From the family treasure tree to build an eternal family

Chapter 204: The Destruction of the Aristocratic Family
A heavy sword flew out of Xing Wuming's storage pouch.

The heavy sword was a full ten feet long, with a blade two feet wide, sharp double edges, and a dragon coiled around the hilt.

"brush!"

The heavy sword flew straight toward Xue Fanyu with a whooshing sound. Due to its extreme speed, the tip of the sword shone with a dazzling golden light, as if it were on fire.

Xing Wuming's main cultivation technique is the "Tai Xu Yu Jian Jue" of the metal element, a sword control technique.

The method of controlling a sword is very different from the Xu family's "Flying Sword Technique".

The Sword Control Technique often wields a very large spiritual sword, resulting in a powerful and destructive attack.

The flying sword technique often uses very small flying swords, making the attack concealed and the damage minimal.

Seeing the heavy sword chasing after him, Xue Fanyu sent a message to Xue Yimiao of Yunze Mountain without saying a word, and then swallowed a second-grade spirit pill called "Exploding Spirit Pill".

The Exploding Spirit Pill can greatly enhance the strength of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, enabling them to overcome a gap of one or even two levels to fight an enemy.

The side effect is that the duration is limited, and the weakness will last for a long time after the elixir wears off.

"Om~~"

Xue Fanyu felt the spiritual energy in his dantian surge and become so active that it almost boiled over.

Both the quantity of spiritual energy and the speed at which he mobilized it increased dramatically, causing his strength to surge significantly in an instant.

"go with!"

He turned around and flung out six fist-sized, round beads.

The beads gleamed, three were golden yellow and three were cool white.

As it flew out, it burst into flames with a "boom," transforming into six blazing fireballs in the air.

Xue Fanyu practices the original version of his family's martial arts technique, "Yin Yang Fire Technique," which combines Yin and Yang fire, making its power unpredictable.

Six fireballs, each three feet in diameter and radiating intense heat, spun and circled in the air, heading towards Xing Wuming's heavy sword.

"Boom bang bang..."

Xing Wuming's heavy sword possessed an unstoppable momentum, knocking the fireball that was blocking its path backward, yet still flying straight toward Xue Fanyu.

"this!"

Xue Fanyu was shocked. He hadn't expected that even after taking the Explosive Spirit Pill, he would still be so vulnerable in front of Xing Wuming.

The spiritual artifacts he used, those six fire beads, were high-grade ancestral artifacts, crafted by the Baili family at the request of the Xue family ancestors long ago. When combined with the Yin-Yang Fire Technique, they could unleash tremendous power.

However, he was facing Xing Wuming, a county general at the ninth level of Foundation Establishment.

Xing Wuming's heavy sword was also a high-grade spiritual weapon, and with his cultivation at the ninth level of Foundation Establishment, even if Xue Fanyu took the Exploding Spirit Pill, he would not be able to contend with him.

Xue Fanyu did not intend to defeat Xing Wuming with the Exploding Spirit Pill; his original intention was merely to buy time and give the Xue family members a chance to escape.

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Yunze Mountain.

Not long after the head of the household left, Xue Yimiao and Xue Wanqiao received a message from the spirit talisman.

The talisman contained only one word: Escape!
The two knew that the Xue family was facing a life-or-death crisis.

"Get everyone out of here!"

They had informed the Qi Refining stage members of the Xue family beforehand, so upon receiving the order, the Xue family members fled in all directions of Yunze Mountain.

As a family of alchemists, the Xue family does not have a large number of members.

Some cultivation families rely on the large-scale reproduction of their clansmen to produce offspring with exceptional talent.

Some families specializing in cultivating immortality rely on meticulous upbringing and follow the path of "fewer births and better births".

The Xue family is not large among Foundation Establishment families. They have elixirs and are not lacking in spirit stone resources. Therefore, any Xue family member with a spiritual root will be trained by the family.

The Xue family has about five or six hundred members who have reached the Qi Refining stage, half of whom are at the late stage of Qi Refining.

Besides the Xue family members, there are more than two hundred demonic cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage on Black Swamp Mountain. They are all subordinates trained by Xue Yimiao and are willing to obey her orders and risk their lives for her.

The area around Yunze Mountain was thrown into chaos.

The Xue family members were unaware of what had happened; they only knew that they had obeyed the orders of the Foundation Establishment cultivator in their family and scattered to escape.

Yunze Mountain is very large, covering an area of ​​twenty or thirty miles, and people from the Xue family are fleeing everywhere.

The county troops only came with half of their total strength. With so few troops, they were not enough to completely surround Yunze Mountain, and there were bound to be gaps.

If the Demon Subduing Division were to arrive, those Foundation Establishment Realm Demon Subduing Guards would surely be able to completely surround Yunze Mountain.

Unfortunately, the people from the Demon Extermination Bureau haven't arrived yet.

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Taking advantage of the chaos outside, Xue Yimiao and Xue Wanqiao escaped.

Xue Yimiao arranged for some late-stage Qi Refining clansmen to distract the county soldiers, while she and Xue Wanqiao quietly left from the other side.

"I'll go first, you go behind. Don't use your divine sense, lest you be detected."

If I get stopped or a fight breaks out, take the opportunity to leave and don't worry about me.

Xue Yimiao said to Xue Wanqiao.

She's old and doesn't have many years left to live. Even if she manages to escape, she won't be able to rebuild the Xue family.

Xue Wanqiao is young, and he is a trained alchemist from his family, possessing the family's most important alchemy heritage. As long as they can refine pills, it won't be difficult for them to develop their careers.

"go!"

The two flew away from Yunze Mountain, one after the other.

Xue Yimiao flew at a very high altitude, the two of them disappearing among the clouds as they traveled, and could vaguely sense the fighting fluctuations of the Xue family members and county soldiers below.

The two were getting further and further away from Yunze Mountain.

Xue Yimiao was thrilled; they were about to escape Yunze Mountain!

From then on, she left Yuanli County and lived in anonymity. Who would know who she was? The Xue family still had hope of rising again.

Suddenly, a divine sense swept over Xue Yimiao.

She realized she was in trouble; she had been discovered.

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"Wow, what good luck! I've caught a big fish."

Yan Yijin, the deputy commander of the prefectural camp and a fifth-level Foundation Establishment cultivator, blocked Xue Yimiao's path.

He had just received a message from Xing Wuming via a talisman, saying that the news had been leaked, the Xue family members had broken through and escaped, the Xue family head Xue Fanyu had been killed on the spot, and another person, Xue Weiwu, was being hunted down.

Xing Wuming warned him to be wary of the other two Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Xue family taking the opportunity to escape.

Chaos reigned around Yunze Mountain as county soldiers were arresting Xue family members who had scattered and fled.

Yan Yijin ignored the Xue family members who were in the Qi Refining stage and hid in the shadows, using his divine sense to search for the Xue family members who had reached the Foundation Establishment stage.

The Xue family has two remaining Foundation Establishment cultivators: one at the third level and the other who has just reached the Foundation Establishment stage.

Neither of these two posed a threat to Yan Yijin, who was at the fifth level of Foundation Establishment.

Upon seeing Yan Yijin, Xue Yimiao swallowed the Exploding Spirit Pill without saying a word.

The "Exploding Spirit Pill" is more effective for Foundation Establishment cultivators with lower cultivation levels.

Xue Yimiao was only at the third level of Foundation Establishment. After taking the Explosive Spirit Pill, her aura surged, surpassing the limit of the early Foundation Establishment stage and reaching the middle Foundation Establishment stage.

"What pill?"

Yan Yijin was surprised and a sense of vigilance rose in his heart. After all, the other party was from a family of alchemists, and there was no guarantee that they might have some tricks up their sleeve.

On the surface, he was much higher in cultivation level than his opponent, but the desperate counterattack of a Foundation Establishment cultivator made him dare not underestimate him.

He flew backward, keeping his distance from Xue Yimiao, and at the same time raised his right hand, pointing his index and middle fingers together like a sword.

He specializes in the "Two Elements Sword Finger Technique," which is suitable for long-range combat.

The spiritual energy of the Shangyang acupoint on the index finger and the Zhongchong acupoint on the middle finger burst forth, forming a foot-long white sword aura in the air.

The sword energy was as thin as a cicada's wing and as sharp as a needle, capable of shooting thousands of meters away, flashing through the air as fast as light.

call out!
The white light flew straight towards Xue Yimiao's lower abdomen, dantian.

Xue Yimiao didn't get entangled with Yan Yijin. She still held a sliver of hope of escaping, and while dodging, she flew straight into the distance.

However, just as he dodged one sword aura, another one flew in immediately.

Given the speed at which Yan Yijin's "Two Elements Sword Finger Technique" launched sword energy, Xue Yimiao could not possibly dodge it using speed alone.

In desperation, she used her defensive magical artifact, a triangular shield. It was a mid-grade defensive magical artifact.

Although Xue Yimiao is only at the third level of Foundation Establishment, she is a member of the Xue family and has cooperated with the Baili family for many years, so she is not lacking in spiritual artifacts.

"Keng!"

Yan Yijin's white sword energy struck the defensive magical artifact, dissipating as spiritual energy.

"Mid-grade spiritual weapon?"

Yan Yijin was surprised and couldn't help but curse inwardly, "These aristocratic families really have everything they need."

He was a Foundation Establishment cultivator without any family background, and when he reached the third level of Foundation Establishment, he certainly couldn't afford a mid-grade spiritual weapon.

"I'd like to see how long you can hold out."

He had originally been attacking with his right hand, but now he raised his left hand.

His hands are his "weapons".

shhhhhh...

A continuous stream of white sword energy was emitted from the sword-like fingers of both hands.

Xue Yimiao was overwhelmed by the relentless attacks. Although she had taken the Exploding Spirit Pill, it was virtually impossible for her to defeat a true Foundation Establishment Level 5 cultivator with it.

Her "Blazing Sun Fire Technique" has a relatively short casting range, and it can't even harm Yan Yijin who is far away.

She couldn't escape either, because Yan Yijin's attacks almost completely blocked her escape route, trapping her firmly in place to "defend and take the beating."

"Disperse!"

Suddenly, she saw two sword energies flying towards her, one aimed at her head and the other at her knees.

Given the defensive range of her magical shield, it's impossible for her to block them all at once.

Suddenly, her magical shield dispersed, splitting from one piece into four triangles of the same size and shape.

A large triangular shield is divided into four smaller triangular shields.

Four small shields floated around her, forming a defensive circle.

Her mid-grade defensive magical artifact, named "Four-in-One Fire Spirit Shield," can be divided into four parts.

"Oh? Interesting."

Yan Yijin's expression did not fluctuate much. He had seen many spiritual artifacts of all kinds, and spiritual artifacts that could be combined and dispersed were not uncommon.

He was not in a hurry to kill Xue Yimiao.

He knew that Xue Yimiao had taken the Exploding Spirit Pill. As long as he could stall her for a while until the effects of the pill wore off, she would become a helpless lamb.

However, at that moment, Yan Yijin suddenly saw the other side.

"There's someone else? Is it another Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Xue family?"

His divine sense detected another unfamiliar Foundation Establishment aura flying by, and it was a Foundation Establishment Level 1 cultivator.

It appeared near Yunze Mountain, at the first level of Foundation Establishment, and only the Xue family's Foundation Establishment cultivator was there.

"this!"

Yan Yijin didn't want to let go of Xue Yimiao in front of him, but he also wanted to pursue Xue Wanqiao.

These are all rare opportunities to earn credit.

Moreover, since the two were Foundation Establishment cultivators and had fled their families, they must have brought with them a large amount of resources.

"I don't have time to waste with you, just die!"

Yan Yijin no longer held back, unleashing sword energy with both hands in a flurry, disregarding the depletion of spiritual energy in his dantian.

However, he overestimated his strength. Xue Yimiao had the all-around protection of the "Four-in-One Fire Spirit Shield," which was just enough to block all his sword energy.

The "Four-in-One Fire Spirit Shield" is divided into four parts. The defensive power of a single shield is definitely insufficient, but it is just right to defend against attacks like Yan Yijin's white sword energy, which have extremely fast attack speed but insufficient attack power.

Before long, Yan Yijin had consumed a large amount of spiritual energy.

His "Two Elements Sword Finger Technique" uses spiritual power to activate sword energy, which can unleash fierce firepower in a short time, but the consumption is also huge.

Across from him, Xue Yimiao took another Grade 2 Spirit Power Pill to replenish her depleted spiritual power.

The Spirit Power Pill can not only replenish spiritual power, but also extend the duration of the Explosive Spirit Pill.

Xue Yimiao possessed quite a few second-grade spiritual pills, which were precious even for those in the Foundation Establishment stage; this was the foundation of her alchemy family.

Seeing that Yan Yijin's offensive had slowed down, Xue Yimiao seized the opportunity to escape again.

"Go away!"

Yan Yijin immediately gave chase, unleashing bursts of sword energy as he did so.

The two chased and fled.

Yan Yijin's spiritual power was rapidly depleted during the attack, while Xue Yimiao's time to unleash her spiritual pill was approaching.

Suddenly, Xue Yimiao turned back, and a huge fireball, about ten feet in diameter, formed and flew towards Yan Yijin.

She had been on the defensive and hadn't found an opportunity to attack, but finally took advantage of Yan Yijin's eagerness to pursue and his forgetfulness to keep his distance to launch a surprise attack.

"Ok?"

Yan Yijin watched as the fireball rapidly enlarged in his field of vision, and he quickly stopped, almost crashing into it.

Two sword-pointing arrows shot out, but the sword energy pierced through the fireball without detonating or destroying it.

He dodged, but the fireball, though enormous, was not fast.

The fireball flew past Yan Yijin, but suddenly exploded with a "boom", instantly expanding into a huge fireball with a diameter of ten zhang that engulfed him.

"Hu~~"

Yan Yijin flew out from the towering flames. He had used his spiritual power to block the flames, but his body was burning hot and his face was flushed. This level of attack was not enough to hurt him.

He pursued again, and saw that Xue Yimiao's aura was rapidly weakening, clearly indicating that the effects of the Exploding Spirit Pill were wearing off.

But at the last moment, Xue Yimiao took out a talisman.

The talisman transformed into a beam of light and flew towards Yan Yijin.

"boom--!"

The talisman transformed into a pillar of magma fire in the air, rushing towards Yan Yijin.

This is a second-tier spirit talisman that Xue Yimiao has collected for a long time: the Fire Essence Talisman.

In his haste, Yan Yijin also took out a second-tier spirit talisman that he was reluctant to use and used it on Xue Yimiao.

When he dealt with the Lan family of Qingqiu Mountain, he obtained some precious second-tier spirit talismans. Those second-tier spirit talismans were treasures in the Lan family; each one used reduced the remaining supply, so he was usually reluctant to use them.

The burning lava enveloped and submerged Yan Yijin.

The second-tier spirit talisman, Fire Essence Talisman, was already extremely powerful, and its power was amplified in the hands of Xue Yimiao, who cultivated fire-based techniques.

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the other side.

The area around Yunze Mountain returned to calm, and the chaos gradually subsided.

"No one is allowed to resist; anyone who disobeys will be killed without mercy!"

With Xing Wuming and the Foundation Establishment stage deputy general of the county camp, those Qi Refining stage Xue family members can't cause any trouble.

Only a very few late-stage Qi Refining clansmen managed to escape in the chaos.

Those in the mid-stage and early-stage Qi Refining realms who cannot fly using Qi could not escape the encirclement of the county soldiers.

Tens of thousands of Xue family members gathered to accept their fate.

"Everyone, hand over everything you have!"

"The Xue family members who are at the Qi Refining stage are expelled from Yuanli County and shall never set foot in Yuanli County again."

All the cultivation resources on those Qi Refining stage clansmen were confiscated, and they were then escorted away by county soldiers.

There are also many ordinary people in the Xue family.

They were also unable to take any cultivation resources with them, only a small amount of silver, and were stripped of their surnames and expelled from Yunze Mountain.

This is not the final outcome. These ordinary clansmen will be exiled to various ordinary counties in Yuanli County, scattered and dispersed, without giving them any chance to unite.

The Demon Extermination Bureau arrived late, and they undoubtedly had to take responsibility.

(End of this chapter)