25: Chapter 25 The Fairy Successfully Establishes Her Foundation, but the Wang and Li Families Receive a Cold Reception!

The moment the voice fell, a middle-aged figure wearing luxurious official robes and possessing a refined appearance appeared silently in mid-air at the foot of the mountain.

City Lord Fang Ming of Jiangyuan City.

He stood with his hands behind his back, not releasing any pressure, yet his appearance itself was a form of deterrence.

The Foundation Establishment True Qi that Ancestor Wang Gang had prepared to unleash stopped abruptly. The anger on his face quickly faded, his expression turning a shade of blue and then white, filled with wariness.

He could disregard the Jiang Family, but he could not ignore this City Lord who had governed Jiangyuan City for decades.

"So it is City Lord Fang." Ancestor Wang Gang forcibly suppressed the killing intent in his heart, squeezing the words out through his teeth, and cupped his hands towards City Lord Fang Ming. "City Lord Fang is right, it was I who was reckless."

Beside him, Clan Head Li Ziwen of the Li Family flickered his eyes, quietly tugged at Ancestor Wang Gang's sleeve, and transmitted his voice in a very low tone:

"Brother Wang, calm down! The life of a junior is not worth us offending the Qingyun Sect at this moment, nor is it worth tearing our faces with City Lord Fang Ming! As for Jiang Feng and Young Master Jiang Chen, let them live a few more days!"

Ancestor Wang Gang took a deep breath, his chest heaving violently, and in the end, he swallowed that breath of foul air.

He glared resentfully at Young Master Jiang Chen, then swept his gaze over the calm and composed Jiang Feng, as if wanting to carve these two faces into his bones.

City Lord Fang Ming seemed not to have seen the small actions of the two Family heads. He swept his gaze gently over the entire scene, finally landing on the figure wrapped in icy blue Spiritual Qi at the mountain peak, his voice resounding:

"The Fairy of the Qingyun Sect is making a Breakthrough here, which is a grand event for our Jiangyuan City. Everyone here to observe the ceremony, please maintain restraint and do not disturb the Fairy's cultivation, otherwise, do not blame me for being heartless."

These words were spoken in a high-sounding manner, yet they made the expressions of Ancestor Wang Gang and Clan Head Li Ziwen even uglier.

This was clearly a warning to them.

Jiang Feng watched this scene with great interest, a faint, almost imperceptible smile playing on his lips.

Before it even began, someone came to mediate.

However, this was also within his expectations.

This old fox, City Lord Fang Ming, both wanted the Wang and Li Families to test the depth of the Jiang Family and feared that these two mad dogs would make too much of a scene and get out of control.

Young Master Jiang Chen sheathed his sword and returned to stand behind Jiang Feng, his expression cold and stern.

Jiang Nan and Fourth Ancestor Jiang Yuan also felt greatly relieved.

In their eyes looking at Jiang Feng, besides relief, there was more deep thought. It seemed... Jiang Feng had long anticipated that City Lord Fang Ming would intervene?

With City Lord Fang Ming here to hold the fort, the Wang and Li Families dared not make a move today.

Everyone's attention returned once more to the peak of the mountain.

The woman wearing the bronze mask was completely unaffected by the farce at the foot of the mountain.

Just at this moment, she moved.

She flipped her jade hand, and a Medicinal Pill that was entirely verdant green, with natural cloud-like patterns on its surface, appeared in her palm.

A foundation establishment pill.

Moreover, looking at the quality of the Medicinal Pill, with its inner Spiritual Qi and flowing luster, it was a High Grade foundation establishment pill.

Ancestor Wang Gang and Clan Head Li Ziwen's eyes were instantly filled with greed.

Back when they were striving for Foundation Establishment, they had exhausted nearly half of their Family's accumulation just to obtain one Medium Grade foundation establishment pill, and it was only with extreme peril that they succeeded.

Yet this woman casually produced a High Grade one.

As expected of a Disciple of the Qingyun Sect; the foundation is indeed profound.

Fourth Ancestor Jiang Yuan looked at the foundation establishment pill in the woman's hand with a sense of familiarity, then glanced at the calm and composed Jiang Feng beside him.

Under the envious or jealous gazes of the crowd, the masked woman placed the High Grade foundation establishment pill into her mouth.

The Medicinal Pill melted the moment it entered her mouth.

"Hum—!"

The next moment, a surge of Spiritual Qi many times larger than before erupted with her as the center.

At the mountain peak, the icy blue Spiritual Qi instantly solidified, forming a huge vortex, frantically pulling at the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi for dozens of miles around.

The surrounding temperature plummeted again, and fine ice crystals even condensed in the air, falling with a rustling sound.

That surge of spiritual power belonging to the Qi Refining stage was climbing and transforming at a very rapid speed.

Everyone held their breath.

They knew that the most critical moment of Foundation Establishment had arrived.

Succeed, and one would ascend to the heavens in a single step, entering the ranks of an Immortal Master, with Lifespan multiplied.

Fail, and at best, one's cultivation would be completely crippled; at worst, one would perish on the spot.

The massive vortex of spiritual power lasted for about the time it takes to burn a stick of incense.

Suddenly!

That vortex of Spiritual Qi contracted violently, pouring back entirely into the masked woman's body!

"Hum!"

A melodious hum spread from the mountain peak to all directions.

That icy, bone-chilling pressure was no longer violent; it became dense and heavy, carrying a sense of oppression from a higher level.

Success.

Foundation Establishment successful!

At the foot of the mountain, all the Cultivators could clearly feel that the aura lingering at the peak had completed its transformation.

A new Foundation Establishment Cultivator was born.

"Congratulations to the Fairy for successfully breaking through the realm and stepping onto the Foundation Establishment Dao!"

City Lord Fang Ming was the first to react, wearing a warm smile on his face, congratulating her loudly, while his figure moved and he flew towards the mountain peak.

Ancestor Wang Gang and Clan Head Li Ziwen looked at each other, quickly put away the gloom on their faces, put on flattering smiles, and followed closely behind.

"Congratulations, Fairy!"

"Fairy's Divine Might, we are full of admiration!"

A Foundation Establishment Cultivator, and one who was a Disciple of the Qingyun Sect at that—if she could be recruited into their own Family, the landscape of Jiangyuan City would be rewritten in an instant.

However, the next scene left everyone stunned.

The masked woman who had just succeeded in Foundation Establishment slowly stood up.

To City Lord Fang Ming, who had flown to her first with a face full of enthusiasm, she merely nodded indifferently, as a response.

As for Ancestor Wang Gang and Clan Head Li Ziwen, who were following behind with beaming smiles, she seemed to not see them at all, treating them directly as air.

The flattering smiles on Ancestor Wang Gang and Clan Head Li Ziwen's faces froze instantly.

Their hands, which they had extended to offer salutations, remained awkwardly in mid-air, neither extended nor retracted, their old faces turning the color of pig liver.

In front of all the Cultivators in the city, they had offered a warm face to a cold backside.

This was even more uncomfortable than being slapped in the face in public.

At the foot of the mountain, the crowds from the Wang Family and Li Family were silent, while the Jiang Family Disciples and the Loose Cultivators nearly couldn't hold back their laughter, each of them holding it in until their faces turned red.

It was so satisfying.

Jiang Feng watched this scene and felt it was dull and uninteresting.

He turned around and spoke indifferently to Jiang Nan and Fourth Ancestor Jiang Yuan beside him.

"Big Brother, Fourth Ancestor, the good show is over, let's head back."

After saying this, he took Young Master Jiang Chen and walked towards the direction of the Jiang Family ancestral residence without looking back.

Jiang Nan and Fourth Ancestor Jiang Yuan looked at each other and followed.

Just at the moment Jiang Feng turned around.

At the mountain peak, that figure wearing the bronze mask looked past the fawning crowd, her gaze landing precisely on the back of Jiang Feng as he left.

Beneath the mask, the corners of her mouth slowly curled into a meaningful arc that no one noticed.