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Chapter 124 It's time to go. (Short and weak. Please subscribe and vote!)

Another few breaths passed.

The final layer of the fire wall was also breached.

Xu Chuan was puzzled, and with a few leaps, he arrived in front of Xu Mingwei.

"This truly surprises me. If you possessed a complete set of high-grade magical artifacts, you might have such power, but how come..."

Xu Mingwei put away the Ink Dragon Bow and smiled faintly, "Father, when I was fully arousing my magic power just now, my eyes saw something strange and I saw the weak point in the Fire Wall you set up."

Only by attacking this weak point could the child achieve this level of skill.

"Weak point targeting?"

Xu Chuan was somewhat dazed. He possessed the physical strength of a Grandmaster, the extra strength granted by [Innate Divine Power], and the ultra-long-range vision granted by [Eagle Eye]. Now, he also had the ability to target weaknesses.
That's a bit too much, isn't it?

Isn't it just like a fixed turret?

That's a foul!

No, it can be made even stronger!
Xu Chuan immediately thought that if he could make up for Xu Mingwei's shortcomings...
Fixed turrets can also be destroyed; only mobile turrets are invincible.

After that, unless one's realm and strength far surpass those of others, they will be truly invincible among those of the same level.

Xu Chuan thought of the only speed-type talent among the three generations of talents—[Swift Wind Chasing Lightning].

Even later, one could find techniques or magical artifacts that conceal one's breath.
"Father."

Xu Mingwei's shout brought him back to his senses, and he said calmly, "What is it?"

"Shall we continue?"

Xu Chuan pondered for a moment and said, "Try again. This time, don't aim at the weakest point of the fire wall. See how far you can go. Before that, allow me to rest for a while."

Activating the Phoenix Furnace six times in a row and setting up six layers of fire walls also consumed a lot of its magical power.

The second test.

Xu Mingwei only broke through the fourth level and stopped at the fifth level.

Xu Chuan smiled faintly; this was exactly what he had predicted.

However, if the Xu family has the means in the future, they will definitely replace Xu Mingwei's magic artifact with a high-grade one.

The power of a high-grade magic weapon is far greater than that of a mid-grade magic weapon.

"That's enough for now. Focus on your cultivation from now on. You still need to take care of the family affairs."

"Yes, Dad."

"By the way, Stone, do you still remember the prayer I asked you to memorize?" Xu Chuan said casually.

"Naturally remember."

“Recite it once for your father.”

"In the year of Yi Si, we devoutly worship our ancestors. Their virtues will be passed down to future generations, and their blessings will extend to our family. Through spring and autumn, we will never cease our filial piety, and our thoughts will remain sincere."

Xu Chuan then bestowed upon it the power of "Swift as the Wind".

“That’s right. When the next head of the family is chosen, he should also be reminded of this.”

"Yes, Father."

Afterwards, the two returned to Bihan Pool.

Xu Mingwei went down the mountain. He had some matters to attend to, and the mansion also needed someone to oversee things.

Looking at Xu Mingshu and Xu Mingxuan under the demon fruit tree, Xu Chuan stroked his short beard. "Next year, we should be able to produce two more cultivators at the sixth level of Qi Refining. As for A Yuan, he should be able to enter the path of immortality the year after next."

Currently, the availability of pills like Qi-Nourishing Pills and Qi-Gathering Pills relies entirely on the stock in Xu Chuan's storage bag.

Aside from the Grandmaster Martial Elixir, the other ingredients for martial arts elixirs are readily available.

In a few years, the Xu family will definitely need to align themselves with the cultivation families of Yuehu County and collect spiritual herbs.

Otherwise, once it's all used up, it will be difficult to continue.

January has arrived again in the blink of an eye.

Xu Chuan summoned Xu Mingxian to inquire about the arrangements of the clan's protective formation.

"The preliminary preparations are almost complete. In a few more days, we can officially set up the grand formation, which should be completed in about two or three days."

Xu Chuan clapped his hands and laughed, "Excellent."

"After you have set it up, do not activate it yet. Wait for my notification before you try to activate the formation to see if it will affect the Three Absolute Dragon Locking Formation."

"Understood, Father."

A few days later.

Without making a sound, Xu Mingxian had set up the Four Symbols Heavenly Gang Formation.

A second-tier superior-grade grand formation is probably only possible for a first or second-grade aristocratic family to set up.

Xu Chuan felt it was too ostentatious and should be used as a trump card, not to be used except in critical moments. Then, he would find a first-class high-grade magic array to set up outside the Four Symbols Heavenly Gang Array.

He had instructed Xu Mingxian about this matter, and he had promised to go out to the market to search for it after he finished this busy period.

As for getting it to create its own first-tier grand formation, that's still a bit difficult.

The art of formations is far more difficult than the art of alchemy, weapon crafting, and talisman crafting.

To truly become a master of formations, one needs not only talent, but even Xu Mingxian would need at least ten years.

The next day.

After midnight.

Xu Chuan used the "Daily Divination" method.

[Today's divination is neutral. Your fifth son, Xu Mingxian, activated the great formation for the first time, causing an anomaly in the Three Absolute Dragon Locking Formation. The sealing power became weak, and the peak third-tier water-type dragon, which had been suppressed here for over two thousand years, awakened. A wisp of its divine sense probed the surroundings and also glanced at the Xu family for a moment before returning to calm.]

"A peak-stage Tier 3 aquatic dragon?!"

Upon seeing this divination result, Xu Chuan was deeply shocked.

If this dragon were to break free and wreak havoc, the entire Great Wei Dynasty might be wiped out.

"However, since it is a neutral hexagram, it seems that he is currently unable to escape his predicament and has no intention of targeting my Xu family. Moreover, let alone the fact that he has been suppressed here for more than two thousand years."

If he could cultivate to the peak of the third rank, he must have existed for at least several hundred or even a thousand years.

I wonder how much longer this dragon has to live?

Xu Chuan only knew that the lifespan of demonic beasts was often much longer than that of human cultivators. Although dragons were not as long-lived as turtles of the same level, they were still among the longest-lived demonic beasts.

"It must have been three or four thousand years, right?"

The next day.

Xu Mingxian activated the Four Symbols Heavenly Gang Formation, but its power was not unleashed.

Otherwise, the surging spiritual energy, gathering and taking shape, transforming into the four divine creatures—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise—would surely be an omen of celestial anomalies.

The translucent light curtain instantly solidified, like a dome covering the sky and the wilderness, enveloping an area of ​​dozens of miles around the Azure Cold Pool.

"The foundation upon which the Xu family began has been laid!"

Xu Chuan looked up at the sky with a faint smile on his lips. He scanned the area with his divine sense and found that the array's light barrier could not be hidden.

However, he also knew that whether he could stay here for long was still unknown.

This place was blessed with natural advantages and arranged into the Four Symbols Heavenly Gang Formation, but at the same time, it also buried another, even greater hidden danger.

However, the potential benefits or harms of this hidden danger are unknown.

That should be about right.

"Could it be a senior who was sealed away under the Three Absolute Dragon-Locking Formation?"

Although Xu Chuan was completely unaware, he knew in advance and wanted to use this opportunity to communicate with the dragon.

"Huh, a mere Qi Refining stage cultivator actually possesses divine sense? You're quite lucky, young human. But how did you discover me?"
Even if you possess a divine sense comparable to the Foundation Establishment stage, you still wouldn't be able to detect my presence." Xu Chuan continued to transmit his divine sense into the void.

"My son is a master of array formations. He told me about the name of this great array. It is a sealing array, mostly used to suppress powerful demons."

"That young cultivator was able to think of using the spiritual energy of the Three Absolute Dragon Locking Formation to set up another great formation. His talent in formations is truly remarkable. When I woke up this time, my divine sense was temporarily freed, and I also received a favor from him."

A grand, deep voice resounded directly in Xu Chuan's mind.

"If you allow him to help me escape this predicament, I can help your clan rise to power and become the ruler of this region."

"Senior, please don't joke. My Xu family can rise on its own. Your promise makes me doubt your intentions. After being suppressed for thousands of years, you must resent the human race very much, right?"

The voice in the sea of ​​consciousness fell silent.

"I know a principle: the bigger the promise made without any substance, the more suspicious people become of its motives. If you want to do business with someone, it is best to be equal in strength and status, or to have a fatal weakness in the other party's hands."

"Young human, you are quite perceptive and insightful about the ways of the world and people's hearts. But you wouldn't speak to me for no reason, would you? Do you want something from me?"

Xu Chuan smiled faintly, "This junior merely wants to know how much longer you have left to live, senior. If my Xu family continues to use the clan's protective formation in the future, it will surely accelerate your breakthrough of the seal, and it will also concern whether my Xu family will relocate or continue to stay here in the future."

"Hmph, you dare to inquire about my lifespan? How dare you!"

Xu Chuan's words seemed to have provoked the dragon's anger.

Having been sealed away for over two thousand years, how could it not resent it?!

If not for this misfortune, he might even have been able to advance to the fourth-tier transformed demon beast realm and truly become a powerful demon who dominates a region.

Now, not only has he not made any progress, but his strength has also been reduced to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Even if they escape, it will take them more than ten years to recover and return to their peak condition.

As for lifespan, it's naturally not long, at most two or three hundred years.

"It seems there really isn't much left," Xu Chuan thought to himself. If he still had a thousand or two thousand years left to live, things wouldn't be like this.

After pondering for a moment, Xu Chuan decided to test the waters, "Senior, why are you angry? It seems your lifespan is running out. You probably don't even have one-tenth of your dragon clan's lifespan left."

"Dragons are considered long-lived species. Given your level, senior, you should have lived for at least four or five thousand years. Have you even lost four or five hundred years now?"

Seeing that he did not answer, Xu Chuan probed again, "No, perhaps not even a hundred years will pass."

"presumptuous!"

"It seems I still have more than a hundred years left, maybe two or three hundred years of lifespan?" Xu Chuan pondered in his heart, then smiled and said, "Senior, please don't be offended. Even if I only have two or three hundred years of lifespan, it is still much longer than ours. If I cannot break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, I am afraid I will die after sixty years."

Xu Chuan showered him with praise.

"That's right, humans are nothing but ants, a hundred years is but a fleeting moment."

"But even you, senior, were suppressed by the so-called ant-like human cultivators. Don't underestimate us humans."

Xu Chuan repeatedly pulled at his nerves.

"Actually, our Xu family has established itself and taken root here, which is a kind of fate with our predecessors. Why not cooperate and benefit both of us?"

"How to meet the requirements"

The voice in his mind abruptly stopped.

Xu Chuan was slightly taken aback, then a bitter smile appeared on his lips: It's time to keep watch?

It's a bit short and weak.
"A lifespan of two or three hundred years."

After muttering to himself, Xu Chuan immediately told Xu Mingxian to put away the great formation. Xu Mingxian, having finished, came over and asked curiously, "Father, who were you talking to just now?"

"What do you think?" Xu Chuan smiled slightly and turned to walk into the bamboo house.

"To be able to keep me completely unaware, it must be a spiritual exchange, a great demon from beneath the Azure Cold Pool?" Xu Mingxian followed them in.

After Zhang Wanqing formally began learning alchemy, a new bamboo house was built nearby for her to live in.

Xu Deling went to practice magic in the surrounding area, and Wu Tao and Shen Qingyi followed her.

"That was a peak third-tier dragon. I just communicated with it and found out some things. It was sealed here by a powerful human cultivator and has a grudge against the human race."

The seal, which had lasted for over two thousand years, had reduced his lifespan to only two or three hundred years.

Xu Mingxian was shocked and couldn't help but ask immediately, "Father, how did you know?"

"Father has his own way of doing things," Xu Chuan said with a faint smile.

"That's right, Father is good at divination, so he naturally has a way of knowing."

After Xu Chuan sat down cross-legged, he continued, "Yun Nu, what do you think the Four Symbols Heavenly Gang Formation will do to it? How long will it take for this great formation to break?"

"The impact will be significant, causing it to have more and more flaws, but Yunnu believes it will remain safe for at least a hundred years."

"Oh, why do you say that?"

"Firstly, my Xu family keeps a low profile and rarely makes enemies. Even if we do have enemies, we will definitely find a way to eliminate them quickly, so we shouldn't use the Four Symbols Heavenly Gang Formation too often."

Even if we assume it happens once a year, and each time lasts several hours, I don't think the Three Absolute Dragon-Locking Formation would develop a major flaw over a hundred years, allowing the dragon to escape.

Thinking of all the benefits of a third-tier dragon, Xu Mingxian said again, "Father, if my Xu family can outlive that third-tier dragon, it will be an immense blessing."

“It is fate.” Xu Chuan glanced at Xu Mingxian. “If we were enemies, we should use any means necessary to kill them. But we could also be friends, which would bring many benefits to the Xu family.”

"To be friends?"

"With his protection, my Xu family has a stronger foundation, while with the help of our Xu family, he can get out of trouble sooner. This is the connection between our mutual interests."

However, this is just my calculation. Whether it is feasible or not, Father will carefully plan.

If we truly cannot be friends, even if we never use the Four Symbols Heavenly Gang Formation again, we must seal him here and seize the destiny from his corpse.

"Father is very cautious in his actions, so I can rest assured."

"This matter is settled. I will go to the capital in a few days to find a first-grade high-level magic array."

Xu Chuan nodded slightly, handed him the Lei family token, more than four hundred spirit stones, and two bottles of Qi Gathering Pills, and instructed him: "Take the Lei family token. If you encounter any trouble from aristocratic families, you can take it out to intimidate them."

In addition, there are secret techniques for restricting the soul, such as the Breath Concealing Technique, the Spirit Beast Restriction Technique, and the four classic texts on alchemy, arrays, artifacts, and talismans, all of which can be collected.

Of course, in the realm of alchemy, unless it involves ancient texts and formulas, other methods need not be considered.

"I will pay attention."

Xu Mingxian's cultivation has not declined in the past six months. Nearly a year has passed since he broke through to the eighth level of Qi Refining, and he is approaching the late stage of the eighth level of Qi Refining.

Once one reaches the peak of the eighth level of Qi Refining, and with the help of the Breakthrough Pill, one can directly enter the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Several years later, the Xu family will have two cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining and one at the peak of Qi Refining, which is not uncommon even among the Qi Refining families in the capital.

Admittedly, compared to them, the Xu family's number of early and mid-stage cultivators is far inferior.

As far as he knew, the Qi Refining families in Yuehu County each had at least twenty cultivators, but most of them were in the early or middle stages of Qi Refining, and there were only three or four or even fewer in the late stage of Qi Refining. Some of them were recruited rogue cultivators.

Some families have a maximum cultivation level of only the eighth level of Qi Refining, which is only considered a sixth-grade Qi Refining family.

The Xu family has great ambitions. Once they show their strength, they will definitely aim to become a top-tier fifth-grade Qi Refining family.

However, in addition to the requirement that the highest level of cultivators be cultivated, fifth-grade Qi Refining families must also have at least ten cultivators in their clan.

Within a few years, Xu Mingwei and the other four will all be able to enter the path of immortality. Adding Xu Chuan himself, Wu Tao, Shen Qingyi, Zhang Wanqing, and Xu Deling, there will be exactly ten people.

Xu Dezhao has just entered the Innate Realm. If given six or seven years, he will also have the opportunity to embark on the path of immortality.

Xu Chuan had considered not revealing Xu Mingwei and the others for the time being when they were promoted to a Qi Refining family, since they could recruit rogue cultivators to fill the ranks.

However, upon closer examination, this gives the impression of keeping it a secret, prompting people to delve deeper into the matter.

After all, they couldn't hide forever. Any cultivator of similar strength could see through their cultivation level.

Ideally, one should acquire the Concealing Breath Technique, deliberately conceal several layers of cultivation, disguise oneself as someone of inferior talent, and then gradually release it over several years.

As long as one demonstrates poor aptitude, the other Qi-cultivating families will not suspect or investigate further.

After all, it was the same in their clan; geniuses were few, and most of those with the aptitude for cultivation were mediocre.

(End of this chapter)