I planted the spiritual roots for my people, and they bestowed upon me a body inscribed with incense

As the two walked away, the black-robed cultivator immediately spat out a mouthful of blood. Then, the protective shield covering his face slowly fell, revealing a youthful face. No one would have guessed that beneath that hoarse voice was such a beautiful face.

He took out a milky-white pill from his Qiankun bag and gently helped her down, which made her pale complexion improve slightly.

"The Ouyang family has the audacity to do this! I'll go back and report this to my clan, and see how they'll apologize." With that, he began to heal his injuries on the spot.

On the other side, Master Linghe looked at the two with a serious expression, and then looked at Ouyang Suiguan first.

"The Ouyang family has truly produced some talented individuals. This time, they actually dared to openly act as thieves, and they didn't even open their eyes to find someone they couldn't afford to offend."

Upon hearing this, Ouyang Suiguan realized she had offended the wrong person, and then smiled broadly:

"Senior Linghe, you and my Ouyang family have been on good terms since childhood. Who exactly is that cultivator? Why didn't you join me in capturing this woman?"

Upon hearing this, Master Linghe glared at Ouyang Suiguan.

"Do you really think that the Medicine Sect only has the three southwestern kingdoms? This woman is a cultivator from Guo Family Fortress in the east. There are three Purple Mansion cultivators in Guo Family Fortress. This woman has extraordinary talent because she is the direct descendant of a Purple Mansion cultivator. You are really audacious."

Upon hearing this, both of them trembled slightly, with Ouyang Suiguan's expression becoming even more serious.

"Now that we've offended this person, what should we do next?"

Master Linghe waved his hand, "Fortunately, I arrived first this time, otherwise you two would have caused a great disaster. However, you two don't need to worry. I heard that a Purple Mansion cultivator from Guo Family Fortress was injured. This person appeared in Daqing alone. Perhaps he is the offspring of that injured Purple Mansion cultivator."

Moreover, we have already apologized first. If they continue to hold this grudge, it will not be a good thing for Guojiabao.

Upon hearing this, the two men's expressions improved considerably. However, Xu Qingfeng's expression remained grim. From their earlier exchange, Xu Qingfeng had clearly discerned his style of fighting. If Xu Qingfeng were to cause him trouble and frame him, he would find it difficult to cope.

"Looks like I'll have to keep a low profile for a while," Xu Qingfeng thought to himself.

After explaining the pros and cons to the two, Master Linghe did not continue to entangle with them and flew towards Qingyang.

As for the two of them, they each flew towards their own residences at this time.

Xu Qingfeng, who was rushing towards the Xu family, spat out another mouthful of black blood. This black-robed cultivator was truly powerful. His Xuanming Temple had failed to seriously injure this woman. It seemed he had to speed up the construction of the second temple.

Under Luo Tong's protection, Li Yuan and Li Shouqian returned safely to the Li family. However, after only one day of rest, Li Yuan led the Li family's bandit-extermination team and many of the Li family's martial artists toward the Luo family.

Luo Tong had been waiting for a long time, with about twenty Luo family soldiers gathered behind him. Together with the Li family members, their numbers reached over a hundred.

The group headed towards the Zhang family in Huangcheng.

Although it is said to be the Zhang family of the imperial city, the Zhang family's mansion is actually located in a mountain range outside the imperial city. The Zhang family is quite lucky, and the ancestral land they chose has been cultivated into more than ten acres of spiritual fields. In addition, the Zhang family has excellent connections in the imperial court, so their upward development momentum has been getting stronger and stronger in recent years.

Zhang Fan's exceptional talent led him to become a disciple of the Medicine Sect, which was a major reason for the Zhang family's rapid development. Of course, the Zhang family's good days are bound to come to an end.

After traveling for three days, Luo Tong and Li Yuanzhong finally arrived at the mountain stream where the Zhang family lived. In addition to more than ten acres of spiritual fields, the Zhang family had also cultivated a lot of fields with spiritual energy on the vacant land.

The rice grown in these fields is exclusively for the use of the Zhang family's mortal clan. With these fields imbued with a touch of spiritual energy, the probability of the Zhang family's mortals possessing spiritual essence is much higher.

There are quite a few others like this who are exploiting the spiritual fields near the imperial city, and most of them are the residences of officials in the imperial city.

After arriving near the Zhang family, Li Yuan and Luo Tong settled the cultivators they had brought with them and then went to the Zhang family to gather information.

Under the cover of night, no one noticed that two figures had infiltrated the Zhang family compound.

Although the Zhang family has some reputation, they are not considered a major family in the capital; at best, they have shed the label of being a small, insignificant household.

Therefore, the two of them did not try to hide anything this time. Even so, no one in the Zhang family discovered them when Li Yuan and Luo Tong infiltrated the Zhang family's territory. Li Yuan even took care of two junior members of the Zhang family who were at the third level of Qi Refining.

When the two arrived at the core territory of the Zhang family, Zhang Xiangkun was leisurely drinking spiritual tea in a courtyard when the commotion outside the courtyard suddenly caught his attention.

He stood up slowly with a serious expression.

"Which fellow Daoist has come to my Zhang family? Please come out and meet us."

No one responded to Zhang Xiangkun. Just as he was wondering what was going on, a sword light struck Zhang Xiangkun. In the instant he reacted, Zhang Xiangkun quickly activated his magic power, forming a protective shield around himself.

The sword light shattered his protective shield in an instant and pierced directly into his heart. At this moment, Zhang Xiangkun's eyes were fixed on the direction from which the flying sword attacked.

Soon, Li Yuan and Luo Yong emerged from the darkness.

"Brother Luo, I've brought my men here to help you take over the Zhang family's territory. Zhang Xiangkun of the Zhang family is dead. Let's begin now."

Upon hearing this, Luo Tong nodded, and then slowly said:

"You and I will each inform the people we brought, and we will take action tonight. If the news gets out and attracts people who are on good terms with the Zhang family, the Zhang family's territory will probably be divided up and eaten up."

After saying that, the two quickly left the Zhang family's house.

After a while, flames began to appear in the Zhang family's territory, accompanied by roars. Among the roars were children and the elderly, but none of the Zhang family's cultivators or core members survived.

As for the Zhang family's servants, Li Yuan and Luo Tong did not make things difficult for them and let them all leave.

The very next day, all members of the Zhang family were slaughtered. The news quickly spread throughout the capital, and neighboring families also learned of the Zhang family's annihilation.

Among them were quite a few cultivators who were on good terms with the Zhang family and wanted to cause trouble and see if they could gain any benefits. However, Luo Tong did not tolerate these people. He did not give a good look to anyone who came. As for the one who caused the most trouble, Luo Tong took swift action and crippled him.

Their actions quickly attracted the attention of the Imperial City Security Team. The captain wanted to bully the newcomer Luo Tong, but Luo Tong wasn't going to tolerate it. The moment he released his aura, his flying sword was already at the neck of the security team captain.

The captain was at the ninth level of Qi Refining, and was easily subdued, leading him to believe that Luo Tong was a Foundation Establishment sword cultivator. He then immediately reversed his attitude and redistributed the Zhang family's territory to the Luo family.