Family Cultivation: I Become a Mirror

Chapter 440 365 News of the Yu Family

Yuan Family.

Li Qinghong had spent some time on Jiebei Peak at Mushroom Forest Plain of the Yuan Family. A young man from the Yuan Family had been sent to cater to him, but because of Li Qinghong's imposing manner, the man from the Yuan Family didn't dare to speak more and crouched in the corner like a quail.

Handing over the spirit stones to Yuan Huyan was just another ordinary outing for Li Qinghong, yet the dull gray Dharma Mirror in his bosom lit up faintly as Lu Jiangxian's divine sense flew out, enveloping the northern part of Mushroom Forest Plain.

The divine sense swept across the various Immortal Peaks, most of which were Fetal Breathing small clans under the Yuan Family's control. While the Yuan Family's main peak was not here, there still appeared more than a dozen cultivation techniques.

'One step each for Alchemy and Artifact Refining essentials, seven Fetal Breathing techniques, five Qi Cultivation techniques, two Foundation Establishment techniques...'

The division of cultivation techniques in places like Mushroom Forest Plain, which had been under the control of large noble families for hundreds of years, was more detailed. Unlike Wangyue Lake, where the techniques either related to Fetal Breathing or pointed directly to Foundation Establishment, Mushroom Forest Plain had intermediary broken texts, presumably a means for the Yuan Family to control the small clans under its rule.

These Fetal Breathing and Qi Cultivation techniques were casually set aside by Lu Jiangxian as materials for later research, and he flipped through the two techniques that pointed directly to Foundation Establishment:

'One third-grade Water-Type cultivation technique "Cangjiang Source Inquiry Art" and a fourth-grade Fire-Type "Pheasant Fire Long March Technique".'

"Cangjiang Source Inquiry Art" would build the Taoist Foundation into "Questioning the River's Journey," a technique on par with the "Vast Sea" and practiced by both the Xiao and Yuan families, considered to be a rather good technique, full of wonders and oddities.

As for the fourth-grade "Pheasant Fire Long March Technique," its Qi gathering section had become ineffective due to the changes in the heavens and earth, appearing to be the legacy of a southern Immortal Sect, using the "Long March Pheasant Fire."

"The Yuan Family's territory does have quite a number of Foundation Establishment cultivators, practicing different techniques, utilizing the mysteries of their respective Immortal Foundations to create many cultivation sites..."

Scanning over the Immortal Caves and fire veins on each peak, and various other treasured lands, Lu Jiangxian nodded to himself. Surely, these great clans that had become noble families over more than a hundred years all had good things hidden. The Li Family, after all, had only recently risen and was still somewhat lacking in comparison.

The harvest was quite satisfactory. Lu Jiangxian returned to the mirror. As Li Qinghong drew closer to the Li Family, the view above Wangyue Lake also gradually became clearer...

"So, the devils are assaulting the entire Wangyue Lake..."

Along the banks of Wangyue Lake, blood-colored lights were everywhere. Even in the territories controlled by Foundation Establishment cultivators like Shanyue and Taoist He, blatant bloody lights could be seen. These Foundation Establishment cultivators showed no response and quietly cultivated in the mountains.

"It seems the devil calamity has been forewarned by these Foundation Establishment cultivators, possibly even demanding that people be sent to warn them... With the turmoil stirred up by the Green Pond Sect and devils spreading everywhere, what exactly are they planning..."

...

Secret Forest County.

The land of Secret Forest County was fertile, with not many mountains—only eight or nine small ones. Among them, the Earth Vein of the Five Peaks of Secret Forest was the deepest and the Spirit Mechanism the most intense. There were many Cave Mansions on the mountain, and the faces of those coming and going were mostly young with early phases of Fetal Breathing and Qi Cultivation.

The usually bustling county was now deserted at the alley entrances. In the sky, the Dharma Light clashed with the Demonic Qi and blood-qi, erupting in bursts of thundering roars, and "Jade Smoke Mountain" howling back and forth, provoking cries of agony.

The Yu Family, though inheriting the Jiang Family legacy, had no effective spells. The secret techniques of the Jiang Family ancestors had already been lost, leaving a pile of Jade Slips that couldn't be deciphered, depending only on magic artifacts to face enemies.

Yu Mugao looked at the decreasing number of his clan members by his side, calculated quickly, and found that only six devil cultivators were left, unable to breach their great formation. He said in a deep voice:

"No need to wear ourselves out any longer, withdraw and return to the formation!"

He had long reached the late stage of Qi Cultivation, and his cultivation level was one of the highest in the clan. Although not skilled in spell battles, he was bolstered by "Jade Smoke Mountain" and thus could be considered a significant force.

Now, leading loyal clansmen and the outsiders he had personally promoted, he fought against the devil cultivators, aiding allies from side to side, exploiting the devils' characteristic of seeking advantage and fearing each other, defeating them one by one. Despite being at a disadvantage in terms of strength, they managed to put up a good fight.

Yu Mugao had used two Foundation Establishment Talismans, and seeing that most of the devil cultivators had been heavily injured and retreated, defending the majority of Secret Forest County's cities and counties, fighting on seemed unworthy of further loss, so he decided to withdraw, riding the wind towards the mountains.

Just as he was about to land in the mountains, he was blocked by the activated great formation, and his loyal subordinates behind him started to get agitated. Yu Mugao was stunned for a moment, then realized with great alarm inwardly:

"The Array Plate at home had long been marked with my Spiritual Sense, how could I be blocked from entering the formation!"

With a sinking feeling, he shouted:

"Open the formation quickly!"

The Yu Family cultivator guarding the mountain was Yu Mugao's own son, the Seventh Young Master Yu Chengyi, the youngest, who trembled with fright upon recognizing Yu Mugao's voice, just about to open the formation when several Elders came forward holding the Array Plate and shouted:

"The Family Head has a Spiritual Sense mark, there's no need to open the formation for someone who can't be the real one! It must be a devil in disguise!"

Yu Chengyi, weak by nature, suddenly hesitated. He was immediately suppressed by the words of others, and upon hearing the authoritative speech of those clan Elders, he dared not even reach for the Array Plate, let alone open the great formation.

Outside, Yu Mugao repeated:

"Chengyi, quickly open the formation!"

Yet, this voice was blocked outside the great formation. Although Yu Mugao couldn't see the few Elders through the formation, he instantly understood and cried out in misery:

"To perish at the hands of my juniors!"

Inside the formation.

The demonic smoke outside billowed, with screams arising and fading. The Yu Family cultivators inside the formation trembled, looking at the man carefully inspecting the edge of the great formation, and asked:

"Lu Kexing! What should we do..."

The man looked at the bloody scene outside and laughed:

"Don't worry! The devil can't break in. Just wait a moment, and they will disperse."