Family Cultivation: Evergreen of the Song Family

"Fellow Daoist Zixu, do you need my assistance?"

"Please sit for a moment, Master. I will be right back!"

Song Changsheng's voice, mingled with the raging wind and snow, drifted into Master Gu Hong's ears, who had already completely merged into the boundless night...

The blizzard came very suddenly, and the cultivation world of the Great Qi was covered by snow almost instantly. The Great Qi cultivation world had not encountered such a snow disaster for many years.

Fortunately, the Song clan's mortal members had already moved to the Cangmang Small World; otherwise, countless unprepared mortals would have frozen to death in this sudden cold wave.

In stark contrast to the bitter cold outside was the alchemy room at the Five Finger Peak, the headquarters of the Sky-Piercing Sect.

The terrifying temperature of the earth fire almost distorted the air itself, and the blazing flames turned the towering Heavenly Fire Cauldron a deep red. Lingmou sat cross-legged in front of the cauldron, meticulously adding the ingredients one by one into the Heavenly Fire Cauldron.

As the heavy lid of the cauldron was lifted, a bloodthirsty aura surged into the sky, forming a ferocious-looking blood dragon in the air.

"Roar--"

With a long howl, the cabinets displaying spiritual herbs in the alchemy room were blown about and tilted.

Lingmou frowned slightly, and with a palm strike, the blood dragon let out a mournful howl and fell back into the cauldron.

"Grumpy"

The cauldron was filled with a thick, scarlet liquid, which was bubbling rapidly under the scorching heat of the earth fire. Various strangely shaped medicinal herbs could be vaguely seen floating and sinking inside.

If you look more closely, you can also see that its surface is shrouded in a faint layer of seven-colored light, which is a strange phenomenon formed after the pure energy of heaven and earth is drawn in.

The pure qi of heaven and earth, the blood of the heart, and the [Subduing Dragon Vine] are the three main ingredients for refining the [Six-Turn Heaven-Shattering Pill].

She had failed countless times in her efforts to refine this batch of pills. This time, she was determined to burn her bridges and risked exposure by searching for 60,000 boys and girls, making an unprecedented investment.

The reason she was so decisive was mainly because the threat she faced was getting stronger and stronger.

During this period, she could clearly sense that the number of spies monitoring the Qingtian Sect was gradually increasing. Among them were people from the Jinwu Sect, people from Luoxia City, and even people from the Song Clan and the Tianmai Sect.

This means that several major powers have become suspicious of her.

She didn't know where she had slipped up, but she was certain that time was running out for her.

She used young boys and girls as bait. No matter how careful she was, the sheer number of them would inevitably leave traces, and exposure was only a matter of time.

The overall strength of the cultivation world in the Great Qi is now unprecedentedly strong; without reaching the Nascent Soul stage, there is simply no way to contend with it.

We must refine the Six-Turn Heaven-Shattering Pill as soon as possible and leave this place of trouble.

"Almost there...almost there, we'll definitely succeed this time." A cold, eerie light flickered in Ling's eyes.

Having failed so many times, she has already learned from her mistakes, and so far, everything is going very smoothly.

While she was focused on refining the elixir, danger was already creeping in...

Song Changsheng traversed several prefectures in less than an hour, passing through the Golden Crow Sect without alerting Chen Zhongfang and his group.

The Heavenly Fire Cauldron is of utmost importance; he must seize the absolute initiative, as allowing others to participate will only create unforeseen complications.

In the entire Great Qi, besides the Song family, only Mu Guibai knew about this operation.

However, he did not directly participate. Instead, he stayed in the southwest to guard against possible changes. After all, the Song family was currently very weak, and apart from Master Gu Hong, they had almost no decent cultivators.

Concealing his presence, Song Changsheng arrived above the Qingtian Sect, but did not rush to make a move.

Lingmou is exceptionally gifted in the field of spatial laws, and his previous escapes were all done without anyone noticing.

If she escapes again this time, there's no chance we'll ever find her again, no matter how vast the world is.

"Master, what should we do next?" Hua Yan asked softly.

"Each of you find a place to ambush and surround Five Finger Peak. Once the battle begins, not even a fly can be spared."

"Remember, we are facing a very fierce and cunning opponent. Although she may not be able to spare much energy right now, we cannot be careless. Do not get too close. No one is allowed to make a move without my order!" Song Changsheng warned in a deep voice.

"As ordered."

Hua Yan, Song Qingxi, and the others immediately scattered and lay in ambush in different locations, forming an invisible net.

After everyone was in place, Song Changsheng waved his sleeve and threw out a series of triangular array flags, numbering in the hundreds.

During the battle in the cultivation world of Lu Kingdom, he also set up a spatial blockade, which almost wiped out the high-level members of the Haoran Alliance. However, when they interrogated the prisoners, they learned that Yu Dongyang, who had fought with him many times, had also appeared before the battle.

But they had never seen this person before.

This means that Yu Dongyang broke through the spatial blockade he had set up without their knowledge and escaped unnoticed.

Given Yu Dongyang's strength, it's absolutely impossible for him to have this ability; it can only be the Spirit Eye.

This is also the main reason why Song Changsheng firmly believes that Lingmou is not dead. Someone like her would never give up the chance to live to someone else, not even her own disciple.

Lessons from the past should guide future actions.

Knowing that Lingmou possessed special abilities in this area, he naturally took precautions.

These flags were specially crafted for this purpose, each incorporating rare fourth-tier [Void Stone]. He spared no expense for this battle.

By using these flags as nodes to set up spatial blockades, the spatial barrier can be distorted on its original basis.

Within this range, neither spatial teleportation arrays nor any other spatial passages will function. Unless one is a Nascent Soul True Monarch who can tear space apart with absolute power, there is no other way to escape.

Song Changsheng concealed himself and moved around various locations on Five Finger Peak, merging array flags into the void, and then using spatial power to connect them together, forming a powerful spatial blockade.

Until he finished doing all this, no one in the Qingtian Sect noticed anything amiss.

"call……"

"This blizzard came way too suddenly. If it weren't for my spiritual energy protecting me, I really wouldn't have been able to withstand it." On Five Fingers Peak, a cultivator from the Qingtian Sect who was on guard duty rubbed his hands together and breathed out a puff of hot air.

"Yes, thankfully all those children were sent up the mountain yesterday, otherwise, with this snow, I don't know how many people would have died on the way." "Sect Master is so kind. We never had these conditions before. We entered the cultivation world completely clueless and struggled all the way. We've only survived this long because of good luck."

"I wonder when the sect leader will break through and become that lofty Golden Core True Person, so we can also experience the thrill of being disciples of a major power."

In the midst of their casual conversation, one of the cultivators suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Hey, why has it suddenly started raining?"

The other cultivators looked up upon hearing this and discovered that the sky had turned into a light drizzle. Strangely, this phenomenon only occurred at Five Finger Peak, while outside the mountain, heavy snow continued to fall.

Just as they were completely baffled, a scorching heat suddenly came from above, and a bright light dispelled the darkness of the night. A huge three-legged golden crow flapped its wings and swooped down.

Their eyes widened instantly, and they shouted, "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"Om..."

The protective array of the Qingtian Sect was activated instantly, and layers of diamond-shaped shields unfolded in the air, forming a tight defense.

In order not to arouse the suspicion of the Golden Crow Sect, the defensive array of the Qingtian Sect has always been only of the fourth-order superior grade. After all, Bingzhou is a resource-poor place, and Qingtian, as the founder, is outwardly a rogue cultivator, so there are simply not many resources to use.

Let alone a fourth-order high-grade defensive array, even a fourth-order top-grade one would be no match for his full-force attack, and would shatter after only a moment.

With the Night-Shining Divine Bird above his head and the Tai Chi Bagua diagram beneath his feet, Song Changsheng descended directly onto Five Finger Peak, roaring, "Spirit Eye, get out here!"

His voice was imbued with magical power, each word like a thunderclap, making the cultivators of the Sky-Piercing Sect below dizzy.

Many cultivators from the Qingtian Sect attended Zhuang Yuechan's Golden Core Ceremony last time, so they were familiar with Song Changsheng's appearance. However, they were all stunned and stood there at a loss for what to do when the other party suddenly showed up at their door.

"boom……"

The alchemy room located on the back mountain suddenly exploded, and a white stream of light shot straight into the sky, but after reaching a certain height, it crashed directly into an invisible barrier.

Lingmou revealed herself somewhat disheveled, and with a quick glance, she discovered the "net of heaven and earth" that Song Changsheng had laid out in the air, a hint of shock flashing in her eyes.

The moment Song Changsheng launched his attack, she immediately tried to use the same trick again, intending to move through the pre-prepared escape route, but the surrounding spatial barriers were distorted, and the route could not be opened at all.

Then she tried to break through the blockade using the spatial treasure in her hand, but unexpectedly, she also suffered a crushing defeat. Song Changsheng's mastery of the [Spatial Laws] was almost at the level of "Tao," nearly on par with hers.

When they last clashed, Song Changsheng's spatial mastery was still some distance behind hers. In just a few years, she has reached this level, which is simply terrifying.

"You've escaped time and time again. Do you think I wasn't prepared?" Song Changsheng's eyes flashed like lightning, his killing intent completely blocking Lingmou's escape route.

Lingmou glanced around but didn't see any other Golden Core cultivators. She raised an eyebrow and asked, "Just you?"

"Enough with the nonsense! Today's battle is either you or me!"

With a roar, Song Changsheng's Tai Chi Bagua diagram rapidly expanded beneath his feet, and the Yin and Yang energies swept down, enveloping the entire Five Finger Peak. The Night-Shining Divine Bird above his head burst forth with intense light, and the snowflakes within a hundred miles were instantly vaporized by the high temperature.

"If Shi Potian and Chen Zhongfang had attacked together, I would have been afraid of you. I never expected you to come alone. Ignorance is bliss. Today, I will take your heart's blood as a medicinal ingredient!" Ling's eyes were cold, but endless anger was rising in her heart.

She was just a hair's breadth away from fulfilling her long-cherished wish of refining the Six-Turn Heaven-Shattering Pill, but unexpectedly, it was destroyed at the crucial moment, and all her years of hard work was ruined!
"Great Divine Power [World in the Palm of Your Hand]"

With a flick of her palm, faint ripples appeared in the void behind Lingmou. Five flawless, slender fingers spread slightly and slammed down in the direction of Song Changsheng.

As the laws of space surged, the jade hand rapidly magnified in everyone's pupils, as if it were about to cover the entire sky.

With her first move, her true cultivation level was revealed.

"As expected, she is at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage!" Song Changsheng was already prepared. He shook his arms, and the [Tai Chi Bagua Diagram] slowly pressed down to meet the jade hand head-on.

"boom--"

The surrounding area trembled, and as the shockwave swept through, the thick dark clouds in the sky were swept away. Many cultivators of the Sky-Piercing Sect were affected, and blood oozed from their ears and noses.

It was only then that they realized just how powerful their sect leader was, that he was actually able to fight head-on against the renowned Master Zixu.

"【Radiating Light in All Directions】"

The [Night-Shining Divine Bird] above his head spun rapidly, and a lifelike three-legged golden crow appeared in the air, bursting out with dazzling light and astonishing heat.

The thick layer of ice and snow that had accumulated on Five Finger Peak melted away instantly at that moment.

"Om..."

At the same moment the golden crow swooped down, a faint blue light flashed in the eyes of the spirit, and the golden crow was frozen in place by an invisible force.

Accompanied by a series of teeth-grinding "crackling" sounds, the spatial barrier surrounding the Golden Crow was continuously folded, and the Golden Crow twisted at a speed visible to the naked eye before finally shattering with a roar.

"Boom"

"Snapped"

The lightning bolt struck down from the sky like a steel whip, but Lingmou flashed and flicked a spatial blade to deflect it.

Song Changsheng raised an eyebrow and clenched his right hand tightly. The power of the laws surged in from all directions like a tide, and he poured it all into the [Tai Chi Bagua Diagram]. The two poles burst forth with powerful Yin and Yang forces, forcibly dragging the Spirit Eye into the Dao Law Domain that he had carefully constructed.

Within this domain of Dao principles, apart from the power of Yin and Yang, all other Dao powers are greatly weakened, and the [Law of Space] that the Spirit Eye relies on is no exception.

"【The Domain of Dao】, you've actually reached this level?" A hint of shock flashed in Ling's eyes.

With a wave of her hand, she summoned a palm-sized glass mirror, which turned out to be a supreme treasure of the laws. The power of space rippled out like water, completely resisting the vast power of yin and yang, and for a moment, they were evenly matched.

Just as the two were locked in a struggle, Yu Dongyang below suddenly realized that this was a perfect opportunity to escape. He avoided everyone's eyes and ears and fled from Five Finger Peak as quickly as possible.

Just when he thought he was about to escape, he was met with Song Changsheng's spatial blockade.

"Bastard!"

He cursed under his breath, took out a yellowed talisman from his pocket, and was about to force a breakthrough when he felt a gust of cold wind rush towards him, as if it would freeze his soul.

"who!"

Hua Yan's figure slowly emerged from the darkness, calmly gazing at him and saying, "You are Yu Dongyang?"

...(End of chapter)