198: Chapter 198 The Rebellion of the Tribulation Cultivators

Chen Lingxi constantly shuttled across the territory of Qinghe County. With her current strength, as long as she did not encounter a Purple Mansion Master, even if she could not win, she could escape.

Before long, she encountered a group of bandit Cultivators.

These bandit Cultivators happened to be besieging the territory of the former Foundation Establishment Family, the Wang Family.

"One at the second layer of Foundation Establishment and thirteen Qi Refining Cultivators," Chen Lingxi estimated silently.

Upon seeing the newcomer, that group of bandit Cultivators immediately became alert.

Especially after sensing the aura fluctuation of the first layer of Foundation Establishment emanating from Chen Lingxi.

"Who comes there?" the Foundation Establishment bandit Cultivator shouted sternly.

He knew a thing or two about the various Foundation Establishment families in Qinghe County, yet he did not have any information on the woman before him. Instead, he had once heard that over the past few years, a woman from the Li Family seemed to have achieved a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, and he wondered if it was the person before him.

"Are you Li Qingying?" the bandit Cultivator sized her up. Primarily because the aura on Chen Lingxi's body felt as though she had just broken through the Foundation Establishment Stage, leaving people no choice but to suspect she was Li Qingying.

"You don't need to know. You only need to know that you are going to die," Chen Lingxi said in a cold tone.

"Hehe! Fellow Daoist Li, it seems you still haven't seen the situation clearly. This humble self is a Cultivator at the Perfection of the second layer of Foundation Establishment. However, Big Brother here thinks you look quite pretty, so I will definitely cherish you tenderly later, hehe!" the Foundation Establishment bandit Cultivator leered.

The other group of Qi Refining Cultivators also leered along.

Seeing this, the members of the Wang Family wore worried expressions. However, the strongest among their clan members was only at the Perfection of the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, so they could not help much at all; dealing with these Qi Refining bandit Cultivators was at most a possibility.

However, who on earth was that woman in mid-air? It seemed they had never seen her before. Could someone else in the Li Family have secretly achieved Foundation Establishment?

Among the Wang Family members, the slightly older Cultivators inexplicably had this thought pop into their minds. In contrast, those young people looked at Chen Lingxi with shining eyes one by one.

Chen Lingxi glanced at the Wang Family members and said, "Trouble you all from the Wang Family to make a move against those Qi Refining bandit Cultivators. I will leave this Foundation Establishment Cultivator before us to me."

Finishing her words, she immediately struck. A light blue Flying Sword left her hand, slashing horizontally with a single stroke.

Seeing this, the Foundation Establishment bandit Cultivator immediately dodged, forming hand seals with both hands as sword light flickered. A Flying Sword instantly left him ten zhang away, hacking toward the light blue Flying Sword.

Meanwhile, that group of Qi Refining bandit Cultivators and the Wang Family members also started fighting to the death.

Although the Wang Family had previously holed up and refused to come out because the opponents had a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, now that there were only a dozen or so Qi Refining bandit Cultivators left, it was not difficult for the former Foundation Establishment Family, the Wang Family, to deal with them.

Led by three Cultivators at the Perfection of the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining including Wang Zeyu, the Wang Family Cultivators slaughtered this group of Qi Refining bandit Cultivators in a mere quarter of an hour.

High in the air, Chen Lingxi was still confronting that Foundation Establishment bandit Cultivator.

The reason the two could battle for so long was mainly because the Family had instructed her not to easily use her full strength, so as to avoid attracting stronger enemies.

Therefore, every time Chen Lingxi struck, the force was precisely controlled within a certain range, ensuring she wouldn't be hurt, nor would she kill the opponent with a casual sword stroke.

As for the opponent, after experiencing a quarter of an hour of combat and realizing he could not take down the woman before him, he had already developed thoughts of retreating.

"What is that?" The Foundation Establishment bandit Cultivator looked toward the rear, his pupils dilating.

Such an action made even Chen Lingxi pause for a moment, and the Foundation Establishment bandit Cultivator immediately seized the opportunity to flee into the distance.

After realizing she had been played, a trace of astonishment and anger flashed across Chen Lingxi's exquisitely beautiful face, and she immediately gave chase to kill.

The Wang Family members lacked sufficient strength and could only watch on the spot. Among them, Wang Zeyu took out a transmission talisman to inform the Li Family of everything that had happened here.

Upon hearing this, the Li Family Clan Chief felt puzzled. When did their Li Family gain another Foundation Establishment Cultivator?

He immediately sent a message to the Wang Family, inquiring about the appearance of that female Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

After a while, upon learning the specific appearance of that female Foundation Establishment Cultivator, the Li Family Clan Chief's gaze flashed. The Wang Family must have mistaken the person.

However...

He looked toward the direction of the Chen Family. Currently, throughout all of Qinghe County, only the Chen Family possessed hidden Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Moreover, judging by the looks of it, this female Cultivator even possessed powerful combat strength that made even a second-layer Foundation Establishment Cultivator dare not fight her head-on.

This Chen Family was truly becoming more and more terrifying.

On the other side, Chen Lingxi had already caught up to the opponent and was executing the final blow.

"Ah!"

As the screams sounded, this battle finally came to an end.

Chen Lingxi put away his Storage Pouch and took a look with some disdain. Inside, aside from a few scattered Spirit Stones, there were only some porcelain bottles, most of which were empty.

"These Loose Cultivators are truly poor!" Chen Lingxi sighed with emotion.

Without thinking further, she left the spot and returned to the Family. During this period, she had completed quite a few missions and it was time to return to the Family to report back on her duties.

Otherwise, Tenth Uncle and the others would be very worried.

After a few hours, Chen Lingxi finally returned to the Family.

Chen Yuanwen was waiting in the ancestral hall. As soon as he saw Chen Lingxi, he immediately showed his concern.

"Girl, how did it go?"

"Tenth Granduncle, it was a minor matter. A mere second-layer Foundation Establishment Loose Cultivator, I killed him in just a few casual strokes."

"Mhm, as long as you're fine. For this period of time, do not go out first; obediently Cultivate at home. If there's anything, I'll just have your Sixth Uncle go," Chen Yuanwen advised earnestly.

Chen Lingxi nodded. During this period, she had harvested abundantly, and she could indeed continue to elevate her Cultivation.

Seeing Chen Lingxi leave, Chen Yuanwen then left the ancestral hall and headed towards Chen Changyue's residence.

"Tenth Uncle." Seeing Chen Yuanwen arrive, Chen Changyue smiled and said.

"Changyue, I have a matter to trouble you with," Chen Yuanwen said.

"Tenth Uncle, why so polite? We are all Family members, just speak directly if you have anything. If this nephew can help you, I will definitely do it," Chen Changyue shook his head.

"Mhm, recently Yan Country has become increasingly chaotic. It is said that the Cultivators of the Three Countries have already fought to Jizhou City, and just a few days ago, it was even heard that Immortal Master Huangding was heavily injured and nearly died.

Fortunately, Immortal Master Tianqian went and rescued Immortal Master Huangding; otherwise, the troubles facing Yan Country would only be even greater. Nowadays, quite a few Loose Cultivators are taking advantage of the chaos to plunder, and some belong to certain Family factions. During this period, quite a few have come to Qinghe County to plunder and kill many families and Cultivators."

Chen Yuanwen recounted the current situation of Yan Country in full detail.

Hearing this, Chen Changyue was shocked in his heart. He had managed to come out of seclusion with great difficulty, never expecting so many things to have happened during this time.

"Then Tenth Uncle, what do you mean?"

"We need to twist the entire Qinghe County into a single rope to deal with that group of bandit Cultivators together. After all, the number of bandit Cultivators will only increase from here on. In just these past two days alone, that girl Lingxi has already encountered several groups of bandit Cultivators possessing Foundation Establishment Cultivators," Chen Yuanwen explained.

"Therefore, I need you to go to the Li Family and several other Foundation Establishment families to facilitate the matter of an alliance."

"I see." Chen Changyue nodded.

Now the situation in Yan Country is becoming increasingly tense. If they do not unite all the forces of Qinghe County, the troubles they encounter next will only be even greater.