The Founder of Qi Cultivation, Reincarnates?

*Hey guys this chapter is a bit more coins than others, sorry for that. I usually try to keep the prices down by having between 1550-1800 words, but sometimes I feel like the chapter would end rather awkwardly so sometimes it would be a bit longer. This chapter is one of those times, sorry(ToT)*

“Junior brother Yin are you all right?!”

Yang Su immediately went to grab hold of Fei Yin and have him lean against his shoulders, as it looked like he was going to collapse.

Fei Yin's expression was downcast, and he softly said in a mournful tone, “I failed. Now the bodies of my family won’t be able to rest in peace.”

Seeing Fei Yin’s expression, Yang Su felt sad for him. Yang Su didn’t know the full extent of his situation, since he had only met him a few hours ago. But from the jade slip Xi Shen sent him, he understood that he would be joining their group.

Yang Su was first to be by Xi Shen’s side, that’s why he addressed Fei Yin as a junior brother. Meaning he had already seen Fei Yin as someone closer than a simple friend. And to have his brother suffer like this, he was not only feeling sad for him but angry at the Bai Clan members.

Yang Su shot a harsh glare over at the young man who was standing at the head of the group.

That young man snorted when he saw Yang Su glaring at him.

“Why is a Meridian Opening brat glaring at me, do you want to lose those eyes of yours so badly?”

“Bai Lu, your problem is with me, not anyone else.”

Fei Yin said to the young man.

“Bastard Fei Yin, you killed my little brother after everything he gave you. He even spared your life, allowing you to eventually join the Celestial Academy as an Outer Disciple. I wanted to kill you with my own hands, but the Academy prevents disciples with higher cultivations from challenging those weaker than them.”

Fei Yin’s eyes turned red at Bai Lu’s words and said through gritted teeth, “After what he gave me? Spared my life? My life was nothing but hell working for your Bai Clan, and serving that vile disgrace of a human being Bai Shin! Even when I was ruthlessly bullied and was mocked by him I didn’t dare fight back or retort. But because your brother was so sick, he did something I could never forgive that I snapped and tried to poison him. After forcing himself on my sister, how could I just stand by and let nothing become of it! I should have used more poison so it would have killed him faster before anyone could save him, but because I was naïve I wanted him to die a slow and agonizing death, but instead he managed to survive.”

Bai Lu's eyes spurt fire up hearing that, but then he smirked viciously and said, “And look what that brought you? Now your entire family’s dead because of you. You should have just let my brother enjoy your sister, after all, she could have become his mistress, and you with the rest of your family could have lived comfortable lives in our Bai Clan.”

The people in the surrounding crowd felt disgusted towards Bai Lu the more he spoke. Most of them were either from low-income families from small villages and had to do manual labor or become the servants of high-class nobles to survive.

They were the lucky few who were able to enter the Celestial Academy and bring their family out of that situation.

But being that they had been in that situation before, they know how these rich and powerful clans treat their servants. It was awful and no human being would want to be treated like they were less than a dog, or a pile of dirt on the ground.

They hadn’t known Fei Yin’s situation before, but now their hearts went out to him. There were more than a few of them in the crowd who had taken revenge after becoming a Celestial Academy disciple, even though they didn’t know if they would have the guts to kill Bai Shin as Fei Yin did, they applaud him nonetheless at his willingness to go to extreme lengths to avenge his family.

Feeling the gazes of these brutes from the Blacksmith Division on him, Bai Lu completely ignored them and his eyes then trailed over to Ling Xia.

His eyes lit up a bit, and he licked his lips before saying, “Fei Yin, now that you’ve failed the requirement to get your family’s coffins back, I’m going to order my men back at the clan to through them into a forest and have wild beasts feast on their remains... Hahaha!!”

Upon hearing those words and Bai Lu's mocking laughter, Fei Yin’s body tremble uncontrollably and his eyes became extremely bloodshot from pure unrepressed rage.

“Bai Lu I dare you!! If you ever dishonor my family’s corpses, I swear to the heavens I’m going to live to make your entire nine generations suffer the consequence!!”

A lightning bolt suddenly flashed across the evening sky, causing everyone in the vicinity to be completely stunned. They were staring at Fei Yin with widen eyes, and couldn’t believe he would make such a declaration.

Even Bai Lu was extremely taken aback by his words.

This type of oath wasn’t like blood oaths, but it was extremely dangerous. If one doesn’t fulfill their promise it would lead to a heart devil developing.

On the path of cultivation, a heart devil was like a seed of catastrophe. They take many shapes and forms, but they all have the ability to forever stagnate that person’s cultivation if it was left unresolved. There was even the possibility of it taking root inside a cultivator’s mind and then causing them to become bedeviled.

If that happens no amount of cultivation strength you had previously, or at your beck and call could save you.

So for Fei Yin to make such an oath, and against the Bai Clan at that, everyone either thought he was too angered and went completely crazy for a second, or he was dead serious about carrying out his threat.

Bai Lu, however, sneered at this, before he as well as the group behind him from the Bai Clan burst out laughing.

Between his laughter, Bai Lu said, “You, making my nine generations suffer? What can a weak mid-stage Foundation Construction Realm cultivator do to my behemoth of a Clan? Just because we're at the bottom of the barrel when compared with the other Major Clans, that doesn’t mean our Bai Clan is not powerful. We have the power to lord over everyone and everything beneath the Seven Major Clans, your oath is worth nothing more than a load of dog shit.”

Fei Yin didn’t respond to Bai Lu’s words, his eyes were only staring at him coldly while he leaned against Yang Su’s shoulder.

Seeing the look in Fei Yin’s eyes Bai Lu chuckled in amusement, before he said, “Alright, I’ll be merciful and not disgrace your family’s corpses. I’m not the type of person to do that…”

Yang Su who was equally staring at Bai Lu with anger in his eyes was taken aback by his sudden words, however, Bai Lu’s next words caused his mind to almost snap and he barely held himself back from rushing at him in a crazed state. Yang Su forcefully restrained himself, and decided to wait until his elder brother Shen came, he’ll be able to deal with them and resolved this.

What Bai Lu said that almost sent Yang Su off the rails, was that he pointed at Ling Xia and said, “However, in exchange, have this friend of yours accompany me back to my courtyard. She isn’t that attractive but she should do for a few days. Have her do that and I’ll return your family’s coffins.”

Yang Su wasn’t the only one who was angered by his comment. The disciples who had been watching on in the crowd were repulsed by his sudden demand.

If one looked at the relationship between men and women in the cultivation world, then one could find two people together that were far apart in age, the furthest being several hundred years.

However, these disciple's mindsets haven't adjusted to being able to live past a hundred, so they still attach value to the norms ordinary mortals live by. And comparing the age of Bai Lu who was in his early twenties to Ling Xia who look no more than thirteen or fourteen years of age, they became sick to their stomachs that he would think of her sexually.

Thinking back on what Fei Yin had said about Bai Shin assaulting his sister, they were now wondering whether it was his older or younger sister. If it was the latter, then these two brothers from the Bai Clan were completely twisted and had no sense of morality.

Ling Xia’s reaction was obviously understandable, and she began stepping toward Bai Lu enraged. She wasn’t invested in solving Fei Yin’s predicament, and although this Bai Lu’s personality had disgusted her as well, she didn’t care to stick her nose into the grudges between the Bai Clan and Xi Shen’s friends.

However, having been humiliated by being talked about like that, Ling Xia was completely furious. This was why she usually used male disguises, women without a strong background or cultivation base in the cultivation world would be treated like some commodity that can be used in any way these boorish men want and then be thrown away.

And it wasn’t only in the cultivation world but the mortal world as well. All women are looked down upon if they don’t stand out from the common crowd, but it was significantly worst in the cultivation world because for some people besides cultivating, there was nothing else to do but to seek pleasure in some other form, either gambling, drinking wine, or having sex with countless women or even men.

Bai Lu was the latter, and Ling Xia was angered, but as she stepped forward her hand was grabbed by Yang Su.

'Don’t senior sister Xia, he’s in the late stage of the Foundation Realm, if you battle him you’ll just lose. And I suspect you're still trying to hide from your brother, so just remain calm for now, elder brother Xi Shen will be here any minute to handle this situation.'

Yang Su said warningly as he tried not to think about Ling Xia’s warm soft hands in his.

Ling Xia frowned and sent back a Soul Sense message to him, 'Why should we wait for that useless prince, what could he possibly do in this situation? His identity might scare normal disciples, but this isn’t the Royal Palace where he can wave his status around, this is the Celestial Academy, and it’s a place where strength does the talking. The Seven Major Clans have more say than anyone here, especially him. They won’t even consider his status, and he has no strength to command respect from anyone. Why would he be able to resolve this, I think his presence would just make the situation worst.'

When Ling Xia said that, Yang Su wanted to retort that she was wrong about Xi Shen being weak and helpless like she said, but he refrain from doing so.

Seeing that Yang Su had no answer, Ling Xia pulled out of his hold and turned to Bai Lu, but before she could open her mouth and say anything, a voice suddenly echoed from the crowd.

“It looks like these two brothers from the Bai Clan are just a bunch of pedo---. What a disgrace to the Bai Clan for producing such horrible people. And why did we even let them use our Demon Sealing Pagoda to carry out his plans? Isn’t this just going to make our Blacksmith Division look like accomplices?”

When those words echoed out above the crowd, all the Blacksmith Division disciples who heard it sported deep frowns on their faces.

Bai Lu suddenly swerved his head in the direction of the shout to see an average-looking youth in black robes look at him.

Eyes blazing with anger, Bai Lu said, “You fucking brat, who’s a disgrace?! Step out here and say that again!”

Bai Lu moved towards the average-looking youth, but pause mid-step when he saw several other Blacksmith Disciples stepping out to stand protectively around him.

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