Chapter Seventy-Four Decision

  Qin Hao was slightly taken aback, how did he see through it? After a moment of contemplation, he finally smiled wryly and said: "Third Elder, you're right, my boundary advancement is indeed too slow in Tian Lang City."

  "Is this still slow?" The three elders glanced at him: "Five months ago, I remember you were still in the Eighth Layer of the Congxuan Stage. Now you've advanced to the Second Layer of the Lingxuan Stage. If your speed is considered slow, how would others who advance one layer in a year or two feel?"

  Qin Hao's heart skipped a beat again, he had only recently advanced to the second level of Lingxuan and hadn't even displayed his martial skills in front of the three elders, yet this person had seen through him with just a few glances? His mind racing, Qin Hao gritted his teeth and chose not to dwell on this topic.

  He said nonchalantly: "But compared to Lin Yu, it's still not enough. He has already been formally accepted as a core disciple by the Fengxu Sect."

  "Look at you, you seem to have made up your mind to go out. Then what are you hesitating about now?" The three elders stroked their white beards, as if in thought: "Worrying about the Qin family? Hmph! That's completely unnecessary, we old guys won't become useless to the point where we need a young whippersnapper like you to worry."

  Qin Hao's smile on his face became even more powerless, and he hurriedly waved his hand: "Third Elder, I didn't mean it that way."

  At this point, Qin Hao looked towards the direction of the martial arts arena, and suddenly didn't know what to say either.

  "Is that worrying about Qin Shan and his inability to pay, the pressure from other family juniors?" The three elders followed his gaze, with a knowing expression.

  "Uh-huh." Qin Hao nodded, and said helplessly: "Lin Bi, Lan Yitian, that group of people joined forces, and it's not certain that Da Ge and the others can handle them. If a fight really breaks out, Father and several elders will naturally not be afraid. However, family conflicts aren't necessarily so straightforward. The scope isn't just limited to those older generation strongmen."

  There was still one thing in his heart that he didn't say, and that was Qin Yuxian. He was afraid that once he left, this responsibility would again fall on the strongest of the remaining people, Qin Yuxian.

  "Qin Hao" three elders suddenly smiled, his eyes somewhat deep, a nostalgic look: "As for your grandfather single-handedly holding up the Qin family back then, what do you think?"

  "I'm not clear," Qin Hao said extremely concisely. He had heard about this matter, but he wasn't clear about the details either. More importantly, this sentence directly denied the role of the First Elder, Second Elder, Third Elder and some older people in the clan. Such a suicidal thing, he naturally wouldn't do it.

  "This statement should be changed." The three elders' eyes drifted, looking in the direction of the Martial Arts Hall, their expressions not as cold and hard as usual: "It should be said that Qin Yi changed the Qin family, but it wasn't him who propped up the Qin family. A family can't rely on just one person to hold it up."

  "A family cannot be supported by one person alone."

  Qin Hao muttered to himself, seemingly having a slight epiphany. "If at that time our clan had really relied solely on Qin Yi, and he hadn't returned after going out to train, the Qin family wouldn't be in this situation today." The three elders continued speaking to themselves: "At that time, it was Qin Yi who brought us to a new realm, similar to the situation with Qin Shan and the others today."

  Qin Hao narrowed his eyes and looked over, vaguely seeming to recognize the location of Qin Shan and several others. In his mind, the three elders' words were still surging.

  A family can't be supported by just one person?

  "Now that you've shown them the way, let them go on their own." The three elders tightened their black robes, their eyes gleaming: "Just like back then, after Qin Yi left, we old guys held it up. Don't try to take all the responsibility on yourself, in fact, a young whippersnapper like you can't handle it. With one less person, others will come out to hold it up, and this family can truly be passed down."

  Qin Hao's eyes grew brighter and a problem that had been troubling him for a long time seemed to have been solved just like that. It was as if the old man had spoken the truth, or was it that he had thought too much?

  Qin Shan, Qin Ze, Qin Chao and others are now growing up, their strength is constantly improving, and the wrong direction of martial arts has been corrected. Now they no longer blindly pursue strong attacking techniques. Their true combat ability is far more than just a little stronger than before.

  Furthermore, can he really shoulder the Qin family alone? Even if he were to return to his former strength in Tianxuan one day, could he be inseparable from the Qin family? Can such a Qin family, whose rise and fall are tied to one person, truly prosper and pass on their legacy?

  Should they let Qin Shan and others try to face it?

  The decision to leave suddenly became firm in his heart.

  "Three Elders, thank you." Qin Hao smiled more relaxed: "I don't know how the three elders guessed so accurately?"

  "That bastard, decades ago, did something similar to you. He stood around here in a daze. At that time, I said similar words to him once." The Third Elder looked towards the direction of the Wuji Pavilion, his face suddenly filled with anger, completely losing his usual calm and composure: "I didn't expect this bastard to leave for decades without even sending back any news, and now he's nowhere to be found."

  The old man's face was slightly flushed, the veins on his neck bulged, but his fists were clenched tightly, and his voice sounded particularly desolate.

  Qin Hao remained silent, and I didn't know how to comfort him.

  After the old man's emotions gradually calmed down, Qin Hao spoke up: "Third Elder, I might need your help in two days."

  Qin Hao said out loud what he had been thinking in his heart.

  "Really have to do it this way?" The three elders replied with a normal expression, and said suspiciously: "Is doing it this way too showy?"

  Qin Hao smiled and said, "Sometimes being showy isn't a bad thing."

  "Suit yourself."

  "Thank you, Third Elder." Qin Hao smiled again: "I still have some things to take care of, I'll leave first."

  Before taking a few steps, the old man's voice floated over from behind: "If you really want to leave Tianlang, remember to come back one day. The old man can't stand another shock."

  "Definitely." Qin Hao smiled and waved his hand, continuing to walk forward without stopping.

  Until Qin Hao's figure gradually blurred, the three elders turned their heads and said softly to a dark corner: "Girl, you've heard enough, come out."

  In the darkness, a figure quietly emerged. A green dress fluttered, slender and elegant, like a fairy, with a head full of cloud-like hair floating lightly behind her as she moved, exuding an indescribable elegance.

  "Three Elders." Qin Yuxian greeted them with a hint of embarrassment on her face.

  "I didn't think you little girl would be so sneaky."

  Qin Yuxian smiled awkwardly: "Third Elder, Qin Hao, is he really going to leave?"

  The three elders' eyes wandered: "Some people are not enough to be tolerated in this Tianlang City. For example, Qin Yi."

  For example, Qin Hao.

  The old man didn't finish his sentence, but Qin Yuxian understood what he meant.

  Qin Yuxian looked towards the location of the stone room, with a complex expression. As if reluctant to part, yet also seemed to be relieved...

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  Qin Hao returned to the stone room and sat down beside the table, directly taking out the Xuan Crystal from his storage ring.

  A few months ago, he made a bet with Mo Youfeng in the Ruyi Pavilion and lost a lot of Xuanjing. Some of those Xuanjing were used up during the hunt in the Blue Quiet Forest, and the rest had been lying dormant in his ring for several months without being put to use.

  Now that I've decided to leave and go out into the world, there are some things that need to be taken care of. This thing has become necessary.

  Li Yan! Li Zhong!

  Qin Hao secretly sneered, normally he wouldn't mind such things too much. Some people the more you reason with them the more they become excited and unruly, not bothering to manage them, really blocking their way and then taking action to clean up is the best method. Only now, Qin Hao didn't have that kind of patience.

  Li Yan! The actual strength of Ling Xuan's fourfold. Qin Hao secretly calculated in his heart.

  He arranged the Xuanjing one by one, picked out a level of Xuanjing and listed them.

  He took out the remaining Bi Xin fruit, extracted the juice and placed it in a small teacup, then Qin Hao began to refine the "Rebirth Mysterious Array".

  Meteorite Thorn absorbed the essence of Bihuang Fruit, swiftly drawing on the Xuanjing, sealing the formation within. The steps flowed like clouds and water, without a single moment of stagnation.

  He didn't know how many times he had refined the Sealing Mystical Array, at that time in order to practice the Shaking Heaven Palm and eliminate the fatigue from cultivating the Extreme Stage martial techniques, he had refined it nearly a hundred times. Now he was already extremely familiar with it. The number of first-grade mystic crystals on the table was decreasing, while the number of first-grade Sealing Mystical Arrays arranged there was increasing.

  An hour later, most of the Xuanjing on the table were successfully engraved. Only a few failed during the engraving process and were scrapped.

  Qin Hao then put the engraved Xuanxuan Array into his ring and picked out a dozen or so second-grade, primary-level golden Xuanjing crystals.

  He closed his eyes and began to recall the formation diagrams that appeared in the black stone. Many of the formation diagrams that appeared in the black stone had been memorized by Qin Hao.

  Other things left by the fat man are only for understanding. For example, there are many introductions to gongfa and wuqi, but no cultivation methods or routes for the operation of xuanqi. However, this Xuan Zhen diagram is different. Before the black stone shattered, it left hundreds of array diagrams in Qin Hao's mind.

  Although Qin Hao is currently a novice in refining, the diagram of the Feng Xuan Array in his mind is enough to drive many array masters crazy.

  A diagram of a second-order primary Xuanxian formation appeared, Qin Hao took a deep breath, and the mysterious energy was injected into the meteorite spear, ready to start engraving.

  His wrist lifted up, Qin Hao's right hand slid rapidly in the air, and a thread of mysterious aura condensed into a star-shaped array diagram.

  The array diagram gradually took shape, it was a bit blurry at first, but as Qin Hao drew more and more lines, it slowly came into focus.

  When Qin Hao finally finished drawing, the entire formation diagram shone with a dazzling light that was almost blinding.

  Qin Hao took a deep breath, his left hand picked up a second-order Xuanjing crystal, the meteorite needle pressed down on the center of the array diagram floating in mid-air, and pressed it towards the crystal.

  The array slowly approached the Crystal of Mystery, finally touching its surface and covering it up. It seemed to be merging with Qin Hao's movements.

  Qin Hao's mouth twitched, and he let out a sigh of relief in his heart. This second-level primary Sealing Mystical Array and the first-level peak were not much different...

  Boom!

  The words in his heart had not been spoken yet, but suddenly the surface of the mysterious crystal shone brightly, and a burst of light exploded.

  A tiny yet enormous energy body wrapped in mighty demonic power, exploded from within the mysterious crystal, and the brilliant light illuminated the entire stone chamber in an instant.

  Cough! Cough!

  Qin Hao coughed wretchedly, his reaction was quick, and he covered the surface of his right hand with a mysterious energy to protect himself, but he was still blasted by that massive force, turning bright red. Several black marks appeared on his face.

  Qin Hao gritted his teeth in secret, his heart burning with determination, and picked up another Xuan crystal. The Meteoric Iron Thorn began to move wildly...

  Boom!

  Another loud explosion. Qin Hao's face had several more black marks on it.

  The whole stone room would occasionally erupt in such a rumbling sound, and if it weren't for the relatively good soundproofing, probably the entire family would have gathered around.

  After an unknown number of hours, the sky gradually darkened and Qin Hao walked out of the stone room with stumbling steps.

  At this moment, he walked towards the room with a lack of energy. His face was unusually haggard and his clothes were somewhat dirty. More than ten Xuanjing, nearly half a day's hard work, only one succeeded, and he himself was so tired that he didn't even want to speak.

  Two guards in front saw him and took the initiative to greet him.

  Qin Hao simply nodded casually and continued walking past them.

  "It seems that what others say outside still has an impact on Young Master."

  "What did you say?"

  "Haven't you seen that Young Master's face has turned black with anger?"

  When the two guards deliberately lowered their voices and entered Qin Hao's ears, Qin Hao's expression couldn't help but become even more disheartened. At this moment, he was really too weak to speak, so he could only force a bitter smile, grit his teeth and continue walking forward.

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