Chapter 1240: Chapter 430: Spirit Vein Promotion, Two Sub-veins!_2 Although he was angry, he realized that it might be difficult to kill Lu Changsheng, who had slain four of his family’s proud sons. After all, no one knows how many talismans a talisman cultivator has in hand. "The fourth brother is at home, and the third brother seemed to have gone to Thundercliff not long ago." The Sima Family Head said with some difficulty. "Little Four, come see me." The voice of Patriarch Sima thundered, and then he looked toward the back hill of his own family and called out in a low voice, "Black Shadow." "Whistle!" A moment later, a whistling cry sounded. A gigantic goshawk with deep ink-like lustrous feathers spread its wings and approached. Its eagle eyes were deep and sharp, its beak curved and pointed, glistening with a cold metallic luster, and its talons were like refined steel, emanating a fearsome demon qi. For a False Core Family like the Sima Family with a legacy of over a thousand years, in addition to nurturing the family’s children, they also raise several spiritual beasts to bolster their foundations. However, the most famous spiritual beast of the Sima Family is a Mysterious Turtle left behind by Patriarch Sima in his early years. It is said that this Mysterious Turtle has extraordinary bloodlines, advancing towards a Third Rank Demon King, and even the name of the family’s territory, Profound Martial Ridge, is related to this Mysterious Turtle. "Second Uncle." A moment later, an old man exuding the spiritual pressure of Foundation Establishment hurried over and saluted the Patriarch Sima who stood before him. "Where is the Lu Family Caravan at this moment?" Patriarch Sima’s gray hair whipped wildly, his authority intimidating as he looked towards the Sima Family Head and asked in a deep voice. "Based on the previous information, they should be near Jiulian Mountain..." The Sima Family Head quickly responded. "Little Four, come with me." Upon hearing this, Patriarch Sima’s eyes glinted sharply with killing intent. He immediately took the elder named Little Four to the back of the black goshawk. "Whistle!" The goshawk let out a loud cry, stirring up a gust that swept everything away, as it flew out of Profound Martial Ridge towards the direction of Jiulian Mountain. ... Meanwhile. Bihu Mountain, Lu Family Mansion. "Lingxi Lake Xie Family, Dayuan Mountain Yuan Family, Profound Martial Ridge Sima Family..." Lu Changsheng glanced at the letter in his hand, chuckled lightly, and said, "It seems that the events at Red Leaf Valley Market have dissuaded certain families with ill intentions from their schemes." "And these few False Core Families can no longer remain seated idly." After the incident at Red Leaf Valley Market had ended, he had speculated that his family’s caravan would be targeted. The several False Core Families of Qingyun Region were likely to take direct action. Now, seeing the letter from Ling Zixiao, his guess was confirmed. However, the attitude of the Lingxi Xie Family seems quite amiable. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎 This shows that not all False Core Families bear malice towards his own. And that is also quite normal. The various False Core Families aren’t united and are competitors to each other. Though Bihu Mountain is fierce in its rise, it bears no direct conflict or dispute, and none are willing to fight to the death. No one is so noble as to confront Bihu Mountain for the peace of mind of other family forces. "Miaoyun, later have Xingyang send someone to Lingxi Lake Xie Family for a visit and deliver an invitation," Lu Changsheng said thoughtfully to his wife, Lu Miaoyun, beside him. At present, the family is arranging the Foundation Establishment ceremony for Lu Wangshu. Given the current circumstances of Bihu Mountain, there really isn’t much point in arranging a grand ceremony; a small family celebration would suffice. But this time, under the guise of Lu Wangshu’s Foundation Establishment ceremony, they aimed to invite other family forces to Bihu Mountain to discuss partnership opportunities and seek cooperative partners. After all, establishing a trade association cannot rely solely on their own family, Qingzhu Mountain, and Hundred Birds Lake; these few families alone are clearly not enough. Moreover, when it comes to a trade association making money, it’s impossible for one family to monopolize everything without sharing any benefits. Doing so would undoubtedly make enemies of all forces; one’s family couldn’t handle everything alone. Therefore, cooperation is still required to form an interest group through the trade association. With shared interests, the cooperation between both sides will be incredibly stable. Eventually, other family forces would also be willing to wholeheartedly safeguard Bihu Mountain. "Alright, I’ll have Yun’er or Qingsong go there later," Lu Miaoyun replied. Though a mere visit or invitation could easily be communicated by sending anyone. Yet for a False Core Family like Lingxi Lake Xie Family, their own family still needs to show respect. "Mhm." Lu Changsheng nodded, his eyes narrowing slightly at the mention of ’Dayuan Mountain Yuan Family’ and ’Profound Martial Ridge Sima Family’ on the letter. According to investigations by Xiao Xiyue and Xia Zhaoyang, these two families also had a hand in the trouble at Red Leaf Valley Market. However, both families had kept their actions clean. So far, only traces of a vassal family under the Yuan Family had been found. The Foundation Establishment Cultivator that Xiao Xiyue had killed with a single slap came from this Foundation Establishment Family. "Rumors have it that Tianyuan Secret Realm has drawn the attention of quite a few Nascent Soul Immortals to Jiang Country, and even the death of White Peak Immortal is assumed to be the work of these Demonic Path Nascent Soul cultivators..." "Perhaps we should take this opportunity to give the Yuan and Sima Families a bit of trouble..." Lu Changsheng pondered inwardly. Having repeatedly ambushed Demon Kings in Myriad Beasts Mountain Range, he now had experience in laying ambushes. He just needed to come up with a way to make some noise, lure the patriarchs of both families out of their Great Formations, and then kill them instantaneously. If he was willing to take some risks, he could even use the Fate-Defying Robe and Nine Treasures Ruyi Bone’s Unsealing Divine Light to directly infiltrate Dayuan Mountain and Profound Martial Ridge. "Forget it, we’re not yet at that point." "Besides, it’s impossible for a family to rise without encountering some troubles and obstacles." After pondering for a while, Lu Changsheng shook his head, dismissing the thought. At present, in the vicinity, except for Jinlong Ridge Jin Family, none could pose a challenge to his family. If he were to wipe out the Sima Family and the Yuan Family, the False Core Level powers, once his family extinguished the Jin Family, there’d be no competitors left in the entire Qingyun Region, aside from the Beast Taming Xu Family.