Family Rise by Daily Intelligence

Chapter 70: Chapter 70: Ruined Palace, Critical Intel

”Buzz!”

The panel trembled.

A surge of yellow light flowed.

Immediately, lines of text appeared:

[1: Elder Zhang discovered he could not contact Zhang Huansheng. Following the remnants of Zhang Huansheng’s aura, he will arrive at Ghostly Wail Ridge in half an hour]

[2: Your elder brother Fu Changren and two others accidentally fell into an independent space while fighting a group of Tier One Early-stage Demon Soldiers in the Ancient Battlefield. This space is isolated from all outside contact and contains a fragment of an Earth Tier Ghost Cultivation Technique]

”Stop the exchange!”

Fu Changsheng sighed with relief seeing that his brother was fine.

The Soul Condensing Tree cannot be transplanted.

But new Soul Condensing Fruits will grow again in five years.

Fu Changsheng immediately moved boulders to block the cave, supplemented by an array to conceal it. Without prior knowledge, no one would detect anything unusual.

Elder Zhang will arrive in half an hour.

This place is not safe for long.

After emerging from the underground, Fu Changsheng immediately piloted the Flying Ship away.

Midway.

A familiar mechanical voice echoed in his Sea of Divine Sense:

”Ding”

”You’ve found a reusable Soul Condensing Tree for the clan, earning ten Clan Contribution Points.”

Simultaneously.

The family contribution points on the panel soared from twenty-four to thirty-four.

In the Ten Thousand Ghosts Abyss.

There’s so much information to gather.

Fu Changsheng was delighted to gain new Clan Contribution Points.

He activated the invisibility function of the Flying Ship.

Anxious to head to the Ancient Battlefield.

He barely stopped along the way.

Moreover.

He used the time over these days to become proficient in using his newly cultivated Divine Sense.

Seven days later.

From afar.

A vast pit came into view.

Viewed from high above, it resembled the footprint of a giant. As he got closer, Blood Evil Qi traversed everywhere in the pit.

Below.

It resembled Purgatory.

Generally speaking.

Cultivators avoid approaching this pit if they can.

Next to the pit, traces left by Dharma Combat among High-Tier Cultivators were visible, each displaying destructive power. Fu Changsheng felt his eyes opened widely:

”Where did my elder brother fall down from?”

The entire Ancient Battlefield covers an enormous area.

Searching bit by bit was evidently impractical.

Fu Changsheng took an item his elder brother had touched from the storage bag and handed it to the Little Cyan Snake, which sniffed it before flashing with a green light and burrowing into the ground.

Xiaoqing’s sense of smell was extremely sensitive.

It should be able to find where his elder brother and the others last stayed.

But.

Xiaoqing searched several places.

Yet all ended up fruitless.

Just as Fu Changsheng was considering exchanging intelligence to see if the panel could provide more information.

Suddenly.

Fu Changsheng’s Divine Sense twitched.

He detected a surge of yellow light a few feet beneath the ground, quickly donned his Invisibility Cloak, and tucked himself into a recessed stone.

In the distance.

A man and a woman burst out of the ground:

”Brother Liao, are you sure you just saw the Fu Family members fall from here?”

”Would I deceive you? I teleported to the Ancient Battlefield first, and the three Fu Family cultivators arrived later. I watched them vanish before my eyes. There’s definitely a hidden Grotto Heaven Blessed Land or maybe an Ancient Cultivator’s Cave Mansion underground. Hurry and search, or the good stuff will be snatched by the other side.”

”Brother Liao, found it, found it, it’s right here, come quickly!”

The female cultivator’s excited voice sounded.

Fu Changsheng’s heart also stirred, and his Divine Sense released.

Then saw.

The blue-clad female cultivator was pointing at a dozen-foot ravine, brimming with excitement, while the male cultivator trembled with joy as he approached.

Suddenly.

He felt a chill around his neck.

He reached up to wipe.

Only to find his hand covered in fresh blood.

In a flash.

He collapsed on the ground, black all over, motionless.

Female cultivator Li Yunxiu retracted the hairpin from the male cultivator’s neck, kicking the body with disdain:

”Stupid pig, you thought this vast Grotto Heaven opportunity was something your wretched life could enjoy.”

In her words.

Fu Changsheng guessed that when Li Yunxiu had low cultivation, she relied on the now-dead male cultivator, but now she had reached Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer, a layer higher than the male cultivator.

Sensing he was no longer useful.

Moreover.

Faced with the huge opportunity of the Grotto Heaven Blessed Land.

She acted decisively to kill.

Fu Changsheng’s pupils contracted:

”This woman...”

After circling the ravine, Li Yunxiu leaped down, but the expected nose-bruising fall didn’t occur. Instead, she disappeared miraculously.

Fu Changsheng waited for a while.

Seeing Li Yunxiu not reappear.

Only then did he emerge from hiding, circle the ravine.

And leapt down.

A strong feeling of weightlessness overwhelmed him.

Even with his Divine Sense, Fu Changsheng felt a headache like falling for a long time until finally, a white light came into view.

He quickly channeled Spiritual Qi into his feet, silently landing.

In sight appeared a ruined palace.

Fu Changsheng scanned with his Divine Sense, finding Li Yunxiu was no longer nearby, she probably already entered the palace ruins ahead, he quickly took out the Communication Jade Talisman, mouthing words.

After some time.

The Jade Talisman flashed with spirit light.

Molan’s voice came through:

”Patriarch, we are trapped in the Main Hall, and both elder brother and fourth sister are seriously injured”

”Find a place to hide. Besides me, a Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer female cultivator also entered; make sure she doesn’t find you.”

”Okay!”

The Jade Talisman’s spirit light faded.

Fu Changsheng did not head towards the Main Hall immediately.

Uncertain how many years this ruinous palace existed, covered in moss, whether ghostly creatures lurked inside unknown, he didn’t act recklessly.

Li Yunxiu was Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer.

Earlier, from observing Li Yunxiu’s killing of the male cultivator, this woman not only harbored ill-intentions but also had detailed thoughts and likely more combat experience than himself.

Facing her with a Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer.

A careless move.

Could lead to his demise.

Therefore.

With a thought.

He immediately said:

”Exchange intelligence!”

Buzz!

The panel trembled.

A burst of yellow light surged.

Immediately, lines of text appeared:

[1: The female cultivator Li Yunxiu who entered this space with you has already discovered your presence and plans to ambush you from atop a collapsed stone pillar on the left side of the palace entrance when you enter]

[2: In the collapsed ground several meters away, yellow light surges, and within it is a hidden Ancient Cultivator’s Cave Mansion or a Grotto Heaven. Hurry and search, or you’ll lose the treasure to someone else.]

[3: Molan, while passing the second trial in the Main Hall of the Supreme Profound Sect, acquired an Ancient Secret Skill with the effect of calming and protecting the soul. If she successfully passes the third trial, she will obtain the Supreme Profound Sect’s Puppetry Technique inheritance]

[2: Molan, having successfully passed the second trial checkpoint in the Supreme Profound Sect Main Hall, has obtained an Ancient Secret Skill. This skill has the effect of calming the soul and stabilizing the mind. If she can successfully pass the third checkpoint, she will receive the Supreme Profound Sect’s Puppetry Technique inheritance.]

[3: The ruined palace you’re in has a female cultivator, Li Yunxiu, who has already discovered your presence and is hiding on the left side of the collapsed stone pillar at the entrance, intending to kill you when you enter.]