223: Chapter 223 Redrawing

Yuxu Sect also appeared somewhat desolate at the moment; after all, quite a few Disciples had died. Originally, there were hundreds of Foundation Establishment Disciples and tens of thousands of Qi Refining Disciples within Yuxu Sect. After several major battles, although some Cultivators had been replenished, the current number was still less than half of its Peak period.

"Right, Lingjun and Lingyu are also here, aren't they?" Chen Changqing asked.

"Mm, both of their cultivations have broken through to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, and Lingjun is only a step away from the Foundation Establishment Stage," Li Qingling explained.

"However, Lingjun made quite a few contributions on the previous battlefield, coupled with a portion of the contribution I gave him, he already has enough contribution to exchange for a foundation establishment pill, and should be preparing for it now."

"That will do. Juniors have their own opportunities, and as for whether he can successfully make a Breakthrough, it depends on him," Chen Changqing smiled and said.

Chatting along the way, the two left Yuxu Sect, and their next destination was Xuantian Sect and the Song Family.

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Half a month later, Chen Changqing arrived at Xuantian Sect's territory.

Looking at Xuantian Sect, he circulated the magic power within his body and directly transmitted his voice via Divine Sense to the entire Xuantian Sect.

"Fellow Daoist Lingxiao, Chen has come to visit uninvited; I hope you will be magnanimous."

Waves of sound spread across the entire Xuantian Sect, shocking all the Xuantian Sect Disciples. To think that a Purple Palace Cultivator had come looking for their Sect's Old Ancestor.

"Hm, so it is Fellow Daoist Chen, please enter," Master Lingxiao replied via voice transmission.

After receiving the other party's reply, Chen Changqing then brought Li Qingling and soared through the air to shift to Xuantian Sect's mountain gate.

After a few quick shifts and maneuvers, Chen Changqing brought Li Qingling to Lingxiao Hall.

"Fellow Daoist Lingxiao." Chen Changqing cupped his hands in greeting.

Li Qingling, on the other hand, gave a slight bow.

"It seems I know you?" Master Lingxiao looked at Chen Changqing, suddenly feeling a sense of familiarity.

"Fellow Daoist, I come from Qingyang Mountain."

"What?" Master Lingxiao was full of shock. Lin Feng had once mentioned the name Qingyang Mountain in passing, but that was just a Family that had newly stepped into being a Foundation Establishment Family for merely a few decades. How could a Purple Palace Cultivator appear there?

Although he hadn't understood the forces under his command much over the years, he had heard a thing or two about Qingyang Mountain's rapid development in recent years.

"This humble one is Chen Changqing, greeting Fellow Daoist Lingxiao," Chen Changqing introduced himself once more.

"It really is you. I didn't expect that the Foundation Establishment Cultivator back then would grow into a Purple Palace Cultivator so quickly. Fellow Daoist Chen's talent truly makes one blush with shame," Master Lingxiao finally remembered Chen Changqing and sighed with emotion.

He hadn't expected that during their first meeting back then, the other party was merely a Cultivator at the first layer of Foundation Establishment. Yet in just a few decades, the other party had already become a Purple Palace Cultivator.

Such a rate of advancement was something even he had never heard of before. What kind of secrets did this person carry on him?

Master Lingxiao suppressed the burning heat in his heart and shook his head internally. No matter what secrets the other party had, the other party was no longer someone he could manipulate now.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, since you have achieved the Purple Mansion, you should understand the rules, right?" Master Lingxiao asked.

Chen Changqing nodded.

"Mm, please enter, Fellow Daoist Chen. How about this, I will first notify Fellow Daoist Song to come over, and we can discuss it in detail together," Master Lingxiao said calmly.

Several days later, Song Muyan arrived at Xuantian Sect. Just like Master Lingxiao, he was somewhat shocked by Chen Changqing's experience of going from the Foundation Establishment Stage to becoming a Purple Palace Cultivator in just a few short decades.

However, at first, he held an incredulous attitude toward this matter, but he recognized Li Qingling by Chen Changqing's side. After all, Song Mingxue was his direct descendant, and he had understanding of Master Baiye's Personal Disciples.

After greeting the two, Chen Changqing sat down with them to discuss. As for the issue being discussed, it was naturally about the territory of Taihe Prefecture.

"If this old man remembers correctly, Fellow Daoist Chen, besides your Chen Family's territory in Qinghe County, there is also the territory surrounding Wuyue Mountain in Taihe Prefecture, right?" Song Muyan pondered and said.

"What Fellow Daoist Song said is correct. Therefore, this humble one hopes that the entire Qinghe County will be controlled by my Chen Family, along with the territory surrounding Wuyue Mountain." Chen Changqing nodded and stated his demands.

Song Muyan and Master Lingxiao exchanged a glance, both seeing each other's intent.

"Since that's the case, Fellow Daoist Chen, the territory of Qinghe County can be given to you. But this place originally belonged to my Xuantian Sect's territory; if you want it, the territory originally controlled by the Yun Family must be handed over to my Xuantian Sect. I wonder what you think of this?" Master Lingxiao explained.

"Naturally, that's fine." Chen Changqing agreed.

In the end, the three parties agreed upon the specific scope: for instance, the Chen Family would control Qinghe County and a territory of five hundred miles around Wuyue Mountain.

Originally, every Purple Mansion force could control at least a thousand miles of territory, not counting the county-level areas under their command.

It was just that Yan Country's defeat caused the entire Yan Country's territory to shrink by half. This not only affected major forces like Biluo Palace, but also affected the territories controlled by Yuxu Sect and Tianyan Sect.

Take Taihe Prefecture for example. They had currently learned that after some time, two Purple Mansion forces would migrate over; these two forces belonged to Fengdu Prefecture. Besides them, there was also Yaochuan Prefecture in the northern part of Cang Prefecture. All these Purple Mansion forces would leave their original mountain gates, migrate their territories to the other three prefectures of Cang Prefecture, and bring along quite a few Foundation Establishment Families.

Chen Changqing nodded. If the two hadn't mentioned it, he truly wouldn't have known that such a thing would happen. In that case, there would be at least five Purple Mansion forces in the entire Taihe Prefecture in the future.

By the time the three of them completely finalized the distribution of the territory, several days had already passed. Then, led by Xuantian Sect, the Chen Family and the Song Family formed an alliance together, and notified all forces within Taihe Prefecture of the territory division through various channels.

After receiving this news, quite a few families felt somewhat doubtful in their hearts. For a time, the entire Taihe Prefecture was speculating about this Chen Family, as almost no one knew anything about them.

However, when someone clarified that this Chen Family came from Qingyang Mountain in Qinghe County, Cultivators immediately raised objections: on what grounds could a Foundation Establishment Family share the distribution of Taihe Prefecture's territory together with Xuantian Sect and the others?

Especially those Foundation Establishment forces that had been assigned to the Chen Family; almost all of them were dissatisfied with the Chen Family.

However, when another piece of news spread out—that Chen Changqing of the Chen Family had already entered the Zifu Stage—those opposing voices instantly vanished completely.

This was also normal. After all, as long as a Family had a bit of strength in Taihe Prefecture, they could figure out the background of the Chen Family by spending a little time. The main reason for their previous opposition was that the Chen Family was merely a Foundation Establishment Family, and they assumed that the Chen Family's ability to control a portion of Taihe Prefecture's territory was due to the prior establishment of the Qinghe Alliance, which made Xuantian Sect and the Song Family somewhat wary.

If that were the case, they naturally wouldn't be convinced. But with Chen Changqing breaking through to the Zifu Stage and achieving the title of Purple Mansion Master, it was completely different. This was strength that could control their life and death; how could they be existences that could casually point fingers?

Another month or so later, the two external Purple Mansion forces successively settled down in Taihe Prefecture.

One of them was the Giant Sword Sect, and the territory allocated to it was relatively close to the Chen Family's territory. The other Purple Mansion force was the Jiupo Sect, which also obtained a portion of territory in Taihe Prefecture; this force bordered the territories of Xuantian Sect and the Song Family.