Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Inside the council hall on the mountainside of Baicao Peak in the Cangyun Mountains.

Six figures were sitting around a long blue stone table, discussing something in hushed tones. In the empty space, words such as "Core Formation" and "clan members" would occasionally flash by.

Sitting at the head of the bluestone table was a refined man in a white robe, Xu Xingzhou, the Grand Elder of the Xu family of the Heavenly Thunder Sect.

At the same time, he is also the most skilled person in the Xu family, having already reached the late stage of Core Formation.

The meeting attended by the five Core Formation stage leaders of the Xu family, as well as the current head of the Xu family, was proposed by him not long ago.

Moreover, just now, it was a message he uttered that caused the other four Core Formation cultivators to discuss among themselves, and made the late Foundation Establishment patriarch of the Xu family fall into deep thought.

"Elder, you are the oldest among the current cultivators in the family. Are you sure about that person's identity?" one of the young men in yellow robes, who had just reached the Core Formation stage, suddenly asked.

The others immediately fell silent, waiting for Xu Xingzhou's reply.

Xu Xingzhou glanced at everyone present, then shook his head slightly: "That person was expelled from his family hundreds of years ago. At that time, I was just a child and only heard about it. I never had any interaction with that person."

After a moment of contemplation, Xu Xingzhou explained, "However, I can confirm that the Heavenly Thunder Token on his body is genuine. Moreover, I secretly sensed it using the bloodline secret technique and found that it is indeed connected to that person's bloodline. Furthermore, the portrait I found in the family's secret technique pavilion also shows that although that person has aged considerably, his facial features do resemble Xu Zhuochen's somewhat."

Upon hearing Xu Xingzhou's words, the others fell silent.

After a long silence, a deep voice finally spoke: "There are quite a few secret techniques that circumvent the bloodline detection of cultivators, as far as I know, but that doesn't prove anything. As for appearance... not to mention that so many years have passed, and that person's appearance has changed considerably. With the methods of cultivators, what difficulty is there in changing one's appearance?"

Another female voice then spoke up, "Hmph! So what if he really is Xu Zhuochen? The patriarch expelled him from the family back then; he is no longer a member of the Xu family."

The others nodded in agreement when they heard what the woman said.

As a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator and a fourth-tier alchemist, the ancestor left the Xu family an extremely substantial fortune.

These five are the only Core Formation cultivators in the Xu family. In a sense, the vast fortune left by their ancestor will be under their control in the future.

Therefore, how could they possibly agree to recognize Xu Zhuochen's status as a cultivator from the Xu family, thus allowing the Xu family to have another Core Formation cultivator to divide their rightful benefits?

Looking at the four people below who shared the same attitude, Xu Xingzhou couldn't help but smile bitterly. He knew very well what the four were really thinking. In fact, he didn't want more people to share his power.

But as the eldest elder of the Xu family, he thought about things more deeply.

The last remaining Nascent Soul stage ancestor of the Heavenly Thunder Sect was well taken care of by the ancestor during his lifetime, and even his successful formation of the Nascent Soul stage was inseparable from the ancestor's cultivation.

For this reason, the Xu family will not be greatly affected in the short term after the ancestor's death.

But as the saying goes, "a new emperor brings a new court," and that Nascent Soul ancestor also had family, disciples, and students to take care of, while the resources of the Heavenly Thunder Sect were limited.

If this continues, the bond will weaken, and the Xu family will inevitably become marginalized.

In this situation, if the family could have another Core Formation cultivator, it would undoubtedly increase the family's strength considerably. What's more... that person was also a third-level alchemist!

After thinking for a moment, he turned his gaze to the Xu family patriarch, who was seated at the lowest position: "Mo Yan, what is your opinion on this matter?"

Xu Moyan was an elderly man with gray hair and a dignified appearance, a demeanor that came with his position as the head of the family.

However, in front of the five elders of the family, he could clearly distinguish between the senior and junior kings, and his attitude was very respectful, remaining silent throughout.

Only when Xu Xingzhou asked did he stand up, bow to each of the five Core Formation cultivators, and then speak softly: "Elder, since you were still a child when that person was expelled from the family, he must be quite old now."

The other four were taken aback by his words, and their expressions changed in different ways.

Xu Xingzhou smiled and nodded: "That's right. Even if that person is good at maintaining his health, he should only have one or two decades left before his time comes. Moreover, he is quite generous to the lower-ranking disciples who serve him."

"I also inquired, and the man frankly admitted that he was a third-level alchemist. He originally did not intend to return to the Xu family, but this time he was moved by the news of the ancestor's passing and returned to the Xu family to pay his respects to the ancestor."

"Not far from death?"

"A third-tier alchemist?"

……

The remaining four Core Formation cultivators looked at each other in bewilderment.

After a moment of silence, the only female cultivator among the four spoke first: "In terms of blood relations, Xu Zhuochen and my grandfather are cousins, so I should call him my great-uncle. His time is coming to an end, so why don't my lineage take care of him in his old age and see him off in his final days?"

Others, of course, disagreed.

Not to mention the substantial wealth a third-tier alchemist would accumulate after his death, the wealth he could create in the rest of his life through his alchemy skills alone would be enormous.

As for blood ties, we are all members of the Xu family, all descended from our ancestors. Who is more distant from whom?

"That's incorrect..."

"Yes, my great-grandfather even shared drinks and laughter with Zhuochen Zu..."

……

The four people's attitudes changed drastically, and they started arguing.

Xu Xingzhou and Xu Moyan exchanged a glance. Xu Xingzhou sighed and shook his head slightly, while Xu Moyan quickly lowered his head.

……

Li Ping, of course, had no idea what had happened inside the Xu family's council hall, nor did he know that four Core Formation cultivators had almost come to blows over how to provide for him in his old age.

After arriving at the Cangyun Mountains, he immediately presented the Heavenly Thunder Token to explain the situation. Elder Xu Xingzhou, who rushed over, led him to a small courtyard in the Xu family's guesthouse for temporary accommodation and arranged for several low-level Xu family cultivators to serve him.

Li Ping, in front of Xu Xingzhou, presented each of the low-level cultivators with a bottle of fine pills with a kind expression.

During his conversation with Xu Xingzhou, he inadvertently revealed that he was a third-level alchemist.

He then stayed obediently in the small courtyard, only occasionally inquiring about his ancestor's life from the low-level cultivators who served him, and sometimes 'shedding tears in sorrow'.

He was completely indifferent to other matters concerning the Xu family.

This made the low-level cultivators sigh with emotion: Zhuochen Ancestor's feelings for the old ancestor are truly deep!

It is worth mentioning that, because they had served Li Ping for the past few days, Li Ping had been very generous, often rewarding them with pills.

So although the Xu family's higher-ups haven't reached a consensus yet, they've already made up their minds.

This aged, Core Formation cultivator, exuding an aura of decline, was none other than their revered Ancestor Zhuochen.

Aside from their own elders, who else would treat them so well?

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