Eternal Life: I Can Control My Essence Qi-Chapter 155 - 142: Tangshan Ancestor, 1,000 Li Reinforcement

Chapter 155: Chapter 142: Tangshan Ancestor, 1,000 Li Reinforcement

"Lord Qingxu!"

Wu Silei’s face turned pale, his whole body trembling slightly.

He was originally a miner slave at Suiyu Mountain and now attempting to escape from prison, and according to the rules, he should be killed!

Watching as four Foundation Establishment masters were all defeated by this Lord Qingxu one after another, what chance did they have against him, as easy as killing chickens?

"No!"

Hu Weiwei screamed, her eyes filled with panic and fear, quickly shouted:

"Spare my life, Lord!"

"My grandfather is Tangshan Ancestor. As long as the lord is willing to spare me, my Hu Family will reward you generously!"

"Tangshan Ancestor?"

Zhang Yao’s expression shifted, thoughts churning in his mind.

The name Tangshan Ancestor was completely unknown to him, but dare to call himself an ancestor, he must be a Great Cultivator of the Golden Core Stage.

"Unexpectedly, this little cat girl really has a Golden Core Realm Demon Cultivator behind her... This is a bit troublesome."

Zhang Yao pondered for a moment, suddenly flicked his sleeve.

"Bang!" "Bang!"

Wu Silei and Hu Weiwei’s bodies shuddered, falling to the ground unconscious.

"Such a hot potato, it’s better to leave it to Lord Haihe to deal with."

A Golden Core Ancestor, Zhang Yao admitted he couldn’t afford to offend.

If the other party really bore grudges and protected short, then he would have to abandon this identity and flee.

"After the array at Suiyu Mountain was breached, there must be a reaction from the Cangjiang Water Mansion, Lord Haihe should already be on the way."

With this thought, Zhang Yao beckoned with his hand, gathering the spiritual artifacts and storage bags of several individuals.

"Lives can be spared, but the spoils must be taken."

After roughly counting, Zhang Yao came to the side of the old woman in the black robe.

Several members of the Hu Family have extraordinary Demon Cultivation Bloodline, he was wary of some hidden tricks within the bloodline, didn’t dare to interrogate them rashly, but there was no such concern with this Human Race Foundation Establishment Tomb Raider.

After all, as long as it’s a normal Foundation Establishment Stage, they wouldn’t let anyone plant restrictions on them to control their life and death.

"Wake up!"

Zhang Yao pointed at her forehead, using the Desolate Soul-shaking Divine Light and ’Soul Capturing and Thought Extraction Technique’, starting the interrogation.

"Huff, huff..."

But this time, after just a few questions, the old woman’s breathing became heavy, her forehead veins bulged, showing signs of breaking free.

"What a bother."

Zhang Yao frowned, having to give up the interrogation.

The Soul Capturing and Thought Extraction Technique is ultimately just a mortal means.

Back then, at the beginning of his path, he felt it was quite brilliant, but now it seemed to be just a superficial use of Divine Soul oppression, the principle being too simple and crude.

This technique had a significant effect during the Qi Refining Stage, but Foundation Establishment Cultivators have already opened up the Sea of Consciousness and developed Divine Sense, making such crude methods greatly limited.

"Hmm, after the ten-year term is up, I urgently need to find a Soul Searching Secret Technique."

Zhang Yao knocked the old black-robed woman unconscious again, pondering silently, lost in thought.

He briefly interrogated a few sentences, received limited information:

The old woman in the black robe in front of him was called ’Feng Dujuan’, from a third-rate family in Yin Province, secretly raiding the Black Jade Ore Vein for more than twenty years.

She was merely an ordinary Foundation Establishment, the only Foundation Establishment Cultivator in the Feng Family, the only troublesome part being—this person was also a member of the ’Du Bu Alliance’.

"This matter involves the Du Bu Alliance, so this is no small issue."

"Better leave it to Lord Haihe to handle, hope he arrives quickly..."

Regarding the chaos in the mining area, Zhang Yao had no intention of intervening.

Compared to guarding a few Foundation Establishment Cultivators, the safety of the two major mining areas was obviously not as important, anyway, the ore vein wouldn’t grow legs and run away.

The most important source of turmoil has been resolved, as long as the Forbidden Escape Array has no issues, then hundreds to thousands of miner slaves would be hard-pressed to fly away even with wings, the number truly escaping would probably be one in a hundred.

......

In the shattered city within the Suiyu Mountain Sub-Temple.

Due to the breach of the array and the invasion of strong enemies, the whole small mountain city fell into chaos.

Including Zhang He, who is in charge of refining ore, many Qi Refining Cultivators swarmed out in fear of being killed by the approaching Foundation Establishment masters.

Anyway, the array has been breached, no one can hold them accountable for leaving their posts, and they are powerless against the chaos in the mining area.

Amidst the chaos:

"Hesitation causes more trouble!"

Li Shuixian’s expression was resolute, stealthily concealing her figure, heading towards the warehouse.

For Zhang He and other Qi Refining Cultivators, the Haihe Association is unlikely to hold them accountable after the fact, after all, the sub-temple array was breached, they couldn’t possibly be expected to fight bloodily against Foundation Establishment Cultivators, right?

But she was different.

She was responsible for guarding the array core of the sub-temple when Zhang Yao left, yet in the critical moment of external enemy invasion chose to withdraw her magical power, avoiding severe injury but committing the crime of ’retreating in fear of the enemy’.

Though in such circumstances, persisting would be useless to the overall situation.

But her actions caused the array to be breached more quickly, which was undoubtedly true.

If the Haihe Association investigates afterward and finds out the details of the array breach, her actions would be impossible to hide, she would surely be held accountable, and likely face a tragic end.

Though Zhang Yao might possibly step forward to protect her, she dared not gamble on that chance.

After all, she was well aware of her own position; it was hard to say how much affection she could truly expect from the other party, who wasn’t her true Dao companion.

"Anyway, I’m not willing to be punished willingly. Since I’m going to be hunted down either way, I might as well take these ores as my capital for a comeback!"

Li Shuixian’s expression was resolute as she headed straight to the warehouse door, casting a spell while activating her identity token.

It’s said that if one doesn’t act for oneself, heaven and earth will condemn them.

Earlier, she had withdrawn her magical power to avoid serious injury and increase her chances of survival in the ensuing chaos.

Now, for the sake of her future cultivation path, she decided to be a thief who guards yet steals.

"Boom..."

Amidst the rumbling, the warehouse door slowly opened, and Li Shuixian dashed inside.

A few breaths later, she reappeared, casting a spell to close the warehouse door before hastily flying away, escaping Suiyu Mountain in light form.

In the chaos, no one noticed her actions.

......

"Faster! A bit faster!"

Thousands of miles away, Lord Haihe was somber, continuously urging.

The Suiyu Mountain Sub-Temple was equipped with an emergency signal transmission array, but the cost of activating it was significant, so it wasn’t usually used.

The moment the array protecting the mountain city was breached, the hidden communication array activated automatically. Lord Haihe, situated at the Cangjiang Water Mansion, received the message immediately and rushed to provide support.

"Damn it! Who dared to make a move?"

Lord Haihe was anxious, with mounting anger.

He was not only worried about the situation in the mining area but also concerned about Zhang Yao’s safety.

After all, the ore vein wouldn’t be completely uprooted, but with the array breached, Zhang Yao, stationed at Suiyu Mountain, was likely in dire straits.

"Boom!" "Boom!"...

Several escape lights streaked across the sky, rushing towards Suiyu Mountain.

Under Lord Haihe’s lead, five Foundation Establishment masters hurried to provide support, including the middle stage Foundation Establishment cultivator Peng Yue Xian.

"Could that kid have really been unlucky enough to die?"

Peng Yue Xian contemplated this, with a hint of regret in his expression:

"What a pity, he had just recently advanced to Foundation Establishment, hadn’t even enjoyed a few years, and now he’s gone..."

The thoughts of each varied, but they all pushed their escape light speed to the maximum, rushing forward without sparing magical power, covering several thousand miles in a mere two hours.

In Suiyu Mountain:

The Foundation Establishment masters first saw the badly damaged small mountain city and exchanged glances, all with sinking hearts.

"It seems the worst-case scenario occurred; the array was forcibly breached head-on..."

An elder master observed for a moment and made a preliminary assessment:

"The spirit pattern array vein isn’t thoroughly broken, unlike it would be if Lord Qingxu personally oversaw it."

"However, the Suiyu Mountain Sub-Temple’s array is quite complete. Even a Qi Refining Perfection cultivator could withstand one or two Foundation Establishment cultivators for a long time."

"For the array to be breached so quickly, at least several Foundation Establishment cultivators must have worked together."

He paused here, providing the final conclusion:

"Considering the issue of the Soul Thought Beads, I suspect someone secretly infiltrated, taking advantage of Lord Qingxu’s absence and the opportunity to attack Suiyu Mountain."

The Foundation Establishment cultivators nodded slightly upon hearing this but couldn’t help showing regretful expressions.

The enemy seized the opportunity of Lord Qingxu’s absence to launch an attack, breaking the array, yet they didn’t encounter Lord Qingxu midway—

The outcome was clear; the enemy had similarly arranged someone to intercept Lord Qingxu, and he most likely suffered a tragic fate.

"Alas..."

Lord Haihe sighed heavily, his tone low:

"I didn’t expect that by arranging for Lord Qingxu to be stationed here, I would instead bring about his death."

"Association Leader."

Beside him, Peng Yue Xian consoled him:

"Let’s first check on the mining area’s situation..."

"Hmm."

Lord Haihe nodded, saying:

"Let’s be cautious as we explore the mining area, and be sure not to act separately."

"I want to see what exactly these unknown people are after, breaking the array and intruding into the mining area..."

Quickly, the Foundation Establishment cultivators reached the mining area, but what they saw surprised them all.

They had assumed the mining area would be chaotic, with heavy casualties, and even expected the miner slaves to have completely fled, which they could accept.

But they hadn’t anticipated that the two major mining areas had already begun to restore order, organizing manpower to clean up bodies, indicating that the chaos hadn’t lasted long before being quelled.

"This..."

The Foundation Establishment masters exchanged bewildered glances.

"Hmm?"

At this moment, Lord Haihe’s expression changed sharply as he spoke:

"I sensed Lord Qingxu’s identity token, located in this mining area, likely in a mining tunnel dozens of yards underground."

As he spoke, he took the lead, driving his escape light towards the ground:

"Let’s go down and take a look!"