Longevity starts with dual cultivation

Chapter 104: The fall of the Mu family and the birth of a new continent

Youye Islands, Mu family.

In the meeting hall, Feng Zhengqing, the special envoy of the Feng family, sat in the main seat with a gloomy face.

More than a dozen cultivators from the Feng family sat on both sides, looking coldly at the group of Mu family leaders kneeling on the ground.

The one kneeling in the first place was naturally the head of the family, Mu Yesheng. At this moment, his face was ashen and his eyes were full of despair. His body was tightly bound by dozens of ropes that were glowing with spiritual light, and there were two soul-binding talismans pasted on his forehead.

As a result, his body and soul were imprisoned tightly, and even committing suicide became a luxury.

"...My patience is always limited,"

Feng Zhengqing's cold and stern voice echoed in the hall:

"Who exactly harmed Lao Jiu? Tell the truth!"

"Your Excellency, I, we are..."

Mu Yesheng responded tremblingly, not knowing how to explain.

Nearly ten years ago, a seriously injured Jindan Zhenren from outside stayed briefly in the Youye Islands and bought some healing pills in the market for emergency use.

Although he concealed it very well, his whereabouts were still revealed because his body and soul were seriously injured, and the elder of the Mu family who was in charge of the market town noticed that something was wrong.

If it were Mu Yesheng himself, he might not be so hasty to take action. At least he would have to find out the other party's background before doing anything.

If it was a casual cultivator, then they would certainly rob him of his wealth and life without hesitation, and take everything away. If it was someone from some big power, then they would definitely act with caution.

However, the elder of the Mu family, who had a short lifespan, could not hold back. Greed overcame rationality, and he finally chose to take the risk.

By the time Mu Yesheng learned the news later, it was too late and nothing could be undone.

In the end, Mu Yesheng had no choice but to accept the matter and began to do his best to erase all traces and clean up the mess, so that the elder could get out of the family and stay out of the spotlight.

Over the years, Mu Yesheng prayed day and night, hoping that the forces behind that unlucky guy would not notice it, so as to avoid bringing disaster to the family.

However, the people of the Feng family never forgot this matter. After years of investigation, they finally came to the door today.

Hence the current scene.

In front of a behemoth like the Feng family, a newly promoted True Dan cultivator was naturally nothing. All the senior members of the Mu family, including Mu Yesheng, were taken down.

"If you don't confess, I'll have to kill you and search your soul!"

Feng Zhengqing said coldly, the murderous intent in his tone difficult to conceal.

It's not that he doesn't want to talk nonsense, the main reason is that he is not an elder from the Tianxing Hall of his family, and the few soul-searching methods he knows are not very sophisticated, which may cause great damage to the target's soul. The person's soul may be destroyed before the matter is investigated clearly.

That's why Feng Zhengqing decided to interrogate them first and then decide how to deal with them. If the mission can be completed successfully, he can report to the elders when he returns.

"Well, I say..."

Mu Yesheng knew that there was no hope at this moment. If he wanted to die quickly, he could only hope that Feng Zhengqing would show mercy.

It didn't take long for him to tell the whole story.

That Jindan Zhenren must have been severely injured when he was besieged by several third-level deep-sea monsters during his underwater exploration. When he finally escaped to the market in Youye Islands, he was already on the verge of exhaustion.

At that time, not only was his body and soul severely injured, his means of survival were exhausted, and even his life-saving magic weapon was almost destroyed. It was impossible for him to persist and return to the Feng family's territory.

In desperation, he could only try to buy some second-level healing pills on the spot, which could at least alleviate his injuries.

Then, the elder of the Mu family naturally targeted him, tampered with the elixir, and then launched a sneak attack while he was in seclusion recuperating.

Although the elder of the Mu family succeeded, when Mu Yesheng searched the other party's storage bag afterwards, he did not find anything good. Only a topographic map recording the location of the underwater spirit stone deposit.

"… Your Excellency, everything I said is true. There is absolutely no falsehood! The Taoist friend's relics are well preserved. You can take them back!"

Mu Yesheng said finally.

Feng Zhengqing looked at him gloomily for a while, and said grimly:

"Where did the guy who caused the accident go? Call him back as soon as possible! And his wife, children, and all the people involved in this matter, no one should be spared!"

"Yes, I'll do it right away!"

Mu Yesheng agreed with a bitter look.

The Mu family is definitely finished, but Mu Yuxin is now staying in the Ling family's territory, so she should have a chance to survive, right?

……

High-temperature red clouds raged between the sky and the sea, and the roar of thunder was endless, as if the entire vast sky was burning.

Amid the surging lava rain, milky white steam, and high-temperature cyclone storm, the cultivators' vision and spiritual perception have been greatly restricted.

Even the range of the spiritual consciousness of an ordinary Jindan Zhenren is less than a hundred feet.

Under the protection of the Fenghuo Panyun Bell, Ling Changqing and the other two flew cautiously close to the rolling and boiling sea surface, collecting the corpses of the selected monsters into their storage bags.

However, these ferocious creatures were generally large in size, and Tang Qiuyao soon discovered that the space magic tools she carried were not enough.

After a brief discussion, the three decided to only cut off the most valuable parts of the beast's body and take them away, and the rest had to be discarded with reluctance.

In this way, there is a lot more space in the space magic weapon, which can store more high-value spoils.

The surrounding space was extremely hot. Even a cultivator who was building a foundation would not dare to stay here for long without the protection of high-level spiritual tools and magical powers.

In the distance, rumbling sounds of explosions came one after another, thick red fire clouds covered the sky, and lava and fire rain from the sky poured down wave after wave, endlessly.

This is the real hell on earth.

If it weren't for the protection of the Fenghuo Panyun Bell, even Ling Qiyue wouldn't dare to take the risk easily.

"...Senior Sister, something seems to be coming out from the depths of the sea?"

Ling Changqing said with a frown.

"What is that? A living high-level vicious creature?"

Tang Qiuyao wrapped her smooth and soft hands around his arm and asked nervously.

"It's not a living thing, it looks like a large island?"

Ling Changqing said cautiously: "It is rising slowly, and it should be able to surface in a few days!"

Ling Qiyue was stunned for a moment, then reacted: "It should be a new land created by the eruption of volcanoes, right? I just don't know how big it is."

Large-scale volcanic eruptions can naturally produce a dramatic effect, creating new islands and even land masses.

In the ancient times that are far away and cannot be traced back, there were examples of super volcanoes erupting for many years and eventually creating an entire continent.

Moreover, after these newly born giant continents stabilized, they were all, without exception, Feng Shui treasure lands with abundant spiritual energy and rich resources, making them suitable for the reproduction and habitation of many living creatures.

Tang Qiuyao looked delighted: "I think it will be at least not less than the size of Hanyue Continent, right? It would be great if this newly born land could belong to our Ling family!"

As the number of Ling family members who began to practice cultivation increased, especially the foundation-building cultivators, the demand for spiritual vein caves and dojos also increased. Longhuan Island and Chanxin Island could still barely support it, but in another ten or eight years, the existing spiritual veins would definitely be unable to afford it.

In fact, since Ling Qiyue is already a Jindan Zhenren, she must have a third-level spiritual vein blessed land to meet her daily practice needs.

Therefore, over the years, Ling Qiyue's cultivation improvement speed has slowed down a lot.

Of course, there are third-level spiritual veins in the Feiyu Sea, such as the Youye Islands, the Bai and Yuan families, Yulong Island, etc.

There are more than one third-level spiritual veins in the territories of these forces, but unfortunately, none of them are under the control of the Ling family.

But the Ling family just happened to give birth to a Jindan Zhenren, so no matter what these forces think, the relationship between the Ling family and them in the future is destined to be a life-and-death struggle.

Ling Qiyue shook her head slightly: "It's hard to say for sure at the moment. If a fourth-level spiritual vein can be born on this new land, then our family will not be able to defend it at all and will be destined to be taken away by other forces!"

A fourth-level spiritual vein blessed land corresponds to a big figure at the level of Yuanying Zhenjun. If a fourth-level spiritual vein really appears on this new land, it won’t be long before Yuanying forces will hear of it and come and take it under their control.

Given the current state of the Feiyu Sea, it is impossible to resist the invasion of foreign forces and will have no choice but to submit.

Ling Changqing pondered: "I don't think this will happen. Since the new land is likely to be of the same size as Hanyue Continent, then at most we can find a few third-order spirit veins on it, right? It's unlikely that a fourth-order spirit vein will appear!"

Ling Qiyue smiled and said, "Little Junior Brother is right. I hope this is the result!"

The Nascent Soul forces outside the region simply look down upon a third-level spiritual vein blessed land like Hanyue Continent. As long as they do not participate in the competition, the Ling family is still confident that they can hold on to this new territory.

However, the Mu family, the Bai family, the Yuan family and Yulong Island, these four forces will certainly not allow the Ling family to get what they want. At that time, the ownership of the new territory can only be decided by a life-and-death battle.

According to Ling Qiyue's original idea, this scene should have appeared decades later, but now plans cannot keep up with the changes and there is nothing that can be done.

"In this case, we must prepare for a rainy day now,"

Tang Qiuyao looked solemn: "Use all our channels to purchase resources immediately to prepare for the upcoming all-out war. It would be best if we could rent one or two more magic weapons, no matter how much it costs!"

Ling Qiyue nodded and said, "That makes sense. The amount of raw spiritual stone ore we brought back last time is enough to continue renting a magic weapon, and we can also stockpile a batch of resources. Let's discuss it carefully after we return."

Anyway, no matter how you look at it, the advantages that the Ling family currently has are still quite obvious. As long as Ling Qiyue is there, those small forces will have no chance of turning the tables.

Of course, they also understand this, and who knows, they might consider asking for foreign aid at that time?
While the three of them were communicating, they did not stop searching for resources.

Under Ling Changqing's guidance, the corpses of the second-level peak monsters were dragged out of the water one after another, and their demon cores, inner elixirs, and some precious organs and limbs were dug out and then discarded.

Occasionally, if they could find the corpse of a third-level ferocious creature, the two women would be happy for a long time.

Even the weakest third-order evil creatures are considered fake pill-level resources, and any one of them can be sold at a high price in the market.

"It is estimated that for a long time to come, the price of these dangerous resources from the sea will be much cheaper than in the past."

Ling Changqing said with a little concern.

Scarcity makes things valuable. Once they are no longer rare, the price naturally cannot be high.

In the past, it was not easy to obtain any third-level resources in the Feiyu Sea. But now this sudden disaster has significantly reduced the difficulty.

"That's okay. We can just keep it and not sell it, and then take it out decades later."

Ling Qiyue smiled and said, the Ling family has no shortage of spirit stones now, so there is no need to sell these resources.

Ling Changqing thought about it and agreed. It is better to keep the high-quality resources for yourself. It is easy to sell things but difficult to buy them back.

Those big powers at the Nascent Soul and God Transformation levels have always liked to monopolize resources and markets. They would rather let good things rot in their hands than sell them to the middle and lower-level cultivators in urgent need.

"Sister, should we go look underwater? Maybe there are more good things in the deep sea?"

Ling Changqing suggested that many of the dead third-level monsters did not float to the surface, but remained on the seabed.

Moreover, high-temperature magma pours down from the sea from time to time, and violent explosions occur one after another, which makes the danger obviously greater.

Ling Qiyue hesitated for a moment before agreeing: "Okay, let's go down and take a look!"

With the protection of the Fenghuo Panyun Bell, there shouldn't be any problems. Even if there is an accident, there will be a chance to escape.

Tang Qiuyao raised her hand and the boiling sea water suddenly parted, revealing a temporary hole about ten feet wide and more than ten feet deep.

The three people fell into it, and the sea water immediately returned to its original state.

Although the deep water area is also extremely hot, it is at least much quieter than the sea surface, without the raging cyclone storms and lava rain.

As they dived all the way down, the thick light curtain emitted by the Fenghuo Panyun Bell pushed away the hot sea water and the corpses of many ferocious creatures, and dived into the sea hundreds of feet deep.

"We won't run into any old monsters above level 4 here, right?"

Tang Qiuyao was a little worried. Those terrifying monsters lurking in the deep sea thousands or even tens of thousands of feet deep were all monster kings with the strength of Nascent Soul or even God Transformation.

If ordinary monks accidentally encounter them in the sea, they will basically die.

"Don't worry. That big demon should have noticed something was wrong a few months ago and fled ahead of time. It's impossible for it to still be here."

Ling Qiyue said indifferently.

In this way, the three of them stayed on the seabed for more than ten days, and only returned contentedly when all the storage bags were filled.

After returning to Longhuan Island, the first important news Ling Qiyue received was that the Mu family had been destroyed.

"...including the head of the family, Mu Yesheng, all the senior members of the Mu family have been taken away by the special envoy of the Feng family!"

Elder Ling Tianhe, who is in charge of intelligence affairs, reported:

"As for those Mu family members who were in the Qi training stage, all of them have died. Not a single one is left alive!"

"So, the Yuye Islands have now become a no-man's land, is that right?"

Tang Qiuyao asked in a low voice.

Ling Tianhe nodded and said, "That's true, but it's no use anymore!"

The eruption of the underwater super volcano group is still continuing. Half of the Mu family’s territory has been submerged by volcanic magma, and the rest will be swallowed up sooner or later.

Ling Qiyue said: "Isn't this a good thing for us? With one less competitor, our Ling family should be the first to benefit from this new land in the future!"

The territories of the Bai family, the Yuan family, and Yulong Island are relatively far away from here. At that time, the Ling family can be the first to take action and occupy this newly born land.

In unowned land, first come, first served. This is the eternal practice in the world of immortal cultivation.

After a few days, a corner of the new land mass finally emerged from the sea, and its area continued to expand.

Over the next six months, the eruption of the submarine volcano group continued, but showed signs of weakening.

Ling Qiyue then took Ling Changqing out to sea many times under the pretext of exploring new land masses to search for resources and dive into the deep sea to investigate the situation.

As the new land slowly rose and got closer to the sea level, the frequency of earthquakes on the seabed also increased a lot.

After more than three months, most of the volcanic eruptions had stopped and the new landmass had begun to take shape.

It was a piece of land with a radius of nearly 100,000 miles, slightly smaller than Hanyue Continent.

(End of this chapter)