[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-from-the-blood-lineage-genealogy-to-bui":3,"chapter-starting-from-the-blood-lineage-genealogy-to-bui-starting-from-the-blood-lineage-genealogy-to-bui-chapter-207":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Starting From The Blood Lineage Genealogy To Build An Eternal Immortal Clan",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1611369,2074,"Chapter 207: Ge Family Submission, Demonic Cultivator Night Raid","starting-from-the-blood-lineage-genealogy-to-bui-chapter-207",207,"\u003Cp>\"Buzz!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blue light screen shot up from the territory's edge like an inverted giant bowl, covering the entire clan territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just moments, fifty or sixty innate martial artists, including grandmaster martial artists, rushed to the outside of the grand array at lightning speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty or thirty cultivators who could fly on swords all flew on swords. Those who hadn't reached that realm also ran to the outside of the array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, besides Xu Mingyuan, Xu Mingwei, and Xu Mingxuan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were also several Xu family third-generation disciples like Xu Dewen, Xu Derui, and Xu Dejun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ren Xiaoyao stood in the void at the very front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Mingwei's eyes flashed with golden light. He saw two people pursuing in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's Ge Yuchen. The one chasing him should be the so-called demonic cultivator. Very strong—should be Foundation Establishment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mingyuan, I'm leaving this to you. If there are other demonic cultivators, don't linger in battle. Preserving family strength is most important.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Elder Brother, I understand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Mingwei nodded, then transformed into a stream of light with Ren Xiaoyao, vanishing in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just moments, Chou Jiu pursued to within a li. Though he preferred close combat, at this distance, he wasn't inflexible either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He patted his storage pouch. A superior-grade flying sword flew out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hand formed a sword gesture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flying sword rang out, transforming into a red light shooting toward Ge Yuchen's back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ge Yuchen sensed the crisis and hurriedly released a middle-grade defensive magical artifact to block.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack crack~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cracks appeared on the artifact's surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was violently knocked flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the flying sword circled in the air and shot toward Ge Yuchen again,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, a black electric light streaked across the sky, accurately striking the red flying sword and knocking it away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chou Jiu was slightly shocked. He looked up and saw people rushing from the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes flickered. He immediately controlled the red flying sword again, wanting to kill Ge Yuchen but it was blocked by a black arrow again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chou Jiu's heart shook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the red flying sword was only a superior-grade magical artifact, he was a Foundation Establishment cultivator. His magical power was incomparably condensed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power unleashed by using a superior-grade magical artifact definitely wasn't something ordinary Qi Refining perfection cultivators could block.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Black arrow—could it be the Xu family's Xu Mingwei?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He'd stayed in Guangling Commandery for quite a while and naturally knew of Xu Mingwei's reputation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Known as \"Arrow Demon,\" one of the top Qi Refining cultivators below Foundation Establishment, famous throughout the surrounding commanderies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is the person beside him a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Xu family?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He actually didn't leave Guangling?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chou Jiu recalled his flying sword and immediately returned the way he came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Xu Mingwei and the Xu family's Foundation Establishment cultivator approach, Ge Yuchen immediately cupped his hands. \"Please, Elder Mingwei and Senior, save my Ge family!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Talk while we walk!\" Xu Mingwei said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ge Yuchen said, \"A quarter hour ago, four Foundation Establishment demonic cultivators broke into my Ge family. They used a grand array to seal my Ge family territory, then began a massacre.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their methods are all extremely strange!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My grandfather guessed that the Qi Refining families exterminated in various commanderies these past two years are most likely related to them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Ge family clan members are still desperately resisting. Please, you two, save my Ge family. Yuchen is willing to serve the Xu family like an ox or horse in repayment!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is your grandfather?\" Xu Mingwei's face was grave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grandfather and the Grand Elder died in battle helping me escape the array!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ge Yuchen's hands clenched tightly. His nails dug into his flesh without any feeling. His teeth ground audibly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Four Foundation Establishment demonic cultivators. No wonder they could silently exterminate Qi Refining families.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After deliberating, Ren Xiaoyao said, \"Do you know their specific strength?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ge Yuchen shook his head. \"They dispersed to massacre. If they'd concentrated on attacking any one of my Ge family's branches, that branch would have had no survival path.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just us going is too dangerous!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking, Xu Mingwei immediately said, \"Demonic cultivators are the common enemy of us cultivators. Today they appear in our Guangling, committing slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the name of my Xu family, all Qi Refining families must send Qi Refining late-stage cultivators to provide aid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you don't come, when demonic cultivators target your family in the future, you're on your own!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Mingwei's voice resounded like thunder, rippling outward in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Chou Jiu's face turned iron blue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they were strong, they couldn't possibly withstand the encirclement of over a hundred Qi Refining late-stage cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's Elder Mingwei's voice!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing Xu Mingwei's words, the Qi Refining families along the way immediately summoned their family's Qi Refining late-stage cultivators and left their clan-protecting arrays.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They closely followed Xu Mingwei and the others toward the Ge family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Wei family, upon receiving this news, sent people to the Ge family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Chou Jiu returned to the Ge family territory, he immediately transmitted to Blood Ming and the others, \"Boss Blood Ming, the Xu family has rallied nearby Qi Refining families' cultivators. They're already rushing here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We must leave!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leave!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood Ming glanced at the Ge family territory, where nearly half had become a sea of fire. He immediately formed seals and retrieved the array plate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it! The time was too short. We didn't even have time to plunder the Ge family's wealth!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We haven't even killed everyone!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Mu was unwilling but could only follow Blood Ming in leaving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We can only blame ourselves for choosing the wrong target. Who knew the Ge family would be such a tough bone to crack?\" Chou Jiu sighed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go straight to Yuehu Commandery. Hide in a remote mountain range. After that, we'll discuss other matters. If it really doesn't work, we'll leave first and return in a few years.\" Blood Ming said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood Ming and the others could survive until now naturally because they were all cautious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, people make mistakes, horses stumble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today they'd taken a fall at the Ge family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They'd just left when Ren Xiaoyao, Xu Mingwei, and the others arrived with dozens of Qi Refining late-stage cultivators. Moreover, quite a few more people were still rushing over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood-colored flames seemed to burn everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the entire Ge family territory, fewer than a hundred survived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The demonic cultivators should have fled. First, let's handle these flames.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone set to work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivators from other Qi Refining families saw scorched earth everywhere in the Ge family territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a tragic sight made everyone deeply shaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ge family in Guangling Commandery was second only to the Wei and Xu families. But in less than the time to drink two cups of tea, they were nearly exterminated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very few cultivators and martial artists survived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If those demonic cultivators had chosen them, they'd probably have been silently slaughtered clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over half an hour later, the surviving Ge family members all gathered together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of the four branch family heads, only Ge Yansong was half-alive. Only two or three branch elders survived. Among other family disciples, twenty or thirty lived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest were some commoners who'd luckily hidden in cellars and escaped calamity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bodies burned by blood flames didn't even leave corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ge family, suffering this calamity, could be said to have completely fallen. However, thanks to other clan members' desperate struggle, the Ge family ultimately preserved a few seedlings and didn't completely sever their heritage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the Ge family territory, Ge Yansong led the surviving Ge family members in bowing to thank those who came to help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, Fellow Daoists, for coming. Without you, my Ge family would have had no survivors!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Mingwei said, \"Family Head Ge need not be polite. Demonic cultivators are our common enemy. We should do this. Moreover, if Ge Yuchen hadn't escaped to report, We couldn't have arrived in time, nor could we have known demonic cultivators appeared in our Guangling Commandery.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Ge, what are your Ge family's plans going forward?\" The Cheng family head asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Ge family's spirit fields and medicine gardens are more than half destroyed. Hundreds of years of foundation are almost completely gone. Moreover, with my Ge family's current strength, we're unworthy of occupying this spiritual energy node.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quite a few family heads' hearts stirred but they saw Ge Yansong say, \"I'm willing to offer my Ge family territory and remaining savings, requesting the Xu family accept my Ge family as vassals, allowing my Ge family to continue settling in Guangling Commandery.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Mingwei glanced at the Ge family members and sighed lightly. \"Family Head Ge, have you thought this through?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Becoming vassals, breaking free later won't be easy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Ge family has fallen to this state. What can we hope for? Being able to continue our family line is our wish.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Mingwei nodded. \"Good. Then before all Fellow Daoists, I'll accept your Ge family.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ge Yansong led the others in kneeling and kowtowing to Xu Mingwei. \"Thank you, master family, for taking us in!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many present sighed in their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The great Ge family, fallen in one day. Truly, the world is impermanent!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rise.\" Xu Mingwei said. \"From today, there are no longer four Ge family branches, only the Ge family. Ge Yansong, you continue serving as Ge family head.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ge Yansong shook his head. \"Elder Mingwei, I'm old and now severely injured. I recommend Yuchen to serve as Ge family head.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ge Yuchen was at Qi Refining ninth layer middle stage. Managing the current Ge family, he was qualified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Mingwei glanced at Ge Yuchen and nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ge Yuchen immediately cupped his hands. \"Yuchen will not disappoint expectations. This life, I take reviving the Ge family as my duty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tomorrow at the hour of chen, each family send representatives to my Xu family to discuss the demonic cultivator matter. Though they may have already fled Guangling, we cannot be careless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, we must send people to notify neighboring commanderies so they also guard carefully.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We understand.\" The others all cupped their hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, they all dispersed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ge Yansong brought Xu Mingwei to retrieve the Ge family treasury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All four families had treasuries, and all were quite hidden. Thus they weren't destroyed in this calamity—quite fortunate but Ge Yansong also knew that without publicly relying on the Xu family, the remaining Ge family members' survival would be very difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Ren Xiaoyao present, breaking the treasury prohibitions wasn't difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The time to drink a cup of tea, quite a few people from the Xu family's Guangling branch came to organize the Ge family's remaining possessions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leading them was Xu Mingxuan. Seeing the devastated Ge family, his heart grieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two or three hours later, everyone went to the Guangling branch territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Mingxuan settled the Ge family members and distributed pills to treat the injured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Mingyuan and Xu Mingwei organized the Ge family treasury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must be said, the wealth the Ge family left behind was quite substantial—at least two or three times stronger than the former Yuan family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Elder Brother, take these materials and spiritual herbs back to Dongxi. Father and Niece Ling'er should use them. Also have the clan maintain heightened vigilance. After Father returns, you can come back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Mingwei nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, news that Foundation Establishment demonic cultivators appeared in Guangling Commandery and nearly exterminated the Ge family spread throughout the commanderies and continued spreading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The imperial city learning this news was also only a matter of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Xu family summoned Guangling's various families and formed a patrol team to search the mountain ranges around Guangling Commandery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Xu Chuan and Xu Mingqing returned to Yuehu Commandery, they learned that demonic cultivators had actually caused an extermination incident in Guangling Commandery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His first reaction was thinking it was the demonic tribulation but he instantly abandoned this thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could the demonic tribulation be such small-scale trouble?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was a calamity even Golden Core families treated seriously—one careless moment and they'd be destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a time, commanderies around Guangling all became jittery, afraid demonic cultivators would flow into their commandery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four Foundation Establishment demonic cultivators—even Foundation Establishment families, without second-rank grand arrays as barriers, would suffer heavy losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Foundation Establishment cultivators falling and dropping to Qi Refining families was possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Chuan also performed divinations daily but all was calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jade Cold Pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father, you've come.\" Xu Mingxian looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Another half year and it'll be complete.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, a figure rushed out from the Jade Cold Pool—the old flood dragon Moyue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have something on you that seems useful to this seat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moyue's several-zhang-long body coiled above the cold pool. A pair of dragon eyes stared at Xu Chuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moyue, your perception is truly keen.\" Xu Chuan smiled faintly. He swept his sleeve. Something flew out—precisely the White Scale Flood Dragon's demon core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So it's a demon beast inner core containing flood dragon bloodline, and Foundation Establishment middle stage at that. It can barely serve as this seat's snack.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Chuan's lips curved. \"Moyue, if you speak like that, my Xu family truly can't afford to feed you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This demon core cost me considerable effort to exchange for. Just eating it like this would truly be a waste.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then what do you want?\" Moyue changed posture and continued asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know pill formulas using these as main ingredients? If they could be refined into pills, the effect on you should be even greater, and they could be utilized to maximum effect.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moyue's pupils contracted slightly, revealing a thoughtful expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment, \"Now that you mention it, I seem to recall a pill formula called Demon Spirit Pill. It uses demon beast essence spirits, inner cores, and essence blood as materials, supplemented with nine types of spiritual herbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Materials from the same demon beast are best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you can truly refine this pill, it could indeed accelerate this seat's recovery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This pill formula is a third-rank formula. Originally, it should use Golden Core demon beasts as materials. Foundation Establishment stage barely works too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then tell me the formula. I'll study it first. If I truly can't refine it, I'll give you these two items.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moyue nodded, then transmitted via divine sense, telling Xu Chuan the pill formula.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So sleepy. Notify this seat when there's good news.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Moyue darted into the cold pool and disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After studying briefly, Xu Chuan knew this pill's refinement difficulty exceeded everything before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Using these three as main materials, this treats them as a demon beast spirit embryo for refinement. Without Moyue telling me the refinement method, probably not even a ten percent chance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides these main materials, the supplementary materials must include a thousand-year spiritual herb. The other eight were also all rare spiritual medicines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, the Xu family could only gather enough for two or three portions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Study first. Wait until the Nine Flames Formula is perfected before attempting refinement. That can add one or two percent success rate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Broken Fang Mountain Range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Broken Fang Peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss Blood Ming, look—doesn't this place resemble what's drawn on the map?\" Leng Mu's body trembled slightly with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood Ming immediately brushed his storage pouch and took out the map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed very similar. However, this is a map from thousands of years ago. Can't say for certain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's search nearby first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other three all nodded slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They came to Great Wei precisely to find the flood dragon sealing ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thousands of years passed. They believed that third-rank peak flood dragon had definitely died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corpse left behind would absolutely be a treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enough to drive even Golden Core families mad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four dispersed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After only half a day, Chou Jiu discovered an array light screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood in the air, observing from afar. His heart was shocked. \"This is a second-rank array. In such a remote place, there's actually a family?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait. Rumor has it the Xu family rose from rural lands. This is Dongxi—the Xu clan territory?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chou Jiu's brow furrowed slightly. He immediately left and used a transmission talisman to summon the other three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fourth, you said you found the flood dragon sealing ground? Where?\" Leng Mu excitedly grasped Chou Jiu's shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood Ming said, \"Third, don't get excited yet. Let Fourth speak slowly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chou Jiu's gaze swept over the three. \"I don't dare confirm, but the probability isn't small.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After pausing, he continued, \"Not far from here is Yuehu Commandery's Foundation Establishment family—where the Xu family territory is located.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you saying the Xu family's rise might be related to the flood dragon sealing ground?\" Blood Ming stroked his chin thoughtfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hard to say. But the Xu family staying in this rural land, coincidentally near the flood dragon sealing ground, is worth suspicion,\" Chou Jiu said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard the Xu family became a cultivation family not long ago. Though they have two Foundation Establishment cultivators, one is still in Guangling Commandery. At most one Foundation Establishment cultivator is here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adding the Guangling branch and here together, we might be wary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just Yuehu Commandery here—as long as we kill that Foundation Establishment cultivator, the others probably aren't even as numerous as the Ge family.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Mu stared into Blood Ming's eyes. \"Boss, let's act. Unless we're willing to hand over this Golden Core opportunity, otherwise as time goes on, the Xu family's strength will only grow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Qing Ling, Fourth, what do you two think?\" Blood Ming looked at Qing Ling and Chou Jiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whatever husband wishes, this concubine will follow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This matter is indeed better sooner than later. However, the Xu family has a second-rank defensive grand array. Probably not easy to attack.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Mu smiled. \"Fourth, you joined late and don't know Boss has plenty of good things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have a Barrier Breaking Bead that can still be used two or three times. A mere second-rank lower-grade array can't stop us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood Ming said, \"Rest today. Act at the hour of chou tomorrow. If we still can't find it at the Xu family territory, then leave Great Wei first and plan long-term.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We'll all listen to Boss.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for accidentally discovering Broken Fang Peak in Yuehu Commandery, they'd already planned to lie low for a few months first, until the storm passed before acting again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just after midnight, Xu Chuan performed his daily divination again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally thinking it would be an average reading like yesterday, but those blood-red characters for \"great calamity\" entered his vision, making his eyes nearly split.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Today's divination: Great calamity, hour of chou. Four Foundation Establishment demonic cultivators, seeking the flood dragon sealing ground, silently break the array and massacre wantonly.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They're actually coming for Moyue?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how Xu Chuan calculated, he couldn't have thought of this reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Acting at hour of chou—that leaves only half an hour. Even sending for reinforcements is too late.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Chuan's thoughts spun frantically. His originally trembling heart rapidly calmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ling'er and I can block two. Dezhao, Mingshu, Mingqing, Wu Tao, Wu Zhen, and other Qi Refining late-stage cultivators should barely be able to hold one for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Four Symbols Heaven Force Array, if facing Foundation Establishment early stage, might kill them but if it's Foundation Establishment middle stage, it can only entangle them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Must find a way to have Moyue come out early. Otherwise, even if we can ultimately kill them, my Xu family will suffer heavy losses.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time was urgent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Chuan immediately summoned everyone at seventh layer of Qi Refining and above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Dezhao and the others were all confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tonight is a life-or-death moment for my Xu family!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Xu Chuan opened his mouth, everyone present was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grandfather, what happened?\" Seeing Xu Chuan's grave expression, Xu Dezhao's heart produced an ominous feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Around hour of chou, the four Foundation Establishment demonic cultivators who recently destroyed the Ge family in Guangling Commandery will invade my Xu family. As for how I know, don't ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ling'er and I will block two. Dezhao, Mingshu, Mingqing—you three lead the clan's other cultivators to hold off one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last one—after they enter, Mingxian, you immediately activate the array for annihilation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grand Elder, what's going on?\" Wu Zhen asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I said, don't ask. Everyone follow orders. If anyone disobeys, expulsion from the Xu family!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Zhen and the others immediately stopped speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father, the second-rank array outside is always active. Even Foundation Establishment demonic cultivators can't easily break in, right?\" Xu Mingshu asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Some special array artifacts, like Barrier Breaking Beads, can easily break most arrays,\" Xu Mingxian said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dezhao, instruct that all Dongxi residents hide in cellars tonight to avoid being burned alive like many at the Ge family.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Grandfather.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mingxian stays. The rest also follow orders.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Tao, Wu Zhen, and the others all cupped their hands and withdrew. Not one wasn't anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the Ge family's near-extinction was right before their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the great hall, only Xu Chuan and Xu Mingxian remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mingxian, is there a way to have Moyue come out early? The demonic cultivators' specific strength is unknown. If one can't be held off, my Xu family will face overwhelming disaster next.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Mingxian's expression was grave. After pondering briefly, he said, \"I understand. Your son won't disappoint Father.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Chuan nodded slightly. \"Father naturally trusts you. But you absolutely mustn't use methods of mutual destruction. You alive is better for the Xu family.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as you don't die, even if you only have a few years to live, Father can save you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Mingxian looked at Xu Chuan and smiled slightly. \"Your son trusts Father.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tonight,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, all was silent. In an instant, it became brightly lit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every household, learning this news, didn't hesitate. All woke their still-sleeping children and wives, hurriedly hiding in their own cellars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than the time to drink a cup of tea,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dongxi again fell into darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides these ordinary Dongxi residents, the rest, including martial artists, innate martial artists, and grandmaster martial artists, also entered cellars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In battles with Foundation Establishment cultivators, they couldn't intervene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Foundation Establishment cultivators could fly through the air. Expecting them to fall to the ground and fight martial artists wasn't very realistic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten thousand mu of fertile fields, row upon row of building structures, flat spacious streets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally peaceful everything would tonight fall into war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to some fields and buildings, people were more important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were Dongxi's foundation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Xu family's great residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Jing, Yang Ronghua, and others, including servants and maids, all entered the underground chamber with worried faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Dezhao said, \"Mother, Grandmother, it's fine. With Grandfather and us here, the Xu family won't have problems.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhao'er, you be careful!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Ronghua said nothing more and led Bai Jing into the secret passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just after hour of chou,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moon wheel in the sky somehow hid behind a patch of dark clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earth was lightless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood Ming's four arrived outside the Xu family's grand array as if by appointment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss, this Xu family definitely won't expect us to suddenly visit. This time, we can definitely catch them off guard!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard though the Xu family's rise was short, their foundation is quite deep, approaching Great Wei's third-rank families.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Mu sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood Ming didn't speak. He patted the storage pouch at his waist. A blue round bead twice the size of a pigeon egg flew out, hovering in his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was precisely the Barrier Breaking Bead Xu Mingxian mentioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He formed seals to activate it. The blue round bead flew before the array light screen. Suddenly, it sprayed out a mass of blue light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the light, that patch of array light screen actually dissolved like melting ice and snow, forming a huge gap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be difficult to heal in a short time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood Ming beckoned, retrieving the Barrier Breaking Bead. Its surface's blue spiritual light dimmed somewhat more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the Barrier Breaking Bead was miraculous, it had usage limitations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seems it can only be used once more.\" Blood Ming sighed slightly, then immediately stored it in his storage pouch. \"Let's go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other three closely followed him and also flew into the array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four wanted to fly toward the mountain but the next moment, a flying sword shot from the distance straight toward Blood Ming's head, while saying, \"Fellow Daoists, I've been waiting for you quite a while. Seems that person's intelligence was indeed correct!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss, careful!\" Leng Mu said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood Ming transformed into a blood-light phantom and disappeared from his original location, then condensed form again not far away then, figure after figure rose into the sky. In moments, twenty or thirty people appeared surrounding Blood Ming's four.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Screech! Screech! Screech!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three eagle cries pierced the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three Azure Fire Eagle brothers flew over, wings spread. They all had eight layer of Qi Refining late stage or above strength. The eldest of the three had already reached Qi Refining ninth layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did you know we'd come?!\" Blood Ming suppressed his shock and asked coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Chuan walked through the air, smiling faintly. \"Didn't I just say? If I hadn't received intelligence beforehand, how could my Xu family respond in time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for who, you naturally know in your hearts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Mu immediately turned to look at Chou Jiu. \"Chou Jiu, it's you! You joined us latest. You indeed harbor ill intentions!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chou Jiu? This name seems somewhat familiar.\" Xu Chuan thought to himself while his divine sense swept over them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One first layer of Foundation Establishment, one second layer of Foundation Establishment peak, one third layer of Foundation Establishment peak, and sixth layer of Foundation Establishment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chou Jiu immediately explained, \"Third Brother, I've been with you all along. How could it be me?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Third, he's sowing discord!\" Blood Ming said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was or wasn't, they had to act as if it wasn't now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the four of them fought among themselves, the current situation would immediately reverse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see. You devious boy, today I'll make your Xu family have no survivors!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before his words finished, four light pillars suddenly rose from Dongxi's four directions. The pillars shot skyward, condensing into a four-colored light screen covering all of Dongxi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only that, where Dongxi residents lived and on the mountain, arrays also rose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All second-rank arrays!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this scene after scene, Blood Ming and the others all couldn't believe it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was going on with this Xu family!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why were there arrays everywhere, and all second-rank arrays? Moreover, that four-colored light screen array gave them a feeling of being above second-rank lower grade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those who invade my Xu family—death!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, above the Xu family, spiritual energy violently surged, forming gusts of violent wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dragon roars pierced the clouds. Then came tiger roars that split metal and stone. Vermilion bird clear cries. Black tortoise low roars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the Four Symbols Heaven Force Array finally revealed its full power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiritual energy condensed, forming four several-zhang-sized Four Symbols phantoms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each phantom emanated Foundation Establishment early stage power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant the Four Symbols phantoms appeared, each spewed a beam of spiritual light, all shooting toward Chou Jiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such power—without top-tier defensive magical artifacts, Foundation Establishment early stage cultivators fundamentally couldn't withstand it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Zhen, Luo Qianshan, Lu Feng, and the others, seeing this array, were all dumbstruck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A red shadow flashed, appearing before Chou Jiu. His blood robe swept. A blood-colored silk handkerchief expanded against the wind, blocking the Four Symbols spiritual light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Xu Chuan's hand appeared a pill furnace at some unknown time. It resembled the Phoenix Furnace but its aura far exceeded it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the top-tier artifact pill furnace after Xu Deling upgraded the Phoenix Furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He charged toward Qing Ling. Xu Deling faced Leng Mu. Xu Dezhao, Xu Mingshu, and Xu Mingqing attacked Chou Jiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're Foundation Establishment? The Xu family's second Foundation Establishment cultivator isn't in Guangling Commandery and should be male!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Mu examined Xu Deling. His eyes were sinister. After brief deliberation, he understood. \"Your Xu family is truly devious. You actually hid another Foundation Establishment cultivator!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'm truly curious, just how deep is your Xu family's foundation!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Mu's withered fingers formed strange seals. In his hand, that soul banner covered in black, wrapped in wisps of blood threads, moved without wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant the banner face unfolded, the surrounding temperature plummeted. The ground condensed pale white frost flowers. Countless twisted resentful souls rushed from the banner with shrieks, weaving into a sky-covering ghost cloud in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jie jie jie!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little girl, you just established foundation. How can you contend with me? Kill you, take your soul—I can refine another Foundation Establishment yin soul!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Leng Mu's sunken eye sockets, ghostly green flames jumped. As his sleeve robe waved, a large number of ghost creatures poured into three yin souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their auras surged, instantly rising from Foundation Establishment early stage to third layer of Foundation Establishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go, kill her!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following Leng Mu's command, three black-mist-wrapped yin generals emitted ear-piercing shrieks from their throats, charging Xu Deling from three directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those shrieks impacted Xu Deling's sea of consciousness. If it were Foundation Establishment early stage, even Foundation Establishment early stage peak would be greatly affected. However, Xu Deling's divine consciousness was comparable to Foundation Establishment middle to late stage cultivators. Such slight divine consciousness, she could completely ignore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Evil demons and heretics!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Deling's almond eyes widened. Her black hair behind her head moved without wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She formed the Sun Wheel Seal of the Lesser True Yang Formula with her left hand. Her right hand brushed her waist storage pouch. Immediately, red-gold dual-colored flowing light whistled out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two were called the Scorching Yang Wheel and Profound Gold Shield—top-tier magical artifacts recorded in the Lesser True Yang Formula.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"True Yang Burns Evil!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following her clear shout, the Scorching Yang Wheel suddenly split into three firelight streams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within each firelight stream leaped a fire crow phantom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These spirit birds formed of supreme yang fire emitted clear cries, spreading wings to meet the yin generals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant ghost creatures and golden crows collided, ear-piercing shrieks resounded across the wilds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"True Yang flames!\" Seeing the yin generals injured at first contact, Leng Mu's expression instantly changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ghost cultivation techniques were strange but feared only supreme yang and thunder methods and similar techniques or magical artifacts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such cultivators were extremely rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't expect to encounter one here, and a female cultivator at that!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not right—you're not just at first layer of Foundation Establishment!\" Leng Mu said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Deling naturally wouldn't respond. She formed seals again, urging the true yang fire crows to attack. The three yin generals repeatedly retreated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That earlier strike made them instinctively fear the true yang fire crows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Mu's face was iron blue. After a moment, he bit his tongue tip and sprayed out blood arrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those blood arrows split in mid-air into dense curse marks that merged into the soul banner. The soul banner suddenly spewed a mass of yin wind and black clouds that wrapped around the three yin generals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin wind ghost wail sounds arose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three fire crows each sprayed a stream of true yang flames but suddenly from the black clouds came a terrifying sound wave that actually dispersed the true yang flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black clouds gradually dispersed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The original three yin generals had become one, but this yin general was a full zhang tall. Its body was almost solid, emanating fourth layer of Foundation Establishment peak aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gap between fourth layer of Foundation Establishment and third layer wasn't small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using essence blood to catalyze, Leng Mu's face grew increasingly pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Deling formed seals again. The Scorching Yang Wheel's light blazed. Six more fire crows flew out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nine spirit birds condensed from golden flames circled and intertwined above her head. With each rotation, their size shrank but the flames became more solid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the ninth circle completed, all fire crows suddenly crashed together!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Screech—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the blinding golden light, a red-gold fire crow with a zhang-wide wingspan flew out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every feather was leaping true fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In pure power, the red-gold fire crow wasn't as strong as that fierce ghost general but its supreme yang characteristics had extreme restraint on ghost creatures, so it could still suppress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, eliminating that ghost general in a short time also wasn't easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, the crimson-copper pill furnace above Xu Chuan's head thunderously opened. The Phoenix Separation flames accumulated within erupted like a volcano. Blazing white fire waves rolled out, instantly swallowing the pink skull heads released by Qing Ling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those skull heads emitted shrill shrieks. The Concubine Pleasure runes appearing on their surfaces twisted and collapsed in the flames, ultimately transforming into wisps of foul-smelling green smoke that dispersed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mere seductive evil spirits dare approach me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Chuan's eyes were like torches. His fingertips formed seals. The erupting flames actually condensed into nine fire serpents in mid-air, hissing and flicking tongues, sealing Qing Ling's retreat paths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Qing Ling laughed seductively. The long whip in her hand twisted like a living thing. The whip tip bloomed with an enchanting Concubine Pleasure flower. As petals scattered, the air suddenly filled with sweet fragrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fragrance drilling into the nostrils actually made illusions arise before Xu Chuan's eyes—as if countless boneless jade arms were reaching from the void, wanting to pull him into gentle pleasures to sink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fellow Daoist, why be angry?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qing Ling's voice was sometimes near, sometimes far, carrying soul-stealing power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her form flashed like a ghost. The long whip transformed into a pink lightning bolt, directly taking Xu Chuan's throat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the critical moment, Xu Chuan bit his tongue tip hard. The sharp pain cleared his spiritual platform. His form dodged sideways, then formed seals. The fire serpents in the air charged toward Qing Ling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hiss—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True fire and the long whip collided. The pink spiritual light coiled around the whip body melted like snow meeting boiling soup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qing Ling's expression changed sharply. She hurriedly withdrew the whip and retreated. But she saw Xu Chuan's hands unite. Nine fire serpents suddenly entwined into a pillar of flame tornado, trapping her in the center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As fire waves churned, even the air was burned until it twisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think you can win me with just this bit of fire?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A vicious look flashed through Qing Ling's eyes. She suddenly tore open her lapels, exposing a strange Concubine Pleasure gu mark at her heart. The gu mark wriggled. A circle of pink qi waves exploded around her body, actually temporarily forcing back the flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The long whip circulated, coordinating with the pink qi waves, actually condensing strange Concubine Pleasure flowers that emitted waves of dizzying fragrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A point of faint light appeared at Xu Chuan's brow. His vast divine consciousness condensed into a spike, viciously stabbing into Qing Ling's sea of consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She cried out in pain, no longer able to control those strange Concubine Pleasure flowers in the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Chuan formed seals with one hand, instantly casting several superior-grade fire spells that burned them clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How can your divine consciousness power be so formidable when you're only Foundation Establishment early stage!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her beautiful face had a trace of ferocity due to divine consciousness pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You forced me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hiss—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant Qing Ling's tongue tip blood bead splashed on the long whip, the sharp barbs on the whip body actually wriggled like living things, growing strange Concubine Pleasure flowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The petals were thin as cicada wings. Their edges flowed with dark blue poison light. As the long whip danced, flying flowers as if a crimson torrential rain were pouring down!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Love Threads Devour Bone, Flowers Bloom at the Other Shore!\" Qing Ling shouted delicately. Her fingertips formed seals. Those petals suddenly accelerated rotation. Each traced strange arcs, attacking Xu Chuan from all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seemingly light petals, when sweeping across the ground, actually silently cut rocks in half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If even a trace of skin was cut, love poison would follow the blood straight to the heart meridians, making people sink into desire seas with withered souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing those petals, Xu Chuan knew they concealed profound mysteries. He urged the pill furnace with sea-of-fire offensive to burn but the long whip growing Concubine Pleasure flowers actually didn't fear Phoenix Separation flames. It split open a narrow passage through the sea of fire. The sky of flower petals poured down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Chuan, trapped in the petal storm, ultimately was carelessly scratched on the back of his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Poisoned?!\" Xu Chuan said in a deep voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Concubine Pleasure poison—the more vigorous the youth, the more violent this poison. Moreover, there's no cure. Even if suppressed, when reaching the limit, it will transform into love flames, burning from inside out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see!\" Xu Chuan's lips curved. \"Then extinguishing life force should work, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Withering and Flourishing Life and Death!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Chuan's hands formed seals. The right hand's index finger suddenly turned waxy yellow, as if painted by an invisible brush of years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That withered yellow crept along the finger joints. Wherever it passed, the skin rapidly dehydrated and shriveled. The fingernails turned a murky tea-brown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Muscle collapsed like deflating leather. Purple-blue blood vessels twisted into earthworm-like protrusions beneath loose epidermis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The neck side skin piled up in layers like bark stripped of elasticity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His jawline began to blur. His cheeks' fat melted at visible speed like ice cream in blazing sun, sagging downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally jet-black temple hair turned frosty white from the roots. The strands didn’t gradually fade but snapped and turned ashen, as if millions of silver-white spiders were simultaneously weaving webs on his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qing Ling looked at this scene incredulously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just an instant, the person before her looked as if their entire lifespan had been stolen, leaving only the power to gasp for breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, wisps of pink mist emerged from his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puff~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames rose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All mist was burned completely clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides this, an invisible force permeated outward. Each petal in the surrounding petal storm also gradually withered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally transforming to ash, dispersing with the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, the spell reversed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Chuan's empty robes filled again. White hair turned black. Youth returned, just like his previous twenty-something appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is this possible?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How can such mysterious arts exist in the world? Wouldn't this mean eternal youth!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qing Ling used essence blood to catalyze the Concubine Pleasure Whip. With this move, even a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, if hit, would definitely fall to her hands. Yet Xu Chuan casually countered it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if heaven-sent restraint!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I can kill this beast, then our side's advantage will greatly increase. Perhaps Mingxian won't need to pay such a terrible price!\" Xu Chuan thought secretly.\u003C\u002Fp>",6492,"2026-06-06T10:09:39.416Z",1,"novelbin.me","c5734e7a5bdbcdd6c03d7ced419d1c3b0b0a4ecf9db69fdb27d34a75ee3d2dfd","starting-from-the-blood-lineage-genealogy-to-bui-chapter-208","starting-from-the-blood-lineage-genealogy-to-bui-chapter-206",454,null]