Family Cultivation: Rise of the Wilderness

Chapter 116 Accident
There are already demon cultivators at the Bone Fusion stage in the outer perimeter?

Li Xiangming felt a chill run down his spine; he had underestimated Puyin Mountain.

No wonder the family was arguing with the Geng family and was unwilling to trade in the territory of the Ghost-Faced Dry God Moth.

The Li family divided Puyin Mountain from north to south into the upper section, middle section, lower section, and final section, each corresponding to one of the four entrances.

The central section of Puyin Mountain is further divided into four areas: outer perimeter, middle perimeter, inner perimeter, and core.

Currently, the animal trapping facility has only explored one-third of the outer perimeter of the central section of Puyin Mountain.

The territory of the Ghost-Faced Dryad Moth is located in the lower section.

If we refer to the Li family's regional division, it should be in the lower two-thirds of the outer area.

That area is far beyond the range of the animal trapping house.

Does anyone know if there are any other demon cultivators in the Bone Fusion stage on the road?
To be honest, Li Xiangming was lucky to escape unscathed last time.

The Blackwater Serpent appears at the junction of the middle and lower sections, but it goes deeper, already close to the central area.

It was also a place the animal trap had never set foot in before, and it was extremely dangerous.

Li Xiangming picked up the route map, looked at it again and again, and decided to go deeper into the area.

It doesn't make sense that Chi Jingtong could stay inside for ten days, while I was chased by a Bone Fusion stage demon cultivator as soon as I entered.

Thanks to the map, Li Xiangming and his team had a smooth start.

Avoiding the powerful monsters along the way, they soon arrived at the end of the map.

Further ahead lies a desolate wasteland untouched by human hands.

Since he was already there, Li Xiangming didn't hesitate and continued forward.

I don't know how much time passed, but the surroundings were unusually quiet.

The only sound along the way was the light footsteps of the three people.

"be careful."

At times like these, Li Xiangming becomes even more cautious.

Just as he finished speaking, Tang Xueyan's legs went weak, and she felt as if she had stepped on thin air, and her whole body sank into the ground without warning.

"careful!"

Li Xiangming's expression changed, and several water ropes flew out from his sleeves, wrapped around Tang Xueyan's body, and lifted her up.

With the help of the water rope, Tang Xueyan managed to steady herself, drew her longsword to cut the vines on her ankles, and flew out of the underground trap.

However, inside the burrow, bright green eyes gleamed.

An unidentified long object followed closely behind Tang Xueyan, moving as fast as lightning.

With a thought, Li Xiangming saw Nie Rong instantly appear halfway down the road, slashing the long object in two with his sword.

"cut!!"

A huge toad jumped out of its burrow, covered its mouth, and fled frantically, hopping and leaping, ignoring the blood flowing everywhere.

"Want to go?"

Li Xiangming snorted coldly, and water surged out from his feet, catching up with the toad in no time and pulling it back.

The toad was actually good at swimming, but it couldn't swim out of the current and was forced to return to Li Xiangming.

Upon seeing this, Tang Xueyan immediately beheaded him with a single sword stroke.

"The Cave-Crossing Toad only has the cultivation level of the mid-stage of the Spirit Awakening Realm, but it is good at ambushes. By digging hidden burrows, it can hide its body and easily hunt prey with a higher cultivation level than itself."

Li Xiangming recalled the monster encyclopedia given to him by the beast-catching center. It described the creature as being entirely poisonous, especially its mouth, which could secrete deadly toxins. Once swallowed, anyone below the Foundation Establishment stage, without an antidote, would be doomed even if rescued.

However, this thing is weak in combat. In a face-to-face situation, cultivators in the mid-to-late stages of Qi Refining can easily deal with it.

"Be careful, Puyin Mountain is very dangerous."

After giving him a word of advice, Li Xiangming continued forward, but with even greater caution.

After an unknown amount of time, the three finally arrived at the location that Chi Jingtong had described.

The territory of the Blackwater Serpent is indeed relatively safe, and there are fewer monsters to be encountered.

I wandered around for a while, but I still couldn't find the Blackwater Serpent.

Li Xiangming comforted himself, saying, "No rush, they've probably gone to another cave."

According to Chi Jingtong, the Blackwater Serpent has three caves arranged in a triangle, and it will randomly appear in one of them.

After thinking for a moment, Li Xiangming decided to stay here himself, and arranged for Nie Rong and Tang Xueyan to guard the other two caves.

But in the blink of an eye, ten days had passed, and the three of them still hadn't caught the Blackwater Serpent.

"This old guy isn't lying to me, is he?"

Li Xiangming couldn't help but think to himself that with Chi Jingtong's cunning, it wasn't impossible for him to use false information to trick him into making a vow of Dao heart.

But Li Xiangming then dismissed the idea, because it was pointless.

Although he promised to protect the Chi family and prevent the Chi family bloodline from dying out, the timeframe for this was only twenty years.

Twenty years later, will Li Xiangming forget about the false intelligence and not take revenge on the Chi family?

Let alone twenty years from now, even now, as a cultivator, he has countless ways to torment the Chi family.

Chi Jingtong couldn't possibly have been unaware of these things.

"Perhaps the Blackwater Serpent has opened up a new cave."

Li Xiangming changed his approach, realizing that he could not rely solely on Chi Jingtong's intelligence.

He called Nie Rong and Tang Xueyan back and, based on their memories, drew a simple map to determine where the Blackwater Serpent might appear.

"The Blackwater Serpent's three previous caves were all nearby. Logically speaking, it's impossible for it to have traveled hundreds of miles to establish a cave."

Li Xiangming circled and marked areas on the map, eventually selecting six regions to explore one by one.

"Let's split up and get things done faster."

Li Xiangming explained that although this move was somewhat risky, as the head of the Accounting Office, he could not stay away from home for too long.

He must find the Blackwater Serpent within a month, or Li Qianxiong will cause him trouble.

"Yes."

Needless to say, Nie Rong was also a rogue cultivator for many years and was not afraid of danger.

The three of them left separately.

A few days later, Li Xiangming still hadn't made any progress.

Just as he was having a headache, the sound transmission talisman on his body faintly emitted a light.

Li Xiangming's heart stirred. At this moment, he would be happy even if others were in danger and asked for help.

I'm afraid there will be no movement at all, and we'll just waste time here.

Guided by the talisman, Li Xiangming arrived at a valley and met Tang Xueyan.

"How about it?"

Li Xiangming asked in a low voice, "Tang Xueyan has no injuries, which means she has not been in danger."

"Look there!"

Tang Xueyan pointed to a river in the distance. Upstream of the river was a deep pool, which was completely still.

"Is the Blackwater Serpent in the pool?"

Li Xiangming asked anxiously.

“I don’t know, but I saw with my own eyes a black-bodied, white-bellied snake demon in the pool.”

Black body and white belly are the physical characteristics of the Blackwater Serpent.

Li Xiangming gasped.

After searching for ages, I finally found it!

Just as he was feeling happy, another communication talisman on his body suddenly lit up.

Li Xiangming took out a sound transmission talisman, which shone brightly, indicating that Nie Rong was nearby and had sent him a message.

Without hesitation, Li Xiangming probed into it with his divine sense and received a short message.

"Someone is coming!"

In an instant, Li Xiangming's face turned extremely ugly.

"Xueyan, do you know any formations?"

"Huh? I don't know how."

Do you know how to use the array plate?

"I know a little bit about this."

Formations are considered the foremost of the four traditional arts of cultivation, requiring a tremendous amount of time and effort to master; not everyone can become a formation master.

Tang Xueyan was naturally not a formation master, but in the current cultivation world, there are innovative formations, namely formation plates.

The array plate can store the array formations that have been set up, and can be activated at any time, which is extremely convenient.

"This is the Minor Five Elements Maze Formation. Set it up around you, but be careful not to disturb the Black Water Serpent."

Li Xiangming didn't have time to explain in detail. He took out a palm-sized array plate and handed it to Tang Xueyan.

It flew towards Nie Rong's direction.

He was determined to obtain the Blackwater Serpent; no one could stop him.

(End of this chapter)