The winter's morning wind, which carried some sharpness, blew onto Lei Yang's body, causing him to immediately sober up a lot. He no longer bothered with the complicated feelings in his heart, and walked in front of the Fire Demon Bear's corpse in large strides. Using his palm as a blade, he split open the belly of the Demon Bear with a palm.

A black pearl the size of an infant's fist, which was half the size of a crystal, half the size of a human's fist fell out, emitting a dense amount of spirit energy.

This bead was the inner core of a demonic beast. Every demonic beast had their own inner core, similar to the Qi Sea of a human cultivator. This inner core was what human cultivators called a demonic core.

It was said that if a cultivator cultivated Demonic Core well, not only could they heal injuries, but their cultivation would also increase by leaps and bounds. However, Demonic Beasts roamed all sorts of dangerous places in the world and they were all extremely powerful, so it was not easy to successfully obtain Demonic Cores if they encountered and killed them.

Even high-grade demonic cores were comparable to heavenly materials and earthly treasures. The great medicine of the world was regarded as an absolute non-sale item by many great clans and supreme sects.

Lei Yang held the beast core in his hand and felt the dense spirit energy contained within, and was overjoyed.

This was a Spirit Demon Core that was comparable to the peak of the seventh level of spirit energy. Although it couldn't be considered a rare medicine, to Lei Yang who had been short on resources since he was young, this was a spirit medicine that was even more precious than Spirit Gathering Pills.

… ….

With the Lei Family Garden as the center, it covered an area of 100 miles. Other than the people in the town who knew of the relations.h.i.+p between the manors and the Lei Family Manor, no one would be able to tell that these manors were scattered within a 100 mile radius, they were actually closely related to the Lei Family Garden of the town.

However, if a person who knew about formations took a bird's eye view from an extremely high alt.i.tude, they would realize that the villas and the central area of the Lei Family Garden had actually formed a gigantic Eight Trigram Formation Diagram, and the center of the Eight Trigram Formation Diagram was the largest plaza in the center of the Lei Family Garden — Sun Moon Plaza. This gigantic Eight Trigram Formation Diagram was the Lei Family's great protective array.

However, over the past thousands of years, the Lei Clan had developed and multiplied continuously. These eight manors had gradually formed eight huge branches, and these eight manors were guarded by eight factions according to the location of the Eight Tribes. Gradually, these manors were conferred the t.i.tle of the current Eight Dragons Tribe.

The Eight Dragons Clan was the Southern Sky Dragon Clan, the Northern Earth Dragon Clan, the Eastern Thunder Clan, the Western Wind Dragon Clan, the Water Dragon Clan in the southeast, the Fire Dragon Clan in the northeast, the Dragon Clan in the southwest, and the Dragon Clan in the northwest.

The original intention of the Lei Family Patriarch when he set up this formation was to let the main branch and the Eight Dragons Tribe complement each other so that he could protect the Lei Family Garden for generations.

However, with the pa.s.sage of time, the Eight Dragons Tribe became more and more powerful, and more and more talented people started to appear. In addition, the main branch of the Eight Dragons Tribe began to decline, and the main branch of the clan began to wither.

By now, the clan leaders of the various dragon clans were no longer obeying orders given by the clan leaders of the direct bloodline.

Even though all the clan leaders would still show up for major events in the clan, they all had their own plans and wouldn't really advise their descendants. In fact, they even had the intention of establis.h.i.+ng their own clans, which made the Lei Clan's strength even worse than before.

… ….

The colossal dragon bared its fangs and brandished its claws. Its expression was fierce, and every scale was carved in an exquisite manner. It appeared vivid and lifelike.

Two huge dragon heads were facing the front door. They exuded an aura of eternal majesty. It was a strong deterrence to any newcomer.

This was the current patriarch of the Lei Family, Lei Yuntian's house — Dragon Soaring Pavilion.

The middle-aged man's eyes s.h.i.+ned brightly. Although his cultivation base was restrained and did not show the slightest hint of it, his entire body naturally gave off an irresistible majesty.

"Chief, I have already found out that the Eight Dragons Tribe has the hearts of divided clans, and I have already grasped some evidence." Chief, I have already found the hearts of split clans, and I have already grasped some evidence. The black clothed man looked at the Dragon Throne and spoke truthfully with Patriarch Lei Yuntian.

Lei Yuntian sank into a short period of silence. His eyes revealed an unfathomable depth, but his brows were knitted high and didn't disperse for a long time.

He was currently feeling very complicated. He was well aware of the matters regarding the Eight Dragons Tribe, but the direct line of descent had been declining day by day. If he forced any of the other tribes into a corner, the entire direct line of descent would fall.

However, things had gone against his wishes, causing him to lose his chance of winning. Now, he was becoming more and more pa.s.sive. The rest of the two great families in the Wuyuan Town were eyeing the Lei Family like a tiger at this critical moment. All of this put him, the Patriarch, in a dilemma as well, and many times he felt that he was a little too useless being the Patriarch.

After a long while, he let out a long sigh, slowly raised his head, and said to the black clothed man in front of him, "Demon Wind, this matter must not be disclosed. This year's Family Compet.i.tion will be held as usual, arrange for people to send partic.i.p.ating posters to the Eight Dragons Tribe."

"Patriarch, this …!" This subordinate knows your worries. In this subordinate's opinion, patriarch is too merciful and does not want the clansmen to meet with swords or soldiers, but they have long thought of us as clansmen. If we continue to tolerate them, I'm afraid the consequences will be dire. Not mentioning starting a clan war, at the very least, you should take it a step further and hit on the side branches that are getting more and more fully-fledged! " The black-clothed man called Mo Feng said worriedly.

"Patriarch, this … This is something the old master left for you to break through … This is your life, what are you doing? " Demon Feng looked at Lei Yuntian who was on the dragon throne in confusion.

"The one who sent it to the mountain at the back of the manor, say that he's been in depression for too long. Now that his family is in trouble, it's time for him to come out. I believe he knows what to do. Alright, go!" After Lei Yuntian finished speaking, he slowly closed his eyes as if he was extremely tired.

"This... "Sigh!" Mo Feng hesitated for a while, seeing that Lei Yuntian had made up his mind, he wanted to refute, but with his understanding of the patriarch, he knew that it was useless. In the end, he sighed helplessly, turned around and disappeared into the air.

In the Lei Family courtyard located at the back of the mountain, when Lei Yang took out the Blazing Demon Bear Core, which was the equivalent of the peak of the seventh level of spirit energy, huge waves suddenly rose in Lei Zhennan's heart.

As he listened to Lei Yang describe how he killed the Fire Demon Bear, he took the beast core from Lei Yang's hands and examined it, his eyes revealing an inconceivable shock. However, the shock was gradually replaced by a complicated feeling that was difficult to understand.

As he watched his son grow up step by step, both disbelief and hope filled his heart. However, he felt even more guilty for his son.

As a father, he knew that what he had done to his son was far from enough. All sorts of emotions intertwined, eventually converging into the complicated look in his eyes.

As if he had understood what Lei Zhennan was thinking, pain filled Lei Yang's eyes. His father's body was growing weaker and weaker, and in order to prevent him from harming more, Lei Yang hurriedly said: "Father, it is said that the Spirit Demon Core is a healing medicine. This child will give it to you as a form of respect, I hope it will be beneficial to your body."

His son had grown up and he had never given him anything in his life. Yet now, he was even being treated as a filial son by Lei Zhennan, how could he endure this?

However, it was definitely a good thing for his son to have a breakthrough and be able to cultivate. He knew that he must not reveal too much of his negative emotions in front of his son. The past was irrevocable, but in the future, he would be the guiding light on the path of his son's cultivation. Thinking about it like this made his heart feel a little better.

"Yang'er, you've grown up. Your father is truly happy for you. In the future, if you want to do anything, just do it according to your own wishes. You don't need to worry about me and your mother."

It's just that in this world filled with dangers and struggles, you have to be careful at every turn, know when to advance and when to retreat, understand when to retreat, know when to retreat, know how to conceal your strength and how to defend yourself, do you remember? " Lei Zhennan gently caressed Lei Yang's head and said with incomparable love.

"Dad, your son has remembered it!" Lei Yang nodded his head and unintentionally saw that there were already some silver threads appearing on both of Lei Zhennan's temples. He suddenly felt that the responsibility on his shoulders had become heavier.

Lei Zhennan returned the Spirit Demon Core back to Lei Yang and said: "Yang'er, father understands your intentions, but father's injuries are not something that can be cured with just a single Spirit Demon Pill. You should keep this Spirit Demon Pill properly, with Family Compet.i.tion near at hand, you need it more than me.

However, he couldn't casually consume this beast core. Half of it was crystal clear, while the other half was black like ink. The other half was spiritual energy, while the other half was demonic energy.

Therefore, the beast cores needed to be slowly refined with special techniques in order to not be corroded by the demonic energy in the beast cores.

This technique was called "Demonic Spirit Art". Although it was only a remnant and could not be considered a high quality cultivation technique, refining Demonic Cores below the Core Formation stage was not a problem.

Half a month later will be the clan's grand annual Family Compet.i.tion. Father hopes to see an even stronger Yang'er at that time. "

Lei Zhennan explained everything in detail. After he finished speaking, he took out a jade slip and pa.s.sed it to Lei Yang. After that, he coughed a few times, and his entire face became pale white.

Lei Yang received the jade slip, without saying a word, he only nodded his head seriously, then signaled his mother to let his father return to his room to rest, his eyes filled with heartache.

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