After You Broke Off the Engagement, I Broke Through Twelve Realms in a Single Day! - Chapter 5:

Chapter 5: Wipe Out the Roots:

In the middle of the night, Li Feng stealthily made his way to the Zhang family estate.

Sensing Li Feng’s arrival, the Zhang family’s Patriarch shot out to confront him.

“Who are you? Coming to my Zhang family at this hour, what is your purpose?” The old man’s voice was cold, inwardly startled by the unfamiliar and powerful aura Li Feng exuded. In Luoxing City, Martial Ancestor experts were rare, and he had never sensed such a presence before.

“I heard the Zhang family’s Golden Snake Movement Technique is unmatched in Luoxing City. I’ve come to borrow it!” Li Feng made up a casual excuse, then unleashed all his inner energy and struck with his palm.

The force of that palm was earth-shattering, collapsing a Zhang family building instantly, sending clouds of dust flying.

As one of Luoxing City’s three great families, the Zhang Patriarch’s cultivation was at the 3rd stage Martial Ancestor Realm, even stronger than the Liu family’s Patriarch.

He immediately used the Golden Snake Movement Technique, his figure flitting about like a ghost, trying to evade Li Feng’s palm force.

But against Li Feng’s 6th stage Martial Ancestor strength, he stood no chance. With a direct hit to his chest, his heart meridians were shattered, and he fell heavily to the ground, dead.

Li Feng then found Zhang Huaiyu, who was trying to escape in the chaos, and with a single finger, pierced his skull, eliminating the hidden threat.

After wiping out everyone in the Zhang family, Li Feng retrieved the superior Profound-grade Golden Snake Movement Technique from their secret chamber and set the Zhang estate ablaze.

Leaping a few times to the riverbank, he didn’t even glance at the technique. With a single palm, he crushed it into fragments, letting them scatter into the river like snowflakes.

Li Feng had long planned this. Now that he had revealed his talent, he would soon join a powerful sect. He would have no shortage of techniques, and it wasn’t worth exposing his involvement by keeping the Zhang family’s stolen martial arts.

If he had studied the technique, subtle traces might eventually give him away. By completely destroying it, he severed all ties to the incident. The Zhang family’s extermination would be chalked up to someone killing for the technique, having nothing to do with Li Feng.

Three days later in the morning, Li Feng, assisted by Liu Ruyue, got up and dressed. As he washed his face, a line of small characters appeared in the basin’s water.

[Because you married Liu Ruyue, you obtained this opportunity. To repay the karmic debt, you must complete one hundred instances of dual cultivation to reopen Reverse Cause and Effect. Current count: 20/100.]

Indeed, he had bedded Liu Ruyue twenty times in the past few days. While Reverse Cause and Effect brought joy, repaying karma came at a steep cost.

Fortunately, Li Feng had already broken through to the 6th stage Martial Ancestor Realm. Otherwise, enduring such exertion day and night would have required ample supplements.

“Bad news! Miss, Young Master Li, the Zhang family was wiped out last night!” Liu Ruyue’s maid Xiao Cui rushed in flustered as they finished dressing, reporting urgently.

“Don’t panic. The Zhang family was arrogant and domineering. Getting exterminated is good news, especially that Zhang Huaiyu. The way he looked at me always made me uncomfortable. He couldn’t have survived, right?” Liu Ruyue lightly tapped Xiao Cui’s forehead and asked nervously.

Zhang Huaiyu had often boasted that Liu Ruyue was his fourth concubine and no one could contest him. He had even tried to take liberties with her multiple times.

If not for Li Feng breaking through to Martial Master, she might have been forced to marry that scoundrel.

The Zhang family had long committed countless evil deeds. Their destruction was truly a case of justice being served.

“Rest assured, Miss. A Martial Ancestor expert took action last night. No one in the Zhang family survived, not even the old Patriarch, who was killed with a single palm strike,” Xiao Cui reported proudly.

As Liu Ruyue tidied Li Feng’s collar, she asked, “Do we know who did it and why?”

Xiao Cui, carrying the washbasin, replied, “It’s said a passing expert destroyed them for their Golden Snake Movement Technique. The secret chamber was ransacked, and everything else remained untouched except that technique.”

“They say the Zhang Patriarch had stolen the technique from a sect. Maybe the sect sent someone to reclaim it. Even the City Lord and our Patriarch say so.”

“I see. You may go now,” Liu Ruyue nodded slightly, and Xiao Cui left with the basin.

“Let’s go greet Mother,” Liu Ruyue smiled and pulled Li Feng along.

It seemed Zhang Huaiyu’s death had brightened her mood considerably. Li Feng smiled inwardly, letting his wife pull him toward their morning greetings.

The moment Patriarch Liu saw Li Feng, his pupils contracted, his face showing shock.

He rubbed his eyes repeatedly, realizing he could no longer discern Li Feng’s cultivation, and felt an immense pressure emanating from him.

Three days ago, Li Feng was only at the 6th stage Martial Master Realm. Logically, he shouldn’t be able to hide his aura, nor should he be able to pressure an old Martial Ancestor like him.

Had this kid really broken through again in just three days?

Impossible! Breaking through to the Martial Ancestor Realm in three days was unheard of!

He rationalized to himself that Li Feng must have practiced some aura-concealing technique. Otherwise, an eighteen-year-old Martial Ancestor would be too shocking, drawing attention from powerful figures across the Great Qing Empire eager to claim him as a disciple.

Patriarch Liu’s mind raced, finding the most acceptable explanation.

“My good grandson-in-law, since you’ve married Ruyue, it’s time to return what your parents left with us,” the Patriarch said kindly, handing over a pure white jade bottle to Li Feng.

With his cultivation, Li Feng immediately recognized the bottle’s extraordinariness. It was refining the surrounding spiritual energy, purifying it tenfold, even forming drops of spiritual liquid at the bottle’s mouth.

Relying on this jade bottle during cultivation could at least double one’s speed!

Patriarch Liu’s face showed reluctance. He had used this jade bottle to break through to the 2nd stage Martial Ancestor Realm despite his deteriorating meridians.

If not for the fear that Li Feng would one day find out and turn against the Liu family, he would never have parted with it.

After all, an eighteen-year-old at the 6th stage Martial Master Realm was destined to become a Martial Ancestor, perhaps even a Martial King!

If Li Feng discovered the Liu family had hidden his parents’ legacy, there would be no peaceful end.

“Thank you, Patriarch Liu. If the Liu family needs me in the future, I won’t stand idly by,” Li Feng said as he took the jade bottle, making his stance clear.

If Patriarch Liu hadn’t willingly returned it, Li Feng would have found another way to retrieve it. But since he offered it willingly, Li Feng owed him a favor.

Compared to the likes of Lady Liu, Patriarch Liu was far-sighted. For the sake of him and Liu Ruyue, Li Feng didn’t mind lending a hand to the Liu family in times of need.

“Good, good, good!” Patriarch Liu beamed, repeating himself thrice.

“With your word, I’m relieved. Ruyue is now entrusted to you. Though her talent isn’t high, she’s kind-hearted. Please don’t let her down.”

Patriarch Liu looked kindly at Liu Ruyue. Now, she symbolized the Liu family’s bond with Li Feng. Even if it was just for appearances, he had to show his concern.

Besides, Patriarch Liu didn’t dislike Liu Ruyue. As head of the family, he simply had too much to worry about and had neglected her.

“She treasures me; how could I let her down?” Li Feng gave Liu Ruyue a loving look and then smiled playfully at the Patriarch, “Besides, Ruyue’s talent isn’t low at all.”

Liu Ruyan sneered with arms crossed, “Ha! Three days ago she was at the 2nd stage Martial Apprentice Realm. With such talent, she’ll never break through to Martial Master in her life. If that’s not poor talent, what is?”

“Did you think hiding away in bed for three days doing indecent things would make her a genius?”

She looked at Liu Ruyue with jealousy and resentment. The girl had used her beauty to steal her golden goose, but no matter how pretty she was, she was just a useless vase!