Family Cultivation: Rise of the Wilderness

Chapter 291 Conjecture
Although Fairy Green Cloud appeared very gentle in front of him, Li Xiangming knew in his heart that his master actually had a bad temper.

If she knew about Shan Yun Men's conspiracy, "furious" wouldn't be an exaggeration.

However, despite Li Xiangming's detailed report, Fairy Green Cloud remained unusually calm, as if all of this was within her expectations.

At first, Li Xiangming was just surprised, but combined with his current conjecture, he had to come to a shocking conclusion—the internal strife in Green Cloud Cave might not only be the scheme of Shanyun Sect, but also the work of Green Cloud Fairy.

Green Cloud Fairy planned to go into seclusion for a long time, but she knew that Green Cloud Cave could not be left unattended.

Just then, her junior sister urgently needed a place to cultivate, so Fairy Green Cloud deliberately let the Good Cloud Sect's conspiracy slide, leading Fairy Green Cloud into the Green Cloud Cave.

This approach may seem puzzling, but you only need to understand one thing—the Shanyun Sect is not a malevolent sect and will not plunder the Green Cloud Cave.

The arrival of the Shan Yun Sect brought a Foundation Establishment cultivator and many new disciples to the Green Cloud Cave, enough to protect the Green Cloud Cave completely.

They will not give up the spiritual fields that Green Cloud Cave has painstakingly cultivated, and may even value these resources more than the disciples of Green Cloud Cave.

As long as the spiritual veins and spiritual fields remain, Green Cloud Cave will always be Green Cloud Cave.

The Green Cloud Fairy can also calmly refine and comprehend the Enlightenment Spring.

The only question is what will become of the disciples of Green Cloud Cave.

Under the existing distribution system, Fairy Green Cloud takes half of the profits from the spirit field, while true disciples such as He Xuan and Zhang Min, as well as closed-door disciples such as Yin Feng, take the majority of the remaining resources.

Even so, as the development of Green Cloud Cave fell into difficulties, the true disciples on the second level of the pyramid were still dissatisfied.

Not to mention the nominal disciples at the bottom.

If the two factions merge, resources will be redistributed. Zhao Yue, Long Yang, and others from the Shanyun Sect will undoubtedly become the new true disciples, while other elites will also be recognized as closed-door disciples.

As a result, regardless of their status, the resources available to disciples of Green Cloud Cave will be greatly reduced.

This will undoubtedly cause dissatisfaction.

Fairy Green Cloud isn't stupid; of course, she wouldn't stand against the entire sect.

Therefore, she explicitly rejected Fairy Shanyun's request to merge from the very beginning.

But Shan Yunmen was unwilling to pack up and leave, and began to plot against Green Cloud Cave.

This also gave Fairy Green Cloud a new opportunity.

So she used seclusion as an excuse to ignore the fact that Shanyunmen had completed the task of uniting the two sects on her behalf.

Once the two factions have fully merged and the Enlightenment Spring has been thoroughly studied, she will be able to emerge from seclusion and contact her former subordinates.

It should be noted that after the two factions merged, the sect was still called Green Cloud Cave, not Good Cloud Sect.

The leader of Green Cloud Cave has always been Green Cloud Fairy, not Good Cloud Fairy.

As long as Fairy Green Cloud appears to expose Zhao Yue's conspiracy and expel Fairy Good Cloud, he can make a heroic appearance in front of the disciples of Green Cloud Cave, win their hearts, and regain control of Green Cloud Cave.

As for the disciples of Shanyun Sect, their fate was sealed, and they could only obediently accept their destiny and kneel at the feet of Fairy Green Cloud.

Otherwise, they will completely lose their spiritual veins, their dojos, and their place of refuge.

In this way, Fairy Green Cloud not only reclaimed Green Cloud Cave, but also dismantled and divided her junior sister's Shanyun Sect, taking it under her own control, thus becoming the de facto leader of both sects.

In an even more ideal scenario, she might have already refined the Enlightenment Spring and achieved unparalleled enlightenment.

This strategy of killing two birds with one stone is undeniably ingenious.

However, Fairy Green Cloud's actions were undeniably cruel to some of the disciples of Green Cloud Cave.

For example, Zhang Min, Yin Feng, and others.

Unaware of the danger, they had already taken action to protect Green Cloud Cave from being swallowed up by the Good Cloud Sect, but were ultimately defeated by the well-prepared Good Cloud Sect and imprisoned.

It's easy to imagine how tragic their fate would be.

Furthermore, the disciples of Green Cloud Cave do not want to merge with Shan Cloud Sect because the benefits will be reduced.

After Shan Yunmen takes power, it will inevitably have to consider the issue of resource allocation.

At that time, it is unknown how many disciples of Green Cloud Cave will be suppressed, bullied, or even killed.

When she emerged from seclusion and reclaimed Green Cloud Cave, were there still a few familiar disciples by her side?

Fairy Green Cloud couldn't possibly have overlooked these things. Li Xiangming couldn't help but think of their conversation earlier.

Green Cloud Fairy claimed that she didn't care whether he was a nominal disciple or a true disciple.

Perhaps in Fairy Green Cloud's eyes, the four true disciples were simply more talented, had higher cultivation levels, and were capable of doing more things.

That's why they are kept close by and favored.

However, when it comes to feelings, Fairy Green Cloud is ruthless even towards Fairy Good Cloud, with whom she grew up and entered the Daoist path together.

Would he truly feel affection for his trusted disciples?

If even the true disciples are treated like this, what about the nominal disciples who have barely met them?

A chill ran down Li Xiangming's spine.

Before he could continue thinking, Fairy Green Cloud interrupted his thoughts: "It seems we need to go out and take a look first."

As she spoke, she stretched out her palm, gently beckoned, and took the Enlightenment Spring from Li Xiangming's hand, placing it into a gourd beside her, which she carried with her.

Li Xiangming dared not disobey, lowered his head, and respectfully replied, "I will obey Master's orders."

Green Cloud Fairy's plan was originally flawless because she was using a counter-plan, so it had virtually no flaws.

However, Xu Zibu became an unexpected variable.

This notorious intelligence broker somehow obtained information about the Enlightenment Spring and leaked it to the outside world, attracting a large number of experts to gather at Green Cloud Cave.

The predicament facing Green Cloud Cave today goes far beyond a crisis in the ordinary sense.

Even the backup plan prepared by Fairy Green Cloud—Fairy Benevolence—could not cope with it.

If Green Cloud Cave doesn't emerge from seclusion now, it won't just be swallowed up by the Good Cloud Sect, but plundered by the Mang Sect.

This was clearly unacceptable to Fairy Green Cloud.
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The Flying Fish Nine Cauldrons Formation connects the inner and outer passages of Green Cloud Cave. It uses nine formation pavilions as the core of the formation, each of which contains powerful magic. They are interconnected and form an indestructible defensive system.

Of course, on the surface, everyone can only see one of them.

The pavilion located in the center of the passage serves as a marker for the inner cave.

There are people stationed here year-round.

However, at this moment, the battle pavilion had vanished without a trace, leaving only its dilapidated foundation.

The surrounding rock, which was originally hard, was torn apart by the shockwave of the magic, revealing deep ravines, and cracks on the rock wall looked like hideous scars.

The entire passage resembled ruins, the air thick with mixed magical energy, creating a suffocating atmosphere.

"Hahahaha, so what if you've reached Foundation Establishment?"

Amidst the smoke, Madam Zhen revealed herself, looking mockingly at Fairy Shanyun in the distance: "The sect leader had foreseen this all along; this Eight-Eyed Demonic Eye Crystal was prepared for your Green Cloud Cave."

Fairy Shanyun coughed repeatedly, her face turning extremely pale as she looked at the strange crystal in Madam Zhen's hand.

The crystal was bright yellow and translucent, with an unknown liquid flowing inside. Strangely, this liquid contained eight scarlet eyeballs and a lot of black hair.

Just a quarter of an hour ago, she had beaten the Mangjiao sect members so badly they were like rats scurrying away.

The vile woman in front of her knelt down at her feet, begging for mercy.

However, just as she was about to strike with deadly force...

A faceless man suddenly burst in and began to fight her.

This person's profound magical power and rich experience in combat are astonishing.

Knowing she was no match for him, she planned to retreat to the Flying Fish Nine Cauldrons Formation.

Unexpectedly, that vile woman commanded an earth dragon, forcefully breaking into the formation, blasting the formation pavilion away, and shattering the Flying Fish Nine Cauldrons Formation.

In order to cover the retreat of the disciples of both factions, she had no choice but to stay behind to block the Faceless Man.

However, the vile woman launched another sneak attack, wielding an unknown crystal. Under the illumination of the scarlet eyes, her magical power was unexpectedly reduced, resulting in her being severely injured in the battle against the faceless man.

(End of this chapter)