Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

There is no denying that Xiaqiu County has a very weak presence among the four counties in the entire Nanping Prefecture, mainly for two reasons:

Firstly, the original White Miao had inherently weak presence among the Five Miao Tribes;

Secondly, Xiaqiu is the city furthest away from Nanping Prefecture City.

Its status and geography do not hold any advantage, so its presence is naturally weak.

A weak presence has its advantages as well as disadvantages.

The advantage is that being far from the emperor allows for greater freedom for martial artists in Xiaqiu compared to the other three counties; for instance, arranging something like the Hou Yuxiao incident occurs very rarely in the other counties, especially in Nanping Prefecture City.

The disadvantage is information blockade, with the City Lord's Mansion having excessive power; when something happens in Hexi, Xiaqiu generally becomes the last to know, which is not an issue on regular days, but a significant drawback if a major event were to occur.

Usually, nothing major happens in Xiaqiu and no important figures visit, so when two sons of the Hou Clan arrived seven days ago, it counted as the biggest event in Xiaqiu County City for over a year, taking seven or eight whole days for its excitement to gradually fade.

New Yu Era 1332, September 15th, Late Night

Xiaqiu County City is shrouded in darkness, with most people already asleep, but only the City Lord's Mansion remains brightly lit, shining as if in daylight.

It's not unusual, as managing millions of people, the City Lord's Mansion naturally operates around the clock, with lights being on at night almost being standard.

But today, there's something distinctly different!

In front of the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion, several thousands stand in dark attire, their faces covered, making their appearance indistinguishable. However, beast teeth ornaments hang around their necks, and the left sleeve bears a white "Miao" emblem, with none of their aura below the Gang Qi Realm, while the aura of the foremost three to four hundred individuals is no less than the Grandmaster Realm.

In the leading row stand five people, the leader a burly middle-aged man with rough skin, and behind him, four people of similar aura and stature, with the last person being the petite figure of the black-clad young woman who had instructed Shen Guzhen days earlier.

"Shen Guzhen, how is the situation in the city?"

Shen Guzhen emerges from the crowd, respectfully saluting the burly man asking him: "Reporting to Chief Leader, everything in the city has been arranged. Besides the martial artists in the gathering, all those newly joined have arrived today, waiting for the command from the Saint Heir upon arrival for us to rise in Hexi rebellion, success is within reach!"

"Good, with your assurance, I am relieved."

Qing Wu's eyes flash with fierce resolve, turning to gaze north with a face full of hatred, the massacre by Hexi army and Hou Yuxiao killing his brother Qing Xuan seeming like it was just yesterday.

For over a year, Hexi's every action aimed at annihilating the Nanjiang Five Miao's legacy, stacking old and new hatreds, Qing Wu's animosity towards Hexi and the Hou Clan has penetrated to his very bones.

In the past six months, he devised countless plans, accompanied by his niece Qingluan, sought out high-ranking offspring from the other three Miao Tribes, covertly rallying Miao people's support in Nanjiang, exclusively recruiting martial artists loyal to Nanjiang above the Gang Qi Level, forming the Four Miao Alliance of over ten thousand in scale, intending on the Hexi rebellion to revive the old order of Nanjiang.

By July this year, he even felt hopeful for the future.

After all, when Hou Yuxiao destroyed Nanjiang last year, he was only at the Sub-Saint Realm of Martial Dao, Hexi merely had seventy thousand elites, as long as he could use Nanping Prefecture as a foundation to continuously grow and divide Nanping, eventually opportunities would arise.

His niece, Qingluan, possessed extraordinary martial talent, surpassing her father, his brother, achieving Gang Qi Realm by age forty, even without fortuitous occurrences, steady advancement could ultimately surpass Hou Yuxiao.

Qing Wu can wait, and so can Qingluan. As long as there's hope to revive the old order of Nanjiang, no matter how long it takes, they can endure, provided the hope is visible.

However, after July, their hope dissipated!

A million elites from the Holy Land of Hexi annihilated Leiyin Temple, conquered Jianye Prefecture, unifying four prefectures and half a province, forcing Shi Tian's death, defeating the newly ascended Saint Fahai, one event after another rapidly crushed Qing Wu's confidence, including his last shred of hope.

Even his niece Qingluan felt the blow!

The expanding Four Miao Alliance turned into a joke faced with news of Hexi's Hou Clan or concerning Hou Yuxiao.

In ten years, a hundred years, or even a thousand years, does the old order of Nanjiang still hold hope?

Even his niece Qingluan, who prided herself on having talent surpassing the Five Tigers of Hou Clan, vowed to kill Hou Yuxiao to avenge her father Qing Xuan, fell silent hearing the news of Hou Yuxiao forcing a Saint's death for the first time.

It seemed like they had no hope left.

But, at this moment, the Rakshasa Holy Sect extended an olive branch.

Qing Wu doesn't know what exactly transpired in the Five Elements Heaven back then; he only knows his brother Qing Xuan and Bai Tong followed Hou Yuxiao inside, and later, only Hou Yuxiao emerged, while Qing Xuan and Bai Tong died within, the culprit being obvious, not to mention Hexi proactively invaded Nanjiang then, slaughtering countless soldiers of Nanjiang's allied forces.

Following the resurrection of Ni Han, the Emperor's involvement was irrelevant to Qing Wu, outside his concerns; his entire resentment focused on Hexi, on Hou Yuxiao.

Therefore, even knowing the Rakshasa Holy Sect probably also exploited his brother Qing Xuan last time, Qing Wu accepted the Rakshasa Holy Sect's olive branch this time without hesitation, as facing Hexi, facing Hou Yuxiao, aside from relying on Rakshasa Holy Sect, he could think of no other solution.