Cultivating a family of immortals

"I never imagined that the Xu family, ordinary people, could achieve such success in just a few decades while serving as the garrison commander of Qingping Mountain. It's truly a blessing from Heaven! A blessing from Heaven indeed!"

After Zheng Xuanzhou finished speaking, he laughed twice, grabbed the wine pot in front of his knees, drank a lot, and finally threw the wine pot at his feet. He stood up unsteadily, took a deep look at Xu Changle, and then tried to squat down, but he couldn't stand up and fell to the ground, rolled off the wheel, and rolled out of the range of the talisman.

Xu Changle squinted, but did not make a move.

Panting heavily, Zheng Xuanzhou crawled to the old woman with both hands and then hugged her tightly.

He was covered in mud, his hair disheveled and draped over his shoulders, and tears welled in his old eyes. He held the old woman, and like Xu Changle, gently patted her back, murmuring:

"It's a pity that you've been with me your whole life, yet we haven't had a son or a daughter. I promised you romantic moments under the moon and flowers, and that I would take you to travel around the immortal realm, but in the end, it all came to nothing. Jing Shu, I'm coming now."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zheng Xuanzhou finally breathed his last!

From then on, the Zheng family, a cultivation clan that had dominated the area around the former Qingping Mountain village for hundreds of years, was wiped out completely, just like the Wang family, which had been exterminated by the Zheng family years before.

Xu Changle saw this scene and his eyes were filled with complex emotions, but he showed no regret.

I won't say that those who do many unrighteous deeds will surely perish, but I will only say that the cycle of karma is what it is, because the path of cultivating immortality is just like that.

Xu Changle thought to himself, "The Xu family must be a hundred times, a thousand times, more careful in order to survive."

However, when Xu Jingtao saw this scene, she thought of herself and felt a sharp pain in her heart, crying incessantly.

Xu Changle lowered his gaze to the dozen or so corpses on the ground, among which were the Zhao couple. He immediately understood what had happened, sighed heavily, and then said in an icy tone:

"Where is that bastard from the Meng family?"

Xu Jingtao shook her head and cried, "They said they've already gone to the Chaoyang Sect..."

"Chaoyang Sect..." Xu Changle's eyes were deep and mysterious as he began to plan how to attack this sect in the future.

"Hmph, adulterer! No wonder Meng Qingdeng was willing to offer you up!"

A voice suddenly came.

Xu Changle and Xu Jingtao looked up abruptly and saw Xiang Rong using the [Sky-Soaring Technique] to float in the air. He had arrived at some unknown time and was coldly watching the two of them.

Xu Changle released Xu Jingtao, but held her hand, her eyes slightly narrowed, a hint of understanding forming in her mind, and asked:

"Is this the kind of thing that this person and that bastard did together?"

Xu Jingtao no longer needed to hide her true feelings. Her eyes were icy as she stared at Xiang Rong, and she said hatefully:

"It was he who, in league with...my family, and..."

Xu Changle looked at her, reached out and patted her shoulder again, speaking gently, "Don't be afraid, just watch from the side. I will avenge you now, first kill this man!"

Xu Jingtao nodded emphatically, tears streaming down her face.

Upon hearing this, Xiang Rong sneered, "You slut, you're already pregnant with my child. Do you intend to kill your own husband? You weren't like this when you were screaming in bed yesterday!"

Having said that, Xiang Rong suddenly slapped his forehead and mocked:

"I almost forgot, you asked me to kill your own parents before, and now you're thinking of killing me. You slut, you really are a slut, both shameless and filthy!"

Xu Jingtao's body trembled uncontrollably, and her eyes were terribly red.

Xu Changle stopped wasting words, threw out a long sword, turned around, looked at Xiang Rong as if he were already dead, and angrily shouted:

"Shut up!"

After saying this, he leaped into the air and thrust his sword at Xiang Rong.

Xiang Rong sneered:

"So this is the Xu family! Their eldest son is also a cultivator, and you've kept it a secret for so many years, even from the Haoran Sect. But so what if he's a cultivator? I have no time to fight you here!"

Xiang Rong was in a hurry to return to his sect and didn't want to fight Xu Changle. After saying that, he gathered his spiritual power and prepared to fly towards Chaoyang Sect.

But how could Xu Changle do as he wished?

Holding a sword in one hand, the sword energy pierced towards Xiang Rong the instant the sword energy was thrust towards him, while making a hand seal with the other hand, a bolt of lightning appeared in his hand and struck towards him simultaneously.

Xu Changle came with fierce momentum, unleashing all his spiritual power without reservation.

Xiang Rong was immediately terrified and quickly dodged the attack, shouting at the same time:

"They've actually reached the eighth level of Qi Refining!"

As he spoke, he dodged the attack, while Xu Changle soared into the air, taking the opportunity to block his retreat route towards Chaoyang Sect.

He held the sword in one hand, his eyes filled with coldness.

"Chaoyang Sect, from this day forward, our Xu family will surely annihilate your Xiang family! Now, we will use you as a sacrifice to our sword!"

Enraged, Xiang Rong laughed coldly, summoning his longsword and saying, "You're all at the eighth level of Qi Refining? You really think you're invincible! You dare to boast about destroying my Xiang family? Let me tell you the truth, my Xiang family is already mustering its forces and is about to descend the mountain to wipe out your Xu family!"

"As it happens, let me first behead your Xu family's eldest son as a sacrifice to the flag!"

As he spoke, Xiang Rong charged forward, sword in hand.

Xu Changle was momentarily surprised and doubtful, then quickly pondered:

"The Zheng family was wiped out. This person came from the direction of Guanyun Village, so he must have seen it, which is why he reported it to the Chaoyang Sect. The Chaoyang Sect, having already gone this far, is now preparing to send someone to wipe out my Xu family?"

"This is terrible! We must inform the family immediately; we can't afford to delay any longer!"

With that thought, Xu Changle sneered, used his spiritual power to propel himself forward, and charged swiftly toward Xiang Rong with his sword.

Xiang Rong's sword was enveloped in spiritual energy, and as it descended from above, Xu Changle should have dodged, but instead, he charged forward. Xiang Rong was overjoyed, thinking to himself:

"A greenhorn like him, even though he's reached the eighth level of cultivation, he doesn't understand combat. He doesn't even understand the principle of retreating when the enemy is strong. Really..."

However, the moment the thought crossed his mind, Xiang Rong saw his longsword pierce through Xu Changle's shoulder, splattering blood all over his face.

"Haha, how foolish!"

Xiang Rong was overjoyed. He had never killed a cultivator of the same level as himself so easily before. He wondered if he had become stronger again.

After thinking it over, a smile appeared on his lips, and he prepared to slash downwards with the tip of his sword. The tip of the sword was wrapped in spiritual energy, making it extremely sharp. According to his plan, he could cut through Xu Changle's heart meridian in the next moment.

However, Xiang Rong saw Xu Changle with a cold smile on his lips, reaching out to grab the sword, using his shoulder to brace the tip, and using his spiritual power to neutralize the sharpness of the blade.

For a moment, Xiang Rong couldn't even draw his sword and was stunned.

"How could they play like this?"

In fact, his best option at that moment was to abandon his sword and retreat, but he was so frightened by Xu Changle's fierce fighting style that he forgot about abandoning his sword.

Xu Changle's gloomy voice rang in his ears.

"Die, you bastard!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Changle restrained Xiang Rong with one hand and mercilessly raised his long sword, which he had been holding back for a long time, and plunged it into Xiang Rong's left chest.

With a soft "pfft".

The sword pierced Xiang Rong's chest.

Xiang Rong was suddenly overcome with an intense sense of impending death. He had never expected that this person would choose to fight by exchanging injuries, and with such ruthlessness. If he made a mistake, wouldn't he have killed him for nothing?

Unfortunately, their gamble paid off.

Xiang Rong regretted it too late and immediately mobilized the spiritual power in his body to his heart meridian in an attempt to protect it.

However, Xu Changle loosened his grip on the sword with his other hand.

If Xiang Rong could react in time and slash down with his sword, he would surely kill Xu Changle.

But he was terrified and only thought about protecting his heart and escaping from this place.

Xu Changle chuckled foolishly, then grabbed Xiang Rong's neck with his free hand, twisted it hard, and snapped it with a crack.

"Jing Tao! Hurry up and kill your enemy!"

Xu Changle shouted and, just as Xiang Rong was about to die completely, threw him down in front of Xu Jingtao below.

With red eyes, Xu Jingtao took out her long sword, leaped up, and slashed diagonally across the body, beheading him in one fell swoop.

In Xiang Rong's eyes, the world turned upside down, and the last image in his mind was of Xu Jingtao holding a sword in both hands, tears streaming down her face, her gaze filled with hatred as she looked at him.

He wanted to open his mouth to say something, but no matter what he did, he couldn't open it.

Xiang Rong perished in the forest, falling victim to this conspiracy.

Xu Changle slowly lowered himself down, panting heavily, blood gushing from his shoulder, and gently patted the back of Xu Jingtao, who was kneeling on the ground and sobbing.

A moment later, Xu Jingtao finally came to her senses. Looking at Xu Changle's bleeding shoulder, she quickly tore off a corner of her skirt and carefully bandaged it, asking with concern:

"Brother Chang Le, are you alright?"

"It's alright, a quick fix will do. Let's hurry back and discuss the attack from the Chaoyang Sect!"

"good!"

After saying that, Xu Jingtao turned around and picked up the storage bag from Zheng Xuanzhou's body. Together with Xu Changle, they used the [Lightness Technique] and ran towards Guanyun Village.