Chapter 13: 【Arranging Aftermath, Superficial Compromise】 (Seeking Recommendation Votes)

The world does not know much; although the Lu Family had arranged spies, they only saw Lu Mingzhang kill Han Zizai and annihilate the Han Family.

Yet, they never saw how Lu Mingzhang died.

Lu Wuzhen felt there was something suspicious about this matter.

But his current strength was only at the Foundation Establishment Mid-stage; he had neither the ability nor the permission to investigate the truth.

The Lu Family was in a precarious state, and having taken over the heavy burden of the Patriarch, he had to do his utmost to ensure the lineage continued.

After pondering for a long time, Lu Wuzhen felt he needed to do something to ensure the Lu Family's incense could continue to burn.

After announcing his succession as Patriarch, he summoned all the younger generation of the Lu Family who had entered the Qi Refining Realm.

There were only eleven people left in total.

There were those of the "Xin" generation, as well as younger ones; the youngest was Lu Chengtong of the "Cheng" generation. With Lu Yuantu as the first generation of the Immortal Clan, Lu Chengtong was considered the eighth generation, only twenty-two years old, with his cultivation just having entered the first layer of the Qi Refining Realm.

Lu Chengtong's talent was average, possessing Four Spirit Roots, with one being a Superb Earth Spiritual Root.

It was only thanks to the assistance of family resources that he was able to enter the Qi Refining Realm at twenty-two, with hopes for the Great Dao.

Looking at the sparse few, a surge of sorrow welled up in Lu Wuzhen's heart.

The Lu Family's foundation was already thin, and despite efforts to multiply and develop, the clan's power did not even reach one-fifth of that of the Golden Core Han Family.

Having experienced the bounty killings, the family members were even fewer.

And yet, regarding these people, Lu Wuzhen felt that if he did not do something, they would also face dire consequences!

Lu Wuzhen spent 110,000 Spirit Stones and bestowed upon each of them a Supernatural Power Dao Seed, all of which were the 【Submerged Abyss, Escaping Earth】 supernatural power.

In the past, bestowing Supernatural Power Dao Seeds was done with extreme caution, but to increase the survival ability of the Lu Family members, he had no choice but to do this.

After completing this operation, he urgently contacted Yang Dong, a Deacon of the Outer Sect Affairs Office of the Ziyao Immortal Sect.

He requested to have the eleven Lu Family descendants arranged to enter the Ziyao Immortal Sect as Outer Sect Disciples, to be placed anywhere at all.

At Qi Refining Consummation, one has a lifespan of two hundred years; entering Foundation Establishment grants one hundred years of life, entering the Foundation Establishment Mid-stage adds sixty years, and reaching the late stage adds another sixty years; reaching Foundation Establishment Consummation totals five hundred years of life!

Within five hundred years, if one does not enter the Golden Core realm, one faces the end of the exhaustion of the five elements, the decay of the physical body, and the extinction of the soul.

Yang Dong was currently at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, but he was already three hundred and ninety-six years old, his aura was fading, and he had little lifespan left, with at most twenty-some years to live.

With no hope of breaking through himself and no outstanding members among his descendants, he could only cultivate good relations, hoping his descendants would be protected after he left.

Wenxi County, where the Lu Family was located, was situated on the western edge of the Ziyao Immortal Sect, some distance from the Immortal Sect's headquarters.

Therefore, the news of the Lu Family's near-annihilation and the news of Lu Mingzhang's battle with the Han Family Ancestor had not yet reached Yang Dong, and even the entire Ziyao Immortal Sect was still unaware.

Precisely because of this, regarding Lu Wuzhen's request, Yang Dong made the arrangements directly.

Although the Immortal Sect had requirements for accepting disciples, the regulations were relatively broad, and the cultivation and age of these Lu Family descendants all met the criteria.

With Yang Dong's current influence in the Outer Sect, arranging them into some relatively ordinary places was still manageable.

After all, Lu Wuzhen had not only given him 30,000 Spirit Stones as a facilitation fee but also separately provided him with Spirit Rice worth 30,000 Spirit Stones as an introduction fee.

With the descendants arranged, Lu Wuzhen went to the Immortal Sect and found Fang Mu, the master of Lu Xinju.

"Senior! After my clan leader Lu Mingzhang broke into the Golden Core Realm, he went to the Han Family to avenge Xinju. I have just received confirmed news that he has perished together with the Han Family Ancestor. Nephew Xinju should be comforted in the afterlife."

Lu Wuzhen's face was round, lacking the sharp edges of Lu Mingzhang, and his physique was quite portly; his tearful appearance at this moment was truly heart-wrenching.

Fang Mu had been quite fond of his True Disciple Lu Xinju and had not expected him to suffer such a disaster.

As a master, unable to find the mastermind behind the murder of a dignified Immortal Sect True Disciple, he could only let the matter drop.

Fang Mu also felt very stifled in his heart.

He had not expected that this Lu Family Patriarch would have such mettle, enduring for decades, only to break through one day and immediately burn together with that person.

He could not help but sigh and say:

"A pity! Why be so impulsive? If you had known the culprit, why not report it to the Immortal Sect?"

Although he said this, he knew in his heart that even if the Immortal Sect had known, they would not have made a Golden Core cultivator pay with their life for a Foundation Establishment disciple; in the end, it would have just been some compensation to settle the matter.

This Lu Family Patriarch, Lu Mingzhang, was truly a man of genuine character!

Lu Wuzhen continued to cry and complain:

"The Han Family bullied us too much, placing a bounty on our clan, causing nine out of ten of our kin to perish. The Patriarch was forced into a corner and had no choice but to sacrifice himself to win a glimmer of survival for our clan. Now that the Patriarch is dead and the Han Family is destroyed, we have also provoked the Jinfeng Immortal Sect. I beg Senior to have pity and teach me how the Lu Family should conduct itself?"

This was his intention in coming here to perform this bitter drama.

Lu Mingzhang had acted against the Han Family privately and blatantly, which broke the rules. Although he was dead, the Jinfeng Immortal Sect would certainly demand accountability. Only by having the Ziyao Immortal Sect exert effort could the Lu Family be spared from being punished by the Jinfeng Immortal Sect.

Fang Mu sighed again and said:

"I fear the Jinfeng Immortal Sect will not let this rest, but I will do my best."

Lu Wuzhen kowtowed and said:

"Thank you, Senior! The Lu Family is willing to be at your service from now on!"

Leaving the Ziyao Immortal Sect, Lu Wuzhen returned to the ancestral land in Chan Yun Cun, gathered the clansmen, and continued to uphold Lu Mingzhang's instruction to cultivate diligently.

This was all he could do; the rest was to see how the situation developed and pray that the Lu Family could survive this calamity.

Two days after the incident, which was the day after those descendants were arranged, Zhao Yongcheng, a Golden Core Elder of the Jinfeng Immortal Sect, came to the Ziyao Immortal Sect with several disciples to represent the Immortal Sect in questioning why the Ziyao Immortal Sect allowed the secular Immortal Clan Lu Family to slaughter the Han Family, a clan in Xinyue City under the Jinfeng Immortal Sect's jurisdiction, and demanded an answer from the Immortal Sect.

Fang Mu argued strongly, stating that the Han Family had attacked and placed a bounty on the Lu Family members first, and that Lu Mingzhang was merely seeking revenge.

After several rounds of tug-of-war and discussion, both sides compromised and reached an agreement.

The Ziyao Immortal Sect would compensate the Jinfeng Immortal Sect with 100,000 Low-grade Spirit Stones and, at the same time, revoke the status of the Lu Family's Patriarchs as secular disciples of the Immortal Sect, which meant the Lu Family was removed from the Immortal Sect's registry.

This was considered an explanation given to the Jinfeng Immortal Sect.

But in reality, the Lu Family was still on the Ziyao Immortal Sect's territory and had not been expelled, and the status of the clansmen who had joined the inner and outer sects had not been revoked, so no substantial harm had been done to the Lu Family.

Although Fang Mu was satisfied with the result, he found it very unexpected; he had thought the other side would at least demand the Immortal Sect hand over some of the Lu Family members before they would be willing to stop.

That it cooled down so easily was somewhat suspicious.

The Spirit Stones were naturally charged to the Lu Family, and after readily producing this sum of Spirit Stones, Lu Wuzhen himself also felt there was a problem.

But for a period of time afterward, nothing happened, as if everything had passed.

In the blink of an eye, nine years passed, and it was exactly the year 300 of the Supernatural Power Era; Lu Wuzhen looked at the Black Treasure Mirror before him, and if the inherited information was correct, today he would obtain a new Supernatural Power.

After waiting for a moment, finally, a line of text appeared on the mirror's surface.

【Soul-Bewildering Soul-Seizure】: Can seize the target's soul and bewilder their mental memories.

(End of this chapter)