Chapter 111 Persuasion

"absurd!"

Dian Xinjun was the first to stand up. After bowing to Dian Mengxiong, he turned around, glaring at Xu Yuanlang with a piercing look, and sneered.

"Save us? What do we need your help to save? Your Xu family should mind their own business. Besides, you're just a smooth talker trying to twist the truth..."

"Xin Jun!"

Seeing that Dian Xinjun's words were becoming increasingly incoherent, Dian Mengxiong had no choice but to shout a reprimand.

Dian Xinjun was startled, realizing he had been too talkative, so he quickly shut up and sat down.

"Nephew, you don't need to take Xin Jun's impulsive words to heart."

"Don't take it to heart?" Hearing Dian Mengxiong's tone, Xu Yuanlang's heart sank. It was clear that the other party did not want to get involved.

However, to break this deadlock, they must drag them into it; only in this way can the Xu family have a chance to escape their current predicament.

"Clan Chief Dian, esteemed elders, as you all know, the Li family is targeting our Xu family."

The Foundation Establishment cultivators from both families are currently fighting outside, and that's why I said I came here to save the Dian family.

Ask yourselves honestly, if our Xu family were to fall or even be wiped out, who do you think the Li family would target next?

The more distant Yuchi family? Or the nearby Dian family? We don't get along with the Li family, but does the Dian family get along with them? They have a feud that's been going on for at least several hundred years.

Not to mention how many Li family cultivators have died at the hands of the Ling clan?

"Please put yourselves in the Li family's shoes. If you were cultivators from the Li family, who would you target next after the Xu family was wiped out?"

After Xu Yuanlang finished speaking passionately, all the cultivators present fell silent. It wasn't that they hadn't thought of these things, but they all had a sense of wishful thinking, believing that they might not be in such a predicament. Xu Yuanlang's words were like a blow to the head, sobering everyone up.

"Even so, the Li family will suffer significant losses. They will need a lot of time to recover and rebuild before they can target our Dian family again, which will be decades later."

"Who knows what the situation will be like decades from now? Our Dian family may still have the power to resist, but if we join the battle now, our Dian family will surely suffer heavy losses, and we may even end up in a mutually destructive battle with the Li family, allowing others to reap the benefits."

Dian Xinjun spoke with a slightly cold look in his eyes. Xu Yuanlang turned his head and stared at him intently. He hadn't known how to take things further, but the other party had given him a chance.

"What if I said the Li family doesn't need to recuperate?"

As soon as Xu Yuanlang spoke, everyone was shocked. Before anyone else could speak, Dian Mengxiong stood up immediately.

"That's impossible!"

Perhaps realizing he had gotten too excited, Dian Mengxiong then spoke up to explain.

"Nephew, although the Li family is powerful, it still needs to be fully prepared to destroy a Foundation Establishment family. Pills, spiritual items, and other such items may need to be prepared for decades."

Even putting all that aside, even if everything goes smoothly, occupying someone else's spiritual veins and property, along with personal casualties, all require time to recover and rebuild.

Upon hearing Dian Mengxiong's words, a smile flashed across Xu Yuanlang's face. These family cultivators were determined to corner them.

"I originally thought so too, but then..."

Xu Yuanlang waved his hand, and a corpse appeared directly in the hall. Fortunately, everyone present was a cultivator who had seen many corpses before, but some people still gasped in surprise.

"Demon... Demonic cultivator..."

Although the life force and demonic power in Li Zhixin's corpse had dissipated, experienced cultivators could still recognize his identity at a glance.

"Nephew, this..."

Dian Mengxiong's face twitched, and his expression turned ugly. No one would look happy if a corpse were inexplicably dumped into their home.

"This is why the Li family doesn't need to recuperate."

Everyone was startled, their hearts filled with a sense of turmoil, and an unbelievable thought emerged.

"This person is a member of the Li family, named Li Zhixin. He previously broke through the formation on one of our Xu family's spiritual veins."

They almost completely slaughtered my Xu family members on the spiritual vein, and then prepared to use the spiritual vein and the corpses of these family members for a blood sacrifice, attempting to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Fortunately, I thwarted their breakthrough. As you can imagine, there are definitely more than just one or two people in the Li family who practice demonic techniques. If they follow the same method after the battle, they can quickly replenish their lost manpower.

More importantly, once they get used to such a cultivation speed, will the Li family still be able to cultivate step by step honestly in the future? Of course, by then the Xu family will be gone, but do you think they won't do the same thing with the Dian family in the future?

The piercing question silenced everyone, and more importantly, everyone's gaze instinctively fell upon Li Zhixin's corpse.

"Demonic cultivator!"

Dian Mengxiong muttered to himself, his hands unconsciously rubbing together. After a long while, he calmed down, looked up and scanned the crowd, seeing that their faces were full of worry.

"Clan leader, we haven't confirmed this demonic cultivator's identity yet, so perhaps...?"

Dian Xinjun suddenly spoke up, his face full of worry.

"A few months ago, the clansmen reported that the mortals in several villages bordering the Li family had suddenly disappeared."

Later, I sent a few more people to investigate, but they found nothing. It was as if they had suddenly disappeared from the world.

I initially held onto a sliver of hope, thinking these people might have encountered some natural disaster, but now it seems more likely to be a man-made catastrophe.

As he finished speaking, Dian Mengxiong's expression suddenly hardened, and he sat up abruptly.

"Xin Jun, go to the family treasury and inventory the magical artifacts and pills. Be quick!"

Dian Xinjun wanted to say something more, but when he looked up and saw the resolute look on his clan leader's face, he swallowed all his words.

"yes!"

"Dreams of today, and dreams of the past!"

The two elders stood up and respectfully obeyed the order.

"Have the clansmen stationed outside return as soon as possible, and at the same time harvest the spiritual items on the spiritual veins outside."

"yes!"

"Meng Hao! Go and contact the independent cultivators and see if you can hire one or two Foundation Establishment cultivators. Price is not a problem."

In the corner, a tribesman dressed in a black robe, concealing his face, quietly agreed.

"Nephew, our Dian family needs a little more time to prepare, so please don't wander around. Just stay with us at the Dian family."

Finally, Dian Mengxiong's gaze fell on Xu Yuanlang, and he revealed his plans for him.

"I've been detained!"

Xu Yuanlang was well aware of his situation. He immediately felt a weight on his shoulders. Without thinking too much, he quickly cupped his hands and said...

"Then thank you very much, Clan Chief!"

After he finished speaking, a cultivator from the Dian family stepped forward to lead the way for him. He had no choice but to follow. He had done all he could, and now it was up to fate.