"Ancestor?" Upon hearing the address given by Xu Nanqiang and the other two, everyone was taken aback, and Ma Li and Uncle Liang's expressions changed repeatedly.
The Xu family actually has a Marquis-level expert. If we had known beforehand that the Xu family had a Marquis-level expert, even if they were powerful, they wouldn't have dared to do this.
"Cough cough..." The old man coughed a few times when he heard Xu Nanqiang and the other two call him "Ancestor," clearly pleased. "I didn't expect that even after I've been in seclusion for so long, people would still recognize me?"
"Ancestor." Xu Nanqiang and the rest of the Xu family immediately knelt down. Yes, Xu Mao was their ancestor, a figure from over 1,500 years ago who was once a powerful and influential figure. However, the younger generation did not know him, and only Xu Nanqiang and a few others had heard of him. But they did not recognize him, since they had never seen this ancestor since they were born. They had lived for nearly 400 years and thought that this ancestor had died long ago. They never expected that he was still alive.
"Cough cough..." The old man coughed a few more times. "Get up, everyone! We're all family. What happened? Why has the Xu family become like this? And who are they?"
Xu Mao pointed at Gu Yu, Ma Li, and Uncle Liang and asked.
"This is Gu Yu. He is the benefactor of my Xu family and also Ling'er..." Xu Nanqiang briefly introduced Gu Yu, and Xu Mao immediately withdrew his primordial spirit pressure on Gu Yu.
He was awakened by the battle between Gu Yu and the other two. As soon as he came out, he sensed that the Xu family was in danger, so he took action to neutralize the aftershocks of energy and suppressed the three of them in the process.
Xu Mao withdrew his oppressive aura, and Gu Yu breathed a sigh of relief. His body went limp, and he collapsed to the ground.
If it weren't for his strong physique, the series of battles would have left him unconscious long ago.
"Ancestor, the current state of my Xu family is all his fault..." Xu Nanqiang said indignantly. If it weren't for Ma Li's coercion, Xu Dongqiang wouldn't have done these extreme things, and the cultivation of the three brothers wouldn't have been destroyed. The culprit behind all of this is Ma Li.
They are the elders of the Xu family. Despite all that has happened, they have to hold on because they are the backbone. If they were to fall, the Xu family would be doomed. Their cultivation would be crippled, and no one could accept that. Now that Xu Mao has appeared, they are like children who have found their parents. They can pour out their grievances in an instant. Finally, someone is there to support them.
"This is outrageous!" Upon hearing Xu Nanqiang's account, Xu Mao unleashed a torrent of fury, the terrifying force causing Ma Li and Uncle Liang to tremble.
The next second, Xu Mao looked at the two of them, stretched out his hand, and a force swept towards them.
Faced with an overwhelming force, Ma Li and the other man's expressions changed drastically. Xu Mao wanted to cripple their cultivation first, which was unacceptable.
"Dad, King of the Northeast, save me!" Ma Li suddenly shouted in the face of the crisis, his words startling everyone.
Who would have thought that the narcissistic, arrogant, and overconfident Ma Li would call for his father when he was on the verge of death!
In the next instant, a powerful pressure emanated from the surroundings, and Xu Mao immediately withdrew his outstretched hand. A large energy hand silently attacked, instantly taking Ma Li and Uncle Liang away.
"A potential emperor?" Xu Mao exclaimed in surprise as he watched Ma Li and Liang Bo disappear.
The one who just rescued the two was actually a near-emperor.
"The King of the Northeast is likely to become an Emperor." It's obvious that it was the King of the Northeast, Ma Tieqing, who rescued Ma Li. However, only a King can save someone from a distance right in front of a Marquis. Only an Emperor can do it, though a Quasi-Emperor can do it if they pay a price.
"They ran away already?" Gu Yu said, somewhat speechless, despite his weakness.
To be honest, Ma Li wanted to kill him, and he also wanted to kill Ma Li, since Ma Li's existence was a threat to Gu Yu.
"Such a powerful aura." Just then, three more people arrived, but they were a little late and missed what had just happened.
"Gu Yu, are you alright? What happened?" Shi Shuai asked anxiously as he looked at Gu Yu, who was being supported by Xu Ling'er.
The newcomers were none other than Zui San, Shi Shuai, Che Tong, Gu Yu, Ma Li, and Liang Bo. The battle between them was so intense that they could sense it even in the city.
"I'm fine, just a little weak," Gu Yu replied.
"Hou Jing?" Zui San looked at Xu Mao with some surprise.
"Who are you?" Xu Mao frowned as he saw Zui San. Although the man was unusually lazy, Xu Mao could feel a powerful force emanating from him.
"Who I am is not important, what's important is that we are not enemies," Zui San said, waving his hand. Then he took the donkey in his hand and poured it into his mouth.
With Xu Ling'er's help, Gu Yu found an undamaged house and began cultivating. As for the Xu family's affairs, he didn't need to worry about them. With Xu Mao, their ancestor, around, what could anyone do? Even if the Northeast King was about to become emperor, he wouldn't dare to attack the Xu family. After all, there were still constraints. Moreover, "about to become emperor" doesn't mean very quickly. Some people were close to becoming emperor but died before they even achieved it.
"Huh?" Gu Yu was even more puzzled. His system was working again? Yes, it was completely unusable when fighting Ma Li, but now that Ma Li was gone, the system was back to normal.
Gu Yu immediately exchanged over a thousand strands of Origin Qi and supplied them to the Life Essence.
The consumption of Dragon Source is severe, requiring Life Essence. In comparison, Life Essence is far more beneficial to him than Origin Qi.
He just didn't know how much source energy was needed to make a ball of life essence. Gu Yu estimated that a thousand strands would be enough to make ten balls! Of course, this was just his idea.
Half a day passed before Gu Yu recovered somewhat. His injuries were mainly due to the aftermath and exhaustion of the battle. With the replenishment of his source energy, he felt much better.
"Holy crap." Gu Yu was stunned when he saw the state of his source space. All the thousands of strands of source energy had been consumed, and there was only a ball of life essence left in his source space.
What does this mean? A thousand strands of primordial energy, a ball of life essence, ten thousand contributions, converted into RMB, is one hundred million.
Of course, even 100 million wouldn't buy a single clump of life essence, because life essence is very scarce and has no price.
Thinking about the 100 bundles of Life Essence he had promised Longyuan, that was a million contribution points! Moreover, it takes time for Life Essence to absorb Origin Qi and create Life Essence, about six hours to make one bundle, four bundles a day, so 100 bundles would take 25 days.
Thinking of this, Gu Yu's face twitched. He was thinking of using the essence of life to cultivate. Wasn't that just nonsense?
Contribution:
Talent: 108
Combat strength: N
Triple boost: (6500 contribution points per use, lasts for three minutes)
Source Qi: (1 wisp for every 10 contribution points)
Source space: 3 cubic meters (1 cubic meter for every 1000 contribution points)
Source Soldiers: (1080 contribution points each, maximum 10)
He can only create 18 clusters of life essence now, and each cultivation recovery consumes 4980 contribution points, which is simply burning money. Tens of thousands of contribution points are not enough at all.
After throwing the essence of life to Long Yuan, Gu Yu exchanged three thousand strands of Origin Qi to supply the essence of life to create more essence of life.
Stepping out of the house, Gu Yu thought of his parents. He moved swiftly and headed towards the cave where his parents had been. He made his way to the cave at top speed.
Zhang Cuiping had already woken up, and Gu Yu entered the cave.
"Mom." Gu Yu was delighted to see Zhang Cuiping awake.
"Erbao, where is this place? Why won't he let me leave?" Zhang Cuiping was also somewhat happy to see Gu Yu, but more than that, she was puzzled.
She woke up to find herself in a cave, which confused her. She was clearly in Xu Xiqiang's house, but suddenly lost consciousness. Fortunately, Gu Zhongyi was right beside her. His even breathing and his suddenly strong body showed signs of improvement, which made her very happy.
Originally, she wanted to go out of the cave to see where she was, but she never expected to be stopped by a big black man who wouldn't allow her to leave. If she hadn't seen the Yuan Bing next to Gu Yu before, Zhang Cuiping would have suspected that she had been kidnapped.
"Mom, it's dangerous outside. It's safer here," Gu Yu said. "Let me check on Dad first."
"Okay!" Zhang Cuiping nodded immediately when she heard Gu Yu say to check on Gu Zhongyi's condition.
Gu Yu approached Gu Zhongyi and, seeing Gu Zhongyi's expression, felt much more at ease. Immediately, his eyes turned gray, and he released his primordial spirit detection power.
Gu Zhongyi's physical condition immediately appeared in Gu Yu's mind: the cancer cells spreading in his body had decreased, and even the damage to his brain had been completely restored.
The tumor in the lungs did not disappear, but it did shrink considerably.
"Mom, don't worry! Dad is much better now. The reason he hasn't woken up yet is because he needs to digest the power of the Life Fruit. According to my estimate, Dad should wake up in a few days." Gu Yu said to his mother, who was looking at her father with a worried expression.
"Oh! Really?" Zhang Cuiping asked.
"Really!" Gu Yu said, "Mom, I would never lie to you about something like this! But I'm afraid you'll have to stay here for a while. It's a bit chaotic and dangerous outside, so staying here is the safest option."
Gu Yu instructed him that the situation in Mocheng still needed his attention, and at the very least, he needed to find a way to have that wanted poster removed, as he didn't want to be a wanted criminal.
"Erbao, why don't you stay here too!" When Zhang Cuiping heard Gu Yu's words, she thought of Senior Brother Bai who had broken into the villa area before. She was afraid that Gu Yu would also be lying here like Gu Zhongyi.
"Mom, don't worry! Since I dare to go out, I'm not afraid of them," Gu Yu said, seeing his worried mother.
"Erbao, be careful, you must be careful," Zhang Cuiping said, holding Gu Yu's hand.
"Hmm!" Gu Yu nodded. He suddenly had an impulse, an impulse to stay, but he couldn't. There were still many things he needed to do. If he didn't do them, he would lose even the beauty he had now.
"Erbao, be careful." Gu Yu heard his mother's worried words as he walked out of the cave.
"Mom, I understand. I will protect you. I will never let the tragedy of the past life happen again in this life," Gu Yu murmured, as he summoned four more Source Soldiers.
Gu Yu instructed the five Origin Soldiers to protect his parents well, and then reluctantly left.
"Gu Yu, where did you go?" As soon as he entered Xu Family Fortress, he encountered Shi Shuai. It was obvious that Shi Shuai had gone to his cultivation room to look for him, and when he found that he was not there, he came out to look for him again.
"Something came up, so I went to take care of it," Gu Yu said.
“Gu Yu, the situation in Mo City is not optimistic. It has been completely controlled by the GZ Alliance,” Shi Shuai said. “They are capturing people for research, and they don’t even spare children. We cannot stand idly by.”
"Hmm!" Gu Yu nodded. He had a deep affection for Mocheng, after all, he was a native of Mocheng and didn't want the city to suffer from the destruction caused by the wealthy and powerful families. "Where's Zui San?"
Gu Yu looked at Shi Shuai and asked, "The current situation in Mocheng is not something that he and Shi Shuai can solve." Gu Yu thought of Zui San, who is Xiang Mo.
Gu Yu knew Xiang Mo in his previous life. Xiang Mo was not as simple as he seemed; he was a very strong person. As for why he was the way he was now, Gu Yu didn't know. After all, some things that happened in his previous life were different from now. However, if Xiang Mo was willing to take action, resolving the matter in Mo City would become much easier.
Xiang Mo is the deputy minister of the Dragon Department, and his background is not simple. Most importantly, he is also that person's disciple, the guardian of Huaxia, the White Tiger, who is in charge of killing.
"Him?" Shi Shuai was stunned. He could roughly guess why Gu Yu asked Zui San. "Gu Yu, that guy is unreliable. He only knows how to live a life of debauchery and is beyond saving. If he were reliable, Mocheng would not have become like this."
"Living a life of debauchery?" Gu Yu frowned. He couldn't understand how that decisive and ruthless guy could be living a life of debauchery. He couldn't imagine it.
"Where is he now? I'd like to go and talk to him," Gu Yu said.
"He's drinking with the Xu family patriarch," Shi Shuai said.
"Okay, I'll go find him." After saying that, Gu Yu moved and left.
When Gu Yu found Zui San, Zui San had already finished drinking with Xu Mao. He was lying in a large crater left by the battle, fast asleep, and the smell of alcohol on his body kept even mosquitoes and flies away.
"Xiang Mo," Gu Yu called out to the unkempt Zui San.
"Hmm?" Zui San frowned, and when he saw it was Gu Yu, he rubbed his eyes with the hand that was picking at his toes.
“It’s you? An interesting fellow,” Zui San said, as if he had just thought of something. “By the way, when are you going to teach me your dreaming skills? So that I can truly live a life of drunken revelry.”
"Huh!" Gu Yu was a little surprised. Zui San still remembered this! "I came to find you because of Mo Cheng."
"The matter of Mo City will be dealt with, but not now. Those annoying guys have been warned, but they still won't listen. Unfortunately, one of them is too strong, and I'm no match for him. Speaking of which, these guys are really insane. They actually want to join forces with the guys in the Source Gate. To show their sincerity, they even want to help them open the Source Gate. I wonder if he has arrived yet?" Zui San muttered a lot, but he revealed a lot of shocking information.
"Open the Source Gate?" Gu Yu was somewhat shocked. It would be one thing if the Source Gate didn't open, but once it did, countless lives would be lost. And yet someone actually wanted to help the Source Gate intruders open the Source Gate. Wasn't that utterly insane?
"Heh... Some people are like that, always thinking they have bargaining chips, thinking they can befriend the alien races of the Source Gate, but which invader can be befriended? They're just asking for their own destruction." Zui San continued to mutter, "It's utterly foolish."
"Which source gate are they going to open?" Gu Yu roughly knew who Zui San was referring to; they were nothing more than the financial magnates and powerful families of the GZ Alliance.
"Guess?" Zui San said, and then the sound of snoring came again.
"The Northern Snow Mountain Source Gate?" Gu Yu frowned and said. The Northern Snow Mountain Source Gate is the closest to Mo City. They actually want to help open the Northern Snow Mountain Source Gate. I really can't understand what the higher-ups of the GZ Alliance are thinking.
In the previous life, the strength of the Northern Snow Mountain Source Sect was not considered too strong among the many Source Sects. However, because they were busy resisting other Source Sects and had no time to pay attention to the Northern Snow Mountain Source Sect, they were able to invade Jizhou Province in a short period of time.
The wolf clan's advantage lies in its sheer numbers; they have over a dozen emperors and countless kings. Once opened, it would be a devastating blow to humanity. He cannot allow those ruthless individuals to open this source gate.
Looking at the fast-sleeping Zui San, Gu Yu frowned again. Judging from his tone, it seemed that the higher-ups knew about this matter, and since they knew, they would definitely send someone to deal with it.
It's just unclear when the person they sent will arrive.
Just then, an explosion came from Mo City, followed by countless explosions, which startled Gu Yu and even woke up Zui San, who had just fallen asleep.
"What's going on?" Zui San asked, puzzled.
"Let's go take a look." After saying that, Gu Yu moved and headed towards Mo City.
At this moment, many newly established research institutes in Mo City exploded one after another. Monsters, a combination of mechs, humans, and mutated species, emerged from the institutes. Their eyes were bloodshot, and they instantly began to destroy the surrounding buildings, turning Mo City into a chaotic mess.
At this moment, the city's guards and law enforcement teams were mobilized, and alarms sounded throughout the entire desert city.
"What's going on with Zhao Kang?" Mo Hai asked angrily on the phone. The research institute belonged to the Zhao family, so how could it suddenly explode and produce so many monsters? Moreover, these monsters were very powerful; even an ordinary one was comparable to a high-level martial artist. The city guards were no match for them, and they couldn't use heavy weapons. If they did, they would destroy Mo City, which was not what they wanted.
"I don't know either," Zhao Kang said helplessly. How could he possibly know what was going on?
"I hope you resolve this quickly, otherwise we will both be executed," Mo Hai said angrily. This matter could no longer be suppressed. Once it caused tragic consequences, the country would not forgive them, and even the higher-ups could not protect them.
The government has always ignored them because it lacks concrete evidence and is wary of their power, which is why they act with such impunity. However, they have always been cautious, afraid of giving the government the evidence.
The explosion at the research institute and the destruction caused by Zhao Kang's monsters are concrete evidence of their actions. After all, they were experimenting on living people, violating both the law and humanity.
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