Family Management Game In Immortal Continent

Chapter 1241: Chapter 1235: Year 1000

[Year 1000]

[Your descendants Li Tianming and Li Xinjue have broken through to the true Void Refinement realm!]

[Your family’s strength has surged significantly!]

The calamitous Blood Moon had finally spread its reach to Grandhaven Prefecture.

It was clearly daytime, yet oppressive dark clouds completely obscured the sun.

An eerie, crimson hue formed a harsh red line at the edge of Grandhaven Prefecture, gradually expanding as its bloody tint bled into the region’s borders.

A bone-chilling wind howled from the depths of the Blood Moon.

The outermost border town was left in complete disarray and utterly deserted, painting a bleak picture of years spent in frantic, desperate evacuation.

The eerie wind kicked up swirling dust that carried a bizarre, rust-red hue, casting a desolate and suffocating pall over the empty streets.

Atop a dilapidated tiled roof, several cultivators clad in standard blue Dharma robes gazed toward the encroaching blood-colored space, their expressions universally solemn.

Their leader appeared to be an exceedingly handsome young man. A milky-white spirit bead floated gently beside him, radiating a faint glow that marked him as the one in charge.

A cultivator beside him spoke in a heavy voice. “Lord Banshu, the Blood Moon is rapidly approaching. The commoners have already evacuated. What should we do?”

Banshu Qingping simply shook his head in silence, the grave knot of worry between his brows refusing to dissipate.

Nearly a century ago, the Azure Cloud Li Clan had sent a grave warning to the Banshu family: there is a Blood Moon in the West, there are ‘gods and immortals’ who dwell within it, and disaster is imminent.

Even though Banshu Ao had perished in Azure Cloud Prefecture—and the Li Clan had subsequently extorted a staggering sum of wealth from the Banshu family as a result—the Banshu family never truly believed the Li Clan was merely playing a joke on them.

Everything happening now had already confirmed the Li Clan’s words.

“What should we do? How would I know what we should do?”

Banshu Qingping sighed inwardly, his face turning an ashen gray. “We can only… flee to Clearpeak Prefecture.”

Over the past hundred years, Banshu Qingping had regretted it constantly.

When the Azure Cloud Li Clan sent that warning, they should have fled immediately.

But believing the Li Clan was one thing, and actually leaving was another. For an event of such massive scale, should they trust the Li Clan over the Imperial Dynasty?

There were three supreme factions in Grandhaven Prefecture.

The hidden faction, Jade Mist Valley, had passed down its inheritance for tens of thousands of years and ruled its own territory.

The Banshu family, relying on Banshu Ao and Banshu Weide—two unparalleled experts in the Void Refinement realm—along with other experts, only needed to produce a single Body Integration cultivator to rival any hidden faction.

He, Banshu Qingping, was even the Prefecture Lord.

The other faction was the Sage Master Martial Academy, which cultivated various arts and techniques and educated the Grandhaven Prefecture.

Back then, all three factions had received the news and placed absolute trust in the Imperial Dynasty.

The Imperial Dynasty had declared they would resolve it… Yet, nearly a century had passed, the Blood Moon continued to expand, and the Imperial Dynasty seemed as if it had perished.

“Had I known, we should have just trusted the Li Clan.”

Banshu Qingping clenched his fists tightly, secretly resentful that the three factions of Grandhaven Prefecture had harbored criticisms against the Li Clan.

He immediately waved to the six clansmen.

“Let’s go. The Blood Moon is expanding, and the Imperial Dynasty’s rescue is long overdue.

We have no other way out. Let us go back and urge the Patriarch and the rest of our family to retreat to Clearpeak Prefecture, contact the Azure Cloud Li Clan, and plan our next move.”

“Yes!”

The crowd turned around, just about to mount their flying swords.

Banshu Qingping froze for a moment.

On the cold, desolate street that looked like the end of the world, under a dilapidated old house, crouched a young man.

This young man wore a clean white robe.

Although he looked like he was shivering and cowering in a corner while gnawing on a steamed bun, no matter how you looked at him, he didn’t seem like a simpleton who had accidentally been left behind.

At this moment, this simpleton… this young man was looking up at him, revealing a shy and reserved smile, as if saying hello.

“This is abnormal. A conspiracy?”

Banshu Qingping’s thoughts spun rapidly. Just as he raised his hand to cast a probing technique to test this simpleton, his expression abruptly changed.

Numerous old houses in the city exploded with a deafening roar, sending stone debris flying everywhere.

Over a dozen white-robed figures had already surrounded the Banshu clansmen.

The leader revealed a Void Refinement aura, and every single one of these people wore a smiling mask!

“Who are you?!!” The bead to Banshu Qingping’s left spun rapidly. His face appeared calm, but his heart was pounding wildly.

This wasn’t the first time something like this had happened.

Over the years, a group of people had been omnipresent in Grandhaven Prefecture, carrying out assassinations. They called themselves cultivators of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion!

The leader among the smiling masked men had a burly build, and his voice was deep and resonant.

“Banshu Qingping, nineteenth-generation descendant of the Banshu family, Prefecture Lord of Grandhaven Prefecture.

Over the years, you have constantly been investigating our Heavenly Secrets Pavilion. Please go to your death, Lord Banshu, to return peace and clarity to the world!”

“How do you know my whereabouts?!!” Banshu Qingping shouted angrily.

But the other party clearly had no intention of answering. The leading masked man utilized his Void Refinement methods, intending to drag him into a Void Refinement space.

Banshu Qingping gritted his teeth, suppressing the doubts in his heart, and prepared to meet the battle, seeking a way to escape.

However, just as the Void Refinement rules began to take shape, both sides froze.

“Who are you?!!”

This time, it was the smiling masked man who cried out in alarm.

“Your Excellency?” Banshu Qingping was slightly startled.

It was the simpleton from just now who had silently arrived beside them.

Beside him floated a massive talisman covered in squiggly incantations, looking exactly like a Talisman Immortal Master.

“Who are you, Your Excellency? How dare you obstruct our Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s operation?!!” the smiling masked man shouted angrily again.

This newcomer cowered and shivered, but he was undeniably extraordinary.

A peculiar talisman bearing a single red leaf slowly dissipated into ash right in front of him; it was the esoteric method of this very talisman that had allowed him to seamlessly slip between two Void Refinement experts without making a sound.

How many people in the world could reach the Void Refinement realm by mastering talismans? Who would dare underestimate him?

This Tier-4 Talisman Immortal Master, disguising himself with a weak and timid appearance, was still gnawing on a steamed bun.

He stretched out a trembling hand, struggling awkwardly to pull the bun away from his mouth. With a chunk still left inside, he chewed vigorously, visibly forcing himself to swallow.

Facing the bloody wind blowing from the Western Frontier, he seemed to be pondering the smiling masked man’s words.

Finally, he tried hard to put on an angry expression, pulled a smiling mask out of his spatial ring, and put it on his face.

“If you are the people from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, then who am I?”

“I am protecting this man. Leave immediately, otherwise I won’t be able to save you.”

Banshu Qingping looked at the single smiling masked man, and then at the dozen or so smiling masked men, feeling utterly bewildered.

At this moment, compared to the life-and-death crisis, he wanted to know more about which side actually belonged to the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.

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