Cultivation: From Hired Hand to Immortal Venerable

He then quickened his pace, rushing towards the exit of Red Leaf Square.

At the same moment, in the shadows of an alley, a woman in a simple ruqun was walking briskly towards Zhou Xun's home in Green Willow Alley.

"I'll just take a look, then leave immediately!" Lin Xueying thought.

Suddenly, a huge commotion caught her attention.

The family's grand formation had been broken!

Stunned for a moment, Lin Xueying suppressed the grief and indignation in her heart, tightened her clothes, lowered her head, and continued walking forward.

In another direction, Wang Erniu was holding his daughter in his left hand and his wife in his right, guarding an exit of the ancestral grounds.

Seeing the grand formation broken, he immediately broke through, his face full of determination.

Meanwhile, Wei Shangli and Wei Shangren were leading a team of cultivators. Their mission was to intercept and kill any Lin family cultivators who escaped.

"Big brother, it seems the Lin family is about to become history!" Wei Shangren said with great satisfaction.

Wei Shangli did not reply. He gazed at the pillar of light in the distance, his expression extremely complex.

"Such a great Foundation Establishment clan, gone just like that!"

"Big brother, let's head to Green Willow Alley next. We absolutely cannot let that kid Zhou Xun escape, nor the house steward!" Wei Shangren said with a sinister grin.

"Go ahead!" Wei Shangli did not refuse.

The moment the Lin family's grand formation shattered, Wu Zongheng piloted his magical artifact and flew in.

He charged directly towards Lin Anshuo.

As the saying goes, soldiers fight soldiers, and generals fight generals.

One was the head of the Wu family, the other the head of the Lin family. Both were at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Today, they would settle the score!

Wu Zongheng piloted a green jade ruler, a top-grade magical artifact.

Driven by a spell, the green jade ruler split into over ten blades, attacking Lin Anshuo.

Lin Anshuo stood firm and unafraid. He patted his storage bag, and a dark green cauldron appeared in the air.

He cast a spell, and the cauldron grew in the wind, reaching four to five zhang in height.

Extremely agile, it blocked Wu Zongheng's jade ruler blades.

In their first exchange, neither gained the upper hand.

On the other side, the Wu family's Great Elder charged directly at Lin Yuanru. His mission was to keep him occupied.

After the Wu and Sun family's two Foundation Establishment elders killed the Lin family's Second Elder, they would come to assist him.

Moreover, the combined Qi Condensation cultivators of the Wu, Sun, and Li families were more than three times that of the Lin family.

As long as they could stall for time, the Lin family was bound to be defeated.

Just as the Wu family was confident of victory, an unexpected event occurred.

When the Wu family's Great Elder charged at Lin Yuanru, Lin Yuanru advanced instead of retreating. To the astonishment of everyone present, his late-stage Foundation Establishment magical power erupted.

At the same time, a golden shadow flashed past, carrying a faint magical energy fluctuation as it shot towards the Wu family's Second Elder.

The shadow moved extremely fast. From the moment it was launched to reaching the Wu family's Second Elder took only an instant.

The Wu family's Second Elder noticed the object at this moment, but it was too late.

"Pfft—"

A faint sound of metal piercing flesh.

The golden shadow passed directly through the Wu family's Second Elder's head.

Without any resistance, as if piercing through thin paper.

The Wu family's Second Elder's body suddenly stiffened, then his vision went black, and he lost consciousness forever.

His body, which had been moving forward, suddenly stopped in mid-air and began to fall straight down.

The Wu family's Second Elder had perished.

"Second Elder!" The Wu family disciples shouted.

"Guanghe!" The Wu family's Great Elder, Wu Guangxiao,'s eyes widened in disbelief. He simply could not accept it.

At the very beginning of the battle, one of their Foundation Establishment cultivators had already fallen.

They only had four Foundation Establishment cultivators openly in the Wu family.

Moreover, Wu Guanghe was one of only two living cultivators of his generation.

Now that he had also fallen, he was the only one left from the Wu family's Guang generation!

"Lin Yuanru, I will make you pay with your life!" He then piloted his magical artifact and struck fiercely at Lin Yuanru.

"Uncle Eleven!"

Wu Zongheng's heart turned cold! He immediately felt that things had gone terribly wrong.

Currently, his Wu Family has lost one Foundation Establishment cultivator, leaving three remaining. The Lin Family also has three, but Lin Yuanru among them is at the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

In this situation, their Foundation Establishment combat power is at a disadvantage.

On the other side, Lin Anshuo let out a hearty laugh:

"Second Uncle, well killed! Today, I'll show you the depth of our Lin Family's heritage!"

Lin Yuanru's late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation was truly not for show. With a gentle wave of his hand, dozens of Gold Blades appeared out of thin air, deflecting the attack from the Wu Family's Great Elder.

At the same time, several Gold Blades bypassed the Wu Family's Great Elder and flew towards several Qi Condensation cultivators in the audience.

"Pfft—" A few sounds

Several Qi Condensation cultivators were instantly killed.

Among them was one at the late stage of Qi Condensation.

The cultivation world truly favors the strong.

With one late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator suppressing the Wu Family members on the field, the Lin Family held the upper hand for the moment.

"Sigh!"

Just as Wu Zongheng was considering retreat, a sigh came from the Qi Condensation cultivators below.

This voice seemed to pierce the soul, instilling terror!

Everyone hurriedly looked towards the source of the sound.

"Big Brother!" Wu Zongheng laughed in surprise.

This person was Wu Zongdao—perfected Foundation Establishment.

He hadn't wanted to reveal himself, but the Wu Family was too incompetent, forcing him to act.

The Lin Family members instantly fell into despair; this was perfected Foundation Establishment.

Lin Yuanru made a decisive move, taking out a blue bead from his storage bag and hurling it fiercely towards Wu Zongdao.

He then shouted to the Lin Family disciples:

"Break through!"

With that, he fled into the distance!

The rest of the Lin Family also scattered, using their respective techniques to escape quickly.

This was a pre-arranged plan by the Lin Family: if the situation became irreversible, they would cut their losses and break through individually.

The blue bead that Lin Yuanru threw was the renowned "Heavenly Thunder Pearl" from the cultivation world!

It was refined by a True Core cultivator of the lightning attribute, capturing true lightning during thunderstorms. Each pearl's power was equivalent to the full-power strike of a Nascent Soul stage mighty figure.

Even a perfected Foundation Establishment cultivator would be severely injured if struck directly.

As the Heavenly Thunder Pearl fell, it emitted a dazzling white light. Under its power, everything dissolved, and an area of dozens of feet turned to dust.

The Sun Family's Second Elder was unlucky enough to be within the Heavenly Thunder Pearl's blast radius and vanished directly.

Even his storage bag disappeared without a trace.

Only the wreckage of a few treasures indicated what had happened here.

As for Wu Zongdao, when the Heavenly Thunder Pearl detonated, a red light shield instantly activated in front of him, blocking the attack.

However, a crimson jade token at his waist made a clink sound as it shattered into two halves.

This was a life-saving treasure he had obtained by chance, capable of blocking a full-power strike from a Nascent Soul stage mighty figure.

Wu Zongheng and the Wu Family's Great Elder, being further away, were not significantly affected.

Wu Zongdao's face turned ashen. Without hesitation, he leaped forward and pursued Lin Yuanru.

The other members of the Wu Family also surged forward, chasing after the fleeing Lin Family members.