Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

East of the city, Shili Slope

In the past four months, demons from Tongling had run rampant, and not even a shadow could be seen on the Official Road. Shili Slope, being three to two miles away from the official road, rarely saw anyone pass by on a normal day, let alone now.

However, tonight, an unprecedented gathering of a thousand people had assembled here.

The entire Shili Slope covered only about five hundred meters in diameter, and at this moment it was surrounded by layers of people, three layers inside and three out, leaving only a space in the middle. Everyone tacitly avoided this open space, obviously leaving it reserved for members of the Qinglong Association.

It was the beginning of the Xu hour, and the night had completely fallen. Despite numerous fires being lit around the crowd, they were clearly insufficient to provide proper lighting.

Fortunately, all those who had come today were martial artists with cultivation, and even in the dark, their vision was hardly affected, so they were not really inconvenienced.

The positioning of the thousands of people seemed chaotic, but a pattern could be discerned. Those standing on the outermost ring all had cultivation levels around the Seventh Level of Body Opening. Since martial artists of the Open Body Realm from outside had not been able to enter Tongling for some time, these people must naturally be local warriors from Tongling.

The closer to the center, the higher the cultivation of the people. Even those who arrived later found their own places in the crowd based on their cultivation and blended in.

With so many people gathered together, there was inevitable buzzing and murmuring, although most of those present today had come for the Qinglong Token. Some were there to spectate, and thus, whispers could continuously be heard, especially louder towards the edges of the crowd.

Without exception, as people talked, their gazes were fixed on the most central area of the crowd, which was subdivided into thirty to forty smaller groups. The larger groups had about a dozen people, while the smaller ones had only two or three. In total, there were roughly over two hundred people.

Each of these individuals was fierce and energetic, with their Gang Qi flickering in and out of visibility, with even the weakest among them possessing cultivation at the Gang Qi Realm.

These two hundred plus Warriors of the Gang Qi Realm were a terrifying force in the whole Sanling Region.

Ordinary third-rate powers could have up to five Warriors of the Gang Qi Realm at most. Even for second-rate powers, there wouldn't be more than twenty of such warriors. There wouldn't be more than thirty reputable powers in the Sanling Region. Among them, there were only three second-rate powers: the Jinling Shen Family, the Yinling Sha Yin Sect, and the Tongling Da Luo Sect.

"All three counties combined, there are no more than three hundred Warriors of the Gang Qi Realm, and here we have over two hundred—that's terrifying!"

"Goodness, every noteworthy power from the Sanling Region has sent representatives..."

"Not just our three counties in the east, but five families from Wanyang County as well, including the Divine Sound Sect, Fuwei Escort Agency, Daqi Sect, Hong Hua Gang, and Mountain Sword Sect. However, it seems that none of these arriving powers' leaders are here!"

"That's right, I'm not sure about the other powers, but I've seen Tian Linong, the Sect Master of the Mountain Sword Sect, and he's not the one leading them."

"These powers of Xuzhou always claim to be on The Righteous Path, yet they dare come openly to buy a Qinglong Token?"

"Heh heh, of course they wouldn't admit to coming for the Qinglong Token. They all came under the pretense of exterminating the Qinglong Association, and they were the loudest in the call for it. But ever since the Qinglong Association killed Yan Sannu of the Sha Yin Sect, they've been silent!"

"Tsk, they backed off way too quickly..."

"Well, they are people of Xuzhou, after all; changing sides is their nature."

"The Fan County Magistrate and Ding Sicheng are here too, sitting right in the middle."

"And there's the Head of Ding Sect from Da Luo Sect, sitting next to them!"

"With all these powerful figures gathered, does the Qinglong Association really dare to show up today?"

...

On the very outskirts of the crowd, two young people in their twenties, both dressed in blue clothing and resembling each other by about seventy percent, indicating they were siblings, mingled among the throng.

Cheng Yunye, listening to the murmurs passed around by the people nearby, clenched his fists slightly as he looked at the big shots in front of him, then at his sister Cheng Yundie, remembering their deceased family, and a feeling of powerlessness surged in his heart.

Having fled from Longxiang County with his sister, they had barely survived before finally arriving in Wanyang County. Hearing about the Qinglong Token gave him a glimmer of hope for revenge. Carrying the last of their family wealth, he had naively thought that as long as he was willing to spend, he could obtain a silver Qinglong Token. But upon arrival, he realized it was simply impossible.

The two hundred people encircling them were all Warriors of the Gang Qi Realm, and among the thirty or so leaders, more than half were in the Dan Embracing Phase, with four or five others being Grandmasters, a realm he had never even seen before.

Although the talent of both him and his sister was not bad, they had managed to cultivate only to the Eighth Level of Body Opening so far. With such a cultivation level, he didn't even have the right to stand closer to the front, let alone attain a silver Qinglong Token.

He was no longer the spoiled young master he had been a year ago when his family was still around. The harrowing journey, though deadly and arduous, had made him grow much.

This time, he risked his life to bring his sister to Tongling County, determined to die if necessary, just to get the Qinglong Token—a chance to kill their enemy.

He had considered that since the Qinglong Association was an assassination organization, if they were to issue those ten Qinglong Tokens, they would definitely want to sell them. The one advantage he thought he had over others was money; his parents had passed all of the family's silver notes to him before their deaths.

His plan was simple: spend all the money he had to buy a silver Qinglong Token and use it right there, giving no one else the chance to snatch this opportunity from him.