Immortality and cultivation begin with full comprehension.

Chapter 271 The Secret of the Xu Family

After having this thought, Li Yunjing dared not act rashly.

Li Yunjing didn't leave; he stayed in the room and waited for dawn.

As for Yu Yunyi and the others, Li Yunjing used his divine sense to inform them that they did not need to worry about the situation there.

The night was long, and around midnight, Master Xu got up.

Li Yunjing's eyes lit up as he saw the old man first check if Madam Xu was asleep.

After confirming that he had not been found, Mr. Xu quietly put on his clothes, pushed open the door, and went into the courtyard.

"master……"

Just then, a guard who was patrolling the gate saw the master coming out and quickly went up to greet him.

"Shh..."

Mr. Xu raised his index finger and put it to his lips, making a shushing gesture.

Those below understood and then fell silent.

"You lot, come with me!"

Master Xu gave a low command and then walked along the path ahead.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Four guards jumped out from the shadows and followed Master Xu forward.

The five people walked in a long, single file. Li Yunjing had an idea and flashed behind the last person.

He immediately struck, tapping the man's back with his finger, causing his heart to rupture and him to die instantly.

The man's body was also put into Li Yunjing's storage bag.

The "Azure Moon Daoist Robe" on Li Yunjing's body flashed and transformed into this person's beige clothes.

In the past, Li Yunjing would not have bothered killing ordinary people, but after hearing about Master Xu's conspiracy, Li Yunjing was filled with anger and loathed the Xu family. He was unmoved by the people who killed them.

At this moment, Li Yunjing forcibly suppressed the uncomfortable thoughts in his heart and decided not to touch Master Xu for the time being. However, once Li Yunjing confirmed the secret and no longer needed the Xu family, he would definitely kill everyone in the Xu family without hesitation.

Anyone who tries to betray him must die!

Originally, he came to the Xu family with good intentions, hoping to save the life of the Xu family's young master in exchange for the Xu family leaving the city and informing them of the situation. Little did he expect to hear that the Xu family wanted to sacrifice him and his companions.

This infuriated Li Yunjing.

If it weren't for this secret, he would have lost his temper and gone on a killing spree, leaving no one alive.

At this moment, Li Yunjing moved so lightly that the four people in front of him did not notice anything unusual.

Master Xu, still with his men, continued walking forward without saying a word.

"who?"

After walking for a quarter of an hour, the group arrived at a rockery. Upon seeing the arrival of people, the rockery immediately came out and called out.

"it's me!"

Master Xu's voice rang out softly.

"This humble servant greets Your Excellency!"

With a creak, a door opened inside the artificial hill.

A guard came up to him with a fawning expression, bowing and scraping to Master Xu.

"Hmm! There's no movement from the depths of the dungeon, is there?"

"Master Xu asked coldly."

"Master, for some reason, the dungeon is getting colder and colder. Sometimes there is the rattling sound of chains. I don't know what's at the end."

Upon hearing Master Xu's question, the guard involuntarily shuddered.

"Hmm! Are there still poisonous insects around?"

Master Xu's face darkened, and he asked another question.

"Since the master provided the medicinal powder, we haven't seen any poisonous insects recently."

The guard hesitated for a moment before continuing.

There were some things he didn't tell the truth about. For some reason, there were poisonous creatures from time to time in the depths of the dungeon: scorpions, centipedes, small snakes, toads... all sorts of poisonous insects appeared.

This year, countless servants of the Xu family have died because of these poisonous insects, causing widespread panic.

Later, the master somehow obtained some medicinal powder and sprinkled it throughout the Xu residence, which improved the situation, and it became much harder to spot poisonous creatures.

The powder only frightened the poisonous creatures, but the corpses of the creatures were not seen. Clearly, it only had the effect of driving them away, not killing them.

No one knows when the powder will wear off, and the guards live in constant fear.

"Okay! Keep a good watch, let's go in!"

With a gloomy face, Master Xu took out a jade pendant, hung it on his wrist, and walked towards the artificial hill.

"Yes! Master!"

The guard dared not ask any more questions. When Li Yunjing followed him in last, he seemed to find Li Yunjing somewhat unfamiliar and wanted to ask him something, but remembering that this person was brought by the master, he kept silent.

However, Li Yunjing noticed the man's confusion. Before the man could think further, Li Yunjing turned around, reached out his arm, and gently pinched the man's throat, severing his body and throwing it to the ground.

The space inside the artificial hill is quite large. It seems that the artificial hill was moved here later. After entering the artificial hill, it is winding and twisting, and it goes diagonally downwards.

Along the walls of the long corridor, torches were hung at intervals, illuminating the corridor brightly.

"what?"

Suddenly, the person in front of Li Yunjing turned around and saw Li Yunjing's unfamiliar face. He was startled, seemingly not expecting that his companion had disappeared and a stranger had appeared.

"Crack!"

Now that he had been discovered, Li Yunjing no longer hid. His Taoist robe returned to its original state, and with a gentle stretch of his hand, he grabbed the man's throat like lightning, taking his life with a single squeeze.

When Li Yunjing killed the man, the remaining two experts immediately reacted. One hurriedly protected Master Xu, while the other drew his long sword and charged at Li Yunjing.

"Insignificant ants!"

Li Yunjing neither dodged nor evaded. As the long sword slashed down, he grabbed the blade with his palm, twisting the entire blade into a twisted mess like a pretzel.

"what!"

The man looked horrified, never expecting that his precious steel sword, forged from fine steel, would be twisted into a pile of scrap metal as if it were made of paper.

"careful!"

The man protecting Master Xu tried to warn him, but Li Yunjing was too fast. He had just dropped the long sword that looked like scrap metal and then lightly struck out with his palm.

The hand did not touch the other person's body, but an invisible force sent the person flying. With a "bang," the person crashed into the wall, knocking down many stone chips.

The man lay motionless on the ground, like a lump of minced meat. Seeing his companion die so tragically, the remaining guard's face paled drastically, and even Master Xu behind him turned ashen with fright.

Mr. Xu never expected that before he could even begin to plot against the other party, the other party would turn against him.

"Master..."

"Master Xu spoke up."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Yunjing struck again, his figure like a ghost, landing in front of the last guard. With a simple move, he grabbed the man's throat and squeezed it slightly. With a "crack," the guard who had been lifted by Li Yunjing lost his breath.

"boom!"

Like throwing away trash, Li Yunjing casually tossed the man's limp body onto the ground.

"No, don't kill me! Immortal Master, whatever you want, I'll give you!"

Seeing Li Yunjing take a step towards him, Master Xu was so frightened that he wet himself, his crotch was soaked, and he collapsed to the ground, crying and begging for mercy.

"You want to sacrifice me? I'd like to see what methods you have to do to sacrifice me!"

Li Yunjing glanced at him coldly. In the torchlight, Li Yunjing's figure swayed, as if death itself was covering Master Xu.

"what?"

Upon hearing Li Yunjing's words, Master Xu was dumbfounded.

It took him a long time to realize that his conversation with his wife had been overheard by this immortal master.

This made him look filled with remorse. How could he have underestimated the immortal master and even said such a thing?
What should we do now?
Thinking of this, his survival instinct made him kneel down, kowtowing repeatedly and pleading for Li Yunjing to spare him.

"Hehe! Then tell me, what kind of method can kill a Golden Core cultivator?"

Li Yunjing gave a cold smile and asked.

At the same time, he sent out his divine sense, summoning Yu Yunyi, Lü Ruoxi, and Fu Chao to come over.

"Seven hundred years ago, my Xu family's ancestor migrated from the Jiangnan region to this place. He happened to encounter a cultivator who was critically injured and on the verge of death. Because my ancestor saw the cultivator off at the last moment, the cultivator's belongings became my ancestor's."

Having no other choice, Master Xu had to reveal the origins of the Xu family.

Seeing Li Yunjing's expressionless face, Master Xu could only continue, "Later, through research, we learned that the cultivator was actually a Golden Core Realm expert, and his death was due to a seal."

"According to legend, before this city was built, this place was a demonic land where demons roamed. This cultivator fought against the demons, killed all of them, and finally died from his injuries."

"Of course, before he died, this cultivator set up a seal, sealing some of the demonic artifacts that he couldn't handle deep inside the dungeon."

After listening to Master Xu's story, Li Yunjing was struck by a thought: the Xu family had such a background?
As for whether it was genuine or not, he didn't care. Li Yunjing only needed to know the origin of the items below.

Just then, Yu Yunyi, Lü Ruoxi, and Fu Chao, guided by themselves, also entered the artificial hill and arrived here.

Li Yunjing briefly recounted what had happened.

"Damn it! This old bastard is asking for it! We came here to help his son exorcise evil spirits, and he's thinking of sacrificing us to get into the seal below?"

Fu Chao immediately became furious.

“Let’s go! I originally thought that the Xu family’s bloodline was of some use, which is why I kept this person around. But now it seems that the people below have little to do with the Xu family, so there’s no need for us to waste words with him.”

Li Yunjing turned and walked into the depths of the dungeon, seemingly preparing to let Master Xu go.

Seeing this, Mr. Xu breathed a sigh of relief, and a look of joy at surviving a disaster appeared on his face.

However, he was overthinking it. How could Li Yunjing possibly let such a person go?
He left, but Fu Chao didn't!

"Old man! We'll send you off first. After we've investigated the demonic artifact below, we'll send your whole family down for a reunion!"

"boom!"

Fu Chao looked down at Master Xu from his high position, raised his right foot and placed it on Master Xu's head. With just one stomp, Master Xu's head shattered into pieces like a watermelon.

If it weren't for the layers of light protecting Fu Chao's magic boots, he would have been splattered with blood.

As for Fu Chao's actions, neither Yu Yunyi, Lü Ruoxi, nor Li Yunjing cared at all. The four of them left without looking back.

After passing through a long corridor, some other Xu family guards appeared in the dungeon.

Li Yunjing paid no attention to these people. He simply released a puppet mechanical beast, which, upon receiving Li Yunjing's command, led the way.

Anyone who saw a member of the Xu family was to be killed without mercy. A series of screams echoed through the dungeon.

Deep within the dungeon were rows of stone cages, some filled with people, others empty.

The prisoners in those cages were hardly human.

Clearly, the ruthlessness of the Xu family is on full display here.

"Ugh!"

Li Yunjing sighed, looking at the prisoners who were either insane or crippled. He pointed a finger, and a beam of emerald light flew out, transforming into more than a dozen streams of light in front of him, rushing into the cages with people and killing the prisoners one by one.

In Li Yunjing's view, these people were all useless. He couldn't possibly take out his elixir to save these mortals, and he couldn't tell whether they were good or bad people.

Faced with such cruel punishment, Li Yunjing's greatest act of mercy was to give them a quick death.

At this moment, inside the deepest dungeon, with a "clang," the sword energy that Li Yunjing had unleashed was actually knocked away.

There are actually cultivators here!

Li Yunjing, Yu Yunyi, Lü Ruoxi, and Fu Chao immediately gathered around and looked towards the deepest part, the stone cell completely hidden in darkness.

An aged voice echoed from inside the stone cell, saying, "I never imagined that a cultivator would actually infiltrate the Xu family's dungeon."

When this person spoke the words "Xu family," he clearly emphasized the pronunciation, obviously showing extreme hatred for the Xu family.

"Who are you? Why are you trapped here? You were able to block my casual attack, so you must have the cultivation of the Foundation Establishment Realm, right? How did you get captured by the Xu family?"

Li Yunjing didn't make a move; he asked in surprise.

"Hehe! There are some things you don't know, right?"

The man gave a bitter laugh and asked in return.

"Oh? Fellow Daoist, would you like to hear your story?"

Li Yunjing was genuinely curious.

"Sure! I'm willing to tell you all about my misfortunes!"

The old man with gray hair in the prison continued, "I am Xu Changfeng's fellow disciple, both of us from the Northern Emperor Sect, a major sect in the north."

"On that day, I was invited to the Xu family as a guest, but I never expected to fall into their trap and be controlled by them. They said they wanted to use me as a sacrifice to break the seal and retrieve the demonic treasure."

These words greatly surprised Li Yunjing and his three companions.

The "Northern Emperor Sect" sounds like a third-rate sect.

In reality, they have a significant background in the heavens; they are a venerable and influential sect of Taoism.

(End of this chapter)