The Longevity Family: Starting from the Foundation Establishment Ancestor

"Li Tianxing has left the Zitong Mine and is leading eighty elite troops at full speed to Medicine King Valley. The other two groups have also withdrawn their troops to reinforce the area, and are expected to meet up outside Medicine King Valley."

Inside Medicine King Valley, Han Mu received the latest intelligence from the Shadow Guards, his eyes remaining calm. Everything was going according to plan. Li Tianxing had indeed abandoned his attack on the three mines and chosen to return to Medicine King Valley, which was both expected and exactly what he wanted.

"How is the transfer of resources from the valley going?" Han Mu asked.

"All the millennium-old spiritual herbs, pills, and precious spiritual materials have been packed into storage bags, filling a total of thirty-seven bags. The hundred-year-old spiritual herbs that could not be taken away have been burned. The earth fire veins of the Earth Fire Pill Room have been cut off, and all the pill furnaces have been destroyed," the Shadow Guard leader reported.

"Very good." Han Mu nodded. "Where's Mo Chen?"

"He was imprisoned in a dungeon in the valley, sealed with a protective barrier that cannot be broken for three months."

"Pass down the order: everyone evacuate Medicine King Valley immediately. Elder Li, you take twenty men and the resources and return to Yellow Maple Valley first. The Shadow Guards will stay with me; we will set up an ambush in Soul-Severing Gorge."

"Elder Han, you're going to ambush Li Tianxing?" Li Huayuan exclaimed in shock. "He's a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, and he's accompanied by eighty elite soldiers. We only have so many men..."

"It's not about a direct confrontation, but about delaying him," Han Mu said. "Li Tianxing is extremely anxious and will definitely be traveling at full speed. Broken Soul Gorge is a necessary route, with a treacherous terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. We'll set up an array there, and if we can hold him off for half an hour, the sect leader's forces will arrive. At that time, we can attack from both sides, and even if we can't kill Li Tianxing, we can severely damage his elite troops."

"This is too dangerous!" Li Huayuan exclaimed anxiously.

"Elder Li, rest assured, I know what I'm doing," Han Mu said calmly. "Return the resources as soon as possible; they are the most important spoils of this battle. Also, tell the sect leader to set up the 'Five Elements Dragon Trapping Formation' on the outskirts of Broken Soul Gorge as originally planned, and activate it immediately once Li Tianxing enters the gorge."

"Yes." Seeing that Han Mu had made up his mind, Li Huayuan could only accept the order.

Half an hour later, the Medicine King Valley was deserted. Han Mu led a hundred Shadow Guards to the Soul-Severing Gorge, fifty miles away. This was a narrow gorge ten miles long, with cliffs a hundred feet high on both sides and only a three-foot-wide passage in the middle, making it an excellent location for an ambush.

"System, scan the terrain of Broken Soul Gorge and deduce the best deployment plan."

[Scanning in progress...]

【Soul-Severing Gorge: Ten miles long, three zhang at its narrowest point and ten zhang at its widest point, with black iron rock cliffs on both sides, suitable for setting up the 'Golden Fiend Array'】

[Deduction complete: It is recommended to set up a Tier 3 'Maze Array' at the canyon entrance, a Tier 4 'Five Elements Spirit Locking Array' in the middle section, and a Tier 3 'Illusion Kill Array' at the exit.]

[It is estimated that it can trap a Nascent Soul cultivator for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, and a Foundation Establishment cultivator for half an hour.]

[Materials required: 10 portions of each of the five elemental spirit materials, 5 sets of array flags, and 100 mid-grade spirit stones]

"Set up the formation." Han Mu said without hesitation. He took out various formation materials from his storage bag, which he had collected from Medicine King Valley and were now ready to be used.

Among the Shadow Guards were those skilled in formations, and under Han Mu's command, the group acted swiftly. In less than half an hour, the three-tiered formation was completed. The Bewildering Formation was at the entrance, capable of interfering with divine sense and causing people to lose their way; the Five Elements Spirit Locking Formation was in the middle section, capable of imprisoning spiritual power and weakening the enemy's strength; and the Illusion Killing Formation was at the exit, capable of creating illusions to complement the killing intent.

"Everyone conceal your presence and lie in ambush on the cliff tops on both sides. Do not make a move without my order," Han Mu commanded.

The group dispersed and hid, and the canyon returned to silence, as if no one had ever been there. Han Mu also concealed himself behind a boulder, suppressing his aura and waiting quietly.

A short while later, the sound of air being torn apart came from afar. More than eighty streaks of light streaked across the sky like shooting stars, led by Li Tianxing, the lord of Tianque Fortress. He was dressed in a blood-red robe, his face contorted, his eyes filled with madness and killing intent.

"Faster! Faster!" Li Tianxing roared. He could sense abnormal fluctuations in spiritual energy from the direction of Medicine King Valley; something was clearly wrong. The thought that Tianque Fort's millennia-old accumulated spiritual herb resources might be looted made his heart bleed.

Eighty people rushed into the Soul-Severing Gorge. As soon as they entered, the scenery ahead suddenly distorted, fog filled the air, and their spiritual senses were obstructed.

"Not good, there's a formation!" Li Tianxing, being a Nascent Soul cultivator, immediately sensed the anomaly. "Break it!"

He unleashed a palm strike, unleashing terrifying spiritual power at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, shattering the mist in front of him by three-tenths. However, the Misty Array was not an offensive formation, but rather a trapping formation, and the mist quickly reformed.

"A mere third-tier formation dares to trap me?" Li Tianxing sneered, summoning his natal magic weapon, the "Heavenly Palace Seal." The seal swelled in the wind, growing to ten zhang in size, radiating terrifying pressure, and crashed down in front of him.

Boom!

The canyon trembled, and the cliff face crumbled. The illusion array shattered instantly under the bombardment of the fourth-tier magic weapon. But the moment the array shattered, it triggered the "linked array" that Han Mu had set up beforehand—the spiritual power from the shattered illusion array activated the Five Elements Spirit Locking Array in the middle section.

Five-colored spiritual light rose from all parts of the canyon, transforming into a massive five-element light shield that enveloped Li Tianxing and the others. Within the shield, spiritual energy was imprisoned and its circulation sluggish. Foundation Establishment cultivators felt that 30% of their spiritual energy was sealed, and Core Formation cultivators also felt that their spiritual energy circulation was not smooth.

"The Five Elements Spirit-Locking Array? That's somewhat sophisticated." Li Tianxing's eyes narrowed. "But do you think you can trap me with just that?"

He activated the Heavenly Seal once more, the seal radiating a blood-red light as it slammed into the Five Elements Light Barrier. But this time, the barrier only trembled violently; it did not shatter. The Five Elements Spirit Locking Array was a fourth-order array, and it utilized the terrain of the canyon and the five elemental materials, making its defensive capabilities extremely strong.

"Everyone, attack together and break the formation!" Li Tianxing shouted.

Eighty cultivators attacked simultaneously, bombarding the light barrier with various spells and magical artifacts. The light barrier trembled violently, cracks appeared, but it stubbornly held on.

"Now!" A cold glint flashed in Han Mu's eyes as he burst out from behind the boulder. He formed hand seals, unleashing the Great Five Elements Sword Formation he had prepared beforehand. Twenty-five flying swords transformed into five-colored rainbows, swooping down from the cliff top and piercing straight at the Tianque Fortress cultivators within the formation.

"Enemy attack!"

Screams rang out. The Five Elements Spirit Locking Array restricted the strength of the Tianque Fortress cultivators, but Han Mu's sword array remained unaffected. In the first wave of attacks, more than ten Foundation Establishment cultivators were pierced by the sword light and died on the spot.

"You brat, you're asking for death!" Li Tianxing was furious. He recognized Han Mu at a glance—the guy who had embarrassed him at the Seven Sects Conference and sabotaged the Blood Moon Incident at Burial Soul Valley.

He ignored the Five Elements Spirit Locking Array, and in a flash, he was in front of Han Mu, striking out with a palm. This palm strike contained all the cultivation of the mid-stage Nascent Soul realm, and wherever the palm wind passed, space distorted and cliff walls collapsed.

Han Mu dared not take the attack head-on, so he used the Five Elements Escape Technique to retreat ten feet in an instant. At the same time, he activated the sword formation, and the twenty-five flying swords merged into one, transforming into a ten-foot-long giant sword to meet the palm wind.

boom!

Sword and palm collided, unleashing a terrifying energy storm. Han Mu grunted and flew backward, crashing into the cliff wall, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. Although his sword formation was powerful, it was still inferior to a full-force attack from a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

"System, retrieve the current status."

[Host: Han Mu]

[Realm: Foundation Establishment Level 9 (True) / Foundation Establishment Level 1 (Surface)]

[Status: Minor Injury (40% Spirit Power Consumption)]

[WARNING: Li Tianxing's next attack will utilize his natal magic weapon, posing an extremely high threat level.]

As expected, when Li Tianxing saw that he had failed to kill Han Mu with a single palm strike, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, and then his killing intent intensified. He no longer held back, and the Heavenly Seal shone with a brilliant crimson light, transforming into a blood-red mountain that pressed down on Han Mu.

This was a full-force attack from a fourth-tier magic weapon, its power comparable to that of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. Han Mu's expression changed; he knew that taking it head-on would mean certain death. Without hesitation, he took out a "Substitute Death Talisman" and a "Void Escape Talisman," preparing to flee.

But just then, a long howl came from outside the canyon.

"Li Tianxing, your opponent is me!"

Master Qingyun has arrived! Accompanying him are fifty elite warriors from Huangfeng Valley, as well as reinforcements from Qingxu Sect and Giant Sword Sect. The three allied forces, totaling one hundred and twenty men, surged in from both ends of the canyon, completely surrounding Li Tianxing and his companions.

"Qingyun! You framed me!" Li Tianxing's eyes were bloodshot.

"You betrayed the Seven Sects Alliance first, colluding with the Reverse Star Alliance," Master Qingyun said coldly. "Today is your death day!"

War is imminent.

Han Mu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, looked at the besieged Li Tianxing, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

This time, let's see where you run to.