Family Cultivation: Rise of the Wilderness

Chapter 315 Chance Encounter
After a moment's thought, Li Xiangming did not rashly tear off the seal.

Instead, they turned to the secret waterway of the One Line Sky Canyon.

The place remains as quiet and deserted as before, untouched by any damage.

Li Xiangming easily infiltrated the Green Cloud Cave.

However, the underground riverbed of Green Cloud Cave has collapsed, and there are rubble everywhere.

Li Xiangming searched for quite a while before finding a very narrow passage.

This should have been specially cleared by the disciples of Green Cloud Cave when they escaped.

Upon entering the inner cave, Li Xiangming looked around and his heart sank.

Clearly, after Fairy Green Cloud took him and Zhang Min away, the remaining disciples from both factions failed to hold the place.

The spiritual fields inside were completely destroyed.

Even the Rongchun Residence, which Fairy Green Cloud was so proud of, was in ruins. A once beautiful garden had been dug up, leaving not even a blade of grass, which made Li Xiangming sigh with regret.

After circling around a few more times, the important facilities inside the cave, such as the scripture pavilion and the storeroom, were all in a mess.

The wealth accumulated by Green Cloud Cave over a century was thus completely lost.

Li Xiangming couldn't help but feel a little heartache, but he quickly relaxed. The most important inheritance of Green Cloud Cave was already in his possession. Outsiders could at most take away a part of the Lesser Xiaoxiang Technique. Core spells like the Six Yin Void Divine Finger were always carried by Fairy Green Cloud and taught orally, and would not be kept in the Scripture Pavilion.

"I wonder which faction won the first prize."

Li Xiangming muttered to himself, then stepped into the depths of the inner cave, arriving at the underground spiritual vein.

Thankfully, the spiritual veins were not damaged.

However, the barrier that prevented passage disappeared.

This shows that the outsiders who broke into Green Cloud Cave had actually been here before.

However, they did not occupy this spiritual vein.

Perhaps it has something to do with the seal on the door.

The phrase "Kaifeng is guilty" written by the Golden Elixir Immortal was not just empty talk.

Having emerged from the land of spiritual veins, Li Xiangming already had a clear understanding of the situation.

Currently, the entire Green Cloud Cave is deserted, with only some rotting corpses remaining.

It seems that quite a long time has passed since I went into seclusion.

Green Cloud Cave was ultimately destroyed.

However, judging from the narrow passages in the underground riverbed, it is likely that a few people managed to escape.

I just don't know where these people went.

And how did it get involved with Hengyue Sect?

Shaking his head, Li Xiangming collected the corpses in the cave one by one, then left Green Cloud Cave and headed to Dendrobium Market.

He knows too little right now, so instead of wasting his time on Green Cloud Cave, he should reunite with the Li family as soon as possible.

The Li family is his true home.
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"boom!"

A loud bang shattered the tranquility of the forest.

Smoke and dust filled the surroundings, and a woman in a yellow dress with a panicked expression darted out, like a startled fawn, glancing back every now and then.

After running for a while, when she realized there were no pursuers behind her, the woman in yellow finally breathed a sigh of relief and muttered to herself, "That shameless scoundrel is only at the Qi Refining stage. He shouldn't be able to withstand my Flame Burst Talisman, right?"

At this point, a hint of uncertainty crept into her voice.

Although the fireball was powerful, she couldn't be sure if it had hit her opponent.

"Let's find a place to hide first."

The woman in the yellow shirt bit her lower lip tightly. Suddenly, a pebble shot out from her side, flying into the depths of the forest. Half a breath later, several towering trees collapsed with a crash.

"Little beauty, don't be in such a hurry to leave!"

With a light, flippant laugh, a short figure came into her view.

The woman in yellow glared at him angrily: "Duan Heng, are all the people from the Fa Rong Cave mad dogs?"

Duan Heng was taken aback, then said with a grin, "I don't know about others, but I'm willing to be your dog, girl."

"Shameless!"

The woman in the yellow dress trembled with anger.

Duan Heng, however, seemed to enjoy the anger, his gaze greedily fixed on the yellow-clad woman's heaving chest.

"Dirty!"

The woman in yellow was furious and immediately drew her long sword, pointing the tip directly at Duan Heng: "Today I will rid the cultivation world of this scourge."

Duan Heng laughed and said nonchalantly, "With your Qi Refining Level 6 cultivation? I think you'd better come with me obediently. I guarantee you'll live a life of luxury in the Fa Rong Cave."

"Accept!"

The woman in yellow shouted, and a sharp sword light pierced through the air.

Duan Heng smiled and patted the gourd at his waist.

In an instant, a torrent of water surged out of the gourd's mouth like a dragon emerging from the sea, completely submerging the surrounding forest.

In the water, a frog-like monster leaped out, grabbed the sword light, and swallowed it whole.

"Little beauty, you'd better surrender obediently, and I promise you won't suffer any losses..."

Duan Heng was excited, but before he could finish speaking, the woman in yellow suddenly disappeared.

"How dare you play tricks on me!"

Duan Heng was somewhat angry, and he chased after her, riding the waves. The two headed north. Although the woman in yellow had the upper hand and her escape technique was quite ingenious, her cultivation was ultimately inferior to Duan Heng's.

In addition, Duan Heng spared no effort to expend his magic power, using the water from the gourd to forcibly flood the entire forest, summoning several water monsters to intercept the woman in yellow and engage her in a fierce battle.

A moment later, the woman in yellow lost her strength and was eventually struck by the tail of a snake-like water monster, sending her flying backward.

"Hahahahaha!"

Duan Heng's laughter echoed through the woods, and he quickened his pace, catching up with the woman in yellow in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, the woman in yellow was out of balance and had no ability to resist.

"The little beauty is mine now."

Duan Heng was overjoyed, but the moment his fingers touched the other woman's clothes, a rope shot out like a snake, tightly wrapped around the woman in yellow, and pulled her away abruptly.

"who?"

Duan Heng was furious. He looked up and saw that the woman in yellow had been caught steadily by a man in green robes.

This made Duan Heng even angrier, and his neck turned red.

Without saying a word, he slammed his hand down on the gourd, and all the water monsters around turned to the man in green robes.

Among them, the frog-shaped water monster took the lead, seemingly poised to swallow the green-robed man whole.

"interesting."

Looking at the imposing water monster before him, a strange glint flashed in Li Xiangming's eyes.

He was naturally unafraid. With a flick of his wrist, the Weeping Spirit Desolate Sky Rope caused the frog-shaped water monster to let out a shrill scream as its body was torn to pieces.

Other water monsters didn't fare any better.

They were all stunned and disoriented by the overwhelming power of the Weeping Spirit Desolate Sky Rope.

"Foundation Establishment cultivator?"

The moment they exchanged blows, Duan Heng sensed Li Xiangming's cultivation level, and his heart sank. He immediately stopped his attack, respectfully cupped his hands, and said, "This junior was blind to your greatness and unintentionally offended you, senior. I deserve to die!"

"He deserves death?"

Li Xiangming chuckled lightly, a hint of amusement in his voice, "You said it yourself."

Duan Heng was taken aback, and hurriedly explained, "Senior, I am a true disciple of the Farong Cave, and my master is the Farong Cave's leader, the Recluse of Rotten Stones..."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Xiangming suddenly launched an attack, the Weeping Spirit Desolate Sky Rope shooting out like lightning, aimed directly at Duan Heng.

Duan Heng's face turned deathly pale instantly as he desperately tried to dodge, but his actions were extremely comical in Li Xiangming's eyes.

In just two breaths, the Weeping Spirit Desolate Sky Rope caught up with Duan Heng and wrapped him up like a rice dumpling.

"You...you really want to kill him?"

At this moment, the woman in yellow in Li Xiangming's arms also woke up and couldn't help but ask.

"You want to save him?"

Li Xiangming lowered his head slightly.

"I'm not going to save this shameless bastard."

The woman in the yellow shirt puffed out her cheeks and shook her head repeatedly.

She glanced at Li Xiangming and said, "I'm afraid you'll be hunted down by the Rotten Stone Hermit."

Li Xiangming smiled wryly: "If you don't tell me, and I don't tell you, how would the Recluse of Rotten Stone know?"

As he spoke, he retrieved the Weeping Spirit Desolate Sky Rope and, incidentally, rolled up the gourd and storage bag that Duan Heng was hanging from his waist.

Duan Heng himself, at some unknown time, had become a dried-up corpse.

"They really killed him?"

The woman in yellow was still somewhat taken aback, but Li Xiangming said calmly, "How long does Miss Ding intend to stay in my arms?"

"I"

Ding Xia blushed deeply and quickly broke free from Li Xiangming's embrace.

Then he flew to Duan Heng's corpse and repeatedly stabbed it with his longsword until he was absolutely dead. Only then did he set the body on fire to destroy the evidence.

After doing all this, Ding Xia looked at Li Xiangming suspiciously: "When did you establish your foundation? Tell me honestly, who exactly are you?"

"Miss Ding has far too many questions."

Li Xiangming didn't answer, but instead summoned the "Green Cloud" flying boat and asked casually, "I'm going to Dendrobium Market, do you want to come?"

Ding Xia hesitated. Last time in Green Cloud Cave, Li Xiangming was able to abduct her right under the noses of two Foundation Establishment cultivators, so she knew that he was no ordinary person.

Now, he can easily suppress and kill Duan Heng, who is at the ninth level of Qi Refining.

This is sufficient proof of its strength.

However, staying near powerful people does not guarantee safety.

The more someone is like this, the more trouble they will encounter.

Moreover, the other party seemed to have a more murderous intent than I remembered.

All of this made her feel conflicted.

Ultimately, the two were just strangers who met by chance.

She knew nothing about Li Xiangming, so how could she dare to travel with him so easily?

But the other party wanted to go to Dendrobium Market.

After hesitating for a long time, Ding Xia gritted her teeth and said, "I want to go too."

(End of this chapter)