Family Cultivation: Rise of the Wilderness

Chapter 328 Trick
Qiyun Pavilion, in the "Bing Shiyi" cave.

Everyone was dejected. Even when Li Xiangming arrived, only Yin Feng said, "The sect leader has arrived."

"Things have come to this point, there's no need for this."

Li Xiangming looked around at everyone.

Zhang Min looked guilty: "Sect Leader, I'm sorry, it's all my fault for not keeping a good eye on everyone."

Fang Renkui, who had always opposed Li Xiangming, knelt down and wept bitterly, saying, "It's all my fault. I've dragged everyone down with me. I'm an animal. I deserve to die!"

At this point, he suddenly looked up and shouted, "Sect Leader, hand me over! Green Cloud Cave cannot be lost! This disciple is willing to atone with my life!"

"Nonsense!"

Li Xiangming sneered, "The contract has already been signed. What's the use of you making a scene now?"

After a moment's pause, Li Xiangming sighed and said, "There are only us left in Green Cloud Cave. I said I would take you all with me, and I won't leave anyone behind."

"But."

Fang Renkui still couldn't let it go.

Li Xiangming waved his hand, signaling Yin Feng to help him up. Then he looked at everyone and said in a deep voice, "Someone set a trap for us, but it just so happened that Fang Renkui was the one targeted. Even without him, this would have happened to Senior Brother Mao, Senior Sister Zhang, or any of you. I hope you will not blame him."

"Sect Leader."

Fang Renkui was moved to tears.

The others exchanged glances, their faces full of helplessness, and could only bow and reply, "Disciple understands."

Only Long Yang gave Li Xiangming a strange look.

When he saw Li Xiangming looking back, he immediately turned his head away, as if he knew nothing.

Li Xiangming pondered for a moment.

Long Yang is not only a master of combat, but also adept at scheming. This is evident from the fact that Fairy Shanyun wanted to annex Green Cloud Cave, but instead entrusted the entire process to Long Yang.

It wasn't that Long Yang was naturally good at these things, but rather that the Shan Yun Sect was located in a very poor geographical location when it was founded, surrounded by powerful enemies. The fact that the weak Shan Yun Sect was able to persist for decades before being driven out naturally shows that it had its own unique strengths.

Having grown up in this environment, Long Yang's mental maturity is incomparable to that of the Green Cloud Cave disciples who have enjoyed peace for many years.

Li Xiangming was not surprised that he could see some clues.

Because his methods were very old-fashioned.

Two days ago, Li Xiangming discussed with his family the sale of the Green Cloud Cave spiritual vein, and then Li Chengkang went to request an audience with the Xuanli Master.

Initially, Li Xiangming had some concerns. After all, to sell the spiritual vein, he first had to prove its ownership, which was Li Xiangming's identity as the head of the Green Cloud Cave.

To prove this, it would undoubtedly be necessary to reveal the news of Fairy Green Cloud's death.

The whereabouts of Fairy Green Cloud are also linked to the Enlightenment Spring.

Therefore, Li Xiangming was quite uneasy. He didn't dare to meet Xuanli Zhenren, fearing that the other party would see the Enlightenment Spring in his body.

But things turned out very differently from what he had imagined.

After hearing about the death of Fairy Green Cloud, True Man Xuanli paid no attention to the Enlightenment Spring and kept asking about information about Hou Xianbo, the leader of the Mang Sect.

When he learned that Fairy Green Cloud had died at the hands of Hou Xianbo's divine incarnation, he pondered for a long time before waving for Li Chengkang to return.

It seems that in the mind of the True Man Xuanli, Hou Xianbo's status was far greater than that of the Green Cloud Cave Spirit Vein and the Enlightenment Spirit Spring.

Li Xiangming was not at a high enough level to know what a Golden Core cultivator was thinking.

But his request was achieved very easily.

Although Master Xuanli did not express his opinion on the topic of spiritual veins, it does not mean that he disagreed with the deal.

Not long after, someone handed over the reins to Li Chengkang, and a good show was put on for Green Cloud Cave.

The role is very simple; it's nothing more than framing someone.

Fang Renkui, who had been trapped in Yingyue Market for a long time, was already very annoyed. Now that a new sect leader had suddenly appeared, he felt even more uncomfortable and left Qiyun Pavilion to drink alone.

If he went to a remote little shop and drank ordinary wine, it would be almost impossible for him to have any connection with the cultivation world.

Unfortunately, he was the protagonist of this whole drama.

On Master Xuanli's side, he sent a low-level rogue cultivator who knew Fang Renkui to provoke him.

Fang Renkui initially tried to settle things peacefully, but the rogue cultivator started cursing and insulting Fang Renkui's ancestors for eighteen generations.

Even if Fang Renkui is not good enough, he still has the cultivation level of the ninth level of Qi Refining. In Green Cloud Cave, he is an elite disciple who is second only to the true disciples. Now he is being scolded by a minor character in the middle stage of Qi Refining. How can he stand it?

Before the plot of framing could even begin, Fang Renkui, enraged, attacked and injured the rogue cultivator. Almost simultaneously, the law enforcement disciples of Yingyue Market rushed into the tavern, apprehended Fang Renkui, and locked him up in jail.

When the news reached Qiyun Pavilion, it immediately caused a great uproar.

Zhang Min and the others hurriedly came to Li Xiangming to discuss countermeasures.

Li Xiangming asked everyone's opinion. At that time, most people were inclined to save Fang Renkui because there were only so many disciples left in Green Cloud Cave. Everyone would feel uneasy if any one of them were lost.

Li Xiangming seized the opportunity and announced that he would not abandon any Green Cloud Cave disciple, then ordered everyone to go out and inquire about the news.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Generally speaking, disturbances in the market area are severely punished.

However, as long as both parties are willing to reconcile and offer the law enforcement disciples some benefits, they will most likely be able to escape unscathed.

After all, it's better to avoid trouble.

However, Hengyue Sect was holding the Qingfeng Dharma Assembly, and Yingyue Market was under martial law. Fang Renkui's disturbance was tantamount to walking headfirst into the barrel of a gun.

In the past, giving twenty or thirty spirit stones might have been enough to settle things.

Now, they want to compensate Yingyue Market with 500 spirit stones before they can take the person away.

500 spirit stones is a considerable fortune for any faction, and for the impoverished Green Cloud Cave, it is an astronomical price.

Everyone was at a loss. They didn't even have any magic artifacts to pawn, so where could they possibly get such a large sum of spirit stones?

In the end, the disciples of Green Cloud Cave could only watch Li Xiangming helplessly.

Li Xiangming frankly admitted that he had no money, and that all the little savings he had managed to accumulate had been used to exchange for Yellow Dragon Pills for Fairy Green Cloud. Zhang Min was well aware of this.

Upon hearing this, the disciples of Green Cloud Cave dared not force Li Xiangming.

However, Li Xiangming said he could lend him the money so that they could get him out first.

So, Li Xiangming gave Yingyue Market "500 spirit stones", finally allowing everyone to see Fang Renkui, who had suffered quite a bit.

I thought the matter would be over by now.

Little did they know, the real conspiracy had only just begun.

Before the disciples of Green Cloud Cave could take Fang Renkui back...

The law enforcement officers of Yingyue Market re-arrested Fang Renkui, saying that he had injured another important figure when he made his move, and now the other party was demanding accountability.

This important figure was a disciple of the Changsun family of Bamei Ridge, named Changsun Jingyang.

The Changsun family is not a cultivation force from Hao County, but from the neighboring Wei County. They came here to participate in the Qingfeng Dharma Assembly.

As for why he appeared in a deserted, ordinary tavern, that remains a mystery.

Fang Renkui claimed that this was a frame-up and that there was no such person as Changsun Jingyang.

But everyone in the tavern testified that not only was Changsun Jingyang present, but he was also actually affected by Fang Renkui's attack and suffered serious injuries.

Now, Fang Renkui was left speechless, unable to express his bitterness.

The disciples of Green Cloud Cave were naturally indignant, as this was clearly a conspiracy targeting Green Cloud Cave.

However, the other party was a large and powerful family, and had the support of Yingyue Market.

What can Green Cloud Cave do?

They could only watch helplessly as Fang Renkui was arrested again.

The 500 spirit stones were also wasted.

Everyone was like an ant on a hot pan, anxiously running around in circles.

Having no other choice, Zhang Min had to beg Long Yang to ask Zhao Yue to intervene.

As a disciple of a Golden Core cultivator, Zhao Yue should be able to keep the other party in check.

This measure was indeed effective, but that was all.

The Changsun family indicated that they were willing to give Xin Yuanfeng face and reduce the claim from 1500 spirit stones to 1000 spirit stones.

However, this is the limit of what they can concede.

They won't release someone for less than 1000 spirit stones; the Changsun family's disciples aren't that cheap.

(End of this chapter)