I'm determined to become an immortal!

Changyang Mountain

Inside the main hall of the main peak,

Elder He Weixian's face was ashen, and he slammed his dragon-headed cane heavily on the ground, making a dull thud.

Below him, the elders of the main branches of the clan had gathered together, and several middle-aged cultivators who held important positions in the clan stood with their hands at their sides, each with an uneasy expression.

The seven chimes of the bell, a sound reserved for important events, filled everyone with unease.

"Gentlemen..." He Weixian's voice was hoarse as his gaze swept over the crowd, finally settling on an elderly man with a pale face on his left.

"Second branch elder He Weizhen just came to report that the family's secret treasury... has been robbed!"

These words were like a thunderclap, instantly shattering the silence of the hall.

"What? The secret vault has been stolen?"

"How is this possible! The secret vault is protected by layers of arrays and guarded by dedicated personnel. Who could steal it silently?"

"Could it be an inside job?!"

...

Upon hearing this, the crowd was shocked and began to discuss it amongst themselves.

You should know that guarding the family's secret vault is a lucrative job, and those who covet it naturally have nothing nice to say.

"Let's all calm down and hear what He Weizhen has to say!"

Elder He Weixian still held considerable prestige, and despite being suppressed by the clan leader for many years, he still retained some influence.

Furthermore, since the clan leader is currently not in the clan, no one dares to directly contradict him.

He Weizhen was trembling all over. He took a deep breath, as if he had made a great decision, and said in a trembling voice:

"Elder, fellow clansmen, the theft of the secret vault was indeed my fault... I failed in my duty."

But this was not the work of outsiders, but... but the work of the clan chief's elder brother, He Yiyangqian!

boom!

This statement is even more impactful than the previous news.

Everyone was stunned, their eyes wide as if they had heard something out of a fantasy.

"He Yiyang? The clan leader's elder brother?" Someone instinctively thought it impossible. "He's the clan leader's own brother, and he holds great power over external procurement. Why would he do such a thing?"

Some people stared intently at He Weizhen, their faces showing suspicion.

It should be noted that He Weizhen is the elder of the second branch of the clan, and from a bloodline perspective, he is the third grandfather of the current clan leader He Sheng and He Yiyang.

If it weren't for this deep blood relationship, he would never have been able to land such a lucrative job as managing the secret vault.

It's incredibly complicated when family members accuse each other, especially when the accusation involves the clan leader's own brother.

Seeing that no one believed him, He Weizhen hurriedly presented his evidence:

Yesterday, He Yiyang suddenly returned to the mountain without disturbing anyone. He quietly found me and said he wanted to show respect to me, his third grandfather.

"I drank with him, and then..."

He Weizhen blushed as he said this, and quickly changed the subject, continuing:

"I was caught off guard and he got me completely drunk, and I lost consciousness."

When I woke up this morning, I discovered that the key to the secret vault that I always carry with me has disappeared!

Greatly alarmed, they rushed to check, only to find the secret vault door wide open, the inside completely empty, and He Yiyang had vanished without a trace!

"this..."

An elder, who had lived in seclusion in the mountains for many years and knew nothing of the outside world, couldn't help but ask:

"Why would Yi Yang do this? What's his motive? Has he gone mad?"

Upon hearing this, Elder He Weixian simply said:

"As the elder brother of the clan leader, He Yiyang already held great power in external procurement."

He lived a life of extravagance, spending countless sums of money, and his house was filled with beautiful women.

Or perhaps he got into some trouble outside and took the risk; anyway, he's the clan leader, so he's not afraid of what the clan leader can do to him.

Everyone nodded in agreement, agreeing with what the elder had said.

Immediately, an elder who held real power in the clan arranged for people to go to Xiajiangfang to find out the situation.

The attention of the others naturally turned to He Weizhen.

The elder clansman understood, slamming his dragon-headed cane against the ground and shouting sternly:

"He Weizhen, tell me the truth: how much material was lost from the secret vault!"

Startled, He Weizhen burst into tears and wailed:

"I have roughly counted that I have lost about four thousand mid-grade spirit stones!"

A total of forty-six ritual artifacts were lost, all of which were treasured by the clan!

As for the pills... the losses were even greater, and the exact quantity has not yet been tallied...

Four thousand mid-grade spirit stones!

Forty-six ritual implements!

There are also a huge quantity of elixirs...

Everyone present gasped in shock and looked at each other in disbelief.

You should know that four thousand mid-grade spirit stones are worth four hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones, enough to buy more than twenty Foundation Establishment Pills!

He Weizhen cried and beat her chest in frustration:

"These are all the materials that the clan leader has saved up to buy the 'Golden Core'!"

"Just like that, gone. When the clan leader returns, he'll definitely not let this old man off; he'll have him torn to pieces!"

Just as He Weizhen was crying her heart out and the elders were sighing, a dark figure who had been holding back for a long time finally couldn't hold back any longer in the shadows of the hall.

"You should be torn to pieces right now!"

Whoosh!

A streak of azure light instantly reached He Weizhen, carrying an oppressive aura of fury that forced the second branch elder to the ground.

The others around were immediately shocked and retreated, their faces filled with fear and apprehension, as they all sensed the pressure from the Foundation Establishment stage cultivator.

Only the elder of the clan, He Weixian, remained calm and looked at the suddenly appearing old man, saying:

"I wonder who you are, senior? Why have you trespassed on the ancestral land of my He family?"

"You should know that my He family is also a Foundation Establishment family, and our patriarch is He Sheng, the number one cultivator in the Silver Sand River!"

The old man who suddenly appeared was none other than He Sheng. He never expected that the hundreds of millions of yuan in savings lying in Changyang Mountain would fly away!

He had no time to answer; his eyes were fixed on He Weizhen.

Can this be tolerated?

He Sheng's heart was bleeding; he wished he could go down right now and tear He Weizhen to pieces.

"My money! It's all my money!"

Fortunately, he still had his senses and knew that the most important thing now was to find a way to retrieve the materials. So he began to search his memory to see if there was any way.

The scene seemed to freeze for a moment.

Seeing that He Sheng remained silent, the clan elder He Weixian was about to say something more.

Just then, a heart-wrenching roar suddenly came from outside the main hall:

"Something terrible has happened!"

They're attacking! They're attacking!

A deacon stumbled into the main hall.

Upon seeing this, the patriarch He Weixian shouted:

"You're all flustered and talking incoherently. What kind of behavior is this!"

"Come catch your breath before you tell me what happened."

The deacon dared not stop and quickly said:

"Elder, disaster is imminent!"

The Black Mountain bandits from Hedong have come to our door with their men. They attacked from the small rocky hill in the southeast.

Not only do they kill members of the He family whenever they see them, but they also spread rumors about the clan leader everywhere...

At this point, the deacon sobbed, whether from sadness or fear, before continuing:

"They said the clan leader is dead, killed outside Wanchen Mountain by that fake Dan Supreme Elder of Jinyun Sect."

Was the murderer who killed Piao Ge a fake Dan Supreme Elder of the Golden Cloud Sect?

wrong!

Upon hearing the news related to Piao Ge's death, He Sheng immediately came to his senses.

According to Piao Ge's memory, he did have a few words of argument with that fake Dan Supreme Elder of Jin Yun Sect at Wan Chaonian's Foundation Establishment Ceremony.

But this Supreme Elder was already several hundred years old, and looked very old and frail, with little time left in his life.

They were completely different from the powerful young man who appeared to be fifteen or sixteen years old when Wan Chenshan went out to fight. More importantly, their auras were also completely different.

The aura of that fake Dan Supreme Elder was like withered wood, while the aura of the sword-bearing youth was sharp and piercing. They were practically two different people!

How did it get spread like this?

Is the rumor false, or is someone deliberately spreading such a rumor?

In an instant, He Sheng sensed that something was wrong.

Meanwhile, inside the palace, the He family members were in an uproar upon hearing the news.

Some people stared in disbelief, some exclaimed that it was impossible, but one particularly clever person clapped his hands as if he had solved a case and said:

"I understand now. That beast He Yiyang clearly found out about the clan chief's death in Xiajiangfang beforehand."

That's why he secretly stole things from the vault and ran away. That beast is inhuman!

Boom boom boom...

Seeing that the man was getting more and more into his cursing, Elder He Weixian struck him heavily with his dragon-headed cane a few times and then shouted:

Does it even matter now that we're saying all this?!

Do you all realize that if the clan leader truly dies, our He family will be plunged into utter disaster, and the fate of our entire clan being wiped out is imminent!

Snapped...

Upon hearing this, a short, stout elder seemed to have been struck by lightning and collapsed to the ground.

"Elder, what should we do?"

For a moment, everyone looked at the elderly clan elder, He Weixian. Faced with such a devastating disaster, everyone instinctively wanted to find a pillar of support.

The elder sighed, walked up to the old man He Sheng was disguised as, bowed respectfully, and said:

"May I ask if you and my family are old acquaintances?"

He Sheng came to his senses and sneered:

"That's a really old acquaintance!"

The elder clan leader found He Sheng's words ambiguous, but still braced himself and said:

"Then, senior, would you be willing to help my He family overcome this calamity?"

My He family is by no means an ungrateful family. Afterwards, we will certainly use the full strength of the clan to properly repay our elders."

hey-hey...

He Sheng gave a forced, dry laugh; he genuinely thought the He family was utterly despicable!

"As far as I know, the Black Mountain Clan in Hedong are nothing more than a group of Qi Refining stage cultivators."

You can't even handle this, and you expect me, an outsider, to help you?

"Have you, the entire He family, become a bunch of useless cowards who can't even protect the clan's territory all these years, relying on your clan leader's power?!"

Faced with the curses of the Foundation Establishment cultivator, everyone in the room trembled with fear and fell silent.

Elder He Weixian's hand, gripping the dragon-headed cane, trembled uncontrollably, clearly showing his resentment, yet he still swallowed his anger and said:

"My He family is capable of dealing with the Black Mountain Clan, but what I fear is that the Black Mountain Clan is merely a pawn used by the other major Foundation Establishment families to test my He family."

That's why I asked for your help, senior, to guard against other Foundation Establishment families.

You're afraid... but I'm not?

I'm also afraid that the Black Mountain Clan and other Foundation Establishment families are bait used by the mastermind to lure me out!

"We'll talk about the rest later."

He Sheng brushed it off with a single sentence.

Such a large family, with a second-tier protective array, couldn't handle a group of Qi Refining stage cultivators?

If that's the case, it would be best to wipe out the He family!

He Sheng ignored the elder and focused his attention on He Weizhen.