The Rise of the Shen Family

With the army of monks from the Shen family, Ouyang family, and Baihua Palace joined forces with the Qingyunmen monks brought by Long Zhuqing and Zhentian Zhenren from Jiangmin County, the total strength of the four coalition forces reached 2,000 The rest of them far surpassed the number of Wuji sect monks in the Tuyang Valley Mine.

So the four coalition forces quickly surrounded the Tuyang Valley Mine, cutting off the monks in the mine from the Canglan County, leaving them in a helpless situation.

Now they only need to wait for the Qingyunmen recruiting army from the rear to arrive as scheduled, and they can immediately launch a thunderous and violent attack on the Tuyang Valley mine, breaking through the fourth-order formation that the opponent relies on with the crowd tactics.

While waiting for the follow-up army to arrive, the four coalition forces also dispatched elite foundation-building teams one after another, preparing to bypass the Tuyanggu Mine and directly attack Canglan County behind the mine, thereby disintegrating the Canglan County in the mine. The fighting spirit of the family monks.

Among these four teams, besides the Shen family, Qingyunmen, Ouyang's family, and Baihua Palace sent more than ten people, and all of them were monks in the middle stage of foundation establishment and above, and the team leaders were all monks of foundation establishment Dzogchen .

But now, more than half of the family monks in Canglan County are trapped in the Tuyang Valley Mine, and all the families left behind are old, weak, sick, women, children and children, as well as a few left-behind monks.

In such a comparison, the four teams of Qingyunmen clearly have the upper hand in terms of numbers.

If the foundation-establishing families in Canglan County could not unite to the outside world, I am afraid that no family could face the attack of more than ten foundation-establishing monks alone.

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Over a plain in the southeast of Canglan County, Shen Ruiling and other seven people were driving the flying sword towards the east, leaving seven faintly visible arcs in the sky where they passed.

"Fellow Daoist Shen, I don't know where we are going?"

Above the flying sword, Du Mingjun, who was wearing a faint purple skirt, couldn't help looking at Shen Ruiling and asked, as if he had some complaints about Shen Ruiling's actions just now.

After hearing this, the rest of the people looked at Shen Ruiling who was leading the way. Even Shen Ruizhi and Shen Yongxuan didn't know where they were going.

The seven of them had already passed through the air above several cultivation clans before, but Shen Ruiling, who was leading the way, had no intention of doing anything at all, as if he had turned a blind eye.

Previously, everyone thought that Shen Ruiling didn't like those families in the Qi training period, but when they passed by a certain foundation building family just now, the former still pretended not to see it, and went around from a distance, and continued to move towards Go east.

At this moment, no one knew what Shen Ruiling was planning.

You know, not only their team has entered Canglan County now, but the other three teams are also paying the same attention as them, and they all want to make a fortune from these families in Canglan County.

So if they can't do it as soon as possible, these limited cultivation families in Canglan County will become the prey of others.

However, although everyone was puzzled, few dared to ask Shen Ruiling. Shen Ruizhi and Shen Yongxuan didn't care, but Wei Chenghe and the two guests from the Shen family didn't know how to ask.

In the end, it was Du Mingjun who spoke.

Facing Du Mingjun's question, Shen Ruiling turned around and glanced at the former, then looked at the other people behind him, and finally said in a low voice:

"This time our attack target is the Liang family in Liangtai Mountain!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone couldn't help being slightly taken aback, as if they were thinking about which Liang family.

"Could it be that Liang family, one of the three great families in Canglan County?"

Wei Chenghe was the first to react. He had lived in Jiangmin County when he was a casual cultivator in his early years, so he knew more about those big clans in Canglan County than the others.

"It's the famous Liang family!"

When Wei Chenghe was not sure, Shen Ruiling spoke again.

Hearing this, not only Wei Chenghe, but the rest of the people couldn't help but also showed surprise. They obviously didn't expect that Shen Ruiling would directly target the Liang family.

Although they didn't react immediately, after Wei Chenghe opened his mouth, information about the Liang family in Liangtai Mountain immediately flashed in their minds.

As one of the three prominent families in Canglan County, the Liang family has been inherited for more than a thousand years, and the family background is even more unfathomable.

Moreover, according to the customary rules in the Lingnan cultivating world, if you want to become a prominent family, you must have a foundation-building Dzogchen monk sitting in the town, and the number of foundation-building monks in the family must also be at least five.

So although the Liang family sent some monks to the Tuyang Valley Mine this time, there must be quite a few Foundation Establishment monks staying behind in the family.

In this way, it may not be easy for them to break through the Liang family's mountain gate.

On this side, Shen Ruiling seemed to see what everyone was thinking, and then looked at everyone again and said:

"Everyone's difficulties and gains are directly proportional. The wealth accumulated by a thousand-year-old family is completely comparable to the wealth of the other foundation-building families..."

After all, he ignored the crowd and directly accelerated towards Liangtai Mountain.

Seeing this situation, Shen Ruizhi and Shen Yongxuan immediately followed, and the remaining four Du Mingjun had no choice but to follow after looking at each other.

As vassals and guests of the Shen family, they cannot decide Shen Ruiling's thoughts, so naturally they can only follow the former.

As far as Shen Ruiling is concerned, his attack on the Liang family's mountain gate is just a cover-up. His real purpose is the place where the heaven and earth spirit water is hidden in the Liang family's territory.

As for the mountain gate of the Liang family, he would naturally have to wait until he obtained the heaven and earth spirit water to play by ear, but he definitely couldn't let it go.

How can the wealth accumulated by a prominent family for thousands of years keep him from being tempted?

Several hours later, Shen Ruiling brought people to the outskirts of the Liang family's land, and looked at the situation of the Liang family from a distance.

The Liangtai Mountain of the Liang family is a peak of nearly five hundred feet. At the foot of the mountain is a large area of ​​spiritual fields, and from the mountainside upwards are various houses and buildings.

At this time, the Liang family's clan protection formation had been activated for some reason, and the turquoise light curtain of the formation completely enveloped the entire Liangtai Mountain.

It seems that they have already received the news that Shen Ruiling and other Qingyunmen monks have bypassed the Tuyanggu mine and invaded, so they have made preparations in advance.

"Wei Daoyou heard that you were from Canglan County, what do you know about the Liang family?"

Shen Ruiling took his gaze away from the Liang family's clan guard formation, turned his head to look at Wei Chenghe not far away, and asked.

Faced with Shen Ruiling's inquiry, Wei Chenghe was slightly taken aback, but he still said bravely:

"I don't know much about the Liang family. It's something that everyone knows. Now there are five Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Liang family..."

Wei Chenghe explained everything he knew in a few words, but most of them were well-known things that were circulated in the market.

Regarding the things Wei Chenghe said, Shen Ruiling just nodded slightly, and did not open his mouth to make any comments.

In fact, he also has a piece of information about the Liang family in his hand, which was collected by Shen Huanchi during this period of time, in order to facilitate him to find the spiritual water of heaven and earth.

However, those information are not much different from what Wei Chenghe said, they are all things that the Liang family would like to let outsiders know.

After a long silence, Shen Ruiling looked at the others again and said:

"Now we don't know about the Liang family behind this clan protection formation, nor do we know how many monks the Liang family sent to the Tuyang Valley Mine, and how many foundation-building monks there are in the clan..."

After hearing these words, everyone nodded their heads one after another, and Du Mingjun even asked immediately:

"So what does Fellow Daoist Shen mean?"

I saw that Shen Ruiling glanced at her, and slowly said:

"I saw on the way here just now that there are several mortal villages and towns in the area around Liangtai Mountain. I think there should be news we need in these places..."

Hearing this, Du Mingjun and the others couldn't help but glance at each other, apparently already understood what the former meant.

On this side, without waiting for everyone to speak, Shen Ruiling directly ordered:

"In the next three days, we will find out the details of the Liang family around here, and we will meet here again after three days."

"Everyone, fellow daoists, take the messenger talisman with you, and notify others immediately if there is an emergency!"

Regarding Shen Ruiling's decision, Du Mingjun and others pondered for a moment, and finally nodded in agreement.

As the saying goes, only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you have a chance to win.

So after receiving the communication talisman that conveyed information to each other, everyone dispersed and headed towards the mortal towns and vassal families around the Liang family.

Soon there were only Shen Ruizhi and Shen Yongxuan left by Shen Ruiling's side. He looked at the few people who left, and a trace of thought flashed in his deep eyes.

He wasn't worried that Du Mingjun and the others would be attacked by the monks of the Liang family if they dispersed. If the foundation-builder monks of the Liang family really dared to leave the protection of the formation and come out to hunt them down, it would be exactly what he wished for. .

If the foundation-building monks of the Liang family could be wiped out in the wild, who would want to attack the third-tier formation?

"Fourth brother, you should also take Yongxuan to find out the news nearby!"

After a while, he turned his head to look at Shen Ruizhi and Shen Yongxuan, and said softly.

He didn't intend to take Shen Ruizhi and the two of them to search for the spiritual water of heaven and earth. Although it might be easier to find two more people, the target would also become larger.

Besides, if Du Mingjun and the others found that all three of them had disappeared, they would definitely guess something, which would easily cause unnecessary trouble.

"Okay, be careful too!"

On this side, Shen Ruizhi nodded, as if he knew that the former should have something to do, so he took Shen Yongxuan and headed towards a Qi training family that he met on the way here.

After Shen Ruizhi and Shen Yongxuan also left, Shen Ruiling immediately flew out and flew in another direction.

After flying hundreds of miles, he suddenly turned his head and flew towards the northwest again. After changing the direction several times in succession, he came to the edge of a low-lying swamp.

The terrain in Canglan County is full of lakes and rivers, so swamps like this are very common, and the only difference in this swamp is that it has a wider area.

Although this swamp is located in the territory of the Liang family, several nearby families will also send people into it to search for some common elixir.

At this time, the sky was dark, and in the middle of the swamp, a middle-aged man with beards suddenly appeared, and he was quickly heading towards the southwest of the swamp.

This middle-aged man is none other than Shen Ruiling who cast [Vientiane Red Dust].

He had no choice but to do so. After all, the group of monks who went deep into Canglan County this time was not only their own team, but also dozens of foundation-building monks from Qingyun Sect, Ouyang Family, and Baihua Palace.

If these people find out his whereabouts, then forget about the Lingshui incident that day.

According to the map given to him by the patriarch, the hiding place of the heaven and earth spirit water is in this swamp, so it should not be difficult to obtain it.

The night was as dark as ink, and the looming bright moon sprinkled faint moonlight in the swamp, and Shen Ruiling's nimble figure moved quickly under the moonlight like a ghost.

Suddenly, his figure stopped, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

Since Shen Ruiling's cultivation broke through to the ninth floor of the foundation building, his spiritual consciousness has been greatly improved again, and now the range that his spiritual consciousness can detect has reached a radius of about a thousand feet.

At this time, there were several monks' auras at a distance of eight hundred meters away from him, obviously other monks were active.

The sudden appearance of several cultivators surprised Shen Ruiling. After all, all the cultivators in Canglan County had sealed off their mountains, so how could they send their clansmen out.

After thinking about it for a moment, Shen Ruiling immediately used the [Sacred Turtle Containing Breath] and began to dive towards the monks.

It didn't take long for him to see six monks, the leader of which was a monk in the early stage of foundation establishment, and the rest were five monks who cultivated Qi.

"Are you really sure that the treasure is here?"

The foundation building cultivator looked at a Qi training cultivator beside him, and asked in a rather unfriendly tone.

"Reporting to senior, this junior must be here, but I don't know exactly where..."

Hearing this, the monk who established the foundation didn't say anything, but turned his head and said:

"Find them carefully for me, don't miss any corners!"

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The words of these people were heard by Shen Ruiling in the distance, and a thoughtful look flashed across his face.

From the conversations of these people, he could see that the pair of monks were members of the Liang family, and what they were looking for was probably the spiritual water of heaven and earth that he was looking for.

This is really good news for Shen Ruiling, at least it can prove that the spiritual water of heaven and earth should not have been taken first.

"Uncle Jiu, there seems to be a cold air coming out of here..."

At this moment, those members of the Liang family seemed to have made some new discoveries.

Hearing this, the cultivator who established the foundation hurried over. After discovering this phenomenon, he couldn't help being overjoyed, and immediately led his people into the pond.

On this side, Shen Ruiling quickly followed after seeing this, and he was now sure that what the Liang family members were looking for was that heaven and earth spirit water.

Relying on the concealment ability of [God Turtle Containing Breath], he integrated himself with the water flow, and easily concealed the perception of the early foundation-building monk.

Following behind the members of the Liang family, Shen Ruiling quickly dived into an underwater space, and continued to swim forward along a cold dark river.

Not long after, the members of the Liang family jumped out of the water and came to a small cave. The whole cave was shrouded in a cold air.

Through the blockage of the water flow, Shen Ruiling could perceive that there was a spring above the cave, and a frightening biting cold air was constantly gushing out from the spring.

That is the Earth's Yin Cold Spring!

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