Family Cultivation: Evergreen of the Song Family

The sea area that Song Jingxiu circled on the nautical chart was none other than the sea area where the Heavenly-level Black Market where the White Deacon was located was situated.

There's nothing inherently wrong with that. Xu Miaoyin and Song Jingxiao are both only one step away from the Purple Mansion stage. The biggest obstacle to breaking through to the Purple Mansion stage is the inner demon tribulation.

To smoothly overcome the tribulation of inner demons, one must temper one's Dao heart. For those at this level, actual combat is the best way to hone their skills.

Therefore, during this period of time, they have been searching for the sea creatures that had been wandering aimlessly in the coastal waters after the previous great battle.

However, the black market is also the place where the Shadow Pavilion's spies have the strongest control. Xu Miaoyin's identity was most likely discovered by these spies. If True Monarch Youying already has this information, wouldn't he be walking into a trap?
With the whereabouts of True Lord Youying currently unknown, Xu Miaoyin remains in danger as long as he is not executed.

It's best to keep it with you...

At this moment, Song Jingxiao and Xu Miaoyin were completely unaware that danger was approaching.

They are currently annihilating a small group of scattered sea monsters with the help of the warships.

It's impossible for just the two of them to travel to such distant waters for training. In fact, this was a collective operation by the Twin Islands.

In this great war, the Twin Islands were among the regions that suffered the least damage, so there was no need to expend manpower on reconstruction. Now that the demonic calamity has subsided, a large number of mobile forces are available and can be used to quell unrest in other areas.

Of course, merits are calculated in all cases.

The small team that Xu Miaoyin belonged to was personally led by Song Youping, the current elder of the Spirit Insect Palace. It consisted of five ocean-going warships and one space warship, carrying over a thousand cultivators with cultivation levels above the late stage of Qi Refining, as well as more than ten Foundation Establishment cultivators. In the current coastal waters, it was considered a very formidable force.

Since setting off from the Twin Islands, they have already killed thousands of roaming sea monsters along the way, and Song Youping even personally killed a severely injured great monster.

This time, however, Song Youping did not make a move. Instead, he stayed on the warship and quietly observed, playing with a small porcelain bottle with blue and white decorations in his hand.

This was a sea creature that they suddenly encountered during their journey. The strongest of them were only a few second-tier sea monsters, which could be easily wiped out by their fleet. This kind of dangerous but controllable battle was the perfect opportunity to train young cultivators.

Of the thousands of people in the fleet, only about two-thirds were cultivators who had directly participated in the last great war. The rest were young people who had just broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining and did not have much practical combat experience.

The sea monster clans in the near-shore waters of the Great Qian cultivation world either perished with the defeat and destruction of the feudal lords like Kongsang Lifeng, or migrated to the distant seas. Once these remnants are wiped out, there will probably be no large-scale sea monster clans for a long time to come, and people will not be able to find a way to train.

His gaze mostly lingered on Xu Miaoyin and Song Jingxiao.

Leaving aside the Song family as a whole, in terms of the Twin Islands alone, they are arguably the two most competitive members of the younger generation.

In a small-scale battlefield like this, it would be a game-changer.

Having been tempered by countless bloody battles, Song Jingxiao has become more composed, but he is absolutely ruthless when facing his enemies.

He was born with superhuman strength, and after years of physical training, his power became even more terrifying; tearing sea monsters apart with his bare hands was a common occurrence for him.

In addition, he is a cultivator with a lightning spiritual root who excels in lightning magic. He cultivates both techniques and body, and is strong in both. It is difficult for ordinary sea monsters to last more than a quarter of an hour in his hands.

Swift as lightning, powerful as a mountain collapsing, each punch was like a thunderstorm, striking vital points directly; any siren below the second-tier top-grade realm would either die or be seriously injured.

Those with lower cultivation levels were even directly reduced to black charcoal in the lightning, creating an extremely powerful impact.

If Song Jingxiao's deterrent power was visible to the naked eye, then the deterrent power created by Xu Miaoyin on the other side of the battlefield was purely psychological.

Without her making any move, low-level sea monsters died in droves wherever she went, without leaving any wounds on their bodies.

She didn't even move her hand throughout the entire process; only the violently shaking waves beneath her feet revealed a hint of what was happening.

Seeing their companion die under mysterious circumstances, the surrounding sea monsters were all terrified.

The unknown is most likely to bring fear and anxiety.

Song Jingxiao specifically targets and attacks the second-tier monsters on the field, a precise and targeted approach.

Xu Miaoyin, on the other hand, engaged in indiscriminate killing.

With these two killers present, the battle was one-sided from the very beginning.

Song Youping wanted to call them back, but after thinking about it, he didn't say anything.

But for some reason, ever since he arrived in this sea area, the spirit insects he carried had become inexplicably restless, jumping around and difficult to soothe.

This happens either because they have entered an environment they dislike, or because they have sensed danger.

This sea area is in a relatively remote location, and no one knows what is hidden beneath the waves. It would be best to end the battle as soon as possible.

More than a thousand people followed him out, including Xu Miaoyin and Song Jingxiao, who had special identities. He had to be responsible for these people.

Inside the Spirit Insect Bag, the spirit insects living inside were like ants on a hot pan, becoming increasingly restless, and Song Youping became increasingly uneasy.

"Forget it, it's best to leave as soon as possible."

Having made up his mind, Song Youping immediately stopped looking around and left the deck in a flash.

This remnant of the sea tribe was not strong to begin with, and after being surrounded and annihilated, less than a third of them remained. When this Purple Mansion cultivator personally took action, it was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, and the battle was over in no time.

"Apart from the physical body of the second-tier sirens, ignore all other sirens' corpses and return to the warship as quickly as possible to prepare for evacuation."

Song Jingxiao, still covered in blood, returned to the warship's deck and asked with some confusion, "Elder, what happened?"

Song Youping shook his head and said, "It's nothing, but I have a feeling that something might happen. Let's leave as soon as possible. We've already gained enough this time."

Upon hearing this, Xu Miaoyin frowned and said, "Just now I felt like there was a pair of eyes watching me in the dark. I originally thought it was other sea monsters trying to take the opportunity to attack me, but after hearing what you said, I feel that things are not so simple."

Song Youping's expression changed instantly, and without any further hesitation, he said urgently, "Retreat immediately!"

Xu Miaoyin's identity is a secret within the Song Clan and the East China Sea Islands. Only a very small number of cultivators are authorized to know it, and as the head of a hall, he is naturally one of them.

Xu Miaoyin possesses exceptional talent in the realm of spiritual cultivation. Not only does her spiritual power far surpass that of cultivators at the same level, but her spiritual perception is also remarkably sharp, sometimes even surpassing that of Golden Core cultivators.

His unease stemmed from the spirit insect, and the spirit insect's restlessness could arise from many reasons; perhaps he was simply being overly sensitive.

But this kind of problem could never happen to Xu Miaoyin; she had already noticed it, so it's basically true.

Several warships scattered across the battlefield began to rapidly converge and head towards the nearest Ghost King Valley Islands.

The warship sped across the turbulent sea, but Song Youping's unease grew stronger.

Just then, a crack several meters long suddenly appeared in the sky above the warship.

Everyone's attention was focused on the surrounding sea, and they didn't notice what was happening. "Boom—"

A phantom hand of law emerged from the crack, blotting out the sky and the sun, its five fingers slightly bent, and it landed precisely on the warship where Xu Miaoyin was located.

The massive ocean warships looked like oversized toys under this illusory giant hand.

"Was the sun covered by clouds? Why did it suddenly get dark?"

The cultivators on the deck looked up in confusion, only to be terrified, feeling as if the blood in their bodies had stopped flowing.

"The warships have stopped!"

Someone shouted, and everyone realized that the warship, which had been moving at high speed, had stopped at some point. To be precise, the space around them had stopped flowing, and everything around them, except for them, had frozen in a certain moment.

Song Youping wanted to stand up and resist, but in the end he discovered in despair that he was unable to mobilize the magic power within his body.

"A Nascent Soul True Monarch! This is definitely a Nascent Soul True Monarch!" he cried out silently in his heart.

He never imagined that one day he would face an opponent of this caliber.

Song Jingxiao was also unwilling to die like this, but no matter how hard he struggled, it was all in vain.

The two sides are not evenly matched in terms of strength.

Even the two strongest individuals were unable to put up a fight, let alone the rest of the fleet.

Everyone could only watch helplessly as the massive hand of law descended.

Just as everyone closed their eyes and prepared to accept their fate, Xu Miaoyin suddenly heard a strong heartbeat.

She knew very well that it was her own heartbeat.

"Am I going to die?"

The aura of death enveloped her like a tidal wave.

Xu Yunhe, Xia Wanyun, Song Changsheng, Zhuang Yuechan...

A series of figures flashed through her mind, like a fleeting glance.

With each face she saw clearly, her fists clenched tighter. She still had so many important people to see and so many unfulfilled wishes. Was her life going to end so hastily?
"No!"

The moment that thought crossed her mind, she felt a sudden, intense pain in her head, as if it were about to explode.

In the Niwan Palace, the thing that had existed since her birth but remained untouchable burst forth with dazzling light.

From Song Jingxiao's and the others' perspective, Xu Miaoyin was radiating a dazzling light that stung their eyes.

The sealed space around them trembled violently, creating visible ripples.

An invisible force suddenly burst forth from between her brows, and to everyone's astonishment, it directly cleaved the descending law-based hand in two.

The moment the great hand of law dissipated, the sealed space was instantly restored to its original state, and the warship began to sail again.

Xu Miaoyin felt a sudden dizziness before her eyes, and with a "bang," she collapsed onto the deck, losing consciousness.

"Wonderful sound!"

Song Youping was shocked and quickly prepared to go forward to check.

But before he could make a move, the same force returned, freezing his body in place.

The Shadow True Monarch, hidden within the spatial rift, revealed himself, standing on the void, looking down at Xu Miaoyin, who lay on the deck, pale-faced and sweating profusely, his expression shifting uncertainly.

He raised his right hand, revealing a two-inch-long bloodstain on his palm, from which a single, glaring drop of blood oozed.

Xu Miaoyin's counterattack not only neutralized his supernatural power, but also affected his physical body. This was the first time he had ever seen such a bizarre situation.

Such a small wound, under normal circumstances, could be completely healed with a single thought.

But this time, a strange force remained on the wound, preventing it from healing.

"A mere Foundation Establishment cultivator actually possesses such a treasure for self-defense?"

A sense of apprehension welled up in the heart of True Monarch Youying.

According to the intelligence he possessed, Xu Yunhe was merely a rogue cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage, and it was impossible for him to have left behind such a treasure.

Then it's even less likely that Xia Wanyun possessed such a treasure. Although she had the rare Yin-Yang Phoenix Body, she had been kept as a furnace for years and her cultivation had even been destroyed. If she had such a treasure, how could she have been chased so badly by several Purple Mansion cultivators?
"Could there be someone else behind her?"

The person who could produce such a treasure was definitely not an ordinary person. Even Song Changsheng, who was mentioned many times in the intelligence, could not have done it. It was very likely that he was a Nascent Soul level expert.

The expression on True Monarch Youying's face changed drastically, and for the first time, he hesitated.

If the attack continues, the treasure might resist even more fiercely to protect its master, and then it would probably be more than just a "bloodstain".

Even if you succeed, you might offend a supreme being.

But he was somewhat unwilling to let her go like that.

But he was a man who had weathered countless storms, and he quickly made his decision: "Kill!"

Since they're all enemies anyway, keeping them around is just a threat. If we can seize that treasure, what does it matter if we have to flee for our lives?

"boom--"

Just as he was about to wipe the fleet below out of the sea, the sky above suddenly changed color, the clear sky was covered by continuous dark clouds, and a bolt of blue lightning thicker than an adult's arm suddenly struck down.

Sensing the power contained within the lightning, True Monarch Youying's eyes changed slightly. In a flash, he disappeared from his original spot and appeared a thousand miles away in the next moment. Looking at the churning dark clouds, he asked sharply, "Who goes there!"

"boom--"

His response was met with an even more devastating thunderbolt...

...(End of this chapter)