The Shock of the Cui Family

Along the way, Yan Yun and Cui Lin encountered many fleeing Cui family cultivators.

Some were being pursued by the True Dragon Gate, Black Wind Mountain, and Ghost Soul Valley.

Yan Yun, upon seeing them, naturally intervened to save them, and at the same time, she inquired about the situation in Qinghe City.

Many of them had escaped later and knew more about the situation in Qinghe City than Cui Lin.

First, the Cui family’s Old Ancestor was not dead.

He had entangled the cultivators from the three forces of Ghost Soul Valley with some of the Cui family’s Divine Soul Realm cultivators for a while before escaping.

At that time, the Old Ancestors of the True Dragon Gate and Black Wind Mountain had joined forces to attack him, and he was certainly not lightly injured.

Although the Cui family’s Old Ancestor had escaped, at least half of the dozen or so Divine Soul Realm cultivators of the Cui family had not been able to escape.

Many were killed, and a few were captured.

It was currently unknown where they had fled.

As for the Xuanhui Sect, their foundation was stronger than the Cui family’s, and they were also the strongest among the four major family forces, possessing a Divine Venerable Realm magic treasure.

They were attacked by the Ghost Soul Old Ancestor, the True Dragon Gate’s Old Ancestor, and the Black Wind Mountain’s Old Ancestor, three Divine Venerable cultivators working together.

They had first breached the Cui family, and then went to deal with the Xuanhui Sect.

Facing the siege of three Divine Venerables and dozens of Divine Soul Realm cultivators, the Sect Master of the Xuanhui Sect, despite being heavily injured, performed a blood sacrifice to her magic treasure, injuring the Old Ancestors of the True Dragon Gate and Black Wind Mountain in succession, and repelling the Ghost Soul Old Ancestor, escaping with a portion of the sect’s outstanding disciples.

But the contemporary Sect Master of the Xuanhui Sect and several elders, in order to buy time for the Xuanhui Holy Mother to escape, used a forbidden art of the Xuanhui Sect.

Several Divine Soul Realm experts used the art of self-detonation, the power of which reached the level of the Divine Venerable Realm, instantly killing eight Divine Soul Realm cultivators from the three families, as well as many disciples.

It could be said that the losses of the Xuanhui Sect were much greater than those of the Cui family.

At this moment, in the dilapidated main hall of the Xuanhui Sect, the three Old Ancestors of Ghost Soul Valley were meditating and healing.

“This bunch of women from the Xuanhui Sect are much harder to deal with than the Cui family.”

“They actually used a forbidden art to self-detonate.”

“Fellow Daoist Youhun, our three families have suffered a great loss this time,” the Old Ancestor of Black Wind Mountain said with an ugly expression.

The Ghost Soul Old Ancestor snorted coldly.

“This bit of loss can be made up for in no time.”

“It’s a pity that not a single Divine Soul Realm cultivator from the Xuanhui Sect was captured.”

“This seat needs a large number of souls.”

“Last time, that Evil Emperor Qi Xuan ascended and interrupted my breakthrough.”

“The number of souls needed this time is not small.”

“Fellow Daoist Youhun, don’t worry, our two families will do our best to help you break through.”

“Now that our three families have joined forces, even if we attack the cultivation forces of the surrounding states, there will be no problem,” the Old Ancestor of Black Wind Mountain stated.

‘They were now a solid block, all in the same boat. They could only do their best to help the Ghost Soul Old Ancestor advance to the Great Divine Venerable Realm. Only then could they continue to receive help, otherwise…’

They would truly dominate their homeland.

As for the Xuanhui Holy Mother, who had already fled to the neighboring Lingzhou.

She was meditating and healing on a desolate mountain.

Beside her were a dozen or so young Xuanhui disciples.

“Grandmaster, are… are you alright?” these female disciples all looked gloomy, and some were even crying.

“Don’t cry, I’m not dead.”

“You are the future of my Xuanhui Sect, you must be strong,” Xuanhui Holy Mother said with a serious expression.

Hearing her say this, these female disciples forced back their tears.

Just then, several figures descended from the sky and landed in front of the Xuanhui Sect members.

Upon closer inspection, it was the Cui family’s Old Ancestor and a portion of the Cui family’s Divine Soul cultivators.

“Holy Mother, are you alright?” the Cui family’s Old Ancestor asked, his aura weak.

After the Cui family’s Old Ancestor had escaped, he had originally intended to flee to the Xuanhui Sect, but who knew that after the three families had destroyed their Cui family, they had immediately gone to the Xuanhui Sect.

He had no choice.

At that time, he was not lightly injured and couldn’t be of much help.

He could only first try to gather their scattered Cui family members.

After gathering a portion of them, he then contacted the Xuanhui Holy Mother to ask for her location.

“Old Freak Cui, what should we do now?”

“My Xuanhui Sect is as good as gone.”

“We should have joined forces back then, maybe we could have held on,” Xuanhui Holy Mother said with a regretful expression.

At that time, the Cui family’s Old Ancestor had made the suggestion, but she had not adopted it, because no one wanted to give up their own mountain gate, especially the Xuanhui Sect.

The Xuanhui Sect had once been a not-so-small major force, but it had been passed down for too long and had become increasingly decadent.

“The Cui family, there are too many people in the Cui family, so many people are not suitable for long-distance migration.”

“If we ran into the cultivators from the three families on the way, I’m afraid there would be countless casualties.”

They had already missed the best time to retreat, and they hadn’t expected the enemy to come so fiercely, straight for their main camp.

But in the end, it was all due to their indecisiveness.

Just as the two sides were talking, a middle-aged man beside the Cui family’s Old Ancestor suddenly paused, then he quickly took out a token.

This was a long-distance communication magic treasure.

When the middle-aged cultivator saw his token light up, a look of surprise immediately appeared on his face.

“That’s great, this is from Lin’er.”

This middle-aged man was Cui Lin’s father, the Third Lineage’s head, Cui Hongyu.

Cui Hongyu opened it and glanced at the message, then stood there in a daze.

“This? Old Ancestor, there’s good news,” Cui Hongyu said excitedly after reading it.

This made the Cui family’s Old Ancestor and the other several Cui family experts all stunned.

“What? What good news?” the Cui family’s Old Ancestor asked.

Cui Hongyu quickly relayed the message from Cui Lin to them.

After they heard it, one by one.

“A large sect has appeared in the Wuyin Mountain Range, and their Sect Master saved Cui Lin and the others, and wants our Cui family and the Xuanhui Sect to join them?”

“This, why haven’t we heard any news of this before?” the Cui family’s Old Ancestor and Xuanhui Holy Mother couldn’t help but be stunned.

Xuanhui Holy Mother frowned.

“Is the news reliable?”

“Could it be a trick by the Ghost Soul Old Ancestor and the others?”

Cui Hongyu shook his head.

“I’m not sure if it’s true, but that sect is newly established, and the Sect Master is only a Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator.”

“However, their sect’s scale is that of a large sect, and the other party killed all those demonic people from Ghost Soul Valley in one blow, so it shouldn’t be a trick.”

“Old Ancestor, our Cui family is already at a dead end, we have nothing left to lose.”

“The other party must have a great background, let’s give it a try,” Cui Hongyu said decisively.

‘It was because of those Ghost Soul demons that they had ended up in this state. This time, they could only choose to believe, otherwise, they would have no chance to make a comeback.’

The other members of the Cui family also had this attitude.

‘For someone to secretly build a large sect in the Wuyin Mountain Range and not be afraid of Ghost Soul Valley, their background must be extraordinary.’

“Hongyu, you come with me.”

“The rest of you, hide well and wait for our confirmation and notice,” the Cui family’s Old Ancestor still decided to give it a try.

Xuanhui Holy Mother also nodded.

With that, the Cui family’s Old Ancestor, with a whoosh, disappeared on the spot with Cui Hongyu.

They took a detour and flew into Jiang Country, then entered the Wuyin Mountain Range from the border of Jiang Country.

As for Yan Yun and Cui Lin, they had already returned, and they had brought back hundreds of Cui family disciples.

As for the people of the Xuanhui Sect, their territory did not border the Wuyin Mountain Range.

To go to the Xuanhui Sect’s territory, one had to cross the Cui family’s territory, which was not suitable for them to do at the moment.

After Yan Yun led these Cui family members into the valley where the Poison Sect was located, they were also shocked by the strange cluster of buildings in front of them.

They had never seen such a scale before.

“Sect Master Ziyun, my father has replied.”

“He said that he and our Old Ancestor are on their way here and should arrive soon,” Cui Lin’s token also moved.

When Yan Yun heard that the Cui family’s Divine Venerable was still alive, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

“That’s good.”

Just as his words fell, Cui Lin’s token moved again.

“Sect Master Ziyun, my father and Old Ancestor are here.”

Yan Yun also immediately looked up.

Sure enough, she saw two figures in the sky above the valley through the isolation array.

The Cui family’s Old Ancestor and Cui Hongyu were investigating the valley in front of them.

To be honest, they couldn’t see any problems.

Because the isolation array here had long been upgraded by Bai Zhihua.

After Bai Zhihua arrived, the first array she upgraded was the isolation array.

“Old Ancestor, this valley doesn’t look special.”

“Is there really a large sect inside?” Cui Hongyu was a little skeptical.

“Yes, who would build a sect in a place without a spirit vein?”

The Cui family’s Old Ancestor fell into deep thought.

But just then, a figure flew out of the void and appeared in their sight.

“Seniors of the Cui family, this junior has been waiting for you for a long time.”

“Please enter the valley for a talk.”

The one who came out to greet them was naturally Yan Yun.

The fact that Yan Yun had appeared showed one thing: the valley’s isolation array was beyond the detection range of the Cui family’s Old Ancestor, a Divine Venerable.

The Cui family’s Old Ancestor now believed Cui Lin’s words by seventy percent.

“Please, it’s not convenient to talk outside.”

Yan Yun opened a gap in the array and gestured for the two of them to enter.

Since they had both come, even if it was a wolf’s den, they had to brave it.

So they followed Yan Yun and flew in.

When they entered the valley, they were instantly shocked by the strange cluster of buildings here.

“Father, Great-Grandfather.”

Cui Lin and the others, seeing Cui Hongyu and the Cui family’s Old Ancestor descend from the sky, immediately shouted excitedly.

Cui Hongyu and the Cui family’s Old Ancestor immediately flew over.

“That’s great, Lin’er, Bin’er, it’s good that you’re alright,” Cui Hongyu hugged his daughter and son in his arms.

The others quickly bowed to the Cui family’s Old Ancestor.

“Old Ancestor.”

The Cui family’s Old Ancestor nodded.

He swept his divine sense over this magnificent cluster of buildings and was greatly shocked, because this place was not just for show.

It was full of complex restrictions and arrays, much more powerful than their Cui family’s main camp.

“This, Cui Lin, who is the Sect Master here?” the Cui family’s Old Ancestor asked.

Only then did Cui Lin quickly introduce Yan Yun, who was standing by.

“Old Ancestor, it is this Young Lady Ziyun.”

“This place was built by her, and it is called the Poison Sect.”

The Cui family’s Old Ancestor immediately sized up Yan Yun carefully.

“Not simple, not simple at all.”

“Such a large-scale sect base, even if our Cui family had another thousand years, we couldn’t build it.”

Yan Yun smiled faintly.

“Senior Cui is too kind.”

“I wonder what Senior Cui thinks of my proposal?”