Only I am Venerable

"You... you all are... this is too much!" Feng Ping’s ruddy face turned purple with rage. An imposing aura erupted from him, forcing the Qin Family gatekeeper back again and again. He raised a hand and roared, "I... I... I’ll kill you, you dog! How dare you humiliate me?"

Buoyed by the might of the Qin Family’s great victory that day, the gatekeeper’s courage was far greater than before. Although Feng Ping’s terrifying aura forced him back and made it difficult to speak, he showed no weakness. "Fine, kill me. We’ll see if anyone in the Qin Family... is afraid to die!"

"You... you dog!" Out of the corner of his eye, Feng Ping suddenly saw the pitted, cracked plaza. His imposing aura instantly diminished. Killing a mere dog like this would be as easy as waving his hand, but if he actually did it, the Feng Family... would be in peril!

He then recalled Qin Li’s incredibly arrogant words—not even three great families had been spared. Regardless of whether the patriarchs of those three families would truly do as Qin Li said and come here to kneel and beg for forgiveness with a hundred times the Qin Family’s losses in tow, the might of the Qin Family, the might of Qin Li, had been thoroughly established on Profound Island from this day forward!

At this thought, Feng Ping’s state of mind miraculously calmed down. ’Compared to the humiliation suffered by those other families,’ he thought, ’Qin Li just making me wait here really isn’t so bad after all.’

"Fine, fine! I’ll wait right here!" Feng Ping said through gritted teeth. He turned and returned to the Feng Family’s caravan. Seeing the humiliated faces of his family’s disciples, the calm he had just found was once again thrown into turmoil. ’What is this mess?’ he thought. ’The Feng Family was doing just fine. Why did we have to provoke a madman like him?’

「Four hours later.」

Inside the Qin Mansion’s banquet hall, after several rounds of drinks, Shen Le’s eyes were hazy and his tongue was a bit loose. He asked with a grin, "Little brother, what are your plans for the Feng Family?"

The members of the Qian Family also looked toward Qin Li, eager to see what kind of attitude this new powerhouse of Profound Island would take toward the families who had once brought such great loss and humiliation to the Qin Family.

"Heh, let’s just keep drinking. When we’ve had our fill, we’ll go to bed!" A faint smile appeared on Qin Li’s cold, stern face. "The Feng Family? What Feng Family?"

Domineering! Utterly domineering! After hearing this, the members of the Shen and Qian families had only one thought. It seemed it would be very difficult for the Feng Family to get through this ordeal.

The Qian Family’s Grand Elder, Qian Yun, roared with laughter. "This is how a man should act! Young Master Qin... truly satisfying!"

Qin Li just smiled. ’Feng Family,’ he thought, ’not making your patriarch kneel in this plaza to atone is already giving you an immense amount of face. I was actually hoping you’d do something... rash!’

「At midnight.」

The main gates of the Qin Mansion swung open. The members of the Feng Family, who had been waiting outside for a long time, all perked up. ’That was quite a show of force,’ they thought, ’making us wait until now to open the gates.’ Feng Ping’s eyes peered inside. ’When I see that Qin Li later,’ he told himself, ’I must suppress my anger. I absolutely cannot let all this effort go to waste.’

As he thought this, he shot a warning glance at the long-disgruntled Feng Family disciples beside him and said in a low voice, "In a moment, no matter what the Qin family says, none of you are to interrupt. Do you understand?"

The Feng Family disciples had just heard about how a legitimate son of the Cui Family had spoken out of turn and been killed on the spot by Qin Li. So, despite their many grievances, they all knew that their lives were more important than their pride, and they nodded one by one.

But when Feng Ping looked back at the main gate, he was slightly taken aback. He saw the drunken members of the Qian and Shen families staggering out of the Qin Mansion’s main gate. Under the guidance of the Qin family members, they were heading off to the Qin Mansion’s Villa to rest.

Qin Li stood at the main gate, seeing that group off, without even sparing the Feng Family a single glance.

Instead, it was the gazes of the drunken Qian and Shen family members, looking at them as if they were animals in a zoo, that infuriated the Feng Family. They could tolerate it from the Thousand Mechanism Sect, but the Qian Family... in the eyes of the Feng Family, they had always been looked down upon.

A family reeking of money, a patriarch whose mind was full of opportunistic schemes—how could the Feng Family ever hold them in high regard? But now, those very people were looking at them with faces full of scorn before... swaggering away!

After finally waiting for both groups to leave, Feng Ping felt he had completely lost all face. He gave a light cough, took a few steps forward, and was just about to speak when he saw Qin Li turn around and, without a single glance in his direction, leisurely walk back inside, accompanied by a few Qin family members.

The massive, heavy main gates of the Qin Mansion slowly closed, sealing Qin Li’s retreating figure within.

Feng Ping and the crowd of Feng Family disciples behind him all stared with wide eyes, completely dumbfounded by the scene. They stood there like wooden carvings, having almost entirely lost the ability to think.

What was considered going too far? What was considered arrogant? What was considered domineering and outrageous?

Everyone might have had a different answer in their hearts, but right now, every single member of the Feng Family couldn’t help but have these words flash through their minds.

Compared to the person before them, everything they had previously encountered and considered too far, arrogant, domineering, or outrageous was not the least bit too far, not the least bit arrogant, not the least bit domineering, and not the least bit outrageous at all!

The night was as cool as water. The members of the Feng Family stood there, a miserable sight to behold. Yet not a single one of them, Feng Ping included, dared to utter a single word of complaint!

Thinking of the ground beneath their feet, thinking of the mysterious woman at the Shattering Void realm inside the Qin Mansion... and if they still couldn’t accept it, they just had to think of the fate of the families and Sects that had besieged the Qin Family. Then... they could, it seemed, reluctantly come to terms with it.

From a distance, Shen Le turned his head and glanced at the Feng Family’s caravan in the dark. The drunkenness in his eyes was completely gone. He couldn’t help but sigh again. "Xiaofei, your husband—me—has... made the right move!"

Leng Fangfei couldn’t help but sigh with emotion as well. "Young Master Qin is a man who is loyal and warm-hearted to his friends, but to his enemies, he can truly be called ruthless!"

"You are mistaken, my lady," an Elder from the Thousand Mechanism Sect said softly. "If Young Master Qin were truly a ruthless man, I’m afraid Profound Island would already be flowing with rivers of blood! How could he possibly let the Feng Family off so easily?"

Leng Fangfei was taken aback. "For the Feng Family, isn’t this considered a blow?"

Shen Le took Leng Fangfei’s hand and said with a smile, "Qin Li originally wanted to completely annihilate the Feng Family. He just didn’t expect them to get scared and cave so easily. Right now, Qin Li is probably feeling quite frustrated!"

Leng Fangfei couldn’t help but be flabbergasted. ’So this is the Martial World of Profound Island?’ she thought. ’It seems I’ve spent too long at Ice Edge. Just as my husband said, I’m as naive as a blank sheet of paper!’

「The next morning.」

Qin Li woke early to begin his daily cultivation.

By now, the amount of Innate Purple Qi accumulated in Qin Li’s body had reached an astonishing level, and his strength had, without him even realizing it, advanced from the Human Venerable to the Earth Venerable realm.

This advancement was partly due to Qin Li’s own diligent cultivation, but it also had a great deal to do with the combat techniques and the Innate Purple Qi Technique he practiced, as well as the Essence Pills he had taken. For others, this might be an insurmountable chasm that they could never cross in a lifetime. For Qin Li, however, he barely even felt it happen. He simply noticed one day that his strength had increased. This was the fundamental reason why he had not been overly worried about the Qin Family’s recent crisis.

As his strength grew, so too did his confidence!

Qin Li had a feeling that this bottleneck-free advancement would continue until he reached the Celestial Venerable realm! Perhaps it would only become difficult when he tried to break through to the Shattered Void realm.

After several encounters with people from the Land of the Far West, Qin Li had come to recognize a certain truth: while the Land of the Far West might have many Martial Artists of average strength—after all, even the strong had to advance one step at a time, and no one was born an unparalleled master—there were certainly people there stronger than him, as numerous as the hairs on an ox.

His own strength wasn’t even considered top-tier on Profound Island, let alone in the Land of the Far West. In the past, he could have just told himself not to go there, but now that Bu Yunyan, Little Fox, and Zhao Qianqian had all gone to that place, Qin Li couldn’t possibly abandon them. That wasn’t in his nature.

Therefore, even though his strength and youth were already astonishing enough to impress anyone, Qin Li still secretly swore to himself that he must find a way to increase the speed of his cultivation even further!

After breakfast, Qin Li went to pay his respects to his mother and Lin Yunlan. After such a long time in the Qin Mansion and with meticulous care, Lin Yunlan’s body had fully recovered. Her mental state had also improved greatly thanks to Qin Hanyue’s constant companionship. Influenced by the diligent cultivation atmosphere throughout the Qin Family, Lin Yunlan had even begun to try cultivating herself.

Lin Yunlan was very happy to see Qin Li. After they had chatted for a few moments, a Qin Mansion servant came in to report, "Young Master, a patriarch from another family is outside. He’s brought a large amount of wealth and is kneeling in the plaza, begging for your forgiveness!"

"Ah!" Lin Yunlan couldn’t help but gasp, covering her mouth with her hand. Since she had been staying in the Qin Mansion the whole time, she was well aware of the recent events. She had cursed those families and Sects behind their backs and hated them immensely, but she had never imagined that things would take such a turn. The rumors the servants had been spreading were actually true!

Lin Yunlan looked at her son-in-law, and the more she looked, the more she liked what she saw. In her presence, Qin Li was always gentle and polite, the very image of a respectable junior. But in front of his enemies, he was like a Godslayer, inspiring fear in all.

Even those families and Sects that had been eyeing the Qin Family covetously, wanting to carve up their assets, hadn’t they all caved now? That Feng Family had been waiting outside all night, and now another family had come, with their patriarch in person, kneeling and begging for forgiveness... It was so gratifying!

’My daughter found a good husband!’

Lin Yunlan thought to herself.

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