The Bai Clan of Star City

The sect leader is indeed safe... he only returned four or five days later than everyone else...

What the heck?

You're saying the sect leader's position is due to the Grand Elder's teleportation array?

The sect leader dismissed this as utter nonsense!

Am I, Gu Mingchao, the Mystic God, merely a figurehead?

The Grand Elder's teleportation array is powerful, but is there anywhere in the Blazing Sun Continent or the Demon Star Continent that can trap my Mystic God Gu Mingchao?

It turns out that it really does exist...

Gu Mingchao used the Grand Elder's teleportation array, and it must be said that the Grand Elder really didn't trick Gu Mingchao; the Grand Elder properly set the landing point inside the Vast Heaven Sect.

The Grand Elder was taking this very seriously.

And guess what happened... The Vast Heaven Sect was in the east at the time... Gu Mingchao said that as long as it landed in the west, I would be considered the Grand Elder's teleportation array without any problems.

But when Gu Mingchao opened his eyes... good heavens, he had already found himself in the Demon Star Continent...

Even if this happened in Ghost Valley, Gu Mingchao wouldn't say anything... but the surroundings were shrouded in mist, yet there were no ghosts at all.

The landing point was one of the three secret realms of the Demon Star Continent... the Spirit-Bewildering Wasteland...

This place is said to be so confusing that even a god would be bewildered if he entered...

In the end Gu Mingchao remained bewildered in the Spirit-Bewildering Wasteland three or four days before finally emerging... This was only possible because Gu Mingchao possessed the cultivation of Mystic God; otherwise, who knows what might have happened to anyone else...

If we're talking about teleportation arrays, it has to be the Grand Elder's. Look at how clearer the Sect Master's eyes seem after he returned to the Vast Heaven Sect...

Chu Xinghe didn't know whether the sect leader's eyes were clear or not; all Chu Xinghe knew was that he should go into seclusion for a while longer...

Upon emerging from seclusion, I was immediately dealt a heavy blow. Isn't it perfectly reasonable for me Chu Xinghe, to recover some health?

Jiangnan region... Star City...

Although Star City is not the largest city in Jiangnan, it is the most prosperous place in the entire Jiangnan region. Star City is built around Star Lake, with beautiful scenery nestled against the mountains and by the water.

The Bai Clan's residence is located north of Star Lake.

The Bai Clan started out in weaving and is considered one of the most prominent Lineage in the entire Star City. In particular, the Spirit Pattern Cloth produced by the Bai Clan is famous far and wide.

The Bai Clan has been in business for three generations, rising from a small merchant to a family that, while not extremely wealthy, is certainly well-off.

The Bai Clan's Spirit Pattern Cloth is woven using secret techniques. Not only is the Spirit Pattern Cloth beautiful and elegant, but it also has the effect of accelerating the gathering of Spirit Power.

If a cultivator wears clothes made of Spirit Pattern Cloth, their cultivation speed can be slightly increased.

Therefore, every garment woven from the Spirit Pattern Cloth is extremely valuable.

The Bai Clan made a fortune selling their secret Spirit Pattern Cloth.

When you earn a lot, there will always be envious people... and this time the Bai Clan encountered such envious people.

The Heroic Martial Ancestor Sect, the most powerful force in Star City, used to have a cooperative relationship with the Bai Clan. The Heroic Martial Ancestor also earned a lot of resources by making various spirit pattern garments using the Bai Clan's Spirit Pattern Cloth.

However, the Heroic Martial Ancestor recently appointed a new sect leader, and the first thing this new sect leader said upon taking office was... Why should our Heroic Martial Ancestor obtain Spirit Pattern Cloth from the Bai Clan at a high price, manufacture it, and then sell it elsewhere?

Why don't we just take over the Bai Clan's secret formula for Spirit Pattern Cloth, and then produce it ourselves? Wouldn't we make even more money?

Subsequently, Heroic Martial Ancestor, the new sect leader of Qu Yingcheng, went directly to the Bai Clan and expressed his desire to buy the secret formula for the Spirit Pattern Cloth from the Bai Clan.

How could the Bai Clan possibly agree to Heroic Martial Ancestor's demands?

After all, the Spirit Pattern Cloth is the foundation of the Bai Clan, and everything the Bai Clan has today is entirely due to their possession of the Spirit Pattern Cloth secret formula.

If the secret recipe is lost, how will the Bai Clan survive?

However, Bai Wenzheng, the head of the Bai Clan, also knew that the Heroic Martial Ancestor was not something the Bai Clan could afford to offend. Therefore, Bai Wenzheng visited Qu Yingcheng as soon as possible and expressed that the Bai Clan could lower the price and leave more profit margin for the Heroic Martial Ancestor.

After all, the Heroic Martial Ancestor had tried to buy secret recipes from the Bai Clan before, but each time the Bai Clan lowered the price, the Heroic Martial Ancestor eventually gave up.

Bai Wenzheng originally thought that Qu Yingcheng, the new sect leader, was also trying to gain more benefits and was only trying to lower the price for the Bai Clan.

To Bai Wenzheng's surprise, Qu Yingcheng was different from the previous leader of the Heroic Martial Ancestor. Qu Yingcheng wasn't trying to lower the price; he simply wanted the secret formula for the Spirit Pattern Cloth...

So when faced with the Bai Clan's price reduction, Qu Yingcheng initially agreed. However, he then sent many Heroic Martial Ancestor Qu Yingcheng to use various tricks and coercion to try and obtain the secret formula for the Spirit Pattern Cloth.

However, the secret formula for the Spirit Pattern Cloth was known only to the head of the Bai Clan, Bai Wenzheng, and the family kept it a secret perfectly. Despite the Heroic Martial Ancestor's repeated attempts, they had gained nothing.

Faced with the Bai Clan refusing to eat or drink, Qu Yingcheng was furious. How dare this small Xiaobai family refuse to listen to reason and instead drink the punishment?

Under Qu Yingcheng's orders, the Heroic Martial Ancestor Sect, the largest sect in Star City, launched a multi-pronged attack on the Bai Clan...

It must be said that although the Bai Clan managed to hold out for a period of time against the suppression of the Heroic Martial Ancestor, they ultimately could not withstand it.

After all, the Heroic Martial Ancestor wielded immense power in Star City, controlling almost every sector of the Star City.

With a single sentence from Heroic Martial Ancestor, all the Lineage that had cooperated with the Bai Clan severed all ties with the Bai Clan.

Today, the Bai Clan has reached a dead end.

Knowing he couldn't fight city hall, Bai Wenzheng went to Heroic Martial Ancestor a couple of days ago to talk to Qu Yingcheng about the secret formula for the Spirit Pattern Cloth.

But this time, Qu Yingcheng didn't even choose to meet Bai Wenzheng. Instead, he had someone offer Bai Wenzheng an outrageously low price.

Bai Wenzheng really cannot accept this price.

Bai Wenzheng's original plan was to sell the Spirit Pattern Cloth formula for a high price to support the Bai Clan's operations. However, now, let alone supporting the Bai Clan's operations, if the Bai Clan were to sell it like this, it would probably be completely ruined before long.

Bai Wenzheng searched for all his old friends, hoping they would stand up and speak up for him, but this time the entire Star City remained silent.

After all, that's the Heroic Martial Ancestor... the largest sect in Star City.

If you want to make a living in Star City, who would dare offend the Heroic Martial Ancestor?

"Bai Wenzheng, don't refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit. The sect leader said that your Bai Clan can sell this Spirit Pattern Cloth whether they want to or not. However, things are chaotic in Star City lately, so your Bai Clan should be careful when going out, lest you be attacked by bandits..."

A Heroic Martial Ancestor left the Bai Clan with wild laughter...

Bai Wenzheng in the position of the family head, his eyes now empty and lifeless.

It wasn't that Bai Wenzheng didn't want to fight, but rather that Bai Wenzheng knew he wasn't qualified... The Heroic Martial Ancestor was simply not a force the Bai Clan could contend with.

Bai Wenzheng found his wife immediately. One of his wife's family members was a steward of the Bai Wenzheng Heavenly Lake Sect... The Heavenly Lake Sect was one of the major sects, and it was said that it was backed by the Star Moon Sect.

Therefore, Bai Wenzheng wanted his wife to ask the Heavenly Lake Sect steward from his maternal family to mediate.

But more than a month has passed since the lady's letter was sent, and there has been no response...

Bai Wenzheng knew that the steward from the Heavenly Lake Sect, the madam's maternal family... probably couldn't help the Bai Clan this time.

Now Bai Wenzheng knew that everything was already set in stone, and the Bai Clan's secret recipe could not be kept this time no matter what.

Bai Wenzheng convened a Lineage meeting and informed the family members of the current situation of the Bai Clan.

The entire hall fell silent upon hearing the patriarch's words...

After all, that's the Heroic Martial Ancestor... What merit or ability does the Bai Clan have to contend with such a behemoth as the Heroic Martial Ancestor?

"Brother... is there no news from your wife's family either?"

It was Bai Wenzheng's second younger brother, Bai Wenyuan, who spoke, but upon hearing his brother's words, Bai Wenzheng's face was filled with a bitter smile.

In the past, the Bai Clan had indeed frequently asked the First Madam's Heavenly Lake Sect steward for help when they encountered any problems.

The Bai Clan owes its current success to the help of that steward, but this time they are facing the Heroic Martial Ancestor.

The strength of the Heroic Martial Ancestor is even greater than that of the Heavenly Lake Sect, so even that steward could no longer help the Bai Clan at this moment.

"I'll write another letter to my second uncle. Perhaps something has delayed him..." The First Madam rose to prepare to write another letter.

But this time, Bai Wenzheng stopped his wife.

Bai Wenzheng knew that... even if he wrote a hundred more letters, the final result would be the same... so why make things difficult for others?

The First Madam sat down in her seat, looking dejected. She knew all too well what the outcome would be.

"Now that things have come to this, the Bai Clan's secret recipe can no longer be kept... The Heroic Martial Ancestor is powerful, and our Bai Clan is as precarious as a bird in front of Heroic Martial Ancestor. If we continue to struggle, we may not even be able to save our lives. Therefore, we have no choice but to bow down..."

Bai Wenzheng's face was full of self-deprecating smiles, and the entire Bai Clan was silent at this moment... because everyone Bai Clan that the patriarch was right.

Now, no one can help the Bai Clan in the slightest...

"So be it... This is the fate of the Bai Clan... Our Xiaobai family can only be manipulated by others... The law of the jungle is the rule of this world... Everyone pack up, we'll probably have to leave Star City soon... If we leave too late, the Heroic Martial Ancestor will take the lives of our entire family!"

Hearing the patriarch's words, the family was filled with wails. After all, the Bai Clan had worked hard for three generations to finally gain a foothold in Star City, but now... when facing the Heroic Martial Ancestor, they realized that the so-called wealthy Bai Clan was nothing but a rootless duckweed, and the Heroic Martial Ancestor could destroy the entire Bai Clan with just a breath.

Just when all the Bai Clan knew that the situation was beyond redemption, a weak voice came from a corner.

"Brother... Husband... It seems there are some people in my mother's family... Perhaps... perhaps... I should write a letter to my mother's family... to see if they can offer some assistance..."

Upon hearing these words, everyone turned to look, and when they saw who had spoken, disappointment appeared on their faces.

Because it was Bai Clan 'Bai Wenyuan wife, Liu Ying, who spoke...

Upon hearing these words from the Second Madam, Liu Ying, the Bai Clan were speechless.

Well... Second Madam, it's one thing that you're practically invisible in the Bai Clan... but don't we all know what's going on with your maternal Bai Clan?

Your Liu Lineage is just a small Lineage. If it weren't for the Second Brother insisting on marrying you, you wouldn't even have the qualifications to marry into our Bai Clan.

Even the steward of the Heavenly Lake Sect, the maternal family of the First Madam, couldn't help. What capable person could your Liu Lineage possibly have to assist you?

Although Bai Wenzheng knew that what his second brother's wife said was unreliable, she was, after all, his sister-in-law, so Bai Wenzheng still spoke up, "Sister-in-law, does your Liu Lineage have anyone who can speak on your behalf at the Heroic Martial Ancestor?"

"Maybe not..." Liu Ying said weakly.

Hearing Liu Ying's words, everyone wore wry smiles.

"Does your Liu Lineage have any experts from other major clans or sects?" Bai Wenzheng knew his question was pointless, but he asked anyway...

"No, not at all..."

The Bai Clan members. "..."

Just as the Bai Clan members were speechless and sighing that the Second Madam Liu Ying had started talking nonsense, Liu Ying spoke up.

"However, my sister has a son who works at the Vast Heaven Sect; his name is Ma Liang!"