87: Chapter 87 Marriage Alliance

Chen Yuanzhan understood Chen Changqing's meaning and asked, "Changqing, how much certainty do you have?"

"If we're talking about slaying the opponent, my certainty isn't high, but as for stopping them from getting the quota, the Fang Family might not necessarily get it either." Chen Changqing's gaze was filled with confidence.

"Since that's the case, then that's good." Chen Yuanzhan breathed a sigh of relief. Right now, the major affairs of the Family truly relied on Chen Changqing to resolve. Otherwise, with just a few Qi Refining Cultivators like them, let alone resolving anything, encountering even a single Foundation Establishment Cultivator would be enough to slaughter them.

Chen Changqing stood up, gave a few instructions to his father Chen Yuanzhan, and then left to head toward his own Immortal Cave to Cultivate.

Over these five years, his Talisman attainments had already reached the Medium Grade of the 2nd Rank, and he could only craft fine-quality Medium Grade Talismans of the 2nd Rank. In other words, the Talismans he currently crafted were at most equivalent to the power of the 5th Layer of Foundation Establishment. This level was already starting to fail to keep up with his strength, so he needed to craft perfect-quality Medium Grade Talismans of the 2nd Rank as soon as possible.

Ever since Talismans entered the 2nd Rank, there had been more detailed divisions, such as the three tiers of ordinary, fine, and perfect. For example, for a Low Grade Talisman of the 2nd Rank, the ordinary tier was equivalent to a full-strength strike of the 1st Layer of Foundation Establishment, the fine tier was equivalent to a full-strength strike of the 2nd Layer of Foundation Establishment, and the perfect tier was equivalent to a full-strength strike of the 3rd Layer of Foundation Establishment.

Back then, the Low Grade ice crystal talisman of the 2nd Rank he crafted was only of fine quality, equivalent to a full-strength strike of the 2nd Layer of Foundation Establishment. Because of this, it was unable to cause much damage to Yunnan Gu.

As for his Artifact Refining level, although it had only reached the Medium Grade tier of the 2nd Rank, he was not in a rush to improve it right now. This was because several years ago in the Secret Realm of the Wanta Sect, he had obtained quite a few Magical Artifacts of the 2nd Rank, among which two even reached the Top Grade of the 2nd Rank, and there was also one Magical Artifact of the 3rd Rank.

After entering the Immortal Cave, he glanced at the Treasure-Seeking Mouse that was still fast asleep, feeling somewhat helpless in his heart. Ever since he obtained it, every time he fed it Spirit Medicine, it would sleep for several months to a whole year. Every time it woke up it would eat, and after eating it would sleep, leaving it completely useless anywhere. Fortunately, at least under the nourishment of so many Spirit Medicines from him, the cultivation of the Treasure-Seeking Mouse had also reached the Low Grade of the 2nd Rank; at least the resources he invested had not completely gone down the drain.

He took out the Materials for crafting Talismans and began secluded cultivation to draw Talismans.

"First, I'll raise the quality of the glazed talisman, a Medium Grade Talisman of the 2nd Rank, to perfect, and then start crafting others." Chen Changqing muttered to himself.

After a while, hum!

The glazed talisman was successfully formed.

Chen Changqing took a glance and was not satisfied; this was only the fine tier. While drawing the Talisman just now, he had kept his Qi controlled down to the most minute detail, but even so, there were still some deviations. Although the Talismans were ultimately drawn successfully, it could only reach the fine tier.

To reach the perfect tier, his control over Qi had to be even more exquisite to ensure that absolutely no errors would occur when drawing Talismans.

Chen Changqing steadied his mind and continued drawing Talismans.

A month passed just like that, and he finally drew a Talisman of the perfect tier. Out of one hundred sets of Materials, the Talisman success rate reached seventy percent. Most were of the fine tier, reaching fifty-five percent; ordinary quality was only ten percent, and perfect quality was only half a percent. From this, it was evident how difficult it was to craft perfect quality.

This was still Chen Changqing; if it were changed to any other Talisman Master, it was possible they wouldn't be able to craft a single perfect quality Talisman in ten years.

Most importantly, there was actually no need. Rather than wasting time crafting perfect quality Talismans, it was better to directly learn the drawing methods of higher-rank Talismans. This way, strength would improve the fastest, and it consumed the least amount of time.

Ceasing to think further, Chen Changqing poured all his focus back into drawing Talismans.

Every stroke of the outline had been carefully studied by him to ensure no more mistakes would occur.

Another month passed like this, and Chen Changqing raised the perfect quality rate of the Talismans to ten percent.

Two months of drawing Talismans day and night meant even his Divine Soul began to struggle to hold on, requiring a few months of rest.

The mental energy consumed by the crafting of 2nd Rank Talismans was growing larger and larger. This was also one of the reasons why the value of 2nd Rank Talismans far exceeded 1st Rank Talismans. Moreover, Talismans were generally hot commodities; as soon as they appeared, they would instantly sell out, and wanting to purchase them often required placing a custom order first.

As soon as he came out of seclusion, he noticed that the atmosphere in the Family ancestral hall was somewhat solemn. Chen Changqing arrived at the Family ancestral hall, and a dozen or so Family members respectfully bowed.

"What happened?" Chen Changqing inquired.

"People from the Fang Family have arrived." Chen Yuanyi explained.

"The Fang Family? Are they here to make trouble?" Chen Changqing was puzzled, his gaze carrying a cold intent.

"That's not it. After all, Wuyue Mountain was exchanged by us from the Yuxu Sect. No matter how blatant the Fang Family is, they wouldn't deliberately stir up trouble at this time. Mainly, they want to form a marriage alliance with us, using our Chen Family as a bond so that their Family can also participate and carve up the territory of Taihe Prefecture together." Chen Yuanyi continued.

"A marriage alliance? It seems they've changed their strategy." Chen Changqing guessed.

"That should be the case. They probably learned of your strength and thus intend to cooperate with us. Otherwise, given the Fang Family's handling attitude, they might not necessarily be willing to give Face to a force with only two Early Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators." Chen Yuanzhan also spoke up at this time. He had already guessed this earlier, but just hadn't voiced it yet.

"Since that's the case, who do you think is suitable for the marriage alliance?" Chen Changqing asked.

"I've already decided on the candidate. Let Chen Changxuan act as the marriage alliance target this time to marry Fang Muyun, and he himself is quite satisfied with Fang Muyun." Chen Yuanzhan proposed.

"Brother Changxuan? That's fine too. Firstly, his cultivation has already reached the Qi Condensation 7th Layer, and secondly, he possesses Four Spiritual Roots. With him acting as the marriage alliance target this time, our Chen Family can be considered to have given the other party plenty of Face.

Besides, Brother Changxuan also holds the management rights to a shop in his hands, which is enough to prove that we take this marriage alliance very seriously." Chen Changqing nodded and said. As a Family member who migrated to Wuyue Mountain together with him, Chen Changxuan ranked in the top five among this batch of people in terms of cultivation and strength, so he also attached great importance to him.

"Since even you, Changqing, agree, then we'll set a date with the Fang Family for Chen Changxuan to marry Fang Muyun. However, before that, let the two of them get used to each other first." Chen Yuanzhan said.

Chen Changqing nodded and said no more.

The subsequent matters would be handled by Chen Yuanzhan and the others.

He had one more thing to do: first go to Cang Prefecture City to see Li Qingling. He hadn't seen her in two years. The last time they met, that lass had already reached the Foundation Establishment Stage. If it weren't for her entering the Yuxu Sect, the two of them might have gotten married long ago.

Finding her now was to finalize this matter earlier. After all, he also had to respect Qingling's decision. When the time came to propose marriage, the Family could just head to the Yuxu Sect to propose to Master Baiye.

Although Qingling herself could be considered a member of the Chen Family, she had now become a disciple under Master Baiye, so this matter also required Master Baiye's consent.

Moreover, Master Baiye was the master in the Yuxu Sect over the past one or two hundred years with the highest hope of making a Breakthrough to the Golden Core. If the Chen Family could latch onto her thighs, it could be considered having some backing.