Chapter 307

Chapter 307: Xue Family

"Qingtian City is now being handled by Third Sister and Elder Jiu," said Lin Xi.

As the main city of the Lu Family, Qingtian City urgently needed someone to stabilize the situation after encountering a major battle.

Within the entire family, apart from Zhou Luo, Lin Xuanfeng might have been the most suitable person.

Zhou Luo nodded slightly, without any objections.

Although he hadn’t favored Lin Xuanfeng before, he had to admit that in terms of ability, the other party was top-notch.

Now that he was a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and had long since distanced himself from the other party, he didn’t need to worry about the other party affecting him.

In the face of absolute strength, all plots and schemes were meaningless.

In the past, because his strength was too weak, he had to act humble everywhere, not daring to fight with others.

Now, after successively killing two Foundation Establishment cultivators, his fame had soared, and he no longer needed to restrain himself.

At least within the Lin Family, he was already an existence that called the shots.

As for Lin Xin, she had experience in managing Jiang City, so Lin Xi proposed sending her, this Third Sister, over as the person in charge.

Actually, Zhou Luo understood that she wanted to pull Lin Xin into the Elder Council as well.

Currently, there were ten elders, with three vacancies, and she needed to quickly fill these vacancies with her own people.

"What about the other city?" Zhou Luo asked.

Just like the Lin Family, the Lu Family controlled two large cities; besides Maple Leaf City, there was one near the Green Mountain Domain, and it was somewhat distant from Panshi City.

The Green Mountain Domain bordered the Qinyuan Domain to the south, separated only by a vast river.

The Lu Family’s Feng City was located near that great river.

After Qingtian City was captured, Second Elder Lin Guang Xuan had already taken people to take over Feng City.

Hearing these words, Lin Xi’s expression turned unpleasant, and she said gravely, "Second Elder sent a message saying it’s not going smoothly over there."

"Does the Lu Family still want to resist?" Zhou Luo asked doubtfully.

So many days had passed since the big battle, and the Lu Family’s main forces were largely destroyed; could they really still want to survive by relying on a small city?

Lin Xi shook her head, "The Lu Family surrendered long ago, but they surrendered not to our Lin Family, but to the Xue Family."

"The Xue Family?" Zhou Luo was hearing about this family for the first time.

Then, from Lin Xi’s words, he learned that this Xue Family actually had a deep foundation, even having a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Their family resided in the Black Mist Valley, not far from Feng City, and they had always acted low-key, rarely appearing in public.

Now, seeing that the Lu Family’s defeat was certain, they resolutely chose to act, absorbing the Lu Family members in Feng City, thus naturally taking control of a city.

For a family like theirs, if they wanted to expand, they had to control a city.

That was why they acted so decisively.

Cultivation valued wealth, partners, techniques, and land; such strategic resources like cities were extremely important, and it was unknown how many people secretly coveted them.

It had to be said that this Xue Family knew how to judge the times and circumstances, and their timing was quite appropriate.

But what puzzled Zhou Luo was this: now that the Lin Family was at its peak of influence, how did this small Xue Family dare to do such a thing?

Lin Xi didn’t know the source of the Xue Family’s confidence. She only knew that Lin Guang Xuan and the others had returned empty-handed and were currently on their way back.

"I’ll find time to go take a look."

Zhou Luo couldn’t just stand by and watch others reap the rewards.

He planned to later send people to contact the Wang Family and the Li Family. These two families probably wouldn’t stay uninvolved.

After all, they had received benefits.

Apart from this minor Feng City matter, the other affairs proceeded relatively smoothly.

In general, the young Lu Family disciples with decent spiritual roots would all become the Lin Family’s "breeding machines," while the older, powerful members chose to commit suicide. The others were forced to become miners working in the mines.

The issue of insufficient manpower for the Lin Family was one of the most discussed topics by the Elder Council regarding absorbing the Lu Family’s young disciples.

Lin Xuanfeng believed that if excellent descendants were born among these people and grew to resent the Lin Family due to the Lu Family’s destruction, troublesome consequences could arise.

He proposed killing them all to eliminate any future threat.

Lin Guang Xuan, however, thought too many people had already died in the conflict. He argued that the Lin Family needed to absorb them to replenish their strength; otherwise, chronic manpower shortages were inevitable.

Both sides had valid points, so the final decision fell to the family head, Lin Xi.

Lin Xi thought it over carefully before making her choice.

After these young Lu disciples gave birth to children, the children would be completely handed over to the Lin Family alone to be raised. This would prevent the parents from instilling vengeful thoughts.

Even if they later discovered that the Lin Family had destroyed their Lu Family, they would also bear Lin Family blood. If it was only a small group of such individuals, they could pose little threat.

After this brief exchange, Zhou Luo went to the study, wrote two letters for the Wang and Li Families, inviting them to join him in traveling to Feng City.

Five days later, the Wang Family head replied, agreeing to accompany him. The Li Family indicated their head was in Closed-Door Training, likely unavailable. They were only willing to send one Elder.

It seemed the Li Family also sensed the situation was complex and did not intend to become deeply involved.

On the third day after the replies arrived, Yao Wu conceived once more.

[Congratulations, Host! Through diligent efforts, you have successfully caused your partner to conceive and have earned a draw on the lottery wheel.]

Zhou Luo lay on the bed, holding her, and let his mind sink into the system interface.

He had initially thought conceiving children would become harder after stepping into the Foundation Establishment Realm.

But Yao Wu conceiving this quickly suggested the probability of conception wasn’t solely related to cultivation level; physical constitution also played a significant role.

As for Lin Xi and others, their probability had decreased precisely because they had borne too many children already.

It seemed he still needed to continue taking more concubines—not restricting himself to the dozen-plus women currently around him. This was also for their physical wellbeing.

Withdrawing his thoughts, he focused his attention on the lottery wheel.

The wheel, previously white, was now completely transformed into a vibrant, festive red.

Following his Foundation Establishment breakthrough, the lottery wheel had evolved.

He wondered if the potential rewards had also improved.

Zhou Luo pondered this, then chose to start the draw.

The golden sphere of light began spinning rapidly under his gaze.

Moments later, it slowed down and came to a decisive stop on the [Techniques] sector.

Seeing it was a technique, Zhou Luo’s eyes lit up.

After decades of cultivation, his only Battle Technique remained the Five Elements Sword Technique.

During his previous fights with the two Foundation Establishment cultivators, he had realized his offensive capabilities were far too limited.

Although the Five Elements Sword Technique was potent, it was ultimately only a Qi Refinement technique. If he encountered other Foundation Establishment cultivators who wielded Foundation Establishment Techniques in the future, it would fall short.

Furthermore, system rewards involved immediate mastery, meaning the more Battle Techniques he possessed, the more diverse his attacks could be.

He hoped this draw would yield a Foundation Establishment Realm Battle Technique.

A sword technique would be best.

Because he only possessed magic swords, no other type of magical artifact.

[Congratulations, Host, on obtaining the Nine Heavens Sword Technique!]

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