Please show your spirit to our ancestors

Chapter 123: Trick the Golden-Feathered Crane! Our Clan's Golden Elixir Plan
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As for saving people, Shura Demon Sword naturally refused.

I am an invincible magic sword. I only kill people and never save them.

Otherwise, if other magic swords find out in the future, won’t I, Shura, become a laughing stock?
What's more, I'm already a top-grade magic sword, don't I have any respect?
"Buzz!" "Vibrate!"

The Shura Demon Sword made a proud and vibrating sound, and sternly rejected this proposal that was insulting to the Demon Sword's character.

Seeing this, Chen Xuanmo, who was in the heroic spirit state, sneered in his heart.

Haha, classmate Xiao Luo has become arrogant after his promotion. Do you really think I can’t deal with you?
Immediately, his mind changed, and he prepared to activate the sword sacrifice array and put the Shura Demon Sword into the sword platform for sacrifice.

If he really refuses to obey my orders, the worst that can happen is that I will take back those purple jade tokens that I have distributed, fill up the purple qi pool, and then use the purple qi to forcibly wipe out the spirituality of this bastard, and from now on he will obediently serve as a tool and magic sword for me.

"!!"

The Shura Demon Sword suddenly froze, as if an invisible murderous intent was enveloping it, causing it to tremble violently.

It stiffly and slowly turned the sword, glanced towards the source of the "murderous intent", and "saw" the Xuan Mo Lingjian that was silently "staring" at it, and immediately keenly sensed Brother Xuan Mo's displeasure.

Recalling the tyranny of Big Brother Xuan Mo, it trembled a few times, indicating that for Big Brother's sake, this magic sword could make an exception.

Just when Shura Demon Sword was about to try to treat the disease.

Suddenly, a beam of fire with a long flame tail flew across the sky.

It was so fast that it broke through the clouds and fell from the sky in almost the blink of an eye, landing above the Qingyu Cliff.

It was a long sword, with flames wrapped around the red sword body, and the aura was domineering and fierce.

Red Sun Sword?

Chen Ningtai was stunned, and immediately recognized that this was the inherited sword of Chiyang Peak, so he urgently activated the formation to intercept it.

The Chiyang Sword turned a corner in the air, then identified the direction and rushed straight to the Qingyu Cliff Platform where Chen Ningtai, the Xuanmo Lingjian, the Shura Demon Sword and others were, and vibrated around the Xuanmo Lingjian in cheers.

“Trembling~!”

As the flames of the Red Sun Sword leaped, Chen Xuanmo understood what it was expressing through the vibrations, tremolos, and sword dance postures.

It turned out that after Zhongli Ye received the news that Hedong County was attacked by the Blood Soul Cult, he knew that rescue would most likely be too late, so he sent the Red Sun Sword to check on the Chen family first.

He was probably worried that the chaos in Hedong County would affect the Chen family, so he sent the Chiyang Sword to rescue them ahead of time.

This made Chen Xuanmo feel somewhat relieved.

Zhongli Ye's rebellious son appears to be cold and aloof on the surface, but deep down he is actually quite worried and concerned about Chen.

The Chiyang Sword had not seen the Xuanmo Sword for a long time. Now that it finally saw each other, it was inevitable that it would be excited and intimate.

After finishing the report, it turned its attention to the Shura Demon Sword.

"Buzz, tremble!"

"Hey, isn't this Xiao Luo? I haven't seen you for a while. It seems you have grown a lot. Come on, let's learn from each other."

As he spoke, the Red Sun Sword began to burn with Red Sun Fire all around it, and it was ready to pounce on the Shura Demon Sword and rub it against the ground.

The Shura Demon Sword quickly gave in and began to retreat with a buzzing and trembling sound.

No, no, no, Brother Yang, I'm busy. I'm about to save someone.

As it spoke, it "whoosh" appeared in front of one of Cui's patients and plunged the tip of its sword into that person's body, showing an attitude of "I'm busy, I don't have time to spar with you."

At the same time, black light appeared on the surface of the magic sword, and wisps of magic energy condensed into a vortex of magic energy, drawing out the blood poison that was in the patient's body like a carbuncle attached to the bone.

Visible to the naked eye, strands of blood poison flowed down the tip of the sword into the magic sword, and were swept into nothingness by the vortex of demonic energy, being swallowed up completely.

However, as the blood poison in the patient Cui's body was extracted, his already pale face became even more gray, as if the deathly aura was becoming more and more intense.

"Snapped!"

Chen Xuanmo stepped forward and slashed at the Shura Demon Sword with his sword. The sword made a humming sound in annoyance: "I asked you to absorb the blood evil poison, but not the life force."

"Buzz."

Shura Demon Sword retorted in a small voice of grievance.

No, brother, you didn’t explain it clearly. Besides, I used to suck up all of them in one gulp when I caught one. Why is it so troublesome?

"Boom!"

Chen Xuanmo hit it a few more times, cursing.

You don't even have this little bit of micromanagement, and you still want to be invincible in the world! You didn't know it before, and now you can't learn it. How can you grow without learning?

Demon Sword Shura was full of grievances.

But what Brother Xuan Mo said still makes sense. How can you be invincible if you can't even do micro-control?
Afterwards, the speed at which it absorbed the blood evil poison slowed down a lot, but it became very careful and only absorbed the blood evil poison.

Soon, eighty to ninety percent of the blood poison in the patient's body was removed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

However, at this moment, the Shura Demon Sword stopped.

It didn't even intend to absorb the little bit that was left.

As expected, it was beaten a few more times by Chen Xuanmo.

Shura Demon Sword felt more and more aggrieved.

Big brother, the remaining blood poison is in the bone marrow. It is too hard to eat, and it is not enough to fill the gaps between my teeth...

Chen Xuanmo: You are asked to save someone but you still talk so much nonsense. It is shameful to waste food.

As he said this, he started beating him again.

Then the Shura Demon Sword became angry.

It's a pity that he was only angry for a moment. In the end, he had to obey the instructions of Boss Xuan Mo and absorb the blood poison in the bone marrow. He had to be careful to prevent the man from being sucked to death.

In this way, one after another was rescued.

In the end, nine of the more than ten patients with Cui's disease were saved, but three died on the spot.

This really wasn't the Shura Demon Sword's fault. After being beaten several times by Chen Xuanmo, it did its job very carefully. However, those guys were already deeply poisoned and their vitality was extremely weak.

But even so.

The several members of the Cui clan who came with him also thanked Chen repeatedly and were filled with gratitude.

If Chen hadn't come to their rescue, most of these tribesmen would not have survived.

After confirming that all the blood poison had been eradicated, a white-bearded wood-type foundation-building cultivator from the Cui family became busy, continuously casting wood-type healing spells to heal the wounds of those tribesmen whose toxins had been eradicated.

Obviously, Cui could handle the subsequent treatment on her own.

And this time.

The Shura Demon Sword just began to prepare to rescue the Golden-Winged Crane.

It's not that they don't value the Golden-winged Crane, it's mainly because the situation of those Cui clan members can't be delayed any longer. The Golden-winged Crane is a fourth-order peak spiritual bird, and its vitality is much stronger than those clansmen in the Qi Refining stage, so it can endure more.

Suddenly.

The spirit crane let out a weak cry and turned its long neck away, as if it was quite disgusted with the Shura Demon Sword.

It's no wonder. This golden-winged crane has a trace of the blood of the ancient crane and its aura is very pure. It extremely dislikes the aura emitted by the magic sword.

Haha, good guy, you still despise me, I won’t treat you anymore.

Seeing that the spiritual crane was still being arrogant, Shura Demon Sword naturally felt unhappy.

"Brother He Dao." Upon seeing this, Chen Ningtai immediately stepped forward to mediate.

He first bowed slightly to the Shura Demon Sword, and then consoled the Golden Feathered Spirit Crane, "Although the Demon Sword had committed many evil deeds in the past, it has now reformed. In the Cui family rescue battle, it repeatedly performed extraordinary feats, and even killed the Red Charming Demon Girl in the end. Now it has begun to save people. You must not judge a sword by its appearance."

"hold head high."

Upon hearing this, the Golden-Winged Crane felt a little guilty and cried humbly to the Shura Demon Sword.

"Humph!"

Although the Shura Demon Sword had not yet calmed down, for the sake of Chen Ningtai's face, it still poked the tip of the sword into the body of the spiritual crane and began to absorb the blood poison.

However, it would not have a good attitude towards this hypocritical crane. The sword stabbed deep, fiercely and quickly, causing the golden-feathered crane to cry out in pain.

Chen Ningtai hurried to comfort it and injected his true energy into the Golden-Winged Crane to help it regulate its qi and blood and maintain its spirit.

The Golden-Winged Crane knew from the beginning that it was the head of the Chen family who led the people to rescue the Cui family. He was already quite grateful to him. Now that he saw that he was spending his true energy to help him, his favorability towards him naturally increased.

Moreover.

This Chen Ningtai was a graceful, courteous, gentle man, and his understanding of the true meaning of Jin Yuan was profound and upright, which made Ling He feel very comfortable. Although he was far inferior to the Cui family ancestor who was in the Jindan stage, he was much stronger than the Cui family members who were in the foundation-building stage.

Suddenly, the Golden-Winged Crane became much more intimate with Chen Ningtai. It rested its head on his arms and rubbed him gently to express its gratitude.

No wonder.

Since the death of Chen Xuanmo, the family has encountered crises again and again, and the enemies have become stronger and stronger. Chen Ningtai has repeatedly participated in life-and-death battles, and his comprehension and understanding of the true meaning of Jin Yuan has naturally become deeper and deeper, which is no longer the same as the original prototype.

As the Shura Demon Sword sucked wildly, the blood poison in the Golden-Winged Spirit Crane's body was continuously removed, and a faint golden light appeared again on its dull feathers, especially on the feathers, which were constantly surrounded by golden light, like a bunch of golden feather swords.

After a moment, the poison from the Golden-Winged Crane was gone.

However, apart from the poison, the rest of its injuries were also serious, especially when it was fighting with the bloody skull, which had torn off a lot of its flesh and blood, and there were many broken bones in its body, but these injuries can be treated, and it will recover as long as it recuperates slowly.

Seeing that the Golden-winged Crane was rescued, the Cui clan members who came with it were all moved to tears of gratitude.

"My fellow Cui clan members." Chen Ningtai returned the greeting with a bow and suggested, "The Cui clan is in a bit of a mess right now. Why don't these injured people and Brother He Dao stay in my Chen clan to recuperate for a while."

What he said was true. There were countless casualties and all kinds of problems on the Cui side. There was no extra manpower to take care of the injured. Leaving them in the Chen family would provide a better recuperation environment.

The old man who was building the foundation of the wood element was even more grateful: "Thank you for the sympathy of the Ningtai family. The great kindness of the Chen family will never be forgotten by the Cui family."

The Golden-Winged Crane was quite happy to hear that it could stay in the Chen family for recuperation. It galloped a few times and rubbed its head against Chen Ningtai affectionately.

At this moment, the old man who was building the foundation of the wood element was filled with joy that his clansmen and Crane Ancestor had been rescued, and he was not aware that anything was wrong.

***
And the same time period.

Tianjian Peak.

Master Taiyue and his disciples are actively helping the Cui family with post-war processing.

A large number of collapsed houses needed to be cleared, and some houses that could be used just enough needed to be repaired to accommodate the injured members of the Cui clan.

In addition, there are a large number of corpses that need to be collected and a large number of injured people that need to be cared for.

After the battle last night, almost every member of the Cui family was injured. Even those whose injuries were not serious were exhausted. At this moment, many of them could no longer hold on and fell asleep against the wall, snoring one after another.

Upon seeing this, those who were still forcing themselves to work consciously slowed down their movements and lowered their voices in conversation.

Time flies by in the busy life. Afternoon.

Two fleets of flying boats appeared in the sky almost simultaneously, one coming from the north and the other from the west.

They are all led by a small treasure boat, followed by some medium and small spirit boats, appearing to be mighty and grand.

Judging from their flags and clan emblems, the formation coming from the north should be the flying boat formation of the Yuwen clan of Hebei.

The formation coming from the west was from the Shangguan clan of Qinghe.

Hedong County is located on the border of the Southern Wilderness and is blocked by the Hengduan Mountains to the south. There are three counties adjacent to it, namely Qinghe County in the northwest, Hebei County in the north, and Donghai County in the northeast.

Most of Donghai County belongs to Wuhen Mountain’s territory, so naturally we cannot expect them to come to the rescue of Hedong Cui family.

However, the Shangguan clan of Qinghe and the Yuwen clan of Hebei both belonged to the Yunyang Sect. Not to mention that the Cui clan had sent them a distress signal, even the sect, after learning that the Cui clan had been attacked, would have issued a call to the Shangguan clan and the Yuwen clan, ordering them to go and rescue the Cui clan.

They came.

However, they arrived six or seven hours after the attack.

The two flying boat formations each found an open space to land.

Cui Xiuming also immediately led several important elders to greet them in person.

The ancestor of the Shangguan family is a tall, red-haired old man with amazing fire-based skills and an aura as powerful as a raging fire.

The ancestor of the Yuwen family looks like a Confucian scholar in his fifties or sixties, with a gentle temperament like water, like a graceful gentleman.

As soon as they came up, they hurriedly bowed to Cui Xiuming and apologized: "Master Xiuming, we are late, too late! As soon as we received the news, we immediately organized manpower and mobilized supplies, but we never thought that we would still be a step late. Alas~~ What a pity for Brother Cui~~"

Cui Xiuming sneered secretly in his heart.

You are not just one step late, you are five or six steps late!
In fact, he knew in his heart that there was nothing wrong with what the Yuwen and Shangguan clans did. And he had neither the strength nor the qualifications to criticize the two Jindan clans.

If they were in a different place, the Cui family would definitely have to carefully consider the rescue and not procrastinate. On the contrary, a family like the Chen family that is extremely straightforward and rushes to rescue directly is very rare.

Even though Chen happened to be summoned by Master Taiyue at that time, Cui Xiuming was also clear that with the shrewdness and calculation shown by Chen in the past, if they really wanted to delay time, they would always find a way to do it!
Everything is afraid of comparison. Compared with Chen, the behavior of Yuwen and Shangguan immediately fell into inferiority.

However, even though he sneered in his heart, Cui Xiuming still had a look of gratitude on his face, expressing his deep gratitude to Shangguan and Yuwen for their rescue and that he would always remember it.

Of course, the only family that Cui Xiuming was truly grateful to was the Chen family.

However, since these two families had arrived, they naturally joined the rescue team.

At night, the Jindan monks sent by the sect for support also arrived one after another.

Those who came this time included Master Xuanyang of Fentian Peak and his disciples, Fairy Baihua and her group from Baihua Valley, Master Jinguan and her group from Jinguan Cave, and Master Changsheng and her group from Changsheng Valley. In addition, the owner of Shuiyue Sword Tower, Fairy Shuiyue and her group also came.

Even True Man Ziyin sent a message saying that he was on the way and it would take some time for him to arrive, but he had already ordered the blockade of the entire Hedong County, the encirclement and suppression of the escaped Blood Mist and the scattered Blood Soul Cult monsters, and the strict investigation of the families under his command. Once any family was found to be colluding with the Blood Soul Cult, they would be severely punished immediately.

All of a sudden.

The entire Hedong County was under total blockade, and the fleeing Blood Soul Cult monsters were strangled one after another, but there was still no trace of the blood mist.

Half a month later.

Tianjian Peak.

After a period of renovation, the Cui family's main residence in Tianjian Peak has somewhat regained its former appearance.

[Hedong County Post-War Cleanup Command Center] was also set up in the Cui family's main residence. In name, Zhenren Ziyin was the commander-in-chief, but in reality, the deputy commander, Master Taiyue, was in charge of the overall situation. After all, Zhenren Ziyin was very busy and it was impossible for him to stay in Hedong County every day.

Master Taiyue participated in the rescue from the very beginning and made great contributions. It is natural for her to take over the subsequent tasks and take charge of the overall situation.

Next to the headquarters, several buildings of the Cui family were requisitioned to set up the [Yunyang Sect Gongdetang Temporary Office].

Inside the office.

Master Jin Guang slammed the table hard, and with a "bang", the table made of fine spiritual wood was smashed into pieces.

He stared at the person opposite him with a dignified look, his eyes showing anger: "Chen Ningtai, don't go too far."

"It was indeed difficult for you to support Cui's battle, but how could you possibly throw 2,978 explosive crossbow arrows! Do you think the explosive crossbow arrows are firecrackers that you can light and set off at will? Besides, do you have so many explosive crossbow arrows at home?"

"Master, please don't be anxious. Just listen to me."

Chen Ningtai looked particularly elegant in a well-tailored monk's robe.

Facing the furious Master Jin Guang, he was not panicked at all. He took out a stack of lists that he had prepared long ago and handed them to him: "Master, please take a look. This is the purchase order, production order, and acceptance order for the raw materials of our explosive crossbow arrows. A total of 4,000 arrows have been manufactured."

"The world has been in turmoil lately, and our family is feeling uneasy. It makes sense to have more firepower, don't you think?"

Unexpectedly, Master Jin Guang refused to admit it and sneered, "This explosive crossbow arrow was developed and produced by your family. You have a way to falsify any order and deceive the world. I don't even want to take a look at it."

It was very obvious that Chen Ningtai had long known that Master Jin Guang was difficult to deal with.

His expression remained calm as usual, and he took out another stack of bills: "Master, please take a look. This is the signed certificate from the brothers from Taiyue Peak, and Master Taiyue's signature and seal. All the reimbursement procedures are complete. If you still have questions, we can go and ask Master Taiyue together."

Master Jin Guang checked the signatures on the certificates, as well as Taiyue's signature and seal. His face turned green, and he held his forehead and said, "These disciples from Taiyue Peak are so stupid. They must have been fighting so hard that they didn't even bother to count!! They were fooled by you in just a few words."

"Alas, these stupid and foolish prodigal sons have no idea that the clan leaders are all shrewd people. As long as they get a chance, they will do their best to fleece the clan."

"You really don't know how expensive firewood and rice are until you manage the household."

Even though Jin Guang was full of complaints, since Master Taiyue was now the deputy commander of this war zone and the other party had all the necessary formalities, how could he not reimburse?

With no other options, Master Jin Guang could only stamp this reimbursement form.

Seeing that this item was handled, he took out another expense report: "Master, please take a look. This is the Red Dragon Sword Talisman that our Chen family used when sniping Chi Mei. It includes the detailed process, the witness' signature, and Senior Taiyue's signature."

Chen Ningtai did not do anything fancy with the Red Dragon Talisman Sword. After all, the Chen family only had one of this thing, and it was exchanged from the sect, with procedures and detailed records.

Master Jin Guang had no objection to this point, but Chen Ningtai's next words made him very angry.

"Master, we don't want to convert the merits and contribution points. Just give us a red dragon sword talisman."

Master Jin Guang glared back angrily: "Where do you want me to get you another Red Dragon Sword Talisman? Also, aren't you too extravagant, Chen? You just use the Red Dragon Sword Talisman to keep us."

"Master... this is our family's life-saving trump card! We, the Chen family, received the sect's call to fight for the sect. We are a small foundation-building family fighting against the Golden Core Blood Soul Envoy. What you said is too disheartening. In the future, when everyone accepts the call to serve, who will dare to do their best?"

"Could it be that you would be happy if we let Chi Mei run away instead of using our good things?"

"Okay, okay, I'll find another talisman for you later. I guarantee it's just as powerful!" Master Jin Guang almost kicked Chen Ningtai out.

If he continues to talk like that, Jin Guang will become a lackey of the Blood Soul Cult.

"Also, our Xuan Mo is almost scrapped. Here is the repair list and expense list."

"The cost of repairing the small five-element formation, the cost of consumption and maintenance of the five-element formation, the medical expenses of the clan members, the travel subsidy for the battle, the post-war reward, the repair cost of the main house..."

The reimbursement forms in front of Master Jin Guang piled up higher and higher, and his face became darker and darker.

He had no choice but to grit his teeth and sign it, even though he knew there was something fishy about it.

After all, the Chen family is now a model of aristocratic family, and their various reimbursement procedures are complete, so there is nothing wrong to find.

Sign and stamp!
After a while.

Chen Ningtai put away all the reimbursement forms.

Master Jin Guang was about to chase them away when Chen Ningtai suddenly took out a large stack of forms: "Master, these are the application forms for battle merit that we compiled. The commander-in-chief has signed them. Please take a look. If there is no problem, sign them and the merit will be issued. Our family is still waiting for the merit to be exchanged for supplies!"

"This battle has made our Chen family poor. Next we have to make contributions in clearing out the remnants of the Blood Soul Cult~"

"you……"

Master Jin Guang almost vomited blood, and his eyes were full of gloom when he looked at Chen Ningtai.

****
In the blink of an eye, it was time for the Chen family’s annual ancestral worship ceremony in the ancestral hall.

Chen Xuanmo woke up slowly to the sound of his eldest son Chen Ningtai's chattering eulogy.

Time has come to the 221st year of the Xuanmo calendar.

Inside the ancestral hall, wisps of purple air were gathering into the lucky beads.

Um? Something's wrong!
Chen Xuanmo immediately noticed that the purple air seemed a little sparse.

Well!
This is the state without the thick purple energy of Zhongli Ye, the rebellious son~ He looked around and found that Zhongli Ye was not there.

After the purple energy was absorbed, Chen Xuanmo counted and found that he had only absorbed 345 strands of purple energy this time, plus the remaining 30 strands, a total of 375 strands...

There is a difference of about four hundred strands.

What a huge gap~~
Chen Xuanmo sighed, and couldn't help but complain in his heart that his rebellious son Chen Ningzhuo was so useless that he couldn't even trick Zhong Liye into continuing to come to worship.

However, an adopted son is still an adopted son after all, and is never as good as a biological son.

If his own son dares not to come to worship, Chen Xuanmo can just beat him.

It would be great if there was someone in the Jindan stage at home, so that I could get several hundred extra strands of purple energy every year.

Now, the one in the family who has the best hope of reaching the Golden Elixir stage in a relatively short period of time is the rebellious son Chen Ningtai.

As for Qianqian, although she has three spiritual roots, she is nearly a hundred years older than Ning Tai. This huge time difference is not so easy to make up. The time for her to break through to the golden elixir will be about a hundred years later.

On the other hand, Chen Ningtai is now 130 years old, and he only has a few decades at most to achieve the Golden Elixir.

Under normal circumstances, it would be almost impossible for a cultivator with four spiritual roots to break through from the fifth level of foundation building to the peak of the ninth level in such a short period of time.

But it’s different with the help of purple energy.

He only needs to use the purple energy to assist him when he encounters a bottleneck in his cultivation, which will speed up his breakthrough of the bottleneck, and then indirectly speed up his cultivation. In this way, he will most likely cultivate to the peak of the foundation-building stage at the right age and try to break through the golden elixir.

Of course, the prerequisite is to have the correct method of Jinxing Jindan!

Just as Chen Xuanmo's thoughts were drifting, the Xuanmo Spirit Sword trembled slightly, and suddenly floated into the air, with rays of light blooming from the sword.

It turned out that transformation happened again.

Chen Xuanmo was stunned, then he calculated and found that the total amount of purple energy gathered so far this year had just exceeded the six thousand mark, which was almost the same as he expected.

Then, the day when the total amount of gathered purple energy exceeds ten thousand should be the day when the Xuan Mo Ling Sword is promoted to the top grade!

There is still a total of 4,000 purple qi left. With the current purple qi growth rate, if nothing unexpected happens, it will only take about ten years to be promoted to the upper grade.

After a while.

The Xuanmo Spirit Sword was successfully upgraded. Chen Xuanmo tried it and found that the power of the sword had increased, and the activity range of the heroic spirit had become a twenty-mile range centered on the Xuanmo Spirit Sword. In this way, the reconnaissance tactics would be more flexible.

Moreover, Chen Xuanmo had a vague premonition that once the Xuanmo Spirit Sword was upgraded to a high-grade one, the range of the heroic spirit's activities would increase to at least thirty miles, and perhaps it would have other wonderful uses.

While Chen Xuanmo was daydreaming in his mind, he also secretly set a small goal for himself in the next two years - to first create a Jinxing Jindan method.

The first choice, naturally, is to retrieve the [Taiyi Gengjin Zhenjue] from Xue Sanshisan, and then focus on training Chen Ningtai.

No matter what, even if it consumes a lot of purple energy, he must cultivate a golden elixir cultivator that belongs to the Chen family.

……

(End of this chapter)