Lone Moon Descends the Mountain

One month later, escorted by Yang Lingrui, Lü Lianshun led the entire Lü Family to relocate to Sanglu Valley, officially becoming a vassal clan under the Yang Family's rule.

It was also at this time that a group of newly promoted outer disciples descended from Lone Moon Mountain in the south.

Relying on Wangyue City's City Lord, Song Kaiyang, to blur the lines and smooth things over, Lone Moon Mountain had gone many years without paying the Wangchao the "Headcount Fee" for recruiting disciples.

Their assignment on this trip was to descend the mountain and search for disciples with cultivation aptitude for the Sect.

These Sect disciples cultivated year-round in the mountains and rarely inquired about worldly affairs. However, backed by their Sect's prestige, every single one of them was arrogant and haughty.

Though they were only at the second or third layer of Qi Gathering, they did not even place many town lords at the fifth layer of Qi Gathering in their eyes.

A party of three descended the mountain and traveled north. They passed through several towns where they were warmly welcomed and hosted, greatly satisfying their vanity. The flattery of the crowds was extremely pleasing to them.

They had assumed that as they continued forward into Wangyue City's territory, they would receive an even grander reception.

But to their utter surprise, upon entering the Three Towns region, absolutely no one came to receive them.

Liuye Town was still tolerable. Xu Guang at least came out to greet them, though he did not host a banquet.

When they reached Baishi Town, it was even more excessive. The three of them did not even catch a glimpse of the town lord, Gao Hui.

"Outrageous! Who is the town lord of this place? How dare he ignore us!"

"Things were strange back in Liuye Town, too. That Town Lord Xu looked distracted the entire time, and he merely brushed off our requests with half-hearted answers, showing no real concern at all."

"Strange. Has Wangyue City not always been Lone Moon Mountain's territory?"

Unable to figure out the reason, the three discussed the matter and decided to change their approach. They would no longer visit the towns, but would instead start with the independent families in the surrounding areas.

However, after visiting two such families, they realized things were even more amiss.

At first, when the families heard the three hailed from Lone Moon Mountain, they still welcomed them through their doors with great enthusiasm. But when they heard the disciples wanted to select children from their clans to take up the mountain, they began to hesitate and offer excuses.

Having already swallowed their anger in the two towns, seeing that even these independent families refused to give Lone Moon Mountain any face, the three immediately lost their tempers.

They caused a massive uproar in both households, and even smashed the ancestral hall of one of them-the Xie Family.

Finally, the Xie Family cultivator, Xie Chuan, cried out in grief and indignation: "Our family merely wished to discuss the matter for a few days, yet you commit such evil deeds! This is simply bullying people too far!"

Xie Chuan possessed a cultivation at the fourth layer of Qi Gathering, yet because of the trio's Lone Moon Mountain background, he dared not raise a hand against them, leaving him feeling utterly stifled and aggrieved.

"Hmph! Serves you right for not knowing what's good for you! To think you dared to play tricks with my Lone Moon Mountain!"

"I am telling you plainly: today, you will hand over these people whether you want to or not!"

With that said, the three actually barged straight into the mortal courtyards, running rampant and openly snatching people by force.

"Stop! How dare you act in such a manner!"

Xie Chuan hurriedly tried to stop them, but he simply could not hold the three back. Watching his clan fall into chaos and hearing the endless screams of his clansmen, his mind reeled.

"What should I do, what should I do... That's right!"

In his helplessness, he thought of the Yang Family.

"Good, good, good! If you have the guts, do not leave! Once I invite our main family here, we will see how you fare!"

Xie Chuan left behind this harsh threat, then turned and rushed toward Song Mountain.

Main family?

Hearing these words, the three were all taken aback.

"Is this Xie Family not an independent clan? Since when did they have a main family?"

"Could they be a branch of some aristocratic family?"

"How could that be? In this godforsaken little place, what aristocratic family would take an interest?"

Curiosity stirred in the trio's hearts.

Since this area was not under the Wangchao's direct jurisdiction, and they had their Sect backing them, they decided to wait right there to see exactly what kind of sacred figure this person's 'main family' was.

Half a day later, Yang Lingrui arrived alongside Xie Chuan.

Seeing the collapsed buildings, the mess strewn across the ground, and the dead Xie Family clansmen crushed under the rubble, Yang Lingrui could not help but frown.

Stepping further forward, he arrived in front of the destroyed ancestral hall and saw the three young men clad in standard blue-green long robes.

Embroidered upon their chests was the emblem of a lone moon in a clear sky.

Ever since the Li Family incident, he no longer held a shred of goodwill toward Lone Moon Mountain.

Now, seeing the other party acting with such tyrannical ruthlessness, his gaze turned gradually colder.

"He's here."

"Is this... the fifth layer of Qi Gathering?"

"May I ask, Fellow Daoist, which family's cultivator are you?"

One of them stepped forward, casually raising a hand in a loose salute toward Yang Lingrui as he asked.

For a mere third-layer Qi Gathering cultivator to dare address a fifth-layer Qi Gathering cultivator as 'Fellow Daoist'-such arrogant conceit was truly an eye-opening display.

"Song Mountain, Yang Family, Yang Lingrui."

Yang Lingrui replied flatly.

"The Yang Family? Never heard of it."

The three were just about to step forward when they suddenly realized they had been surrounded by gusts of gentle breeze.

At first, they paid it no mind, but the moment they moved slightly closer to the seemingly harmless wind, they felt a sense of lethal crisis strike straight at their heartlakes.

Yang Lingrui had actually used three wind nets to trap the three of them firmly in place.

"How bold! We are people of Lone Moon Mountain!"

"If there is even a single mishap with the three of us, just wait for your family to be exterminated to the last soul!"

"Hurry up and dispel your technique!"

Yang Lingrui gazed calmly at the trio, his tone freezing cold as he said, "Have I done anything to the three of you? I merely placed my technique over there. If you three carelessly bump into it yourselves and suffer an accident, that has absolutely nothing to do with me."

As soon as these words were spoken, the three Lone Moon Mountain disciples all felt a chill in their hearts, sensing the undisguised killing intent emanating from Yang Lingrui.

Realizing the situation was dire, one of them used a Spiritual Treasure hidden in his sleeve to transmit a burst of spiritual sense.

Yang Lingrui sensed the movement, but unfortunately, he had no means to intercept the transmitted message.

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