Chapter 153 Unfavorable

"You all stay here for now, I'm going back to check on the family..."

Inside the cave was a group of children whose average age was only seven or eight. They were the most talented children in the Dian family. As long as they were still there, even if the Dian family was temporarily destroyed, there was no doubt that they would rise again in the future.

Dian Xinxiu clenched his teeth and entrusted the children to his cousin, Dian Xinqu.

"Sister, no one knows what's really going on right now. You should just stay here and obey the clan leader's orders."

If all is well, the clan leader will come for us; if the clan is destroyed, our first priority is to protect them.

Dian Xin Qu was only twenty years old, but he skillfully stopped Dian Xin Xiu from taking any risks.

"Hey bro, get out of the way!"

"Sister, calm down. You should listen to the clan leader."

Dian Xinxiu's eyes seemed to be spitting fire at this moment, and she wouldn't listen to any advice.

"Snapped!"

Just then, Dian Xinqu slapped her hard across the face.

"I'm sorry, elder sister, please calm down and use your brain. As a cultivator at the sixth level of Foundation Establishment, no other cultivator within a thousand miles can defeat him except for the two patriarchs of the Li and Xu families."

Ordinary enemies are no match for him. We just need to wait here for good news, just like before.

If even he is defeated, what use would it be for you to rush over there and die in vain?

Furthermore, elder sister, there's something I want to say frankly. You're almost fifty years old now, and your cultivation hasn't reached the peak of Qi Refining, which means your talent is rather average. Also, as the daughter of the clan leader, your reputation is much greater than others."

Dian Xinxiu grabbed his robe and lifted Dian Xinqu up violently.

"What are you trying to say?"

Dian Xinqu looked into her crazed eyes and couldn't help but speak.

"I want to say that you are not actually qualified to be a seed of our Dian family."

There are three requirements for a seed: first, it must have good talent, which I don't need to explain; second, it must be young. The younger it is, the more opportunities it will have in the future, and the more chances it will have to obtain a Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object.

The third point is to remain unknown. Only in this way will our enemies not hunt us down, and we can hide in the cultivation world, waiting for the day when we can rise again.

"Sister, the chieftain asked you to take us seeds away because he wanted you to survive. Please don't waste his kindness."

Dian Xinqu's words were piercing, but they were also all true. She helplessly let go of his hand, then took a few steps back without saying a word and collapsed to the ground.

"I see!"

A look of sorrow flashed across Dian Xinqu's eyes. He didn't want to be so heartless, but if he still wanted to rise again, this was the only way.

"Sister, you must understand my good intentions."

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"Clan leader, these should be the relics of Clan Leader Dian."

At the bottom of the deep pit, Xu Yuanlang found some broken fragments of magical artifacts, and then found several pieces of spirit robes a few feet away.

The elder standing nearby glanced at him hurriedly and nodded with a sorrowful expression.

"Hmm, it belongs to that old man, but what about his remains?"

The reason the three of them appeared at the Dian family's residence was because they had just repelled a wave of beast attacks and were temporarily free to deal with the situation.

"He was probably attacked too fiercely, and his remains have scattered into the world. I just don't know where his belongings are."

Xu Yuanlang quickly analyzed the battle situation. According to his guess, Dian Mengxiong was killed almost without any chance to fight back, which puzzled him.

"The Flying Fire Crow Formation should belong to the Dian family, and the Dian family should be controlling the formation. How could it turn around and attack the Dian family patriarch?"

If it hadn't been so sudden, Chief Dian wouldn't have died such a wretched death.

The elder stood at the edge of the pit, closed his eyes, and silently speculated.

"Either the person who made the move was a master of formations who found a flaw in the Dian family's formation and used it to control the Dian family's great formation, making the formation work for the enemy."

Either there was a traitor within the Dian family, and the formation had fallen into the wrong hands, and the old ghost tried to counterattack at the last moment, but he hadn't anticipated this.

Two possibilities were on the minds of the clan leader, who looked at the Grand Elder.

"Elder, you seem to have reached a conclusion?"

"Well, there are no array masters within a thousand miles, unless they are outsiders, but the possibility is very small."

The latter possibility seems most likely to me: there must be a traitor within the Dian family, and this traitor must hold an extremely high position.

Upon hearing this, the three people present spoke almost in unison.

"It's Dian Xinjun!"

The three exchanged glances, and the clan leader explained.

"There is no body of Dian Xinjun here. Although his whereabouts are unknown, he is likely still alive. The Dian family's array plate must be in the hands of two Foundation Establishment cultivators. If anyone wants to damage the array, only he has the opportunity."

Xu Yuanlang then spoke.

"Ten years ago, when I sought the help of the Dian family, they were vehemently opposed. Looking back now, I think there must have been some clues back then."

The elder did not explain his reasoning; his eyes were blazing with fury, and he clenched his fists tightly.

"If this kid falls into my hands in the future, I will definitely cut him into a thousand pieces."

Although the other two did not share the same hatred as the Grand Elder, their expressions were extremely grim.

Putting everything else aside, now that Dian Mengxiong is dead, Dian Xinjun is likely to join the Li family. In that case, the Li family will have five Foundation Establishment cultivators. If we add Ma Benxin and Ma Yinglong from the Ma family, they will have a total of seven Foundation Establishment cultivators on their side.

Even if their fourth brother succeeds in breaking through, there will only be four people. In terms of sheer numbers, they are already at an overwhelming disadvantage. Moreover, Ma Benxin is at the sixth level of Foundation Establishment, while Ma Yinglong, Li Luojing, and Li Zhinian have been at Foundation Establishment for decades, and their cultivation levels are far superior to the others.

"Judging by the time, the Cao family's once-in-a-century Foundation Establishment auction is coming soon. We must get a Foundation Establishment Pill no matter what."

The Grand Elder nodded solemnly, but Xu Yuanlang spoke with some concern.

"Clan leader, since the Li family has attacked the Dian family, can the three of us gather together and wipe out the Ma family?"

Xu Yuanlang's eyes flashed with madness. If the Li family could do it, why couldn't they?

"Wipe out the Ma family?"

The clan chief shook his head, expressing his opposition without even thinking.

"We are different from the Li family. We don't have as many Foundation Establishment cultivators, and our spies in the Ma family don't have the same high status as Dian Xinjun. It's simply impossible for us to succeed quickly."

Xu Yuanlang knew this was the truth, but he spoke with some regret.

"What a pity."

"By the way, let's expand the search further. Old Dian must have arranged for some people to escape before he died."