Chapter 237: Old Man on the Creek, Fish in the Cave (Part 1)

Dense Forest County.

Dense Forest County had flat terrain, fertile land, and a population as high as 560,000. For a county that had been established for less than twenty years, it was truly a large population.

The Yu family was the largest and only landlord in Dense Forest County. The land was entirely the private property of the Yu family's secular disciples, including the tenant farmers on the land, all belonging to these people. An ordinary Yu family collateral descendant could also own vast fields and have many wives and concubines.

And the only prosperous place was Dense Forest City, beneath the main peak of the Dense Forest Yu family, but it was still bloody, like a man-eating beast, quietly lurking on the earth.

Yu Mugao sat quietly in the luxurious main hall at the highest point. The cultivators at his feet waited silently for him to speak, but Yu Mugao said nothing, just looking at them.

Yu Xiaogui had already gone to Xianyou Peak to attend Senior Xiao Chuting's Dharma assembly. The families in the east were becoming restless, and Yu Mugao was interrupted from his cultivation again. Looking at the submissive brothers, nephews, and nieces below, his anger was about to erupt from his chest, but he could only hold it back.

"The common people are displaced, exchanging children to eat, while my family's disciples drink, throw pots, beat the oars and sing, whip the tenant farmers, and laugh endlessly. The butcher brings out dog heads, but human flesh is placed below."

Yu Mugao stood up slowly, walked out of the main hall, and looked at Dense Forest County under the night curtain. Countless thoughts surged in Yu Mugao's mind. His back felt cold, and he asked himself silently.

"Is this an Immortal Clan family, or a ghost realm of demons?"

A deep sense of powerlessness swirled in his mind. Yu Mugao was a ruthless and sinister character, but he had never had the thought of torturing the common people or indulging his clansmen. Now, he had to watch all this happen before his eyes.

Yu Mugao was not the culprit. The Yu family was already in this state when it reached his hands. Even if he only wanted to change a little, those resisting forces would involve an entire interest group, headed by his father, and even that old ancestor sitting in the cave.

He raised his head silently and looked toward the cave at the highest point. His sharp gaze seemed to have penetrated the wooden walls and stone walls, seeing the old man sitting cross-legged.

"Human flesh was three coins a catty last year, now only two coins left..."

"Grandfather, what exactly do you want to do?"

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In the gloomy stone cave, drops of blood flowed down. Yu Yufeng stretched out his ruddy palms, soaked them in the small puddle formed by the blood, and raised his palms silently.

After finishing the routine tempering, Yu Yufeng resumed his meditation, but he couldn't enter meditation for a long time. He was manic, stroked the wall with his hands, wiped off a piece of dripping lime, his eyes were slightly red, his voice was stern, and he muttered:

"Senior Xiao Chuting... how is it possible! How could he become a Zifu?"

He was a figure of the same era as Senior Xiao Chuting, having sparred with Senior Xiao Chuting many times, each with their own victories and defeats. He was even a step ahead of Senior Xiao Chuting in cultivation. He didn't expect that after years of dedicated cultivation, Senior Xiao Chuting would surpass him instead.

Yu Yufeng raised his hand to observe carefully. There was still a faint sword mark on each of his palms, which made him even more anxious. Tears flowed from his eyes, and he muttered:

"Good, good, you are a genius, so arrogant, one sword cut off a person's path... Why! Why!"

After roaring in the cave for a while, Yu Yufeng vented his emotions and sat cross-legged again. Unexpectedly, a vent made his mind clear, and he became more stable. For a time, immortal music sounded in his ears, as if little people were beating drums and gongs, inducing bursts of wonderful music.

"Good opportunity."

Yu Yufeng became more and more fascinated, refreshed, overjoyed, and a burst of realization rose in his heart. Before his eyes, he crossed many forests and roads, and a small hill appeared.

"This is... the opportunity for breakthrough!!"

Two colorful lights appeared behind Yu Yufeng's white-haired head, fleeting, but he was completely unaware. His eyes were a bit turbid, and for a time he was overjoyed. He kicked open the stone door, drove the wind, and landed in the main hall.

Yu Mugao was staring blankly at the night sky, but unexpectedly, an old man with withered body and disheveled white hair appeared in front of him, which was very shocking. He hurriedly lowered his head to hide the strange color in his eyes and bowed respectfully:

"Paying respects to the ancestor!"

The uncles, nephews, and brothers behind him looked at each other, panicked for a while, and knelt down one after another, shouting respectfully:

"Paying respects to the ancestor!!"

"Hmm."

Yu Yufeng narrowed his eyes slowly, looked at Yu Mugao kneeling at his feet with a strange expression, and whispered:

"Hasn't Yu Xiaogui returned yet?"

"Returning to the ancestor, not yet."

Yu Mugao answered respectfully. The uncles, nephews, and brothers below were winking at each other, thinking that Yu Yufeng's exit must have been a great breakthrough. Yu Mugao felt quite uneasy in his heart, raised his head somewhat hesitantly, and said in a low, humble voice:

"Ancestor, did you have a breakthrough this time?"

"Yes and no."

Yu Yufeng was very excited when he mentioned this, laughed loudly, and replied:

"I accidentally gained realization during this seclusion, only feeling refreshed, and understood where my opportunity for breakthrough lies! Oh! How happy!"

"Congratulations to the ancestor for realizing the opportunity, Zifu is in sight."

Yu Mugao's uncles, nephews, and brothers immediately kowtowed one after another, shouting and yelling, shouting respectfully, which made Yu Yufeng's expression even more proud, nodding slowly.

Yu Mugao felt more and more wrong looking at Yu Yufeng's exaggerated expression, and secretly became suspicious in his heart, and said respectfully:

"Congratulations to the ancestor for realizing the heavenly secret, Zifu is in sight... This realization of the heavenly secret is something that only appeared in ancient legends. They are all top-notch Daoist immortal bodies that can realize it. I haven't heard of it for hundreds of years. The ancestor's realization this time is truly earth-shattering!"

Yu Mugao deliberately said the words strangely, secretly hinting to Yu Yufeng. Who knew that Yu Yufeng didn't hear it at all, and thought he was saying flattering words, laughed loudly, and said proudly:

"Naturally!"

This sentence was not something a Foundation Establishment ancestor could say. It exploded like a thunderclap in Yu Mugao's mind. He had seen Yu Yufeng, and it was definitely not this arrogant and manic appearance. The alarm bell rang in his heart, and he shouted:

"Ancestor, don't fall for someone else's technique!!"

This sentence exploded in Yu Yufeng's ears. Yu Yufeng paused slightly, his eyes brightened for only a moment, and with a gentle lift of a white jade fishing rod thousands of miles away, Yu Yufeng's eyes became turbid again, and he roared:

"The junior is timid and fearful, actually wanting to block my path!"

So he swept his gray long sleeves, hit Yu Mugao until he saw stars, vomited blood, rolled three times on the ground, spat out two teeth, and his magic power softened. Yu Yufeng said coldly:

"A small punishment for a big warning, remember it yourself!"

So he drove the wind and headed east. Yu Mugao on the ground was covered in dust and blood, but he was still shouting, crying and calling, running and falling, weeping:

"You can't go, ancestor! You can't go! Ancestor! Ancestor! You can't go———"

Third watch, another chapter.

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