136: Coming!

In the Cultivation room.

The Clone was still gnawing on 'snacks' beside him.

However, what seemed like ordinary consumption was actually Soul Searching.

A Foundation Establishment Cultivator, even if his life force was completely depleted, his Divine Soul's strength was incomparable to that of a Qi Refining Cultivator.

The Clone, through a little bit of 'gnawing', could extract all the information from Zheng Tianming's Divine Soul.

However, this process tormented Zheng Tianming; a thousand cuts and ten thousand slices would not be enough to describe the pain he was currently experiencing.

Lu Ming found him too noisy, so he used the power of his Divine Soul to form a net and sealed his mouth.

Sitting cross-legged on a meditation cushion, Lu Ming silently organized the information obtained from the Soul Searching.

"So Old Ancestor Murong ran out of the Southern Wilderness Region..."

Lu Ming learned from Zheng Tianming's memory that after Old Ancestor Murong abandoned his Family and fled, he headed straight out of the Southern Wilderness Region.

Zheng Tianming, coveting his Core Formation Legacy, pursued him for a long time, but unfortunately, he still managed to escape.

Lu Ming felt a bit strange.

"Could it be that this Old Ancestor Murong might actually Breakthrough to Golden Core!"

He looked at the golden book; now, on the Foundation Establishment page, only Old Ancestor Murong and Ji Yuting of the Ji Family remained.

Lu Ming had rarely used these two in the past, generally only for normal Cultivation.

Furthermore, at that time, he was in the Qi Refinement Stage, so his influence on them was not significant.

If Lu Ming didn't intervene in the future, Old Ancestor Murong might actually succeed!

Lu Ming's thoughts stirred.

"Should I temporarily let Old Ancestor Murong go and harvest him after he develops further?"

Now that he had Broken Through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator's usefulness to him was no longer as great.

For such a leek with growth potential, Lu Ming felt that sustainable development was possible.

As long as Old Ancestor Murong Broke Through to Golden Core, he would be worth dozens or even hundreds of Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

The birth of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator was not easy, and their numbers were limited; while not few in the Southern Wilderness Region, they all had names and identities.

He certainly couldn't slaughter them on a large scale as he did during the Qi Refinement Stage.

So, Lu Ming felt he could look forward to Old Ancestor Murong.

What if there was a surprise?

Anyway, one more of him wouldn't make a difference, and one less wouldn't matter either.

Flipping through Zheng Tianming's remaining memories, he didn't find any useful information, but Lu Ming wasn't disappointed.

The biggest goal of this trip had been achieved; subsequently, he only needed to refine Zheng Tianming's corpse into a Puppet, arrange some tasks for the Zheng Family, and then Lu Ming could return home.

"However, the Zheng Family's treasure vault is still something to look forward to."

Lu Ming had already learned the specific location of the Zheng Family's treasure vault and the method to open it from Zheng Tianming's memories.

Only four people in the entire Zheng Family knew about it, and now all of them were dead.

So Lu Ming wasn't worried about the resources inside the vault being taken by others; he would just retrieve them after coming out of seclusion.

Thinking of this, Lu Ming began to pull out Materials from his pocket.

Purple Copper Profound Steel, Meteorite Ore, Earth Spirit Liquid... and the Corpse Puppet Zhao Tiancheng!

He couldn't waste all these Materials; they had to be synthesized together!

Finally, he took out the 'shang yu cloud crane furnace'.

He tossed Zheng Tianming's corpse inside.

"Let's get started!"

...

"So you mean the Family Head, along with the Second Master and Third Master, ambushed the Old Ancestor, and then the Old Ancestor killed them?"

"And then the Old Ancestor appointed you as the acting Family Head, in charge of all Family matters?"

In the Zheng Family's deliberation hall, the Zheng Family's high-ranking members were gathered.

They looked at Zheng Qingping, who was in the main seat, with expressions that said, 'Are you kidding me?'

Was this the latest cold joke in the Cultivation world?

Those were three Cultivators at Qi Refining Great Perfection!

They weren't three dogs; how could the Old Ancestor kill them just like that?

For the Zheng Family, this impact was too great.

Moreover, this reason was simply too far-fetched!

They couldn't understand what reason the Family members had to ambush the Old Ancestor.

Zheng Qingping also felt the reason was far-fetched, but he maintained an expression that said, 'That's just how it is, and if you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do.'

Otherwise, how could he explain the commotion in the back mountain? And how could he explain the mysterious disappearance of the Zheng Family's three patriarchs?

The Elders' expressions were all very grim, including those from the Third Branch.

Even though Zheng Qingping had taken the position of acting Family Head, they felt a deep chill.

What exactly happened in the back mountain that caused the Family to become like this overnight?

And to have such an indifferent expression after his father died, he truly was a ruthless person!

Seeing that some people below still wanted to question him, Zheng Qingping's eyebrows shot up, and he took out a token, slamming it on the nearby table.

"My appointment as acting Family Head is the Old Ancestor's will!"

His gaze swept across the Zheng Family members below.

"Who agrees! Who opposes?"

As soon as his voice fell, the noisy deliberation hall became completely silent.

Everyone felt the pressure unique to a Foundation Establishment Cultivator emanating from the token and dared not speak again.

All their doubts could only be held back.

When the Old Ancestor was ruthless, he would even kill the Family Head; they dared not provoke his displeasure.

Zheng Qingping looked at the silent clansmen below, a satisfied smile on his face.

Was this the feeling of power?

It was truly wonderful!

"Since no one opposes, that means everyone agrees."

"Next..."

"Report!"

Before Zheng Qingping could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a hurried clansman who ran in from outside.

He was quite displeased but maintained a composed demeanor to uphold the Family Head's image.

"Speak!"

"Reporting, Family Head, a large number of unidentified Cultivators have appeared outside the clan territory!

They are constantly verbally abusing and provoking us, and some are even threatening to make our Zheng Family get out of Moon Cliff Mountain; some clansmen have already started fighting with them!"

As the messenger spoke, everyone in the hall's expressions turned very grim.

This was an undisguised provocation against the Zheng Family!

However, they were puzzled as to why this incident occurred at this critical juncture.

The Zheng Family's high-ranking members had just suffered misfortune, the Old Ancestor had gone into seclusion, and now the Family was in turmoil and unrest, yet to settle down, and immediately after, people came to provoke them.

"Have you found out the reason?"

"Not yet; they are blocking the outside of the clan territory, and as soon as we step out of the Formation, we will be attacked."

"Too much! Are these people trying to rebel!"

Those with hot tempers were already getting restless.

Being blocked and provoked at their doorstep was a first!

Even the Huang Family wouldn't dare to be so presumptuous!

"Family Head, do you have any ideas?"

At this moment, an Elder suddenly asked Zheng Qingping, and everyone else also looked at him.

Zheng Qingping secretly thought he was unlucky; how could he encounter trouble just after taking office?

What could he do!

He felt that these old guys were deliberately trying to make things difficult for him!

However, he couldn't say nothing at all.

After pondering for a moment, he finally came up with what he considered the best solution.

"Tell the clansmen to retreat and defend the clan territory; as soon as the Old Ancestor comes out of seclusion, a mere group of Loose Cultivators can be easily annihilated."

Upon hearing this, the Elders below showed a hint of disappointment in their eyes.

"This acting Family Head seems to lack courage!"

They were deeply worried about the Family Head's future.

Was the Old Ancestor truly muddled? Was such a person really suitable to be the Family Head?

However, since the Family Head had spoken, they could only comply.

Actually, it wasn't that Zheng Qingping lacked courage; he was ruthless enough to kill his own father.

It was just that his identity changed too quickly, leaving him no time to adapt.

And he had no experience managing a Family, yet he encountered such a situation, so he could only place his hopes on the 'Old Ancestor'.