Chapter 5 Worthy of being reborn

Seeing Xu Qingzhou, Xu Luo was stunned for a moment. Although his powerful cultivation from his Rebirth was gone, his knowledge and insight remained.

He vaguely felt that something had changed about Xu Qingzhou; he was too different from before.

[What exactly has Sixth Uncle experienced these past few days? Why such a big change! Could it be that he awakened some kind of Physique?]

If Xu Luo's current strength surpassed Xu Qingzhou's, he would only need to use his spiritual sense to investigate and determine why Xu Qingzhou had changed so much.

But he was currently just a Qi Refining Realm Cultivator. Even with rich experience, he couldn't find the reason for Xu Qingzhou's change just by looking.

Xu Qingzhou's expression was calm.

"Xiao Luo, is there something you need from me?"

Xu Luo came back to his senses and slowly said, "Yesterday, I took a stroll around the city and unexpectedly ran into people from the Zou family and the Wei family. Normally, our three great families keep to ourselves with little contact, but I saw that they seemed to be very close and were acting furtively, as if afraid of being seen."

"Something is amiss when things are unusual. I think they might be plotting something. Shouldn't we also make some preparations to be on the safe side?"

Xu Qingzhou replied, "Most of our Xu Family's properties are concentrated within the city. Outside the city, there is only a Profound Iron Mine, which is also one of our Xu Family's main sources of income."

"So if they want to target our Xu Family, they will definitely make a move on the Profound Iron Mine. I have already arranged for people near the mining area. If anything happens in the mining area, they will notify me immediately."

Xu Luo breathed a slight sigh of relief.

[Sixth Uncle's thoughts are still very meticulous. In his previous life, if not for that huge upheaval, the Xu Family would definitely have gotten better and better under his leadership.]

Xu Luo smiled honestly.

"So Sixth Uncle has already considered this point. I thought about it all night before I came up with it."

Xu Qingzhou chuckled, "You little rascal, you've even learned to flatter."

[Thinking about it carefully, I haven't flattered anyone for at least three to five hundred years.]

Xu Luo added, "I think even if they attack the mining area, their ultimate target is still you. After all, you are the strongest force of the Xu Family. If you fall, the Xu Family will be in danger."

"So they might try to create chaos in the mining area to lure you there, set up an ambush halfway, and catch you off guard."

[In the previous life, this is how they dealt with Sixth Uncle. This plan wasn't particularly brilliant, but it was very effective.]

Xu Qingzhou frowned slightly and asked, "What do you think I should do?"

"Use poison."

Xu Luo explained, "If they want to ambush you, they must be fully prepared. Without external help, a head-on fight won't work, and they will also set up Formations to prevent you from escaping. Therefore, you need to catch them by surprise at this time."

"You can buy some colorless and odorless poisonous gas, take the antidote in advance, and quietly release the poisonous gas after the ambushing people appear."

After speaking, Xu Luo added another sentence.

"This is a suggestion I asked Master for, and Master gave it to me."

He said this to maintain his persona as a novice and avoid arousing Xu Qingzhou's suspicion.

After all, it was a bit unreasonable for someone who had just started cultivating and hadn't yet entered the cultivation world to come up with such a thorough and ruthless method.

Xu Qingzhou's eyes lit up, and he slapped the armrest of the chair.

"Good idea! I'll arrange for someone to buy the poison right away."

Xu Qingzhou was a Flawless Spirit Body, so no poison was effective against him. Therefore, he didn't even need to buy an antidote, just the poison itself.

As expected of a reincarnator, his thinking is truly active.

"Oh, right. When can you invite your Master to our home so our Xu Family can act as hosts and properly entertain and thank him?"

Xu Luo replied, "I also mentioned it, but Master is used to being a lone wolf and doesn't like dealing with strangers."

"Is that so? Then forget it," Xu Qingzhou said with a look of regret.

Seeing Xu Qingzhou taking his advice so readily, the stone hanging in Xu Luo's heart dropped halfway. Once the Zou family and the Wei family were completely dealt with, it could fall completely.

After Xu Luo left, Xu Qingzhou sent someone to buy poison, planning to spend a high price on the most potent kind.

After all preparations were made, both Xu Qingzhou and Xu Luo felt much more at ease.

Just like that, another two days passed.

The Xu Family's Profound Iron Mine, located one hundred and fifty li east of Yunshan City, had an incident, as expected.

The Zou family and the Wei family were very clever. They didn't arrange for people to cause trouble but instead spent time and effort capturing some powerful demonic beasts and throwing them into the mining area to cause chaos.

This could lower the Xu Family's vigilance and make them think it was just a simple incident of demonic beasts attacking the mining area.

After all, such things had happened before.

The scouts Xu Qingzhou had arranged near the mining area informed him of this matter immediately.

"They're finally here!!"

Xu Qingzhou's eyes narrowed, he abruptly stood up, and Killing Intent filled his gaze.

Today, either the Zou family and the Wei family die, or the Zou family and the Wei family perish!

Xu Qingzhou summoned seven Elders and left the Xu Family.

After leaving the city, he took out a small flying boat. When thrown into the air, the flying boat grew against the wind, eventually turning into a small grey boat five zhang long and two zhang wide. A green eagle was carved on the hull of the small boat.

The eight people jumped onto the flying boat. After a protective shield appeared around the boat to resist the strong winds, it turned into a streak of light and sped towards the east.

This was their Xu Family's flying Magic Treasure, the Flying Eagle Boat, a High Grade Yellow-grade item.

A Cultivation Technique can be practiced by many people, but a weapon can only be used by one Cultivator, making them quite scarce.

Therefore, their Xu Family previously cultivated Profound-grade Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills. Except for Xu Qingzhou, everyone else used Yellow-grade weapons, and even tribesmen in the Qi Refining Realm didn't have a single decent weapon.

Flying Magic Treasures were already relatively rare. Even a High Grade Yellow-grade one required a large amount of Spirit Stones to purchase.

The Flying Eagle Boat at full speed was comparable to a Xuandan realm Cultivator flying on a sword.

Second Elder asked doubtfully, "Clan Leader, even if demonic beasts attacked the mining area, we don't all need to go, do we?"

Regarding the matters of the Zou family and the Wei family, only Xu Qingzhou and Xu Luo knew; the others were still unaware.

Xu Qingzhou explained, "This is a conspiracy by the Zou family and the Wei family. They have already set up an ambush halfway. What we need to do is turn their plan against them and counterattack."

The seven Elders were greatly shocked.

Great Elder frowned and asked, "If it's really a conspiracy by the Zou family and the Wei family, then they must be fully prepared, at least having gathered the full strength of their two families. Wouldn't there be a bit too little strength if it's just the eight of us?"

"Yeah, should we ask for some help?"

The overall strength of the three families was comparable; no one could take on two families at once. This was very clear.

Xu Qingzhou replied confidently, "Elders, rest assured, I will not fight a battle I am not confident in. When the time comes, you just need to follow my arrangements."

Seeing him so confident, the several Elders looked at each other, wanting to speak but hesitating.