304: Xue Family

"Qingtian City is now being handled by Third Sister and Ninth Elder," Lin Xi said.

As the Lu Family's main city, Qingtian City urgently needed someone to stabilize the situation after experiencing a major battle.

Within the entire Zhou Family, besides Zhou Luo, Lin Xuanfeng was probably the most suitable person.

Zhou Luo nodded slightly, having no objection.

Although he hadn't had a good impression of Lin Xuanfeng before, he had to admit that in terms of capability, the other party was second to none.

Now that he was a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he had already widened the gap with the other party, and he didn't need to worry about the other party affecting him.

In the face of absolute strength, all schemes and tricks were meaningless.

In the past, because his strength was too weak, he had to appear humble everywhere and dared not contend with others.

Now, after successively killing two Foundation Establishment cultivators, his reputation had soared, and he no longer needed to endure.

At least within the Lin Family, he was already someone whose word was law.

As for Lin Xin, she had experience managing Jiang City, so Lin Xi suggested sending her, this Third Sister, to be the person in charge.

In fact, Zhou Luo understood that she wanted to bring Lin Xin into the Elder Council as well.

Currently, there were three vacant spots among the ten Elders, and she needed to fill these spots with her own people as soon as possible.

"What about the other city?" Zhou Luo asked.

The Lu Family, like the Lin Family, controlled two major cities; besides Maple Leaf City, there was another city near the Green Mountain Region, some distance from Panshi City.

The Green Mountain Region and Qingyuan Domain were adjacent, located to the south, separated only by a vast great river.

The Lu Family's Feng City was located near the great river.

When Qingtian City was captured, Second Elder Lin Guangxuan had already led people to take over Feng City.

Hearing this, Lin Xi's expression wasn't very good, and she said in a deep voice, "Second Elder sent back news that things aren't going smoothly over there."

"The Lu Family still wants to resist?" Zhou Luo asked, puzzled.

So many days had passed since the major battle, and the Lu Family's main fighting force had basically been annihilated; could it be that they still wanted to rely on a small city to continue living precariously?

Lin Xi shook her head: "The Lu Family had already surrendered, but they surrendered not to our Lin Family, but to the Xue Family."

"Xue Family?" This was the first time Zhou Luo had heard of this Family.

Immediately after, through Lin Xi's words, he learned that this Xue Family actually had a considerable foundation, even possessing a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Their Family resided in the Black Mist Valley not far from Feng City, always acting low-key and rarely appearing in public.

Now, seeing that the Lu Family's defeat was certain, they decisively chose to act, absorbed the Lu Family disciples from Feng City, and naturally gained control of a city.

Families like theirs, wanting to expand, had to control a city.

That's why they were so decisive.

Cultivation emphasized Wealth, Companions, Methods, Land, and strategic resources like cities were extremely important, with countless people secretly coveting them.

One had to say, this Xue Family was good at assessing the situation, and the timing they chose was also very appropriate.

However, what puzzled Zhou Luo was, with the Lin Family currently at its peak, how could a small Xue Family dare to do such a thing?

Lin Xi also didn't know where the Xue Family's confidence came from, only that this time Lin Guangxuan and the others had returned without success and were on their way back.

"I'll find time to go take a look."

Zhou Luo couldn't just watch others reap the benefits of a fisherman.

He planned to send people to contact the Wang Family and Li Family then, thinking these two families wouldn't ignore it either.

After all, they had received benefits.

Apart from the minor matter of Feng City, other things were progressing relatively smoothly.

Overall, the young disciples of the Lu Family with good Ling Gen (Spiritual Root) would all become the Lin Family's "breeding machines," while the old powerhouses directly chose to commit suicide, and the others were sent to the mines to serve as laborers.

The issue of the Lin Family's insufficient manpower. The matter of absorbing the Lu Family's young disciples was the most discussed topic in the Elder Council.

Lin Xuanfeng believed that if these people produced good offspring who, due to the Lu Family's annihilation, harbored hatred towards the Lin Family, it would bring about negative consequences.

He suggested killing these people to prevent future troubles.

Lin Guangxuan, on the other hand, believed that too many people had died in this battle, and the Lin Family needed to replenish its fighting force; it had to absorb the opposing side, otherwise, over time, the Lin Family would inevitably face a shortage of personnel.

Both sides had reasons, and ultimately, it could only be left to Lin Xi, the Family Head, to decide.

After much deliberation, Lin Xi finally made a decision.

After those young Lu Family disciples gave birth, all the children would be handed over to the Lin Family for separate upbringing, thus preventing them from being instilled with thoughts of revenge.

Even if they knew in the future that the Lin Family had annihilated their Lu Family, they still had the Lin Family Bloodline, and if it was just a small group of people, they couldn't do much.

After a simple exchange, Zhou Luo went to the study to write two letters, intending to deliver them to the Wang Family and Li Family, inviting them to go to Feng City together.

Five days later, the Wang Family Head wrote back stating he would go with him, while the Li Family said their Family Head was in secluded Cultivation and probably unavailable, only willing to send an Elder.

Presumably, the Li Family also realized that the matter was not simple and did not intend to participate too much.

Just three days after the reply, Yao Wu became pregnant again.

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Zhou Luo lay on the bed, holding her, his consciousness sinking into the System interface.

He had originally thought that after entering the Foundation Establishment Realm, it would be more difficult to have children.

But Yao Wu becoming pregnant so quickly indicated that the pregnancy rate, besides being related to the Realm, was also greatly related to the body.

Like Lin Xi and the others, their pregnancy rate had decreased because they had given birth to too many children.

It seemed he still needed to continue marrying and taking concubines, not just limiting himself to the dozen or so women around him; this was also for their physical well-being.

Withdrawing his thoughts, he then focused his attention on the lottery wheel.

The originally white lottery wheel had now completely transformed, turning bright red.

The vibrant red color looked somewhat festive.

After he broke through to Foundation Establishment, this lottery wheel had also evolved with him.

He wondered if the items drawn would also improve.

Zhou Luo pondered, then chose to start the lottery.

The golden light cluster began to spin rapidly under his gaze.

A moment later, the speed slowed, and the golden light cluster stopped precisely in the Cultivation Methods area.

Seeing that it was Cultivation Methods, Zhou Luo's eyes lit up.

After cultivating for decades, the only combat Cultivation Methods he possessed was the Five Elements Swordplay.

When he had fought against the two Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators earlier, he had already realized that his combat methods were too limited.

Although the Five Elements Swordplay was very strong, it was only a Qi Training Cultivation Methods after all; if he encountered Foundation Establishment cultivators who controlled Foundation Establishment Cultivation Methods in the future, it would probably be far from enough.

Moreover, the System's rewards were directly comprehended, which meant the more Cultivation Methods he controlled, the more attack methods he would have.

It would be great if this lottery could draw a Foundation Establishment Realm combat Cultivation Methods.

Preferably a sword skill.

Because he only had a magic sword and no other magic tools.

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