Chapter 683: Crisis of the Lei Family
However, in terms of realm, the highest-ranking members of Wuji Sect now are Shangguan Bing, Bi Rong and Zhu Run, all of whom are sixth-grade true immortals.
Among the three of them, Shangguan Bing was originally at the highest level and had the most accumulated experience. In the past sixty years, he had often fought life-and-death battles with monsters in Chaos Demon Ridge, which had given him great training. He also had a sufficient supply of Wuchen Immortal Pills, so in just fifty or sixty years, he naturally broke through and became a sixth-grade True Immortal.
The reason why Zhu Run and Bi Rong's realms improved so quickly, apart from the sixty years of life and death trials and the large supply of elixirs, was also largely due to the stimulation of their bloodlines.
Especially since Bi Rong broke through from a first-rank true immortal to a sixth-rank true immortal in just sixty years, the relatively pure Bifang bloodline hidden in her body played an extremely crucial role.
Now, Zhu Run and Bi Rong, the two descendants of the ancient mythical beasts, not only have their cultivation reached the level of sixth-grade True Immortals and have amazing combat power. Ordinary sixth-grade True Immortals are no match for them. Moreover, once they are willing to sacrifice their lifespan and vitality and burn the power of their bloodlines, they can barely surpass their level and fight with seventh-grade True Immortals.
Of course, the cost is also high!
Apart from these three special people, after sixty years of constant life-and-death fights and tests, the gap between the Wuji Sect disciples gradually emerged, and many disciples even surpassed them.
For example, Zuo Cong was originally the youngest disciple to come out of Xuanming Continent, but he has already soared to the sky and became a fifth-grade true immortal one step earlier than Jian Bailou and Feng Ziluo.
Of course, Jian Bailou and Feng Ziluo are also very powerful. They became fifth-grade true immortals five years ago.
There were also Zheng Xinghan and Bao Yingjun, who were the earliest fellow disciples of Qin Ziling, who also took advantage of the situation and became fifth-grade human immortals in the Cave Heaven Realm.
Among those who originally had a relatively strong foundation and some even became true immortals as soon as they joined Wuji Sect, only the dragon whale monster Jinyu, Zhennan General You Hongling, and Lei Keyu became fifth-grade true immortals.
Of course, as Qin Ziling's wife, Xia Yan herself has good talents and unique conditions. She is now a fifth-grade human immortal in the Cave Heaven Realm.
Apart from these people, the other elders and guardians of Wuji Sect are basically True Immortals and Human Immortals of the third and fourth grades.
Qin Ziling's other teacher, Lai Yinuan, is currently only a fourth-grade True Immortal, but is very close to a fifth-grade True Immortal.
It can be said that after just sixty years of the "Demon Refining Plan", with the help of the Fire Dragon in refining pills and providing a large number of various elixirs, the strength of the Wuji Sect has undergone earth-shaking changes.
Now, below Qin Ziling, there are three sixth-grade True Immortals, and eight in total including the five Hades Immortal Generals; there are eleven fifth-grade True Immortals and Human Immortals including Yin Ranyue who holds the title of Peak Master in Jiuxuan Sect; the number of True Immortals and Cave Heaven Realm Human Immortals below the fifth grade has reached one hundred, some of whom were recruited later, and some were trained among the original disciples of Wuji Sect.
Standing on the top of the mountain and looking out at the Crystal Palace, Qin Ziling could see the Wuji Sect disciples fighting with monsters in groups of three or five. They all had calm eyes and firm expressions. A smile of relief appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Sixty years was a very long time for him in the past, but it is nothing to him now.
It took sixty years and a huge amount of resources to finally lay a relatively solid foundation for the Wuji Sect. At least in this Juxian Sea, no one could shake the Wuji Sect.
Even in the 90 million miles of sea area of Jiuxuan Mountain, Wujimen is already one of the top forces besides Jiuxuan Sect.
It was totally worth it!
Feeling relieved, Qin Ziling returned to the cave and practiced in seclusion.
He also wanted to try to sprint to the fifth-grade cave heaven realm in the next few years.
His cave heaven is unusually solid and abnormal, and there are five cave heavens. The advancement of each cave heaven is much more difficult than that of others, so that in this regard, he lags behind Zheng Xinghan and Bao Yingjun.
Of course, although he was one level lower in the promotion, he could easily defeat Zheng Xinghan and Bao Yingjun by just using a cave heaven.
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In the Juxian Sea, above the sea surface of the Lei family's Xianluo main island, a huge black fairy ship is hovering every three or four hundred miles.
There is a true immortal on board every immortal ship, and there are dozens of earthly immortals in the immortal infant realm standing proudly.
There were hundreds of fairy ships hovering above the sea, surrounding the entire Xianluo Island.
A strong evil aura rose into the sky from the fairy ship, forming thick evil clouds that covered Xianluo Island in darkness.
The atmosphere was indescribably solemn and depressing.
One of the fairy ships was facing Xianluo City from a distance. It had flags flying and was extremely huge in size, like a moving castle.
On the attic of the fairy ship, a middle-aged man and a young man stood side by side.
The middle-aged man was as fat as a ball, and his narrow eyes revealed coldness and ruthlessness.
The young man, however, stood tall and majestic, with his long hair flying wildly. His narrow eyes were slightly narrowed as he looked into the distance at Xianluo City, revealing an indescribable contempt and arrogance.
"Father, with our current strength, we should just charge in and kill him to pieces. Why should we surround him without attacking?" said the young man.
"Wei Tian, do you know why Lei Yanlong would rather endure humiliation than hide in hiding when he saw our Wei family's army approaching?" The middle-aged man who was as fat as a ball asked instead of answering.
“Father, what you mean is that he just wants to lure us into attacking instead of being afraid of death?” The young man called Wei Tian thought for a moment and frowned slightly.
"That's right. Lei Yanlong is about to pass the tribulation, and his hope is extremely slim. He doesn't have many years to live. At this moment, he can't wait to rush out and kill us to turn the world upside down, so that both sides will suffer losses and eliminate the Lei family's future troubles. How could he be afraid of death?
But you and I are both sixth-grade true immortals, and you have a top-grade immortal weapon in your hand. Lei Yanlong's desire to destroy both sides is simply a foolish dream. So if he wants to destroy both sides, the only way is to rely on Xianluo City, which he has been operating for many years.
Xianluo City has been run by the Lei family for thousands of years, and I don't know how much effort they have put into it. Once the city defense formation is activated, it will be equivalent to the Lei family gaining another sixth-grade immortal. If we rush in like this, we will really fall into his trap.
Of course, the reason why he stayed in hiding was that he hoped that fellow disciples from Juxianhai would come to support the Lei family. But you are now the most proud disciple of the Lingguang Cave Master, and our Wei family is here to avenge a personal vendetta. Which force in Juxianhai dares to wade into this muddy water? His hope is doomed to fail. "When he said this, Wei Zhang raised a smug sneer at the corner of his mouth.
"Then are we going to keep blockading Xianluo Island like this?" Wei Tian asked.
"Wei Tian, although you are now a sixth-rank true immortal and your strength is better than your father's, your state of mind still needs to be tempered. Otherwise, even with the help of Lingguang Cave Master, you will not have much hope of surviving the six wind and fire tribulations in the future." Upon hearing this, Wei Zhang looked at his son and spoke earnestly, and then said: "Lei Yanlong is about to survive the tribulation. We can wait, but he can't. Otherwise, once the wind and fire tribulations come, he will turn into ashes, and this Xianluo Island will become the property of my Wei family.
Therefore, as expected by his father, once his hope of waiting for support is completely dashed, he will definitely lead people out to fight in the next few years. At the same time, he will take advantage of the chaos to order his loyal servants to lead some important direct descendants to rush out.
Unfortunately, my father had already calculated this, and spent a large sum of money to hire a fifth-rank True Immortal and three fourth-rank True Immortals from the Dark Kui Sect, and had them ambush the periphery. Even if a few of the Lei family members really took the opportunity to escape, they would definitely not be able to escape the Dark Kui Sect's ambush."
"Hehe, my father is still very shrewd. I will stay here to take care of him for a few years!" After Wei Tian said this, he turned around and returned to the attic.
In the middle of the attic stood two cushions made from top-grade fairy stones.
Wei Tianpiao landed on one of the cushions and sat cross-legged with his eyes closed.
Wei Zhang nodded with satisfaction upon seeing this.
He and Lei Yanlong both came from a family of immortal cultivators in the Nanboshan Sea. The two families had a deep feud in their early years and fought for many years. In the end, the Lei family was defeated and fled to the Juxian Sea.
The Wei family wanted to kill them all, but the Lei family had a Lei Yanlong, who was far away in the Juxian Sea. The Wei family could do nothing but keep their troops in place and wait for an opportunity.
Five hundred years ago, Wei Zhang's fifth son Wei Tian got the chance and stood out among the children of the Wei family. He was also accepted as a disciple by Lingguang Zhenxian, the master of Lingguang Cave, a powerful force in Nanbo Mountain. A hundred years ago, he was able to break through and become a sixth-rank Zhenxian.
The Lord of Lingguang Cave is an extremely powerful seventh-grade True Immortal, and is hailed as one of the most powerful figures in the 130 million miles of sea area of Nanbo Mountain who has the greatest hope of surviving the seventh wind and fire disaster and becoming an eighth-grade True Immortal.
As soon as Wei Tianyi became a sixth-rank true immortal, Wei Zhang considered attacking the Lei family.
Just a hundred years ago, Wei Tian had just become a sixth-rank true immortal, and he still needed to hone his skills in the sixth-rank realm. That was why Gu Cai had been patient until now. In addition, in order to avoid alerting the Lei family and causing them to evacuate in advance, Wei Zhang had also deliberately blocked any news about Wei Tian.
Now that the time is ripe, they finally raise their troops and attack, and are at the gates of the city.
Just as Wei Zhang was looking at his son's face with a look of relief, in the distance a palace-like chariot was pulled by a demon bird and flew towards this side, with a powerful momentum and majesty sweeping across the sky and earth.
Wei Zhang frowned slightly, while Wei Tian opened his eyes.
"It's the head of the Chi family. The great elder Chi Rong of Juxian Pavilion is here. Let's go out and greet him." Wei Zhang said.
“Okay!” Wei Tian nodded, and then left the immortal ship with Wei Zhang. He bowed from afar towards the chariot flying quickly and said, “Master Chi, thank you for coming. I’m sorry for not coming to greet you!”
Wei Tian, who had just behaved very ostentatiously and arrogantly, now behaved quite modestly.
"Master Wei, nephew Wei, you have traveled all the way from the Nanboshan Sea to the Juxian Sea, so I should be the one saying this." Chi Rong, a tall and hunchbacked man with silver hair and dressed in gorgeous clothes, walked out of the palace-like carriage and bowed slightly to Wei Zhang and his son.
As soon as Chi Rong stepped out of the carriage, a strong wind blew up in the sky, blowing away the dark clouds that covered the sea area in an instant.
When Chi Rong stepped out of the carriage, in the distant Xianluo City, Lei Yanlong, a man in gray clothes and with gray hair, stepped into the air and bowed to Chi Rong from afar. Behind him followed an old man and an old woman with childlike faces and white hair.
It was Lei Yu and Lei Chen.
Chi Rong nodded slightly to Lei Yanlong and turned his gaze back to Wei Zhang and his son.
Wei Zhang and his son raised their heads to glance at the sky, the skin on their faces trembled slightly, but they quickly regained their composure.
"I wonder what the purpose of Master Chi's visit is?" asked Wei Zhang.
"It is better to resolve a feud than to create one. Practicing cultivation is not easy. I wonder if Master Wei can withdraw his troops for my sake. If you need any compensation, just tell me. Everything can be discussed." Chi Rong said.
"Since Patriarch Chi has come out to mediate, we must give him this face. However, our Wei family and the Lei family have had a long-standing grudge, and simple compensation is definitely not enough to quell our Wei family's hatred. How about this, if the Lei family can hand over a sixth-grade 'Du' Immortal Pill' and 300,000 top-grade immortal stones, we will withdraw our troops. What do you think, Patriarch Chi?" Wei Zhang said.
Chi Rong's expression changed slightly when he heard this. A hint of anger flashed across the depths of his eyes, but he regained his composure in an instant.
"Three hundred thousand top-grade immortal stones, the Lei family could still gather them if they gave everything they had, but they definitely can't come up with a sixth-grade 'Deliverance Pill'," said Chi Rong.
"Then I can only say sorry to Master Chi!" After saying that, Wei Zhang and Wei Tian bowed deeply to Chi Rong and apologized.
"Lei Yanlong is one of the twelve elders of my Juxian Pavilion after all. We in Juxian Pavilion definitely do not agree with what you do." Chi Rong looked at Wei Zhang and his son's insincere apologies, his face gradually became gloomy. The strong wind in the sky blew more and more violently, whistling, and huge waves were raised on the sea.
“Master Chi, this is a personal feud between our Wei family and the Lei family. According to the rules, you, the Juxian Pavilion, are supposed to remain neutral. If you insist on intervening, you will be involved in the personal feud between our Wei family and the Lei family. In this case, my master, the Master of Lingguang Cave, will definitely not sit idly by and watch.
At present, my master, the master of Lingguang Cave, did not show up because this matter is a personal grudge between my Wei family and the Lei family, and he also had to give face to the head of the Chi family and the Juxian Pavilion, so he did not show up. Otherwise, with my master's ability, he could destroy the Lei family with a wave of his hand. "Seeing Chi Rong's pressure, Wei Tian seemed to be aroused by his arrogance, and he straightened his back suddenly, his black hair flying.
"How can Wei Tian talk to Patriarch Chi?" Wei Zhang frowned and reprimanded him, then bowed to Chi Rong and smiled, "Patriarch Chi, please don't be surprised. My son is stronger than me now, and is deeply valued and loved by the Lord of Lingguang Cave. Sometimes he can't help being a little arrogant.
But what he said was not wrong. Lingguang Cave Master abides by the rules and takes care of the face of Chi Family Master and Juxian Pavilion, so he does not ask about this matter and does not care about it. I also ask Chi Family Master to act according to the rules. Even if you don’t give face to our Wei family, you must give Lingguang Cave Master some face and don’t interfere in the personal grudges between our Wei family and the Lei family. "
The wind in the sky became stronger and the waves on the sea became more violent.
Chi Rong remained silent, while Wei Zhang still had a humble smile on his face.
I don’t know how long it took before the storm subsided.
The dark evil clouds gathered again, covering the sky over Xianluo Island.
"Since this is a personal grudge between your Wei family and the Lei family, then you should solve it yourselves. But please do not involve innocent people." Chi Rong said calmly, turned around and stepped onto the carriage.
Nine demon birds spread their wings, pulling the palace-like chariot, and quickly disappeared over the sea.
Before leaving, Chi Rong did not look back at Lei Yanlong who was in the distance above Xianluo City, nor did he say hello .
Above Xianluo City, Lei Yanlong watched the chariot disappear into the horizon, his face grim and ugly.
"You are really unworthy of being the Great Elder. You have done nothing at all!" Law Enforcement Elder Lei Chen said angrily.
“It’s not his fault. The Lingguang Cave Master is stronger than him, and he has a good chance of surviving the wind and fire disaster and becoming an eighth-grade true immortal. Even if Chi Rong doesn’t consider himself, he has to consider the Chi family behind him.
Besides, I am about to pass the tribulation. Without me, the Lei family has lost its importance to the Juxian Pavilion. How can he be willing to conflict with Lingguang Cave for the Lei family?
It's actually quite good that he can come. If we really want to blame someone, we can only blame ourselves for being in peace for too long. We didn't even notice that Wei Zhang had such an outstanding son, and he even became a disciple of Lingguang Cave Master and became a sixth-grade true immortal.
Otherwise, if we had prepared in advance, we wouldn't have been blocked at home and ended up being wiped out!" Lei Yanlong sighed, his straight back unconsciously hunched over.
"Fortunately, Ke Yu never came back after he went out last time. With his talent, the Lei family will rise again with him around." Lei Chen said.
"Without the support of the family, no matter how talented he is, it will be extremely difficult for him to rise! Moreover, I'm worried that once the news here gets out, with his personality, he will probably fall into the trap!" Lei Yanlong sighed again.
"Ke Yu is a loyal person, but he is also a smart person. I believe he will make a calm decision." Lei Yu said.
"I hope he won't act on his emotions." Lei Yanlong nodded, then turned around and stepped down into the air.
City Lord's Mansion.
The elders of the Lei family and their True Immortal-level descendants gathered together.
Lei Qiang, who was beaten by the four disciples back then, and Lei Changsheng and others who occupied Lei Keyu's property were also there.
However, the most eye-catching person among the crowd was a man of medium height, whose eyebrows looked somewhat similar to Lei Yanlong.
This man has a powerful aura. He is the second most powerful person in the Lei family, Lei Changfu, the third son of Lei Yanlong, and a fifth-grade true immortal.
"Master, Chi Rong refuses to help. What should we do now?" asked an elder.
"If Chi Rong is unwilling to help, then it is even more impossible for others to help! Our Lei family is doomed this time, unless we surrender to the Wei family!" said Lei Yance, the clan elder who intercepted Qin Ziling and his group halfway sixty years ago.
"Do you think that if we surrender to the Wei family, they will let us go?" Lei Yanlong frowned.
"At least there is still hope, which is better than sitting and waiting to die." Lei Yance said.
"Humph, if we really surrender to the Wei family, we will be at the mercy of others and will be waiting to be killed. Now at least we can still fight to the death, and at least we can find a way to keep a few descendants." said an elder of the clan.
"That's right. Cultivating immortals is an act against heaven. If a crisis is imminent and we don't even have the courage to struggle and resist, then what's the point of cultivating immortals? The Wei family wants to destroy my Lei family. As long as any member of the Lei family escapes, we will avenge this blood feud one day!" Lei Yanlong said in a deep voice.
"That's right! Our Lei family has been passed down for tens of thousands of years, and it must not be lost in our hands!" Many elders said.
"Then who will go and who will stay?" Lei Yance asked after hesitating for a moment when he saw that everyone had made up their minds to fight to the death.
The hall suddenly became quiet.
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Deep in Chaos Ridge, the Crystal Palace.
Bao Yingjun, who was sitting cross-legged to restore his energy and blood, opened his eyes and raised his hand, and the door of the cave slowly opened.
A thin immortal with a pointed face and monkey cheeks flew in.
This True Immortal was none other than Bao Zhidao, who had served as Qin Ziling's guide at Tianzhu Peak back then. However, sixty years ago he was only in the late Infant Immortal realm, but now he was already a second-grade True Immortal.
As soon as Bao Zhidao came in, he knelt on one knee in front of Bao Yingjun and said, "Master, the Wei family in the Nanboshan Sea Area has sent a large number of troops to the Lei family and trapped the entire Lei family on Xianluo Island, intending to wipe out the Lei family."
"Oh!" Bao Yingjun's face darkened slightly when he heard that, and a hint of murderous intent flashed in his rat eyes.
Lei Keyu of the Lei family is the fourth disciple of the master!
The Wei family wants to wipe out the entire Lei family, so the Wuji clan cannot just sit back and watch.
