Asking God

Chapter 139 Asking God

When Lin Xuan held his one-month celebration, the Lin family invited Tuo Mu, and Lin Xuan's father even arranged for Lin Xuan to recognize Tuo Mu as his godfather.

Even Lin Xuan's innate aptitude was measured by Tuomu.

Unfortunately, he had no talent for cultivation.

However, the Lin family did not treat Lin Xuan differently because he lacked cultivation talent; they treated him very well.

They even held a coming-of-age ceremony for Lin Xuan, and then the nightmare began. During Lin Xuan's coming-of-age ceremony, Tuo Mu suddenly attacked the Lin family. The entire family was wiped out, except for Lin Xuan, who was sent away and ended up jumping off a cliff.

However, this guy really seems to be living the protagonist's life, surviving a fall from a cliff and even obtaining the Gu Cauldron.

Three years later, Lin Xuan returned with the Gu Cauldron, only to hear that Tuomu was going to marry a woman from the Hu family.

Like the Lin family, the Hu family was also founded by evil cultivators. Of the four major powers in Huyang City, two were founded by evil cultivators and two were local forces from the Southern Barbarians. This forced the Hu and Lin families to stick together for mutual support, and naturally, the younger generations of the two families became close friends.

Lin Xuan and Hu Jia Nu grew up together and were childhood sweethearts. According to custom, the two were to get married in the future.

Upon hearing this news, Lin Xuan could no longer contain himself and disrupted the wedding, intending to take Hu's daughter away.

Unfortunately, the woman from the Hu family refused, for a simple reason: her surname was Hu.

In his anger, Lin Xuan revealed his cultivation level, which shocked Tuomu. He had measured Lin Xuan's innate talent and found that he was not capable of cultivation. Now, Lin Xuan actually possessed cultivation.

How did it come about?

There's a secret, which explains why Lin Xuan was later chased down.

Knowing the whole story, Lu Yang couldn't help but shake his head. This Lin Xuan had the script of a protagonist, but not the fate of one. If it were written into a novel, it would be called a melodramatic soap opera.

However, Lu Yang didn't mind, after all, it all benefited him in the end.

The location indicated by the Yin Wind Demon Treasure Map that Lu Yang obtained was several hundred miles behind Hu Yang City.

Hu Feng Valley!

After several confirmations, Lu Yang finally determined the location indicated by the treasure map: Hu Feng Valley, the largest canyon around Hu Yang City, connecting two rivers and surrounded by three mountains. If war were to break out, this would definitely be a strategic location fought over by military strategists.

There were also internal wars in the southern barbarians, and many people died or were injured in this area.

Most importantly, Hu Feng Valley is surrounded by three mountains and two rivers, and is also a place where spiritual veins converge. Although there are poisonous creatures and miasma, it is still a rare good place for cultivation in the Southern Barbarians.

Therefore, there are quite a few cultivation forces around Hu Feng Valley.

There are several second-tier forces, far stronger than the four major forces in Huyang City. The local families of the Southern Barbarians and many evil cultivators have gathered here; to say that it is a mixed bag is an understatement.

However, after hundreds of years of turmoil, a temporary balance has been maintained here.

A market town has now been built in Hu Feng Valley.

Marketplace!

Lu Yang became interested. Many of the specialties of the Southern Barbarians were coveted even by cultivators from the Southern Continent. Perhaps a trip there would yield some rewards.

Most importantly, you'll definitely have to pass through here to get to that treasure trove.

Since that was the case, Lu Yang didn't delay and immediately headed out of the city. However, he didn't go to the market first, but instead went to the parade.

Lu Yang understood the principle of eliminating the root of the problem. The Lin family had been completely wiped out, but there were still cultivators remaining in the patrol team.

Most importantly, Tomu left behind a lot of treasures in the parade, and it would be a waste not to take them.

Since the Lin family was destroyed, Tuomu took over the power that originally belonged to the Lin family. Originally, the four families were divided in the four directions of Huyang City, but now they have become three families standing side by side, among which the patrol team has the greatest power.

The patrol team was established on the Canglan River Village, guarding a waterway as a place for cultivation.

That's right, it's the Canglan River.

The Canglan River, stretching for thousands of miles, is no mere figurehead. It runs deep into the southern lands of Nanzhou and is one of the two rivers of Huyanggu.

This is another reason why Lu Yang came to the patrol team's water village.

Once we've wiped out the patrol team and taken the treasure, we can sail downstream and head straight into the market town—it's incredibly convenient.

However, it seems that someone arrived even earlier than Lu Yang.

Riding his Flying Cloud Shuttle, Lu Yang stopped above the patrol team's water fortress, only to find the air below filled with the stench of blood. At that moment, a group of cultivators were fighting fiercely inside the fortress.

The leader among them was a second-tier cultivator who practiced the Southern Heavenly Method. Although it was an evil method, it followed the path of Foundation Establishment.

The Hu family!

Lu Yang suddenly realized something and fell downwards wearing the Shadowless Veil.

"Meiniang, it seems that Tuomu really did die outside. That kid from the Lin family is quite capable, actually managing to kill Tuomu. News from Canglin says that a great battle recently took place there, affecting a large part of Canglin, and countless exotic beasts and poisonous insects died."

The stench of blood had reached beyond the Canglin Forest. I used our aura-detecting technique to sense the forest from a distance, but I didn't detect any trace of Tuomu.

It seems he really was killed by that brat from the Lin family.

Ha, this is actually a good deal for us. After we take over this water fortress, the Hu family will be the only dominant force around Huyang City.

I just wonder if that Lin family boy will come back. I watched him grow up since he was a child, and you two are childhood sweethearts. You and I both know that he never had any talent for cultivation. How come he can suddenly cultivate and be so powerful?

Meiniang, given how infatuated that boy is with you, if he were to come back, you might as well talk to him about your feelings again.

That kid definitely has a secret. Perhaps during those three years away, he obtained some kind of fortuitous opportunity that allowed someone with no affinity for immortality to suddenly become a cultivation genius. If you could obtain it, perhaps there would be a way to cure your Yin-deficient body.

It really is the Hu family.

Listening to the words of the Hu family patriarch, Lu Yang couldn't help but shake his head. The Hu family patriarch's eyes revealed a shrewdness, and he was clearly not someone easy to get along with.

But it's this Hu Meiniang.

No wonder Tuomu wanted to date a young woman; she really has a seductive charm, just like those vixens on TV in my past life.

Of all the female cultivators Lu Yang had encountered since he began his cultivation, she was undoubtedly the most alluring and second in terms of beauty.

As for the first, it has to be the priestess with whom he had a one-night stand.

With the love potion in hand, even though it was just a fleeting affair, Lu Yang still had a deep impression of it. There was no way around it; he had given her too much.

It was both love potion and profound yin energy that helped him break through to the second stage of body refinement, and the broken sword was almost completely repaired.

That's all there is to angel investors. They offer you their bodies and other benefits, what can you say?

Originally, even after obtaining the Love Gu, Lu Yang, without cultivating the Gu Dao, would not be able to fully control it; he could only use the Love Gu to control Meng Lan's life and death.

But now that Lu Yang has the Gu Cauldron, he can open another spiritual aperture through it.

It's just a mere essence blood. For him, a body-refining cultivator, it's not inexhaustible, but given some time, he can replenish it.

When he has some free time, he will open another spiritual aperture to control the Love Gu. Then Lu Yang will be able to fully develop the true function of the Love Gu.

Ranked fifth, even more outrageous than the Heavenly Phenomenon Earth Gu, it is definitely a trump card for Gan Luyang.

Since the Life-Breaking Pearl can shield the side effects of the Gu Cauldron, Lu Yang has no reason not to make use of it, even if it's just to cultivate a side path technique.

"Old Hu, you're here pretty early."

Just then, another voice appeared, accompanied by an overwhelming aura. Lu Yang looked up and saw that he had already noticed this second-tier cultivator. He had been there for quite some time, but hadn't rushed out.

In terms of strength, he is probably close to the mid-stage of the second tier, similar to Tuomu, and definitely much stronger than Hu Laogui.

"So hot!"

Old Hu's smile froze, and his eyes were filled with apprehension and disbelief as he looked at Duo Yan.

"Why are you here!"

Duo Yan scoffed, "What? You're here at the patrol fortress, but I can't? Tsk tsk tsk, it's only because you, Old Hu, are so cunning and quick to act. The news of Tuo Mu's death had just spread when you were already in a hurry to come and take over the patrol team's inheritance. What, you want to monopolize everything?"

Old Hu's face darkened upon hearing this. "Alright, Duo Yan, why waste so much breath? You were probably already here, just watching me slaughter the patrolling water stronghold and waiting to reap the benefits, weren't you? Too bad, Tuo Mu isn't here. The patrolling water stronghold is just a bunch of worthless fish and shrimp. My Hu family didn't waste any effort. What, want to take a bite?"

Duo Yan laughed in anger. "Reap the benefits without lifting a finger? Don't give me that flowery talk. You think you can let me reap the benefits? But since you've already packed everything for me, I'll reluctantly accept it. Alright, you can leave now. From today onwards, most of Huyang City..."

All the power of Mangshan will belong to me, so don't even think about it.

Ah!

That's right, Duoyan is the remaining one of the four major forces in Huyang City, the Lord of Mangshan, an old-established force in the Southern Barbarian Lands, whose strength is no less than that of the patrol team.

Old Hu never expected that Duo Yan would have such a big appetite.

"Duo Yan, aren't you afraid of stuffing yourself to death? Don't you understand the concept of first come, first served? If you're willing to talk, I don't mind giving you a little discount, but you actually want it all. Do you really think the Hu family is a pushover?"

boom!

A burst of flames erupted from Duo Yan's body, and in the next moment, a fiery shadow flashed, and a foot had already stepped in front of Old Ghost Hu.

"What, your Hu family is even eating meat now!"

Duo Yan clearly didn't take Hu Laogui seriously. He attacked without saying a word.

Old Hu had clearly been on guard against Duo Yan all along, and the moment Duo Yan launched his attack, a huge fox shadow appeared behind him.

This fox has two tails growing from its rump, and its aura is close to that of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

The method of invoking the gods!

Lu Yang also became interested. That's right, the Hu family cultivates the way of summoning gods. This way of summoning gods has been identified as a heretical cultivation method by the Three Sects of Tiannan. There are no gods in this world. The so-called gods are just titles bestowed by each family.

The methods of invoking spirits through spiritual practice only summon demons and monsters.

If everyone practiced this method, wouldn't things get chaotic?

You should know that those who can be summoned are not benevolent people. Countless people have been possessed by gods after failing to summon them, and have caused havoc in the world.

The Hu family was thus brought to the southern barbarian lands.