130: Let it spread that Master Qingxuan likes beauties!

“What? Mining isn't enough, and now they want to send us to open up new land and build a city?”

On Spoon Mountain, these Prefectural City Martial Guards exploded with anger when they heard the Xiao Family was going all out into the mountains and planned to take them to the mountain ranges they were claiming.

One by one, they glared furiously at Wei Tao, who looked utterly miserable.

Under the supervision of Foundation Establishment Celestial Xiao Tianheng,

mining for three days would make even a Body Cultivator shed a layer of skin.

After a month of mining, every single one of these people was gaunt and unrecognizable!

No one dared to resist, however, because the Xiao Clan Immortal Family truly dared to kill.

Upon hearing this news, many people immediately burst into tears.

“Wei Tao, it's all your fault! Why did you provoke the Xiao Clan Immortal Family for no reason? Didn't you say Superior Qingyuan Cultivated a Demonic Technique and killed people? What's the result?”

“Exactly! We just arrived and only came because we listened to you. We're just being dragged down by you, so why should we suffer this treatment?”

“Wuwu, we can't even get enough to eat here withBigu Pill (Bìgǔ Dān, grain-avoidance pills)! What Foundation Establishment Opportunity? I never want to come to this wretched place again!”

Those who could come to Qingxuan Prefecture all had some connections in their families.

Either their family members held minor official positions in the Wei Kingdom, or they were descendants of old Zhenwu Guards, or some were even members of Foundation Establishment Immortal Clans within the court.

To gain some experience and find Opportunities, no one felt the need to risk their lives, right?

But then someone just informed them that they were to be taken to the battlefield.

They were even to be used as beasts of burden for building a city, and many people's mental state instantly collapsed.

Was building a city in the wilderness that easy?

They would have to build the city while simultaneously fending off attacks from Yao Beasts.

It was incredibly dangerous.

There was no telling when a Foundation Establishment Stage Demon Beast would appear.

If they encountered something they couldn't defeat, a Foundation Establishment Celestial could just run, but these people would be left behind as food for the Yao Beasts.

“Hmph! Wishful thinking!” Wei Tao's expression changed erratically upon hearing this. The Xiao Clan Immortal Family was trying to kill them and break their spirits. In less than a month, they had actually caused his subordinates to become disloyal to him!

“To open up new land and build a city in a place full of Yao Beasts, at least three Foundation Establishment Celestials are needed to oversee it, along with a mobilization of a hundred thousand laborers for three months of hard work.

The Xiao Clan Immortal Family is courting death!”

As soon as he finished speaking,

the Zhenwu Guard centurion over there slammed his profound iron pickaxe heavily onto the ground with a 'bang'.

“Since that's the case, we're all going to die anyway, so I'd rather die now! I quit!”

Immediately after, his expression turned fierce. He was a ninth-level Qi Body Cultivator in the Late Stage of Body Refining.

With everyone's spiritual power sealed, his strength was above that of Wei Tao, who was in the Middle Stage of Body Refining.

Originally, he was the most hopeful among this group to gain the Benefactor's appreciation and obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill.

But now... he approached Wei Tao step by step, a look of madness on his face.

“Wei Tao, this is all your fault. I don't want to die. If I kill you, perhaps I can offer Superior Qingyuan a token of allegiance!”

Wei Tao's expression changed in shock upon hearing this.

“Are you insane? I am a member of the Royal Family!”

“Heh!” The Body Refining centurion sneered disdainfully, “Royal Family? Just a Royal Family Bloodline separated by who knows how many generations. Perfect, if I kill you and attract the Hall of Offerings, I might not necessarily die. Perhaps I could even be rescued by the Hall of Offerings!”

“That's impossible. Anyone who harms a member of the Royal Family will be cursed with a Blood Curse. You won't escape responsibility!”

“It doesn't matter. Rather than dying inexplicably in the mouth of a Yao Beast, I'd rather die at the hands of the Hall of Offerings!”

Then he turned and roared, “Brothers, let's all rush him! The law doesn't punish a multitude. The Hall of Offerings can't possibly kill all of us!”

Wei Tao completely panicked upon hearing this.

He looked around, hoping someone could help him.

What he saw were pairs of resentful eyes.

As soon as these words were spoken, it was like lighting a fuse, instantly igniting the anger in most people's hearts.

His expression finally changed drastically.

Under the threat of death, his brain worked frantically.

Suddenly, he looked at the Xiao Clan Members in the distance who were watching the commotion, with no intention of stepping forward to stop it.

He quickly raised both hands.

“My lord, I have important news to give to Superior Qingyuan!

I have a gift to give to Superior Qingyuan.

I want to atone for my mistakes!”

His mind raced, desperately thinking of a countermeasure.

He didn't have any important intelligence, at most he would tell everything he knew.

But that was enough!

Under the threat of his life, he chose to follow his heart. He also wanted to pledge allegiance to Superior Qingyuan, just like Yang Zhantang.

At least he knew that under the threat of the Royal Family Bloodline, Xiao Qingyuan was unwilling to kill him personally.

However, that Xiao Clan Member merely whistled, showing no intention of intervening.

Imperial Family Guardians, that's all he was.

In the hearts of the Xiao Clan Members, apart from Yang Zhantang, there were no good people among the Zhenwu Guards.

It would be better if they all died.

He didn't even know what trouble the death of a Royal Family member would bring, and he even said cheerfully, “Our Seventeenth Master has gone into seclusion. Even if he wasn't in seclusion, he's not someone you can just meet whenever you want. Save it!”

“No! I have something, something Superior Qingyuan definitely wants! I know his preferences! This time it will work!”

Then he looked at those whose expressions were hesitant.

“Brothers, I've thought of a way!” He looked around, then suddenly gritted his teeth. “I have a younger sister!

My younger sister is exceptionally beautiful and possesses a True Spiritual Root. I can send my younger sister to Superior Qingyuan to resolve this conflict!

I can make the decision. I want to form a marriage alliance with the Xiao Clan!”

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the Xiao Clan Members guarding them instantly became hesitant.

Don't even mention it, seriously, don't even mention it.

A True Spiritual Root was a highly sought-after commodity everywhere, even capable of improving the quality of a clan's descendants.

However, what truly made him hesitate was that phrase, 'exceptionally beautiful'.

There was no other way.

Now, every Xiao Clan Member knew that besides Spirit Stones and delicious food, their Seventeenth Master's greatest fondness was for beautiful women.

Moreover, Seventeenth Master treated the women in his back courtyard extremely well.

To what extent?

Just look at the millennial stone milk that the Immortal Clan had been continuously acquiring, and you'd know.

This item was universally recognized for replenishing the bodies of pregnant women after depletion.

It was elaborate but not practical.

But Xiao Qingyuan had been buying it in large quantities from beginning to end, even at inflated prices, not caring how many Spirit Stones it cost.

There were many other things as well—various beast meats and spiritual fruits were constantly supplied, and every month, people were sent to the neighboring Jiujiang Prefecture to purchase large quantities of spiritual fish.

One must know that in their eyes, apart from the First Madam and Madam Bai, the other several madams were purely Mortals!

He was practically a madman for doting on his wives.

He believed that if all these various things were leaked, the Immortal Clans in Qingxuan Prefecture would probably break their heads trying to marry their daughters into the Xiao Clan Immortal Family.

His hesitation immediately caused the Zhenwu Guards present to stop their actions.

Holy cow (‵o′)convex!

He actually hesitated.

Could it be... that this method really could work?

Sending women?

No!

This is a marriage alliance!

We've become in-laws. Even if there were some insignificant past grievances, you wouldn't necessarily have to make us die, right?

Moreover, for sisters or younger sisters in the family to marry a Foundation Establishment Immortal, this was not only not humiliating,

but also a good marriage!

The next moment, everyone's minds began to become active.

The centurion pushed Wei Tao aside, “Me, me, me! I also have a younger sister! I have seven younger sisters, all with Spiritual Roots, and I'm willing to send them all!”

“Don't push! I have an older sister, and my older sister is at the ninth level of Qi Cultivation.”

“Me, I have a younger sister!”

“I have a maternal aunt...”

“My paternal aunt is the most beautiful woman in the south of the city!”

“Our family's Foundation Establishment Old Ancestor is also still charming, only sixty years old and exceptionally beautiful!”

Seeing this, the people behind rushed forward, and no one paid attention to Wei Tao anymore.

Now that emotions had calmed down, it was still better not to kill a Royal Family Bloodline if possible.

So Superior Qingyuan likes beautiful women, why didn't you say so earlier!

Regardless of whether they had older or younger sisters.

Given their status, it wouldn't be difficult to procure a few respectable women with Spiritual Roots.

Was it difficult to buy a few young women with Spiritual Roots, raised in captivity since childhood, like 'thin horses' or dancers?

At worst, they could just recognize them as adopted younger sisters.

Finally, everyone said in unison, “We want to go see Superior Qingyuan together! We want to form a marriage alliance with the Xiao Clan Immortal Family!”