In front of the palace tomb.
Su Yu stared at Li Yue, "Why did you save me?"
Li Yue sheathed her sword, "No reason, just to have a worthy opponent, or a goal to pursue in the future."
After staring at her for a long time, Su Yu cupped his fists, "I will remember today's kindness and repay it in the future."
With a faint smile, Li Yue turned and walked down the palace tomb.
Before she left, she turned her head and asked, "Can you tell me how you did it?"
She pointed to the jade tablet.
She had come here because she could not solve the doubts in her heart. Even if she cultivated all eight paths, she could not absorb so many droplets.
Su Yu said, "I'm afraid not."
Li Yue smiled, "You will find out sooner or later."
Watching her leave, Su Yu returned to the Xue manor.
The atmosphere in the manor was oppressive and heavy.
The problem was no longer Xue Lei's betrayal, but Xue Lei's destruction of all the Starlight Grass!
Su Yu's return did not improve the expressions of the Elders. Xue Yuntian glanced at Su Yu, not blaming him for escaping the Xue family. Instead, he was a little confused.
He could have taken advantage of the situation to escape the Xue family.
"Patriarch, in another four months, the emissary of the Sword Pavilion will come to collect the Starlight Grass. If we cannot hand over the Starlight Grass and complete this year's task, then … I'm afraid we will lose the right to establish a foothold in the Sword Pavilion's sea region and be expelled!" The Lonely Mountain Elder's expression was extremely ugly.
Xue Yuntian's expression was grave, "The only thing we can do now is to collect a hundred Starlight Grass as soon as possible! Elder Baiyun, how many do we have in the treasury? "
Elder Baiyun's expression was solemn, "Only ten!"
Ten was just in case they did not have enough Starlight Grass, to be used as a supplement.
The Starlight Grass was very rare, growing at the bottom of the Sword Pavilion's sea. Not only were they difficult to find, but each one was guarded by a Level Two Star Beast.
Thus, each one was hard to come by.
Even the resourceful Star Pavilion only had a few hundred Starlight Grass in storage every year.
The various forces came to purchase them, strictly limited in quantity. Thus, it was very difficult to buy more.
The Lone Mountain Elder's expression was gloomy, "Supplement? How? Every year, only one or two would occasionally appear on Twin Star Island, and the Xue and Li clans would plunder those that could be harvested. It's the same for the other forces. They don't even have enough for themselves, so it's impossible for them to sell it to us. "
"As for the Star Pavilion, let's not talk about whether they will make an exception and sell it to us for a second time. The journey alone will take at least half a year. We won't make it in time!"
The elders' faces were incomparably gloomy. The Xue family had already reached a moment of life and death.
Su Yu, who was listening at the side, understood.
The Sword Pavilion was the overlord of a sea region. Any faction that set foot in the Sword Pavilion's territory had to submit to them and offer a hundred stalks of Starlight Grass every year.
If they couldn't meet the requirements, they would be immediately expelled from the territory.
In the past, there was once an island power that was ranked fifth. It was only three stalks away, but it was also chased away by Jian Xuan with cruel methods.
The Xue family's ranking was lower than that island, and they only had ten stalks of Starlight Grass!
Most of the island forces spent most of their manpower and resources on searching for Starlight Grass in the past year.
Only the Xue Family and the Li Family, who had a deep foundation, had the financial resources to buy directly from the Star Pavilion.
Now that something had happened to the Xue family, the deadline for offering was approaching. How could they not worry that their hair would turn white?
Hearing this, Xue Yuntian sighed deeply. "Pass on my order. With the elders as the leaders, each of you will lead a team of people to the Sea of Constellations to search for Starlight Grass!"
The Xue family had run out of ideas. They could only use the dumbest and most dangerous method, which was to mobilize the power of the whole family to search for Starlight Grass!
Su Yu said, "I will go to the sea too. I have cultivated a kind of Divine Path of Searching, and I have a very special sense of spiritual treasures."
Hearing this, the eyes of the elders suddenly lit up.
There was such a strange Divine Path? If it was true, searching for Starlight Grass would be twice the result with half the effort.
Xue Yuntian's face was also filled with surprise. But when he realized Su Yu's true identity, his eyes were filled with deep, complex emotions. He said coldly, "You stay in the family. It's dangerous outside, so your safety is not endangered."
The elders thought about it and agreed. Xue Yu was the future of the Xue family.
Even if the Xue family was really expelled, with a junior like Xue Yu growing up, how could they not rise again?
The Lone Mountain Elder said earnestly, "Yes, Xue Yu, we will mobilize the power of the whole family. It doesn't matter if you are here or not. You stay in the family."
At this point, Su Yu could only give up.
Soon, the thirty elders of the family led thousands of people in the family and dispersed. They headed for the most famous dangerous place in the Sea of Constellations, the Evil Ghosts Strait.
It was the place where the most Starlight Grass was found, but it was also the most dangerous place.
The Evil Ghosts Strait was the only place where it was possible to excavate ninety Starlight Grass in four months.
Looking up at their departing figures, Su Yu silently entered the training room and isolated himself to comprehend the remaining thousand Divine Paths.
Time passed in a flash.
Two months had passed. Su Yu finally succeeded in comprehending one Divine Path with the remaining energy from the spiritual liquid.
There were only nine hundred and ninety-nine left.
Woo!
A sorrowful, heavy, and drawn-out sound of a horn echoed in the Xue family's mansion.
Su Yu sighed silently and carved another mark on the ground in front of him.
In addition to the previous marks, there were a total of ten marks.
These were the elders who had fallen in the past two months.
The sound of a horn indicated that an elder was in danger.
As for the clan members with weaker cultivations, the casualties were incalculable.
The entire Xue family was shrouded in a sorrowful and desperate atmosphere.
"Clan Master, why didn't you ask Brother Xue Yu to help?" Xue Mei's grandfather, Elder Baiyun, had fallen a month ago. The once charming and affectionate Xue Mei's face was filled with sorrow and confusion. "Brother Xue Yu's Divine Path is helpful to everyone. If he could help, grandfather might not have to take the risk of exploring the depths of the strait, and he wouldn't have died in the mouth of the star beasts!"
"Yes, Brother Xue Yu has created miracles again and again. Why didn't you ask him to help?" Xue Ruxu, who had also lost a loved one, questioned.
Faced with the questioning of the clan members, Xue Yuntian's heart wavered.
Yes, Xue Yu obviously had an extraordinary background. If he helped, he might really be able to help them.
But out of fear, or rather, out of anger, he shook his head decisively. "There is no need to discuss this further! News has come from the front. The Lone Mountain Elder and the others have joined forces and found an undeveloped land with no less than fifty Starlight Grass! They can do it, they can definitely do it! "
The Evil Spirit Strait was dark and bottomless. It was like a large open mouth, waiting for the creatures that greedily gathered the Starlight Grass to enter.
The Lone Mountain Elder, Elder Maple Leaf, Elder Xuanqing, and the other twenty elders gathered. Behind them were nearly seven hundred clan members.
They gathered together and looked at the seabed filled with white bones.
Among the white bones, there were Starlight Grass emitting golden light everywhere.
"There are a total of fifty-three Starlight Grass. If we succeed this time, in addition to the twenty we found before, we will not be far from completing the mission!" The Lone Mountain Elder said. "According to our observations for half a month, there are a total of ten star beasts in that area!"
Ten! Everyone's hearts shrank. This was the largest group of star beasts they had encountered so far.
What followed would be a bloody battle!
"Don't be afraid. As long as we follow our previous division of labor, we will definitely be able to kill them all!" The Lone Mountain Elder said.
Everyone gathered their courage and nodded deeply.
When a wisp of clear light pierced through the sea and shone on this place, the Lone Mountain Elder said, "Now is the time when the star beasts are sleeping. It is the best time to act. Everyone, success or failure will depend on this battle!"
Swoosh swoosh swoosh —
The seven hundred clan members, led by the twenty Xue family elders, charged forward with indomitable will.
Such a powerful aura awakened some of the star beasts.
The fierce beasts, with their powerful cultivation, instantly devoured dozens of clan members!
Screams, accompanied by blood, filled the Evil Spirit Strait.
The smell of blood awakened more sleeping star beasts. They roared and rushed out.
The Lone Mountain Elder's eyes were red. "Kill!! The survival of the Xue family depends on us!! "
Both sides fought bloody battles.
The Xue family members were eaten in large numbers. The sound of their bodies being chewed and the miserable screams interweaved into a tragic scene.
The bloody battle lasted for a full day and night.
When the ten giant bodies of the beasts fell to the ground, the remaining Xue family members revealed victorious smiles.
Even though they had broken limbs, even though they were exhausted, even though there were less than a hundred of them left … they had won.
The Xue family was saved!
"Lonely Mountain Tribe Leader, we won!" Venerable Qingshan said with a smile. His old eyes were filled with tears of sorrow.
Because the one lying at his feet was his only son.
"Yes, we won!" The Lone Mountain Elder also smiled, crying and smiling. His expression was indescribably desolate.
Of the twenty elders, only nine remained. Of the seven hundred clan members, only ninety remained.
They had paid a heavy price for the final victory.
"Gather them, bring them back, and give them to the elder!" The Lone Mountain Elder wiped away his tears. Covered in blood, he fell to the ground in exhaustion.
Ah —
Mournful screams suddenly broke the silence at the bottom of the sea.
Three clan members who were collecting Starlight Grass were suddenly entangled by tentacles that stretched out from under the corpses.
The tentacles devoured their flesh and blood in an instant, leaving only white bones behind.
A ruthless aura rose from the seabed into the sky.
The entire seabed began to tremble. No, it began to move.
Roar —
A beast's roar shook them all off the seabed.
Looking from the sky, everyone inhaled sharply.
How was that seabed? It was clearly the head of a gigantic snake!
The snake head was covered with tentacles, using Starlight Grass to attract those who did not know and then devoured them!
And the giant snake only revealed the snake head and its enormous body, hidden in the dark canyon!
The Lone Mountain Elder's pupils shrank to the size of needles, his body trembling as he shouted, "Run!! It's a star beast king!! "
Star beast king, a legendary existence!
Each one had the terrifying power to fight against a super force like Jian Xuan!!
Xiu xiu xiu —
Tentacles suddenly shot out, entangling dozens of clan members and instantly sucking them into white bones.
The three elders were no exception.
The Lone Mountain Elder roared, using his powerful divine power to form a giant barrier. He shouted tragically, "Run! Tell the elder, don't send more people … "
Bang —
The barrier did not last long before the tentacles broke it and entangled the Lone Mountain Elder.
His body withered at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Using the last of his strength, the Lone Mountain Elder gave a final roar, "Quickly … run!!"
"Lone Mountain Elder!!" Everyone roared in grief and indignation as they watched the Lone Mountain Elder turn into white bones.
They fled out of the strait.
The giant snake's cold eyes stared at them coldly. It did not chase them, but continued to pretend and continue to lure unknowing creatures to come.
Inside the Xue family's secret chamber.
Crack —
Su Yu's fingers shook, and the ground shattered into several cracks. His heart was in turmoil.
"Almost … completely destroyed …" Su Yu's pupils shrank, and he got up and pushed open the stone door. "I can't wait any longer!"
He promised to take care of the Xue family!
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