282: Chapter 282 Chen Qiling

"Who are you?"

Chen Lixuan's heart skipped a beat. Why were people passing by his place every single day during this period?

Fortunately, most of them were Yan Country Cultivators. By slightly borrowing the prestigious name of the Jiayi Sect, he had managed to evade several crises.

"This is the territory of the Jiayi Sect. Fellow Daoists, please leave immediately." Seeing that the two gave no response, Chen Lixuan spoke once more.

Outside the Formation, Chen Lingyang and his companion felt puzzled. Seeing the other party explain, Chen Lingyang spoke up to ask, "Fellow Daoist, the two of us came here merely to search for relatives, and we have disturbed you. Please forgive us."

"That's right, Fellow Daoist. Since you are from the Jiayi Sect, do you know how to get to Chenwu Mountain?"

"Chenwu Mountain?" Upon hearing this, Chen Lixuan instantly became alert.

"You heard correctly, Fellow Daoist. Our destination is Chenwu Mountain."

Hearing this, Chen Lixuan suddenly realized that Chenwu Mountain was his Family's territory. These two people seemed to have come from Yan Country, and they also mentioned searching for relatives. Could it be?

"Two Fellow Daoists, could you possibly be members of the Chen Family?" Chen Lixuan asked tentatively.

Chen Lingyang raised an eyebrow and nodded. "I am Chen Lingyang. Chenwu Mountain is a branch of our Yan Country Chen Family."

"Second Uncle." Chen Lixuan called out directly, cupping his hands in a salute.

"What? You are…?" Chen Lingyang asked in surprise, hurriedly inquiring.

He had not expected to encounter someone from the Han Country Chen Family here. Furthermore, in the Han Country Chen Family, besides Fifth Uncle, someone else had stepped into Foundation Establishment.

"Your Junior, Chen Lixuan, pays respects to Second Uncle." Chen Lixuan bowed again in a salute.

"Your Juniors pay respects to Second Uncle (Second Grand Uncle!)"

Inside the Formation, the members of the Chen Family were pleasantly surprised. They had also been listening to the conversation from within and had learned quite a bit.

However, on this Sihai Island, Chen Changpeng, the only one who had seen Chen Lingyang, had already passed away. The rest of the Family members either came from Qingyang Mountain or were the new generation of Cultivators in Han Country now.

None of them had ever met Chen Lingyang.

"Open the Formation," Chen Lixuan ordered.

"Are you all alright these past few days?" Chen Lingyang asked with concern. Ning Qingluo at the side did not speak, merely gazing quietly at them.

"Second Uncle, what happened during this period? Sihai Island, which our Chen Family established here, has encountered Yan Country Cultivators several times in succession." Chen Lixuan invited the two into the house and then recounted the events of this period.

"Well, half a year ago, the Palace Master of Biluo Palace brought several Golden Core Masters from Yan Country to cause trouble for the Zilong Sect. Master Zijiao's identity as a demonic Cultivator was also exposed, after which Master Zijiao fled on his own. Afterwards, the Zilong Sect was forced to split, and some of their Foundation Establishment Cultivators and Purple Mansion Masters ran off to become Loose Cultivators.

As a result, they were placed on a bounty list by the Huang and Mu Families as well as Yan Country. In the end, quite a few Cultivators fled from the sea towards Han Country." Chen Lingyang took a sip of tea and said softly.

"I see." Hearing this, Chen Lixuan let out a soft sigh.

He hadn't expected them to be so unlucky as to run into such a matter. Fortunately, only one or two of those Zilong Sect Cultivators came here, and they happened to be heavily injured. Had it not been for that, he truly wouldn't have been able to block the other party.

And Chen Lingyang also learned from his mouth about the recent occurrences on Sihai Island.

"Is everything alright over at Chenwu Mountain?" Chen Lingyang inquired.

"That's fine. With the Jiayi Sect around, I reckon those Foundation Establishment Cultivators wouldn't dare to cause trouble." Chen Lixuan shook his head.

The Jiayi Sect?

Chen Lingyang had heard this name from Chen Changqing, and because of that, he held no good impression of the Jiayi Sect.

Over the next several days, nothing happened on Sihai Island, and the two of them settled down here.

Originally, he should have returned to Wuyue Mountain a few years ago, but on the way, he encountered Ning Qingluo being hunted down, then ran off to Ying Province, and afterwards came to Han Country.

Truly, the affairs of the world are unpredictable.

...

In Guangye City, after packing up two shops, Chen Linghao learned via a transmission talisman that Chen Lingyang and his companion had already arrived in Han Country and met with the Chen Family members there. His business in Guangye City had come to an end, and it was time to return to Wuyue Mountain.

As for when Chen Lingyang and his companion would return, that would depend on the future.

As long as there weren't major problems over there, the two of them would naturally return.

Furthermore, Chen Lingyang and Ning Qingluo had rather special identities. As Yan Country Cultivators, they could not be discovered over in Han Country, otherwise some matters would be hard to explain clearly.

Besides that, the most important reason was that Han Country and Yan Country had not yet withdrawn from a state of war. It would likely take a few years before the two nations gradually relaxed their mutual exchanges.

Chen Linghao stopped thinking about it and left in the direction of Cang Prefecture.

...

Qinghe County.

Qingyang Mountain.

"Qiling, how are the white-feathered pigeons that the Family asked you to raise doing nowadays?"

On Spirit Beast Peak, a gentle and refined man stepped forward and asked.

"Twentieth Uncle, among the white-feathered pigeons entrusted to my care by the Family, eleven more were added this year. Among them, five are First-Rank High Grade, thirteen are First-Rank Medium Grade, and forty-one are First-Rank Low Grade," Chen Qiling explained softly.

As a seventh-generation member of the Chen Family, she had lived a life free from worry about food and clothing since childhood and had never experienced any major storms. Coupled with her good Aptitude, she spent year after year staying on the mountain without paying attention to worldly affairs, making her personality somewhat shy.

If not for her childhood fondness for Spirit Beasts and her unique insights into raising them, she would have long since been arranged to work in the Qinghe Alliance.

Looking at her somewhat shy appearance, Chen Liqian had some calculations in his heart.

The Family was doing better and better now, but the Heart-Nature of the Family members would also gradually decline. After all, many young Family members nowadays had not encountered any hardships, making it difficult for their Heart-Nature to be tempered.

"In that case, that's good. Right, Qiling, you've never descended the mountain, have you? Coincidentally, Taihe Prefecture plans to hold the Taihe Assembly recently. If you have nothing to do, make the trip with Twentieth Uncle," Chen Liqian said, then left Spirit Beast Peak.

"I understand, Twentieth Uncle." Chen Qiling looked at his retreating figure, nodded, and then happily returned to the Spirit Beast Garden to check on the Spirit Beasts she cared for.

Nowadays, many of the Family's Spirit Beasts had passed through her hands. Thus, purely in terms of understanding Spirit Beasts, no Family member truly did better than her.

Especially since she herself kept several Spirit Beasts, one of which was a Cyan-Feathered Sparrow. This Spirit Beast had extraordinary Aptitude; if there were sufficient resources, it could be nurtured to the Second Rank.

Yet she was only at the Eighth Layer of Qi Refining, and she used a lot of her own resources to cultivate her few Spirit Beasts. She barely had enough for herself, let alone more resources to nurture it into the Second Rank.

However, this Cyan-Feathered Sparrow had already reached First-Rank High Grade, and its strength alone was much greater than hers. If added to the Black Bear Demon and silver-ringed snake in her hands, even ordinary Cultivators at the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining Perfection would not be her match.

Several days later, Chen Liqian came looking for her again. Although Chen Qiling did not really want to go out, she knew she could not throw tantrums.

Besides the two of them, there were five others this time, all of whom were Qi Refining Cultivators. Among them, two were out-of-surname Cultivators of the Chen Family.

"Alright, let's set off." Meng Ze walked over, looked at the seven people, and said directly.