Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

Cheng Yue's eyes from the rear were dark and gloomy. He longed for Hou Yuxiao's death but couldn't attack himself. If Tian Linong could help him out, he wouldn't mind.

"Sect Master Tian, your daughter isn't in Yongzhou at all. Your current actions are tantamount to unilaterally tearing up the alliance between the two provinces, and you have committed a grave mistake. There's still a chance to turn back now; if you continue to be obstinate, the foundation of the Sword Sect, which you barely established, will be in danger."

"Daring to threaten me when death is at hand, you despicable creature that plays both sides, do you think I wouldn't be prepared? I'll take your life and take control of Zhaoyang County too!"

Hou Yuxiao's face darkened, realizing he could no longer dodge the sword qi behind him. Although he felt uncertain, he had no choice but to raise his Ape Demon Staff and circulate his vigorous qi to defend.

His Ape Demon Staff was a fine weapon, and so was the adversary's Three-feet Edge, which was ranked even higher. If he were hit, he would either die or be severely injured, which Hou Yuxiao knew very well.

Suddenly, a fragrant breeze entered his nostrils, and Hou Yuxiao's face immediately showed a look of relief. Grand Lady, you finally arrived!

A graceful figure stood in front of Hou Yuxiao. She was beautiful and extraordinarily powerful. With just the palm of her hand emanating vigorous qi, she dispersed several waves of sword qi emitted by the Three-feet Edge.

It wasn't the Holy Maiden but the first maid sent out, named Fu Ling.

A maid capable of blocking a master from the Tiger List?

Such a maid, and there are still two of them!

And what about that Holy Maiden? If the maids are so strong, then the capability of the Holy Maiden...

I bet on the right treasure, bet on the right treasure.

Hou Yuxiao immediately recognized that the girl in front of him was not the Holy Maiden. After being rescued, although many thoughts were in his mind, he first respectfully bowed to Fu Ling and gratefully said, "Thank you, Grand Lady, for saving my life."

Fu Ling turned and looked at Hou Yuxiao, and thinking of something, her lips curled into a slight smirk, which added some color to the dark night.

"Who goes there? State your name!"

As soon as the girl appeared, Tian Linong's expression changed, especially when he felt the vigorous qi from the girl was not weaker than his own. Seeing her disperse several waves of his sword qi with a single palm strike, his brow furrowed deeply.

"Xuzhou has always prided itself on The Righteous Path, and Guixin Sword Tian Linong of the Mountain Sword Sect is renowned in The World as a master of The Righteous Path on the Tiger List. To think that for personal gain, even you would condone your sect members committing acts of killing and plundering. Once this gets out, aren't you afraid of becoming the laughingstock of the world?"

The girl's melodious and ethereal voice echoed through the night sky, reminding Hou Yuxiao and the rest, who all turned to look towards the east of the city, suddenly feeling alarmed.

Many things had already happened near the city gate, and it had been almost an hour. Now, it was past Zishi. During this long time, they had only been entangled with Tian Linong and hadn't paid attention to other matters.

Reminded by Fu Ling, they looked closely and realized that more than a thousand sect members from the Mountain Sword Sect had almost wrought havoc throughout the east of the city.

Many houses in the east city had already caught fire, and the screams from the darkness were incessant, gradually spreading towards the west part of the city. The ground was littered with numerous bodies, and even the air was filled with the smell of blood.

In the darkness, a few Sword Sect members emerged from the houses, and the gold and silver valuables they carried shone under the moonlight. Together with the righteous words Fu Ling had just spoken, the irony was at its peak.

If it were ordinary martial artists involved in a feud, that would be one thing, but these Sword Sect members spared not even ordinary civilians.

"Eradicating the Demon Path, some collateral damage is inevitable. Zhaoyang has long been tortured by the Demon Path, and my sect members came to help these people escape from their misery and shine the light of The Righteous Path. Such meritorious deeds will surely not be ridiculed by the world!"

However, Tian Linong turned a blind eye to all this, his tone becoming even more self-righteously indignant.

This blatant lie caused everyone listening to furrow their brows continually.

Fu Ling, still young in age, was greatly impacted by such shameless words. As the Dan Gang's energy spurred on, his waist turned as supple as silk, resembling a nimble black snake, with his palm strikes fierce and swift. In an instant, he tangled into combat with Tian Linong.

As two Dan Embracing Phase experts clashed, the aftermath of their battle swept across more than ten meters, prompting Hou Yuxiao and the others to immediately retreat to the side.

"You have the County Magistrate's Seal on you. Hurry to the county government, where there is a Barrier Core. You can activate the City-Protecting Barrier to block the Sect Members from the east of the Sword Sect. I have already sent Cheng Yue to assist you, hurry!"

Suddenly, a voice entered his mind. Hou Yuxiao's expression turned stern; he no longer cared about Fu Ling's fight with Tian Linong and without another word, led the group towards the center of Zhaoyang, Pingyang Street.

Cheng Yue, beside him, gritted his teeth as Fu Ling's voice echoed in his mind. Helpless, he could only follow.

......

"Daddy, Mommy..."

At the corner of the street, a little girl around seven or eight years old was distraught, lying atop two corpses. Perhaps too terrified, she seemed unaware of what had happened and had even forgotten to cry, merely calling out incessantly to her blood-covered parents.

Just then, a Mountain Sword Sect Member of the Six Levels of Body Unsealing emerged from a house. Seeing the girl on the ground, a ruthless flash crossed his eyes as he swung his sword directly.

Snap...

A red whip lashed from overhead, its terrifying speed leaving the Sect Member with no chance to dodge. He was instantly bound by the whip around his neck.

In the sky, Hou Yuling clenched her silver teeth, her Nine Tigers' strength violently erupting, gruesomely severing the Sect Member's head from his neck with raw force, causing blood to spray a distance of three meters.

The little girl on the ground still didn't understand what had happened. In her panic, she looked up to see what was going on when suddenly a soft hand covered her eyes, and a gentle female voice whispered near her ear.

"Good girl, listen, you can't look, sister will take you away!"

At the entrance to Pingyang Street, Hou Yuling held the little girl and leapt forward, joining Hou Yuxiao and the others who were all waiting there, having witnessed the scene just moments before.

"They don't even spare such small children, what kind of righteous path is this? I spit on it!"

"Compared to these people, what are we from the Demon Path?"

"I, Fourth Elder, consider myself ruthless enough, but next to these Mountain Sword Sect Members, I'm practically insignificant. Looks like I have to be even more ruthless from now on!"

"It's good Old Fifth isn't here, otherwise, seeing this scene, he would explode with anger."

...

While everyone was discussing, Hou Yuxiao was focused on the Second Grade Good and Evil Divine Lotus in his mind. The near-murder of the little girl was prevented because he had sent Hou Yuling to save her. Naturally, this deed of virtue was credited to him.

A surge of dense white virtue flowed into the Divine Lotus above, and Hou Yuxiao discovered he could integrate this stock of virtue into the second white petal to exchange it for Martial Arts Minor Rejuvenation Pills and also use it to illuminate the third white petal.

Given the urgency of the situation, Hou Yuxiao couldn't consider making exchanges there and then. He looked up at the increasingly dense, blood-tainted air above Zhaoyang City, his eyes flickering with a sharp glint.

With these righteous folk committing such rampant slaughter, I must seize this grand opportunity. It will not only allow me to collect a large amount of virtue but also help vindicate the Hou Clan, unite the hearts of Zhaoyang County's people—truly killing three birds with one stone!

"Hurry to the county government with me. The Mountain Sword Sect is charging towards Pingyang Street; they surely know about the Barrier Core in the county government, hurry…"