A Fallen Cultivation Family

Two couples came to the mountains to search for their lost child. Besides the Zhuang Family couple, the other couple consisted of a man named Sun Hongsheng and a woman named Zhou Hong. Sun Hongsheng was a novice Alchemist, a rogue cultivator who sold Healing Pill and Great Strength Pills.

Zhou Hong is a bamboo farmer who specifically looks after a bamboo forest. Every year, he has to hand over a fixed number of bamboo shoots and a special type of "spirit bamboo".

They were all ordinary rogue cultivators.

Sun Hongsheng was a middle-aged man with a square face and narrow eyes. He looked somewhat honest, but a closer look revealed a shrewdness in his eyes. Zhou Hong was a well-maintained young woman with fair skin. After Cui Mingxiu captured the monkey, the four of them quickly stepped forward.

They all used their detection Law Technique, and after the investigation, Zhuang Yi frowned deeply. "It's just an ordinary demon monkey. It seems to have some strange intelligence and doesn't look like it was transformed from a human."

Zhuang Yi's family was originally a cultivation family, but the family later fell into ruin, and by his generation it was even less influential. He ended up as a low-level rogue cultivator in the Red Cloud Sect's market. Sun Hongsheng slowly said, "It seems we were just overthinking it. The method of creating animals is relatively rare among evil sects, so how could it appear around the market?"

Zhou Hong sighed, "These poor children, I wonder when we'll find them!"

Zhuang Yi vaguely sensed something was wrong and shook his head. "This monkey seems to have been controlled by someone using beast-taming techniques, but the cultivation was not up to par, which damaged the monkey's intelligence."

Sun Hongsheng said in surprise, "Brother Zhuang also knows the art of beast taming?"

Zhuang Yi shook his head upon hearing this. "I only know a little bit, and I suspect that this monkey is intelligent. The way it was crying just now, it probably saw something somewhere and then learned it!"

Sun Hongsheng looked stunned, while Zhou Hong anxiously asked from the side, "What should we do now?"

Zhuang Yi pondered for a moment,

He only mentioned that he knew how to control beasts, but didn't go into details.

In fact, before his Lineage fell into ruin, they had passed down some Law Technique secrets. Although he wasn't an expert in any of them, he knew quite a variety of them.

He thought for a moment and said, "I have a plan. Now that we have captured this monkey, we can leave a mark on it and then use the art of beast taming to control and communicate with it."

Upon hearing this, Cui Mingxiu glanced at her husband, her expression showing concern, but she remained silent. Sun Hongsheng and his wife exchanged a look, and Sun Hongsheng politely said, "In that case, we will rely entirely on Brother Zhuang."

Zhuang Yi took out a magical Law Artifact he kept close to his body—a whistle. Law Artifact material was unknown, but it faintly exuded a Dao Resonance. Zhuang Yi recited Mnemonic and then blew the whistle; the sound was incredibly clear and crisp.

The monkey, which had been struggling and bound, suddenly lowered its hands, its expression agitated and angry. Zhuang Yi's face paled, and he continued to blow the whistle, the sound growing increasingly mournful, almost like a baby crying. Sun Hongsheng and his wife were completely bewildered, not understanding how this Beast Taming Art could communicate with the monkey.

Moreover, if this monkey had actually seen someone and was deliberately imitating them, how could it be made to search for them using this beast-taming technique?

Beast Taming Art is a special category, and they do not understand its mysteries.

After a long while, cold sweat beaded on Zhuang Yi's forehead.

But the monkey's eyes softened considerably, and it couldn't help but move closer to Zhuang Yi, rubbing against him a few times. Zhuang Yi put down the whistle and said weakly, "That's enough, let it go."

Cui Mingxiu nodded cautiously, her gaze falling on the monkey.

She used magic to retrieve the hemp rope, which quickly returned to her slender waist.

Sun Hongsheng glanced discreetly at the hemp rope. This hemp rope moved at will, indicating it was no ordinary Law Artifact.

At this moment, Zhuang Yi spoke very quickly, and it was difficult to hear clearly what he was saying.

But the monkey quickly ran forward.

Zhuang Yi said in a deep voice, "Following it might lead us to some clues!"

With his child missing for several days and the chances of survival slim, he was desperate and would try anything, unwilling to give up even the slightest hope.

Immediately, four cultivators used Law Technique to leap up and followed closely behind.

Soon they wandered through the mountains and fields and found a thatched hut.

The thatched hut was surrounded by a fence, making it look like someone was practicing meditation there.

The monkey stood outside the fence, its fingers constantly drawing something inside, making a squeaking sound.

The other three didn't understand, but Zhuang Yi nodded gently. "Go ahead!"

Sun Hongsheng asked, "Brother Zhuang, I didn't realize you could communicate with this demon monkey."

Zhuang Yi shook his head and said slowly, "It's just a simple conversation, nothing serious."

Before they arrived at the house, they exchanged glances, then pushed open the fence and went inside.

Zhuang Yi said loudly, "I apologize for my unauthorized visit!"

After the words were spoken, there was a pause, but no one spoke.

The four cultivators, each with their magical Law Artifact prepared, stood guard. They opened the door to the Thatched Hut, and a thick, pungent stench of blood assaulted their senses. Inside, the floor was covered in pools of blood, along with bits of flesh, bone fragments, hair, and tattered clothing.

The group cautiously explored the area when Cui Mingxiu suddenly screamed, "Baozhu!"

She quickly knelt down and picked up a piece of a girl's clothing from the ground. The clothing was torn, but it had cloud patterns embroidered on it, which she had specially made for her daughter.

Cui Baozhu is exceptionally talented, and they plan to send her to the Red Cloud Sect next year. The Red Cloud Sect's robes have cloud patterns on them, which Cui Mingxiu specially embroidered for her.

The Zhuang Family couple felt everything go black before their eyes, overwhelmed with grief.

Such a bloody scene, and their daughter's clothes—could it be that their daughter has met with misfortune? One was a disciple of a fallen cultivation Lineage, and the other was a resilient female cultivator, yet they were struggling to bear this blow. They had been unable to eat or sleep these past few days because of this incident. Although they had some suspicions in their hearts, seeing this scene in person still left them dizzy and heartbroken!

Zhuang Jing was devastated. "Who killed Baozhu! You beast, I'll kill him!"

At this moment, Cui Mingxiu's eyes were red and she was silently shedding tears. Sun Hongsheng and his wife were also somewhat grief-stricken, and the atmosphere was extremely heavy.

Zhuang Yi said in a deep voice, "Search this place again and see if we can find any clues. We must not let the murderer who harmed the child get away with it!"

Although he came from a declining cultivation Lineage, he was indeed skilled in many things. At this moment, his eyes were filled with rage, as if his bones were about to be burned away.

In his grief, revenge became his only motivation to move forward!

He took out a Talisman Paper, which had the effect of searching for auras. He quickly folded Talisman Paper into the shape of a protective amulet, took out a red string and wore it around his neck, then took out three incense sticks, stuck them on the threshold and lit them. Then Zhuang Yi Curse Severing Incantation to summon the soul and ghost.

The Qi and Blood here are extremely dense, and the ground seems to be covered with countless footprints, the black footprints carrying a strong Sha Qi!