Family Cultivation: Rise of the Wilderness

Chapter 214 Curse
"curse?"

"No, it's a curse rune!"

Ao Sheng felt a chill run down his spine; storing curses within talismans was utterly absurd.

But someone in the cultivation world actually did just that, and succeeded.

Generally speaking, curses have terrifying negative effects and are harms that the human body can hardly bear. However, by grafting such harm onto talismans and tattoos, the pressure on cultivators is greatly reduced.

This was the original intention behind the creation of curse runes.

Furthermore, the vast majority of curses are irreversible; once afflicted, they often accompany a cultivator for life.

However, if a curse is used to inscribe a rune, the curse will also disappear naturally when the rune disappears, and will not continue to haunt the recipient.

However, the recipient of the curse can use its power for the duration of the curse's effect.

Therefore, curse runes actually have great potential.

However, only a madman would design and use this thing!

Using the power of curses to inscribe runes, where do the curses come from?

The rune master must first be afflicted with the curse, then find a way to control the curse, and finally transfer the curse to the recipient.

Luckily, the curse did not spread but remained on the rune, forming a curse rune.

If you're unlucky, the person who receives the talisman will be cursed and never have peace in their life.

Any misstep along the way could lead to certain doom.

Anyone who can do this is an exceptionally talented rune master.

However, what was the thought behind tainting such a genius with a curse?

In addition, although the curse will disappear with the rune, this is on the condition that it can only be used a limited number of times.

Curses are terrifying powers that even runes cannot withstand.

If the recipient of the curse uses the curse rune multiple times, the curse will spread to the cultivator and become irreversible.

Even within the entire Soul Suppressing Sect, no one possesses curse runes. This is not only because they lack the opportunity, but also because cultivators fear curses and are unwilling to inscribe this evil contraption.

The Li family inscribed curse runes on their own genius. Aren't they afraid that this power will get out of control and turn against its master?
Ao Sheng found it hard to understand, but at this moment, he had to face such a problem—how to deal with Li Xiangyu, who was armed to the teeth?

Li Xiangyu didn't have so many thoughts on this. He cast two runes in succession, no, and there was also the hidden Return to Nothingness rune. He was already slightly out of breath.

But it wasn't over yet. He stretched out his right hand, and a fiery red spear suddenly appeared. This was his superior magic weapon—the Fire Crow Spear.

With a single crow's cry, Li Xiangyu vanished from the spot.

When it reappeared, it had already rushed into the Mountain Moving Sect's formation, with countless fire crows circling around it and long, fiery snakes lashing out at the Mountain Moving Sect disciples.

"Use water!"

A disciple of the Moving Mountain Sect shouted.

Half a breath later, more than ten powerful streams of water washed over Li Xiangyu.

However, the red spider grew stronger again and protected Li Xiangyu, and the water flow could not harm it in the slightest.

Li Xiangyu then rushed in front of a Mountain Moving Sect disciple at the ninth level of Qi Refining and knocked him down in a few moves.

The man hurriedly steadied himself and tried to escape in the chaos, but Li Xiangyu pursued him relentlessly.

Upon seeing this, the nearby monks rushed to their aid.

One of the short monks arrived first, wielding two blades, and attacked Li Xiangyu from behind.

Seeing that his opponent was skilled in close combat, Li Xiangyu sneered, abandoned the previous person, and rushed in front of the short cultivator. After only a short while of fighting, the man screamed and suddenly flew away.

"Luo San, what's wrong?"

Someone shouted anxiously.

"Curse! Curse!"

Luo San clutched his head in anguish, his face already showing several dark lines.

Unlike Li Xiangyu, the black lines on Luo San's face were not lines at all, but rather looked like real things growing from under his skin.

These black lines hung outside, swaying in the wind in mid-air, resembling whiskers, looking unusually eerie.

"I'm cursed too!"

The Qi Refining Ninth Level cultivator who was the first to fight Li Xiangyu also shouted loudly.

His face was mostly unharmed, but his palms were covered in dense black lines, which was equally terrifying.

"Monster!" Upon seeing this, the disciples of the Moving Mountain Sect who were besieging Li Xiangyu hurriedly retreated.

At this point, all sects and factions were meaningless; they would rather die at Li Dong's hands than be cursed and die in agony.

Li Xiangyu remained expressionless, his gaze quickly sweeping across the battlefield before finally settling on Ao Sheng.

"not good!"

Ao Sheng's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately realized that Li Xiangyu had his eye on him.

The morale of the Mountain Moving Sect is low, so they may not necessarily help him stop Li Xiangyu.

Thinking of this, Ao Sheng hurriedly retreated.

However, his retreat completely destroyed the morale of the Mountain Moving Sect.

A disciple of the Moving Mountain Sect shouted sternly, "Elder Li, the Soul Suppressing Sect has all fled. Who are we fighting for?"

After saying that, he didn't wait for Li Dong's response, randomly picked a direction, and fled.

"Xue Yu, do you dare?"

With a roar, Li Dong had just finished beating Li Qianxiao until he was dizzy and was about to win when someone tried to escape.

The disciples of the Moving Mountain Sect were unaware of the battle between the two Foundation Establishment cultivators. They only knew that Li Xiangyu was cursed, and that fighting him would mean certain death, regardless of victory or defeat.

Seeing Ao Sheng and Xue Yu flee, these people could no longer endure it and fled the mine.

In just a few breaths, only Li Dong, Li Qianxiao, and Li Xiangyu remained in the sky above the mine.

"well!"

Enraged, Li Dong laughed and abandoned Li Qianxiao, intending to kill Li Xiangyu first.

"Don't think about it!"

At this moment, Li Qianxiao was weak and extremely dejected, but he once again summoned a furnace-shaped magical artifact and, without saying a word, put Li Dong into the furnace.

Although Li Dong quickly emerged from the furnace, he was covered in dust and dirt.

"What a fine family the Li is!"

After fighting for so long, how could Li Dong not have realized that the Maojing Mine was a trap?
They originally thought they were just dealing with a few Qi Refining cultivators, but they didn't expect that the Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Li family had already infiltrated the formation and were controlling it.

Moreover, the opponent was clearly only in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, yet the number of magical artifacts they prepared was two or three times that of their own.

This filled Li Dong with a sense of powerlessness.

The Li family clearly received intelligence long ago, which is why they made such preparations.

In other words, one's arrival is entirely within the calculations of others.

Now that bastard Ao Sheng has run away, and the disciples of the Moving Mountain Sect are also fleeing in panic, Li Dong is becoming more and more disheartened. What good would it do if he stayed and defeated the Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Li family?
Next to appear is probably the even more powerful Master Duyin.

Flying Fox Cave is only a hundred miles away from here. If we linger any longer, the other side will definitely be able to react in time.

Otherwise, why would the Li family delay like this?

Having thought this through, Li Dong had no more lingering feelings and turned to leave.

Watching Li Dong's disappearing figure, Li Qianxiao breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

As a newly established Foundation Establishment cultivator, it was always too difficult for him to fight against a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator like Li Dong.

But he quickly turned his gaze to Li Xiangyu, his expression somewhat grim: "Xiangyu, what's with the curse runes on your body?"
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"hateful!"

Li Xiangren watched the entire battle depicted on the stone wall, his heart filled with anger: "The Shen family actually secretly inscribed curse runes on Xiangyu without our knowledge."

Although this curse rune is powerful, it is not fully developed and carries a great risk.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be so rare in the cultivation world.

No wealthy or powerful family would leave such a contingency plan for their own children.

The Shen family is clearly using Li Xiangyu to experiment with their rune technology.

"The Shen family must give us an explanation, but there are more important things to do right now!"

Li Xiangren gazed into the distance, in the direction Li Dong had left.

"Xiangming, I'm going to hunt down Li Dong. You go and kill that man in purple."

"Leaving aside everyone else, these two must die!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)