Suddenly, the entire council hall fell silent!

The expressions on everyone's faces were all rather incredible. Although they had just been discussing countermeasures, they hadn't expected Chu Mo to arrive so quickly. For a moment, everyone felt somewhat bewildered. Considering the distance from the Fire Sect, Chu Mo's speedy arrival was already quite astonishing. He clearly hadn't stopped at all, without any rest!

Moreover, even if traveling nonstop, at least half of those present... could not possibly possess such speed!

Family Head Ping narrowed his eyes, scanning the people present, "Who among you could travel so quickly from the Fire Sect to the Ping Family?"

Among those present, more than half couldn't help but lower their heads.

The face of Family Head Ping was embarrassed, yet he couldn't help but say softly, "Family ancestor, even so, that doesn't mean we can…"

"Do you think you still have the power to resist?" Family Head Ping stood up and glanced at Family Head Ping, "You are the family head, what you say goes. I am old, and I will not get involved in these matters anymore."

After Family Head Ping spoke decisively, he got up and left directly. Despite Family Head Ping calling out to him several times, he did not turn his head back once.

"Family Head, what do we do now… now?" A elder asked in a low voice, looking at the uncomfortable family head.

"Let's all go and meet him. Regardless, this issue is ultimately inevitable," sighed Family Head Ping, suddenly seeming much older.

The Ping Family had always been the ones to oppress others; when had they ever been forced to someone else's doorstep like this? They had always held themselves aloft, never having stooped so low before. To think that someone had even suggested offering the Ping Family's princess to Chu Mo... what an idea they'd come up with!

Family Head Ping's heart was filled with anger. As a cultivation clan that had stood in the Spirit Realm for many years, the Ping Family had not always had smooth sailing and had also endured storms. But they had never been so embarrassed as today.

Being pressured by a young man in his twenties to consider offering a beautiful woman, was this even the same illustrious Ping Family of the Spirit Realm?

Chu Mo stood outside the ancestral land of the Ping Family, looking thoughtfully at the empty fields before him. This place still bore many traces, following the rules of a usual family, this place should have had various steles passed down from ancient times.

Those steles, brimming with ancient and time-worn atmosphere, displaying a family's heritage, could be seen outside many large family's ancestral lands.

But at this moment, it was bare, with nothing at all.

"All moved away?" Chu Mo glanced at a Ping family youth standing uneasily in front of him.

This Ping family youth was not very old, roughly in his twenties like Chu Mo, and his strength had already entered the Golden Elixir Dao. Normally, such a young person should be spirited and radiant. But at this moment in front of Chu Mo, he looked utterly uneasy, even afraid to meet Chu Mo's eyes.

Chu Mo looked him over with a half-smile, and suddenly asked such a question, immediately confusing the Ping family youth, who stammered out, "Yes, yes, afraid you would destroy them…"

Having spoken, he suddenly realized what he had said, his face turning red as he frantically explained, "No no no… It's not like that, you, listen to me, I was just talking nonsense…"

Chu Mo smiled unconcernedly and then looked up, just in time to see a large group of people rushing over from the other side.

This Ping family youth was almost in tears, not noticing the people approaching from behind, his voice trembling slightly, "I... I'm just an ordinary member of the Ping Family, please… don't kill me, I don't know anything!"

The group of Ping Family high-level members in the distance, including the family head, all had dark faces, dark with a hint of purple from anger, fuming so much that smoke might well have come out of their ears, thinking what kind of situation was this? Was someone about to harm you? You, an authentic descendent... a young Golden Elixir Dao cultivator, need you be so afraid?

But they inadvertently ignored the fact that they were also scared at the moment.

"You are Chu Mo?" Family Head Ping, who had held the position for hundreds of years, naturally emanated a strong aura. Although not overtly threatening, there was an undeniable majesty about him.

The face of this young Ping family member pleading with Chu Mo turned very pale, his legs went soft, and he nearly collapsed to the ground, thinking to himself that this was the end... such a great embarrassment!

Chu Mo looked at Family Head Ping and nodded, "You are Family Head Ping?"

"Indeed." Family Head Ping looked at Chu Mo with an authoritative face. "What do you intend to do by coming to our Ping Family ancestral land?"

"Seek revenge!" Chu Mo looked at Family Head Ping with a mocking smile. "Is there really a need to play dumb to this extent?"

"Young man, be more polite when you speak to your elders," a Ping Family elder said coldly as he watched Chu Mo, his voice deep. Being a confidant of the family head, it was natural for him to speak on behalf of the leader. Moreover, after meeting this young man, who was incredibly handsome with his heroic brows and starry eyes, he didn't appear to be the ruthlessly evil type one might expect.

In the Cultivation Realm... often, appearances do matter!

Thus, subconsciously, this elder from the Ping Family felt that this young man might not be as dangerous as the legends suggested.

"Elder? What elder? Whose elder?" Chu Mo glanced around. "Yours?"

The faces of those people looked quite unpleasant.

Chu Mo didn't wait for their response and pointed to the empty ground in front of him, suddenly becoming agitated. "You unfilial descendants! Who allowed you to discard all of our ancestral archways? Huh? The Ping Family is still considered one of the top noble clans in the Spirit Realm. Can't you show some dignity? There's not a single ancestral archway left on the ancestral lands! Is this even considered ancestral land anymore, or are you just a bunch of ingrates who don't even remember who your ancestors were?"

Family Head Ping: "..."

The Ping Family elders: "..."

All of them stared blankly at Chu Mo, completely dumbfounded by the scolding, and it took them quite a while to suddenly snap back to reality. Who exactly belongs to the Ping Family here? What right does an outsider have to say these things?

Then, Chu Mo bellowed loudly. "I came here today to smash your ancestral archways and destroy your Ping Family's spiritual veins! Now that the ancestral archways are all gone—thrown away by you! You shameless bunch, how do you plan to satisfy me then?"

"..." Everyone on the Ping Family's side twitched their mouths, gazing at Chu Mo in stunned silence.

The Ping Family elder who had just chastised Chu Mo was completely flabbergasted, thinking to himself: It turns out I was too naïve. This is the first time I've realized that a man who looks this good can turn his face... and do it with such skill!

Family Head Ping was so angry he almost spat out a mouthful of blood then and there. Although everyone was well aware of what Chu Mo was here to do, was it really okay to speak so blatantly?

We're all cultivators, all Daoist friends. Even if you're seeking revenge, can't it be done a bit more elegantly? Have some grace, please. Don't you know you're considered the number one young expert in the Spirit Realm right now?

At that moment, suddenly a Ping Family elder weakly said, "We...the Ping Family has many...beautiful women. I can give you a few, so please stop troubling the Ping Family, okay?"

The moment those words were spoken, the whole scene turned utterly silent!

Finally, Family Head Ping couldn't hold it in any longer and a mouthful of fresh blood sprayed out.

Chu Mo's eyes widened, equally stunned as he looked at the elder who had spoken, then with a look of disdain, he said, "What do you think I am?"

The shamed Ping Family elder immediately felt the urge to find a hole to crawl into, thinking to himself that impulse was the devil! How could he face anyone after this? He had offered them up, and they were flatly rejected!

What now?

However, Chu Mo then asked curiously, "How beautiful are they?"

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