Chapter 106 Sacrifices

Upon hearing this, Xu Lingmin felt her blood run cold. She could try to stop two people, but she couldn't possibly stop three.

In that instant, all the memories of the past flashed before his eyes like a revolving lantern: his childhood journey up the mountain, his studies, his breakthrough to the mid-stage of Qi Refining, and then his role as the guardian of the spiritual vein. It seemed he was going to die here today.

"I'll do it..."

A fierce gust of wind flew from behind his head. He hurriedly tried to dodge, but was shocked to find that the target was not him, but bypassed his body and attacked the two people in front of him.

He was stunned for a moment, then his face lit up with ecstasy.

"Third Uncle!"

"It's Brother Yuan Zhen!"

Xu Yuanzhen's face was ashen. He didn't say anything and directly attacked the two people chasing them.

"Ninth level of Qi Refining? Run!"

The stronger of the two cultivators turned pale upon seeing Xu Yuanzhen, losing all courage to fight and turning tail and running away.

"Still trying to run!"

Xu Yuanzhen was furious at this moment, his teeth grinding together.

His eyes were bloodshot, and he didn't even dare to look at the two disheveled people. At this moment, he was filled with regret, and only one thought remained in his mind.

"If I had known I wouldn't have left the great formation, things wouldn't have turned out this way."

Regret, like a venomous snake, gnawed at his heart, driving him to charge forward recklessly, the Cangxuan Sword in his hand flying out instantly.

"Let's go check on him, we can't leave Uncle Three alone..."

Xu Lingmin gritted her teeth, took out her magic weapon, and strode off to help.

But before he could finish speaking, Xu Yuanzhen had already returned, carrying two heads in his hands, with blood still dripping down.

"Are you all alright?"

Xu Yuanmei was startled and hurriedly nodded.

"Third Uncle, the spirit vein array has been destroyed. Grandpa Zhenlin has probably met with misfortune. Whether they are mortals or cultivators on the spirit vein, they are probably all in grave danger."

"You're fast on your feet, hurry back and inform the clan. Whether it's the Grand Elder or the Clan Chief, their intervention will surely be enough..."

"Xiao Qi, take Yuan Mei back to the mountain. I need to reclaim the spiritual vein!"

Xu Lingmin was startled and hurriedly looked up at Xu Yuanzhen. She saw that his sinister eyes had become even more obscure, as if they were filled with a death wish.

"Third Uncle, don't be impulsive. As the saying goes, as long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood to burn. Losing a spiritual vein is nothing to us."

"If we were to destroy your potential for Foundation Establishment, no amount of spiritual veins could ever make up for it."

Xu Yuanzhen's talent is considered exceptional within the Xu family, and he will undoubtedly be supported to achieve Foundation Establishment in the future. This is a consensus among them. It would be a waste to sacrifice him for a first-grade high-quality spiritual vein.

"Xiaoqi, I know, I'm not that stupid."

Xu Yuanzhen chuckled and spoke comfortingly.

Xu Lingmin's heart skipped a beat. The moment he saw the smile on Xu Yuanzhen's face, he knew something was wrong. His third uncle must have gone astray and was putting all the blame on him.

"Third Uncle, let's go back. In the future..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xu Yuanzhen turned and headed towards the location of the spiritual vein.

"Third Uncle!"

Xu Lingmin shouted, but only the empty echoes around him answered him.

"Xiaoqi, what should we do next?"

Xu Yuanmei scanned her surroundings in a daze, the stench of blood filling the air and filling her with terror.

"Let's hurry back and get our family to come and help!"

Xu Lingmin hesitated for a moment, then immediately led Xu Yuanmei to flee towards Wuliang Mountain.

He knew very well that no matter how strong his third uncle was, he was only one person, while the other side had many people, which was far beyond what Xu Yuanzhen could handle.

He now had only one thought: he had to hurry back to inform his family, because as long as the patriarch intervened, there was still a chance.

"Little Seven, which sect do these cultivators who attacked us belong to?"

"It's either the Ma family or the Li family; they're the only two families around here that would do something like this."

……

"kill!"

Xu Yuanzhen moved like a tiger descending a mountain, and in a single exchange, his Cangxuan Sword severed the opponent's head, leaving the opponent with virtually no chance to resist.

He casually removed the black cloth from the other person's face, revealing an extremely unfamiliar face.

"That's strange, all these people are unfamiliar faces?"

Xu Yuanzhen's eyes grew increasingly gloomy. He removed the spiritual object from the other person's body and then looked into the distance.

At this moment, the orange-red fire in the distance had slowly died down, and billowing black smoke filled the sky, like a black dragon occupying half the sky.

"Go, find the enemy for me!"

Xu Yuanzhen released the phoenix squirrel he was holding.

Although he was furious, he had not lost his mind. He would not do something as futile as throwing an egg against a rock. The phoenix squirrel is small and fast, and it is best at scouting.

"Squeak..."

The phoenix squirrel chirped softly twice, then quickly ran forward.

"Elder, we've lost contact with the two who went south to pursue them. Something must have happened to them."

On the spiritual vein, corpses were now strewn everywhere. All the bodies were piled up in one place, which looked like a small hill from a distance. Some cultivators were throwing their offerings into it.

After finishing everything, the black-robed cultivator was setting up array flags around him when suddenly someone stepped forward to report. The person with blue and white eyes waved his hand dismissively upon hearing this.

"This is, after all, Xu family territory, so it's normal to lose some manpower."

After he finished speaking, he looked at the pile of corpses, and a burning light appeared in his eyes.

"Based on the Xu family members, and by sacrificing the entire spiritual vein and all the nearby red maple trees, I might be able to break through the bottleneck and enter the Foundation Establishment stage."

If we succeed, we can continue to use this method for our family elders in the future, and perhaps we will even have the opportunity to glimpse the path to the Golden Core.

The blue-and-white-eyed man's body even began to tremble slightly, and the black-robed cultivator beside him quickly cupped his hands and said something.

"Then I'll offer my congratulations in advance!"

With blue and white eyes, he casually waved his hand, then jumped directly onto the pile of corpses, sat cross-legged, and started activating the formation.

The next moment, a plume of blood-red smoke suddenly rose, and a swirling vortex appeared above his head, absorbing all the smoke in an instant, as if he were bathing in blood-red smoke.

Meanwhile, the life force within those corpses was rapidly disappearing, and their flesh collapsed almost instantly.

"Gulp..."

A sound came from the belly of the blue-and-white-eyed creature, and the formation expanded rapidly, instantly turning the surroundings into a gloomy place.

All the red maple leaves withered in an instant, but wisps of pure energy emerged and were swallowed by him.

"Not enough, not enough, I want more."

He was laughing heartily, and as the red maple leaves withered, the branches, trunks, and even the roots buried underground were rapidly dying.