241: Chapter 241 Deterrence

Three Foundation Establishment Cultivators gazed into the distance at Chen Changxuan, about to strike.

Suddenly, the expressions of the three changed as an extreme chill surged through their entire bodies, and cold sweat continuously oozed out, soaking their backs.

"What are you doing? Do you want to rebel too?" Xu Ming demanded angrily upon seeing this.

"Hehe! Rebel, whose rebellion?" A gentle yet cold voice rang out beside his ear.

"What?" Xu Ming was shocked, and likewise, a chill surged through his entire body.

He turned his head, and a plain face came into view without any striking features.

Looking at this face, his expression flickered between light and dark, and he shouted angrily, "What kind of thing are you? How dare you frighten this old man?"

Not far away, Chen Changxuan and many other older Chen Family Cultivators showed pleasant surprise on their faces when they saw Chen Changqing, but upon seeing Xu Ming and the others, they became worried again.

"Who is this person?" Chen Lingzhen asked in puzzlement.

"Do not be impolite. This is our Chen Family Foundation Establishment Cultivator, and also your Seventh Uncle." Chen Changqi stopped him and said.

"Seventh Uncle? Our Chen Family still has such a Foundation Establishment Cultivator?" Chen Lingzhen was surprised.

The discussion among the few of them was also heard by Xu Ming and the others.

"So it's just a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. What does it matter if your Chen Family has one more Foundation Establishment Cultivator? Do you dare to touch the people of my Jiayi Sect?" Hearing this, Xu Ming chuckled.

Sure enough, the chill he perceived just now was an illusion; it must have been an illusion.

"Why aren't you making a move yet? Do you want me to do it myself?" Xu Ming looked at the three Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the Yu Family and rebuked them angrily.

"Hehe! Make a move right in front of me! It seems you really aren't afraid of death!" Chen Changqing's aura suddenly changed, continuously surging upward until it exceeded the Foundation Establishment Ninth Stage Perfection, and it was still continuing to rise.

Seeing this, Xu Ming and the others felt the chill descend upon their entire bodies once more. If what they felt earlier when facing Chen Changqing was the instinctive fear of living creatures, then this time it was an extreme danger actually felt.

"You…"

Before he could finish speaking, Chen Changqing slapped him flying with a single palm strike.

Pfft!

Xu Ming flew backward, continuously spitting blood along the way.

The next instant, Chen Changqing appeared behind him and slapped him again, sending Xu Ming flying backward once more.

Then came another slap, a full dozen times or more.

A Late Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator was thus used like a spinning top and slapped around. The Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the three families, including the Yu Family, were all filled with awe and dread.

As for those Qi Refining Cultivators, their complexions had already turned pale. Watching their own Elder being beaten like this, they didn't know whether to flee or go back to report the news at this moment, and directly froze on the spot without daring to make any rash movements.

"Fellow Daoist, no, that's not right, Senior, this Junior was wrong. This Junior will never dare do it again, I beg Senior to spare my life." Xu Ming felt like crying without tears. With every slap he took, he could clearly feel his cultivation leaking away. His original Foundation Establishment Seventh Stage Perfection cultivation had now dropped to the sixth stage.

Such methods were simply not something a Foundation Establishment Cultivator could achieve.

Figuring this out, he hurriedly begged for mercy.

He knew that if he continued to be slapped like this sooner or later he would be beaten into a useless person, and the Sect behind him would certainly not offend a Purple Mansion Master for his sake.

"Humph! You had better remember this lesson." Chen Changqing said coldly.

He withdrew his hand and let the opponent crash down into the distance.

As for why he didn't kill him, the reason was very simple: killing him would inevitably attract the attention of the forces behind him.

He came to help Chen Changxuan and the others, not to cause trouble for them.

"Senior! Thank you for showing mercy!" Xu Ming crawled up from not far away and immediately scrambled over ingratiatingly.

"This old man might not be able to contend with your Jiayi Sect, but killing a Foundation Establishment Cultivator like you is more than enough." Chen Changqing's tone carried a hint of nonchalance.

Hearing this, Xu Ming calmed down, but then thinking of something, he felt a bit more at ease.

Since Chen Changqing said that, it meant he still had use and wouldn't kill him.

"Senior, whatever instructions you have, this Junior will definitely smash to pieces and not decline even in death." Xu Ming immediately kowtowed.

The Cultivators of the four families looked at this scene with disdain in their eyes.

They hadn't expected Xu Ming to be so shameless; seeing he couldn't beat him, he immediately knelt down and pledged his loyalty.

"It's nothing much." Chen Changqing nodded, very satisfied with the other party's attitude, and then used voice transmission to instruct him on a few matters.

Upon hearing this, the other party nodded, bowed respectfully, and not daring to linger any longer, hurriedly left. Those few Qi Refining Cultivators from the Jiayi Sect watched their Elder flee ingratiatingly and followed suit in fleeing.

Damn it, who would have thought that a Chen Family with only one Foundation Establishment Cultivator would actually have a Purple Palace Cultivator?

They had heard before that this Chen Family was a branch of some Family, but they didn't expect their main lineage to be on a completely different level. Had they known earlier, they wouldn't have come to trouble the Chen Family.

Xu Ming looked at the few Qi Refining Cultivators behind him. They had witnessed his embarrassing state just now, and a fierce glint flashed in his eyes.

"Follow me." Xu Ming said in a low voice, then he turned and dashed into the dense forest. The few Qi Refining Cultivators behind didn't suspect anything and rushed into the dense forest together.

After a while, above the dense forest, only Xu Ming remained heading in the direction of his own Sect.

"Are you still not leaving?" Chen Changqing looked at the Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the three families, including the Yu Family.

The three of them were somewhat terrified and hurriedly said, "Senior, we will leave right now." The three instantly turned into three streaks of escaping light and flew off in various directions.

"Seventh Brother, cough cough!" Chen Changxuan walked forward with the support of others and said excitedly.

"Fifth Brother, you've had it hard. In the future, this Xu Ming won't dare to trouble you again." Chen Changqing explained.

As the two chatted, they walked toward the ancestral hall of Chenwu Mountain.

"Brother, I'm back." Li Qingling arrived.

Earlier when the two entered Han Country, they had encountered an auction at a nearby commandery city. Therefore, Chen Changqing had also asked Li Qingling to bid on some treasures and then deliver them here.

"Why did both of you husband and wife come? Is there no problem over in Yan Country?" Chen Changxuan was puzzled, but immediately he thought of how Chen Changqing was now a Purple Mansion Master, and thus understood.

Chen Changqing and Chen Changxuan each recounted the situation of the Chen Family on their respective sides.

Hearing about the Chen Family over in Yan Country nowadays, Chen Changxuan felt a surge of pride in his heart. He hadn't expected that after just a few decades of not seeing each other, the Chen Family in Yan Country had already become so powerful?

On the other hand, looking at the Chen Family he led, over the past few decades, only he was a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. Wanting to create another Foundation Establishment Cultivator was simply too difficult.

"Fifth Brother, before the two of us left, we already prepared some treasures for you." Li Qingling took out a Storage Pouch.

Chen Changxuan naturally wouldn't be polite, but after just taking a glance, he was shocked by the resources inside.

"This is?"

"There are a total of two foundation establishment pills here, plus three Foundation Establishment spiritual objects, as well as fifty thousand Spirit Stones and three sets of Tier 2 Medium Grade arrays. Besides this..." Li Qingling introduced.

Chen Changxuan listened from the side in a daze, his throat involuntarily swallowing.

"Seventh Brother, Qingling, what are you two doing? Giving so many resources, will it affect the Family?" He was still somewhat worried; he was truly afraid that the two of them, in order to take care of the Chen Family in Han Country, would move a large amount of resources from Yan Country over to them, which would outweigh the gains.

"It won't, Fifth Brother. Just accept them. To the current Chen Family, these resources are not that difficult to come by." Chen Changqing smiled faintly.

"Mn, if that's the case, then I will accept them. Fifth Brother thanks Seventh Brother on behalf of all the Chen Family members in Han Country." Chen Changxuan said gratefully.

"Fifth Brother, we are all Chen Family people, there is no need to distinguish between each other." Chen Changqing shook his head.

After the two chatted for another hour, Chen Changxuan took out the resources in the Storage Pouch and let Chen Changqi decide how to use them himself.