Establishing a Clan in the Eastern Wilderness: A Daily Divination, Cultivating Longevity in a Grotto

Before he could finish speaking...

Four attacks simultaneously struck him from behind.

A crimson fireball, a cyan wind blade, a black pipa-shaped arrow, and a sharp Geng metal sword aura.

Du Yuanlang's protective robe glowed, shielding him from the fatal blow. The robe's protective shield shattered, its spiritual light dimmed, but he was unharmed. Filled with shock and rage, he abruptly turned around—

A fist rapidly enlarged in front of him.

The fist had a faint golden sheen on its surface, and it moved incredibly fast, whistling through the air, before slamming into his face.

"Bang!"

Du Yuanlang's head exploded like a watermelon under that punch.

Blood and brain matter splattered everywhere.

His body stiffened for a moment, then he collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Li Changsheng withdrew his fist and shook the blood off his hands. A punch from a Perfected Body Refining Realm cultivator was enough to shatter the protective aura of a late-stage Qi Refining Realm cultivator—not to mention that Du Yuanlang's protective robes had already been shattered during the previous attack, so he couldn't possibly block this punch.

A semi-transparent soul was forcibly torn from Du Yuanlang's corpse, twisting and struggling, screaming silently. Mo Yutan opened her mouth slightly and sucked the soul into her stomach.

[Ink Jade: Peak Tier 1 (60/100)]

A bloody light surged from the belt, wrapping around Du Yuanlang's corpse and drawing away his life essence bit by bit. In just a few breaths, the body turned into a withered sack, then crumbled into ash and scattered in the wind.

A surge of warm blood energy flowed into Li Changsheng's body, penetrating his muscles. Under the tempering of this power, the muscle fibers of the Great Perfection of the Flesh Refining Realm were torn, reorganized, and strengthened once again.

A moment later, Li Changsheng opened his eyes.

Flesh Refining Realm, Perfected.

He casually clenched his fist, and the air exploded with a loud bang. The power of this punch was enough to shatter the protective aura of a peak Qi Refining expert.

……

the other side.

"Father, are you alright?" Li Changle helped Li Shouyi sit down and took out healing pills from her storage bag to give him.

Li Shouyi shook his head, his face pale, but his eyes were full of relief: "It's alright, you arrived just in time."

After a while.

Li Changsheng awoke from his meditation.

With a wave of his hand, Du Yuanlang's storage bag was taken into his hand, and the corpses of the two two-headed snakes were also put into the storage bag.

Suddenly.

He gave a cold laugh.

He threw one of Sun Zhengming's identity jade pendants into the river:

"Let's go, we shouldn't stay here any longer."

……

Dozens of miles away, there is a hidden cave.

Li Changle set up a protective array at the cave entrance, while Li Shouyi and the Golden Scale Fish each took a pill and sat cross-legged to regulate their breathing. Li Changsheng then went to the side and took out Du Yuanlang's storage bag.

Several pills.

Three bottles of top-grade first-tier Qi-restoring pills, emerald green in color, with a refreshing medicinal fragrance, quickly restore spiritual power.

Two bottles of first-grade superior life-extending pills, crimson red pills, to sustain life and protect the heart meridian.

A bottle of Grade 1 superior Qi-cultivating pills, milky white in color, nourishes the meridians and stabilizes the foundation, suitable for cultivators who have just broken through.

A bottle of top-grade first-level detoxification pills, emerald green in color, can cure all poisons, especially snake venom.

A stack of talismans.

Two top-grade Tier 1 Swiftness Talismans will greatly increase your speed, making them suitable for both escaping and chasing.

Three top-grade first-tier Vajra Talismans, their golden light enveloping the body, can withstand a full-force attack from a peak first-tier cultivator.

A single first-grade, top-tier Heavenly Thunder Talisman can unleash a devastating strike of heavenly thunder.

Several ritual implements.

It was a first-grade superior-quality Qingfeng sword, with a slender blade and exceptional sharpness, much stronger than the one Li Changsheng was currently using.

A top-grade Xuan Turtle Shield, the size of a palm, which can be transformed into a three-foot shield when infused with spiritual power, with astonishing defensive capabilities, is just right for my father.

What surprised Li Changsheng the most was a thick animal skin book—"Du's Alchemy Notes".

Upon opening it, one finds it densely filled with various pill formulas and refining tips. There are ten types, ranging from low-grade to high-grade first-level pills. One of the formulas is for the Cloud Essence Pill—using Cloud Essence Grass as the main ingredient, the Cloud Essence Pill can assist in cultivating Yin-attribute techniques.

Li Changsheng was overjoyed. He already had the Cloud Essence Grass and the pill formula. He only needed to break through to the first-level high-grade alchemist before he could start refining pills.

Besides these, there was also a pile of Soul Beads in the storage bag. Li Changsheng roughly counted them and found at least a hundred, of varying grades, which, when converted to merit points, amounted to at least several hundred.

Li Changsheng sorted and put the items away, his gaze falling on the corpses of the two two-headed snakes.

The larger one still had a bulging belly, and the creature inside wasn't quite dead yet; it was still wriggling slightly.

Li Changsheng took out a short sword and carefully cut open the snake's belly along the seams of its scales.

When the snake's belly was opened, a strong, fishy stench wafted out.

Inside lay a small, snow-white snake, about a foot long, its body wet and its scales not yet fully hardened, curled up in its belly, motionless.

It is dead.

But its abdomen was still bulging slightly.

A thought struck Li Changsheng, and he carefully cut open the little white snake's abdomen. Inside, a snake egg the size of a thumb was emitting a faint glow, and a tiny life could be vaguely seen curled up inside.

The White Jade Serpent—a rare mutated spirit serpent, entirely white, non-venomous, and gentle in nature, feeding on spirit herbs and fruits, reaching the third rank upon adulthood. The snake eggs inside the belly of this White Jade Serpent were still alive.

Li Changsheng carefully took out the snake egg, soaked it in warm spiritual spring water, and then nurtured it with spiritual energy. After a while, the snake egg cracked open, and a small snake, about the thickness of a little finger and pure white, poked its head out of the egg, looking around the world with a blank expression.

The Heavenly Book transmitted a vibration at just the right moment:

[Spirit Beast: White Jade Snake (Juvenile Stage, Mutant)]

[Potential: Level 4]

[Note: This snake is non-venomous and docile. Upon reaching adulthood, it can reach Tier 3. After mutation, its potential increases to Tier 4, and the probability of awakening a special bloodline talent greatly increases.]

[Family Luck Value +2500, Current: 6000/6500]

[Imperial Merit Points +1600, Current: 6100/10000]

Li Changsheng was overjoyed and put the little white snake into his spirit beast pouch, handing it over to Zhao Cai to look after. Zhao Cai hugged the spirit beast pouch carefully, tucking it into his arms like a babysitter.

Li Changle leaned closer, glanced at the little white snake in the spirit beast pouch, and said with sparkling eyes, "Brother, this little thing is so cute."

Li Changsheng nodded and looked at his father, who was meditating. The golden-scaled fish's injuries had stabilized; the wounds on its scales were slowly healing, and its breathing had become much more steady.

"Let's rest here tonight," he said. "We'll set off again once Father and the Golden Scale Fish have recovered a bit."

"I'll listen to my brother," Li Changle replied, turning to reinforce the formation at the cave entrance.

...

...

The next morning, Li Changsheng woke up from his meditation and, as usual, began to communicate with the Heavenly Book.

"Today's divination result is 'open'."

The celestial book shimmered with yellow light, and the divination text slowly emerged. This time, the characters even faintly glowed with a golden light, brighter than any divination he had ever seen before.

【The Cave of Ten Thousand Ghosts - Central Forbidden Area】

Within the forbidden area at the heart of the Qingmo Cave lie three supreme treasures.

Firstly, the Soul-Transforming Grass grows deep within the forbidden land beside the Yin Spring and is the main ingredient for refining the Soul-Transforming Pill. This grass has long since disappeared from the outside world.

Secondly, azure sand can repair the cracks in the ribs of the Seven Treasures Glazed Umbrella, greatly enhancing the umbrella's defensive capabilities after repair.

Thirdly, there is the Soul-Nourishing Wood, a small tree over three feet tall and entirely black. Its heartwood contains the power to nourish the soul, and wearing it for a long time can slowly increase the strength of the soul, which is very beneficial for cultivating divine consciousness. This tree is said to have been cultivated by a powerful being in ancient times using the heartwood of a ten-thousand-year-old spiritual tree, hence the name "Soul-Nourishing Wood".

Furthermore, at the deepest part of the forbidden area lies something that can cause the Heavenly Book to evolve.

Li Changsheng suddenly stood up.

Soul-Transforming Grass! This was precisely the main ingredient for the Soul-Transforming Pill he needed to cultivate the second level of the "Refining God Technique." He was just wondering where to find it when the divination provided guidance. There was also Azure Sand for repairing the Seven Treasures Glazed Umbrella, Soul-Nourishing Wood, and an item that could evolve the Heavenly Book…

This is forbidden territory; we must go.

He glanced at his father and younger sister, who were still meditating, but did not disturb them. He simply called Chiyu and Moyu to his side and whispered a few words of advice.

……

On the banks of the Yinhuai River.

Two streaks of light landed on the riverbank, revealing an old man and a young man.

Leading the group was Du Yuankun, the patriarch of the Du family, a peak Qi Refining cultivator with a lean face and deep, unfathomable eyes that exuded an unwavering composure. Behind him followed Du Yuanlie, the third elder of the Du family, also a peak Qi Refining cultivator, but with a burly build, a face full of scars, and eyes that seemed ready to spit fire at any moment.

The two people's sensing jade talismans pointed in the same direction—to the dried bloodstains on the riverbank.

Du Yuankun squatted down, picked up a bit of dried blood with his fingers, sniffed it, and frowned slightly.

"It's Yuen Long's blood."

Du Yuanlie's expression changed drastically. He stepped forward, his gaze sweeping across the surroundings like a hawk's. The signs of a fight were obvious on the riverbank—several deep sword marks lay on the ground, pebbles were scattered everywhere, and the spiritual energy fluctuations from the talismans still lingered in the air. He saw a blood-stained stone on the riverbed, and beside it, a jade pendant lay quietly in the mud.

The Sun family's ancestral jade pendant.

Du Yuanlie bent down and picked up the jade pendant, his knuckles cracking as he held it in his hand. The pendant was engraved with the character "Sun," the identity mark of a member of the Sun family in Huai'an County.

"The Sun family." Du Yuanlie's voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, each word filled with deep-seated hatred, "It's the Sun family again."

He and Du Yuanlang were inseparable since childhood, having lost their parents at a young age and raised by his older brother. Later, the two brothers embarked on the path of immortality together, cultivating together and becoming pillars of the Du family. The older brother was gentle, while he had a fiery temper; the two brothers complemented each other and never argued.

Now, my brother is dead.

He died in this desolate wilderness, at the hands of the Sun family.

"Clan Chief!" Du Yuanlie whirled around, his eyes bloodshot. "I want every member of the Sun family to leave the Ten Thousand Ghosts Cave!"

Du Yuankun stood up, dusted off his hands, and remained calm. He glanced at the Sun family jade pendant, then at the signs of a struggle around him, pondered for a moment, and then slowly spoke.

"The jade pendant was too conspicuous on the riverbed." His voice was neither loud nor soft, as if stating a fact. "The Sun family wouldn't be so careless."

Du Yuanlie was taken aback, then gritted his teeth: "Clan leader, are you saying someone framed me?"

"We can't rule out that possibility." Du Yuankun stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the hazy sky in the distance. "But we can't rule out that the Sun family did this on purpose, trying to make us think we were framed."

Du Yuanlie, still confused, asked urgently, "Is it the Sun family or not?"

Du Yuankun did not answer directly, but simply said, "Whether it is true or not, the Sun family and our Du family are irreconcilable enemies. It is not unjust for the Sun family to be held accountable. Anyone from the Sun family should be killed without exception."