151: Chapter 151 Dividing the Family

The two tacitly avoided mentioning this matter again; these things must absolutely not be allowed to be known by the Yuxu Sect.

"Qingling, then I will return to the Family first. Please express my thanks to your Master on my behalf. In addition, I obtained 500,000 contribution points in the Secret Realm and exchanged them for a ziyu pill." Chen Changqing told her everything that had happened before.

After listening, Li Qingling wore a worried expression while also feeling somewhat fortunate. She stepped forward to embrace Chen Changqing, and after the two nestled against each other like this for quite a while, Chen Changqing bade farewell and left.

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"I didn't expect so many things to happen to the Family." Chen Changqing muttered to himself.

He had just sent a message to the Family, and Chen Xuanyi and the others had told him about the events of this period.

After hearing it, he was even more anxious to return to the Family.

Ten days later, Chen Changqing finally returned to the Family.

As soon as he arrived at the ancestral hall, Chen Xuanyi and the other person had been waiting here for a long time, and even Li Taixuan was present.

"Ninth Granduncle, Grandpa, what is this?" Chen Changqing asked with puzzlement.

Seeing Chen Changqing, apart from Chen Changjie who wore a smile, the other two both let out a sigh of relief in their eyes.

"Changqing, you already know about what happened to our Family, right? And also about the Li Family's." Chen Xuanyi explained.

"I know, Grandpa, your Li Family too?" Chen Changqing frowned, his eyes revealing surprise when he looked at Li Taixuan.

"Chengmian told me not to go back; there was only this single sentence." Li Taixuan said bitterly. Having just been out for a little over a month, only to find their home stolen upon return, the moods of several people grew increasingly complicated.

However, compared to the Li Family, the Chen Family's situation was somewhat better. At least previously, some clan members had already left the ancestral mountain to come and develop at Wuyue Mountain.

Back then, they only thought of coming to Taihe Prefecture to expand their Family territory and also to better acquire resources, but they didn't expect these things to happen in Cang Prefecture.

"I obtained three foundation establishment pills from the Yuxu Sect. Who in our Family has already reached the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining Perfection?" Chen Changqing took out the three foundation establishment pills he had acquired.

Upon seeing this, several people were somewhat surprised in their hearts. Li Taixuan, on the other hand, was much calmer. He had exchanged two pills from the Yuxu Sect, originally intending to bring them back to the Family for the Family's Cultivators to undergo Foundation Establishment, but, alas...

"Seventh Brother, the Qingyang Mountain side also brought along two foundation establishment pills this time, but I don't know if there is any problem with these foundation establishment pills." Chen Changjie took out two foundation establishment pills and also handed them to Chen Changqing.

Hearing this, Chen Changqing took them over to look at them. After carefully inspecting them for a moment, he still didn't find any problems with these two foundation establishment pills.

"Mm, I know. Do not use these two foundation establishment pills either; I will see if I can find the problem later. The three in my hand can be given to the clan members to consume. What our Family currently lacks the most are Foundation Establishment Cultivators."

Seeing that no problems were detected, Chen Changqing had no choice but to first hand the three foundation establishment pills in his hand to Chen Changjie, letting her be responsible for the candidates for Foundation Establishment this time.

After receiving the foundation establishment pills, Chen Changjie left the ancestral hall and, together with the Family Head Chen Yuanzhan, selected the clan members for Foundation Establishment.

Then the three of Chen Changqing chatted for a while longer before each going into seclusion.

Chen Changqing planned to refine all the obtained meta-magnetic ore into meta-magnetic flying swords, forming a complete set of Magical Artifacts consisting of thirty Flying Swords.

Now the situation in the entire Cang Prefecture was extremely urgent. He needed to quickly enhance his strength, at least reaching combat power capable of dealing with a Purple Mansion Master.

A month later, he finally refined all the meta-magnetic ore into Flying Swords—a full thirty of them.

Furthermore, he also consumed the yangshen pill he had exchanged for previously, making his Divine Soul much stronger than before. If his Divine Sense coverage previously was only forty miles, it now reached fifty miles, which was equivalent to the Divine Soul strength of an average Purple Mansion Master.

As for the number of Azure Thunder, he could also condense two hundred streams simultaneously. Coupled with his cultivation being one layer higher than before, the power of each stream of Azure Thunder had also increased slightly.

A single stream of Azure Thunder alone was equivalent to the power of the Third Layer of Foundation Establishment.

Two hundred streams of Azure Thunder were equivalent to the full-strength strike of two hundred Third Layer Foundation Establishment Cultivators. Moreover, it was not a quantitative blanket attack like Talismans, but rather an attack where each stream of Azure Thunder could be stacked together.

Right now, he only needed thirty-six streams of Azure Thunder stacked to defeat the Eighth Layer of Foundation Establishment; seventy-two streams stacked could defeat the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment Perfection; and with two hundred streams stacked, even a Purple Mansion Master would not dare to purely use mana to take it head-on.

This meant that if he launched a sneak attack, he really might be able to kill a Purple Mansion Master.

Another month passed, and Chen Changqing refined quite a few Talismans to replenish his current consumption.

During this month, many things happened in the outside world. For example, the one most related to their Family was that the Fang Family had been annihilated. The reason for the Fang Family's annihilation was that Fang Yunchen assisted the Anti-Immortal Alliance in slaughtering other Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Originally, this was Fang Yunchen's fault, and he had also died in the Secret Realm. However, even though other people from the Fang Family didn't participate, they were still exterminated as a clan.

Upon hearing the news, Fang Muyun fainted from grief several times.

Fortunately, with Chen Changxuan's careful recuperation and care, her life was not in danger.

After learning of this, the several Foundation Establishment Cultivators of the Chen Family grew even more worried that Chen Yuanwen and the other person would also be investigated. Although they hadn't done anything, who knew if the Yuxu Sect would make a move?

This move by the Yuxu Sect not only displayed their majesty, but also informed everyone of one thing: whoever joined the Anti-Immortal Alliance, whoever knowingly concealed it, and whoever did something detrimental to the Yuxu Sect would have their Family forces implicated and annihilated.

"Changqing, should we really inform the Yuxu Sect or not?" Chen Xuanyi asked.

Hearing this, Chen Changqing fell into deep thought. If they didn't tell, in the future when Tenth Uncle and the other person were investigated, the entire Chen Family would be implicated and suffer disaster. However, if they exposed them, who knew whether the two would be disposed of by the Yuxu Sect? Moreover, even if the Yuxu Sect didn't punish them, whether those of the Anti-Immortal Alliance would seek revenge was still uncertain.

In other words, no matter which path they chose, they would face retaliation from the other side.

"Let's take it one step at a time!" Chen Changqing's expression was somewhat ugly.

He also didn't know how to choose, but he absolutely could not abandon Tenth Uncle and Sixth Brother. They had done so many things for the Family; how could he allow them to die so meaninglessly just like this?

And to have their lives cut short at the hands of their own people, at that.

"That's right, Changjie, who were the three foundation establishment pills given to respectively?" Chen Changqing remembered something and asked.

"Seventh Brother, they were given to Eldest Brother, Fourth Brother, and Lingyang respectively. All three of them have reached the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining Perfection."

"I understand. Perhaps our Family can open up another mountain peak." Chen Changqing nodded.

"You mean...?" Chen Xuanyi was surprised.

"Once the three of them successfully undergo Foundation Establishment, we will dispatch a portion of our clan members to conceal their identities and head to other prefectures to establish a new Family. By then, even if something happens to our Wuyue Mountain and Qingyang Mountain, we won't have to worry about our Family being completely annihilated." Chen Changqing seemed to have made a certain resolve.

"Mm, indeed this is the only way." Chen Xuanyi and Chen Changjie both nodded.