Family Cultivation: Rise of the Wilderness

Chapter 115 Entering the Mountain
"How majestic!"

Upon getting up close to the Blue-backed Demon Lizard, Chi Youyan was filled with amazement.

"Go on up, don't worry, you won't hurt anyone."

Li Xiangming noticed the other person's worry and offered a word of comfort.

"Ah."

Chi Youyan carefully climbed onto the Blue-backed Demon Lizard.

"Don't you know how to fly?"

Li Xiangming suddenly asked.

Even those in the Qi Refining stage can fly, but they can't fly for long before their internal magical power is exhausted.

"Grandpa said I'm only at the second level of Qi Refining, so there's no rush to learn."

"I'll teach you when I have the chance later."

Li Xiangming shook his head. Although Chi Jingtong was worried that Chi Youyan was too ambitious, he did not teach him the art of flying.

However, this is the most basic spell for cultivators, just like the magic shield, and it is essential to know it.

Li Xiangming was taught Qi Refining Level 1 at home.

The reason for learning so early is not for the few breaths of brief flight time, but to improve one's control over magical power.

After all, the more you understand magic, the higher and farther you can fly.

Li Jiafan studied Yin energy and was skilled in escape techniques.

Back in Changyang Valley, Li Xiangming found a room in Fengming Tower to settle Chi Youyan.

This place is not usually open to the public, and only occasionally do members of the Li family stay here. For example, Li Qianshi from the Department of Military Affairs is a regular resident here, so there is no problem with his safety.

"Your grandfather has high hopes for you, so you should cultivate diligently here."

After giving a word of advice, Li Xiangming left his communication talisman with Chi Youyan.

He then found Li Qianshi and assigned him a mission to the Logistics Department: to carry his own orders and recall Nie Rong and Tang Xueyan from Xulong Township.

Needless to say, Nie Rong was also present, and Tang Xueyan also had the cultivation level of the seventh level of Qi Refining. With one more person, there would be more strength. Li Xiangming planned to take them into Puyin Mountain to search for the Black Water Serpent.

Three late-stage Qi Refining cultivators were not enough for Li Xiangming, so he considered finding a few more people.

After all, that's the legendary Blackwater Serpent; who knows what special abilities it might possess?
Ideally, one should ask a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the family to capture the Black Water Serpent by force.

But Li Xiangming hesitated. After all, the Blackwater Serpent was famous. What if Li Chengkang, Li Qianxiong and others also took a fancy to this strange beast?
When the time comes, whoever says "family comes first" will be left to the Foundation Establishment cultivators. Xiang Ming will be rewarded for providing information.
Li Xiangming was truly devastated.

Furthermore, there is another possibility that the family will request that the Blackwater Serpent be given to Li Huinan, because the Blackwater Serpent can only unleash its full combat power in Li Huinan's hands.

Once such a proposal is made, given Li Huinan's prestige, everyone else in the family will have to back down, and Li Xiangming will naturally be powerless against him.

Therefore, Li Xiangming did not want the Li family's Foundation Establishment stage cultivators to take action. Instead, he wanted to capture the Black Water Serpent first and keep it as a spirit pet. This way, even if the other family members were envious, they wouldn't say anything.

An unclaimed Blackwater Serpent and an owned Blackwater Serpent are two different concepts.

Stealing someone else's spirit pet, especially one belonging to one of your own juniors, is going too far.

Even if you take away the Blackwater Serpent, it won't become close to its next master. So what's the point?

Given this, even if someone wanted to do it, the fourth branch of the family would absolutely not agree.

Having thought all this through, Li Xiangming made his decision.

This trip should be conducted in secrecy.

He would first take Nie Rong and Tang Xueyan to gather intelligence and find the Blackwater Serpent.

If the Blackwater Serpent is too powerful for him to handle, he can ask an acquaintance of the Xiang generation for help, such as Li Xiangru or Li Xianghua.

These are all people of similar age, easy to talk to, and it won't escalate to the family level.

In fact, Li Xiangming trusted Li Xiangren the most.

The fact that Lee Sang-in was willing to take revenge on the cult for himself, who had only recently joined the police force, is enough to prove that he was not a selfish person.

If it were Li Xiangren, he would never covet his Blackwater Serpent.

Moreover, Li Xiangren has Foundation Establishment cultivation, so with him taking action, victory is almost guaranteed.

Unfortunately, this person is far away in Zhangning Prefecture and has not yet returned.

Besides Lee Sang-in, Lee Sang-myung had also witnessed Lee Sang-yu's abilities.

However, Li Xiangyu's fire magic is too destructive in the vegetation-covered Puyin Mountain, and it might cause a sensation and attract other monsters, so it is not appropriate and can only be considered as an alternative.
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three days later.

Li Xiangming used his merits to exchange for a batch of talismans and various pills, and also prepared a lot of other miscellaneous items.

Only then did he lead Nie Rong and Tang Xueyan on their journey.

"Is this the flying boat?"

Tang Xueyan asked curiously, "Everyone knows the name of the flying boat, but very few people have actually ridden in it."

“That’s right.” Li Xiangming gave a brief introduction to the Green Cloud Flying Boat.

Tang Xueyan was different from Nie Rong; she was a guest, but because of her relationship with Nie Rong, she was often at Li Xiangming's beck and call.

Therefore, Li Xiangming was quite polite to him.

The three of them flew eastward.

After a while, Li Xiangming stopped the flying boat and looked down.

Under the influence of divine sense, the Qingyang Temple below was laid bare.

But there was no one inside.

"The Taoist priest hasn't returned yet?"

Li Xiangming frowned. It had been more than half a year since Qingyang Daoist went out to find medicinal herbs to refine pills.

Li Xiangshu, Sun Siyan, and others also stayed in Danggui Mountain for more than half a year.

What kind of medicinal herb took so long to find?

Could something have gone wrong?

Li Xiangming was vaguely worried.

However, he didn't know the whereabouts of the Green Sheep Taoist, so he had to suppress his feelings and leave.

Soon, the three arrived at Puyin Mountain.

Puyin Mountain has changed a lot compared to two years ago.

It's not exactly deserted.

Not only were animal trapping houses set up here, but several self-organized groups of independent cultivators also camped nearby, and the Li family did not drive them away.

"We could send people here regularly to purchase materials from monsters."

Such a thought flashed through Li Xiangming's mind.

The entrances to Puyin Mountain are simply Daishan, Dangguishan, Meiling, and Hongshigu at the southernmost point.

However, Redstone Valley is too remote and is generally not considered.

There are only three left.

The Dai Mountain area is in chaos, and passing through here could lead to unexpected disasters: Meiling is in a state of war, and most of it is blocked off, making it impossible to enter.

Only Angelica sinensis is the best choice.

More and more people will appear here in the future, especially independent cultivators.

The reason why rogue cultivators hunt monsters is simply to sell the materials they carry.

With so many people gathered together, the price of monster materials definitely won't go up.

At that time, the Li family will raise the price and resell it to Pushui Market. They may not make much money per item, but the change in quantity will lead to a qualitative change.

This is a business that generates revenue slowly and steadily.

In a short time, Li Xiangming thought of many things.

But he immediately banished these thoughts; the Blackwater Serpent was now the most important thing.

Since this place is still under construction, the Li family has already sent their animal trapping wards to move in.

The Li family is involved in this deal.

"Resonance?"

Li Xiangming's arrival quickly attracted the attention of the animal trapping house.

"Where is Fourth Brother?"

Li Xiangming gave a brief greeting and found that most of the people from the animal trapping house were not at the camp.

"Fourth Brother and the others have gone into the mountains; it seems they've found something good."

"nice one?"

Li Xiangming quickly asked what was wrong, and only after a long while did he breathe a sigh of relief.

It turned out that what Li Xiangru and his group were planning to capture was a monkey demon.

After a casual chat, Li Xiangming dismissed the group and obtained the latest route map drawn by the Beast Capture Center, as well as a monster encyclopedia.

According to the route map, the animal trapping facility has not yet located the Blackwater Serpent.

However, the animal trapping house has not been idle for the past six months.

Within the known area, many formidable monsters have been marked.

Li Xiangming even saw a big X, with a note below describing the origins and habits of a Bone Fusion stage demon cultivator.

(End of this chapter)