Eternal Life: I Can Control My Essence Qi-Chapter 97 - 95: Elder Lady Liu’s Inheritance

"Not good!"

Yu Wenhua was shocked, rapidly urging his magical power in an attempt to summon back the Stone Inkstone magical artifact, but his magical power was far inferior to Zhang Yao, unable to resist the suction force of the Thick Earth and Cloud Banner.

At this moment, even with Yu Wenhua’s limited experience in magical battles, he sensed something was amiss and instinctively activated a protective skill.

The next instant:

"Whoosh!"

A sharp pale yellow crystal suddenly condensed out of thin air, shooting out as fast as lightning.

Under the power of the high level skill, Yu Wenhua’s protective skill was like a paper wall, puncturing with a touch.

"Bang!"

A bloody hole was brutally pierced through Yu Wenhua’s head, his eyes quickly lost their brilliance, and his body fell to the ground.

The Stone Inkstone, losing its magical power support, instantly returned to its original form, rapidly shrinking to the size of a palm, swallowed by the yellowish-brown mist.

"Uncle!"

"Third Great Uncle!"

"No!"

The remaining Yuwen family cultivators below exclaimed in shock, their eyes wide with anger as they witnessed this scene.

Zhang Yao, however, showed no mercy, continuously urging the Thick Earth and Cloud Banner in his hand, as yellowish-brown mist churned relentlessly, transforming into a giant python rampaging wildly.

The few remaining early stage Qi Refining cultivators from the Yuwen Family wanted to resist, but the gap in strength was too vast, they didn’t even have the chance to escape, and soon perished one after another.

In just a few breaths, the Yuwen Clan of Wuyin Island, which had dominated the Lu Kingdom’s cultivation realm for decades, was declared exterminated.

Zhang Yao withdrew the Thick Earth and Cloud Banner, descended with escape light, and landed on Wuyin Island.

His gaze swept across, seeing besides a few acres of spirit fields, there were also large expanses of palatial buildings with flying eaves and intricate carvings, fully displaying a royal extravagance.

If outsiders accidentally entered, they might think this was an imperial palace, rather than a retreat for reclusive cultivators.

"Born from the imperial family, naturally noble, it’s no wonder the Yuwen Family’s cultivators acted so domineeringly, often choosing loyalty or death..."

Zhang Yao shook his head, and with a wave of his hand, several scattered storage bags and magical artifacts on the ground fell into his hands.

"The legacy of Elder Lady Liu from the Liu Family, yet it became your capital for acting recklessly and arrogantly."

Zhang Yao probed the storage bags with his magical power, quickly understanding the gains of this endeavor.

The most important treasures were two items: one, a high-grade magical artifact, which was the Stone Inkstone in Yu Wenhua’s hand.

The second treasure was a complete set of Jade Wave Array banners, once protected Wuyin Island, a trump card intimidating numerous loose cultivators in the Lu Kingdom.

"This is quite a good find indeed."

Zhang Yao put away the array banners, examined them, and showed a trace of satisfaction.

This set of array banners engraved with the Jade Wave Array is a special set of magical artifacts; although only of middle grade, its value surpasses ordinary high-grade magical artifacts.

Similarly, this type of magical artifact consumes more magical power than other artifacts of the same grade.

Yu Wenhua’s magical power was weak, unable to unleash its true power; otherwise, even Zhang Yao might not have successfully invaded.

"This is the Main Array Banner, along with the corresponding eight small array banners, which should be deployed around the outskirts of Wuyin Island."

"Before leaving, still need to check once over."

Zhang Yao used the Thick Earth and Cloud Banner to forcibly break the array, which would definitely cause some damage to one of the small array banners.

However, the most important Main Array Banner in Yu Wenhua’s hand was intact, and as for the remaining small array banners, Zhang Yao could attempt to repair them himself.

Besides the two high-grade magical artifacts:

The Yuwen Family on Wuyin Island also had four middle-grade magical artifacts and fifteen low-grade magical artifacts, presumably all the inheritance of that Elder Lady Liu from the Liu Family.

Roughly estimating, these artifacts, if all converted into spirit stones, could be roughly worth fifteen hundred pieces.

"This round, it’s indeed a windfall."

Zhang Yao couldn’t help but sigh inwardly:

"No wonder so many cultivators choose to become tribulation cultivators, doing dark work; the saying ’a golden belt from murder and arson’ truly is not false."

"Laboring over alchemy, artifact refining, and talisman crafting, how can it compare to the fast money from killing and looting?"

He shook his head, suppressed some stray thoughts, and continued to tally up the gains this time.

"These fasting pills, spirit grass, and spirit rice, in their limited quantities, aren’t very valuable either."

"Yet the Yuwen family’s spirit stone reserves amount to less than a hundred pieces in total, truly baffling..."

Zhang Yao felt a bit puzzled.

Back then, Elder Lady Liu from the Liu Family, led her family to move into the Lu Kingdom, whether to avoid trouble or evade enemies, she must have been prepared in advance.

From the fact that she left behind this set of Jade Wave Array banners as the main defense, one can see some of her intent. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Since she was already aware of Lu Kingdom’s harsh spiritual qi environment, she couldn’t possibly not have prepared a few hundred or more spirit stones, awaiting a genius to emerge among her descendants for cultivation needs.

"Hmm... perhaps those spirit stones were used up by the Yuwen family?"

Zhang Yao thought so, but felt a bit off.

If the spirit stones left by Elder Lady Liu were truly used up by the Yuwen family, there wouldn’t have been only one middle stage Qi Refining cultivator like Yu Wenhua after so many years.

"Forget it, this issue doesn’t need to be delved into further."

Zhang Yao thought for a moment, had no clues, and temporarily set the matter aside.

He went to the outskirts of the island, checked the small array banners, and then put them away, riding a flying sword to leave Wuyin Island.

There were many things left behind by the Yuwen family, such as some scriptures, jade scrolls, jars, and other such things, checking these would be time-consuming.

It’s better to leave them for later to sort out.

......

On Panlong Ridge, in the Land of Spirit Spring.

An elder and a youth waited over two hours, gradually becoming restless, uneasy.

"Nothing should go wrong..."

The elder felt anxious, pondering whether to slip away early.

If the secluded cultivator on Panlong Ridge failed and the Yuwen family chased after him, he wouldn’t want to stay and risk his life.

Just as he hesitated, the surrounding mist suddenly dispersed on its own, and Zhang Yao descended from the sky with flying sword escape light.

"Fellow Daoist, you’re back!"

The elder, seeing Zhang Yao’s calm demeanor, obviously with no pursuers, was overjoyed.

"Hmm, I apologize for making you both wait."

Zhang Yao put away his flying sword, smiled slightly, and said:

"The Yuwen family on Wuyin Island has been eradicated by me."

"From now on, fellow cultivators in the Lu Kingdom need not suffer the Yuwen family’s oppression and can cultivate freely."

Upon hearing this, the elder’s nose tingled, nearly shedding tears, and said with emotion:

"Heaven has truly shown mercy, only heaven knows how I’ve lived through these years... that damned Yuwen family has finally faced retribution!"

"Indeed!"

Beside him, the young man was also excited, repeatedly saying:

"All these years, their greed knew no bounds, always looking down on others, acting wantonly... did they really think no one could stop them? They dared to provoke the senior, they deserved to be exterminated."