Chapter 103 Steady Development

White clouds drifted by in a rush, and a month passed in the blink of an eye.

The promotional event at the Chen Family shop in the prefecture city had ended!

For the past month, Chen Songli would sit and oversee every promotional event in the courtyard, but since the event ended, Chen Songxuan took over.

Chen Songxuan only came once or twice, and even then, he only sat there for an hour or two!

During these days, Chen Songxuan had been in seclusion to seek a Breakthrough, and his cultivation had reached the Qi Refining Sixth Layer.

In the past month or so, many Thousand Thunder Arrays had been sold, with the second and third-rank ones being the bestsellers. From this Thousand Thunder Array alone, four or five thousand Spirit Stones had been accounted for this month.

However, the market in the prefecture city was becoming saturated, and as time passed, the popularity had dropped significantly.

At Black Magpie Mountain, inside the Great Sun Seed Cultivation Cave Mansion, Chen Li was once again consuming pills to Cultivate.

Previously, he would pop a few mirror-breaking pills every day; with ample Medicinal Pills, he prioritized stacking his cultivation to Foundation Establishment Perfection.

This month, he had thought of several methods, but he could not find the traces of those devilish Cultivators. The Spirit Cat could only capture the aura of a specific person or a specific devilish Cultivator; it could not find a group of devilish Cultivators just through Devilish Qi.

Besides keeping a portion of the ripened Spiritual Plants for himself, Chen Li would also take some to the Family's Pill Refining Residence.

Unfortunately, a high-rank fifth-rank Profound Azure Cauldron was not easy to find. Chen Li spent a day going to the Beast Hunting Sect's market to look for sellers of high-rank Cauldrons, but there were no fifth-rank Pill Furnaces for sale. He had to settle for buying three fourth-rank Cauldrons.

On this trip, he learned another piece of news: two Foundation Establishment deacons of the Golden Core Yang Family had been killed by devilish Cultivators while out on patrol, and their bodies could not be found.

After returning, Chen Li placed the three fourth-rank Cauldrons in the Pill Refining Residence. The ripened Spiritual Plants were now enough for Brother Ox and Zhu Lingyue to refine for a few years.

Brother Ox mainly refined qi overflowing pills, while Zhu Lingyue had not been refining pills recently; she was mainly focused on conquering the Fourth Grade Formation Array and assisting in the engraving of the Fourth Grade Formation Array.

One day, Chen Songxiao took one hundred and twenty bottles of qi overflowing pills from the Pill Refining Residence warehouse to prepare for seclusion; he was going to seek a Breakthrough to the Seventh Level of Qi Refining.

Inside the Formation Comprehensive Building, Chen Songli was studying the fourth-rank Teleportation Array. Being able to teleport freely within a thousand miles—wouldn't it be a waste not to use the space anchor stone?

Chen Songmei was also on the third floor. She was no longer cooking and was holding a book on Formation to read.

"Songmei, how is it? Is the Formation difficult?"

Chen Songmei was reading with great interest, "Sister, it's alright, it's not too difficult!"

Chen Songli was surprised and said, "Father's talent for Formation has truly been passed down to us!"

However, Chen Songmei said, "Big Sister, I am also interested in other things."

Chen Songmei paused and listed them, "For example, Second Brother's insect breeding, Third Brother's Puppet, and Fourth Brother's Pulse Seeking and Artifact Refining—I am interested in all of them!"

Chen Songli rubbed her forehead and said, "Then which one do you think is simpler and which are you more interested in?"

Chen Songmei shook her head, "I don't know. I think they are all quite simple and fun!"

Chen Songli was helpless. She thought about the skills the Family was proficient in and said, "The Family doesn't have any Talisman yet. How about I get you a few low-rank books on Talisman to read!"

"Great, great!" Chen Songmei was very enthusiastic about new Immortal techniques.

Chen Songli said to Chen Songxuan in the prefecture city, "Third Brother, buy some talisman brush and Talisman paper for Songmei."

In the Nanwu Kingdom, Yuanwu Prefecture, Thousand Leaf Forest—this was the very place where several Qi Refining Immortal Clans from Liangxi County had plotted to murder Zhang An.

At this moment, the possessed Luo Sheng and the An Family Head were at this location. Because they could only access the memories of the recent few days when they performed the Possession, they did not know that this place was related to Chen Li and the original owners they had possessed.

The two of them had come out to move about again. In the past few days, many Cultivators had been traveling between the two prefectures. They dared not capture them, fearing that if these Cultivators went missing, it would trigger a search, and if a search were triggered, they would have to relocate again.

At this moment, the An Family Head looked as if he had just returned, looking travel-worn.

"Husband, I have gathered the recent news!"

"In the last few months in Yuanwu Prefecture, one thing happened: a devilish Cultivator was killed by the Chen Family. It is said that he was at the Eighth Level of Qi Refining, some say the ninth, and others rumor it was the Early Foundation Establishment Stage!"

Luo Sheng did not care when he heard Eighth or Ninth Level of Qi Refining, but he was a bit surprised when he heard Early Foundation Establishment Stage.

"Is it true or false?"

"I am not sure, but that is what is circulating. However, that Chen Li's current cultivation is at the Eighth Level of Qi Refining, and he is a Fourth-rank Formation Master!"

"And I heard that the devilish Cultivator was trapped to death by some Thousand Thunder Array. I heard the Chen Family has sold quite a few of them!"

Luo Sheng rested his chin in his hands and began to think, "Do you remember that a dozen years ago you probed his cultivation and said it was a bit strange? And the last time we attacked, the two of us couldn't even beat him!"

"Is he hiding his cultivation?"

The An Family Head replied, "It should be. Last time, he must have been hiding his cultivation at the Late Stage Qi Refining, otherwise he wouldn't have fought us so intensely. Do you think he has promoted to Foundation Establishment over these years?"

"It's hard to say, but even if he is at Foundation Establishment, it would only be the Early Foundation Establishment Stage. Can someone really go from Late Stage Qi Refining to the Late Foundation Establishment Stage in just over a dozen years?"

"As long as he is not at the Late Foundation Establishment Stage, he is not a match for us. Let us plan carefully and kill our way up to that Black Magpie Mountain!"

"Hmm, that's true. But what about that Lu Xilou? And the new Foundation Establishment from the Zhu Family?" After listening to her husband, the An Family Head asked again.

"Hehe, two strays on the side of the road, nothing to worry about!!"

Luo Sheng noticed something, "Madam, you said earlier that our fellow Cultivator was trapped to death by the Thousand Thunder Array, right?"

"Yes, most people in the prefecture are spreading that."

"Recently, a large number of Thousand Thunder Arrays have been sold on the market, all of them are second or third-rank, but for us at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, they are nothing to worry about!"

Luo Sheng nodded, feeling relieved.

Based on their previous understanding, they felt there would be no accidents in killing these two. Now that they had investigated, although they found that the Chen Family had used a Formation to kill a devilish Cultivator, that devilish Cultivator was only rumored to be at the Early Foundation Establishment Stage at most.

So it couldn't threaten them at all. As for that Thousand Thunder Array, they just needed to be careful not to enter it; what else could it do to them!

"Good, I have already thought of a plan. I am preparing to seize the opportunity to abduct these two Foundation Establishment!"

"After killing these two, we will lie low for a few days, see how to quickly kill our way into Black Magpie Mountain, and then carry out a major massacre in Yuanwu Prefecture, slaughtering all those families that dealt with us in the past!"

"Once that's done, we will return to the East Sea Islands to find a place with abundant Devilish Qi, and use infusion to reach the Late Foundation Establishment Stage or even Perfection!"

"Good, husband, this idea of yours is exactly what I think!"

On the outskirts of Black Magpie Mountain, Zhu Lingyue and Chen Songli were upgrading the Formation.

In this month, many Formations on the outskirts of Black Magpie Mountain had been upgraded. Besides providing ripened Spiritual Plants, Chen Li also provided dozens of four-hundred-year-old iron essence wood each time.

These were all Materials for making the Spirit Trapping Formation and defensive Formations. Moreover, two sets of fourth-rank Thousand Thunder Arrays had been delivered to Lu Xilou and Zhu Zelin a few days ago!

During these days, some third-rank Spirit Trapping Formations or attack Formations had been upgraded to fourth-rank. These eliminated Formations were taken to the warehouse to be stored or taken to the shop to be sold!

The most important thing was the upgrade of the Black Magpie Mountain Fourth-Rank Defensive Formation Array. Previously there were only six high platforms, but this time there were twenty-four high platforms directly.

The defensive energy condensed by these twenty-four flag poles was extremely thick; operating it for one day required thirty thousand auxiliary Spirit Stones!

Furthermore, the outermost Second-Rank Defensive Formation would activate as soon as it was attacked; it was not like before where it would only activate after the second-rank defense was broken. This time, it achieved seamless integration and was optimized to the extreme!

However, it could also be activated manually. On the second floor of the Formation Comprehensive Building, there was an operating lever to activate the [Black Magpie Mountain Fourth-Rank Formation Array]. One only needed to use a self-researched activation incantation to start it instantly.

However, if one did not have the Family assets, they would not dare to upgrade it like this!