During his ti in the Qi Refining stage, Mu Changze had cultivated the wood-attribute variation of the Five Spirits Monster-Absorbing Qi.
Compared to the Five-Colored Purple Haze Qi, which required slow and tedious collection over decades to complete, or the Five Rhy Earth Vein Qi, which required massive amounts of resources to quickly advance one's cultivation base, the Five Spirits Monster-Absorbing Qi offered rapid progression with very little material investnt.
The only drawback was that cultivators of this monster-absorbing spiritual energy had to engage in life-or-death combat with demon beasts, absorbing their essence and demonic power to convert it into spiritual energy.
By treating demon beasts as resources, anyone who could survive one battle after another could achieve Foundation Establishnt at the fastest speed and with minimal investnt.
In short, Mu Changze, who had fought his way out of the West Sea, was an exceptionally formidable cultivator in both magical combat and demon-slaying.
His strength and vigilance were considered absolute pinnacles among cultivators of the sa realm.
Inside the banquet hall of the Prefecture Cultivator's Manor.
Holding his golden chopsticks, Mu Changze listened to the second elder of the Gu Family brag while picking up a piece of donkey chitterlings.
As the chitterlings entered his mouth, it was that familiar flavor and texture—smooth, tender, and incredibly delicious.
However, beneath this familiar taste, there seed to be sothing strange.
Blood. The taste of fresh blood.
It was growing thicker... What was going on?
It seed to be coming from the entrance.
Wait!
In an instant, sitting at the head of the table, Mu Changze did not even have ti to put down his chopsticks before directly activating his divine ability—Transform into Auspicious Deer.
There was a mysterious Grand Cultivator, at least of the Purple Palace realm, causing chaos and controlling his daughter, Wang Yulou, and the others.
The white deer did not speak. Instead, he secretly used his massive divine sense as a heavy sledgehamr, slamming it hard against Wang Xianmao.
'Wang Xianmao! Wake up!'
At the sa ti, the auspicious deer exerted power through its four hooves, appearing beside Zhou Yingxi in a flash of light. He lowered his head and bit down on his daughter to carry her.
Holding his completely bewildered daughter, he dove headfirst into the flowing waters of the Clear Stream of Qin Rhy without looking back.
There lay the spiritual eye of the grand formation!
Mu Changze was gambling. He was gambling that the mysterious cultivator, who was at least at the Purple Palace realm, would not dare to lightly start a slaughter within the territory of the Red Lantern Illumination Sect. He needed to activate the formation to call for help!
Watching Mu Changze flee, Yulou, whose mouth was filled with blood, revealed a smile.
He had survived.
'Little Fellow Daoist, you possess the potential for the Purple Palace. I shall wait for you to open your Purple Palace.
When that ti cos, we shall et again.'
An ambiguous, neither-male-nor-female voice echoed within his mind. Yulou's smile froze on his face, and his body shivered uncontrollably.
He knew that the mysterious Grand Cultivator who had caused the chaos was leaving.
On the other side, Wang Xianmao had also snapped awake. Almost instantly, he noticed Yulou, who had bitten his own tongue and spat several mouthfuls of blood onto the ground.
He had realized the situation a bit later than Mu Changze and had not imdiately recognized that this was the work of a Grand Cultivator of at least the Purple Palace realm.
The Patriarch made a prompt decision and activated his divine ability, causing a dense spiritual vitality to emanate from his deep green body.
Within this spiritual vitality, he utilized a wood-attribute movent technique to instantly appear next to Wang Yulou, casually tossing Hongi to the side in the process.
"This... Xianmao, what is happening?" The second elder of the Gu Family was the last one to react.
He deduced from the movents of Mu Changze and Wang Xianmao that sothing major had occurred, so he also conjured his spiritual artifact.
The green spiritual vitality expanded, condensing almost into a solid form. From the various lingering traces in the air, Wang Xianmao discerned everything that had just transpired.
With a face as cold as iron, he shielded Yulou and Yu'an, glaring at the second elder of the Gu Family.
"Old Second Gu, do not move. Sit right there. A True Person from the sect will arrive shortly!"
After communicating through sound transmission with Yulou, Wang Xianmao guessed that the audaciously bold Grand Cultivator had already fled.
Wang Xianmao was now incredibly clear about what had transpired.
At the competition venue, Guo Yaoyue, who had been concealed by that Grand Cultivator the entire ti, had claid first place at the final mont.
Afterward, the entity manipulated Wang Yulou to perform according to a specific script, but Wang Yulou broke free from the control.
Upon realizing Yulou had escaped containnt, the Grand Cultivator worried about complications and went into hiding for a brief period.
After investigating and confirming that no other Grand Cultivator was secretly watching from the shadows, the entity intended to resu control over Yulou.
But by then, Yulou was already standing right next to Wang Xianmao.
The entity waited and waited, finally striking when Wang Yulou entered the Prefecture Cultivator's Manor and sat at the banquet, separated from Wang Xianmao.
Along the way, the entity altered Yulou's words and even blinded Wang Yulou's hearing, preventing him from hearing Wang Xianmao's responses.
Wang Xianmao felt a lingering fear, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Just now, he had chatted quite a bit with Yulou!
It had all been that Grand Cultivator pretending and answering him!
If Yulou had not made a decisive move to bite his tongue and spit blood to call for help, Wang Xianmao dared not imagine what would have happened to the three children.
"Brother, what's wrong with you?"
Looking at Yulou's blood-filled mouth, Yu'an asked in a panic.
"Damn it..." Wang Yulou slumped to the ground, answering weakly. He was truly frightened out of his wits.
Zhou Yingxi had been controlled, Wang Yu'an had been controlled, Hongi had been controlled, while the Patriarch, Mu Changze, and the second elder of the Gu Family had been completely deceived.
It was terrifying.
"What?" The dense Yu'an was still asking questions, but the Patriarch pushed him aside and gently brushed his hand over Yulou's face.
"Bear with it," the Patriarch said in a low voice.
Controlling his spiritual power, he barely managed to piece Yulou's severed tongue back together. Then, he retrieved the bottle of Spirit Marrow ridian Cleansing Pills from his robe, poured out one pill, and fed it to Yulou.
"Do not speak. Rest well and recover. I understand everything."
Looking at the weakened Qilin child of the Wang Clan, the Patriarch forced a smile and advised him.
"Everything is fine now. That person did not dare to harm us, which proves they did not want to reveal their identity. They should have departed by now."
Yulou pointed toward the southeast, which was the direction of Great Skymount Mountain, and spoke succinctly.
"Guo!"
"Yes, he might also be a problem. To think that the three of us completely failed to notice such an outstanding talent from start to finish. Ha, ridiculous, truly ridiculous. To be trifled with like this!"
The Patriarch sighed.
A low, resonant, and shocking vibration resounded. Yulou, who was slumped at the entrance of the banquet hall, raised his head toward the source of the sound.
A black flood dragon had already appeared in the sky above Clear Stream Market.
Mu Changze's reinforcents had arrived.
Wang Xianmao let out a long breath and said, "It is Perfected Man Fujiao. Yu'an, stay by your brother's side. I am going to greet the True Person."
The old Patriarch remained incredibly ticulous. Considering that Yulou had just suffered a great ordeal, he specifically instructed Yu'an to accompany him.
Wang Xianmao flew through the air, and after greeting the True Person alongside Mu Changze, he reported the massive upheaval that had occurred in Clear Stream Market.
The cultivators in the market town did not know what had happened. They only saw a black flood dragon coiled in the sky, assuming it was so legendary Purple Palace Demon General, which scared them half to death.
However, when they saw the Town Guardian Cultivator and the recently prominent Patriarch of the Anbei Kingdom's Wang Clan flying up to greet it, their fears vanished.
The Sky Serpent Sect revered celestial snakes, and the Red Lantern Illumination Sect also possessed spiritual beasts as guardians. The fact that Mu Changze and Wang Xianmao went up to welco it indicated that the black flood dragon was an ally.
"Hmph, your Wang Family certainly knows how to cause a stir. It is hardly surprising that you were targeted!"
The black flood dragon's eyes remained completely still, and its mouth stayed tightly shut. Perfected Man Fujiao communicated with the two entirely through sound transmission.
"True Person, we fear so villain intends to disrupt the relationship between the Sky Serpent Sect and our Red Lantern Illumination Sect, thereby sabotaging the ancestor's Golden Core Opportunity," Wang Xianmao replied, remaining calm under pressure.
Perfected Man Fujiao had lost his physical body and attached his soul to a flood dragon corpse. His small grotto-heaven was gradually collapsing, and the loss of his lifespan was unavoidable.
To make matters worse, this Perfected Man Fujiao of the Zhou Family and Patriarch Mangxiang had experienced severe discord within the sect during their earlier years.
The Zhou Family had targeted the Wang Family, hoping to use a marriage alliance as a breakthrough point to repair their relationship with the Mangxiang lineage through Xuanzhuan's faction.
However, the Wang Clan had refused. Consequently, the precariously situated Perfected Man Fujiao naturally would not show Wang Xianmao a pleasant countenance.
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