From the family treasure tree to build an eternal family

Chapter 275 A Noble Identity? Entangled Grudges

The Golden Elixir Opportunity refers to a treasure containing the aura of immortality.

Even among the five major Golden Core families in Zhennan Prefecture, the Golden Core opportunity is considered a top-tier treasure, extremely precious.

Each of the five families has its own "characteristics".

For example, the Lin family has a soul-seizing formation that can continuously provide the family with talented clansmen with earth-elemental spiritual roots.

The Xiang family possesses the "Secret Method of Yuan Shen Yu Zhi", which can refine natal spiritual plants. In addition, there is a feng shui treasure land within the Xiang family's spiritual land where a "Golden Core Opportunity" spiritual plant can be born every few decades.

The Wuma family is skilled in weapon crafting. Beneath their family's spiritual land lies an underground mine hundreds of feet deep. Every fifty years or so, a piece of sulfurous iron ore in that mine absorbs enough of the spiritual energy from the underground veins to acquire "immortal energy."

The sulfurous iron ore, possessing an "immortal aura," was refined into a third-tier magic weapon by the Wuma family, becoming the "Golden Core Opportunity" treasure.

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It is precisely because of the continuous "Golden Core opportunities" that the five major families are able to stably produce Golden Core cultivators, ensuring the "lower limit" of their development over the long course of time, which makes them the top five Golden Core families.

Apart from the five major Golden Core families, the second-best families like the Tuoba family do not have the resources to reliably produce "Golden Core opportunities".

In the five major families, such as the Wuma family, the "Golden Core opportunity" takes fifty years to develop. Apart from the stable "Golden Core opportunity" within the family, other members of their family can only obtain the Golden Core opportunity from the outside world.

This demonstrates the rarity and preciousness of the opportunity to obtain the Golden Elixir.

The Wuma family, the Xiang family, and the Yue family joined forces to kill Bai Ling and Ruan Shuhua; the resources of Liuli Mountain should rightfully belong to them. Even if the Prefect of Zhennan Prefecture, Lin Shengping, were to come in person, he wouldn't have the audacity to ask for the Golden Core opportunity.

At this moment, the Foundation Establishment Level 9 female cultivator named "Liu Rushi" in front of Wuma Boyi did just that.

"This……"

Wuma Boyi hesitated only slightly before forcing a smile: "Since Miss Liu has this need, she can certainly choose a spiritual plant with immortal aura in Liuli Mountain later."

Rumor has it that the Ruan family possesses a secret technique for cultivating spiritual plants. Since this Liuli Mountain is Ruan Shuhua's hiding place, it must contain immortal spiritual plants cultivated by them.

His slightly fawning smile was quite unlike that of a Golden Core Nine-Patterned True Person who had just changed the color of the world within a hundred miles with a mere wave of his hand.

He could only address Liu Rushi as "Miss Liu" in a manner befitting an ordinary person.

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With the deaths of Bai Ling and Ruan Shuhua, the battle ended.

The strange phenomena in the sky and earth dissipated, revealing a clear blue sky.

Xiang Zhiye, Wuma Boxuan, and others, who had been hiding in the distance, led their men forward.

Among those present at the early stage of the Golden Core realm was Wuma Chenyang, who had recently advanced to the Golden Core realm. He was the newest Golden Core cultivator born into the Wuma family.

He was still very young, only sixty years old, at the first stage of the Golden Core realm.

Because he had always practiced his skills in the spiritual land of the Wuma family, he had very little practical combat experience.

So, taking advantage of this opportunity, his grandfather, Wuma Boyi, brought him to the Wilderness Mountains to broaden his knowledge and experience in combat at the Golden Core Realm.

Wuma Chenyang spotted a familiar face in the crowd: Xu Yiqing.

He never expected to see Xu Yiqing here.

Over the years, Xu Yiqing has not changed much.

Given Wuma Chenyang's current status, he did not recognize Xu Yiqing. Therefore, he only glanced at him briefly before pretending not to know him, ignoring Xu Yiqing, and even deliberately avoiding him.

He couldn't let Xu Yiqing recognize him.

The group flew forward and saw Zhao Wuji, Liu Rushi, and others besides Wuma Boyi.

Xiang Zhiye, Wuma Boxuan, and several other Golden Core cultivators were unaware of what was going on. They flew forward and, after hearing Wuma Boyi's explanation, learned that these suddenly appearing people had come to distribute the spoils of war with them.

Now that the great battle is over, they need to discuss how to collect and distribute the resources in Liuli Mountain.

They didn't recognize Liu Rushi; they only knew that a few people who had appeared out of nowhere wanted to take a share of their resources, which made them unhappy.

But seeing that Wuma Boyi had no objections, they could only suppress their doubts.

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"Brother, look at that person!"

Xu Xiaohou pointed into the distance. Among the crowd of Golden Core cultivators, there was a figure that looked somewhat familiar to him.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be an "enemy" with a past grudge against the Xu family.

Xu Xiaohou looked in the direction of the sound, and when he recognized who it was, his eyes sharpened.

Yan Yijin harmed his son Zhongyao!
The history of the feud between the Xu family and Yan Yijin is long and complicated.

"It's him!"

Xu Xiaoniu suppressed his hostility.

It would be unwise to show hostility towards Yan Yijin now, before the other party has even noticed them, or if he discovers them.

"Xu'er, can you determine that person's cultivation level?"

Xu Xiaohou instructed Xu Zhongxu, who possessed a higher cultivation level, to investigate Yan Yijin's strength.

"Who?"

Xu Zhongxu was puzzled, wondering which acquaintance his father had seen.

"that."

Xu Xiaohou pointed out the direction.

Since Xu Zhongxu's investigation was not hostile, it did not attract Yan Yijin's attention: "His aura is slightly higher than mine, but not to the eighth level of Foundation Establishment. He is also at the seventh level of Foundation Establishment."

"Only at the seventh level of Foundation Establishment? Ha."

Xu Xiaohou looked at Yan Yijin with a mocking expression when he saw that Yan Yijin's strength had only reached the seventh level of Foundation Establishment after so many years.

Back then, Yan Yijin was at the fifth level of Foundation Establishment. Seventy or eighty years later, he has only reached the seventh level. It's not that Yan Yijin's strength improved slowly, but rather that most cultivators have "bottlenecks" and "upper limits."

Those cultivators who have a smooth and successful career, rise steadily through the ranks, and make steady progress are extremely rare geniuses.

Being stuck at a bottleneck, reaching the upper limit of one's cultivation level, resulting in extremely slow progress, is the reality for the vast majority of cultivators.

Yan Yijin is a prime example.

Breaking through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment is a bottleneck, and at over two hundred years old, he had long passed his peak, so his progress was extremely slow. It took him many years to finally reach the seventh level of Foundation Establishment.

"Who is that person?"

Xu Zhongxu asked out of curiosity and noticed that his father's eyes were filled with hostility.

This surprised him, as he knew his father's personality; he almost never made enemies.

"His name is Yan Yijin, an enemy of our Xu family."

The answer was given by Xu Xiaoniu.

Upon hearing the name "Yan Yijin," Xu Likun was the first to react.

Xu Likun had never met Yan Yijin; he was only a few years old when his father died. But he remembered the name "Yan Yijin" very clearly, as he had inquired about who had killed his father.

"The person who killed my father?!"

Xu Likun looked at Yan Yijin with hatred in his eyes.

It was this look that caught Yan Yijin's attention.

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Wu Ma Boyi and several other Golden Core cultivators were discussing how to allocate the resources of Liuli Mountain.

Among them, Liu Rushi, who has built a foundation on the ninth floor, is the most special.

Beside Liu Rushi was Zhao Wuji, a Golden Core cultivator who served as her bodyguard.

Several late-stage Foundation Establishment level "subordinates" followed behind her.

Among them was Yan Yijin, who had reached the seventh level of Foundation Establishment.

Yan Yijin revealed the secret of the Xu family's stance training to Tuoba Yaowu, and thus gained benefits from the Tuoba family.

To avoid Nie Tingjun, he was transferred to the Zhennan Prefecture government office as a celestial official with the help of the Tuoba family. He also received some resources as a reward from the Tuoba family.

However, upon arriving at the government office, Yan Yijin found himself in the same predicament as before. The Tuoba family could help him once or twice, but they couldn't help him forever. Besides, the Tuoba family didn't have much influence in the Zhennan Prefecture government office to begin with.

His biggest problem was the lack of family influence, even though he himself was the ancestor who founded the cultivation family.

Within the government office, the disparity in family background among the celestial officials was even more pronounced. Those from the most powerful families came from the five great Golden Core clans.

Those from smaller, less powerful families come from ordinary Golden Core or Foundation Establishment families...

The worst are those independent cultivators who have no family support.

Yan Yijin's situation was similar to that of a rogue cultivator. In the government office, he was a low-ranking immortal official, with little status or importance among his colleagues, and even less say.

Without a position or channel to make money, he could only receive a fixed salary.

Although the salaries of the celestial officials in the government offices are considerable, they are merely a drop in the ocean compared to the resources needed for cultivation.

Yan Yijin spent two or three decades in the government office in a daze, finally breaking through from the fifth to the sixth level of Foundation Establishment. Further advancement was even more difficult; he spent decades still stuck at the bottleneck of breaking through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

Later, by chance, he met Liu Rushi and was willing to run errands for her, hoping to curry favor with the important figure behind Liu Rushi.

As things stand, Yan Yijin's attempt to curry favor with that important figure is wishful thinking. His cultivation level is too low, and his strength too weak; he is not qualified to do so.

Fortunately, thanks to Liu Rushi's status, he was able to obtain some resources.

Ten years ago, he finally broke through the bottleneck of the late stage of Foundation Establishment and reached the seventh level of Foundation Establishment.

Yan Yijin understood one principle deeply: to get ahead in Zhennan Prefecture, one had to rely on powerful figures. And the one he curried favor with was the most prestigious figure in Zhennan Prefecture.

Even the slightest connection with that important figure would be enough for him to be successful in all directions and leverage that connection for his own advancement.

Just then, a hostile gaze from afar caught his attention.

"Ok?"

He looked at the crowd in the distance.

Those people were the celestial army troops from various counties of Zhennan Prefecture.

In the crowd, he saw Xu Likun, followed by Xiao Niu, Xiao Hou, and others beside Xu Likun.

Those people were all looking at him with hostility.

"they are?"

After a moment of surprise, Yan Yijin recognized the Xu family members: "It's them! The Xu family! They've come to this desolate mountain range too?"

Yan Yijin was somewhat surprised.

"The Xu family has reached such a level of strength?"

Back then, Yan Yijin was at the fifth level of Foundation Establishment, while the Xu family members were all at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, having only recently advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage.

At that time, Yan Yijin didn't take the Xu family seriously at all. If it weren't for Nie Tingjun protecting the Xu family, Yan Yijin would have wiped them out long ago and then forcibly seized the Five Elements Stance Technique.

Decades later, Yan Yijin was astonished by the presence of Xu Zhongxu, Xu Xiaohou, and others.

Xu Zhongxu, at the seventh level of Foundation Establishment; Xu Xiaohou, at the sixth level of Foundation Establishment...

"Ha~~"

Yan Yijin met Xu Likun, Xu Xiaoniu and the others' gazes without fear, their eyes seemingly sparking with electricity.

He was not afraid of the Xu family.

Now that he's following Liu Rushi, even a Golden Core cultivator wouldn't harm him.

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Wu Ma Boyi, Xiang Huifen, Yue Wuyi, and others discussed the matter.

Just then, a figure suddenly appeared in the clouds high in the sky.

That person appeared above everyone else.

"Who?"

Wuma Boyi frowned. He was, after all, a Golden Core Ninth Pattern Realm cultivator. Who was so rude as to fly over his head?
Looking up, he managed to make out who the person was before looking down again.

"Greetings, Prince Xiaoyao!"

"Greetings, Prince Xiaoyao~~"

"Greetings, Prince Xiaoyao."

"..."

Everyone present bowed respectfully.

The person who appeared was none other than Prince Xiaoyao of Zhennan Prefecture, Wuzhuna La Yize.

After Xiang Zhiye and the others discovered Ruan Shuhua's whereabouts, they sent a message to Yi Ze using a spirit talisman.

Yi Ze had arrived long ago and had been watching the battle between Wu Ma Boyi, Bai Ling, and Ruan Shuhua from a distance.

Given his status, there was no need for him to take action. He could simply wait until Wuma Boyi and the others had dealt with Bai Ling and Ruan Shuhua before making his appearance.

More than a decade ago, when the Zhennan Prefecture's army and the Baiyue Immortal Dynasty's forces broke through the Ruan family's protective formation, Yi Ze was present.

That battle was so fierce that the sky darkened and rivers of blood flowed.

As the carefree prince of Zhennan Prefecture, Yi Ze personally took action, killing many people and plundering a large amount of resources from the Ruan family.

Among them, what he values ​​most is the Ruan family's history and genealogy.

According to the Nguyen family history, it has been proven that the Nguyen family is a descendant of the former royal family.

Therefore, this battle can be considered as Yi Ze's achievement in eliminating the remnants of the previous dynasty.

He, the carefree prince of Zhennan Prefecture, needs to make contributions!
Although the dynasty preceding the Nguyen family had been extinct for thousands of years, Yi Ze still readily accepted the credit.

Such merit is rare, especially for a prince.

After that battle, many members of the Ruan family hid in various parts of the Huangze Mountains.

Yi Ze certainly wouldn't waste his time searching for the Ruan clan members hiding in various places, so he sent Xiang Zhiye and others from Zhennan Prefecture to search for traces of the Ruan clan members in the Huangze Mountains.

The discovery that Ruan Shuhua had killed him meant that the Ruan clan in the entire Huangze Mountain Range was almost completely wiped out, which was a great achievement for Yize.

Besides his "merit" in bringing down the Ruan family, Yi Ze is also searching for a treasure.

The treasure that the Nascent Soul ancestor of the Ruan family used to resist the heavenly tribulation when he broke through.

Advancing from the Golden Core stage to the Nascent Soul stage requires undergoing a heavenly tribulation.

As the carefree prince of Zhennan Prefecture, Yi Ze was already at the late stage of the Golden Core realm and would not lack ordinary Golden Core opportunities. What he sought was to break through and become a Nascent Soul Dao Lord.

Even for a prince of the royal family, it is very difficult to become a Nascent Soul Dao Lord.

In the crowd, Liu Rushi and Zhao Wuji both bowed respectfully and called out "King Xiaoyao".

Yi Ze's gaze swept over Liu Rushi, a disdainful, mocking smile appearing on his lips.

Ignoring the others, he addressed the members of the Xiang and Wuma families: "Master Boyi and Master Baihua, lead your clansmen to search for the treasures left behind by the Ruan clan in Liuli Mountain."

If you discover anything, report it to me immediately, and I will reward you handsomely.

He trusted the Xiang family and the Wuma family.

He didn't trust the other families.

"Yes."

Wuma Boyi immediately responded.

Faced with the orders of the carefree king, they had no choice but to comply.

However, given the carefree king's personality, once he takes what he wants, he won't compete with them for resources like the Golden Core opportunity.

The Carefree King looked down on resources like spiritual plants that possessed the aura of immortality.

This is also Yize's "wisdom"—when he asks others to do things for him, he always makes sure they get a share.

(End of this chapter)