Transform into ancestral tablets and create a supreme immortal clan.

Three venomous needles were inserted into Gu Zongyi's dantian, heart meridian, and sea of ​​consciousness, respectively.

Gu Zongyi let out a scream that was not human, and curled up like a shrimp, his skin quickly covered with a layer of frost.

"You should also try the taste of this chilling poison." Shen Muge released her grip.

Gu Zongyi fell to the ground, convulsing, unable to even scream; only the extreme pain in his eyes proved that he was still alive.

Shen Muge stopped looking at him and turned to start setting up the scene.

First, use a spirit sword to cut open the wounds on all the corpses where the spirit needles have pierced.

They deliberately left a jade token identifying them from Tianquan Peak of Seven Star Mountain next to Gu Lingxiao's corpse, and then used a sword from the Gu family cultivators to carve several seemingly unrelated sword marks on the rock wall.

That was the starting stance of a unique sword technique used by a late-stage Foundation Establishment elder of Tianquan Peak.

After doing all this, he picked up the half-dead Gu Zongyi, and with a flash of red, disappeared into the depths of the canyon.

The cold moonlight shone on the corpses scattered on the ground.

The wind swept through the canyon, its mournful sound like the weeping of a departed soul.

Three days later, the ancient family was struck by an earthquake.

All seven cultivators were killed, and Gu Zongyi disappeared. Only the jade tablet and sword marks of Tianquan Peak remained at the scene.

The three Golden Core elders of the Gu family were furious and went to investigate, but they could not find any more clues.

All the dead had only a lingering chill on their bodies, and strangely enough, even their souls had vanished, making it impossible to summon them back.

"Investigate! Investigate thoroughly for me!" Gu Tianqing, the patriarch of the Gu family, shattered the spirit table made of thousand-year-old agarwood with a single palm strike.

"Whoever dares to harm a member of the Gu family, we will exterminate their entire clan!"

In the cultivation world of Southern Chu, undercurrents are suddenly rising.

The powerful Gu family began to mobilize, sending out countless informants and posting bounty notices throughout the cultivation markets of every state.

Anyone suspected is better off being killed than let go. In just half a month, three small families have been massacred, and dozens of rogue cultivators have mysteriously disappeared.

Those who were executed were all related to the Tianquan Peak lineage and also had old grudges against the Gu family.

Previously, the Gu family did not act rashly for fear of incurring public wrath.

Now we finally have a legitimate reason to crush them.

The Gu family is making an example of someone to scare others and show their stance.

There are also undercurrents within Qixing Mountain.

The relationship between Tianquan Peak and Yuheng Peak was already delicate, and this incident has deepened the rift between them.

The Gu family's spies in Qixing Mountain began to stir, attempting to divert trouble to an elder on Tianquan Peak who had a past grudge against the Gu family.

The person who started all of this is now kneeling quietly in the Shen family ancestral hall, reporting back to the ancestral tablet.

"Ancestor, Gu Zongyi has been brought back and is imprisoned in the Cold Water Pool of the dungeon," Shen Muge said, bowing his head.

Shen Xiao's inspiration flickered slightly: "You did a very clean job. The Gu family's current reaction is exactly what we expected."

"But..." Shen Muge raised her head, a hint of confusion flashing in her eyes.

"Among the dead was a young cultivator, who looked no more than eighteen or nineteen years old. Before he died, he called out 'Mother'..."

A brief silence fell over the ancestral hall. After all, he was still a seventeen-year-old boy, inexperienced in the ways of the world, driven by his nature.

"Regret it?" Shen Xiao asked.

Shen Muge shook his head: "I don't regret it. The Gu family has wronged me so much, and I will definitely avenge them."

It's just... just that sometimes I feel like I'm a stranger to myself.

A soft sigh came from the spiritual light: "The Sunflower Manual's techniques are unique, with yin and yang clashing, which can indeed easily change one's temperament."

If one cannot guard one's true nature, one is prone to developing inner demons.

Or perhaps they harbor obsessions, or become stubborn and sinister, or remain indifferent and detached...

But remember, the techniques are just tools; the person wielding the tools is the key.

If you can hold onto your true self, you will still be Shen Muge, and your future cultivation will surely be on a smooth path.

"My true self..." Shen Muge murmured.

The faces of his parents flashed before his eyes, as did the expectant eyes of his clansmen, the undisguised disgust of his fellow disciples and even his master on Seven Star Mountain, and the fear and longing in the eyes of the young cultivator before his death in the canyon that night.

"Go back and rest well. The storm in the Gu family has only just begun, and we still have a lot to prepare," Shen Xiao said.

Shen Muge bowed and left the ancestral hall.

Under the moonlight, he was dressed in blood-red robes, his figure solitary and alone.

Deep in the back mountain, he sat cross-legged, with 3,659 spiritual needles circulating around his body like a galaxy.

In the distance, several Shen family youths watched secretly, filled with both awe and fear.

Unbeknownst to them, this strangely beautiful member of their clan had just unleashed a bloody storm in the cultivation world of Southern Chu.

Little did they know that this storm would engulf the entire Shen family, leaving no one unscathed.

The night wind blew by, carrying the stench of blood from afar.

Shen Muge slowly opened her eyes, her pupils swirling with shadowy light. Her previous turmoil seemed like a dream, and she finally returned to calm.

For the sake of the Shen family, and for his own sake, he will continue down this path.

Whether what lies ahead is an abyss or hell.

Inside the council hall, Elder Shen Shiqian was respectfully reporting the recent situation of the Shen family to the family head, Shen Shichu.

"Patriarch, in the most recent spiritual root test of the clan's younger generation, five people possessed spiritual roots, and the younger generation from the collateral branches have already moved into the main lineage."

Among them, one person has dual spiritual roots, two people have triple spiritual roots, and two people have triple spiritual roots.

Unfortunately, in the hundreds of years of the Shen family, not a single descendant has possessed a celestial spiritual root.

With a Heavenly Spiritual Root, as long as one doesn't perish midway, there's a 100% chance of Foundation Establishment, at least a 70% chance of successfully Forming the Core, and at least a 20% chance of Forming the Nascent Soul.

In the entire cultivation world, celestial spiritual roots are extremely rare, a treasure that every cultivation family can only dream of but never obtain.

"No need to overthink it. With the protection of our ancestors, the descendants of the Shen clan will surely be able to open up this ladder to heaven."

In addition, our ancestors instructed that the descendants of the Shen family should not leave the mountain recently, but instead focus on cultivating in the ancestral land to avoid getting involved in trouble.

The Gu family has been causing trouble everywhere lately, and it seems that the Southern Chu region is about to descend into chaos.

Shen Shiqian nodded in agreement, and then added, "Since taking over the Bei family's business, the clan's resources have increased significantly, and we currently have 200,000 low-grade spirit stones."

The spirit mines of Yaoshan are still producing, and the clan's spirit fields are yielding a good harvest, with abundant production of spirit rice and low-grade spirit herbs this autumn.

I'm thinking I should go to the market to sell some of my resources and exchange them for spirit stones.

Then they went to purchase various spiritual items to fill the family treasury.

At that time, members of the clan can contribute their own resources to exchange for spiritual items, which can then be offered to their ancestors in exchange for scarce resources bestowed upon them by the ancestors.

Now, everyone understands that the treasures bestowed by the ancestors are the finest items that cannot be bought in the market.

Whether it's elixirs or magical artifacts, they are all of far superior quality to those in the marketplace.

Clearly, prioritizing resources for Shen Zhe is extremely cost-effective.

"You are in charge of the family finances, so you can make the decision on this matter yourself."

Another elder, Shen Shixiu, continued to report: "In the past two months, more than a dozen of the clan's younger members have formed marriage alliances with minor families and independent cultivators in Southern Chu."

I imagine that in another year, even more babies will be born.

……

While the elders of the Shen family were still discussing matters, Shen Xiao had already turned his gaze to Gu Zongyi, who was sitting in the ancestral hall like a lump of soft flesh.

A "Soul-Searching Talisman" shot out from Shen Xiao's memorial tablet, enveloping Gu Zongyi.

A moment later, the talismanic light dissipated, and Shen Xiao's consciousness fell into silence.

He hadn't expected the Gu family to have such grand schemes!

It's unknown how much the higher-ups at Seven Star Mountain actually know about the Gu family's secret schemes.

Or, what kind of attitude is it?

It seems the Shen family needs to accelerate its development.

The Shen family is far too weak now!