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Chapter 131 The Truth is Just One Step Away (Please Subscribe and Vote)

Bihan Pool.

Xu Mingxuan and Xu Mingshu are both here.

Among the younger generation were Xu Dezhao, Xu Deling, and Xu Deheng.

Xu Mingxian is still in seclusion studying formations and has not come out for more than half a month.

"Father, why have the Chang and Zhou families arrived?" Xu Mingxuan walked to Xu Chuan's side and asked softly.

Xu Chuan looked down the mountain toward the Xu family mansion, without turning to look at Xu Mingxuan, and said calmly, "Do you think the arrival of these two is good or bad?"

"It's hard to say; the impact of this matter won't be apparent in a short period of time."

Xu Chuan nodded slightly, then said, "Just wait for news from your older brother and the others."

He could roughly guess some of it.

The Xu Family Hall.

"What brings you here, Young Master Zhou? It's normal for Brother Haowen to come, since our two families have some dealings, but you don't have any dealings with the Zhou family, do you?" Xu Mingwei asked him with a puzzled look.

Zhou Shaocheng smiled faintly and said, "That's right. In fact, I only recently heard about your Xu family from the Chang family."

He was subtly referring to the Chang family in his words.

Chang Haowen knew he could no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb, so he said, "So that's how it is. My father once inquired with Young Master Zhou about the Zhou family's alchemy guest elder, who is the Zhou family guest elder you mentioned a few years ago who wanted to take your family's disciple."

"Is it the Taoist priest San Shu? He once stayed at my Xu family's place."

"It's really him!"

Chang Haowen and Zhou Shaocheng almost thought the same thing.

"Where is Daoist Sanshu now?" Zhou Shaocheng hurriedly asked. "My grandfather was the chief alchemist of the Zhou family and a good friend of Daoist Sanshu."

"Zhou Sen's grandson." Xu Mingwei was secretly surprised, not expecting that the person from the Zhou family would have such a status.

After pondering for a moment, he laughed and said, "Where is Daoist Sanshu? How could my Xu family possibly know?"

"Young Master Zhou, you don't really think he would cultivate in such a remote and rural place, do you?"

“Indeed.” Zhou Shaocheng sighed softly, “The spiritual energy here is thin, which is really of little benefit to cultivators.”

However, this shows that the relationship between Master Sanshu and the Xu family is limited to his disciple's family and does not require excessive attention.

After thinking for a moment, he glanced at Chang Haowen again.

"I can guess what this person is up to. He just wants to befriend the Xu family and hopes to get the pills made by Daoist San Shu from them."

Unless Daoist Sanshu is a member of the Xu family, how could he possibly obtain cultivation pills from the Xu family, since there are no cultivators in his family?

However, it's also possible that he cultivated a good relationship with the Three Vertical Taoists through the Xu family.

Zhou Shaocheng chuckled inwardly. Cultivators, especially rogue cultivators, generally only care about themselves. They might take care of their disciples, but what do their disciples' families have to do with him?

As far as he knew, rogue cultivators would take their disciples away from their families and not return for at least one or two decades, or even longer.

If you leave home at a young age, even if you return one day, how much sense of belonging to your family will you have?
“If that’s the case, then I won’t stay any longer. I need to go back and tell my grandfather this news.”

Xu Mingwei said, "I'll see Young Master Zhou out."

The two left.

Only Xu Mingyuan and Chang Haowen remained in the hall.

"Brother Haowen, you're also trying to find out about Daoist San Shu's whereabouts, right?" Xu Mingyuan looked at him with a faint smile: "Unfortunately, my Xu family doesn't know either, so we can't help you, Brother Haowen."

“Rogue cultivators are naturally elusive and rarely stay in one place, which I can understand. I hope that when Daoist San Shu visits the Xu family again, he will introduce my Chang family to him.”

“Of course. The Chang family has been protecting my Xu family in the county town, so it is only right that we help with this small matter. If there is an opportunity in the future, we will definitely inform Brother Haowen to come and pay a visit.”

"Thank you." Chang Haowen clasped his hands and said, "I do not wish to travel with the young master of the Zhou family, so I will trouble you to stay at your Xu family for another half an hour."

"Brother Haowen, you're too kind. I have nothing to do anyway, so I'll accompany you for a stroll around my Xu family's house."

Xu Mingwei returned to the hall and, upon hearing this, nodded and said, "Second brother, then I'll trouble you to entertain Brother Haowen. I have other matters to attend to."

"Brother Mingwei, please go ahead," Chang Haowen said with a smile.

Xu Mingwei clasped his hands in a gesture of respect before leaving.

Chang Haowen glanced at his back, then smiled faintly and said to Xu Mingyuan, "Brother Mingyuan, I see that your elder brother is full of energy and spirit, and his aura is naturally perfect. He is quite different from before."

“If you, elder brother, have not cultivated your inner strength after holding the position of family head for so long, wouldn’t you be laughed at by others?”

"Haha, that's true. But with his talent, he's probably already reached the Grandmaster level."

"If that's what Brother Haowen thinks, then so be it."

Chang Haowen pondered: Could it be that he has already stepped into the Grandmaster realm and taken a big step forward in this realm?
Such a gifted individual is rare; even a family like his might only produce one like him every few decades.

Xu Mingwei quietly left the Xu family mansion and arrived at Bihan Pool.

"Brother, you've arrived," Xu Mingxuan said. "What are those two from the Chang and Zhou families doing here at my Xu family's house?"

"They inquired about Father's whereabouts, but were dismissed with a few words. After all, they could never have imagined that the Three Vertical Taoist they were looking for was quietly cultivating in the mountains."

Xu Chuan smiled faintly, "It can only be kept secret for a while."

“If Zhou Sen comes today, he can see through your cultivation levels with a single sweep of his divine sense. He will understand all the tricks involved in a moment of thought.”

"Father is right." Xu Mingwei cupped his hands in greeting and then said, "But it won't be long before the Su and Zhou families have their final showdown, which will be the time for my Xu family to make its appearance."

Given Father's relationship with the Zhou family, he should choose to help them, right?

Xu Chuan nodded slightly.

"News has come from the county town that the Su and Zhou families are trying to win over martial arts families to help them. The Zhou family is better, at least they won't force them, but the Su family is domineering. I heard that a member of the Yang family died without cause, and it is suspected that it was done by someone from the Su family."

"Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad." Xu Chuan's eyes flickered as he said calmly, "If the Su family is willing to abandon its past arrogance as the dominant power and offer substantial benefits to other families instead of resorting to coercion, there may still be a chance for a turnaround."

At least after the Foundation Establishment ancestor of the Su family reaches the end of his life, he can still hold a place in Yuehu County.

Xu Mingwei nodded and said, "It's strange, the Su family suddenly launched an attack on the various Qi cultivation families last year, and the originally chaotic situation has turned into a clear division and a tense situation."

He glanced at Xu Mingxuan again as they talked. "Brother, why are you looking at me?" Xu Mingxuan asked in surprise.

Xu Mingwei sighed slightly, "I wonder if it has anything to do with the encounter with Tantou and his herb-gathering team last year."

"Probably so." Xu Chuan said with a slight smile, "It can be said that my Xu family has inadvertently given the go-ahead, contributing to the current situation in Yuehu County."

"My Xu family only needs to intervene in the final stage to help the Zhou family destroy the Su family in one fell swoop. At that time, you can go there in person."

"Yes, Father."

Xu Chuan looked at Xu Mingxuan, "You and Xue Ji also need to speed up your cultivation."

Xu Mingxuan grinned, "Father, even if you don't believe in our talent, you have to believe in your own alchemy, don't you?"

"You're such a chatterbox," Xu Chuan said with a laugh.

"I should be able to enter the path of immortality in April or May after the snow clears. I should be a little later, but I will definitely be able to break through before the north wind first arrives."

Time flies.

A year and a half has passed in the blink of an eye.

With the blessing of Xu Chuan's alchemy, the members of the Xu family were like flying swords, leaving ordinary families far behind.

The concentration of spiritual energy in Bihan Pool is gradually increasing.

The trees and medicinal herbs planted here seem to be growing at double speed.

Xu Chuan also uses the Lesser Cloud Rain Technique and Wood Spirit Technique every month to promote the rapid growth of the medicinal herbs.

The seedlings of spiritual herbs collected in the past, as well as the spiritual herbs gathered from the Broken Tooth Mountain Range, have all been planted and are thriving under Xu Chuan's care.

This place is only temporarily serving as the Xu family's medicinal herb garden.

When the Xu family grows to a certain size in the future, they will definitely find another place, set up an array to isolate it, and have a skilled cultivator guard it, so that it will not be possible to enter and exit at will like this.

White jade room.

The white jade circular staircase was placed in the quiet room that the Xu family had built earlier.

now.

In the white jade room.

On the three-tiered white jade circular steps, Xu Mingyuan sat cross-legged in the center, circulating the secret technique of the "Innate Five Elements Creation Technique" to transform innate true qi into magical power.

Half a day later.

A surge of magical energy rippled through the quiet room.

After Xu Mingxian comprehended the barrier that isolates divine thoughts, he applied it to the Jade Chamber and some important places in the Xu family to prevent others from spying on him with their divine thoughts in the future.

As for the divine sense isolation restriction, it is not yet complete.

The Concealing Breath Formation is quite profound, and he has not yet fully comprehended it. He is currently focusing all his efforts on mastering this formation.

I believe good news will come soon.

Another half hour passed.

The white jade chamber doors opened, and Xu Mingyuan, dressed in a dark, gold-embroidered robe, stepped out.

Xu Mingxuan and Xu Mingshu were both waiting there.

"Second brother, you've finally emerged from seclusion."

Xu Mingshu grinned, her bright red dress quite eye-catching, while Xu Mingxuan remained in his green robe.

"Now, all five sons of the Xu family are finally together."

"Yes, everything is complete."

Xu Mingyuan smiled slightly, and all five of them embarked on the path of cultivating immortality.

"Second brother, this is a copy of the 'Concealing Breath Technique.' Father also wants you to master it as soon as possible and conceal your cultivation level." Xu Mingxuan took out the book from a storage bag and handed it to Xu Mingyuan.

Xu Mingyuan took it, flipped through it, and then put it into his storage bag, replying, "I will diligently practice this technique and won't fall too far behind you."

"Second Brother, I've already mastered the basics," Xu Mingshu said with a hint of pride.

"What's there to be proud of with your second brother? If you want to compare, compare with your father, your eldest brother, or even with Xiao Ling'er. She reached the peak of the fourth level of Qi Refining not long ago."

"If you don't break through to the sixth level of Qi Refining soon, she'll catch up to your aunt."

“Xiao Ling’er is the most talented cultivation genius in our Xu family. She has surpassed me, her aunt. I am overjoyed.”

Xu Mingyuan and Xu Mingxuan exchanged a glance and both shook their heads and chuckled.

"Enough with the small talk, isn't Father here?"

"It should be in the courtyard."

"Then I'll head down the mountain first."

In the past two years, the Xu family's strength has grown rapidly.

Not only Xu Mingwei, Xu Mingshu and several others, but also one after another stepped into the path of immortality.

Even the next generation is growing rapidly.

Xu Dezhao has already reached the peak of the late stage of the Innate Realm, and is only one step away from the perfect Innate Realm. This step will not hold him back for long.

Xu Dejing and Xu Dewen both possess the strength of second-rate martial artists.

They are the same age, but the former has just entered the second-rate martial artist stage, while the latter is already in the later stages and is close to becoming a first-rate martial artist.

This is the difference in martial arts talent.

Xu Deling goes without saying; he and Xu Dezhao are both core figures of the third generation, at the peak of the fourth level of Qi Refining. If classified according to the current martial arts realm, they would be at the peak of the late stage of the Innate Realm.

She is only eleven years old.

Once she fully masters the [Crimson Eagle Spirit Eye], her innate spiritual eye, crossing realms to fight against others will be no problem.

(End of this chapter)