Chapter 267

Several days later.

Mount Mount Baihua.

"Everything in the family is entrusted to you, Wan Qing."

Mu Wanlv gave a word of instruction, transformed into a stream of light, and flew into a white jade palace.

This was the Mu family's war artifact—the White Jade Palace!

When it was first built, an unknown amount of resources were poured into it. Now, it has a large number of Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment cultivators stationed within... especially several False Dan cultivators and the Mu family's three Great Jin Dan masters.

Even if they encounter a late-stage Jin Dan, they can hold out for a long time.

This time, the Mu family certainly did not send out all their elites; instead, they recruited a large number of rogue cultivators.

It was just that they had to be wary of public opinion, so they didn't dare to go too far; the ratio of low-rank rogue cultivators to family cultivators was roughly half and half.

Of course, most of those family cultivators were the old, weak, sick, or disabled, or those with no hope for their cultivation path.

Watching the White Jade Palace's escape light disappear into the horizon, Mu Wanqing looked around, feeling quite smug and satisfied.

Now, on Mount Mount Baihua, he was finally the one in complete control!

"That old thing, he hasn't even come out of seclusion today..."

Mu Wanqing looked at the valley where Fang Xing's cave dwelling was located, a flash of gloom crossing his eyes.

Of course, he had absolutely no way to deal with Mu Mu Wanlong.

The man made it clear he didn't want benefits, didn't want face... even he felt like a mouse pulling a turtle—there was nowhere to bite.

"Elder Wanqing... I have prepared some wine, songs, and dances in my cave dwelling. Would you like to go and appreciate them, Elder Wanqing?"

A False Dan master stepped forward, his face full of smiles.

"The family head has entrusted me with a great responsibility; how could I indulge in wine and women?"

Mu Wanqing refused with a righteous expression.

A moment later, a divine sense transmission reached his ears: "Hehe... Elder Wanqing, those song and dance girls of mine are all from the 'Yin-Yang Joyous Building.' If you don't go, Elder, it would truly be a pity..."

"Since that is the case..."

Mu Wanqing also transmitted via divine sense: "Let's make it tomorrow night..."

The Yin-Yang Joyous Building was quite famous in the Dajing cultivation world. The female cultivators trained there were not only stunningly beautiful, but the techniques they practiced were also of great benefit to cultivators in advancing their magic power, so the female servants sold there fetched very high prices.

Especially the Foundation Establishment-level dancers; it is said that not only are their dance moves graceful and astonishing, but the techniques they practice are even helpful to Jin Dan cultivators!

Several days later.

Inside the Rank 4 cave dwelling.

Fang Xing was sitting cross-legged, refining spiritual energy to increase his magic power.

To him, no matter how chaotic the outside world was, nothing was more important than the advancement of his own cultivation.

"Hm?"

He suddenly felt the underground spiritual vein vibrate and couldn't help but stand up and fly out of the cave dwelling.

He saw that Mount Mount Baihua was in complete chaos; the Ten Thousand Flowers and Thousand Illusions Array that originally shrouded the mountain was actually slowly... disappearing?

A Rank 3 exotic spirit crane was showing off its power above the Mu family's ancestral grounds.

With a shake of its crane feathers, white feathers fell from mid-air, transforming into sharp flying swords, beheading all the Mu family cultivators who tried to kill the demon.

Beside that Rank 3 white crane, a False Dan cultivator was also floating.

"Mu Mu Wanlan... you actually dare to betray the family?"

A Mu family False Dan cultivator looked at Mu Mu Wanlan, who was aiding the evildoer, his eyes blood-red.

He had a layer of Rank 3 defensive spell—the Nine-Fire Flame Dragon Shield—on his body. At this moment, he roared, and a pitch-black 'Hunyuan Stone' magic treasure rapidly transformed into a small mountain, pressing down toward Mu Mu Wanlan.

"Mu Mu Wanlan? Is he the False Dan elder from Mu Wanqing's lineage? Did he actually betray the family?"

Fang Xing found relevant information from Mu Mu Wanlong's memories and couldn't help but be speechless.

"Where is Mu Wanqing? Did he surrender or die? How did he guard the array hub token?"

He flew to the high altitude of the ancestral grounds, looking displeased.

The Ten Thousand Flowers and Thousand Illusions Array was once a Rank 4 array; even if it had weakened, it was still a quasi-Rank 4!

It could not be destroyed by a mere Rank 3 spirit crane.

It must have been that the array hub master control token was obtained. This thing was originally kept by Mu Mu Wanlong, and later handed over to Mu Wanlv along with the position of family head.

Now that Mu Wanlv was going to reclaim wasteland, he naturally would have transferred the token to Mu Wanqing, who was stationed in the family.

"Screech!"

The spirit crane, with pure white feathers and a cinnabar-red top, flashed a hint of playfulness in its eyes. Its long, sharp beak was like a flying sword, and its movements had the sharpness of a Jin Dan sword cultivator.

It spread its wings, its escape speed astonishing. Arriving before Mu Mu Wanlan, it just pecked with its beak, and the small mountain-like Hunyuan Stone magic treasure was pierced through by a white light.

"Rank 3 high-grade demon beast?"

The previous False Dan elder spat out a mouthful of essence blood, his face incomparably pale and filled with panic.

In the current Mu family, facing such a Rank 3 high-grade demon beast, it was very likely they would be exterminated.

As a False Dan cultivator, he still relied on the family to have a low-grade magic treasure for protection; in front of the Rank 3 high-grade exotic spirit crane, he was naturally vulnerable...

Swish! Swish!

White feathers like flying swords slashed and extinguished the Nine-Fire Flame Dragons one by one. That False Dan master was looking in shock as his own true essence shield shattered, when suddenly he saw a pitch-black shield appear in front of him, blocking all the crane feather flying swords.

"So, Mu Mu Wanlan, you betrayed the family, harmed Mu Wanqing, and even actively opened the family array, inviting thieves in?"

Fang Xing stood with his hands behind his back, his beard and hair bristling, like an angry lion.

Mu Mu Wanlan sneered: "So what if I did? Mu Wanqing snatched my opportunity back then, which is why he could condense a True Dan, and you, this old guy, were pushing it along... Today, I might as well tell you, Mu Wanlv and the others are dead for sure. Now we are just waiting for the great array to completely dissipate, and the cultivators from the White Crane Gate, Zhang family, Wang family, and Sea Sand Gang outside will immediately come in and exterminate the Mu family!"

His invitation to Mu Wanqing to drink and make merry earlier was naturally a smokescreen.

He had even brought the White Crane Gate's Rank 3 high-grade spirit crane in early to ambush Mu Wanqing.

As a spirit beast, the exotic spirit crane could be placed in a special spirit beast bag, making its movements more concealed, and its strength was formidable.

Mu Wanqing was ambushed while caught off guard and could not resist at all, dying in one blow, and the array token was snatched away in the process.

"You really are a ruthless wolf, but you are also a member of the Mu family..."

"No, if the Mu family is exterminated, where will I find a Rank 4 cave dwelling?"

Fang Xing complained in his heart, an unnatural flush appearing on his face: "It seems... you have quite a lot of resentment because I gave the Jin Dan to Wanqing back then instead of you... With such a temperament, no wonder you could only condense a False Dan!"

"You old bastard!"

Mu Mu Wanlan's eyes immediately turned red: "You old guy who is seriously injured and dying... Crane Venerable, quickly send this person on his way!"

The next moment, the magic power fluctuation on Fang Xing's body suddenly became violent.

From the early stage of Jin Dan, he broke through to the mid-stage of Jin Dan in one go.

It was even climbing continuously, finally breaking through to the late stage of Jin Dan!

The formidable magic power fluctuation made the exotic spirit crane take a few steps back, a very anthropomorphic look of dread appearing in its bird eyes.

"Late stage of Jin Dan?"

Mu Mu Wanlan widened his eyes, unable to believe it: "Impossible... you were clearly seriously injured! Even before you were injured, you were only in the mid-stage of Jin Dan."

"This old man is using a forbidden technique today to forcibly suppress my injuries and break through my realm, to fight for the family until the last drop of blood is shed!"

Fang Xing was righteous and stern, carrying a tragic momentum.

"Family Head!"

Below, many Mu family elders had tears in their eyes.

In their view, this former family head had made great contributions to the family, although he was muddled and greedy for life in his old age... but at the moment of the family's life-and-death crisis, he was actually risking his life to fight the enemy, which could be said to have washed away all his past stains, leaving only boundless radiance!

After all, this former family head had long been seriously injured and hard to heal, and now he was rashly using a forbidden technique to raise his cultivation and suppress his injuries... I'm afraid that after the forbidden technique ends, he will die and his path will vanish!

"Go!"

Fang Xing didn't care about this at all, taking out a 'Fire Dragon Staff' magic treasure that Mu Mu Wanlong often used. The magic power of the late-stage Jin Dan poured into it, causing this magic treasure to erupt with brilliant red light.

Amidst the sky full of flames, only a dragon's roar was heard!

A fire dragon emerged, and in the center of the fire dragon was a crimson wooden staff.

This wooden staff was carved into the shape of a fire dragon; at this moment, it seemed to come alive, transforming into a fire flood dragon dozens of feet long, showing off its power as it fought with the Rank 3 high-grade Crane Venerable.

Seeing this scene, Mu Mu Wanlan's face changed drastically, and he transformed into a stream of light, flying toward the outside of Mount Mount Baihua.

The Crane Venerable was not his spirit pet after all; he could only request, not command, and would certainly not risk serious injury to protect him!

"Damn it... who could have thought the former family head could still use a forbidden technique..."

"No, I cannot die... as long as I hold out until the forbidden technique wears off and join the White Crane Gate cultivators outside... I will definitely be able to..."

Mu Mu Wanlan's eyes were splitting, but he saw a flash of fire in front of him.

'Mu Mu Wanlong's' escape light was astonishingly fast, actually intercepting him directly.

"Those who betray the family shall be executed!"

Fang Xing's expression was cold, and a golden Rank 3 treasure talisman appeared in his hand.

He was not Mu Mu Wanlong after all; using the other party's magic treasure was fine, but if he wanted to use some unique spell, it would be asking for trouble.

Fortunately, in the cultivation world, there were high-rank talismans!

This metal-attribute Rank 3 'Hundred-Refined Golden Blade Talisman' was contributed by an unlucky Jin Dan cultivator who died at his hands, and its power was quite good.

The magic power of the late-stage Jin Dan was injected into the talisman, and a golden blade light flashed, passing Mu Mu Wanlan's neck with lightning speed.

His defensive magic treasure and False Dan true essence could not resist at all; a blood line appeared on his neck, and then his corpse fell from mid-air.

A late-stage Jin Dan great cultivator could easily kill early and mid-stage Jin Dan cultivators.

Not to mention a False Dan master.

And at this time, that fire flood dragon was still fighting fiercely with the Crane Venerable.

Seeing a flash of light in Fang Xing's hand, the Crane Venerable took out the array token captured from Mu Mu Wanlan, and its soul flew out of its body in terror.

It spread its wings, and a cyan gale emerged, forcing the fire flood dragon back. Its movement technique was incomparably agile, and with a crane cry that shook the heavens, it soared into the sky!

But the next moment, it saw that the surrounding heavens and earth had already changed environment, with countless flower petals dancing.

——Ten Thousand Flowers and Thousand Illusions Array!

This kind of town-family array was naturally easy to open but difficult to close.

Even if Mu Mu Wanlan held the restriction hub token, he could only slowly close the array's power.

And once it fell into Fang Xing's hands, he could quickly restore the array's power!

Petals fell one by one, like a colorful cage, trapping the Rank 3 spirit crane inside.

"Not good!"

Looking at the array on Mount Mount Baihua operating again, and hearing the miserable crane cries in his ears, the several Jin Dan cultivators hiding outside looked at each other, seeing the unease in each other's eyes...

Update will be late today.

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