Family Cultivation: Rise of the Wilderness

Chapter 352 Difficulties
Upon seeing his condition, Li Xiangming knew that his family could no longer tolerate him staying at Tailai Peak.

But if he were driven out, given Gao Can's condition, he would almost certainly die in the wild.

Even finding someone to take care of him is not an option, because when Gao Can falls ill, his strength increases dramatically. Even though he doesn't know how to use magic, his every move is something that ordinary late-stage Qi Refining cultivators cannot handle.

Li Xiangming couldn't possibly assign a Foundation Establishment cultivator to look after him, could he?
Leaving him in the beast cage on Beast Breeding Peak is probably the best outcome.

Anyway, Gao Can is simple-minded and wouldn't feel ashamed.

However, looking at Gao Can, who was chained up, Li Xiangming still had a headache.

As Li Qianyuan said, he couldn't keep Gao Can in the beast prison for the rest of his life; it would be meaningless to him and the Li family.

After thinking for a moment, Li Xiangming slowly said, "Uncle Qianyuan, I will find a way to cure his illness. If everything goes smoothly, he should be able to stay here for only a few months."

Upon hearing this, Li Qianyuan sighed.

He was also a son of the fourth wife; how could he not have heard of Gao Can's deeds?

He actually wanted to persuade Li Xiangming to give up on Gao Can, since an uncontrollable cultivator, no matter how great his potential, had lost all value in winning him over.

Even Li Chengpei couldn't cure Gao Can, and couldn't even find the cause of his illness.

How much would it cost Li Xiangming to treat his illness?
This is clearly a losing proposition.

But Li Xiangming didn't think so. The descendants of the Spirit Clan only appear once every few hundred years.

He simply couldn't bear to watch the other person die.

Moreover, he had dealt with Liu Xiong Yu for three years when he was at Puyin Mountain.

Back then, Gao Can never caused any trouble.

Since leaving Liu Xiong Yu, he has become this inhuman, ghostly figure.

This is enough to show that Gao Can's illness actually originated from Liu Xiongyu.

At least, Liu Xiong Yu knew the truth.
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At the foot of Mount Dai.

The muddy roads became even more slippery and difficult to traverse in the continuous rain.

A group of miners, dressed in cotton-padded clothes, their faces etched with the marks of time, gripped their hoes tightly, digging into the earth beneath their feet. Rainwater mixed with sweat slid down their foreheads, becoming one with the earth.

"Supervisor Lai, when will this ever end?"

A miner stopped using his pickaxe, panting heavily, and complained.

Lai Xiaojun pulled out his riding whip and lashed it at him, cursing, "You talk too much. If you can't finish repairing Yuanmen Town in half a month, you can just wait to go into the mine and deal with rocks."

The miner rubbed his back. Lai Xiaojun's whip, though seemingly imposing, hadn't actually used any force. Instead of being afraid, he grinned and said, "It doesn't matter where I work."

Upon hearing this, the people around him laughed and scolded, "Old Luo, you may be willing to go into the mine, but we certainly aren't."

"That's right. If we build a road here, we can sneak out to the nearby villages at night to buy a couple of jugs of wine and a few pieces of meat. There's nothing like that in the mine."

"Old Luo has gone mad from digging so much ground."

"Hahahahaha!"

Old Luo curled his lip: "The meager wages we pay at the mine will be squandered by you sooner or later."

"Live for today, for tomorrow we die. Anyway, I can get severance pay after leaving the mine, plus property in Xulong Township. I can get married, have a big, healthy baby, and my life won't be bad."

"Without this hope, who would be willing to do such a tough job?"

"Haha, my family was assigned to Changtai Township. I wonder if I'll have a chance to live in Xixiang City. I heard from Xu Laizi that Xixiang City is very big, so big that you can't explore it in a day and a night."

"Don't listen to his nonsense. Xu Laizi has never been to Xixiang City."

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The miners were getting into a lively conversation, chattering away. Taking advantage of the situation, Lao Luo sidled up to Lai Xiaojun and said with a fawning smile, "Supervisor Lai, this rain isn't going to stop anytime soon, and the brothers are tired too. Why don't we take a break?"

Lai Xiaojun glanced at him and said, "You're so good at cheating and being cunning. You say you don't care, but when you actually go down into the mine, you're all over the place, jumping around like crazy."

Despite saying that, Lai Xiaojun still waved his hand and said, "Let's all take a break and get back to work when the rain gets a little lighter."

"Thank you so much, Engineer Lai!"

The crowd erupted in cheers.

Just then, a burly figure flew over crookedly.

Xu Jin looked at the group of people who were lying on their knees, and a look of displeasure flashed across his face.

"what happened?"

Lai Xiaojun quickly stood up and replied, "Brother Xu, it's raining. I told the brothers to rest for a while; they just..."

"absurd!"

Before Lai Xiaojun could finish speaking, Xu Jin slapped him across the face and angrily rebuked him, "The Immortal Master gave a strict order that the project must be completed within half a month. All the other sections are being rushed to completion, but you're just resting here. How can you be a supervisor?"

Lai Xiaojun was slapped and stared blankly at Xu Jin, seemingly unable to believe it.

Xu Jin's anger had not subsided, and he yelled at the others, "Useless! You're all useless! Look at you all, all of you looking like wilted chickens, without any sense of propriety. Of all these sections of the road, you're the slowest. I think you all want to live in the mine for the rest of your lives!"

Upon hearing this, the faces of all the miners present changed drastically.

The reason they traveled thousands of miles to Maojing Mine and worked day and night was precisely to obtain the place of origin of the two villages of Lijia, so as to get rid of their status as vagrants.
Once you have a registered residence, you can receive subsidies of money, grain, and housing from the Li family.

Even if we don't expect to be well-fed and clothed for life, at least we won't have to wander in the wilderness and be eaten by monsters, right?

But now, Xu Jin is using this to threaten them.

But no one dared to refute it, because it was their Achilles' heel.

Old Luo immediately knelt down, pressing his forehead against the soft, rotten earth, and said in fear, "I will never dare to be lazy again, please forgive me, Master Xu!"

The other miners also knelt down and kowtowed to Xu Jin, tears streaming down their faces, pleading, "Please, Master Xu, have mercy!"

Many people even cried out for mercy.

Even Lai Xiaojun prostrated himself at Xu Jin's feet, trembling and sobbing.

Xu Jin stared blankly at the scene before realizing that he had gone too far with his words.

Once upon a time, he was one of these people. Now, seeing them kneeling before him, Xu Jin did not feel the joy of wielding power; instead, he felt a tightness in his chest.

He took a deep breath and said, “You may not know this, but Mount Dai is not peaceful. The Zhenhun Sect in the north and the Shengyi Sect in the south, two major immortal sects, are fighting each other. This originally had nothing to do with our mine. However, more and more immortal masters have come to join the battle, and the situation has become increasingly chaotic. Our mine has also been affected. The day before yesterday, a team transporting ore was attacked by immortal masters from other sects, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries.”

“It’s not safe for you guys who came out to repair the road. If you finish repairing the road as soon as possible, you’ll be fine when you get back to the mine. If you delay for a few more days, you might run into danger.”

Given the volatile situation, the best course of action is to get everyone back to the Maojing Mine.

Thanks to the formation of the Maojing Mine and the Li family's reputation, few thieves dared to come and covet it.

However, would a high and mighty immortal master care about the lives of some mortals?
To this day, Maojing Mine still directs that priority should be given to repairing the road from the mine to Yuanmen Town so that ore can be transported in the future.

Xu Jin could not change this decision, nor dared to disobey orders. He could only urge Lai Xiaojun and the other supervisors to do everything possible to repair the road as quickly as possible and return to the Maojing Mine.

But these grievances could not be understood by the miners.

By this time, they were terrified. Even after Xu Jin patiently explained, they still kowtowed and begged for forgiveness. Few of them actually heard what Xu Jin was saying.

Xu Jin felt even more distressed. He looked at Lai Xiaojun at his feet and was about to help him up when suddenly several white lights flashed across the sky.

(End of this chapter)