Family Cultivation: Evergreen of the Song Family

Although the battle between Song Changsheng and Lingmou was intense, it only lasted for a little over half an hour.

The fight didn't last long, but he used three supreme treasures of the laws and unleashed all his supernatural powers and secret techniques to defeat him. This was the first time he had encountered such a powerful opponent since planting the Tree of the Great Dao.

Besides the fact that the glass mirror with spatial attributes was highly compatible with her spiritual eyes, she also possessed extraordinary spatial talent; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to sustain herself in his hands for so long.

And the root of all this comes from her eyes.

Looking into those sapphire-like eyes, Song Changsheng seemed lost in thought.

Back in the cultivation world of Lu Kingdom, the clone of the Spirit Eye had displayed related talents, which was also the point that puzzled him the most. These eyes were clearly an innate talent, just like the woman from the Beigong clan in the Eastern Heaven cultivation world.

How can a clone inherit?
He had noticed this point before and that's why he didn't suspect anything. He never expected that it was just a smokescreen. He found it hard to understand how the Spirit Eye could do that.

Fortunately, with her three souls and seven spirits in hand, these questions will be answered later.

After removing the storage artifact from Lingmou's body, he flicked his finger and shot out a ball of [Purple Void Divine Fire] onto her spiritual body. Her body was quickly engulfed by the flames. Now, no matter what tricks Lingmou had up her sleeve, it would be useless unless she had another clone.

The spirit body was quickly burned to ashes, but two flames remained burning eternally.

"what?"

Song Changsheng let out a soft exclamation, then waved his sleeve to dispel the [Purple Void Divine Fire], revealing two eyeballs that had already become glassy.

"They can't even refine the [Purple Void Divine Flame]?"

Eyes are often the most vulnerable part of a living organism. The Purple Void Divine Fire can even melt spiritual treasures, yet it has no effect on these two tiny eyeballs, which is truly puzzling.

He swept it into his pocket, intending to take it back for careful study.

At this moment, Hua Yan came to report: "Master, your disciple has captured Dong Yang alive and awaits your judgment."

Song Changsheng glanced back and saw that Yu Dongyang looked as miserable as could be, tied up like a rice dumpling, completely devoid of his former high spirits.

His gaze lingered briefly on the man's swollen left cheek before he nodded slightly and said, "Well done. How's the situation in the other areas? No unexpected incidents, right?"

"Besides him, there are four other Purple Mansion cultivators from the Qingtian Sect who surrendered immediately after the war started, saying that they were rogue cultivators and did not know that the master and disciple had a grudge against you. They begged you to spare their lives because they were sensible."

"The two of them, master and apprentice, have been operating in Bingzhou for over a hundred years, but they never expected to be so unpopular. However, whether or not they were involved in the Spirit Eye's plan cannot be determined by their words alone."

However, I can now give them a chance to redeem themselves. As long as they honestly disclose the resources and strength of the Qingtian Sect, their punishment can be reduced by one degree.

"Have Qingxi lead men to plunder resources with them. They must be quick; the Golden Crow Sect should be arriving soon."

"Disciple, obey."

After Hua Yan left, Song Changsheng quickly unlocked the restrictions on the Spirit Eye storage artifact and saw a bronze cauldron with a very familiar appearance in the corner.

"The Heavenly Fire Cauldron is indeed on her." Song Changsheng was overjoyed and quickly transferred it to his storage bag.

Before he could examine the other treasures in his storage artifact, he sensed a familiar aura rapidly approaching from afar.

"They arrived so quickly."

Song Changsheng raised an eyebrow. Fortunately, he acted decisively enough, otherwise it would have added more variables.

However, Song Qingxi is currently leading her people to loot treasures, so we need to buy them some more time.

After all, nominally speaking, Bingzhou was within the sphere of influence of the Golden Crow Sect, and the Heavenly Sky Sect was an affiliated force of the Golden Crow Sect.

He had destroyed them without a word, and he had to give them an explanation. With that in mind, he took the initiative to go forward.

"Fellow Daoist Tiangang, Happy New Year!" Song Changsheng stood in the air, smiling and cupping his hands in greeting.

The light stopped a short distance in front of him, revealing Chen Zhongfang's figure. He glanced at Song Changsheng, who was blocking his way, and then at the spatial blockade in the air that had not yet been lifted. He said in a deep voice, "Fellow Daoist Zixu, shouldn't you give me an explanation?"

"I am here to explain the ins and outs of this matter to you, fellow Daoist."

Although we destroyed the Righteous Qi Sect during the battle in the cultivation world of Lu Kingdom, I always had a premonition that Lingmou was not dead.

Over the years, I have never stopped investigating, until last night, when I obtained the fundamental evidence that the Sect Master of the Sky-Piercing Sect was none other than the Spirit Eye.

The cultivators of Lu Kingdom only destroyed one of her avatars. Her true body was always located in Bingzhou, playing a trick on us. She only managed to deceive us time and time again by cultivating illusion techniques.

She has been hiding in Bingzhou all these years, surely with great ambitions in mind.

Therefore, upon receiving this news, I dared not delay in the slightest and rushed over with my men to verify it. We found that it was indeed her, whose cultivation had reached the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage. After a fierce battle, we finally killed her and captured her disciple, Yu Dongyang.

The situation was urgent, so we had no choice but to act first and inform them later.

Firstly, there wasn't enough time to inform all the fellow Daoists; secondly, there was concern about alerting the enemy, as Fellow Daoist Chen was well aware of Lingmou's expertise in the field of space.

Once word gets out, it will be much harder to catch her later.

"Is that so?" Chen Zhongfang was shocked.

He naturally believed Song Changsheng's words without a doubt. From the traces of the battle left at the scene, it was clear that the other person he fought was extremely powerful, definitely not someone that a mere Purple Mansion cultivator like the Sect Master of the Qingtian Sect could achieve.

Although he had suspected her before, he never had any concrete evidence, but he never expected it to actually be her.

As the old saying goes, the most dangerous place is often the safest place.

Lingmou began planning a hundred years ago and even faked his death to escape. Most people would not have suspected anything after that, but Song Changsheng still managed to expose him.

Considering Lingmou's previous collusion with the Blood Demon Cult to invade Cangmang Peak, Chen Zhongfang felt relieved; this was the power of hatred.

"I really didn't expect that the enemy had been hiding right under our noses for so many years, and the entire Golden Crow Sect was completely unaware of it. Instead, we had to rely on you to eliminate him. It's truly shameful." Chen Zhongfang couldn't help but feel a little scared.

That Spirit Eye's cultivation had reached the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage, placing it among the top-tier experts in the borderlands. Furthermore, it was proficient in the [Laws of Space], enabling it to unleash astonishing destructive power wherever it went.

Fortunately, she was exposed. If she had continued to lie low, the consequences would have been unimaginable when the Great Qi and the Golden-Eyed Demon Kingdom went to war.

Moreover, the Golden Crow Sect will definitely be the first to suffer.

Speaking of which, he should thank Song Changsheng properly for helping them through a crisis.

"I was just lucky. It's all because the enemy was too cunning. Fortunately, we eliminated this hidden danger in advance, which is a good thing." Song Changsheng guessed that Song Qingxi and the others should have finished their business. He was about to take Chen Zhongfang to Five Finger Peak to find out what was going on when he saw Chi Li flying over with a heavy expression.

"Master, True Man Tiangang, there's a situation down below; you should go and take a look."

Song Changsheng and Chen Zhongfang exchanged a glance and nodded, saying, "Lead the way."

The group arrived at a side peak of Five Finger Peak and entered an underground palace through a hidden door. Everyone present had a solemn expression.

A pungent, fishy stench filled the air.

When Song Changsheng and Chen Zhongfang got closer, they were shocked by what they saw.

In the center of the main hall was a huge pit, in which bloodless corpses were carelessly discarded. There were thousands of them on the top layer alone, and the total number was probably tens of thousands.

Besides the number of victims, what is most shocking is their age.

"What's going on?" Song Changsheng's voice was low and suppressed, like a volcano that could erupt at any moment.

"Cough cough cough, naturally it's for refining the [Six-Turn Heaven-Shattering Pill]. These are just medicinal catalysts. We were almost successful, but you guys ruined everything." Yu Dongyang said it was a good thing, but his feelings were extremely complicated.

Because regardless of whether the Spirit Eye succeeds or not, there is no place for him here anymore; his fate was sealed from the very beginning.

However, fate is unpredictable, and misfortune can strike at any moment. Lingmou unexpectedly passed away before him, and he became a prisoner of his former enemy, something he had never imagined.

Even now, he still doesn't know how he was exposed. Is the Song family's intelligence capabilities really that strong?
"Medicine guide?"

Everyone present felt a chill upon hearing this. What kind of elixir could be made that required the blood and sweat of so many people as a catalyst?

At this moment, Song Changsheng finally understood what Lingmou had been refining all these years. But what exactly was this [Six-Turn Chaos Pill]? It actually required the blood of young boys and girls as a medicinal ingredient. Was this really a refining method left behind by the Treasure Bottle Sect?

Although the Treasure Bottle Sect is a reclusive sect, it is also an orthodox sect of alchemy. How could it possibly use such an evil method to refine pills?

Furthermore, the pure qi of heaven and earth and the blood evil resentment qi are extremely pure and righteous, and extremely turbid and evil. Can the two really be placed in the same cauldron and refined into an elixir?

He may not know alchemy, but he is knowledgeable in pharmacology, which is too counterintuitive.

"What is the use of the Six-Turn Heaven-Shattering Pill?" Song Changsheng asked in a deep voice.

Yu Dongyang chuckled and said, "Naturally, it's to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. Once you reach that level, what else is there to pursue?"
This is a miraculous elixir recorded in ancient texts, capable of seizing the power of heaven and earth. If you wish, you may try it; it will only cost you a few lives.

Chen Zhongfang's eyebrows shot up, and he said angrily, "Hmph, even when they are about to die, they still want to bewitch people. Such an evil law dares to claim to seize the creation of heaven and earth. They are shameless. I'm afraid it was obtained from the remnants of the Blood Demon Cult."

Tell me, where did you abduct so many boys and girls from, and how many times have you done this? Confess honestly, and I'll give you a quick death.

"Looting? Heh, I did go to great lengths to loot everywhere before, but it couldn't keep up with the consumption. This time it's much simpler. With just one order, these people couldn't wait to send their people over."

These lowly people actually believe in windfalls! Isn't that ridiculous?

Upon hearing this, the cultivators of the Qingtian Sect felt their blood boil, for they naturally understood what Yu Dongyang meant.

An elder from the Purple Mansion Sect, barely suppressing his anger, rushed up to Yu Dongyang, grabbed his collar, and demanded angrily, "These are all the future of the Heavenly Sky Sect! How dare you!"

"It's utterly ridiculous! From the moment the Heavenly Sky Sect was established, it has existed as a consumable resource. You should be grateful that it hasn't been your turn yet!"

"enough!"

Song Changsheng stopped the two from arguing pointlessly and turned to Chen Zhongfang, saying, "Fellow Daoist Tiangang, the Qingtian Sect is, after all, a force under the jurisdiction of the Jinwu Sect. Although Lingmou is dead, he still has many disciples. Some of them may be innocent, while others may be remnants of the Haoran Alliance."

"You can decide how to handle it. I won't interfere too much. I only want Yu Dongyang; we still have old scores to settle."

"Please rest assured, fellow Daoist, I, Chen, will definitely give you a satisfactory answer," Chen Zhongfang said solemnly.

Humanity is the true path, and we have the responsibility to protect our land and ensure the safety of our people.

Such an event occurred right under the noses of the Golden Crow Sect, and they bear an unshirkable responsibility for it. Moreover, the Sky-Piercing Sect is their subordinate force.

"There are still guests in the clan, so I will take my leave now. The spatial seal I set up will automatically unlock at dawn. Please feel free to do as you please."

Song Changsheng bowed respectfully, then left with Yu Dongyang, Song Qingxi, and the others, leaving the mess for Chen Zhongfang to handle.

As the leader of the righteous forces in the cultivation world of Daqi, it wouldn't be unreasonable for him to use this incident to reprimand the Golden Crow Sect, since it's no different from having a traitor within the sect.

If he hadn't discovered it early, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

After thinking about it for a while, I decided to save face for them, since we would have to work together to fight the enemy in the future, and the relationship couldn't be too strained.

He has already dealt with the biggest problem; the remaining trivial matters should be left to them.

Upon returning to Cangmang Peak, Master Guhong immediately greeted him: "Fellow Daoist Zixu, your journey was quite impressive; even I, being here, could sense it."

"How was the trip? Did it go smoothly?"

"It went very smoothly. The leader of the evil sect has been killed. I have to thank the master for his help, otherwise it wouldn't have gone so smoothly."

Upon hearing this, Master Gu Hong quickly waved his hand and said, "Oh, I only helped with a small matter. It's nothing to mention."

He glanced at the bound Yu Dongyang and said tactfully, "Fellow Daoist, please attend to your business first. I am a little tired tonight, so we can discuss the Dao another day."

"In that case, Master, please rest. I must take my leave."

After settling Master Gu Hong in, Song Changsheng immediately began interrogating Yu Dongyang and Ling Mou's three souls and seven spirits.

The Heavenly Fire Cauldron came from the Treasure Bottle Sect. Lingmou was willing to expose herself to seize the Heavenly Fire Cauldron, so she must know some inside story. She may even have a connection with the Treasure Bottle Sect herself.

This means that she most likely knows the location of the ruins of the Treasure Bottle Sect.

This is crucial for him!

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P.S.: I've been honest and revised it several times. I hope it will pass this time... (End of Chapter)