Chapter 1149: 1149 A Step Away! (Fifth Update)

“Young Master!”

The youth standing beside the Beast God was none other than Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu’s living presence shocked everyone.

Whether it was Jin Shanshun, Wu Yang, or Jin Wanshan, all believed Ye Qiu was dead. Now appearing before everyone, they were all momentarily stunned.

“I didn’t die,” Ye Qiu suddenly said with a smile.

Jin’er and the five girls pouted, their eyes still red, as they stepped forward to touch Ye Qiu’s skin, feeling his breath and heartbeat.

“Young Master, is it really you?” Jin’er widened her eyes.

Ye Qiu smiled wryly and said, “Of course it’s me, I only played dead.”

Upon hearing Ye Qiu explain it was a feigned death, the people around relaxed, approached him, and informed Ye Qiu that they had occupied the Ji Clan, and no one had taken the treasures from within.

Ye Qiu’s eyes lit up, realizing that even without his presence, they had handled everything well.

“Young Master, we have captured all 130 members of the Ji Clan. How should we deal with them?” Jin Shanshun asked.

“130 people?” Ye Qiu murmured, a cold glint flashing in his eyes: “Kill them all without mercy.”

“As you command!” Jin Shanshun began executing the captured members of the Ji Clan without hesitation.

Watching Ye Qiu’s decisive ruthlessness, Jin’er and the five girls couldn’t help but feel a bit afraid. Ye Qiu noticed the fear in their eyes and calmly said, “The Ji Clan slaughtered my entire Du Gu family back then, and now I’m just returning the favor.”

Ye Qiu’s decisiveness and coldness made Wu Yang and the library’s owner see him in a new light. They had thought Ye Qiu would be merciful and unwilling to kill those men, women, and children.

Seeing Ye Qiu’s actions now, they nodded in agreement. Weeds need to be uprooted, or future troubles will be endless.

Because Ye Qiu himself was an example of this; otherwise, how would the Ji Clan have been destroyed?

“Take me to see the alien civilization’s warship the Ji Clan acquired. As for the Mu Clan and the Shi Clan, we will deal with them later,” Ye Qiu said calmly.

Entering the basement where the alien civilization’s warship was stored, only a few were qualified to enter.

Wu Yang led the way, with Ye Qiu and the owner of the library following behind. When they saw the warship, everyone was dumbfounded.

This warship was enormous, and the Ji Clan must have gone through significant trouble to hide it.

“Young Master Ye, this is the interior of a mountain. The entire mountain was hollowed out to place the warship,” Wu Yang explained.

Ye Qiu surveyed with his spiritual power and could sense the entire environment around him. Indeed, as Wu Yang said, they were inside the mountain, which had become a shell.

“Young Master, this is the person from the Ji Clan responsible for managing this warship. He will explain it to you in detail.”

Jin Shanshun brought an old man forward. Seeing Ye Qiu, the old man trembled. He had witnessed the slaughter of many Ji Clan members and knew he might not escape death either.

“Tell me about this warship,” Ye Qiu ordered.

…

In the following two days, the ancient land was engulfed in continuous war. After Ye Qiu and the experts from Yun Shang Palace exterminated the Ji Clan, they did not act again. Instead, the Yue Clan, Tang Clan, and other ancient clans launched attacks, targeting those close to the three great ancient clans and relentlessly attacking them.

The Sun Clan was once a high-ranking ancient clan, but faced with the combined attacks of the Yue Clan and other ancient clans of equal status, they quickly fell from grace. The powerful members of the clan were continuously killed, falling at the hands of various clans.

The Sun Clan Leader regretted greatly. If only he had known, he would never have sided with the Ji Clan. But now the situation was irreversible, and nothing could be undone.

The Yue Clan allied with other ancient clans and annexed everything of the Sun Clan, showing potential to surpass the three great ancient clans.

The term “three great ancient clans” became a reference of the past. Now, with the Mu Clan and the Shi Clan in seclusion, they had no grandeur left, instead facing insults from many at their doorstep.

This infuriated Mu Tianxing and Shi Lie, who several times wanted to remove the barrier and kill these people.

But in the end, reason prevailed, fearing that this was Ye Qiu’s strategy to lure them into removing the barrier, making them easy targets.

Ye Qiu and his group occupying the Ji Clan faced less threat with the Ji Clan gone, leaving only the Mu Clan and Shi Clan, which posed a smaller threat as they lacked a formidable member like Ji Batian.

Everyone spent these two days recovering their strength, as it was inevitable that Ye Qiu would lead them to destroy the remaining two ancient clans next.

During these two days of training, many ancient clans sent Martial Artists wanting to meet Ye Qiu to discuss the conquest of the Mu Clan and Shi Clan.

All were driven away by Jin Shanshun, following Ye Qiu’s instructions.

“Hmph, how shameless. They want to follow our Young Master for benefits, yet never appeared before,” Shui’er snorted, spat, and said contemptuously at the departing ancient clan envoys.

“Indeed, these people, when our Young Master was surrounded by the three great ancient clans, were nowhere to be found. Now that they know following the Young Master could overthrow the remaining Mu Clan and Shi Clan, they come wanting to share in the spoils. Truly despicable,” Huo’er echoed.

Every day, numerous envoys from ancient clans arrived, but Jin Shanshun drove them away uniformly. Even if the ancient clans behind these envoys were displeased, they were powerless; after all, Ye Qiu had destroyed the Ji Clan, and other clans were similarly fearless.

After another three days, while the ancient land seemed calm, everyone knew that Ye Qiu was ready to lead the strong to campaign against the Mu Clan and Shi Clan.

However, just the day before Ye Qiu and his allies were to make a move, the Mu Clan and the Shi Clan each sent delegations seeking peace.

“You want me to stop?” Ye Qiu laughed coldly.

“That’s right, as long as Young Master Ye agrees not to target my Mu Clan, the Clan Leader is willing to pay any price to quell Young Master Ye’s anger.”

“Oh, really?” Ye Qiu raised an eyebrow, “Very well, go back and tell him the price I want is the life of every member of your Mu Clan. Other than that, I’m not interested in anything else.”

Upon hearing this, the Mu Clan envoy’s face changed drastically and tried to say more, but Jin Shanshun shouted, “Leave now, or be left behind.”

The threat quickly scared the Mu Clan envoy away.

To the Shi Clan envoy, Ye Qiu gave the same response.

“Young Master, why not detain them and reveal that we are about to act? Otherwise, won’t the grass be startled and the snake alerted?” Jin Shanshun asked.

Ye Qiu smiled faintly, “The Mu Clan and Shi Clan know they are not our match. I let people return to instill in them the agony of impending death.”

“From the moment we fought to the death with the Ji Clan, the alarm had been set. Now, nothing can stop our steps, Shanshun. The pinnacle of the ancient land is right before us.”

Jin Shanshun’s eyes flashed back, remembering when Ye Qiu had spoken of standing at the peak of the ancient land. It had seemed so distant, yet now it was merely a step away.

“I am willing to follow the Young Master in continued conquest of the world,” Jin Shanshun bowed in salutation.