224: Chapter 213 224: Chapter 213 Ever since his son was slain, the Acting Head of the Huang Family had devoted all his energy to managing and cultivating.
He had also heard about the Supreme Elixirs, and his father had mentioned that the enemy responsible for his son’s death had become a Supreme Alchemist amidst the tragedy, which only fueled his sorrow and rage.
Why wasn’t it his son who had become stronger?
If his son were still alive, could he have grown just as powerful?
Torn between hope and worry, he watched his father and the Elders leave to seek out the Supreme Elixirs.
He too craved possession of such pills, but to purchase them from his foe was to pay tribute, and that was a humiliation to their Huang Family.
Without a Supreme Alchemist of their own, they were forced to buy the enemy’s pills, a reluctant act of helplessness.
They bore the disgrace, dreaming that one day they would grow strong enough to avenge their son.
At this time, he particularly missed his son, Huang Chen.
All he heard from his father was that his son was cultivating as a Ghost Cultivator in some realm, unable to meet face to face, which left him even more concerned about his son’s wellbeing in that other space.
Family Head Huang left with the Elders through the secret passageway.
Before, he hadn’t given it much thought, but now he remembered that among the Supreme Elixirs was the Nourishing Soul Pill, an elixir highly beneficial to Ghost Cultivators.
It was also precisely what his grandson, Huang Chen, needed.
Thinking of his grandson made him crave the Supreme Elixirs even more.
He wondered if another type of pill, the Vitality Pill, could also be of significant help in Ghost Cultivator cultivation.
As they flew high in the sky towards Immortal Venerable City, they had just left Immortal Lord City when they encountered Jiang Family Head and his entourage, also in flight.
Family Head Huang conceived a sinister idea, which was to rob the Jiang Family of their wealth to fund their own purchase of Supreme Elixirs.
By doing so, they wouldn’t have to hand their money over to their enemies, and obtaining the pills wouldn’t invite more Dream Demons into their cultivation.
With this idea in mind, Family Head Huang secretly transmitted his plan to the three Elders, and he thought of a way to keep their identities secret: robbing with their faces covered.
The three Elders of the Huang Family hesitated upon hearing the Family Head’s plan.
After all, the enemy was of equal strength, and a direct confrontation would undoubtedly lead to mutual destruction.
Even if they managed to seize the wealth, they might incur injuries or even deaths.
They were reluctant to engage in such a reckless method of robbery.
Seeing the concern in the Elders’ eyes, Family Head Huang swiftly understood their apprehension and devised another insidious tactic.
If they couldn’t face the enemy head-on with covered faces, they could resort to a devious ploy, using a drug to knock them out.
This way, they could rob and kill them, eliminating a rival family vying for resources.
Family Head Huang found this plan persuasive.
He used his Magical Treasure and covertly sprayed a fog of hallucinogenic smoke ahead, towards the Jiang Family Head and his group in the sky.
The Jiang Family Head and the Elders were constantly on guard while flying.
Carrying such a wealth with them, they were prepared to prevent robbery.
Once they left the territory of Immortal Lord City, they would enter the dominion of others and might fall into a trap.
Jiang Family Head didn’t believe that with his Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation, they could safely reach Immortal Venerable City.
If they hadn’t had any valuables on them, perhaps they wouldn’t have attracted thieves’ attention.
“Not good, thieves…” When Jiang Family Head realized something was wrong, he held his breath and warned the three Elders.
But it was already too late—they had inhaled the hallucinogenic smoke.
Jiang Family Head felt dizzy, as did the other three Elders.
The warning from their Family Head had come too late; their noses had already taken in the smoke.
The four of them felt dizziness as they tried to use their Spiritual Power to maintain a shred of clarity.
Family Head Huang and the Elders didn’t make a sound as they continued with their faces covered, launching smoke grenades to obscure the attackers’ faces from Jiang Family Head and his group.
Family Head Huang saw this as an excellent opportunity to seize their belongings.
Together with the three Elders, they unleashed their Spells to draw the Storage Bags from the Jiang’s group’s bodies.
Jiang Family Head and the three Elders realized they had fallen into the enemy’s trap.
In the smoky confusion, they could not see their attackers’ faces and frantically tried to use their Divine Sense to identify them.
The attackers felt strangely familiar, but in the moment, they couldn’t place who they were.
When Jiang Family Head noticed their Storage Bags were being stolen, faced with the choice between money and lives, they naturally valued the latter more.
He transmitted a message to the three Elders, “It’s bad, we need to escape quickly.”
The three Elders of the Jiang Family also realized that their Storage Bags were gone.
Hearing the Family Head’s command, they opted to flee.
And they did so separately, to prevent their pursuers from chasing them all at once.
They suspected that this group might be acquaintances and that the robbery might escalate to murder.
As they created obstacles to slow down their pursuers, they deployed their cultivated Spells, launching a variety of elemental attacks like metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.
This momentarily prevented their pursuers from catching them, and in their perilous escape, they transmitted a message: if they managed to survive, they would regroup in Immortal Venerable City.
As Jiang Family Head and the Elders fled, they were grateful they hadn’t stored all their possessions in their Storage Bags.
For this trip, they had brought an even more sophisticated Magical Treasure, storage rings.
The attackers had only taken their Storage Bags, which did contain some of their important items.
But the Spirit Stones they planned to use to buy Pills, their regular Magical Treasures, and their most vital belongings were all kept in the storage rings.
This careful preparation for their journey had still left them vulnerable to ambush.
The four from the Huang Family, each having seized a Storage Bag, wiped away the Divine Sense the victims had left on the bags.
After probing the contents and discovering a large amount of Spirit Stones and Pills inside, they were delighted, but they were unprepared for the enemy’s scattered flight.