After Chen Zhiyu began to retreat, the situation in Tianhuang County became even more bizarre and unpredictable, while the situation within the Chen family seemed particularly calm.
Unknown to the Chen family, the four foundation-building masters of the Chen family are no longer in the family.
At this time, the only people left behind in the Chen family were Chen Zhiyu's two grandfathers and the legendary lion ancestor.
With the previous destruction of the Sun family, it can be regarded as a wake-up call for the family monks and casual cultivators in Tianhuang County, and also made everyone understand who is the leader of Tianhuang County.
After learning from the Sun family's mistakes, some cultivation families, casual cultivators and some small forces that had plans to take the lead also began to slowly shut down.
Although the Wang family announced to the outside world that the Sun family was destroyed by rogue cultivators, few monks believed the Wang family's words.
The reason is very simple. Why did the Wang family appear on the Yunsang Mountain of the Sun family once the Sun family was destroyed?
Why was the Sun family's clan-protecting formation destroyed before it was activated?
Why did the Wang family send two foundation-building monks to Yunsang Mountain with such fanfare and deal with a loose cultivator?
There are still a few forces that have the ability to destroy the Sun family, but there are still very few forces that can destroy the Sun family overnight and disappear into obscurity.
In this Tianhuang County, there are very few people who can have such ability to wipe out the Sun family without anyone noticing, and eradicate a whole family.
The Sun family happened to offend such a force before, that was the Wang family.
After all, Sun Ruoyu, the daughter of the Sun family, had already harmed the Wang family by running away from her marriage, and then she hurriedly moved towards the Chen family. Thinking about it this way, it is already obvious who destroyed the Sun family.
Unlike the Chen family, which is stable and calm, the Wang family on Tianhuang Mountain is not at peace at the moment.
Inside a cave at the top of Tianhuang Mountain.
"Ancestor, what are your orders for calling me here?"
A man in a golden robe bowed his head and bowed his hands respectfully to the old man sitting cross-legged in the center of the cave.
"Is there any news in the Chen family?"
The old man sitting on the futon slowly opened his eyes, which had been closed for a long time, and the aura on his body fluctuated a little, but the fluctuation of mana was soon covered up.
"Ancestor, according to the information reported by current informants, there is no action."
"What, no action?"
The ancestor of the Wang family, Wang Qinghuo, raised his eyebrows, and a trace of doubt came from his mouth.
Then he sneered again and said:
"I think this move is really big!"
"Continue to increase the attack on the Chen family's affiliated forces and see how the Chen family reacts!"
"Remember, our Wang family is not allowed to send people to take action directly, otherwise the higher-ups will have objections."
The old man seemed to have thought of something again, and gave instructions to the middle-aged man in front of him.
After all, it stands to reason that all the forces in Tianhuang County are subordinates of the Yunwu Sect.
Although the Yunwu Sect doesn't pay much attention to the struggles of these small forces, due to his status as the elder of the Yunwu Sect, he still has to be careful, otherwise it will be bad if someone catches him.
There are many people in the Yunwu Sect waiting for his downfall. If it weren't for the fact that he was a third-level high-grade alchemist, I am afraid that not only him, but also the Wang family behind him would have been destroyed into ashes.
"Get down!"
"Okay, ancestor"
The man in the golden robe cupped his hands, and when he was about to turn around and leave, the old man stopped him again.
"Wait a minute, send me more people to keep an eye on the Chen family. If there is any movement in the Chen family, you will report it to me. Do you understand?"
"Okay, grandson will do it now!"
"Well, that's okay, let's go!"
After the old man finished speaking, the man turned and left, and the door of the cave was closed with a "bang".
After the golden-robed man left, the old man was the only one left in the cave.
He murmured to himself:
"It's a pity that I can't take action now, otherwise I will wipe out your Chen family directly. Why bother?"
"But the good days of your Chen family are coming to an end soon!"
After saying this, Patriarch Qinghuo closed his eyes again.
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A few days later, the Li family in Zhangnan County.
In a living room, a person ran in from outside in a panic.
"It's not good, it's not good, Master!"
"What happened? You shouted so unruly?"
An extraordinary-looking man at the top of the hall shouted at someone who hurried in:
"Our family's market was attacked by unknown monks yesterday and is in danger. I'm afraid it has been captured now!"
"What's going on? Why don't you tell me quickly!"
The Li family does not have an array master, so there is no such thing as a teleportation array.
As for the communication talisman, there are different levels. Obviously, the Li family does not have a very high-level communication talisman, so it was already a little late when we learned the news.
The Li family has no foundation-building monks, only three monks who have reached the ninth level of Qi training. Among them, the head of the Li family, Li Kuang, is also a monk who has reached the perfect state of Qi training.
And this Zhangnanfang City is the lifeblood of their Li family. Almost all of their Li family's spiritual stone income is directed at this city.
However, the Li family is not the only family in Zhangnan County. After all, there are no foundation-building monks, and there are not many family monks. It is still impossible to completely control a county.
Although this market is precious, it does not belong to the Li family. Li Kuang will not go there without asking about the strength of the enemy and the situation of the market. After all, the Li family cannot stand the trouble.
"Have you informed the Hu family and He family?"
After Li Kuang listened to the report from his tribe, he hurriedly asked the man below.
"Notified, both of them are on their way!"
After listening to the report from his clansmen, Li Kuang made a brief analysis and found that the monk who attacked Fangshi was probably roughly the same as him in cultivation level.
It is estimated that the casual cultivators came to rob the resources because they saw that there were no foundation-building monks stationed in Zhangnan. This kind of thing happened often in Tianhuang County, and Li Kuang was already used to it.
However, you have to be careful with everything in this world of cultivation. If you are not careful, you will be in a doomed situation.
For the sake of safety, Li Kuang still had to wait until the other two families arrived before going to explore together.
"Have our Li family members been harmed?"
"According to the monks who survived, our Li family lost five monks this time."
When he heard that his family had lost five monks, Li Kuang felt as uncomfortable as eating a leech.
The Li family only has a total of seventy or eighty monks. Excluding the old, weak, sick and disabled who are waiting to die, the number of monks the family can use is not very many.
Five of them were lost at once, and Li Kuang, the head of the family, felt uncomfortable after hearing this.
"Didn't I tell them to run away if they couldn't beat me?"
Li Kuang muttered and then asked:
"Then, have you, elders Li Xi and Li Dong, come back?
How many monks did the Hu family and He family lose?"
Li Kuang asked two more questions in a series.
At this point, Li Kuang had no time to feel sorry for the five dead monks and the stolen cultivation resources.
What he is most concerned about now is whether the two elders in the family have returned safely, and the loss of the Hu family and the He family. These are the two things he is most worried about now.
You must know that the two elders Li Dong and Li Xi are the only two ninth-level qi-training monks in their Li family besides him.
Because Zhangnanfang City is very important to the Li family, in order to suppress the other two families, he so boldly sent two elders from the ninth level of Qi training to guard Zhangnanfang City.
Now Li Kuang felt extremely regretful.
You must know that the reason why the Li family can occupy the largest share in Zhangnanfang City is because the top combat power during the Qi training period is stronger than the other two.
What if both elders are unfortunately killed...
As he thought about it, Li Kuang wanted to know the losses of the other two families more and more. In his heart, he wished that all the monks from the other two families would die.
In a few years, Zhangnan County will be the domain of his Li family.
"Reporting to the head of the family, the two elders...the two elders have escaped back!"
The Li family member at the bottom knelt on one knee, bowed his head and cupped his hands, and said with some stuttering.
The two elders had just escaped back to their families, and because their injuries were a bit serious, they sent him over first to report the news.
"That's good, that's good!"
Although Li Kuang heard the stuttering of his family members, he obviously didn't have time to care about why this family member stuttered at this time, because he heard what he wanted. Both elders survived, which is the best news.
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"It's just...just..."
"It's just what, why don't you tell me quickly!"
Li Kuang, who was happy for a moment, felt even more unhappy when he heard that this tribesman was still stuttering.
"It's just that both elders returned with injuries. Elder Li Dong had a broken arm, Elder Li Xi lost an eye, and his Dantian was broken."
The clansman at the head of the clan finished his words with difficulty and waited for his clan leader's instructions.
"What, my arm is broken, my eyes are blind, and my Dantian is broken!"
Li Kuang stood up suddenly and then sat down on the chair dejectedly, saying:
"The Dantian is broken, the Dantian is broken, it's over, it's over..."
It's better to have one broken arm. Although he can't exert his strength as he did in his prime, he can still use his magic power.
But if this Dantian is broken, he is no different from a useless person.
Of course, it does not mean that the Dantian is damaged and cannot be restored, but how can a small Li family have such a thing as restoring the Dantian? Even the four major families in Tianhuang County are unlikely to have it.
What's more, even if there is, Li Kuang may not give such a thing to this elder.
Li Kuang heard clearly just now that the Dantian was broken, not damaged.
This moment made Li Kuang so angry that he almost died. It took him a long time to ask again with great difficulty:
"What about the losses suffered by the Huhe family?"
The tribesmen below had a look of embarrassment on their faces, and in the end they could only muster up the courage and said bravely:
"The main monks on duty this month are the two elders of our Li family. The elders of the Huhe family happened to be away because of something, so..."
"So there's no big loss, is there?"
Li Kuang, who was at the top, slapped the table next to him with his big hand, raised the corners of his mouth, and said with a meaningful sneer.
If he can no longer feel that the attack on Fangshi is related to the Huhe family, he is no longer worthy of being the leader of a clan.
"No, a dozen monks from both families died."
The tribesman at the bottom said quickly.
"There are more than a dozen monks. I think they are either old monks who are about to die, or they are poor cannon fodder with low cultivation level!"
Li Kuang suddenly seemed to have guessed what kind of person the dead person was, and said with a sneer.
"This this……"
Seeing the furious head of the family, the lower clan members had nothing to say.
"Okay, you go down!"
"Wait a minute, go and give instructions to open the clan protection formation, and ask two elders to come to my cave."
"Okay, the grandson will go down and take care of it now!"
After a while, two men who looked a little miserable and had blood oozing from time to time on their bodies. They were over fifty years old and had similar looks. They came to the living room.
"Li Dong"
"Li Xi"
"Meet the Master"
The two said in unison.
"Get up quickly, get up quickly"
Looking at these two people, one lost his arm and became a broken-arm man. The place where the broken arm was broken was still bleeding and his face was pale. The other had no magic power all over his body. The right eye socket on his face was empty and the left eye was black and white.
The eyes formed a sharp contrast, and they looked like they were about to die, thinking that their time was running out.
Li Kuang couldn't help but feel sad. This was a pillar who had spent countless resources to cultivate, and now he is in such a miserable state. It's really heartbreaking!
These two people are the two elders of the Li family, Li Dong and Li Xi.
Li Kuang made a pretense and pretended to help the two of them up, but how dare Li Dong and Li Xi ask the head of the family to help them!
Their strength still exists but they don't dare to do so. Now one of them has become a useless person and the other's strength has been greatly damaged. Regardless of whether Li Kuang is sincere or not, even if they had a hundred courages, they would not dare to let Li Kuang help them up.
The two of them stood up on their own when Li Kuang's hand was about to reach out.
"Can the two elders recount the attack on Fangshi?"
"Yes, Master"
The two quickly told each other about the attack on Fangshi.
Li Kuang was a little lucky that he didn't rush over as soon as he heard the news, otherwise his life might not have been saved.
After the two elders finished speaking, Li Kuang immediately had a guess in his mind. The monk who led the attack on Zhangnanfang City was probably a Foundation Establishment Master.
But what Li Kuang couldn't figure out was what could be worth coveting from the three small cultivating families in Zhangnan's three Qi-training stages.
At this moment, although Li Kuang had not ruled out the suspicion that the Hu and He families were colluding with outsiders, he had obviously reduced the idea.
After all, the cost of inviting the Foundation Establishment Master to take action is not low. The Li family has never produced a Foundation Establishment Master, so there is nothing worth coveting.
"You two elders should go down and cultivate yourself!"
"You two elders don't need to worry about the rest, your meritorious service will be remembered by the family.
In the future, your descendants will receive more benefits in the family. If their spiritual roots are good, the family will provide all the cultivation resources before the later stage of Qi training."
Li Kuang's voice was less approachable and more aloof like a superior.
Although he would not deliberately suppress the two elders who had obviously lost their value and would give them what was due, the respect would not be too much.
After all, this is a world of the weak and the strong.