heh, as long as they know that Li Shaoyuan is dead, people will be looking for trouble with them."He raised his head and looked toward the even darker Forest of Death. "I don't want to see any chaos in the human cities here."

King Kong and the others exchanged glances. They thought to themselves, "So be it. We left anyway." Since this was Ou Yangming's decision, they would not oppose it.

"Master, isn't doing this the same as letting the Wang family off?" The goshawk flapped its wings and said with slight dissatisfaction.

The spirit beast never entered the city, but because of the connections between their consciousness and that of Ou Yangming, they had a rough idea of what he encountered in the city.

In this city of rogue cultivators, not only was the Li family hostile toward Ou Yangming but even the Wang family acted the same. It was just that the Wang family's attitude was not clearly displayed.

Ou Yangming shook his head and responded, "In the city of rogue cultivators, there needs to be at least a Venerable One."

Even if it was just an independent Venerable One, it was still a Venerable One.

After seeing the large and small bamboo rats and sensing the terrifying aura from the depths of the Forest of Death, Ou Yangming knew if Huixun City wanted to establish itself here, it needed at least one human Venerable One. If not for this, this city would not exist for long.

As his eyes flashed, Ou Yangming said in a deep voice, "Li Shaoyuan's death is a warning and an opportunity. If the Wang family is smart enough, they should know what to do."

Big Yellow suddenly turned its head and asked, "Lil' Ming, are you worried about the Wu and Xue Families?"

Ou Yangming could not help but laugh. "Both of those clans have top-grade Spiritualists. Generally speaking, even clans with Venerable Ones wouldn't intentionally have conflicts with them. Not to mention, the Xue family's Self-examination Mirror is already in my possession." He focused slightly and continued, "As long as the Wang family's a little smart, they wouldn't do anything stupid."

"But what if the Wang family really does something stupid?" Big Yellow blinked its eyes and asked again.

Ou Yangming glared at him unhappily and answered slowly, "If they do, then they have to be prepared to bear the consequences."

After saying that, he no longer paid attention to Big Yellow. He spread his arms and soared into the sky like a roc.

Of course, without the flying carpet, he could not soar into the sky with his physical body like a Venerable One. Nonetheless, what he comprehended on Mount Return Sword was also not a trifling matter. When the young fellow leaped up, he found that his body was much lighter than before. Even the airflow around him seemed to be under his control.

He was still unable to fly with his body, but he firmly believed that the day would come.

Disguised by the night sky, Ou Yangming leaped onto the city wall. During this process, no one noticed his tracks as if he had become one with the night.

Ou Yangming looked around the walls and immediately found the best place.

He took out Li Shaoyuan's corpse from his interspatial bag and stuck it on the flag that was waving above the city wall.

The corpse of the Venerable One was actually extremely valuable. As compared to the things he had found in the Beyond Heaven Pavilion's treasury, it was much more valuable.

Even so, as a human, Ou Yangming had his bottom line, so he would never use the corpses of his own kind. Therefore, even if it was a waste, he would not regret it.

In the distance, Big Yellow muttered, "It's really... A waste."

The king kong and the goshawk looked at it at the same time, then they turned away as if they did not know the stupid dog.

Big Yellow was the only one that dared to say that. If it were them, they would not even dare to think about it.

Ou Yangming quietly completed all of this. He once again used his step technique and left with the 3 beasts without alerting anyone.

Of course, what he left behind was only the Venerable One's corpse. As for the interspatial bag and pieces of equipment on Li Shaoyuan's body, they were all taken away by him as he left nothing behind.

Less than 15 minutes after they left, Ou Yangming and his companions vaguely heard noises coming from behind.

Ou Yangming's lips curled into a faint smile. He could totally imagine the bustling scene on the city walls at the moment.

'If people don't offend me, I won't offend them; if people offend me, I'll pay it back a hundred times over!

'The Li family only have themselves to blame.'

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The night was destined to be no longer peaceful.

A Yang Grade cultivator was walking slowly on the city walls. He was a rogue cultivator from Huixun City and was recruited by the city's overlords to take up the position of a guard on the walls.

If he was in the lower realm, his status as a Yang Grade cultivator would be high enough. No matter where he went, he would become a guest of honor.

Despite that, this was the Spiritual Realm. Not to mention ordinary cultivators, even Spiritualists did not dare to put on airs.

Therefore, this person patrolled on the walls. He looked around as he wanted to find anything unusual in this pitch-black night. Having said that, he also knew that most of the time, he was just pretending because nobody would be running around this late at night.

However, when he was patrolling above the main city gate, he unintentionally raised his head and looked up. Through the corner of his eyes, he seemed to notice something unusual.

His eyes narrowed slightly. Eventually, a look of fear appeared on his face because he was certain that a human corpse was being hung high up on the flagpole.

"Someone—"

A shrill and terrifying cry instantly spread far and wide on the city walls, startling everyone.

Instantly, countless people rushed up and looked up in the direction he was pointing at.

Very quickly, the corpse that had been hung on the wall for no reason was put down. Unfortunately, they could not get any more information except that it was an old man.

This was because nothing on the corpse could prove his identity.

It had been more than 100 years since LI Shaoyuan ruled Huixun City. As his strength continued to improve and the various systems were made better, he no longer needed to show up.

The higher-ups in the city naturally recognized this pillar of the city of rogue cultivators. On the other hand, the ordinary soldiers that were responsible for keeping watch over the city had never seen such an influential figure.

That said, they were on the city's wall, after all, and yet someone had silently hung a corpse on it. How contemptuous was this? As such, the news was passed on right away.

After some time, 2 Rudimentary Spiritualists came side by side. One of them was a powerhouse from the Li family while the other was a powerhouse from the Wang family.

Every family sent people to join the army. This was an obligation, a responsibility, but it was also a way to supervise each other.

When they saw the corpse, they could not help but turn pale with fright. In particular, the Li family Spiritualists yelled with fear and felt his vision turn black. He almost fainted.

Others might not know but being a Spiritualist from the Li family, how could he not recognize his ancestor?

Nonetheless, even if he was killed, he could not believe what he was seeing.

The powerhouse reached out his trembling hands and carefully examined the corpse. He felt his vision go black, his chest felt blocked, and even his limb became soft at this moment.

Li Shaoyuan was the pillar of support for the Li family. He was also the greatest reliance that the Li family could rely on to become the overlord of Huixun City. If he were to die for no reason, what would be the frightening consequences?

Just the thought of this question made the Rudimentary Spiritualist shudder in fear.

He stared at his surroundings with bloodshot eyes as if he was about to devour someone. His heart was filled with strong killing intent.

In spite of that, after a moment, he was forced to abandon the thought because there were over 100 people on the wall, so he could not kill all of them.

While the Wang family's powerhouse, who was not far away, was shocked, there was a hint of joy on his face. He had tried his best to hide it, but how could he hide it from the Li family's powerhouse.

With a long sigh, the Rudimentary Spiritualist from the Li family had no choice but to pick up his ancestor's corpse and leave as fast as lightning. He rushed back to the Li residence as soon as possible.

Behind him, the discussions never stopped.

After a long silence, the powerhouse from the Wang family finally opened his mouth and revealed the identity of this corpse.

This was like poking a hornet's nest. In just half a day, the entire city had fallen into a huge panic.

No matter how domineering the Li family was in the city, Li Shaoyuan was still one of the strongest people in the city. In a way, the vast majority of people were sheltered under his wings.

Now, Li Shaoyuan was killed and hung on the wall. The impact was absolutely incomparable.