"Hand him over to me; I will deal with him," Yan Hao said, looking at Qu Ling, his eyes filled with a cold murderous intent. His greatest regret in life was that he hadn’t annihilated Qu Ling and his mother back then.
"Ha ha ha..." Qu Ling began to laugh loudly. As he laughed, tears fell from his eyes, "Yan Hao, you heartbreaker, if you didn’t love my mother, why did you defile her?" If Yan Hao hadn’t defiled his mother, she might still have been a servant, but she wouldn’t have lived such a bitter life and died full of resentment.
Qu Ling sneered coldly, "I want you to join my mother in burial." He quickly took out a talisman he had bought long ago and activated it.
"Boom!" A loud noise erupted.
As Qu Ling activated the talisman, Yan Hao quickly retreated, but he was still blasted away by the force of the talisman.
Family Head Zhao and Family Head He looked at the collapsed reception hall with lingering fear. Fortunately, they had been prepared, otherwise, even if they had not died, they would have certainly been injured.
Xu Pingfeng was startled by the explosion and quickly looked in the direction of the reception hall. His greatest worry now was if Yan Hao and the others were dead, the Yan, Zhao, and He families would vent their anger on the Xu family, and then the Xu family would face nothing but extinction.
"Yan Hao has suffered some minor injuries," Qin Yushen spoke up.
Hearing this, Xu Pingfeng let out a sigh of relief. He had gotten carried away in his relief, forgetting to have someone take Qu Ling away. Fortunately, the three from the Yan family were fine.
"Family Head Xu, Ling’er, we shall meet again!" Song Yan Ning and the others said before turning around and leaving. This trip to the Xu family had provided them with some information. There were four entrances to the Lost Ruins, in addition to the one they had used to enter through the Death Desert, three others were located to the east, south, and west.
The entrance to the east was in the Devil Grassland, the entrance to the south in the Wanshou Forest, and the entrance to the west in the Flame Mountain, each place filled with danger.
Watching Song Yan Ning and the others gradually disappearing into the distance, Xu Pingfeng’s eyes were filled with gratitude. If it hadn’t been for them, the Xu family surely would not have been spared.
Xu Ling’er watched Song Yan Ning and her companions leaving with reluctance, raising her hand to wipe the tears from the corner of her eyes. Although she hadn’t spent much time with Song Yan Ning and the others, she really didn’t want to let them leave; she wished they would stay with the Xu family, in Qingyan City.
"Let’s go inside," Xu Pingfeng said, patting Xu Ling’er’s shoulder and turning to walk inside. Yan Hao and his company’s antidote had already been provided by Song Yan Ning. As long as he gave three pills to Yan Hao each time, he could preserve the Xu family. But as Song Yan Ning and the others had said, this was just a temporary solution. In order to truly avoid being bullied, one had to be strong themselves.
Time flew by like a fleeting steed, and in the blink of an eye, three months had passed.
Song Yan Ning and her team leisurely walked into the city gate; this was the twenty-third city they had passed through in half a year. After leaving this city, they would be able to reach the Wanshou Forest.
The sound of hooves came from inside the city.
Passersby on both sides made way, and those who were slow were still knocked sideways or trampled by the rampaging beasts.
However, the few sons of nobility riding the Demon Beasts showed no concern, still wearing happy smiles on their faces, as though taking pleasure in it.
Song Yan Ning and her companions stepped aside, narrowly avoiding the speeding Demon Beasts.
The sons of nobility riding the Demon Beasts seemed dissatisfied with the crowd’s avoidance and one of them directly steered the beast towards the crowd.
Seeing this, the others laughed loudly and also charged into the crowd. They enjoyed watching the panic-stricken people run and the way they dared not resist.