The light of the sword is like the moon reflecting on Kyushu

Chapter 2138 Positive Response
The fire was still raging nearby, and waves of heat were hitting the ground, which was a rare warmth in the dead of winter.

As the great lord watched the surrounding buildings being engulfed by flames, burning and collapsing, his heart began to bleed! If not for the fear suppressing him, the rage within him would have already erupted!

He pointed to the warehouse built of huge piles of stones, trying to control his emotions: "This is the treasure trove."

The iron gate and copper lock of the treasure vault were already glowing red from the heat, and he was certain that the young man in white would not force him to open the door.

The young man in white laughed and said, "Great Lord, you think I would never let you open the door, right?"

The lord's lips twitched, and he chuckled dryly, "This door is burning red-hot. If I were to go through, I would surely be roasted to death. Since you have already promised to spare my life, you will certainly not force me to open the door."

Feng Jiuxiao laughed and said, "You're right." With a flick of his sleeve, the red-hot iron gate collapsed with a crash, as if it had been pulled down by dozens of yaks at the same time, falling cleanly and neatly!

As soon as the door collapsed, a ball of flame burst out of the room!
Wang Sheng said, "Although the fire outside has been extinguished, it is still burning inside. I suppose all the gold and silver treasures have turned to water?"

The Grand Lord's face darkened, and his fists clenched tightly!

Feng Jiuxiao said calmly, "Even if gold turns into water, it doesn't matter. After cooling down, it's still gold, isn't it?" He suddenly drew his sword. With a flash of light, the Xuanhuang Treasure Sword's blade aura surged several feet. With a move called "Sweeping Through the Ages," an enormous golden light slashed down through the air, and the sword energy spread. The stone chamber shattered in two with a loud bang!

Inside, countless treasure chests were burning, and the raging flames illuminated the entire sky!

Some of the boxes had collapsed from the water, and the gold and silver artifacts and ornaments inside had rolled out and were burned beyond recognition!
Even Venerable White Lotus sighed inwardly when he saw those artifacts!
These gold and silver artifacts are exquisitely crafted. For example, the gold mask inlaid with rubies is full of exotic charm and must have come from a shaman.
The gilded silver ornament with phoenix design has an unusual shape and is very likely from the distant West.

The gold ear pick with the lion and bird motif and the silver plate with the god of wine are most likely from Persia.

Many silk fabrics and garments were also reduced to ashes! Some fragments were still partially burned, revealing that they were Han Chinese silks, such as brocade with a pattern of deer and a circle, as well as silk fragments with patterns of white tigers and vermilion birds, gold face coverings inlaid with turquoise, gold ornaments with human bodies and fish tails, Buddha statues, jewelry, gold urns, gold brocade, and so on.

These were all good things, and they were just burned like that. What a pity!

Aren't these things more valuable than gold? Why insist on those gold bars? Isn't this like throwing away the watermelon to pick up a sesame seed? I really don't know what Feng Jiuxiao was thinking!

Feng Jiuxiao suddenly said, "Venerable One, if I were to give these gold and silver artifacts, silk fabrics, and clothing to those herdsmen, do you think they would dare to accept them?"

Venerable White Lotus was taken aback, then suddenly seemed to realize something, "He probably wouldn't dare!"

If a serf suddenly put on silk or wore gold and silver jewelry, how many days he or she could live depended on the day he or she was discovered by the henchmen of the nobles!
The common man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying a jade!
As a "lowly commoner," he actually possessed something that should never be his; he had committed an unforgivable crime! All that awaited him was endless attacks and cruel revenge from the Tibetan nobles! A lowly commoner is always a lowly commoner; any abnormality he exhibits is a "desecration" of noble privileges and a "challenge" to noble authority!
Even if Feng Jiuxiao eliminates all the nobles of Qingtang City, he will eventually have to leave. Once he leaves, Qingtang City will eventually fall back into the hands of the Zanpu! At that time, none of those who have received Feng Jiuxiao's favor will escape; they will be retaliated against! What they wear, what they adorn, what they use in their homes will all be irrefutable evidence; none of them will be spared!
But giving them gold bars is a different story.

No one can prove whose gold it is. Even if the serf ultimately fails to protect the gold, he won't be punished for it. As long as he insists he found it, who can force him to admit he stole it? Feng Jiuxiao is certain that those arrogant lords, though cruel, wouldn't force a lowly slave to admit to stealing a piece of gold! That would be too shameful! He can kill a serf at will if he's unhappy; why waste energy on framing or forcing a confession? There's no need!

Thinking about this, Bai Lian finally understood why Feng Jiuxiao would rather take those "worthless" gold!
Feng Jiuxiao looked at the raging fire, slowly took out the Heaven-Shaking Bow, and with a burst of white mist in his right hand, he had already unleashed an ice arrow!
The moment the arrow nocked on the string, electric snakes began to crackle and coil around its shaft, initially like earthworms! The bowstring was drawn back, gradually becoming a full moon, and then suddenly the finger was released!
whoosh-

The arrow leaves the bow!
In an instant, the electric snakes surged with the wind, countless electric snakes gathered on the arrow shaft to form an arrow dragon, which blasted into the stone chamber!

With a deafening roar, the arrow dragon exploded, and white smoke filled the sky!
The temperature around us plummeted, as if we had fallen into an ice cellar!
A white, cold aura continued to spread, extinguishing the flames one by one!
The lord's pupils contracted. "Are you human or a ghost?"

The Venerable White Lotus naturally didn't forget to translate simultaneously.

Feng Jiuxiao smiled and said, "Guess?" He slowly retracted the Heaven-Shaking Bow.

Wang Sheng and Duanmu Yan's expressions changed drastically!
Although this arrow was enhanced by the divine power of the Heaven-Shaking Bow, Feng Jiuxiao's profound skill still shocked the two of them!
The fire within a radius of ten feet was extinguished instantly!
Feng Jiuxiao knew every thought and feeling of every person! He was intimately familiar with every subtle change in their breathing and heartbeat! By observing the changes in their breathing and heartbeat, he could deduce their psychological state with remarkable accuracy, nine times out of ten! Even if these people were seasoned veterans, with impeccable facial expressions, appearing calm and collected even in the face of imminent collapse, the shock they felt inside could not escape Feng Jiuxiao's notice!
Feng Jiuxiao thought to himself: I have recently read through the Taoist treasures and have mastered several kinds of "fire extinguishing techniques". If I use a spell to extinguish this fire, I wonder what kind of expressions you will have?

Piles of treasure chests were emitting wisps of smoke and crackling sounds, occasionally bursting into sparks, but the fire had been completely extinguished, with no more flames visible.

The air returned to the dry chill of early winter. Feng Jiuxiao slowly walked to the center of the stone chamber. The Great Lord's gaze darted around, as if he had stepped on the ground somewhere!
He was just pretending to pace around, but he was actually looking for an opportunity to trigger the button on the ground!
He thought he was doing something completely undetected, but little did he know that his every word and action was being watched by the four masters, leaving him with absolutely no privacy!

The moment he stepped down, Bai Lian swept her sleeve and captured him in mid-air!
The lord felt a sudden lightness in his body, followed by a tightening around his waist as he was lifted into the hands of the white-robed monk! Bai Lian held the lord's belt as casually as if he were carrying a dog.

Hearing a cracking sound from underground, Feng Jiuxiao knew that the Great Lord had triggered the "Overjoyed Mechanism." He smiled faintly, stomped his right foot on the ground, and with a loud bang, an explosion came from underground. Then the ground suddenly bulged up, and in an instant, Feng Jiuxiao had already teleported ten zhang away. The stone chamber floor exploded!
Dust filled the sky, and countless spear tips and arrows shot out from the ground like lightning!

However, these spear tips and arrowheads tumbled out randomly, instead of shooting out in a straight line as expected!

This means the internal mechanisms have malfunctioned! The arrows didn't fly along their intended trajectory; instead, they either flew diagonally or horizontally, rendering them completely ineffective!

The Great Lord is quite incredulous!

How can this be?

Bai Lian threw the lord to the ground and slapped him across the face!

Bai Lian didn't kill the Grand Lord. After all, Feng Jiuxiao had promised to spare his life. Even if she wanted to kill the Grand Lord now, she would need Feng Jiuxiao's approval first!
The Grand Lord spat out two teeth, blood flowing from his mouth. Panicked, he didn't bother wiping the blood away and scrambled backwards onto the ground. Bai Lian followed closely, her face ashen: "You think you can just run away after your sneak attack?"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "I promised to spare your life, but you secretly tried to use a trap to harm me! I've changed my mind..." Before he could finish speaking, Bai Lian kicked out! At the same moment, Wang Sheng's flying sword was already unsheathed, and Duanmu Yan's Rebirth Arrow was also shot out!
Feng Jiuxiao was taken aback: Holy crap! Are they all this enthusiastic?
The lord watched helplessly as the white-robed monk kicked him in the chest. A tremendous force surged forth, and with a crack, he was sent flying! In that instant, he knew that his sternum was completely shattered, and his internal organs were also shattered. The approaching aura of death filled him with boundless terror!
Unexpectedly, just as panic was rising, a sharp pain shot through his forehead and back at the same time, as if something had burrowed into him. Before he could react, a cold glint shot out from his chest and into the sky!
As he fell to the ground, he saw what appeared to be a long sword circling in the sky, which then vanished in an instant!

It turned out that the flying sword had pierced his heart!

The great lord coughed up a mouthful of blood! He was filled with a thousand resentments!

How could I have died?
How could he have died at the hands of these Han Chinese?

He felt a dampness on his forehead and instinctively reached out to touch it. It was icy cold to the touch—water stains. Where did the water stains come from? Before he could figure it out, his whole body ached, and then all his energy seemed to drain away rapidly, as if his soul was being pulled away!
He felt as if his chest cavity was filled with blood!

He suddenly remembered a scene from his youth when he stabbed a serf in the chest with a knife!
Was his chest cavity eventually filled with blood?
Suddenly, he felt suffocated! He chuckled bitterly; blood had filled his lungs, making it impossible to breathe. Although he couldn't see his own face, he could imagine his eyes were bloodshot and his neck veins bulging! He was certain of his appearance because he remembered the expressions of those he had killed before their deaths! They too had been stabbed in the lungs, their voices fading amidst screams. Their faces had turned a deep liver color, their eyes bloodshot, before they died!
At that time, watching their deaths, I felt a strange sense of pleasure!

At this very moment, I am experiencing the same thing. Is this retribution? But they are the lowest of the low! They are serfs! Why should I suffer the same punishment as them?

He died with immense resentment!

Feng Jiuxiao could tell from his expression that this man had no regrets until his death! Only resentment! He felt no guilt towards the dead, only resentment towards his own defeat!
This kind of person deserved to die!

Bai Lian teased, "Young Master Wang, my kick is enough to end his life, why are you helping me?"

Wang Sheng chuckled dryly, "Since Young Master Feng has decided not to let him off the hook, I will naturally respond to Young Master Feng's wishes."

Before Venerable White Lotus could speak, Duanmu Yan blurted out, "That's what I think too!"

Bai Lian smiled wryly and clasped her hands together, saying, "Then thank you both very much."

Wang Sheng chuckled, "You're too kind, Venerable One!"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "Since everyone is so enthusiastic about eradicating evil, let's split up and take action! Of the remaining five families, Venerable and I will deal with two, and the remaining three will be handled by Brother Wang and Brother Duanmu, how about that?"

Wang Sheng's eyes lit up and he immediately said, "No problem!"

Duanmu Yan said, "Me too!"