Family Cultivation: Rise of the Wilderness

Chapter 167 The Cao Family
Otherwise, the leader would be breaking his vow of faith, and various problems would inevitably arise in his future cultivation.

The leader's cultivation level is the support for the members of the Mang Cult. If the leader stagnates, these noisy little figures could be eliminated at any time.

"Li Xiangming, how can you be so fearless?"

Madam Zhen gritted her teeth. She knew that the head of the Li family had also signed the Dao Heart Oath, and if the two sides started fighting, Li Qianxiong would inevitably be implicated.

"Protector Zhen is joking. I know I am no match for your sect and would never dare to make a move lightly. Of course, you shouldn't even think about taking so many people away right under our noses."

There are eight or nine people in front of Yuyuan alone. If they don't want to leave, can Madam Zhen carry them away?
Even if we have to carry them, we must carry the entire Li family with us!
In other words, if the Mang Cult were to take action, it would inevitably affect the Li family.

Li Xiangming was gambling, betting that the Mang Cult wouldn't dare to make a move. After all, the Mang Cult leader was suspected to be a Golden Core cultivator, and reaching that level was no easy feat.

Once the path is severed, their accumulated resentment will be as deep as an abyss. Even if Madam Zhen and Blind Luo bring the people of Yuyuan back to the Mang Sect, do they expect to receive any rewards?

They will likely end up with heads rolling and everything reduced to ashes!

Luo the Blind Man clearly saw this, which is why he stopped Yin Guangyang's attack.

To prioritize the mission of the sect over the sect leader's path, and even endanger one's own life, is utterly foolish.

Having suffered greatly at the hands of Madam Zhen, Blind Luo insisted on keeping his distance, completely disregarding her expression, and flew away directly.

Yin Guangyang stared in disbelief: "Senior Luo just left like that?"

He was unaware of the secret agreement between the Mang Sect and the Li family, only feeling that Senior Luo was wary of Li Xiangming, but this wariness puzzled him.

Senior Luo was clearly exceptionally strong, while his opponent was merely a Qi Refining Level 8 cultivator, not even a match for him.

Madam Zhen glanced at him but didn't say anything. Yin Guangyang was a newcomer and naturally didn't know about the oath.

In fact, although the cult leader had given an order not to offend the Li family of Danggui Mountain, no one except the few people directly involved knew the details.

“Luo the Blind is timid and cowardly; you must not be like him.”

Madam Zhen snorted, though her heart had already wavered.

Blind Luo refused to get involved in the mess, and she naturally didn't want to be the first to speak out. She gracefully approached Li Xiangming and smiled gently: "Is Nie Rong still working well?"

"It's okay."

Li Xiangming replied.

"You'll be just as useful as Nie Rong in the future."

As she spoke, Madam Zhen couldn't help but reach out, wanting to touch Li Xiangming's face.

Li Xiangming felt a chill run down his spine and took a step back, deeply wary of this femme fatale.

If I were to fall into her hands, I fear I would be unable to live or die.

Seeing this, Madam Zhen chuckled and waved her hand, "Fellow Daoist Yin, let's go!"

Yin Guangyang frowned, unable to understand why they had to abandon the mission, but he was always obedient. He put the bald bronze corpse into the coffin and followed closely behind.

Anyway, he wasn't in charge of this mission. Both seniors had left, so he couldn't be left alone to deal with more than a dozen cultivators, could he?
"In charge!"

Watching their retreating figures, Li Xiangting approached Li Xiangming and made a gesture.

"No."

Li Xiangming shook his head. Madam Zhen, Blind Luo, and others were concerned about the oath, but he was concerned about the people in real life.

The Mang Sect, with only three members, swept through Yuyuan.

Although Yuyuan has not yet demonstrated the necessary defensive capabilities, it still speaks volumes about the strength of Madam Zhen, Blind Luo, and the newcomer Yin Guangyang.

Compared to them, the dozen or so members of the Li family seemed rather mediocre. Even if they all attacked at once, Li Xiangming wasn't confident of victory. Peacefully persuading these people to retreat was undoubtedly the best outcome.

This outcome was accepted by Yuyuan, and Green Calyx Hermit immediately stepped forward and sincerely said, "Thank you for your help, Fellow Daoist Li."

Li Xiangming glanced at her and felt that she was very different from the image in his memory. He was somewhat dazed. Last time, the Green Calyx Hermit dressed mysteriously and had a cold temperament, which made people afraid to get close.

Now dressed as a normal female cultivator, she appears graceful, gentle, and charming.

After glancing at it twice, Li Xiangming felt embarrassed and asked, "Why would the Mang Sect target Yuyuan?"

"I don't know either. Yuyuan only serves regular customers and rarely has any disputes. It is not known to outsiders. Perhaps the Mang Sect found out from somewhere that Yuyuan had a new batch of beast tamers, which is why they offended them. Their target is the beast tamers."

"A newly recruited beast tamer?"

Li Xiangming couldn't help but turn his gaze to the group of rather disheveled cultivators behind Green Calyx Hermit, who were clearly the beast tamers he had mentioned.

"What are the origins of these beast tamers?"

Li Xiangming was very curious. The Li family had only recruited three beast tamers in more than half a month, while Yuyuan had seven or eight people at once.

“They were all sent by my Cao family to take over the work at Yuyuan.”

At this moment, Cao Fuyi walked over, looking dejected.

He was knocked away by Blind Luo and was seriously injured. He took some medicine and meditated for a while before he was able to move.

"Cao family?"

Li Xiangming was surprised.

Seeing this, Cao Fuyi scratched his head and said in surprise, "I thought you knew about the origin of Yuyuan because I saw that you were familiar with Yanjun."

"Please let me know."

"I am Cao Fuyi, a cultivator from the Cao family of Qingliang Mountain. This is my niece, Cao Yanjun. Yuyuan was founded by her."

"However, as the spirit pet business in Puxian improved, Yanjun was too busy, so the Cao family sent a group of beast tamers to help. Unexpectedly, they were targeted by the demons of the Mang Sect."

"I see."

Li Xiangming suddenly realized why Yuyuan was able to tame the Blue-backed Demon Lizard; its background was actually the Cao family of Qingliang Mountain, a master of beast taming in Qingshui County.

The Cao family is renowned for its beast taming skills. They have not only trained many beast tamers themselves, but also the surrounding affiliated families and sects are famous for their beast taming abilities.

The beast tamers in front of us, who were sent to Pu County, are probably not from the main branch of the Cao family. At most, they are beast tamers from a branch or affiliated force. But that doesn’t mean their beast taming skills are lacking.

The reputation of Qingliang Mountain for its beast-taming skills is widely known in Zhangning and Shunan prefectures.

"Since you've sent a beast tamer, why not send someone to escort them?"

Li Xiangming was puzzled, knowing that Beast Tamers were the darlings of all the major powers.

For example, the Li family was worried about Li Xianghong and his group going to Pushui Market, so they specifically instructed the animal trapping unit to accompany them.

The Cao family should have made a similar decision, but if Li Xiangming hadn't visited Yuyuan at the last minute because he couldn't find Chen Chihe, the Cao family's beast tamers would have been in trouble.

Could it be that the Cao family has too many beast tamers and they are no longer worthy of being valued?
"No. My Cao family actually sent a Foundation Establishment cultivator to accompany us, and the defenses of Yuyuan are more than enough to deal with ordinary invading enemies."

"However, these evil people of the Mang Cult are not simple. They are good at using the strategy of luring the tiger away from the mountain. Our carefully prepared Six Harmonies Return to One Formation was also broken by them with talismanic artifacts."

At this point, Cao Fuyi felt a pang of sadness. In order to protect Yuyuan, he had risked everything, and still ended up covered in injuries.

(End of this chapter)