Cultivating a family of immortals

Lin Chenbi didn't care about Xu Changle's overtures.

A few days ago, the Chaoyang Sect also sent him a letter regarding the Zheng family's attack on the Xu family. Naturally, Lin Chenbi only regretted that he couldn't personally lead people to wipe out the Xu family, otherwise it would have been bad if it had aroused the dissatisfaction of other small families under the Haoran Sect.

This is because the Xu family rose to power at an extremely rapid pace.

In the battle before the Mo Chuan River, both the Chaoyang Sect and the Haoran Sect suffered heavy losses, with countless high-ranking cultivators dying. A Zifu Realm dragon perished before the Mo Chuan River, and the [Soul-Nourishing Purple Gold] produced after the death of that Zifu Realm dragon was likely taken away by the dragon clan that came later.

However, the dragon and countless Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators perished together in front of the Mo Chuan River, making the spiritual energy of the world here several times denser.

Most unexpectedly, because of this incident, many children born in Qingping Mountain were born with spiritual roots.

In the past, when a large number of cultivators perished in one place, the spiritual energy there would indeed become richer, but there has never been any story of it causing local children to develop spiritual roots.

After much deliberation, the two high-ranking officials finally reached a conclusion.

That's why so many children have developed spiritual roots—it's because that Purple Mansion Realm dragon perished here!

It's extremely rare to encounter both a Purple Mansion Realm expert and a Flood Dragon.

Because children are born with spiritual roots at the age of thirty, fifty, or seventy, and the Xu family began to take in a large number of these children from collateral branches of the Xu family seven years after the great war.

This caught both sects off guard, and only after they realized what was happening did they become extremely angry.

So many cultivators from my Haoran Sect died, yet in the end, it was your Xu family who benefited. What kind of logic is this?

However, the Haoran Sect cannot take action, since the Xu family is still nominally a sect under its jurisdiction. Moreover, and most importantly, the Haoran Sect currently has no Foundation Establishment cultivators to guard it.

Without a Foundation Establishment cultivator, it means that if the Xu family could just invite a Foundation Establishment Level 1 or 2 cultivator from the Xuan Yuan Sect through Xu Jingheng to help them, the Hao Ran Sect would have to obediently kneel down.

They didn't dare gamble that the Xu family wouldn't be able to invite them, since cultivators at the first or second level of Foundation Establishment were considered ordinary cultivators in the Xuan Yuan Sect.

Therefore, Lin Chenbi was very dissatisfied with the Xu family's actions. Just now, when he saw the steward of the [Tianji Pavilion] personally leading several people in, and heard Xu Changle talk about the Xu family's ancestor, he became even more dissatisfied and casually said something.

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Xu Changle's composed response earned him a disdainful look from Lin Chenbi. Xu Jingheng, standing to the side, kept his eyes fixed on the man, but refrained from taking any action as his father had not yet expressed his opinion.

However, to everyone's surprise, Xuan Shuofeng, who was standing next to them, spoke first.

He first looked at the steward and said, "Patriarch Xu is a distinguished guest of my Xuan Yuan Sect. Do I need to verify his identity when he comes here to buy some things?"

The steward hadn't said much before, but upon hearing the name of the Xuan Yuan Sect, he quickly cupped his hands and smiled, saying:

"Fellow Daoist is too kind. All the Daoists who come to my [Tianji Pavilion] to do business are honored guests. I was just interrupted by this fellow Daoist from the Haoran Sect, and that is why I lost my focus. Please forgive me."

Seeing that the steward was also frank, Xuan Shuofeng stopped caring and turned to look at Lin Chenbi.

"Sect Leader Lin, what has the Xu family done to offend you? Why do you speak of the Xu family in this way?"

When Xuan Shuofeng spoke, Lin Chenbi had a sudden thought and began to ponder:

"Xu Changle came here with disciples of the Xuan Yuan Sect? What brings him here? Xuan Yuan Sect disciples... I've never seen this one before. Xu Changle has a son who has joined the Xuan Yuan Sect. Hmm, the young man beside him does resemble him somewhat. Could it be that his son has a good relationship with the disciples of the Xuan Yuan Sect? And that's why this disciple is standing up for Xu Changle? Hmph, father and son working together to curry favor with the Xuan Yuan Sect, this kind of opportunistic skill seems to be passed down through generations!"

After thinking for a moment, Lin Chenbi quickly cupped his hands and said:

"So you're a fellow Daoist from the Xuan Yuan Sect. My apologies, my apologies. I just spoke offhand," he said, looking at Xu Changle with a gentle smile. "I hope Patriarch Xu won't take offense!"

"You think you can just say you don't mind?" Xuan Shuofeng snorted coldly, stood in front of Xu Changle, and made up his mind to protect the Xu family.

At this moment, Xuan Yunshu was like a little tiger, his eyes fixed on Lin Chenbi.

"this……"

Lin Chenbi's face turned extremely ugly. He thought to himself that something was wrong. This Xuan Yuan Sect disciple actually had such a good relationship with the Xu family!

With many people already looking over at him, he felt extremely uncomfortable and quickly added:

"Excuse me, everyone, Fellow Daoist Xuan, I must take my leave now!"

He then turned to leave with his men.

However, Xuan Shuofeng sneered, "You think you can just run away after insulting someone? What kind of logic is that? Stop right there!"

"You..." Lin Chenbi paused, turned around abruptly, and coldly snorted, "Fellow Daoist Xuan, even if the Xuan Yuan Sect and my Hao Ran Sect are on good terms, you shouldn't speak to me like this in public. Didn't your master tell you that my Hao Ran Sect is also one of the twelve sects?"

"Haha," Xuan Shuofeng suddenly clapped his hands and laughed loudly, "What a fine title of one of the twelve sects! But so what?"

Xuan Shuofeng's tone was extremely mocking, with repeated sneers, "My master is the sect master of the Xuan Yuan Sect, and my senior brother is the young master of the Xuan Yuan Sect. What, are you going to teach me a lesson on behalf of my master and senior brother?"

"This..." Lin Chenbi was startled, his heart filled with bitterness. He had never expected to kick a hornet's nest. Yet, he dared not show any emotion in front of so many people, otherwise, how would his Haoran Sect face people in the future?

More and more cultivators gathered around, discussing the matter animatedly.

"The Haoran Sect bullies others by relying on its own power, and now it is being cursed by the disciples of the Xuanyuan Sect. I wonder what it is thinking."

"It seems this is the new sect leader? How come he's only at the peak of Qi Refining? Is the Haoran Sect lacking in talent?"

"What kind of people does the Haoran Sect have? It's said that not long ago, all the sect's high-ranking cultivators died in a great battle, and this sect leader was only fortunate enough to become the sect leader, but he's only at the peak of Qi Refining. Presumably, he came to the Ningyuan Zhize Land this time for the Foundation Establishment matter... Under such circumstances, how dare he insult others?"

Hearing the surrounding cultivators pointing and whispering about him, Lin Chenbi felt bitter but dared not utter a word in rebuttal. Firstly, there were quite a few Foundation Establishment cultivators among them, and secondly, the Xuan Yuan Sect disciples in front of him were also eyeing him covetously.

Moreover, Lin Chenbi had no doubt that if he were to refute him, this disciple would dare to rush up and attack him.

Although his cultivation level is not as high as mine, he certainly cannot defeat me. But if I make an enemy of him now, what should I do when I return to my sect?

Given the nature of the Xuan Yuan Sect, they would rather come knocking on their door and trample them underfoot.

Thinking of this, Lin Chenbi suddenly looked at Xu Changle, a hint of submission in his eyes.

Xu Changle, however, had kept his eyes on the person behind Lin Chenbi from the beginning.

The more he looked, the more wrong it seemed, and the more confused he became.

Back then, Guan Yi descended from the sky with that young man, killed the giant black snake, bound the Cui family head, and then flew away gracefully on his sword. What a glorious scene that was!

Guan Yi's death is related to Lin Feizi and Lin Qingcang of the Lin family, but it is unclear whether this person is involved.

Moreover, this person is Wanxing's elder brother, Lin Jinglan.

How did he become like this?