Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 250 Wu Family
The middle-aged women pointed out by the little puppet looked haggard, but had fair skin and the remnants of ear holes could be vaguely seen on their earlobes, which made them very different from the refugees around them.

"Wearing shackles," Qin Feng whispered in Wei Xi's ear, "He is a criminal..."

"Strange," Qin Feng's tone immediately turned puzzled. "How could the women eat so much while wearing heavy shackles? If a serious criminal like this died during the escort, the officers would just take the head away, which would save them trouble."

"These people don't look like they can steal food." Wei Xi felt that the necks of the women who were staggering under the heavy shackles were about to break.

"The yoke weighs at least 25 kilograms. It's difficult to even move with it on," Qin Feng said, feeling somewhat discouraged. "Did you find the wrong person?"

Wei Xi hesitated for a moment, "Perhaps they are the male prisoners' families? Let's quickly find the male prisoners!"

The two men immediately searched the group of several hundred people, but strangely, they did not see any male prisoners in shackles.

Instead, I saw a few officers with impatient faces yelling at a few soldiers.

"Are the two immortal masters going to bring someone with them?"

A soldier standing nearby looked at the two men's Taoist robes with reverence - Wei Xi had changed into a Taoist robe when he went out, as if he was waiting for an order to bring the refugees to the immortal master for interrogation.

"No, I just felt sorry for these refugees," Qin Feng said after receiving Wei Xi's hint. "What's wrong with those officials?"

The soldier was only fifteen or sixteen years old. He had never seen a beauty as stunning as Qin Feng. His eyes were almost fixed on her. When he heard the question, he spoke hurriedly, "Master, they were responsible for escorting the prisoners from the Wu family in Tingzhou. They were detained near the camp the night before yesterday."

"The Wu family of Tingzhou?" Qin Feng knew he had said the wrong thing the moment he said it, and immediately continued, "Ah, how can this prisoner escort team be related to food and fodder?"

"Master, we are only following orders," the soldier said with a somewhat vulgar tone, "These people are escorting prisoners and hanging out with those tender old women at night. But they are indeed nearby, so we have no choice but to stay!"

Wei and Qin were uncomfortable after hearing this. The soldier only realized after he finished speaking that these two people were immortal masters who could move mountains and fill seas. He couldn't afford to offend them. He hurriedly said, "Do you two immortal masters want to bring someone with you? The general asked us to cooperate with you fully. If you have any requests, just let us know!"

"It's okay," Wei Xi pulled Qin Feng closer. "By the way, I just saw a few female prisoners wearing heavy shackles. Are they the Wu family members they are responsible for escorting?"

"Yes," the soldier replied, "The Wu family is from Tingzhou... a family of immortal cultivators? I think that's what they're called. Those shackles have some kind of formation on them to prevent them from using immortal magic."

"Are they cultivators?" Qin Feng was shocked after they walked away. "I can't feel any fluctuations in spiritual energy at all!"

"You heard it too. There's a magic array on the shackles that restrains cultivators." The frugal Wei Xi picked up the few small puppets lying on the ground. The one who reported the news arrogantly pushed the loser down and monopolized the master's index finger. "It's probably because the Qi Palace is sealed, or maybe the cultivation level is too low."

There were no immortal families in the world. As more and more cultivators fell in love with each other, these immortal families came into being.

Some immortal cultivation families have powerful bloodlines, with every member of the family being a cultivator, but they have difficulty in having children. Most of these families remain in various sects to pursue enlightenment and ascension, such as the Feng family of Dingxin Sect.

As for the other type of family, they are often founded by a pair of cultivators. In each generation, there will be two or three cultivating talents, but their talents are generally not very good. Many people use up resources until they reach the foundation-building stage but cannot even produce pills.

Wei Xi, who was thinking about digging up the Yun family's ancestral tomb, thought: With a talent like Yun Qing, the Yun family's ancestral tomb would have been filled with smoke all night long.

But people are always compared, and these immortal cultivation families are much stronger than ordinary people without cultivation abilities. Relying on their clansmen serving in the imperial court, they have established businesses and make money in both the mortal world and the immortal cultivation world. Although they have little hope of becoming immortals, they are still a powerful force that controls resources.

Of course, those who refine Qi are also cultivators. This kind of family will have to endure the thunder of heaven when there is nothing to do, and a few people will die to balance the luck.

These families and sects often only care about face, and no one is bothered to intervene when they encounter problems. Losing in court struggles and facing confiscation of property, beheading, and exile is common. After all, the court also has its share of special talents. "Are you going to look for the Wu family?" Qin Feng's tone was filled with reluctance. She was sixteen, which meant she understood the soldier's words. "They've already been exiled, and those people might become even more aggressive..."

"What if they did it?" Wei Xi grabbed a trapped puppet from a tree branch. "After all, the best way to make the food disappear is to eat it all up."

Although the quantity was not right, Wei Xi added in his heart that those former noble ladies could not eat more than a few bites at most.

"We're just investigating. We'll just look for any clues we find." Wei Xi slowed down her speech, making her less aggressive. "I'll observe and see if I can find any loopholes. Do you want to go back and rest?"

Qin Feng refused, on the grounds that she was nominally responsible for this matter.

It was relatively easy for the two monks to hide their whereabouts as they focused all their attention on the people from the Wu family.

Wei Xi's hands were not idle either. He fed the completely motionless puppet to [Pulling Thread] - there was still some spiritual power left in the material. Although it was not as good as the Yin and Yang Qi, it was better than nothing.

"Did you figure this out?" Qin Feng glanced at the [Pulling Thread] that had split out many threads to eat the puppet, his tone full of curiosity.

"I guess so." The left and right [Pulling Threads] were now obedient. Wei Xi wanted to use it to control the puppet, so there was no need to hide it from Qin Feng. "Controlling puppets is good."

Wei Xi still didn't know the origin of this greedy and cowardly red line, and just thought it was an opportunity in the secret realm of Baoxiang City.

"It's quite convenient," Qin Feng commented. "You won't turn into a spider in the future, will you? Just use your many legs to control a puppet?"

Wei Xi imagined what he would look like with eight legs, and thought to himself, "I'll just use [Pulling Threads], I'm quite satisfied with my appearance."

To prevent Qin Feng from making another shocking statement, Wei Xi quickly said, "There are no male prisoners at all. It seems there are only women from the Wu family."

"Even the officers guarding them have returned. Look, there are still a few girls inside, but not a single boy. Don't families like the Wu family value the legacy of future generations the most?"

"If the family is confiscated and exiled, the Wu family will be guilty of a serious crime," Qin Feng replied. "Perhaps all the male members of the Wu family will be beheaded, and the remaining female members will be exiled to the border."

By now it was getting dark, and the refugees who needed to be controlled were gradually being settled in. A few of them were dissatisfied and were severely scolded by the soldiers who had lost their food and fodder.

Li Feng had no food left except for the soldiers' rations, so he boiled a few pots of hot water and let the refugees drink some. Some of the weak ones couldn't even get a sip of hot water.

The women of the Wu family were even more unlucky. They were teased by the people escorting them, and their expressions of enduring humiliation made Wei Qin and others very uncomfortable.

In the shadow of the fire, two older women from the Wu family hugged four or five little girls who were not wearing shackles and covered their ears.

Wei Xi looked away and saw one of the girls, who was in his early teens, looking coldly at the unruly officials.

Wei Xi was very familiar with this kind of look. She never thought that there was such a vengeful child in the team.

The most important thing is that this girl may not be able to control her anger, and some golden spiritual power overflowed.

(End of this chapter)