184: Chapter 184 Crushing

Naturally, their target was directed at Foundation Establishment Families like the Chen Family.

Since they had come, they certainly wanted to see the gap between themselves and these Foundation Establishment Families.

This was also what those Qi Refining Families hoped to see the most; firstly, it would help their juniors recognize reality, and secondly, it could stimulate the fighting spirit of their juniors.

Of course, everything had its pros and cons; if the opponent's strength far surpassed theirs, it would instead make them waver in their own confidence.

The young man standing on the stage looked towards the Chen Family. He was already seventeen years old, and his cultivation was at the third layer of Qi Refining. For a Qi Refining Family, reaching such cultivation at this age was already quite good.

Chen Liqing turned his head to look at Chen Yuanqing, with a questioning look in his eyes.

Chen Yuanqing nodded, allowing him to make a move.

As soon as Chen Liqing stepped onto the stage, the youth opposite him wore a provocative look in his eyes. The gap in cultivation between them was not big; were these the so-called Genius Cultivators from the Foundation Establishment Family? Nothing much!

"I am Chen Liqing, greetings, Fellow Daoist." Chen Liqing was courteous and polite.

"I am Liu Yuncheng, greetings, Fellow Daoist Chen." The other party also perfunctorily cupped his hands.

Chen Liqing glanced at the opponent. Having just been disciplined by Chen Yuanqing, he really dared not look down on the opponent.

Therefore, he attached great importance to this duel. If he lost to the opponent, he would bring shame to the Family.

Seeing that Chen Liqing had no intention of making a move at all, the opponent felt somewhat annoyed, thinking that Chen Liqing was looking down on him. He immediately made a move, and a cyan steel sword flew out, heading straight for Chen Liqing.

Chen Liqing's gaze narrowed as he formed hand seals with both hands, and dao after dao of wind blades flew out, attacking Liu Yuncheng.

Seeing this, Liu Yuncheng felt disdain in his heart, thinking that a mere wind blade Spell really could contend with his cyan steel sword.

He drove the cyan steel sword, attempting to shred all the wind blades.

Bang!

After the cyan steel sword shredded more than half of the wind blades, a few wind blades still bypassed it and attacked him.

Liu Yuncheng hurriedly drove the cyan steel sword back to reinforce.

At this time, Chen Liqing also presented a Magical Artifact, which was a First-Rank Low Grade qingyang sword. He formed hand seals with both hands again, and this time he released fireballs one by one.

The power of each fireball was the same as before, reaching the destructive force of the third layer of Qi Refining. These fireballs, together with the qingyang sword, attacked Liu Yuncheng.

Liu Yuncheng had just shredded all the wind blades approaching him, only to see a large number of fireballs attacking him. With a solemn gaze, as soon as they exchanged blows, he immediately fell into a disadvantage.

So many Spells, how did the opponent cast them so quickly?

He continued to drive the cyan steel sword, extinguishing the fireballs that had approached within less than a zhang of him one by one with each sword strike, completely unaware that there was another qingyang sword mixed among the fireballs in the rear.

Suddenly, Chen Liqing exerted force abruptly. The qingyang sword passed through all the fireballs and slashed towards Liu Yuncheng with one sword strike.

Liu Yuncheng was greatly alarmed and wanted to dodge, but how could Chen Liqing give him a chance, sealing off all his paths a step ahead of him.

"I concede defeat!" Liu Yuncheng hurriedly shouted.

The Flying Sword that was about to slash at Liu Yuncheng stopped immediately. Chen Liqing smiled and signaled, "Fellow Daoist Liu, you flatter me."

The whole battle lasted only a few rounds, yet unexpectedly, the Chen Family's Cultivator directly crushed the opponent. It seemed Chen Liqing's age was quite a bit younger than Liu Yuncheng's?!

Is this the strength of a Foundation Establishment Family?

Every single Qi Refining Family Cultivator present flashed this thought through their minds.

In fact, even the other three Foundation Establishment Families were extremely surprised by Chen Liqing's strength.

Chen Liqing had the lowest cultivation among the Cultivators brought by the Chen Family this time. What if it had been changed to the other two?

Next, the Qi Refining Cultivators whose strength was considered relatively strong no longer dared to seek duels with the Chen Family, but instead challenged the other three Foundation Establishment Families.

However, they lost more than they won, but at least they could still see hope.

Of course, the other three families also did not bring the strongest Cultivators of their peers, but rather those whose cultivation and strength were considered mediocre within their families.

The Chen Family was actually much the same. Apart from Chen Lingyan, the strength of the other two people was not particularly formidable among their peers in the entire Chen Family.

They might not even be able to contend for the Five Heroes, because those with truly formidable strength had their targets set on Taihe Prefecture, and even the Genius Cultivators of the entire Cang Prefecture.

This was the confidence and vision given to them by Chen Changqing.

Seeing the young people of the Chen Family today, and then looking at his own Family's young people, Zhou Minghong couldn't help feeling a bit bitter in his heart. Back then, at least his Family had entered the ranks of Foundation Establishment Families earlier than the Chen Family.

However, in just a few decades, the gap between the two families had already become this huge. The most talented Cultivator in their new generation was now twenty-one years old, and their cultivation was only at the fifth layer of Qi Refining.

Of course, this Cultivator did not count Zhou Yuanlang. Zhou Yuanlang was not yet the strongest among the Yuan-generation, being only seventeen years old, while his cultivation was only at the fourth layer of Qi Refining.

Looking at the few people from the Chen Family, Zhou Yuanlang ignited Battle Intent in his heart. As the child of Zhou Ziye, he had never been allowed to go out on experiential travels, nor was he allowed to make a move, lest he be targeted by enemies.

However, as the most talented Cultivator in the Zhou Family's Yuan-generation, although he possessed Four Spiritual Roots, his cultivation speed was much faster than others with Four Spiritual Roots. Especially with the Family focusing on nurturing him, this made him quite arrogant.

In the end, after struggling for a moment, he still put away his thoughts, because Zhou Minghong sensed his gaze, glared at him, and told him not to make a move.

In fact, even if he made a move, he might not be able to contend with the Chen Family's Cultivator. His age was about the same as Chen Lingyan's, but his cultivation was much worse, and even the Cultivation Technique he practiced could not compare to Chen Lingyan's.

After experiencing Spell combat, some of the younger generation gained new insights into their own cultivation, while others recognized reality and became even more determined to work hard.

However, some also felt that their lifelong efforts would ultimately become stepping stones for others. Having suffered a blow, they felt very unbalanced in their hearts.

On the contrary, the Chen Family did not have these thoughts. Originally, their stage was not in Qinghe County, but in a broader world.

Most of their targets were that Taihe Prefecture and the Genius Cultivators of Cang Prefecture.

Another day passed, and all the Qi Refining Families departed, followed closely by the Li Family and the Liu Family.

As for the Chen Family, they returned the previously consolidated territory of the Zhou Family back to the Zhou Family, only charging some extra interest, and currently the Zhou Family nominally remained a vassal Family of the Chen Family.

If they wanted to untie this agreement, either they needed to wait until the agreement expired or directly exchange it by giving resources.

Otherwise, whatever the Chen Family required them to do, they still had to obey.

Just after the Chen Family also departed, the Zhou Family re-entered a period of calm. They still had some matters to attend to; after Zhou Mingsui's death previously, some enemies had made moves against them. Over these years, they had also investigated some traces, and next was to retaliate.

On Qingyang Mountain, after learning that Chen Yuanqing and the others had returned, Chen Yuanwen did not make any major moves. To them, the current Zhou Family was not enough for the Chen Family to take to heart.