Clan Cultivation: I Transmigrated With My Smartphone

"Why is it like this? Why is Lu Xuanji so powerful! He is merely at the Fourth Layer of Divinity Transformation... no, the Fifth Layer of Divinity Transformation, yet he is so strong. He harbors a great secret. If he can be captured, the rewards would be enormous. If I can uncover the secret, it could help me advance further!"

Celestial Sword Venerable’s mind was fluctuating, filled with frustration, fear, apprehension, unease, and greed.

Fairy Baihua also had fluctuating expressions, faring not much better than this Dao Companion.

Only at the moment of confrontation did they realize how formidable this junior was.

Celestial Sword Venerable spoke: "Daoist friend, you have come to our Wu Country, why do you wantonly massacre Purple Sun Celestial Venerable!"

At the moment of speaking, however, he activated a secret technique, ready to unveil a killer trump card.

Such a trump card was something he originally didn’t want to use.

Once it was deployed, it would lead to mutual destruction. Regardless of winning or losing, Wu Country would suffer heavy losses.

At that time, it would be not only unbearable to lose, but even winning would be unbearable.

Lu Xuanji spoke: "Back then, when I was at the Third Layer of Nascent Soul, I came to Wu Country to purchase some items, only to be hunted by an offspring of Purple Sun Celestial Venerable. In the past, my cultivation was inferior, so I had to pretend to be weak. But now that my cultivation is powerful enough to take revenge, I came straight to the door and directly killed Purple Sun Celestial Venerable, and exterminated most of Purple Sun’s offspring!

Do you think I shouldn’t have sought revenge?"

Celestial Sword Venerable sneered, the grievances behind it were no longer important.

Whether Lu Xuanji was deliberately looking for excuses or whether such a major event really happened back then, it was all irrelevant now.

The crucial thing was that someone was at the gates, and their couple couldn’t defeat them.

Celestial Sword Venerable said: "Purple Sun deserved it. Back then, Purple Sun hunted Daoist friend, and now they are executed by the Daoist friend—it can be considered as cause and effect retribution. Come, eliminate the entire family of Purple Sun within three generations!"

"Yes!"

A black shadow appeared in the void.

The shadow nodded and vanished.

Celestial Sword Venerable continued: "In the past, Purple Sun’s offspring offended Daoist friend and deserved death. I am willing to compensate with three thousand top-grade Spirit Stones. I hope Daoist friend won’t disdain the amount!"

Lu Xuanji sighed: "Three thousand top-grade Spirit Stones is a bit less, but I won’t despise it. There’s a saying, ’sending goose feathers from a thousand miles away conveys love despite light gifts.’ I shall accept these gifts!"

Celestial Sword Venerable said: "In the past, some disputed territories between Wu Country and Chu Country, and certain mountains, should also be given to Chu Country!"

Lu Xuanji sighed: "That’s not right, how can I accept that?"

Celestial Sword Venerable gritted his teeth but forced a smile; "It’s wise to resolve rather than perpetuate grudges. Grievances have a clear source. Since we’ve resolved our enmity, I wonder what else Daoist friend needs?"

Lu Xuanji said: "Primordial Spirit Pills, five!"

"Not five, only three!"

Celestial Sword Venerable said, eyes blazing with anger.

"Three will do!" Lu Xuanji nodded, reaching out his right hand.

Celestial Sword Venerable sneered and threw over a gourd.

Within the gourd, there were three Primordial Spirit Pills.

Tucking away the Elixir Medicine Gourd, Lu Xuanji laughed: "Since that’s the case, I won’t disturb you any further..."

Saying this, Lu Xuanji turned to leave.

Just before leaving, Lu Xuanji suddenly turned back.

Celestial Sword Venerable sneered: "Daoist friend, do you need something else?"

Lu Xuanji said: "Soon, I will be leaving Chu Country for a while. I need Daoist friend to look after my home, lest certain people ransack it!"

Celestial Sword Venerable said: "Naturally, distant relatives aren’t as reliable as close neighbors!"

Lu Xuanji smiled: "Thank you, Daoist friend!"

Having said that, he completely left Wu Country.

...

"Damn it!"

Celestial Sword Venerable said angrily, eyes blazing with fire, a flicker of murderous intent, yet he restrained everything, suppressing his inner rage.

One should not go to war in anger.

During a moment of anger, both sides might fight bloody battles and feel the thrill.

But afterward, one must pay a great price.

Anger is anger, but when the time comes to endure, one must endure.

On his cultivation path, it wasn’t always smooth. He didn’t win every battle. He also faced invincible enemies, choosing to submit sometimes. But soon, those arrogant foes were killed by him, turned to dust, and he survived to this day.

Fairy Baihua said: "What is Lu Xuanji worried about, could it be the Destiny Golden Dragon!"

Celestial Sword Venerable said: "There is the factor of the Destiny Golden Dragon, but more likely, he doesn’t want to fight anymore. Defeating us is easy, but killing us is impossible. We may not be able to defeat him, but we can retreat in time. Since he can’t eliminate us, he came to warn and threaten us with some intimidation."

"Intimidation!"

Fairy Baihua frowned: "Could it be true? That soon he will leave Chu Country."

Celestial Sword Venerable said: "Only for this reason, he needs to leave Chu Country for a while and fears our action to attack and occupy Chu Country, so he came to warn us. As for Purple Sun, it might just be the unfortunate chicken used to warn us!"

Fairy Baihua said: "Damn it, is he not afraid of us charging into Chu Country to wipe out the Lu Family?"

Celestial Sword Venerable said: "Naturally not, you shouldn’t think the Lu Family is his weak spot! Trying to hold the Lu Family hostage to threaten Lu Xuanji has less than a ten percent success rate. Lu Xuanji has nearly ten thousand years of lifespan. As long as he lives, even if the Lu Family is destroyed, he could establish another Lu Family!"

Fairy Baihua sighed: "Then we just let him kill one of our Divinity Transformation cultivators, extort three thousand top-grade Spirit Stones, and take three Primordial Spirit Pills?"

Celestial Sword Venerable said: "That’s all we can do! Some time ago, we probed Chu Country and caused enormous losses to Chu Country, killing over thirty Nascent Souls and countless Golden Core and Purple Mansion cultivators; now he retaliates, kills one of our Divinity Transformation, and extorts some things, considered a draw!"

"At least for a period in the future, we can have some peace. If we can seize the opportunity to reach Half-Step Void Refining and then kill Lu Xuanji, it’ll all be worthwhile!"

The two exchanged a gaze, their expressions filled with sighs.

Then they vanished into thin air.

...

Golden Light flickered, Lu Xuanji returned to Chu Country.

To and fro, it was just a short time.

But the boundary issues between the two countries were temporarily resolved, and the two sides settled into a brief peace.

Qing Lian asked: "Why not kill the couple?"

Lu Xuanji said: "If I can’t kill them, then it’s best not to act. Instead, extort some things and leave. Wu Country has some trump cards, such as the Destiny Golden Dragon. Celestial Sword Venerable and Fairy Baihua, the Dao Companions, jointly control Wu Country and could use the Destiny Golden Dragon to battle!"

"Once they activate the Destiny Golden Dragon, I would have no choice but to retreat!"

Qing Lian said in astonishment: "Destiny Golden Dragon, it turns out to be that thing!"

The Destiny Golden Dragon was a special secret technique born during the ancient era when Yun Dynasty prevailed.

Established dynasties could gather the destiny of all beings, using the collective destiny for cultivation. The Lord of the dynasties cultivated rapidly, progressing swiftly, reaching Harmonization peak within a few hundred years. The dynasty’s technique was once a famous cultivation method.

But later, it was discarded by cultivators.

Because borrowing the destiny of all beings for cultivation inevitably involved bearing the cause and effect of all beings.

The hearts of the people were like water, unpredictable and variable. They might praise an emperor as wise and godly one moment, and denounce him as a villain the next.

Many dynasty lords couldn’t bear the cause and effect of all beings, leading to their downfall.

Even if they miraculously escaped the backlash of cause and effect, the close ties with all beings made Ascension extremely difficult.

Ordinary cultivators only need to reach Harmonization peak and transcend the Nine Heavens Immortal Tribulation to ascend to the Immortal Realm; but dynasty lords must lead the entire populace and cultivators, ascending together.

This is virtually a hell mode, nearly impossible.

Cultivating immortality is for Ascension, but becoming a dynasty lord doomed one to never ascend.

Firstly, bearing the cause and effect of all beings, secondly, the impossibility of Ascension, doomed the downfall of the dynasty cultivation model.

However, the method of the dynasty and Destiny Golden Dragon condensation was borrowed by many cultivators.

Wu Country, Chu Country, Yue Country, all condensed Destiny Golden Dragons. When Miao Ge cultivators controlled a nation’s destiny, they could use the Destiny Golden Dragon to enhance themselves and attack enemies.

The existence of Destiny Golden Dragon made Lu Xuanji abandon the idea of killing the couple.