Chapter 1143: Seeking Help from the Clan

In a dense red forest, Ximen Feng and a Red-Clad Warrior stood in a clearing. Ximen Feng's face was etched with worry, while the Red-Clad Warrior remained expressionless, its body pockmarked and bearing numerous scars.

They had just obtained the Phoenix Cry Fruit when Soul-Devouring Spiders charged in. The Red-Clad Warrior unleashed a powerful divine ability, protecting Ximen Feng and helping her break through the encirclement.

They had searched a radius of 50,000 li, encountering many demonic beasts. Fortunately, the Red-Clad Warrior had protected Ximen Feng; otherwise, Ximen Feng would have perished long ago.

"It seems they triggered a restriction and were pulled to some unknown place." the Red-Clad Warrior stated.

"Pulled to some place? What place? Is there any danger?" Ximen Feng asked, her face full of worry. Wang Changjie had just encountered trouble, and now Wang Mingren had as well; she found it unbearable.

"Who knows? They probably encountered a Fourth-Rank demonic insect, and the aftershocks of their battle triggered the restriction. The space in Purple Fire Abyss is unstable, and this often occurs. What's certain is that they are still within Purple Fire Abyss. As for how long they'll be trapped, it's hard to say. My sect uncle was once trapped here for a hundred years. I suggest you leave this place first, then make your arrangements." the Red-Clad Warrior advised.

Ximen Feng hesitated for a moment before agreeing. Individual strength was limited; they were not rogue cultivators but had a family backing them.

They transformed into two streaks of light, soaring into the sky and quickly vanishing into the horizon.

A month later, Ximen Feng returned to Fire Crow Market. She presented a 700-year-old Seven-Star Blazing Grass to her sect elder, requesting help with refining pills. She had acquired this Seven-Star Blazing Grass at a great cost.

"Yingying, your eleventh-generation ancestor has met with trouble. Quickly send someone to report to the family and ask them to send people to rescue my husband." Ximen Feng briefly recounted the events, her face filled with worry.

"Eleventh-generation Ancestress, your granddaughter will immediately send someone to inform the family. Please don't worry too much; the eleventh-generation ancestor will be alright." Wang Yingying agreed, offering words of comfort.

"Oh, right, be careful. Don't let too many people know, or there will be trouble." Ximen Feng suddenly remembered Chen Xiang'er and quickly added a reminder.

"Eleventh-generation Ancestress, rest assured. We have secret operatives; sending them back to the family with the message will be no problem." Wang Yingying took out a red jade plate and made some gestures.

"Please have someone inform the family head that as long as my husband can be rescued, I am willing to exchange all my accumulated contribution points for cultivation resources for the family. Please, the family must send people." Ximen Feng pleaded. The Purple Fire Abyss was exceptionally dangerous with unstable space, and she feared that only blood relatives of the same clan would be willing to offer rescue. Without a life-or-death bond, outsiders might not assist.

Wang Yingying could not make the decision herself, but she promised to immediately send someone to the South Sea to deliver the news.

In the South Sea, Five Dragon Sea region, lay Golden Sparrow Island, home to the Song family.

The Song family had a legacy of over three hundred years. Currently, the entire clan comprised ninety-five cultivators. Most of the Song family's elites had perished in the great war, leaving only four Foundation Establishment cultivators within the clan. Song Ruiping was the most powerful, at the fifth layer of Foundation Establishment.

The Song family was an affiliated force of the Golden Carp Sect, which in turn was a vassal of the Lu family. Benefitting from this powerful patronage, with the Golden Carp Sect's support, no other forces dared to provoke the Song family.

In the meeting hall, Song Ruiping occupied the main seat, with two kinsmen seated to his left and two men with strikingly similar features to his right.

"Fellow Daoists Sun, thank you for your assistance. Otherwise, my seventh brother and his companions would have perished at the hands of demonic birds. This is a small token of my appreciation; I hope you two fellow Daoists will accept it." Song Ruiping took out two storage orbs and handed them to the two men.

The man in green was named Sun Wen, and the man in red was named Sun Wu. They were rogue cultivators who had known Song Ruiping for over a decade; otherwise, Song Ruiping would not have invited them into his family.

Sun Wen and Sun Wu accepted the storage orbs, swept them with their divine sense, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Fellow Daoist Song, my brother and I acquired a strange ore that we can't identify. Could you please help us with that? If your family is willing to purchase it, that would be even better." Sun Wen took out a green jade box and handed it to Song Ruiping.

Song Ruiping didn't think much of it, having known them for over a decade. He took the jade box and opened it, revealing an egg-sized silver object.

Before he could examine it closely, runes on the surface of the silver object flared dramatically, and numerous silver threads shot out, instantly piercing Song Ruiping's body.

The incident occurred so suddenly that the other two Song family Foundation Establishment cultivators had no time to react or foresee such an attack.

Sun Wu raised a hand, and a green light flew out, transforming into a green cylinder with numerous tiny holes covering its surface.

A loud whooshing sound filled the air as dense green flying needles shot out, instantly piercing the bodies of the two Song family cultivators.

The three Song family cultivators perished under their surprise attack, without even time to cry out.

"Send a message to Third Brother. Tell him we've succeeded and to have them charge in, leaving no one alive." Sun Wu gave the order. His real name was Xue Yunfeng, and he hailed from the Xue family on Green Crow Island.

They had always presented themselves as rogue cultivators; apart from a small number of individuals within the Xue family, no one else knew of their connection to the Xue family.

They annihilated the Song family primarily to obtain the Water Dragon Token, having incidentally learned of its existence within the Song family.

After the Wang family settled in the Five Dragon Sea, the Xue family extensively intermarried with them and taught them the art of cultivating sea mussels. Xue family disciples proved to be remarkably loyal and always readily available when summoned. Because of the Xue family's perceptiveness, the Wang family granted them Green Crow Island as their residence. It was thanks to the Wang family's protection that the Xue family's enemies had not managed to annihilate them.

The absence of a Core Formation cultivator overseeing their clan was always a hidden danger. After the great war, with everything in ruins awaiting reconstruction, the competition for Core Formation spiritual items became even fiercer. The Xue family sent representatives to three major auctions but failed to acquire any such items.

After Xue Qingzhong learned that the Song family possessed a Water Dragon Token, he dispatched Sun Wen and Sun Wu to annihilate the clan. He planned to use this Water Dragon Token to exchange for a Core Formation spiritual item from the Wang family. With three tokens gathered, it was believed that a Nascent Soul cultivator could open the Five Dragon Secret Realm.

Not long after, Golden Sparrow Island was engulfed in flames, and screams echoed incessantly.

Several days later, news rapidly spread throughout the Five Dragon Sea: the Song family on Golden Sparrow Island had been eradicated by evil cultivators. Most Song family cultivators were slain, their wealth completely plundered, save for a few fortunate clansmen who managed to escape.

As soon as this news broke, the cultivation forces throughout the Five Dragon Sea all heightened their vigilance. Although the Song family was a vassal of a vassal to the Lu family and, strictly speaking, not directly the Lu family's concern, the surviving Song family members still dispatched people to post notices for the apprehension of the culprits.

The culprits came and went without a trace and were never apprehended. Since the Song family was merely a minor clan and the Lu family did not take the incident too seriously, as time passed, the matter faded from the memory of the remaining Song family and others, who shifted their focus to other affairs.