From the family treasure tree to build an eternal family

Chapter 154 Spirit Gathering Array

Cangwu Mountain.

The Lü family suffered the calamity of extermination, and even the ordinary clansmen living at the foot of the mountain could not escape the fate of being wiped out by the Pei family.

Because Lü Qingyan attracted most of the Pei family's Qi Refining combat power, the Lü family's Qi Refining cultivators scattered and fled, among whom Lü Qingmao was able to escape by chance.

He had the spirit-gathering array plate from the Lü family manor hidden in his shirt.

The Lü family's spirit-gathering array is the most basic and crudest spirit-gathering array. It has a small range and simple functions, and can barely be considered a first-order spirit-gathering array.

Back then, Lü Yisong spent over a thousand spirit stones to buy the Spirit Gathering Array Plate, which raised the spiritual energy of the Cangwu Mountain spiritual veins, which were below the first rank, to the first rank.

"Chase!"

"Another member of the Lü family, Lü Qingmao, has escaped!"

"He took away the spirit-gathering array from the Lü family manor!"

"He killed my cousin and headed north of Cangwu Mountain..."

Several miles behind Lü Qingmao, several Qi Refining cultivators from the Pei family were hot on their heels, determined to wipe out the Lü family completely.

Lu Qingmao used his lightness technique to escape and dodge. He was at the sixth level of Qi Refining and was not weak. He was not easy to catch.

"Boom~~"

Just then, a rumbling sound came from deep underground, the ground trembled, and small stones jumped up and down with the shaking.

"This is?"

Lu Qingmao looked around and realized it was a large-scale earthquake.

"good chance."

He didn't know what was going on, but the more chaotic the situation, the easier it was for him to escape.

After a while, the tremors on the ground gradually weakened and eventually subsided.

Lu Qingmao had already fled outside Tonggu County. He looked at the surrounding wilderness under the night sky, not knowing where to go: "I'm probably the only one left in our Lu family."

After a moment's thought, he decided to leave Tonggu County and go to Yuanli County to marry another wife, have children, and continue the Lü family line.

The feud with the Pei family of Tonggu County and with Jiang Hao will be recorded in the family history of the Lü family and will be taken revenge when the opportunity arises.

"call out--"

Just then, a breath flew past his head.

Before Lü Qingmao could react, the figure returned and landed not far from him.

The person was completely shrouded in a black robe, with only a pair of bright eyes visible.

"Late stage of Qi Refining!"

Lu Qingmao thought to himself, "This is bad. Judging from his attire, he doesn't look like a proper cultivator."

This person is at the eighth level of Qi Refining, and is a "Tribulation Cultivator" who takes advantage of the chaos near Qingqiu Mountain.

His name is Pang Wenjie. He is not a professional cultivator, but a member of a Qi Refining cultivator family in Qingping County.

The recent events involving the Lan family of Qingqiu Mountain have become common knowledge, and a large number of cultivators have gathered near Qingqiu Mountain.

Pang Wenjie is one of them.

The Pang family had a long-standing feud with the Lan family, so he didn't mind kicking them when they were down. Of course, more importantly, he coveted the Lan family's abundant resources.

There are many cultivators like him who covet the resources of the Lan family.

Pang Wenjie was very cautious. He didn't go to Qingqiu Mountain at first, but instead lay in ambush a hundred miles away to ambush and kill some of the survivors.

He had a very fruitful trip, killing several mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators and one seventh-stage Qi Refining cultivator.

The Qi Refining Stage 7 cultivator was carrying three storage pouches, which contained not only a large number of spiritual plants but also a few spiritual talismans.

He guessed that the Qi Refining Stage 7 cultivator was a member of the Lan family, or perhaps a Qi Refining Stage 7 cultivator had killed several members of the Lan family.

The origin of the storage bag is not important; what is important is that the resources he harvested are worth at least three thousand spirit stones!
With such a substantial reward, it's no wonder that even Qi Refining cultivators would take the risk.

An ordinary Qi Refining family in the county town didn't even earn three thousand spirit stones in several years.

The rewards are great, but the risks are also high.

That night, countless cultivators near Qingqiu Mountain lost their lives, including many in the late Qi Refining stage.

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"Ha, you can actually run into one here?"

Pang Wenjie sized up Lü Qingmao and noticed that he was at the sixth level of Qi Refining. He thought to himself that he was lucky.

Lu Qingmao noticed the look in the other man's eyes, the look of someone eyeing "prey," and felt anxious. Suddenly, an idea struck him, and he quickly said, "Senior, I am Lu Qingmao of the Lu family. My father is Lu Yisong, and my son-in-law is Jiang Hao, the magistrate of Tonggu County." The destruction of the Lu family was a recent event, and outsiders were unaware of it.

Lü Yisong?
Jiang Hao, the magistrate of Tonggu County?

These two titles did indeed intimidate Pang Wenjie.

Pang Wenjie quickly realized that he was now a Tribulation Cultivator, shrouded in a robe. What was wrong with killing Lü Qingmao while he had this opportunity?
Lü Qingmao wasn't a celestial official; if he died, who could possibly find out about Pang Wenjie?
"You almost fooled me! Prepare to die!"

With a wave of his hand, a jet of water shot towards Lü Qingmao.

The water jets, like arrows, flew through the air and quickly froze into ice, the ice arrows flying towards Lü Qingmao.

When Lü Qingmao escaped from the Lü family, he used up all his protective talismans. By this time, most of his spiritual energy had been depleted, leaving him powerless against Pang Wenjie, who was at the eighth level of Qi Refining.

"bass!"

The ice arrow pierced Lü Qingmao's body, embedding itself in his chest.

Lu Qingmao was quickly frozen stiff, frost forming on his eyebrows and hair. He fell to the ground, lifeless.

Pang Wenjie walked to Lü Qingmao's side and waved his hand: "Disperse!"

The frost has dissipated.

He pulled out a spirit stone bag containing dozens of spirit stones and a square bronze "chessboard" from his body.

"what is this?"

"A formation plate?!"

He couldn't tell what grade of array plate it was, but anything related to "array" was very precious.

He quickly put the array plate into his storage bag and turned to fly away.

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A short while after Pang Wenjie left, the Pei family members found their way here.

"here!"

They discovered Lü Qingmao's body.

"It was him, but we don't know who killed him."

"The spirit-gathering array plate on my body is gone."

"As long as people die, the Spirit Gathering Array is not important to us. On the contrary, Jiang Hao will suffer a greater loss if Cangwu Mountain loses the Spirit Gathering Array, haha."

The Pei family only needs to ensure that all members of the Lü family are wiped out so that there will be no opportunity for revenge or assassination in the future.

As for the spirit-gathering array, it's not important. Their family's spiritual land is in Red Maple Mountain, where there is a first-tier spiritual vein.

The Pei family and Jiang Hao joined forces to wipe out the Lü family.

This partnership is only temporary.

The Lü family is gone, and now the Pei family and Jiang Hao are in competition.

In Tonggu County, only one dominant player can exist. If two players are of similar strength, they will inevitably compete with each other.

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Baihe Mountain.

The Xu family members were surprised and began to examine the vicinity of the spiritual vein.

"This……"

Xu Fugui initially thought it was an earthquake, but thankfully no houses or buildings on Baihe Mountain were damaged.

However, after the ground trembled, wisps of spiritual energy emerged from the ground in the central core area.

According to their observations, the area where spiritual energy appeared was about five miles long and two miles wide, forming a narrow spiritual vein zone.

Spiritual energy continuously appeared and dissipated in all directions.

"How come a spiritual vein suddenly appeared in our Baihe Mountain?"

No one could figure it out.

"Could it be related to the earthquake tremors just now?"

That's all they can guess.

Xu Fugui sensed the concentration of spiritual energy, which was far less than that in his internal space. He was relieved: "Fortunately, the spiritual vein is not of a high grade, otherwise our Xu family might not have been able to protect Hundred Valleys Mountain."

(End of this chapter)