Chapter 32 Heavy Losses

The man in black cast a floating talisman, and his body flashed lightly, dodging the attack of the green bamboo sword, and his body also floated in the air.

His body was like a residual shadow, flying five or six feet away, and in the blink of an eye he arrived near the cave entrance.

The man in black was delighted, and his eyes showed a bit of excitement, as if he could escape from the cave and save his life immediately.

He had a higher cultivation level than Zhang Zhixuan, and his magic power was more profound. If he went to the wilderness outside, even if he lost the rattan shield magic weapon, he might not be unable to win.

Just when the man in black was secretly proud, a thunderbolt suddenly struck at the cave entrance.

A fire thunderbolt struck at the edge of the cave entrance. Although it did not hit the man in black directly, it also exploded the gravel at the cave entrance.

The broken rocks burst out, like a strong crossbow arrow, and hit the man in black fiercely.

Not only that, the aftermath of the fire thunder also affected the man in black. His flesh was immediately torn apart by the fire thunder, and half of his body was numb and unable to move.

Faced with this situation, Zhang Zhixuan naturally could not let him go. The Green Bamboo Sword came almost instantly and cut off the man in black's broken body.

A pair of wooden talismans once again made contributions and helped Zhang Zhixuan kill the powerful enemy.

Zhang Zhixuan looked at the pair of wooden talismans carefully and smiled bitterly: "The spiritual light of the wooden talisman has dimmed by half. It looks like it will be damaged after using it once."

After killing the man in black, Zhang Zhixuan dragged his feet and began to collect the spoils from the man in black.

Although the man in black was born in the Wu Kingdom's immortal cultivation family, he had been reduced to a casual cultivator for many years. In order to maintain his cultivation and save spirit stones, he had already sold all the good things on him. In addition to the magic shield that was broken into two pieces, there was only a second-level medium-quality flying knife magic weapon that was intact.

In addition, the man in black had seven or eight talismans on him, but unfortunately they were not of high grade, most of them were of the second-grade low grade, not as good as the floating talisman he had used.

As for the spirit-seeking rat carried by the man in black, it also fled deep into the cave after the man in black died.

Zhang Zhixuan packed up the spoils and did not dare to stay for a moment. He immediately ran towards Lushan and finally escaped back to the mountain gate an hour later.

Zhang Zhixuan returned to Lushan and headed straight for Tiantai Peak. He did not bother to greet the monks at the mountain gate and went straight to the cave of his nineteenth uncle Zhang Mengling.

Seeing Zhang Mengling, Zhang Zhixuan ignored the panic in his eyes and immediately told Zhang Mengling the news of Xihefang City in detail.

After hearing what Zhang Zhixuan said, Zhang Mengling was immediately terrified.

"The family has weakened a lot, and this time many people have been killed. Especially the ninth brother Zhang Mengquan, there is no news until now. The family has only trained one alchemist, and the power of the market depends on him. Once the ninth brother is lost, the family will lose the alchemist. What should we do in the future?"

After such a big thing happened, although Zhang Mengling has been in charge of the family affairs for many years, he couldn't calm down, like an ant on a hot pot.

He walked out of the cave anxiously and began to notify many elders of the family. He also sent a teleportation talisman to the clan leader Zhang Leqian and told him the bad news.

In less than a moment, almost all the cultivators of the family who were in the late stage of Qi training came to Zhang Mengling's cave.

Zhang Mengling looked at everyone and said in panic: "The clan leader is at a critical moment and cannot leave the city at will. We cannot disturb him now. You have already heard the news. The market town may have been lost. Most of the spiritual stones and spiritual objects in it have been lost. Except for a few bottles of spiritual pills brought back by nephew Zhixuan, the property in the market town may have been lost. Nephew Zhixuan came back first. According to him, six of our people stationed in the market town were killed in the market town. The remaining seven people broke out in different places, including my ninth brother Zhang Mengquan. I don't know how many people can come back?" After hearing Zhang Mengling's words, everyone was a little frightened. However, most of the people present had experienced the changes thirty years ago and were relatively firm in mind, so although they were anxious, they did not lose their composure. "Nineteenth brother, it's useless to panic now. Now we should split up and search around Lushan to see if we can find any surviving clansmen. Everyone, bring the communication talisman and go in groups of two." Fourth uncle Zhang Menglong glanced at everyone and said.

Faced with this situation, Zhang Mengling was already confused, so Fourth uncle could only take over and give orders on his behalf.

"Zhixuan, are you okay?" Zhang Menglong turned around and asked.

"Thank you for your concern, Fourth uncle. The injury has been controlled." Zhang Zhixuan replied.

Zhang Menglong said with relief: "That's good. If you are not seriously injured, go down the mountain immediately and take care of the spiritual field. If there is any unusual movement outside, use the beacon to notify the mountain gate quickly."

After instructing Zhang Zhixuan, Zhang Menglong and others began to act separately. More than a dozen late-stage Qi training cultivators were divided into several groups to search for the remaining people in all directions.

And Zhang Mengling also walked out of the mountain gate immediately to notify the four major cultivation families nearby.

In the following days, the five major families in Taicheng County began to mobilize their forces to attack the Hu family who occupied Xihefang Market while searching for their lost clansmen.

But soon, Qingxuan Sect issued an imperial decree that Hu Peiyu, the concubine of Jin Laozu, had personally taken action and killed Wei Mazi and his gang who had robbed the market.

Except for a few Qi training cultivators, almost all of Wei Mazi and his gang died at the hands of Hu Peiyu.

In order to make merit, Qingxuan Mountain has decided to give half of the shops in Xihefang to the Hu family.

Faced with this situation, although the five major immortal cultivation families were still reluctant, they did not dare to disobey Qingxuan Mountain's orders. They could only swallow their anger and reluctantly hand over half of the shops in Xihefang to the Hu family.

In these few days, three more people from the Zhang family escaped from the market, but these three did not include Uncle Nine Zhang Mengquan.

In this conflict, the five major families suffered heavy losses. Not only did they lose half of the shops in Xihefang, but they also lost a lot of manpower.

Especially the Wu family, which was the leader. The cultivators stationed in the market were almost wiped out. Not only did Wu Xiangyuan die, but even the eight late-stage Qi training cultivators who helped guard the formation were all killed in the formation.

Because of Hu Peiyu, although the five major families could not do anything to the Hu family for the time being, the hatred had already been formed.

In the future, if the situation changes slightly, the five major families will attack the Hu family to eliminate this hidden danger for themselves.

Although the Hu family cultivators obtained a lot of resources in this action, they were unprecedentedly isolated in Taicheng County.

They colluded with the black-clothed cultivators, and now they can't hide it from everyone.

The same routine has been used three times in the past thirty years. The five major families are not fools and will not listen to the Hu family's explanations at all.

As long as there is a chance, they will rush up and kill the Hu family.