Chapter 26: The Yuwen Family
Zhu Yu, Zhu Jun, Zhu Qing, Zhu Ming, Zhu Yuan, Zhu Long, Zhu Shun, Zhu Qiao, Zhu Xiao, and Zhu Bao—ten people in total—set off from the Zhu family’s headquarters. They quickly flew over Lake Zhu Qu and arrived at Yanhua City.
Yanhua City was the most prosperous city in the Zhenyan Continent. However, at that moment, none of the Zhu family members had the mood to admire the city’s splendor. After reaching above the city, they descended directly to the Huoxia Merchant Alliance in Yanhua City.
The Huoxia Merchant Alliance had bases in several cities across the Zhenyan Continent, but its headquarters was located in Yanhua City. Moreover, the only space teleportation array on Zhu Yanxing was also inside the Huoxia Merchant Alliance in Yanhua City. Throughout the entire Huoxia Star Region, only the Huoxia Merchant Alliance had the authority to set up space teleportation arrays. Other merchant alliances, guilds, sects, and families could only travel between planets through the teleportation arrays within the Huoxia Merchant Alliance.
The ten members of the Zhu family entered the Huoxia Merchant Alliance and headed straight to the teleportation hall. There, they handed their identity cards to the guardians of the teleportation array. After their identities were verified, they were allowed to enter the space teleportation array and leave Zhu Yanxing.
In the Immortal Realm, without an identity card, it was impossible to move an inch.
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Fangyang Star, like Zhu Yanxing, was also a small planet. The planet consisted of two continents: Dongben, shaped like an inverted red lip mark, and Xiyang. Each continent had three equally powerful factions. On Xiyang Continent, the three factions were Huangyuan Sect, Shixing Lake, and the Yuwen Family. Among them, the Huangyuan Sect was the strongest, as it had two Earth Immortals, while Shixing Lake and the Yuwen Family each had only one.
In the northern part of Xiyang Continent lay the largest city on the continent—Yanguang City. At that moment, in a room within the Huoxia Merchant Alliance’s teleportation hall in Yanguang City, a white light flashed from the space teleportation array, and Zhu Yu and the other nine people were teleported there.
Ten Soul Immortals!
As soon as Zhu Yu and the others appeared in the teleportation hall, their powerful auras immediately caught everyone’s attention, sparking various thoughts in people’s minds.
“Where do these ten people come from? What do they want on Fangyang Star?”
“Ten Soul Immortals—such a force can only be sent by the three major factions of Xiyang Continent. But these ten clearly don’t belong to those factions. What are they doing here?”
“It seems there will be turmoil in Xiyang Continent soon.”
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The hundreds of people in the transmission hall thought rapidly and immediately spread all the news they had just discovered through the communication cards. Unlike the communication tablets in the cultivation world, the long-distance communication method in the immortal realm relied on these communication cards. Naturally, among these hundreds were Huang Yuanzong, Shi Xinghu, and members of the Yuwen family. The arrival of the ten Soul Immortals from the Zhu family was quickly known to the three major forces in the Xiyang Continent, and their whereabouts were also swiftly traced.
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The Yuwen family’s headquarters was located on a vast grassland in the northern part of the Xiyang Continent, only twenty thousand miles away from Yangguang City. At that moment, the clan leader, Yuwen Qitian, was meditating in his private chamber when he sensed activity from the communication card and immediately woke up. He picked up the communication tablet. “Hmm, ten Soul Immortals have arrived… It seems the Zhu family from Zhu Yanxing has finally sent their Soul Immortals over,” Yuwen Qitian murmured to himself. The fifty Soul Spirits sent by the Zhu family before had settled in the Haifeng Mountains, ten thousand miles away on the other side of Yangguang City, where they had established a large stronghold and begun conducting business in the Xiyang Continent. The Yuwen family was also a commercial clan that had accumulated great wealth by trading minerals, specialty goods, and other items between various planets. Therefore, they were very concerned about the Zhu family’s expansion of power, as it threatened their own future business interests. After thinking for a while, Yuwen Qitian suddenly disappeared from his chamber.
The Qinglan Hall, as the most important meeting place for the Yuwen family, was usually a quiet place. Suddenly, clan leader Yuwen Qitian appeared in the main seat of the hall and said calmly, “All members of the inner courtyard of the Yuwen family, come to the Qinglan Hall.” His voice spread through the immortal energy, instantly covering the entire headquarters of the Yuwen family. Like the Zhu family, the Yuwen family was also divided into an inner courtyard and an outer courtyard. The inner courtyard consisted entirely of bloodline disciples of the Yuwen family, all of whom were at the level of Soul Immortals, numbering sixty in total. In an instant, fifty of the sixty people from the inner courtyard arrived. The other ten had already gone to other planets with the Yuwen family’s business delegation to conduct trade. Yuwen Qitian glanced at the fifty people and said coldly, “Gentlemen, the Zhu family from Zhu Yanxing has finally taken action, sending over ten Soul Immortals.” Hearing this, the fifty people grew furious. “That Zhu family really doesn’t know what’s good for them—they dare to come to our Yuwen family’s stronghold to expand their power.”
“The dozens of Soul Immortals from the Zhu family who came earlier—our Yuwen family didn’t bother them. Who would have thought the Zhu family would get so arrogant, thinking our Yuwen family is easy to bully?”
“Since the Zhu family doesn’t know when to back off, we’ll head to the Sea Peak Mountains now and uproot everything they’ve occupied.”
“I’m so angry! I’m going to the Sea Peak Mountains and wipe out every last member of the Zhu family.”
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In moments, the fifty people in the Yuwen family’s inner courtyard were filled with rage, their blood boiling with determination to go to the Sea Peak Mountains and exterminate all of the Zhu family.
Yuwen Qitian’s expression instantly turned cold. He slammed his hand on the armrest of his chair, silencing all the noise, and said coldly, “The people of the Zhu family have come to the Xiyang Continent. Although nominally they’re targeting the interests of the three major forces here, the ones who will suffer the most directly are still our Yuwen family. Huang Yuanzong and Shixing Lake are in the south and won’t be affected for now. But since the Zhu family has resolved to expand here, our Yuwen family cannot allow them to stay on Fangyang Star any longer.”
“The clan leader is wise!” The fifty people in the inner courtyard cheered happily upon hearing Yuwen Qitian’s words.
Yuwen Qitian glanced at everyone and continued in a cold tone, “Yuwen Ningfei and Yuwen Chuanpeng, you two go to the Sea Peak Mountains and keep an eye on all the Zhu family members. As soon as they head to different parts of the Xiyang Continent, report back immediately. I’ll send people to follow them, disrupt all their plans, and if necessary, even kill each one of them.”
Since this involved the future of the Yuwen family, Yuwen Qitian would not wait any longer. He decided to take the most resolute action to make the Zhu family understand that the Xiyang Continent was not a place where they could act recklessly.
“Yes, clan leader!” Yuwen Ningfei and Yuwen Chuanpeng immediately stood up and shouted excitedly.
Soon after, Yuwen Qitian disappeared.
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Zhu Yu, Zhu Jun, Zhu Qing, Zhu Ming, Zhu Yuan, Zhu Long, Zhu Shun, Zhu Qiao, Zhu Xiao, and Zhu Bao—these ten people left the Huoxia Merchant Alliance in Yangguang City and immediately flew toward the Sea Peak Mountains.
As the name suggested, the Sea Peak Mountains featured sharply cut peaks that stood densely together, with the entire range made up of rocks and few trees.
It was precisely because of this unique terrain that no major forces had established themselves there, allowing the Soul Immortals of the Zhu family to claim territory and gradually develop it.
The fifty Soul Immortals sent by the Zhu family had already gathered information on all kinds of mineral resources, rare medicinal herbs, dangerous places, and secret realms on the Xiyang Continent, waiting only for the Soul Immortals from the Zhu family to arrive. At this moment, Zhu Yu, Zhu Jun, Zhu Qing, Zhu Ming, Zhu Yuan, Zhu Long, Zhu Shun, Zhu Qiao, Zhu Xiao, and Zhu Bao arrived at the Haifeng Mountain Range. The leader of the fifty Soul Immortals was a six-star Soul Immortal named Zhu Jiang. Sensing the arrival of the ten people, Zhu Jiang immediately led all the Soul Immortals to stand in formation and welcome Zhu Yu and the others. “Zhu Jiang leads all the Soul Immortals to respectfully welcome the disciples of the family’s inner courtyard,” Zhu Jiang shouted. Zhu Yu and the others stepped down, smiling and nodding. “Zhu Jiang, thank you for your hard work. From now on, let’s work together to expand the power of our Zhu family,” Zhu Yu said with a smile, patting Zhu Jiang’s shoulder. “Yes!” Zhu Jiang replied immediately. Then, the sixty of them went to an attic together. The Zhu family’s stronghold on the Xiyang Continent was located in a valley in the Haifeng Mountain Range—a rare open area in the entire mountain range, suitable for large-scale settlement. By now, hundreds of tall buildings had been constructed there, and Zhu Yu and the sixty others entered the largest one. “Zhu Jiang, you and your fifty men have worked hard. Now that the clan head has sent us ten here, it’s to expand our family’s business. You must fully cooperate with us,” Zhu Yu said as soon as he sat down. They wanted to start operations right away. Hearing this, Zhu Jiang immediately took out a jade slip and threw it to Zhu Yu. “This contains all the information about the Xiyang Continent that our fifty men have gathered over the past ten years. Please review it,” Zhu Jiang said softly. Zhu Yu took the jade slip and used his immortal perception to quickly understand the basic situation of the Xiyang Continent. “Very good. I now know the situation of the Xiyang Continent. Let me think for a while before taking action. Everyone, disperse. We’ll meet again in three days,” Zhu Yu said with a faint smile. Soon, everyone left. Zhu Bao went to an attic and immediately set up a Virtual Spirit Restriction. Qu Yi immediately came out of the Dimension Ball, smiling and saying, “Zhu Bao, there will be much killing on the Xiyang Continent from now on. Try to take more independent actions in the future; I’ll help you.” Hearing this, Zhu Bao felt inexplicably inspired and even nodded. ※※※
When Qu Yi emerged from the inch-sized sphere, he was at the Fire Venerable’s hall in Zhu Yanxing’s Tongzhou Hall. At that moment, a message appeared in his soul: “Fangyang Star, Western Central Continent.” It turned out that Qu Yi’s six bodies shared a single soul, allowing them to stay in touch at any time without the need for communication cards. Upon receiving the message, the Fire Venerable learned that the Zhu family had gone to Fangyang Star, and he immediately formed a plan in his mind.