While Liu Changxu was bandaging Liu Xiyun's wounds, Wu Changping, the Wu Household's Foundation Establishment Ancestor, came under attack from a second-tier middle-grade Golden Spirit Snake not far from the Liu Household Battle Team.
As a veteran Foundation Establishment cultivator, Wu Changping had extensive combat instincts and experience despite being only at the Foundation Establishment early stage. Faced with the Golden Spirit Snake's Wind Blade, he immediately deployed his defensive Spirit Artifact Shield.
A golden Wind Blade several dozen feet across struck the Spirit Artifact Shield with a thunderous crash.
Wu Changping's timely response had saved him from disaster.
However, the Spirit Artifact Shield had been forged from inferior materials and was of a low grade, so some of its artifact runes had been damaged in the collision. He would have to use it carefully now, saving it for critical moments.
Looking at the damaged Spirit Artifact Shield, Wu Changping's heart ached terribly. The Wu Household no longer had a second-tier Artifact Refiner, so he could only seek one out to repair it, which would cost him a considerable number of spirit stones.
After Wu Changkun's death, Wu Changping had even secretly rejoiced. With this younger clansman no longer around to vie with him for power and gain, he alone had the final say in the Wu Household. At first, he had lived quite carefree.
But as time passed, he increasingly felt how difficult it was to support the lineage alone. Losing a Foundation Establishment cultivator not only weakened the lineage but also reduced its ability to acquire cultivation resources.
Because of this, he missed Wu Changkun more and more, despite how poorly they had gotten along. Wu Changkun had been the Wu Household's only second-tier Artifact Refiner. In the past, even though they were at odds, this younger clansman