Like the many Cultivation Families in the Cultivation World, the Liu Family had been established atop a spirit vein, allowing it to prosper and multiply.
However, the true foundation of the Liu Family's strength lay in its attachment to a powerful cultivation sect. Every year, it sent some of its most talented younger members into the sect.
With the backing of a great cultivation sect, it was naturally far more prosperous than those Cultivation Families founded by Rogue Cultivators.
Of course, it had such a patron only because an ancestor of the Liu Family had once been a Foundation Establishment elder of that sect. He had rendered considerable service to the sect, which was why the family had been permitted to establish itself and maintain good relations with the sect.
That day, faint unusual movements came from within the Liu Family's protective formation.
The two young disciples responsible for guarding the formation were not particularly surprised.
"Hm? The illusory formation within the protective array seems to have been triggered. Liu Tianbao, hurry and go take a look."
A tall, skinny young man sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion, repeatedly urging the short, fat man beside him.
Liu Tianbao snorted. "Hmph, why should I go? It's probably another villager from that little mountain village outside who wandered into the valley by mistake. Let him starve for a few days first."
"That's true enough. There are still two days before the guard rotation changes. We can send him out before we hand over the watch." The tall, skinny man spoke with a grin.
Liu Tianbao raised a brow and said, "Every so often, some ignorant villager barges into the valley. Why not drive all the people from that mountain village farther away? They're always causing some commotion and delaying my cultivation. Don't