75: Chapter 75 Apology

The remaining Azure Thunder still rushed straight toward Chang Yunde. Shock filled his heart—a Foundation Establishment Cultivator of the first layer possessed such strength? How was that possible?

Before he could ponder further, those Azure Thunder had already reached in front of him.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Streaks of Azure Thunder bombarded the light barrier formed by the golden bell, causing the golden bell's radiance to gradually dim. Seeing this, Chen Changqing once again brandished the Low Grade Magical Artifact, the mother-and-child swords, striking directly at Chang Yunde.

Chang Yunde was still struggling to cope with the Azure Thunder before him. Although his Divine Sense perceived that another Magical Artifact was attacking him from not far away, he had no excess energy to continue dealing with it. He could only take out a High Grade Talisman with a pained expression—a glazed talisman—forming a glazed shield in front of him.

Chen Changqing simply urged the mother-and-child swords with all his might to attack Chang Yunde.

Clang!

After all, the mother-and-child swords were merely a set of Low Grade Magical Artifacts. Even though the power of a complete set of Magical Artifacts was higher by a grade, facing the glazed talisman which possessed the power of a High Grade Talisman, it was indeed unable to shatter it instantly. However, this strike did indeed consume the opponent's glazed talisman.

At this time, Chang Yunde had also blocked all of the Azure Thunder. Following closely, he took out several Medium Grade explosion Talismans and threw them out all at once, buying himself a little time.

Then he immediately took out a spirit-restoring pill and swallowed it, concurrently running his Cultivation Technique to refine it. A trace of color gradually surfaced on his pale Face, and he thought inwardly: "I didn't expect this person's strength to be so formidable. He is clearly only at the first layer of Foundation Establishment; could he have cultivated some profound breath-concealing technique? Otherwise, how could he possibly be this strong?"

Looking at the several explosion Talismans, Chen Changqing was unhurried. He merely recalled the mother-and-child swords to his side, while taking out several ice crystal talismans to block in front of him, and simultaneously casting the Spell Azure Wood Armor around his body, easily blocking the attack.

It was simply impossible for him to resolve a fifth-layer Foundation Establishment Cultivator instantly. Firstly, under normal circumstances, a seventh-layer Foundation Establishment Cultivator would need thirty rounds to resolve a sixth-layer Foundation Establishment Cultivator, more than ten rounds to resolve a fifth-layer one, only three rounds to deal with a fourth-layer one, and just a single move for the third layer and below. This resulted in the fact that even though Chen Changqing's strength was much greater than his opponent's, he still could not defeat the opponent in just a few rounds. This situation applied to any Realm, as well as the same level gaps within the same Realm.

Secondly, he had also concealed his identity as a Body Cultivator. Otherwise, as long as he got close, a single punch would be enough to beat the opponent into having no power to counterattack at all.

Seeing that Chang Yunde had recovered some of his magic power and was about to continue attacking, the other few Foundation Establishment Cultivators spoke up to stop him.

"Fellow Daoists, please stop," the blue-robed Foundation Establishment Cultivator said.

The two of them looked over, waiting for what he had to say next.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, Fellow Daoist Chang, for my sake, let's call it a draw between the two of you, how about that? Our purpose in coming here is not to kill each other, but to gather here to beat back the beast tide. If everyone has a very unpleasant falling out, it might affect the upcoming war."

The two looked at each other and nodded. For Chen Changqing, he had already established his prestige among these Cultivators; there was no need to insist on defeating Chang Yunde and completely offending him. After all, a Purple Mansion Family stood behind the other party. If he didn't give Face here, next time that Purple Mansion Family might come to seek revenge. Moreover, the Chen Family currently also needed them to provide protection.

As for Chang Yunde, he eagerly wished someone would stop this battle, because he felt how terrifying Chen Changqing was. Continuing to fight would mean nothing less than a complete loss of Face for him. Now that someone was providing a step for him to step down, he naturally would take it.

"Since the two Fellow Daoists think highly of me, this matter ends here. Fellow Daoist Chen, I have caused much disturbance to the Chen Family. Let me apologize to you first. Courtesy demands reciprocity; this is a Low Grade Talisman, the Flowing Light Escape Talisman." The blue-robed Cultivator smiled faintly.

The other few Foundation Establishment Cultivators also stepped forward one after another to offer gifts and apologize.

Chen Changqing took them one by one and smiled faintly, saying: "Fellow Daoists, it's just a small matter. We get to know each other through fighting, so there's no need to mention it. I am Chen Changqing. May I ask your honored names, Fellow Daoists?"

"I am Xu Chengming, and this is He Yuqing." The blue-robed Foundation Establishment Cultivator Xu Chengming introduced himself, and then introduced the rest of the people to Chen Changqing one by one.

"This concubine greets you. Fellow Daoist Chen looks so young; compared to that, the time spent Cultivating must be rather short," the red-skirted beautiful woman He Yuqing smiled softly.

"I am Ma Lianqiu (Wu Qianliang)." The other two Foundation Establishment Cultivators also introduced themselves.

Chen Changqing nodded and said with a solemn expression: "Fellow Daoists, my Chen Family failed to welcome you from afar, please forgive us. Please." Chen Changqing raised his hand in a gesture of invitation and went with them to the Chen Family ancestral hall to converse together.

Over the next few days, those Qi Refining Cultivators did not dare to trouble the Chen Family anymore, and even spat out all the resources they had previously annexed, apologizing to the Chen Family's Cultivators. After all, even those Foundation Establishment Cultivators had to give Face to the Chen Family; how could this bunch of Qi Refining Cultivators still dare to trouble the Chen Family?

Meanwhile, after receiving the message from the Family, Chen Xuanyi let out a huge sigh of relief. Fortunately, that kid Chen Changqing arrived in time; otherwise, he wouldn't have known what to do.

At that time, it wasn't that he didn't want to leave the battlefield, but the Xuantian Sect above would absolutely not allow him to leave, even though someone from their Chen Family had entered the Yuxu Sect. Furthermore, due to Lin Feng, the Chen Family had already received quite a few favorable treatments on the battlefield. If he disregarded this bit of personal favor and left privately, this would not only put Lin Feng in a difficult position, but he would also be executed on the spot for violating the rules of the Xuantian Sect. Previously, there was a Foundation Establishment Cultivator who sneaked away and was ultimately killed personally by Master Lingxiao; his head was still hanging on the earthen wall as a warning to this day.

However, what shocked him the most was that Chen Changqing had actually broken through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, and his strength was even so formidable that a fifth-layer Foundation Establishment Cultivator was not his match. This made him feel both surprised and gratified. With Chen Changqing's rise, as long as he did not fall, the Family was destined to remain prosperous for hundreds of years in the future.

Even, even the threshold of that Purple Mansion could be touched upon.

However, it was still a bit too early to talk about this right now. Currently, the Family also had Chen Yuanwen and Li Qingling; both of them had hopes of breaking through to Foundation Establishment, especially Li Qingling. Neither her talent nor her cultivation was inferior to Chen Changqing's. Once she broke through, the Family might gain another person capable of single-handedly fighting a fifth-layer Foundation Establishment Cultivator with the cultivation of the first layer of Foundation Establishment.

Thinking no more of it, he continued to look outward. Today was his turn once again to go onto the field and kill.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, you have come too." A familiar yet somewhat vicissitudinous voice came over.

Chen Xuanyi looked over and saw that it was Zhou Mingsui. At this moment, Zhou Mingsui lacked his initial high-spirited vigor and instead possessed some vicissitudes, because his Family had also encountered the same trouble as the Chen Family. However, they did not have a Genius like Chen Changqing to solve the trouble in the rear for them, so he decisively made a prompt decision to let the Family's Cultivators leave their own mountain gate first.