Family Cultivation: Rise of the Wilderness

Chapter 273 Questioning
Furongping, Yin family.

Thanks to Yin Feng's influence, Li Xiangming was able to stay here for several days.

At this moment, he was sitting in meditation and healing his injuries in a secret room provided by the Yin family.

During his meditation, his injuries gradually healed.

However, the chilling magical power within his body remained like a persistent crutch, never truly being driven away.
Why hasn't my older brother arrived yet?

Li Xiangming was getting a little anxious. After getting information about Yin Feng, he rushed to the Yin family and then immediately entered the Green Cloud Cave.

Despite the haste, he still notified Lee Sang-in to come and meet him before setting off.

That's why he went to Furongping immediately after leaving the Dark River, instead of the distant Dendrobium Market.

However, there is still no trace of Li Xiangren.

Without Li Xiangren's help, it would be extremely difficult for him to drive away this cold, magical power on his own.

The cold light's magical power was growing stronger and stronger, already approaching the dantian.

Having no other choice, Li Xiangming took out the pills that Zhang Min had given him.

"Jing Shuang Wan"

After muttering something to himself, Li Xiangming swallowed the pill and began to regulate his breathing again, refining the pill while resisting the cold light magic power.
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A narrow canyon.

The waterfall cascades down from the high cliff, like a silver ribbon hanging between the green mountains.

As the water plunged down, it splashed up countless droplets, like millions of pearls shimmering in the sunlight.

The roar of the water was powerful and majestic, yet it carried a strange tranquility that brought peace of mind.

However, Zhang Min, standing by the pool, was preoccupied and failed to appreciate the wonderful breath of nature.

She clutched a jade pendant in her hand, threw it into the pool, and swam toward the dark current leading to the Green Cloud Cave.

Just half a day ago, a fight broke out here, and the air is thick with the stench of blood.

But now, it's unusually calm, as if nothing has happened.

Zhang Min had sharp eyes and kept observing her surroundings while carefully controlling her magic power to minimize its consumption.

In the end, she traveled back to her sect in the shortest possible distance.

The underground riverbed is not as quiet as it used to be.

Several disciples of the Shanyun Sect stood guard to the side, scrutinizing them.

Upon seeing Zhang Min emerge from the river, these people immediately became extremely wary.

"Zhang Min is back!"

One of them shouted.

Instantly, the surrounding disciples surged forward, completely surrounding Zhang Min.

The man stepped forward again, pointed at Zhang Min, and shouted, "Zhang Min, you have privately released the enemy. Do you know your crime?"

Zhang Min glanced at him coldly: "Letting the enemy go? Who is the enemy? The enemy you've designated?"

The man paused for a moment, then immediately turned his head and replied, "This is Senior Brother Long's order."

Zhang Min interrupted without any politeness, saying, "After the two sects merge, your Senior Brother Long will have to call me Senior Sister when he sees me, understand?"

Seeing these people still standing beside her, Zhang Min's face darkened slightly, and she snapped, "Get out of my way!"

Although Zhang Min is a woman and usually presents herself as gentle and graceful, as a true disciple of the Green Cloud Cave, she holds a high position and great power in the sect, and naturally has developed a certain degree of authority.

At this moment, he became angry, and the surrounding disciples of the Shanyun Sect looked at each other, none of them daring to answer.

Even those who first questioned Zhang Min were rendered speechless.

But no one made way for Zhang Min just because of her simple remark.

They are disciples of the Shanyun Sect!
Just as a conflict was about to break out between the two sides, two young cultivators flew over. One of them was Long Yang from the Shan Yun Sect.

"Senior Brother Long!"

Upon seeing Long Yang, the disciples of Shanyun Sect immediately surrounded him with delight.

Although they didn't care about Zhang Min's status, Zhang Min did possess a genuine ninth-level Qi Refining cultivation. Their own cultivation levels were mostly at the sixth or seventh level of Qi Refining.

Even though they outnumbered each other, they were still intimidated. Now that Long Yang had appeared, they finally felt confident.

Upon seeing Long Yang, Zhang Min immediately recalled the scene of him ambushing her in the underground river, and she was filled with anger, ready to confront him and demand an explanation.

But then her gaze fell on the purple-clad man beside Long Yang.

"Min'er, come back with me."

The man in purple smiled gently and walked over, wanting to take Zhang Min's soft hand.

Zhang Min shoved the other person away and said coldly, "Shao Zhen, if you don't give me a reasonable explanation today, this isn't over between us."

"It's a long story, let's go back and talk about it properly."

Shao Zhen waved his hand. Long Yang glanced at the underground river first, and after confirming that only Zhang Min had returned, he left silently.

With Long Yang gone, the remaining disciples of Shanyun Sect naturally followed suit.

Soon, only Shao Zhen and Zhang Min remained in the underground riverbed.

Seeing that Shao Zhen also had such influence within the Shanyun Sect, Zhang Min couldn't help but frown.

However, now was not the time to delve into the details. Her face darkened, and she demanded, "Why did you resort to such a vicious attack on Junior Brother Li?"

Shao Zhen hesitated for a moment before replying, "I really don't know anything about this matter."

"Are you still trying to deny it?"

Zhang Min immediately flew into a rage, pointing at Shao Zhen's nose and cursing, "The Six Yin Void Divine Finger is a unique skill that Grandmaster passed down to Master alone. Even Uncle Shanyun doesn't know it."

"Because it involves the Dragon Abyss Sect's heritage, to avoid misunderstandings, Master rarely uses it, let alone passes it on to other disciples. In the entire Green Cloud Cave, only you, Shao Zhen, have obtained this spell. Can you swear to heaven that you weren't the one who attacked Junior Brother Li in the Dark River?"

Seeing Zhang Min's agitation, Shao Zhen smiled helplessly: "When I said I was unaware, I didn't mean I was denying that I took action, but rather that I didn't know why I was asked to take action. I was just following orders."

To obey orders?

Zhang Min was stunned for a moment, and her raised arm trembled as she lowered it: "You mean, it was Master who ordered the hunt for Junior Brother Li?"

Shao Zhen nodded: "That's right."

"impossible!"

Zhang Min shook her head: "Although Junior Brother Li has been away from Green Cloud Cave for ten years, he has not forgotten the bond between the sect and his disciples. When Master was injured, he even asked me to deliver a Yellow Dragon Pill. What reason would Master have to kill him?"

"Yellow Dragon Pill?"

Shao Zhen's expression changed: "The Yellow Dragon Pill you brought back, is it Li Xiangming's? Didn't you say you bought it in Pu County?"

Zhang Min glanced at Shao Zhen strangely, seemingly surprised by his reaction, but she didn't think much of it and explained, "That was what Master told me to keep hidden. At that time, the atmosphere in the cave was low. Senior Brother He and Senior Brother Mao had spirit stones in their hands, but they failed to buy healing pills at the Dendrobium Market."

"Everyone was at a loss. Master said that my bringing back the pills at this time brought hope to Green Cloud Cave, and everyone was very happy. But if it were the help from Junior Brother Li, the disciples' morale would not be very high."

To Fairy Green Cloud, both Zhang Min and Li Xiangming were her disciples, only their titles differed.

At her age, she rarely pays attention to these details.

However, for the Green Cloud Cave, which is centered around its true disciples and closed-door disciples, this is not the case.

Zhang Min was one of their own, while Li Xiangming was an outsider.

The sense of honor and belonging that comes from having your own people save a crisis is completely different from having outsiders turn the tide.

Fairy Green Cloud concealed the true source of the Yellow Dragon Pill to protect the feelings of the disciples in the cave, which can be described as going to great lengths.

But Shao Zhen felt extremely uncomfortable.

No wonder Li Xiangming immediately thought of running away as soon as he saw his "master".

It turns out that there was such a big flaw in their plan.

Despite his anxiety, Shao Zhen remained composed: "I see. In that case, Master really has no reason to order the execution of Junior Brother Li. But Master always acts directly. We disciples can neither persuade him nor refuse him. We can only do our best."

Zhang Min remained suspicious, giving Shao Zhen a deep look: "Was it really Master who gave the order?"

"It's true."

(End of this chapter)