Volume 6: Wangchuan Chapter 18: The Chaos of the Qiu Family
"Early fifth rank."
Lu Qingshan's heart trembled.
The sleeping source monster in front of him turned out to be a fifth-grade monster.
No wonder the elder of the Qiu family, who was in the early stage of Nascent Soul, couldn’t even run away and was buried in the mine.
They are not prepared to act rashly before they understand the specific situation.
Seeing that they did not disturb the source demon, Lu Qingshan and Ji Chuan slowly retreated.
…
Qiu Shiyin, who had been tiptoeing in a small mine cave, holding her breath and observing the movements around her, was relieved to see the two men coming back.
"You've seen it all, let's get out of here quickly, shall we?" Qiu Shiyin looked at Ji Chuan cautiously and suggested.
Ji Chuan did not object this time, "Let's go."
We followed the same path we came from and there were no more setbacks on our way out.
At the entrance of the mine, Qiu Shiyin carefully counted the harvest from this trip. "This time, we harvested a total of 210 kilograms and 4 ounces of source stone orchids. According to the 80:20 split we agreed on earlier, I'll take 42 kilograms and 1 ounce, and the rest will be yours."
Even the one or two ounces were taken into account. This little female thief was quite calculative in this regard .
Ji Chuan didn't bother to be polite with her and reached out to take the Yuan Shilan that Qiu Shiyin handed over.
"We'll work together again next time if we have the chance." Qiu Shiyin giggled and saluted the two of them, "I'll take my leave now."
After Qiu Shiyin's escape light disappeared from sight, Ji Chuan waved his hand and threw the Yuan Shilan to Lu Qingshan, "These are left to you, Junior Brother."
For cultivators of their level, this amount of source stone orchid ore is of little significance.
Lu Qingshan smiled, and did not comment on Ji Chuan's behavior. He took back Yuan Shilan and said, " Let's ?"
"That's exactly what I meant." Ji Chuan nodded.
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Fenglin Town is the big town where the Qiu family is located.
The Qiu family has nearly a thousand cultivators of all sizes, plus mortal children and servants who have no talent for cultivation. The family has almost tens of thousands of people, making it worthy of being the largest cultivation family in Zangling.
However, this once prosperous family is now in chaos.
The Shilan mine, the foundation of the family, was occupied by a source demon, and one of the only two Yuanying Zhenjun in the family died in the mine.
For the Qiu family, this was not enough to describe it as a serious blow to their vitality; it could be described as a serious injury.
There was a gloomy atmosphere in the old house of the Qiu family.
Several clan elders and family heads were gathered in the main hall.
Today's topic is also very simple.
Should we send more people into the mine to collect the bodies of the tribesmen?
"Forget about the others, but Elder Qiu Han holds such an important position in our Qiu family. He has fought for the family through life and death for nearly a thousand years and made great contributions. Wouldn't you all be heartbroken to see his body abandoned in a mine like this?" a middle-aged male cultivator asked sternly.
He is the son of the elder of the Qiuhan clan.
"It's not that we are disappointed, nor that we don't value Elder Qiu Han. It's just that the mine is too dangerous right now. We have already lost Elder Qiu Han, which is a heavy loss. If we send someone in, what if something bad happens?"
The head monk of another lineage said sternly: "Our Qiu family is already in a precarious situation, so we should act cautiously and not take any more risks."
For a while, the two clans argued fiercely.
Qiu Changqing, the head of the Qiu family, who was sitting on the main seat, rubbed his forehead with a headache.
How did this source demon suddenly run out from the restricted area?
Bang!
The noise in the main hall was suddenly interrupted by an extremely shrill sound of a door breaking. Qiu Changqing's face suddenly darkened. He raised his head and was about to scold the servant who broke in.
A hurried but surprised voice came into his ears.
"Master, the people from the Sword Sect are here!"
The anger and sadness on Qiu Changqing's face disappeared almost instantly, and the quarrel between the two people in the hall also stopped immediately.
"Hurry up and welcome the Sword Sect Master in." After thinking about it, he felt that it was not right, so he stood up suddenly and said in a hurried voice, "Let's go out together to welcome him. We must not neglect the Sword Sect Master."
"That's right!" Other tribesmen also responded.
After this decision was made, all the Qiu clan's leading monks in the hall moved quickly and walked out of the door together, ready to welcome the senior monk from Dao Sect.
However, just as the Qiu clan members walked around the corner hall, they saw two extremely young-looking monks walking towards them.
A man with an upright figure, a sharp temperament, and amazing cultivation.
A man with an ordinary appearance and a restrained aura, whose specific cultivation level cannot be seen.
Qiu Changqing reacted the fastest, not caring that they were two young men, and immediately bowed respectfully and said, "Greetings, two senior cultivators. We are preparing to go and greet you two senior cultivators in person."
"No need for empty formalities. My junior brother and I are here to resolve the crisis facing your Qiu family." Ji Chuan waved his hand, and a red light flashed out.
Qiu Changqing quickly stretched out his hands to catch the red light.
Lying in the palm of his hand was a Suzaku sword talisman.
"Two senior cultivators, please come this way." Qiu Changqing smiled and carefully checked the Suzaku Sword Talisman. After confirming that the cultivator who came was indeed a senior cultivator of the Sword Sect, he returned the Suzaku Sword Talisman to Yu Ji Chuan with both hands.
Lu Qingshan and Ji Chuan were soon welcomed into the main hall of the Qiu family.
"Tell me the details of the source monster first." Ji Chuan frowned as he sat on a high seat.
Qiu Changqing recounted the Qiu family's misfortunes with a heavy face.
The source monster is a kind of monster beast that has been transformed by the death energy of the underworld. Generally speaking, it is not much different from ordinary monster beasts.
But the source monsters are special in one respect, they swallow and absorb the Yellow Springs death energy, so the Yellow Springs death energy is to them like spiritual energy is to cultivators, once it leaves this place, it is like water without a source.
It is also because of this that source monsters usually stay within their source areas and do not interfere with humans.
The Source is the name of the restricted area. Any area shrouded by the deathly aura of Yellow Springs belongs to the Source.
But just three months ago, a part of the source monsters left their source for unknown reasons and broke into the Burial Ridge.
What's even more bizarre is that the major families once gathered people to wipe out a group of source monsters, but there seemed to be some treasure in the source stone orchid vein that could attract them.
As soon as they finished clearing out a group of source monsters, another group of source monsters immediately rushed out from the source.
In this situation, the major families are powerless.
"Does this matter have anything to do with the Source Demon King?" Ji Chuan asked.
"It shouldn't matter much," Qiu Changqing shook his head and explained, "Because the source monsters that left the source and occupied the mines are no more than the fifth rank at most. To the Source Monster King, matters of this level are not worth mentioning. I don't think they are what the Source Monster King is referring to."
Lu Qingshan nodded silently.
This is a point on which we have reached a consensus.
"If something is out of the ordinary, there must be something fishy going on. Since it has nothing to do with the Source Demon King," Ji Chuan paused, "then it is very likely that the person causing the trouble is from the underworld."
"The spiritual letter said that a member of your Qiu family's branch saw the evil cultivator from the underworld leaving the Yuanshilan mine?" Ji Chuan asked again.
"That's right." Qiu Changqing nodded.
"Can we summon this collateral disciple to come up for questioning?"
"Shangxiu, please wait a moment. I will call her over right away." Qiu Changqing was very cooperative. He immediately called the servant and whispered a few instructions.
A quarter of an hour later.
"Master, the person has been brought here."
A young nun followed the servant with her head lowered into the main hall.
The moment they saw the female cultivator, Lu Qingshan and Ji Chuan looked at each other with ambiguous expressions in their eyes.
This was because this descendant of the Qiu family, who had witnessed the traces of the evil cultivators from the underworld with his own eyes, could be considered a semi-acquaintance of theirs .
Qiu Shiyin!
