From the family treasure tree to build an eternal family

Chapter 271 Liuli Mountain, Royal Descendants
Desolate Mountains.

A third-tier spiritual land, where a large number of cultivators are stationed.

Among them was the Kagura-ryo-gun Senjun led by Mukai Shino.

In addition, there were the Huangting County Immortal Army led by Wuma Boxuan and the Yanping County Immortal Army led by Yue Qunliang.

The immortal armies of the three counties joined forces and fought together.

As time went by, the resources in the Wilderness Mountains became increasingly scarce. Most of the resources had already been divided up by them, and there were no longer any undeveloped spiritual lands that were as easy to find as they were at the beginning.

The remaining resources were either guarded by powerful demonic beasts or hidden away with the Ruan family members.

The competition for resources is becoming increasingly fierce.

They either had to fight against powerful demonic beasts or compete for the resources of the Baiyue Immortal Dynasty cultivators.

Resources are no longer easily obtained; only battles and carnage remain!

The cultivators of the Baiyue Immortal Dynasty share the same thoughts, which is why wars have broken out frequently in the last two or three years.

The Yuanli County Immortal Army, led by Xiang Zhiye, was not strong enough overall and was likely to suffer losses when encountering the Baiyue Immortal Dynasty's forces, so they joined forces.

Xiang Zhiye led the Yuanli County Immortal Army, Wuma Boxuan led the Huangting County Immortal Army, and Yue Qunliang led the Yanping County Immortal Army.

With three Golden Core cultivators and a large number of Foundation Establishment cultivators under their command, they had the strength to confront the Baiyue Immortal Dynasty's forces head-on.

It is worth mentioning that in recent years, in addition to teams like Xiang Zhiye that dare to fight, some immortal army teams have also withdrawn from the Huangze Mountains because they have had enough of fighting or suffered too many casualties.

The core area of ​​the spiritual land.

Xiang Zhiye, Wuma Boxuan, and Yue Qunliang, three Golden Core cultivators, gathered together with several of their most important confidants.

Yue Qunliang, a Golden Core cultivator at the fourth level, comes from the Yue family of Zhennan Prefecture.

Like the Wuma family and the Xiang family, the Yue family is one of the five major families in Zhennan Prefecture.

He sat cross-legged in the air and said, "We haven't made any progress in the past year. If we don't have any goals, we might as well go back to Zhennan Prefecture as soon as possible."

They had plundered most of the resources in the Wilderness Mountains, and he didn't have much patience to stay there any longer.

Wuma Boxuan said, "Fellow Daoist Qunliang, don't be impatient. There must still be treasures in this desolate mountain range. Aren't there still some territories of third-tier demonic beasts that we haven't visited yet?"

I've been in this desolate mountain range for over ten years, and I've collected quite a few third-tier spiritual plants, but I haven't even seen a true Golden Core opportunity. I'm not willing to go back like this.”

"Indeed, there are still some demonic beast territories we haven't explored. But we don't need to provoke those few demonic beasts that are famous in the Desolate Marsh Mountains. They have been entrenched in the Desolate Marsh Mountains for countless years, passing down their lineage for generations, and still have such a resounding reputation."

We don't need to fight them to the death.

If the people of the Baiyue Immortal Dynasty were to reap the benefits, it would be a huge loss.

Yue Qunliang said.

Xiang Zhiye listened to their conversation without saying a word.

He led the immortal army of Yuanli County, representing not only the imperial court, nor merely the Xiang family. He had reached some cooperation with the Prince of Xiaoyao of Zhennan Prefecture, and carried out tasks assigned to him by the Prince of Xiaoyao.

He also had more information than the two of them.

He knew that there was a huge "resource" in this desolate mountain range, which had not yet been found.

If we find that person's location, we will not only obtain a large amount of resources, but also an extremely precious opportunity to obtain a Golden Core, and even more importantly, something that the Carefree King desires.

Over the course of ten years, he had thoroughly explored the Wilderness Mountain Range, leaving only the territory of a few powerful demonic beasts.

If that person is still alive, they must be hiding in the territory of some powerful monster.

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"I wonder how Xu Xiaoniu and the others are doing? Seven years have passed, and I haven't seen them or heard any news about them."

Bai Liwei said with deep concern.

Seven years ago, when their team from Yuanli County first encountered a horde of monsters, he was also separated from them during the escape.

Afterwards, Shino returned, and the scattered monks of Kagura County reunited.

It was during this period that Bailiwei returned to the Immortal Army in Yuanli County.

However, he never saw Xu Xiaoniu and the others again.

Out of concern, he even made some inquiries, but unfortunately, he found nothing and had no information about the Xu family.

"They should still be alive."

Bailiwei thought to himself.

The Xu family is quite powerful, how could they all have disappeared without a trace?
"But Jiang Hao..."

Bai Liwei then thought of Jiang Hao.

Given Jiang Hao's strength and cultivation level, Baili Wei estimated that he would have died somewhere long ago.

The world of cultivation is cruel; separation and death are all too common.

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at this time.

The cave where the Xu family members were hiding.

Xu Zhongxu, who is at the seventh level of Foundation Establishment, is studying the "Shennong Creation Technique".

He entered the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and his understanding of the "Shennong Creation Technique" reached a new level.

Seven years ago, they obtained the Clear Pool Elixir and secluded themselves here to cultivate.

It must be said that the spiritual energy contained in the Clear Pool Spiritual Liquid was so abundant that everyone received a considerable amount.

Refining just a drop of the Clear Pool Spirit Liquid would be enough for them to practice their cultivation techniques and digest the spiritual energy within it for one or two days.

It wasn't until a few days ago that Zhongxu finally finished digesting all of the Qingtan Spirit Liquid.

He and Jiang Hao received the most Qingtan spiritual liquid, so both of them improved significantly.

It took Zhongxu two years to advance from the fifth to the sixth level of Foundation Establishment, and then another five years of cultivation. He finally broke through a minor bottleneck not long ago and reached the seventh level of Foundation Establishment!

In the late stage of Foundation Establishment, the spiritual energy within his dantian surged like a river.

He judged that his strength after reaching the seventh level of Foundation Establishment was more than ten times greater than when he fought Chen Mosheng of the Baiyue Immortal Dynasty.

More than ten times the combat power!

If he were facing a Foundation Establishment Level 6 cultivator like Chen Mosheng, he would be able to defeat him in just three moves.

Jiang Hao's cultivation level improved slightly, from the fourth level of Foundation Establishment to the sixth level.

Although he seemed to have improved by two minor realms, he did not overcome the bottleneck from the mid-stage to the late-stage Foundation Establishment, so his strength improvement was far less than that of Zhongxu.

He has a true spiritual root, but he's a bit weaker than Zhongxu.

He couldn't bear to use up all of the clear liquid from the pool; he kept some as a family heirloom for his descendants when he returned home.

The others, Xiao Niu, Xiao Hou, Li Kun, and Yi Qing, received less Qing Tan spiritual liquid, so their strength improvement was not as dramatic.

Xu Xiaoniu's cultivation level only increased by one level, from the fourth level of Foundation Establishment to the fifth level.

Yi Qing was better off; he was previously at the third level of Foundation Establishment and had been stuck at the minor bottleneck of breaking through to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment for about a few months.

“I just sent a message to my father to reassure him and tell him not to worry about us.”

After Xu Xiaoniu sent a message to Xu Fugui via the talisman, he informed everyone.

"We've been in the Wilderness Mountains for ten years, and spent seven of those years in seclusion practicing our skills. Now that our resources are exhausted, it's time for us to come out of the mountains."

"Yes, it's time for us to leave."

Hyo-niu, Hyo-hoo, and the other three had actually exhausted their resources much earlier; they were just waiting for Chung-wook to break through to the next level.

Once Zhongxu breaks through to the late Foundation Establishment stage, they will be much safer.

Fortunately, Zhongxu lived up to expectations and recently broke through to the seventh level of Foundation Establishment.

"Let's split up and find out some news from the outside world first."

For seven years, they ignored everything else and devoted themselves to intensive study.

They knew nothing about the outside world. They desperately needed to know the situation of various factions, where the danger was, where the safety was, and so on.

A few days later, Chung-wook, Yi-cheong, and Jiang Hao, who had gone out to gather intelligence, returned.

Inside the cave, the three shared the intelligence they had gathered with everyone.

"The outside world is now more dangerous. The immortal army of Zhennan Prefecture and the Baiyue Immortal Dynasty are frequently at war."

"I heard that the resources have been completely looted, and it is now extremely difficult to find resources in the Wilderness Mountains. The only option is to fight and compete with the enemy."

"I found out the location of our Yuanli County Immortal Army. Peach Blossom Immortal is still alive and has joined forces with the Immortal Army forces of Huangting County and Yanping County."

“I’ve found out the location of the Liao family, who buy and sell spiritual plants and pills. We can go there first and exchange the spiritual plants for spirit stones and pills.”

"..."

Each of them had a considerable amount of spiritual plant resources in their storage pouches.

After some discussion, they decided to exchange the spiritual plants for spiritual pills first, and then return to the immortal army in Yuanli County.

"The chaotic battle in the Wilderness Mountains is probably coming to an end. Let's take this opportunity to rejoin the troops in Yuanli County and return to Yuanli County legitimately."

Once they return safely, they should be able to share in the credit and rewards.

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time flies.

More than ten days later.

Deep within the desolate mountains lies a third-tier spiritual land.

This sacred place is surrounded by towering peaks, with a pale white mist enveloping the area for twenty or thirty miles.

This third-tier spiritual land is very special.

On the surface, it is the territory of the powerful demon clan of the Desolate Marsh Mountains: the Glazed White Fox Demon Clan.

In fact, this is also the Ruan family's territory.

The Ruan family members call this third-tier spiritual land "Liuli Mountain".

In the valley deep within Liuli Mountain.

A middle-aged man with an extraordinary demeanor gazed at a strange, spiritual plant.

This spiritual plant is deeply rooted in a huge rock, more than three feet tall, yet it displays two colors.

It looked as if two plants of completely different colors had grown together.

The middle-aged man was named Ruan Shuhua, an important member of the Ruan family in the Wilderness Mountains, and a Golden Core Stage Six-Pattern Realm cultivator.

"This Yin-Yang Twin Flower is about to reach eight hundred years of age, and it will begin to exude a trace of immortal aura."

Thinking this, Ruan Shuhua formed a hand seal and infused the Yin-Yang Twin Flowers with golden elixir essence.

The Yin-Yang Twin Flower looks like two plants of different colors pieced together.

Half of its rhizome is dark brown. The other half of its rhizome leaves are light green.

Two eye-catching flowers, also in two different colors, grow at the top.

One flower is pale gold, while the other is a vibrant red.

Its special feature is not its "appearance", but the location where it is rooted.

The enormous rock, standing three zhang high, is located in the very middle of the valley, and exudes an aura of dominance.

Only one plant, the Yin-Yang Twin Flower, grew on the rock; there wasn't even a single weed.

The Yin-Yang Twin Flowers growing here absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, as well as the essence of the sun and moon. Coincidentally, the location of the Yin-Yang Twin Flowers receives equal amounts of sunlight and moonlight.

It receives the scorching sun during the day and absorbs the essence of the moon at night.

"Immortal Aura" refers to the opportunity to achieve the Golden Core stage!

The path to immortality is to defy the heavens, seeking to control the laws of all things and live as long as the heavens.

Therefore, cultivators who practice cultivation techniques to improve their strength and realm are rejected by the rules of Heaven.

For cultivators in the Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment stages, this feeling is not very obvious yet, since their strength level is too weak; they are just beginning their journey on the path of cultivation.

However, the feeling of being rejected by the Heavenly Dao is very strong when trying to break through from the Foundation Establishment stage to the Golden Core stage.

In this situation, even if your strength, cultivation level, and comprehension are sufficient, it is impossible to advance to the Golden Core Realm.

This is the suppression of cultivators by the rules of Heaven.

Therefore, in order to successfully advance to the Golden Core stage, one needs to refine a treasure with "immortal aura" within the body.

Take this yin-yang twin flower spiritual plant as an example.

The Yin-Yang Twin Flowers, lacking any aura of immortality, are ordinary third-tier spiritual plants.

However, the Yin-Yang Twin Flowers, which possess the aura of immortality, are treasures for advancement containing the "aura of immortality," and are opportunities for achieving the Golden Core stage!

The Yin-Yang Twin Flowers absorb the essence of heaven and earth, the sun and the moon, and gradually gain a trace of the favor of the heavens, possessing the "aura of immortality".

Before being defeated by the immortal armies of the Baiyue Immortal Dynasty and the Qianyuan Immortal Dynasty, the Ruan family, to which Ruan Shuhua belonged, was the undisputed "overlord" of the Huangze Mountains.

Their family has lived in seclusion in the desolate mountains for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, and their territory has grown to a considerable size.

The clan has a large number of members, far exceeding the Jiurong City of the Tuoba clan.

In terms of family power, even the Lin family, the number one family in Zhennan Prefecture, is far inferior to the Ruan family.

After all, the Ruan family occupies a vast desolate mountain range.

In terms of geographical breadth, the Huangze Mountains are equivalent to the entire Zhennan Prefecture.

The Ruan family possesses the resources of the entire Huangze Mountain Range, which is equivalent to a family monopolizing a territory as large as Zhennan Prefecture.

The Ruan family owns a lot of land in the Wilderness Mountains. In addition to a prosperous city that serves as the family's main development territory, they also occupy many high-quality Tier 3 spiritual lands.

Their family's influence was scattered throughout the Wilderness Mountains.

This "Liuli Mountain" is one of them, but for some reason, Liuli Mountain has its own special features.

Although Liulishan and the Ruan family have a close relationship, many members of the Ruan family are unaware of it; only some important members of the family with high status know about it.

About thirty years ago, the Nascent Soul Ancestor of the Ruan family passed away.

The news spread, first reaching the ears of the Baiyue Immortal Dynasty, which attracted their covetousness and attacks. Later, it also reached the ears of the Qianyuan Immortal Dynasty.

Both sides came with overwhelming force, leaving no way for the Ruan family to survive.

Initially, the Ruan family relied on their family's defensive formation and held out for more than ten years.

However, their formation was eventually breached, leading to a fierce and brutal battle.

The Ruan family suffered a bloodbath, with countless deaths and injuries. The once-great Ruan family was thus tragically wiped out.

Many members of the Ruan family scattered and fled.

Some members of the Nguyen family were originally scattered in other places.

People from the Baiyue and Qianyuan dynasties began searching for the remaining members of the Ruan family in various places, vying for their resources.

It was under these circumstances that Ruan Shuhua hid in Liuli Mountain.

Speaking of the origins of the Nguyen family, according to family history records, they were not originally surnamed Nguyen, but rather the compound surname "Zuoqiu," and were the royal family of a small country.

Their small kingdom is located north of the Wilderness Mountains, comprising three prefectures, including Zhennan Prefecture.

The former royal city is now the ancient southern city of Zhennan Prefecture.

That was a long time ago.

After the country was "destroyed", most of the royal family members died, and some scattered and fled.

A branch of the royal family, holding a high position, controlled some of the family's heritage and resources. After hiding in the desolate mountains for many years, they gradually developed into the "Ruan family".

(End of this chapter)