From the family treasure tree to build an eternal family

Chapter 104 Lan Family
Chu Wuyang was originally a rogue cultivator from a landlord family in the village. When he was young, his family owned four or five hundred acres of fertile land. They were not extremely wealthy, but they were still well-off and had no worries about food and clothing.

When he was a teenager, his father made him have his spiritual roots tested.

Unexpectedly, a cultivation spiritual root was actually detected, and it was a mixed spiritual root of four elements, which was better than a pseudo-five-element spiritual root.

The whole family was overjoyed that a celestial being was about to be born into their family, who would then lead the family to prosperity and growth.

However, it turned out they had oversimplified the situation.

Chu Wuyang's mixed spiritual roots of four elements are no different from those of a pseudo-spiritual root of five elements. No one will favor him or be generous in helping him just because his spiritual roots are better.

In the world of cultivators, if you have no value to them, then in the eyes of others you are just an outsider with no connection whatsoever.

With no one to help him, he could only remain a wandering cultivator.

Chu Wuyang's initial path of cultivation was like that of most ordinary rogue cultivators; he suffered many losses and encountered many pitfalls.

Fortunately, he learned from his mistakes and eventually obtained the cultivation techniques, embarking on the path of cultivation.

The advantages of mixed spiritual roots became apparent; despite the scarcity of resources, his cultivation progress was much faster than that of pseudo-spiritual roots of five elements.

He progressed through the first and second levels of Qi Refining, his strength increasing extremely slowly.

However, Chu Wuyang discovered a new problem: his family had spent an unknown amount of money to help him cultivate immortality, which led to their decline and they went from being landlords to poor farmers.

He became a Qi Refining cultivator and should have given back to his family, but he found himself powerless to do so.

So what if you're a Qi Refining cultivator? You can only earn money by providing corresponding value. No one will give you money for free just because you're an immortal.

Earning money through one's own abilities is too slow and it also delays one's own cultivation.

He watched helplessly as his elders died in poverty and as his family and relatives lived in abject poverty.

Finally, he fell into depravity, abandoning his former moral values ​​and kindness, and became a highway robber.

It has to be said, money really comes fast after abandoning goodness!
They brought home large amounts of gold and silver, bought vast tracts of fertile land, funded their family's business, and provided education and martial arts training for their descendants.

He tried to have another child with the spiritual root of immortality born in his family, so he could marry wives and concubines and have many children.

Unfortunately, he never married a female cultivator; he only married mortals, and none of them had children with spiritual roots.

With more offspring, he needed even more money, so he had no choice but to plunder continuously.

Once you've tasted the joy of making money easily, there's no going back.

After cultivating to the mid-stage of Qi Refining with his mixed spiritual root aptitude, he not only robbed gold and silver, but also those rogue cultivators.

In the outside world, he is a ruthless and decisive cultivator.

At home, however, he was the venerable and otherworldly patriarch of the family, and no one knew the bloody methods by which he amassed his fortune.

To conceal his identity from his family, he always robbed people far from his hometown.

This time, he even traveled to Yuanli County, which is thousands of miles away from his hometown of Qinghe County.

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Dongfuzhong.

Chu Wuyang was counting the silver and banknotes piled up in the corner.

He's 110 years old; after this fishing trip, he should go home and enjoy his retirement.

He lacked the ability to establish a family of Qi Refining cultivators; he could only develop a wealthy mortal family.

"These silver notes can only be exchanged in Yuanli County. After I exchange them for silver notes, I will exchange them all for gold and take them back with me."

he thought.

During this period, he robbed hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, enough for his family to live on for many years.

"When I left home, my great-granddaughter-in-law was a few months pregnant. This time when I go back, I will be able to see my great-great-grandson. I will make a longevity lock for the little guy out of gold."

He was not his great-great-grandson, but rather the great-great-grandson of his own younger brother.

He married late; his eldest grandchild just got married and is about to have a great-grandchild.

His younger brother married very young, and if he were still alive, he would be over a hundred years old this year.

His brother's lineage is all about grandsons having great-grandsons, and great-grandsons about to have great-great-grandsons.

Beside him, Zuo Zhen spoke up: "Master Chu, could it be that the third brother has run away? We haven't heard from him for so long."

He knew that Lord Lü was timid and had been talking about breaking up the group and running away lately.

"Let's just run away then, it's time for us to break up. I have no use for this top-grade flying sword, give me the spirit stones, and you can keep the flying sword."

Chu Wuyang proposed dividing the spoils.

He plans to go home and enjoy his retirement, so the flying sword isn't of much use to him.

"Break up? Okay."

Zuo Zhen was still young and wanted to grab more spirit stones to improve his strength. But the other two wanted to break up the group, and there was nothing he could do about it.

"I'm just a swordsman, what use is a flying sword to me? Let's find a way to exchange it for spirit stones."

It's not easy to exchange a top-grade magic weapon flying sword for spirit stones in Qingqiu Mountain Market.

"Alright, alright, I'll keep the flying sword. When Third Brother comes back, I'll give you all some spirit stones."

Chu Wuyang is strong, and the top-grade flying sword was stolen by the three of them together, so he should rightfully get a larger share.

“I went to look for him. It’s really strange. He hasn’t received his share of the spirit stones yet. He shouldn’t have run away.”

Zuo Zhen muttered to himself as he walked out of the cave.

The spoils of war among the three had already been divided up, except for the most valuable high-grade magic weapon, the flying sword, which was difficult to distribute.

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Outside the cave.

Fu Yuanzhen and his group of five were lying in ambush here.

They didn't know how the Xu family found out where Jie Xiu was hiding, but in short: the enemy was hiding in the cave right in front of them!

"Father, when do we make our move?"

Fu Zhiqiang asked in a low voice.

"Wait a little longer and find a better opportunity."

Fu Yuanzhen knew that his side was slightly stronger than the other side, but the cultivators' methods were mysterious and unpredictable. He wanted to wait for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack that could severely injure or even kill one of them.

"I wonder how things are going with the Xu family?"

He was somewhat worried, feeling that the Xu family members would have a hard time dealing with a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator.

"Forget it, I'm not waiting anymore!"

If we wait any longer, it will be troublesome if the Xu family fails to kill that cultivator and he escapes back to report the incident.

Just as Fu Yuanzhen was preparing to attack, Zuo Zhen, carrying a long sword, appeared.

"call--!"

Fu Yuanzhen unleashed his power at the third level of Grandmaster, his body gleaming with a metallic sheen, his aura as fierce as a beast.

"Chu Dajiu..." Zuo Zhen held his long sword horizontally in front of him, but before he could finish speaking, he was sent flying back into the cave.

"Boom~~"

The left flank crashed into the mountainside, creating numerous cracks. The ground trembled, and rocks tumbled down.

Chu Wuyang was instantly startled and reacted quickly, holding the golden talisman in one hand and preparing to cast a spell with the other.

"Cough cough."

Zuo Zhen got up, his whole body aching as if it had fallen apart. He hadn't had time to use the Golden Light Talisman in the emergency.

Brush brush brush~~
Fu Yuanzhen and the others rushed into the cave.

The best way for martial artists to fight Qi cultivators is through close combat, and the confined space of a cave is suitable for them to perform their best.

"Suffer death!"

When Fu Yuanzhen saw Chu Wuyang, he immediately recognized him as the murderer who was said to have killed his son.

His body shone even brighter as he charged toward Chu Wuyang.

Fu Zhiqiang, Fu Zhiren, and two other first-level innate martial artists surrounded and attacked Zuo Zhen.

Chu Wuyang used water-based magic to entangle with Fu Yuanzhen, and neither could gain the upper hand for the time being. Fu Yuanzhen, a Grandmaster Level 3 cultivator, had perfected his internal energy, and even the acupoints throughout his body were filled with internal energy, making him able to withstand magic attacks.

Zuo Zhen was at the fifth level of Qi Refining, stronger than Lü Hou. He relied on the Golden Light Talisman to protect himself and suppressed the four enemies.

"Second brother, save me!"

"Ugh."

Seeing that Chu Wuyang was at a disadvantage, Zuo Zhen went forward to help.

The two sides faced off against five opponents, resulting in a chaotic battle.

Before long, Chu Wuyang and Zuo Zhen rushed out of the cave. The open area was more suitable for cultivators to demonstrate their strength.

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Qingqiu Mountain Range, Qingqiu Peak.

Lan Yunkai, the patriarch of the Lan family, stood on the three-zhang-high Zhenshan Stone.

His hair was gray, he wore a plain robe, and his face was solemn as he gazed in the direction of Fangshi Mountain, lost in thought.

The Lan family is currently facing a major crisis, but at the same time, a great opportunity is presented to them.

Lan Yunkai, as the clan leader and a fourth-level Foundation Establishment cultivator, is over 230 years old this year.

The lifespan of an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator is about 250 years.

He only has twenty years left to live, which is a long time for ordinary people, but a short time for cultivators, and a very short time for the Lan family now.

Apart from Lan Yunkai, the Lan family currently has no other Foundation Establishment cultivators, and no one to succeed as patriarch!

This is a huge crisis for a Foundation Establishment family.

Lan Yunkai is the pillar of the Lan family. It is because of him, a great cultivator in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, that the Qingqiu Mountains have such a rich spiritual energy as a second-tier spiritual vein.

Because of him, the family cultivators have no shortage of spirit stones and do not struggle in the early stage of Qi Refining.

All members of the family with spiritual roots, even those with pseudo-spiritual roots of the five elements, can smoothly advance to the mid-stage of Qi Refining or even the late-stage of Qi Refining by relying on spiritual veins and spiritual stones.

The vast spiritual fields of Qingqiu Mountain, the bustling Qingqiu market, and the female cultivators who were willing to join the Lan family and bear children for the Lan family all exist because of Lan Yunkai.

If he were gone, the Lan family's sky would be much shorter.

"A Foundation Establishment Immortal opportunity is truly rare."

Lan Yunkai sighed.

Even though his family is a Foundation Establishment family, they don't have a stable method to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

According to the Lan family genealogy, the founder of the Lan family, the first generation of cultivators, was a cultivator with three types of true spiritual roots.

After rigorous selection, the Lan family patriarch became a celestial official. Relying on his celestial official status, he overcame countless hardships and life-threatening risks to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage. Later, he married a female cultivator and gave birth to several children with spiritual roots for the Lan family, which can be considered a good start for the Lan family.

At that time, the Lan family did not yet own the Qingqiu Spirit Mountain. After the death of the Lan family patriarch, the Lan family had no Foundation Establishment cultivators. They were just an ordinary Qi Refining family with a few Qi Refining cultivators in the family.

Several Qi Refining cultivators gradually developed their family, experiencing numerous ups and downs, and gradually expanded the Lan family.

In the worst times, even a single spirit crystal had to be used sparingly by the family's cultivators.

There was also a peak period when the family had two Foundation Establishment cultivators! It was during that peak period that the Lan family rented Qingqiu Mountain from the imperial court and has developed to this day.

After acquiring Qingqiu Mountain, the clan developed rapidly, with Qi Refining cultivators emerging one after another, while ordinary people practiced martial arts and cultivated spiritual fields. In short, everyone in the clan had a place to live.

Even so, whenever a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the family is nearing the end of their life, it is the time they worry the most.

There was a time when, decades after the death of a Foundation Establishment clan leader, there was a dangerous situation where no Foundation Establishment cultivators remained in the clan. Fortunately, Foundation Establishment cultivators were born later.

"How did that alchemist from the Tong family break through to the Foundation Establishment stage? Could it be..."

The "opportunity" that the Lan family encountered was none other than the alchemist from the Tong family.

A while ago, a Qi Refining stage alchemist from the Tong family broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage, which attracted the attention of the Lan family.

If it were a master alchemist from the Tong family, could he have refined a "Foundation Building Pill"?
The Lan family must find a way to get their hands on it, no matter what.

The inheritance of alchemy masters is more precious and rarer than the inheritance of talismans; even the Lan family does not have an alchemy master inheritance.

The Tong family had been dependent on the Lan family for many years, and the two families had always lived in peace, having gone through many hardships and helping each other along the way.

But now that the Tong family has the Foundation Establishment Pill, how could Lan Yunkai not be envious?

"Clan leader!"

Just then, a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator from the Lan family came to deliver a message.

"What's the matter?"

"The group of bandits you asked me to keep an eye on is being hunted down."

Ok?
"understood."

Lan Yunkai had heard about the Tribulation Cultivator a few days ago, so he sent people to keep an eye on him secretly.

Those few cultivators who had undergone tribulations were already considered his for the taking.

First, wait for that group of thieves to commit evil deeds and kill rogue cultivators. Once word of their numerous atrocities spreads, the Lan family will then take action to eliminate them.

Firstly, it can earn a good reputation for the Lan family's market: in order to protect the safety of wandering cultivators coming and going from the market, the Lan family takes the initiative to deal with the robbers.

Secondly, they also took advantage of the opportunity to collect the wealth and resources of those who had robbed the cultivators.

Kill two birds with one stone.

"I've been busy dealing with the Tong family lately. I wonder who came to my territory to rob and kill people?"

Lan Yunkai's figure floated into the air and flew towards the direction of the Tribulation Cultivator's cave.

With his mid-Foundation Establishment cultivation, he flew extremely fast, covering more than ten miles in the blink of an eye.

(End of this chapter)