From the family treasure tree to build an eternal family

Chapter 175 Three Moves
into the night.

Baihe Mountain.

Liu Hongzhan, at the ninth level of Qi Refining, quietly descended from the sky and landed in the core area.

"Xu Xiaoniu seems to be at the Demon Subduing Bureau in the county town, not at home."

He had previously investigated and found that Xu Xiaoniu had been in the county town for the past few days.

If Xu Xiaoniu were here, Liu Hongzhan would have some reservations, not only because of his strength, but also because of his status as a celestial official.

However, with Xu Xiaoniu, the strongest among them, absent, Baihe Mountain was like an undefended place for him.

"The whole family only has two Qi Refining cultivators, and they still want to try and take over the territory of the Spirit Mountain like other families? Ha, how ridiculous."

He chuckled and looked around.

"Where do the Xu family members live in this desolate wilderness?"

He discovered that the central area of ​​Baihe Mountain was an undeveloped, wild mountain, with trees and rocks scattered everywhere.

"Huh?! What's this?!"

He passed through an inconspicuous area and sensed an unusual spiritual energy.

"A spiritual land! There's actually a first-tier spiritual land here!"

Liu Hongzhan thought he had discovered a spiritual land, but then he realized something was wrong. This was Xu family territory, and the Xu family had Qi Refining cultivators. How could they not know that there was a spiritual land here?

When did Baihe Mountain become a sacred site?

he wondered.

He became more curious about Baihe Mountain.

In an instant, the hairs on his body stood on end, a deadly sense of crisis washing over him. As a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining, his spiritual power possessed a powerful early warning ability.

Without hesitation, he cast a high-grade protective "Golden Shield Talisman".

This "Golden Shield Talisman" is a protective talisman he obtained from the Baiyue Immortal Dynasty, and its effect is similar to that of the Golden Light Talisman.

"Keng!"

The moment the golden shield talisman took effect, a loud bang came from behind his head.

He turned around in shock and saw the golden light of the "Golden Shield Talisman" condensing into a shield phantom, blocking a palm-sized gray flying sword.

With just one strike, the superior-grade golden shield talisman was destroyed.

Liu Hongzhan was shocked to realize that if he had reacted even a fraction of a second slower, the flying sword would have been powerful enough to pierce through his head.

The golden shield talisman's effect wore off, and the blocked flying sword circled in the air before hurtling towards Liu Hongzhan again.

With the speed of the flying sword, he couldn't possibly dodge it.

He formed a sword shape with his right hand, and a golden and red sword aura extended from his palm, forming a sharp sword beam half a zhang long.

The sword's edge, condensed from spiritual energy, possesses boundless power.

He used the light of his sword to deflect the flying sword.

"Oh!"

The palm-sized flying sword was deflected.

The sword light in Liu Hongzhan's hand was also shattered.

His right hand trembled as he looked around: "Who's there? Come out!"

That flying sword was a top-grade magic weapon; its power was immense.

How could the Xu family have someone of this caliber?
Then another whooshing sound came from behind.

Liu Hongzhan turned his head and saw a figure close at hand.

The sword light he had condensed with his "Crimson Gold Sword Qi Technique" had just been shattered, and he hadn't even had time to condense a new one.

"you!"

He unleashed his spiritual energy at the ninth level of Qi Refining, attempting to separate the two of them.

However, from two zhang away, he saw the other party punch him in the abdomen from thin air.

The fist shadow, formed from concentrated qi, arrived in an instant.

"Bang!"

The power of this punch caused Liu Hongzhan's dantian and qi sea to collapse.

What kind of technique is this?
Liu Hongzhan had never seen this move before; the qi-infused fist shadows didn't seem to be a spiritual energy technique.

With his dantian and qi sea destroyed, he completely lost the ability to resist.

Xu Xiaohou opened his arms, and the feather-patterned flying sword flew back from afar. The reason he didn't punch Liu Hongzhan in the head to kill him instantly was to leave him with a complete corpse and send him to the Demon Subduing Division as a reward for his achievements. From his two attacks using the feather-patterned flying sword to his use of Grandmaster-level qi, he defeated Liu Hongzhan in just three moves.

"Die."

"Wait, who are you?"

Liu Hongzhan was completely powerless to resist; his spiritual energy dissipated, leaving him like a cripple. Unable to fight back against Xu Xiaohou, he only wanted to know who his opponent was and how the Xu family could possess such a powerful expert.

However, Xu Xiaohou had no intention of "showing off" at all. He was too lazy to waste words, and the feather-patterned flying sword flew out again, passing through Liu Hongzhan's chest.

Liu Hongzhan, a demonic cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining, died.

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A few days ago, after Xu Zhongyao and Xu Xiaohou discovered the traces of the demonic cultivators, the Xu family became more vigilant and secretly deployed many people to keep an eye on the enemy.

The Xu family had suffered greatly at the hands of demonic cultivators.

Liu Hongzhan was discovered by Xu Xiaohou as soon as he landed on Baihe Mountain.

Xu Xiaohou observed him secretly for a moment, and launched a sneak attack when he was most relaxed.

The commotion attracted the attention of the Xu family.

Xu Zhongche, Xu Zhongchuan, and the others were young and naturally did not recognize Liu Hongzhan.

But Xu Fugui thought he looked familiar: "Hmm, this person looks a bit like someone from the Liu family."

"Liu family?"

"Wasn't the Liu family wiped out long ago?"

The people of the "Zhong" generation did not recognize Liu Hongzhan; they had only heard some things about the Liu family.

“It’s Liu Hongzhan, the second son of the Liu family. Liu Zi, call Da Niu back to identify him; he should recognize him.”

Xu Fugui gave the instructions.

Xu Xiaohou had just finished looting Liu Hongzhan's body and found a storage bag: "Alright, it's good to have my elder brother come back and take him away to collect the reward."

Because Xu Xiaoniu has reached the seventh level of Qi cultivation, he can fly.

He could fly back from the county town to Baihe Mountain in less than half an hour, a distance of several dozen miles.

"Hmm, why does this person look so familiar?"

Xu Xiaoniu also recognized Liu Hongzhan.

“You recognize him too? Dad said he looks like Liu Hongzhan, the second son of the Liu family.”

Upon hearing the name, Xu Xiaoniu suddenly realized, "I was wondering why he looked like those two Liu brothers. It was him. How is he still alive?"

Xu Xiaoniu remembered that Liu Hongzhan was conscripted with him and never came back.

Who would have thought that forty years later, he would reappear?

"Maybe he didn't die back then, he just never came back. If he came back, why would he attack our family? It's not like we wiped out the Liu family."

"It's jealousy, isn't it?"

Xu Fugui spoke slowly.

This was his speculation; only this reason could lead the newly returned demonic cultivators to launch a sneak attack without knowing the strength of the Xu family.

During this short break, Xu Xiaohou refined Liu Hongzhan's storage pouch.

"He doesn't have many resources, just over a hundred spirit stones and two cultivation manuals."

He examined two cultivation manuals, one of which was the "Crimson Gold Sword Qi Technique," a mid-level gold-based cultivation technique.

One of them is the "Secret Method of Blood Transformation and Marrow Renewal".

"Hmm, this cultivation technique is quite interesting."

After examining it, Xu Xiaohou discovered that it was a secret method that could give spiritual roots to people who had no spiritual roots.

However, the method used is somewhat cruel and is a demonic cultivation technique.

"It's a demonic cultivation technique. Father, what should we do?"

Xu Fugui thought for a moment, then decided he didn't want this hot potato: "Let Da Niu hand it over as a merit, it will just prove that this person is a demonic cultivator. Our family doesn't need this kind of wicked demonic cultivation technique."

The effects of that demonic cultivation technique seem to be much better than the Five Elements Stance Technique.

If you're ruthless enough, you can possess four or even three spiritual roots, and also gain access to a portion of your opponent's cultivation.

But it is, after all, a demonic cultivation method. One lives in the shadows for the rest of one's life, and once discovered, there is no turning back.

(End of this chapter)