Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 244 The Chaos of the Gao Family
Cuizhu Mountain has a gentle slope and a sacred cave. Bamboo grows everywhere, stretching into a sea, creating a unique landscape.

Standing on the edge of the cliff, gazing into the distance, Gao Sizhu, the current head of the Gao family, had a sallow face full of worry. His once straight back was now somewhat hunched.

When the Gao family suffered misfortune, beset by internal and external troubles, he was appointed to the position of family head in a time of crisis. Outsiders only saw his glory, but not his difficulties. Over the years, in order to maintain the stability of the Gao family, he sought peace with foreign powers and purged the family internally, exhausting all his energy.

"With the chaos at Five Immortals Mountain, my Gao family, which is affiliated with the Prefectural Governor's Office, has no choice but to take action. However, we don't know how much we will lose this time."

With a sigh, Gao Sizhu felt utterly helpless.

Before ascending to the position of family head, he had achieved minor success in Qi Refining and opened sixty-five acupoints. He was not far from achieving major success in Qi Refining. However, he is still stuck at the minor success level in Qi Refining and has not yet reached the major success level. This is not only due to the lack of cultivation resources and talent, but also because of the burden of family affairs.

With the pillar of the family gone and no truly capable people left in the household, he, as the head of the family, could only drag the entire clan along, which was a heavy burden. However, at such a precarious juncture, if he did not step forward and take control of the situation, the Gao family would probably have fallen apart long ago.

"After a long and turbulent period, my Gao family finally managed to settle down, but now we are going to suffer again."

"Fortunately, Zixuan has already reached the Qi Refining stage, and his cultivation is progressing very rapidly. There is hope that he will reach the Qi Refining Perfection stage in the future. As long as he can get through this stage, once he has achieved success in his cultivation, our Gao family will have a chance to rise again."

Thinking of Gao Zixuan's existence, a smile appeared on Gao Sizhu's face.

He was well aware that Gao Zixuan was Gao Siyuan's son, and it was precisely because of this that he did not give up on cultivating Gao Zixuan after he became the new head of the family. During that period, in order to please the prefectural governor's office, the Gao family tightened their belts from top to bottom, and even he, the head of the family, was no exception, but Gao Zixuan's cultivation resources were never lacking.

Gao Sizhu still respected Gao Siyuan, the former head of the family. After all, he had made great contributions to the Gao family's success. As his child, Gao Zixuan was born with a legacy of his. Not to mention, Gao Zixuan was indeed talented and worth cultivating. The only thing he lacked was his temperament.

However, Gao Zixuan is still relatively young, and there will be opportunities to make up for it in the future. As long as a person experiences more, they will eventually grow.

"I really hope that day will come soon."

Looking to the future, Gao Sizhu felt a surge of hope.

Just then, Gao Sizhu suddenly realized something.

At the same time, Gao Zixuan, the prodigy of the Gao family, whom he had just been thinking about, appeared in his field of vision, but there was another figure following behind him.

Upon seeing this figure, Gao Sizhu's expression changed slightly. He sensed an extremely dangerous aura emanating from this figure, and most importantly, this figure was not human.

"Qi Refining Perfection, snake demon, Zixuan, you..."

Realizing something, Gao Zixuan and Gao Sizhu looked at each other with complicated expressions.

Meeting Gao Sizhu's gaze, Gao Zixuan was initially a little guilty, but quickly regained his composure. At this moment, his face, which was as white as a sheet of paper, was filled with icy coldness.

"Seventh Uncle, my mother, Lady Qinghua, has advanced to the Dao Foundation stage. The demons of Five Immortals Mountain have decided to clean up Qingyuan County. Soon, the entire Qingyuan County will be littered with corpses. My Gao family needs to make the right choice."

With a hoarse voice, Gao Zixuan landed and turned his gaze to Gao Sizhu.

The black snake beside him remained silent, only revealing its demonic form and unleashing a fierce aura, locking onto Gao Sizhu.

Guided by the Azure Flower Goddess, it came from the Five Immortals Mountain, made contact with Gao Zixuan, and finally, with Gao Zixuan's help, easily passed through the Gao family's protective mountain formation and arrived in front of Gao Sizhu.

Upon hearing this, Gao Sizhu lost all hope. He never imagined that the cultivation seed he had carefully nurtured would collude with the demon race and that he would foolishly bring it to his own territory.

"No matter what, my Gao family is a family of human cultivators. How can we collude with demons?"

"Zixuan, you're foolish! How can you face me like this? How can you face your father's painstaking efforts in raising you? Do you know that the thing your father hated most in his life was the green snake in Five Immortals Mountain..."

Overwhelmed with grief, Gao Sizhu's back bent completely at that moment.

Upon seeing this, Gao Zixuan remained completely unmoved.

“I have no father, only a mother. If he hadn’t deliberately hidden it, I would have recognized my mother long ago. Why would I have lived such a timid and cautious life for so long?”

"In the end, it was he who delayed me. If I had a mother like me, who was a great cultivator of the Dao Foundation, with my talent, I might have already achieved the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, and my future would have been promising."

His tone was agitated, and Gao Zixuan's fair face appeared somewhat distorted at this moment, revealing the resentment he harbored towards Gao Siyuan.

The strictness of Gao Siyuan in his childhood, the frustration he had felt recently, and the appearance of Qinghua Niangniang, a powerful demon at the Dao Foundation stage, completely distorted his thinking. In his view, Gao Siyuan and the Gao family had hindered his progress and delayed his cultivation.

Hearing this, and seeing Gao Zixuan like this, Gao Sizhu was utterly desperate.

"Since Seventh Uncle is unwilling, then don't blame me. After today, the Gao family will be under my command."

His words were full of determination, and at that moment, a cold glint flashed in Gao Zixuan's narrow, slightly green eyes.

Upon hearing this, the black snake demon let out a cold laugh and immediately attacked, spitting out a stream of black energy that swept towards Gao Sizhu.

This black smoke was painstakingly refined by him, but it contains extremely strong toxins. Ordinary cultivators would feel dizzy and disoriented if they inhaled even a little bit, and once enveloped by it, they would turn into a stream of black water, leaving no trace of their bodies.

Seeing this, Gao Sizhu quickly stepped in to stop it.

However, he had lost his spirit at this moment, and his cultivation level was far inferior to that of the Black Serpent. He was at a disadvantage after just one exchange. Originally, being on Green Bamboo Mountain, he could have borrowed some of the power of the great formation. Unfortunately, there was a traitor like Gao Zixuan who had secretly damaged the foundation of the great formation, so he could not activate it for the time being.

"Azure phosphorus poison fire".

With the poison gas entering his body and his head throbbing, Gao Sizhu barely managed to activate a spell to block the black snake's attack.

Seeing this, the black snake let out a cold laugh. Although his foundation was weak, a Qi Refining Perfection cultivator was still a Qi Refining Perfection cultivator, and he still suppressed Gao Sizhu so much that she couldn't lift her head.

"If I can't do anything to that old bastard Red Fox, then I can't do anything to you?"

A burst of demonic energy erupted, and the black snake unleashed its pair of fangs, biting fiercely at Gao Sizhu, intending to finish the battle quickly.

At that very moment, a gaze quietly descended from above the clouds, taking in everything.

(End of this chapter)