Chương 183: The Lei clan

"Two of the clans were destroyed?!" The old clan chief exclaimed in shock. Although the fives clans were rivals, he still felt pain hearing that to of these clans have been destroyed. The five clans of the star mountain city had been reduced to a pathetic one clan. This fact filled him with a nostalgic feeling.

"That's right. They tried to rebel against the main Lei clan and got destroyed." The old elder replied with a faint smile filled with pride. As he saw the old clan chief looking nostalgic and pained, a glint flashed in his eyes. He had spoken about the two clans destruction because he wanted to confirm whether these people were really new to the city and if they had any connections to the clans. Therefore, he was paying attention to the old clan chief's expression which confirmed his suspicion.

They really are related to those trash clans. That means they could be potential foes. We must find a way to get rid of them before they meet up with the final clan, not that it would change anything… As these thoughts lingered in the elder's mind, he flashed a bright smile.

"Alright, enough of that bad story. Since you are new to the city, let my Lei clan entertain you all. Please come in and let's discuss over some tea""No thanks. We don't want to impose upon your clan. We will be going now" Long Yuan narrowed his eyes and replied.

"Don't worry about imposing on us. It is our duty to entertain all new guests in this city""We have important things to do. Thank you, but we must decline your offer." Long Yuan didn't hesitate to reply. The elder closed his eyes and breathed in.

"Is that so? Then I won't hold you back any longer. If you need something, don't hesitate to come back to us." As he opened his eyes again, a faint killing intent appeared, but he quickly suppressed it. Then without further words, he turned around and returned to the clan, glaring at the guards.

"Get back to your posts! And heighten your vigilance!"

"Yes, elder!" The guards immediately returned to their positions, but their fierce eyes never left Long Yuan and the others.

"Let's go" Long Yuan turned around and led the old clan chief away, followed by the others.

"What do we do now?" Yan jian asked.

"This Lei clan is not as simple as it seems. A simple branch clan having three Yang realm masters… I can only say that it is as powerful as those great sects in the jianhai province" Long Feng muttered.

"Three Yang realm masters? We only saw one?" Long Yuan paused and asked.

"I sensed two others hidden nearby. I even thought they were going to attack when that old man showed some killing intent, but they didn't""Let's find out more about them before we decide what to do. I don't want us to get involved in such situations before the Long clan is even settled" the old clan chief sighed and spoke. The group casually entered a restaurant and sat at a large table with seats enough for all of them. The waiter came running over to their table the moment they sat down.

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"Esteemed guests, welcome to our humble restaurant. Here is the menu" the waiter was practically shaking and sweating buckets as he stood before them. Anyone with common sense could tell that this group of people were all powerful cultivators and the pressure they subconsciously emitted was enough to scare the waiter. Long Feng casually glanced through the menu on the table, then he took out a yang crystal from his void ring and threw it at the waiter who caught it shakily.

After seeing want was in his grasp, the waiter's legs almost turned to jelly.

"A yin Crystal!" His hands were shaking as he held the crystal. He even mistook it for a yin Crystal because he had never seen one. He only knew that this was what a yin Crystal would look like.

"Bring us everything on the menu. And keep the change""E-esteemed guests, this is too much. The whole menu is only a few dozen gold coins!" The waiter hurriedly dropped the Yang crystal on the table. Forget a yang crystal, even a connate crystal was worth more than their entire shop.

"Don't worry about it. I don't have any gold coins with me. Keep the crystal." Long Feng smiled as he picked up the yang crystal and threw it back at the waiter again.

"Hurry up. We're starving!" Before the waiter could refute again, Yan jian spoke up. The waiter could only nod and rush away with the Yang crystal in his grasp, feeling close to tears in his excitement.

"That was generous of you" Yan jian glanced at Long Feng who shrugged.

"I really don't have gold coins." A few minutes later, the waiter returned with a bulky middle aged man beside him.

"Esteemed guests, I am the manager of this restaurant. Sorry for any inconveniences" the bulky man cupped his fist and lowered his head.

"Nothing of the sort. We're starving though" Long Feng replied calmly. He noticed that this manager was only a rank three connate level cultivator while all the waiters were mortals without any cultivation.

"Y-yes, the food is on the way!" The manager excuses himself and rushed to the kitchen and brought out their food by himself. Immediately the food was placed on the table, Long Feng, Yan jian and Li Yue'er began to dig in. After spending about two months inside the yin ghost forest, all of them were feeling very hungry.

"The food isn't going anywhere. You don't have to rush it… ha! Kids!" Long Yuan shook his head and also began to eat slowly. The manager stood silently beside their table and watched them eat like hungry ghosts.

"Tell us more about this city. The Lei clan in particular" Long Feng asked the manager as he chewed on a mouthful of food, making his words come out weirdly.

"What does esteemed guests want to know?" The manager asked.

"Practically everything. When did the Lei clan come to this city? Who are they? And what happened to the five great clans?" The manager cleared his throat and spoke.

"The Lei clan is a powerful clan that suddenly came to this city three months ago. They acted low-key and simply settled down in the former territory of the Long clan, one of the past five great clans. At that time, the five great clans had been reduced to three clans. The Gong clan was destroyed by the Long clan, and the Long clan itself simply vanished.

It was rumored that they had been destroyed by a powerful cultivator because their territory was filled with extremely powerful and berserk energy, and their manors were razed to the ground. The remaining three clans: the Song, Xuan and Lin clan were alerted by this new clan and sent their strongest yin realm masters at the fifth and sixth level to the Lei clan's territory." The manager breathed in with a grave expression.

"They were all wiped out and their heads were sent back to the three clans by the Lei clan. The three clans were furious, but they were also frightened by the Lei clan, so they decided to ignore this new clan. Unfortunately, two months ago, the Lei clan finally acted and sent a Yang realm master to the three clans, asking them to surrender and serve the Lei clan. The three clans were helpless before a true yang realm master and they could only surrender.

The Song clan and Lin clan planned to escape from the city, but the Lei clan found out and sent a Yang realm master to capture them all." The manager paused again with a sad expression.

"The clan chief and elders were all slaughtered in public like animals with their corpses hanged in the city gates untill just last month. Their territories were looted and taken over by the Lei clan, and the ladies of the clan, they suffered fates worse than death" As the manager spoke, Long Feng, Yan jian and Li Yue'er had already lost their appetite and they listened to him with solemn expressions.

They were astonished and furious at the brutality of this Lei clan, especially when the manager spoke of the fates of the females. Li Yue'er's killing intent almost suffocated the manager to death.

"Those bastards! They deserve to be killed!" Yan jian slammed his fist on the table, up turning the dishes and startling the whole restaurant.

"Please calm down, esteemed guests. The Lei clan are very powerful, having many peak yin level cultivators as elders and three Yang realm masters. No one in the city dares to rebel or they would be slaughtered in public." The manager sighed softly.

"How has the city been affected by the Lei clan?" Long Yuan asked coldly.

"The city is now something like a prison. No one is allowed to leave otherwise they would be hunted down and killed. All merchants have to hand over ninety percent of their business to the Lei clan. Most importantly, the young master of the clan, Lei Hao. He is a lecherous bastard who goes around sleeping with people's wives and raping young girls in the city. Any lady who resists him will face a fate far worse than death" as the manager said this, his eyes turned red with hatred.

It was obvious that he had also suffered from this Lei Hao guy.

"What happened to you?" Long Feng asked. The manager shook his head.

"It's nothing, esteemed guests. I don't want to disturb you with my problems."

"It's alright. We already have enough reasons to wipe out this clan. One more reason wouldn't hurt" Long Feng replied as a chilly glint flashed through his black pupils. The manager shivered as his face turned pale with fright and he looked around, ensuring that no one heard what Long Feng just said, after which he sighed.

"Esteemed guests, please don't say such words. If you are heard by the Lei clan, you will suffer badly." Long Feng smiled.

"Don't worry, we can take care of ourselves. Back to you, what exactly happened?" The manager sighed again with a pained face.