Can a Scholar Be Called a Villain

Chapter 46: The massacre of a hundred thousand people

Bai Lao Bo’s expression faltered, “A spy from a hostile nation, a female servant that served at Tang Tian Hao’s side. The Murong clan wanted to wed a woman from the Murong clan to Tang Tian Hao, but he refused, and then his relationship with that woman was exposed eventually.

The imperial court sent their men to surround the Tang residence, forcing that woman to take her own life after giving birth to her child. On that day, Tang Tian Hao couldn’t do anything as he was physically restrained by our men.”

“I see.” Murong Lin mumbled.

“So that means that Tang Can is Tang Tian Hao’s son? I caused Tang Tian Hao’s death, so that means that I’ve become the killer of Tang Can’s father!” Murong Lin was dumbfounded.

No wonder the system had given him 100 villain value!

My god!

I actually killed the father of a protagonist!

“Your highness, is something wrong?” Bai Lao Bo asked from the side.

He asked with concern after watching the volatile changes in Murong Lin’s expression.

“Nothing, you may leave first.”

Bowing deeply, Bai Lao Bo was just about to excuse himself before Murong Lin waved his arm, “Wait a moment, go and place some firecrackers outside.”

Bai Lao Bo was stunned, “Firecrackers?”

“Yes.” Murong Lin nodded as he crossed his legs and leaned on his chair.

“Why?” Bai Lao Bo couldn’t understand.

“Because something good happened today.” Murong Lin grinned.

Suddenly, a chill went up Bai Lao Bo’s spine as he shivered and quickly left.

And currently, within the valley thousands of kilometres away.

Corpses were strewn everywhere and the endless amounts of blood had formed a river.

The expressions on each and every corpse were vicious as they lay within bloody puddles, their vacant eyes still filled with greed and resentment.

There were even more exhausted and wounded people laying on the floor, and once the effects of the ‘Blood Devil’s Sky Tango Frangrance’ had passed, their minds became clearer. However, it was instantly overwhelmed by the pain that they had previously suppressed and ignored, killing yet another great wave of people.

Pained groans resounded through the entire valley.

Suddenly, yet another group entered the fray.

They wore red coloured robes and similarly red-coloured masks.

They stowed every single corpse they saw into their bags of holding, killing every living person they met.

But they only took the bodies and left their heads.

Looking down at the entire valley, one would see the countless heads decorated every inch of the ground.

The cultivators were completely exhausted after the previous battle, left without any ability to resist the intruders.

A strong-looking young man stared at the red silhouette inching closer to himself and mumbled, “Blood Spirits?”

And just as he finished speaking, his head flew into the air as the Blood Spirits members swiftly took his body.

Seven silhouettes came to the centre of the battlefield.

The location where Tang Tian Hao had faced over ten thousand people by himself.

A large crater decorated the centremost position, and smoke was still rising from the crater even now.

It was about two stories deep, where the scorched earth boiled the blood above and smoke rose.

Blood paladin Murder was surprised, “How strong!”

The other three blood paladins nodded, even the most terrifying Maurader couldn’t help but agree.

Smouldering human flesh was strewn about the bloodied ground, occasionally glinting with embers.

The remaining three men dressed in red robes shook their heads, they seemed to be members of the Blood Spirits as well, but not at the same time due to their authoritative mannerisms.

“Report, we have found the corpse of Liu Xing Mang of the Liu clan and the fainted Le Qing Qing, how should we take care of it?”

“Kill them, leave their heads and take their bodies.”

“Report, we have found the corpses of Murong Jing, Murong Zhan and Murong Jue, but we have not found Murong Xing.”

“Bring their heads, it will be useful.”

“Report! A group of people are escaping towards the north, we were unable to stop them.”

“Then let them go and focus on retrieving these corpses first.”

The three gave orders as the thousands of Blood Spirit parishioners carried it out, collecting almost all of the corpses in the valley in an extremely short amount of time.

“Leave some of the men to continue searching for corpses while all of you focus on refining the Human Blood Pills, after that, we’ll head to the capital to find master.” One of the men turned to speak to the four blood paladins.

“Yes.” The four blood paladins nodded, then asked, “Floor master Qing Sha Lou, will all of you remain here for the time being?”

The three that stood with the blood paladins were the men of the hundred and eight floors of the Qing Yi Tower, every single one of them was a floor master at the Manifestation realm.

“Yes, we have another mission to carry out. Will we be able to retrieve the Dragon God Crystals?”

“Report! There is none left, all of the Dragon God Crystals have dissipated.”

“Forget it.”

The blood paladins hurriedly led their subordinates towards the prepared location to refine the pills while the men of the Qing Yi Tower got to work.

A group of people rushed over post-haste and then left the valley at the same speed.

Within the battlefield, only the heads of the more than ten thousand corpses remained, making the sight even stranger.

Outside of the valley, Jiang Tian Sheng was running swiftly with Tang Can in his arms.

“Pu!” Blood suddenly spewed out of Jiang Tian Sheng as he fell onto his knees, and he rolled forwards in reflex as he tossed Tang Can away.

He was originally locked in a frenzied battle with three Manifestation realm experts, fighting without any care for his own injuries. Only after his mind was cleared with the ‘Qing Shen spiritual pill’ did he realise the extent of his injuries. His body was in disarray while his spiritual powers were in a complete mess, after such a long sprint without even a second to relax, his body was breaking down.

Tang Can was in a similar predicament, he was fighting with a group of people and he could no longer ignore the injuries to his arms, legs and eyes. Adding the fact that he had just witnessed his father’s sacrifice with his own eyes, the pain he felt in his heart had dampened his will.

“Father……” With a low voice, he tried to speak as his hands grabbed the earth beneath him tightly, blood on the verge of seeping out.

Jiang Tian Sheng laid on the ground as he stared towards the sky, trying his best to circulate his spiritual powers to heal his body.

Tang Can looked towards him with watery eyes, finally opening his mouth after a while, “What kind of a man was my father?”

Stunned, Jiang Tian Sheng took a moment to respond as he reminisced, “He was a charming man.”

He then slowly started to narrate Tang Tian Hao’s life.

From the day that he had met Tang Tian Hao, to the meritorious service he had served while following Tang Tian Hao, to when he was appointed as a general, to Tang Can’s birth, then the Tang residence’s annihilation, and lastly to the part where Tang Tian Hao had disappeared from their world with Tang Can.

“Father……” Tang Can slowly mumbled after hearing the entire story.

Tang Can, Tang Can, so that’s where the ‘Can’¹in my name came from.

I didn’t know my mother had long perished in the hands of others.

I didn’t know that the sloppy drunkard I knew used to be a great general at the Sky Reaching realm.

I didn’t know that I was never really an ordinary person.

Tang Can wanted to cry, but the tears that flowed from his eyes were cold.

People of the Tang sect couldn’t cry.

His gaze became sharp, strengthened by his resentment.

He wanted to take revenge!

Take revenge for his father!

Take revenge for his mother!

Suddenly, a human figure ran out from the grass at the side, stumbling as it made its way towards the two of them. When they finally arrived, they fell to the ground in exhaustion with a terrified expression.

“Who?” Tang Can’s eyes focused as he instantly grabbed onto a hidden weapon.

That person screamed miserably, “Don’t kill me! I didn’t go insane!”

She screamed as she crawled backwards, horrified like a cat on hot bricks.

Jiang Tian Sheng stared at the insane woman, she seemed familiar.

As one of the three great generals of the imperial court, he was naturally knowledgeable about most of the people in Yan. He spoke breathlessly, “You’re the young lady Lu of the Zong Xiang Gang?”

Hearing that they had recognised her, Lu Hai Miao’s expression relaxed slightly as she stared at the similarly exhausted men before her, and even after heaving for a moment, she was still trembling.

“It’s me, I am Lu Hai Miao.”

1. Can (惨) means tragedy.

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