Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

Chapter 727: Chapter 370: Riding the Jiao to the Western Expedition [Please Subscribe]_2 Chapter 727: Chapter 370: Riding the Jiao to the Western Expedition [Please Subscribe]_2 The Green Flood Dragon could be seen gliding and shuttling above the clouds, with the vast earth and mountain ranges swiftly passing below.

Not long after, a mountain range with peaks rising one after the other appeared in the sight of the people on the back of the Flood Dragon.

“We’ve arrived, this is the Qingxia Mountain Range where the Jiang Family’s Mountain Gate is located. The Jiang Family’s residence should be over there!”

High in the sky, Zhou Daoyi ordered the Green Flood Dragon to slow down, pointing to a certain area in the mountain range below.

“Then let’s kill our way over, while they haven’t received the message yet, catch them completely by surprise!”

Zhou Mingde’s eyes turned cold, resolutely agreeing with a murderous tone.

This statement immediately gained the unanimous agreement of Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun.

Zhou Daoyi’s thoughts moved and the Green Flood Dragon underneath him swished its tail, instantly accelerating.

A quarter-hour later, the Green Flood Dragon, with nine members of the Zhou Family on its back, dove from the clouds and landed directly above a vast forest.

Then, the nine individuals on the back of the Flood Dragon spread out, each of them reaching for their Storage Pouches and Spirit Beast Pouches, summoning their go-to Magic Artifacts and unleashing their main battle pets.

A third-rank mid-level Demon Beast, the Fire Divine Jackal!

A second-rank high-level Demon Beast, the Silver Lightning Python!

A second-rank mid-level Demon Beast, the Golden Armor Rock Turtle!

A second-rank low-level Demon Beast, the Golden Winged Tiger!

A second-rank low-level Demon Beast, the Blue Feather Fire Kite!

One after another, these enormous Demon Beasts were released by the Zhou Family members; with the howling of wolves and roaring of tigers filling the air, their presence was immensely imposing.

“Attack!”

Following Zhou Mingde’s commanding shout, the Zhou Family Cultivators in the sky and their Spirit Pets launched their attack on the forest below.

Coloured Spell lights flashed, wind blades howled, thunder boomed, flames raged, Sword Qi whistled through the air…

Under the onslaught of various Magic Artifacts and Spells, the forest instantly shattered like a mirage, revealing a sea of greenish clouds.

It turned out that what had seemed like a forest to the naked eye was actually an illusion created by a Formation.

Now, suddenly under a powerful external attack, the Formation’s illusion instantly could not be maintained and dissipated, revealing the greenish cloud sea inside tasked with the main defense. It churned violently under the assault, looking as though it could collapse at any moment.

It seemed that the Zhou Family had brought only three Purple Mansion Phase Cultivators and six Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators, but counting their Spirit Pets, they had the strength of five third-rank combatants and ten second-rank combatants!

With such a lineup, they fully possessed the power to shake the Mountain Gate Great Array of a large Cultivation clan like the Jiang Family.

As the Mountain Gate Guardian Great Formation suddenly sustained such a ferocious attack, the Jiang Family Cultivators within were all startled and rushed out.

When they saw, through the mist of the Formation, those attacking their family’s Mountain Gate and the Demon Beasts, they immediately understood who the enemies were.

“A third-rank Flood Dragon and a third-rank Fire Divine Jackal — the enemy is the Lanzhou Zhou Family!”

One Jiang Family Foundation Establishment Cultivator, with a grim expression, identified the origin of the attackers outside and then hurriedly rushed to a nearby Formation base.

At the same time, the shouting voice of Jiang Shicheng, a Purple Mansion Cultivator of the Jiang Family, instantly echoed across the Jiang Family Mountain Gate.

“All members of the Jiang Family heed my command. A crisis of clan annihilation is upon us. Apart from essential personnel, all must immediately head to the various Formation bases to defend the Mountain Gate!”

Before his shouting had ended, Jiang Shicheng himself had appeared at the most critical spot of the Mountain Gate Guardian Great Formation. He took over the central control Formation Flags from a Jiang Family Foundation Establishment Cultivator and personally began to manipulate the Formation.

While he defended against the Zhou Family Cultivators’ onslaught outside, he commanded the assisting Foundation Establishment Cultivators beside him, “Immediately send out a Thousand Mile Transmission Talisman, ask for help from the Tianjing Sect, and also request reinforcements from the Guo and He families!”

After giving orders, he yelled furiously at the attacking Zhou Family members outside, “What is the meaning of this, Zhou Family friends? My Jiang Family has not provoked the Zhou Family all these years. Why do you resort to such force and desire to exterminate my clan?”

Hearing his words, Zhou Mingde, who was fully engaged in attacking the Mountain Protection Array, sneered in response, “Jiang Shicheng, as a Purple Mansion Cultivator, you’re considered a figure of some standing, but how can you not even muster the courage to admit your actions?”

“Your Jiang Family has repeatedly struck at important members of my Zhou Family. Do you even consider the Zhou Family’s existence in your eyes?”

“Today’s matter is self-inflicted by your clan; do not blame the Zhou Family for being ruthless!”

Jiang Shicheng’s expression changed at once upon hearing these words.

As if he had thought of something, his divine sense suddenly swept over the Jiang Family cultivators within the mountain gate before he sternly called out to a nearby Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Jiang Family, “Where has Chuanxiong gone? Why isn’t he within the clan?!”

Hearing this, the Jiang Family cultivator hurriedly replied, “To answer the Supreme Elder, Chuanxiong has gone to the marketplace; he left three days ago!”

This response immediately intensified Jiang Shicheng’s feeling of unease, and he couldn’t help but ask again, “Then, has there been no news of him over these past few days?”

“None, I have not heard any news,” was the reply from the clan member.

This answer immediately made Jiang Shicheng understand the reason for the Zhou Family’s sudden attack on their doorstep.

Enraged, he cursed, “The miscreants will be the end of my Jiang Family; if we perish, it will be at the hands of you fools!”

He no longer attempted to offer any explanations to the Zhou Family members outside.

He was also clear in his mind that, since the Zhou Family had chosen to mobilize their forces to annihilate the Jiang Family, it must be due to something Jiang Chuanxiong, the absent family member, had done that greatly enraged them.

Moreover, since the deed had already been done, and the Zhou Family had resolved to venture out against the Jiang Family, it was clear that the situation could not be resolved by a few words from him.

If he lowered his stance to explain now, it would only serve to diminish his own family’s morale.

After taking a deep breath, he addressed all the Jiang Family cultivators in a deep voice, “My fellow clansmen of the Jiang Family, today we face a crisis that has not occurred for hundreds of years. The enemy has come with the goal of exterminating our entire Jiang lineage. They want to slaughter all cultivators bearing the Jiang surname, sever our family’s legacy, and plunder the wealth of our Jiang Family!”

“As members of the Jiang Family, can you watch such a thing happen before your eyes? Are you willing to walk willingly into slaughter? Are you willing to hand over the wealth accumulated by our family over a thousand years?”

The low voice seemed to carry a strange power.

All Jiang Family cultivators who heard his words couldn’t help but visualize the scenes he described.

Inside the mountain gate, the ancestral shrine was burning…

One by one, clan members fell into pools of blood, some were burned to ash…

Even the treasure-vault, which was normally off-limits even to their own family members, was being breached and plundered by the enemy…

After these images flashed through their minds, a strong surge of anger instantly filled the chests of all the Jiang Family cultivators.

“We swear to defend our family to the death, to fight without retreat!” a Jiang Family Foundation Establishment cultivator suddenly roared.

Soon, the mountain gate resounded with the furious roars of Jiang Family cultivators.

At that moment, no one thought about why the Zhou Family wanted to annihilate the Jiang Family; their only thought was how to defend the Jiang Family, to die without regret.

The family and the individual are always thus intertwined, flourishing and declining together.

“I just saw the light from the Thousand Mile Transmission Talisman; the Jiang Family must have already requested aid from the Tianjing Sect.” Outside in the sky, Zhou Daoyi continued to assault the Guardian Great Formation of the Jiang Family while promptly sharing his observations.

Hearing this, Zhou Mingde, unfazed, replied, “This was expected. Now, we shall see what Green Lotus Temple does.”

Then, with a slight frown, he added, “The Mountain Protection Array of the Jiang Family seems no worse than our Five Directions Mirlo Array; it will likely take at least half a day to break through it!”

Despite his words, Zhou Chun suddenly interjected, “I think half a day is just right; if possible, a full day would be even better.”

“Oh? What do you mean by that, Zhengchun?”

The gazes of Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi were immediately captivated by Zhou Chun’s words, and even their onslaught slackened slightly.

Zhou Chun, with a calm demeanor, began to explain, “Half a day is already enough for the Tianjing Sect to react. If Green Lotus Temple can’t suppress them, then either Yu Jinghua herself will come over, or they will send several Purple Mansion Phase Cultivators to rescue. In either case, we can only retreat.”

“If it comes to those two situations, and we have yet to breach the Jiang Family’s great array and slaughter their entire clan, they could at most help the Jiang Family out of their predicament, and would not likely attack us with all their might.”

This unusual perspective immediately elicited looks of surprise from Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi, who evidently had not considered these points.

Then Zhou Mingde couldn’t help but further inquire, “Then, what do you mean by ‘a full day would be even better’?”

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