Chapter 358: Chapter 355: Apologize, Or Die

Liu Hong had watched Mo Qi grow, step by step.

He knew better than anyone just how terrifying Mo Qi’s growth rate was.

In just a few short months, he had grown from a kitchen hand with no cultivation to his current Vajra Realm.

He had even surpassed his level to defeat Huangfu Yu, a legendary figure with a Void Realm Cultivation!

Such glory and accomplishments, if not unrepeatable, were certainly unprecedented.

Setting aside these hard skills, just Mo Qi’s terrifying ability to learn arrays and his skill with medicinal cuisine were enough for him to look down on and dominate everyone!

One could imagine that as long as he didn’t fall, this era would belong to him!

The Xiao Family was Liu Hong’s in-laws; Xiao Zhize’s mother, Xiao Luoyan, was his biological daughter.

That was why Liu Hong didn’t want to see Mo Qi become enemies with the Xiao Family, and he especially didn’t want the Xiao Family to be destroyed at Mo Qi’s hands.

"A life for a life, a debt for a debt. It’s only natural!" Mo Qi didn’t refuse outright, but the moment he spoke those words, Liu Hong knew the Xiao Family was finished.

"Is there really no room for negotiation?" Liu Hong swallowed his pride and asked again, his voice carrying a hint of pleading.

Mo Qi remained unmoved, shaking his head resolutely.

Strictly speaking, he was half-responsible for the tragic fate of the Void Sect.

Xiao Zhize had clearly done it out of retaliation, so Mo Qi had to answer to the thousands of resentful spirits of the Void Sect who had died in vain!

The Xiao Family must pay the price!

"You brat, you’re as stubborn as a mule!" Liu Hong fumed, glaring at Mo Qi.

’He’s giving this old man no face at all!’

Mo Qi glanced coolly at Liu Hong and added, "By the way, Elder, you’d better pray your son wasn’t involved in this. Otherwise... you’ll have to excuse me."

Liu Hong’s expression changed drastically at this, his voice suddenly jumping an octave. "You brat, you’re not planning to take care of the Liu Family as well, are you? Let this old man remind you, that’s Ruyan’s father!"

Mo Qi sneered. "Father? A father who’d sell his daughter for glory, who can’t wait to send his own child to another man’s bed?"

Liu Hong’s expression froze. He was speechless.

In truth, he had long since been utterly disappointed in his son, Liu Chen, and held little hope for the Liu Family as a whole.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have taken Liu Ruyan, left the Hall of Envoys, and stayed in the Mountain and Sea Empire for eight years straight.

But no matter what, Liu Chen was still his son, and the Liu Family was still his roots.

It was a bond of blood that was difficult to sever.

Thus, Liu Hong couldn’t possibly stand by and let Mo Qi do as he pleased.

"Ruyan, my girl, can’t you do something to control him! I’m about to die of anger!"

Liu Hong had a splitting headache because of Mo Qi. He couldn’t be beaten or scolded, and neither soft nor hard tactics worked on him. His only recourse was to appeal to Liu Ruyan.

Liu Ruyan shook her head. As an intelligent woman, she knew the right thing to say and do at the right time.

She also knew that if she were to speak up, Mo Qi would certainly relent.

But she wouldn’t take advantage of Mo Qi’s love for her to force him to abandon his principles.

That would only push things in an unpredictably bad direction.

"Hmph! I don’t need this disgraceful daughter to plead on my behalf. He’s just an ant from the Mortal District. What can he possibly do to me?"

Just then, a streak of light shot over from the distance—it was Liu Chen, who had left only to return.

He had already been on his way back to the Hall of Envoys but had received a message partway through his journey, forcing him to rush back and find Liu Hong.

As a result, he arrived just in time to see Liu Hong pleading with Mo Qi.

This was a sight Liu Chen found both unacceptable and unbearable.

The two words, "disgraceful daughter," echoed in Liu Ruyan’s ears like a clap of thunder, draining the color from her face and all the strength from her body.

If Niu Kexin hadn’t been supporting her, she might have collapsed.

Though her father-daughter feelings for Liu Chen were almost nonexistent, and she was deeply disappointed in him as a father, who in this world doesn’t long for their parents’ approval?

Liu Chen had called her a "disgraceful daughter" more than once, and each time, it felt like a knife twisting in Liu Ruyan’s heart.

"You’re courting death!"

Mo Qi flew into a rage at the sight. He immediately released his Divine Sense, delving into the Jade Slip from Li Shimu and copying the method for borrowing karmic fortune into the Chaos Scripture.

With the Chaos Scripture’s analysis, improvements, and annotations, Mo Qi mastered this Secret Technique in the shortest possible time.

"Apologize. Or die!"

Mo Qi strode toward Liu Chen, step by step. As he walked, he circulated the method for borrowing karmic fortune, drawing upon the Power of the Dragon Vein from Within the Pass to empower himself.

With this Secret Technique, he could, in theory, possess Immortal Level Combat Power without needing to enter the Pass. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

The difference was, Within the Pass, he didn’t have to consider whether his physical body could withstand the strain. Out here, however, with both karmic fortune and the Power of the Dragon Vein surging at once, the burden on his body quickly reached its absolute limit.

His aura surged, climbing to the Divine Sea Half-Immortal Realm.

"This..." Li Shimu was completely dumbfounded.

He could tell Mo Qi was using the method for borrowing karmic fortune, but how long had it been?

Had it even been two minutes?

He had actually mastered it just like that!

’Is he even human?!’

’When I was learning this Secret Technique,’ he thought, ’it took me hundreds, if not thousands, of failed attempts over several years just to get a basic grasp of it.’

Liu Chen was startled at first, but then he sneered disdainfully. "Using a Secret Technique to forcibly raise your cultivation, and all the way from the Vajra Realm to the Divine Sea Realm... Young man, I admire your courage, but I fear your foundation is now ruined!"

"What’s more, you can’t kill me with just the power of the Divine Sea Realm."

Mo Qi stared coldly at Liu Chen. "Is that so?"

"Where are the people of the Feng Family?" Mo Qi suddenly yelled.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

Numerous experts from the Feng Family appeared in an instant. The leading elder, his face wreathed in smiles, asked, "Young man, have you figured things out?"

Mo Qi said, "I can agree to your proposal, but first, you must meet one of my conditions."

"Hahaha." The elder roared with laughter. "Easily done, easily done. Name your condition, whatever it may be."

Mo Qi pointed at Liu Chen. "Surround him!"

The moment his voice fell, the members of the Feng Family swarmed forward, surrounding Liu Chen completely and cutting off all his possible escape routes.

Not only that, but they also unleashed their auras, combining their might to pressure Liu Chen.

"Elder Liu, please forgive us for this," the Feng Family elder said to Liu Hong, clasping his hands in an apologetic salute.

Liu Hong was speechless.

’What can I do?’ he thought. ’I’m helpless, saddled with such a stupid jackass for a son!’

’Doesn’t he use his goddamn brain? If Mo Qi were really just some ant from the Mortal District, would I have to fucking grovel and plead on your behalf?’

’Do you think I’m some spineless wretch with nothing better to do?’

’Or have all these years as Patriarch made you so comfortable that your brain has atrophied?’

"The Feng Family? Have you all gone mad?!" Liu Chen’s face drained of color in shock.

He had never imagined the Feng Family would actually turn on him over a single sentence from Mo Qi.

And judging by their conversation, Mo Qi was clearly the one calling the shots.

Liu Chen didn’t understand. What was the Feng Family trying to gain from this?

"Was this moron’s brain addled by my poetry back Within the Pass?" the Pig Emperor couldn’t help but quip. "Or is everyone from the Hall of Envoys just arrogant and brain-dead?"