Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists-Chapter 88 - 87 Seizing the Island (Seeking
Chapter 88 -87: Seizing the Island (Seeking Subscriptions)_1
Chapter 88 -87: Seizing the Island (Seeking Subscriptions)_1
Peach Blossom Island.
The island was picturesque with vast peach forests in full bloom, showering the land with a cascade of pink petals that created a scene of stunning beauty.
Mirror Moon Lake.
The lake was like a flat mirror, surrounded by spirit fog that rose and reflected the moonlight, clearly the workings of an array.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!
That day.
Five streaks of escape light arrived from the sky, bursting into the array with the speed of lightning.
Within the Lu Family’s large courtyard by Mirror Moon Lake.
Ruan Xingling’s face was as cold as ice as she threw down a severed head, which belonged to Lu Jingqing. Her voice, infused with a thread of magic power, spread throughout the mansion, “Lu Jingqing is dead!”
They arrived too quickly, the array didn’t even have time to activate.
And Ruan Xingling seemed to have a thorough understanding of the Lu Family’s array, heading straight for the array eye, beheading an old Qi Refining cultivator with one strike!
This Mountain Protecting Array might well have been from the Ruan Family before…
Moreover, the death of the Lu Family’s head, a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, along with four mid-stage cultivators, left the survivors at most at the early Qi Refining stage, offering no threat to Fang Xi and his companions.
After killing Lu Jingqing, Ruan Xingling decided to strike at the heart of the problem!
What was even more crucial… Feng Baimeng had not come along!
Perhaps she felt that Ruan Xingling alone was enough to subdue the opposition, or perhaps there were other pressing matters at hand.
In any case, the dirty work that followed was left to Fang Xi and the other three.
For individual cultivators, this might not be considered dirty work, but rather a lucrative opportunity.
After all, spoils from defeating a great enemy are customarily claimed by the victor.
“Those of the Lu bloodline, kill!”
“Those who resist and refuse to surrender, kill!!”
“Those who intentionally damage property, kill!!!”
Ruan Xingling, seated at the core of the array, her three declarations of death brimming with evil Qi, sounded almost like a decree, heralding the commencement of slaughter.
‘So this is the way of the Cultivation World, kill or be killed, right?’
Armed with the Green Barley Sword, Fang Xi’s expression was stern as he kicked open a door.
“Ahh, I’m going to fight you!”
Inside the room, a plump young Qi Refining cultivator held up a talisman, activating it with a burst of magic power.
Several Qing Mu arrows shot at Fang Xi’s Body Shielding Light Cover, causing ripples but failing to penetrate the defense.
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After all, he was only in the early Qi Refining stage, and Fang Xi was in the mid-stage, offering a level of suppression!
Wielding the Green Barley Sword as if it were an ordinary sword, he swung it and decapitated the cultivator, the head flying into the air.
A woman’s scream pierced the room.
Fang Xi frowned upon seeing that she was a mere mortal and, not wanting to bother with her, stepped out to move onto the next location.
‘This time, I’ll need to show some real strength.’
‘Yes, the martial arts of the True Strength tier will do… Mid-stage Qi Refining plus the second layer of body refining should suffice!’
With True Strength coursing through his feet, he moved like a specter, swiftly passing by several people.
These men stood in shock as, quite suddenly, their bodies below the waist were neatly severed, falling to the ground with agonizing screams: “Aah aah!”
Blood mixed with peach blossoms, fluttering throughout the courtyard.
“Kill, protect our Lu Family!”
“Fight to the death against the enemy!”
Outsider cultivators mostly knelt to beg for mercy, but those of the Lu bloodline resisted to their last breath.
After all, they themselves knew the Ruan Family would never let them live!
An old Lu Family cultivator with white hair, uttering a roar as if he had used some demon path secret skill, had his aura ascend to the mid-stage of Qi Refining, with several talismans flashing in his hand.
“Minor Thunder Talisman?!”
Wei Yixin screamed in agony as lightning struck him, causing him to spit blood and get blown to the side.
“Back off and defend for now, wait for the effect of his secret skill to fade!”
Prime Taoist Xiumu waved his dust brush, securely shielding himself.
Meanwhile, Fang Xi approached.
He brandished the Green Barley Sword, charging directly at the old man.
“Fast!”
The Lu Family elder grimaced fiercely, raising his hand to send forth a fireball talisman.
Boom!
The blaze exploded against Fang Xi’s Body Shielding Light Cover and was about to hit him.
The next moment, Fang Xi’s True Strength surged as he brandished his sword, seemingly cleaving through the flame and picking off with the tip of his blade.
Pop!
The Green Barley Sword pierced the old cultivator’s defensive magical item, sending it flying, then like a green rainbow piercing the sun, it stabbed into the elder’s chest.
“Kill the thief… kill the thief!”
Blood oozed from the elder’s mouth as he murmured to his last breath.
Thwack!
Fang Xi pulled out the Green Barley Sword, not even glancing at the elder’s fallen corpse, and turned to slay other Lu Family Qi Refining cultivators.
Where his sword shadow passed, heads flew chaotically.
This spectacle turned Wei Yixin and his wife’s faces stark white with terror and dread.
Prime Taoist Xiumu seemed to suddenly realize, “Why is Mr. Fang so confident? It turns out he’s also a body cultivator… With that kind of defense, he must be at the second layer of body refining, right? No wonder he could kill an enemy at the fifth layer of Qi Refining earlier… and even dare to covet the Spirit Land, truly keeping his cards close to his chest!”
Fang Xi didn’t care about any of that, his sword taking down every Lu Family cultivator daring enough to cross his path.
Amongst a flurry of peach blossoms, his Green Barley Sword grew stained with fresh blood.
No one knew how long the slaughter lasted until the last Qi Refining cultivator knelt before him, his face etched with fear, “We are willing to submit, willing to surrender…”
“…”
Fang Xi remained silent, wiping his blade clean on the clothing of a corpse before standing with his sword embraced under a peach blossom tree.
…
As the sun set in the west, it was as if all things in the world had no place in his concerns.
In the small town of Peach Blossom Island, wisps of cooking smoke from the homes of ordinary people rose into the air.
The tens of thousands of ordinary people on Peach Blossom Island were unaware that at this moment, the sky above their heads had changed…
…
Night fell.
Inside the main hall of the Lu Family’s Large Courtyard by Mirror Moon Lake.
The ground was crowded with densely packed people, while a mound made of severed heads stood in the front.
The Lu Family cultivators, who were usually aloof, now had ghastly faces, their expressions frozen at the moment just before death.
The smell of blood mixed with stench filled the air, but no one dared to frown.
Ruan Xingling sat in the seat of honor with spirit wine and fine food laid out before her.
Xiumu and his three companions sat nearby, while Wei Yixin and his wife, looking thoughtful beside Fang Xi, seemed a bit out of breath.
Hua Chanjuan sent several meaningful glances but, noticing that her taoist companion paid no attention, couldn’t help but feel a quiet resentment.
She then squeezed out a smile towards Fang Xi, cooing, “Brother Fang… from now on, we will both be cultivating on the same island, living as neighbors. As the saying goes, ‘A distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor.’ If my husband has been inarticulate in the past and has offended you in any way, we hope you can forgive us!”
After giving Wei Yixin a stealthy kick, Wei Yixin finally folded his hands and bowed apologetically, his tone stiff, “Brother Fang, I apologize…”
“The two sirs jest, it’s a trivial matter that I never took to heart,” Fang Xi responded with a smile.
As long as they didn’t disturb his tree planting, anything could be discussed; otherwise…
After laughing off their grudges, Prime Taoist Xiumu slowly began to speak, “Fairy Ruan… the headcount is complete.”
He glanced at the kneeling crowd and chuckled, “There were twelve Qi Refining cultivators from the Lu Family, all have been beheaded. Six guests, three killed, three have submitted…”
As for the usual middle stage Qi Refining members of the Lu Family, they naturally followed Lu Jingqing, the head of the family.
One of them was killed by Wei Yixin and his wife, and another reportedly nearly killed Prime Taoist Xiumu before seeing the situation was unfavorable and immediately fleeing.
The one Fang Xi killed was merely an employed guest.
“Besides that, the spirit stones and spirit rice in the warehouse are mostly intact… Especially that second rank ‘Spirit Peach Tree’ in the medicine field, thanks to Mr. Fang’s decisive and swift swordsmanship, it wasn’t destroyed and remains unscathed,” said Prime Taoist Xiumu, giving Fang Xi some credit.
“Spirit Peach Tree?!” Ruan Xingling’s expression became pensive, as if recalling something, “Back then… when Lu the traitor rebelled, my father couldn’t bear to destroy this Spirit Peach Tree…”
Her gaze suddenly turned sharp, “Have all the Lu Family members been killed?”
“All the cultivators have been eliminated cleanly; it’s up to Fairy Ruan to decide what to do with the ordinary people,” Prime Taoist Xiumu bowed slightly.
Accidents during battle were excusable, but if they were to slaughter ordinary people indiscriminately after the fighting, it would ruin their reputation and they would be despised by all in Thousand Island Lake.
“Imprison all the Lu Family’s ordinary people until death!” Ruan Xingling said coldly.
“Your orders will be obeyed!” With another bow, Prime Taoist Xiumu’s attitude was very proper, “There’s also another difficult issue. The Lu Family’s middlemen have married several women from the Ruan Family, including some direct descendants…”
He clapped his hands, and a trembling woman carried out a baby, “This child’s father is a Qi Refining cultivator of the Lu Family, and his mother was a mortal descendant of the Ruan Family’s main line, who has died in childbirth. I’m not sure how you would like to handle this?”
“Imprison…” Ruan Xingling’s eyes were somber, but looking at the baby’s cheeks, she fell silent.
Only after a long pause did a voice ring out, “Let it go… send him to the town to be raised by the common folk… Does this child have a name?”
“He hasn’t been named yet. Fairy Ruan, please bestow one,” Prime Taoist Xiumu answered.
“What do you think, Mr. Fang?” Ruan Xingling turned her gaze to Fang Xi.
“Since he can change for the better, why not call him ‘Lu Guo’?” Fang Xi thought for a moment and answered.
He couldn’t quite grasp the woman’s attitude; giving a Ruan surname would seem like they were letting the Lu Family off the hook.
“Very well!” Ruan Xingling had the wet nurse take Lu Guo down and quickly dealt with the surrendering individual cultivators and ordinary people.
At the end, the hall was empty except for a few people including Fang Xi.
Ruan Xingling stood up, “I have avenged my great vendetta with the help of everyone. Please accept my thanks.”
“We dare not!” Fang Xi and the others hurriedly declined.
“Ladies and gentlemen, rest assured, I will not break the oath I made earlier; I am willing to share Peach Blossom Island with all of you!” Ruan Xingling first swept across the anxious faces of Wei Yixin and his wife, then looked at Prime Taoist Xiumu, whose sleeves trembled slightly, finally resting her gaze on the expressionless face of Fang Xi, smiling faintly as she spoke.
“Thank you, Island Master!” Fang Xi solemnly joined his hands, confirming their status as host and guest.
“Thank you, Island Master!” Wei Yixin and his wife were likewise overjoyed.
Hua Chanjuan glanced at Fang Xi, fearing that he might use his powerful magic to seize their Twin Peaks; with a turn of her eye, she suggested, “Fairy Ruan, the five of us can be said to have a life-and-death friendship, I have a proposal, why don’t we swear brotherhood and could thereafter be called ‘The Five Immortals of Peach Blossom’ or ‘The Five Righteous of Peach Grove’, how about it?”
“Cough cough…” Fang Xi almost laughed out loud, contorting the corners of his mouth at the thought of such a preposterous band name, destined to flop completely.
This female cultivator was indeed a genius at naming!
“It’s inappropriate, Fairy Ruan is already a later stage Qi Refining cultivator, and even more the Island Master! Her status is noble, how can she be placed on the same level as us?” Prime Taoist Xiumu was the first to object.
“Let’s not consider this…” While Ruan Xingling seemed a bit interested at first, but seeing Wei Yixin hastily apologize, and with opposition from Prime Taoist Xiumu and Fang Xi, she went with the flow.
After chatting a bit more, everyone returned to their rooms.
In a large room hastily cleaned up, the Purple Jade Incense Burner emitted wisp after wisp of fragrance.
Fang Xi affixed a Protection Talisman to the door, sat cross-legged on an apricot-yellow meditation cushion, and took out the Storage Bags he had obtained today.
He didn’t concern himself with others and directly took out the second son of Kou family’s bag, beginning to forcibly erase the imprint with his magic power.
Hours later, the Storage Bag burst open with a loud sound.
Inside, an item appeared, making Fang Xi’s eyes light up, “It’s actually this…”
