Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 18 The Xu Family of Hongyu Mountain (Please recommend and continue reading!)
If the Lu family turns Black Pine Mountain into a market town, that would be fine. However, if they use Black Pine Mountain as the place for their family's development, it could cause unease among the three Qi Refining Immortal Clans, including the Xu family.

"We'll talk about that later. Let's go up Black Pine Mountain and check out the situation first!" Lu Wenxing smiled and led Lu Wensheng and the other man quickly toward Black Pine Mountain.

Large tracts of land have been cultivated at the foot of Black Pine Mountain, and a large number of ordinary people live there.

Many of these ordinary people are relatives of the Black Pine Mountain bandits, numbering nearly ten thousand.

Lu Wenxing and his two companions did not disturb the mortals at the foot of Black Pine Mountain, but instead went directly up Black Pine Mountain.

The spiritual veins of Black Pine Mountain converge in the mountainside area, which is also the main area where those bandit cultivators live.

"A mid-grade first-tier spirit array!"

After sensing the power of the array covering the mountainside, Lu Wenxing sneered.

This first-tier, mid-grade spirit array is weak, and its setup is also quite crude.

In the blink of an eye, this first-tier mid-grade spirit array collapsed in Lu Wenxing's hands.

There were still some bandit cultivators left behind in Black Pine Mountain, but these bandit cultivators were relatively weak. It wasn't until Lu Wenxing destroyed the spirit array of Black Pine Mountain that they realized Lu Wenxing and his two companions had arrived.

Lu Wenxing and his two companions didn't waste any words. Any cultivator who had entered the Qi Refining Realm was killed on the spot as soon as they saw them.

"You've mistaken me for someone else. I'm not from the Xu family of Hongyu Mountain!"

Lu Wensheng stared coldly at the young man before him, recognizing him at a glance as a member of the Xu family of Hongyu Mountain.

However, the young man immediately shouted out, refusing to admit his true identity.

Lu Wensheng withdrew his attack and looked at Lu Wenxing and Lu Wenmei.

“The Xu family of Hongyu Mountain are now appearing in Heisong Mountain. It’s likely that they have long been colluding with the bandits.” Lu Wenxing slowly walked towards the young man, his body surging with murderous intent.

"I...I..." Under Lu Wenxing's piercing gaze, the young man from the Xu family kept stammering "I...I..." but couldn't come up with a coherent explanation.

Lu Wenxing's thoughts drifted, and a mocking look appeared on his face: "Since you can't say it, let me guess. Your Xu family has reached a cooperation agreement with Liu Xun, hoping that after Liu Xun's cultivation breaks through to the Foundation Establishment realm, he can help your Xu family. After all, the Xu family's current situation is not very good."

"Liu Xun was able to produce four high-grade first-tier talismans comparable to the full-force attack of a ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator this time, which must have involved the support of your Xu family, right?"

First-grade superior talismans are not common in this area, and first-grade superior talismans comparable to the full-force attack of a Qi Refining Ninth Level cultivator are even rarer.

Liu Xun was originally a bandit cultivator. Although he had the cultivation level of the ninth level of Qi Refining, obtaining four first-grade high-quality talismans that were comparable to the full-force attack of a ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator was by no means an easy task.

However, if we get the support of the Xu family, it will become much easier.

The Xu family of Hongyu Mountain is the weakest of the three Qi Refining Immortal Clans in the Black Pine Mountain area. Currently, the clan only has two cultivators at the late stage of Qi Refining, and the highest-ranking cultivator at that stage only has the cultivation level of the eighth level of Qi Refining.

Moreover, the Xu family is facing a shortage of capable successors among its younger generation of cultivators. If this continues, the Xu family's strength will gradually weaken even without external intervention.

Despite this, the Xu family is the wealthiest of the three Qi Refining Immortal Clans because they have a tradition of weapon crafting, and weapon crafters have always been a part of the clan.

Now, both of the Xu family's late-stage Qi Refining cultivators are weapon refiners, and the Xu family cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining is even a first-grade high-quality weapon refiner.

After Lu Wenxing finished speaking, he glanced at the shocked face of the Xu family youth, then struck out with a palm, instantly killing the Xu family youth.

Lu Wensheng and Lu Wenmei exchanged a glance, completely unprepared for the Xu family of Hongyu Mountain to get involved. "Clan leader, what should we do next? Should we take action against the Xu family of Hongyu Mountain?" Lu Wensheng asked.

"Since the Xu family of Hongyu Mountain dared to interfere in this matter, they must bear the consequences. It just so happens that the family lacks a weapon-refining inheritance!"

Lu Wenxing said in a deep voice, "However, now is not the time to take action. After we finish dealing with the Black Pine Mountain matter, it will be about time to activate the family's mortal spirit. After the activation, we can discuss how to deal with the Xu family of Red Jade Mountain!"

The so-called "mortal awakening" refers to investigating whether a boy aged twelve to fifteen has the talent for cultivation. This is a major event concerning the development of a cultivation family, and it is also the first awakening since the Lu family moved here, so it is naturally very important.

"Elder, you will now return to the clan and retrieve the Thousand Wood Sword Formation from the clan treasury. Then, select five mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators from the clan and bring them to Black Pine Mountain. For the next period of time, we will trouble Elder to lead them to guard Black Pine Mountain," Lu Wenxing said with a smile.

The Thousand Wood Sword Formation is a first-grade high-level spirit formation, which was previously stored in the Lu family's treasury.

The Lu family did not cultivate any spirit array masters. These spirit arrays were all purchased by the Lu family from other spirit array masters. At that time, the Lu family was still a Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan.

The Smoke Fiend Array set up by Crimson Smoke Mountain is the same as the Thousand Wood Sword Array, both being first-tier high-grade spiritual arrays, but the Smoke Fiend Array is more powerful.

If Lu Wenxing were to fully activate the Smoke Fiend Array, it could withstand the full-force attacks of several Qi Refining Level 9 cultivators.

After Lu Wenxing made the arrangements, Lu Wensheng quickly left Black Pine Mountain.

Lu Wenxing and Lu Wenmei were not idle either; instead, they began to deal with the ordinary people of Black Pine Mountain.

There were quite a few of these ordinary people, some of whom were direct relatives of the bandits from Black Pine Mountain. The Lu family naturally couldn't let these people go, especially those under the age of fifteen.

They may become cultivators in the future, at which point they will become a hidden danger for the Lu family.

Lu Wenxing and Lu Wenmei had been in the cultivation world for many years, and neither of them were soft-hearted.

When Lu Wensheng and the Lu family's cultivators returned to Black Pine Mountain, Lu Wenxing and his companion had already dealt with the mortals who could have become a threat to the Lu family.

Afterwards, Lu Wenxing and Lu Wenmei returned to Chiyan Mountain to deal with the aftermath of the Black Pine Mountain bandits.

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Qingmu Ridge.

After receiving orders from Lu Wenhua of the Lu family, Lu Chengsong immediately rushed to Qingmu Ridge with healing pills.

Lu Chengsong is also one of the few young cultivators in the Lu family. He is 29 years old this year and his cultivation level is at the sixth level of Qi Refining. The probability of his cultivation level breaking through to the late stage of Qi Refining in the future is still very high.

"Cheng'an, how are your injuries? This is a healing pill that Uncle Wenhua asked me to bring from the clan. Take it as soon as possible!"

Upon seeing Lu Cheng'an's pale face, Lu Chengsong showed concern and immediately took out the healing pills he had brought from his clan.

"Thank you for making this trip, Brother Chengsong. My injuries have stabilized!" Lu Chengan said with a smile.

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