Chapter 504 - 665 : Moyue

Among them, nearly all those with mixed spiritual roots and True Spiritual Roots were chosen by Wentian.

Afterward, Wentian paid the spirit stones and obtained the Cyan Flower Restriction removal method from the middle-aged steward. Then, in front of him, he flicked his finger, splitting a drop of blood into dozens of strands that entered the Cyan Flower Marks on the faces of these slaves.

Blood light flashed, and the restriction took effect.

Wentian had a trace of connection with each one of them. With a single thought, he could control their life and death, and even control the Cyan Flower Mark, making it move to other parts of the body.

Only then did the middle-aged steward have someone remove their shackles and restraints. Then he smiled at Wentian and said, "Daoist Jianyi, you may take them away.

"If this batch runs out, you are welcome to come again next time."

Can you wish for something better?

Wentian shook his head and laughed loudly. With a sweep of his sleeve, he said, "We leave."

Returning to the Jianyi residence,

Jianyi Mingxian was still busy.

"Deyue, Ye Fan, arrange residences for them. Men and women separated, mortals and cultivators separated, with multiple people in one room.

"It does not matter if it is a little crowded. The floors in the rooms are almost all wooden, so they can all sleep on the floor."

"Now, each person come receive washing items, straw mats, and bedding."

The slaves all had lifeless eyes and silently followed instructions.

Jianyi Deyue led the women, while Ye Fan led the men, each arranging residences for them.

Afterward, they were gathered in the front courtyard again.

Wentian swept his gaze over them. Each of them had lifeless eyes, as if they had lost all hope of living, like walking corpses.

"Do you know why you have fallen to this current state?"

Wentian's voice was deafening, ringing beside each of their ears. A special power struck directly at their hearts.

When everyone heard this, they raised their heads and looked over.

"You answer." Wentian casually pointed at a mortal man.

"Replying to Master, this lowly one... does not know."

"You." Wentian pointed at another person, a male cultivator.

"Because of enemies!"

"You speak."

"Because we are weak!"

The corners of Wentian's mouth lifted. "Correct. It is precisely because your previous families were weak, and you yourselves were weak. The principle of this world is that the weak are prey to the strong, and winners are kings while losers are bandits.

"If you lose, you die. You may become slaves."

"However, you encountered my Jianyi family. Although my Jianyi family is not a house of pure kindness, we also do not promote slavery."

As he spoke, light flashed in his hand, and a jade slip appeared.

"Do you know what this is?"

"What this jade slip records is the method to break the Cyan Flower Restriction on your bodies. As long as this Jianyi is willing, it can be removed at any time."

When everyone heard this, light gradually appeared in their eyes.

"However, you were ultimately bought by this Jianyi with spirit stones. This Jianyi has also said that my Jianyi family is not a house of pure kindness. It is impossible for me to spend money buying you merely to help you break the restrictions.

"What this Jianyi wants are people useful to my Jianyi family.

"As long as you meet this Jianyi's conditions, I can remove the Cyan Flower Restrictions on your bodies and allow you to become vassals of my Jianyi family."

A female cultivator raised her eyes, light flashing in them, and asked, "What are the conditions?"

"First, abandon the past and begin anew. If anyone brings hidden dangers to my Jianyi family because of their own past grudges and hatred, death!"

"Second, you have ten days to familiarize yourselves with each other and become husband and wife. Until the third generation, the Cyan Flower Restriction can be removed. If anyone's descendants give birth to five immortal seedlings in advance, the Cyan Flower Restriction can be removed."

Hearing this, the group of slaves all looked at the people beside them.

Becoming husband and wife in ten days was too sudden.

But this was the restriction master's order, and it also related to the Cyan Flower Restriction on their bodies. No one would disagree.

"There is one more point. I need you to be loyal to my Jianyi family. Not because of the Cyan Flower Restriction on your bodies, but sincere submission.

"This can come slowly, but whoever harbors thoughts of betrayal will have only one road: death."

"In addition, starting tomorrow, my Jianyi family will bestow Martial Dao techniques and immortal cultivation arts. Aside from completing your daily work, you may cultivate.

"The stronger you are, the greater your use to my Jianyi family.

"Those who make contributions can also obtain cultivation resources."

"In my Jianyi family, no one will look at you as slaves."

Wentian formed seals with one hand.

Suddenly,

The Cyan Flower Marks on all the slaves' faces began to move like living things, all shifting to their backs.

"Your Cyan Flower Mark."

"Yours too..."

The slaves looked at each other. Seeing this, they all cried out in surprise.

"I have controlled the Cyan Flower Mark and moved it to your backs. At least this way, in the eyes of outsiders, you will not be treated as slaves.

"However, to truly remove the Cyan Flower Restriction, you still need to fulfill this Jianyi's conditions."

Seeing this, the slaves immediately knelt to the ground one after another and bowed. "We will respectfully obey Master's orders."

"From now on, you may call me Family Head, and call the others elders."

Jianyi Mingxian was the Great Elder, Jianyi Deling was the Second Elder, Jianyi Deyue was the Third Elder, and Ye Fan was the Fourth Elder.

"Greetings, Great Elder, Second Elder, Third Elder, Fourth Elder."

The slaves all bowed again.

A single brainwashing speech made these slaves initially develop loyalty toward the Jianyi family, rather than having it built upon the Cyan Flower Restriction.

As for whether they would truly submit wholeheartedly in the future,

That would depend on whether the Jianyi family could truly subdue them.

In Wentian's view, relying on the Cyan Flower Restriction's deterrence to take in a group of walking corpses was naturally inferior to having them sincerely work for the Jianyi family.

If he truly wanted tool people, he might as well buy some late Qi Refining cultivator slaves. They would be more useful.

"You will abandon the past, so first use the surnames this Jianyi gives you. Mortals will take Yan as their surname. Men will use Mu and Lin as generation characters, with numbers as given names. Starting from you, you will be Mu One through Mu Ten, and Lin One through Lin Ten."

"Women will use Mei and Hua as generation characters, likewise Mei One through Mei Ten, and Hua One through Hua Ten."

"Cultivators will take Wu as their surname. Men will use Zhu as the generation character, while women will use Lan as the generation character. All will use numbers as names."

"Many thanks for Family Head's bestowed names."

Wentian waved his hand. "Remember your own names. Remember your own identities. From now on, welcome your brand-new lives."

"Yes, Family Head."

Afterward, Wentian arranged a series of work for them.

Patrolling and guarding the gate would be divided into two shifts. In addition, there was sweeping the courtyard, kitchen work, wiping tables and chairs, and so on.

The tasks were not heavy. At the very least, they would have time to cultivate every day.

In the blink of an eye,

The sky gradually darkened, and the golden crow sank westward.

Wentian headed toward Horn Mansion City.

With the deaths of Wu Yuanqi and the others, the Wu family naturally knew. They immediately activated the family grand formation, and the entire clan was placed under martial law, everyone alarmed by the slightest movement.

Family hall.

The Wu Family Head and the elders were all here.

"How did those sent outside the city to investigate report back?" The Wu family Great Elder, the remaining Foundation Establishment completion cultivator, looked at the Wu Family Head and asked.

"Great Elder, on the road to Yunxi Town, traces of battle were indeed discovered, but we cannot determine whether it was done by the Jianyi family members or whether they encountered other people."

"Forget it. Matters have reached this point. For the next few days, keep the clan-protecting grand formation activated first to guard against unexpected disasters." The Wu family Great Elder sighed deeply.

"Then the Jianyi family matter?"

"In a few days, go to Yunxi Town and investigate whether the Jianyi family truly moved there, or whether they deliberately set up a false trail. Then we will find a way to deal with them."

The moon wheel hung in the middle of the sky.

Clear radiance scattered across Horn Mansion City. The streets and alleys were silent, with only insect cries heard.

Suddenly, cyan light came from afar and landed above the Wu family residence.

It was precisely Wentian!

He slapped the storage pouch at his waist, and six formation flags flew out, spreading into the Six Harmonies.

In an instant, a cyan light curtain covered the Wu family residence like a giant cage.

By the time the Wu family patrols discovered something strange, the Six Harmonies Absolute Sealing Formation had already been arranged, isolating the leakage of qi within.

Even if an explosion occurred, the neighbors would not hear the slightest movement.

"Who goes there!"

As cries rang out one after another, several rays of light immediately rushed out from various places.

But before they could see clearly, they saw an enormous flood dragon over twenty zhang long stretching across the air above the Wu family clan-protecting grand formation.

Its golden pupils reflected the cold moon, and its giant claw pressed against the earth-yellow clan-protecting light curtain.

That grand formation light curtain immediately released a series of cracking sounds.

Although this was also a second-rank high-grade formation, the current Moyue's strength had already fully recovered to the peak of mid third rank. This second-rank high-grade formation only endured a single strike from him.

Then it turned into countless yellow specks of light and vanished in the air.

"A third-rank flood dragon?!"

The Wu family Great Elder, the Family Head, and the elders were all horrified as they looked at the enormous flood dragon in midair. Bean-sized beads of sweat continuously seeped from their foreheads.

Their hearts turned even colder.

Looking closer,

They saw that between the flood dragon's horns, there was a black-robed, white-haired, masked man standing with his hands behind his back. His white hair drifted beneath the moonlight, making him look like an exiled immortal.

His aura was almost completely restrained, making it impossible to probe his realm.

"Senior... why have you suddenly come to my Wu family? Has my Wu family offended you?"

"Kill!"

A cold word leapt out.

Moyue roared, then immediately attacked the group like lightning. As his dragon claw pressed down, one person was heavily injured and smacked to the ground.

Then his dragon tail swept, swift as the wind. Five or six people who only had mid Foundation Establishment strength and no top-grade defensive magic artifacts were directly smashed to death.

Immediately afterward, countless ice spikes condensed in the air and fell to the ground like a violent storm.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Countless buildings collapsed, and countless people also lost their lives beneath the ice spikes.

Where they landed, ice rapidly formed. Nearby early and mid Qi Refining cultivators who did not manage to run far were instantly frozen into ice blocks.

The Wu family Great Elder and the others who were lucky enough to survive immediately scattered.

Some wanted to flee, but were blocked by the Six Harmonies Absolute Sealing Formation. Even a full-powered attack from a Foundation Establishment completion cultivator only stirred faint ripples.

Moyue hunted and destroyed everywhere.

Wentian swept the battlefield. All storage pouches were collected, not even those of Qi Refining cultivators spared.

Then he soul-searched several people, wanting to ask where the Wu family's hidden treasures were.

Unfortunately, they all had restrictions. When he forcibly searched their souls, each of them died on the spot.

"Moyue, investigate with divine sense. See where the Wu family's treasure storage is."

"No problem."

While pursuing and killing, Moyue released his peak third-rank divine sense to investigate. In only a moment, he found two treasure storage places of the Wu family.