Lin Fei left the Shangguan family with Shangguan Mingshang. Shangguan Mingshang in Lin Fei’s hands was like a dead chicken, carried to the top of a mountain.

"Shangguan Mingshang, since you’re the Junior Sect Leader of the Shangguan family, are you satisfied with the burial place I picked for you?" Lin Fei asked with a smile, throwing Shangguan Mingshang down on the mountaintop.

"Lin Fei, our grudges don’t seem to be that great?" Shangguan Mingshang asked.

Lin Fei nodded, "You’re right, our grudges aren’t that great, but for me, it’s as significant as the sky."

Shangguan Mingshang knew Lin Fei had a strong desire to kill him. He basically had no chance of escaping, but Shangguan Mingshang didn’t want to die just like that. He had just become the Junior Sect Leader of the Shangguan family, just a step away from becoming the Family Head.

"How can I die so easily!" Shangguan Mingshang roared in his heart. He didn’t want to die, and his expression was constantly struggling. Lin Fei could clearly see the change in Shangguan Mingshang’s expression, the desperate will to survive, which made Lin Fei want to laugh.

But Lin Fei said nothing, for Shangguan Mingshang had silenced Xia Xue for more than ten years. In Lin Fei’s eyes, there was no way Shangguan Mingshang could leave alive; he was doomed.

"Lin Fei, if you let me go, I can tell you a secret!" Shangguan Mingshang said.

Lin Fei raised an eyebrow, full of curiosity, "Tell me, what is the secret?"

"Then promise not to kill me!" Shangguan Mingshang said.

Lin Fei sneered, "Speak, or else I’ll kill you immediately." A direct threat, Lin Fei knew, was the most effective now.

So Lin Fei didn’t hide anything, straightforwardly threatening Shangguan Mingshang, who feared threats the most now.

Sure enough, Shangguan Mingshang said with a gloomy face, "Alright, I just hope you consider my offer. I can be a servant, do whatever you want."

"First, tell me, let me hear what the secret is."

Shangguan Mingshang thought for a moment and finally said, "This secret I got from our Family Head. He says he’s preparing to tell a very vital secret to the Murong family’s Three Saints."

"Three Saints?"

"Actually, they’re the Three Malicious Ones, committing murder, robbery, all manner of evil deeds, even building an Imperial Palace in the Murong family’s territory to enjoy wealth, and every day capturing over ten virginal young girls to accompany them," Shangguan Mingshang said.

"Is there such a thing? How long has this been happening?" Lin Fei frowned deeply. If such heinous acts were left unchecked, the Ancient Martial World was doomed.

The result was beyond Lin Fei’s expectations; it turned out that truly no one in the Ancient Martial World took charge. Lin Fei learned from Shangguan Mingshang that the Three Malicious Ones came from the Upper Realm, and for almost ten years they’ve been unparalleled, reigning above the Ancient Martial World—arriving just two or three years after Murong Nie descended.

And daily victimizing over ten girls, ten years equals around three thousand six hundred days, with so many girls harmed, Lin Fei simply couldn’t stand such deeds.

Among the many people in the Ancient Martial World, none was willing to stand together and stop these acts from happening.

Lin Fei was furious. He looked at Shangguan Mingshang in front of him, "Speak up, reveal your secret. I need to see what sort of secret your Shangguan Family Head would offer to the Three Malicious Ones!"

Shangguan Mingshang looked at Lin Fei, doubting whether Lin Fei had been in the Ancient Martial World all these years, as he didn’t even know common knowledge. Yet when Lin Fei asked about the secret, he trembled inside, saying, "Lin Fei, can you spare me? I beg you, I realize my mistake, truly!" Then Shangguan Mingshang knelt, grabbing Lin Fei’s leg, unwilling to let go, begging Lin Fei for his life.

"No more nonsense, speak quickly, I don’t have time."

Now, hearing about the Three Malicious Ones, Lin Fei couldn’t wait further; he had to hurry to find a way to cure Xia Xue’s illness.

Seeing Lin Fei so resolute, Shangguan Mingshang sighed, "I know I’m at fault, and I regret deeply. I should never have done such a thing, really I know I’m wrong!"

"Waste more time and I’ll make sure you don’t die a painless death!" Lin Fei threatened.

Hearing this, Shangguan Mingshang didn’t waste any more words. He knew he was doomed, but thinking of his family, where even the Family Head wouldn’t give him any chance or save him, he vented his fury on his own family.

"Fine! Since I’m dying anyway, I’ll tell you. Our Family Head learned of a secret, saying within the Five Mountains lies the Five Mountains Seal. Gathering them together will bring a miracle."

"Miracle?" Lin Fei asked, puzzled, "Just a miracle? Didn’t say what kind of miracle?"

Shangguan Mingshang shook his head, "That’s all I know, nothing more." 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Are you teasing me? Just saying ’miracle’ makes it true?" Lin Fei frowned, but found the information quite credible.

After all, Lin Fei recalled Zhang Hu from Purple Mountain, who had given him the Purple Mountain Seal, saying gathering the Five Mountains Seal would yield something unique. Lin Fei initially didn’t believe it, as it was extremely hard, given the Five Mountains Seal’s importance.

Thus, Lin Fei hadn’t focused on the Five Mountains Seal.

But hearing Shangguan Mingshang mention it now, he couldn’t help but take it seriously. Apparently, the Shangguan Family Head intended to share this secret with the Murong family’s Three Malicious Ones. If they acquired the Five Mountains Seal, it could threaten Lin Fei greatly.

"Lin Fei, you..."

"No need to say more, I won’t make you suffer."

Just then, Shangguan Mingshang suddenly attacked Xia Xue beside Lin Fei, then fled without looking back.

Lin Fei snorted coldly. Ultimately, Shangguan Mingshang still thought of attacking Xia Xue to escape. Lin Fei blocked in front of Xia Xue and wielded the Moon Blade. In a flash, the Moon Blade returned from afar, and Shangguan Mingshang lay in a pool of blood.

"Xia Xue, I’ll check your illness in a bit."

Lin Fei left with Xia Xue, heading straight for the Shangguan family. He had to stop the Shangguan Family Head from divulging the secret to the Murong family’s Three Malicious Ones. Otherwise, it would be of no benefit to Lin Fei himself.