218: Chapter 218 Crisis at Mount Wuyue

After exchanging pleasantries with the two of them, Chen Changqing stood up to take his leave, as he also needed to return. Although he had not been out for long, he heard that many things had happened within the Family during his absence.

Watching Chen Changqing's receding figure, the two people inside the City Lord's Mansion felt a sense of relief; fortunately, this person truly had no intention of causing trouble.

It was not their fault for being so cautious, as far too many things had happened over the years. Who knew what Fellow Daoist Chen was thinking? If he really harbored ill intentions toward them, it would be hard to say whether this Qingzhou City could be defended.

"Senior Brother, I didn't expect you to be so generous as to give away a full catty of Bailing Fruits, when Junior Brother wouldn't even give me any when I asked for them on ordinary days," Qilin joked.

"Bullshit, you brat! You don't know how many times you've stolen them on ordinary days, yet you still ask me for them. Even my own private collection isn't as much as what you've stolen," Song He trembled with anger and was about to erupt.

Qilin had long sensed something was amiss and turned around to run.

Song He looked at his retreating figure with some helplessness, but upon recalling that he had just given away a full catty of Bailing Fruits, he angrily chased after Qilin. Since he couldn't get it back from that Fellow Daoist Chen, he would take it out on Qilin today!

In the courtyard, the maids and guards watched this scene with calm expressions; clearly, this kind of thing had happened more than once or twice.

...

After the three of them left Qingzhou City, Chen Changqing and the others headed in the direction of the Yuxu Sect in Cang Prefecture.

Chen Lingtong and the other were still somewhat incredulous, feeling a bit stunned that Chen Changqing had already reached the Purple Mansion cultivation stage.

"Seventh Uncle, have you already achieved a Breakthrough to the Purple Mansion?" Chen Lingyi asked first.

Chen Lingtong instantly perked up, staring intently at Chen Changqing.

"Mn." Chen Changqing glanced back at the two and replied with a smile.

"Seventh Uncle, how did you Cultivate to reach the Purple Mansion like this? As expected of Seventh Uncle! Ouch, so painful!"

"Show some respect when you speak, you have no manners." Chen Lingtong gave him a hit on the head and said angrily.

"Ouch, I know." Chen Lingyi covered his head and said aggrievedly.

Chen Changqing paid no mind to their banter, simply leading the two of them as they swiftly traversed the Qingzhou territory.

...

Cang Prefecture territory.

Wuyue Mountain.

A group of Cultivators besieged the Family's Formation.

"Hurry up and attack! Currently, most of the Foundation Establishment Cultivator of the Wuyue Mountain Family are absent. Once we deal with them, the treasures here will be ours," a black-robed Foundation Establishment Cultivator said hastily.

Hearing this, the other Foundation Establishment Cultivators and Qi Refining Cultivators had fiery gazes.

It was rumored that the Family had numerous treasures—though no one knew who started the rumor—but it was certain that Chen Changqing of the Family was not at Wuyue Mountain. Moreover, inside Wuyue Mountain, most of the Family's Foundation Establishment Cultivators were at the first or second layer of Foundation Establishment. With such strength, their group of four Foundation Establishment Cultivators and dozens of Qi Refining Cultivators might very well be able to take them down.

Especially since Yan Country had already ceased hostilities with other cultivation nations; if they didn't make a move now, such a good opportunity wouldn't come again in the future.

During this period, they had already attacked several Foundation Establishment families; apart from the Yun Family, which was difficult to deal with, most of the others had been breached by them.

However, after successively attacking several Foundation Establishment families, out of the original seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators, only four of them remained now.

Still, that was fine too; this way, when their group distributed the treasures, they could get a larger share.

Boom, boom, boom!

Watching them, Chen Changjie's eyes split with rage. Currently, apart from her, the Family also had Chen Lingyang and Chen Changyue.

"Ninth Uncle?" Chen Changjie noticed that Chen Yuanzhan had also walked up.

"Changjie, I have already sent a message out. Uncle Xuanyi is currently still in Ying Province and probably won't make it back in time, and Changqing will likely need some time before he can rush back."

"Seventh Brother? Alright, as long as we stall until Brother Changqing returns." Chen Changjie nodded.

"Right, Changyue, start preparing the Tier 2 Formation and arrange all the clan members inside. Lingyang, you and I will face the enemy together," Chen Changjie instructed as she looked at the two.

"Yes," Chen Lingyang and Chen Changyue replied.

Chen Yuanzhan and Chen Changyue went down together to settle the clan members, while Chen Changjie and Chen Lingyang soared into the air.

Presently, the Family only had three Foundation Establishment Cultivators. Among them, Chen Changjie had the highest cultivation base, reaching the second layer of Foundation Establishment, while Chen Lingyang's cultivation base was slightly lower, possessing the cultivation base of the Perfection of the first layer of Foundation Establishment.

As for Chen Changyue, she was not skilled in combat, and her cultivation base was only at the first layer of Foundation Establishment; facing this kind of battlefield, she was of no use at all.

"Heh! It seems the Family has really run out of people, actually sending a little girl out here, hahaha," one of the Foundation Establishment Cultivators mocked derisively.

The other group of masked, black-robed Cultivators all laughed wildly.

"Hmph!" Chen Changjie let out a cold snort, though her willow-like eyebrows immediately knitted together tightly.

Among the four opposing Foundation Establishment Cultivators, each person's cultivation base made her feel somewhat powerless.

The weakest among those Foundation Establishment Cultivators was at least at the Perfection of the third layer of Foundation Establishment.

The other three were likely all above the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment. In particular, the Foundation Establishment Cultivator standing at the very front exuded a chilly aura all over his body; just staring at him for a brief moment made her feel a bone-piercing chill emanating from this person.

Moreover, from beginning to end, this person had never spoken, as if he wasn't interested in anything at all.

This gave people a somewhat discordant feeling, seeing as they clearly came to the Family's territory just to plunder resources.

"Attack," Chen Changjie said. Immediately after, the wuyu sword emerged from her Storage Pouch, followed by her pinching several hand seals and operating her Cultivation Technique at full power, Phantom Rain Art.

This was a Cultivation Technique she selected from the Family. Although the cultivation speed of this technique was ordinary, solely in terms of combat power, it surpassed the Transforming Rain Art she had previously cultivated.

All the hand seals of the Phantom Rain Art were cast onto the wuyu sword, attacking the opponents. In an instant, that wuyu sword transformed into a massive amount of mist, shrouding a radius of a hundred zhang around the enemy.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Only the sound of piercing through the air could be heard inside the mist, followed by the screams of a group of Cultivators.

In the blink of an eye, over a dozen Cultivators fell out of the mist, bleeding and wailing.

"Attack! If you don't attack again, our Cultivators are going to be wiped out," shouted the opposing Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Following his shout, strange noises came from within the mist.

Chen Changjie's brows furrowed; she could perceive that her Flying Sword was restricted by something unknown.

And while Chen Changjie made her move to deal with them, Chen Lingyang also attacked. The chiyang sword flew out, and crimson-gold flames followed closely behind.

Hiss!

With a single sword strike, a crimson-gold Sword Qi cleaved the mist open from top to bottom. Along the way, one of the Foundation Establishment Cultivators was struck, bleeding in mid-air.

"Bastards! You deserve to die!" roared the Foundation Establishment Cultivator who had been struck. He turned around, conjured a Flying Sword, and began fiercely fighting the chiyang sword.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Magical Artifacts of Chen Changjie and Chen Lingyang were restricted, the other two Foundation Establishment Cultivators immediately broke free from the mist.

One had to admit that while Chen Changjie's strength was not formidable, relying solely on this mist was truly aggravating. As long as this wuyu sword was not resolved, the mist would follow along with the Flying Sword.

This was also one of the reasons why Chen Changjie chose this Cultivation Technique, because she knew her talent was not high, and her combat ability was not strong either.