From the family treasure tree to build an eternal family

Chapter 293 Coveting the Stance Technique, Using Coercion and Enticement

Wu Yu listened to the discussion, seemingly lost in thought.

The Tuoba family has a secret cultivation technique that allows ordinary people without spiritual roots to cultivate five pseudo-spiritual roots and embark on the path of cultivation.

More than twenty years ago, the Tuoba family was exterminated and all its resources and cultivation techniques were confiscated.

However, that secret technique was not an original creation of the Tuoba family, but rather something they obtained from a Foundation Establishment family in Yuanli County more than a hundred years ago.

As for the situation of the Foundation Establishment family, there are many different opinions.

There are rumors that the Foundation Establishment family was wiped out by the Tuoba family, and there are also rumors that the Foundation Establishment family has grown to its current state.

“Master Wu, you might as well inquire about it. Perhaps you can find out about the Foundation Establishment family. With your esteemed status, they certainly wouldn’t refuse if you went to ask for a secret technique of standing meditation.”

Back then, wasn't this how the Tuoba family used their power to oppress others...?

"What nonsense are you talking about? Master Wu is not the kind of cultivator who bullies the weak. I think that since Master Wu has joined forces with the Prince of Zhennan, he is not short of resources. As long as he pays a small price, the Foundation Establishment families will definitely be happy to sell him the secret techniques of stance training."

They could also gain a favor from Master Wu; why wouldn't they be happy to do it?

"..."

Everyone offered suggestions to Wu Yu.

There were some things they couldn't say outright, so they phrased them tactfully. In truth, they knew that for a Golden Core cultivator facing a Foundation Establishment family, their cultivation level was the greatest deterrent, enough to force the other party to hand over their secret techniques.

"Thank you all for your suggestions. Please allow me to go back and consider them before making a decision."

There are still many issues that Wu Yu needs to consider regarding how to handle this matter.

Afterwards, everyone changed the subject and chatted for a while before parting ways.

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Wu Yu returned to the sacred land and began to consider the matter of the secret method of stance training.

He had heard that the secret method to cultivate five pseudo-spiritual roots was martial arts stance training, and one had to reach at least the Innate Martial Artist realm to cultivate spiritual roots.

Given his father's physical condition, could he possibly reach the Innate Martial Artist realm?

"At least it's a solution, otherwise my father would just have to wait to die. Besides, there are all sorts of resources and treasures that can help improve the progress of martial arts training, and I still have a chance to get my hands on these kinds of treasures."

He is a Golden Core cultivator, so obtaining treasures to improve his martial arts stance training wouldn't be difficult for him.

If he could find a way to get his father to reach the Innate Martial Artist realm, he would possess a spiritual root. With a spiritual root, one could draw in Qi!
By drawing qi into the body, opening the dantian, transforming tendons and marrow, and undergoing a complete metamorphosis, his father would have a lifespan of 120 to 130 years.

"A Qi Refining stage cultivator can live for 120 or 130 years. What about a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator? Even with a five-element pseudo-spiritual root, as long as there are enough resources, they can simply obtain a few more Foundation Establishment Pills and have a great chance of achieving Foundation Establishment."

"A Foundation Establishment cultivator can live for 250 years!"

Wu Yu couldn't help but get excited when he thought of this.

He had thought his father wouldn't live for many more years, but now he suddenly had the chance to embark on the path of cultivation and live to be 250 years old.

"There's no time to lose, I'll go investigate right away!"

Since it concerned his father's fate, Wu Yu immediately set off for Yuanli County.

Given his father's condition, every day is crucial. The sooner he can obtain the secret method of stance training and begin practicing, the greater the hope.

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More than a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period, Wu Yu spent his free time gathering intelligence in Yuanli County, except for his shifts as a guard at Xingyue Palace.

For some reason, he did not reveal his identity as a Golden Core cultivator in Yuanli County, but instead mingled among the rogue cultivators to inquire about him.

At first, he had no clue and couldn't find any leads for several days.

He didn't even know if the Foundation Building family whose stance training secrets were "stolen" by the Tuoba family still existed.

After all, it's been over a hundred years since that happened.

Over such a long period of time, people are born, grow old, get sick, and die, and several generations come and go.

The Qi Refining cultivators have also been replaced by a new generation.

Only those elderly Foundation Establishment cultivators still vaguely remember the rumors from back then.

After inquiring for a long time, Wu Yu finally learned that the Tuoba family's secret technique of stance training came from a Foundation Establishment family in Yuanli County called "Xu Family of Baihe Mountain".

It is now the "Xu Family of Ru'an Mountain".

They found this Foundation Establishment family and inquired about the family's well-known cultivators and overall strength.

Three members of the Xu family are celestial officials of Yuanli County.

Xu Xiaoniu, Xu Xiaohou, and Xu Yiqing.

Xu Xiaohou and Xu Yiqing are the strongest among them, both having reached the seventh level of Foundation Establishment.

Xu Xiaoniu is at the sixth level of Foundation Establishment.

Besides the three, the Xu family also has several Foundation Establishment cultivators.

After making these inquiries, Wu Yu became even more certain that the Xu family was the family whose stance training secrets had been taken away by the Tuoba family: the Xu family's history of development was too short, yet the family members had produced many Foundation Establishment cultivators, which was very unusual.

Which cultivator family could produce so many Foundation Establishment members in less than two hundred years?
In terms of overall family strength, the Xu family is already one of the top families in Yuanli County.

After learning about the Xu family, Wu Yu hesitated to take action, as he was considering how to get the Xu family to hand over the secret technique of stance training.

A family with considerable influence in Yuanli County and a dozen or so Foundation Establishment cultivators would not easily hand over a precious secret technique.

How can Wu Yu obtain this secret technique?
Initially, he intended to assassinate the core members of the Xu family and seize their secret techniques through soul-searching. However, he worried that the Xu family might possess soul-searching techniques to prevent such attacks.

If he had the secret techniques of the Soul Path to protect himself, it would be bad if he killed the Xu family members and then tried to negotiate with them again.

He had another option: to reveal his true identity and, with his Golden Core cultivation and the backing of the Prince of Zhennan, force the Xu family to hand over the secret technique.

With his Golden Core True Person cultivation level, he was enough to put pressure on the Xu family. And with the Prince of Zhennan as his backer, the Xu family would have no will to resist.

After some thought, Wu Yu dismissed the idea.

He cannot reveal his identity as a subordinate of the Prince of Zhennan!

What does he want the stance training secret method for? To let his father practice martial arts so that his father can develop spiritual roots and achieve immortality.

He knew that the Prince of Zhennan hated it most when his subordinates developed their own family power; this was a taboo.

His impeccable background was a major reason why he was able to join the Prince of Zhennan's forces.

He was born into an ordinary family, with only his father and no other relatives. His father was unable to have children, leaving him with no siblings to care for. This was the kind of background the Prince of Zhennan desired most.

Therefore, he must not let the Prince of Zhennan know that he wanted the secret method of standing meditation to help his father achieve immortality.

He even thought further ahead: cultivating immortality could transform a person and restore their youth. What if his father cured his infertility through cultivating immortality and gave birth to a younger brother or sister for him? That would be even more troublesome.

He had only just joined the Prince of Zhennan's forces and had already committed such a mistake; who knew if the Prince of Zhennan would kill him in a fit of rage?

"We can only hide our identities and use our Golden Core Realm strength to coerce and entice them. I don't believe that a family whose strongest member is only at the seventh level of Foundation Establishment would dare to contend with a Golden Core True Person."

Wu Yu thought to himself.

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Ru'an Mountain.

Living room.

A Foundation Establishment Stage 9 cultivator arrived with an arrogant air and an undisguised sense of superiority to "pay his respects."

His name is Liao Fanye, a cultivator from the Liao family, a renowned alchemy family in the ancient southern city.

His purpose in coming was the same as Wu Yu's: to obtain the Five Elements Stance Technique, which could cultivate spiritual roots. He had two sons; his younger son had no spiritual roots and was an ordinary person.

The youngest son had four children, only one of whom was a son, and the other three were daughters. This only son also lacked spiritual power and was a mortal.

Liao Fanye came to get the secret method of stance training for his grandson and cultivate his spiritual root, so that he wouldn't be idle all day, indulging in debauchery and wasting his life.

He was received by Xu Zhonghuai, the head of the Xu family, and Xu Yiqing.

"I'm offering 30,000 spirit stones, plus a Grade 3 Spirit Marrow Pill. You can also choose any three Grade 2 Spirit Pills, either Foundation Establishment Pills or Tortoise Life Pills. That's more than enough, isn't it?"

Liao Fanye offered the resources he could exchange.

Xu Zhonghuai knew that the Liao family was a famous Golden Core family in Gu Nancheng. He greeted them with a smile: "Fellow Daoist, you are indeed a member of the Liao family. Your generosity is very tempting. However, to be honest, my family's stance training is not passed on to outsiders. Please forgive me."

During the more than twenty years since the Tuoba family was exterminated, people would come to ask for the Five Elements Stance Technique every few years.

Some people are polite and courteous, while others are arrogant and domineering.

However, regardless of the other party's identity, Xu Zhonghuai refused them all.

The most tense moment ever saw the two sides almost come to blows on the spot.

Fortunately, the prestige of the Zhennan Prefecture government's extermination of the Tuoba family still remained, deterring those who coveted the Xu family's martial arts skills.

In recent years, with Xu Zhongxu's advancement to the Golden Core stage and the Xu family now having a Golden Core cultivator, the Xu family has become more confident.

Not to be shared?
Liao Fanye raised his eyebrows. This was an excuse to look down on him. He said sarcastically, "Since you don't pass it on to outsiders, how did the Tuoba family obtain your family's stance training secrets in the first place?"

"What? You give face to the Tuoba family, but you don't need to give face to my Liao family?"

Upon hearing him mention the Tuoba family, both Xu Zhonghuai and Xu Yiqing's expressions turned sour.

Xu Yiqing, his face dark, sneered, "So the Tuoba family was wiped out and exiled. Does your Liao family want to repeat the same mistake?"

"you!"

Liao Fanye glared at Xu Yiqing, his eyes wide: "Hmph, the Tuoba family was wiped out because they were too greedy, actually wanting the entire clan to cultivate immortality. I only want the stance training secret method for my grandson, and I won't spread it outside and cause chaos."

If you're not satisfied with my terms, I can add more. My second uncle is a True Immortal in the Liao family capable of refining Grade Three Spirit Pills. Even if you want one or two more Grade Three Spirit Pills, I can afford it!

He mentioned his second grandfather, a Golden Core cultivator, to put pressure on the Xu family.

He came to the Xu family to ask for the Five Elements Stance Technique on his own initiative, without informing his second master. The famous Golden Core families of Zhennan Prefecture generally shared the same attitude towards the Five Elements Stance Technique: they didn't need it!
Having learned from the experience of the Tuoba family, those Golden Core families would not allow Golden Core cultivators to come and ask for the Five Elements Stance Technique.

As for Liao Fanye's grandson, in his second grandfather's eyes, he was a mortal born without spiritual roots, and should accept birth, aging, sickness and death.

The longer a cultivator lives, the less concerned they are with the birth, aging, sickness, and death of their loved ones.

This is a matter of personal destiny, and cannot be forcibly interfered with.

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Xu Zhonghuai and Xu Yiqing showed no fear when Liao Fanye mentioned his second master, who was at the Golden Core Realm.

With a forced smile, Xu Zhonghuai said politely, "Fellow Daoist, please forgive me, but my clan's secret techniques really cannot be passed on to outsiders."

They don't believe anyone's guarantees.

The Xu family will not believe any claims that it is "only for one person and will never be revealed to outsiders"!
"Such a lack of respect! Believe me or not, I'll turn this Ru'an Mountain upside down!"

boom--!
Liao Fanye unleashed his power at the ninth level of Foundation Establishment.

Even without his second master, his ninth-level Foundation Establishment cultivation was not to be trifled with; he was much stronger than Xu Xiaohou, the strongest Foundation Establishment cultivator on the surface.

"Of course we believe."

Xu Yiqing's lips curled into a forced smile. Since things had already turned ugly, there was no need to save face.

"However, we are not pushovers. The Xu family will not be afraid of such threats!"

Xu Yiqing unleashed the aura of the seventh level of Foundation Establishment.

Zhonghuai then sent a message to Xu Xiaohou.

With Liao Fanye's cultivation at the ninth level of Foundation Establishment, even if Xu Zhongxu didn't make a move, the Xu family wouldn't be afraid of him.

Even if Xu Yiqing and Xu Xiaohou join forces, they might still be able to defeat Liao Fanye.

call out!
Xu Xiaohou, who was practicing flying sword techniques in the core third-tier spiritual land area of ​​Ru'an Mountain, received a spiritual talisman message from Xu Zhonghuai and descended as a stream of light.

"Who dares to cause trouble in my house?!"

Xu Xiaohou hovered in the air, with five flying swords circling around him.

The five flying swords were extremely fast, their trajectories unpredictable. Each of them was a high-grade spiritual weapon.

Despite his initial Foundation Establishment level of seven, after acquiring the "Thousand Methods of Soul Path" in the library, Xu Xiaohou used the Foundation Establishment level's soul-refining secrets to enhance his soul power, and now his soul is equivalent to the Foundation Establishment level eight.

Being able to control five flying swords simultaneously as if they were his own arms, his combat power has increased several times over!
With his five flying swords, Xu Xiaohou was able to directly confront a ninth-level Foundation Establishment cultivator.

What a sharp flying sword!

Liao Fanye was amazed; he had only ever seen such powerful flying sword techniques in the Wuma family.

Based on those five flying swords alone, he knew that with his Foundation Establishment Level 9 cultivation, he couldn't possibly gain an advantage here. So he cursed and said fiercely, "Our Liao family will remember this grudge!"

I hope you won't regret it.

"Ha, you think you can represent the Liao family? If you could, you wouldn't be the only one here today."

Xu Yiqing exposed Liao Fanye's lie.

If Liao Fanye could have persuaded the Liao family to compete for the Xu family's Five Elements Stance Technique, it would definitely not have been Liao Fanye himself who came today.

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Just as Liao Fanye had lost face and was about to leave,

A voice from beyond the heavens suddenly descended.

"This place is very lively."

It was Wu Yu!

He stood on fiery clouds, his face obscured by a black robe.

He had only recently advanced to the Golden Core realm, and others were not familiar with his aura, so he was not worried about his identity being exposed.

His aura caused everyone present to change their expressions.

The aura belonging to a Golden Core cultivator descended from the sky.

Xu Xiaohou, Xu Yiqing, Xu Zhongche, and the others all looked grim, because this was the unfamiliar aura of a Golden Core cultivator.

Liao Fanye was equally terrified, unsure whether this suddenly appearing Golden Core cultivator was friend or foe.

Everyone looked up and saw the fiery clouds beneath Wu Yu's feet, as well as his face, which was completely hidden by a black robe.

"Greetings to this esteemed master."

"Meet the real person."

The crowd, unaware of his purpose in coming, maintained their politeness.

"No gift."

Wu Yu disguised his voice: "You were just arguing about the secret method of stance training? I'm here for the same reason."

I've heard that the Xu family's secret method is quite miraculous, capable of enabling ordinary people to cultivate spiritual roots.

"I wonder if, with my influence, I could persuade the Xu family to pass on a secret technique to me?"

(End of this chapter)