Immortality and Cultivation: This old man seeks enlightenment through mere survival.

At this moment, Jiang Tianyi, who had been hiding in the corner to minimize his presence, seemed to have his psychological defenses broken down by the words of the Lan family head.

He scrambled forward a few steps, then suddenly knelt down on the wet, slippery floor in front of Song Xuanhe with a thud. His voice trembled with tears as he pointed at Jiang Feng and shrieked:

"Patriarch Song! My esteemed elders are wise to see this!"

Jiang Feng does not represent me, much less the Jiang family!

Today's events are entirely due to this boy's willful actions, colluding with outsiders to deliberately provoke the Song family!

My Jiang family is a small and insignificant family; how dare we be enemies with the Song family or the mining alliance? This is absolutely not the intention of anyone in the Jiang family!

He was in tears, as if he had suffered a great injustice:

"I tried my best to persuade him all the way, but this boy was bewitched by this evil man and refused to see the truth!"

I, Jiang Tianyi, am but a nobody with little influence and powerless to stop this. I can only humbly request Patriarch Song to cleanse the Jiang family of its filth and execute this scoundrel!

From this day forward, the Jiang family of Youcheng will follow the Song family's lead without hesitation, even at the cost of fire and water!

This sudden turn of events left everyone present stunned.

Jiang Feng's expression changed drastically, his gaze piercing like an ice spike as he looked at his kneeling, pleading second uncle, his chest churning with rage:

"As expected... Second Uncle! My father's disappearance is indeed related to you and the Song family! How dare you collude with outsiders to murder your own brother?!"

Jiang Tianyi, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, suddenly jumped up and retorted in a frenzied manner, completely unleashing years of pent-up resentment:

"Shut up! When have you, your father, and that old geezer ever truly considered me one of their own?"

Family resources have always favored you. My son's future is ruined. Have you ever felt even a little bit of remorse?

"You were the ones who were heartless first! I did nothing wrong! I was only trying to give the Jiang family a way to survive!"

Everyone clicked their tongues in amazement; they had seen far too many of these kinds of family feuds.

However, while they were watching the play...

"Finally willing to step forward, are you done arguing?"

Jiuyou's lazy voice rang out, instantly drawing everyone's attention back to him.

"Alright, kid, you can handle your own household affairs later... I'm here today to take care of two things."

He patted Jiang Feng on the shoulder, then looked at Song Xuanhe and held up two fingers.

"First, hand over Jiang Feng's father unharmed."

This is Jiuyou's promise to Jiang Feng.

"Second thing—"

Jiuyou paused, then grinned, revealing his gleaming white teeth.

"I'm also very interested in the jade mine at the bottom of this river. I wonder... if I could also get involved and join this mining alliance?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment. Their attention had been focused on the Jiang family's feud, and they had almost forgotten that this was the real person.

Song Xuanhe's face was ashen, and he sneered:

"Nine Netherworlds, this jade mine is a shared treasure of the cultivation world along the Tianqing River. What right do you, an outsider with no roots or roots, have to interfere?"

"Oh? An outsider?"

Jiuyou raised an eyebrow, her smile carrying a hint of mockery.

"You think you'll become the owner after living by this river for a few days?"

To be honest, for the past three years I have actually been in seclusion in a remote corner of Tianqing River, practicing my spiritual cultivation.

According to this logic, I'm practically a part of Tianqinghe, so everyone who sees this gets a share!

Everyone's mouths twitched.

Everyone knows that you, Jiuyou, have always been a loner; this excuse is utterly baseless!

Song Xuanming, with his fiery temper, couldn't help but retort angrily, "That's just sophistry!"

Jiuyou seemed not to hear, and continued to extend two fingers, then, as if that wasn't enough, suddenly spread all five fingers, and finally simply flipped one hand over twice:

"Since we're going to split it, then I want... 90%!"

"Extremely arrogant!"

"Too deceiving!"

"They're completely disregarding us!"

These words were like a spark thrown into boiling oil, instantly igniting the fury of everyone in the Song family.

Song Xuanming could no longer contain himself and roared:

"I think you're just looking for death!"

His figure shot out like an arrow, carrying immense spiritual power, and he was the first to attack the Nine Netherworlds!

With a slap of both palms, two condensed giant cyan palm prints appeared out of thin air, accompanied by a shrill whistling sound that tore through the air, and pressed down overhead!

"Hahaha!"

Jiuyou burst into wild laughter, the sound shaking the waterside pavilion and causing ripples to spread across the river below.

"Too bad! You're the ones who're asking for death!"

Seeing this, Song Xuanhe's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he immediately shouted:

"Elder Yunyou! Fellow Daoist Wang Pan! The alliance and spiritual pact have been established; we will advance and retreat together!"

This scoundrel is arrogant and disregards our alliance, even attempting to seize our foundation! We urge you to join us in destroying this monastery!

Yunyou and Wang Pan exchanged a glance, their expressions both rather unpleasant.

How could they not see that the Song family had made preparations all along, and that they had been tied to the warship?

However, the alliance has already been formed—

In addition, Jiuyou was indeed excessively arrogant, demanding 90% right off the bat.

They completely disregarded these late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators and powerful local rulers!

If we remain indifferent at this point, we will not only be violating the alliance, but we will also lose face in the Tianqing River basin in the future.

"kill!"

Yunyou shouted, and a white ribbon flew out from his sleeve, growing longer in the wind and transforming into a chain of clouds that wrapped around him as he went.

Wang Pan went even further, roaring as his muscles bulged and flashed with earth-yellow spiritual light. He unleashed a massive punch, its imprint solid as a physical object, carrying the power to shatter mountains and split rocks, slamming into Jiu You's back.

"Rock-Crushing Mountain Fist!"

In an instant, three late-stage Foundation Establishment experts appeared.

In addition, several Foundation Establishment stage elders each unleashed their unique skills, with bursts of spiritual light, sword energy, saber aura, and magical runes...

Like a raging storm, it completely engulfed Jiuyou's figure!

the other side.

Jiang Feng was also surrounded by eleven early Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Song, Yun, and Wang families.

These families have deep foundations, so it's not difficult for them to gather more than ten people in the early stages of Foundation Establishment.

Various spiritual lights shone, magical artifacts roared, and instantly formed a battle formation, exuding a murderous aura.

The great war has completely broken out!

The deafening roar and explosions of violent collisions of spiritual energy were incessant.

The entire waterside pavilion was shaking violently, and the wooden planks of the platform were shattering inch by inch!

"God!"

"A late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator fighting each other? That's terrifying!"

"Those below Foundation Establishment, leave immediately, or the aftershocks of the battle could kill us all!!"

The rest of the Qi Refining families and sects, especially those with lower cultivation levels, cried out in alarm and fled.

No one below the Foundation Establishment stage is qualified to intervene in this battle.

Jiuyou was surrounded by three late-stage experts and several mid-stage experts, his figure flickering like a ghost.

He neither dodged nor avoided, either using his bare hands to directly confront the magical artifacts, or using his fists and feet to shatter the spells. His immense and unstoppable power caused the attackers' blood to boil with each collision!

He could even glance at Jiang Feng's direction amidst such a fierce siege.

Jiang Feng was surrounded by eleven people, his Golden Eyes gleaming with golden light—

His opponent's attack patterns and weaknesses in the flow of spiritual energy were crystal clear to him.

He moved with the agility of a swimming fish and his sword flashed like a startled swan, always managing to avoid fatal attacks at the last possible moment.

Wherever the sword points, it will attack the point the enemy must defend!

The occasional bursts of piercing golden light from his eyes were incredibly sharp, making his opponents wary and unable to form an effective encirclement and kill.

'Looks like I don't need to worry about this kid.'

Jiuyou nodded inwardly.

This kid truly deserves the protagonist template; his Golden Eyes of Truth are a talent that accumulates over time and becomes increasingly powerful as the story progresses!

It not only enhances comprehension and helps break through realm barriers, but also greatly aids in combat...