171: coincide

Lanxiao Continent, above the sea of clouds.

Venerable Duobao was in high spirits as he slowly followed Meng Mingxuan toward the Meng Family lands.

Suddenly, a communication jade slip specially made by the Wending Sect at his waist began to vibrate.

He sent out a thread of Divine Thought to investigate. It was a message from Sect Master Lin Chen, and the content was concise: "Changes in the Sect. Limit seven days. Return quickly."

"Hmm?"

Venerable Duobao narrowed his small eyes. "Does the Sect Master have a major arrangement? Why so urgent?"

He glanced at the Meng Family Young Lord beside him, who was full of pride and imagining his Family's rewards. He muttered in his heart, "I originally wanted to 'visit' a few more wealthy households, but now time is tight."

"Oh well, fat sheep... no, I mean fate. Since it's been delivered right to my eyes, I'll focus on this Meng Family first."

"There will be plenty of opportunities to come back to Lanxiao Continent in the future."

"Senior, what's wrong?" The Meng Family Young Lord asked with concern when he saw Venerable Duobao pause.

"It's nothing, little friend."

Venerable Duobao immediately put on a kind smile, but thought to himself: Heh, this kid is actually quite warm-hearted, rushing to give his Family's treasures to me.

"Senior, ahead is my Meng Family land!"

The Meng Family Young Lord pointed at a sprawling complex of palaces in the distance shrouded in auspicious light and immortal mist, speaking with pride.

"Good, good."

Venerable Duobao nodded with a beaming smile, but his gaze swept over those palaces like a knife, as if he could see through the walls to the storehouses inside.

Meng Family's Immortal Treasures, don't worry!

You will soon be in This Immortal's embrace!

Before long, the two landed in front of the magnificent Meng Family mountain gate.

Cranes flew, spiritual springs tinkled, and guards were strict; it was indeed a scene of a flourishing immortal clan.

"Senior, this is my Meng Family land. What do you think?"

The Meng Family Young Lord said as if seeking credit.

Venerable Duobao took a deep breath of Immortal Qi, smacked his lips, and shook his head with slight disappointment. "Hmm, the Immortal Qi here is indeed a bit stronger than outside... but to be honest, in a Sect This Immortal once stayed at, your Family land's Spiritual Qi isn't even as thick as their latrines!"

"..."

The smile froze on the Meng Family Young Lord's face.

Venerable Duobao acted as if he hadn't seen it, instead sizing him up carefully for a few moments, then suddenly frowning and putting on the posture of a grandmaster.

"Little friend, This Immortal observes that your glabella is dark and your Aura is floating and occasionally stagnant. Could it be that something went wrong with your Cultivation Technique?"

"Or... is your Yang Qi excessively depleted?"

The Meng Family Young Lord's expression changed. Having his secrets hit upon, he felt a bit embarrassed.

Then he remembered something and said with grief and indignation, "Senior has a Wisdom Eye! This Junior and my cousin Cultivate the same source technique, and both have some hidden issues..."

"Alas, speaking of my cousin, he is truly pitiful!"

"At such a young age, he was actually harmed by that damned Wending Sect in the Ruoshui Secret Realm!"

"The Zhao Family is weak, but my Meng Family will definitely seek justice for him!"

"Ah? Wending Sect?" Venerable Duobao was taken aback, his small eyes blinking, then he asked, "Your cousin's surname is Zhao? What is his name?"

Meng Mingxuan said resentfully, "My cousin was a Core Disciple of the Taiqing Academy and the Young Lord of the Zhao immortal clan, named Zhao Qian!"

"So that's how it is..."

Venerable Duobao came to a sudden realization.

Isn't this a coincidence!

This Immortal was just worrying about not having a pretext for an 'in-depth exchange,' and now the reason has been delivered to my door!

Sure enough, when fate comes, it cannot be stopped.

He instantly decided that he couldn't delay any longer. He had to hurry up and get down to business, dealing with the Meng Family before returning to the Sect—that would be a great achievement.

"Little friend, lead the way. To your treasure vault... oh no, I mean deep into the Family land to take a look," Venerable Duobao urged.

The Meng Family Young Lord suspected nothing and hurriedly led the way.

Just after passing through several gates and arriving at the core area of the Family, Venerable Duobao suddenly stopped.

"Senior?" The Meng Family Young Lord looked back.

He saw the kind smile on Venerable Duobao's face vanish instantly, leaving only cold killing intent on his round face.

A terrifying pressure that made the world change color erupted without reservation!

Instantly, buildings in the Meng Family land collapsed, and countless clansmen were shocked into spitting blood, dying on the spot.

The protective Formation hummed and vibrated, but because Venerable Duobao was already inside the Formation, it posed no threat to him at all.

Boom—!

The protective Formation was casually smashed open by Venerable Duobao.

"Not good!"

The Meng Family Young Lord's Soul was Flying Away and Spirit Scattering in fear.

He never expected this Senior's cultivation Realm to be so terrifying!

He had always thought he was at most in the Heavenly Immortal Realm.

Even more, he never imagined this Senior was actually coming for the Meng Family, showing no mercy as soon as he struck.

"Who dares to act wildly in the Meng Family!"

Just then, a roar like thunder exploded.

From deep within the Meng Family, an elderly figure burning with rage soared into the sky. It was the Meng Family Old Ancestor, Meng Tianzheng, in the Late Stage of the True Immortal Realm!

"Finished! It's all finished!"

The Meng Family Young Lord's face was ashen as he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

"I actually brought such a great enemy to the Family!"

"If I had known, I should have pushed him onto the Crown Prince!"

"I... I've been played!"

Venerable Duobao didn't even look at him, his gaze locked onto Meng Tianzheng, his voice spreading throughout the entire Meng Family land.

"This Immortal, Enshrined Elder of the Wending Sect, Venerable Duobao!"

"I heard your Meng Family is very dissatisfied with my Wending Sect. This Immortal has specifically come to seek guidance!"

"Beat This Immortal, and This Immortal will turn and leave!"

"If you lose... then don't blame This Immortal for going berserk!"

The Meng clansmen were first shocked, then furious.

"You leave if you win? You go berserk if you lose? So you get all the benefits?!"

"Too arrogant! Old Ancestor, slaughter him!"

"Anyone from the Wending Sect deserves to die! Father, kill him quickly and avenge Qian'er!" A beautiful woman shrieked. She was Meng Yujiao, Meng Tianzheng's daughter and Zhao Qian's biological mother.

Meng Tianzheng's beard and hair bristled with anger, killing intent boiling in his eyes.

"Wending Sect! I haven't gone to settle accounts with you yet, and you've delivered yourself to my door!"

"The Five Major Forces have already gone to surround and suppress you all. At this moment, you still dare to come to my Meng Family to provoke us. You are simply seeking death!"

"Jiao'er, don't worry. Father will first take his head to vent your anger!"

"Once the Five Major Forces and the Wending Sect fight to a mutual destruction, Father will lead you to attack the Wending Sect and avenge Qian'er!"

"Enough, This Immortal is in a hurry. I don't have time to listen to your Family chatter." Venerable Duobao waved his hand impatiently.

In the next moment, his body didn't move, but the endless treasure light around him suddenly erupted!

That was not a Spell, but a 'wealth torrent' purely gathered from countless Immortal Crystals, Immortal Materials, and even phantoms of Immortal Treasures!

Wherever the torrent passed, pavilions, Formations, Restrictions, immortal mountains, and Spiritual Veins were instantly crushed, swallowed, and annihilated like they were made of paper!

"No—!"

The screams of Meng Yujiao, the Meng Family Young Lord, and others came to an abrupt halt. Along with a large number of Meng clansmen, they were turned to dust in the torrent of treasure light.

"You... how dare you!!!"

Meng Tianzheng's eyes were nearly splitting. His Family's Foundation was destroyed and his relatives died tragically, driving him completely insane!

He recklessly burned his essence blood, erupting with combat power far exceeding his usual self, and fiercely charged at Venerable Duobao.