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Chapter 380 The Way Out Offered by the Xu Family (Please Subscribe!)

"Please speak, Fellow Daoist Xu."

"Become a vassal of the Xu family!"

Xu Chuan smiled and looked at Zhao Qingyan, saying, "Like the Zhou, Qin, Wang, and Li families, a branch has branched out and entered my Dongxi."

Although my Xu family cannot protect the entire Zhao family, we can ensure that the Zhao family's lineage continues unbroken.

I'm still fairly confident.

Zhao Qingyan's pupils contracted.

The Black Cloud Spirit Leopard's eyes lit up.

"Of course, if the Zhao family is confident in protecting themselves, then there is no need to consider Mr. Xu's suggestion."

Zhao Qingyan was in a state of utter confusion.

After a long silence, he stood up and cupped his hands in greeting: "I have learned a great deal from Fellow Daoist Xu's words today."

Regarding the matter of the millennium calamity, Zhao needs to return to his clan to discuss it in detail with the elders.

Then I'll take my leave.

"Fellow Daoist Zhao, please wait a moment," Xu Chuan said with a faint smile. "Since you're here, why rush? Why not stay a little longer?"

Perhaps we'll see some nice scenery.

"Nice scenery?"

Zhao Qingyan was suspicious; he didn't understand what scenery Xu Chuan was referring to.

But since the other party invited him to stay, he didn't mind staying a little longer.

The two chatted over tea, moving away from the heavy topics.

About one stick of incense later.

Centered on a certain spot in Dongxi, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a radius of one or two hundred miles seemed to be drawn in and converged wildly.

At first, it flowed like a hundred rivers converging, gradually forming a visible five-colored spiritual energy tide.

Like a magnificent ribbon stretching across the sky, it surges and pours towards a certain direction of the cave stream!

Qingjiang City and its surrounding areas.

This magnificent phenomenon instantly alarmed everyone!

"Look! It's another Core Formation phenomenon!"

"Judging by the direction, it's still Dongxi! Another member of the Xu family is about to form their core?!"

"Is it Ancestor Xu Chuan? His son, Xu Mingwei, has already achieved the Core Formation stage. Surely it should be him this time?"

"With one person after another reaching the Core Formation stage, the Xu family's foundation is truly unfathomable. Could they have accumulated this wealth in less than a hundred years?"

On the city walls and in the marketplace, countless cultivators and mortals craned their necks to look up.

The air was filled with murmurs and gasps of amazement.

Zhao Qingyan sensed the spiritual energy tide and walked out with Xu Chuan and Black Panther.

Looking up at the magnificent and breathtaking tide of spiritual energy sweeping across the sky, he stared wide-eyed, dumbfounded.

Watching the spiritual energy surge towards a certain place in the cave, Zhao Qingyan looked at Xu Chuan with emotion and asked, "Fellow Daoist Xu, is this the scenery you invited me to enjoy?"

"What do you think, Fellow Daoist Zhao?"

Xu Chuan stood with his hands behind his back, gazing up at the celestial phenomena with a calm expression and a slight smile on his lips. He said, "This Core Formation phenomenon is truly captivating!"

That goes without saying!

Every family wishes they had as many Golden Core cultivators as possible in their clan!

How could there be any talk of getting tired of it?

After a while.

Xu Chuan looked at Zhao Qingyan and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhao, aren't you in a hurry to return to your clan? Then I won't stay any longer."

Is this showing off?!

Zhao Qingyan's lips twitched slightly, and he clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Then we'll take our leave."

"Fellow Daoist Zhao, please take care."

Zhao Qingyan rode the Black Cloud Spirit Leopard away from Dongxi.

After flying dozens of miles, it still couldn't help but stop and turn around to look back.

"Black Cloud, what do you think of Xu Chuan's suggestion?" he asked, looking at the Core Formation phenomenon.

"Can consider it."

Black Cloud Leopard couldn't wait to associate with the Xu family; he had this idea years ago.

Now that the Xu family has brought it up, why aren't they rushing to find an organization and latch onto their coattails?
"But if the great calamity of a thousand years is really as he said, it will be difficult for the two cultivators of the Xu family who have just entered the Golden Core stage to survive, right?"

As for the Cao family, the Sima family, and the Liu family, no one has ever known how deep their foundations were.

The reason they don't reveal themselves is perhaps to counter the great calamity of a thousand years that Xu Chuan spoke of!

He paused for a moment, then asked, "Who do you think is the person from the Xu family who has reached the Core Formation stage this time?"

The Black Cloud Leopard shook its head. "The cave is riddled with formations, many of which block divine sense from probing, but you should have noticed the spiritual energy there, right?"

"The spiritual energy is unbelievably abundant!"

Zhao Qingyan's expression was serious. "Where did the Xu family get the spiritual vein? Could it be related to Xu Chuan and the others' seclusion over the years?"

They weren't actually in seclusion; rather, they went out to search for spiritual veins.

Spiritual veins are the foundation of power!
The reason why the Cao, Sima, and Liu families have remained powerful to this day is not only because they have Golden Core cultivators in charge, but also because they each possess a spiritual vein.

"I don't understand these things, but if you ask me to choose, I'll choose the Xu family!"

"Why?"

"With Mo Yue as the eldest son of the Xu family, there's nothing to worry about!"

This statement, though made by accident, is not entirely wrong. Mo Yue's transformation into a powerful demon is indeed the Xu family's greatest trump card at this moment!
"Forehead"

Zhao Qingyan didn't know what to say, but after a moment he said, "Let's go back to Daliang!"

A few hours later.

Upon returning to the Zhao family's territory, Zhao Qingyan convened a clan meeting with all Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"Qingyan, why are you in such a hurry to convene a clan meeting?"

Zhao Qingyan, with his gaze sweeping over all the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Zhao family present, slowly said, "And the matter of the future inheritance of my Zhao family."

Immediately.

He then told everyone about the millennium calamity he had heard from Xu Chuan.

However, they concealed the fact that Xu Chuan intended to take the Zhao family as a vassal.

Although he had a slight inclination in his heart, he knew that if he spoke now, he would be refuted.

Because the timing was wrong.

Although the Xu family is strong, the Zhao family feels that they are not much weaker, and may even catch up in the future. How could they possibly become vassals?

If that were the case, they would have already attached themselves to the Liang royal family.

The development of a family lies in accumulating wealth and growing stronger step by step.

Rise and fall, success and failure, are all predetermined by fate.

Few powerful families would choose to become vassals unless absolutely necessary!

In the early years, the Xu family had taken in people who were related to them or were servants.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Qingran, the head of the Zhao family, sighed softly, "A thousand-year calamity, yet there are still such secrets? Elder Qingyan, are you sure?"

Zhao Qingyan shook his head. "Xu Chuan once said that no one knows the most about this matter than those three families. We can go and ask His Majesty for advice."

"I'll go to the capital tomorrow," Zhao Qingran said.

The clan meeting ends here.

Many elders of the Zhao family were deeply worried, especially the dozen or so younger members who had established their foundations over the past two or three decades.

In fact, those who pay attention will surely notice that more and more forces are building foundations, and many true spiritual roots have a one-third chance of success by relying solely on thousand-year-old spiritual herbs.

This is the backlash of fate.

A form of self-rescue.

Unfortunately, this counterattack was a drop in the ocean.

Even if some talented individuals were born, they would either die in this great calamity or be taken away by certain forces in the Tiannan or Heishui regions.

As for the Xu family, they are merely a variable.

According to the normal trajectory, the only person in the Xu family qualified to cultivate immortality is Xu Mingxian, who has mixed spiritual roots.

For someone from a family of that caliber to engage in cultivation, Xu Mingxian would likely be middle-aged by now.

Afterwards, the Xu family began to aim to become a family of immortal cultivators, developing martial arts while simultaneously seeking immortality. Generation after generation, they faced numerous hardships and difficulties, and it was unknown how many generations it would take to produce even a few cultivators.

Then they began their journey of growth as members of the Qi Refining Clan.

But a pity.

As the great calamity approached, the dream of the Qi-cultivating family was shattered.

This is the path of 99% of the immortal cultivation families in this imprisoned place.

As for families like the Cao family, the Sima family, the Liu family, the Zhao family, and the Jiang, Lei, and Lin families, they all have their origins or have inherited their lineage through fortuitous means, which is why they have been able to stand tall in the world.

The next day.

Zhao Qingran went to the Liang Dynasty palace to request an audience with Emperor Liu Qiankun.

"What brings Minister Zhao to see me?"

Zhao Qingran suddenly transmitted his voice to Liu Qiankun.

Liu Qiankun's pupils contracted, and he immediately dismissed everyone around him, leaving only the Zhao family patriarch in the study.

"Where did you hear about the millennium calamity, Zhao Aiqing?"

"Your Majesty, is this true?" Zhao Qingran solemnly cupped his hands. "This matter is of great importance to my Zhao family. Please tell me the truth, Your Majesty."

Liu Qiankun's eyes flickered uncertainly. After a moment, he sighed and said, "Never mind. Although I don't know where your Zhao family heard this from, I suppose you are only half-believing and half-doubting."

Since you already know, there's no harm in telling you.

This is true.

He paused for a moment, then said slowly, "The forces that survived from a thousand years ago all swore an oath not to reveal this to unsuspecting members of other forces."

Thousands of years have passed.

No one knows how devastating the catastrophe a thousand years ago was.

I, too, after achieving the Core Formation stage, glimpsed a fraction of this scene from a wisp of divine consciousness passed down to me by my ancestors.

A thousand years of accumulation, all for this day!

Zhao Qingran could sense Liu Qiankun's heavy heart, and asked with his hands clasped, "Then how confident is Your Majesty in surviving this thousand-year tribulation?"

"The great calamity has not yet arrived, so there is no way to guess," Liu Qiankun said. "Perhaps one percent, perhaps three percent, or perhaps none at all."

However, if the Zhao family were willing to relocate to the capital and establish a foothold there, their chances of success might increase.

Only by being a member of an imperial family in the capital city could Liu Qiankun absorb the full extent of their fortune.

Outside the capital city, the amount of fortune one can draw upon is extremely limited.

It can only accumulate little by little.

"This old minister understands. Thank you for informing me, Your Majesty. However, moving to the capital is no small matter. I still need to return to my clan and discuss it in detail with the elders."

"It's natural."

This matter cannot be forced; it depends on their own wishes.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Qingran left the palace and returned to the Zhao family's territory.

Upon learning of Zhao Qingran's return, Zhao Qingyan went to find him.

"Master, how did the trip go? Has His Majesty informed you of the results?"

Zhao Qingran looked at Zhao Qingyan and sighed slightly, "They have informed me that the Thousand-Year Tribulation is indeed true, and they have all sworn an oath not to inform other forces who are unaware of the situation."

"There's such a rule?" Zhao Qingyan was taken aback. "How did the Xu family find out about it?"

"Could it be that the Xu family has also been passed down for a thousand years?"

Zhao Qingran ignored his nonsense, her brows furrowed with worry. "What's the use of worrying about this? The key is the Millennium Tribulation. Even with the Liu family's help from the entire imperial city, they don't have much confidence in overcoming it."

"How much?"

"The best-case scenario is 30%, maybe 10%, or maybe not."

Zhao Qingyan was horrified. Even the vast capital of Liang was not confident of surviving this calamity, but Xu Chuan told him that as long as the Zhao family was willing to become a vassal of the Xu family.

By sending a branch into Dongxi, they were confident that this branch of the Zhao family bloodline could be passed down.

On what basis does he say that?

With "Arrow Demon" Xu Mingwei?

With the Xu family's newly formed Golden Core cultivator?
Just now.

Zhao Qingran received a message that someone in Xuchuan had achieved Core Formation the previous day.

He looked at Zhao Qingyan in surprise and asked, "Elder Qingyan, did anything else happen when you went to Dongxi yesterday?"

Zhao Qingyan was slightly taken aback, then realized, "Has news come that someone from the Xu family has reached the Core Formation stage?"

"you know?"

"I not only knew, but Xu Chuan personally invited me to stay and watch, otherwise I would have missed it."

"What does he mean by this?"

Zhao Qingran was full of doubts about Xu Chuan's actions.

“Patriarch, I no longer need to hide it from you. In fact, Xu Chuan told me something else, but if I had said it before, it would have aroused the anger of the elders in the clan.”

But now, it seems the time has come.

"what's up?"

Zhao Qingyan said, "He wants to take my Zhao family as a vassal!"

"What?!" Zhao Qingran's eyes widened in disbelief. "Even the Liu family wouldn't dare to make such outrageous statements!"

"I was afraid the other elders would do the same, so I simply didn't mention it," Zhao Qingyan said helplessly.

A few moments.

Zhao Qingran regained her composure.

He had dealt with Xu Chuan before and knew that the other party was not the kind of person who didn't know his place.

In the past, if he had spoken, the alliance between the two families would have certainly broken down.

Is he trying to take advantage of the situation by making this suggestion now?

But in the face of this great calamity, when all living beings suffer, how can the Xu family protect themselves?
Saying such a thing out of the blue is nothing short of laughable and utterly unreasonable!
"He proposed making the Zhao family a vassal state, but what could he possibly offer in return?"

“Like the Zhou, Li, Qin, and Wang families, a branch of the Zhao family lineage has branched out and entered Dongxi.” Li Qingyan said in a deep voice, “He said that as long as they are willing, he can ensure that this branch of the Zhao family bloodline continues to be passed down!”

"He's so confident? And do the Zhou, Li, Qin, and Wang families really trust the Xu family that much? They probably don't know the true situation of the great calamity, do they?" Zhao Qingran frowned even more.

"Sometimes knowing too much is not a good thing. With the accumulated resources of these families, they probably wouldn't be able to survive even an ordinary demonic tribulation."

Zhao Qingyan sighed, "As for the Xu family's confidence, Xu Mingxian of the Xu family is already a third-tier array master."

"A hundred-year-old third-tier array master? His array talent is so high, if he were to form his core, wouldn't his future be limitless?"

After a moment's thought, Zhao Qingran asked again, "Is there anything else? Are these enough to make the Zhao family a vassal?"

"The Xu family may have other resources, but I won't wait. There are many rumors in the Immortal Martial Alliance that Xu Chuan may have secretly formed his core."

"What do you think?"

"It's hard to say. If his aura is unfathomable, he's probably at the Golden Core stage. But his aura is at the Foundation Establishment stage, so I can't make a judgment."

The Immortal Martial Alliance and the Great Wei are mostly rumors, and no one has confirmed them.

After all, Xu Chuan has not stepped out of Dongxi since he left the pass.

The protection of Dongxi is the best in the world.

If they don't want information leaked, the outside world won't know a single thing.

“That’s quite true,” Zhao Qingran remarked with a sigh. “Their actions are often incomprehensible.”

He clearly founded the Immortal Martial Alliance, a behemoth of a nation.

But after only a decade or so, he gradually stepped back from the limelight, handing over most of his power.

Anyone else would be eager to hold onto it tightly, further strengthen the Immortal Martial Alliance, and then use the Immortal Martial Alliance to expand their own family!

Zhao Qingyan nodded upon hearing this, "Indeed, doing so gives people the impression that the Xu family no longer values ​​the benefits brought by the Immortal Martial Alliance."

However, the Immortal Martial Alliance is only half of the Great Wei Kingdom.

It has developed rapidly in recent years and is now number one in the world.

Now, its foundation is faintly comparable to that of the entire Great Jin, Great Liang, and Great Wei, which boasts two great Golden Core clans.

The room suddenly fell silent.

But let alone these external forces, even the Xu family's own vassal families are mostly unaware of this.

Only those in the Xu family who were involved at the core knew about it.

That is precisely why the Xu family is so mysterious.

If you can fool even your own people, it's not easy to fool others.

(End of this chapter)