From the family treasure tree to build an eternal family

Chapter 192 Rescue
"who?"

Two demonic cultivators at the late stage of Qi Refining blocked Meng Jiaojiao from the left and right.

One is at the ninth level of Qi Refining, and the other is at the eighth level of Qi Refining.

"it's me."

Meng Jiaojiao was wearing a black robe. She lifted her veil to reveal her face.

His face was expressionless, and his voice was cold, just like the other demonic cultivators.

"So it's Yinling. What brings you here?"

"He was out carrying out the Lord's orders and just got back."

"I see."

The two would not inquire about "the Lord's commands"—that was the rule. They were not to ask what they shouldn't know.

The two men let Meng Jiaojiao fly back to Black Swamp Mountain.

As Meng Jiaojiao expected, it was nighttime and Xue Yimiao was not at Black Swamp Mountain, which gave her an opportunity.

She arrived at Xu Zhongxi's residence.

Because of Xu Zhongxi's special status, he lived alone in a mansion, guarded by a demonic cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining.

This demonic cultivator was sent by Xue Yimiao to guard Xu Zhongxi and also to serve Xu Zhongxi in his daily life.

"Silver Bell, is something the matter?"

She stood guard outside the gate and saw Yinling approaching.

The fact that Yinling went out on a mission was arranged by Xue Yimiao, and very few people in the entire Black Swamp Mountain knew about it.

"I urgently need to see Nightmare. Please inform him."

Meng Jiaojiao occasionally visits Xu Zhongxi and gets to know the demonic cultivator guarding the gate.

"Hold on."

The demonic cultivator entered and then quickly came out again: "She is in seclusion practicing her cultivation. Come back another time."

"I have an urgent matter to attend to and cannot wait."

Meng Jiaojiao was anxious; she only had one night and couldn't afford to waste any more time. Once Xue Yimiao discovered that Xu Zhongxi had left Yunze Mountain, she would definitely send people to search extensively outside.

"That won't do either. The Lord recently instructed that no one should interfere with Nightmare's training. Nightmare is at a critical stage and is about to complete his Qi cultivation."

“It was the Lord who sent me to find the Nightmare; it was the Lord’s command.”

Meng Jiaojiao was making up lies.

In Black Swamp Mountain, the title "Lord" Xue Yimiao is the most appropriate.

"The Lord's orders? Very well, go in."

The demonic cultivator guarding the gate let Meng Jiaojiao pass.

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Meng Jiaojiao entered the courtyard and arrived at the door of the training room.

She could sense Xu Zhongxi practicing his martial arts.

"Nightmare~~"

she called softly.

However, there was no response from inside the room.

"nightmare!"

Her voice rose, and a surge of spiritual energy appeared, startling Xu Zhongxi.

"Who?"

Xu Zhongxi opened the door and came out, her face full of anger. She was very annoyed that she had been interrupted while practicing her martial arts. Her spiritual energy was running wild and had gone astray in her meridians. It would take her at least several hours to calm down her spiritual energy.

Interrupting someone's practice is considered extremely disrespectful unless it is for a very important matter.

"Silver Bell, what do you want?"

Her expression was unfriendly. If Silver Bell didn't have a legitimate reason, she would complain to the Lord and ask him to punish Silver Bell.

"Nightmare, the Lord has ordered you to accompany me on a mission."

Meng Jiaojiao knew that this was the only reason she could use to lure Xu Zhongxi out of Yunze Mountain.

"What mission?"

Xu Zhongxi was surprised, as her master never asked her to perform any tasks.

"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask. You'll find out in time."

Meng Jiaojiao's words were very much in line with Xue Yimiao's style. "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask," that's the rule.

"When?"

"Now, immediately."

"Now?"

Xu Zhongxi had no idea what urgent mission could have prompted her to set off immediately.

Meng Jiaojiao added, "This mission is of utmost importance. The lord said only you can complete it. You've been training for a thousand days to use your troops for one. It's time for you to distinguish yourself."

Xu Zhongxi hesitated slightly, then nodded: "Okay!"

She had no doubts.

If it were someone else, Xu Zhongxi would likely have become suspicious, but because Meng Jiaojiao frequently sought opportunities to interact with her and became familiar with her, she did not arouse her suspicion.

Besides, within the Black Swamp Mountain area, no one has ever dared to falsely convey the "Lord's" orders. "You come with me."

Meng Jiaojiao remained expressionless, but inwardly she breathed a sigh of relief; she had successfully deceived Xu Zhongxi.

All she had to do next was leave Yunze Mountain with Xu Zhongxi, and then she would have accomplished her mission.

She took to the air and flew beyond the Black Swamp Mountain.

Xu Zhongxi followed closely behind her, wondering, "Does carrying out a mission require going outside?"
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The gray mist of Black Swamp Mountain rolled in, and Meng Jiaojiao was extremely uneasy.

Close, closer!

They were just one step away from flying out of the Black Swamp Mountain range and leaving the Xue family's territory.

"Stop!"

Two figures parted the mist in the distance and blocked the two people's way.

Both of them were demonic cultivators at the eighth level of Qi Refining.

"Silver Bell, Nightmare? Where are you two going?"

Faced with questioning, Meng Jiaojiao remained calm and composed; she could not show any weakness.

"Our lord has ordered us to go out and carry out his orders."

She said coldly.

Sending Nightmare out?
The two looked at each other in bewilderment: "How come I remember a long time ago, our lord said that Nightmare should not be allowed to leave the Black Swamp Mountain area?"

"You must be mistaken. Why can't we let the nightmare go out?"

Meng Jiaojiao snorted coldly and rolled her eyes: "Hmph, can you take responsibility for delaying the master's orders?"

"Well... since it's the Lord's order, you may leave."

"Nightmare, let's go."

Meng Jiaojiao flew away from Black Swamp Mountain without looking back, with Xu Zhongxi following closely behind.

She felt fortunate, because among the late-stage Qi Refining experts patrolling nearby were not only demonic cultivators trained by Xue Yimiao, but also members of the Xue family.

The Xue family members must know that they cannot let the nightmare leave.

But those demonic cultivators didn't know that they would only obey Xue Yimiao's orders, and would let them pass as soon as they heard "the master's order".

Once outside the Yunze Mountain area, Meng Jiaojiao suddenly increased her speed and flew towards Niutou Mountain.

The two streaked through the air like two straight streaks of dark light.

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At this moment, Yunze Peak.

Xue Fanyu is currently in seclusion refining a Foundation Establishment Pill. The "main ingredient" for this Foundation Establishment Pill was already prepared by Xue Yimiao.

Some time ago, Xue Fanyu reached an agreement with the Baili family and the Fan family on future "cooperation".

As requested, Baili Xi delivered a mid-grade spiritual artifact and two thousand spirit stones.

This Foundation Establishment Pill was specifically refined for the Baili family.

We are still missing a Foundation Establishment Pill from the Fan family. We will refine it after "Nightmare" completes his Qi Refining.

Previously, Xue Yimiao did not provide Xu Zhongxi with a large number of spirit stones to help her improve quickly. Instead, she let her improve her strength by using the second-tier spiritual vein of Yunze Mountain.

The Xue family is an alchemy family, and they consider costs and benefits.

It would be cheaper to let Xu Zhongxi cultivate on her own without providing spirit stones, and there would be no need to waste a lot of spirit stones to help her reach the Qi Refining Perfection stage a few years earlier.

This time, it was because the Fan family needed Foundation Establishment Pills that Xue Yimiao gave Xu Zhongxi a large number of spirit stones and allowed her to go into seclusion to cultivate.

Xue Weiwu, the strongest member of the Xue family, is also in seclusion.

He has been in seclusion for several months and is breaking through an important bottleneck: the late stage of Foundation Establishment!
He is currently at the sixth level of Foundation Establishment, and will reach the seventh level after advancing one more level.

He is at the seventh level of Foundation Establishment, the same level as Baili Xi, the strongest member of the Baili family.

If Xue Weiwu is promoted, the Xue family will be able to stand on equal footing with the Baili family.

Besides these two, the Xue family also has two Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Xue Yimiao, who has reached the third level of foundation building, and Xue Wanqiao, who has just reached the foundation building level in recent years.

Xue Wanqiao has never shown his face to the outside world, and many families are unaware that the Xue family has produced a fourth Foundation Establishment cultivator. He has a talent for alchemy and is being trained as an alchemist.

Xue Yimiao was getting old, and her cultivation at the third level of Foundation Establishment no longer held any hope of advancement.

However, the "task" she is currently doing is finding a suitable successor.

Someone has to be responsible for cultivating the main medicine for the Xue family.

When Xue Yimiao passes away, a successor will be needed. Xue Weiwu's carefree personality is not suitable for this job. Besides, as the strongest member of the Xue family, he needs to train to increase his strength and has no time to waste on such trivial matters.

According to Xue Fanyu's plan, he hoped that the Xue family could produce another Foundation Establishment cultivator before Xue Yimiao's death.

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Xue Yimiao is teaching a younger member of the Xue family how to practice martial arts.

Xue Fangyuan, possessing a mixed spiritual root of four elements, is forty years old this year and has reached the peak of Qi Refining. She is currently the most likely successor to Xue Yimiao.

She was chosen because she was a female member of the Xue family. What Xue Yimiao was doing was more suited to a woman than a man.

She has decent spiritual roots, is young, and has a high aptitude for the family's cultivation techniques, so she is receiving special attention and training.

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