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Chapter 343 The Ancestor's Legacy, the Cang Family Seeks Support (Seeking Guaranteed Monthly Tickets!)

"Brother, have you lost your mind?!"

Cang Fengheng looked shocked. "That is the most precious thing left by our Cang family's ancestor. How can it be handed over to Xu Mingxian to comprehend?"

"Didn't we agree beforehand that they would help repair the incomplete fourth-tier grand formation in the entire clan?"

"Don't be impatient."

Faced with Cang Fengheng's excitement, Cang Fengyan said, "Our Cang family has a close relationship with the Tiancang Sect. If the Xu family really fights against the Tiancang Sect, can we stay out of it?"

"The restrictions on that object are extremely mysterious and require powerful deduction abilities. Our Cang family does not have the ability, so we will entrust it to others."

"All we need to do is get them to agree that if they successfully break the seal on the treasure box, and the contents are related to some kind of inheritance involving formations, they will make a copy for our Cang family."

"So that's what you were planning, brother."

"In addition, make a copy of the fourth-order incomplete array and send it along with it."

"I understand, elder brother. Leave this matter to me. After all, I also hold the title of Mingxian's master, so it will be easier for me to speak with him."

"Okay, I'll leave it to you, Aheng. Also, make it clear that if the Xu family wants to take action against the Tiancang Sect, my Cang family is willing to lend a hand."

After all, most of the grand formations of the Heavenly Cang Sect were set up by my Cang family ancestors.

It's much simpler for us to crack.

"If Fellow Daoist Kurong isn't foolish, he certainly wouldn't refuse our kindness."

Cang Fengheng nodded slightly.

At the same time, he sighed inwardly, "The mighty Tiancang Sect has stood here for thousands of years, and now it is about to officially withdraw from the stage of history."

Afterwards, Cang Fengheng bowed and took his leave, departing from the quiet room.

Cang Fengyan has been in seclusion recently, studying supernatural powers and hoping to cultivate them to perfection, which would increase his chances of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage in the future.

The Mo family patriarch formed his Nascent Soul, Xu Chuan fought against him with a sword formation, the Xu family's Supreme Elder Mo Yue transformed into human form, and a mysterious demonic expert in Yunxi City successfully formed his Nascent Soul.

These events, one after another, have made Tiancang Prefecture more active than ever before.

Many who have reached the Golden Core stage are eager to make their move.

Of course, they weren't stupid; they wouldn't rashly attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

After all, this is different from breaking through to the Golden Core stage!

If one fails to break through to the Golden Core stage, one can continue to accumulate strength for the next time. However, if one fails to overcome the inner demon tribulation in the Nascent Soul stage, one will inevitably die and perish.

Within the Heavenly Azure Sect, True Monarch Qingmu and True Monarch Bingqian were also in seclusion, focusing all their efforts on comprehending supernatural powers.

If either of them can successfully form a Nascent Soul, the crisis facing the Heavenly Cang Sect can be largely resolved.

Just like how the Tiancang Sect was wary of the Mo family's patriarch and dared not target him too much.

If the Tiancang Sect has a new Nascent Soul cultivator, the Xu family will not dare to act recklessly unless they want to suffer mutual destruction.

After all, unless the gap in skill level is too great, killing a Nascent Soul cultivator is extremely difficult.

Xu Mansion.

Beneath the withered and flourishing tree.

Xu Chuan continued his daily practice in silence.

Aside from rare elixirs that require his assistance, other alchemical artifacts, arrays, and talismans can all be crafted by others.

Whether it's the Xu family mansion or Yunxi City, there's no need for him to handle any affairs.

He was happy to enjoy peace and quiet every day.

Even if one is a rogue cultivator and reaches the Golden Core stage, one will still have to worry about and struggle for future cultivation resources.

When exploring cave dwellings with others, one may encounter betrayal or pressure from powerful Golden Core cultivators from other sects or families.

Nearly a year has passed.

Xu Chuan is not far from the peak of the third level of the Golden Core stage.

As expected, he will inevitably encounter a bottleneck.

However, with the "Golden Elixir," he had nothing to worry about.

In terms of supernatural powers.

There has been no progress in understanding the true meaning of life and death; we are still some distance away from fully grasping its essence.

If successful, it will become a divine power of life and death, which would probably be enough to terrify people.

Because he vaguely felt that this life-and-death supernatural power should be beyond the scope of ordinary supernatural powers, and it might not be an exaggeration to call it a great supernatural power.

Generally speaking, unless one is from a top-tier Nascent Soul stage power or encounters an unexpected opportunity, it is unlikely that someone in the Golden Core stage will come into contact with great supernatural powers.

Even at the Nascent Soul stage, it's impossible.

However, Xu Chuan, relying on his two innate talents of "withering and flourishing, birth and death" and "heaven rewards diligence," embarked on the path of creating his own great supernatural powers.

However, this is destined to be a very long process.

As for the other supernatural abilities, the "Yi Wood Azure Light Escape" was finally perfected after the protective supernatural ability.

"Shadow Assassin", "Shadow Escape" and "Thousand Faces Technique" have all been partially comprehended, and it is only a matter of time before they are fully mastered.

The techniques of "Mysterious Heaven Refining God Technique", "Thousand God Technique", and divine sense secret arts have all reached a bottleneck.

If one wants to make great progress, one's spiritual consciousness must reach the Nascent Soul level, at which point one will surely make rapid progress.

Unfortunately, the second level of the "Mysterious Heaven Refining God Technique" has not yet been perfected. Otherwise, he could have used the Divine Sense Crystal to try to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

The rapid progress in the past was due to Xu Chuan's profound spiritual foundation, coupled with his innate talent.

After all, his spiritual sense had already reached the limit level at the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages.

Each time he breaks through his limits, his spiritual foundation deepens by one level.

The further we go, the greater the impact.

"My supernatural abilities are probably comparable to those of a Nascent Soul cultivator who has cultivated for hundreds or thousands of years. I estimate that they have only perfected one supernatural ability and achieved great mastery of two."

Protective techniques and escape methods are both life-saving abilities in critical moments, and further study is still needed.

a few days later.

Yunxi City, the main hall of the city lord's mansion.

Chen Changge sat in the main seat, handling the affairs of the prefecture city.

Suddenly a servant came to report that Cang Fengheng from the Cang family had come to visit.

Chen Changge was slightly taken aback.

Cang Fengheng is an elder of the Tiancang Sect. Given the current relationship between the Tiancang Sect and the Xu family, he should not be here.

However, he was also Xu Mingxian's master, and had the grace of imparting knowledge and teaching her.

Therefore, he is very special.

Chen Changge dared not be negligent and immediately sent someone to bring Cang Fengheng into the hall to serve tea.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Chen Changge got straight to the point and asked, "Fellow Daoist Cang, what brings you here?"

He then joked, "Could it be that you also want to relocate your clan's territory to Yunxi City?"

Cang Fengheng wore a simple blue robe, his hair and beard were all white, his face was thin, but his eyes were still clear and wise.

"Lord Chen is too kind." He waved his hand and laughed, "I came here because I heard that my disciple Mingxian seems to have returned from Xuan Yue Prefecture, so I came to catch up."

Chen Changge was startled, but remained outwardly calm, asking with a hint of surprise, "Oh? How did Fellow Daoist Cang know that Elder Mingxian had returned?"

"Is that true?" Cang Fengheng stroked his beard and smiled faintly.

Chen Changge remained silent.

But this has already provided an answer for Cang Fengheng.

He smiled slightly and said gently, "This is just my guess. After all, the inner and outer city formations have been changed, and even the formation of the Ascension Pavilion has been upgraded."

This is something that ordinary array masters cannot do.

Master Qingya is a good friend of mine, and I am aware of his skill in array formations.

He paused for a moment, then continued, "I think few people besides our own people would go to such lengths to completely overhaul the city's formations."

If it were me or the head of the Cang family, putting aside the quality of the formations, just updating and iterating such a large number of formations would take at least two years.

Even longer.

Seeing that Chen Changge remained unmoved, Cang Fengheng's expression turned serious. "Actually, besides meeting Mingxian, I also came here to present a treasure to the Xu family and discuss a deal."

Seeing that he did not seem to be faking it, Chen Changge pondered for a moment and said, "If that is the case, please wait a moment, Fellow Daoist Cang, while I inform my patriarch."

"Thank you for your trouble, Lord Chen."

Chen Changge immediately contacted Xu Chuan with his communication token and explained the matter.

After a short while, Xu Chuan's calm voice came out: "Since Fellow Daoist Cang has come in person, please bring him to the main hall of the Xu residence for a chat."

"Yes, master."

Chen Changge smiled and replied to Cang Fengheng, "Fellow Daoist Cang, the patriarch has already agreed. Come with me to the Xu residence."

"Thank you for your trouble, Lord Chen."

Chen Changge led Cang Fengheng to the Xu residence.

Servants were already waiting inside the mansion and led the two to the main hall.

Inside the hall, Xu Chuan was already seated in the main seat, while Xu Mingxian, dressed in a moon-white robe, sat in the lower left seat.

"Fellow Daoist Cang, it's been a long time." Xu Chuan smiled and gestured, "Please have a seat."

Xu Mingxian stood up, stepped forward, clasped his hands in greeting, and said, "Mingxian greets Master."

Cang Fengheng looked at Xu Mingxian, a subtle and complex emotion flashing in his eyes, and said, "No need for formalities. I am very pleased that your cultivation has broken through to the Golden Core stage."

However, your mastery of formations has far surpassed mine; I can no longer be your master.

"A teacher for a day is a teacher for life." Xu Mingxian said, "I will always remember your kindness in imparting knowledge to me."

After everyone was seated, the maids served tea and then withdrew.

Xu Chuan cut to the chase: "I just heard Elder Chen say that Fellow Daoist Cang has a treasure to offer and a deal to discuss. Please speak frankly, Fellow Daoist Cang."

Cang Fengheng straightened his expression and took out two items from his sleeve.

One of them is an antique jade box about a foot square, neither made of gold nor wood, with a warm and smooth texture.

Its surface is covered with ancient runes as fine as ants, and it has a faint shimmering inner light, making it clear at a glance that it is no ordinary object.

The other item was a blue jade slip.

"Mingxian, take a look at these two items." Cang Fengheng handed the two items to Xu Mingxian.

The surface of the jade box was covered with restrictions. Xu Mingxian glanced at it and showed a surprised expression. "What a mysterious restriction. This restriction has existed for at least a thousand years."

The person who set up this restriction must be a fourth-tier array master, and extremely skilled in creating restrictions!

Upon hearing this, Xu Chuan's eyes also flickered slightly.

"Mingxian has great insight!"

Cang Fengheng stroked his beard and smiled, "This jade box was left behind by the ancestor of my Cang family. It is the most precious item in my Cang family and is said to contain the legacy left by him."

For countless years, my Cang family has had no shortage of geniuses in array formations, yet none of them have been able to break through the restrictions on it.

The jade box's restrictions are incredibly profound, requiring an extremely high level of understanding of formations and powerful deductive abilities to break.

As for the contents of the box, we, the later generations, speculate that it is a legacy of array formations, but the ancestor never explicitly stated it, so it could be a legacy of array formations or other rare treasures.

On behalf of the Cang family, I would like to present this box to Immortal Ming.

Xu Chuan said with a faint smile, "Fellow Daoist Cang, this treasure is indeed quite precious."

"It's alright. Now that my Cang family has made its choice, we will not go back on it."

Cang Fengheng stroked his beard and smiled, "However, if Mingxian is fortunate enough to break the restriction, the contents inside might be related to the inheritance of the formation."

I shamelessly request the Xu family to make a copy and return it to my Cang family, so that the legacy of our ancestor may be fulfilled and the descendants of my Cang family may complete the family's inheritance.

If there are other treasures among them, they shall belong to the Xu family, and the Cang family shall have no objection.

Then, he pointed to the blue jade slip: "As for this jade slip, it is also a rubbing of the jade slip left by my Cang family's ancestor."

It contains a record of a fourth-order incomplete formation he left behind.

Equally mysterious.

For over a thousand years, the descendants of my Cang family have been unable to complete it.

"A broken formation?" Xu Chuan asked in surprise, "I heard that your Cang family's ancestor was a famous fourth-order formation master. How could you have left behind a broken fourth-order formation?"

"Perhaps it's to protect the Cang family." Cang Fengheng shook his head and sighed softly, then asked again, "True Lord Kurong, would you be willing to accept him?"

Xu Chuan's eyes flickered, as if he was considering something.

These two methods are quite useful against Xu Mingxian, but...
"Fellow Daoist Cang, why don't you first state what kind of deal you wish to make with my Xu family?"

Cang Fengheng glanced at Xu Chuan and Xu Mingxian, and nodded slightly, saying, "Firstly, I would like to ask Mingxian to break the restrictions, complete the incomplete array, and get a glimpse of the full picture of what the Ancestor left behind."

Secondly, given the current situation, my Cang family wants to form an alliance with Yunxi City.

If the Xu family wants to replace the Tiancang Sect, my Cang family can certainly be of great help.

After all, most of the formations in the Heavenly Azure Sect were left behind by my Cang family's ancestral formation masters.

Upon hearing this, the air in the hall seemed to freeze for a moment.

A look of surprise flashed across Xu Chuan's eyes as he gazed at Cang Fengheng and slowly said, "Fellow Daoist Cang's words... truly surprise me."

The Heavenly Cang Sect was founded by the Cang family's ancestor and has been passed down for over two thousand years, with the Cang family deeply rooted within it.

Can you really bear to see it destroyed in an instant?

Upon hearing this, Cang Fengheng's face showed a deep sense of helplessness and melancholy. He sighed and said, "Patriarch Xu, what sect in this world can remain forever?"

If the descendants of my Cang family were capable, why would we allow the power of the sect to fall into the hands of other aristocratic families?

Xu Chuan understood that he was referring to the Xi family's affairs.

"Our ancestor founded the Tiancang Sect, which was once at its peak. However, although the Tiancang Sect is now called Tiancang, it has long been controlled by the Xi family. Many of our Cang family members are marginalized and find it difficult to take control of the core."

If it weren't for our clan's considerable skill in formations, which are of great use to the Tiancang Sect, we might already be expelled from the Tiancang Prefecture by now.

The sect was stagnant and lacked ambition, instead suppressing other forces.

Rotten wood cannot stand; it must be broken before it can be erected.

Only by replacing the old regime with a new, energetic, and visionary force like the Xu family can Tiancang Prefecture truly be given new life and a new look.

This is not a matter of whether one is heartless or not, but rather a consequence of the prevailing circumstances.

This is also to find a new path for the future of my Cang family.

Xu Chuan remained silent and did not answer immediately. Instead, he secretly transmitted his voice to Xu Mingxian: "Mingxian, what do you think?"

Xu Mingxian kept observing the jade box in her hand.

Upon hearing this, he replied, "Father, the restrictions on this box... are extremely wondrous!"
Its rune structure is ancient and profound, with each rune interlocking with the next, making it even more sophisticated than the ones I had seen in the Xuan Yue Sect.

The Cang family's ancestor was famous for his array formations, but he was probably most skilled in the art of restriction.

Perhaps it has been passed down through mysterious ancient restrictions.

What's inside might be that legacy.

If this can be cracked, it will greatly enhance the ability to control children.

Even if it isn't, the fact that it's protected by such restrictions means that the contents of the box are extraordinary and of immeasurable value.

As for that incomplete fourth-order formation, with my deductive abilities comparable to a fourth-order formation master, there's a good chance I can complete it. However, I still need to study it carefully.

After listening, Xu Chuan already had a plan in mind.

If Cang Fengheng were to make empty promises to form an alliance with the Xu family, the Xu family might not even consider him worth it now.

Offering this item is also to increase one's leverage.

He pondered for a moment, then said to Cang Fengheng, "Fellow Daoist Cang's trust in my Xu family is truly overwhelming. I will accept these two items on behalf of Immortal Ming."

As previously stated, my Xu family has agreed.

But Fellow Daoist Cang, please remember that if you form an alliance with my Xu family, you must follow the lead of Yunxi City and obey the orders of my Xu family for the next ten years.

If they change their allegiance frequently, my Xu family will show them no mercy!

Cang Fengheng stood up and bowed deeply, "Thank you very much, True Lord Kurong. My Cang family will remember your words!"

After saying this, he said to Xu Mingxian, "These two items are now entrusted to you, Mingxian, to decipher and complete."

Xu Mingxian nodded slightly.

　Chapter Two, 10 AM!
　　
　
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