From the family treasure tree to build an eternal family

Chapter 283 The Thousand Methods of the Soul Path
Upon hearing this, the eyes of everyone present focused on Xiang Qingtian and Xiang Huifen.

Someone sighed softly, "Please accept our condolences to the clan chief."

"Condolences."

Xiang Qingtian cupped his hands in greeting to the crowd: "This matter is absolutely true. I only hope to avenge my clan's true man and comfort his spirit in heaven."

Before Lin Shengping could finish recounting the "crimes" of the Tuoba family, he added: "Furthermore, a large number of demonic cultivators in Zhennan Prefecture come from the Tuoba family, and the prefectural government's Demon Subduing Division and the Demon Subduing Divisions of various counties have a large number of case files to prove this."

The Tuoba family has committed countless evil deeds, too numerous to recount!

These crimes and charges became the "reasons" for targeting the Tuoba family.

After hearing Lin Shengping's words, everyone present knew that the end of the Tuoba family was coming.

His family offended the Carefree King and the Xiang family, and the emergence of so many demonic cultivators affected Zhennan Prefecture. All of these factors combined led him to fall into the abyss of hell.

With sufficient reasons, the group then discussed how to deal with the Tuoba family.

Although the Tuoba family was large and numerous, the extermination of the entire clan only had a significant impact, not because Lin Shengping or the five major families were incapable of dealing with them easily.

The Tuoba family has only six Golden Core cultivators, with the strongest, the patriarch Tuoba Xianfeng, being only at the seventh level of the Golden Core realm. While the family has many cultivators, the vast majority are low-level Qi Refining cultivators, with only a few thousand Foundation Establishment cultivators and a mere three or four hundred at the late Foundation Establishment stage.

With such overall strength, the five major families only need to send a few strong individuals, along with the Zhennan Prefecture army, to easily annihilate the Tuoba family.

Their discussion on how to deal with the Tuoba family was aimed at the lower-level cultivators and mortals.

In the cultivation world, unless the grudges between cultivators are heinous and insane, they usually do not affect ordinary people. This is a well-established rule.

What do the numerous crimes committed by the Tuoba family have to do with those ordinary clansmen?
Lin Shengping and the members of the five major families were here to discuss matters, representing the imperial court, so they would be more disciplined and more "benevolent".

"The Tuoba family has a million members, of whom as many as 30% are cultivators."

Because they possess martial arts stance training techniques that can cultivate spiritual roots, the proportion of cultivators among their race is very high.

"Those mortal clansmen will all be stripped of their surnames and expelled from Zhennan Prefecture. As for those Qi Refining clansmen..."

Lin Shengping has already made a decision regarding the mortal members of the Tuoba family, which is a normal decision.

The imperial court often dealt with the mortal members of those cultivator families that had been "extermined."

When those mortals are expelled, they certainly won't have any resources related to cultivation. They won't be able to take any spirit stones, spirit plants, or cultivation techniques with them. All of these resources will be confiscated and added to the imperial treasury of Zhennan Prefecture.

They would only bring a small amount of ordinary wealth, such as gold and silver, to a completely unfamiliar place to make a living, and one can imagine how difficult it was for them.

Given their circumstances, even becoming a Qi Refining cultivator or stepping into the threshold of immortal cultivation would be extremely difficult. The emergence of a Foundation Establishment cultivator could take hundreds or even thousands of years.

If among these numerous mortals there are exceptionally talented individuals who, after several hundred years, develop into a cultivator family, revive the "Tuoba" surname, and establish the Tuoba family, then that would be a new Tuoba family, unrelated to the current Tuoba family.

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In addition to a large number of mortals, the Tuoba family also has 300,000 low-level Qi Refining cultivators.

Lin Shengping hesitated because of how to deal with these Qi Refining cultivators.

Three hundred thousand low-level cultivators is too many.

As for the Foundation Establishment Grand Masters, needless to say, they will certainly be buried with the Tuoba family for being "removed from the list".

Foundation Establishment cultivators are the backbone of Golden Core families, responsible for maintaining the family's daily operations, controlling a large amount of the family's resources, and knowing the family's secret techniques. They are the ones targeted for extermination, and they will certainly not be allowed to live.

“Qi Refining cultivators are still cultivators, so let’s just kill them all.”

The speaker was Xiang Qingtian, who genuinely hoped for the complete downfall of the Tuoba family.

The Tuoba family, which doesn't even have a Qi Refining cultivator, faces immense difficulty in developing into a cultivation family.

"Kill all 300,000 Qi Refining cultivators? That would be far too cruel and would not reflect the magnanimity of the imperial court."

Lin Ye'an said.

"Then let's just divide them into early, middle and late stages of Qi Refining. All those in the late stage of Qi Refining will die, and those in the middle and early stages of Qi Refining will be treated as ordinary people."

Someone suggested.

“To treat them as ordinary people? That would be too lenient. What if someone with exceptional talent cultivates to the Foundation Establishment or even the Golden Core stage, and has an eccentric personality and insists on revenge, returning to Zhennan Prefecture to slaughter everyone? In that case, it would be the common people who suffer.”

"To reach the Foundation Establishment Realm or even the Golden Core Realm? Without a single spirit stone or a spirit land, those in the mid-stage of Qi Refining can at best reach the late stage of Qi Refining, they can't even cross the threshold of the Foundation Establishment Realm."

"..."

"I have a suggestion. They can be spared the death penalty, but they cannot escape punishment. We should abolish the dantian and qi sea of ​​all those Qi cultivators, completely severing their path of cultivation, and then treat them as ordinary mortals."

After discussing for a while, Lin Shengping combined everyone's ideas and made his own decision.

After that, they discussed their plan to besiege and destroy the Tuoba family.

"Keep this matter confidential for now, and carry out all operations in secrecy. Don't alert them."

Lin Shengping gave the instructions.

Everyone present understood this truth.

If the news is leaked in advance, it will cause panic among the Tuoba family, and a large number of Tuoba family members will flee, making it much more difficult to completely wipe them out.

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Yuanli County.

Xu Xiaoniu and his four companions returned from the Desolate Marsh Mountains, bringing back various resources worth over 100,000 spirit stones. Each of them kept a portion for their own use, while the rest was allocated as family resources for the Xu family, to be distributed and managed by the family head.

With these resources, the Xu family members will have significantly more resources at their disposal.

The current governor of Yuanli County is still Xiang Liuyun from the Xiang family.

Xu Xiaoniu, Xu Xiaohou, and Xu Yiqing returned to their posts in the prefectural government. Having experienced ten years of war in the desolate mountains, many of the prefectural government's celestial officials had perished on the battlefield. The next selection of celestial officials for the prefectural government would involve selecting more to fill the vacancies.

The Xu family continues to develop steadily.

Xu Zhongxu returned to his family and resumed his low profile, spending his days in seclusion, never leaving Ru'an Mountain. He wanted to conceal his "Earth Spirit Root" aptitude from the outside world.

He used to have no goals, and life in the tribe was inevitably dull and boring.

But now that he has the immortal spiritual plant Phoenix Feather Flower, his goal is clear: to cultivate to the Foundation Establishment stage, learn the "Shennong Creation Technique," refine the immortal spiritual plant, and advance to the Golden Core stage!
After Zhongxu returned, Xu Fugui gave him all the spiritual dew he had accumulated over the years. Combined with the spoils of war, Zhongxu's cultivation level would improve rapidly in the coming period.

At this time, Mount Ru'an.

Xu Fugui strolled around, casually checking the growth of the various spiritual plants, keeping a low profile like a farmer who specialized in tending to them.

He rarely appeared in Ru'an Mountain, and many of the maids and servants didn't recognize him. Even some of the Xu family's younger generation, around ten years old, didn't recognize him. Occasionally, someone recognized him and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Grandpa Gao."

"Hey~~"

Xu Fugui responded with a smile; he was a kind elder in the clan.

Facing him, the younger members of the Xu family did not feel as intimidated as they did when facing the family head, Xu Zhonghuai. As the head of the Xu family, Xu Zhonghuai was in charge of all family affairs and exuded great power.

Xu Fugui walked and looked around until he came to a courtyard.

This is his destination; he has come to collect the bloodline essence of the Xu family's descendants.

The person living here is Xu Yizhao, a descendant of Xu Xiaoyun. His grandfather was Xu Xiaoyun's second son, Xu Zhongchuan.

Xu Yizhao is a Qi Refining cultivator. A few years ago, he married a member of a Qi Refining family who had no spiritual roots, and they had a son named Renkai.

According to Xu Fugui's calculations, Xu Renkai had been three years old for more than half a month, and he came to collect the bloodline energy of his offspring.

He scanned the area with his divine sense and found that Xu Yizhao and his wife were not at home; only two maids and Xu Renkai were there.

He was just about to visit when he saw a young maid, not even twenty years old, taking Xu Renkai out to play.

Xu Renkai pointed towards the garden, his words still unclear, muttering, "Swing, swing..."

The young maid didn't recognize Xu Fugui, ignored him, and left with Xu Renkai.

Xu Fugui did not step forward to speak. As long as Xu Renkai appeared within three zhang of him, he could absorb the bloodline aura of his offspring.

"receive!"

The bloodline energy belonging to the Xu family's descendants entered the body's space, nourishing the family's treasure tree.

The spiritual fruit at the top of the family's treasure tree changed color, indicating an upgrade!

[Initiation Fruit (Golden Core Level): Consume it near the Treasure Tree to receive a random initiation into a Golden Core level cultivation technique or secret art.]

[By absorbing the bloodline essence of another thirty-two offspring, one can upgrade to the Nascent Soul level.]

The last time I received the spiritual fruit and was taught the Golden Elixir Technique, "Shennong's Creation Technique," was twenty years ago.

In twenty years, the Xu family had another thirty-two offspring, who upgraded ordinary empowerment spiritual fruits to the Golden Core level.

The Xu family doesn't even have any Golden Core cultivators right now, so they definitely don't need Nascent Soul level cultivation techniques.

"I hope to impart some useful secret techniques this time, so that Zhongxu will have more options after breaking through to the Golden Core stage."

Xu Fugui thought.

His family now possesses cultivation techniques for the Golden Core stage, so they certainly don't need another cultivation technique.

After leaving Ru'an Mountain, he returned to Baihe Mountain.

In the secluded meditation room, he entered his inner space and consumed the empowerment fruit beside the treasure tree.

Just like when he obtained the "Shennong Creation Technique" before, a large amount of information flooded into his mind.

Even with Xu Fugui's Foundation Establishment stage spiritual strength, it took him half a day to digest the Golden Core stage cultivation technique that flooded into his sea of ​​consciousness.

This time, the Enlightenment Fruit taught him: The Thousand Methods of Soul Path!
The Thousand Methods of the Soul Path is a cultivation technique related to the soul.

Prior to this, Xu Fugui had obtained the "Meditation Soul Refining Technique," a Qi Refining level cultivation method taught by the Enlightenment Spirit Fruit, which allows one to actively meditate to enhance the strength of their soul.

The "Meditation Soul Refining Technique" was of great help to the Xu family because cultivation techniques for the soul are rare and precious.

Ordinary Qi Refining cultivators cannot actively cultivate their souls, but the "Meditation Soul Refining Technique" allows Qi Refining cultivators to actively enhance the strength of their souls, which can increase the power and control of spells, and cultivate the souls to the limit of Qi Refining, which is helpful for breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

When one's spiritual strength reaches the late stage of Qi Refining, one can also set up a "Soul Sealing Technique" in the Niwan Palace where the spiritual soul resides to prevent it from being searched.

This is the powerful effect of the Qi Refining level "Meditation Soul Refining Technique".

The "Thousand Methods of Soul Path" is a Golden Core level secret method of the Soul Path, which is two major levels higher than the "Meditation Soul Refining Technique"!
The content was complex and mysterious, and Xu Fugui could only comprehend a small part of it.

"The Thousand Methods of Soul Path include the Soul Refining Meditation Technique, which is its super advanced version."

Xu Fugui carefully comprehended the contents of the "Thousand Methods of Soul Path" in his sea of ​​consciousness.

The so-called "Thousand Methods of the Soul Path," as the name suggests, refers to various methods of cultivating and applying the soul. Meditation for soul cultivation and soul-sealing techniques are just some of the many methods within the Thousand Methods of the Soul Path.

The Golden Core level manual, "A Thousand Methods of Soul Cultivation," encompasses techniques such as meditation and soul cultivation that can be practiced during the Qi Refining stage. It also includes secret soul cultivation methods that can be practiced during the Foundation Establishment stage, such as the common soul searching technique.

Soul Searching is a commonly used secret technique in the path of soul cultivation, and therefore it is widely known. Many Foundation Establishment cultivators know this secret technique.

The "Thousand Methods of Soul Path" records many kinds of secret techniques. Among the secret techniques of the Foundation Establishment stage, there is a "Soul Sealing Technique". It is different from the Soul Sealing Technique of the Qi Refining stage. It is used to "seal the soul" of others to prevent their souls from being searched.

For example, if a member of the Xu family has just advanced to the Qi Refining stage, and their soul is too weak to perform the Soul Sealing Technique on their own, then a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Xu family can perform the Soul Sealing Technique on them, using their own soul to set up a seal with their cooperation to prevent their soul from being searched.

The "Thousand Methods of Soul Path" also includes cultivation methods for enhancing the strength of the soul in the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core stages, as well as a large number of secret techniques that can only be used in the Golden Core stage.

Very few Soul Dao Secret Techniques can be used during the Qi Refining stage, more during the Foundation Establishment stage, and most of the secret techniques in the "Soul Dao Secret Techniques" can only be used during the Golden Core stage.

Xu Fugui couldn't understand the contents of the Golden Core Realm secret techniques; he could only barely grasp their effects.

"The soul cultivation techniques of the Golden Core Realm are powerful, miraculous, and inconceivable!"

As Xu Fugui studied the effects of those Golden Core Realm Soul Dao Secret Techniques, he couldn't help but sigh in amazement.

The secret techniques of the Golden Core Realm can break through other people's "Soul Sealing Techniques" and other secret techniques that prevent soul searching; they can use techniques like bewitching spells to disturb enemies or even cause them to hallucinate; they can set "traps" to trick enemies into refining one's own magic weapons or storage pouches...

"Out of body!"

When one cultivates their soul strength to the extreme in the Golden Core Realm, they can briefly separate their soul from their body. This is the limit of soul strength in the Golden Core Realm, marking the entry into the Nascent Soul stage!

It is said that when a Golden Core breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage, the soul merges into the Golden Core and gives birth to a Nascent Soul. The Nascent Soul is the true body, while the physical body is merely an unimportant shell.

Therefore, the ability of the soul to leave the body is one of the prerequisites for the Golden Core to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, laying the foundation for the breakthrough.

"The Thousand Methods of Soul Path are probably the highest quality among Golden Core cultivation techniques."

When Xu Fugui learned that the Thousand Methods of Soul Path could cultivate the soul to the point of being able to separate the soul from the body, he realized the preciousness of this technique.

If the effects of the "Thousand Methods of Soul Path" were to be leaked, the Xu family would be doomed, and all the Golden Core families in the entire Zhennan Prefecture would covet this secret technique.

As far as Xu Fugui knew, there were no Nascent Soul Dao Lords openly in Zhennan Prefecture. The only Nascent Soul Dao Lord he knew was the Prince of Zhennan, who had died decades ago. Of course, he had no idea whether there were any hidden Nascent Soul Dao Lords in secret.

(End of this chapter)