200: Chapter 200 Qinghe Alliance

Chen Changyue did not care about the disrespect of the Li Family clan members below; his main objective was simply to defeat Li Qingying before him.

"Pardon me, Cousin." Li Qingying could sense the threatening aura from Chen Changyue, so she immediately made up her mind and struck first.

Three Flying Swords of different colors flew out from her Storage Pouch, slashing towards Chen Changyue from three directions.

Seeing this, Chen Changyue moved his mind, and a crimson-gold Flying Sword instantly slashed out. The extreme high temperature and invisible sharpness forced the three Flying Swords to not advance an inch.

At this moment, Chen Changyue's combat power at the Foundation Establishment Stage Level 3 was finally completely displayed.

Before her, Li Qingying raised her eyebrows. Although her cultivation was only at Foundation Establishment Stage Level 1, she believed that she would never lose to anyone. This was not only because of her High Grade Dao foundation, but also because she came from the Xuantian Sect—how could the resources she possessed be comparable to Chen Changyue's?

She just didn't expect that this Chen Changyue, who had little reputation even in the Chen Family, actually possessed such strength.

She immediately recalled the three Flying Swords, formed hand seals with her left hand, and circulated her Cultivation Technique. Purple, orange, and blue lights instantly bloomed, and the three Flying Swords burst forth, forming a spiral momentum to attack Chen Changyue.

While dodging the joint attack of the three Flying Swords, Chen Changyue manipulated the chiyang sword to defend against the enemy.

Clang, clang, clang!

The moment the four Flying Swords came into contact, sparks splashed everywhere, and the sharp sound of striking iron resounded all around.

The spiritual power of the two was constantly being consumed.

Below, the Li Family clan members watched with trepidation. Indeed, the battle of Foundation Establishment Cultivators was completely different from that of Qi Refining Cultivators like them. Every move and stance was extremely fierce, and a slight carelessness would lead to a huge loss.

If it were them, they wouldn't even dare say they could take a casual strike from them.

Unlike most of the Li Family clan members, the slightly younger Juniors looked at this scene with infinite hope rising in their hearts. How wonderful it would be if they were also in the Foundation Establishment Stage; a casual move was so gorgeous and stunning.

Li Qingying continued to manipulate the Flying Swords to pursue.

As for Chen Changyue, he simply circulated the Heavenly Punishment Calamity Fire Technique, and streams of pitch-black Sword Qi burst from the tip of his sword, knocking away the three-colored Flying Swords that had been chasing and attacking him in the blink of an eye.

"A Sword Cultivator?!" Li Qingying's gaze shook. She bit her lower lip tightly and continued to manipulate the three-colored Flying Swords to attack.

Seeing that the opponent's offensive was becoming increasingly fierce, Chen Changyue immediately released his full strength. His cultivation was indeed two layers higher than Li Qingying before him, but he only had a Medium Grade Dao foundation. Relying on his identity as a Sword Cultivator, he could fight a Foundation Establishment Stage Level 4 Cultivator.

But Li Qingying was different; her High Grade Dao foundation was enough to support her in single-handedly fighting a Foundation Establishment Stage Level 3 Cultivator.

Therefore, just now when he did not display the methods a Sword Cultivator should have, he truly could not easily suppress the opponent. But now, with his full power erupted, he could defeat Li Qingying in no more than thirty rounds.

Scorching and sharp Sword Qi were continuously released. Li Qingying's Flying Swords were slashed down, and just as she managed to reorganize her stance, she was slashed down one by one by the subsequent Sword Qi.

Fighting up to this point, even the Qi Refining Cultivators of the Li Family could see a hint of who was strong and who was weak.

And for the two people in the battlefield, it was even more so.

In this magic duel, besides not being able to use external aids like Talismans and Formations, Li Qingying had no hope of winning at all.

As Chen Changyue slashed out with his final sword, knocking away the three Flying Swords, Li Qingying saw this and knew she had no grasp of winning. Coupled with the fact that she hadn't planned to win from the very beginning, she simply conceded defeat directly.

"Thank you for your guidance, Cousin." Chen Changyue smiled faintly.

"It should be me thanking Cousin Changyue for showing mercy." Li Qingying's face was filled with bitterness.

As the most talented clan member of the Li Family, being defeated by a little-known Cultivator was indeed somewhat discouraging. However, it also proved from another perspective that the current Chen Family was truly terrifying.

Not only did they have Chen Changqing, a Purple Palace Cultivator, at the top, but below there were also Chen Xuanyi and the Chen Changyue before her. As for the other Foundation Establishment Cultivators, their current skill level was unknown, but it was presumed that they wouldn't be bad either.

Li Qingying sighed with emotion. Back then, she had even worried whether her aunt would suffer grievances following a small Qi Refining clan like the Chen Family. Yet, in just a few decades, this small Qi Refining clan had grown to a point where even the Li Family, with their thousand-year Legacy, had to look up to them.

Truly, the world is unpredictable.

"Starting from today, my Li Family is willing to integrate the resources and forces of the entire Qinghe County together with the Chen Family, and jointly serve the Qinghe Alliance." Li Qingying said.

The Qinghe Alliance was formed by the Chen Family to integrate the forces of the entire Qinghe County. Beautifully named an alliance, the true controller could only be the Chen Family in reality.

...

Several days later, four major Foundation Establishment families including the Chen and Li families established the Qinghe Alliance, electing Chen Changqing as the Alliance Leader. At the same time, all large and small forces belonging to Qinghe County were required to join the Qinghe Alliance, jointly subject to its restriction and deployment.

This news caused a sensation throughout Qinghe County. No one knew what these four families, Chen and Li, wanted to do.

However, some people guessed that it might be because the bandit Cultivators everywhere had become increasingly uninhibited recently, so these four families wanted to integrate the entire Qinghe County to jointly resist external bandit Cultivators.

The establishment of the Qinghe Alliance did not have any grand ceremony; it was simply led by the Chen Family with the participation of the other three Foundation Establishment families.

And the Clan Chiefs of those Qi Refining families were also summoned to Qingyang Mountain.

When these Clan Chiefs sat in the guest-welcoming hall of the Chen Family, they felt no pride in their hearts; instead, they had some worries.

They had not been living well recently; outside, bandit Cultivators ran rampant and plundered, while inside, four Foundation Establishment families like the Chen Family established some Qinghe Alliance.

This was definitely intended to find another excuse to extract resources from their Qi Refining families.

Sure enough, looking at the crowd, Chen Yuanqing's first command was to require all Qi Refining families to tribute a certain amount of Spirit Stones or other resources to the alliance annually from then on.

The expressions of all Clan Chiefs dimmed. Their survival was already difficult enough, yet the Chen Family still didn't plan to let them off, even though the resources they handed over to the Chen Family every year were already quite substantial.

They all held back a breath of anger in their hearts.

Looking at the crowd, Chen Yuanqing understood these people's thoughts in his heart, but he didn't care, because...

"Not only that, the four Foundation Establishment families including us, Chen and Li, will also take out a portion of resources to hand over to the alliance every year."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was stunned. What was this?

"After our decision, starting from today, any Cultivator who makes meritorious contributions to the alliance can claim these resources based on their contributions. In addition, every three years, the alliance will select fifty Geniuses for focused cultivation."

Regardless of whatever reactions they had, Chen Yuanqing continued to speak.

"What? Clan Chief Chen, is this true?" Someone immediately couldn't sit still, stood up at once, and asked directly.

Chen Yuanqing nodded and acknowledged it once more.

Everyone gasped deeply, and even the Clan Chiefs of the other three Foundation Establishment families were no exception.

What on earth did this Chen Family want to do?

Chen Yuanqing didn't know the thoughts of Chen Yuanwen and the others, but he also knew a principle: to make people pledge allegiance, one needed both a slap and a sweet date.