Family Rise by Daily Intelligence-Chapter 424 - 218: The Crisis of the Liu Clan
"Okay."
Ouyang Fei responded verbally, but inwardly he was filled with doubt.
Back when.
He first passed through the Border Town, feeling both curious and excited. But looking at Liuu Meizhen just now, she seemed even more composed than him.
After a short while.
Liuu Meizhen came out from a villager’s courtyard. After meeting up with Ouyang Fei, she quickly said, "Uncle Fei, the Liuu Family in Taiyun County is in Taishan County. We are currently in Nishan County and have to cross a Liuli River to get there."
Upon reaching the Liuli River.
Ouyang Fei scanned with his Divine Sense.
He found that Liuu Meizhen’s aura had been restrained to the Late Stage of Qi Cultivation, and even the Green-eyed Python had been stored in a Spirit Beast Bag. The two crossed the river using a bamboo raft.
In the middle of the river.
Ouyang Fei hesitantly asked:
"Meizhen, have you thought about how to convince the Liuu Family to follow us to the fief?"
"No rush, I’ll first visit under the guise of an Anyang County Liuu Family’s Daughter, to figure out the Liuu Family’s situation. Just in case, Uncle Fei, could you be on standby outside?"
"Sure, if anything goes wrong, send me a message immediately."
After getting off the Liuli River.
Not far from the riverbank, the Glazed Mountain was the mountain gate of the Liuu Family in Taiyun County.
Ouyang Fei used the Invisibility Technique and hid in the nearby Peach Grove.
At the mountain gate.
The Liuu Family cultivators saw Liuu Meizhen approaching and immediately became alert:
"Who goes there?"
...
At Glazed Mountain.
Inside the council hall.
Liuu Mingyun, dressed in a gray robe, sat at the head of the table.
On either side were elderly men with white beards. Of the dozen people present, he was the youngest, but perhaps due to his lifelong practice of talisman arrays, at just over fifty, his hair was already white.
The Grand Elder on the left tapped his cane, looking worried:
"Patriarch, rumors outside say the Yangg Family recently went with the Ninth-Grade Tangg Family to Jingzhou South Huai Prefecture, where the Yangg Family reportedly successfully bid for a Foundation Establishment Pill. Since the Yangg Clan Leader returned from Jingzhou, he hasn’t been seen. If... if the rumors are true, and he really achieved Foundation Establishment, the extermination of our Liuu Family is imminent!"
The Liuu Family and Yangg Family had been rivals for hundreds of years.
They were already irreconcilable enemies.
Once the Yangg Family produced a Foundation Establishment cultivator, the Liuu Family had no chance of survival.
The Second Elder on the right, though a few years younger than the Grand Elder, had suffered injuries in his youth and was now like a candle in the wind, gritting his teeth:
"Patriarch, we have two paths ahead of us. One is to take advantage of the time before the Yangg Clan Leader achieves Foundation Establishment, to unite with the other Three Great Families and attack the Yangg Family together.
The second is to wait and see, gambling that the Yangg Clan Leader fails to achieve Foundation Establishment.
But regardless of the plan, we must first relocate our family’s seed members out of Taiyun County, as far away from the Yangg Family as possible."
Liuu Mingyun could only smile bitterly:
"Second Uncle, our Liuu Family has been Talisman Array Masters for generations. We can draw talismans and set up arrays, but leading an assault on the Yangg Family’s mountain gate is a pipe dream. And the other three families in Taiyun County aren’t foolish; even with kinship ties, they wouldn’t rashly agree to attack the Yangg Family with us."
There was only one option left.
And that was to evacuate Taiyun County:
"Elders, for the Liuu Family to continue its legacy, we must prepare for relocation immediately."
The atmosphere instantly became heavy.
Five years ago.
Liuu Mingyun had also acquired a Foundation Establishment Pill.
But unfortunately, he failed to achieve Foundation Establishment.
Back then, the Liuu Family had emptied its resources to exchange for that one pill, and the debts were still outstanding. Hoping to break through before the Yangg Family was nothing short of a dream.
Seeing everyone remain silent.
The Grand Elder tapped his cane and reminisced:
"Patriarch, if I’m not mistaken, when I was little, your great-grandfather mentioned in the Scripture Hall that he had visited Jingzhou in his youth. I was curious and asked him many questions about Jingzhou’s customs. When I returned home, I told my parents, and that night I overheard them chatting, learning that your great-grandfather had a sweetheart in Jingzhou."
"He had promised to marry her after the spring hunt, but unfortunately, he died during the hunt."
"If....."
"If your great-grandfather’s sweetheart had borne a child, perhaps, perhaps we could relocate to Jingzhou."
However, before he finished speaking.
The Second Elder across from him immediately refuted:
"Brother, I think you’re really confused. Even if the Patriarch’s great-grandfather did leave descendants in Jingzhou back then, it’s uncertain whether the child grew up smoothly. Even if by chance they did, and established a family and business, they would just be a worldly mortal. How could we have a foothold by going to them?"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Liuu Mingyun also didn’t agree:
"Jingzhou borders the Ten Thousand Mountains, and with the Beast Tide approaching, going to Jingzhou now would mean being sent to the front lines under the Recruitment Order. We can’t go there. Moreover, Jingzhou’s Spiritual Qi is extremely scarce, far inferior to our Jingzhou, making it extremely difficult to regain standing there."
The Grand Elder, still holding onto a sliver of hope.
Thus, he didn’t insist much.
The group discussed for a while longer.
Soon after.
A guard rushed in, sounding the alarm bell.
Liuu Mingyun’s face turned pale:
"Could it be that the Yangg Clan Leader has really achieved Foundation Establishment now?"
He immediately struck a technique on the Array, a light curtain rose, and the panting guard came in, bowing:
