Xu Muge didn't expect the probing from those forces to come so quickly. He had just returned to the Lingyue Sect after eating and drinking his fill when Su Xin pulled him directly into his cave.

"What's wrong, Master?"

Su Xin said in a deep voice, "The people from the Taixu Sect have arrived."

"What? Are they going to fight us to the death?" Xu Muge exclaimed in surprise.

Su Xin said speechlessly, "What fight! They want to use the excuse of a magical duel to test your situation and see if you are one of the two people in the Huai Xi County ruins."

"Then let them test me. I'm only at the mid-stage of the Profound Core realm, so let them test me as they please," Xu Muge said nonchalantly, shrugging his shoulders.

Su Xin was surprised to find that Xu Muge's cultivation level had changed and that he could not detect his true realm.

"What's going on with your current level of cultivation?"

Xu Muge replied, "It was sealed using a secret technique."

This was collected by Xu Luo in his previous life. It came from outside the three great dynasties, and even Su Xin, who was at the Heavenly Palace Realm, couldn't see through it.

Su Xin was taken aback, then laughed.

"Alright, then there's nothing to fear. Go ahead and go. They're at the training ground; they're probably already fighting by now."

Xu Muge had originally lost interest in bullying weaker opponents, but if the opponent was from the Taixu Sect, his interest would immediately return.

"I'm going right now!"

Xu Muge went to the martial arts arena, and the final result was obvious. Even with his cultivation sealed, Xu Muge was still powerful, and it was a one-sided beating that directly slaughtered everyone around him.

The disciples of the same generation from the Taixu Sect, let alone one by one, would not be a match for Xu Muge even if they came together.

Even the older generation, who were several years older than Xu Muge, were no match for him.

This made the faces of the Taixu Sect members extremely ugly.

"If it weren't for the fact that one of our outstanding disciples from the Taixu Sect perished in the Azure Dragon Secret Realm, we wouldn't have lost this battle."

Xu Muge said sarcastically, "Oh right, I was just lucky."

He knew that the elder was probably referring to Huo Jiannan and his group.

He really wanted to tell the people of Taixu Sect that he had killed Huo Jiannan and the others himself.

As long as I'm here, the Taixu Sect will never be able to defeat the Lingyue Sect.

His sarcastic remarks became the final straw that broke the camel's back for the Taixu Sect. The elders didn't say a word, but instead flung their sleeves and turned to leave.

Elder Li said loudly, "Are you leaving already? Won't you stay for a meal? Come visit often when you have time."

Every word he uttered was like an iron thorn piercing the hearts of the Taixu Sect members, causing them to grimace in pain.

Although they never intended to win from the beginning, they just wanted to test whether Xu Muge was indeed the young man from the ruins.

But I never imagined that I would lose so badly, that they would humiliate me like that.

So annoying!

"We'll wipe out the Lingyue Sect sooner or later!!"

They made a silent vow in their hearts.

On the other hand, Xu Luo did not go to the Demon Cloud Mountains, because it would be easy for the other party to test his true cultivation level. He just wandered around the city for the past few days.

He sensed several wisps of divine sense probing him, but pretended not to know anything.

Thus, those forces no longer doubted that Xu Muge and Xu Luo were the two young men from the ruins of Huaixi County.

But during this time, Xu Qingzhou suddenly had a bold idea. He summoned the seven elders and Xu Luo and Xu Muge for a small meeting.

"Our Xu family's ancestral worship ceremony will be held in half a month. This time, I would like to take everyone back to Yunshan City."

The seven elders were slightly taken aback.

When the Xu family moved to Yuhe City, their ancestral hall did not move with them; it remained in Yunshan City.

However, after the Xu family moved to Lingyue City, everyone basically thought that they would settle down in Lingyue City from then on, so they also moved the ancestral hall here, and the ancestral worship was held here.

Why does Xu Qingzhou suddenly want to return to his hometown of Yunshan City to pay respects to his ancestors?

The elder asked, "What are your plans, clan leader? Please speak frankly."

Xu Qingzhou looked around at everyone and slowly said, "As you all know, our Xu family has some enemies: the Seven Star Sect, the Pill and Weapon Sect, and the Lan family. They want to destroy our Xu family at all times."

"And we, too, want to get rid of these annoying guys. After all, they are like flies and snakes, disgusting us normally, and ready to jump out and bite us whenever they get the chance."

The Seven Stars Sect was the first to incur their enmity. Back then, an elder of the Seven Stars Sect, relying on his status, broke into the Xu family and used his power to intimidate Xu Qingzhou.

Many elders of the Xu family died because of his oppressive aura, and Xu Qingzhou killed him with a golden sword talisman in a fit of rage.

Although the Seven Stars Sect did not dare to retaliate against the Xu family afterward, everyone understood that they definitely harbored hatred towards the Xu family and would seek revenge as soon as they had the chance.

The Pill and Weapon Sect attempted to steal the Xu family's pill formula, but their honey trap failed and they were discovered. The Xu family exposed the matter, damaging the Pill and Weapon Sect's reputation. Consequently, the business of their shops in Lingyue City plummeted, and their income dropped drastically.

They wished they could grind the Xu family to dust.

The biggest enemy is the Lan family, after all, three of the Lan family's Purple Mansion Realm experts were killed by Su Xinyan, which greatly reduced the Lan family's overall strength, and it will take them more than a hundred years to recover.

Lan Jiang, the head of the Lan family, dreams of destroying the Xu family.

In fact, the third prince and the ninth prince were also enemies, but after their failure to target the Xu family, they chose to give up temporarily.

After all, their primary goal is to seize the throne, and they cannot afford to spend too much energy and resources on other matters.

Xu Qingzhou paused briefly, then said again, "If we stay in Lingyue City, they will never have a chance, but once we leave Lingyue City, their chance will come."

"But this opportunity belongs to them, and it also belongs to us."

At this point, the seven elders, Xu Luo, and Xu Muge all understood.

Xu Qingzhou was trying to lure them into a trap, using the ancestral worship ceremony as an opportunity to wipe out all these forces in one fell swoop.

Of course, second-rate forces like the Pill and Weapon Sect and the Seven Star Sect would not mobilize their entire forces, and therefore could not achieve total annihilation.

But at least it can cause them heavy losses, thus making them fear the Xu family.

It also tells other forces that if they want to deal with the Xu family, they should be prepared to be wiped out.

The Grand Elder said in a deep voice, "The plan itself is fine. If we release the news in advance, they will definitely fall for it. But will it succeed?"

"This is one third-rate power and two second-rate powers!!"

If I said that out loud, probably no one would believe me, and it might even seem a little funny.

A fourth-rate power actually dared to try to go head-to-head with a third-rate power and two second-rate powers.

Xu Muge spoke up, "I agree with the clan leader's plan. We can't just wait until our Xu family's overall strength surpasses theirs before dealing with them. How long would that take?"

"In this process, we don't know how many times we will face their targeting and scheming. If any of their schemes succeed, our Xu family will suffer heavy losses, and it will be too late to regret it then."

The elders nodded to themselves, agreeing that there was some truth to that.

Whether it's a battle between cultivators or a struggle between forces, one cannot always wait to defend; one must also take the initiative to attack.

But the most important question remains: can the Xu family, in its current state, outmaneuver these three forces?

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