Wizard: Building a Cultivation Family from Scratch

This secret technique originated from the reward she received after teaching Orianna "the art of weapon crafting" and helping her family forge more than a dozen sets of enchanted equipment.

[Mental Puppet]...

Although the information on the panel indicated that this was a sixth-grade spiritual technique, Gordon had never heard of it in his previous life.

However, based on its name and effects, it is likely derived from a certain esoteric Buddhist sect.

This type of esoteric Buddhism differs from traditional Taoist cultivation; it does not emphasize spiritual energy cultivation, but rather regards the soul and flesh as the medium for obtaining power.

Therefore, it is foreseeable that the creation of this "spiritual puppet" technique must have involved the lives of countless innocent people...

Of course, if we only consider the effectiveness of its use, this secret method is quite good.

At least it successfully helped Gordon control the leader of the Grey Gu mercenary group—One-Eyed Karen.

During this period, Gordon used "Beast Taming" almost every day to command creatures such as birds, mice, rabbits, and even insects to follow Parker and gather intelligence.

Beast Taming is a very low-level basic spell, and even among cultivators in the Qi Refining stage, very few are willing to use it.

After all, it can only control ordinary wild beasts, and is helpless against extraordinary creatures such as demon beasts and spirit beasts.

But this basic spell, so ordinary as it could possibly be, proved incredibly effective in Gordon's hands...

Through this period of intelligence gathering, Gordon is almost certain that Baron Cade's death was caused by Parker colluding with Baron Hoover.

Their real goal was to get Baron Cade's successor to transfer the Roland family's noble title to Baron Hoover.

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In fact, Baron Hoover had brought up this matter, both openly and secretly, while Baron Cade was still alive, but it was met with a ruthless rejection.

Hoover had coveted the Roland family for a very long time. He dreamed of expanding his family's power and taking another step forward by annexing the Roland family's territory.

In this way, they had more wealth and resources to support their family members to study at the wizarding school.

Therefore, after Baron Cade made it clear that he refused, Baron Hoover sent someone to contact Parker in private and eventually bribed Parker to carry out the murder.

According to their original plan, they intended to use Orianna to achieve this goal.

But to their surprise, the young girl was even more resilient than they had imagined, and she actually rejected the offer.

They even ignored the tempting offer from Baron Hoover: that Oriana could study at the wizarding school.

Left with no other option, the two decided to "use the same old trick again".

But what they never expected was...

The most crucial element of this plan, the Grey Gu mercenary group intended to act as the "black glove," was unexpectedly taken control of by Gordon first.

To the experienced Gordon, the schemes of Baron Hoover and Parker were ridiculously naive.

So he planned to take this opportunity to teach the other party a lesson.

"The tables have turned, my dear neighbor."

Gordon gazed at the firelight not far away and chuckled to himself.

To be honest, he didn't feel anything about Baron Cade's death.

After all, he wasn't the true ancestor of the Roland family.

However, Gordon is now completely and deeply tied to the Roland family, so he will absolutely not allow anyone else to touch his interests.

Just as Gordon was deep in thought, a clear and familiar voice suddenly came from behind him:

"Lord Ancestor."

Gordon turned his head and saw that it was Oriana who had come.

However, Orianna was not wearing a robe as usual, but instead a set of black armor.

If you look closely, you'll notice a faint glow flowing across the armor. It's the enchanted standard armor that Gordon personally crafted and infused with the [Defense Restriction].

In addition, Orianna wore a metallic mask that completely obscured her appearance.

If she hadn't spoken up, probably no one would have recognized her.

"How is it? Is everything ready?" Gordon asked.

"It's almost done. Uncle Granger, along with Albert and Vera, have set up an ambush at the designated location."

Oriana's voice carried a hint of nervousness.

As she answered Gordon's question, she couldn't help but glance at the village of Buren, which was glowing with fire in the distance, feeling a pang of pity in her heart.

Gordon had already explained the entire plan to Oriana.

Although Oriana was furious that Baron Cade's death was caused by Parker's collusion with Baron Hoover.

Moreover, she was eager for the plan to work, so that the Roland family could completely get out of their predicament and even take another step forward.

but……

The villagers of Brun Village are now becoming victims of the conflict between the two noble families, the Roland and the Hoover.

Oriana still felt a little guilty.

Oriana.

Just then, Gordon's voice came.

"First, Lord Ancestor..."

Orianna suddenly snapped out of her daze, quickly lowered her head, and replied.

Gordon gazed at his descendant, who was devoted to the family but whose heart was perhaps too kind, and couldn't help but sigh softly.

"Oriana, you are now the head of the Roland family, and you should adapt to this as soon as possible. You must understand that in this world, the weak are left to be slaughtered."

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the distant firelight:

"If you don't want the Roland family to repeat the mistakes of Bren Village and become a victim of a few powerful nobles or other forces, then you must do everything in your power to make the family stronger, understand?"

"Yes, I understand, Ancestor."

Orianna lowered her head and answered softly.

It was only at this moment that she realized how unqualified she was as the head of the Roland family.

Perhaps only someone like Gordon, who led his people out of the remote Blackwater Valley more than a thousand years ago and created a legend, could be the leader his people truly needed...

However, just as Orianna was about to say something, a cacophony of shouts and the sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from afar.

As time went on, the sound grew closer and closer, and Orianna could even feel the ground beneath her feet trembling slightly...

"Lord Ancestor!"

Orianna quickly turned to look at Gordon.

Gordon naturally heard the sound at that moment.

He looked in the direction the sound came from and soon saw a procession carrying torches rushing toward him at high speed.

Based on the number of participants, it is estimated that there are around two to three hundred people.

However, unlike Orianna's nervousness, Gordon appeared very calm at this moment.

To him, the battle before him, which was at most a few hundred people, was really not worth mentioning, especially since most of them were ordinary people without supernatural abilities.

"Let's go, let's go and meet this Baron Hoover."

After saying that, Gordon ignored Orianna, who was still somewhat helpless, and walked into the depths of the woods on his own.