Endless Ascension

Chapter 71:, Great Changes in the Qin Family!

In the early morning of deep winter, the cold wind was bone-chilling, and the land was covered with thick snow. The frozen ground cracked from time to time.

At the only exit of the Kunlun Mountains in the Great Li Dynasty, a long line of people waiting to leave the mountains was formed. Everyone waiting had a look of happiness on their faces from their harvests. This was probably their last time leaving the mountains this year. In a few days, heavy snow would seal the mountains. It would be extremely difficult to enter the mountains again. Hunting monster beasts or collecting spirit herbs would become very hard.

It was only a few days before the New Year. They just made it in time to leave the mountains. The hearts longing for reuniting with their families were faintly eager. From time to time, there were complaints in the line.

Among the long line, a slender and handsome young man dressed in thin clothes was neither impatient nor rash, moving slowly with the line.

On his shoulder, a mini version of the Snowy-Eyed Maned Lion was chattering non-stop, causing many people around to murmur.

"Isn't that a cub of the Snowy-Eyed Maned Lion?"

"Could he be a beast tamer? The Snowy-Eyed Maned Lion is a rare monster beast. It's very hard to encounter, let alone a cub."

"You see he's wearing so little, and the aura around him is very sharp. I think his cultivation is at least at the eighth stage of Lingdong..."

"Why do I think he looks so familiar? I always feel I've seen him somewhere..."

...

People murmured in the crowd. Qin Ze had an annoying and thought-provoking smile on his face and said nothing.

A gust of cold wind mixed with snow blew. Many burly men in the line wearing fur coats shivered. The cold wind blew past Qin Ze, but he didn't feel it at all. Not a single snowflake landed on him, causing many people around to secretly guess how profound his cultivation was.

"What? You have to pay two second-grade spirit herbs?"

"It was one last month. Why don't you just rob us?"

"Old man, will you pay or not? If not..." The person speaking sneered a few times and said, "If you don't pay, you can't leave."

"You,,, you,,, you are robbing. I will definitely go to your clan leader to reason." The old man angrily took out two second-grade spirit herbs and pointed at a person dressed like a soldier.

The man sneered coldly. As soon as the old man passed by, he suddenly struck a palm. The old man made a living by collecting herbs and had a very low cultivation. He had no reaction at all. He just felt a gust of cold wind behind his head. When he turned around, he saw a palm strike on his face and fell down with a thud.

The man wasn't relieved. He kicked the old man's abdomen several times fiercely and cursed loudly, "Tell the clan leader? Are you out of your mind? Now the entrance of the Kunlun Mountains is taken over by our Lord Yang Hong, the Northwest King. From now on, this place belongs to the Yang family, not the Qin family. Fuck..."

"Ha ha..."

Several soldiers guarding the mountain laughed loudly.

The old man was already weak and old. After a few kicks, he lay on the ground motionless. The soldier gently grabbed the old man's clothes and threw him out fiercely. Then he spat, "Bah."

Then he turned to the front of the line and shouted angrily, "I'm not in a good mood today. Everyone leaving the mountains must pay three second-grade spirit herbs, or you'll leave lying down!"

"What?"

"Are you crazy? Three second-grade spirit herbs cost several hundred taels of silver. If we all pay, what will we eat?"

"Just pay. It's not the Qin family collecting the exit fee now. It's the Yang family, the Yang family of the Northwest King from Tianya City."

"I heard that all the families in Qinghe City have been incorporated by the Yang family. The Qin family resisted stubbornly at first. I didn't expect they would compromise. It will be difficult to enter the mountains to collect herbs in the future."

There was a commotion in the line. Everyone whispered privately, not daring to speak too loudly.

Most of the people in the line went into the mountains to collect some spirit herbs and sell them in Qinghe City to earn some silver for a living. Their cultivations were very low. Even many of them were at the martial artist realm. Facing the soldiers whose strength was all at the Lingdong realm, they dared to be angry but not speak out.

At the back of the line, Qin Ze didn't pay much attention to what happened in the front and still followed the line slowly.

After more than half an hour, Qin Ze finally reached the exit toll booth. Looking at the person collecting the fee, his heart tightened and he asked, "You aren't from the Qin family?"

The soldier who just kicked an old man to death a few times was very unhappy. His anger flared up immediately. Pointing at Qin Ze's nose, he said, "Listen up. I'm from the Yang family of the Northwest King. Don't mention any goddamn Qin family to me again. I'll let you know..."

"Bang!"

Qin Ze slightly raised his hand. The soldier disappeared on the spot. Then only a loud "bang" was heard. On a rock more than ten meters away, the soldier was bloody and his chest was broken. His body twitched slightly, his eyes rolled back, and he died.

"Who is it? How dare you attack our Yang army?"

More than a dozen soldiers at the Lingdong realm around rushed over uniformly, holding long spears and instantly surrounding Qin Ze.

"Kid, I think you are tired of living. How dare you touch someone from the Yang family..."

"Ah..."

Before he could finish speaking, there was another scream. The body suddenly flew out and heavily hit another rock. The chest was broken and he died.

"Kill him!"

The soldiers couldn't even see how Qin Ze made his move. Qin Ze in their eyes didn't even move his body. His movements were so fast that their eyes couldn't keep up. Immediately, all the soldiers charged and attacked together.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

A series of dull sounds rang out. Every time the sound rang out, someone flew out. As soon as they landed, they died. All had their chests broken and their internal organs completely rotten, shaken to pieces by Qigong.

"Who on earth are you? Don't you know we are the army of the Northwest King? Anyone who opposes the Northwest King..."

"Bang..."

Another sound. Qin Ze struck out with one hand. His figure swayed and returned to the original place. With a faint sneer on his face, he looked at the last soldier and said, "I'll ask only once."

The soldier trembled all over, his whole body shaking. He stared blankly at Qin Ze, his legs softening. He retreated in small steps and stuttered, "You,,, you,,, what,,, do,,, you,,, want,,, to,,, ask?"

"Who is in charge of the entrance and exit of the Kunlun Mountains now?" Qin Ze asked gently.

"The Northwest King, the Yang family from Tianya City." The soldier shivered all over and didn't dare to look directly into Qin Ze's eyes. He was still retreating.

"The Yang family of the Northwest King?" Qin Ze frowned and muttered to himself. His heart was greatly shaken. In order to open up this entrance to the Kunlun Mountains, the ancestors of the Qin family spent the efforts of several generations. He never expected that Qin Zhantian would actually give it to the Yang family. Did his head get filled with shit?

Without the control of this entrance to the Kunlun Mountains, the Qin family would decline and become a second-rate family within ten years.

"Qin Zhantian, Qin Zhantian. You are indeed not fit to be the clan leader..."

He never expected that in just three years, the Qin family could even give away what the ancestors left behind. Qin Ze felt cold-hearted for the Qin family from the bottom of his heart. Then thinking of the great changes in the Qin family, his expression became slightly anxious.

"I wonder how Meng Lei and Yun Man are doing..."