Seeing the patriarch's successful breakthrough, the Xuan clansmen couldn't hide their joy.
"haha the patriarch broke through"
"we need to celebrate, lets hold a banquet"
seeing his clansmen go wild, the patriarch couldn't help but let out a light chuckle before turning to face his grandson.
he stretched out his hand to pinch Xuan Ren.
"thank you" he muttered underneath his breath.
the happiest was naturally Xuan Ren, 'the old man can protect me now'
...
Surrounding the Tian city is a cultivation wasteland where spirit qi runs thin and the lands run dry.
spiritual energy originates from the core of a planet and it seeps out into the surface through what is known as spiritual veins.
there are billions if not trillions of spiritual veins around the planet, a majority of them being mortal spiritual veins while the ones that support cultivation families are known as spirit veins.
mortal veins are required for a planet to sustain life because without them it is impossible for any living being to be born, despite that the area surrounding tian city possesses no spirit veins at all. if not for the fact that there is a low-mid grade spiritual vein beneath the city, the city wouldn't have been built in the first place.
Due to the fact that Tian city is surrounded by wasteland no sane person would go there of their own volition. This makes it the perfect spot for the Xuan family to hide despite it meaning that cultivation would have been far more difficult than it is for other families on other cities. If not for the Xuan family's supreme grade cultivation technique, the azure lotus cultivation technique, it would not have been possible for members of the Xuan family to reach the foundation establishment stage let alone core formation.
Of the Tian cities surroundings the Qiao city is the closest.
Qiao city is ruled by three families, the Qiao family, who're the founders city, and the Bai and Chen families.
These three families are roughly of equal power and strength and thus are constantly competing over the rulership of the city. The ordinary citizens of the city are well aware of the rivalry and could not help but be baffled when the announced a temporary truce.
The Three ruling families have gathered to discuss the phenomen that took place not too long ago. south of them.
The purple clouds that appeared in the sky and the tornado of cloud that funneled south of Qiao city, roughly in the direction of Tian city.
The Qiao family head, Qiao Feng, is the one who proposed the temporary truce begins the discussion.
"what are your thoughts on the purple qi phenomenon"
The three family heads are sitting at an outdoor table in the Qiao families territory. this table is surrounded by a large and beautiful garden which look as though it was made in heaven. The garden even contains a few spiritual herbs, these herbs emit a spirit qi, this shows goes to show the Qiao families power.
"It might very well be a supreme treasure, or perhaps an artifact that gained sentience"
The Bai family head, Bai Hong, was the first to speak.
"no that can't be possible, the source seems to be near Tian city, with how the surroundings are I don't think its possible for an artifact to gain sentience there in the first place."
The Chen family head, Chen Fang, rebutted.
The Bai family head frowned, although they agreed to a temporary truce their rivalry couldn't be suppressed as such the Chen family couldn't turn away the opportunity to make a remark to hurt the Bai Hong's pride.
"Both of you make valid points"
Although Qiao Feng also wishes to take this chance to supress the two he knew that there is something more important to do.
"I have already sent people to investigate before calling the two of you here and they should be returning soon with the results."
Just as he finished speaking, a shadow made its way over the garden walls and arrived before the table. It was a member of the Qiao families intelligence division who was sent to investigate this phenomenon.
The figure kneeled before the table.
"Qiao Luo has come to report"
"what have you discovered"
"family head from what we have discovered there seems to be a cultivation family in Tian city and they have recently given birth to a Heavenly Genius"
When the three family heads heard this they couldn't help but tand up and yell in shock.
"what"
"A hevenly genius, are you serious"
"impossible"
Their shock isn't due to the fact that a Heavenly genius has appeared.
Although heavenly geniuses are rare, as of recently an absurd amount of hevenly geniuses have been born.
It is to the point of there being at least one heavenly genius born in each city.
Three heavenly geniuses have been born in Qiao city alone, one for each family and each family has benefitted from their birth.
The real reason for their shock is the sheer size of the purple qi cloud. It is so huge that it defies all logic.
Seeing their anger Qiao Luo began to shiver in fear of the consequences of their anger.
"It's true, I dare not lie to the three family heads"
seeing the feared response from Qiao Luo, the three heads had no choice but to calm down.
"how strong is this family?"
"very weak Family head Bai, I didn't sense anyone above the core formation realm"
Hearing this response the Chen family head heaved a sigh of relief.
Each of these families were very powerful and had countless Core formation realm cultivators, on top of that each of them have at least one Void Amalgamation realm ancestor.
"although it is surprising that such a backward family can give birth the a heavenly genius, what difference can it make if they cannot protect him"
Qiao Feng couldn't help but sneer as he remarked.
The two other family heads naturally understood what he meant, they had no qualms with his idea either, if they can get rid of a potential threat while its still in its infancy, then it would solve many of their future problems.
Their expressions each turned vicious.
"I'll send a nascent soul expert, that so called heavenly genius will be dead by tomorrow." Chen Fang was the first to propose.
The two others nodded and after an exchange of pleasantries they left.
...
While everyone in the Xuan family was preparing for the banquet Xuan Ren's heart began palpitating.
'system why do I feel like something bad is about to happen?'