Lamb

More than ten li from the Su Family Medicine Garden.

Guo Chudong, a geomancer whom the Su Family had originally hired at great expense, arrived here with several apprentices and joined a group of people waiting there.

Seeing Guo Chudong and the others arrive, the two Lin Family elders who had waited for so long were immediately overjoyed.

Fourth Elder Lin Hai hurried forward and asked, "Fellow Daoist Guo, how is the situation?"

Guo Chudong was neither tall nor thin, with graying hair and a face full of wrinkles. He looked even older than Lin Hai, but in truth, he was ten years younger than Lin Hai, only in his fifties.

As a geomancer, he had far more cultivation resources than an ordinary independent cultivator.

His cultivation had already reached the ninth level of the Qi Refining Realm.

Guo Chudong had come to the Su Family this time to amass resources for breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Guo Chudong said calmly, "The guardian beasts of the Spirit Vein have already gone berserk. Although their numbers are lower than I estimated, there are still two to three hundred of them."

"There are also three late-stage Rank 1 demonic beasts. Once berserk, the Earth Rock Rats become exceptionally bloodthirsty, and their strength increases as well."

"With the strength of the Su Family cultivators in the Medicine Garden, even if they are not all wiped out, they will definitely pay a grievous price."

"Wait another hour. Once the berserk Earth Rock Rat demonic beasts retreat, we can go in."

Lin Hai and Lin Family Grand Elder Lin Kui were both overjoyed at this.

Lin Kui quickly stepped forward and said, "With Fellow Daoist Guo taking action, even if the Su Family does not perish this time, they will have to get the hell out of Jiang City."

"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Guo. The Lin Family's share of the reward will certainly be presented to you with both hands."

A faint smile appeared on Guo Chudong's face. "Just wait."

Of the reward the Su Family had promised him for seeking dragon veins, determining acupoints, and constructing a blessed land, he had only received the deposit so far.

But after the Su Family found him, the Lin Family found him as well.

To Guo Chudong, neither the Su Family nor the Lin Family mattered.

What mattered was that the Lin Family had said that as long as he helped them deal with the Su Family and seize that first-grade Spirit Vein, they would offer double the reward after the deed was done.

Thinking of this, Guo Chudong felt anticipation rise in his heart. With this money, I can try collecting the materials for a Foundation Establishment Pill and have someone refine one for me.

Foundation Establishment!

Guo Chudong secretly gritted his teeth. For a geomancer, Foundation Establishment was more than ten times harder than it was for ordinary people.

He had already failed twice before.

If he failed again—

Thinking of the little lifespan he had left, Guo Chudong fell silent.

He had succeeded because he was a geomancer, and failed because he was a geomancer.

Back then, when he had obtained an incomplete geomancer inheritance from the Ancient Jade Box, he had been ecstatic and chosen to cultivate it without hesitation.

Who could have imagined that this geomancer inheritance would now be like a death warrant? Not only had it sealed off his path to Foundation Establishment, it had also plundered countless years of his lifespan.

The group waited here for an hour.

By Guo Chudong's estimate, the Earth Rock Rats would have recovered from their berserk state by now. Most of them would burrow back underground, greatly reducing the danger.

Entering the Su Family Medicine Garden at this time to clean up the aftermath, they could easily seize this Medicine Garden from the Su Family.

"Move."

With Guo Chudong's low shout, everyone, including over a hundred Lin Family cultivators, charged toward the Su Family Medicine Garden.

Arriving outside the Su Family Medicine Garden, Guo Chudong said somewhat smugly, "Over this period, under the guise of seeking dragon veins and determining acupoints, I have thoroughly figured out the great formation around the Su Family Medicine Garden. I even tampered with several of its nodes."

"So we can enter directly."

As he spoke, he took out several Formation Flags and began working them against the several layers of formations surrounding the Su Family Medicine Garden, merging the flags into them and taking control of the formations.

A moment later, Guo Chudong said, "Done."

Buzz!

With a thought, he opened an entrance in the formation ahead.

Guo Chudong led several of his apprentices inside first, followed by Lin Hai. Just as Lin Kui was about to lead the Lin Family cultivators in after them, the several layers of formations that had been open suddenly closed, sealing the entrance.

Lin Kui froze. "What is going on?"

"Fellow Daoist Guo! Fellow Daoist Guo!"

Lin Kui shouted several times, but received no response.

Just as he was bewildered, the several layers of formations ahead suddenly erupted with powerful auras. This abrupt change made Lin Kui's expression drastically change.

"Not good."

Inside the formation.

Guo Chudong, Lin Hai, and the others who had just entered the Medicine Garden were also startled as the formation barrier behind them suddenly closed.

Guo Chudong sensed that the Formation Flags he had merged into the great formation had been destroyed.

He had lost control of the Medicine Garden formation.

Guo Chudong's heart skipped a beat, and his expression changed slightly. "Not good."

The next moment, Third Elder Su Chang's cold, murderous voice rang out beside them. "Guo Chudong, my Su Family has treated you well. The price we paid to hire you was enough to equal a Foundation Establishment Pill."

"And yet you colluded with the Lin Family, intending to seize my Su Family's Medicine Garden. You even caused the Earth Rock Rat horde to go berserk in an attempt to kill my Su Family."

"You've got some nerve!"

After Su Chang shouted angrily, he turned to Lin Hai. "Lin Hai, your Lin Family has provoked my Su Family again and again. Do you truly think my Su Family is easy to bully?"

"Now that you have entered this place, don't even think of leaving!"

Boom!

As his words fell, all several layers of formations around the Medicine Garden were activated by Su Chang. These formations were top-tier Rank 1 formations that the Su Family had laid down at great expense.

In addition to the defensive formation, there were both a killing formation and a Trapping Formation.

They might have had difficulty dealing with Foundation Establishment stage cultivators, but they could easily handle Qi Refining Realm cultivators.

Sensing the formations' aura, Guo Chudong's expression changed again. With a wave of his hand, Formation Flags appeared one after another.

But before he could break the formation, a fierce gale had already swept through heaven and earth.

Feeling the sharp aura within that gale, even Guo Chudong, a ninth-level Qi Refining Realm cultivator, felt his scalp tingle.

In his urgency, he could only set up a defensive formation around himself.

Boom!!!

The gale struck. Several apprentices at his side, along with Lin Hai, held on for only a moment before being turned into clouds of blood and slain by the formation.

One shriek after another echoed around Guo Chudong's ears.

Inside the estate.

When Su Chang noticed Guo Chudong had set up a formation to withstand the gale's attacks, gravity appeared in his eyes. As expected, this man is no simple opponent.

After the two sides remained locked in a standoff for a moment, Guo Chudong's voice came from within the formation he had erected. "Fellow Daoist Su, how about we talk?"

"Your formation cannot do anything to me. Besides, I have also set up a few small measures within the Spirit Vein."

"If you truly drive me into a corner, I may not be able to destroy the Spirit Vein, but I can certainly inflict severe damage upon it."

Su Chang's expression immediately changed upon hearing this.

The reason he had not allowed all the Lin Family members inside earlier was precisely because he feared this man had other tricks up his sleeve.

Moreover, Lin Family Grand Elder Lin Kui was at the ninth level of the Qi Refining Realm. If they joined forces, who knew whether some unforeseen accident might occur?

That was why he had not let everyone in.

But he had not expected that Guo Chudong alone would prove so troublesome.

At this moment, Su Yu whispered beside him, "Third Grandfather, you can trap him first and wait for the Family Head and the others to arrive."

"Once we capture him, he will be a lamb awaiting the butcher's knife. Whether he lives or dies will be entirely up to our Su Family."

Su Chang's eyes immediately brightened.

Capturing a geomancer would bring the Su Family many benefits.