45: Chapter 45 Added Rewards

"Are the three of you alright?" Chen Changqing glanced at the three of them and asked with concern.

"We're fine." Chen Changxuan waved his hand.

"It's all my fault. If Seventh Brother hadn't arrived in time, the three of us would have been captured today." Chen Changjie replied somewhat distractedly, a pang of guilt in her heart. If it weren't for her today, so many things wouldn't have happened.

Blaming herself for being too foolish and stupid! She instinctively clenched her two tender, pink hands.

"It's a small matter. If it were us, we probably would have been deceived as well. Besides, didn't we just get two hundred Spirit Stones in compensation?" Chen Changqing said gently.

"That's right, Xiaojie." Li Qingling smiled and patted her head. The two of them were close in age and often had a lot to talk about.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's go see what young geniuses will appear at this Taihe Assembly. Although the participating young geniuses must be under twenty years old, some unexpected geniuses might show up." Chen Changqing suggested.

Take himself for example, but he had never underestimated others. The Immortal Realm was vast; Qinghe County was merely an insignificant and remote corner of it. And although Taihe Prefecture wasn't very big either, talented Cultivators were far more numerous there than in Qinghe County, let alone the entire Cang Prefecture or even the entire Great Yan Country.

As a person who had undergone Transmigration, his ambitions were very high. He hoped that one day he could lead his Family out of Great Yan Country and reach the highest peaks of the world.

"Come to think of it, does this world also have a Spirit Realm?" Chen Changqing muttered inwardly.

After a while, the group arrived at Chen Yuanjin's side, seeing Chen Yuanjin and Chen Yuanwu chatting sporadically with an old man. Upon seeing Chen Changqing and the others, Chen Yuanjin made introductions.

"These are a few of my Chen Family nephews and nieces, Chen Changqing, Li Qingling... You guys, quickly greet Fellow Daoist Cao of the Cao Family from Qingxu Mountain."

Qingxu Mountain? So they were a Foundation Establishment Family from Taihe Prefecture.

Chen Changqing and the others came to a sudden realization.

"Greetings, Senior Cao."

Hearing this, the group immediately bowed in salute. Although they were all Qi Refining Cultivators, in some occasions seniority mattered, while in others personal standing did. Hearing their Sixth Aunt, Chen Yuanjin, put it this way, they obediently bowed to avoid causing their Sixth Aunt to be looked down upon.

"Mhm, your Chen Family truly lives up to its reputation of being full of exceptional talent, and everyone's cultivation base is quite good." Cao Zhengqiong nodded and praised.

Chen Yuanjin only gave a faint smile. Over the years, the Family had indeed obtained many resources. Furthermore, since the Family had a relatively small number of members, many resources were directly provided to the Juniors to Cultivate, resulting in a generally high overall cultivation level.

Even a Five Spiritual Roots Cultivator, under the supply of so many Family resources, had the possibility of cultivating to the Late Qi Refining Stage.

"Our Chen Family has only just advanced to a Foundation Establishment Family, how can we compare to Fellow Daoist Cao?" Chen Yuanjin responded modestly.

The Cao Family had been established for nearly five hundred years, after all, and there were as many as three Foundation Establishment Cultivators within the clan. Merely speaking of surface strength, the Cao Family was indeed much stronger than the Chen Family. However, Chen Yuanjin glanced at Chen Changqing and the other two, as long as the Family had these two Foundation Establishment seeds, destined not to suffer an untimely death, the Chen Family would definitely surpass many Foundation Establishment Families in a short period of time.

Moreover, Chen Changqing wasn't even a Foundation Establishment Cultivator yet, yet he already possessed the combat power of one. If he reached the Foundation Establishment realm, his strength would become even more terrifying. Given time, he might even become the strongest person in Qinghe County.

Currently, the strongest person in Qinghe County was Li Yunzhen of the Li Family, whose cultivation had reached the Perfection of the Eighth Layer of Foundation Establishment. If it weren't for some injuries he sustained in previous years, he might have already reached the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment.

As for whether he could become a Purple Mansion Cultivator, that would depend on the quota from the Yuxu Sect.

In the Dayan Immortal Realm, wanting to become a Purple Mansion Cultivator required obtaining Spirit Medicines that assisted in opening the Purple Mansion, such as the Purple Spirit Pill. However, these Medicinal Pills were strictly controlled by eleven Golden Core factions. Furthermore, even if one bypassed these factions to achieve the Purple Mansion realm, they would be hunted down by various factions for breaking through to the Purple Mansion without authorization.

At least the Dayan Immortal Realm would not tolerate your existence.

In the past, there had indeed been Cultivators who broke through to the Purple Mansion privately, but in the end, they were all jointly besieged and killed by the major Golden Core factions. Because to the eleven Golden Core factions, if they privately allowed Foundation Establishment Cultivators to advance to the Purple Mansion, how could these factions have controlled Great Yan Country for thousands of years, and how could they guarantee their long-term exploitation of the lower-tier factions?

The Immortal Realm was simply this cruel.

"Fellow Daoist is too modest." The two of them exchanged a few more flattery remarks.

After a while, Cao Zhengqiong seemed to sense something and took his leave.

Chen Yuanjin and the others watched him leave.

"Sixth Sister, should we go visit other families next?" Chen Yuanwu spoke up at this moment. Earlier, his cultivation was relatively weak, so he seldom spoke.

"No need. We've already visited several families today, and I'm a bit tired." Chen Yuanjin massaged her temples and said somewhat wearily.

Chen Yuanwu no longer disturbed her and let her rest for a while. Sixth Sister had sacrificed too much for the Family. She was not originally the type who excelled in interpersonal communication, yet she forced herself to change for the Family's sake.

Chen Yuanwu led the others away and began talking to them about this Taihe Assembly.

"This Taihe Assembly is different from previous ones. Regarding the rewards, Fellow Daoist Wang Zeyu has already mentioned them before. However, I just learned from Fellow Daoist Cao that the Xuantian Sect has released additional rewards. For instance, Cultivators in the top ten rankings can each recommend two Cultivators to enter the Xuantian Sect."

Chen Yuanwu looked at their shocked gazes and continued, "Although the rewards are bountiful, the number of participants this time is also much greater than before. Upon learning about the assembly's rewards, quite a few families have already returned to bring out their own Family's strongest younger generation, while those who live far away can only consider themselves unlucky."

"I see," Chen Changxuan replied.

"As far as I know, there are already no fewer than five individuals under the age of twenty in the market city who have reached the Late Qi Refining Stage. Among them, one even possesses the cultivation of the Eighth Layer of Qi Refining and once defeated someone at the Perfection of the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining."

Hearing this, everyone looked towards Chen Changqing on the side.

"However, compared to Changqing, they are still far too lacking. Changqing, when you participate in the battle, remember not to use your full strength, so as to prevent being targeted by people with ulterior motives and risking your life." Chen Yuanwu looked at Chen Changqing and said earnestly.

"I understand, Eleventh Uncle. Right, can you tell us more about the specific strengths and Cultivation Techniques of those Cultivators so we can prepare early?" Chen Changqing said.

"This is also what I am going to tell you next. Remember..." Chen Yuanwu talked endlessly about a lot of things, and everyone listened very carefully, afraid of missing some details.

Although Chen Changqing and Li Qingling were the most hopeful to win the top ten here, even if the others didn't have a chance, they could still strive for it and climb as high as possible. As long as they could enter the top thirty-two matches, they would all have the opportunity to obtain a sum of resources.