Family Cultivation: Rise of the Wilderness

Chapter 519 Proposal
"It's you?"

Li Xiangming blurted it out.

His voice seemed to startle the fox, and the little guy immediately turned around and threw himself into the arms of the woman in the white dress.

The woman in the white dress gently stroked the fox's forehead. After a while, she looked up at Li Xiangming, a cold glint in her eyes: "I should have warned you to leave the Purple Shade Cave."

Li Xiangming was still somewhat dazed.

The woman before him had met him once before; she was the "Qing'er Girl" whom people in the illusion were eager to praise. However, it must have been many years ago that Qing'er Girl married the so-called young city lord.

At least before the Su civilization was swallowed up by the boundless desert.

But now, Qing'er is standing right in front of him, alive and well.

"you"

Li Xiangming was about to speak.

The underground palace trembled again, the lanterns on the ceiling of the hall swayed precariously, the luminous pearls held up by the outstretched arms of the stone statues on both sides trembled, and the timid fox buried its head deep into the chest of the woman in the white dress.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the tremors gradually subsided.

Just as Li Xiangming was wondering what was going on, a gust of cold wind suddenly swept in from outside the hall, and Liu Xiongyu's figure flew over like a sack of potatoes, crashing to the ground with a "thud" against the bluestone wall.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

The churning in his chest caused Liu Xiong Yu to cough violently, and the blood flowing from his mouth and nose was so thick that he couldn't even cover it with his hands.

His other arm, which he was struggling to use to get up, was still bent, and he couldn't stand up after several attempts, looking quite disheveled.

Li Xiangming caught a glimpse of this scene and was greatly shocked. What could possibly have brought Liu Xiong Yu, who was skilled in wind manipulation, to such a state?
"You finally came."

Just then, the woman in the white dress gazed at Liu Xiong Yu's prostrate figure, her red lips slightly parted.

Liu Xiong Yu was startled and suddenly looked up. When he saw the familiar face of the woman in the white dress, he was completely stunned, with only his lips trembling slightly.

"Qing'er."

After a long while, Liu Xiongyu finally came to his senses, his eyes flashing with a dazzling light. His originally weak and injured arm actually supported him as he staggered forward.

"Qing'er, I've finally found you!"

Before he finished speaking, the long sword in the woman's white dress pierced Liu Xiong Yu's heart with the speed of a white rainbow piercing the sun. The dull thud of the sword penetrating flesh was particularly clear in the hall.

The ecstasy on Liu Xiong Yu's face froze instantly. He looked down at the blood blooming on his chest and swayed.

"You have no right to call me that."

The woman in the white dress drew her sword and swished blood, the frosty blade leaving a glaring red mark on the stone bricks.

"I"

Liu Xiong Yu opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing. He simply collapsed to his knees, his face turning ashen at a visible speed, like a weathered stone statue.

"Chief Liu!"

Li Xiangming, on the other side, was shocked and hurriedly flew over.

Although he was wary of Liu Xiong Yu, he never intended to let the other party die in the Zi Yin Cave. After all, this guy had saved his life.

However, the woman in the white dress blocked the palace gate, her three-foot-long sword pointing directly at Li Xiangming: "Anyone who trespasses on the forbidden grounds of my Su family will be killed without mercy!"

Li Xiangming's face was grim as he asked, "Are you the descendant of the Su family who followed Mu Yazi into the Purple Yin Cave?"

Upon hearing the name "Mu Ya Zi," the woman in the white dress's eyes flashed with ferocity, and her longsword emitted a dragon-like tremor as countless white sword energies surged and roared, heading straight for Li Xiang Ming.

Li Xiangming immediately formed a hand seal, his green robe bulging and surging as immense magical power erupted, forming six magical dragons that clashed fiercely with the sword energy.

"boom!"

After the explosion, the two men each took a step back.

Li Xiangming frowned slightly. From the moment the woman in the white dress attacked Liu Xiong Yu, he could tell that her cultivation level was not very high. Sure enough, she was a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator like him.

However, he had been seriously injured in the attack by the Bone-Melting Demon Crimson Ape and other demon cultivators, and before he could recover, Liu Xiong Yu forcibly took him into the Purple Yin Cave.

With the energy flow obscured, he couldn't gain any advantage over the woman in the plain dress.

Just as he was pondering how to rescue Liu Xiong Yu, dozens of crows swarmed in, taking flight in the main hall. Some landed on the screen, some on the stone statues, and others on the lion-head ornament on the gilded throne. In an instant, the harsh, mocking cawing of the crows echoed throughout the entire hall.

Li Xiangming, however, paid no attention to any of that and stared intently at the dark passageway outside the hall.

A moment later, a woman dressed in a gold-embroidered dress emerged from the shadows. Her hair was adorned with several gold and pearl hairpins, and she wore three pairs of engraved silver bracelets on her wrists. The jingling of her pendants as she walked drew attention.

"I thought it was some blind fool."

The woman in the golden dress glanced at Liu Xiong Yu at her feet, saw that he was lifeless, ignored him, and continued to step into the main hall, looking at Li Xiangming with interest: "So it's you two little bugs."

Li Xiangming felt a prickling sensation on his back from that stare.

When he learned of Mu Ya Zi's "human puppet" identity, he actually guessed that there were living people in the Zi Yin Cave secret realm.

At first, he thought that the "Su family descendant" was brought in by Mu Ya Zi. If so, with his and Liu Xiong Yu's methods, they might be able to compete for the Nascent Soul inheritance.

But now it seems that there is more than one person in the Purple Shade Cave!
"Are you the puppeteer who knows how to make human puppets?"

Li Xiangming took a deep breath. Before Mu Yazi appeared, crows had also made an appearance. Given the rarity of demonic beasts in Ziyin Cave, he had reason to suspect that the crows at that time were inside the hall.

"Human puppet?"

The woman in the golden dress seemed puzzled for a moment before she suddenly realized, "You mean that failed attempt that you killed? The one I made on a whim, so it was called a human puppet?"

Then, her expression changed slightly: "According to your way of addressing me, I am indeed a puppeteer, but I don't like this way of addressing me. You should call me by my Daoist name."

"Tao number?"

The woman in the golden dress smiled and said, "That's right, my Daoist name is Miaoyin."

"Miaoyin? The Immortal Miaoyin?"

A look of astonishment flashed across Li Xiangming's face, and he took two steps back.

It was already common knowledge in the cultivation world that Master Miaoyin had succumbed to her injuries and died at Mount Dai.

No, the tomb of the Myriad Sounds Immortal is empty. She must have entered the Purple Yin Cave before she died!

Thinking about this, Li Xiangming felt a chill run down his spine.

The Myriad Sounds Immortal is not dead yet, and the Purple Yin Cave has always been controlled by the Su family.
Then what are he and Liu Xiong Yu?
Is this considered walking into a trap?

You seem surprised.

Master Miaoyin chuckled and circled around Li Xiangming: "To be honest, I'm quite interested in you. You have a scent that I like."

As she spoke, she licked her lips, her tone surprisingly earnest: "Become my disciple, just like Su Qing! Don't worry, I will teach you everything I know."

A disciple of a Golden Elixir True Person?
Upon hearing this, Li Xiangming was both surprised and suspicious.

With Li Huinan's dual spiritual roots, he remained dormant for decades in the late Foundation Establishment stage and still failed to break through to the Golden Core stage. Besides the difficulty of the Great Dao, there was another very important reason: the Li family's foundation was not deep.

Before the first ancestor established the family, several of his descendants had already become famous, which is why the Li family had such a glorious history of producing four Golden Core cultivators in a short period of time.

But this glory quickly faded as the Li family chose the wrong side.

If you look closely, the Li family has only been in Tianzhu Mountain for a little over two hundred years. For the remaining three hundred years, they were in a state of "exile".

Li Huinan was a genius who rose to prominence in the Li family during the Libei Road period.

At that time, the Li family was already far from achieving the Golden Core stage.

Although Li Huinan was able to stand on his own with his outstanding talent and cultivation, and developed the Li family lineage of Danggui Mountain, he naturally encountered a bottleneck when his cultivation reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

No one can help him; his future depends entirely on his own luck and understanding.

Li Xiangming is different. He is only in the early stage of Foundation Establishment. If a Golden Core cultivator is willing to guide him, his subsequent path will undoubtedly be ten or even dozens of times smoother than Li Huinan's.

But will something for nothing fall from the sky?
Li Xiangming stared intently at the face of the Myriad Sounds Immortal.

Just then, Liu Xiong Yu coughed, his voice extremely hoarse: "Li Xiangming, she is definitely not the Myriad Sounds Immortal, the Myriad Sounds Immortal is not a puppeteer at all!"

Upon hearing this, both Li Xiangming and Master Miaoyin looked at Liu Xiongyu.

The two men had different expressions.

(End of this chapter)