Only I am Venerable

Chen Huo stood there, utterly stunned. He never imagined, not even in death, that he would one day have someone spit in his face. On the Celestial Essence Continent, there was no concept of enduring humiliation by wiping the spit from one’s own face. Even if there was, Chen Huo knew he couldn’t do it. A furious rage surged up from the depths of his heart. He wanted to leap to his feet and fight this clerk to the death.

But just as Chen Huo was about to move, he discovered with horror that he couldn’t speak, couldn’t move his body, and even trying to shift his eyes seemed like an impossible luxury!

GURGLE... A rasping sound came from his throat, and the corners of his mouth twitched violently as if he was trying to say something, but not a single word would come out.

This feeling was worse than death!

Meanwhile, the Qin Family clerk, lost in his own intense emotions, didn’t notice anything amiss. His right arm was severed at the shoulder, leaving an empty sleeve that swayed gently in the wind.

Both of his legs had been hacked off at the knees. If not for the timely medical treatment and the precious medicines the Qin Family had spared no expense on, he would have been long dead.

As a clerk who had worked for years at the shop in Chen Family Castle, how could he not recognize a "big shot" like Chen Huo? On the day of the incident, Chen Huo had led several dozen of the Chen Family’s elite forces, sweeping through the Qin Family’s two shops with the force of a raging storm.

The clerk remembered it clearly. The Shopkeeper had asked Chen Huo, "Patriarch Chen, how can you do this?"

But Chen Huo had sneered with utter arrogance, "The Qin Family is about to be wiped out. If we don’t take this stuff, someone else will. Might as well let us have it!"

The Shopkeeper then asked, "Aren’t you afraid the Qin Family will survive this and retaliate against the Chen Family?"

The answer came in the form of a vicious, resounding slap that knocked out half the teeth of the seventy-year-old Shopkeeper. Then, Chen Huo had swaggered off.

And it was because this clerk had tried to protect the Qin Family’s property that the utterly ruthless Chen family members had mercilessly hacked off his right arm and both his lower legs!

As these thoughts raced through his mind, the clerk raised his one remaining left arm, pointed at the utterly humiliated Chen Huo, and began to curse. "You bastard! So you have a day like this too! Do you remember how arrogant you were half a month ago when you smashed our Qin Family shop? I tried to protect our property, and what did you say? You animal! You called me a damned dog of a slave. You said, ’The masters are about to die, but this slave is still so loyal. Cut off all four of his limbs. Let’s see him be a dog with no paws!’... Chen Huo, did you ever imagine that one day you’d be spat on by me, this dog with only one paw left?"

The more the clerk spoke, the more agitated he became, until finally, he broke down and began to sob loudly.

Many of the surrounding Qin family members couldn’t help but shed tears on the spot. They were moved by the clerk’s loyalty and his suffering, and at the same time, filled with deep hatred for the Chen Family’s atrocities. Many of the younger Qin disciples who hadn’t known the full story now stared at the Chen family members with eyes that wished they could swallow them alive.

As the clerk was wailing, he felt someone gently pat his shoulder. Then, he heard a kind voice that he would never forget for the rest of his life.

"Brother, remember this. You are not a dog. You are a man! And you are one of the Qin Family’s own! In this world, no one has the right to decide if you live or die—not even the Qin Family! You work for us, and we pay you. You were injured for us, so we will support you for the rest of your life! You have rendered a great service to the Qin Family. Don’t you dare look down on yourself. You are countless times more noble than these people kneeling here. They injured you, and they will pay with their lives. Do you understand?"

The clerk, a middle-aged man himself, broke down completely upon hearing this. He cried and choked out, "Young Master, I will remember your great kindness for the rest of my life!"

Among the crowd of over ten thousand, more than half were from the Qin Mansion’s branch families, servants, clerks, and attendants. They had all heard every single word Qin Li said.

Since the day they were born, when had anyone ever held them in such high regard? When had anyone ever truly considered things from their perspective? When had anyone ever said words so heartwarming they brought a sting to your eyes?

No one. No one but Qin Li!

Even the many people in the back who couldn’t see what was happening had heard it all. They heard the clerk’s words, and more importantly, they heard Qin Li’s words, and they couldn’t help but weep uncontrollably.

Suddenly, a heart-shaking scene unfolded. Among the ten thousand people, more than six thousand, without any signal, suddenly dropped to their knees. They knelt upon the cratered, cracked plaza and shouted in unison.

"The Young Master is magnanimous! The Young Master is magnanimous!"

It was a scene that even Qin Suo and the others had never witnessed, to say nothing of someone like Shen Le, who was born into a super-faction and possessed an incredibly noble status.

You can use power and martial might to oppress others and force their submission, but you will never win their loyalty!

But today, this soul-stirring scene would be something they would never forget. It left an indelible mark on the hearts of all who witnessed it, and at the same time, its influence on them would be immeasurable!

The distant onlookers also couldn’t help but stop their discussions and pointing. They stared, dumbfounded, asking each other, "What just happened?"

Even Qin Li hadn’t anticipated this scene. His body slowly rose into the air so that everyone in the back could see him. He declared in a loud voice, "All of you, stand up! Remember, you are people of the Qin Family! The Qin Family is the mountain at your back! From now on, you will never be wronged again! No matter who it is, no matter what faction, anyone who bullies you is an enemy of the Qin Family, and they are an enemy of me, Qin Li!"

"The Young Master is mighty!" Someone in the crowd, overcome with emotion, yelled out, and the cry immediately resonated with everyone.

Even the Qin Family disciples who were still standing roared with emotion, "The Young Master is mighty!"

The sound shook the heavens, but it shook the hearts of men even more!

When a family can unite as one, its cohesive power is truly terrifying. At this moment, even She She, a Shattered Void realm expert standing behind Qin Li, couldn’t help but be secretly amazed. She had never expected that over ten thousand weak individuals could generate such a powerful aura. Even she was moved by it.

Once everyone had risen to their feet, Qin Li landed on the ground and released the Restriction on Chen Huo. If, a moment ago, Chen Huo had still wanted to fight to the death, now, what little courage he had was completely shattered by the aura generated by the ten thousand people.

The man crumpled to the ground like a heap of mud. Qin Li shot him a disdainful glance and asked, "Are you going to have the people who participated in humiliating my Qin Family that day step forward themselves, or should I have my men pick them out?"

At that moment, a loud shout suddenly erupted from among the several hundred Chen family members. "Fuck this, I’m not going to be some kowtowing worm! It’s just death, right? I’m not afraid! Brothers, the Patriarch is a coward! Are we just going to wait for him to hand us all over? Let’s fight! Kill one Qin family member and we break even! Kill two and we’ve made a profit!"

"That’s right! Fuck it, it’s just death! I’m the one who hacked off the legs and arm of that piece of trash from the Qin Family, the one crying like a pathetic worm! And it wasn’t just him. There was another one... I hear he died. So I’ve already broken even! Let’s fight!"

"Let’s fight!"

Instantly, several dozen members of the Chen Family group stood up, their faces twisted and their eyes bloodshot as they roared. They had had enough of this humiliation, enough of the pressure of waiting for death. Since they were going to die either way, they might as well go out with a bang. At least that way, they would earn a reputation for being defiant!

"Heh, you have some courage, I’ll give you that. But it’s nothing more than a reckless fool’s bravery." A bone-chilling voice suddenly descended upon the Chen Family group. A sneer touched Qin Li’s cold face. "Did you really think I would give you another chance to harm my people?"

Qin Li unleashed his aura, his killing intent locking onto the Chen Family disciples who had stood up. Then he said to the people beside him, "Go. Drag them all out. Break their arms and legs first, then destroy their Dantians. After that, let the ones who hate them the most take their revenge. They can torture them however they wish!"

Qin Suo shivered, a chill running through him once again at his brother’s ruthless methods. He asked in a low voice, "Right here?"

"Yes. Right here!"

When the immobilized culprits were dragged out, the ten thousand people of the Qin Family erupted in a deafening cheer, a sound that made all of Fengsha City tremble!

When the families of the Qin members who had been killed or injured by the Chen Family heard they could take revenge as they pleased, a massive crowd surged crazily toward the murderers—the same ones who had just been boasting heroically but were now scared out of their wits.

"Make way! Don’t kill him yet, I haven’t had my turn!"

"Second Uncle, please let me kill him! He killed my father! WAAAH, I want to kill him with my own hands!"

"What are you talking about? Your father was my younger brother! I need to kill him too!"

"Then... then let’s kill him together!"

A mob of crazed, almost irrational Qin Family servants punched, kicked, stabbed with swords, and hacked with knives... In no time at all, the several dozen men were dead.

The devastated plaza was once again soaked in fresh blood.

Rivers of blood!

A thick, metallic stench of blood permeated the air above the entire plaza.

The remaining members of the Chen Family all knelt there, weeping silently, filled with regret and terror. On the other side, the members of the Feng Family were no better off. The fate of the Chen Family’s culprits seemed to foreshadow the fate of their own. Many in the Feng Family crowd had long since gone pale with fright.

Chen Huo knelt there, his expression vacant. His body trembled uncontrollably, and the muscles in his face twitched. He raised his lifeless eyes to look at Qin Li, his voice terrifyingly hoarse.

"Young Master Qin... isn’t this enough?"

Qin Li glanced at him and said, "Kill yourself."

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