Building a long-lasting family lineage starting with genealogy

Chapter 300: A Sheep Enters the Tiger's Den, A Plan for Greedy Wolf (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets!)

"My granddaughter knows."

Xu Deling replied, "The reason I didn't let my granddaughter ask the Grand Master to refine a tribulation-crossing magic weapon before was for the sake of a deal."

"Pleasement, especially for the sake of my Xu family, will only wear down the bond between you and your master. Your masters may do many things for you without expecting anything in return, but they will not always help my Xu family."

Once or twice, it might be out of consideration for you.

But in the long run, it will only make them disgusted.

Xu Chuan smiled faintly: "Your master Yan Longzi has a trace of Yanlong essence blood in his body, and has been stuck at the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage. He also has this six-thousand-year-old Dragon Blood Fruit."

There's a 50-60% chance he'll break through his bottleneck and reach the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm within a few years.

“Grandfather is absolutely right. Such a deal is a win-win situation for both parties, and no one would refuse it.”

Exit "Xu's Grotto Heaven".

The moonlight is bright now.

Xu Deling thought about it and decided to go find Zhenyangzi and the others the next day.

A night of quiet meditation.

The next day.

After refining a few wisps of morning purple energy, Xu Deling set off.

When Yanlongzi saw Xu Deling arrive, he asked in surprise, "Little Deling, what brings you here to see your master today? Do you miss your master?"

"Where is the Grandmaster?"

The voice just fell.

A voice came from the cave in the back mountain, "You've come to see your master? Do you need to ask about weapon crafting?"

A yellow figure drifted out of the cave and came to Yanlongzi's side, one hand behind his back and the other stroking his beard with a faint smile.

Xu Deling clasped his hands and said, "Greetings, Grandmaster."

"De Ling is here on behalf of the Xu family to make a deal with the two masters."

Zhenyangzi and Yanlongzi exchanged a glance, their eyes revealing a strange light.

"What kind of transaction?"

"My Xu family wants a defensive magic weapon with eight or more patterns that has a certain degree of lightning resistance."

"A defensive magic weapon with eight or more patterns." Yan Longzi exclaimed in surprise, "This is something that even Nascent Soul stage cultivators crave."

"Little Ling'er, are you sure the Xu family has something of equal value?"

Zhenyangzi looked at Xu Deling quietly, without saying a word.

"The value of the items being traded may not be as high as defensive magic treasures with eight or more patterns, but they are extremely valuable to you, Master Yanlongzi, and can help you break through your bottleneck and enter the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm."

Is it worth it?

Zhenyangzi exclaimed in surprise, "An item that helped Yanlongzi break through to the mid-Nascent Soul stage?!"

"If this is true, then I can indeed help the Xu family refine it once."

"A six-thousand-year-old dragon blood fruit!"

"Dragon Blood Fruit!" Yan Longzi's eyes narrowed sharply. "And it's six thousand years old!"

"For cultivators and demon beasts with dragon blood, this is a treasure for transformation. How could your Xu family find such a rare and precious material!"

"I have searched for decades, but have found no trace of him."

Xu Deling smiled slightly, "I've already delivered the message to Master."

After pondering for a moment, Zhenyangzi said, "Alright, I agree to this. As for the materials..."

"My Xu family can't afford the materials, so we can only trouble the Heavenly Forging Sect to provide them. I think Second Master will be able to make up for it once he breaks through to the mid-Nascent Soul stage."

"You little brat, you've already betrayed your master?"

"Second Master, if you break through your bottleneck soon, you will have a chance to reach the late Nascent Soul stage in the future, even though you have high expectations for your disciple."

But it will take a long time to get to that point, won't it?

There are too many variables involved.

"For your sake, I agree. However, I am very curious as to why it is to refine a defensive magic weapon that can resist lightning?"

"This is a secret of the Xu family, please forgive me for not being able to tell you now."

"Alright, I understand." Zhenyangzi waved his hand, not angry at all. "The materials for this kind of magic weapon are not easy to collect and refine. It will probably take several years."

“Alright,” Xu Deling said. “Then I will take my leave.”

After Xu Deling left, Yan Longzi chuckled and said, "Little Ling'er, did you really think you could fool us?"

"Only great demons who are about to enter the Transformation stage are going to undergo the tribulation of lightning. However, the Xu family has such a foundation. That kid Lieyang has no idea about it at all."

"Those who are too flamboyant, how many can go all the way? The Xu family is doing very well," Zhenyangzi said calmly.

Yan Longzi turned to look at him, "Then, senior brother, what grade of magic weapon do you plan to refine?"

"The sect's treasury happens to have a Yuan Magnetic Divine Crystal, which can be used to refine this kind of magic weapon. Collecting the other materials is much simpler."

"You're going to use the Yuan Magnetic Divine Crystal? That's a material that can be used to refine spiritual treasures!" Yan Longzi exclaimed in surprise, "You're going to refine a nine-patterned magic weapon?!"

He paused for a moment, then continued, "People say I spoil Xiao Ling'er, but you spoil her even more than I do!"

"No, it's to do the Xu family a favor."

"The potential of the Xu family in the future is immeasurable. Ling'er previously said that she wanted magic weapons with eight patterns or more, which means that the Xu family's minimum expectation is an eight-pattern magic weapon."

Nine patterns would be considered excessive, and with the Xu family's shrewdness, they could understand the meaning behind this move.

"Tsk tsk tsk~" Yan Longzi clicked his tongue and said, "But no matter what, the Xu family's third-tier peak demon beast is in luck."

With a nine-patterned magic weapon refined from Yuan Magnetic Divine Crystal, there is an 80% or higher chance that the demon beast will safely survive the tribulation unless it is extremely unlucky.

"Has the Xu family already risen to become a Nascent Soul family in such a short time?"

"In an era of great contention, it is not surprising that many heroes rise up."

Yanlongzi nodded slightly.

Xu Chuan traveled to the Greedy Wolf Mansion under the guise of the White-Browed Taoist.

He acted impulsively and recklessly, punishing many demonic cultivators.

Anyone who dared to retaliate was killed by him.

His ruthlessness and cruelty gradually earned him the title of the White-Browed Demon.

The Yan family, also known as the Blood Robe Ancestor's family, heard that Xu Chuan had three blood corpses and immediately conceived the idea of ​​seizing them.

After all, the Yan family already possessed the secret technique of corpse refining, but the materials for corpse refining were not easy to come by. If they had a ready-made blood corpse, they could simply use the secret method to refin it and turn it into their own.

When the Blood Robe Ancestor perished, the Yan family invited his friend Xiao Zhan to become the Yan family's guest elder.

Only after the entire clan supported his cultivation did he agree to the request.

Xiao Zhan was in the late stage of the Golden Core realm, and his strength was quite remarkable. Therefore, those aristocratic families who originally wanted to take advantage of his misfortune all backed down.

The Yan family's territory.

"Fellow Daoist Danqing, are you really planning to deal with that White Eyebrow?" Xiao Zhan asked.

"Anyone who can refine blood corpses is no pushover. Many must have died at their hands. But my Yan family is a blood-path corpse-refining family, and we share the same origin as them."

Even if an ordinary cultivator were to seize a blood corpse, without the corresponding secret techniques, it would be difficult to control it and would be very easy to suffer a backlash.

But if I obtain it, with the assistance of those three blood corpses, I will also have the strength to contend with a late-stage Golden Core cultivator.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, rest assured, I will not act impulsively. That Bai Mei has killed quite a few people in the past few months, and there are several Golden Core families with whom he has conflicts."

If my Yan family takes the lead, they will definitely be willing to help.

There are seven or eight Golden Core stage cultivators, plus myself, making two mid-Golden Core stage cultivators. If we can add you, a late-Golden Core stage cultivator, I refuse to believe we can't kill an early-Golden Core stage cultivator.

This is the Greedy Wolf Mansion, how could they allow an outsider cultivator to act so arrogantly!

"Never underestimate any Golden Core cultivator. Don't forget that your Yan family's ancestor died at the hands of a Golden Core cultivator in the early stage."

"There aren't that many True Lords of Withering and Flourishing in the world. If we were to encounter such a person so easily, I would accept the destruction of my Yan family."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhan nodded slightly.

He also believes that a person like Xu Chuan is one in a hundred years.

"Alright, I, Xiao, will lend your Yan family a hand."

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Xiao."

"Now it's a sure thing."

Yan Danqing's eyes flashed with joy, "I'll go and contact those families right away."

Five or six days later.

Five Golden Core cultivators gathered at the Yan family, bringing the total number of Golden Core cultivators to eight, including the three from the Yan family.

In the past few days, the Yan family has also been doing their best to find out Xu Chuan's whereabouts.

"Welcome, fellow Daoists."

“Fellow Daoist Yan, there’s no need for such politeness. Just tell me where that White-browed Demon is now. This fiend has killed three of my clan’s genius juniors. I can’t quell my hatred if I don’t kill him.”

"That's right, we must kill that old devil this time!"

Several other people agreed.

Yan Danqing nodded slightly, "The White-browed Old Demon has committed many evils and deserves to die. My Yan family is fully prepared, and Fellow Daoist Xiao is also ready to lend us a hand."

As Xiao Zhan stepped forward, everyone stood up, cupped their hands, and said, "Greetings, Fellow Daoist Xiao."

"With Fellow Daoist Xiao protecting us, this mission will surely be foolproof."

soon.

Eight Golden Core cultivators left the Blood Clan's territory and headed towards the Azure Nether Market, thousands of miles away.

"Ok?"

Xu Chuan suddenly opened his eyes while meditating, then calculated with his fingers and said with a slight smile, "Another job has come."

"If the Heavenly Azure Sect knew that I helped them resolve many Golden Core issues at the Greedy Wolf Mansion, I wonder how they would thank me."

Xu Chuan smiled sarcastically, then got up and left Qingming Market.

To ambush and kill cultivators who practice the Dao of Heavenly Secrets, it is extremely difficult unless they willingly enter the trap or possess a rare treasure that can shield them from the secrets of heaven.

Once such a cultivator harbors murderous intent, he will sense it.

"There are eight people in total, ranging from the early, middle, and late stages of the Golden Core realm. No wonder they put me under considerable pressure. It seems some of them are old acquaintances?"

"However, there is already a way to die."

Xu Chuan pondered to himself, "If I go all out, I should be able to annihilate them all."

"I wonder who this old friend is? A demonic cultivator from the Greedy Wolf Mansion who once fought against me? If so, using the Cloud Illusion Array will easily expose my identity."

Next time, have Mingxian add a restriction to block communication.

Once deployed, no sound, divine sense, or energy fluctuations can escape; it seals off the heavens and the earth, and only then is it a perfect formation.

After careful consideration, Xu Chuan made preparations for the response.

Unfortunately, if he had mastered the "Minor Astrology" technique, he could have gone a step further and calculated parts of the other party's origins.

The mountains are two thousand miles away from Qingmingfang City.

Xu Chuan and Yan Danqing and others came face to face.

Yan Danqing and the others were all taken aback.

What a coincidence!

As soon as Xu Chuan saw them, he knew that they were the ones who were here to kill him.

He glanced at Yan Danqing, whose appearance was somewhat similar to that of the Blood-Robed Ancestor. The other person was the last one he had fought against three opponents in the Thousand Stone Forest battle.

He was indeed an old friend.

Now, both the Blood Robe Ancestor and the Azure Wolf True Monarch have died one after another.

Is he rushing to his death?
Xu Chuan couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Yan Danqing and the others exchanged glances, and immediately they moved in all directions, surrounding Xu Chuan.

"What do you mean by this, fellow Daoists? I have no grudge against any of you, do I?"

One of them cursed loudly, "Two months ago, you killed three of my Yu family's talented Foundation Establishment juniors in Yu Rong Fang City. How dare you say you have no grudge against me?"

"That's right, and so is I, the bookmaker!"

"A descendant of the Xiang family also died at your hands!"

The whole scene resembled a condemnation rally, with everyone pointing out Xu Chuan's numerous grievances and grievances.

Only the two members of the Yan family and Xiao Zhan remained silent.

Xu Chuan looked at them and said, "It seems you were the ones who organized this ambush. May I ask your name? You should at least let me die knowing why."

"The Yan family, Yan Danqing."

"So it's the Yan family. I've heard about them during my travels these past few days. They're the Yan family whose late-stage Golden Core ancestor was killed by an early-stage Golden Core cultivator from Tiancang Mansion."

Yan Danqing and another early-stage Golden Core cultivator from the Yan family narrowed their eyes and their faces darkened with anger.

"Even on the verge of death, he still tries to be clever with words. No wonder he's called the White-Browed Demon!"

"Fellow Daoist Yan, please don't slander me. I don't practice demonic arts."

"How is your behavior any different from that of the demonic path?" the Golden Core demonic cultivator from the Yu family roared.

"Isn't this the way your Greedy Wolf Mansion operates? I'm just doing as the Romans do. What's wrong with that? It's the Yan family that's using you to achieve their own goals."

That's a very clever plan.

After a pause, Xu Chuan raised a slight smile and looked at Yan Danqing, saying, "You want to steal my Xuan Yin Blood Corpse, don't you?"

Having his motives exposed, Yan Danqing readily admitted, "So what if it is? It's just that you were too arrogant and offended a lot of people."

Immediately, he glanced at the others and said, "Fellow Daoists, there's no need to be polite with him anymore. Let's attack together and kill this fiend quickly!"

The eight people each revealed their natal magic weapons and activated them with their magic power.

Xu Chuan then swept his hand across the Yin Corpse Bag, and five Xuan Yin Blood Corpses rushed out, a mysterious aura flowing through them.

The Five Spirits Blood Corpse Array activated on its own.

One of them, combining the power of the remaining four blood corpses, charged towards Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Zhan felt the blood corpse's aura surge to be comparable to his own, and his expression changed drastically. He suddenly said, "Fellow Daoist Yan, help me!"

The two Golden Core cultivators from the Yan family were also shocked upon seeing this.

"I didn't expect you to have five blood corpses on you, not three. No, one of them has an aura comparable to a late-stage Golden Core cultivator!"

While attacking the strongest blood corpse, Yan Danqing glanced at the other four and immediately made a guess.

"Fellow Daoists, these five blood corpses form a kind of formation that can enhance the strength of a certain early-stage third-tier blood corpse to late-stage third-tier."

However, the remaining four blood corpses will be weakened accordingly. If you work together to kill one, you can break the formation.

The five Golden Core cultivators from the Zhuang family, the Yu family, the Xiang family, and others immediately focused their minds and attacked with all their might.

As expected, the blood corpse, which should have been very difficult to deal with, was now quite easy to defeat.

"Humph!"

Xu Chuan snorted coldly, and a soul banner appeared out of thin air in his right hand. As soon as it appeared, it caused the yin wind to howl, and countless mournful ghost wails and howls resounded in all directions.

Xiao Zhan, being well-informed, immediately exclaimed, "A ghostly artifact?!"

"You're actually cultivating the two most dangerous demonic techniques at the same time? Aren't you afraid of losing control and suffering a backlash?"

Xu Chuan smiled coldly, and gently shook the "Soul Gathering Banner," causing the banner to flutter.

In the blink of an eye, a cloud of black mist shot out, heading straight for a certain early-stage Golden Core cultivator.

"help me!"

Within the black mist, the Xiang family's Golden Core cultivator only managed to hold on for a moment before suddenly losing all life.

Everyone felt a chill in their hearts.

Xu Chuan raised his hand and grabbed the corpse. As for its soul, it had already been devoured by the Blood Demon King, which made his aura even stronger.

Last time, it completely digested the divine soul of the Azure Wolf True Monarch, allowing it to fully enter the late stage of the Golden Core realm. With its Ghost King divine abilities, it could easily kill those in the early stage of the Golden Core realm.

A sword light from a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator from the Yu family dispelled the black mist, revealing the true form of the Blood Fiend Ghost King. The oppressive aura of a late-stage Golden Core cultivator terrified the group, turning their faces pale.

"The White-browed Demon is only at the early stage of the Golden Core realm. It is already difficult for him to control five blood corpses, let alone control a Ghost King at the late stage of the third rank. His own strength must not be strong."

Gentlemen, kill him! My Yan family only wants his blood corpse; his Ghostly Soul Banner and the wealth on his body will be divided equally among you!

Yan Danqing lured him with benefits.

They were gamblers after all, wanting to take a gamble.

“I will kill him. Fellow Daoist Yan, Fellow Daoist Zhuang, you help me hold off the rest of the blood corpses and the Ghost King.”

Yan Danqing and another Golden Core cultivator from the Yan family immediately flew towards the Yu family cultivator and others, and together they suppressed them, so that the Yu family cultivator would have time to attack.

Xiao Zhan frowned, but the enhanced power of the blood corpse made it difficult for him to be in two places at once, so he could only deal with it cautiously.

If he hadn't intervened to stop the blood corpse, the other early-stage Golden Core cultivators would likely have been severely injured or even killed within a few moves.

"Why am I so unlucky? I've run into another Golden Core cultivator at such an abnormally high level!"

"With these two trump cards, even a Golden Core cultivator at the peak of their cultivation would have to give way!"

The cultivator surnamed Yu unleashed his sword technique, and countless spiritual lights converged, instantly condensing into a giant sword seven or eight zhang long.

At this critical moment, Xu Chuan's brow lit up, and he used his divine sense to condense three silver needles, which he then pierced into the sea of ​​consciousness of the cultivator surnamed Yu.

"what!"

The cultivator surnamed Yu immediately let out a miserable scream, and the almost solidified seven or eight-zhang giant sword instantly turned back into spiritual light and dissipated.

Xu Chuan flicked his sleeve, and a large, jet-black seal flew out.

A terrifying suppressive force descended upon the cultivator surnamed Yu, causing his magical power to stagnate and become almost impossible to activate.

Then Xu Chuan gathered a verdant sword light at his fingertips and pointed.

The emerald green sword's blade immediately pierced through his dantian.

The cultivator surnamed Yu immediately turned deathly pale, losing all color in his face.

Xu Chuan naturally wouldn't hold back, and with another finger, he pierced through the man's heart meridian. A mid-stage Golden Core cultivator perished in just one or two breaths.

Everyone was horrified.

"A top-grade magic weapon!"

Zhuang Jia and his group had no more hope and immediately tried to flee in all directions, but they were now tightly entangled by the Blood Corpse and the Ghost King.

At some point, the power of the blood corpse had become no weaker than that of the early stage of the Golden Core realm.

The blood corpses that had been harassing Xiao Zhan also joined the attack.

As for Xiao Zhan, Xu Chuan faced him alone.

However, how could the five of them be a match for the five blood corpses possessing the Five Spirit Blood Corpse Array and the late-stage third-tier ghost king?

After more than ten breaths.

The Yan family's early-stage Golden Core cultivator perished, while the Zhuang family's early-stage Golden Core cultivator was severely injured.

Yan Danqing detonated a low-grade magic weapon, using the aftershocks to force back the blood corpse and the ghost king, and then decisively fled into the distance.

But it caused suffering for the rest of the people.

They were severely injured by the impact of the magical artifact and perished on the spot, within moments.

As for Xiao Zhan, he was also unable to easily escape the attack from the superior-grade magic weapon "Chongxuan Seal".

The power of a superior-grade magic weapon easily bridged the gap in their cultivation levels.

Seeing people falling one after another on the other side, Xiao Zhan was extremely anxious.

I should never have gotten involved with the Yan family!

boom!
Yan Danqing escaped, and the rest were killed, causing Xiao Zhan's heart to sink to the bottom.

A top-grade magic weapon, a late-stage Tier 3 Ghost King, possessing the Blood Corpse Array with array coordination, any trump card can deal with him.

With all three combined, even a True Monarch-level expert at the Golden Core stage would be a formidable opponent!
Xiao Zhan was surrounded, his face showing bitterness.

"I never imagined that I, Xiao Zhan, who rose from the bottom and dominated the Greedy Wolf Mansion for over three hundred years, would end up like this."

I, Xiao, have only ever seen one person like you at the early stage of the Golden Core realm.

However, that one was a true prodigy, while you, Fellow Daoist White Eyebrows, have accumulated such a trump card over many years.

"Are you a rogue cultivator?"

"So what if I am? Do you look down on rogue cultivators?"

Xu Chuan held the "Chongxuan Seal" in his hand and said with a faint smile: "It is more difficult for rogue cultivators to rise to prominence than disciples of aristocratic families and sects, but those who can truly grow up are all true geniuses."

They even have a better chance of reaching the Golden Core stage and breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage than some disciples of other sects.

Xiao Zhan didn't understand why Xu Chuan said that.

"I'll give you a chance: become my servant, and I'll spare your life."

"What a joke! At your age, although your trump cards are incredibly powerful, you've only reached the early stage of the Golden Core realm. What qualifications do you have to make me, Xiao, let you be my master?"
"I'm afraid that in at most ten years, you will face the end of your lifespan."

"Oh, what if my years of cultivation are much shorter than yours?"

"Younger than me?" Xiao Zhan examined him closely and, using his divine sense, confirmed that Xu Chuan's life force was definitely over five hundred years old.

Do you know how many years I, Xiao, have been cultivating myself?

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, please be frank."

"Mr. Xiao is not yet four hundred years old, and has nearly half of his lifespan remaining."

"It seems Fellow Daoist Xiao has quite a talent. Could it be that he has a Heavenly Spiritual Root?"

"So what!"

"Then I'd like to take you under my wing even more. Maybe if you succeed in forming your Nascent Soul in the future, I'll make a profit."

"Kill me if you want, why toy with me like this!"

With a faint smile, Xu Chuan flicked his sleeve, and several battle flags shot out.

Russian qing.

The air was thick with mist.

It covered an area of ​​several miles in radius.

"This formation?!"

Xiao Zhan's pupils suddenly contracted; this formation gave him a feeling that was both familiar and strange.

A few feet to his left, Xu Chuan, who was not disguised, suddenly appeared and said calmly, "Fellow Daoist Xiao, does this seem familiar?"

The words fell.

Dozens or even hundreds of Xu Chuan surrounded him.

"How is this formation possible? How do you know this formation? Who are you?!"

"Since you have some suspicions, why don't you believe them?" Xu Chuan said, "Originally, I didn't want to demonstrate this formation because it's easy for people to recognize it."

However, Xu wanted to establish a presence in the Greedy Wolf Mansion, but he needed manpower.

Fellow Daoist Xiao is a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, which fits the description perfectly.

After all, you are dead, and your corpse will only become material for me to refine corpses, while your soul will become food for the Blood Demon King.

It's far less beneficial to the Xu family than for them to be alive.

"What exactly do you want? To make me a spy for your Tiancang Prefecture? To pass on messages?"

"I have never paid much attention to the war between the two governments. This matter will eventually come to nothing. What I am interested in is the development after this."

"How do you know it will end inconclusively? Elder Tianluo of the Greedy Wolf Sect will soon be able to form his Nascent Soul. If he does, the Heavenly Cang Mansion will undoubtedly be defeated."

"And your Xu family has a deep-seated feud with the Greedy Wolf Sect, coupled with your immense potential, you will surely be purged."

“This has nothing to do with Fellow Daoist Xiao,” Xu Chuan said. “Today, you only have two paths before you, and I will give you ten breaths to consider them.”

"Ten, nine, eight, seven"

"I didn't expect that in such a short time, you would have another top-grade magic weapon and two top-tier demonic trump cards. No, Blood Robe Ancestor only has three blood corpses."

You were secretly creating blood corpses all along?

And those demonic magical treasures, they've existed for a long time too!

"Four, three, two"

Xiao Zhan's expression shifted, a flicker of fear and hesitation crossing his eyes, before he finally spoke: "I want to live!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Chuan grinned, "A wise choice. Then release your soul, and I will plant a restriction deep within your soul."

People have to bow their heads under the eaves.

Xiao Zhan complied.

Xu Chuan planted a kind of soul restriction recorded in the "Five Elements Creation Scripture," which can never be broken unless he reaches the Nascent Soul stage.

If it is touched, the restriction will shatter, annihilating his soul.

"You may address me as Lord Xu," Xu Chuan said calmly, seeing the troubled look on his face.

"Lord" sounds better than "Master".

"My lord, what do you want me to do?"

"Establish a chamber of commerce, named after Demon Heaven, and develop and expand it by absorbing independent cultivators and recruiting immortal cultivators who can refine pills, forge weapons, make talismans, and create formations."

You yourself have married, had children, and built a family fortune, providing the Chamber of Commerce with loyal and reliable individuals.

Xiao Zhan frowned slightly upon hearing this. "The latter is nothing, but the former is different. A chamber of commerce can't be set up just because you want to. It requires huge financial support, and talents in alchemy, weapon crafting, and other fields are not so easy to find."

Those who are well-known mostly join a certain power or are backed by a prestigious family or sect.

"Financial resources? Aren't there six powerful families right here?" Xu Chuan said, "If they want to surround and kill me, it's not too much to use all their resources to compensate me, is it?"

As for those skilled in immortal arts, invite them first; if they refuse repeatedly, then take a firmer approach.

Isn't this how all you demonic cultivators do it?
Surely I don't need to teach that, do I?"

Compared to me, a demonic cultivator, you are clearly more like a complete demonic cultivator.

Xiao Zhan mentally complained, but dared not harbor any hostility, because that would inevitably trigger the restrictions in his soul.

"My subordinate understands."

"Since there's still one fish that slipped through the net, let's go to the Yan family first. Fellow Daoist Xiao, you have a close relationship with the Yan family, don't you?"

"The Blood-Robed Ancestor was once on good terms with me. Later, the Yan family offered to help me cultivate with all their might, and I agreed to join the Yan family."

"That's perfect. With you leading the way, we can directly pass through the Yan family's protective formation. I imagine their protective formation is at least a mid-grade third rank?"

"What Your Excellency says is correct."

Xu Chuan made a hand seal and immediately dispelled the Cloud Sky Formation, putting away the formation flags.

Then he went to the Yan family with Xiao Zhan.

Upon returning to the Yan family, Yan Danqing immediately activated the clan's protective formation, cowering within the family like a wounded rabbit.

The other five prominent families, including Yu, Xiang, and Zhuang, were also thrown into panic by the sudden death of their patriarchs.

However, the news has been blocked, and only some senior members of the family know about it for the time being.

Outside the Yan family's territory.

"My lord, this is the Yan family."

Xu Chuan stands tall in the sky, overlooking the entire Yan family territory.

It covers an area of ​​several dozen miles and has city walls, resembling a small city.

Xu Chuan observed for a few breaths, then flicked his sleeve and once again formed a hand seal to set up the Cloud Illusion Array, covering an area of ​​a hundred miles in radius.

"Your Excellency's formation is truly exquisite!" Xiao Zhan flattered.

"This is the Cloud Illusion Array, which integrates the essence of four types of arrays: cloud and mist, trapping, illusion, and killing. Its greatest function is to seal and trap."

"Without finding the core of the formation, even a Golden Core cultivator at the peak of their cultivation stage won't be able to escape."

Immediately afterwards, Xu Chuan released the Blood Demon King and five blood corpses.

"Take them in. If any of them are skilled in magic, they can stay. The rest can become their food."

With the essence and soul of cultivators from six powerful families feeding him, the Blood Demon King should be able to approach the peak of the third tier, and the five blood corpses should also be close to the late third tier.

It could even cultivate a late-stage Tier 3 body.

Xiao Zhan glanced at Xu Chuan's face and noticed that he showed no emotion whatsoever when he said these words.

This is definitely not the first time he has done this.

"My lord, strengthening them is a good thing, but whether it's corpse refining or ghosts, it's extremely easy to cause a backlash. I'm worried."

"Rest assured, I know what I'm doing."

"I have spoken too much."

At this moment, Xiao Zhan's awe of Xu Chuan reached its peak, even surpassing that of the Greedy Wolf Sect.

Then, Xiao Zhan used the Yan family's guest elder token to open the clan's protective formation and released the five blood corpses and the Blood Demon King inside.

This was a massacre.

Its blood was enough to stain the ground red!
Do not!
Not even a drop of blood will be left.

Whether they are mortals or cultivators, their essence and soul will become nourishment for the growth of blood corpses and ghosts.

Xu Chuan sat cross-legged in the void, pondering carefully: "Five blood corpses are enough for cultivation; perhaps there's no need to continue refining them. If I feed the blood essence and golden cores of the Golden Core cultivators I have to the blood corpses..."
It's estimated that all five blood corpses will soon reach the late stage of the third tier.

This is the difference between normal cultivation and demonic cultivation. These domesticated corpses and ghosts can grow rapidly with just a lot of food.

If you get stuck at a certain bottleneck, it just means you're not feeding the food enough!

However, the fourth order is very difficult.

This is a huge leap.

Once a corpse reaches the fourth level, it will truly gain intelligence and possess extremely high autonomy; if not careful, it will devour its master.

The same applies to ghosts.

Fourth-order ghosts are extremely terrifying; their spiritual attacks are enough to make even Nascent Soul cultivators tremble with fear.

If one can obtain the inheritance of the Ghost Path, one can also embark on the path of Ghost Cultivation.

There are countless paths to enlightenment, and even ghosts and corpses crafted as tools for slaughter will have a glimmer of hope.

Some corpse cultivators and ghost cultivators are cultivators who switched to immortality, while others are such corpses or ghosts who, by chance, embarked on this path.

"The key to winning is quality, not quantity."

"However, the massacre of six Golden Core families will likely alarm the Greedy Wolf Sect, and they will probably have to hide for a while."

This will also allow the blood corpse and the ghost king to properly digest the matter.

Hundreds of thousands of lives were slaughtered within half a day, as if even the bright moon in the sky had turned into a blood moon.

Only a dozen or so rogue cultivators recruited by the Yan family survived, all of them at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Their bodies trembled as they followed Xiao Zhan to Xu Chuan.

At this moment, Xu Chuan naturally appeared as the White-Browed Taoist.

"My Lord, these are all rogue cultivators with immortal skills."

They lowered their heads, not daring to look at Xu Chuan at all.

Xu Chuan smiled faintly and said, "Don't be afraid. I am actually a very kind person, right, Fellow Daoist Xiao?"

"What the Lord says is all correct!" Xiao Zhan said, clasping his hands in a fist salute, but inwardly he thought, "How dare I say no!"

"Are you willing to serve my Demon Heaven Merchant Guild?"

"I'm willing!"

"Then release your divine soul and allow me to place a restriction upon you."

None of the people stopped him; they let him do as he pleased.

What does it matter if one is merely surviving, even if it's just a miserable existence?

　The bonus chapter for monthly tickets has been delivered. There are still two days left. Fellow Daoists, keep up the good work! Maybe I can get this humble Daoist to write another one!
　　As for follow-up orders or premium items, I feel powerless to do anything about it, so I'll just leave it to fate!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)