Qingcang Immortal Clan: Starting with Farming to Increase Luck

Chapter 81 Soul Devouring (Seeking First Subscription)

The two leading figures landed and bowed to Lu Changfeng.

"The Third Ancestor!"

The Lu family members were pleasantly surprised to see one of the figures. Lu Changkong had broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage some time ago, more than ten years, right?

However, after Lu Changkong broke through, he basically stayed in charge of guarding the market and rarely showed his face. Instead, Lu Changfeng and the others had more contact with him.

Everyone was pleasantly surprised to see Lu Changkong.

The market is important and cannot be left unguarded by Foundation Establishment cultivators. What will happen to the market if Lu Changkong comes out?

Could the situation have become so critical?

Thinking of this, Lu Yang and the others felt a chill. Moreover, Lu Changkong hadn't come alone; he had brought a large group of people with him.

At first glance, there were hundreds of cultivators.

Among them, hundreds were members of the Lu family, including several at the peak of Qi Refining. Lu Qingwen was also present; many of them were likely clansmen previously used to manage Kaiyang County and had been transferred over.

However, quite a few of them were not wearing the Lu family's robes.

The Qi Refining forces under the Lu family?

A rogue cultivator?

Their cultivation levels varied, and their auras were mixed and unpredictable; they were clearly rogue cultivators.

It seems that the rest are all independent cultivators gathered by the Lu family.

As for the Chen family...

The Chen family has two Foundation Establishment stage cultivators and a peak Foundation Establishment ancestor who is of the same generation as the Yang family's ancestor, but whose strength is incomparable to that of the Yang family's ancestor.

After all, one was suffering from hidden injuries, while the other was in good condition and was still planning to break through to the Golden Core stage. The younger-looking one in front of them was obviously not the Chen family's patriarch.

That must be Chen Changsheng, the second ancestor of the Chen family.

His name is truly impressive, and his cultivation aptitude is also exceptionally good. It's said he has the aptitude of a Heavenly Spiritual Root, and although he's a bit younger than Lu Changfeng and the others, his cultivation has already reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

Looking at it this way, the Yang family and the Chen family are truly a stark contrast: one is in decline, while the other is full of vigor.

If the Chen family patriarch could break through to the Golden Core stage in one fell swoop, that would be truly amazing. However, before the Chen family patriarch breaks through, the Lu family will be the leader of the four western prefectures.

Now, facing the Southern Barbarians, it seems the Lu family has also summoned the Chen family.

The Chen family didn't seem to be holding back either. Dozens of Chen family cultivators all possessed considerable auras.

Although Yang Tiantong's gaze towards Chen Changsheng was complex, he was genuinely happy, as this would greatly increase the hope of recovering the southern border.

After exchanging pleasantries, the group entered Nanning County.

Nanning County is the foundation of the Yang family. The Yang family's ancestral home is located on Dangyang Mountain in Nanning County. Therefore, if the Nanman (Southern Barbarians) were to conquer Nanning County, the Yang family would truly be destroyed.

Of course, if they hadn't been forced into this situation, why would the Yang family have asked the Lu family for help?

While waiting for reinforcements from the Lu family, the Yang family had already spent a lot of money and effort to set up a second-order magic array in Nanning County.

Before this, the formations set up by each family were limited to their clan territory or some important places.

It is truly rare for an array to cover an entire county, after all, the cost of such a large-scale array is simply unimaginable.

Moreover, the county town is mostly inhabited by ordinary people, so there is no need to make any special arrangements. At worst, we can just abandon it and focus on protecting the mountain gate.

However, things are not always like that. For example, the people in Nanning County are ordinary people, but a large part of them are members of the Yang family. The Yang family suffered heavy losses this time, and if they want to rise again in the future, they need a large base of people to produce more cultivation seeds and continue the Yang family lineage.

Some Qi-refining families under the Yang family in the county town also retreated, and most of the ordinary people in these Qi-refining families also moved into Nanning City.

If the Yang family cannot provide them with a guarantee and include them in its protection, why would these cultivators from Qi Refining families risk their lives for the Yang family?

Moreover, the Yang family has lost most of its territory, and its morale has been greatly diminished. If it cannot even hold onto Nanning County, then its last bit of morale may be gone.

Therefore, the Yang family had a compelling reason to defend Nanning County.

"good!"

After entering Nanning County, Lu Changfeng couldn't help but nod. The fact that a second-tier high-grade formation could cover such a large area showed the Yang family's determination.

This must have used up most of the clan's resources. I didn't expect Yang Tiantong to have such courage to make a final gamble.

"To my shame, it's nothing more than the legacy of our ancestor."

Everyone nodded. The Yang family was able to survive until now thanks to that Grand Ancestor who was at the peak of Foundation Establishment. Back then, in terms of prestige among the four western prefectures, the Yang family was no less than the other three families.

He rose to power because of the Great Ancestor, and he fell from power because of the Great Ancestor.

Now that the Yang family's patriarch has passed away, the entire Yang family's fortunes have rapidly declined. Even if the Yang family survives this calamity of the Southern Barbarians, it will be difficult for them to regain their former glory.

However, these are not issues that Lu Changfeng needs to consider.

Inside the temporary main hall of Nanning County.

Lu Changfeng took the seat of honor without hesitation, while Yang Tiantong and the others took their seats in order. Lu Yang also benefited from this and sat down in the lower part of the hall.

"Fellow Daoist Tiantong, it has always been your Yang family that has been resisting the Southern Barbarians. Tell us about the current situation in the Southern Barbarians."

Upon hearing Lu Changfeng's question, Yang Tiantong's eyes were filled with barely suppressed resentment.

"Do you still remember that Southern Barbarian priest, Nagu?"

"Of course I remember. We had a brief encounter in Canglan County."

"I don't know what kind of vicious curse the ancient priest used, but it caused my ancestor's old injury to relapse. If it weren't for that, not only Nanning County, but all the nine counties in the southern border region should be impregnable."

After the Nanman army entered the southern border, they probably tasted success and began to massively increase their troops.

The Southern Barbarian army now exceeds 300,000, with one Foundation Establishment priest for every 100,000 troops, and dozens of Qi Refining priests under them. Their methods are extremely strange. Many of the rogue cultivators from our Yang family who came to support us have died under the curses of these priests' Gu worms.

Moreover, seeing the Southern Barbarians gaining power, many evil cultivators and demonic cultivators also came to join in the fun.

Currently, there are four Foundation Establishment evil cultivators in the Southern Barbarian camp.

Among them was a heretical cultivator at the peak of Foundation Establishment, named Soul Devourer.

Soul Devourer!

Everyone was startled upon hearing this. They were mostly unaware of the evil cultivators in the Southern Barbarian Lands, but once they reached the Foundation Establishment stage, any evil cultivator would have committed numerous blood feuds in Yue Kingdom or other neighboring countries, or be remnants of some demonic forces. How could they not know about them?

After all, evil cultivators practice soul-devouring and corpse-refining, using human bodies as sustenance, which is truly despicable. These families and forces especially need to be wary of them.

Among them, Soul Devourer was on their blacklist, after all, he was a cruel and evil cultivator who had slaughtered several counties in succession.

Many cultivation families and sects have suffered from the poisonous hands of the Soul Devourer.

I had heard that Soul Eater was being hunted down by Hanshan Temple and was seriously injured and dead, but it turned out to be false information. Now it's popping up again.

Moreover, he broke through to the peak of Foundation Establishment!

Thinking of the terror of the Soul Devourer, even these Foundation Establishment cultivators couldn't help but feel a chill, after all, this evil cultivator was truly bizarre.

With his mastery of divine soul techniques, not only would those with lower cultivation levels fall victim to his attacks, but even those of the same level would be directly affected. He even has a number of victories against opponents of higher levels.

To be honest, no Foundation Establishment cultivator would want to face this guy, but now, Soul Devourer is right there on the other side.

Chen Changsheng couldn't help but look at Lu Changfeng, his meaning clear: why don't you bring out your ancestor? We can't beat him.