Rebuild the Xiuxian Family

"Because of these cultivators, our clansmen have suffered heavy casualties. Naturally, we must kill them all to avenge our clansmen!" An elder said, his face filled with hatred and his eyes bloodshot.

"That's right! If they hadn't started the war, so many of our people wouldn't have died."

"Kill them!"

……

Many of the tribesmen spoke up, their eyes flashing with hatred, because in the recent great battle, some of their close relatives had died at the hands of the enemy.

The clan leader, who had remained silent, frowned slightly, because he did not intend to do so. The reason was simple: the Li family could not bear such a huge karmic burden.

In addition, if all these tens of thousands of cultivators are killed, then the Li family and forces such as Dongyuan Sect and Baiyun Sect will truly become mortal enemies!
Although relations between the two sides had already reached a freezing point after this battle, there is still some room for easing tensions.

However, if the Li family kills all of these cultivators, then whether it's to appease their disciples or to save face, the other side will definitely organize another army of cultivators to attack the Li family!
This is definitely not good news for the Li family, who have just experienced a major battle.

However, seeing the intense and angry emotions of the elders and clansmen...

The clan leader also knew that if he said he would let the group of cultivators go, it would be like adding fuel to the fire. Not only would it not appease the crowd, but it would also make their reaction even more violent.

Seeing that he hadn't spoken, the other tribesmen all turned to look at him.

Those gazes were filled with anger, stares, and a kind of eerie stillness that instilled fear!
"Kill all enemies whose hands are stained with the blood of their people! Other cultivators will need the forces behind them to pay a corresponding price in order to redeem them!"

After a moment of contemplation, the clan chief ultimately chose a compromise.

This would appease the clansmen without turning the family and those celestial forces into irreconcilable enemies.

Even so, some members of the tribe were still not satisfied with his plan.

Fortunately, there were many reasonable elders who knew that this was the best solution.

“I think the method proposed by the clan chief is very good. It can avenge the dead clansmen without causing the clan to be tainted by too much karma and karmic burden.”

They didn't say anything to leave room for reconciliation with forces like the Dongyuan Sect, because if they did, they wouldn't gain the approval of their angry clansmen; instead, it would ignite even greater anger!

With the support of many elders and their efforts to explain, the tribespeople gradually calmed down.

But this scene made Jiang Fengwu, who was watching from the side, frown slightly. It seemed that the clan leader's prestige and authority had declined considerably.

She wondered if this had become a common practice in the Li family, or if it was because this patriarch, whom she didn't know, was mild-mannered and not assertive enough, that allowed the elders to seize the opportunity to increase their power.

However, she had no intention of getting involved in the matter.

Ultimately, Jiang Fengwu's surname is 'Jiang', not 'Li'!
When Li Zhirui was still in the family, there was a bond between her and the Li family, but now that bond is gone.

Therefore, to the Li family, she is more like a close guest elder than a member of the clan with whom they share a blood bond.

Therefore, Jiang Fengwu naturally wouldn't get involved in such 'family matters'.

At most, it was out of a sense of obligation to Li Zhirui that he told Qingxuan, Qingpeng, and others about this matter, asking them to find a way to resolve it.

Just as she was deep in thought, the clan leader came before her, bowed respectfully, and said, "Ancestor Jiang! Ancestors Qingxuan and others are currently engaged in a great battle with Celestial Immortal cultivators deep in the starry sky. We request that you go and provide support."

"No wonder!"

A look of realization flashed across Jiang Fengwu's face. No wonder she hadn't seen any Celestial Immortal cultivators from her family. She had thought something had happened, but it turned out they were on another battlefield.

"I see."

Before she finished speaking, she vanished in a ray of light.

"With Elder Jiang taking action, the great battle will soon be over!" an elder said confidently.

Not only him, but the other clansmen also had great confidence in Jiang Fengwu's strength!
This confidence stemmed from the grand formation she had just set up.

A formation capable of trapping tens of thousands of cultivators—this is a feat that ordinary cultivators could never accomplish.

Moreover, apart from Qingxuan fighting two opponents at once, the other celestial immortals only had one opponent each.

With Jiang Fengwu's arrival, the situation on the battlefield will change instantly!
The outcome can be decided quickly.

as predicted!

In less than an hour, Qingxuan, Li Yunran, and the other celestial beings all returned to Wanxian Mountain.

During this time, after a heated discussion, the clan leader and other elders agreed on how much ransom their respective factions should pay to redeem the cultivators, based on their different realms and cultivation levels.

At the same time, they also used secret techniques and interrogated their companions to confirm that those cultivators had the blood of the Li family on their hands.

However, the number of cultivators in this group is actually not large!
While the number of casualties in the Li family appears to be substantial, estimated at three or four thousand, the actual number is not that large.

You must understand, this is a massive battle involving hundreds of thousands of cultivators!
The Li family suffered only a mere three or four thousand casualties, with injured members accounting for 60% of the total.

In other words, only a little over a thousand people actually perished.

In a normal, large-scale war, this would be unbelievable, even a fantasy.

The number of casualties was relatively small, and many cultivators had already died in the battle.

Therefore, among these prisoners, the number of cultivators whose hands were stained with the blood of the Li family members was not large, less than two thousand.

Moreover, the number of cultivators to be killed was distributed among the six forces, making it even smaller, practically negligible.

……

On another note!

Qingxuan, Jiang Fengwu, and other celestial immortals had no objections to the ransom amount agreed upon by the clan leader and elders for each level of cultivator.

“This is a good approach.” Qingxuan nodded in agreement.

This not only vented the anger of the clansmen, but also maintained the dignity and face of the family, and left room for reconciliation with those forces.

Finally, they even obtained a large amount of resources from those six forces by taking prisoners and ransoming them!
This can be described as killing four birds with one stone!
Moreover, this 'compensation' would be a very large sum, perhaps enough to make up for the resources the Li family had consumed in the previous war, as well as the loss of their clansmen, and could very well exceed that amount.

Although this idea is somewhat cold-blooded, treating the clansmen like commodities, it is the reality. The Li family would naturally not send any of its own members to inform the Dongyuan Sect, Baiyun Sect, or other forces about the redemption mechanism. What if someone became enraged, or if they were ambushed? Wouldn't that mean the needless loss of clansmen's lives?

So in the end, each faction selected two cultivators to return to their sect or clan territory and bring back jade slips that recorded each realm, the amount of ransom required, and how many cultivators were still alive. They were to see if their elders, clan leaders, or sect leaders were willing to ransom them.

"Don't worry, if they are unwilling to redeem you, we will not kill you all without reason."

The clan chief smiled, but his tone was as cold as winter as he said, "From now on, you will become the clan's servants, and you will have to work and serve the clan for the rest of your lives!"

Although he was unwilling to clash with various parties, he was not a soft-hearted person. How could he possibly let the tiger return to the mountain?
Besides, it will be their own faction that abandons them first.

Those cultivators still trapped in the great formation felt a tremor in their hearts and prayed almost devoutly, hoping they would not be abandoned.

The two celestial beings remained unmoved, because they knew in their hearts that no matter what, their families/sects would not abandon them.

After all, a Celestial Immortal cultivator cannot be improved or enhanced by resources.

……

Perhaps because they had regained their freedom, or perhaps to escape that dangerous place, the dozen or so cultivators released by the Li family flew back to their own mountain gates/clan territories at top speed.

"How did you manage to escape back?"

But what awaited them was not warm greetings, but cold, merciless questioning and suspicion!
Because before them, celestial cultivators had already returned, bringing back extremely bad news.

The sudden return of Jiang Fengwu, the formation master from the Li family, caused their joint operation to fail completely.

They were able to escape from space using their own strength, but the younger generation and fellow disciples might not be so lucky.

He has most likely been imprisoned by the Li family!

As a result, less than a day after that celestial being spoke, two of his disciples returned.

This made them suspicious.

"The Li family let us come back, and at the same time gave us a task..."

These two cultivators were merely human immortals, yet they were now facing a joint interrogation by more than a dozen celestial and earth immortals.

"What mission!"

The cultivator, somewhat frightened, took out the jade slip from his storage magic treasure and said, "The Li family only killed the cultivators who had the lives of Li family members in their hands; the others were merely prisoners..."

"If you want these fellow disciples to return safely, you will need to pay the corresponding ransom."

Then, he handed over the jade slip.

boom!
The next instant, an expensive teacup was smashed heavily to the ground.

"The Li family!"

A furious roar echoed through the hall.

These sect leaders and elders, who were once high and mighty, now showed a hint of humiliation and deep frustration on their faces.

They never imagined that the combined forces of six Celestial Immortal factions, along with an army of 100,000 cultivators, would fail to break through the Li family's protective mountain formation and inflict significant casualties.

Moreover, they managed to hold out until Jiang Fengwu's return, and because of her appearance, the situation changed dramatically, and they lost directly, and many of their disciples were captured.

How could they possibly not rescue these captured disciples?!
If they really dare to defy the odds and turn a blind eye to these disciples, pretending not to know they exist, what will the other disciples in the sect think?

This will definitely cause a large number of disciples to lose their sense of belonging to the sect!
This kind of thing is invisible and intangible in normal times, and it doesn't play much of a role. But when a crisis strikes, whether or not a force has a sense of belonging and cohesion will greatly affect its life and death.

So even though the ransom demanded by the Li family was high, they still had to grit their teeth and try every means to raise the spirit stones, and send an elder as soon as possible to redeem their disciples.

Not only the Dongyuan Sect, but several other forces made the same decision after being enraged.

As a result, in the following days, the number of cultivators trapped in the great formation decreased rapidly.

As a result, the Li family obtained an extremely rich and precious spiritual item!

There was no need for a detailed inventory; it was clear that this could completely compensate for all the losses the Li family had suffered in this great battle.

Several more days passed, and there were still more than four thousand cultivators of different levels of cultivation in the great formation outside Wanxian Mountain.

"It seems you have been abandoned by your own sect." The clan leader looked at them with a hint of pity.

I couldn't help but think to myself, 'The world is so vast and full of wonders!'

Surprisingly, there really are some bizarre sects that ignore their captured disciples, showing no concern for them, no intention of redeeming them, and leaving them to be disposed of by the Li family.

Hearing this, the cultivators who were still holding on were like the last straw that broke the camel's back, instantly crushing their spirits.

"Why! Why!"

"I've risked my life for the sect and sacrificed so much, why are you abandoning me!"

For a moment, the group of cultivators seemed to have gone mad, wailing incessantly.

But gradually, they accepted this cold, cruel truth.

But now, they are like empty shells, their souls emptied out, with blank stares, some standing and some sitting.

The Li family patriarch couldn't help but feel a pang of pity, but he had no intention of letting them go. He quickly calmed down and said to the family members behind him, "Put a restriction on them."

Although the Li family is not the kind of beast-taming family with a hierarchical, master-servant system, they are still quite knowledgeable about the relevant methods and restrictions.

And aren't humans also a kind of 'beast'?
These cultivators, abandoned by their sects, did not resist the restrictions imposed by the Li family; they accepted them with utter despair.

As a result, the Li family suddenly gained more than four thousand controllable and commandable servants!
Not only do they all possess cultivation, but some are even powerful Earth Immortals.

With the addition of these servants, the Li family's strength increased dramatically, becoming three times stronger than before the great battle.

The sect leader who abandoned the group of cultivators soon realized just how outrageous his decision had been. (End of Chapter)