Building a long-lasting family lineage starting with genealogy

Chapter 125 Moon Lake County, the Su Family (Seeking Subscriptions and Votes)

Not long after Xu Mingxian taught Xu Chuan the incantation to open and close the Four Symbols Heavenly Gang Formation, she went out.

His own cultivation level is close to the late stage of the eighth level of Qi Refining. He has a high-grade magic weapon flying sword, a mid-grade defensive magic weapon, and considerable expertise in array formation.

The person is quite clever.

Therefore, Xu Chuan was relatively at ease with Xu Mingxian going out to make her way in the world.

Of course, he would also occasionally divine Xu Mingxian's fortune.

night.

During a rest.

Bai Jing suddenly asked, "Why has Yun Nu gone out again?"

Xu Chuan took off his outer robe, revealing his undergarments, got into bed, and said calmly, "Let him go out and take care of some business. Don't make a fuss."

"I understand, but I still feel worried."

Xu Chuan stroked her hair, which was a mix of green and white, and said softly, "It's just a mother's nature. Don't worry, Yun Nu will be back in ten days or half a month."

Moreover, the children are all grown up, and even the grandchildren are not young anymore. Those who should go out and make their way in the world should naturally go out. Does the Xu family mean we should just stay here and not move?
How can it be developed further then?

“My husband is right,” Bai Jing sighed.

"Okay, go to sleep."

"Husband, don't stay up too late, get some rest early."

The next day.

The Xu family's group entered the mountains again.

Xu Mingxuan and Xu Mingshu served as the team leaders this time.

They walked briskly through the mountains and forests.

Xu Mingshu sat cross-legged on the back of a white tiger with red and gold eyes that was nearly ten feet tall. She was dressed in a crimson gauze robe with narrow sleeves and gold thread embroidery of intertwined branches. Her black hair was tied up in a high ponytail and bound with crimson silk, which fluttered with the tiger's steps.

A three-foot-long green sword hangs from his jade belt at his waist, and the scabbard is reddish-gold with a tassel adorned with seven-treasure bells.

Unparalleled grace and dazzling brilliance.

Compared to her, Xu Mingxuan was more low-key, wearing a blue robe and a gold crown with engraved flowers. Her hair was held in place by a jade hairpin with an apricot-yellow tassel hanging from the end.

A black belt was tied around his waist, with a three-foot-long dragon abyss hanging at his side—its sheath was as dark and heavy as ancient sandalwood.

With his hands behind his back, Xu Mingxuan lightly touched the tips of his gold-threaded cloud-patterned boots, and his entire body moved like a blue crane skimming across the waves, instantly appearing more than three zhang away.

It has gained a more serene and nonchalant air.

The group consisted of eighteen people, the weakest of whom was a peak-stage acquired martial artist.

Above them, two giant blue eagles, each nearly six feet tall, circled, with faint blue flames burning above their heads.

One of them remained at Bihan Pool, so that if Xu Chuan needed to contact them urgently, he could use it to deliver a message.

"Zhao'er, we told you not to come along, but what you should do now is cultivate diligently, catch up with us as soon as possible, and contribute more in the future."

Xu Mingshu glanced at Xu Dezhao, who was following beside her. Now that he was also a Xiantian (a type of cultivator), he couldn't shake off Xu Dezhao at this speed.

“Aunt, I’m already at the Innate Realm. You should have let me join the herb-gathering team long ago so I could train with you.”

"Xueji, Zhao'er has come along, so let's leave it at that."

"Alright then." Xu Mingshu sighed softly, glancing at the others, and said, "If you encounter any danger, remember to protect the young master."

"Yes, Miss Ming Shu." The others clasped their hands in unison.

Even during their conversation, they never stopped talking.

In the past two years, they have explored many places in the Broken Tooth Mountain Range, but due to their limited knowledge, they may have missed many rare medicinal materials and even spiritual herbs, so they have to explore again.

Meanwhile, more than ten miles away.

A similar team emerged, but with only seven members.

All six of them wore black robes with dark blue belts around their waists. Their auras varied in strength; the stronger ones were likely late-stage Innate Realm martial artists, while the weaker ones possessed the strength of early-stage Innate Realm martial artists.

The remaining person was dressed in a brocade robe, and his aura was completely different from theirs. He did not have a surging bloodlust, but rather a more elegant and otherworldly temperament.

The middle-aged man in black robes who was leading the group said, "Young Master Dingzhen, is there any need to continue into this place where spiritual energy is so scarce?"

The young man in the brocade robe, Su Dingzhen, turned to look at him. "Although the spiritual energy is thin, it is indeed difficult for high-grade spiritual herbs to survive, but that does not mean there are no low-grade spiritual herbs. Moreover, if no one has visited for hundreds of years, there are still many hundred-year-old spiritual herbs."

In short, we'll explore this mountain range area first, and then go back.

If you make a discovery, you will also receive martial arts elixirs as a reward from your family; otherwise, with only ordinary spiritual medicines, you will find it difficult to defeat the other teams.

When the topic of martial arts pills came up, all six guards' eyes lit up, especially the mid-to-late stage martial artists, who had all received them as rewards several times.

This is far more effective than the so-called innate medicinal diets found in ordinary master families.

Even in a family that cultivates Qi, if there isn't a single alchemist of any significant talent within the clan, they wouldn't be able to research such a pill.

"You don't want to be overshadowed by the other teams, do you?"

The six men looked at each other, clasped their hands in a fist and bowed, saying, "We will obey Young Master Dingzhen's orders."

Su Dingzhen waved her hand, a slight smile playing on her lips, "Let's continue the investigation."

"Yes!"

Su Dingzhen, the overlord of Yuehu County, is a member of the Su family, one of the two Foundation Establishment aristocratic families.

He was only twenty-nine years old and possessed mixed spiritual roots.

He began cultivating at the age of six, spent several months embarking on the path of immortality, and cultivated for more than six years to reach the peak of the third level of Qi Refining. However, he encountered a bottleneck in the middle stage and it took him nearly two years to break through.

After breaking through to the mid-stage, I felt that my cultivation speed had slowed down considerably.

Now, four years have passed, and he has only reached the peak of the fourth level of Qi Refining, and has been stuck at the bottleneck for more than a year.

Although the Su family recruited rogue alchemists and trained their own alchemists, their talent in alchemy was limited and could not compare to Zhou Sen of the Zhou family.

Family members with mixed spiritual roots like Su Dingzhen receive at least four or five pills each month to enhance their magical power, and may even receive spirit stones for cultivation.

However, those with pseudo-spiritual roots are lucky to get even one pill a month, let alone spirit stones; they rely almost entirely on themselves.

They cannot compare to the Zhou family, much less the Xu family.

With Xu Chuan in the Xu family, the family members are destined to never lack pills, and each of them will be able to obtain mid-to-high-grade pills.

Of course, his family possesses the "Innate Five Elements Creation Technique," and all those who embark on the path of immortality are based on true spiritual roots and aptitude, far surpassing even Golden Core families.

He took the initiative to accept the mission and went out to find spiritual herbs, hoping to obtain a hundred-year-old spiritual herb and thus receive a reward from his family.

If one had a Breakthrough Pill, it would be enough to allow them to directly advance to the fifth level of Qi Refining, without having to remain stuck at the fifth level bottleneck.

Every cultivation family allocates its resources to geniuses.

For example, those with true spiritual root aptitude.

Another type is like him; as long as he can break through faster than his peers, he can also be favored by the family.

More than an hour later.

One of the peak-stage acquired martial artists in the Xu family's group suddenly noticed a small, dark blue flower growing in a pile of rocks not far to their left.

"Third Master, Miss Ming Shu, there is a blue heart flower ahead."

As he spoke, he leaped up to pick it, and Xu Mingxuan and Xu Mingshu also turned to look.

Just as he got close, a dark figure darted out and suddenly struck him in the chest with a palm.

puff~
The man immediately coughed up blood and flew backward seven or eight meters.

"Wang Yan." A member of the patrol team who was familiar with him immediately called out, his expression changing slightly.

"You all go and bring Wang Yan back to check his injuries. The rest of you, be on guard." Xu Mingxuan's face also darkened.

After examining him, a martial artist with innate abilities said, "Fortunately, your heart meridian is not damaged, only your internal organs are somewhat damaged. Here, Wang Yan, take this pill."

Wang Yan immediately swallowed it and felt much better.

Upon seeing the peak-stage acquired cultivator take the pill, the black-robed man opposite him immediately turned his gaze, as if a sharp glint had flashed within it.

But seeing Xu Mingxuan, Xu Mingshu, and the white tiger beneath them startled him slightly. Hearing the commotion, Su Dingzhen and the others also came over.

He paused slightly upon seeing the person opposite him, then asked, "What happened?"

Xu Mingshu glared at her and said coldly, "Your men severely injured my guards for no reason. What's the outcome of this matter?"

The man in black immediately clasped his hands and said, "Young Master Dingzhen, it was I who first discovered that decades-old blue heart flower."

"You say you discovered it first, so you were the first to find it? But why didn't you rush out to pick it first? Instead, you attacked and injured my guards when they tried to pick it."

Xu Dezhao was also angry, and anger was rising between his brows.

"Why would I, a mere cultivator, need to launch a sneak attack? I was also going to pick some, but he just happened to dart out. One must be careful in the mountains and forests, so I made my move."

Su Dingzhen smiled faintly upon hearing this, "It seems to be a misunderstanding. I see that your guards are all fine, so how about we let this go?"

Xu Mingxuan, not wanting to cause trouble, nodded slightly.

Su Dingzhen scanned the area with his divine sense and discovered that Xu Mingshu's team also had six Xiantian experts. Among them, the woman on the tiger's back and the man in the green robe had surging blood and qi, and were even stronger than the strongest martial artist in his own team.

He should be a martial artist at the peak of the innate realm.

"Two people, all under the age of thirty, have achieved perfect innate cultivation, and there is still one more."

His gaze fell on Xu Dezhao.

"Still so immature, yet not even sixteen, and already at the mid-stage of the Innate Realm? Whose disciple is this?"

To cultivate such individuals, either all three are geniuses with extraordinary martial arts talent, or their families have abundant resources to support them, and their innate medicinal cuisine is definitely not that of ordinary martial arts families.

"Are you members of the Zhou family?"

Su Dingzhen thought of Zhou Sen, a master alchemist in the Zhou family, and realized that the family should have a large amount of martial arts pills and resources, which could be used to cultivate martial arts experts.

"What's it to you?" Xu Mingshu raised an eyebrow.

"That's not the answer, since I've never heard of such a young mid-stage Innate Realm member among the important members of the Zhou family."

Su Dingzhen pondered.

Although cultivators look down on martial arts experts, they have to admit that at least their combat strength is not weak, and they can also assist in hunting monsters.

Therefore, many Qi cultivation families will also train important members of their clan who do not have the aptitude for immortal cultivation to follow the path of martial arts.

He cupped his hands and said, "I am Su Dingzhen from the Su family of Yuehu County. May I ask your name, young lady?"

Xu Mingshu ignored her.

Upon hearing this, Xu Mingxuan frowned. "The Su family, a Foundation Establishment family on par with the Zhou family, the Su family?"

"Exactly."

Xu Mingxuan clasped his hands and said, "So it's the Su family. I've long admired your name. Since you were the first to discover this Blue Heart Flower, it naturally belongs to you. We'll go and take another look elsewhere. Farewell."

Upon hearing that they came from a family that had achieved Foundation Establishment, Xu Mingshu and Xu Dezhao's expressions changed.

Both of them knew their current situation; they were still in the process of preparing for action and it was not advisable for them to attract the attention of such a family of cultivators.

Even those who were not afraid of them had to suppress their anger at this moment.

Xu Mingxuan and his men turned and headed in another direction.

The black-robed guard looked at them and then said to Su Dingzhen, "Young Master Dingzhen, they should have quite a few pills on them."

"Just now I saw that the acquired martial artist was seriously injured by me, so they gave him a healing pill. It seemed to be of very good quality, and in the blink of an eye, the acquired martial artist's injuries were much better."

"Oh? You actually have the heart to give such a healing pill to a martial artist who has just acquired a cultivation level?"

Su Dingzhen was quite surprised. If it were a Xiantian martial artist, it would be normal, since those who possessed Xiantian true qi were already comparable to cultivators at the first or second level.

Later on, martial artists and immortal cultivation families generally did not value them much.

Unless one possesses exceptional martial arts talent and is at the peak of acquired skills below the age of twenty.

"However, it's also possible that they value these peak-stage acquired martial artists." Su Dingzhen suggested another possibility.

"Could they be from a martial arts family?" another guard in black robes asked.

Su Dingzhen shook her head. "Have you ever seen any martial arts family that can tame demonic beasts?"

"Sigh~"

The others gasped in shock upon hearing this, their faces filled with horror.

The black-robed leader said, "Young Master Dingzhen, that white tiger is indeed a demonic beast. No wonder it gave me a strong sense of oppression."

"Indeed, and it is a demonic beast at the third level of Qi Refining."

After several years, the Crimson-Golden-Eyed White Tiger, despite his poor aptitude, finally reached the third level of Qi Refining.

As for the three Qinghuoying brothers, their growth rate is not slow. They are all at the peak of the third level of Qi Refining now, and they are only a little bit more to accumulate before they can step into the fourth level of Qi Refining.

But I imagine things will slow down later.

"Young master, I have never heard of any family in Moon Lake County that can tame spirit beasts. Could it be from another county?"

Su Dingzhen pondered for a moment, then shook her head. "No."

"Perhaps it's some low-profile Qi cultivation family from our Moon Lake County, hiding their true strength, which is why they came to this place with sparse spiritual energy to collect spiritual herbs and hunt demonic beasts."

"Young master's analysis is reasonable; how could someone from another prefecture possibly come here?" He paused, then his eyes flashed with a fierce light, before adding, "Young master, perhaps we should..."

Su Dingzhen looked at his throat-slitting gesture and pondered.

“Young master, in the entire Moon Lake County, apart from the Zhou family, why should my Su family take other aristocratic families seriously? Besides, they are not cultivators, and they are certainly not the core members of aristocratic families.”

Even if we find out later, are we afraid they'll come to the Su family to hold us accountable?

The black-robed leader's words were well-founded.

However, Su Dingzhen still shook his head, "You think that because you are all innate beings, you are confident that you can kill them?"
The woman in red riding the white tiger demon beast and the man in green robes were both at the peak of the Innate Realm, while the youngest among them was at the mid-stage of the Innate Realm. There were six of them in the entire group, not counting the white tiger.

Even with my magical assistance, they have the White Tiger demon beast guarding them; the outcome is uncertain.

"Two people at the peak of the Innate Realm? I don't think they're even thirty yet."

Su Dingzhen glanced at them dismissively and said, "Otherwise, why do you think I'm being so polite to them?"

Martial artists do not possess divine sense, so unless they engage in combat, it is difficult for them to accurately gauge each other's strength.

Su Dingzhen, as expected of a core member of a powerful clan, was also cautious.

If they were to actually make a move, there would be two Azure Fire Eagles at the peak of the third level of Qi Refining waiting high in the sky. The mere sight of these three demonic beasts moving together would be enough to kill or injure most of them, or even cause them all to perish here.

"Let's go take a look over there again."

After saying that, Su Dingzhen led the Su family guards in the opposite direction from Xu Mingxuan and his group.

After a cup of tea.

Xu Mingxuan looked at Xu Mingshu and said, "Xueji, ask Qinghuoying if they have chased after us, and which direction they went?"

"Ada."

With a soft shout, Xu Mingshu saw a blue figure swooping down from the sky, arriving not far from her. With a flap of its wings, sand and stones flew everywhere.

"Go and check on that group of people from before."

The Azure Fire Eagle, A'da, turned its eagle eyes, nodded, and immediately took to the air, disappearing in an instant.

"With them around, things are indeed much more convenient," Xu Mingxuan remarked.

“Yes, with Ah Da and Ah Er here, we can wipe them all out. It doesn’t matter if they’re from the Su family or any other aristocratic family. As long as we don’t let a single one escape, there won’t be any problems.” Xu Mingshu was still unwilling to give up.

Xu Mingxuan shook his head and chuckled, then looked at Xu Dezhao, "Zhao'er, what do you think?"

"What does Zhao'er think?"

After a moment of deep thought, Xu Dezhao's eyes lit up as if he had suddenly realized something.

"Old man said that we should never underestimate any cultivator. Even if we can kill them all, the Su family is a Foundation Establishment family with a deep foundation. Who knows if they have any secret techniques set up on Su Dingzhen?"

If we rashly kill him and then return home, a cultivator from the Su family might come knocking on our door in less than half a day. Even if we manage to kill him too, who knows if the next one won't be a Foundation Establishment ancestor from the Su family?

(End of this chapter)