Cultivation Starts with Rejuvenation

With a burst of loud laughter, several figures appeared on the outskirts, surrounding the group from the Liu Family.

Soon after, a burly man with shaggy hair, a bare chest, and an air of invincibility strolled through the void.

”It’s you! Wu Weixiong!”

”How dare a servant like you show up in Cangyun State!”

The two veteran elders of the Liu Family recognized his face instantly and scolded in unison.

”Hahaha, a servant, you say? In the noble eyes of the Liu Family, who isn’t a servant?” Wu Weixiong laughed instead of getting angry, but as he spoke, he walked straight to the front of the array.

Then he looked expectantly at Li Ji’an within the Spirit-Gathering Array: ”Alchemist Li, do not be disturbed. Revenge has its perpetrator, debts have their debtor. My target is only the arrogant and selfish scoundrels of the Liu Family. If you can refine a quality pill, I will pay you the remuneration the Liu Family promised.”

At the sudden turn of events, Li Ji’an slightly furrowed his brow.

His hands paused briefly.

He scanned his surroundings.

The number of people surrounding him outnumbered the Liu Family members.

His Divine Sense swept over them: Wu Weixiong was a Foundation Establishment Late Period Great Cultivator, along with another Foundation Establishment Late Period cultivator, three Foundation Establishment Middle Stage helpers, and several Qi Refinement cultivators, all holding array flags or accompanied by spirit beasts.

They were clearly prepared, suppressing from all sides.

”Alchemist Li, pay no mind to this bandit. He is merely an escaped servant of the Liu Family who betrayed us to seek favor with the Spirit Beast Mountain in Celestial Origin Province. With just these people, they cannot break through our Protective Array.” Liu Jiuqian hastily reassured Li Ji’an.

”A servant of the Liu Family?” At these words, a flicker of change appeared in Li Ji’an’s eyes.

It was known to all that a servant who could escape from their master’s house and cultivate to the Foundation Establishment Late Period was not an ordinary person.

Almost instantly, he changed his mind and continued his pill-solidifying in sequence.

Liu Xuanting gave Wu Weixiong a deep look and stood by Li Ji’an, his expression grave as he addressed the family members inside the Protective Array: ”Do not be careless. For him to find this place accurately, know the exact time for refining the Sacred Beast Pill, and call Alchemist Li by name, there must be an inside aide.”

Within the Protective Array, the three elders of the Liu Family focused their full attention, staring at the outsiders. Upon hearing these words, they immediately looked warily at the servants beside them.

”Bang!” However, before any suspects were identified, a sudden crisp sound came from the southwestern array base.

A Qi Refinement stage servant dressed in Liu Family servant attire suddenly pulled out the array base and leapt out of the array, causing the Protective Array to instantly shatter.

”You dare betray us as well, servant?” Liu Jiuqian was furious, as this person was her servant.

Immediately, her spirit pet Red Refining emerged from the ground, opening its bloody maw to devour that servant.

”Hmph!” Wu Weixiong had anticipated this, letting out a cold snort. At the moment Red Refining was about to swallow the treacherous servant, a giant bear descended from the sky like a mountain.

”Boom~” The massive bear paw slapped Red Refining’s head aside.

The sharp claws, half a foot long, left three bloody gashes on its head.

”Hiss~” Red Refining crashed heavily to the ground, unable to heal its wounds in time, quickly burrowing into the earth.

It was shaking from its soul before this Second Tier Peak giant bear.

”Second Tier Peak? You actually managed to raise it to such a level?” Liu Jiuqian was filled with shock and anger.

”Hahaha, Wu has a natural affinity with beasts, with an extraordinary talent in beast taming. If not for your ignorance, Wu would have already raised a Tier Three spirit beast for the Liu Family!” Wu Weixiong laughed fiercely and triumphantly.

The elders of the Liu Family all wore dark expressions.

Wu Weixiong was actually a third-generation servant; his grandfather had entered the Liu Family as a servant, and his father also served faithfully all his life. His natural affinity and talent were well known to the Liu Family.

They had even given him better treatment than ordinary servants, allowing him to cultivate and teaching him the Beast Taming Dao.

But a servant is ultimately a servant. Even with his extraordinary talent and diligent cultivation, in the hearts of the Liu Family that had thrived peacefully for nearly a thousand years, he could never stand on equal footing with the main family.

They had never considered providing him with Foundation Establishment resources.

Moreover, when Wu Weixiong’s potential and value were repeatedly rejected, creating a rift, the young master of the Liu Family at the time punished him severely and a single statement completely shattered his hopes: ’The main family sees your exceptional talent and diligence in cultivation as an opportunity for you, to make you recognize your position better and serve the main family, not to elevate your status or attempt to stand on equal footing with us!’

Afterward, Wu Weixiong endured for three years, on a day as ordinary as any, and left, never to return.

They only heard of his whereabouts fifty years later.

It was during the last Biyun Sect recruitment that the Liu Family encountered Wu Weixiong again at the relic outskirts, and by then he was already a Master Spirit Binder of the Spirit Beast Mountain in Celestial Origin Province.

He had also entered the Liu Family two years ago, representing Spirit Beast Mountain, arrogantly proposing to trade for the Liu Family’s ancestral Sacred Beast Pill secret technique.

The Liu Family, wary of Spirit Beast Mountain’s power, did not apprehend him but declared that if seen again in Cangyun State, he would be punished by family law!

At that time, he had not revealed this Second Tier Peak giant bear spirit beast.

”Ridiculous! With our Liu Family’s millennium of beast taming legacy, do we need a servant like you to raise a Tier Three Clan Guardian Saint Beast?” Liu Jiuqian snorted coldly.

The other two elders echoed in agreement.

”Fine, fine, fine. Even today, you still call me a servant. Today, I will make you truly feel what it’s like to be treated as a servant!” Wu Weixiong’s face reddened slightly, and he no longer hesitated, commanding the giant bear to charge at the three elders of the Liu Family.

”You hold off the giant bear, I will deal with him!” The Third Elder of the Liu Family swung a blood-red light from his giant axe Magical Artifact at the giant bear, instructing Liu Jiuqian and the Fifth Elder as he rode his Second Tier Middle Stage Flame Wolf spirit beast toward Wu Weixiong.