Cultivation starts from devouring the Dao fruits
Chapter 71: Chapter 71 Restoring Order from Chaos

In a refined guest room on Wolf Ridge.

"Zhao Yu wouldn't dare to become an enemy of the Yunling Hermit. In three days, who knows if he will hand me over. Maybe it's better if I leave now to spare him the trouble!"

Xiao Xixi sat on the bed, lost in a myriad of thoughts, deeply worried that Zhao Yu would betray her.

After all, Zhao Yu did not dare to openly engage in magical combat with the Yunling Hermit, and he admitted that his own strength was less than that of the hermit. In the Cultivation World, cultivators generally would not lightly offend their peers, let alone provoke a powerful cultivator beyond their own capabilities.

Now that the Xiao family of Yuefeng had been utterly usurped by the Yunling Hermit, Xiao Xixi was no longer the esteemed direct daughter of the Xiao family. It would be only natural for Zhao Yu to hand her over.

Ling Qianxue pushed the door open and came to Xiao Xixi with a smile, "Xixi, I'm going to show you something great!"

Xiao Xixi said, "Sister Qianxue, I've made up my mind! I plan to leave Wolf Ridge today and not make it difficult for Elder Zhao Yu! As long as I'm not in Wolf Ridge, the Yunling Hermit naturally won't trouble Elder Zhao Yu!"

"Xixi, wait until you've seen that great thing before you make your decision!"

A hint of craftiness flashed in Ling Qianxue's eyes; she chuckled, took Xiao Xixi by the hand, and led her out of the guest room to the entrance of Wolf Ridge.

"That's the Yunling Hermit's body!! The Yunling Hermit is dead!!"

As soon as Xiao Xixi reached the entrance of Wolf Ridge, she saw the Yunling Hermit's body hung on a post, his decapitated head with spine attached hanging eerily alongside.

"The Yunling Hermit's body! The once haughty Yunling Hermit is actually dead? Didn't he give the sect leader three days? He has not even lasted three days, and now he's hanging at our Wolf Ridge!"

"Our sect leader's strength truly is unfathomable!!"

"Our sect leader clearly never left Wolf Ridge, so who killed the Yunling Hermit?"

"No matter what, there must be a powerful cultivator protecting our Wolf Ridge."

"...."

Below the Yunling Hermit's body, a circle of cultivators had gathered. They looked at the body, their eyes flickering with excitement, buzzing with conversation.

In these chaotic times, the protection of a strong cultivator is the foundation of a power's stability.

The Xiao family of Yuefeng had been targeted by the Yunling Hermit and experienced numerous troubles precisely because their Foundation Establishment Cultivator had died in battle, leaving them vulnerable.

Ling Qianxue smiled radiantly, tugging at Xiao Xixi, "Let's go, Brother Yu has already agreed to defend the justice for the Xiao family!"

Xiao Xixi couldn't help but take another glance at the Yunling Hermit's body, replaceing the ghastly corpse surprisingly pleasing to the eye.

In front of the Xiao family headquarters on Maple Spirit Mountain, two streaks of Escape Light flew from afar. Zhao Yu and Ling Qianxue stood on a Silk Scarf, like a couple of immortals, while Xiao Xixi followed closely on her own Magic Artifact shaped like a flower basket.

Xiao Xixi called out sharply, "Wolf Ridge's sect leader Zhao Yu has arrived! Xiao Xuerou and you traitors, why aren't you coming out to greet us?"

"Why bother with such trouble? Let's just force our way in! This Red Flame Array is full of flaws without someone to direct it; it can be broken with ease!"

Zhao Yu chuckled lightly, summoning a Supreme Grade Water Attribute Magic Sword into the air, which burst forth with dazzling blue Spiritual Light, piercing directly into Maple Spirit Mountain and tearing a huge hole in the Barrier that enveloped it.

Zhao Yu took out the Corpse Controlling Bell and released the now fully repaired bronze zombie, which leapt into Maple Spirit Mountain.

Zhao Yu spoke indifferently, "Go ahead!"

Xiao Xixi responded, "Yes, Elder Zhao!"

Zhao Yu and Ling Qianxue followed behind Xiao Xixi, entering Maple Spirit Mountain.

"Elder Zhao Yu, do you dare to attack the Yuefeng Xiao family? Aren't you afraid of provoking the Yunling Hermit?"

A voluptuous beauty, dressed in blue palace attire and extremely pretty, quickly led a dozen or so cultivators and blocked the way in front of Zhao Yu and the other two, saying,

Xiao Xixi gritted her teeth and said, "Senior Zhao, she is the traitor of our Xiao family, Xiao Xuerou! The scum behind her is the rabble recruited by Yunling Wanderer!"

"Yunling Wanderer? He is already a corpse! Since you are on his side, then all of you can go to hell! Kill them all!"

Zhao Yu displayed the Flying Dagger Technique, and a blue Flying Dagger instantly penetrated Xiao Xuerou's head, nailing her astonished face to the ground.

The Bronze Corpse's figure flickered, and with the swiftness of lightning, he charged in front of a cultivator. Despite the Spell attacks from the cultivator, he delivered a punch that obliterated the cultivator's chest.

Zhao Yu continuously unleashed the Flying Dagger Technique, sending out Flying Daggers one after another, effortlessly piercing through the heads of the cultivators.

Ling Qianxue activated a top-grade Magic Weapon level Magic Sword, slaying the cultivators one by one.

In no time, the group of cultivators recruited by Yunling Wanderer were completely exterminated by Zhao Yu and his companions.

Xiao Xixi successfully entered the Xiao family grounds and rescued the many cultivators trapped there.

Although Yunling Wanderer had usurped Maple Spirit Mountain, he dared not wantonly massacre the Xiao family's cultivators. That was because an ancestor of the Xiao family had died in battle for Cang Ling Sect, and the Xiao family was under its protection.

Xiao Xuerou was also a member of the Xiao family, and she was entitled to compete for the Xiao family's inheritance. By forming a Daoist partnership with Yunling Wanderer, he could naturally assist Xiao Xuerou in contesting the inheritance.

For Yunling Wanderer to kill a few Xiao family cultivators in the contest for the inheritance was certainly not an issue, but if he were to annihilate all the Xiao family's cultivators, Cang Ling Sect would definitely not stand idly by.

All he needed to do was become the controller of the Yue Feng Xiao family, and naturally, cultivators from the Xiao family would be willing to pledge allegiance to him, after all, Xiao Xuerou was indeed a member of the Xiao family.

Within a magnificent palace of the Xiao family,

The temporary Family Head of the Xiao family, Xiao Xinshan, said respectfully, "Senior Zhao, thank you for your assistance, for slaying that villain Yunling Wanderer, for restoring order out of chaos, and for giving our Xiao family justice! Your immense kindness and virtue, our Xiao family will never forget!"

Zhao Yu said indifferently, "Xiao Xinshan, I want to duplicate all of your Xiao family's jade slips, and I also want to take thirty treasures from your Xiao family's treasury as my fee for this intervention."

Xiao Xinshan decisively replied, "I will take you to our Xiao family's treasury immediately! Please follow me!"

Under Xiao Xinshan's lead, Zhao Yu arrived at the Xiao family's treasury, and upon seeing the treasures inside, he was somewhat disappointed.

A powerful Foundation Establishment family like the Xiao family had hardly any particularly valuable treasures in their treasury, not even a single Demon Beast Inner Pill.

Xiao Xinshan said carefully, "Senior Zhao, my Xiao family's treasures have already been plundered once by Yunling Wanderer and Xiao Xuerou. These are truly all that our family has left!"

Zhao Yu casually took some remaining Second Order Spiritual Objects from the treasury and, after duplicating the Xiao family's jade slips, he left the Xiao family.

Inside the Quiet Room of Wolfling Ridge,

"Sure enough, all the good stuff was on those two, Yunling Wanderer and his group."

Zhao Yu meticulously examined the spoils of war and found that there were plenty of good treasures within the storage bags of Yunling Wanderer and the other Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

"Spirit Flame Vermilion Fruit, with this treasure, my Fire Spirit Root can be upgraded to superior quality!"

Zhao Yu had previously devoured the gold, water, fire, and ice Second Order Spiritual Objects he had obtained at the auction, upgrading all of his Spirit Roots to middle grade.

The Spirit Flame Vermilion Fruit was originally able to improve a cultivator's Fire Attribute Spirit Root; by utilizing Dao Fruit's devouring ability, Zhao Yu could naturally elevate his Fire Spirit Root to superior quality.

Zhao Yu pinched the Spirit Flame Vermilion Fruit and swallowed it, activating the Dao Fruit devouring ability to refine it, then chose to enhance his Fire Spirit Root attribute. A mysterious power emerged from within his body, nourishing his physical and spiritual essence, causing his body to expel some impurities once again, undergoing transformation.

"Superior Fire Spirit Root (3750/10000)."

"With the transformation of the Spirit Root, my cultivation speed will increase once more! Good! It's time for a proper celebration!"

Zhao Yu's lips curved slightly upwards, and after taking a bath, he sought out Ling Qianxue to celebrate with her.