Family Cultivation: I Become a Mirror

Chapter 457 374: Qingdu Peak

"It truly is Biyuan Copper Essence, it should be not far from here. This item is rarely seen; for your noble clan to obtain such a spiritual object is indeed good fortune."

Kong Yu gathered a pool of spring water, used a spell to examine it for a moment, then nodded and said:

"If this mountain is moved, the change in earth veins should cause a seven-year break in the flow; afterwards the spring will reappear, and no longer bear any yin chill."

"Good! Very good!"

Seven years is nothing; the Li Family can wait. Li Xuanxuan nodded repeatedly before replying:

"Taoist Fellow may not know—this vein belongs to the Immortal Clan Xiao Family, with yield and reserves all recorded at Xianyou Peak, and it has nothing to do with our Li Family..."

"That truly is a pity."

Kong Yu gave an apologetic smile and answered:

"Indeed, Cuiyuan Copper Essence can neutralize yang heat and enhance quality; a figure like the Chuting Perfected Person probably calculated this long ago and preemptively seized it."

At this, Li Xijun, who had entered behind, raised his brows. Li Xuanxuan was also slightly surprised, and hurriedly responded:

"Taoist Fellow jests. The East Bank families were all enlightened by the Xiao Family; what's there to preempt or not? Nowadays, whenever we collect tribute, we have already reported to the Perfected Person..."

Though speaking thus, in his heart Li Xuanxuan secretly wondered:

'What does this mean? Is he testing our relationship with the Xiao Family?'

Kong Yu feigned sudden realization, laughed and said:

"My confusion! Please do not take offense."

With the mountain chosen, the Li Family's cultivators had already come riding the wind. Kong Yu produced twelve formation flags, handed them one by one to An Zhiyan and the others, assigned a position to each over the lake, gave an incantation, and instructed:

"Soon, when you see golden light approach, activate the formation."

Upon returning to the shore, the Jade Courtyard Guards had already relocated the Rui Family folk down from the mountain. Kong Yu first took out from his bosom a long, wide, white talisman, nearly half a man tall, upon which was written in red ink:

"This is a pile of gravel, not a mountain."

The end bore a small stamp, bright red and striking. Kong Yu said:

"This is written by the hand of Changxi Perfected Person's Divine Skills, used especially for moving mountains. It can deceive the earth vein, so the mountain is easily shifted."

Kong Yu affixed the talisman to the mountaintop, then took from his sleeve a handful of damp, soft earth, passed it to Li Xuanxuan and urged:

"Later, when the earth vein gushes forth, Taoist Fellow, please use your mana to inject this [Breath-Suppressing Sand] to fill it."

Then he smiled and said:

"Should any [black earth vein evil qi] leak during the mountain move, it will be the Xuan Yue Sect that handles it for your noble clan."

"Taoist Fellow, please proceed."

Li Xuanxuan took up the spiritual earth and replied in agreement.

Kong Yu nodded, unfastened a long golden rope at his waist, and folded it again and again in his hand, coiling it tightly among his five fingers. Flying and casting it around the mountain, he chanted an incantation, and golden light spread across the entire peak.

The Li Family's Fetal Breathing cultivators ascended the mountain in turn—over a hundred found their positions, held golden threads, sat cross-legged, and infused their mana.

Kong Yu finished these preparations at last and exhaled. He shouted:

"Go!"

In an instant, sand flew and stones rolled, black qi surged, two wails rang out, and the sky suddenly darkened. All around pressed with darkness; the forested Rui Family Peak shuddered twice and vanished amid the gushing earth fiend qi.

"You call this 'a little'?!"

Li Xuanxuan was staggered by the surge of earth fiend qi

The thick earth fiend qi burst forth, rising in a black tide. Li Xuanxuan had no time to observe the situation—he hurriedly mobilized his mana and threw out the [Breath-Suppressing Sand].

"Go!"

The spiritual earth met the evil qi and grew with the wind; at once a black rain fell from the sky, landing as mud and stone, rolling and surging on the ground, sealing up the damaged earth vein.

In the sky, wisps of black evil qi still gathered overhead. Li Xuanxuan looked back—the Rui Family Peak, along with Kong Yu and the others, had long vanished; the ground lay bare, exposing gray-white rock and earth.

"How truly miraculous."

Riding the wind to fly over the lake, he saw a peak already standing there. The mountaintop had upended many trees, the cottages and pavilions all collapsed, in utter chaos.

An Zhiyan and a group of Qi Cultivators sat pale-faced by the shore, together with over a hundred Fetal Breathing cultivators, all drained of mana; an expanse of cultivators sat cross-legged on the ground.

Kong Yu's face too was waxen, but he did not dare rest—producing a white jade bottle, he flew into the sky, activated a magic artifact, and gathered up all the evil qi before landing at ease.

After regulating his breath for a moment, Kong Yu let out a long sigh, opened his eyes, and said to Li Xuanxuan:

"This [earth vein evil qi] will go to Xuan Yue Sect; the rest converts to sixty spirit stones, counted for the [Mountain-Moving Talisman], [Breath-Suppressing Sand], and labor… What does Taoist Fellow think?"

'Old fox, the wine was never his true intent!'

Li Xuanxuan finally understood—so this was why Xuan Yue Sect was so eager to move mountains; in the end, what they really wanted was the evil qi leaked from the earth veins. No doubt, the sect's elixirs and cultivation techniques depended on it.

Thinking back on all that evil qi just now, who knows how many spirit stones it might be worth.

"Ah, Kong Taoist Fellow, you're not being generous!"

Li Xuanxuan sighed. Kong Yu merely chuckled apologetically, thick-skinned, and said:

"Just that plain Rui Family land left behind—within a hundred years, there'll be no spiritual mechanism or earth vein to speak of… with earth veins damaged and spiritual mechanism lost, it could only raise some mortals."

Mountain-moving is a profession that depletes earth veins and drains mana terribly. Luckily the lake is not far from the East Bank; otherwise, a few Qi Refining cultivators could never have moved it.

Just now the earth vein burst forth; Li Xuanxuan could plainly see, but at bottom, since it wasn't his own territory, he wasn't too upset. He pretended irritation and said:

"Taoist Fellow, why didn't you say so earlier? Fifty spirit stones!"

Kong Yu froze, and in his heart he muttered: