Rebuild the Xiuxian Family

So when Li Zhirui came out of seclusion, he was surprised to find that the once crowded immortal city had become somewhat deserted.

I quickly realized that it was probably a lingering effect of what happened not long ago.

Although the matter originated with him, he didn't care at all. After all, he wasn't the one who caused this outcome; it was Canghe himself who reacted too slowly and made mistakes in his response, which led to the current result.

Therefore, Li Zhirui didn't take it seriously at all. The situation in Cangye Immortal City was none of his business. He left the Immortal City directly and flew towards the territory of the Yuanling Clan.

Along the way, he encountered many cultivators, each with different realms and cultivation levels. Judging from the direction they came from, they must have all come from other places.

"Fellow Daoist, you have come to the Yuanling Domain alone. If you don't mind, why don't we join forces and act together? It would be safer that way. If we gain anything, we can share it according to our contributions." A group of four suddenly appeared in front of him, extending an invitation with apparent sincerity.

Judging from their cultivation levels, each of them possesses the cultivation of a Human Immortal, with the weakest being at the mid-stage of Human Immortal and the strongest at the peak of Human Immortal.

In the Yuanling Domain, this level of strength can barely be considered upper-middle level.

For some unknown reason, they had their eyes on Li Zhirui, and these people made no attempt to hide their malice, as if they had already got him cornered.

Even he himself was puzzled, not understanding why these cultivators had targeted him. Was it because his 'displayed' strength was too weak? Did it make them think he was someone they could bully?
"Ha ha……"

Thinking of this, Li Zhirui couldn't help but chuckle and said, "If you want to fool me, you should at least put on a little pretense, right?"

"Do you think I'm so stupid that I can be manipulated by you without even realizing the problem?"

"Since you've figured it out, we won't waste any more words. Hand over all your spiritual items, and we'll spare your life," one of the immortals warned in his final statement.

"okay."

Li Zhirui said impatiently, "You can all come at me at once, don't waste time."

"How brave!"

"Since you don't want this chance to live, then let us see the source of your arrogance."

Before he could finish speaking, the four immortal cultivators launched an attack and surrounded him, giving him no chance to escape.

But the next moment, the situation they thought they could easily defeat did not occur; instead, they encountered difficulties that they could not solve.

Li Zhirui simply forced four vines to grow, and easily overwhelmed his opponents, forcing them into a retreat. They were no match for him.

In a short while, the four of them were in a very sorry state. The worst off one was covered in wounds and would probably die soon.

Only then did they realize they had really messed up!
The person in front of them was not a human immortal cultivator at all, but a powerful being who had concealed his cultivation level.

"Senior, we have been far too rude and offended you. We are willing to offer all our spiritual treasures, just to ask that you spare the lives of my four brothers."

“I will kill you all, and those spirits will still belong to me.”

Li Zhirui's meaning was simple: he couldn't save his life with just these spiritual items; he had to be given conditions that satisfied him.

But in reality, this was just a way to bluff them and see if they had any other treasures or opportunities.

He didn't have high expectations for it.

Unexpectedly, one of them actually produced a chance discovery that they themselves lacked the ability to obtain.

“Senior, I have a treasure map, but the location of that treasure is not only protected by a powerful array, but also by several terrifying puppets. We have never been able to get there, so we don’t know what’s in that ruin.”

The strongest of the peak-level Immortals said, "With your strength, you should be able to obtain the treasures in the ruins."

"We are willing to offer this treasure map, along with all our spiritual treasures, to beg you, senior, to show mercy and spare the lives of my four brothers."

Li Zhirui raised an eyebrow. He hadn't expected the other party to actually have such an opportunity. After considering it for a moment, he decided to let them go.

Killing four immortal beings would not bring him any benefit; on the contrary, it would only bring him more karma. Therefore, it would be good enough for him to gain more benefits without killing.

"You're lucky."

As he spoke, he used his divine sense to directly capture their storage magic treasures and found the treasure map they had mentioned.

This map is very detailed and accurately marks the location of the ruins. Even if Li Zhirui were an extraterrestrial being, he could easily find them by following the map.

After checking briefly and finding no problems, he flew away.

Only these four cultivators remained, who not only gained nothing but also ended up badly injured and lost all the spiritual items they had accumulated.

"Brother, what should we do now?"

It is foreseeable that without those spiritual objects, their path of cultivation will become exceptionally difficult.

"We are no match for that man, but that doesn't mean there's no one else who can match him..."

The peak-stage Human Immortal's eyes gleamed with a sharp light, as if he had already devised a very vicious plan. He said in a sinister tone, "Return to the Immortal City immediately and spread the word about the location of the ruins to attract other cultivators. Even if we can't eliminate him directly, at least we won't let him get all the treasures in the ruins by himself."

"That's a great idea! Even if we can't get it, we absolutely can't let him have it all!"

"We shouldn't all return to Cangming Immortal City. Let's split up and spread the word about the surrounding immortal cities. That will definitely attract a lot of cultivators."

"it is good!"

The others readily agreed.

"I hope he eventually dies in the ruins!"

These people harbored deep resentment towards Li Zhirui. They devised all sorts of schemes and devised various ways to hinder him in just a few words, venting their purest hatred and even uttering vicious curses.

"Then take action!"

The four of them immediately separated on the spot and flew towards different immortal cities, not even caring about the injuries they had sustained from their earlier fight, as long as they were sure that the injuries would not worsen.

Before long, one of them arrived at the nearest Cangming Immortal City.

If possible, he wouldn't reveal the location of the ruins directly, because that would be too abrupt and easily make people think it's a trap!
But in order to spread the news as quickly as possible, he no longer cared about these things and directly scattered jade slips and sound transmission talismans all over the city to let a large number of cultivators know as quickly as possible, as long as he could hide his identity.

In fact, they had already done this. On their way back to the Immortal City, they left behind a large number of jade slips and talismans, hoping that cultivators along the way would find them and get there faster.

To prevent cultivators from arriving too late and all the spiritual items in the ruins from being taken away.

In no time, the matter of the ruins became a hot topic and caused a great uproar throughout the city.

"Do you think the relics marked on that suddenly appearing jade slip are real or fake?"

"I feel this is more like a trap, designed to lure a large number of cultivators there with the ruins. I just don't know the mastermind's purpose or what the follow-up plans are."

"Then we won't go and join in the fun."

"What if the ruins are real, and really contain many precious spiritual items as described in the jade slip? If we don't go, wouldn't we be missing out on this opportunity?"

"This……"

Upon hearing this, the others became visibly hesitant. If the ruins truly contained a large number of spiritual treasures, as described in the jade slip, they would miss out on them entirely if they didn't go. "Should we go and take a look? If it's a trap, we'll know to retreat, and it'll just be a waste of time traveling. But if it's real, we'll be rich."

"Let's go then, let's not waste any more time."

Many cultivators followed the map to find the ruins with this idea in mind.

And it wasn't just some low-level cultivators who knew about it; some Earth Immortals and Heaven Immortals also knew about it. Some chose to go and see, while others scoffed at it.

The four Immortal cultivators were overjoyed to see so many cultivators taking action, especially the one who was the most seriously injured, who seemed to have already foreseen Li Zhirui's miserable end.

……

Li Zhirui, who was rushing towards the site of the ruins, was unaware that a conspiracy specifically targeting him was rapidly being woven and formed.

Because the map was marked very accurately, he didn't waste much time on the road and easily found the location of the ruins.

"This is it."

As he spoke, he attacked the seemingly ordinary land in front of him.

click-

Immediately afterwards, a cracking sound rang out, accompanied by a large number of stones falling, and the original ground was directly turned into a dark cave.

These were actually added by the four cultivators later, to prevent the ruins from being leaked and discovered by other cultivators.

Their methods of concealing the ruins are quite good; they haven't been discovered for so many years. They're just waiting for one of them to make a further step, and maybe then they'll be able to get the treasures from the ruins.

Unfortunately, they were unlucky and ended up running into Li Zhirui. All their efforts and preparations were in vain and fell into the hands of others.

After the cave appeared, he didn't hesitate or waver, and immediately flew inside.

After flying through a dark passage, Li Zhirui finally saw the true appearance of the ruins.

A vast, empty underground cavern, seemingly without end, was shrouded in a thick layer of yellow spiritual light.

This doesn't look like a cultivator's cave dwelling; it's more like the territory of some powerful force, which ended up looking like this due to some unknown accident.

Of course, Li Zhirui didn't come to investigate the formation process of the ruins, but to search for treasures.

So the first thing he did was to take direct action to break the defensive formation.

With a loud thud, a huge handprint appeared on the yellow aura, causing a violent tremor, but it did not break.

"Huh? This formation is something!"

This result piqued Li Zhirui's curiosity.

Although he hadn't used all his strength to destroy the defensive array, he was still somewhat surprised that he hadn't broken it. The defensive array was of a high grade.

He then became serious and focused, and attacked the formation again, finally managing to solve the problem of the defensive formation.

click-

With a loud bang, the defensive formation shattered.

"Unauthorized intruders have entered! Eliminate them!"

But the next moment, a new problem arose.

Several puppets suddenly activated, standing up like small mountains. Despite their seemingly clumsy bodies, they nimbly rushed towards Li Zhirui.

He didn't take these puppets seriously at all; they were just a group of puppets with strength comparable to the early stage of Earth Immortals. They had no intelligence and could only act according to predetermined programs.

With his abilities, he could overcome all the obstacles he knew of so far with just a little effort.

The puppets that were attacking Li Zhirui were suddenly entangled by vines. Although they were just a few thin vines, they made them completely unable to move.

"Ok?"

Just as he was preparing to take a further step and completely subdue these puppets, he suddenly heard a sound coming from outside.

"Is this the ruins marked on the jade slip?"

"That's right! This is the place, but it seems that some cultivators have already gone in."

"be careful."

In a short while, Li Zhirui saw the figures of these cultivators.

"Who are you!"

The group was startled by him, but then they realized he was just a human immortal cultivator. They breathed a sigh of relief and shouted, "Get out of here! We've taken over this place, or don't blame us for being ruthless!"

How did you find this place?

But Li Zhirui didn't care about their threats at all and asked indifferently.

"none of your business!"

"Uh uh uh……"

But in the next instant, these people were hoisted up by vines and struggled frantically in mid-air.

Feeling their lives rapidly slipping away, they finally realized that the person they were facing was not a human immortal cultivator at all.

"I'll talk, I'll talk, please put me down."

With a thud, the group crashed heavily to the ground, gasping for breath.

"How did you find this place?"

"We found this jade talisman by chance on the road. It marked this place, so we rushed over here on a whim."

But to my surprise, it was actually true!

Unfortunately, a powerful individual arrived a step ahead of them, leaving them in such a sorry state.

Are there many jade talismans?

"There should be a lot. We found several jade talismans on our way back."

Li Zhirui's originally indifferent expression instantly turned gloomy. Now that things have come to this, how could he still not understand what was going on?

It must be that the four cultivators who were unwilling to let him obtain the treasures in the ruins, so they used this method to retaliate against him and vent their hatred and resentment.

This was something he hadn't anticipated at all. (End of Chapter)