Clan Cultivation: My Intelligence Updated Daily

After realizing that Zhang Lingyu hadn't caught up, Li Heihu breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't dare to be careless. He used his magic to force all the Soul-Devouring Bees out, and then stomped on them.

As a bandit cultivator, I'm most afraid that this thing has a tracking effect.

After nearly fifteen minutes, he finally saw a glimmer of light ahead, and he was overjoyed, quickening his pace.

I thought it was fish entering the sea and birds soaring into the sky, but to my surprise, as soon as I came out of the secret passage, I saw an old man standing at the entrance of the cave with his hands behind his back.

Li Heihu felt a chill run down his spine. Although he didn't know who it was, he could tell from the aura emanating from the other person that this person's cultivation had reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage.

Zhang Yuanhua.

This result was like a bolt from the blue, causing him to collapse to the ground.

"Why? Why would he be waiting for me here? Nobody knows about this secret passage!"

A series of thoughts flashed through his mind, but he couldn't figure it out. In the end, he could only conclude that he hadn't kept the secret well enough, letting Lin Yan know the location of the secret passage.

Zhang Yuanhua, who was nearby, had no time to pay attention to him. He simply used all his magical power to suppress the other party.

"What guidance do you have for me, senior?"

Seeing that the other party had not killed him, Li Heihu felt a glimmer of hope. After all, Lin Yan had been recruited by the Zhang family, so how could he, a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, be any more useful than the other party?

"Perhaps they want me to deal with Yun Ruifeng."

He was lost in thought, but the old man ignored him completely. According to his previous personality, he would have killed him immediately, but Zhang Lingyu said to spare his life first, as he still had a great use for him.

After waiting for a while, several figures appeared on the horizon. Upon closer inspection, they were Zhang Xingyao and his group.

"Elder."

Zhang Xingyao's expression was grim. He had rushed over immediately after receiving the message from the two. He hadn't expected that the Yun family would collude with the bandits. If Zhang Lingyu and the other person hadn't happened to be at the Du family's place, they would have suffered heavy losses this time.

Seeing Li Heihu lying motionless on the ground, a surge of anger rose in his chest, but thankfully he didn't lash out further. He still asked:

"Where is Lingyu?"

"They're still in the mountains; I reckon they're gathering rare and precious herbs."

Zhang Yuanhua laughed and said, "This is the array plate of the great array. Take it and dismantle the entire array in a while."

The fourth-order grand formation of Black Tiger Mountain is not cheap; it is only slightly inferior to that of the Zhang family. If Li Heihu wants to defend it to the death, he will not only need to use a fourth-order formation-breaking bead, but also spend a lot of time to break through it.

But the other party had already run away during that time.

"Okay, I'll go right away." Zhang Xingyao's face lit up with joy. A complete fourth-order grand formation is extremely valuable. Once we occupy the spiritual mountains of the Yun and Ming families, we'll definitely be able to use it.

Although both formations are fourth-order formations, a strong attack would inevitably cause serious damage to the formation base, and the cost of repairing them would be too high.

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Inside the main hall, Zhang Lingyu and his companion were diligently collecting various spiritual resources and items. Li Heihu had been a bandit for many years and had a considerable fortune; their previous estimate of 60,000 spirit stones was probably an underestimate.

Even considering the Qi-refining artifacts, first- and second-tier spiritual herbs that we didn't have time to take with us, they are worth 40,000 spirit stones in total.

"I wonder if the Grand Elder caught him."

All those good things like spirit stones and Foundation Establishment materials are on Li Heihu. If he really gets away, the loss will be enormous.

Just then, the two suddenly looked up and, in their divine sense, they realized that the protective array of Black Tiger Mountain had stopped operating.

"It must be that the Grand Elder succeeded."

Zhang Lingyu's face lit up with joy. After a short while, more than a dozen whooshing sounds came toward him, and it was Zhang Xingyao and his group.

"The clan leader has arrived."

Seeing the young man step forward to greet him, Lin Yan followed closely behind, fawningly saying, "This humble one, Lin Yan, greets the clan leader."

"This is..."

Zhang Xingyao was somewhat confused, but after hearing what had happened, he slowly nodded and replied, "So it was Fellow Daoist Lin. Thank you for your hard work."

"It's not hard...it's not hard."

Faced with Lin Yan's constant flattery, the two Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Zhang family didn't have much time to pay him any attention. Zhang Lingyu pointed to the remaining spiritual resources in the main hall and said:

"Clan leader, I just took stock. There are still more than 10,000 spirit stones that we didn't take out, more than 200 first and second-tier spirit herbs, and quite a few talismans and magic tools. In total, I estimate it's more than 40,000 spirit stones."

"That's already pretty good."

Zhang Xingyao nodded in satisfaction. The items here were the small part; the big stuff was still with Li Heihu.

After careful consideration, the harvest this time was no less than that at Qingfeng Mountain.

"As expected of a well-established bandit cultivator, he certainly has a lot of wealth."

After the introduction, he immediately ordered the clansmen behind him to pack up all these things, including all the valuable items from Black Tiger Mountain.

"What about the mountain-protecting formation? What should the clan leader do with it?"

"Don't worry, Lingyu, I've already arranged for some of my clansmen to dismantle it."

Zhang Xingyao suspected an attack on Black Tiger Mountain, so he brought three formation masters from his clan to assist him. After answering Zhang Lingyu's question, he turned to Lin Yan and asked, "Fellow Daoist Lin, are there any other places to store items in the mountain?"

Li Heihu is inherently suspicious and would never keep everything here; he must have his own secret stash.

Not only him, but Zhaihua's original intention was to enjoy the world he created, as seen in "Family Cultivation: My Intelligence Updated Daily." Lin Yan and the other two certainly had it too.

"Yes...yes..."

Lin Yan quickly said, "There is a spirit herb garden in Black Tiger Mountain, where many first- and second-tier spirit herbs are specially cultivated to train the disciples of the gang."

"There are also several spirit trees inside, namely the Spirit Gathering Green Mulberry, the Fire Pattern Spirit Tree, and the Iron Thorn Tree..."

Over the years, he followed Li Heihu to plunder everywhere, destroying countless Qi Refining families, including three Foundation Establishment families.

These spiritual plants were obtained from here, which became the capital for the other party to grow stronger.

He rattled off several kinds in one breath, which made Zhang Lingyu and the other person's eyes light up. Although most of these spirit trees were only first or second rank, they were still quite useful for refining qi.

The leaves of the Spirit Gathering Mulberry tree can be used to brew spiritual tea, which can relieve cultivators' fatigue and clear their spiritual consciousness.

Ironwood can be used to make talisman paper.

"Aren't there any spirit trees of the third rank or higher in Black Tiger Mountain?"

Faced with Zhang Xingyao's question, Lin Yan replied somewhat awkwardly, "We're all bandits who cultivate, how would we know anything about the Dao of Spiritual Plants?"

"The cultivators responsible for planting in the spirit herb garden were all plundered from other places. Third-tier spirit plants require at least peak Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment cultivators to cultivate..."

According to him, even if such spiritual plants were discovered, he would simply steal the spiritual fruit and then destroy them.

The main message is "If I can't have you, neither can you."

"Well... it's alright, I guess."

Zhang Xingyao didn't pay much attention and called Zhang Xingxuan to his side, instructing her, "Sister, take a few people and go with Guest Elder Lin to the Spirit Herb Garden to collect all the spirit herbs and spirit trees."

"Oh, right, and those cultivators in the spirit herb garden. Ask them if they'd like to join our Zhang family. If they're willing, we'll take them with us; if not, let them go back."

"Understood, I'll go right away."

As a plant expert, Zhang Xingxuan couldn't wait any longer and hurriedly followed Lin Yan towards the spirit herb garden.

After explaining everything, Zhang Xingyao and his companion flew towards Li Heihu's residence.

There might be some good stuff there.

Normally, those in high positions of power would prefer to build their caves on mountain peaks, but Li Heihu was different; he chose to build his cave underground.

The two sped along and finally found the location of the cave. Before they even entered, they smelled a pungent stench of blood.

"It must be for the purpose of cultivating that technique called 'The Return of Ten Thousand Blood to the Origin Technique'."

Zhang Lingyu explained, "Lin Yan said that Li Heihu cultivates the Blood Path, and every month the bandit cultivators under him capture several hundred to a thousand mortals to support his cultivation."

"Those cultivators we captured, the useful ones we kept, and the useless ones we used became cultivation tools."

"This person should have died long ago."

Zhang Xingyao sneered. Everyone called Li Heihu a bandit cultivator, but now it seems that calling him an evil cultivator would be more appropriate.

The two pushed open the door and entered. In the center of the cave, they saw a blood pool three zhang wide churning endlessly. Thick blood gurgled and steamed up a pungent, fishy-smelling mist.

Dozens of shriveled corpses were piled up by the pool, some wearing tattered Taoist robes, and others ordinary people in coarse linen clothes.

His death was gruesome; all his life essence had been drained, leaving only empty eye sockets staring at the pool of blood.

What's even more captivating is that in the center of the blood pool, a strange lotus flower quietly blooms, with three lotus seeds at its heart emitting a faint golden glow.

"It's the Blood Fiend Golden Lotus, a Foundation Establishment spiritual artifact..."

Zhang Lingyu recognized the item at a glance. This spiritual object could not only help cultivators practicing the Blood Path to establish their foundation, but it could also be used in conjunction with other spiritual objects to refine pills. Once consumed, it could significantly improve one's cultivation level.

The plant in front of us is already mature; it must have taken the blood of at least ten thousand people to cultivate it.

In their eyes, the roots of the Blood Fiend Golden Lotus were still wriggling, deeply penetrating the bottom of the blood pool, constantly absorbing nutrients from the pool.

Zhang Lingyu remained calm and swung his longsword, severing the root. The spirit then flew into his palm.

Lin Yan, who had rushed here from the Spirit Herb Garden, was secretly alarmed upon seeing this scene: 'Does Zhang Lingyu intend to use these spiritual objects and the blood pool for cultivation?'

He had just witnessed the other party use the Blood Demon Mighty Body technique, and with that terrifying aura, it wasn't hard to imagine that the other party had also cultivated some kind of blood-path technique.

"I thought he was a righteous person, but I didn't expect him to be secretly practicing demonic arts."

The thought of how happy the other person was when they saw the Soul Refining Banner in his hand only strengthened his conviction.

Lin Yan remained silent, following behind the two men until they had thoroughly searched the cave. He couldn't help but ask, "May I ask, gentlemen... about this blood pool?"

"Of course it was destroyed."

Without hesitation, Zhang Lingyu flicked out a wisp of purple flame, then laughed, "Guest Elder Lin doesn't think I'm going to use this thing for cultivation, does he?"

In the center of the square, the three men watched their clansmen return laden with spoils, their faces beaming with joy. Zhang Xingyao took out the [Zhaoming] boat and called out:

"Let's go pick up the elders and then return to Qingya Mountain."

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