Operation: Absolute Annihilation

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  The old man in white robes was somewhat tired after casting the fireball technique, and with a wave of his hand, he said: "You little scoundrel are too unreliable, today's matter is settled, finding spiritual objects isn't something that can be accomplished overnight. The most important thing now is to take advantage of this Medicine Assembly to bring the ten major sects of Pingzhou back under the jurisdiction of my Nan family. By the way, where is your father Li Hong now?"

  Li Pingxi hastily said: "Elder Xian, rest assured. My father is currently meeting with the various leaders of the martial arts schools and sects to arrange this grand assembly. He said that he has made thorough arrangements for this matter and will definitely assist the three of you in controlling all the leaders of the top ten martial arts schools in Pingzhou, catching them off guard. Pingzhou will still be under the control of the Nan family... Elder Xian, regarding the matter of taking me as your disciple... what do you think?"

  "Go and do it well, as long as your father gets this thing done, I will consider taking you on as a disciple and teaching you immortal techniques. I've checked your roots and although your martial arts talent is mediocre, you still have the spiritual root for cultivating immortality. Go now, don't stay here and get in the way."

  "Yes, yes, the three immortals should rest early, I'll come again tomorrow to pay respects!"

  Li Pingxi lowered his head, revealing a humble expression, and retreated from the main hall. His entire body was drenched in sweat, with a faint smell of urine. However, his mind was completely absorbed in the ecstatic joy of being accepted as an apprentice by the old man earlier, and he didn't notice anything else.

  After Li Pingxi left, the young man in the main hall apparently smelled a hint of urine odor in the air, frowned, waved his hand to dispel the smell, and let out a cold laugh: "Such trash also wants to cultivate immortality, it's really ridiculous. Uncle, you can't be thinking of taking him as an apprentice, right?"

  The old man in white robes shook his head, his expression heavy: "Although my Nanshi family has declined somewhat over the past twenty years, we haven't fallen to the point of picking up scraps. If this gets out, it'll be said that I've taken in a useless person - how can our Nanshi family still stand tall in the cultivation world? This young man indeed has poor spiritual roots, and he's already passed the optimal age for starting his cultivation by over ten years. He probably won't even make it to the first level of Qi Refining even if he practices until death. Taking him on as a disciple was just a temporary measure to lure in Li Hong, the leader of the Medicine King Gang - don't take it seriously. That guy Li Hong won't bite without bait; if I didn't give him some hope, he probably wouldn't be willing to help us subdue the ten major gangs with all his might."

  I, Nan, am not what I used to be. If it were twenty years ago, with my second brother still alive, his formidable strength at the fifth layer of Qi Refining would have made him the undisputed leader of Pingzhou's top ten gangs. No one would have dared to utter a word against him. Unfortunately, twenty years ago, our Nan family went to war with the Feng family in Dingzhou, and my second brother, who was at the fifth layer of Qi Refining, my uncle, who was at the fourth layer, and my aunt, who was at the third layer, all fell in battle. Only I, who had just reached the first layer of Qi Refining, managed to escape and return to our family, bringing your two older brothers with me, hiding from the Feng family's pursuit for nearly twenty years.

  The Feng family has not expanded its territory in Pingzhou for twenty years, which is very strange. However, hiding for twenty years has almost exhausted the spiritual elixirs and spiritual stones accumulated by our family, with no source of spiritual objects, making the path to cultivation even more difficult. With no other choice, I, your uncle, can only take you on an adventure to re-emerge from the mountains.

  "I, Nan Tianying, have a poor root base and my second brother is far too old, almost sixty years old, yet he has only reached the second layer of Qi Refining. Zhong Hao, Jie Er, the revival of our Nan clan can only rely on you two brothers. Now, one of you is twenty-five years old and has already entered the second layer of Qi Refining, while the other is fifteen years old and has already entered the first layer of Qi Refining, both of you are stronger than I was back then!"

  "Uncle, rest assured. With my talent, as long as I get enough spiritual elixirs and stones, I'll definitely enter the third layer of Qi Refining within ten years. Within twenty to thirty years, I'll reach the same height as my father! And the blood feud with the Feng family of Dingzhou, I'll settle it sooner or later."

  Nan Zhongjie also nodded and said seriously, "Father, rest assured, as long as Brother and I are here, the Nan family will not decline so easily! I will definitely assist Brother to revive the family."

  The old man in white nodded with satisfaction, thought for a moment, and took out the small package behind him. He carefully opened it, revealing a stack of over 30 yellowish talismans, each about the size of a palm. The talismans had twisted symbols drawn on them, and their dry yellow color seemed to indicate that they were quite old. Inside the package, there were also seven or eight spirit stones in different colors such as yellow, green, and red. A yellow token with the words "Xianren Road Guide" engraved on it. There were also three or four small bottles of elixir, several thin books of secret techniques and manuals, and other items.

  The old man in white took out ten sheets of talismans from that stack, thought for a moment, and felt it was a bit extravagant, so he put back a few.

  He handed two talismans to Nan Zhonghao and Nan Zhongjie respectively, his expression serious as he said: "Tomorrow's Medicine Trading Conference will likely have a big battle. Relying on the small Medicine King Gang to control the other nine gangs is as difficult as ascending to heaven. We can't put all our hopes on the Medicine King Gang, this matter still requires us to take action ourselves."

  "This is the last resort of our Southern family, you two each have a Golden Token and a Divine Power Token, which can guarantee that for several hours, swords and guns will not be able to penetrate, and your strength will increase by more than tenfold. Here is a piece of Spiritual Stone, your magical powers are still weak, each of you take one, and replenish the consumed magical powers in time. Plus the spells you have already mastered, with these preparations, even if you encounter an unparalleled master in the Jianghu, you can defeat him in one move."

  "Uncle, are we going to make a big move tomorrow?" Nan Zhonghao's tone was laced with a hint of bloodthirsty excitement. After lying low for twenty years, he had had enough of this life of hiding and running, and finally, he could let loose and vent his frustrations.

  The old man in white robes flashed a sinister and ruthless look in his eyes, saying: "Hmmm, the top masters of Pingzhou's ten major gangs must be eliminated, not one can be left! Our Nanhua family only needs people who absolutely obey. Finding spirit stones and spirit grasses, ordinary Jianghu people who are willing to suffer can do it, those with high martial arts skills are actually useless. Their existence is of no benefit to the Nan family, but will only bring trouble. The more we kill, the better, afterwards, we'll give some benefits to the Medicine King Gang and let that little waste Li be the proxy for the Nan family, compensating them will be enough."

  "The people of Yao Wang's gang also kill, aren't they on our side?"

  Nan Zhong Jie was taken aback.

  The old man in white robes sneered, "Of course, the Medicine King Gang is no exception. Once we start killing, a single Golden Vajra talisman can only maintain its power for several hours. Do you think we still have the mind to distinguish who is from the Medicine King Gang and who isn't? If your uncle Tianba were still here, with his cultivation level, we wouldn't need to resort to such tactics, slaughtering these Jianghu people. But now that there are only three of us left in the Nan family, our strength has been greatly weakened. It's extremely difficult to make these fugitives from Jianghu willingly obey and search for spiritual objects for the Nan family. If we don't eliminate the top experts of the ten major gangs in one go, the Nan family will never be able to stand firm in Pingzhou again. Jie'er, you're a bit too soft-hearted, but as a man, when it's time to cut ties, you must do so resolutely! Don't show any mercy like a woman would! You should learn this from your older cousin."