Volume 1: Xiao City, Xiao Family, Xiao Chen Chapter 112
Xiao Chen's consciousness continued to move inward, his divine sense spreading out through the golden seal. With a fivefold increase, his divine sense far exceeded that of the foundation-building realm, covering an area of several miles in diameter. Every time he discovered a Jinshui Sect disciple with a spiritual root, Xiao Chen would pause slightly and strike out with a Divine Piercing Spike. With his current divine sense strength, it was enough to easily kill these disciples who were at most in the fifth or sixth layer of the Qi Refining stage. As for those outer sect disciples without spiritual roots within their bodies, Xiao Chen spared them all, not showing any hesitation.
He continued on his way, consecutively killing twenty-one people. Xiao Chen's divine sense slowly swept over the area, confirming that there were no omissions, before he sat down in the main seat of the Jinshui Sect's grand hall.
After a moment, he slowly raised his head. Between them, Elder Sun and Elder Ma led ten disciples in single file.
"Resolved?"
Old Ma nodded slightly, his eyes looking at Xiao Chen with a few more parts of reverence. Along the way, all 21 Qi-refining disciples of the Jinshui Sect were annihilated, their ruthless methods making people secretly fearful in their hearts.
Xiao Chen nodded expressionlessly, the Jin Shui Sect was destroyed. Looking at this empty and spacious great hall, he didn't feel a single bit of joy in his heart, instead there was a faint sense of melancholy and confusion.
"I may not be a bloodthirsty person, but the Jinshui Sect must be destroyed. This move of mine is to establish my authority and let them know that if they want to do harm to the Xiao family, they should prepare to be completely annihilated by me!"
"This is not what I intended, but it has to be this way."
Xiao Chen's eyes gradually calmed down, and he shook his head slightly before taking big strides to leave. "All the gains of the Jinshui Sect can be distributed by the two elders as they see fit. Consider it a small token of Xiao Chen's appreciation."
Inside the grand hall, Elder Sun and Elder Ma exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with surprise and delight. Although Jinshui Sect was small, its accumulation over the years was certainly impressive, and the crystal stones alone were probably worth a considerable amount. The two elders thanked each other and left separately, each leading five disciples who had excited expressions on their faces.
An hour later, more than a dozen escape lights rose from the Golden Water Sect, and after slightly distinguishing the direction, they rushed away like lightning.
Night, Xiao family's grand hall.
At this moment, the entire Xiao family is decorated with lanterns and streamers, with large red lanterns hanging high, as if celebrating a holiday. From Xiao Lin's mouth, it was learned that after Xiao Chen's current status in Luoyun Valley and the promise of protection for thousands of years, the entire Xiao family suddenly fell into a state of jubilation, even Xiao Wenting's face turned red with excitement. Especially after the two men had a secret conversation for half an hour, when he stepped out of the room, he became more affectionate towards Xiao Wenshan, calling him "Second Brother" and being extremely warm.
At this moment, dozens of tables were set up in the grand hall, extending all the way to the corridor outside. At the center table in the grand hall, Xiao Chen, Xiao's father, and several key members of the Xiao family, as well as Sun Lao and Ma Lao from Lu Yun Valley, took their seats. Next to them was a table for the ten disciples from Lu Yun Valley, followed by tables for the various branches of the Xiao family. Everyone present had excited, flushed faces, their eyes fixed on the figure in green robes at the central seat, their gazes filled with reverence.
"Take a good look, that's your Uncle Xiao Chen. He's a powerful figure in the immortal world, capable of moving mountains and seas. You should be respectful and courteous to him in the future. If you can win his favor, you'll be greatly blessed."
"Alright, Father, don't worry, I remember!"
This is the elder son of Xiao's family, who are now reminding their own children.
"That must be Xiao Chen Gege, so young yet already an elder of Luoyun Valley. It's said that his divine powers are incredibly formidable. The old man who was showing off and had lecherous thoughts towards Cai Er Jie this morning was killed by him with just two fingers."
"I also heard that Xiao Chen Gege just led someone to destroy Jinshui Sect!"
"Alas, I don't know if Xiao Chen has a crush on someone, but if he doesn't, then we all have a chance."
"Hehe, that's right, if I can be with Xiao Chen Gege in everything, and live together till old age, it would definitely be a life like the gods."
The Xiao family's girls were sitting in a corner of the banquet, occasionally covering their mouths to giggle and sending flirtatious glances at the man in the green robe.
"It's truly a great fortune for my Xiao family to have the two immortal masters staying with us. I'm grateful and hope that you will continue to take care of us in the future." Xiao Wenshan's face was flushed with joy, and in just one day, he looked like he had become ten years younger, even the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes had reduced significantly, and his previously gray hair had all turned black.
Sun Zhanglao and Ma Zhanglao, not daring to be presumptuous, hastily stood up and smiled: "The two of us were ordered to guard the Xiao family, it is our duty, Mr. Xiao needn't be too polite."
As they spoke, the two of them fixed their gaze on Xiao Wenshan, their noses twitching as they sniffed the remaining fragrance of the medicine that had not yet completely dissipated. Their mouths twitched uncontrollably, thinking to themselves that Elder Xiao had a big hand in this matter - the Rejuvenating Pill, the Hundred Flowers Pill, and the Heavenly Dew Pill... However, the two of them would never have known that Xiao Chen had given Xiao Wenshan and his wife two Return to Spring Pills. Otherwise, at this moment, they should not be twitching at the corners of their mouths, but rather directly fainting away.
Xiao Wenshan felt a wave of emotion in his heart, he was very clear that the two were so polite to him because of Xiao Chen's reason. So when his eyes turned to his son, he felt even more endless pride in his heart.
A meal where host and guest are both pleased, the grand array of the Xiao family naturally cannot be hidden from the various powers within the city. For a time, all sorts of rumors flew about, but everyone was clear that in the future, this city of Xiao would likely truly belong to the Xiao family.
"Dad, Mom, I'm doing well within the sect and my cultivation isn't too difficult, so you can rest assured." In the backyard, Xiao Wenshan and his wife sat in their room, with Xiao Chen sitting at the lower seat, briefly recounting the events of the past year, naturally omitting some episodes that would worry the elderly couple.
Xiao's father had a big smile on his face, and he exchanged a glance with Xiao's mother. Both of them were filled with pride in their hearts.
After leaving the room of the two elders, Xiao Chen stood in the courtyard, quietly gazing at the bright moon in the sky.
The courtyard was newly built for him in the past year, not too luxurious. In the courtyard, there is a small pond with several lotus flowers and a few fish swimming inside. At this moment, under the moonlight, the water surface is slightly rippling, reflecting patches of water color on the wall.
"I, Xiao Chen, have embarked on the path of cultivation, willing to endure a lifetime of hardship and suffering, just to ensure the safety of my loved ones at home."
"Today, Jinshui's power is weak, and we can uproot him completely. But if the other side has a Golden Elixir cultivator, what can I do? Can't I just watch as my parents and relatives are all killed?"
"I don't want it to be like this, I want my loved ones and descendants to thrive for generations to come, forever enjoying peace and prosperity! To achieve this, I must become strong, strong enough that no one dares to harbor a second thought about them."
"With hands stained with fresh blood, I have no regrets in my heart. Xiao Chen walks through the world, if even his parents cannot protect him, what qualifications does he have to attempt to cultivate the Supreme Tao and transcend the mundane?"
In the dark of night, Xiao Chen's eyes gleamed with an increasingly profound and introspective light, a faint glimmer of determination slowly emerging from the depths of his heart.
The next day, when the first ray of sunlight slanted down, Xiao Chen's eyes were slightly closed. Although he had not slept all night, his spirit was extremely good. With a slight movement of the internal force in his body, the dew on his clothes was completely dried.
"Today, it's time to set up the Yellow Earth Formation. With this formation protecting us, I'm sure we can also get more defensive power from the Xiao family."
Xiao Chen thought for a moment before walking towards the grand hall.
"Xiao Changlao, before coming here, the true person in charge had already handed over the jade slip of the Xutu Xuanhuang formation to us two. Please take out the array flag, and wait for us to complete the arrangement of this formation." Sun Changlao, after a night of adjustment, had his complexion restored to normal, and now stood before the great hall, with a serious expression, bowing his hands to Xiao Chen and speaking.
And all those Xiao family members, led by Xiao's father, stood at the gate of the hall, unable to hide their excited expressions.
A year has passed and things have changed. The weak boy from that time has now grown to this point, becoming the guardian of the entire Xiao family.
Xiao Chen's emotions surged in his heart, and upon hearing the words, he slowly nodded. With a reverse motion of his hand, he handed over the yellow and black flags to the two men.
Sun Zhanglao turned around with the array flag in hand and suddenly shouted: "Deploy the formation!"
The words were spoken, and with a wave of his hand, the banner was thrown outwards. The array flags immediately dispersed in all directions, falling into the hands of each of the Lu Yun Valley disciples. Each disciple who received an array flag did not dare to be even slightly careless, as a flash of light appeared on their body, and they flew up, landing at various locations around the Xiao family's large courtyard!
"Strike the flag!"
Elder Sun held the main array flag, standing in front of the Xiao family's grand hall. A pure and refined magical force merged into the flag in his hand, and the earth-yellow array's main flag suddenly emitted a layered yellow glow. Seeing this, Elder Sun pressed it down to the ground with a sudden burst of strength, and the flag directly merged into it.
At the same time, ten disciples of Luoyun Valley shouted in unison and their flags also emitted a slightly weaker yellow aura, pressing the flags into the ground!
"Rush, spirit!" Old Man Sun shouted again, and with a reverse hand movement, he took out 99 mid-grade spirit stones from his storage bag and arranged them in a specific pattern on top of the formation flags. As soon as the spirit stones hit the ground, they formed an array, where spiritual energy circulated endlessly, constantly entering from the tail end of the formation flag and emerging from the head end, forming a cycle between them. The ten disciples did the same, but they used only 99 low-grade spirit stones.
"Form up!"
At this moment, the person who spoke was none other than Ma Changlao. He stood in front of the grand hall, his body's spiritual energy surging instantly, wildly pouring into a strange primordial stone in his hand through both hands.
Buzz!
As the mana input, a layer of phosphorescence suddenly emanated from the original stone, and eleven spiritual energy beams burst out simultaneously, with one main array flag and ten sub-array flags. These eleven spiritual energy beams echoed each other, and in the blink of an eye, a layer of yellow protective shield was condensed, enveloping the entire Xiao family mansion.
Led by Elder Sun, the twelve Luoyun Valley monks stirred up their spiritual power and shouted in unison. The sound waves surged forward, directly hitting the sky and sweeping across all directions within a hundred miles, clear and audible!
"Xiao City, Xiao Family, Xiao Chen, as the elder of Luoyun Valley, with a talent that has been unmatched since ancient times, our sect specially grants us a thousand years of protection! Within a thousand years, if Luoyun Valley is not destroyed, then we will ensure the prosperity and eternal flourishing of the Xiao Family!"
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"Xiao City, Xiao Family, Xiao Chen, as the elder of Luoyun Valley, with a talent that has been unmatched since ancient times, our sect specially grants us a thousand years of protection! Within a thousand years, if Luoyun Valley is not destroyed, then we will ensure the prosperity and eternal flourishing of the Xiao Family!"
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"Xiao City, Xiao Family, Xiao Chen, as the elder of Luoyun Valley, with a talent that has been unmatched since ancient times, our sect specially grants us a thousand years of protection! Within a thousand years, if Luoyun Valley is not destroyed, then we will ensure the prosperity and eternal flourishing of the Xiao Family!"
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The sound echoed in the sky above the entire Xiao City, lingering for a long time without fading away.
Volume One Ends
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