Chapter 121 Compensation

What followed was a confrontation between the three families. Cao Xuhe sat at the head of the table, his face calm, showing no interest in the matters discussed by the three families.

The three family heads then engaged in a back-and-forth exchange.

"Your Li family destroyed three of our Xu family's top-grade spiritual veins, killed three of our late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, fifteen early- to mid-stage cultivators, and twenty villages. In total, tens of thousands of mortals died at the hands of the Li family's cultivators."

In return, the Li family must provide at least three high-grade spiritual veins and three mines as compensation; otherwise, I will not agree.

Upon hearing Xu Zhenqie's asking price, Li Luofang's face turned extremely dark.

"Stop making outrageous demands. This time, our Li family only had some demonic cultivators causing trouble. How did we damage your three spiritual veins?"

"At most, I will give you one high-grade spiritual vein. As for the mortals who die because of it, they are unimportant."

Li Luofang was naturally unwilling to accept the Xu family's asking price. Just then, Dian Mengxiong, who was standing next to him, spoke up in dissatisfaction.

"Besides that, our Dian family also suffered many losses. In particular, in order to kill Li Luomao, my magic sword, which I had nurtured for a hundred years, self-destructed."

Putting aside my own spiritual energy backlash, your Li family should at least compensate me with a mid-grade second-tier magic sword, plus a high-grade first-tier spiritual vein near our Dian family.

Li Luofang was naturally unwilling, and the three of them began to bargain. In order to gain the moral advantage, they even brought up old stories from a hundred years ago.

"Both of your families have members who have become demonic cultivators. If you continue to use demonic cultivation as an excuse, we may simply recalculate."

"But none of our Foundation Establishment cultivators have switched to demonic cultivation techniques."

Upon hearing this, Li Luofang had no choice but to quiet down. Indeed, no matter how much he brought up the past, neither family had a family elder with the strength of Li Luomao to switch to cultivating demonic techniques.

Of course, it's also possible that no one has noticed, and up until now, Li Luofang only thinks that Li Luomao is just unlucky.

However, he dared not say those words in public, and thus he was at a disadvantage in the face of their verbal sparring.

"Alright, Clan Chief Li, you should at least make some compensation. This time, it's ultimately your Li family's fault."

Upon hearing this, Li Luofang's face darkened. He knew that there was no point in delaying any longer, so he reluctantly agreed.

"yes!"

Finally, the Li family compensated the Xu family with two high-grade spiritual veins and a mine, and the Dian family with a second-tier mid-grade spiritual sword and a first-tier mid-grade spiritual vein near the Dian family. They also promised that the spiritual objects in the spiritual veins and the mine would not be touched. Only then were the two families satisfied.

"Alright, the three of you families, along with the Ma family, are all prominent families in this area with a history spanning thousands of years. Let's not let these trivial matters ruin our relationship. I think we should just let this matter rest."

Finally, Cao Xuhe stood up, which could be considered as issuing an ultimatum.

"Fellow Daoists, Li Luomao's switch to cultivating demonic techniques is his personal matter. Our Li family has also paid a considerable price to compensate you both. If you continue to use this as an excuse in the future, be careful, I will not be polite."

Even if the Qingming Sect intervenes in the future, I believe they will be able to uphold justice for me. I hope you two fellow Daoists will properly restrain your clansmen.

They didn't pay much attention to the subtle threat in Li Luofang's words. In any case, the three families had already broken off relations, especially the Li family, where even a mid-Foundation Establishment elder had fallen. Another great battle was bound to break out again, so they didn't need to worry about anything.

"Chief Li is right. I am a witness today, and I believe both chiefs will keep their promise."

And Chief Li, it's quite rare for the three families to stop fighting now; keep your people in check.

"yes!"

Cao Xuhe looked at the two men one last time. They quickly smiled apologetically and said yes, yes. Although they had some dissatisfaction with the Cao family, they had no choice but to agree at this point.

After discussing it, the two left Wuliang Mountain. Only after they left did the cultivators present breathe a sigh of relief.

"A late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator is indeed terrifying."

Dian Mengxiong gave a wry smile. Although they were both Foundation Establishment cultivators, the difference of just one level within the Foundation Establishment realm was like an insurmountable chasm.

"We'd better break through our current level as soon as possible, otherwise we'll always have to bow down to the Li family in the future."

Dian Mengxiong nodded, then turned to look at Xu Yuanlang behind the two of them, his eyes filled with undisguised admiration.

"Is Mr. Xu married?"

"You old codger, you've got your eye on Yuen Long again? Don't worry about that, go away."

The Grand Elder immediately understood Dian Mengxiong's intentions. This guy definitely had ulterior motives, so he waved his hand without any politeness, making a gesture to drive him away.

"Don't be like that, I really think highly of young friend Xu. It just so happens that our Dian family has quite a few young women of marriageable age."

Faced with the aggressive Li family, the Dian and Xu families had already banded together for mutual support. Moreover, Xu Yuanlang's killing of Li Luomao was so astonishing that it aroused his interest in talent.

"Clan Chief Dian, let's talk about it another day. This lad's injuries haven't fully healed yet, and he's still young. He might have plans to take things further."

Seeing this, the clan chief stepped in to help decline the offer.

"Go a step further?" Dian Meng muttered to herself, her eyes suddenly sharpening as she looked Xu Yuanlang up and down before nodding slightly.

"It's good that young people have lofty ambitions, young friend Xu. I hope that when we meet again, I can address you as Fellow Daoist Xu."

"Thank you for your kind words, Chief Clan."

After saying this, Dian Mengxiong refused their attempts to stay and flew back. Only after the other party disappeared into the horizon did the clan leader and the eldest elder call Xu Yuanlang back to the mountaintop.

"Yuen Long, what exactly happened? Explain yourself clearly."

After thinking for a moment, Xu Yuanlang told them about Xu Zhentian's poisoning from taking Zizhumi, and the two of them sighed in sympathy.

The clan chief, in particular, had practically watched Xu Zhentian grow up, and the two had a very good relationship. When he heard that Xu Zhentian's remains were nowhere to be found, and that they had only found one or two relics, his eyes immediately turned red, and he spoke out viciously.

"We'll remember this grudge, and we'll definitely get our revenge when the opportunity arises."

At this moment, the Grand Elder suddenly realized that something was wrong.

"Yuan Lang, you have severed Li Luomao's head. As far as I know, although a Foundation Establishment cultivator may be seriously injured, his body is definitely not something that a first-tier magic weapon can destroy."

"Did you forge some extremely sharp natal magical artifact?"

Xu Yuanlang took out the fragment of the magic sword and recounted how the fragment was embedded in the bone crevice, which was then used to kill the person.

"That's right. This is a fragment of Dian Mengxiong's magic sword. It still contains spiritual energy and its sharpness is undiminished. I don't think it's a coincidence. It's because Li Luomao has done too many evil deeds, and even the heavens can't stand it anymore."