Chapter 192: Chapter 126: Conservative Measures, Beacon Fires Blazing Across the Sky [Subscribe Request]_3
"Yes, I will make the arrangements right away."
The Black Dragon Envoy, kneeling on the ground, turned solemn and, after paying his respects, silently withdrew to prepare.
Two days later, at the previously picturesque banks of Biyun Lake, suddenly appeared dozens of Dragon Transformation Sect members, led by none other than a Black Dragon Protector with a Purple Mansion Phase cultivation level!
The sight shook the Mu Family Cultivators to their core, and they desperately rang the alarm bell.
The sound of the bell, "dong dong dong," echoed continuously, ringing eighty-one times within half an hour!
This was the highest level of alarm, signifying that the family was facing a crisis of annihilation. Even cultivators in seclusion had to be awakened immediately to face the enemy.
At the same time, a dazzling spell fireworks erupted directly above Biyun Mountain, blooming into a huge blood-red lotus pattern.
The massive explosion of the fireworks, and the blood lotus pattern suspended high in the sky, were witnessed by all within a two-hundred-mile radius around Biyun Mountain.
"Father, Father, it appeared, the blood lotus pattern you spoke of is in the sky!""
In a village a hundred miles southwest of Biyun Mountain, a teenager dressed in coarse linen burst into a room, his face full of shock as he loudly informed his paralyzed father lying in bed of the strange phenomenon in the sky.
"What did you say? Quick, carry me outside!!"
The elder on the bed, at first stunned, then his face suddenly turned pale as he struggled with his arms to throw off the covers and urged the youth to carry him outside.
By the time he was on the youth's back and out the door, and he saw the large blood lotus pattern in the distant sky, tears freely flowed from the old man's eyes.
"Father, why are you crying?"
The youth, feeling the dampness on his neck, asked with confusion.
"Because our home is gone, our home is gone!!"
The elder cried bitterly, then grabbed the youth's collar forcefully and loudy said, "Quick, go and fetch the jar from the head of my bed!"
"Ow, Father, please don't pull, I know, I'm on it."
The youth cried out in pain and hastily set the elder down, rushing into the room to fetch a black porcelain jar wrapped in a cotton blanket and placed it before the elder.
"Go get a torch."
The elder, looking at the jar in front of him, again issued a command.
While the youth was fetching the fire, the elder carefully lifted the moisture-proof cloth cover from the jar to inspect its contents.
Inside the jar were dark brown granular substances, filling up half the container.
At that moment, the youth came over, holding a torch, and called out, "Father, I've brought the torch you asked for."
The elderly man took the torch from his son, looking at the young face so much like his own in his youth, and rarely, a smile appeared as he said, "Son, do you remember the Mu Family Estate we visited three years ago?"
"Of course, I remember, but why do you bring it up all of a sudden, Father?"
The youth nodded, his face full of puzzlement as he looked at the elder.
Upon hearing this, the elder's voice turned solemn and he said, "Go to the Mu Family Estate now, tell the owner there that your father's mission is complete, and from now on, you should stay there!"
With a wave of his hand, he continued, "Don't ask any questions; just do as I say, and someone will tell you everything!"
"But what about you, Father?"
The youth seemed to realize something and looked at the elder with concern.
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The elder, however, suddenly showed him a smile and said, "Your father should have gone down to accompany your mother long ago, but the mission entrusted by the family did not allow me to end things myself!"
"Now it's fine, my mission is complete, I can finally go down and join your mother in peace," he finished and then extended the torch into the jar in front of him.
Immediately, a pungent odor emanated from inside the jar, followed by a thick black smoke rising, quickly forming a column of smoke hundreds of feet high.
As this column of smoke rose, people within dozens of miles who saw the smoke, bearing the same mission as the old man, quickly ignited their signal fires.
One by one, these signal fires spread in all directions, and in less than two hours, even the vicinity of Jiufeng Ridge hundreds of miles away saw the same signals.
Meanwhile, news of the Mu Family's imminent crisis spread rapidly with the appearance of these signal fires, reaching the ears of clan leaders from allied families.
Even the Green Lotus Temple Cultivators from Hongya Marketplace were quickly informed.
"So it is the Mu Family that stepped on this landmine first!"
Atop Pagoda Peak, Zhou Chun flew into the sky, his face complex as he looked at the smoke column rising just dozens of miles away.