Starting with a daily divination to build an immortal clan

Chapter 210 Straw Dogs
Yingchuan Commandery, Fencheng.

Fencheng is a small city with 300,000 people, adjacent to Anyang City, which is controlled by the Shen family.

As the sun rises, the people of the city get up early as always to prepare for a busy day.

Suddenly, a large patch of dark clouds swept in from the southwest, covering the once clear sky!

The dark clouds moved at an extremely fast speed, reaching the sky above Fencheng in the blink of an eye.

The people in the city all looked up at the sky in panic, staring at the eerie black clouds that were filled with deathly aura.

The Zhang family cultivators in charge of managing the city of Fencheng had already sensed the terrifying aura emanating from the clouds. Terrified, they frantically formed hand seals, attempting to escape by riding the wind.

Suddenly, a giant hand formed from dark clouds appeared in the clouds and captured the Zhang family cultivators the instant they rose into the air!
The cultivator's screams utterly terrified the ordinary people in the city!

In an instant, the entire city of Fencheng was thrown into chaos!
Various terrified wails and screams came from the city below.

Ou Chang stood with his hands behind his back in the clouds, and a strange figure shrouded in thick black mist floated silently beside him.

As the common people in the city below fled in panic, wisps of purplish-black energy, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, flew out from the top of each commoner's head and drifted continuously toward the strange figure.

Having absorbed this purplish-black aura, the strange figure shrouded in the dense black mist began to emit soft moans, seemingly enjoying it immensely.

A strange smile appeared on Ou Chang's eerily pale face as he calmly looked down at the panicked Li Shu below.

But then he saw the common people, some riding fine horses, others driving oxcarts, their families scrambling towards the four city gates, while Ou Chang smiled faintly and murmured to himself.

"almost……"

He waved his hand lightly, and the figure shrouded in thick black mist reluctantly walked behind him and disappeared into the dark clouds.

Ou Chang slowly made hand gestures.

The next moment, a strange gale suddenly appeared and swept down towards Fencheng!

In an instant, the city's 300,000 people were swept into the void by the gale and disappeared into the thick dark clouds.

The piercing screams echoed through the clouds, but Ou Chang's face showed a look of great enjoyment.

As the screams grew weaker, things began to fall from the dark clouds that blanketed the entire city of Fen.

Upon closer inspection, one can discover that what fell down were actually stark white bones!
The bones crashed against the city's buildings with a crisp, resounding sound.

Then, just a few breaths later, a large number of dense human bones suddenly poured down from the clouds, making the entire city of Fencheng seem as if a torrential rain of white bones had fallen!
Fencheng, a cozy little town located in the south of Yingchuan County, saw its 300,000 people turn to dust in less than half an hour after the dark clouds appeared!
The entire city was transformed into a purgatory!
In the void, Ou Chang admired the city below filled with white bones, and slowly reached out to grab the dark clouds behind him.

Suddenly, more than a dozen fist-sized blood beads, exuding a strong bloody aura, flew out from the clouds one after another.

These dozen or so blood beads of varying sizes were drawn to him by his spiritual power and floated silently in front of him.

Ou Chang stretched out her fair palm, gently grasped one of the pearls, and took a deep breath!
The blood droplet transformed into a crimson torrent that it swallowed whole!

In an instant, a large amount of dense corpse energy suddenly burst forth from Ou Chang's body!
These corpse energies swirled and shifted behind him, forming grotesque and wailing phantoms of ordinary people!

These illusory figures of commoners, formed from yin energy, were bound by an invisible force and pulled into Ou Chang's body.

"Tsk tsk..."

"It's really delicious!"

Ou Chang closed his eyes in ecstasy, savoring the moment before abruptly waving his hand to collect all the remaining blood droplets in front of him into his storage bag. His slightly crimson eyes then turned to other directions in Yingchuan County.

……

Western wilderness.

The king of Fushan Kingdom, Wu Shikui, flew rapidly with the Imperial Cauldron in his hand. Seeing that all around him was a vast grassland, his brows furrowed instantly.

"I was careless; I actually chose a direction with very few people..."

Within the divine sense's embrace, apart from some unintelligent wild beasts, not a single human figure could be seen within a radius of hundreds of miles. Wu Shi Kui's expression was extremely grim.

There are some scattered ancient books in the southern border region that record the situation on this side of the great formation.

Ancient texts mention that the Yangnao land on this side of the great formation is slightly larger than that of the Southern Frontier, and therefore has ample food and benefits for them to plunder.

However, there must be other cultivators in this Yangnao land as well.

The sudden appearance of the three people presented the perfect opportunity for plunder, catching the cultivators off guard. By the time the cultivators realized what was happening, it would be unrealistic to continue such unbridled plundering.

Moreover, their breakthrough into the enemy lines was certainly not kept secret from other forces in the Southern Frontier.

Once other forces get the news and rush in, there will be too many wolves and not enough meat, and the losses will be even greater.

Wu Shi Kui was somewhat annoyed. He expanded his divine sense to its maximum while flying forward.

Suddenly, dozens of figures seemed to appear in his consciousness.

"A cultivator!?"

Sensing dozens of figures traveling on the wind hundreds of miles ahead, a hint of joy appeared on Wu Shi Kui's face.

Holding the Imperial Cauldron, he suddenly accelerated and flew towards the dozens of cultivators he sensed.

On the grassland, a group of cultivators dressed in the robes of Qiyun Valley disciples were riding the wind, preparing to search for Yao Lin, who had been tracking down the group of corpse cultivators some time ago.

"It seems like a pure divine sense swept over here just now!"

Among the disciples of Qiyun Valley, Zhong Liqing, whose strength was already close to the Qi Refining Perfection Realm, suddenly frowned and spoke, looking into the distance.

Upon hearing this, the remaining people changed their hand seals, hovering in mid-air on the wind, and warily looked around.

"Did Senior Sister Zhongli make a mistake...?"

"Huh!? Someone's here!"

A girl next to Zhong Liqing was about to say that Zhong Liqing was hallucinating when she suddenly noticed a black dot rapidly approaching on the horizon!
"Be careful!"

Sensing the unfamiliar aura emanating from the newcomer, Zhong Liqing immediately issued a warning in a deep voice!

In an instant, all the disciples of Qiyun Valley behind him mobilized their spiritual power and were on high alert!

Meanwhile, Wu Shi Kui stepped through the void and, upon discovering that the group of cultivators had all seen him but hadn't run away, a smile immediately appeared on his face.

"It's good that you're not running away. It saves me from wasting my spiritual energy to catch you..."

Muttering something under his breath, Wu Shi Kui took a few steps and appeared in the void hundreds of feet away from Zhong Liqing and the others.

The two sides remained locked in a standoff.

When Wu Shi Kui's gaze fell upon Zhong Li Qing and several female cultivators from Qi Yun Valley in the crowd, the smile on his aged face deepened instantly.

Zhong Liqing, sensing the profound and abyss-like aura emanating from the old man opposite him, instantly became somewhat solemn.

"Who are you?"

"We are disciples of Qiyun Valley..."

Before she could finish speaking, the Wu clan puppet opposite her had already begun to activate the Imperial Cauldron in its hand by forming a hand seal.

In an instant, a terrifying aura of bloodlust emanated from the ancient bronze cauldron!
Sensing this terrifying aura, Zhong Liqing was terrified. He urged his magical whip to wrap around the Wu Clan Puppet while shouting to his fellow disciples behind him!
"Run! This person is too strong!"

Driven by its spiritual power, the magical whip suddenly grew hundreds of feet in length, transforming into a black rope that coiled around the Wu Clan puppet.

But as the black ropes wrapped around it, Wu Shi Kui's eyes remained unmoved, and it didn't even attempt to resist.

He then gripped the base of the Imperial Cauldron with his large hand and slowly turned the cauldron's opening toward Zhong Liqing and the others.

In an instant, dozens of Qiyun Valley disciples who were preparing to escape hundreds of feet away were sucked into the cauldron, including Zhong Liqing, who was almost at the peak of Qi Refining.

Having gathered dozens of people, Wu Shi Kui looked with satisfaction at the tiny figures in the cauldron that resembled ants, and chuckled.

"These are all good things. After I get back, I will take a bath and change my clothes, and then enjoy them properly."

Holding the Imperial Cauldron, he looked in the direction from which Zhongli Qing and the others had come. After a moment of thought, he murmured, "These cultivators came from that direction. Could it be... there's a Xuanmen Immortal Sect over there?"

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a surge of excitement.

For him, monks were far more nourishing than ordinary people.

If we can take over a Xuanmen Immortal Sect this time, it will be much more worthwhile than plundering a few secular cities.

"I thought it was just bad luck, but it seems I'm actually quite lucky this time."

Wu Shi Kui smiled and was about to head towards the direction from which Zhong Liqing and the others had come when his brows suddenly furrowed.

He seemed to sense someone intruding into the range of his divine sense, but then instantly turned around and ran away!
"It could sense my divine sense and quickly fled..."

A glint of light flashed in Wu Shi Kui's eyes, and with a flash, he immediately chased after it in the southwest direction!

Above the vast grassland, Yao Lin, her hands forming a magic seal, fled into the distance with a look of terror on her face.

Just now, she had planned to return to Fengxian County to inform Li Heshan and the others that she had dealt with those corpse cultivators, dispelling their doubts and preventing them from being disturbed when she was refining corpses.

Unexpectedly, halfway there, they suddenly felt an extremely powerful divine sense enveloping the road ahead.

As a late-stage embryonic breathing practitioner, Yao Lin could clearly feel the terror of this divine consciousness.

The moment their bodies entered the range of the other party's divine sense, a sense of instinctive fear arose in their hearts!

Golden elixir!

That must be an old monster at the Golden Core Realm!

Even the divine sense of someone at the perfected stage of embryonic breathing could never make me feel this way!

How could a Golden Core Realm expert appear in this barren land?!

Could it be Old Man Jiang from Luoxia Mountain?

As Yao Lin fled, her mind raced.

Suddenly, another divine sense swept over!
Yao Lin's heart tightened, and she hurriedly turned around to look behind her.

Then he saw a black dot on the distant horizon rapidly growing larger, chasing after him!
That figure was incredibly fast, several times faster than her full-speed flight at the late stage of the Fetal Breathing Realm!
In the blink of an eye, she was able to see the person's face!
He was an elderly man wearing a dark gold embroidered robe and a gilded crown!
The old man exuded an air of nobility, holding an ancient bronze cauldron in his hand. His wolf-like and eagle-like eyes were filled with domineering power and majesty!

Seeing that the other party had caught up, Yao Lin knew that there was no chance of escape this time, so she simply stopped, turned around and cupped her hands, saying, "Junior Yao Lin, head of the Cliff Mountain Academy of Qiyun Valley, pays respects to senior."

"I apologize for accidentally disturbing you, senior."

Knowing there was no way to escape, she could only hope that a polite apology would persuade the other party to spare her life.

Wu Shi Kui quietly scrutinized Yao Lin before him, his eyes like sharp swords, easily seeing through all of Yao Lin's secrets.

"Fire-attribute spiritual root, late stage of embryonic breathing, cultivating the orthodox method, his cultivation is truly refined enough."

"His appearance is somewhat unappealing, but what is truly precious is that he still retains a trace of his original yin energy..."

Seeing the other party scrutinizing her like livestock, Yao Lin felt a surge of anger.

Sensing the terrifying aura emanating from Wu Shi Kui, she dared not show any reaction and could only maintain a humble demeanor, hoping that the other party would show leniency.

"Fine, take it back and harvest its yin essence. Keeping it by my side will still have considerable value."

Wu Shi Kui nodded in satisfaction, and then slowly reached out his hand, as if grabbing a chick, to grab Yao Lin!

Seeing this, Yao Lin understood that the other party had no intention of letting her go.

He immediately mustered the spiritual power within his body, wanting to fight back!
However, the difference between fetal breathing and the perception of the Golden Elixir is an insurmountable gap.

Even with Shen Wen'an's extraordinary talent, he couldn't withstand Ling Shan's swordsmanship.

Yao Lin's resistance was a joke in Wu Shi Kui's eyes.

"Young man, save your energy."

Wu Shi Kui's voice rang out, like a demonic incantation striking the depths of Yao Lin's consciousness, causing the circulation of spiritual energy within her body to suddenly halt.

The attack that was about to be launched vanished instantly, and Yao Lin could only stare in horror as the large hand grabbed her shoulder!

His spiritual energy and true essence were sealed off, and the immortal embryo within his dantian was also imprisoned.

Yao Lin suddenly felt dizzy, and the next moment she found herself in a strange bronze cauldron.

"Uncle Yao!"

"Uncle Master!"

Inside the Imperial Cauldron, Zhong Liqing and the others saw Yao Lin suddenly appear and quickly surrounded her.

Yao Lin glanced at everyone, her face grim as she stared at the mouth of the Imperial Cauldron, trying to use her spiritual power to escape.

"Uncle Yao, don't waste your energy. This cauldron... can't be taken out."

Zhong Liqing spoke with a dejected expression.

When they were first taken in, they tried many times.

However, this strange bronze cauldron, though seemingly without a lid, possessed an invisible force that sealed them all inside.

Let alone escape, even trying to lift your feet off the bottom of the bronze cauldron will result in immediate punishment.

Yao Lin refused to believe it and channeled her spiritual power, rushing towards the mouth of the cauldron!
The moment his feet left the ground, an invisible force suddenly appeared and slammed him down!
After trying several more times and realizing that she really couldn't leave, Yao Lin's face turned ashen.

"Uncle Yao, is that person an old monster in the Golden Core Realm?"

Zhong Liqing spoke in a deep voice.

Yao Lin simply nodded without saying a word.

His heart is now filled with resentment and anger.

Having just obtained the Corpse Refining Technique from that corpse cultivator, and before he could even put his ambitions to use, he unfortunately encountered a Golden Core cultivator and was captured.

Judging from what that old man said, I'm afraid I'll be enslaved for the rest of my life.

As the head of the Qiyun Valley Academy, how could Yao Lin, who was strong-willed throughout her life, be willing to accept this?

Standing quietly in the cauldron, a hint of madness flashed in Yao Lin's eyes. Then, she clenched her fists and abruptly reversed her spiritual power, wanting to detonate the immortal embryo within her body and end her own life!

"You're quite virtuous, but I won't let you succeed."

The voice of Wu Shi Kui resounded within the cauldron like that of a deity.

The next moment, several blood-red chains suddenly emerged from the cauldron, binding Yao Lin like a dumpling!

Those blood-red chains seemed to possess a life of their own, writhing eerily as they pierced into her body, rapidly draining her spiritual energy and leaving behind a sealing force.

After the blood-red chains disappeared, Yao Lin lay motionless at the bottom of the cauldron like a dead dog.

"Nephew Qing...kill...kill me."

Unable to end her own life, Yao Lin looked at Zhong Liqing with pleading eyes, wanting Zhong Liqing to end her life.

"Uncle Master..."

Zhong Liqing shook her head with a look of reluctance; she simply couldn't bring herself to do it!
"Zhong Liqing!"

"I, in my capacity as your senior uncle, command you!"

"kill me!"

Yao Lin's purplish-red face flushed red as she roared at the top of her lungs.

Seeing that Zhong Liqing was still hesitant, Yao Lin struggled to look at the other disciples of Qiyun Valley!

"You, kill me!"

The disciples of Qiyun Valley looked at each other, none of them daring to make a move.

"You young upstart are really causing trouble."

As the owner of the Imperial Cauldron, Wu Shi Kui could sense any movement or disturbance within the cauldron.

Seeing that Yao Lin was determined to die, Wu Shi Kui was afraid that she would actually succeed, so he could only send a stream of spiritual power towards the Huangji Cauldron.

In an instant, the body of the Imperial Cauldron seemed to melt, and a large amount of molten copper quickly enveloped the bodies of the people inside the cauldron, pulling them to the four sides of the cauldron and fixing them in place, leaving only one face.

After doing all this, Wu Shi Kui looked toward the direction of Fengxian County.

"Qiyun Valley...Qiyun Valley..."

"If there weren't any old geezers at the Golden Core stage here, I wouldn't be so polite..."

After muttering to itself, it transformed into a streak of light and suddenly headed north!

……

While Ou Chang of the Yin Corpse Sect and Wu Shi Kui, the ruler of Fushan Kingdom, were plundering on a large scale, the Heavenly Fox Demon King finally flew out of the vast Hidden Dragon Mountain and appeared on the outskirts of Yunshui City!
Inside Yunshui City, on the first floor of the Blackwater Pavilion, the golden toad restlessly moved its body around Shen Li.

Seeing that Shen Li's eyelids twitched slightly, as if he had finished cultivating, he immediately said, "Master, something terrible has happened!"

"She is coming!"

Shen Li slowly opened her eyes, her pupils as deep and bright as a still pool.

"Who's coming?"

The golden toad cried out urgently, "The cave master of Mount Dawu, that three-tailed celestial fox!"

"I can feel her presence!"

Shen Li slowly stood up, a trace of sadness flashing in her eyes.

"Grandpa has already planned this out, so there's no need to worry."

She rose and went to the desk, picked up a slip of paper, glanced at it quietly, and said:

"Come with me to find my uncle and the others."

Although she was not yet of marriageable age, Shen Li, with her graceful demeanor and a composure uncommon among young girls, slowly pushed open the door of the Blackwater Pavilion and walked towards the courtyard.

The golden toad and the silver-threaded centipede followed closely behind.

When she arrived at the side room of the mansion, Shen Wenxing and the others had already received a report from the protective array cultivators that a mysterious cultivator with a terrifying aura had appeared outside Yunshui City.

After Shen Li arrived, the golden toad immediately revealed that the newcomer was none other than the Heavenly Fox Demon King of the Great Wushan Demon Cave, an old monster who was about to reach the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm.

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions turned solemn.

"Li'er, does your grandfather have any instructions?"

Shen Wenxing suppressed his worries and looked at Shen Li to ask.

"Grandpa told me to give this to my eldest uncle."

Shen Li handed over the note in her hand.

"Half an hour later...should someone be sent to negotiate with the invading enemy?"

After reading the contents of the note, Shen Wenxing frowned deeply.

The Golden Toad has already said that the one who came is the Demon King of Mount Wu, a three-tailed celestial fox at the Golden Core Realm. What qualifications does the Shen family have to talk to them?
What is your grandfather doing?

After a moment's thought, Shen Wenxing still asked with some unease.

Shen Li shook her head slightly.

"Grandpa said that from today onwards, apart from Li'er, none of you should set foot in Blackwater Pavilion. If there is anything, just have Li'er relay the message."

"Grandpa also instructed that my eldest uncle should remember the nine words he said: 'Whether the Shen family can be passed down depends on us.'" Upon hearing this, the expressions of everyone present changed slightly.

“Grandpa…” Shen Chongming had a bad feeling, but he didn’t dare to speak easily.

Shen Wenxing, Shen Wen'an, and the others also looked at Shen Li with solemn expressions.

Meeting everyone's gaze, Shen Li smiled slightly:
"Uncle, Third Uncle."

“Brother Chongming, don’t worry, Grandpa said he’s fine.”

Seeing this, the group could only suppress their worries.

After thinking for a moment, Shen Wenxing looked at Shen Chongming and said, "Then do as your grandfather instructed. In half an hour, you will go and talk to that demon king."

"As for how to specifically discuss it, you'll have to decide based on the situation."

Shen Chongming nodded in agreement.

at the same time.

Outside the grand formation of Yunshui City, in the void, the Heavenly Fox Demon King hid in a more distant place, looking at the city below with a suspicious expression.

Emerging from the vast mountains, the first thing the Heavenly Fox Demon King saw was a human city protected by a powerful array, which greatly pleased him.

She could tell that the grand formation of Yunshui City was exquisitely arranged, easily able to withstand attacks from cultivators at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.

The fact that such a formation could be set up proves that there are quite a few cultivators in this city.

While both involve blood-based sustenance, the effects on cultivators are far greater than on ordinary people.

Just as the Heavenly Fox Demon King was about to break the great formation and enjoy himself, a strange red and white vortex suddenly appeared in front of him, and then a majestic voice rang in his mind.

It was a warning, saying that the people in the city were his people and under his protection, and that he should leave quickly.

Although the voice was somewhat weak, the fact that it could be transmitted into one's sea of ​​consciousness without warning was enough to prove that the other party's realm had surpassed one's own!

As the Heavenly Fox Demon King panicked and tried to flee, he suddenly sensed something was amiss.

As fellow Golden Core cultivators, if a cultivator weaker than herself suddenly appeared within the Great Wushan Demon Cave, she would personally step in to intimidate the other party, no matter what. If she was in a bad mood, she might even beat the other party up as a warning.

Now that I've already run to the outside of this city's great formation, the other party is just giving me a verbal warning in a pretentious manner, without even showing their face. Why is that?

After some thought, the Heavenly Fox Demon King had a guess in his mind.

In her view, the mysterious expert was either nearing the end of his life or was seriously injured.

He was afraid that he would be seen through if he showed himself, so he warned himself in the way he just did.

If that's the case...

A glint of light flashed in the eyes of the Heavenly Fox Demon King as he carefully recalled the weakness of the voice he had just heard. He then glanced at the shadowy figures of the cultivators in the city below, and a surge of impulse slowly rose in his heart.

Such a large number of cultivators, plus the Golden Core stage of a Golden Core expert, is incredibly tempting.

but……

What if the other party is deliberately feigning weakness?

Foxes are cunning and suspicious by nature.

Having lived for hundreds of years, the Fox Demon King had finally cultivated to his current level, and naturally cherished his life even more.

He coveted other people's elixir, unaware that they might also be eyeing his cultivation.
This is the enemy's stronghold. If there are any traps hidden under the city's protective formation, or if there are other powerful individuals of the same level hiding there, I might really be doomed here.

Just as the Heavenly Fox Demon King was struggling with his decision, he suddenly noticed a streak of light flying out of the city and heading towards his location.

Holding the dark green bamboo sword, Shen Chongming waved his hand to activate the formation and arrived not far from the Heavenly Fox Demon King.

Having met Jiang Xiuqi and the Lingshan Sword Immortal beforehand at Luoxia Mountain, he remained calm and composed when facing a Golden Core Realm expert again.

"I've met senior."

Standing in the void, Shen Chongming cupped his sword and bowed to the Heavenly Fox Demon King, speaking calmly, "Yunshui City is the ancestral home of my Shen family. May I ask what brings you here, senior?"

Upon hearing this, the Heavenly Fox Demon King looked at Shen Chongming with curious eyes.

"The Embryonic Breathing Realm?"

"This young man is no more than thirty years old, yet his cultivation has already reached the realm of embryonic breathing. His true essence and spiritual power are pure and vigorous, which is definitely not something he has forcibly accumulated by relying on rare and precious materials or pills!"

"The sword in his hand..."

"That's... sword intent!?"

The Heavenly Fox Demon King's gaze fell upon the dark green bamboo sword in Shen Chongming's hand, and instantly sensed the terrifying sword intent condensed within it!
"The owner of this sword is far more terrifying than the owner of that voice!"

While the Heavenly Fox Demon King was secretly shocked, he was also extremely relieved!

Fortunately, I held back and didn't act rashly!

"These human cultivators are too cunning!"

"As expected, those who can cultivate to this level are all incredibly shrewd!"

The Heavenly Fox Demon King cursed inwardly, but a charming smile appeared on her face as she bowed and said:

"Greetings, young friend."

"I come from the southern border. Today I have mistakenly entered the territory of nobles and have offended you in many ways."

"Please convey to your ancestor that I will be leaving now."

Ancestor?

Shen Chongming was slightly taken aback, then glanced at the green bamboo sword in his hand.

He was unaware that his grandfather, Shen Yuan, had already used the aura of good fortune extracted from Bai Ze by the white jade tortoise shell back then, and at a great cost, activated the white jade tortoise shell to imitate Bai Ze at the peak of the Golden Core stage, thus suppressing the Heavenly Fox Demon King.

It was only because the Heavenly Fox Demon King sensed the sword intent of the Spirit Fairy Sword Immortal on the Green Bamboo Sword that he mistakenly believed that his family had an ancestor who was also a Sword Immortal.

Thinking of this, he was secretly delighted and decided to make a big splash with this banner.

He immediately bowed proudly and said:
"You're too kind, senior. You've come from afar, and we should invite you to our home for a short visit and treat you properly."

"However, my elders had instructed me before they went into seclusion that it was inconvenient to entertain guests. Please forgive them."

That person was in seclusion...

The Heavenly Fox Demon King suddenly understood and smiled slightly, "I understand. I won't bother you any longer. Farewell."

After saying that, she crossed Yunshui City and headed due east.

Seeing his figure disappear, Shen Chongming secretly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly returned to Yunshui City.

……

East of Yunshui City lies the territory of Yingchuan County.

At this moment, in Yingchuan County, Ou Chang from the Yin Corpse Sect had just harvested a city's worth of blood offerings and was preparing to head to the next city when he suddenly sensed the aura of the Heavenly Fox Demon King.

With a slight frown, he flashed and arrived in front of the Heavenly Fox Demon King.

"This place is vast and abundant with blood offerings. Why have you come to my side, fellow Daoist?"

Seeing Ou's questioning, the Heavenly Fox Demon King replied somewhat irritably, "Fellow Daoist Ou, please don't mention it. I didn't gain any benefits this time, and I almost lost all my cultivation."

Ou Chang was somewhat surprised to hear this.

The Heavenly Fox Demon King didn't hide anything and directly recounted his experiences in Cloud Water City.

“Those two Golden Core cultivators in the city are truly cunning. Fortunately, I was cautious. If I had rushed in rashly, I might have been killed on the spot by those two.”

After listening, Ou Chang secretly memorized the place the Heavenly Fox Demon King had mentioned, his eyes flashing.

"This Yangnao land has only recently been revived, yet there is an old monster at the Golden Core realm hiding in the world!"

The Celestial Fox Demon King sighed and said, "What's so strange about that?"

"The spiritual veins of heaven and earth here have been destroyed, but there must be some remaining blessed lands and secret realms."

"Those cultivators who survived by chance can hide in blessed lands and secret realms to cultivate, so it won't have much of an impact."

After saying this, she looked towards the city in front of her.

"Fellow Daoist Ou has reaped considerable rewards; shall this city be offered to me?"

After a moment's thought, Ou Chang decided not to get entangled with them over a human city.

"No problem, no problem. There are plenty of human cities here, and I won't compete with you for them."

"Farewell."

With a flash, it flew away into the distance.

Seeing that it had gone far away, the Heavenly Fox Demon King released its divine sense and carefully observed the city below. However, it did not see the aura or emblem of the Shen family. Its three fox tails fluttered in the wind and swept towards the city.

The three enormous fox tails exuded an extremely alluring aura.

In an instant, the men, women, and children in the city were all affected by this aura, and they all walked towards the huge fox tail like walking corpses.

In a short time, the Heavenly Fox Demon King swept away the people of an entire city and flew off into the distance.

……

Fengxian County.

King Wu of Fushan abducted a large number of people from the Western Wilderness along the way. When he arrived at Fengxian County, the entire Huangji Cauldron was almost full.

Upon seeing the appearance of a secular city, Wu Shi Kui's face lit up with joy.

"Ordinary blood food is enough to refine blood pills. Now that the Imperial Cauldron has little space left, we should carefully select more cultivators."

The figure of the Wu Clan Puppet flew over the cities of Fengxian County, and the Liu family cultivators and Qiyun Valley disciples in the cities were all abducted by it.

When the news spread, Li Heshan, who was far away in the county town, looked solemn.

The other party had come all the way from the Western Wilderness, and he had roughly guessed that Yao Lin, the head of the Cliff Mountain Academy, and Zhong Liqing and others in the Western Wilderness had probably already met with a terrible fate.

He is suspected to be at the Golden Core stage. Not to mention myself, even the entire Qiyun Valley is no match for him.

He stood with his hands behind his back in the pavilion of Yingxian Garden, his expression sorrowful.

He has been operating in Yangnao for nearly seventy years since he came to this land with Zhong Liqing.

After finally seeing some progress in recent years, with the hope of reversing Qiyun Valley's decline, it has suddenly suffered this devastating blow...

If Yao Lin and Zhong Liqing's group had indeed met with misfortune, then all his efforts over the years would not only have been in vain, but would have resulted in significant losses.

"That's all..."

With a long sigh, Li Heshan said in a deep voice, "Someone come here."

A disciple from Qiyun Valley rushed over and bowed, saying, "Senior Brother."

Li Heshan clenched his fist slightly, reluctantly issuing the order.

"Summon all disciples of Qiyun Valley, and take everything you can with you. Return to Danzhou immediately."

Even though he was reluctant, he had no choice but to issue this order to cut his losses.

Otherwise, if he and his disciples were to perish here, Qiyun Valley would be severely weakened and would have no chance of recovery.

The disciple was also slightly unwilling, but when he thought of the message that the ruthless person was very likely a Golden Core Realm expert, he dared not hesitate any longer.

In an instant, almost all the other immortal sect disciples in the entire Yangnao Land made the same decision.

Even the disciples of Luoxia Mountain in He County hastily retreated to Yunzhong County City to observe the situation.

This disaster, which swept across the entire Yangnao region, lasted only one day.

However, three Golden Core cultivators from the southern border abducted nearly one-tenth of the population of Yangnao Land.

The disciples of the immortal sects in various prefectures had no chance to resist. They were either captured by the three as food or fled back to Danzhou in panic, never daring to set foot in Yangnao again.

Yunzhong County was the only place that escaped unscathed from this disaster.

The reason why Wu Shi Kui, the ruler of Fushan Kingdom, did not set foot in Yunzhong County was that by the time he plundered all the way to Fengxian County, the Huangji Cauldron in his hands was already full.

The Heavenly Fox Demon King and Ou Chang of the Yin Corpse Sect felt that there was a "Golden Core Family" in Yunzhong County and did not want to provoke a powerful enemy.

After the three left satisfied, a figure arrived in Yunshui City from Danzhou.

At the entrance of Shen Family Manor.

Shen Wenxing and his son respectfully cupped their hands and said, "Greetings, Senior Jiang."

Jiang Xiuqi nodded, and just as he was about to speak, he saw Wei Qiuling walking slowly towards him with her protruding belly.

"Master."

Upon seeing Jiang Xiuqi, Wei Qiuling smiled and spoke.

The group sat down in the side room. Jiang Xiuqi said with a solemn expression, "This time it was really dangerous. If the three-tailed celestial fox hadn't been wary of Fellow Daoist Ling Shan, the people of Yunshui City would probably have been taken away as food, just like in other cities."

Shen Wenxing and the others nodded slightly upon hearing this.

They still don't know that it was actually Shen Yuan who initially intimidated the fox demon.

"Master, the Void Corridor Formation has been broken. In the future, cultivators and demon cultivators from the Southern Frontier will likely advance unimpeded."

What are your thoughts, sir?

Wei Qiuling gently stroked her lower abdomen and spoke in a deep voice.

Although the Shen family managed to scare away the Golden Core Realm fox demon by feigning the sword intent of the Sword Immortal Ling Shan, they ultimately lacked the strength to actually do so.

What if one day a madman appears in the southern border, unafraid of the Green Bamboo Sword?

The Shen family will likely be wiped out in an instant.

She really wanted to persuade Shen Wenxing to move his family to Danzhou.

With the current strength of Luoxia Mountain, finding a place for the Shen family to stay in Qishan and protecting them is not a big deal.

But the fear is that the Shen family will not be willing to be driven by others and become an appendage of Luoxia Mountain.

"The land of Yangnao still holds many secrets; we should not give up if we can avoid it."

"I have already explained to your master that I will be stationed in Yunzhong for the next period of time."

“Once their cultivation reaches the Golden Core stage, those cultivators from the Southern Frontier will naturally not make enemies with cultivators of the same level over a few pieces of blood food.”

"Luoxia Mountain and the Shen family should first guard this place in the clouds, and then make further plans after some time."

Upon hearing this, Shen Wenxing and Shen Chongming exchanged a glance, both seeing the joy in each other's eyes.

With Jiang Xiuqi, a Golden Core cultivator, presiding over Yunzhong, one can feel more at ease than with a Green Bamboo Sword.

After all, this is a genuine Golden Core cultivator, not just an empty title.

"Luoxia Mountain and the Shen family should not make any other moves in the near future. I estimate that those cultivators from the Southern Frontier will come again."

Jiang Xiuqi spoke in a deep voice.

Shen Wenxing and Wei Qiuling both nodded in agreement.

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Southern Xinjiang.

The news of the broken Void Harmony Corridor Formation was not kept secret for more than a few days before it quickly spread among the major forces in the southern and northern border regions.

In an instant, all the major forces gathered in front of the Void Harmony Corridor Formation.

Regarding the Yangnao Land, there are two ancient legends in the Southern Frontier. One is that the Great Lord Daying spent a lot of effort to set up the Void Harmony Corridor Array, but his real purpose was to divide Yin and Yang, which showed his great ambition.

The second rumor is that yin and yang work together.

It is said that cultivators in the Yangnao Land refine human pills, which, when consumed, can harmonize Yin and Yang and have wondrous effects such as enhancing cultivation aptitude.

Now that the great formation has been broken, influenced by these two rumors, cultivators from the Southern Frontier are flocking to the Yangnao Land.

Numerous cultivators from both the southern and northern borders poured into Yangnao Land through the gap in the Void Harmony Corridor Formation.

With his Golden Core cultivation, Jiang Xiuqi was stationed in Yunzhong County. The release of his aura startled those cultivators and demons below the Golden Core realm, causing them to avoid him.

When other Golden Core cultivators sensed the aura of another Golden Core cultivator, they considered it and decided not to set foot in Yunzhong County.

The Yangnao Land is vast, and unless absolutely necessary, none of these old monsters are willing to fight a powerful expert of the same realm.

With the influx of a large number of cultivators from the southern border, a new disaster begins.

The entire Yangnao land was plunged into darkness, with only Yunzhong County becoming the only pure land.

A large number of common people fled to Yunzhong County, only to be wiped out by the Southern Frontier cultivators and demons guarding the area around Yunzhong County.

Yunshui City, Shen Family Ancestral Hall.

The heads of several major affiliated families gathered here.

Shen Chongming sat in the head seat, listening quietly to the excited discussion of the group.

The group discussed how many commoners and cultivators each of them had recently gathered in their respective cities and villages.

Beside him, Zhao Tuan, dressed in a loose cloth robe and with his hair tied up in a bun, sat quietly with his eyes lowered, not participating in the conversation.

Shen Chongming glanced at him, then slowly put down the teacup in his hand.

The stewards of the various households had been watching him closely, but upon seeing this, they immediately stopped the discussion.

"I have called you all here today because I have something to tell you."

Shen Chongming said in a deep voice, "After you all return, do not take in any commoners or cultivators who are not from Yunzhong County."

"This is an order. If you disobey, you will be punished according to the clan rules."

"Okay, let's all disperse."

After saying this, Shen Chongming got up and left the ancestral hall, leaving behind a group of astonished and puzzled household stewards.

"Why...why did the patriarch issue this order?"

"Why can't we take in those common people and cultivators who are being captured and killed outside?"

"Isn't this move to strengthen my Shen family?"

Only after Shen Chongming had walked far away did the group dare to whisper among themselves.

Zhao Tuan slowly raised his head, glanced at the group, then shook his head with a light laugh and prepared to leave.

"Nephew Zhao, do you know the purpose of the patriarch's actions? Please enlighten us."

"Yes, Patriarch Zhao, please explain. Otherwise, we won't be able to explain to our subordinates."

The group surrounded Zhao Tuan, wanting to understand why Shen Chongming had made such a cruel decision.

(End of this chapter)