40: Array

Seeing the Liu Family disciples being killed by the Formation, the Liu Family Old Ancestor roared in anger:

“How dare you, you brat!”

Those who formed the Formation were killed by the Liu Family Old Ancestor. Taking advantage of this, a person in black armor charged out from among the county soldiers.

Everyone exclaimed in shock:

“Night Watchman!”

The Night Watchman, who was at the Lianqi Seventh Level, fought the Liu Family Old Ancestor to a standstill...

The Night Watchman roared:

“Imperial Dynasty Seal!”

Unexpectedly, the Yu Family Ancestor made a move. With just one strike, the Night Watchman was killed.

This was the strength of Foundation Establishment Cultivators; even if they were on the verge of death, they were still powerful...

Tang Tian was stunned. A Cultivator at the Lianqi Seventh Level was killed so easily. If it were him, he would be gone in a single breath.

The Liu Family Patriarch roared:

“Everyone, assist the Old Ancestor!”

Upon closer inspection, the battlefield became even more chaotic, with Poison Pills exploding everywhere. Tang Tian also received several antidote Medicinal Pills and quickly consumed them.

The Yu and Liu Families had only been fighting for a short while, yet each had already lost over fifty people, paying a heavy price.

The County Magistrate commanded:

“...Long-range shot...”

The county soldiers below roared:

“Wind!”

“Wind!”

As the County Magistrate roared, the heavy crossbows were pushed forward.

Powerful heavy crossbow bolts flew out one after another.

The County Magistrate roared:

“Imperial Dynasty Luck Severing Art!”

The County Magistrate was actually a Spell Cultivator...

The arrows, imbued with the Literary Qi he mobilized, caused the Imperial Dynasty's Luck Golden Dragon to appear faintly. The Liu Family Old Ancestor was forced back by the arrows.

The disciples of the Yu and Liu Families were shattered into pieces by the three-meter-long arrows.

The Liu Family Old Ancestor raged:

“How dare you!”

He protected the Liu Family disciples and unleashed a heaven-shattering slash with a giant halberd.

The Yu Family Ancestor put on a set of dark purple mystical armor. Anything that touched the dark purple mystical armor was corroded.

The County Magistrate said:

“Vast Qi Art!”

A half-meter-long strip of silk, filled with purple Qi and emanating a decaying aura, appeared and swept across the entire world.

The County Magistrate said:

“Righteousness resides in my heart!”

Tang Tian laughed... The County Magistrate's Righteousness...

The decaying aura eroded the silk, but it was still unleashed.

A mandarin duck with scarlet eyes emerged from the silk, and the sky turned blue and purple.

The County Magistrate condensed his magical power into Flying Swords, assassinating Yu Family disciples. With each sword and crossbow shot, dozens of people perished.

The Yu Family Ancestor said:

“Break!”

The Yu Family Ancestor forcefully blocked the Imperial Dynasty Mandarin Duck, spitting out a mouthful of blood, his aura weakened.

The Liu Family Old Ancestor said:

“It's my turn.”

The Liu Family Old Ancestor leaped up, beheaded the mandarin duck with a halberd, and charged into the County Magistrate's county soldiers, disregarding the backlash from destroying the Imperial Dynasty's Luck.

He tried to behead the County Magistrate with a single halberd, but the County Magistrate dodged it.

The remaining county soldiers were cut down by half. The tide had turned, and the backlash of Luck fell upon the Yu and Liu Families, causing fifty members of the Yu and Liu Families to explode and die.

The County Magistrate said:

“If my daughter hadn't died, and there was a marriage alliance, how could it have come to this!”

The battle was decided... The County Magistrate roared three times in the pile of blood, watching as his county soldiers were killed by others.

Those who had allied desperately resisted, but they too became ghosts under the Fireball Talisman...

The Liu Family Patriarch led his people to destroy the ancestral halls of those smaller Families.

Tang Tian asked:

“Aren't you going?”

The war had ended, and Tang Tian watched Yu Ping, who remained still.

Yu Ping said with a mournful expression:

“I wanted to save people... but I didn't expect to kill so many. I recognized several of the people I used to help with porridge, but they no longer recognized me.”

“Yu Family disciples, return to the Yu Family and stand guard...”

Yu Ping stopped the Yu Family disciples who were preparing for annihilation. The Yu Family Head and the Yu Family Ancestor, both present, heard these words and likely tacitly approved of what Yu Ping said.

Tang Tian said:

“Then why didn't you take them into the Yu Family back then?”

From a distance, Liu Yu walked over and said:

“Liu Tian, you performed well in this battle. Come with us to annihilate the other Families. The assets of the three Families are yours to claim.”

Tang Tian single-handedly killed three Qi Refining stage, 3rd level Cultivators; Liu Yu had witnessed it.

He could also withstand the attacks of five Qi Refining stage, 3rd level Cultivators, making him worth cultivating.

Liu Yu mused:

“My brother's daughter has a Spiritual Root. Although it's a Five Spiritual Root, she is also at the Qi Refining stage, 1st level. She will be betrothed to you, and there's no limit to the number of concubines you can have.”

Tang Tian said:

“Liu Family Head, it’s too bloody here. I’m feeling a bit unwell, so I won’t go.”

Liu Yu looked at Tang Tian with appreciation. Good, he knew when to advance and retreat.

Liu Yu said:

“Then please help collect the remains of my Liu Family. There will be a great reward.”

Liu Yu left with his people.

Yu Ping said melancholically:

“My father will brand them with controlling Cultivation Techniques. I didn't expect them to still be the same.”

Tang Tian said:

“Although I am not a Clan Chief, I don't think your approach is that of a Clan Chief.”

Yu Ping said:

“You think we'll suffer a loss? Don't worry, the assets of those seventy Families—with the Yu and Liu Families allied at this level—they wouldn't dare to be greedy. Everything that should be ours will be given to us.”

Yu Ping placed his sword into his newly acquired storage ring, looking sadly at the refugees he recognized on the ground, speechless.

These seventy small Families would also allow the Yu and Liu Families to make a fortune, which could support the development of Cultivators within their Clans.

However, a ten-year period of exhaustion would be fatal...

Liu Yu went to meet Yu Xu. The Liu Family Old Ancestor's aura was weakened because he forcefully severed the Imperial Dynasty Luck Mandarin Duck.

He coughed up large mouthfuls of blood.

The County Magistrate lost a thousand county soldiers... that was a capital offense. The Yu and Liu Families killed the County Magistrate, and Jinque City would hold them accountable.

But killing a thousand county soldiers was also a capital offense.

The County Magistrate said:

“After you kill me, the City Lord will not let you off.”

The County Magistrate swore an oath to the Heavenly Dao not to reveal this matter, and the two sides finally made peace.

Thunder served as the oath.

The resentment from the ground rose, and heavy rain poured down, as if to cleanse the entire world.

Everyone went to take shelter from the rain, leaving only a few people behind, Tang Tian being among them...

Tang Tian said:

“I didn't expect that just a Family conflict would involve so many people. These Families are utterly evil.”

The seedling on Tang Tian's chest swayed wildly. Before long, many vultures appeared in the heavy rain, some even at the Qi Refining stage, 1st level.

The surviving Liu Family members had gone to take shelter from the rain, and no one noticed Tang Tian. Tang Tian touched the seedling.

The seedling jumped out on its own. It guided Tang Tian to snatch food from this group of vultures. There were tens of thousands of vultures, densely packed.

All one thousand county official corpses were absorbed, and the Medicine Venerable Space gained a pile of white bones.

The seedling jumped out on its own and absorbed a quarter. Tang Tian pulled it back with one hand. If it continued to absorb, wouldn't there be a problem here? He left...

After much winding, he returned to the Liu Family. Liu Yu began to distribute rewards, and Tang Tian's contributions were not small.

Tang Tian was given ten Yellow Rank, seventh-grade Medicinal Pills, which were one rank higher than Gathering Qi Pills.

He was also given two hundred Gathering Qi Pills. This reward was considered generous among the younger generation of the Liu Family.

Liu Yu said:

“For now, there's only this much. There will be more rewards after the people I sent out return.”

In this battle, all of the Liu Family's servants died, which was also a heavy blow to them.

Tang Tian urgently needed to improve his strength now. All the shops in the county were closed, but the weapon shop opened by the Green Mountain Sect was not.

Tang Tian picked and chose in front of the Formation Plate.

There were only two tiers, but it was possible to engrave a fourth-tier Formation, the Sha Xue Yu Hun Formation. However, depending on the Formation's strength, it could only be used once or half a time.

The attendant next to him prompted:

“A second-tier Formation Plate, two hundred Spirit Stones.”

Tang Tian paid two hundred Spirit Stones. The Formation Plate was indeed expensive; it was covered in dust, suggesting it had been stored for a long time.

By night, some people in Qingmu County dared to open their doors. Tang Tian found an inn and meticulously carved the Formation.

He worked until dawn. After a night of trial and error, the Sha Xue Yu Hun Formation was completed. A terrifying killing intent raged, but without setting up the Formation Eye, it was still useless.

The Spirit Stones required to set up the Formation Eye were all of Tang Tian's possessions. Tang Tian planned to place it on his escape route.

Foundation Establishment Cultivators were invincible.

He didn't know why Fourth Senior Sister dared to kill, but he had to survive.

Even Foundation Establishment Cultivators who died of old age were like this; those severely injured would definitely not be far off.

This time, whoever blocked his escape, he would make them die.

Tang Tian changed into a new set of black clothes and went to a medicine shop to buy a large amount of Medicinal Pills that concealed his aura...