Family Rise: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 277: Thousand Faces, Family Dilemma, Lake of Ten Thousand Ghosts
After Chief Tian and his group left in a haughty manner, Chief Xu clenched and loosened his fists in his sleeves, but still said unwillingly:
"Patriarch Situ, are we just going to be led by the Tian family like this?!

If all the [Xuanyin Grass] were snatched away by the Tian family, wouldn't the three families soon be able to produce many Half-Step Purple Mansions in the future?

This way.

Their fighting power is even better than ours.

Isn't this just falling into a vicious circle?

Any benefits in the future will not fall on us, and even if there are any, at most we can only drink some watery soup!"

The Situ family is better.

After all, Situ Feng has reached the Purple Mansion level, making him the only one among the five eighth-grade families with such level of cultivation. However, their Xu family is different.

They were able to be promoted to the eighth rank thanks to their daughter's work in the Zhenshi Division. Now, in the clan, let alone a Purple Mansion master, there isn't even one who has reached the half-step Purple Mansion stage.

Its overall strength ranks last among the five eighth-grade families.

and so.

As for the allocation of resources in Huaibei Prefecture, their Xu family had almost nothing to do with it, but in order to be promoted to the eighth rank, their Xu family had suffered a lot.

This will continue.

Under the suppression of the Tian family and others, the Xu family will soon go downhill. If they are not careful, they will be eaten away step by step by the Tian family.

Therefore.

Today's Yinluo Secret Realm is an opportunity for their Xu family to rise. Once they can find the [Xuanyin Grass], if there is a Half-Step Purple Mansion in the family, it will be able to improve their Xu family's disadvantage among the eighth-grade families.

however.

He talked a lot.

Situ Feng, however, remained unmoved, looking as if he was sitting on the Diaoyutai.

If it were usual, he would have stopped serving, but at this moment he needed a favor from Situ Feng, so he could only humbly say:
"Patriarch Situ, since the Tian family has decided to rely on their own abilities, the cultivators from our two families who are entering the secret realm may have to unite to have a chance of winning. Patriarch Situ, while there is still a year left, why not let the people who are entering the secret realm get familiar with it first, and also go outside to practice how to cooperate in combat, what do you think?"

Situ Feng picked up a piece of Yunsong cake on the coffee table and said calmly:
"Chief Xu, even if I want my clan members to cooperate with you, I'm afraid your Young Master Changqing will not be happy about it. So in order to avoid unnecessary internal friction, we should act separately. Just like Chief Tian said, we can leave it to fate."

This time, the Xu family had the fewest people entering the Yinluo Secret Realm, with only three people, while the Situ family had seven.

Among the three members of the Xu family who entered the secret realm, there was the playboy Xu Changqing, who was a troublemaker. The other Xu Changzhi who entered the secret realm was his lackey and always obeyed him.

The last one, Xu Changyun, was a disciple from the side branch of the Xu family. He had never been heard of before. He used some tricks and took advantage of loopholes in the family competition to win the opportunity to enter the secret realm.

The Xu family trio.

In Situ Feng's opinion, he was just a fool. Not only could he not help, but he might even be a hindrance. After all, Xu Changqing was a well-known playboy who forgot his own name when he saw a beautiful woman.

Patriarch Xu hit a wall with Situ Feng and returned to the tent in frustration, only to find that only Xu Changyun was in the tent. He gritted his teeth and said:

"Where are Changqing and Changzhiren?"

"Reporting to the clan leader, the eldest son said he wanted to go out for a walk. He has been out for quite a while. He also asked me to tell you that he will be back on time before the secret realm opens."

"He's so rebellious! He acted on his own before I even gave the order!"

This clearly shows that he does not take himself, the patriarch and father, seriously.

Patriarch Xu was so angry that he slammed the Eight Immortals Table with his palm.

This son has been spoiled by his aunt since he was young. Originally, he did not intend to let the other party participate in the entry into the secret realm this time. Firstly, it was dangerous, and secondly, this son was unreliable.

No matter what.

The son went to ask his aunt for help early in the morning.

The Xu family was able to be promoted to the eighth rank thanks to the help of his son's aunt in the Zhenshi Division, and there were some decisions he had to obey.

But now it seems.

I’m afraid that the Xu family can’t expect to enter the Yinluo Secret Realm and seize the [Xuanyin Grass].

Patriarch Xu sighed somewhat dejectedly.

Under the Xu family’s tent, a shadowy ghost with a soul-eating insect disappeared from the ground of Bone Mountain like a ghost.

About half a cup of tea time passed.

The shadowy ghost appeared on a small hill on the southwest side.

The soul-eating insect opened its mouth.

A bean pod with a shadow floated towards Fu Changsheng.

After Fu Changsheng received it, he cast a spell, and the scene of the meeting of the five eighth-grade families in Huaibei just appeared:
"Yinluo Secret Realm?"

There is actually a secret realm hidden in this forbidden area?
And the entrance to the secret realm is that ancient tomb.

Fu Changsheng was a little surprised.

At the same time, he vaguely understood why the major families created an atmosphere where one could enter but could not exit with the Yinluo Ghost Armor. It turned out that it was to protect this secret place.

and.

The purpose of the five major families this time is to go for the [Xuanyin Grass].

The first step in breaking through the Purple Mansion is to open up the Niwan Palace, and this [Xuan Yin Grass] is an auxiliary spiritual object. [Xuan Yin Grass] needs to grow in a place with strong Yin energy, and there are strict requirements for its growth and cultivation. In the Great Zhou Dynasty, it is almost unheard of to have artificially cultivated it. Most of it is picked from various secret caves or sect ruins.

This is why.

Usually, a ninth-rank family can only have the opportunity to break through to the Purple Mansion after being promoted to the eighth rank.

Because an eighth-rank family is the stepping stone.

Upon hearing the news, Fu Changsheng was somewhat excited.

Even Qiu Chan, who was standing by, said with some excitement:
"Master, this is a great opportunity to obtain the [Xuan Yin Grass]. With the [Xuan Yin Grass], you can break through the first level of the Purple Mansion and become a half-step Purple Mansion!"

It is indeed an opportunity.

But there are two Zifu guarding the five major families.

Although Situ Feng and Patriarch Tian were both in the early stage of Purple Mansion, they were still one major realm higher than him.

Fu Changsheng pondered for a while and said:
"Qiu Chan, let the Ghost Shadow stay here to collect intelligence. We will go back first."

Soon, people from the five major families will go out for training.

But they can't meet you.

otherwise.

The secret realm has not yet been opened.

They were afraid that they would be besieged by the five major families.

Qiu Chan stared at the Bone Mountain in front of him, feeling somewhat reluctant, but still obediently followed Fu Changsheng back to the Broken Dragon Valley.

After entering the valley.

Fu Changsheng said:
"Qiu Chan, continue to sacrifice the Phantom Ghost Demon."

In this place, the more ghost soldiers the better.

Enter the cave.

Seeing that everyone else was in seclusion, Fu Changsheng flashed back to his secret room.

Meditate while sitting cross-legged.

Fu Changsheng quickly sorted out the current situation.

According to the experience of entering the Tianlan Secret Realm last time, when the secret realm opens, the masters of the five major families should be maintaining the entrance, so their only way to get in is to enter when they have no time to look around.

but.

How to avoid being discovered by the masters of the five major families is a big problem.

Fortunately, there is still a year before the secret realm opens.

"Whoo~"

Fu Changsheng took a deep breath.

Eyes moving.

Among the five great families, the current situation is that the old-established eighth-grade families have the upper hand. If we can convince the Xu family to allow us to replace one of their family members and join them, then the situation will undoubtedly be reversed!
After all, he has the assistance of many second-level fighters such as Qiu Chan.

but.

Fu Changsheng quickly put the thought aside.

This secret place is the resource of an eighth-grade family in Huaibei. If they knew that he was an outsider, they would definitely turn their guns against him. It would not be an exaggeration to kill him after he has served his purpose.

Think left and right.

The only way now is to imprison one person when the children of the five major families go out hunting, then disguise himself as him and blend into the family, and take advantage of the chaos to enter the Yinluo Secret Realm.

Disguise pills definitely won’t work.

After all, Situ Feng and Patriarch Tian both have the cultivation level of Purple Mansion.

Fu Changsheng's eyes suddenly lit up:
"Oh, how could I forget this?"

One shot storage bag.

Suddenly a strange mask appeared in his hand.

Maybe he has no choice.

However, as an organization that has existed for who knows how many tens of thousands of years, Yingmen must have a way. He originally wanted to accumulate a thousand points to exchange for Qiankui Jade, but now he has to use it in advance.

After all, there is [Xuanyin Grass] in the Yinluo Secret Realm.

Fu Changsheng put the mask on his face, and his mind immediately entered the huge mission hall. He walked to the mirror with familiarity and said quickly:
"Exchange for a method or magic elixir item that can conceal one's true identity, avoid the spying of the Purple Mansion, and disguise oneself as someone else."

hum.

The mirror trembled slightly.

Followed by.

But his original points were instantly reset to zero.

Followed by.

A stream of information flooded into the sea of ​​consciousness.

Fu Changsheng closed his eyes and sensed it. After a while, his eyes lit up slightly:
"As expected of a killer organization!"

The Shadow Clan has a secret technique called the Thousand Faces Technique, and he has obtained the first level. This technique uses a strange mask as a medium. After collecting the essence and blood of a certain person, one can use the technique to perfectly transform into that person, and even the Purple Mansion cultivators cannot recognize him.

but.

Practice to the first level of great success.

This secret technique can only last for one hour after it is performed.

Fu Changsheng felt a little sorry.

But I finally found a way.

This method will be placed in the clan library, and will be improved by the system in the future. Perhaps it will not need to use strange masks as a medium.

The idea just came up.

hum!
A familiar mechanical voice suddenly came from the sea of ​​consciousness:
"Ding"

"You have added a secret manual of "Thousand Faces Technique" to your family, and gained 380 family contribution points."

Fu Changsheng's eyes lit up.

He had used up all his contribution points, but this reward came just in time.

Without any hesitation, he immediately began to comprehend the "Thousand Faces Technique". He had to practice to the basics before the secret realm was opened.

Cultivation has no time.

Eleven months passed in the blink of an eye.

at this time.

in the secret room.

But Fu Changsheng was seen making hand gestures and chanting incantations. The mask on his face changed and different figures appeared in an instant, including men, women, old and young.

but.

These figures all appeared in a flash.

In the end, nothing was finalized.

Fu Changsheng's eyes suddenly opened.

at the same time.

A line of text appears on the panel:
[The first level of the Thousand Faces Technique: (minor success level: 5/100)]

Fu Changsheng looked at the information above and smiled with satisfaction.

It took him eleven months to not only successfully progress from the initial stage to minor success, but he also successfully broke through to the minor success stage. After performing the "Thousand Faces Technique", he could transform into the appearance of another person for half an hour.

Able to cultivate to the minor success realm.

This was beyond his expectation:
"It seems to be the effect of the enhanced spiritual consciousness."

After the spiritual consciousness becomes strong.

The speed of practicing the secret technique was obviously greatly improved. He couldn't help but look forward to the effect after completing the practice of "The Third Level of the Great Evolution Technique".

According to the information obtained last time.

The Yinluo Secret Realm will be opened in a year, which means there is less than a month left. Fu Changsheng cast a spell in the secret room. After coming out of the secret room, he saw Molan and the others were still in seclusion.

Qiu Chan had experience from the previous two rituals.

In less than a year, he successfully sacrificed and refined the third phantom ghost.

Seeing Fu Changsheng coming out, he quickly bowed and said excitedly:
"Master, Xu Changqing and Xu Changzhi have been lingering in Broken Dragon Valley these days. I asked the ghost soldiers to play with them. Master, do you want to take them into the Human Emperor Banner?"

Qiu Chan passes through the Human Emperor Banner.

Can control thirteen second-level ghost soldiers.

She herself was at the quasi-third level of cultivation, so the two foundation-building cultivators were like playthings in her eyes.

Fu Changsheng shook his head:
"Not in a hurry"

"Qiu Chan, tell me about the dynamics of the five major families in the past few months."

"Yes, Master"

Qiu Chan responded.

Because she only sacrificed two shadow ghosts, one of them had to watch at Bone Mountain, so the range of the other one's investigation became extremely limited.

Qiu Chan gave a brief report.

Finally:
"Master, the security at Bone Mountain is getting tighter and tighter, and the aura emanating from it is getting stronger and stronger. I estimate that the secret realm will be opened in the near future."

"Moreover, the children of the noble families who went out hunting have all returned. If we don't take action against Xu Changqing and Xu Changzhi, I'm afraid they will return to Bone Mountain and wait for the secret realm to open."

But his "Thousand Faces Technique" can only last for half an hour.

If this young man surnamed Liu suddenly disappeared and reappeared a month later, it would probably arouse the suspicion of the Liu family.

Fu Changsheng decided to exchange the information first to see the specific situation.

A thought:
"Exchange Information"

hum!
The panel vibrates.

A large amount of yellow light surged.

Then lines of text appeared before my eyes:
[1: There is a Human Emperor Banner hidden at the bottom of the Wangui Lake in the Yinluo Secret Realm. It is said that Wangui Lake was formed by the tears of a high-level ghost king]

[2: The Yinluo Secret Realm is an ancient Yin-attributed forbidden barrier that revolves every hundred years. The power of this barrier is the weakest. Among the five great families, because Situ Feng, a newly promoted Purple Mansion, has been added this time, the barrier gate will be opened a month earlier.]

Opening a month in advance?!

That happened in the last few days.

Fu Changsheng immediately stopped exchanging information, changed his mind, and said to Qiu Chan:
"Qiu Chan, bring Xu Changqing in alone"

No more action.

But it's too late.

"Yes, Master"

Qiu Chan responded excitedly.

Outside Broken Dragon Valley.

Xu Changqing was holding a Qiuyu fan in his hand and sitting on a stone covered with a silk cloth. He made hand gestures with both hands and hit the formation plate floating in front of him. It was obvious that he was practicing the formation and wanted to enter the Broken Dragon Valley.

Xu Changzhi, who was serving on the side, had an anxious look on his face.

I endured it again and again.

When the communication jade talisman on his body lit up again.

Finally, I mustered up the courage and said carefully:

"Young Master, the head of the family has urged us seven or eight times that the secret realm barrier is about to open, and asked us to return quickly. If we are late, once the secret realm barrier is closed, our trip will be in vain. The quota to enter the secret realm was obtained by you with great difficulty from Aunt Zhenshi, and Aunt is still waiting for us to pick the [Xuan Yin Grass] and return."

Xu Changqing frowned.

But he is not ungrateful.

He snorted coldly.

He looked at Broken Dragon Valley with some reluctance. He had been thinking about this valley for a few days and always felt that there was something strange about it, but he couldn't figure it out.
"Forget it, let's wait until we come out of the secret realm and then explore again."

Anyway, the valley is here and we can't run away.

Xu Changqing retracted his magic spell.

The formation plate instantly fell into the storage bag. When he turned to leave, a beautiful figure suddenly appeared in the valley. This figure looked somewhat familiar.

Somehow.

Xu Changqing followed.

On the other side, Xu Changzhi was thinking about returning to Bone Mountain as soon as possible. When he realized that no one was following him, he turned around, but Xu Changqing was gone.

Xu Changzhi was stunned for a moment.

He cursed secretly.

It's already this time, and this guy is still being willful.

Xu Changzhi had no choice but to turn around and look for someone:

"Master, Master, it's almost time. We should really go back. Otherwise, the master will be really angry and both you and I will be in trouble."

Xu Changqing dodged several times.

He had unknowingly entered Broken Dragon Valley while chasing that familiar figure. Now he suddenly realized: "Oh no!"

No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get into the Broken Dragon Valley.

At this moment, I was led in.

There must be some fraud.

Without thinking, Xu Changqing slapped his storage bag immediately. However, he didn't even have time to take out his magic weapon. At this moment, above his head, an extremely cold demonic chant turned into a rolling sound wave that directly drowned him. Then, he saw three ghost shadows flashing in the ground. Before he could recover from the attack of the demonic sound, he was knocked to the ground by the ghost shadows and fainted completely.

"It's really an embroidered pillow!"

Qiu Chan curled his lips.

He fell from the sky, lifted up the fallen Xu Changzhi, and turned to Fu Changsheng and said, "Master, do you want to take him into the Human Emperor Banner?"

Although the strength is not good enough.

But after all, he is at the foundation-building stage, so perhaps he can be trained into a second-level ghost soldier:
"No, after I take his blood, you can just imprison him."

Once Xu Changqing dies.

Then the Xu family will get the news.

By then his disguised identity will be exposed.

So Xu Changqing cannot be killed.

"Oh"

Qiu Chan felt it was a pity.

the other side.

Fu Changsheng flicked his index finger, and a sword beam landed on Xu Changqing's wrist. At the same time, he slammed his palm at the opponent's younger generation. In an instant, drops of blood were forced out from his wrist.

Tick ​​tock.

In a blink of an eye.

Xu Changqing's blood and essence were forced out and filled five pill bottles, enough for him to perform the "Thousand Faces Technique" five times. He wanted to grab a few more bottles, but Xu Changqing's face was pale at this time, and he could no longer squeeze out a trace of blood and essence.

"Young Master, Young Master!!"

at this time.

Xu Changzhi's calls continued to come from outside the valley.

Fu Chang was afraid that time would drag on, so Xu Changzhi called over the head of the Xu clan and others.

Without any hesitation, he took out a bottle of blood essence, chanted a spell, and swiftly circulated the "Thousand Faces Technique" in his body, while his hands formed seals like a butterfly flying through flowers.

But then I heard a bang.

However, the essence and blood exploded and turned into a ball of blood mist. The blood mist was injected with obscure spells by Fu Changsheng. With a humming sound, the blood mist trembled slightly and actually formed a human outline in mid-air. At first, the human figure was still a little blurry, but as the spell sounded, the facial features of the human figure became clear all of a sudden, exactly the same as Xu Changqing who was imprisoned in the secret room by Qiu Chan.

Fu Changsheng took back his magic.

The blood mist figure hummed and instantly enveloped Fu Changsheng.

Fu Changsheng's facial features instantly became like Xu Changqing, and even his gestures and movements revealed the temperament of a romantic young man, which perfectly matched Xu Changqing's temperament.

Qiu Chan was stunned:

"Master, if I hadn't seen you cast the spell with my own eyes, I would have thought that Xu Changqing had escaped from the secret. Master, your secret technique is too magical."

Qiu Chan is at the quasi-third level.

It is equivalent to half a step into Purple Mansion for humans.

Moreover, he signed a master-servant contract with Fu Changsheng, but even she couldn't find it, which means that the "Thousand Faces Technique" was performed very successfully:
"Qiuchan, let's go!"

Fu Changsheng held the Qiuyu fan in his hand, with an evil smile on his face, looking completely different from his previous behavior.

Qiu Chan was stunned.

The body shook,

Enter into the Human Emperor Banner.

"Young Master, Young Master, the Patriarch has just sent another message. From the sound of it, the Patriarch is really angry. Young Master, you..."

Xu Changzhi was just thinking about whether to report the truth to the head of the family, when he saw a burst of fragrant wind, and then Xu Changqing's figure appeared in front of him. Seeing this, Xu Changzhi finally breathed a sigh of relief:

"Young Master, let's go. The Patriarch said that the secret realm barrier will be opened in less than half a cup of tea. Let's go!"

At this moment, Xu Changzhi no longer cared about hierarchy.

He simply took Fu Changsheng's hand and left, fearing that Xu Changqing would suddenly get lost again like before.

As for why Xu Changqing suddenly entered the Broken Dragon Valley, he had no time to look around at the moment.

Fu Changsheng was pulled away by Xu Changzhi. Seeing that Xu Changzhi, whom he was most familiar with, did not notice any clues, he felt relieved and walked quickly all the way.

When we were about to reach Bone Mountain.

But I saw Xu Changyun running over from afar:

"Young Master, hurry up, the secret realm barrier has been opened, and we are the only ones left. The master of the family is so worried in the ancient tomb, hurry up!"

Xu Changyun went to great lengths to win the clan competition.

Her purpose was to enter the Yinluo Secret Realm to find the life-saving herb for her mother. Whether her mother could survive depended on her performance in the secret realm. She couldn't even enter the gate of the secret realm.

The three of them hurriedly slapped a ground escape talisman on themselves.

After going several hundred feet underground.

Xu Changzhi picked up the identity token, entered the spell, and then entered the ancient tomb.

Fu Changsheng didn't know the specific spell, so he took advantage of the time when Xu Changzhi opened it to sneak in and entered through the light curtain of the formation.

Then I saw a huge ancient tomb.

among them.

There is a whirlpool just west of the ancient tomb.

Situ Feng, Patriarch Tian, ​​Patriarch Xu and other five clan leaders were holding the family head token, and continuously infusing magic power into the token. The token transformed from five kinds of spiritual light into a rainbow light and sank into the barrier.

The vortex of the barrier gate was shrinking rapidly at this time.

Patriarch Xu saw Xu Changqing and the other two appear.

The worried face finally relaxed. There was no time to scold him now, so he said hurriedly:

"There are still ten breaths of time, hurry in!!"

"Yes, Master"

Xu Changzhi and Xu Changyun responded quickly.

Fu Changsheng, on the other hand, held his head high and chest puffed out defiantly. After a snort, he rushed in first.

Seeing this, Chief Xu cursed:

"What a rebellious son!"

He cursed harshly, but he was very worried in his heart.

The reason why he allowed his son to enter the secret realm this time was actually to compensate the other party. After all, it was he who personally pulled his son down from the position of young patriarch.

Anyway, seize the [Xuanyin Grass].

He no longer had any hope and only hoped that his rebellious son could return safely from the secret realm.

(End of this chapter)