Chapter 386 The Current Situation of Kunyun City
Over the years, the couple has worked closely together and become even closer than they were at the beginning.
Zhong Guanlin stood up and reached out to help Luo Fengxian.
Luo Fengxian let out a soft breath and said, "Thank you for your concern, husband. I'm just still a little shaken."
Zhong Guanlin didn't let go, but instead helped Luo Fengxian to sit down beside him, poured her a cup of tea, and then said, "Tell me slowly."
Luo Fengxian indeed took a sip of hot tea and felt more relaxed. Then, without keeping her in suspense, she told her directly.
"Just now I went to the shop to check the accounts. When I came back, I saw a bird with a bright red body fly down from the sky and land right in front of the Wu family's shop... Our shop is very close to the Wu family's shop. After the fire bird landed, the heat rolled around, which was quite terrifying."
—Actually, that shop wasn't just close to the Wu family; it was something the Zhong family got from the Wu family.
Luo Fengxian's face showed a strange expression.
“I dared not make any rash moves, so I hid in the shop for a while. Then a person landed on that firebird. Husband, guess who it was?”
Zhong Guanlin was listening attentively when he heard the question. He pondered for a moment and said, "If Madam says so, it seems that you and I both know each other. This person came with great force, so he must have some grudge against the Wu family..." He paused and guessed, "Could it be that Wu Dongxiao, the one who was rescued by our little sixth son back then?"
Luo Fengxian smiled sweetly: "My husband really remembers, it was that one."
Zhong Guanlin sighed, "Young Master Dongxiao has never appeared before, but now he has suddenly shown up. I'm afraid it's to settle old scores."
Luo Fengxian nodded gently: "What my husband said is correct. After that person descended, he directly smashed the gate of the Wu family, and with a sweep of his soul, he grabbed two people out of it."
Zhong Guanlin said, "His two nephews."
Luo Fengxian nodded again and said quietly, "The disciples of Canglong are indeed extraordinary. The one who looks to be only in his early twenties now, but I can sense that his aura is already above that of my Zhong family's ancestor."
Zhong Guanlin touched his face; he was still as handsome as ever.
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The couple were very envious.
Although they still maintain a youthful appearance, and are at their peak, it is not because of their strength—of course, their strength has improved very quickly compared to before, but they are not without the slightest sign of aging, but rather younger—they are able to do so because they have obtained elixirs that can preserve youth.
But Wu Dongxiao's condition was definitely not due to elixirs. Rather, it was because he had already raised his cultivation level to such a high level while he was still extremely young, and his physical body was at its peak, which naturally preserved his appearance.
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Luo Fengxian suddenly sighed: "Those two nephews who were captured, although they were a little older than him, now look at least twenty or thirty years older than him, and their cultivation level has not even reached the Palace Realm!"
Zhong Guanlin couldn't help but sigh as well.
This is the consequence of doing evil.
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Wu Dongxiao's two nephews are both at the Xuan rank. Logically speaking, since Wu Dongxiao left the Wu family sixty years ago, they should still be able to open the palace.
However, with Wu Shaogan and Zhong Cai leaving first, and Wu Dongxiao being abused by them later, the Wu family deeply regretted their actions and continued to decline. They had to use resources sparingly and would no longer provide them easily.
These two nephews, who possessed Xuan-grade aptitude, should have been given special attention and nurtured for their future. However, the Wu family vented their anger on them, not only failing to cultivate them but also depriving them of many of the resources they should have had.
The two nephews were both angry and guilty, and dared not leave the Wu family, lest some busybody take the opportunity to kill them and use their heads to curry favor with Wu Dongxiao... So they couldn't even find resources for themselves.
For various reasons, the two nephews' cultivation levels improved very slowly, and naturally they aged very quickly.
Later, the two of them selected some beautiful but not very talented servants from the family to live in the courtyard. They indulged in a life of debauchery and had a lot of children. They thought that since their branch of the family had produced such talented descendants in two generations, maybe they could try their luck and produce another one of the Earth Rank? If they could, they could raise their status even higher.
The Wu family probably took this into consideration. Although they knew that no external force would be willing to marry their daughter to them, they did not stop them from taking maids into the family.
However, high-level qualifications are not so easy to obtain.
They worked hard for many years, and their children had grandchildren, but in the end, not only did they fail to produce Earth-grade items, they could only produce low-grade Xuan-grade items, and there was only one such person.
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Zhong Guanlin asked in a low voice, "After he's caught, what will happen to him?"
Luo Fengxian said softly, "That person's actions were very swift. He didn't do much, just showed his aura of the Fusion Realm, and quickly smashed Wu Nanfang and Wu Nancong's heads. Then he got back on the firebird and flew away quickly."
Zhong Guanlin paused: "You didn't say a single word to the Wu family?"
Luo Fengxian shook her head and said, "He didn't say a word, as if he would never have stepped into the Wu family again if it weren't for eliminating these two enemies—" At this point, she suddenly laughed, "No, even at this point, he still didn't step into the Wu family. He arrived at the Wu family's gate, dragged his enemies out, and executed them right in front of the Wu family's gate."
Zhong Guanlin then asked, "Those two patriarchs of the Wu family... haven't they reacted?"
Luo Fengxian said, "Those two are in seclusion at the Wu family and usually don't care about the Wu family's affairs. They probably know about this, but they haven't shown themselves. Obviously, they want to settle this grudge as soon as possible."
Zhong Guanlin nodded, then suddenly chuckled and said, "Perhaps that person released his aura not to demonstrate his cultivation level, but to tell those two Wu family elders that even if they came out, it would be useless, and that even if he were at the same fusion stage, the two elders would definitely not be his match?"
Luo Fengxian was taken aback, but quickly said, "Quite possible." Recalling the fiery bird's imposing presence, she continued, "The fiery bird's aura is also extremely terrifying, in no way inferior to that one. If the Wu family patriarch were to appear, the fiery bird would likely also make a move. In that case, the Wu family patriarch would not only be unable to hinder Young Master Dongxiao in the slightest, but would probably also be injured, which would be even more disadvantageous for the Wu family..."
The couple exchanged a glance.
Zhong Guanlin said with a heavy heart, "In the future, when you and I are in charge of the Zhong family, we must never mistreat our own clansmen."
Luo Fengxian retorted, "Of course!" She then sighed softly, "We weren't exactly kind to Xiao Liu back then, but he just didn't hold a grudge. From now on, our Zhong family should treat the younger generation of our clansmen with even more care."
Zhong Guanlin naturally agreed.
At this moment, Luo Fengxian had finished her conversation with Zhong Guanlin and had recovered from the shock of the fusion.
The couple quickly began dealing with family affairs.
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In the ancient city.
Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan were busy working while waiting for the summoning pool to drop their items, and time was passing quickly.
During this time, they would occasionally send one person to wait in the two halls to see if Wu Dongxiao and his masters had entered.
On this day, when the two of them happened to be in the ancient city, the summoning pool suddenly boiled, and a dazzling colorful light suddenly burst forth from the center of the ten thousand soldiers that appeared!
Within that radiance, a Daoist soldier appeared, sporting two horns on his head and clad in dragon scale armor.
Both are helmets covering the face, but the mask reveals a faint dragon head pattern.
Its aura was terrifying, as if it could unleash an energy storm, exuding an extremely intimidating presence.
Zhong Cai examined it carefully and suddenly said, "This looks like the early stage of Spirit Transformation?"
The strength of the Dragon Armor Soldier after its appearance should be between the peak of Fusion and the peak of Nirvana.
They need to be fed.
Zhong Cai summoned the Dragon Armor Soldiers to his front, while the other Taoist soldiers in the summoning pool continued to act according to their instructions.
The dragon-armored soldier does not possess true consciousness, but it is more agile than ordinary Taoist soldiers—unless one has to engage in lengthy discussions to make it communicate, it is difficult to tell that it is not a living person but merely a puppet-like existence.
Zhong fed the animals with a large quantity of high-quality black stones.
100,000... 200,000...
It took feeding them until they reached 460,000 before the Dragon Armor Soldier reached its maximum capacity.
That is, the strength of the Nirvana Peak.
Zhong Cai circled the dragon-armored soldier several times.
The dragon-armored soldier's power was even more terrifying. Even just getting close, the dragon-armored soldier had tried its best to conceal its aura and it was originally unable to harm the master of the ancient city... all these conditions still gave people a feeling of trepidation.
Very impressive.
The couple called the dragon-armored soldier away and led him to a training ground in the side room, where the soldier demonstrated his various strengths.
After some verification, the two were able to confirm that the dragon-armored soldier's combat power was also terrifying. It seemed to have absorbed the experience of countless cultivators, making it extremely flexible in battle and putting immense pressure on people.
According to Wu Shaogan's estimation, it might still be inferior to a genius cultivator at the peak of Nirvana, but it is indeed comparable to an ordinary cultivator at the peak of Nirvana.
However, its weakness compared to ordinary Nirvana is that it has no clones available.
But this isn't a big problem—while the Dragon Armor Soldier's self-destruction means he's truly gone, the number of Dragon Armor Soldiers can be increased by spending real money!
Having several of these statues is equivalent to having one true Nirvana Peak statue.
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Two more days passed.
It seems that after the first Dragon Armor Soldier was summoned, the chance of it appearing again increased slightly.
Two more dragon-armored soldiers appeared and were once again fed to the peak of Nirvana.
On this day, Wu Shaogan was guarding this place when Zhong Cai arrived at the two halls.
As always, he refines a batch of pills here, and then returns to the ancient city.
When he had only completed a little over half of the training, Wu Dongxiao arrived.
Zhong Cai turned and greeted them, then focused half of her attention on alchemy.
Wu Dongxiao said, "Uncle Zhong, I've found out everything you asked me to."
Zhong Cai then said, "Then tell me quickly."
Wu Dongxiao began to explain in detail.
"Deputy Commander Xihu currently has three sons and one daughter, all of whom are married. His daughter was married into the family, but they have no grandchildren, nor any concubines or servants. The whole family has eight descendants."
“Uncle Zhong, I’ve also checked their qualifications and attributes. The vice commander’s eldest son is a low-grade Xuan-rank, and his qualifications are the same as his husband’s, which are metal-type… second son… eldest daughter… third son…”
Zhong Cai nodded, processing the medicinal herbs while simultaneously turning her thoughts around.
As Wu Dongxiao introduced Sun Liu's children one by one, Zhong Cai also caused various resources to appear on the ground, including many elixirs.
The unluckiest among them was Sun Liu's youngest son, whose aptitude was only at the Yellow Rank level, even worse than Sun Liu's. Moreover, it was said that he was born with a weak constitution, which worried Sun Liu a lot... After thinking for a while, Zhong Cai added a rare and precious herb that could improve his aptitude to his resources.
After Wu Dongxiao finished his presentation, Zhong Cai had also prepared all the resources and packed them into mustard seed bags.
Wu Dongxiao smiled and said, "Uncle Zhong, we can also prepare some Xuanzhu (mysterious pearls)."
Zhong Cai thought it made sense, so he simply took out many long-unused Xuanzhu pearls and filled each mustard seed bag with the same number.
Wu Dongxiao carefully put away the bag of mustard seeds.
Zhong Cai provided two more batches of resources, one for his maternal grandfather and the other for his aunt. In addition, he added low-grade Xuan Stones to them and put them into his mustard seed ring.
Wu Dongxiao carefully put it away.
Then, he began to report on the matter concerning Zhong Guanlin and Luo Fengxian's descendants.
"The Zhong family head and Madam Luo did indeed have a new son, born ten years ago, with top-tier Xuan-grade aptitude."
Zhong Cai raised an eyebrow: "Oh? So your stepfather and stepmother really did have another one?"
Wu Dongxiao nodded: "Their relationship has been particularly good lately. It is said that Madam Luo was quite surprised when she became pregnant, but fortunately everything went smoothly."
Zhong Cai chuckled and said, "This is my younger brother, so give him more things later."
Wu Dongxiao then began to introduce Zhong Yun and Zhong Lan'er's story.
“Zhong Yun has only married one wife. It is said that although they have not yet become Daoist partners, their feelings for each other are deep and it is only a matter of time. Zhong Yun married very late. Now his wife has given birth to two sons and a daughter for him. The eldest son is only thirteen years old. The eldest son’s aptitude is at the middle level of the Xuan grade. The second son and the eldest daughter have not yet opened their Divine Soul Secret Treasury.”
“Zhong Lan’er also married a man and did not take any concubines. She married later and now has a son and a daughter, one nine years old and the other seven years old, neither of whom have opened their soul treasures.”
Zhong Cai continued to listen while taking out resources and putting them into a mustard bag.
After completing these tasks, give each of your stepfather and stepmother a mustard seed ring, filled with some resources.
After obtaining the resources, Wu Dongxiao left again.
He is currently still in Kunyun City. After fulfilling Uncle Zhong's request, he will fly back to Canglong Academy.
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Although Zhong Guanlin and Luo Fengxian were somewhat concerned about Wu Dongxiao's handling of the Wu family's enemies, they didn't take it too seriously.
They felt that this should be the last major event that would happen to the Wu family, and that the Wu family would probably have to be even more humble in the future.
However, the couple were busy with many things, so after thinking about it briefly, they let the matter drop.
Unexpectedly, after the two finished their work that day and returned to their courtyard, they noticed something was amiss.
Zhong Guanlin frowned and raised his hand to block Luo Fengxian.
Luo Fengxian stopped in her tracks and did not continue.
Then, a voice came from inside the house.
“Master Zhong, Madam Luo, there is no need to worry. I am Wu Dongxiao, and I have come on orders.”
The couple exchanged a glance.
—What? Wu Dongxiao?
This is a powerhouse at the Fusion Realm! Wiping out the Zhong family would be a piece of cake for him!
But then, the couple heard the last sentence.
By order...
The two of them suddenly felt relieved.
The only people who could command this young master Dongxiao to do so were probably his uncle Wu Shaogan and their sixth son.
The couple then went inside.
Looking up, the two saw the tall, handsome young man with a straight figure.
His appearance was somewhat similar to that of the young nobleman I had seen years ago, but compared to him, he was indeed a bit rougher.
He doesn't look like a young nobleman; he's so handsome he's almost inhuman.
The couple quickly exchanged greetings, their minds racing. "So it's Young Master Dongxiao. We're so sorry for not welcoming you sooner."
Wu Dongxiao also cupped his hands and said with a smile, "It was my presumption. However, it is inconvenient for me to appear in public now, so please invite Zhong Yun, Zhong Lan'er, Zhong Mao, and their families and descendants here." He looked at the two of them and said gently, "Uncle Zhong and Uncle Xiao have gifts for you all."
Zhong Guanlin immediately spoke up: "Little Six—how is Cai'er now? Is Shao Gan alright too?"
Although Luo Fengxian didn't speak, she also showed a concerned expression.
Seeing that the couple cared about his two uncles, Wu Dongxiao's expression softened, and he said, "They are both fine. It's just that I'm going to a distant place for training this time, and I've come here to settle some past matters, so my two uncles asked me to do some housework."
Luo Fengxian smiled gently: "I'll go and call his younger brothers and sisters over."
Wu Dongxiao nodded.
Zhong Guanlin stayed there and asked Wu Dongxiao some questions about Zhong Cai.
Wu Dongxiao omitted Zhong Cai's location and some secrets, only giving a general overview of Zhong Cai's current strength.
Zhong Guanlin was speechless with astonishment.
Zhong Yun and the others, who rushed over with Luo Fengxian, also heard the commotion and were equally dumbfounded.
Even the younger generation could hardly believe that their sixth uncle, who had gone far away to cultivate, was already a Fusion cultivator and a sixth-level Pill King!
Zhong Guanlin's eyes sparkled with admiration.
He never imagined that he could have such a son!
How can I not be proud of him!
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Once everyone had arrived, Wu Dongxiao not only finished talking about Zhong Cai, but also told them that his uncle had already reached the peak of the Palace Constructing Realm, which naturally caused a great deal of shock.
Immediately, Wu Dongxiao smiled, took out a mustard seed bag, looked at Zhong Yun, and said, "Uncle Zhong asked me to give this to you, and also to remind you to keep your original intention and cultivate diligently in the future."
Zhong Yun was taken aback.
When Luo Fengxian went to call him, she didn't say that his sixth brother had brought him a gift; she only said that someone had come to visit relatives on behalf of his sixth brother.
Then he quickly arrived with his wife and children.
Surprisingly, there was a gift.
Zhong Yun accepted it with both hands, feeling a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a complex emotion encompassing both admiration and
The older he got, the more he felt that he hadn't treated his sixth brother well when he was young. Even though he made up for it later, he still felt sorry for his sixth brother.
But Sixth Brother has always been very good to him.
I feel extremely ashamed just thinking about it.
Zhong Yun quickly glanced at the contents of the mustard seed bag, her face turning slightly red.
It contains various resources suitable for his current cultivation level, as well as resources one or two levels higher. In addition, there are a thousand Xuanzhu (mysterious pearls), which is quite a fortune and enough to support his cultivation for a long time!
Even with the Zhong family's current wealth and the fact that they are the head of this branch of the family, the resources distributed within the Zhong family could not possibly amount to this much—even if they accumulated them for ten years, they still wouldn't have this much.
At this moment, Wu Dongxiao spoke again: "Madam Li Pan'er, this is a gift from Uncle Zhong to congratulate you on your marriage to Young Master Zhong Lingyun and wish you a harmonious marriage. I also hope you will stay true to yourself and cultivate diligently."
Li Pan'er is Zhong Yun's wife. Their acquaintance was an accident. Later, they went through trials together and fell in love, which led to their marriage.
Ever since their marriage, she had heard many stories from Zhong Yun about that legendary figure—Sixth Brother Zhong Cai. At the time, she was also very fascinated by him and often comforted Zhong Yun—because Zhong Yun had repeatedly expressed his shortcomings and regrets about his past actions in front of her.
However, Li Pan'er had never met Zhong Cai and had only ever listened to her stories.
Unexpectedly, Young Master Wu Dongxiao, who had previously displayed such great power in the Wu family, has now come here as a mere errand boy.
And the person he was running errands for was none other than that legendary figure in the Zhong family!
What Li Pan'er didn't expect was that the person would actually give her a gift—she didn't quite understand how that person knew of her existence? Even if they knew of her, why would they bring her along?
This gesture left Li Pan'er at a loss for words.
Therefore, Li Pan'er was stunned on the spot.
Zhong Yun quickly nudged her gently.
Li Pan'er came to her senses and quickly took the item with both hands, then examined it.
Upon seeing this, she couldn't help but gasp.
Zhong Yun had some experience in the past, but she had absolutely no experience!
Inside the mustard seed bag were not only several bottles of pills suitable for her cultivation level and physique, but also many other suitable resources, and even until she cultivated to the Suspended Illumination Realm, she would still have resources to support her.
Moreover, there are two thousand mysterious pearls among them.
Li Pan'er was somewhat puzzled.
Wu Dongxiao seemed to know what she was thinking and said, "Partly because you are a new bride, so I gave you some of my most treasured possessions. The other half is because you are being treated the same as Young Master Zhong Lingyun."
Li Pan'er took a deep breath and said sincerely, "Thank you, Sixth Brother. I will definitely use it well."
Wu Dongxiao nodded.
Then, he looked at the people behind the young couple and began to call out names.
Zhong Yun and Li Pan'er's children also each received a mustard seed bag.
The resources included are all suitable, and each of them contains five hundred Xuanzhu.
Such a generous gesture!
This truly astonished many members of the Zhong family—they knew they would receive some resources, but they never expected to receive so many so easily.
In an instant, these younger members of the Zhong family understood that the resources casually revealed by powerful individuals were terrifying, things that they might not be able to obtain even after decades or centuries.
They felt a surge of warmth in their hearts.
Surprisingly, even such a powerful figure would consider their aptitude and bestow upon them gifts that were perfectly suited to their abilities...
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