"Ah! Ah!"

The remaining four let out screams of terror.

Their eyes were filled with fear and disbelief, as they couldn't believe someone actually dared to kill a member of their family.

The Lou Family Village was quite renowned in the Southern Border. Although ranked ninth, which may not seem too high, the fact that a family could make it into this list already proves many things.

Throughout Jiuzhou, it might not be top-tier, but definitely a first-class force. Lou Family Village is located in the northeastern part of the Southern Border, and strictly speaking, they moved from the core region of the Southern Border to the brink of the edge.

Back in their family's glory days, they could be compared to the Cen Family Village. Both sides fought each other equally, battling for about ten years before a winner emerged. Originally, the strengths were quite matched, the only variable being the sudden rise of the current Village Chief of the Cen Family Village, Cen Yueyue's father.

And the only other variable.

Was that the Village Chief of the Cen Family Village married a woman from the Central Plains against his family's elders and everyone's opposition. The key point is, the Central Plains woman he married...

Could fight just as well as he could.

Cen Yueyue's mother was nicknamed Cloud Fairy, even Liu Tangxi would have to call her Aunt Yun. Previously, when an elder from the Purple Cloud Palace recounted the sect's past, he mentioned that the Jade Radiance Palace was founded by the Patriarch's wife.

Thus, in the sect, the lineage of Yuzhu Peak bears the Yun surname, sharing it with the esteemed Palace Master of Jade Radiance Palace. Cen Family Village's current prestigious status in the Southern Border owes much to Cloud Fairy. Her incomparable strength is not only a key factor, but her management skills are even more crucial.

She brought many management methods from the Central Plains. Originally, Cloud Fairy was groomed to be a Palace Master, but due to certain reasons, she wasn't chosen. Additionally, she was willing to marry far into the Southern Border, and Cen Yueyue's father showed immense sincerity, so the marriage was then agreed upon.

The previous Village Chief had mentioned that he initially disliked this daughter-in-law because, from his entrenched mindset, he often thought central plainers were cunning and that marrying into their family must have ulterior motives, especially during such a critical time of war.

But his son was disobedient and insisted on marrying her. The key issue was even the family intended to give this woman a hard time, but none could defeat her. However, with time, the elder finally realized how wise his son's actions were.

Cloud Fairy not only had superb strength; her method of managing the family followed the most standard approach of the Central Plains.

Selecting systems, nurturing and choosing, including planning and arranging training, were all proposed by her and then left for her husband to decide. She even introduced Cultivation Techniques from the Central Plains. Although not the Cultivation Techniques of the Jade Radiance Palace, as such things should never be leaked, she naturally had the authority to impart those techniques that were not considered precious.

She tailored cultivation routes for the clan members, taught etiquette and cultivation insights, and reasonably allocated resource management, giving every clan member a fair chance for competition. She would stand forth at once whenever there were internal disputes or external attempts to exploit the situation.

And then she'd directly kill them.

Yes, she didn't care about face or any relations, completely the opposite of her nickname. Although referred to as a Fairy, her methods were utterly iron-fisted, giving no regard to anyone's face, impossible to dissuade.

But it was precisely because of such an iron-fisted approach that the entire Cen Family Village became a solid iron plate, directly exterminating all dissenters and those colluding with other villages. Previously, even the old Village Chief dared not move against them. For one, they had slight blood relations; for another, he feared that killing all the fence-sitters would leave no resistance against external enemies.

But after killing them all in one day, she went out alone and defeated the external enemies by the next day.

A foreigner being able to intervene to such an extent proved her ability well enough, and it was only after Cloud Fairy formally married into the Cen Family Village that this chaos concerning the rankings within the Southern Border completely shifted to a lopsided stance.

The Lou Family Village before us was undoubtedly the loser.

The previous Family Head died at the hands of this Cen Family Village couple, and with no place to stand in the main city, the family was forced to relocate. A hundred years have passed since then, with the Cen Family Village occupying one of the most fertile core regions in the Southern Border. Their development speed and clan member nurturing seemed to be rising at a rate visible to the naked eye.

This time they journeyed out for training, bringing along a hundred disciples, among whom there were no lack of young and promising Nascent Soul Stage cultivators. In contrast, Lou Family Village was increasingly declining. Before losing to Cen Family Village and moving away, they were among the top five, but a hundred years later, they have fallen to ninth place.

The disciples in the village were of uneven standards, for instance, the ones who had come to the Long Country to rampantly plunder were already the main force among their disciples. Even among this generation, none had successfully formed a Nascent Soul, and in the end, when going to the Grotto Heaven, they would even need to think of ways to smuggle a few second-generation disciples with lesser realms inside.

The inevitable consequence of defeat was becoming increasingly marginalized. Even now, the two families remain at odds, but the strength gap has become visibly apparent. Yet, the people under Lou Family Village seemingly had no awareness of this, still immersed in fantasies from years ago.

Filled with terror, not only because someone died miserably, but also shocked that someone dared to provoke them.

"What are you babbling about?"

"Let me guess, it wouldn't be something like, 'How dare you kill a member of our family, we will never forgive you.'"

"Or something to that effect?"

With a forceful move.

The iron wire, which had completely smashed through a head and nearly broke half a body, was lifted up.

Judging by the terrified and cursing expressions and the tone of the four around him, he felt he probably guessed quite accurately.

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