Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 292 - 298: Anger

”Life-bound Magic Treasure?” Li Zhirui remembered that this real person was an Artifact Refiner, so having such a style of life-bound magic treasure was indeed normal.

”Cough cough...” After a bout of battle and excessive consumption of mana, Mingling couldnʼt help but cough a few times, his breath also fell slightly.

”So weak already?” Li Zhiruiʼs taunting voice followed, and right after came the vines that blotted out the sky and sun.

”Why wonʼt you just die quietly?!” Watching Mingling, who struggled among the thicket of vines, moving awkwardly and growing increasingly feeble, Li Zhirui sighed helplessly.

As an Artifact Refiner, who seldom ventured out for experience and whose combat strength was average, not to mention gravely injured, how could Mingling possibly be Li Zhiruiʼs match?

The two had only exchanged blows for a moment before Mingling was forced into a very sorry state.

”Ahhh!” Mingling had not expected to be so vulnerable; he had originally thought he could at least wound Li Zhirui and then embrace death with him.

But now, it seemed that all of this was just his fantasy!

Fury overtaking his heart, a mouthful of dark turbid blood spurted out, and the world in his eyes began to blur.

”Hahahahaha, just die with me!” With the fall of the last word, a tremendously powerful explosion erupted over the skies of Yuanming Sect.

The terrifying shockwave ground everything in the vicinity to fragments and ash, and even Yuanming Mountain began to collapse, with large stones crazily falling downwards.

And Li Zhirui, who had already retreated tens of miles away at the moment Mingling prepared to self-destruct, watched the natural disaster unfold in silence.

”The self-destruction of a Golden Core cultivator, even if he has little mana left in his body, can unleash a terrifying force capable of annihilating cultivators of the same tier,” Li Zhirui murmured to himself.

Meanwhile, deep within a distant Spirit Mountain, tens of thousands of miles away, Jiang Tianming, who was meditating, suddenly heard the sound of jade shattering.

At first, he was startled, but as if realizing something, his right hand trembled as it reached into his chest.

The jade token that had been close to his body since he left Yuanming Sect—a precious object—had broken in two!

”Junior brother, junior brother...”

Jiang Tianming, as if he had gone mad, repeated these words incessantly, his face already wet with tears, and an intense sorrow pervaded his being, almost materializing.

”The Li family! It must have been the Li family!” Jiang Tianming roared with bloodthirst in his eyes, grinding his teeth ferociously, ”Rest easy, junior brother, I will avenge you! I will make the Li family pay the price!”

And at the base of Yuanming Mountain, Li Zhirui, looking at the ruins all around, suddenly shivered, knitting his brows immediately.

He knew that, as a Golden Core True Person, his physical body was incredibly strong, and ordinary temperatures could not make him feel hot or cold.

But he could not figure out what was happening and with the current events at hand, he could only suppress it for now, planning to investigate later.

”Because of the explosion, Yuanming Mountain has been nearly bisected!” Li Zhirui sighed helplessly, looking at the mountain peaks that had become significantly lower in front of him.

The Spirit Vein lay deep underground, unaffected by the explosion, but the spiritual objects and scriptures on the mountain were almost completely destroyed by the blast.

The Li family would have to not only clean up the nearby area but also rebuild various structures and develop Spirit Fields, indicating that for a long time to come, the clanspeople would become very busy.

But there was still a troublesome matter at hand, which was that Li Zhirui had previously asked Li Chengmo to call the spokespersons of various families to Yuanming Mountain, intending for them to relocate to Green Sword Mountain.

But under the current circumstances of Yuanming Sect, how could such a large number of people be found?

”Forget it, letʼs just go to Yunqing Marketplace, itʼs not that far anyway.” They believed that those people would understand the greater good and would have no objections.

Time flew by quickly, and before they knew it, ten days had passed.

The crowd looked at the diminished stature of Yuanming Mountain, their eyes sparkling with shrewdness, each one seemingly lost in their own thoughts.

But one thing was clear to all: from now on, the Lis family would reign supreme over this territory!

”Apologies, for accidentally collapsing Yuanming Mountain, making it inconvenient to entertain everyone here; please proceed to Yunqing Marketplace instead,” suggested several Elders of the Li family upon the arrival of the Spirit Boat.

Even if they harbored some dissatisfaction, they dared not express it, for the Li family was not one to be trifled with in their current state.

The previous auction venue was now being used as a temporary assembly hall by the Li family, which had previously belonged to Yuanming Mountain but was now under the ownership of the Lis.

”Greetings, True Person!” As Li Zhirui ascended the platform, all those from Xiushui below stood up and bowed in respect.

”No need for formalities, please be seated,” Li Zhirui gestured with a wave of his hand. Once everyone was seated, he spoke, ”Today, I have gathered you all to announce a piece of good news!”

Yet most didnʼt feel particularly joyful, for how could the Li family, the local hegemon, possibly bestow benefits upon them without any ulterior motive

Indeed, as Li Zhirui spoke, the assembly quickly grasped the intentions of the Li family.

ʼThey want to use our strength to guard the third-tier Spirit Vein? It seems that the Li familyʼs power isnʼt as exaggerated as we thought.ʼ

No one was a fool; no one believed the Li family would simply hand over the Spirit Vein to them so generously.

Spirit Veins were a very precious resource, not to mention a third-tier one. How could they just give it away easily?

ʼBut is the Li family so confident that they wonʼt allow a clan to birth a Golden Core and thus lose a third-tier Spirit Vein?ʼ

With different thoughts and ideas floating in their heads, nobody dared to voice their questions out loud.

”The output of Spiritual Objects from Green Sword Mountain, after contributing thirty percent to the Li family, will be divided among your own families!”

Li Zhirui, wholly unconcerned with the reactions of those below, continued, ”Additionally, the Li family will build a colossal Immortal City on Green Sword Mountain, capable of accommodating hundreds of thousands of inhabitants!”

This declaration truly shocked those present.

Such a vast Immortal City, how many resources and how much time would be needed for its completion!

The Li family couldnʼt be just talking big to attract them into helping safeguard the third-tier Spirit Vein, could they? Some actually thought so naively.

But others, more astute, understood the true purpose behind this: the Li family was attracting a great number of Loose Cultivators to Green Sword Mountain!

Thus, with these families and a multitude of Loose Cultivators guarding it together, the Spirit Vein would not only be safer but also under mutual supervision!

After all, Spirit Veins were direct sources of Spirit Stones, and it was possible that a audacious Cultivator dared to mine from the veins of Green Sword Mountain.

As for the attraction part that some people were thinking about? The Lis had never considered such a thing, because those families had to go whether they wanted to or not, leaving no second choice; they either willingly left the Lisʼ territory or they would have to leave unwillingly!