Chapter 53 The Demise of the Huang Family in Liangxi County

Two more days passed. Chen Li had returned earlier. Huang Qingbin was not worth worrying about; even if he wanted to spare Huang Qingbin, Lu Xilou would not agree!

Lu Xilou, who returned a few hours later than Chen Li, headed straight for the ancestral lands of the Huang Family with a group of his clansmen.

At this moment, Huang Qingbin watched the Mortals, who looked like ants, building the great hall for his Huang Family on the mountain peak. He felt not a ripple of emotion.

Several Mortal representatives with Spiritual Roots came out and said: "Immortal Master Huang, it will definitely be completed in two months!"

Huang Qingbin shook his head: "Too slow. For those who aren't working, you must whip them severely; only then will they work. Do you understand!"

"We understand, we understand. We have already whipped them severely. These lowly Mortals are not worth the trouble for Immortal Master Huang!"

"Two months from now, it must be finished, or else watch out for your dog heads!"

"Rest assured, Immortal Master, it will definitely be completed!"

After dismissing these Mortal representatives with Spiritual Roots, Huang Qingbin thought of Chen Li again. He had heard that Chen Li also had a daughter with a Spiritual Root?

When the time came, he would capture Chen Li alive and demand that daughter. Wouldn't that be wonderful!

Just as he was lost in thought, Lu Xilou had already arrived before him. Huang Qingbin had not reacted at all.

Huang Qingbin was startled: "You, how did you get here?"

Lu Xilou chuckled twice and, without saying a word, kicked Huang Qingbin, shattering his leg bone!

This sudden, unexpected blow almost caused Huang Qingbin to lose consciousness!

The agony of the shattered leg bone struck his cerebral cortex directly, and he could no longer maintain his concealed Seventh Level of Qi Refining mana, which was now exposed!

"Lu Xilou! What do you mean by this!" Huang Qingbin asked through gritted teeth.

Lu Xilou pulled a head directly from his Storage Pouch: "You all planned this quite well, didn't you!"

The moment Huang Qingbin saw Huang Jin's head, he went numb. His mind went blank, and a sense of panic flooded his entire body!

It was over. Had the plan been discovered?

Cold sweat poured down Huang Qingbin. His hands and feet trembled and turned cold. The desire to survive made him rational for a moment.

Huang Qingbin pleaded: "Senior Lu, this wasn't my plan! I was forced into it. It was all my father's doing alone; it has nothing to do with me!"

"That's right, Huang Jin isn't even my father; I was adopted by him. I have nothing to do with him! Please, Senior Lu, calm your anger!"

"Noisy!" Lu Xilou couldn't be bothered with more nonsense and struck Huang Qingbin's forehead with a single palm. Huang Qingbin died!

With that, the Huang Family was destroyed!

...

"Sixth Brother, give these two mountains to the Chen Family."

"Very well! Eldest Brother, I understand!"

"What about these Mortals?"

"Tell them that the Huang Family has been wiped out, and let them get on with their lives!"

When the Lu Family announced that the Huang Family had harbored evil intentions and had been completely wiped out, these Mortals were reassigned to the Chen Family.

These Mortals had obtained temporary liberation once again!

Less than an hour later, every one of the Mortal supervisors who had possessed Spiritual Roots was beaten into a bloody pulp.

The pleas for mercy from each of these supervisors could not elicit a shred of pity from these Mortals. They were scum of the village, beaten to death with sticks and thrown to the dogs!

The Mortals sobbed in low voices. The sorrow of losing loved ones seemed like it could only last for a while, because they did not know when the next enslavement would come.

Now, there were only two Immortal Clans in Liangxi County: the Chen Family and the Yun Family. In addition to the corvée labor for the imperial court, they also had to provide corvée labor for these Immortals. They seemed to have grown accustomed to it.

"I heard that the Chen Family Immortal Clan hasn't conscripted their subordinate Mortals for corvée labor for over a decade, and they don't force children to undergo Spiritual Root testing!"

"Is that true?"

"I heard it's true!"

"I hope it's true!"

...

At Black Magpie Mountain, two servants had come a few minutes ago to deliver a letter stating that the Huang Family's two mountains now belonged to the Chen Family. Chen Li accepted them with a smile!

Lu Xilou probably guessed a thing or two, but both men had a tacit understanding; Lu Xilou did not come to ask, and Chen Li did not directly reveal his identity.

As for whether the Yun Family would make a fuss, Chen Li didn't think they would!

Inside the mountain, after synchronizing the news with Chen Songxuan and Brother Ox, the two of them would make the arrangements.

Now, Chen Li had handed over most of the farming business to Chen Songxuan and Brother Ox.

At Zizai Pavilion, he continued to comprehend the Fifth-Grade Formation patterns.

Today, within his Sea of Consciousness, he had opened the last Place of Opportunity on the orange fortune bar: [3. Wang Zhian]. This one was a bit far.

Qingyun Sect was over ten thousand li away, located in the central region of the Southern Frontier. Furthermore, Qingyun Sect was a Nascent Soul level Sect.

Information on this Wang Zhian: [Ninth Layer of Qi Refining; Inner Sect Disciple of the Alchemy Pavilion of Qingyun Sect].

He was a living person! Was the Opportunity in his head, his Storage Pouch, or somewhere else?

If he kept hiding inside the Sect, how could he obtain this Opportunity? It was a bit of a headache. It was better to wait until his Cultivation had progressed further before going to investigate this. Once he reached the Late Stage, he could go!

...

After returning to his ancestral lands, Lu Xilou convened a secret discussion with his Sixth Brother!

"Eldest Brother, since we suspect that Chen Li is also at Foundation Establishment or has the means to kill those at Foundation Establishment, should we just act as if nothing happened?"

"Yes. It would not be an exaggeration to say that this person has a grace of reconstruction toward our Lu Family. Since his Chen Family is so low-key, we will not disturb him!"

The two discussed for a while, and then only Lu Xilou remained in the secret chamber. He recalled some things his own Old Ancestor, Lu Shuiqing, had said.

He recalled that she had previously mentioned there was a means to kill Foundation Establishment cultivators in Liangxi County, and he hadn't believed it at the time?

Now that this had happened, he dared not underestimate the people of the world again!

When the Luo Family, Wang Family, and An Family of Liangxi County were all gone, these people were ruled out one by one. When the Yun Family complied with every one of Huang Jin's requests, the Yun Family was also ruled out.

When the Chen Family's Qingfeng Mountain in Liangxi County was trampled by others, their Lu Family had received the Huang Family's secret. Moreover, Chen Li of the Chen Family had never shown his face. That Formation on the mountain peak at the time, that figure... Although Chen Li had used the Illusionary Form Technique, he suspected that the person was Chen Li.

Days and nights cycled, and three more days passed. The Lu Family notified the other Qi Refining Immortal Clans in the county about the Huang Family incident!

Concealing Cultivation, murdering members of the Lu Family, harboring evil intentions—they had been wiped out.

This caused quite a stir within the county. At the Zhu Family in Lingchuan County, in a small pavilion.

Zhu Lingyue's clan uncle, Zhu Zelin, said to the Old Ancestor, Zhu Baiqiu: "Old Ancestor, according to gossip from some of the Lu Family's clansmen, the Lu Family was able to kill someone of the same rank with the help of others. We have inquired quite a bit and only know this much; the Lu Family has not revealed who the others were."

Zhu Baiqiu said: "Others? Are they other Foundation Establishment cultivators? It seems the Lu Family is not simple either. If our Family achieves Foundation Establishment, we will temporarily defer to the Lu Family, and we will be the auxiliary!"

Zhu Baiqiu consoled him again: "You just focus on Foundation Establishment, and do not worry about other matters for the time being."

Zhu Zelin nodded and said: "Rest assured, Old Ancestor, I will go all out to charge toward Foundation Establishment!"

More than a decade ago, when Chen Li came to propose marriage, Zhu Zelin was at the Eighth Level of Qi Refining. Now, he had finally cultivated to the Perfection of the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining and was preparing to advance to Foundation Establishment!

For the sake of one foundation establishment pill, the Family had spent fifteen thousand Spirit Stones; the price premium was extremely severe.

They had spent one-third of the Family's Spirit Stones, and it was only a Low Grade foundation establishment pill, but they had still managed to secure this Low Grade foundation establishment pill!

If Chen Li were here, he would certainly find this foundation establishment pill very familiar. Wasn't this one of the three foundation establishment pills he had sold?