Chapter 302 - The Scum Is Reunited

Qianxu, South Region. 

"Hah… hah…" Qian Tian heavily breathed, his chest heaving up and down but he still stood tall while Qian Lin knelt on one knee in the ground, holding the hilt of his sword that he struck on the ground to act as his support. 

Both of them, their body is filled with wounds, some openly bleeding and they also suffered some internal injuries. Their torn clothes were fluttering together with their long, black hair that was unknot during the battle earlier. 

They were surrounded by demonic cultivators, both dead and alive. The demonic cultivators' corpses littered around them, the blood flowing out of their fatal wounds flowing to the ground, soaking it red. 

"Surrender!" the leader of the demonic cultivators shouted at the Qian brothers. 

Qian Tian laughed before he grunted in pain when he felt his chest hurt. "'surrender'? Only death awaits us if we'd surrender!" he said. 

"Only death, too, awaits you two if you continue fighting against us!" the leader of the demonic cultivators said as he sneered. "You're outnumbered!" he told them. 

"We're outnumbered since yesterday, but, see, we're still alive." Qian Tian said. 

"Ha!" the leader of the demonic cultivators scoffed. "So you refuse to drink the toast offered to you. Then, just wait for your defeat!" he said and his eyes glimmered maliciously. "Attack!" he shouted. 

"YEAAAH!!!" the demonic cultivators yelled and raised their weapons. 

"Qian Lin." Qian Tian called. "Stand behind me." He told him. 

"Brother…?" Qian Lin called and turned to Qian Tian. 

Qian Tian smiled before he pulled Qian Lin up and pushed him behind him. "Ugh…" he grunted when his chest was pierced. 

Qian Lin's eyes widened in shock. "BROTHERRRRRR!!!" he screamed and, using all of his strength, stabbed the demonic cultivator that stabbed his elder brother. 

"Ah Lin, watch out!" a voice yelled before Qian Lin felt his body was pushed down to the ground. 

Qian Lin turned and saw a demonic cultivator leapt over them, and Qian Tian turned to behead the demonic cultivator. Qian Lin stared at the scene in horror. 

"Ah Lin!" Jing Hei called and shook Qian Lin to pull him out of his daze. "Wake up! Don't dally! We're still in the middle of a battle!" he told him before he drew his sword and thrown it to the demonic cultivator that is running towards them. Then, he pulled Qian Lin up from the ground. 

"Qian Tian!" Jing Bai called and ran towards Qian Tian who fell on his knee and coughed blood as he clutched his chest. Zheng Yi and Jing Cheng covered for them while Jing Rui had started his rampage, slicing each demonic cultivator down like he's chopping vegetables.

BOOM! BOOM! Jing Kang's talismans exploded one by one, blasting off the demonic cultivators, resulting to their corpses becoming dismembered. 

"How… how did your reinforcements arrive?!" the leader of the demonic cultivators asked in shocked as he looked at the Zunjingde Sect group in horror. 

"By sailing a ship." A voice answered from above them. 

The leader of the demonic cultivators looked up, only to see a bottom of a ship descended on them. "AAAAAAHH!!!" they screamed as they were crushed under the ship. 

"Ugh!" Jing Hei, Qian Lin, Qian Tian, Jing Cheng, Jing Bai, Zheng Yi and Jing Rui grunted as they covered their face when dust and smoke floated in the air after the ship landed on the ground with a loud crash. 

"Huh?" Xie Lan spoke as he looked underneath the ship. "Did you hear a dog barking just now?" he asked. 

"No." Fan Wen answered with an icy expression. Then, everyone jumped off the ship and attacked the demonic cultivators remaining. 

Fan Wen, Fei Lin and Xi Ling drew their sword, likewise with Lei Qing and Feng Mo. You Rou sat on the deck of the ship and took out her qugin, then began playing an attacking spell. Lei Lin stood behind her to cover her from the attacks of the demonic cultivators by using his talismans to make a wall of talismans that acts as a barrier around her, then he also began his attack. Li Tian casted spells while waving his sword against the demonic cultivators. 

…

"Jing Hei…" Qian Lin called and stared at Jing Hei in shock after they have killed all the demonic cultivators. Then, his eyes reddened and his tears fell as he thrown himself at Jing Hei's chest and cried. "Jing Hei… mother and father are gone!" he cried. 

Jing Hei hung his head and hugged Qian Lin tight while patting his back to comfort him. He doesn't know what words to say, and so he can only convey his feelings through his actions. Qian Lin doesn't need any words of comfort, since he knows everything has already been done. They can't take back their parents' lives. 

"Feed him this." You Rou told Jing Cheng and gave him a bottle of magic pills to feed Qian Tian. 

"Thank you." Jing Cheng said before he put a magic pill inside Qian Tian's mouth. He is looking for water when suddenly, a bottle appeared beside him. 

"Here." You Rou spoke and handed Jing Cheng the bottle. 

Jing Cheng. "…" can't you give them all to me in one go? He took the bottle after uttering a word of thanks, then made Qian Tian drink the bottle. 

They were still a few li away from the Qianxu Sect when they saw something big is approaching them from behind. They just finished an aerial battle against the demonic cultivators. They thought they were Wu Ran's forces he sent to them to intercept them. 

But, suddenly, they saw a familiar ship. It was the Huakai Sect's treasure, the Millennium Ship. They thought that Wu Ran has also gotten his hands on the Millennium Ship when they remembered that the Huakai Sect have safely arrived in the Xinfaxian Sect after Cheng Sheng, Fei Yin and Yu Sheng helped them. 

They boarded the ship, since it travels faster than their sword. It was then they heard from Xie Lan's group about the South Region's situation. They have already prepared for the worst when they left for South, but they didn't expect for Qian Shan to regrettably die along with his wife, and for Shu Mu's father to be poisoned, leading to the tragedy of the two famous sects in the South Region. 

"Shu Mu must have been filled with regrets." Jing Hei said as Qian Lin's head leaned on his shoulder while they gazed at the sky. The Millennium Ship continued its sail south. "If he had known his father was also poisoned like him, he would've…" he sighed. 

Shu Mu would've gone to Cheng Sheng, too, like him, and ask Cheng Sheng to cure his father. If all of this has happened, the South wouldn't face too much tragedy. 

"Lei Ling." Jing Kang called behind Lei Ling. 

Lei Ling was leaning on the deck, gazing at the sceneries flashing beneath the ship. He turned when he heard Jing Kang's call and he smiled. He walked towards Jing Kang and, when they are only half a meter away from each other, he leapt at Jing Kang, throwing himself into the other's arms. Jing Kang wrapped his arms around Lei Ling's waist as a response before kissing him. 

Lei Qing watched her younger brother and her younger brother's lover reunited with a smile on her lips. She doesn't need to worry about her younger brother anymore, since Lei Ling has already matured, and even if he hasn't, he now has someone to look after him aside from her. 

Li Tian and Feng Mo watched everyone before they looked at each other and smiled, then resumed watching the moon in the sky surrounded by the stars. 

"Sect leader Jing." Fei Lin called when he and Xi Ling saw Jing Rui stood beside them. 

Jing Rui turned his head and nodded at them. "Elder Fei. Elder Xi." He said before he turned to Xie Lan and Fan Wen. "Sect leader Xie. Elder Fan. Thanks for helping us." He told them. 

"No need for thanks." Xie Lan said and sighed when he remembered the late Qian Shan. "Sect leader Qian is a hero. Him bringing along sect leader Shu down with him, it is to let sect leader Shu have a face remaining in the cultivation world." He said. 

They nodded. After all, everyone are comrades. They can't bear to let their comrade continue living as one of their enemies. 

"Qian Lin and Qian Tian…" Jing Rui spoke. 

They fell silent. After a while, Fan Wen spoke. "We will help them rebuild their sect." he said. 

They all nodded. "That goes without needing to say." Xie Lan smiled and hugged Fan Wen. "The sect ahead us is…" he suddenly narrowed his eyes when he sensed an ill foreboding. 

"Nanli Sect." Xi Ling said. "They are the first sect that bore the brunt when the demonic cultivators attacked." He said.

Because the demonic cultivators came from the Southernmost Region, and the Nanli Sect is unlucky to be located in the Southernmost Region.