Chapter 2391: Fifty Years, Meng Bin's Challenge to Refining Emptiness

Fifty years passed in the blink of an eye.

The Mu family, with a legacy spanning over a thousand years, and an ancestor, Mu Yunlan, who was at the early Deity Transformation stage, had over ten thousand cultivators but had always struggled to expand.

During the great racial war, the human race defeated several coastal races and occupied numerous islands. These islands required many cultivators for development, prompting major human sects to issue calls encouraging inland forces to expand overseas. Seizing this opportunity, Mu Yifeng answered the call and ventured overseas to develop.

The major human sects had paid a heavy price to claim these islands, so they were not given away for free.

The Mu family was required to regularly submit a certain amount of cultivation resources to the Liu family. The Liu family was an affiliated family of the Cold Flame Sect, possessing several Void Refinement cultivators and formidable strength.

The Mu family leased thirty islands. The surrounding sea was rich in demonic beast resources, so the Mu family organized experts specifically to hunt these beasts.

In a certain sea area, Mu Zifeng and over twenty others were engaged in a fierce battle with over a hundred Red Fire Crows. Roaring sounds echoed continuously, and Red Fire Crows occasionally fell from the sky.

Mu Zifeng was at the Mid Nascent Soul stage, accompanied by five other Nascent Soul cultivators, while the remaining members were at the Core Formation stage.

In recent years, human cultivators had continuously purged high-level demonic beasts from their territory to facilitate the human race's development of new lands.

The Fire Crow King, a high-grade fourth-tier beast, was covered in wounds. Seeing its companions being continuously slain, it realized the danger. After letting out a sharp caw, it flapped its wings furiously. With a whooshing sound, hundreds of crimson feathers shot out, transforming into crimson flying daggers which, accompanied by a wave of heat, flew towards Mu Zifeng and his group.

Daring not to be careless, they quickly cast spells to defend themselves.

After a huge explosion, they blocked the Fire Crow King's attack. The Fire Crow King then used fire-element escape art to flee.

"Fifth Brother, Sixth Sister, Eleventh Brother, follow me! We absolutely cannot let the Fire Crow King escape."

Mu Zifeng commanded, then led three Nascent Soul cultivators in pursuit.

The Fire Crow King was incredibly fast. Even with his flying magical artifact, Mu Zifeng couldn't catch up.

A blue streak of light appeared in the distant sky, flying towards them.

Mu Zifeng's divine sense detected a Nascent Soul cultivator flying in their direction.

A sword cry, resounding across heaven and earth, rang out. Thousands of shimmering blue sword qi swept forth, striking at the Fire Crow King.

The Fire Crow King opened its mouth and spewed a thick stream of crimson flames, which were instantly shattered by the dense blue sword qi.

The dense blue sword qi suddenly condensed, forming a colossal, shimmering blue sword light that exuded an aura of world-destroying power, and slashed towards the Fire Crow King.

The Fire Crow King tried to evade, but a deafening tiger's roar rang out, causing its reaction to slow. It was then cleaved in half by the colossal sword light.

A blue glow swept out, enveloped the Fire Crow King's corpse, and stored it in a blue storage pouch.

Mu Zifeng frowned. They had gone through so much trouble to injure the Fire Crow King, only for someone else to reap the benefits. He was truly unwilling to accept this.

Before he could speak, a clansman interjected, "Fellow Daoist, this Red Fire Crow is our Mu family's prey. If you know what's good for you, return it to us immediately."

The blue streak of light stopped, and Mu Zifeng finally saw the person clearly. It was a tall maiden in a blue dress.

The maiden in blue had picturesque features and a rare heroic spirit in her brows. She carried an exquisite blue sword case on her back, and her clothes were embroidered with a green lotus pattern.

Seeing the green lotus, Mu Zifeng's heart sank. He inwardly cursed, "This is bad. This is the symbol of the Wang family of Green Lotus Island. How could they possibly afford to offend the Wang family?"

"Silence! What nonsense are you spouting? Fairy Wang destroyed this demonic beast, so it belongs to Fairy Wang."

Mu Zifeng rebuked his clansman, then turned to the maiden in blue with a fawning smile and said, "I am Mu Zifeng. My junior clansman is ignorant and spoke without thinking. Please, Fairy Wang, do not take offense."

He felt uneasy, fearing the other party would not let it go.

The Mu family simply could not afford to offend the Wang family, which was one of the few prominent families in this sea region.

"I didn't intend to claim the prey in the first place," the maiden said. "Seeing your struggle, I merely lent a hand. However, some things should not be said carelessly. Troubles often arise from words. Be more careful in the future."

After saying this, the maiden in blue tossed the blue storage pouch to Mu Zifeng.

This was Wang Huayue, Wang Yingjie's daughter. She was a sword cultivator, currently at the late Nascent Soul stage.

Wang Yingjie and Liu Hongxue had acquired many cultivation resources during the great war. Wang Huayue had no need to worry about cultivation resources; she could simply focus on her cultivation.

She had tried alchemy, artifact forging, formation arrangement, and talisman crafting, but her performance in all of them was ordinary. After multiple attempts, she discovered her preference for the Way of the Sword, and cultivated the "Four Seas Sword Scripture."

Mu Zifeng repeatedly acknowledged, and his three clansmen quickly echoed his words.

Wang Huayue did not dwell on the matter with them. She transformed into a blue streak of light and soared away, disappearing into the sky shortly after.

Mu Zifeng let out a long sigh of relief, his anxious heart finally settled. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"In the future, do not speak carelessly before you have ascertained the other party's background," Mu Zifeng reprimanded. "Troubles often arise from words. If we offend the Wang family, it will be difficult for our Mu family to develop. The Wang family has dozens of affiliated forces, and families like the Yan and Sun families are all more powerful than our Mu family."

"Understood, Second Brother. I'll be careful next time," the clansman honestly admitted.

Mu Zifeng's expression softened, and he led them back the way they came.

On Green Lotus Island, Wang Huayue flew from the distant sky and entered the island.

Wang Yingjie and Liu Hongxue were successively in secluded cultivation, leaving Wang Huayue and Wang Huashuo free to move about.

Three thunderclouds of varying sizes floated above Green Lotus Island, with lightning flashing and thunder rumbling as streaks of lightning continuously struck down.

Over the years, the number of experts in the family had continuously increased, especially Nascent Soul cultivators, whose numbers kept growing. Wang Huayue had grown accustomed to this.

Wang Huayue flew quickly towards the Deacon Hall.

A deafening roar came from high in the sky, as a massive thundercloud suddenly appeared above Green Lotus Island. Wang Huayue didn't pay it much mind at first, but strong winds began to rage across the island, and the world's spiritual energy became turbulent.

Countless specks of multicolored light emerged in the void, blurring and transforming into auspicious clouds.

Auspicious clouds, formed from pure Five-Element spiritual energy, appeared high in the sky, multicolored and densely accumulating overhead.

Tens of thousands of five-colored auspicious clouds successively appeared above Green Lotus Island, looking very conspicuous.

These auspicious clouds seemed to be guided by something, flying towards a certain spot. At this moment, the three thunderclouds gradually dispersed, and a single massive thundercloud floated above Green Lotus Island, with lightning flashing and thunder rumbling, its momentum terrifying.

Upon closer inspection, the thundercloud seemed to be vaguely divided into six clusters. Countless silver lightning serpents could be seen swimming continuously within the thundercloud.

"The Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation!"

Wang Huayue was slightly stunned. To her knowledge, the most likely candidates to attempt the Void Refinement stage were Wang Mengbin and Wang Yingjie. Judging by the position of the thundercloud, it was clearly Wang Mengbin who had attracted this heavenly tribulation.

Soon, a team of clan elders arrived from various locations to maintain order and prevent clan members from disturbing Wang Mengbin's attempt to break through to the Void Refinement stage.

In a secret chamber, Wang Mengbin sat cross-legged within a massive formation spanning over a thousand feet. His entire body was enveloped by countless silver electric arcs.

His expression was complex, a mixture of excitement, nervousness, and trepidation.