320: Chapter 320 The Rise of the Chen Family

On Wuyue Mountain, Chen Changqing and Li Qingling sat in the main seats, with the Chen Family's Foundation Establishment Cultivators seated on both sides, totaling five people.

At this moment, the Family head Chen Changjie was also standing to one side, respectfully waiting for the two of them to speak.

Besides her, there were also Chen Lingtong, Chen Lingyi, and Zhang Xun, along with the newly advanced Foundation Establishment Cultivator, Chen Qitian.

As the eldest of the Qi generation and possessing Three Spiritual Roots, Chen Qitian happened to catch up with the period of the Family's vigorous development, so he obtained plenty of resources to Cultivate, advancing at a tremendous speed and naturally achieving Foundation Establishment very quickly.

However, there was another reason: although Chen Qitian was brought up from the foot of the mountain, he came from the lineage of Chen Yuanshan of the Yuan generation.

As the eldest of the Yuan generation, Chen Yuanshan had run around for the Family in his early years and made many contributions; unfortunately, back then, in order to resist the Wu Family, he died at the hands of the Wu Family.

For so many years, the Chen Family had always wanted to compensate him, yet not a single one of his direct descendants possessed a Spiritual Root. Finally, decades ago, Chen Qitian appeared from his lineage, and he even possessed Three Spiritual Roots.

"The Family is doing well, and I am very gratified. It has been hard on you all these years, Changjie," Chen Changqing said slowly.

Upon hearing this, everyone was shaken inside.

Chen Changjie shook her head and said, "Seventh Brother, what hardship is there? It's you and Seventh Sister-in-law who had it hard. You went to Tang Country for the future of the Family in an unfamiliar place, and getting the Purple Mansion spiritual objects must not have been easy, right?"

"It was alright. However, Qingling successfully stepped into the Purple Mansion. From now on, our Chen Family has two Purple Mansion Masters," Chen Changqing announced.

Everyone was startled, and then overjoyed; they didn't expect that on this trip out, Li Qingling had successfully stepped into the Purple Mansion.

"Spread this news across the entire Taihe Prefecture! It is also time to let everyone know the foundation of our Chen Family."

"Yes." At this moment, everyone's hearts were extremely excited. With two Purple Palace Cultivators, the Chen Family would be unstoppable in the entire Taihe Prefecture from now on.

Even the other four Purple Mansion factions now only had one Purple Mansion Master remaining.

"Right, Seventh Brother, Seventh Sister-in-law, your Dao titles seem to have never been mentioned before," Chen Changjie said as if recalling something.

The others stood aside, gazing brightly at the two of them, wanting to know what Dao titles Chen Changqing and Li Qingling would choose.

"Hmm... Let's just use our names as our Dao titles," Li Qingling pondered for a moment, locked eyes with Chen Changqing, and the two nodded in tacit understanding.

"Master Changqing, Master Qingling. Very good," Chen Lingtong also spoke up at this time, praising.

In addition, Chen Lingyi, Zhang Xun, and Chen Qitian smiled and nodded.

After they made the announcement, a piece of news spread from ten to a hundred, instantly sweeping across the entire Taihe Prefecture.

The Chen Family now had two Purple Mansion Masters.

This piece of news smashed into the calm waters of Taihe Prefecture, stirring up layer upon layer of ripples.

Countless factions were shaken, and many people gathered together to discuss animatedly.

The Chen Family had two Purple Mansion Masters?

It seemed they went to Tang Country to search for Purple Mansion spiritual objects and achieved the Purple Mansion in Tang Country along the way!

I heard that Tang Country is full of Opportunity everywhere; it seems the rumors are indeed true!

In that case, we should also seize the Opportunity to go there; perhaps we can also obtain Purple Mansion spiritual objects and become Purple Mansion Masters.

Those Purple Mansion factions in Taihe Prefecture, including the Giant Sword Sect that had already received the news earlier, were all dumbfounded.

When on earth did the Chen Family get two Purple Mansion Masters? And without the slightest commotion, it was as if they had just come to know the Chen Family.

As for the Chen Family Cultivators in Qinghe County, upon receiving the news, they wore expressions of extreme shock. It was simply too sudden; suddenly their Chen Family had become a Purple Mansion Family, and suddenly their Chen Family had two Purple Palace Cultivators.

However, alongside their shock was excitement; the stronger the Chen Family was, the more proud they felt to be born into the Chen Family.

As for all the Cultivators of the Qinghe Alliance, they naturally shared in the glory.

Even if some of them were forced to join the Qinghe Alliance back then, at this very moment, they were no longer coerced, but truly and voluntarily joined the faction of the Qinghe Alliance, filled with pride and a sense of belonging towards the Qinghe Alliance.

"Qingling has also broken through the Zifu Stage, not bad, not bad," on Qingyang Mountain, Chen Yuanzhan said with a happy face.

Nowadays, he only had one breath left and could die directly at any moment.

On the other side, Li Chenghui was not much better.

The two of them had already reached the state of exhaustion.

Chen Changyue, Chen Lingxi, and Chen Lingqing stayed to one side with deep sorrow.

A few days later, Chen Changqing and Li Qingling rushed back to Qingyang Mountain. Looking at the two withered bodies on the bed, grief filled their hearts endlessly.

"Dad, Mom, we are here," Chen Changqing and Li Qingling called out.

Chen Yuanzhan and Li Chenghui glanced at them, smiles appearing on the corners of their mouths, and said in unison, "Mm, we know."

Half a month later, Chen Yuanzhan and Li Chenghui were buried together.

By now, most of the Yuan generation had passed away, and even those still surviving were only a few years away from their limit.

Originally, the Chen Family had the ability to let them live for a few more years, but this group of the Yuan generation had experienced the most arduous period of the Chen Family, and with a shared realization, they were unwilling to waste the Chen Family's resources.

Half a month after the burial of Chen Yuanzhan and his wife, after experiencing both joy and sorrow, the Chen Family gradually calmed down again.

Now that the Chen Family had two Purple Mansion Masters holding down the fort, many factions no longer dared to come into conflict with the Chen Family.

Even for the major factions within Qinghe County, as long as their clansmen carried the name of the Qinghe Alliance, wherever they walked in Taihe Prefecture, they were the most dazzling existence, noble figures held high in the center by countless Cultivators.

The Chen Family could be considered to have truly risen in Yan Country.

A few days later.

The Chen Family summoned a Qinghe council meeting.

All families were required to send people to participate.

In Qinghe County today, besides the Chen Family, there were five Foundation Establishment families and forty-nine Qi Refining families below them.

Furthermore, the number of surface-level Foundation Establishment Cultivators reached twenty-two.

In less than a few days, all the factions of Qinghe County arrived at Qingyang Mountain.

Except for a few Foundation Establishment Cultivators who were unable to come due to various matters, everyone else had arrived.

Chen Xuanyi was in charge of this council meeting, while Chen Changqing and Li Qingling sat in the main seats listening.

The main purpose of this meeting was to let Chen Changqing and Li Qingling understand the current situation of Qinghe County and to decide the future direction of Qinghe County.

Through the council meeting, Chen Changqing and Li Qingling learned about the current situation of Qinghe County.

After decades of development, Qinghe County had not only recovered its Origin Qi, but had also grown considerably stronger.

The number of Cultivators alone reached eleven thousand two hundred and thirty-seven people.

Among them, the Chen Family members accounted for seven hundred and thirty-one people, and foreign-surnamed Cultivators accounted for two hundred and seventy-five people.

Among the other five Foundation Establishment families, the Li Family had the largest number, totaling two hundred and seventy-four people.

Next was the Liu Family with two hundred and two people, the Zhou Family with one hundred and seventy-three people, the Wang Family with one hundred and fifty-nine people, and the Han Family with one hundred and twenty-five people.

The other forty-nine Qi Refining families accounted for five thousand one hundred and twenty-one people in total.

As for the remaining four thousand plus Cultivators, nearly three thousand of them were indigenous Cultivators of Qinghe County—some were Loose Cultivators selected and absorbed by the Chen Family, and some were immortal seedlings discovered from Mortals during the spiritual measurement assemblies held by the Chen Family in Qinghe County.

However, most of these Loose Cultivators and immortal seedlings did not have high Aptitude, almost all of them being Five Spiritual Roots and Four Spiritual Roots, though occasionally one or two geniuses with Three Spiritual Roots Aptitude would appear.