Chapter 1765

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　　”Zhao Tianqing, you’ve got quite the nerve. Do you think my words, Qi Zhenzhong’s, carry no weight？ Less than the Spirit Sword Pavilion’s？”
　　Qi Zhenzhong’s face turned cold as he spoke in a low voice.
　　Hearing this, the ferocity on Zhao Tianqing’s face lessened somewhat. He looked at Qi Zhenzhong again, opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing.
　　Not far away, Yu Feiyan immediately interjected, “I didn’t kill him！”
　　”What did you say？” Zhao Tianqing stiffened his neck and shouted.
　　”I did kill him, but… there’s something fishy,” Yu Feiyan hurriedly explained. “I didn”t mean to kill Zhao Tianxuan, but he suddenly stopped resisting, and I accidentally killed him. Someone”s behind this！”
　　Hearing this, Zhao Tianqing cursed, “You were the only Star-Shattering Realm expert here just now. Who could”ve pulled tricks right under your nose？ Huh？”
　　Yu Feiyan felt even more wronged, unable to voice his frustration.
　　But he was absolutely certain—there was something sinister about Zhao Tianxuan’s death！
　　Clan Leader Qi Zhenzhong looked at Zhao Tianqing and Yu Feiyan, momentarily at a loss for words.
　　Just then.
　　”Big　brother！　Look！”
　　Qi Zhenshan’s gaze was fixed deep within the passageway, where an altar stood.
　　In the crevices at the edge of the altar grew a spiritual lotus emitting a faint, radiant glow.
　　”The Nine Mystic Radiance Lotus！！！”
　　Qi Zhenshan’s voice was filled with surprise and excitement as he couldn’t help but exclaim, ‘It’s the Nine Yuan Glow Lotus!’
　　Nine Yuan Glow Lotus！
　　This is a peerless spiritual plant capable of aiding Star Plucking Realm cultivators in elevating themselves, even assisting those at the Great Perfection stage to ascend into the Saint Heaven Realm.
　　Across the entire Tianyuan Continent, this is an exceedingly rare find.
　　Yet now, the Nine Yuan Glow Lotus has appeared here.
　　Qi Zhenzhong no longer cared about resolving the conflicts with Yu Feiyan and Zhao Tianqing, striding quickly through the passageway to the edge of the altar.
　　’It really is the Nine Yuan Glow Lotus！’
　　Qi Zhenzhong’s eyes were wild with joy.
　　At the same time,
　　Qi Zhentian and Qi Zhenshan also discovered that at the end of the passageway, the uneven stone walls surrounding the vast altar were hung with one spiritual weapon after another, along with numerous jade vials containing spiritual pills.
　　At this moment, Zhao Tianqing and Yu Feiyan also noticed the scene around the altar.
　　Seeing this, Yu Feiyan was filled with immense regret.
　　Earlier, he had only been focused on battling Zhao Tianxuan and hadn’t noticed any of this.
　　Around the altar, treasures practically laid out in plain sight numbered over a hundred in total.
　　On the other side, Zhao Tianqing was completely dumbfounded.
　　Now, the fury in his heart wasn’t just due to Zhao Tianxuan’s death—it was also because of these treasures.
　　If Yu Feiyan hadn’t killed anyone, wouldn’t all these treasures have ended up in his pocket？ How could they have fallen into the hands of the Qi family？
　　Zhao Tianqing looked at Yu Feiyan, his anger almost boiling over.
　　Sensing Zhao Tianqing’s gaze, Yu Feiyan glared back without a trace of fear.
　　The fury in both their hearts was on the verge of erupting at any moment.
　　Qi Zhenzhong’s eyes darted around at the treasures scattered everywhere, dazzled by their abundance.
　　Turning to Zhao Tianqing and Yu Feiyan, Qi Zhenzhong said with a chuckle, “Gentlemen, in my opinion… if you keep fighting, it’ll just be infighting between the Zhao and Yu families. If this escalates, the Spirit Sword Pavilion will surely be displeased.”
　　”So here’s what we’ll do…”
　　Qi Zhenzhong paused and continued, “This Nine-Yuan Glow Lotus is incredibly valuable—I’m sure you both understand that！”
　　”With nine lotus leaves, normally each of your families would get one, and I’d take the remaining seven. But I’m not keeping them for myself—they’ll be handed over to the Spirit Sword Pavilion.”
　　”Yu Feiyan, no matter what, you killed Zhao Tianxuan, so your family’s share goes to the Zhao family.”
　　”The Zhao family gets two leaves, I take seven, and the Yu family gets nothing. Let’s leave it at that.”
　　Hearing this, Yu Feiyan wore an expression of utter disbelief.
　　Meanwhile, Zhao Tianqing wore a somewhat reluctant expression.
　　”What？ None of you are willing？”
　　Qi Zhenzhong’s voice carried a hint of indifference as he said, “In that case, forget it. I’ll take the Nine Mystical Lotus with me. It seems I can’t resolve the feud between your two families. Keep fighting if you must. I’ll explain everything clearly to the Spirit Sword Pavilion later！”
　　Hearing this, both Zhao Tianqing and Yu Feiyan’s expressions turned even uglier.
　　”I agree！”
　　Before long, Zhao Tianqing spoke up, “Two leaves of the Nine Mystical Lotus—I’ll let this matter rest and won’t trouble the Yu family in the future.”
　　”Good, straightforward.” Qi Zhenzhong chuckled. “The Nine Mystical Lotus is a matter of great importance. I’ll take it back whole first and settle things with the Spirit Sword Pavilion. But rest assured, those two lotus leaves won’t be missing from your share.”
　　Hearing this, Zhao Tianqing nodded and said nothing more.
　　”Yu Feiyan, what about you？” Qi Zhenzhong turned to Yu Feiyan, his voice calm.
　　”I…” Yu Feiyan clenched his fists, then lowered his head and said, “I have no objections.”
　　From the very beginning, the Qi family had been biased toward the Zhao family.
　　And this time, no matter how you looked at it, Zhao Tianxuan had indeed died by his hand—there was no denying it.
　　But even now, Yu Feiyan couldn’t figure out how Zhao Tianxuan could have been killed by him！
　　Yet with things having come to this, there was no other way.
　　Qi Zhenzhong saw the two nodding in agreement and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
　　No matter what, if the Zhao and Yu families truly tear up all pretense of cordiality, the Spirit Sword Pavilion would also hold the Qi family accountable.
　　Qi Zhenzhong chuckled and said, ‘In that case, let me take a look and see if there”s anything mysterious about this Nine Yuan Lotus.’
　　As he spoke, spiritual energy surged within Qi Zhenzhong’s body, gradually forming a suit of armor that covered his entire frame.
　　His hand slowly reached out toward the Nine Yuan Lotus…
　　At that very moment, an unexpected change occurred.