Chapter 74: Loss of the Su Clan
While flying through the dark sky Shen felt the changes in his body. The stagnant drop of golden blood in his heart radiated a strong vitality and life force. It constantly strengthened his heart and the blood pumped by his heart also felt a lot purer to him.
"How mystical!" Shen couldn't help but exclaim. This was, after all, just one drop of Absolute Bloodline. Not even blood essence, just a normal drop of blood. Even this single drop of bloodline felt more vigorous than his current blood essence! But–
"This is just the start. My Absolute Bloodline will only increase in quantity and quality from now on." With this, he now achieved the third layer of Absolute Physique. The increased body vitality, purer Qi. All this gave him a little peace of mind. He was getting stronger. Considering his slow cultivation method which progresses slowly, it was quite fast and with his new bloodline, it might get faster!
"Still, what's with this feeling of emptiness?" Shen sighed loudly. He couldn't be happier about his forming of the first drop of Absolute Bloodline, but this was something bound to happen. He reached increasingly closer to gain an understanding of the sword movements but at the last moment, his sudden breakthrough and the forming of blood interrupted him.
"I hope I will get another chance... hopefully soon," such a chance could be only hoped for, not found. As Shen mused about this, his gaze fell on the two unconscious damsels.
The black bird flew through the sky at a slow pace. Shen didn't need to hurry, after all, everything in the Su Clan should be already taken care of by Su Tong and Kaidi.
Shen carefully judged their appearance. They were both beautiful and identical to Su Rou, but older. Unlike Su Rou's modest bust and butt, her sisters were blessed in those areas.
Shen didn't mind them and gazed with Absolute Vision. "Hmm, they are only unconscious. There's nothing for me to do."
The bird landed on the ground, causing Shen to break out from his thought. He took the girls on his shoulders and jumped down. The atmosphere everywhere was so heavy that would make one feel suffocated. If anyone randomly looked around they would find dead bodies lying here and there.
As Shen reached the main villa some sniffing sound and muffled voices entered his ears. A bad feeling rose in his heart. He rushed inside only to be stopped, feeling a familiar sensation on top of his head.
"Kitty?" he questioned.
"Yes?" Kaidi leaned forward in her cat form, staring at his face. For a moment Shen felt his eyes looked different in color.
"Was it because of reflection in her golden eyes?" He thought.
"Is everything alright there?"
"I believe so..."
Shen subsided his nervous heart and headed inside the room.
When Shen entered the room, he became motionless. Inside the room, many people were tearing out of sadness. Kids bawled madly. He found Su Rou among them. She was hugging a woman and Wushuang tightly. He also found Mingyue Gelou and QingQing just behind them.
He felt his throat parched. What exactly did happen here? Everything he did after coming here wasn't enough?
"Su Shan! Su Mei!"
Noticing Shen, a woman shouted. Immediately all the gazes in the room gathered on Shen. As one would expect with two women on his shoulder, he definitely looked like someone suspicious. In this situation however, nobody uttered a single word.
A woman in her forties stopped in front of Shen, her eyes begged to return the girls to them. "They are just unconscious. Just let them rest for a bit, they will wake up any time." Shen said and returned the girls.
She hugged the girls with a relieved smile, "Thank you, thank you."
Returning the girls Shen looked forward. Su Rou already appeared in front of him, so did the girls. Su Rou was in tears as she looked at the eyes of Shen.
"What happened, Rou"—
Before Shen finished, Su Rou hugged him. She hugged him tight and wept silently. Shen felt she never hugged him so tight.
"Is this how it feels?" Shen wondered. His throat was burning fiercely yet his heart felt like it was dumped into cold water. He felt sick and nauseous.
Caressing her back, he whispered in her ears, "Sorry, if only"—
"Thank you, thank you..." Su Rou thanked and looked at him with her red eyes.
Shen wiped the tears on her cheeks as gently as possible, "What happened?"
"Shen..." Su Rou tried to suppress but tears began to roll down her cheeks, "Shen, Uncle Cong... he... he..."
Shen's palm reached her nape and tapped on her pressure point twice, "Sorry," he whispered in her ears.
"Xiao Rou! What happened to her?!" seeing Su Rou suddenly losing the balance of her body, a woman surprisedly cried out.
"She is alright. She is exhausted and passed out," Shen instantly made something on the spot and spoke calmly. From her appearance and bearings even in this situation, Shen concluded her identity as Su Rou's mother and Su Tong's wife. "Gelou..." he signaled Mingyue Gelou through his eyes and she took Su Rou from Shen.
The interior of the villa was in mess. Since the fight reached this place, it was expected. Most people crowded inside the villa and mourned for the dead. In the middle, there was a body which was kept different from the others.
It was a body of a middle-aged man and looked in his late forties. From the whispers and cries he heard from the sidelines, Shen understood his identity. That man was Su Rou's second uncle. He didn't have any child that's why he treated his nieces as his own child. The man always fulfilled their wishes no matter what they wished. Naturally, the Su Sister loved their uncle very dearly.
Shen backed away and followed Mingyue Gelou. It seemed Su Rou's mother tasked her to let Su Rou rest in the next room. Su Rou already introduced the others as her close friend like sisters and she was left with no other option to trust them in this situation.
Creak
"It's me!" Shen entered the room. Mingyue Gelou was vigilant and instantly attacked Shen.
Shen skillfully grabbed her wrist, stopping her punch midair. Normally he would have pulled her closer and plant a kiss on her beautiful lips but in this situation, he could only awkwardly release her wrist.
Nearing the bed, he took out a translucent green pill and upgraded it. Putting it on his mouth, he kissed the passed out Su Rou and guided her to swallow it. It was a Spirit Concentrating Pill. This pill not only increases cultivation speed but also clear one's spirit and makes them calm.
"You see, Gelou..." Shen looked a little melancholic as he gazed at the sky through the window, "This girl, although little worried, she leaned on my chest. Teased me. Kissed me sweetly. We flirted a lot. She smiled so brightly that it's still vivid in my eyes..." Shen was having trouble explaining, his voice cracked but he went on, "All, all this happened this morning... and yet. She cried so sadly hugging, with so much sadness..."
Mingyue Gelou remained silent for a long while, "It's not your fault, Shen."
"I know, Gelou. I... know but"—
Before Shen could finish he was hugged by Mingyue Gelou, "I know, I know blaming yourself might let you convince yourself, but that's not the solution, Shen. You know it for yourself."
Shen just remained silent and let her hug him because she got him correct and he had nothing to come back with it. Only after a long while he opened his mouth, "I swear, I'll make sure to annihilate Demonic Beast Sect. No, I'll make them beg for me to kill them!"
CREATORS' THOUGHTS 
BoredDreamer
BoredDreamer Alright before you kill me, please give me a clean death.
I'm not the best guy at loving pain.
The original draft was really... I mean more tragic than this, but in this big fight, I couldn't keep them all alive. I guess if you saw the first draft, I would have been stoned... err, in many different ways
Sorry, but this is not Japanese "Death March"
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