Chapter 648: Omen

"Exactly, Old Ancestor need not worry. Seniors Sun and Mo have had a friendship with the Fu family for over a hundred years, they will definitely arrive on schedule. Their rising status in the Demonic Flame Sect today is inseparable from the strong support of our Fu family. Moreover, we married the two most outstanding women in our clan to these two as concubines, how could they be embarrassed not to come!" Beside the white-faced middle-aged man, an old man with thin eyebrows and a brocade robe also said respectfully.

"I am not worried that my two old friends Sun and Mo won't come. It's just that I don't know why, the closer it gets to the birthday, the more uneasy I feel, as if something major is about to happen. I am truly worried! Has our Fu family offended any formidable characters or other major sects recently?" The Fu family old ancestor twisted his long beard, his eyes flashing with cold light as he said, his previous smile vanishing instantly.

Hearing this, everyone in the hall could not help but look at each other.

As a result, after a long while, the white-faced man replied cautiously:

"Old Ancestor, you know! Although our Fu family has been prosperous and powerful these years, the families and small sects we have offended are countless. But the ones who are most hostile to us are still the 'Qin family' and the 'Hu family', could it be that they are up to something."

"It shouldn't be these two families! These two families could have contended with our Fu family in the past, but now they don't have many high-tier cultivators left, how could they have the ability to stir up trouble again." The Fu family old ancestor shook his head coldly, but after frowning, he hesitated and said:

"However, if the two families join forces or unite with other hostile small sects to launch a surprise attack at this opportunity, it could indeed cause our Fu family to suffer heavy losses. After all, back then, in order to please the Demonic Flame Sect, our Fu family really killed quite a few cultivators from the two families who advocated resisting the demonic path. Now that the Qin and Hu families have been forced to abandon their foundations and hide, it is not impossible for them to do this out of deep hatred for our Fu family." The Fu family old ancestor's expression turned as gloomy as water.

"Then what does Old Ancestor mean?" The brocade-robed old man asked cautiously.

"Loose outside, tight inside! Increase the manpower of all sentries by double. Open the fortress-protecting grand formation all day, not allowed to stop for a moment. Especially for those rogue cultivators of unknown identity, send more people to keep an eye on them." In an instant, the Fu family old ancestor tilted his head back and closed his eyes, but his mouth issued a series of orders without the slightest confusion.

"Yes, this grandson will arrange it immediately!" After hearing this, the white-faced middle-aged man immediately took the order and went out.

The other Fu family juniors remaining in the side hall saw that the Fu family old ancestor was in a bad mood, and none of them dared to breathe loudly!

"Tianyun, call your Third Uncle out and have him put the Iron-Backed Sacred Beast into the spirit beast bag. Accompany me to the birthday celebration together. Only he can drive the town-clan sacred beast of our Fu family!" The Fu family old ancestor suddenly said again.

"What? Didn't Old Ancestor say before that Third Uncle is currently at a critical stage of cultivation and should not be disturbed for this birthday?" The brocade-robed old man could not help but exclaim upon hearing this.

"Hmph! Before was before, now is now. We cultivators, although we cannot truly achieve avoiding bad luck and knowing the future, sometimes some spiritual omens in our hearts are still extremely accurate. For the sake of caution, must be prepared. Better that this old man is overthinking than for our Fu family to truly encounter a major catastrophe and have something happen." The old man snorted coldly and said.

"Yes, I will go and call Third Uncle out of seclusion." Seeing that the Fu family old ancestor was about to get angry, the brocade-robed old man was startled. He agreed timidly and also went out.

Next, the Fu family old ancestor was still not willing to stop, and after issuing several more orders, he finally felt at ease.

In his mind, with so many backup preparations, even if something happened, it would be enough to handle it.

Three days later, outside the purple mist of Zidao Mountain, on an open hillside, quite a few rogue cultivators had gathered, numbering as many as twenty or thirty.

While pointing at the purple mist, they were whispering about something.

Han Li was also alone, mixed in this group of cultivators, silently observing the situation around him, appearing like a common, unsociable rogue cultivator.

In Yuanwu Kingdom, to be able to have so many Foundation Establishment rogue cultivators was truly beyond Han Li's expectations. Those who came to wish the Fu family old ancestor a happy birthday were definitely only a small portion of them.

Back in the Yue Kingdom, apart from the seven sects, it was rare for rogue cultivators to be able to establish a foundation. Although Yuanwu Kingdom was slightly larger than Yue Kingdom, he thought it shouldn't be too different.

Now that only a hundred years had passed, such a situation had appeared. It gave Han Li a sense of the vicissitudes of the world, and he was secretly amazed by this.

Han Li did not know that before the righteous and demonic paths clashed, most of the Foundation Establishment Pills were in the hands of major sects and families. Naturally, it was difficult for rogue cultivators to establish a foundation.

But after the turmoil a hundred years ago, many sects and families were involved. The destruction of sects and clans, and the severing of inheritance and incense, were extremely frequent.

As a result, a large number of Foundation Establishment Pills also flowed out during the chaos.

Although most were obtained by other sects and cultivation families, a considerable portion of Foundation Establishment Pills fell into the hands of rogue cultivators who had good fortune.

This caused the number of Foundation Establishment rogue cultivators in various countries to surge rapidly over the past hundred years, forming a force that could not be underestimated, and there were even rogue cultivators who, by chance, took this opportunity to form a Golden Core in one go.

However, whether it was the righteous and demonic paths or the Heavenly Dao Alliance, they all adopted a strategy of absorbing these rogue cultivators if possible, and suppressing them if not. This caused the number of high-tier rogue cultivators to surge, but they were never able to unite and become a significant force.

Just as Han Li was secretly pondering, suddenly seven or eight red lights shot over from the sky. After the light converged, a group of male and female cultivators wearing fiery red clothes appeared.

Leading them were two Core Formation cultivators, one with a white-spotted face and a gourd at his waist, the other with an ordinary appearance but eyes shooting out cold light. Beside each of them nestled a beautiful female cultivator, and behind them followed four Foundation Establishment cultivators who looked like disciples.

"It's the people from the Demonic Flame Sect." Upon seeing these people, the rogue cultivators on the hillside were in a stir, and some even whispered.

"That is Protector Sun and Protector Mo, who are specifically responsible for external affairs of the Demonic Flame Sect. The two female cultivators beside them are the famous Fu family beauties, it is said they have already become concubines for these two seniors." Some rogue cultivators with broader knowledge whispered to their companions in an even lower voice, appearing afraid of being heard by the Demonic Flame Sect cultivators.

With Han Li's spiritual sense, these words were naturally heard clearly. His gaze could not help but linger on these two Demonic Flame Sect Core Formation cultivators for a few more moments. Afterwards, his gaze swept over the female cultivators beside them.

They were indeed two charming women.

These Demonic Flame Sect cultivators turned a blind eye to these rogue cultivators. One of the Demonic Flame Sect disciples walked to the front of the mist without saying a word, raised his hand to release a sound transmission talisman that flew into the mist, and then honestly returned behind the two Core Formation cultivators.

A moment later, the purple mist rolled for a while and split open a passage on its own.

Several Fu family welcoming disciples walked out with respectful expressions.

Han Li took this opportunity to take a deep look at those Fu family disciples before withdrawing his gaze with an expressionless face.

At this moment, the group of Demonic Flame Sect cultivators entered the purple mist, and the mist closed again.

Within the next hour or two, some other family envoys and some small and medium sect cultivators who arrived late arrived at the hillside one after another, and were also received by the Fu family people.

After waiting for a long while, a middle-aged manager with an apologetic face finally walked out of the purple mist.

"Making all fellow Daoists wait for so long, it is truly our Fu family's discourtesy. This is not because the Fu family has any discrimination against fellow Daoists, but because the Fu family fortress has limited space, and it is indeed difficult to arrange for too many cultivators to enter at once. That is why we can only invite fellow Daoists to enter the fortress on the day of the birthday celebration. However, please rest assured! As long as you are fellow Daoists who have come to sincerely wish our old ancestor a happy birthday, everyone will be treated equally in the fortress. The banquet has long been prepared in the main hall, please follow behind and enter the fortress together."

This manager was very eloquent, and a few words made the dissatisfaction of the rogue cultivators dissipate by more than half.

So after these rogue cultivators looked at each other, they didn't say much and followed behind the middle-aged manager into the mist.

Han Li walked at the end of the crowd with a calm expression, but after a while, he disappeared without a trace, unnoticed.

Whether it was the cultivators walking in front or the Fu family disciples responsible for monitoring the grand formation, none of them discovered the slightest abnormality, as if he had never entered at all.

Several Fu family Foundation Establishment cultivators were standing in a magnificent main hall, smiling and greeting some guests who had arrived early, ensuring that everyone felt satisfied and not neglected.

These guests numbered two or three hundred, some arrived today, and some had arrived at the Fu family fortress four or five days ago.

Now that the birthday of the Fu family old ancestor had arrived, these people naturally gathered together, quietly waiting for the appearance of the Fu family old ancestor.

With the Fu family's rising prestige in Yuanwu Kingdom, those small family members and rogue cultivators naturally kept praising them.

Even the envoys of slightly larger families and cultivators of some small sects were all smiling, chatting with these Fu family cultivators.