Family Cultivation: Rise of the Wilderness

Chapter 505 Enemies meet on a narrow road
"The sound of the bell resonates!"

Li Xiangyu's roar abruptly stopped.

He stared blankly at the void where Li Xiangming had disappeared, his pupils trembling violently.

But at this moment, the Xuanjia Rhinoceros, having missed its target, became enraged and quickly locked its gaze on Li Xiangyu, who was chasing after it. This enormous creature actually used the momentum to continue crashing into Li Xiangyu.

"You beast, die!"

Li Xiangyu snapped out of his daze, his hair standing on end in fury. The Fire Crow Spear in his hand emitted a blinding crimson light, and the tip of the spear precisely pierced the spiraling horn.

"boom!"

Two violent forces, fueled by rage, collided.

The entire world trembled!
Li Xiangyu was the first to fly backward, scattering a string of blood droplets in the sky; Xuanjia Xikui was also somewhat disheveled, falling to the ground with a few flames still lingering on his forehead.

But before the dust had settled, the ferocious beast had already pawed at the ground, poised to strike, clearly in even better shape.
However, the Corpse Vulture was faster. In a single glance, it soared into the sky, its pair of bone wings like indestructible blades, aimed directly at Li Xiangyu's waist and abdomen.

Li Xiangyu suppressed his dizziness, made hand seals, and red spider patterns appeared on his body. The bone wings collided with the "red spiders," but were deflected, narrowly missing each other.

"Boo!"

A piercing scream suddenly rang out.

Before Li Xiangyu could catch his breath, he was struck dumb, his eyes glazed over.

At that moment, raging flames rushed towards them, and the ferocious face of the Crimson Ape Demon flashed before them, its giant flaming fist slamming down.

"boom!"

The ground exploded into a crater ten feet deep, and Li Xiangyu crashed down like a meteorite, making a deafening noise.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Li Xiangyu coughed violently, blood gushing from his nose and throat, staining the yellow sand with a glaring scarlet.

He struggled to prop his neck up, his vision blurred as he looked at the approaching Xuanjia Rhinoceros Demon and the Crimson Ape Demon.

Neither of these two demons was easy for him to deal with, and with the Corpse Vulture and Yin Sha Ghost Bat lurking nearby, he would have almost no chance of survival, let alone a newly established Foundation Establishment cultivator like himself, or even a veteran mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator.

If we also include the Centipede Poison Granny.
Thinking of this, Li Xiangyu dipped his thumb into the blood at the corner of his mouth.

Since it's a certain death situation, there's no point in hesitating.

In an instant, the hand seals in his hands changed, and messy black patterns appeared on his forehead, face, and neck.

The Xuanjia Rhinoceros, which had been charging forward, seemed to sense something ominous and immediately stopped. Even the Crimson Ape Demon unconsciously lowered its body, looking somewhat anxious.

Li Xiangyu looked at him coldly, and his hand gestures became even faster.

Just before the final handprint was placed, a thunderclap suddenly resounded in the sky: "Xiang Yu, wait!"

Li Xiangyu suddenly looked up and saw a fiery red flame flash across the distant horizon, followed by an old man dressed in an elegant Taoist robe who arrived in an instant, riding a flying shuttle.

"Grandpa Taibo?"

Li Xiangyu quickly stopped the spell and stood up in surprise.

Li Huinan glanced at the several Bone-Melting Demon Cultivators around him, pausing particularly at the Centipede Poison Granny, before looking at the huge swamp not far away and the tens of thousands of demonic beasts groaning incessantly within it.

He slowly exhaled and asked, "Where is Ainu?"

"Melodic."

Li Xiangyu's expression changed. Recalling those wisps of black smoke, he shook his head: "I don't know."
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Monkey Valley.

On the blood-stained city wall, a young patrol monk stood gazing into the distance.

The desolate wilderness, shrouded in twilight, evoked a sense of loneliness.

The young cultivator sighed and turned to look at his companion lying at his feet: "Brother Fu, do you think Hall Master Li and the others can defeat the demonic beast?"

Brother Fu shifted his body to find a more comfortable position, muttering, "I should be able to win, after all, it's Hall Master Li."

The young cultivator was speechless. He rubbed his hands together and decided to take a break as well.

Just then, a vortex suddenly appeared in the distant plains.

He froze, kicked his companion, and whispered, "Brother Fu, someone's coming?"

"Will someone be coming?"

Brother Fu immediately stood up, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and stared intently at the vortex.

Monkey Valley has an illusion array that prevents people from seeing inside from the outside, and people inside from seeing the real outside. If someone breaks in, the illusion array will create a vortex-like effect as a warning.

In the past, at least a hundred whirlpools would appear in Monkey Valley every day, and the patrol team was used to it.

But now, with the beast tide raging in Puyin Mountain, how could the demon-hunting cultivators around dare to stay in Monkey Valley any longer?
Even if some people were not afraid of death, Master Li issued a ban. All those who came were blocked outside the city walls.

In the past few days, apart from the cultivators of the Demon Suppression Camp carrying out their missions, almost no one else in Monkey Valley has triggered the warning function of the illusion array.

"coming!"

The young monk shouted nervously.

In his line of sight, two figures appeared, one tall and one short. The taller one was dressed in a blue robe and was about the same age as Master Li; the shorter one was dressed as a page and was clearly still a boy.

“Young master, the defenses in Monkey Valley are much laxer than we expected.”

Awang looked up, his eyes filled with curiosity.

Qin Zhengyi smiled and said, "It's already quite an achievement that Li Xiangming was able to win over five hundred demon-hunting cultivators. If he were to turn Monkey Valley into an impregnable fortress, what would become of him?"

A-Wang laughed along and waved his fist at the city wall of Monkey Valley: "Whether it's an iron barrel or not, we're going to poke a hole in it today."

Qin Zhengyi smiled and flew towards the city wall.

Awang followed closely behind.

"It's the enemy!"

Upon seeing the man in the blue robe take off, Brother Fu immediately shouted loudly.

Although Monkey Valley does not have a no-fly zone, there are explicit rules that all those entering the valley must travel on foot. Anyone who does not report their origin or obey the rules is certainly up to no good.

Upon hearing this, the young cultivator panicked: "Hall Master Li isn't here, what do we do?"

Brother Fu slapped him on the head and cursed, "Of course we should notify the captain and Commander Zhang! Are you brainless?"

"I'll go right away."

"Use a sound transmission talisman!"

The young cultivator stopped in his tracks and quickly took out a yellowed communication talisman.

At that moment, a flash of white light appeared!

The sound transmission talisman emitted thick smoke with a "whoosh," clearly indicating that it had broken.

Qin Zhengyi landed slowly on the crenellations of the city wall, picked up the communication talisman with two fingers and flicked it out. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly noticed something and his gaze fell on the communication talisman that another man was holding to his waist.

"interesting."

Qin Zhengyi's smile faded. This man wanted to send a message to someone in the valley, but instead had his companion deliberately use a communication talisman to distract him. Such a cunning and scheming person should not be left to Li Xiangming.

"Who are you?"

Brother Fu, unaware that his little trick had been discovered, quickly put away the communication talisman and shouted sternly at Qin Zhengyi, "This is Monkey Valley, under the protection of the Li family of Dangui Mountain. If you dare to cause trouble here, you will be making enemies of the Li family."

Before he finished speaking, Qin Zhengyi raised his hand and pointed, and a white light pierced into Brother Fu's brow.

The weathered middle-aged man collapsed to the ground with a thud.

"Brother Fu!"

The young cultivator screamed, his legs gave way, and he collapsed to the ground, his lips trembling as he cried out, "Please, please don't kill me!"

Qin Zhengyi shook his head: "Life and death are predestined, don't blame me."

After saying that, he raised his hand again and gently pointed his fingertips at the young cultivator.

The young cultivator's pupils constricted sharply; he desperately wanted to dodge such a slow finger strike!

But he can't move!

I can't move. And that finger strike is so fast, so fast it's utterly despairing!

The young cultivator trembled all over and closed his eyes.

However, the expected fatal blow never came.

He hesitated for a long time before finally opening his eyes and seeing a fair arm. The arm was like a steel clamp, firmly gripping Qin Zhengyi's wrist, with the bulging veins on the side of the arm being unusually conspicuous.

"How will you be here?"

Qin Zhengyi's voice suddenly turned cold, accompanied by indescribable anger: "How dare you be here?"

The newcomer raised his other hand, took off his hood, revealing a handsome face with sharp features.

His eyes were deep and dark, and his thin lips curled into a mocking smile: "I haven't left home for a long time, and the moment I stepped out, I encountered Young Master Qin."

As he spoke, he tightened his grip even more, squeezing Qin Zhengyi's wrist until it turned red: "What a small world!"

　I'm reflecting on this.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)