Chapter 358: Returning Home in Glory

After Su Ping's Primordial Spirit freed up its hands.

The other two Old Ancestors who had been held back were also suppressed without suspense, leaving only a sliver of their Primordial Spirits behind.

Upon discovering that the auras of the Fire Family Ancestor and the Mu Family Ancestor had vanished one after another, the Jin Family Ancestor was filled with both shock and fear.

For this reason, he brought out several high-grade Talismans kept as his foundation.

These Talismans were all Return to Void-level Immortal Text Talismans; in the past, any one of them could have allowed the Jin Family Ancestor to turn danger into safety.

Yet, facing the phantom of the True Martial Subduing Demon Emperor.

The various methods the Jin Family Ancestor had always relied upon could not stop the Demon-Subduing Pagoda slowly descending from above his head.

As Su Ping's Primordial Spirit arrived to assist.

The Jin Family Ancestor could no longer resist, and after being sucked into the Demon-Subduing Pagoda.

Since Su Ping did not want to waste time, he unleashed a large amount of Innate Gang Qi and Five-Colored Divine Light into the pagoda to strengthen its power.

Inside the pagoda, the Jin Family Ancestor was refined until only a wisp of his Primordial Spirit remained.

Then, Su Ping collected this Primordial Spirit to keep the others company.

After looking around, Su Ping pondered for a while.

Su Ping's original goal was only to come here and seize the Fire Family's foundation.

He had already accomplished this goal, and he had originally intended to leave.

But now, the Old Ancestors of the other families had left their life-protecting Family Array and run over here themselves, bringing their direct disciples and Elders along, eager to throw their lives away.

This was equivalent to clearly stating that these families were currently in a vulnerable period without the protection of their Old Ancestors.

If he did not take them, the Evil Spirit side would take them instead.

Therefore...

Su Ping thought about the relevant information he had obtained from the Fire Family Ancestor's Primordial Spirit memory.

He made the decision to simply take away the foundations of these Old Ancestors who had delivered themselves to his doorstep; not a single one could be allowed to run!

The Water Family's lair was hidden where several large rivers and dozens of tributaries converged.

Su Ping made use of the token he had obtained from the Water Family Ancestor.

This prevented the Water Mansion's array from activating at the first moment.

By the time the remaining Water Family clansmen realized something was wrong.

Su Ping had already brought the Green Heaven-Swallowing Tiger and slaughtered his way in.

The middle and upper echelons were basically wiped out, leaving only the lower-level clansmen and those mortals.

These people were also branded with a Mark, and after entering the Small World along with the clansmen of other families, the vast majority would only engage in basic labor.

Additionally, the young Abbot would promote the Fomen cultivation techniques of the Great Golden Light Temple among them.

To ensure they could be edified and become devout believers of the Great Golden Light Temple, providing a constant stream of Incense Wish Power for the Small World.

Whether it was the Cultivation World of the past or the current Small Worlds like the Biyuan World.

There had long been a set, or even dozens of sets, of effective methods developed over thousands of years for how to annex and digest the low-level cultivators and mortals of a defeated opponent's faction.

Su Ping did not need to worry about any extra trouble.

The Water Family's Water Mansion covered an area of several million square meters.

It looked like a Longgong on the seabed, with every pavilion and terrace exquisitely crafted.

Furthermore, it was itself a building-type magical treasure.

It was even a relic left behind by a sect from tens of thousands of years ago.

It was later repaired with great effort by the Water Family's Old Ancestor, which was how it became the current foundation of the Water Family.

Unfortunately, the Water Family Ancestor had delivered it directly upon arrival; without a master to drive it, this Water Mansion treasure could not even exert one-tenth of its power.

In the end, it benefited Su Ping.

After Su Ping sent away all the Water Family clansmen detectable by the Water Mansion's Bloodline Contract to feed the Blood God's main body.

The Water Mansion fell into a non-bound state.

Although there were still Bloodline Shackles restricting it.

This was not much of a problem for Su Ping.

These Bloodline Shackles were all added later.

At worst, he could move this Water Mansion back to the Moon Surface and let the Golden Leaf Bodhi Tree Primordial Spirit help purify these shackles.

The Jin Family's power was the most formidable within the Heaven Earth Five Elements Sect.

However, because of this, the current master of the sect, the new Sect Master, hailed from the Jin Family.

Therefore, a portion of the Jin Family's foundation had gone to the Heaven Earth Five Elements Sect's main sect with the new Sect Master.

After Su Ping raided the Jin Family's lair, his gains were still quite substantial.

He obtained several hundred High-grade Spirit Stones alone.

Fourth and fifth-tier refining materials were also calculated by the ton.

The number of Inheritance Jade Slips in the Inheritance Cave Heaven was even greater than the Mu, Fire, and Water families Su Ping had raided previously combined.

It stood to reason that when the Jin Family was in charge of the Heaven Earth Five Elements Sect, they had frequently sent copies back to their own Cave Heaven for their own disciples to reference.

It was just that the higher-level good things.

Such as the Huo Ling Chi or the Water Mansion, were not in the Jin Family's lair, but had been moved to where the sect's Zhu Feng was located.

According to the intelligence obtained after raiding the house.

Su Ping learned that the Jin Family possessed two divine weapons passed down from ancient times.

One was a Sharp Metal Heavenly Dragon Great Sword, which was rumored to be able to turn ordinary sword Qi into Sharp Metal Sword Qi, doubling its power.

It was currently carried by the new Sect Master and was his primary weapon.

Another item was a statue of a six-winged, two-headed divine dragon cast in gold.

It had also been taken out by the new Sect Master not long ago to guard an important Space Node in the Five Elements World.

"Sigh, it seems this item is not meant for me for the time being."

Su Ping did not intend to continue charging toward the main peak of the Heaven and Earth Five Elements Sect either.

He had inquired about it when he arrived; the mountain-protecting array of the Heaven and Earth Five Elements Sect's main peak was a genuine high-grade Sixth Realm array.

It was also connected to the Five Elements Mending Array that guarded the entire Five Elements World.

Once he clashed with it, he would likely not just be facing the Heaven and Earth Five Elements Sect, but the entire Five Elements World!

Su Ping did not want to help the children of the evil god destroy the Five Elements World from the inside.

So he did not intend to clash with the Five Elements World right now.

Having reaped enough benefits for now, Su Ping crushed his Teleportation Talisman and returned to the Biyuan World with his harvest.

Less than ten breaths after Su Ping disappeared.

A golden phantom flashed and flew above the Jin Family grounds, which had already been reduced to ruins.

Scanning with divine sense, it surprisingly did not find a single survivor.

The golden phantom's form flickered, and in a fit of rage, it turned and returned to its original body.

Afterward, it had its original body immediately go to beg the old abbot of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple to help it find that detestable mysterious person.

The traces of aura Su Ping left at the scene had already confirmed to these Great Abilitys of the Five Elements World that he was the suspected Immortal Body possessor who had ransacked the Mu Family.

They had not expected that, just by relaxing their guard for a moment.

This person had run out again and, going even further, ransacked the grounds of three major families in one go!

If they did not find him and resolve this now.

Who else would be able to guard the Five Elements World with peace of mind?

As for the possibility that this person was not in the Five Elements World...

Due to an information gap, these Great Abilitys still had not considered this hypothesis.

They all felt that the other party must have run off and hidden in some Secret Realm opened up during the ancient era.

It was even possible that the Secret Realm was related to the Only I Am Supreme Sect.

The powerhouses of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple and the Life and Death Reincarnation Sect had also put in great effort this time, wanting to track Su Ping's traces.

However, not long after returning to the Biyuan World, Su Ping had returned to the Water Blue Star.

After these Great Abilitys of the Five Elements World had been busy for quite a while and wasted a large amount of materials and Dharma Power.

They still had nothing to show for it.

This forced the Sect Master of the Heaven and Earth Five Elements Sect to impotently rage, gripping his great sword and slashing wildly, hacking several Secret Realms out of space.

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Water Blue Star.

Zhang Long, who had become an Outer Sect Disciple of the Cloud Coming Immortal Sect, accepted an assessment after a week of bitter cultivation.

Having obtained a chance for leave, he immediately chose to go home to see his parents.

He did not go home quietly, but instead chose to put on the cyan Daoist robe provided by Senior Brother Zhou Xuan and appeared at the nearest Daoist temple with a smile.

Amidst the envious and jealous gazes of those Daoist priests and acolytes, he walked out of the main gate full of confidence.

Zhang Long chose to return home in glory.

After all, if he were to return in secret, wouldn't the suffering he endured during his bitter cultivation have been in vain?

In any case, his master had said that what he needed to do was to keep his mind clear, provided he followed the sect rules.

Zhang Long walked out of the Daoist temple with a smile.

He immediately noticed tourists nearby paying attention to him, then uncontrollably taking photos of him with their phones.

Zhang Long's appearance before could not be called ugly, but it could only be described as plain.

But after entering the Pot Heaven to cultivate bitterly.

Relying on the current Spirit Qi concentration of the Pot Heaven combined with Spirit Pills and the most suitable cultivation techniques provided by the Great Library.

Zhang Long was now a genuine Cultivator.

He naturally possessed the aura of an Immortal.

Furthermore, after achieving success in his cultivation, his body was clean and pure, and his skin was fair, smooth, and lustrous.

A person like this, even if their facial features were slightly lacking, would not be disliked by others.

Not to mention Zhang Long as he was now.

Because of this, among the tourists, those who chased after celebrities immediately recalled in their minds which star this young Daoist might be, out on a location shoot.

Was the Drone in the sky perhaps filming right now?

"Madam."

Zhang Long had intended to just smile and let it go.

But as he swept his gaze over a family, he gave a slight start, then kindly spoke up:

"The child beside you in this temple might not just have a simple fever."

"Instead of coming to this temple to pray for blessings, you should hurry and send them to a hospital for a check-up."

"Huh? Hey! How can you say that!"

"My child is perfectly fine, do you know that?"

In the family Zhang Long had reminded, the woman who was the head of the group was stunned for a moment before habitually snapping back.

Yet she saw that the Daoist did not argue, but simply quickened his pace.

In the blink of an eye, he was gone.

Unexpectedly, they had already walked from the mountaintop to the mountainside.

Seeing this, she was stunned for a moment, then looked again.

The back of that Daoist was already at the foot of the mountain!

"Ah!"

Only then did the woman wake up as if from a dream, realizing she had actually encountered those true cultivators of the Dao that people talked about on the internet!

She couldn't help but feel a bit anxious, but her friend beside her reminded her.

Only then did she catch her breath, nod, pick up the child who was still running a runny nose, and walk toward the foot of the mountain.

The Temple Master of the Daoist temple watched this scene, gave a bitter smile, and then picked up his phone to begin reporting the situation.

And so.

When Zhang Long ran home, he had clearly thought out the sentences for how to brag about himself.

Yet, facing his parents, he stammered for a long while, and in the end, only simply said that he had been tested and had a little bit of cultivation talent.

Now he was already a cultivator with a sect.

Oh right, he also had official documentation.

Zhang Long took out a blue booklet and placed it on the table.

That was what Senior Brother Zhou Xuan had processed for him before he left.

It was said that it could resolve most troubles in daily life.

And it could be used to take out a substantial loan at any official financial institution.

At the same time, holders of this certificate would also have a private account within the official cultivation management agency.

Every month, salary, bonuses, and other benefits would be deposited into it.

Additionally, there were many hidden benefits, such as medical and educational arrangements for relatives and friends, all of which had a certain priority.

Zhang Long's parents did not yet know that Zhang Long was already a disciple of a truly extraordinary power like the Cloud Coming Immortal Sect.

They had always felt that Zhang Long had been scouted by some proxy power and was being groomed as an official member.

Even just this had made them so excited that they hadn't slept well all week.

After all, good things were arriving one after another.

Zhang Long's father was suddenly scouted by the top management of the corporate group he worked for, who felt he was a talent who had been buried for many years.

Not only was he promoted to general manager of the city's branch office.

He also received a portion of equity transfer.

And when invited to attend a cocktail party, he met many big shots who came to congratulate him and asked if there was an opportunity to introduce their own daughters or friends' daughters to Zhang Long.

Zhang Long's mother was originally just an ordinary middle school teacher, teaching psychology... yet she was suddenly promoted to Dean of Students.

And she was promised that she would be promoted to vice principal within a year.

At the same time, the principal kindly contacted relevant psychology journals for her, just waiting for Zhang Long's mother to organize the materials and send them over.

Then experts there would help polish them a bit, and they would be published under Zhang Long's mother's name to win glory for the school.

Zhang Long's parents both felt that such a change in opportunity was already magical and good enough.

They were quite excited about this and hurriedly followed their previous habits, contacting relatives and friends, preparing to cook a sumptuous meal at home to celebrate Zhang Long's success.

Zhang Long did not object to this.

Just as he liked to show off in front of others, his parents clearly also hoped to show off in front of relatives and friends.

Zhang Long had never amounted to much before, and they had only ever had the share of envying and being jealous of other people's children!

This time, they could finally show off in return!

After the news of Zhang Long's arrival home spread, the relatives and friends who could make it rushed over one after another.

They had also heard about Zhang Long's change in fortune early on.

During this time, they had frequently visited to give gifts and maintain the relationship.

Zhang Long saw the relatives who used to look down on him as a bad student now looking at him with envy and jealousy.

Zhang Long couldn't help but feel smug in his heart, and then, in front of everyone, he took a large piece of lamb chop out of his Storage Bag with a grin.

He thought for a moment, then pulled out a chicken leg as thick as an adult's thigh.

"Mom, Dad, don't go out to buy groceries, I have good ingredients here!"

As soon as these two ingredients appeared.

The middle-aged man who previously had the highest status among the relatives, who was said to be the secretary of so-and-so, stood up immediately.

Looking at Zhang Long with a face full of shock:

"Zhang... Nephew, these should all be Supernatural Ingredients, right?"

"Looking at this quality, it's even better than what's provided in seven-star hotels; I'm afraid these are top-grade?"

"Top-grade?"

Hearing this, Zhang Long scratched his head; although he had bought quite a lot relying on his innate ability, he had immediately resold them all.

When he was in the Pot Heaven, he basically ate Spirit Pills and medicine, so he couldn't tell the difference between ingredients.

He could only nod and say: I suppose so.

After all, these were all given by Senior Brother Zhou Xuan, they couldn't be bad!

Hearing that they were top-grade ingredients.

Everyone was no longer a Xiaobai, and they immediately couldn't help but swallow their saliva, secretly thinking to themselves that they had come to the right place this time!

The middle-aged man looked at the ingredients with a solemn expression, and after asking Zhang Long and his parents for permission.

He picked up his phone and explained the situation.

And then.

Zhang Long's family then learned that the most famous chef in the area, who was also the head chef with the most experience in handling Supernatural Ingredients during this period, would be bringing his staff, ingredients, and seasonings to Zhang Long's home to prepare this gourmet meal for them!

That's right, there was no cost for the entire process.

They only needed to agree that the entire preparation process could be recorded and that he could keep a copy.

At the same time.

Even higher-level big shots also used their respective channels.

To learn of Zhang Long's return.

And to know the fact that Zhang Long already possessed cultivation.

They began to elevate Zhang Long's importance to a position second only to Zhou Xuan...