Uncle Nine: Scattering beans to create soldiers? I'm using plants and trees to create soldiers.

At the same time, dozens of miles away in the heart of the mountains.

The Li family ancestral hall was dark and gloomy, with eerie green lamps burning on both sides, and a strange smell of blood mixed with sandalwood permeated the air.

In the very center of the ancestral hall stands a large ebony armchair.

Sitting in the chair was a young-looking man with a full head of white hair and a face so taut it was devoid of color.

On the tall altar behind him stood a statue of a coiled five-clawed black dragon.

The black dragon's claws firmly treaded on five dark clouds, and the scales covering its body shimmered with an eerie light under the candlelight.

The entire statue stands tall, exuding an eerie and chilling vitality.

Click!Click!

A series of crisp, dense cracking sounds suddenly rang out in the deathly silent shrine.

The Li family patriarch, who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them and quickly turned his head toward the altar on the right, where the sound came from.

On one side, more than twenty life-bound scales placed on an altar were cracking into dust one by one!

The large, dark blue scale at the very top, representing the Third Elder, exploded into powder with a crisp sound.

The pupils of the Li family patriarch suddenly shrank to the size of pinpoints, and a terrifying killing intent erupted from his eyes.

boom!

He suddenly exerted force with his five fingers, and the ebony armrest under his palm turned into a shower of wood chips.

This is the fifth chair he has crushed in the past three days.

Whenever he sensed that a Li family stronghold had been destroyed or that a member of the clan had been killed, he would be unable to suppress his rage and would crush the chair beneath him.

"Damn it! Which bastard did this?!"

The patriarch of the Li family suddenly stood up, his chest heaving violently, and his deep roar echoed between the beams and pillars of the ancestral hall.

He really couldn't understand it!

To prevent his enemies from finding him, he went to great lengths to conceal his presence within the Li family bloodline, setting up numerous restrictions to hide his aura.

How on earth did they manage to ignore the restrictions and so precisely target and eliminate the Li family members?!

In just three days, five secret outposts on the outskirts were wiped out!

Even two of the clan elders responsible for guarding various locations have been lost in succession!

Including the fourth elder who died three days ago, the Li family had a total of five elders, but now only two are left!

"No matter who's behind this mess with the Li family..."

"If I ever find you, I will grind you to dust and tear you to pieces!"

The patriarch of the Li family gritted his teeth and growled, his cheeks clenching so hard they cracked, and his white hair moved on its own even without wind.

Just then, the massive black dragon statue behind him suddenly moved.

His dark eyes rolled around, and a strange and subtle fluctuation of divine soul energy spread out, directly entering the mind of the Li family patriarch.

The Li family patriarch paused slightly, his fury quickly subsided, and a sinister glint flashed in his eyes.

"I see……"

"Someone actually used a special secret method to preserve the souls and bloodlines of the dead members of my Li family!"

"It can even use this connection of shared bloodlines to deduce the existence of my Li family members!"

The Li family patriarch murmured to himself, finally fully understanding the key to the matter.

No wonder it's useless to hide the strongholds so well outside; no wonder the Fifth Elder was ambushed and killed on the way when he moved overnight!

With that traitor's soul in hand, the serpent blood flowing through the Li family members is like a beacon in the darkness for the other party, easily detectable from a great distance!

As for the ancestral hall, it was only by relying on the earth's veins to set up a large-scale spirit-locking formation that it was able to isolate itself from the other party's senses.

The black dragon statue behind him is his own son, whose dragon bloodline is the purest and most domineering, and whose senses are the most powerful.

Just now, the other party brought the traitor's soul close to the outer edge of the mountains and entered the range of the black dragon statue's perception. That's why his son was able to detect their presence instantly!

"What ruthless methods, what a vicious heart! They actually used the offspring of the Li family as hunting dogs!"

The patriarch of the Li family had a face so gloomy it was almost dripping with water, and he paced back and forth in the ancestral hall.

The enemy has now reached the vicinity of the ancestral temple, but he is unaware of the exact strength of this mysterious and powerful group.

The person who was able to silently eliminate two elders at the Human Master level within three days was no ordinary individual!

He must not rashly send out the last trump card of his clan before he has figured out the other party's strength.

If the opponent is a great master like a perfected Earth Master, once they collide head-on, the Li family's centuries-old foundation will be destroyed in an instant due to a moment of impulsiveness!

"However, now that we know the hound's location beforehand, I might as well test the waters first!"

The patriarch of the Li family stopped in his tracks, his cloudy eyes shifting slightly as he quickly devised a wicked plan.

The Li family possesses a secret technique that completely shields the aura of one's bloodline, but it requires the use of the core magical artifact used to suppress the ancestral temple's grand formation.

In the short term, it is possible to find other water-attribute magical artifacts to barely replace the array core.

However, if this continues for too long and problems arise in the operation of the formation, the entire ancestral hall's energy will be completely exposed.

Moreover, once the clansmen wear that array core artifact, the artifact's power will greatly weaken the self-destruct restriction in their bloodline.

If it falls into enemy hands, the enemy may use this opportunity to forcibly break the restrictions and thus find out the true secret of the ancestral hall from the Li family.

He would never resort to such a desperate measure unless it was a matter of life and death.

But right now, this magical artifact can be used as bait to divert trouble elsewhere!

More than 20 miles away from this mountain range is the headquarters of the heretical sect "Corpse Demon Sect".

The sect leader of the Corpse King Sect possessed a bronze-armored Corpse King and was himself a peak-level Human Master, with a violent and bloodthirsty nature.

I could easily send someone with the traitor's scent as a lead, deliberately luring the pursuers to the Corpse Lord Sect's headquarters!

Using the hands of those madmen from the Corpse Sect, let's properly test the true level of the newcomer!

"Not only that, we also need to add a double layer of insurance..."

A cold glint flashed in the eyes of the Li family patriarch.

He planned to send the last remaining elders of the Li family, the First Elder and the Second Elder, to accompany them in ambush.

Both of these elders are genuine early-stage geomancers!

If they lure someone to the Corpse Demon Sect and find out that the person's strength is only around the initial stage of Earth Master, the two elders will join forces with the Corpse Demon Sect to attack and annihilate the opponent with overwhelming force!

If they find that things are beyond their control and the opponent's strength is far beyond their expectations, the two elders will use the array core artifact to shield their bloodlines and quickly leave!

After that, the entire Li family closed their mountain gates and went completely into hiding, becoming cowards.

He will not be born again until his son has fully absorbed the true spirit, transformed into a dragon and ascended to immortality, and then he will settle the blood feud of today!

Thinking of this, the Li family patriarch revealed a sinister sneer, and his aged, hoarse voice echoed from the dark ancestral hall.

"Someone come here!"