Chapter 64 – Eliminating The Fang Family
Translator: Mr Voltaire
Editor: Phoobiee
The elders from the other families all agreed, “That’s right, if young master Xiao Yun gains the favour of some powerful figures from the Heaven Origin Sect, what need will there be to fear that Qiu family? Although the Qiu family is powerful, that’s only because they have some people in the Heaven Origin Sect.”
“There’s no way a mere elder can cover the sky with his hand,” others agreed.
The rest of the people let out a sigh of relief.
Xiao Yun nodded, but he knew that he needed to have sufficient strength. How could it be so easy to gain the favour of the people from the Heaven Origin Sect?
Moreover, the Qiu family might not be willing to let him go so easily, so he couldn’t let down his guard. Not only Xiao Yun, but the other Xiao family members were worried about this.
“Don’t worry, grandpa, I’ll do my best.” When he saw his family members were still quite worried, Xiao Yun’s gaze became serious as he looked at the elderly man beside him. “I’ll definitely become a core disciple of the Heaven Origin Sect.” Even if it was for his family, he needed to become a core disciple.
“Grandpa believes in you, but don’t feel too much pressure. Just let everything happen naturally,” the Xiao family’s old patriarch said.
“That’s right,” Xiao Hai said. “After experiencing such a ma.s.sive wave, what is there to be afraid of?”
Some of the other Xiao family members added, “That’s right, what’s so great about the Qiu family? They merely have an Essence Core realm cultivator.”
Now that the old patriarch had stepped into the Essence Core realm, their confidence had been greatly bolstered.
“That’s quite true,” Duke Yan said. “Now that the old patriarch has stepped into the Essence Core realm, if you gain another expert, even the Qiu family will have to show you respect. As for the Heaven Origin Sect, they won’t dare to rashly send people either. After all, they are restricted in this territory.”
After the discussions went on a bit, everyone felt a bit more at ease.
“Haha, I wonder when young master Xiao Yun plans to refine the medicinal pills,” someone asked as he laughed. Everyone else also looked over. In the end, that was what everyone was concerned with.
Xiao Yun’s eyes lit up. Perhaps refining medicinal pills could change the situation.
Xiao Yun replied, “I’ll prepare some medicinal ingredients tomorrow, and you can come pick up the pills from the Xiao family’s residence when the time comes. As long as I have enough medicinal ingredients, I can refine the medicinal pills at any time. If everyone can help me with gathering the medicinal ingredients, perhaps I can give you Pure Essence Pills in exchange.”
This decision made everyone start considering whether they could gather the ingredients for a Mysterious Congealing Pill. If someone else could step into the Essence Core realm, they could at least guarantee that they wouldn’t be bullied by the Qiu family.
As for the Heaven Origin Sect, they wouldn’t dare to openly destroy an entire family. Within this territory, there were clear rules stating that the experts of Sects were not to interfere in the conflicts between families.
The more powerful an expert was, the more restricted they were. Otherwise, if a situation got out of hand, an Imperial Capital’s Emissary would step in and destroy the entire Sect.
“Alright, no matter what medicinal ingredients they are, we’ll bring them for you.” When they heard the name ‘Pure Essence Pill’, the eyes of the elders of the various families lit up.
Following this, the crowd started to disperse. Now, the Martial Compet.i.tion had truly concluded.
“Father, what should we do now?” Xiao Hai asked.
“Send some people to clear out the rest of the Fang family,” the Xiao family’s old patriarch said with a serious look. Since there was irreconcilable hatred between the 2 families, they couldn’t give the Fang family a chance to take revenge.
“I can also send people to help.” Duke Yan decided to lock down the city and help the Xiao family. Since they had clearly allied themselves, he would act without reservation.
Xiao Hai immediately returned and gathered people and attacked the Fang family.
That day was destined to be an unforgettable day.
That day, Xiao Yun had defeated Fang Hao, causing everyone to remember his name and causing him to rise to fame.
That day, Xiao Yun had turned the tables on the True Essence realm cultivator Qiu Yu Chen and had killed him, shocking everyone.
That day, the Fang family had been completely eliminated by the Xiao family, striking fear into everyone’s hearts and causing everyone to remember the Xiao family’s name.
“This Xiao family cannot be offended!” Countless people sighed in amazement. This untouchable family commanded respect from everyone.
It wasn’t difficult to imagine how powerful the youth named Xiao Yun would be after he grew.
Not only the normal cultivators were unable to sleep that night; even the cultivators of the large families found it extremely difficult to fall asleep.
If that youth could truly refine Mysterious Congealing Pills, what did that mean? It meant that the youth had the talent to become a Pill Master! A Pill Master was an existence that even the large Sects would want to curry favour with!
With the Xiao family’s old patriarch personally acting, the Xiao family was able to easily eliminate the Fang family. At the same time, with the help of the Lin family’s old patriarch and Duke Yan, no one was able to escape.
While those things were happening, Xiao Yun was in his room recovering his aura. He had expended far too much spirit energy, and had to quickly recover. Otherwise, it would be difficult for him to refine pills.
Xiao Yun activated the Spirit-Destroying Divine Art, helping his spirit energy continuously recover. Not only this, the vital essence of life from his Martial Spirit also helped him quickly recover.
After an entire night of recovery, Xiao Yun had finally restored his spirit energy. At the end, he could feel that his spirit energy had even become slightly stronger. It was as if his spirit energy had been refined by that intense battle.
“I’ve finally recovered my spirit energy.” Xiao Yun let out a breath. Not that he had recovered his spirit energy, he could once again use the Spirit-Destroying Spear. That meant he had an extra killing technique, which could save him in crucial moments.
After recovering his spirit energy, he sent his mind towards the Heaven-Devouring Tower. There were still inscriptions on the first layer of the Heaven-Devouring Tower. The inscriptions looked like a deep tunnel that connected to the underworld, and there was a short spear within it that gave off a terrifying aura. That aura made it seem as if it could truly kill G.o.ds and slay buddhas.
“It’s a pity that the Spirit-Destroying Spear requires too much spirit energy, otherwise I would be able to use it to fight True Essence realm cultivators.” Xiao Yun sighed in disappointment. However, when he looked up at the second layer, he felt a strange sense of excitement.
If the first layer had a spiritual weapon like the Spirit-Destroying Spear, what sort of powerful weapon would be on the second layer?
After thinking for a while, Xiao Yun’s mind came out of the Heaven-Devouring Tower.
After all, he was currently too weak, and needed to quickly increase his strength.
“Oi, Lil Yun,” the Heaven-Devouring Sparrow suddenly said.
“What is it?” Xiao Yun asked.
The Heaven-Devouring Sparrow asked with a smile, “Haha, do you have any pill recipes for strengthening a demonic soul?”
“The ingredients for those sorts of medicinal pills are incredibly difficult to gather!” Xiao Yun replied.
Demonic souls were a type of spirit, and strengthening a demonic soul was equivalent to strengthening spirit energy. This sort of medicinal pill was something that Xiao Yun needed as well.
“Just remember to collect them,” the Heaven-Devouring Sparrow said, “As long as this lord recovers some strength, I’ll be able to help you kill your enemies, and crises like this one won’t happen again. With me by your side, what’s there to be afraid of? We’ll be able to dominate this land together.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll do my best to help you strengthen your demonic soul,” Xiao Yun replied.
After going through this experience, Xiao Yun knew that his strength was vastly insufficient.
If the Heaven-Devouring Sparrow’s demonic soul was strengthened, perhaps it really would be able to help Xiao Yun.
“However, since you’ve lost your fleshly body, just how strong can your demonic soul become?” Xiao Yun suddenly asked.
“Don’t worry, I’m a Heaven-Devouring Sparrow, and am naturally quite extraordinary. I can devour the vital essence of anything, and even as a demonic soul, I can continuously grow. When I reach a certain point, I’ll be able to display the various divine abilities of my Heaven-Devouring bloodline and dominate everything under the heavens.” The Heaven-Devouring Sparrow had a proud expression on its face and spluttered everywhere as it spoke. Although it had lost its fleshly body, it was still quite arrogant.
“That’s good.” Xiao Yun nodded. If that was the case, it might be worth helping the Heaven-Devouring Sparrow. After all, if the Heaven-Devouring Sparrow could not continuously grow stronger, there wouldn’t be much point.
Afterwards, Xiao Yun brought his mind out of the Heaven-Devouring Tower and left his room. The sun had just risen, but the Xiao family’s residence was already quite lively. After walking out of his room, Xiao Yun felt that something was quite strange.
Xiao Yun sent out his spirit energy, and felt that many of the elders from the various families had come to pay a visit. They were here for a single purpose: to request a list of medicinal ingredients to help Xiao Yun refine medicinal pills.
“These fellows are quite diligent when it comes to things that benefit them.” Xiao Yun shook his head. After washing up, he walked to the guest hall, where many cultivators from various families were gathered.
The Xiao family’s old patriarch was sitting at the head position, calling for everyone’s attention.
“Haha, young master Xiao Yun’s here.” When Xiao Yun appeared, everyone present revealed a burning gaze as they all rose to greet him.
“Good morning, everyone!” Xiao Yun cupped his fists in greeting.
The Xiao family’s old patriarch smiled as he waved Xiao Yun over. “Yun’Er, come sit beside grandpa.”
Xiao Yun did not act too courteously and sat down next to his grandpa.
“I’m sure everyone’s here for the list of medicinal ingredients, no?” After sitting down, Xiao Yun didn’t bother with any superfluous words and got straight to the point.
“That’s right,” everyone replied as they smiled. “Haha, we’re quite eager to see young master Xiao Yun’s abilities.”
“This is the list. Try to gather all of the medicinal ingredients written on it, especially the ones marked in red. Those must be gathered.” Xiao Yun took out the list he had prepared and gave it to people to show the elders of the various families.
“Alright, we’ll do our best to gather them,” the crowd replied earnestly after taking a look at the list.
Only medicinal ingredients were listed on the list. There were no explanations or names of pills, so those who looked at it felt quite confused.
This was why Xiao Yun didn’t give them copies of the list. Pill recipes were too precious, and most Pill Refiners knew the recipes of only a few types of pills.
Sometimes, a pill recipe was enough for Pill Refiners to fight till they were bloodied and gashed.
“Haha, Lil Yun, I see that you’re not too young anymore. Don’t you think it’s time to get married?” After looking at the list, the Lin family’s old patriarch laughed as he said with a big smile, “I see that you and our Xiao Man are quite compatible. After all, you were childhood sweethearts. How about I betroth her to you?”
“Lin Xiao Man?” Xiao Yun felt a headache coming on.
Although the young woman had an excellent figure which could cause men to salivate, she simply wasn’t his type. She was far too domineering, and he had no feelings towards her.
“Haha, Xiao Man’s temper isn’t too good, and has offended you in the past. However, she reflected on her actions after she got home yesterday. If you two are to get married, she’ll definitely be a good wife and a loving mother,” the Lin family’s old patriarch said. “Our family’s Xiao Man is definitely one of the top beauties!”
The cultivators of the various families all rolled their eyes. “This old man’s far too shameless.”
“Haha, Old Lin, that’s not very moral of you. Our family’s Shi Fei is already betrothed to good nephew Xiao Yun!” At this moment, a clear laugh sounded out as Duke Yan strode in. He seemed to be in an excellent mood due to the big smile on his face.
Beside Duke Yan were Yan Shi Fei and Yan Shi Yan, as well as a little old man.