16: Chapter 16: A Powerful Being Exorcises Demons, Leaving a Scene of Devastation

Upon entering, a radiance caught their eyes.

Inside, there was surprisingly a strand of Spiritual Qi!

It was precisely the Earth Spiritual Qi auctioned off by the Li Clan Beast Taming Workshop back then.

Besides that, there were several Spirit Beast eggs, a First-Rank Beast Taming Jade Slip, and three hundred and twenty-one Spirit Stones.

The most valuable item among them was that Beast Taming Jade Slip.

It was also something that could serve as the foundation for establishing a clan.

Chen Xuan distributed some Spirit Stones and Spirit Beast eggs to the two girls, advising them that they could keep the eggs as they were common Spirit Beasts that would not attract attention, while also copying a portion of the beast taming essentials for them.

As for that guy from just before, he was a rogue Cultivator to begin with!

He had first ambushed and killed people from the Li Clan Beast Taming Workshop, and then tried to kill the three of them.

No wonder his clothes looked so mismatched.

This Spirit Leopard, however, had to be handed over to the manager of Fusheng Immortal City to be returned to the Li Clan.

After all, this thing was registered; if they sold it privately and it was investigated, they would really be unable to clear their names.

As for these Spirit Stones and resources, since the Li Clan Beast Taming Workshop in the market had been destroyed, who would know?

At this moment, the three distressed travelers, seeing that the sky was neither dark nor light, took out fine wine and used it to drown their sorrows during the twilight hour.

The three people and two beasts traveled like this, watching the escape lights flash across the horizon from time to time, traveling through the stars and moon, until they finally reached Fusheng Immortal City.

After showing their identity tokens, they were supposed to pay a fee of one Spirit Stone fragment to enter the city, but it was waived.

All market residents coming to Fusheng Immortal City for refuge were exempt, and there were designated personnel to receive and arrange for them.

Chen Xuan and his group were not Loose Cultivators, so they naturally went to the branch of the Chen Family Talisman Workshop.

The storefront was much smaller than the one in the market, but given the high land rent and taxes in the Immortal City, this was not surprising.

Just by entering the outer perimeter of the Immortal City, the three were already sighing at the prosperity of the city, which far exceeded that of the market.

The area was larger than the market, and various towering buildings stood in close succession.

The Cultivators walking in the Immortal City clearly had much higher cultivation levels than those in the market.

Even in the outer perimeter of the Immortal City, many Foundation Establishment Cultivators could be seen.

"Is there still no news?" Chen Qiuyu furrowed her brows.

News from the market was now what the three were most concerned about.

Chen Xuan and the other had to wait until the market was stable before they would have a chance to inquire about their father's news.

Chen Qiuyu was even more so, as her entire family had gone to the front lines to resist the beast tide.

If the great Formation hadn't been broken, it would have been fine.

But it was broken!

Life and death were uncertain; it was a narrow escape from death.

After settling down, Chen Xuan summoned the wordless heavenly book.

As he injected mana, the red tadpole-like characters flew into the sky, evolving into three Jade Slips.

[Today's Fortune: Mid-Auspicious.]

[Today's Heavenly Secret: Yaoguang.]

[Today's Destiny: Talisman Master.]

[Small Auspicious: In the core area of Biyun Market, there are several missed Storage Pouches; finding them could lead to a windfall.]

[Mid-Auspicious: In the core area of Biyun Market, there is a corpse of a Second-Rank Yao Beast, with an unharvested Yao Core; obtaining it gives a chance to cultivate a False Core, possessing the great power of a Golden Core.]

[Great Auspicious: Outside Biyun Market, in the Tunyun Secret Realm, there is a Second-Rank Talisman Dao Legacy, with no one having found its location yet.]

Looking at the changes in the heavenly secrets and the auspiciousness of the heavenly secret jade slips, there shouldn't be too much danger in the market or the Secret Realm.

Chen Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and chose the second Mid-Auspicious Jade Slip.

After obtaining the relevant information, he would wait until returning to the market to take action.

Two full days later, the Chen family elder stationed in the Immortal City finally received news.

Two Golden Core Masters had taken action and cleared the threat to Biyun Market.

It was just a pity that they failed to kill that Golden Core Yao King, letting it escape—releasing a tiger back to the mountains.

They could return to the market.

But no one could smile; there had been almost no good news in the past few days.

Today, they received the notice for the return trip.

The guard team of Fusheng Immortal City brought everyone back, while also assisting the market guard team in repairs, maintenance, and arresting the straggling Yao Beasts.

Sitting on the eight dragon carriage, the Chen family elder brought the three children and one wolf, appearing exceptionally desolate.

Upon reaching the outside of the market, a huge, bottomless ravine came into view, which had almost split the east side of the market in one blow.

Looking further inside, there were broken walls and ruins; not a single building remained intact.

They couldn't help but see injured people digging in the ruins, seemingly with family members still underneath.

Dark red, dried bloodstains were visible everywhere, and the dust on the ground had piled up into a thick layer.

Wang Lingxue and Chen Qiuyu could no longer hold back, instantly bursting into tears and sobbing softly.

Influenced by the two little girls, crying sounds also came from the nearby eight dragon carriages one after another.

When the eight dragon carriage stopped outside the Chen Family Talisman Workshop, Chen Qiuyu could no longer control her emotions, collapsing onto Chen Xuan and crying like a tear-stained person.

The former high walls and vermilion gates, once imposing and extraordinary, were now nothing but ruins.

And as they walked inside.

The further they walked, the more shocking it became!

Bloodstains everywhere.

Broken talisman papers.

Dead Yao Beasts, and the corpses of Cultivators.

Many had already bred flies and mosquitoes.

Chen Xuan and Wang Lingxue's hearts couldn't help but tremble.

Especially Wang Lingxue.

Both of their parents were in the Chen family's tunnel.

If they were found, the outcome would be self-evident.

This beast tide was truly too terrifying.

The market's hundreds of years of operation and construction were destroyed in one fell swoop.

Countless families were broken, children were displaced, and parents died.

It was truly a terrifying purgatory on earth.

Finally, with heavy steps, the group arrived above the tunnel.

A bright, gaping hole was open!

The entrance to the tunnel had been found!

The Chen family was located in the center of the market, so naturally, the tunnel exit wouldn't be built too far away.

Chen Xuan clearly felt Wang Lingxue's grip on his hand tighten.

"Wait for me to check." Chen Xuan patted her hand, immediately holding a Dao Talisman in his left hand, and jumped down the hole first.

"Drip!" A sound of water echoed.

Chen Xuan narrowed his eyes and proceeded cautiously.

The Chen family elder also came down, a Golden Light Talisman flying forward, illuminating the entire tunnel, and several intersections lit up.

Mottled bloodstains, partially collapsed tunnels.

Chen Xuan and the others continued forward, seeing broken Formation Flags, torn corpse parts, and dead Yao Beasts.

Even after walking through the entire tunnel, they didn't see a single living person.

The siblings felt a sense of suffocation for the first time.

They had originally imagined that the tunnel could help them escape a disaster.

But with their cultivation level...

Until they walked out of the tunnel and reached the south side of the market.

Chen Xuan saw that old locust tree.

A group of Chen family members were camping there.

Wang Lingxue immediately didn't care about anything else and rushed in.

Chen Qiuyu did the same.

The Chen family members, of course, also saw them, and the two sides immediately reunited.

Until they both saw those familiar figures, their voices, which had been suppressed to the extreme, were released like a floodgate bursting:

"Mom!"

"Wuwuwu!"

...

In the temporary camp.

"Mother of our child, you tell me, what does this Market Master Chen mean by wanting to visit our house during the New Year?"

This mismatch in status is strange.

This story has to start from three days ago; the few people hiding in the Chen family's tunnel were extremely lucky.

After the market Formation was broken, the Chen Family Talisman Workshop's First-Rank Formation was not affected at first.

Most low-rank Yao Beasts bypassed the Chen Family Talisman Workshop and turned to trample other areas instead.

Until some Second-Rank Yao Beasts, having dealt with the tricky spots on the periphery, arrived and broke the First-Rank protective Formation.