164: Chapter 164 Sermon

Chen Yuanwen was stunned upon hearing this.

"What did you say?"

"Tenth Uncle, from now on, there is no longer a Zhao Family in Qinghe County." Chen Changqing explained.

"Changqing, did you really deal with Zhao Tiangang? Isn't he in the Purple Mansion stage?" Chen Yuanwen still found it hard to believe.

Although he had never seen a Purple Mansion Master make a move, he knew some of the situation; the strength of a Purple Mansion Master and a Foundation Establishment Cultivator were completely on different levels.

Back in the day, there was once a Foundation Establishment Cultivator who fought across the entire Cang Prefecture among peers of the same Rank, and his Peak battle was single-handedly crushing three Cultivators at the Perfection of the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment.

But what was the result?

That Foundation Establishment Cultivator was arrogant and lost self-awareness for a moment, actually going to challenge a Purple Mansion Master.

Even though that Purple Mansion Master's cultivation was only at the second layer of the Purple Mansion, the result was that the Purple Mansion Master killed him with a casual strike.

Until his death, that Foundation Establishment Cultivator did not know how huge the gap between him and a Purple Mansion Master was.

Of course, compared to him, Chen Changqing's strength was incomparable, but to talk about killing a Purple Mansion Master, he still found it somewhat unbelievable.

Yet, seeing how earnest and calm Chen Changqing was, he felt it was believable, because Chen Changqing had never deceived anyone; if he could do it, he would do it, and if he couldn't, he couldn't.

After a while, he finally completely digested this information.

"Changqing, did you leave behind any incriminating evidence?" Chen Yuanwen asked.

"That's not the case. Before leaving, I handled the place where the two of us fought. It's just that the aftermath of our spell battle affected too wide an area, so I only cleared away the traces of my Cultivation Technique and his corpse. I reckon that even if the people from the Anti-Immortal Alliance went to investigate, they wouldn't be able to figure out who killed him." Chen Changqing reviewed everything that happened before and said calmly.

These matters allowed for not the slightest bit of carelessness, otherwise it would bring catastrophic disaster to the Family. Moreover, he himself was merely a Foundation Establishment Cultivator; who would have known that he could kill a Purple Mansion across realms?

After bidding farewell to Chen Yuanwen, he returned to his Immortal Cave to enter secluded cultivation.

This time he had almost died. Had it not been for his sufficient preparation of means, combined with Bai Yuqing and the dao bead, he really would have been done for.

Speaking of which, aren't there restrictions to Possession in this world?

Or rather, even if the Possession is successful, the Lifespan itself still cannot be increased.

It should be like this, otherwise the Immortal cultivation world would have long since fallen into chaos.

Three months later.

Chen Changqing walked out from the Immortal Cave. During this period, not only had he recovered as before, but his cultivation had even advanced further, reaching the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment.

After suppressing his aura to the sixth layer of Foundation Establishment, he headed towards the Family's main Peak.

At this time, the ancestral hall was completely quiet; Chen Yuanwen should have also gone into secluded cultivation.

Clan Chief Chen Yuanqing was not around either. Ever since the Family became more and more prosperous, the affairs he needed to handle every day had also increased. Although the Elder Council had been established, the Family's caravan spanned across the entire Taihe Prefecture.

Sometimes the Family's caravan would also encounter some troubles, most of which could be resolved by the Cultivators of the caravan themselves.

However, sometimes situations would arise where even the Cultivators escorting the caravan were ambushed and killed.

Chen Changqing slowly walked to the Family's Lecture Hall.

Over a dozen children were sitting upright on chairs, quietly listening to Chen Yuanyu's lecture on the Dao. Among them, some were members of the Chen Family's main and branch lineages, while others were descendants of Cultivators with external surnames.

Chen Yuanyu noticed Chen Changqing. Chen Changqing nodded to signal her, and she continued to explain to the children.

What she was explaining today was spell techniques, and all the children were quite interested in it.

One of the children raised his hand to ask, "Seventeenth Great-Aunt, what spell technique is the most powerful?"

Chen Yuanyu nodded, smiled as she looked at everyone, and carefully said, "What spell technique is the most powerful? There are myriads of spell techniques, but most spell techniques have attributes.

Among all attributes, lightning-attribute spell techniques have the strongest might. However, that's not always absolute; sometimes, spell techniques of other attributes also possess terrifyingly formidable might, even surpassing lightning-attribute spell techniques."

"I see. Seventeenth Great-Aunt, is it true that the greater the might of a spell technique, the better?" Another child stood up to ask a question.

Chen Yuanyu looked at him and shook her head, "Little Lingyan, that's not the case. The functions of spell techniques are similarly diverse; some focus on might, some focus on defense, and others focus on support."

"The greater the might of a spell technique, the more spiritual power it naturally consumes. In particular, there are some spell techniques among them that require paying a considerable price to cast, such as Lifespan.

Furthermore, if the opponent is proficient in escape techniques or defensive spell techniques, no matter how great the might is, one still has to be able to break through and hit them."

"I understand. Thank you, Seventeenth Great-Aunt." Chen Lingyan nodded.

This spell technique class lasted for a full hour. All the children slowly began to find it somewhat boring from their initial curiosity.

Apart from a few who were still listening attentively, the rest were already somewhat listless, glancing outside from time to time and letting their minds wander.

Seeing this scene, Chen Changqing found it somewhat amusing. Thinking back to the past, aside from secluded Cultivation, attending classes was the thing they hated most.

Although these theoretical knowledge were common sense to the Immortal cultivation world, that applied to Families and factions. Some Loose Cultivators cultivated alone since childhood, so how could they know so much Immortal cultivation knowledge?

"That's all for today. Class dismissed." Chen Yuanyu said calmly.

Just as the children were leaving the classroom, Chen Changqing glanced at her, stepped forward, and respectfully said, "Seventeenth Aunt."

"Changqing, you've left seclusion?" Chen Yuanyu knew that Chen Changqing had been stationed at Qingyang Mountain all these years, yet normally she completely couldn't see the person before her.

"Yeah, long-term secluded cultivation is not a good thing either. One always needs to come out and travel around to promote the sublimation of one's state of mind." Chen Changqing explained.

Don't look at the fact that he is now at the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment, only a final step away from the Purple Mansion. However, when breaking through to the Purple Mansion, even if he takes a ziyu pill and relies on the 30% chance provided by the Flawless Foundation, if his state of mind is not sufficient in Perfection, it does not necessarily mean he can successfully promote to the Purple Mansion.

After bidding farewell, Chen Changqing left the Lecture Hall.

Along the way, all members of the Chen Family bowed respectfully upon seeing him. Nowadays, the Chen Family mostly consisted of the 'Chang' generation and the 'Ling' generation, along with a portion of the 'Li' generation.

As for the 'Xuan' generation and the 'Yuan' generation, there weren't many left alive.

The Chen Family was growing increasingly powerful, and the management of the Family was becoming more and more strict.

Among them, the Elder Council was responsible for all affairs of the Family. Under its command, the Artifact Refining Hall, Spirit Talisman Hall, Alchemy Hall, Beast Taming Hall, as well as the Formation Hall and Task Hall were established.

Aside from these, the Lecture Hall was responsible for imparting knowledge, and the Martial Arts Hall was responsible for teaching spell combat.

These two halls focused on cultivating talents rather than seeking profits for the Family.

The master of each hall was at the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining.

Among them, the Alchemy Hall was managed by Yang Tian, and the Artifact Refining Hall was managed by Chen Yuanjin.

The other halls were also managed by other people respectively.

Every Cultivator who came to the Chen Family, whether from other Foundation Establishment families or Loose Cultivators, would be awed by the Chen Family's current formidable strength.

And from the beginning of the Chen Family's rise until now, it had only been fifty years.

If given another fifty years, the Chen Family would definitely not look like this anymore.

Chen Changqing thought to himself like this.