Please show your spirit to our ancestors

Chapter 80: Explore the Water Palace! Subdue the Siren! Deal with the Luo Family

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Zheng Lingyun is now 32 years old, but she has never married. She looks no different from her twenties, except that the excitement between her brows has been restrained a little, and her temperament is more mature and generous.

And her cultivation level has not fallen behind either, having already advanced to the late Lingquan realm. She is much lower than Wang Qianqian, but slightly higher than Jing Yun.

The three of them were talking and laughing.

The competition on the ring has reached its most critical point.

Under Yang Yuling's continuous and violent attack, Zhao Juntao's earth shield had been shattered and his thick rock armor was constantly peeling off. He was afraid that he could not hold on for a few more blows.

Although Zhao Juntao fought back desperately, he was ultimately powerless to reverse the situation.

After a while, he could only smile bitterly and retreat: "I give up."

Such a scene naturally made the cultivators who bet on Zhao Juntao to win curse. Previously, the Zhao family had praised Zhao Juntao to the sky, saying that the middle-grade magic shield combined with the earth-based skills could restrain water-based cultivators and could drag the opponent to death until the end of time.

The results of it?
But he was beaten like a sieve by a girl.

Chen Xuanmo, who was watching the game, nodded with satisfaction.

Yu Ling was probably a bored child on weekdays because she came from a small family, but she was very diligent in her cultivation. With the support of the Chen family's abundant resources, her cultivation progress was very fast.

Chen Xuanmo also gave her a purple mark, and as expected, she comprehended the artistic conception of Xuanshui.

I just feel a little sorry for Zhao Juntao, that kid is Chen Xuanmo's great-great-grandson.

But that's how the family is. The great-great-grandson is always a member of the Zhao family, while Yang Yuling is a member of the Chen family.

"Yang Yuling of Cangyi Chen family wins!" Referee Zheng, who was in charge of this battle, announced the result with an expressionless face.

The reason is simple. Zheng family has no one with four spiritual roots under the age of 25 who can fight, and can only cultivate a -year-old with five spiritual roots in the Lingquan realm. As a result, they have lost two games in a row. The victory or defeat of this battle has nothing to do with Zheng family.

"Congratulations, father-in-law." A handsome, bearded, elegant middle-aged man stood up from the main seat of the Zhao family and bowed to Chen Ningtai. "The Chen family has won two games in a row, which is a cause for celebration. They will surely reach a higher level in the future. Yuling is a very outstanding child. At such a young age, she has mastered the realm of Xuanshui."

This person's name is Zhao Anxuan. He is the new generation head of the Nanyue Zhao family. He is only in his seventies and is considered very young among the foundation-building cultivators.

As early as when the Chen, Zheng and Zhao families joined forces to open the market town, in order to consolidate their interests, they arranged marriages with each other. The Zhao family married Zhao Mengyan, who was from the direct line, while the Chen family married Chen Yaoyu, who was from the direct line earlier.

Chen Yaoyu is the eldest granddaughter of Chen Xuanmo and the eldest daughter of Chen Ningtai.

"Haha, Jun Tao is not bad either." Chen Ningtai laughed heartily, "This boy has some of his great-grandfather's style, and he has a promising future."

"Thank you for the compliment, father-in-law." Zhao Anxuan smiled happily.

The father-in-law and son-in-law flattered each other, which made Old Ancestor Chi Qiu feel jealous.

However, Chen Ningtai is currently the best fighter among the Five Southern Guards, and he can't afford to offend him.

But he couldn't stay in this place for a moment.

Just wanted to leave with an excuse.

Suddenly, Chen Ningtai coughed twice and said, "Master Anxuan, Brother Zheng Dao. While our three clans are gathering together, I just happen to have a small proposal to discuss with you two."

"Just tell me if my father-in-law has anything to say." Zhao Anxuan immediately expressed his opinion, as if he was following Chen Ningtai's lead.

Of course, his attitude is not just because Chen Ningtai is his father-in-law.

At that time, his grandfather Zhao Guangling died at the hands of the Blood-Handed Demon Butcher. The entire Zhao family was grief-stricken but powerless to seek revenge. If Chen Ningtai had not successfully intercepted and fought to the death to avenge ancestor Guangling, they might have been killed and escaped from the Great Wu Kingdom by their enemies.

Therefore, everyone in the Zhao family is now very grateful to Chen Ningtai.

Of course, now that Chen Ningtai is strong, young and strong, he will definitely be the future leader of the three clans, and the Zhao family naturally understands this.

But the old ancestor Chi Qiu felt a pang in his heart.

Could it be that Chen Ningtai is greedy and wants to be as shameless as his father and forcefully squeeze out more benefits?

The interests of the market town are no longer what they were ten years ago.

Now, if the profit is 10%, it will be a full 250 spirit stones!
Chen owns 40% of the shares and earns a net profit of 1,000 spirit stones a year. Isn't that enough?
But now the Chen family is too strong, and it is visibly that they will become even stronger in the future. Ancestor Chi Qiu did not dare to object. He could only say "hmm" and sulk inwardly.

"Since everyone agrees, I will tell you my thoughts." Chen Ningtai said calmly, "Sheshan Market has been developing rapidly over the past decade, with net profits rising year by year. I think we should seize the opportunity and make it bigger and stronger."

"The three of us will each invest 2000 spirit stones in the market, mainly to attract and subsidize high-quality merchants, expand the scale of the market, add more treasures to the annual auction, etc."

"I, Zhao, have no objection. The decision is entirely up to my father-in-law." Zhao Anxuan expressed his opinion immediately.

But Patriarch Chiqiu looked serious: "The plan is good. From the situation of Qianqian's magic weapon repair shop, we can see that a high-quality merchant can bring in a large number of customers. But the problem is, how to distribute the benefits?"

Seeing that the Chiqiu Patriarch looked petty, Chen Ningtai said with a smile: "Brother Zheng, our three clans have been connected for so long, how can we quarrel over a small profit? Since we have invested the same amount of spirit stones, the distribution of benefits will naturally remain the same."

"As usual?" Patriarch Chiqiu was silent for a long time, then he stood up and bowed, saying, "Brother Ningtai's vision is so great that it makes me ashamed."

"Brother Zheng Dao, please don't be like this. Ningtai is just keeping his promise and doing his duty." Chen Ningtai also hurriedly stood up to return the greeting.

in this way.

With the unanimous approval of the three parties, Sheshan Market started a vigorous round of capital increase and expansion.

In this regard.

Chen Xuanmo would not pay too much attention to it. After watching the excitement, he and Chen Ningtai went straight back to the main house.

In Moxiang Pavilion, Chen Xuanmo began the next step of developing the purple qi function.

He took out a piece of high-quality spiritual jade that Chen Ningtai had prepared in advance.

As the purple energy continued to flow in, a purple mark first condensed in the spirit jade, and then the color of the mark became darker and darker until it turned into a golden mark.

After consuming 110 strands of purple energy, Chen Xuanmo successfully made a [Gold Seal Jade Plate].

The reason for making this thing is naturally the same as the Purple Qi Jade Card, for a larger application scenario.

Now the family's territory is getting bigger and bigger, and there are foreign enemies eyeing it covetously, especially when they have to explore the dangerous water palace later. If they really encounter any major problems, the purple jade token may not be of any use. Once the danger occurs, every second counts, and even if he wakes up, he may not be able to rescue in time.

With this gold seal and jade plaque as a support, he can feel more at ease.

Then, he added three more purple jade tokens.

This caused the amount of his purple energy to drop sharply from 277 strands to 131 strands. He did not intend to use the remaining purple energy, so he fell into a deep sleep without saying anything.

next moment.

Chen Xuanmo woke up again to the sound of Chen Ningtai's rambling eulogy.

The time came to the 208th year of the Xuanmo calendar.

At this time, 11 years had passed since Chen Xuanmo's death.

This wave of sacrificial purple qi harvested 165 strands, and the total number of purple qi reached 296 strands, just a little bit short of breaking three hundred!

The sacrifice is over.

Inside Moxiang Pavilion.

Chen Ningtai told Chen Xuanmo about the daily life of the family through a long chatter.

Then Chen Ningzhuo also talked a lot and talked about the daily life in the sect.

They were all the same old stuff, nothing big happened, and Chen Xuanmo felt drowsy after listening to them.

After a good "half day".

Chen Ningtai then got to the point: "Father, this year we took advantage of the seasonal changes in the tides to conduct an initial exploration of the Water Palace."

Chen Xuanmo was cheered up.

The highlight is finally here.

This was the action he took after communicating with Chen Ningtai before he fell asleep last time.

"To ensure safety, my fourth brother coordinated this operation at sea, and I personally took the lead, and brought along two water monks, Jingsi and Yuling. According to the original plan, we were only going to explore the periphery, but something unexpected happened."

misfortune?

Chen Xuanmo's heart tightened, but then he realized that his expression was not sad, but rather excited, so he calmed down again.

Following Chen Ningtai's somewhat cumbersome narration, Chen Xuanmo finally understood the cause and effect of the matter.

It turned out that Chen Ningtai used the middle-grade water-repellent beads and arrived at the underwater canyon where the Water Palace was located with Jing Siyuling. However, they did not expect to encounter a sudden attack from a sea monster - the thunder eel.

What's even more terrifying is that the lightning eel's strength has reached the peak of the second level, comparable to the peak of the Qifu realm of human cultivators. It is as slippery as a loach in the sea and as swift as a "dragon", even faster than Chen Ningtai.

Moreover, it also targeted Yang Yuling, and chased Yang Yuling so that she hurriedly fled towards the Water Palace. However, she was only in the early stage of Lingquan Realm. Although she was also proficient in water escape techniques, how could she be faster than the thunder eel?
At that time, Chen Ningtai was extremely anxious. If Yu Ling died during a steady initial exploration, how would he explain to his family?
In a hurry, he violently threw out the [Gold Seal Jade Talisman] that he had kept as a backup, hitting Yang Yuling. As the jade talisman shattered, invisible golden light sank into Yang Yuling's body, forming a golden mark.

Just when Yang Yuling was in danger.

Suddenly, an undercurrent surged from the sea, and when it calmed down again, Yang Yuling and the second-level peak lightning eel had completely disappeared without a trace.

He found out later.

It turned out that Yu Ling and the thunder eel were both swept to the edge of the water palace, and then washed into a transparent water tank by the undercurrent, and then entered the water palace through the water tank.

At the end of the trough is a pool, and outside the pool are some ancient houses.

Yang Yuling hurriedly jumped out of the pool and landed on the house beside the pool. She looked at the electric eel swimming in the pool with shock. Although the electric eel was ferocious and powerful, it was a sea monster after all, and its cultivation was not strong enough to go ashore and kill the enemy.

Moreover, the water tank seemed to have been blocked by a force, making it difficult for the electric eel to escape back to the sea.

Only then did Yang Yuling relax and explore the surroundings carefully.

She found that the building materials of those houses had been severely weathered, and would fall down with a light touch. Apart from these half-collapsed old houses, there was almost nothing left. There were only two places that made her feel unusual.

One was a glazed road behind the house, but at the end of the road there was a water shield blocking the road, which blocked Yang Yuling's idea of ​​further exploration.

Another anomaly was that next to the pool there was a long and curved skeleton of a creature, as well as a human skeleton whose flesh had completely decayed.

After a careful search, she found a storage bag next to the human skeleton.

As a result, as soon as she touched the storage bag, the bag rotted and broke, and the space inside it shattered, and things exploded all over the ground, including two or three hundred spirit stones, several jade bottles, a jade slip, a spirit seal, and some miscellaneous sea spiritual materials.

Under the protection of the inner Qiankun space, these things are still well preserved and the spiritual power of the spirit stone has not dissipated.

After happily picking up the treasures, she used her spiritual sense to check the jade slip.

He discovered that it was not a method of cultivation, but a method of how to practice the [Beast Taming Spirit Seal].

This method was not in the form of text or pictures, but was directly projected into her mind. After a little digestion, she understood the content.

She checked the spiritual seal again, and could barely make out the characters "獸" and "靈" in the ancient script, so she deduced that this was most likely the spiritual seal for taming beasts mentioned in the jade slip.

This surprised Yang Yuling greatly, and she hurriedly checked the monster skeleton again. She first picked up a water thorn, but the spirituality of the water thorn had completely dissipated, but the quality of the material was good, so she put it away.

Then, she found a bead the size of a thunder and fire bomb in the grease-covered skull of the monster skeleton. The spirituality of the bead had not yet completely dissipated, and electric arcs could be faintly seen flowing.

The feeling of this electric arc made Yang Yuling feel very similar to the electric eel just now.

Could it be that this long, curved monster skeleton was actually the skeleton of a lightning eel? This made her hair stand on end, after all, this skeleton was too big, more than twice as long as the lightning eel that was still jumping in the pool, and even the skeleton was thicker than the other one.

She couldn't even beat the one in the pool, let alone this one.

and many more!

Suddenly, Yang Yuling jumped onto the roof of the ruined house, looked at the electric eels swimming in the pool, and a bold idea came to her mind.

She began to try to practice the ritual of refining the beast-controlling spirit seal.

The grade of this beast-controlling spiritual seal is not low. It is said that it can control third-order or even fourth-order monsters. It is almost impossible for Yang Yuling to completely refine it. Fortunately, the thunder eel is only at the peak of the second order.

She initially sacrificed the beast-controlling spiritual seal and began to try to use it to subdue the thunder eel. However, the thunder eel's slight resistance caused the condensed spiritual seal to dissipate.

But the water tank passage that allowed the electric eel to exit was blocked, so it could not escape. It could only circle in the pool anxiously and angrily, releasing wave after wave of electric arcs.

Yang Yuling suddenly had an idea and simply started pumping water!
She used water magic to transform the water into a dragon and drain it out of the pool.

After a full hour, Yang Yuling, who was almost exhausted, finally drained the pool. Without seawater, the majestic second-level peak sea monster Thunder Eel could only wriggle its body at the bottom of the pool in a funny way, making threatening hissing sounds.

Its electric current is quite powerful in water, but on shore it can produce some crackling arcs, which disappear into thin air within half a meter away.

Seeing this, Yang Yuling once again condensed the Beast Taming Seal to try to subdue it, but was again met with stubborn resistance from the Thunder Eel.

She decided to go all out and activated the middle-grade magic weapon, the Spirit Water Thorn, to continuously cut it from a distance.

She kept whittling the lightning eel until it was covered in wounds and on the verge of death before she once again condensed the crude beast-controlling spiritual seal. This time, the lightning eel's resistance was much weaker. After only a brief struggle, the spiritual seal invaded its head and was branded into its beast soul.

Yang Yuling was extremely surprised and began to try to give commands to the thunder eel through the Beast Taming Seal, but the thunder eel was obviously still wild and was unruly and dismissive.

But how could the Beast Taming Seal be so simple?
Yang Yuling activated the spiritual seal again. The next moment, the thunder eel's body trembled violently. It began to roll, struggle, and twist desperately in the pool, roaring in pain, and looked extremely miserable.

After doing this, Yang Yuling gave it instructions again. The electric eel was obviously much smarter and began to obey the instructions reluctantly.

Afterwards, Yang Yuling began to tame it.

This happened several times.

The ray eel gradually became obedient and would instinctively follow instructions.

At this point, Yang Yuling was afraid that her family would worry, so she began to look for a way to leave.

After some exploration, she found an operating mechanism next to the pool. After a brief trial, the pool and the sink leading to the outside were connected again. The sea water rushed in and filled the pool again.

She didn't dare to delay any longer and immediately jumped into the pool. She used water escape technique to pass through the water tank and returned to the outside of the water palace.

Chen Ningtai, who was outside, was already extremely anxious and had been trying to break through the water palace's shield. He was relieved when he saw that she was safe and sound. When he discovered that she had subdued the thunder eel, he was even more surprised and delighted.

Fearing that the night would be too long and full of trouble, he did not dare to stay any longer and hurriedly left with Yang Yuling and Lei Man.

Listen to this story.

Chen Xuanmo also fell into silence.

He was also vaguely frightened, but luckily he had made a golden seal in advance, specifically to use as a trump card when exploring the Water Palace.

But the result was still good. Not only did Yu Ling enter the threshold of the Water Palace, but she also obtained a peak second-level thunder eel. Her combat effectiveness in the water will be incomparable in the future.

Of course, from what I heard overall, the intelligence of that lightning eel is very average, much worse than that of the locust ball.

"Father." Chen Ningtai finished speaking, and then added, "The Rain Spirit is now stationed in the Zhenhai Villa, and the thunder eel has also been raised in the sea near Jiezhu Peak. After a period of feeding it with spiritual rice and spiritual meat and targeted training, it has been tamed a lot and can barely be used."

"Should we find an opportunity to cooperate with the Thunder Eel and kill the Sea-Exploring Yaksha?"

"Buzz!"

Chen Xuanmo responded by writing a few lines, asking about the intelligence from Luo's company.
When the Luo family was mentioned, Chen Ningtai's face lit up with joy and he said, "Heyang County was developed earlier than our Hedong County, and the forces of immortal cultivators there are more complex than ours. In Heyang County alone, in addition to the Heyang Luo family, there is also the Heyang Qiao family, a Jindan family."

"As the saying goes, there is no room for two tigers in one mountain. The two families have never been very harmonious, but the Luo family is relatively stronger. In recent years, they have discovered a small spirit stone mine on the disputed border. In the face of interests, the two families will not give in to each other."

"However, as the Luo clan seized the spirit stone mine, conflicts broke out all of a sudden. The two clans have had several small-scale conflicts, but no one has died yet."

"Of course, this information is difficult for ordinary people and small families to detect. I also got the information through the Shangguan family's intelligence network."

After digesting this information.

Chen Xuanmo was naturally very happy.

This is really like a pillow brought to you when you are sleepy.

However, it is normal for families to have conflicts of interest. For example, there are often conflicts between the Chen, Zheng and Zhao families.

When two Jindan families belonging to the same sect come into conflict, the sect will often intervene to mediate.

But what Chen Xuanmo had to do was to secretly intervene in advance and add fuel to the fire before Wuhen Mountain intervened in the conflict between the Heyang Luo family and the Heyang Qiao family.

time.

In the blink of an eye, it was half a month later.

Heyang County, deep in the endless mountains.

Chen Ningtai disguised himself as a herbalist and hid deep in a valley.

There were lush spiritual trees, numerous demon beasts, and mixed smells here. If a Foundation Establishment cultivator wanted to hide, it would be very difficult for others to find him. This was also the reason why he dared to come here.

To be on the safe side, he made many preparations in advance, even trying to hide his own smell, true energy, etc., making it more difficult to be detected.

According to the pre-arranged plan, he woke up his father who was temporarily sleeping in the Xuanmo Spirit Sword, gave his approximate location, and then Chen Xuanmo acted alone.

Chen Xuanmo's heroic spirit state allows him to move within the influence of the lucky bead.

In this way, he only needs to fly stealthily on the sword for a while, then investigate in the form of a heroic spirit, and after confirming that there is no problem, he can summon the sword over.

And Chen Ningtai can sneak over here secretly following the sword.

But even so.

It took Chen Xuanmo five full days of searching before he found this extremely remote and inconspicuous small spiritual vein.

But think about it, if it was a very conspicuous place, why would the spirit stone mines be discovered only now?
at this time.

The Heyang Luo family has already built a mine here, and some living facilities have been constructed outside the mine. It looks like a small settlement.

Outside the mine, two groups of people were confronting each other.

"Qiao Qianbo, this is a no-man's land. Since the spiritual vein was discovered and mined by our Luo family first, it is our Luo family's property. Get out of here if you know what's good for you!"

"Luo Yushan, this valley has been under the jurisdiction of our Qiao family since ancient times. How dare you do what you want on our Qiao family's territory? Get out of here now!!"

You said something and I said something, and we scolded each other.

The troops on both sides could not hold back and started another charge, but they fought very restrainedly and no one was killed.

Moreover, each family only had one cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage!

Obviously, their focus in solving the problem still lies with their respective Jindan ancestors. They are making so much noise just to gain more in the subsequent distribution of benefits.

At night.

The Luo family foundation-building master named Luo Yushan moved into the mine with his men, and took a defensive posture.

"hehe!"

Chen Xuanmo swaggered into the mine in the state of a heroic spirit, as if he was in an empty space.

After finding Luo Yushan, they discovered that he was alone in a secret room, meditating to heal his wounds and recover his true energy.

Chen Xuanmo suddenly felt that God was helping him, and he immediately recited it silently.

"Here comes the sword!"

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(End of this chapter)