Chapter 348 Rui

Li Xi'ao wandered in the mountains and forests for a full day. The clan soldiers complained incessantly and refused to leave because of illness. Li Xi'ao went forward on his own. Only about 40% of the soldiers and horses remained, and finally arrived at the hills next to the Li family.

There is a Qi-level Lingbi mineral vein in this hill, which is jointly controlled by the five Feixi families and mines for the Xiao family, known as the Five Lingbi Families.

After walking a few miles and entering the territory of the Rui family, which is close to the Li family, they saw two small spiritual fields. The remaining soldiers and horses dispersed in a swarm, jumping into the fields to pull rice, leaving only one. More than a hundred people followed him.

"This is spiritual rice!"

Four tribesmen passed in front of them. Lingdao Qiu had done nothing wrong and was completely destroyed in the blink of an eye. Li Xi stood up, reining in his horse and gave two symbolic scoldings.

Although Li Xiya cared for the children of the clan and provided them with money and food, he only helped those brothers with outstanding talents. He also had no good impression of these dudes who ruined the family's reputation. He only believed in horses walking on the path and said to himself:

"The lazy and stupid ones ran away on the road, and now another batch of greedy and stupid ones are sent, and there are still..."

He was arranging the spears in his mind when a group of soldiers came up to him and said respectfully:

"Sir, the formation has been broken, please go up the mountain!"

Li Xi'ao nodded, observed the terrain, put his hips together, and said doubtfully:

"Since a large mine like Lingbi Mine has been raised, why are the earth veins and spiritual machines here so barren?"

The spiritual field on this land was placed in the Li family's poor land, which even the Wang family would not steal, but the Rui family used it to grow spiritual rice. The lack of spiritual ideas on the territory was evident. Li Xi'ao only said to himself:

"This land is ripe not only once every two years, but only once every seven or eight years! No wonder the five families next to the Lingbi Mine have not been able to squeeze out a single Qi practitioner for so many years."

Rui Jiafeng.

The formation on the Rui family's small peak had been broken long ago, and it was not even broken by the Li family. Chen Mufeng made a few symbolic attacks and called out the name of the Li family, and the other party hurriedly opened the formation.

Li Xi'ao remembered the instructions at home and went to the top of the mountain to see the spiritual spring.

The spiritual spring on Ruijia Peak was green and green, slightly chilly, and the spiritual energy content was slightly lower than that on Huaqian Mountain at home. He didn't know whether it was suitable or not, so he filled a small bottle with a jade bottle and took it back to have a look.

After arranging the most important things, Li Xiya stepped on the snow and stepped into the main hall of the Rui family.

In front of him was a young man, dressed in armor and holding a halberd. It was Chen Mufeng. He had been waiting for Li Xi'ao here after conquering the mountain. He stood in the main hall with two rows of clan soldiers holding knives. It was cold.

Chen Mufeng is Chen Donghe's nephew and Li Qiuyang's apprentice and son-in-law. Although the Chen family does not have many spiritual apertures, those who have spiritual apertures are outstanding. Chen Mufeng is only twenty-seven, and he already has the cultivation level of the Jade Beijing Wheel with the fifth level of fetal breath.

Although the breakthrough was not long ago and his cultivation was not stable, he still had hope of practicing Qi for thirty years. He was immediately valued and promoted by the Li family, and he was considered a popular person in the clan.

As soon as Li Xi'an entered, a group of Rui family members ran down and knelt down in front of him. The white-haired old man at the head held the jade seal, raised it high, and buried his head in saying:

"The Rui family respectfully welcomes the generals of the wealthy clan, and would like to offer the green seal. She is willing to serve the powerful clan's dogs and horses, and will never fight with each other..."

This old man of the Rui family seems to be the person with the highest level of cultivation in the Rui family. He is only at the fourth level of fetal breath, not as good as Chen Mufeng. He does not dare to offend the Li family who has built a foundation and has practiced a lot of qi. He only uses the jade "under the rule of Qingchi" in his hand. Print and hold high.

Chen Mufeng worked as a boy in the market, and when he returned home, he led his men to slaughter the Shanyue nobles and became a general. He had rich experience. Looking at Rui's words, it seemed that he was very familiar with surrendering. He said disdainfully:

"What you said is beautiful!"

"Eh."

Li Xi'ao didn't respond to him and looked around. There were two small piles of spiritual rice on the side. They looked like offerings. They were very few and were not as much as his family's salary. He glanced at them and passed by.

On the ground, there were dozens of white and tender things on jade plates, which were crystal white and looked quite cute. There were also five or six jade bottles filled with blood.

Although Li Xi'ao had stayed in Dongshanyue for several years and learned about many spiritual creatures, he had little contact with the monks' secret transactions. He said with some confusion:

"What is this?"

The old man Rui hurriedly held it up. The meaty thing was tender and cute, and he said respectfully:

"The name of this thing is 'rice meat', and the Yu family... Yu Zei requested this thing as an offering back then."

Li Xi'ao looked at him for a while, feeling strangely creepy, so he waved him away. Chen Mufeng, who had already known this before, whispered to him with an ugly look on his face:

"The so-called 'rice meat' is made from rice and refers to mortals. It should be refined using secret methods. There is also 'blood meat', which is an elegant name for blood."

Li Xi'ao's face turned pale for a while, but he was well behaved and did not speak. Old Man Rui only looked at the faces of the two people and immediately understood that flattery was on the horse's lap, so he had to bite the bullet and said:

"I don't know that the nobles don't like this. I'm afraid I offended you. Please forgive me! I call you Rui Qiongcuo. My ancestor... my ancestor was enlightened by the Xiao family."

Rui Qiongcuo's words were a sign of support. Chen Mufeng glanced at him and ignored him.

The Rui family and several families around the Lingbi mine were inspired by the Xiao family in their early years. They mined minerals for the Xiao family. At best, they were vassals, and at worst, they were mining slaves. They were willing to surrender without feeling ashamed.

The Xiao family did not provide any evidence, but it was naturally impossible for the Li family to annex the vassals they supported. When Chen Mufeng saw that Li Xi was silent, he stood still.

Rui Qiongcuo secretly beat his drum in his heart. After all, everyone knew about the attack on the Xiao family, and he didn't know the casualties of the Xiao family. This made this old man who had always been a ghost a little uneasy:

"The Li family...is also supported by the Xiao family, so maybe everything will be fine?"

Just as he was thinking about it, another person came up from outside the hall. Old Rui had never cultivated spiritual consciousness. He only heard Chen Mufeng, who was holding a halberd, respectfully calling "Master". He was probably a Qi-training monk, and he quickly lowered his head and did not dare to speak.

The person who came was none other than Li Qiuyang. After all, these small clans were nothing more than fetal breath monks, so they didn't bother the direct descendants of the Li family to practice qi and only sent Li Qiuyang and others.

Li Qiuyang tightened his robe tightly, with snow still on his body. He looked thoughtful, holding a light blue diamond-shaped ore in his hand, and said softly:

"I was ordered by my clan to explore the Lingbi mine that was discovered by five families."

"The troublesome people are getting old."

Li Xi'ao responded. Seeing Li Qiuyang's hesitant expression, he silently put away the ore and said in a deep voice:

"Since Mr. Rui has entered the confines of my Li family, he should be restrained. He should no longer use people as spiritual materials to make "rice meat" or "blood soup". This is the most important thing in my family. I also ask Mr. Rui not to test the law with yourself."

This matter was originally disgraceful, but now that Li Xi'e said it bluntly, Rui Qiongcuo couldn't help but keep it on his face, and he secretly complained in his heart:

"So overbearing... The Yu family had to collect blood as offerings, and the Li family banned rice and meat. Every family has its own temperament, but my land is barren, so I don't need to use the old, weak, sick and disabled as medicine... again What can I do!”

Although there are good things like Lingbi Mine on the land of Wujia, the spiritual veins and spiritual machines seem to have been absorbed by the mineral veins. A large area is a wasteland with extremely barren spiritual machines. It is too difficult for the Rui family to grow spiritual rice and spiritual objects. , can only use various means to survive...

Li Xiya looked at his submissive look, organized his words, and continued:

"The head of my family knows what you are waiting for, and he is not asking for your tribute in vain. He allows the Rui family to send people to plant rice under the Yuting Peak on my property to study. My family only charges 20% of the rent."

The old man froze on the spot for a breath, his eyes no longer full of cunning, but instead filled with deep confusion. He looked at Li Xi'ao's face and said in a daze:

"Go to the foot of Yuting Peak and plant rice..."

Old Man Rui murmured a few words, his eyes turned red, and he asked hurriedly:

"I wonder how much tribute the superior family will charge?"

"Take the water from your spiritual spring and the 20% of the rent as an offering!"

Li Xi'ao waved his hand, and Old Rui stared blankly in disbelief.

Of course Rui Qiongcuo knew how fertile the family's land was and how abundant their ideas were, and he had also been greedy. However, when he was running the family, the Ji family was the most prosperous, and Ji Denqi was particularly domineering, so it was not his turn to covet.

Later, the Ji family went to the An family, and the An family went to the Li family. The [White Jade Hand] and the [Moon Que Sword] were even more powerful, and they could destroy their own family with just a breath.

As for selling the ore secretly... The Xiao family's pulse-finding skills are very advanced. How much ore is missing from the mine and how much is handed over to his family. People know very well that once this happens, it will be a disaster for the whole family.

It's not like Rui didn't think about escaping from this poor place, but the Xiao family sent people to collect the ore every year, Rui didn't dare to move, so she could only keep going year after year.

Now that there is hope, decades of sadness well up in my heart. For a while, I burst into tears and said respectfully:

"Thank you, sir!"

Seeing old man Rui bowing to the ground with a very moved expression, Li Xiya was slightly surprised.

The order was given by Li Yuanping, but he didn't think much of it. The Li family was short of manpower, and there was still a large vacant spiritual field under Yuting Peak. It was just a difference between leaving it idle and renting it out.

"okay."

Old Rui had become a kowtow-headed insect. Li Xi'ao ordered someone to help him up. The old man's face was filled with tears and he seemed to be really moved.

Rui's gratitude was of no use to the Li family, but Li Xi'an was a good-natured person. Seeing the old man's moved appearance, he felt very happy and said some words of comfort. Tian Zhongqing on the other side also came over with people.

Mrs. Pu was also very grateful and sent two fetal breath monks over.

"Then let's go home."

Li Xi'ao settled everything, warned Rui Shi repeatedly, and made a copy of Rui Shi's exercises. After a closer look, he found that they were just cheap goods. He already had them at home, so he had to move back to his family.

————

This expedition felt like heavy thunder but little rain. In just one day, two families were selected and they returned in triumph. The Li family took over the vassals of the Rui family and the Pu family, which were close to their own, and tied them together by renting land. Much closer than ordinary offerings.

Li Xi'ao returned with more than a hundred people. The Yuting guards killed more than a thousand because they did not respect military and legal family laws. The rest were expelled from their clan names and released to Shanyue, and the clan was purged.

This crime was firmly planted. Not only did Li Yuanping not have to fight with this group of elder uncles, he also took advantage of the situation to straighten the family tradition. The important matter in his heart was settled, and his steps became a little lighter.

"It's just that these old clan uncles are not stupid either. If someone finds out, my reputation will inevitably be ugly."

Li Yuanping listened to some of the abuse and didn't take it seriously. He spent a few days trying to appease the old clan uncle and then put the matter behind him.

Sitting at the large desk, Li Yuanping picked up a small letter and frowned.

This letter was written by An Quanyan who was stationed at Huaqian Mountain. The Rui family's spiritual spring had been sent there a long time ago. It contained seven or eight jade bottles, but the old monkey resolutely threw them out of the cave one by one. .

An Junyan chattered with the old monkey like a monkey for a long time, and then he realized that the Rui family's spiritual spring was too cold and had some gold poison. If it was poured down like this, it would probably destroy the spiritual root.

"this!"

When Li Yuanping heard the news, he suddenly broke into a cold sweat and silently rejoiced. If it weren't for this old monkey to check it, wouldn't this foundation-level cash cow be wasted in vain?

Silently remembering the merits of the old monkey in his heart, Li Yuanping was thinking about whether to send someone to check the spring water, while calling Li Qiuyang up who claimed to have something important to report.

Li Qiuyang looked serious, took out a light blue ore from his storage bag, and whispered:

"Family head, we checked the ore claimed to be Lingbi mine from the five Lingbi families and took samples back."

After saying this, he handed over the ore. Li Yuanjiao took it and took a look. It was a dazzling light green color with some golden light. The ore was a spiritual object of Qi training level. It might hurt the human body. Li Qiuyang was afraid of hurting Li Yuanping, so he had sealed it with magic. .

Li Yuanping couldn't see anything famous, and Li Qiuyang already said solemnly:

"This is not a spiritual jade, but a Cuiyuan copper essence. It is a very rare spiritual object. I learned about it while chatting with the Xiao family monks."

"The Cuiyuan Bronze Essence is a Qi-training level spiritual object that needs to be mined by fetal breath monks. This object has a cold nature and is the most harmful to the body. If it is mined without breaking through the Qi-training level, it will hinder the path and longevity. It will become more and more difficult in the future. breakthrough."

"The five Lingbi families are mining year after year without realizing it. The copper essence will also infect the spiritual fields and harm the spiritual objects. The reason why the entire five Lingbi families cannot grow much spiritual rice is because of this thing."

Li Yuanping felt a chill behind him, and he suddenly realized it. He put down the copper essence, nodded and said:

"I see... No wonder the five Lingbi families are still in a fetal state for so many years and haven't practiced a few qi at all. No wonder the Xiao family wants to convert other clans. Firstly, the Qingchi Sect strictly prohibits crossing peaks and counties for fear of irritating the Qingchi Sect. Secondly, I am reluctant to send people to mine."

After just a moment's thought, Li Yuanping's previous doubts were explained and he murmured:

"No wonder the spring water has gold poison. I'm afraid it's also contaminated by Cuiyuan copper essence."

He felt much relieved and asked:

"Have arrangements been made for the monks from the Rui family and the Pu family?"

"Arrangements have been made. The land has been demarcated at Yuting Peak to plant spiritual rice."

Li Qiuyang responded, and Li Yuanping picked up the ink pen, wrote a few words on the small letter from An Yanyan, handed it to him, and said softly:

"Uncle, please send it to Wutu Peak."