Free Web NovelChapter 453: Chapter 281: A Wish Fulfilled
Yang Jing chose to remain at the Wu Family’s ancestral lands. The Lu Family’s Golden Core Cultivators also decided not to leave, instead waiting upon him at the side.
Soon, members of the Lu Family came over. They used Magic Techniques to stir up a cleansing breeze, blowing away the lingering aura of blood and Evil Qi. They then set up a Cloud Bed refined from cloud vapor, lit a Spiritual Fire, and began to brew Spirit Tea.
Yang Jing picked up a cup of Spirit Tea and watched the Lu Family Cultivators below clean up the ruins of the Wu Family’s ancestral land, searching for valuables.
As the patriarch of the Lu Family, Lu Heyun could be quite witty and humorous once he dropped his airs. Coupled with his vast knowledge and eidetic memory, his conversation with Yang Jing turned out to be surprisingly agreeable.
From him, Yang Jing also learned some interesting anecdotes about the Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the Western Continent.
He picked up a cup of Spirit Tea and was just about to take a sip when an unsteady streak of Tunneling Light suddenly flew over from the distance.
A Foundation Establishment Cultivator of the Lu Family, piloting a Flying Spiritual Artifact, landed hastily before the Cloud Bed.
"What’s the matter? Why are you in such a panic? You’ve forgotten your manners in front of our honored guest!"
Seeing that the arrival was a junior member of the family, Lu Heyun chided him angrily.
The Lu Family Cultivator had exhausted his Magical Power by flying at full speed. He took a moment to regulate his breathing before speaking to Lu Heyun in a panic:
"Patriarch, terrible news! The Black Wind Thieves have struck again. The Bishui Zhang Family has been looted and left with nothing!"
"What!"
The hand of the previously composed Lu Heyun trembled, spilling the Spirit Tea he was holding.
"The Black Wind Thieves have always preyed on Flying Boats. Why would they suddenly attack a family’s ancestral land?"
Yang Jing knew then that the Wanhua Child and the Five Fire Child had succeeded, and he was inwardly relieved.
"To think the Black Wind Thieves would still be so audacious after losing their leader! To directly attack the Bishui Zhang Family!"
He feigned a look of astonishment.
"The Zhang Family may be weak, but the Array protecting their ancestral land is by no means weak. How did the Black Wind Thieves manage to breach their Grand Array!"
Lu Heyun shot to his feet and began pacing on the Cloud Bed, his expression grim and uncertain.
’Due to its shallower heritage, the Lu Family’s protective Grand Array is considerably weaker than the Bishui Zhang Family’s. If the Black Wind Thieves could breach their defenses, doesn’t that mean the Lu Family is in the same danger?’
’Although the Lu Family’s Power is far greater than the Bishui Zhang Family’s, we have many mines and Spirit Medicine Gardens outside our ancestral land.’
’Now that the Black Wind Thieves have proven they can break a Tier Three Array, the Lu Family is suddenly on the back foot.’
"We should go to the Zhang Family’s ancestral land and investigate."
Yang Jing stood up as well and said to the somewhat flustered Lu Heyun,
"Seeing is believing. Let’s go to the Zhang Family’s ancestral land and have a look."
"Yes, yes, Master Yang, you’re right!"
Lu Heyun said, having calmed down slightly.
With the flight speed of Golden Core Cultivators, it didn’t take them long to reach the Zhang Family’s ancestral land, despite the distance.
After advancing to the Golden Core realm, a Cultivator will study a wide range of the Hundred Skills of Cultivation in preparation for reaching the Nascent Soul stage. Lu Heyun’s foundation in the Array Dao was quite impressive. The moment he arrived at the Zhang Family’s ancestral land, he eagerly began to inspect the Array that protected it.
"This Array was shattered by brute force!"
he said, his face a mask of shock.
Before the inspection, Lu Heyun had already suspected that the Zhang Family’s defenses had been breached by an array-breaking formation, something like the Heaven-shattering Earth-collapse Array.
But upon inspecting the Zhang Family’s Array, he was horrified to discover that it had been shattered by an incredibly powerful technique—a single, focused strike that had caused the entire defense to collapse.
Yang Jing nodded.
"Wu Jingyuan was able to use a certain technique with power approaching that of a Divine Prohibition. The Black Wind Thieves likely used this very technique to launch a sudden, ruthless attack, catching the Zhang Family off guard and shattering their Array."
Lu Heyun recalled the astonishingly powerful Cold Qilin and Protective Golden Light and nodded grimly.
’Those two techniques of Wu Jingyuan’s were indeed extraordinarily powerful. The Zhang Family wouldn’t normally waste Spiritual Qi to keep their Array Formation at full power. A surprise attack like that could absolutely breach the Grand Array’s Defense.’
"I have never even heard of such a technique. Wu the Thief must have learned it in the Central Continent."
Lu Heyun’s emotions were in turmoil. The Wu and Zhang Families, the two obstacles to the Lu Family’s dominion over the Lu Kingdom, had both met with sudden disaster. Yet the Black Wind Thieves had now risen in power, adding an unpredictable new element to the situation.
"Patriarch, not many of the Zhang Family clansmen are dead."
A Lu Family Golden Core Cultivator who was inspecting the Zhang ancestral land flew over and reported to Lu Heyun.
The look of joy on Lu Heyun’s face vanished. ’What’s going on? Have the Black Wind Thieves had a change of heart? Didn’t they always slaughter everyone to the last person? Why the sudden mercy?’
"Are you certain it was the Black Wind Thieves who attacked the Zhang Family?"
He glanced at Yang Jing. ’With Master Yang here, we can’t very well seize the opportunity to kill off the surviving Zhang Family disciples and pin the blame on the Black Wind Thieves.’
"There’s no mistake. The Zhang Family put up a fierce resistance. I found the bodies of several well-known figures from among the Black Wind Thieves."
Lu Heyun slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
’The situation in the Lu Kingdom has changed drastically. I need to think carefully about how to extract the maximum benefit from this.’
Suddenly, a piercing wail echoed from within the ruins of the Zhang Family’s ancestral land.
"Heaven wishes to destroy my Zhang Family! Heaven wishes to destroy my Zhang Family!"
Lu Heyun’s expression soured.
’How is that old coot still alive?’
That was unmistakably the voice of the Bishui Zhang Family’s patriarch, Zhang Shunan. The two had been rivals for nearly three or four hundred years; Lu Heyun knew Zhang Shunan all too well.
A pile of rubble exploded outward, revealing the sorry figure of Zhang Shunan.
He flew into the air, his eyes falling upon the family’s secret treasury that had been violently blasted open and the family records that had been completely plundered. The heartache was so immense he nearly fainted all over again.
The accumulation of the Bishui Zhang Family over tens of thousands of years was all gone.
