Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather Chapter 1363: 872: Three Yin Weaving Net (Part 2)
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Capítulo 1363: Chapter 872: Three Yin Weaving Net (Part 2)
Jiang Ping’an nodded over and over, even if he couldn’t tell if the woman spoke the truth, he had no alternative except to place his faith in her.
Turmoil raged beyond their hiding spot, with battle waves growing wilder and fiercer, now reaching into the slums.
“My name is Xia Yunshu, cultivator at the Qi Refining Third Layer!” Xia Yunshu declared herself.
“Jiang Ping’an greets Immortal Master Xia!” Jiang Ping’an responded swiftly.
“You’re not surnamed Yang?” Xia Yunshu queried, puzzled.
Shouldn’t all those at the Yang family Artifact Refining Workshop bear the Yang surname?
Still anxious over Yang Jishan, Jiang Ping’an mentioned offhandedly, “My great-grandmother’s surname is Yang!”
“So that’s how it is!” Xia Yunshu grasped the situation.
She had viewed the Yang Family as a cultivation clan and wrongly assumed Jiang Ping’an carried the Yang name.
While the pair conversed, Yang Jishan gradually fluttered his eyes open.
“Brother Jishan, Brother Jishan!” Jiang Ping’an shouted.
Yang Jishan shook off his daze, “Where’s Eighth Master?”
“I don’t know!” Jiang Ping’an answered glumly.
Yang Jishan tried rising, yet the lingering fire poison scorched his body with agony.
“You better stay lying down and avoid circulating your True Yuan, lest the fire poison surges through you once more!” Xia Yunshu warned.
“Who are you?” Yang Jishan squinted, his face sharpening with caution.
“Xia Yunshu, merely a minor Loose Cultivator!”
“Brother Jishan, she just saved your life!” Jiang Ping’an clarified.
“Thank you!”
“No need!”
“What’s happening out there now?” Yang Jishan peered through the window, catching the uproar via the wooden screen.
“I don’t know!” Xia Yunshu’s expression soured, “Do you have other clan members?”
She gazed at Yang Jishan with expectation, uncertain of the outer chaos but sure it spelled disaster.
Right then, she craved aid, ideally someone to whisk her from Lotus Heart Valley.
Yang Jishan glanced at Jiang Ping’an, who gave a faint headshake and muttered dispiritedly, “We can’t reach anyone else at the moment!”
Lacking the Jade Token, they couldn’t retreat to the Spirit Source Land or summon aid. Normally, they might seek the Hidden Guard of the Secret Martial Guards in Lotus Heart Valley, yet chaos made venturing out too risky.
Disappointment flickered across Xia Yunshu’s face, “This spot won’t stay safe long; we must flee promptly!”
“Can we even escape?” Yang Jishan questioned.
“When the Guardian Array shatters, that’ll be our prime moment to break free!” Xia Yunshu whispered.
After pondering deeply, Yang Jishan instructed, “Ping’an, assist me up!”
Some vitality had returned to him, though his frame still burned fiercely.
“Immortal Master Xia, please bring us along! Should we survive, I’ll reward you handsomely!” He vowed solemnly.
Though no Immortal Cultivator himself, his riches far outstripped those of Xia Yunshu, a lowly novice.
Xia Yunshu didn’t turn them down, stating, “Follow me!”
She too sought allies for the getaway; Yang Jishan and Jiang Ping’an might weigh her down, yet they sparked some resolve.
Naturally, she’d only guide them without guaranteeing protection. Peril would prompt her solo dash, ditching them behind.
The trio slipped from the chamber, heading toward Lotus Heart Valley’s southern gate.
…
High above Lotus Heart Valley.
Liu Zai Xian scowled fiercely at the horde of silhouettes encircling the array.
“Where did all these Foundation Establishment cultivators emerge from?”
Shock and bewilderment swirled in his gaze.
No fewer than eight Foundation Establishment cultivators assaulted the barrier, one a late-stage powerhouse whose aura alone prickled his scalp.
“Senior Liu, what’s our move?”
Lin Jiangchuan nearby quaked worse, his words quivering.
At first, only Liu Zai Xian guarded Lotus Heart Valley as its sole Foundation Establishment expert. But the abrupt Blood Evil Array and Blood Pool years back led the Qingli Dynasty’s six families to station an extra one.
A pair of Foundation Establishment cultivators ought to suffice for defending the workshop, mainly staffed by Qi Refining folk.
Yet eight Foundation Establishment foes now charged in, backed by hundreds of late-stage Qi Refining attackers.
Lin Jiangchuan felt his heart plummet, his resolve crumbling. Freshly advanced to Foundation Establishment, this stood as his initial family assignment following the breakthrough. He never foresaw stumbling into such a hopeless predicament.
「Hold on, await reinforcements!」Liu Zai Xian commanded in a grave tone.
「When will reinforcements get here?」Lin Jiangchuan's complexion grew somewhat ashen.
His mind raced to his clan's circumstances; as a royal lineage of the Qingli Dynasty, the Lin family's stronghold lay 2000 miles distant. Even flying at top speed, arrival at Lotus Heart Valley demanded six or seven hours.
「The Lan family lies nearest to Lotus Heart Valley—merely two hours away!」
「Yet the Lan family possesses just a single Foundation Establishment cultivator!」Lin Jiangchuan's face drained to utter pallor.
Liu Zai Xian grew quiet, biding time for aid. The crux lay in persisting at least four hours; failure to last that long meant no salvation from incoming help—or worse, their arrival would prove futile.
With the Lan family boasting only one Foundation Establishment cultivator, any assistance from them spelled certain doom.
Liu Zai Xian pinned his sole hope on the Thick Earth Binding Mountain Array enduring four hours; only then might a faint shot at survival emerge.
…
Beyond the array.
Clad in a dark cloak, Zhang Mo overlooked Lotus Heart Valley from above.
「My lord, preparations complete—we may shatter the array whenever you wish!」A black-cloaked Foundation Establishment cultivator soared up to inform him.
「No haste; let them summon more aid first!」Zhang Mo replied evenly.
Lotus Heart Valley wasn't his true quarry, but rather the six great families of the Qingli Dynasty.
This valley served only as a mere starter dish.
He'd schemed this far in advance; absent that idiot Mo Xuanyu's premature blunder in revealing them, he wouldn't have postponed his strike till now.
Having chosen to move, full readiness assured his dominance.
…
Within Lotus Heart Valley.
In a modest dwelling.
A unremarkable, small-framed woman glared venomously at the body sprawled on the floor.
「Cursed fools, daring to shatter my peaceful cultivation!」
Fury drove her to boot the corpse, yet dislodging its mask twisted her features subtly.
「A Blood Puppet!」
「Blast it, that bastard Mo Xuanyu strikes once more!」
Like a spooked feline, the woman leaped back over a yard, recoiling in horror.
「Hold—I'm at Foundation Establishment already, and the Divine Soul Restriction is gone!」
「Heh, should I cross that wretch, I'll forge him into a Ghost Soldier without fail!」
This was none other than the Ghost Lady; freed from the Divine Soul Restriction, she'd attempted Foundation Establishment and triumphed, sans any Foundation Establishment Pill.
She herself marveled at the effortless ascent.
Post-Foundation Establishment success, she'd journeyed to Lotus Heart Valley to consolidate her realm via its Spirit Vein.
Her secluded training there had proceeded smoothly until abrupt turmoil exploded.
Noting the fierce mana surges beyond, the Ghost Lady paused momentarily before shifting to ethereal form, drifting noiselessly skyward.
Upon beholding the aerial chaos clearly, astonishment gripped her first, swiftly yielding to utter shock.
「That's not Mo Xuanyu!」
「Mo Xuanyu commands no such horde of Ghost Soldiers and Blood Puppets!」
Having once toiled as his Ghost Soldier, she grasped his capabilities intimately. The array-encircling swarm of Ghost Soldiers and Blood Puppets far exceeded anything Mo Xuanyu could muster.
「What's happening here?」
Puzzlement clouded the Ghost Lady.
Retreating to her yard, she positioned herself at the entrance, her eyes shifting to an enigmatic black while fixating on the heavens.
Countless slender threads appeared, myriad strands binding figures together in an intricate web.
These manifested as the Three Yin Weaving Net.
No mere incantation, the Three Yin Weaving Net embodied a causal Divine Skill.
Linking karma and repercussions, the Three Yin Weaving Net employed the 'heart' to glimpse destinies and rouse spirits.
Through the Ghost Lady's sight, each person's ties to others stood revealed. Though specifics eluded her still, it unveiled every linkage between them.