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In the sky.

Xu Xingzhou and Xu Moyan talked as they flew.

At first, Xu Xingzhou was hesitant to let Li Ping return to the Xu family because he had some doubts about Li Ping's identity.

Despite their repeated attempts to persuade him, Li Ping still maintained a distance from the Xu family.

Now they were all completely convinced of Li Ping's identity.

The two were discussing how to deal with Li Ping.

"Mo Yan, what do you think?" Xu Xingzhou asked Xu Mo Yan while he was thinking.

"I think Zhuochen Ancestor still harbors resentment about being expelled from the family," Xu Moyan said in a low voice, only offering his guess and remaining silent about other matters.

As a Foundation Establishment cultivator, even as the head of the Xu family, how dare he speak ill of Core Formation cultivators?

Xu Xingzhou nodded slightly; he had actually guessed this possibility.

He sighed to himself, "Unexpectedly, despite the ancestor's careful cultivation, not a single third-level alchemist was born in the clan. He, as a rogue cultivator, wandered outside and actually reached the third level in alchemy."

"If the ancestor had not expelled him from the family back then, but instead devoted himself to nurturing him, he might have truly inherited the ancestor's mantle and achieved even greater success in the art of alchemy."

"What a pity, what a pity!"

Xu Moyan remained silent in response to the Grand Elder's感慨 (sentiments/reflections). Sensing the Grand Elder's thoughts, he offered an idea: "Zhuochen Ancestor's parents were both mortals and have long since passed away, but his siblings' lineage still has bloodlines. I remember that girl Qingque seems to be from this lineage. Why not have her serve Zhuochen Ancestor during this period?"

Cultivation families are bound by bloodlines and clans, and the trust and unity among family cultivators far surpasses that among sect cultivators.

Xu Moyan believes that if Zhuochen Zu sees Qingque, who is similar to him in bloodline, he might be moved and choose to stay in the family.

Xu Xingzhou glanced at him and nodded slightly: "Let's do it this way. Even if he really doesn't want to stay in the family, let him go."

"yes!"

……

In the courtyard, they watched Xu Xingzhou and Xu Moyan's figures disappear.

Li Ping then waved his hand slightly, and a stream of earthy yellow light flew out from a corner of the courtyard and landed in Li Ping's palm. It was his spirit beast, the Earth Spirit Rat.

Before the two arrived, he ordered the Earth Spirit Rat to use its earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic) technique to hide underground.

As for the purpose...

"Did you remember that person's scent?" Li Ping asked casually.

"Squeak~" The earth spirit rat gestured wildly, its mind constantly telling Li Ping that it had remembered the white-haired old man's aura as its master had instructed.

Li Ping smiled and nodded: "Not bad."

The white-haired old man mentioned by the Earth Spirit Rat was none other than Xu Moyan, the head of the Xu family and a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Remembering the aura is also one of its abilities, a clever use derived from its treasure-hunting supernatural powers.

Holding the earth spirit rat, which was a foot tall, he noticed that the golden spots on its back had become denser, almost forming a golden line, which meant that it was getting closer and closer to advancing to the Core Formation stage.

Li Ping put the Earth Spirit Rat into the spirit beast pouch at his waist, a thoughtful look appearing in his eyes.

His disguised identity is fake. The longer he stays in the Xu family under the identity of Xu Zhuochen, the easier it will be to be exposed.

The Heavenly Thunder Sect has Nascent Soul cultivators, and quite a few Nascent Soul cultivators come to pay their respects to Xu Dansheng. Once his identity is exposed, he might attract the pursuit of Nascent Soul cultivators.

Therefore, it is not advisable to stay here for long.

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Moreover.

He had no interest in playing any role-playing games in the Xu family. His initial plan was to find out the whereabouts of Xu Dansheng's alchemy furnace directly through key figures in the Xu family.

His plan was to capture a Core Formation cultivator from the Xu family alive, but he was worried that he might not be able to capture a Core Formation cultivator in time and that making a commotion would attract Nascent Soul cultivators, so he had not yet taken action.

But today, Xu Xingzhou brought Xu Moyan to see him, giving him a better option.

"Even if Xu Moyan is just a Foundation Establishment cultivator, as the head of the Xu family, he should know very well where Xu Dansheng's relics are." Li Ping muttered to himself.

"To avoid any unforeseen complications, let's make our move after dark!"

……

That night, darkness fell.

Li Ping quietly disappeared from the courtyard, taking the two spirit beasts, the Wildfire Sparrow and the Earth Spirit Rat, and burrowed underground, heading towards the Xu family's main ancestral sect.

Because the Xu family had more than one late-stage Core Formation cultivator in charge during this period, and the spiritual power of the late-stage Core Formation cultivator was even stronger than his own.

Therefore, Li Ping was very careful along the way, not daring to use his divine sense, and only letting the earth spirit rat move forward slowly by following the scent he remembered.

The small courtyard where he lived was specially prepared by the Thunder God Sect for guests who came to pay their respects. Although it was all within the Thunder God Sect's fourth-order grand formation, there was still a third-order high-grade grand formation separating it from the Xu family's ancestral land.

The earth-yellow spiritual light moved slowly underground and soon arrived in front of a thick array of light.

The Wildfire Sparrow sensed its master's tension and dared not make any noise. It crept up to the light screen and spat out a crimson fan wreathed in flames.

Then, the precious fan was suddenly flapped, and a palm-sized Vermilion Bird made entirely of flames flew out of the fan and attached itself directly to the thick array light screen in front of it.

Silently, centered on the landing point, the array's light barrier rapidly melted like ice and snow under the blazing sun, eventually forming a circular opening about ten feet in diameter.

One person and two beasts flew rapidly along the cave entrance into the formation.

Behind them, the cave entrance, scorched by the spiritual fire, slowly closed and disappeared.

With the Vermilion Bird Fan in hand, the Wildfire Sparrow was even more adept at breaking the restrictions, so none of what was happening underground alerted anyone.

Upon entering the Xu family's ancestral land, Li Ping became even more cautious, not only daring not to release his divine sense but also trying his best to conceal his aura.

Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened along the way. Guided by the earth spirit rat's keen sense of smell, they finally stopped at an underground location.

According to the message from the Earth Spirit Rat, the white-haired old man's scent is above.

"Besides him, are there any other smells?" Li Ping dared not be careless.

The earth spirit rat squeaked and gestured, indicating that besides the white-haired old man, there were many other scents above.

Li Ping nodded, then sat down cross-legged and waited silently.

Any formation will take into account enemies coming from underground.

The Xu family's grand formation is actually a spherical protective shield that not only covers the sky but also protects the ground.

Other cultivators or demonic beasts, even if they know how to use supernatural abilities like earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magical ability), will still be blocked by the great formation. Forcibly breaking the formation would definitely alert the Xu family.

The fact that he could infiltrate the Xu family so easily wasn't because he was a worthy opponent of the Xu family, nor because the Earth Spirit Rat's earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magical escape technique). It was simply because the Wildfire Sparrow's innate spiritual fire was too heaven-defying. Under the influence of this extremely profound spiritual fire, the magic array and restrictions were as if they didn't exist for him.

Earth escape plus natal spiritual fire.

The abilities of the two spirit beasts formed the perfect infiltration combination.