Chapter 936: Shushan Prefecture

"This Flying Sword, my Li Family cannot be greedy for... other than this..."

Li Rubi coughed once and looked at the few Magic Tools and Daoist books: "This volume is a hand-copied Yinshan Sect Daoist book, along with some observations, as well as the Magic Gate Secret Scroll I seized, and the Daoism of a few Loose Cultivators... The others are fine, but the Yinshan Sect Daoist book must be studied carefully..."

As for that "Bloodthirsty Strange Book," he could not bear to destroy it.

As for the remaining Magic Tools, to tell the truth, Li Rubi had not personally refined many of them; most were still things he had snatched, such as that Yin-Yang Tablet...

After giving a few more detailed instructions, Li Rubi gave a bitter smile.

He originally did not have much lifespan left, and after the previous great battle, he was ambushed by the Cold Winter Three Friends and suffered heavy injuries, reaching the point where his oil was exhausted and his lamp was dry.

At this moment, he was entirely holding on by a single breath.

The Li Family was currently in an uproar because of the disappearance of the Head of the Family, and seeing these few people, they could not help but be startled.

Li Rubi's Daoist book notes could be said to have opened the door to the Immortal Cultivation World for Aaron.

After all, more than three hundred years had passed, and the generation names had all been used up...

Yukan Town.

Although the Head of the Family of the Li Family had been vigorously cultivated by Li Rubi, he was only at the Condensing Sha realm; how could he deal with a Golden Silkworm Gu that had reached Five Refinements?

This young clanswoman was panting with exhaustion, but in the end, she held the hen in her arms, a look of satisfaction appearing on her face.

The Golden Snake Hook was only at Five Refinements and had an unusual shape, so it was clearly not in the ranks of proper Flying Swords.

The Patriarch seemed somewhat emotional, looked at Aaron again, and smiled: "You are of my Fourth Branch Diji, and I have high expectations for you. The reason I tell you these things is not to make you pity, but to let you know the principle that nature selects the fittest and the survival of the fittest... Once you reach Shushan Prefecture, you must not be soft-hearted and let my Fourth Branch end up in a situation where we want to be tenant farmers but cannot!"

He first toyed with the Bishui Sword, then checked the other few Magic Tools, and could not help but shake his head slightly: "Among this harvest, the most valuable thing is just this one proper Immortal-family Flying Sword, right?"

The Yinshan Sect Elder behind him had long been unable to stand the Li Family relying on Li Rubi's influence to run rampant in the sect, and even had thoughts of turning public property into private, so at this moment, they all loudly agreed.

Once the Ancestor of the Li Family died, the Li Family was completely different from before...

The Patriarch of the Fourth Branch smiled and then asked: "Chuan Shu is wealthy; where do you think is good?"

The person who arrived was none other than Li Rubi's Disciple—Da-kun Shangren!

This person had already refined Gang Qi, his cultivation was the most profound among his fellow disciples, and he had also won over a few Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters, successfully being established by Li Rubi as the sect-leading disciple.

"Hehe!"

Aaron took the items without any fear of being tracked or divined; after all, the Eight Refinements Divination Gu was no joke.

In this way, even if one or several branches were wiped out, there would always be survivors who could continue to spread their branches and leaves.

Aaron's first choice was naturally the Emei Sect.

This identity was just one that Aaron had arranged at will during the ancestor worship.

That Bishui Sword seemed somewhat unwilling and let out a boom, but because it was not being controlled by a master, it was ultimately taken by the Three-Five Soul-Severing Profound Light, and together with the few Magic Tools and scrolls, it fell into Aaron's sleeve.

It is hard to leave one's native land; if it were not truly a life-or-death moment, no one could make such a decision.

With the Small Five Elements Profound Gang protecting his body, he naturally mastered the Earth Escape Technique.

The Fourth Branch of the Fang Family.

After seeing the signs of chaos in the world, the Fang Family prepared to split the family to avoid disaster.

A young Li Family disciple who usually had little knowledge could not stand this completely unfamiliar Yinshan Sect disciple being so arrogant, and his pride flared up, so he shouted: "You had better be more respectful; my Li Family is not to be trifled with!"

Aaron asked a question.

After he also left, it was as if no one had ever been in this secret room.

A Li Family Elder saw that Da-kun Shangren's expression was unhappy and hurriedly asked.

"Shushan Prefecture is mountainous and not wealthy." The Patriarch was slightly surprised.

Da-kun Shangren's expression was stern, and he shouted: "Especially that Bishui Sword; you must know that this is an item of the sect, not of your Li Family!"

It was bitten through the heart instantly and fell to the ground, dying in an instant!

Subsequently, this Gu Insect went on a rampage, suddenly expanded, and sprayed a cloud of golden mist, turning Li Rubi's corpse and this Head of the Li Family into a pool of pus.

He was clearly also aware that among these treasures, this Flying Sword was the best!

Just as the Head of the Li Family was reaching out with a face full of greed to touch this Flying Sword, which he would find hard to touch a second time in his life.

Aaron naturally did not hesitate and said: "Shushan Prefecture!"

"Li Rubi, what you owed me before is all repaid now, with interest included... Now, we are even."

"Even the Head of the Li Family was killed and his own corpse turned into pus without any resistance; it seems he is truly dead..."

Several days later.

"Where is the Patriarch of the Fourth Branch?"

Da-kun Shangren gave a cold laugh and shouted: "Pass on my sect-leader's order: until the sect-leader's lost items are recovered, the Li Family are all suspects; guard them well and do not let a single person escape!"

It was just that for the sake of safety, he still let the Golden Silkworm Gu scout the path ahead.

Among them, there were also clever ones who finally understood.

"Hmm... You have always been steady in your work, and I am very reassured."

It was something he said casually when he was Fang Bida, which was recorded by those little brats and then passed down from generation to generation in the Fang Family, almost becoming a family motto.

This identity of Fang Leshui was maintained by one of the orphans who learned the Disguise Technique and worked hard for him.

But he did not take a fancy to the Yinshan Sect's Daoism.

"What?"

Aaron sighed inwardly.

At this time, each branch had its own different ranking method; some continued to rank from the beginning, while others opened up new generation names.

Aaron had many identities like this, like a spider in the dark, weaving a web that firmly bound the Fang Family.

'After coming full circle, Li Rubi, you still completed your mission... although... more than three hundred years late.'

"The two sects are the Emei Sect and the Nanhai Sect, one in the west and one in the east, both known as the pinnacle of the Orthodox Xuan Sect! They are famous for their Swordsmanship!"

After the black wind passed, only a blood-red skeleton remained on the spot.

Furthermore, he still had quite a bit of interest in becoming a Sword Immortal who traveled freely and alone, wielding his sword as he pleased.

As for the eight characters: "Nature selects the fittest, the strong survive"?

"Patriarch..."

Aaron walked over and called out.

Once all matters were entrusted, his spirit relaxed, and he breathed his last.

"If I go, I should go to the best one, but the Nanhai Sect is a bit far... it's all the way in the Donghai Immortal Continent. The Emei Sect, on the other hand, is right in Shushan Prefecture!"

Little South Mountain.

"As it happens, isn't this the end of the dynasty, and the Fang Family is splitting into nine branches? One of the branches can go and settle in Shushan Prefecture."

"Hateful!"

"Why has the Shangren come here?"

"So, this world has five continents and islands, which can be divided into the Five Regions: Southern Jambudvipa, Xiniu Hezhou, Beiju Luzhou, Chixian Shenzhou, and Donghai Immortal Continent... Li Rubi spent his whole life just spinning around in Chixian Shenzhou..."

"And as for the world's supreme sects, not counting the Nine Great Demonic Legacies, if we only speak of the Orthodox Xuan Sect, there is the saying of two sects, one mountain, and three Daoist paths..."

"Understood!"

At this moment, as Aaron read, one scroll after another slowly unfolded before him.

"Leshui..."

Who let him just happen to obtain an immortal Flying Sword?

In Aaron's eyes, it was just a toy to casually dismiss subordinates or Registered Disciples in the future.

"Poor people have no way to have children, and even if they do, they can't raise them... Landlords have many children, the poor have few, and in the end, the Diji descendants of the landlords exploit the collateral descendants of the landlords, or new landlords exploit the descendants of old landlords... As for the poor, they have no descendants!"

Although the fourth branch could move away, the farmland could not be moved.

Aaron walked out of the mansion and saw the place outside in a rush, with clansmen all making various preparations to move.

Da-kun Shangren cursed angrily, truly losing his composure: "Could it be that your Head of the Family took the former sect leader's legacy and just ran off? Damn it..."

The Head of the Family of the Li Family knelt on the ground and wept, looking at the Bishui Sword in front of him, feeling a bit of uncontrollable greed.

Pfft!

The ground suddenly cracked, and a golden thread flew out, lunging straight at the Head of the Family of the Li Family!

Seeing such a cruel scene, the members of the Li Family screamed one after another.

A mere Side Door inheritance, with the highest level only reaching the Golden Core, was even limited in its strength compared to the "Ten Thousand Gu Book".

The Patriarch pointed to a Fang Family tenant farmer who was tilling the land and suddenly asked: "Do you know... who he is?"

Inside the Secret Cave Abode.

He saw an old man looking at the fertile land and the irrigation ditches, silently shedding tears...

Aaron nodded, putting on a generous and impassioned posture, and replied.

"By the edge of the field..."

However, it was not among the original generation rankings.

"These two major sects both have secret transmissions of immortal mansions, and their ancestors have both produced ascended immortals... Among them, the Emei Sect primarily cultivates Purple-Green Immortal Talisman Power, and the Nanhai Sect cultivates Heavenly River Water Mansion Power. Both of these are ranked as first-grade when it comes to true Qi... It is said that when cultivated to a profound realm, they both have different miraculous uses. For example, the Emei Sect's Swordsmanship is peerless in the world, unmatched... The Nanhai Sect's Heavenly River Water Mansion Power can even refine a Heavenly River into one's body, and with a wave of the hand, stir up floods in this world to destroy it... Although these are all things Li Rubi heard by hearsay, there is no smoke without fire."

"Please rest assured, Patriarch, I will definitely lead the fourth branch well."

"Then what about the descendants of the poor?" Aaron asked.

"I came here to notify you of one thing: my Master is already dead. From today on, I am the sect leader of the Yinshan Sect!" Da-kun Shangren's expression was indifferent.

"The one mountain and three Daoist paths refer to Putuo Mountain, Qionghua Path, Cangwu Path, and Xuantian Path. They are also top-tier sects in this world, ranked among the Orthodox Xuan Sect."

And the fourth branch decided to enter Sichuan.

However, in Aaron's eyes, the most valuable thing he obtained this time was still Li Rubi's handwritten manuscript.

The fourth branch was the most casual one, and could be named at will.

Facing the pus that Li Rubi had turned into, Aaron said indifferently, beckoned with his large sleeve, collected the pus, and then wiped away the traces of the Golden Silkworm Gu piercing the ground, destroying the evidence.

And after he returned, he naturally inherited the identity and status of Fang Leshui entirely.

Aaron nodded, bid farewell to this younger sister, and came to the edge of the field.

At the very least, Aaron just pondered from the perspective of Daoism and felt that the talent and aptitude of that Yinshan Old Ancestor might not be comparable to Wan Gu Zhenjun.

The Daoism of the Yinshan Sect was all like this; things like the "Bloodthirsty Strange Book" and "Demon Dragon Rhinoceros Armor Art" were even more inferior.

Although it was decided to move the whole family, there were still many things the Patriarch had not yet decided.

Although Aaron himself had already refined Mysterious Light and could completely go and inquire about it himself, that would seem too abrupt.

"Brother Leshui..."

Now that both of them were dead, Aaron felt relieved to come out and beckoned with his hand.

"Old Ancestor..."

"Fang Heizi, what about my family's tenant farmer?" Aaron feigned ignorance.

A big girl with two braids was grabbing her family's hen, and seeing Aaron come over, she hurriedly waved to greet him.

Aaron's name now was 'Fang Leshui', taking the meaning that the benevolent find joy in mountains and the wise find joy in water.

"... Actually, a hundred years ago, he was also one of our own in the Fang Family!" The Patriarch was silent for a while and replied: "The grace of a gentleman is cut off after five generations... The grace of a petty person ends after one generation! Over these many years, I have finally understood... Look at these current tenant farmers and poor people... dozens or hundreds of years ago, their families were also landlords! If you ask them why they fell to this point? Naturally, it is because the landlord's family had too many sons, concubines' sons having concubines' sons; after several generations, wouldn't they be no different from the lowest poor people? I dare say that all the poor people in Yukan Town today, tracing back eight generations of ancestors, were all landlord masters!"

If one can walk the main road, do not take the sheep-gut path.

"Hmph, I should be the one asking you! Where is the treasure my Master passed down?"

The young man from before was still unconvinced and wanted to make a move, but an Elder of the Yinshan Sect directly sent out a black wind evil spirit and rolled him up.

The Li Family Elder hesitated and said, "We do not know either... our Head of the Family also went missing previously..."

I do not know if the local Immortal Cultivation World has a good atmosphere, or if there is a habit of bullying newcomers.

He also raised some orphans, who were loyal from a young age, and then taught them Wu, forming a force of Secrecy.

"If we really discuss it, those two sects are still slightly higher; this is the difference between first-class and double first-class..."

Therefore, becoming an old bird first, or at least an old bird on the surface, before mingling into the circle should be beneficial.

"Besides this, in Chixian Shenzhou, there are countless Side Sects and Heterodox Paths, and Demon Sect inheritances... It is just that most immortals do not like the mortal world; although there are often Legendary immortals among the common folk, most of them are cultivators tempering their hearts in the mortal world. Once their cultivation is successful, they leave immediately, not stirring up any dust..."

'This old Patriarch has truly lived to understand; these words are indeed incisive...'

What truly concerned him were the experiences, insights, and even the diaries of Li Rubi from all those years of traveling the world and seeking out immortals!

"This..."

Furthermore, he had aimed for the Orthodox Xuan Sect back then, so he had inquired quite a bit about the mountain gates of those two sects, one mountain, and three Taoisms, all of which were recorded in detail and could be used for Aaron's reference.

"It is precisely because of the many mountains that it is easier to hide when encountering war; have you not heard that in small chaos one avoids the city, and in great chaos one avoids the mountains?"

Several figures rode their Magic Tools and arrived together at the Li Family Mansion.

Only then did Aaron appear in a leisurely manner.

That Elder of the Li Family was greatly shocked, but seeing the several Yinshan Sect Elders following behind Da-kun Shangren, he immediately knew this matter was a foregone conclusion, his face turned pale, and he muttered, "How could we not know?"

Aaron answered with a smile; this was actually nonsense.

The most critical reason was still that he had to go to the Emei Sect in Shushan Prefecture to seek a master, so he naturally had to lay a foundation in advance.

(End of this chapter)