System: After the fortune telling, my cultivation level skyrocketed.

"We are men of courage too, why should we bow down and submit to you, clan chief!"

……

Listening to the elders venting their frustrations, the clan leader shook his head and sighed, "All of you, hold back! This time, Cangyunling's intervention in the Qushan conflict will likely cause a dramatic change in the future situation of Qushan."

The old man scanned the clan's high-ranking members and shouted, "What do you know? Cangyun Ridge has three Nascent Soul Ancestors guarding it! Don't even mention this little humiliation; even if there were more humiliations, how could my Ruan Clan possibly resist?"

Upon hearing that there were actually three Nascent Soul Ancestors in the Cangyunling Sect, the elders who had previously spoken out indignantly suddenly felt a chill run down their spines, and fine beads of cold sweat appeared on their foreheads.

"Such a huge gap in strength, fortunately, one of my Ruan family ancestors had become an outer disciple of Cangyun Ridge. Because of this connection, they did not attack my Ruan family. Do you understand?"

At that moment, all the clansmen seemed to awaken from a dream, and dared not question the clan leader's decisions in the slightest.

"I'll wait to understand."

"We will remember the clan leader's teachings!"

Seeing this, the clan chief nodded slightly: "Go, proceed according to plan. I will go and interrogate Jiang Xiong personally now!"

"Yes, patriarch!"

With the departure of Senior Brother Ziyun and his four companions, and their invitation to fellow disciples to join the battle, the Ruan Clan's higher-ups deeply felt the power and terror of Cangyun Ridge. They no longer had any objections to the three major families of Qushan providing strong support to Cangyun Ridge.

The stars move and day and night come and go.

In the blink of an eye, two days have passed amidst the undercurrents in Qushan.

These past two days have been busy for Ziyun and her group of five.

For the Jiang clan, the pressure was mounting, but under this extreme pressure, they also unleashed tremendous potential. Over the past two days, all the main formation elders at the three ambush sites had been practicing large-scale combined formations with all their might.

Meanwhile, the higher-ups of the Ruan, Hong, and Dou families were also extremely busy during the time that Ziyun and her group of five were away.

"Hahaha, you want to get information about the Jiang family from me, Jiang Xiong? ... Cough cough, you're dreaming!"

In the deep, damp, and dark dungeon, the sound of whips striking people echoed into the corridor.

The two Nguyen clan members guarding the dungeon listened to the voice and remained silent, but a hint of admiration was revealed in their eyes.

"They've been torturing him for two days straight. The clan chief even came in person, and they've tried all sorts of tortures, but Jiang Xiong just won't say a word!"

"Yes, and he wasn't a powerful physical cultivator who had mastered the body of a god or demon. If it were any other cultivator at the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stage, they would probably have been wiped out long ago."

Two members of the Nguyen clan huddled together and whispered among themselves as they listened to the sounds of whipping and cursing coming from the deepest cell.

"Sigh, let's make a bet, I bet Jiang Xiong won't last until tomorrow."

"Heh, I bet he won't last until this evening. The higher-ups' patience is clearly running out."

In the deepest corridor cell, various instruments of torture were laid out on a table, many of them stained with blood, some of which had even congealed.

A middle-aged man dressed in luxurious animal skins stared at a disheveled man tied to a wooden frame, cursing and humiliating him loudly.

However, despite the Ruan family's high-ranking members personally torturing him for two days, they still couldn't get a single word from Jiang Xiong about that Myriad Manifestations Realm Great Demon.

"Damn piece of trash, you've become a prisoner of the Ruan family, yet the higher-ups of your Jiang family dare not send an envoy to discuss an exchange. What does that say?"

The middle-aged man held a rattan whip dripping with blood in his hand, and with a mocking smile, he leaned close to Jiang Xiong's ear and sneered, "This means that the Jiang clan has completely abandoned you. You used to be the second elder of the Jiang clan, but now you have become a discarded pawn. Do you understand? With such a heartless and ungrateful tribe, what reason do you still have to protect them?"

"Jiang Xiong, my Ruan clan chief said that as long as you tell me the origin and skills of that Myriad Manifestations Realm demon, my Ruan clan will treat you as an honored guest. If you are worried about the Jiang clan pursuing you, you can even change your name and join my Ruan clan. What do you say?"

These words reached the ears of the tormented Jiang Xiong. He slowly opened his heavy eyes, looked at the man who had come close to him, and gave him a look as if he were looking at an idiot. Then, he spat blood mixed with saliva into the man's face.

PS————

Wow, thank you so much @thankyou_to_Chongfeng_Guoguo, you're the king of gifts!

Bai Long was incredibly excited and happy to receive this gift for the first time. Words fail me! There's no stopping Bai Long today—four extra chapters in total!