Longevity Family: Let Her Live At The Beginning, Let Her Live

On the way back, Zhang Ran's back was covered in cold sweat.

"Damn, that was close. This old cunning bastard is not so easily fooled. Luckily, my spiritual power is strong, otherwise I would have been in trouble this time. But the mark left by that old man is still lingering in my sea of consciousness. I need to go back to the clan to resolve it."

In Zhang Ran's sea of consciousness, a wisp of black energy was raging wildly. Within the black energy were two dots of light, resembling eyes in the darkness. This was a method used by the elders of the Heavenly Demon Temple to control low-level cultivators, known as Soul Control Technique.

This technique can be used without the consent of the other party. As long as the cultivator's cultivation level is higher, it is almost guaranteed to be effective. However, this time, Elder Sun made a mistake.

He never expected that Zhang Ran's spiritual power was already approaching the Nascent Soul stage, so the Soul Control Technique had not succeeded yet.

Fortunately, Elder Sun was very confident in his spell and didn't bother to check.

Qingyang Zhang Family.

A divine light fell into Zhang Ran's mansion.

Without alarming anyone.

Zhang Ran waved his hand and cast two simple formations, isolating any movement inside his room.

He performed the Thousand Manifestations Technique with hand seals. This profound-grade superior spiritual technique was now being put to great use.

It took a whole day before his spiritual power stabilized.

The wisp of black energy in his sea of consciousness finally calmed down. Zhang Ran could destroy it at any time if he wanted to, but in order to avoid arousing suspicion, he decided to leave it for now, in case Elder Sun discovered the problem.

Zhang Ran let out a sigh of relief and released his spiritual power. To his surprise, he discovered that the range of his spiritual power had reached 999.999 li.

However, he still couldn't break through the last 1,000 li.

"I've been struggling with this thing for a day, but I didn't expect to gain something from my spiritual power."

Just as he finished his seclusion, a junior responsible for delivering messages came to report.

"Family Head, a few juniors have encountered trouble." This person was Zhang Mo, a third-grade spiritual root cultivator. After failing to build the Foundation, he left the Evergreen Sect and returned to the Zhang Family. He was cautious and meticulous, so he took on the responsibility of reporting information to Zhang Ran.

"Oh? Just tell me directly."

"Zhang Youqing, Zhang Keyin, and Zhang Wen were attacked by the Earth Spirit Sect while carrying out the mission to clear the Longyun Mine. Zhang Wen didn't escape and sacrificed himself to protect Zhang Youqing and Zhang Keyin. Zhang Youqing and Zhang Keyin are both injured but have temporarily returned safely to the sect." Zhang Mo's voice came from outside the door.

"One person died?" Although Zhang Ran had many children, each one left a deep impression on him. Zhang Wen was born to Liu Baiyun, who married him twenty-four years ago. She gave birth to Zhang Wen the following year. Liu Baiyun was a desperate Independent Cultivator who happened to pass by the Zhang Family when she was seriously injured. Before she died, she entrusted her daughter to Zhang Ran. Liu Baiyun's talent was not high, and her cultivation level was only at the third level of Qi Refining.

Zhang Ran's divine sense flashed into Liu Baiyun's room and indeed found her crying with her face covered.

"Alright, I know. Find out who from the Earth Spirit Sect killed him."

"I don't know the specifics, but the one leading the attack was a person named Song Hao, a mid-Foundation Building cultivator."

"Put this person on the clan's mission list, and include anyone else who participated if they are known."

"Yes, Family Head."

Zhang Ran sighed, "In a clan, casualties are inevitable. After all, we can't protect everyone. But the sudden attack by the Earth Spirit Sect on the Evergreen Sect is not a good sign."

It was rare for the Zhang Family to experience death after such a long time.

Zhang Ran estimated the opening time of Ten Thousand Beast Mountain and planned to summon all the descendants of the family back within a year, otherwise they would become pawns of the Evergreen Sect.

"Master Hua, although this is a bit unethical, it shouldn't have much impact on you. All the descendants of my Zhang family who can cultivate add up to just over 150. Withdrawing these people won't have much effect on them."

But this matter definitely needed to be discussed with Hua Weimian, otherwise they would offend people for no reason.

Immediately, Zhang Ran went to Liu Baiyun's room to comfort her.

Meanwhile, in the mission hall of the Zhang family.

There weren't many people, only eight or nine scattered individuals. These were the descendants who returned to the Zhang family after reaching an age where they couldn't break through in the Evergreen Sect. Most of them were still young and still cultivating in the Evergreen Sect.

However, they still wanted to continue taking on missions in order to obtain rewards such as spirit stones and improve themselves. Some of them wanted to earn more spirit stones after getting married and having children, just in case their children also had spiritual roots and could have a good foundation.

After Zhang Mo arrived, he looked at the mission board and raised his hand to release a spiritual power, instantly a new mission appeared.

"Mission level: High-grade Profound Stage. Kill Song Hao (Mid-Foundation Building stage), Jiang Qing (Late Qi Refining stage), Kong Xing (Mid-Qi Refining stage), Wang Ying (Late Qi Refining stage), Wu Da Heng (Mid-Qi Refining stage), Jun Mo Ye (Late Qi Refining stage) from the Earth Spirit Sect. Reward: 1,000 low-grade spirit stones, two high-grade Law Weapons, and three Spirit Immortal Grass."

The people present also began to discuss, their faces excited after reading the rewards. They were salivating.

"High-grade Profound Stage. This is the first time a high-grade Profound Stage mission has appeared on the family's mission board. Previously, they were all Yellow-grade, and they weren't enough to do."

Someone sighed, "These are Foundation Building stage cultivators. I have no way to deal with them. Let's see if Zhang Yin or Zhang Qinglin can do it."

A disciple in a blue Daoist robe asked in confusion, "Why suddenly put a bounty on the Earth Spirit Sect's people? Isn't the Patriarch afraid of retaliation from the Earth Spirit Sect? This is too bold. If the Earth Spirit Sect finds out, won't they come to hold us accountable?"

Zhang Mo looked at their puzzled expressions and explained, "We can't know the Patriarch's thoughts. These few people killed our Zhang family's descendants, so we can't let it go. We can't let the Patriarch or the Core Formation grandmothers, or even the Foundation Building stage grandmothers, help us kill them."

The others nodded in agreement. "But if we send out this mission and the Earth Spirit Sect comes to trouble us, what should we do? The Earth Spirit Sect's leader is a Nascent Soul cultivator."

Zhang Mo shook his head. "The Patriarch definitely has his own plans. Perhaps our Zhang family is no longer afraid of the Nascent Soul old monster."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other, their hearts filled with results they didn't dare to guess.

"Could it be that our Patriarch has already formed a Nascent Soul?"

"Don't speculate about this matter. The Patriarch hasn't admitted it himself. Let's not cause trouble for him. There are rumors that a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Southern Heaven Realm has arrived. If this matter gets out, other sects might point their fingers at our Zhang family. It won't be a good thing."

"Yes, that's true."

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The descendants of the Zhang family in the distant Evergreen Sect received the information from the Zhang family's mission board one after another.

Each person's expression became excited after seeing the rewards. These rewards were much higher than those in the Evergreen Sect. In the Evergreen Sect, a mission of this difficulty would at most reward a high-grade Law Weapon and a thousand spirit stones, which was equivalent to two years' salary for a Foundation Building stage cultivator.

It was already quite good, but the Zhang family's rewards were two high-grade Law Weapons. Every descendant of the Zhang family knew that the weapons in the Zhang family's Divine Weapon Pavilion were of much better quality than those of the same level outside.

And there were also three main medicinal herbs, Spirit Immortal Grass, which could be used to refine Foundation Building Pills.

After Zhang Yin saw this mission, he immediately flew towards the Earth Spirit Sect from the Evergreen Sect to gather information near their sect before killing them.

Zhang Yin had an extremely Yin physique, and his cultivation progress in recent years had been very fast. He had already reached the seventh level of Foundation Building and was almost invincible among cultivators of the same level. Even the peak masters of the Evergreen Sect had invited him, including the Sect Master, who had praised him. He had already surpassed the older generation of disciples.

So he was very confident in his own strength and planned to enjoy this mission alone.

In addition to him, there were several other Zhang family disciples who left the Evergreen Sect one after another in groups. Among them was Zhang Qinglin, a mid-Foundation Building stage cultivator with a fifth-grade spiritual root, and Zhang Ruojun, an early-stage cultivator with a fifth-grade spiritual root. They were all after the generous rewards.