Chapter 377: Chapter 376 Father, Save Me! (Fourth Update, Please Subscribe)
One hundred people make a variety; a thousand people, someone will remain distant; ten thousand people, there will surely be bad eggs.
With more people, all kinds of individuals appear.
The Lu Family has over a hundred thousand cultivators, so naturally, all sorts of people exist. Is it conceivable that everyone can have noble qualities and all be saints?
Absolutely impossible!
In the family’s education, cultivators are often taught to be kind to others, treat friends warmly like spring, treat enemies as relentlessly as a cave mansion, love the family, contribute to it, protect mortals, respect parents, and stay close to family.
During the first three years of spirit root awakening, children aged six to nine undergo constant ideological education.
But as they grow, inevitably some will veer off course and become corrupted.
Therefore, the family must regularly step in to clean out some dust.
As the Clan Leader, sometimes you have to tidy the room regularly.
"Law Enforcement Team, begin enforcement!"
Lu Xuanwen said coldly, with no extra expression.
"Just for a few insignificant people, to kill me, I’m not convinced!"
"Haha, I only embezzled a little money, and they’re going to kill me for it!"
"For a few mere mortals, to kill me, I’m unwilling!"
"For despicable loose cultivators, they want to kill me, the Lu Family has gone too far!"
"I am a genius of the Lu Family, with hopes of Golden Core in the future, I cannot die!"
"Haha, I’m unwilling!"
Those cultivators who had been named shouted unwillingly.
Some of them wanted to incite other family cultivators to resist together, thinking they could avoid punishment in numbers.
Some cultivators wanted to take the opportunity to flee.
At this moment, Lu Xuanming attacked, his longsword thrusting forward, sword qi soaring to the sky, one after another, Foundation Establishment cultivators and Purple Mansion cultivators were slain.
No one could withstand the second sword.
The saying "the law does not punish the majority" does not hold in the Cultivation Realm.
Killing one batch of cultivators, soon another will emerge, like wild grass flourishing wave after wave.
As for geniuses, too bad!
In the Immortal Realm, resources and spirit stones are scarce, but geniuses are not lacking.
Moreover, allowing a genius with poor character to gain resources and grow is a greater hazard to the family.
Can you expect a morally bankrupt genius to fight fiercely for the family?
For the sake of some civilians, for some loose cultivators, slaughtering family cultivators seems a bit excessive!
Yet Lu Xuanji still plans to continue the killing.
Because today they might ignore the loose cultivators and civilians, tomorrow they might disregard the lives of family cultivators.
Those unstable elements, the family’s bad individuals, need periodic cleaning to maintain the family’s purity.
Of course, Lu Xuanji never expects every family cultivator to be a moral saint, but at the very least, they should be above the passing line; those below it become cleaning targets.
As for causing disunity within the family, that’s overthinking it.
Plop!
Plop!
Heads were chopped off one by one, bodies fell to the ground one after another.
Bright red blood splattered across the grand hall, chilling the faces of everyone present.
Five Purple Mansion cultivators, thirty-five Foundation Establishment cultivators, and countless Qi Refining cultivators, upon their crimes being announced and confirmed, were executed directly in the grand hall, with methods simple and brutal.
Those present watched this scene, each one aghast, terror-stricken in their hearts.
Many trembled and felt afraid.
Of course, those directly executed were not the only ones.
Some were exiled, entire families being expelled from the Lu Family, no longer considered part of the clan, left to fend for themselves.
At this moment, Lu Xuanwen retreated.
Lu Xuanji stepped forward: "To join my Lu Family, you must follow the rules. These rules may be good, may be bad, may be understandable, may not be understandable, but you must obey. If not, then this is the outcome. Of course, you can choose to leave the family; as long as you leave the Lu Family, these rules don’t apply to you!"
"If one is unwilling to leave the family and also unwilling to be killed, then abide by the rules! Of course, if one day you can directly defeat me, you may also amend the family rules and establish the ones you consider reasonable!"
"We understand!"
A cultivator from the Lu Family responded
Other cultivators also responded one after another.
The cultivators present showed a trace of awe in their eyes.
Feeling the reverence of the crowd, Lu Xuanji was very satisfied and returned directly to the throne.
Then Lu Xuanwen stepped forward to issue rewards, mainly to reward those cultivators who had meritorious service in this beast tide; fallen cultivators also received compensation.
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When the punishment and rewards were concluded, everyone began to disperse.
Lu Xuanji also returned to the cave mansion.
Inside the cave mansion, flipping through the account books, there were records of income and expenditure of the Lu Family over the last hundred years, and information on spirit medicines, elixirs, various weapons, and major shops.
The Lu Family’s income is increasing, and the number of spirit stones has grown.
Most of the spirit stones and elixirs are of little use to him.
Seated on the bed, Lu Xuanji took out the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron and activated the Great Cauldron. It operated like a black hole, devouring spiritual qi, with the spiritual qi of the Grotto World Pearl entering it.
The Great Cauldron shook; once the spiritual qi entered, it wasn’t compressed but transformed into pure spiritual liquid.
Then, the spiritual liquid condensed again, turning into spirit stones.
One spirit stone after another flew out from the Great Cauldron, and the work of printing spirit stones began.
The printing process seemed tedious and dull.
With the increase in cultivation, the printing speed of spirit stones also accelerated. In just one day, a hundred thousand spirit stones were printed, which is somewhat astonishing in efficiency.
In just one year, thirty million spirit stones were printed.
Whoosh!
Looking at the mountains of spirit stones, Lu Xuanji’s expression was calm, with no extra expression.
These are just low-grade spirit stones, which for Qi Refining cultivators, Foundation Establishment cultivators, and Purple Mansion cultivators can be used as currency or cultivation resources.
But for him, they are not very useful.
Only middle-grade spirit stones are helpful to Golden Core cultivators.
Calling Hong Fu, he placed thirty million low-grade spirit stones into the mansion vault, stocking the family with more spirit stones.
He rose and entered the medicine garden to sort out spirit medicines and tend to the Creation Fruit Tree.
After reaching the fifth grade, the growth rate of the Creation Fruit Tree slowed considerably.
He opened the pill furnace, one spirit medicine after another going in, and began alchemy.
At the Golden Core Peak, his speed of alchemy was very fast, like cooking a meal.
Elixirs came out of the furnace one after another, not only in large quantities but also of high grade, all stored in the Medicine Nourishing Gourd for preservation.
When everything was in order, Lu Xuanji suddenly felt uneasy, with his spirit warning him.
At that moment, the token in the storage bag vibrated, with the voice of Lu Xian echoing.
[Father, save me!]
Shortly after, the token shattered, scattering into pieces in all directions.
Feeling a sense of unease, Lu Xuanji began to calculate the fortunes, and the result was great misfortune and great good fortune.
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