Chapter 501: Alligator Turtle

After more than two years, returning to the Liuyun Mountain Range, it seemed to have changed a bit.

There were more cultivators in the Liuyun Mountain Range, and there were also some mortals. Not only had the Su Family migrated some mortals, but some other cultivation families or rogue cultivators had also migrated some of their family's mortals over.

Some parts of the mountain range had already been developed.

Of course, the most bustling place was the market at the foot of Liuyun Peak. This was a market established by the Su Family in conjunction with the Taihe lineage, the Li Family, and the Yunyang Sect.

The market was not large, with only one street about three miles long. Many buildings were built on both sides, and various families had also established shops here.

Of course, the Su Family was no exception, and half of the shops on this street belonged to the Su Family, while the others still had to pay rent to the Su Family.

This market would bring a steady stream of spirit stones to the Su Family.

There were not many cultivators in the market, looking like only a few hundred people. However, Su Fan knew that this was normal for now; after all, there were not many cultivators in the Liuyun Mountain Range to begin with, and now there were only three thousand, with some having left before.

With these three thousand cultivators, plus the mobile cultivators, Su Fan estimated that at its peak, the Liuyun Mountain Range could have ten thousand cultivators.

This number was also quite good; after all, the entire Zheng State only had nearly two hundred thousand cultivators.

"Xiao Jiu, when did you return?"

Returning to Liuyun Peak, he happened to run into the Clan Leader who was about to go out. Seeing Su Fan, the latter's face was instantly filled with joy.

"Just returned, Clan Leader."

Su Fan greeted the Clan Leader, "Is the Clan Leader going out?"

"Oh! It's nothing, I'm preparing to go to Yunlong Hu to take a look."

Hearing this, Su Fan understood immediately. Yunlong Hu was the lake near Liuyun Peak, where the Su Family had built several mortal towns on the plains near this lake.

After he left, the Su Family had migrated thousands of mortals from Yuntai Mountain, and Su Fan had just discovered that there were quite a few mortals gathered in the towns over there.

The plains at the foot of Liuyun Peak were fully tens of thousands of square miles, and supporting a million people was not a big problem. Moreover, because the rainfall was abundant, supporting double that population was absolutely no problem.

The only problem was that there were monster beasts in this Yunlong Hu, which might pose a threat to mortals.

Fortunately, most fish-type monster beasts almost never came ashore, so as long as mortals didn't go into the lake, there was no danger.

Su Fan and the others had also investigated this before.

However, there were amphibious turtle-type monster beasts in the lake, which were still somewhat dangerous, so now, on the side of the mortal towns, a Foundation Establishment cultivator and a dozen Qi Refining cultivators were arranged to protect them.

Su Wanjun was preparing to go to Yunlong Hu because he heard a report from a Su Family disciple that a second-tier alligator turtle had been discovered, and he was preparing to go and kill it.

This second-tier alligator turtle was hard for ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators to deal with. The other party had a turtle shell, strong defense, and powerful attacks. Except for being a bit slow, it had almost no weaknesses.

Most of the Su Family's Foundation Establishment cultivators, except for the Great Elder, were at the first or second level of Foundation Establishment and had no advantage when facing an alligator turtle.

"A second-tier alligator turtle, Clan Leader, I'll accompany you to take a look. There is also a second-tier spirit vein beneath that Yunlong Hu, and these alligator turtles are generally gregarious. Since there is one, there must be others."

The appearance of the alligator turtle posed a great threat to the towns near Yunlong Hu. Once this alligator turtle rushed into a mortal town, it would be troublesome.

And more importantly, the Su Family previously planned to raise spirit fish in this Yunlong Hu, and this alligator turtle was the natural enemy of spirit fish.

"Hmm! Then let's go together."

Su Wanjun did not object, so the two transformed into rainbows and left. For the two of them, the distance of a hundred miles took no time at all.

"Clan Leader, Elder Li!"

The two soon arrived not far from Yunlong Hu. At this time, there were several Su Family cultivators here. Seeing Su Fan and Su Wanjun, they hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"Qiming, is it you, kid? Did you discover that alligator turtle?"

Su Qiming was a newly promoted Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Su Family and was also a disciple who had not taken a Foundation Establishment Pill. It could be said that Su Qiming was the disciple with the greatest potential in the 'Qi' generation. If he were to open the Purple Mansion in the future, the family resources would inevitably go to him first.

Disciples with better talent and greater potential often received more resources because once they could advance, the feedback to the family in the future would be greater.

Just like the Su Family back then, Clan Leader Su Wanjun, before he opened the Yuntai Mountain Su Family, the Su Family had already existed and had even gone through several generations, but at that time, the family only had Qi Refining cultivators and couldn't even be considered a family.

At that time, there was no talk of resources. Because Clan Leader Su Wanjun had extraordinary talent, other cultivators, in order to let the Clan Leader cultivate faster and go further, did not hesitate to go to the wilderness to collect resources.

For this, they even sacrificed three Qi Refining cultivators.

It was precisely because of the predecessors' continuous efforts that the Clan Leader finally succeeded in Foundation Establishment, laid down Yuntai Mountain, established a Foundation Establishment family, and the Su Family became one of the five major families of Yu County in one fell swoop.

The Clan Leader did not disappoint those who sacrificed themselves. The current Su Family had become a famous Purple Mansion family in Zheng State.

As the second cultivator of the Su Family to self-establish Foundation, Su Qiming had unlimited potential, and his chance of opening the Purple Mansion in the future was also ten percent higher than that of ordinary cultivators.

Do not underestimate this ten percent.

Moreover, the Su Family cultivated Su Fan's Purple Qi Secret Technique, and their divine soul power exceeded that of cultivators of the same level. This multiple superposition gave Foundation Establishment cultivators a few more possibilities to open the Purple Mansion.

Su Wanjun being able to open the Purple Mansion in one go was also thanks to cultivating the Purple Qi Secret Technique; otherwise, even with the Mysterious Yang Warm Jade, there would have been a high probability of failure.

"Clan Leader! That second-tier alligator turtle just appeared, but it was repelled by us and returned to Yunlong Hu."

Su Qiming pointed in one direction and said.

"Hmm!"

Hearing this, Su Wanjun nodded. If the alligator turtle returned to the lake, it would be somewhat troublesome. Even if he had Purple Mansion cultivation, once he entered the lake, his combat power would be weakened.

But regardless, they had to kill this alligator turtle group. These alligator turtles were not only vengeful but also extremely fierce.

Although they were just repelled by Su Qiming and the others, they would likely return.

"Clan Leader! What should we do?"

Su Qiming looked at the Clan Leader, but his eyes also constantly looked at Su Fan. Su Fan's identity was known to the high-level members of the family, and the Su Family had not hidden it.

But those Qi Refining cultivators did not know.

"Clan Leader, I have discovered that group of alligator turtles."

Su Fan's divine sense discovered the alligator turtles in the lake. The alligator turtles were indeed a group, totaling seventeen, four of which were second-tier, and the remaining thirteen were first-tier.

One of the second-tier ones had reached the high-grade level.

They indeed could not be left behind, so Su Fan prepared to make a move. ===== CHAPTER 502 =====