276: Chapter 276 Chen Lixuan's Breakthrough

In Han State, Chenwu Mountain.

Ever since Chen Changqing and another person came here five years ago, the Chen Family on Chenwu Mountain had developed rapidly.

Moreover, Jiayi Sect did not dare to come and stir up trouble with the Chen Family.

Among them, Chen Lixuan had reached the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining Perfection, only a step away from Foundation Establishment.

As the clansman of the Han State Chen Family with the greatest hope of becoming the second Foundation Establishment Cultivator, before he even began his Foundation Establishment, the Family had already done its best to provide convenience for him.

Chen Changxuan had someone fetch two Foundation Establishment spiritual items from the Family's treasury and handed them to Chen Lixuan to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

After receiving them, Chen Lixuan entered his Immortal Cave to prepare.

Under Chen Changxuan's signal, the rest of the clansmen left the vicinity of Chen Lixuan's Immortal Cave to prevent them from disturbing him.

"Brother Xuan, do you think the chance of Lixuan succeeding is high?" Fang Muyun asked doubtfully.

She was no longer as naive as she used to be back then. She kept the hatred of the Fang Family in her heart, but she also knew that this was not something she could resolve, let alone something the Chen Family could resolve, so she had let it go over the years.

Furthermore, over the years, she and Chen Changxuan had given birth to a son and a daughter, one named Chen Lingjing and the other Chen Lingjing.

Both of their Spiritual Roots were Four Spiritual Roots, holding hope for Foundation Establishment, though not very high.

What the two of them hoped for most now was that one or even both of their children could achieve Foundation Establishment, and then their lives would be complete and fulfilled.

After all, Chen Changxuan also knew that even if he Cultivated well, by the end of his life, he would never reach the Zifu Stage, and he wouldn't even dare to imagine the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment.

As for Fang Muyun, she had reached the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining Perfection for quite a few years, but back then, first, she lacked Foundation Establishment spiritual items, and second, her Aptitude was poor, being merely Five Spiritual Roots. When she entered the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining Perfection, she was already over sixty years old.

Even if she were given a foundation establishment pill, she would have almost no hope of success.

Just as Chen Lixuan was in closed-door seclusion to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, Chen Lingzhi went into closed-door seclusion at the same time. She was also a Three Spiritual Root holder, and her Aptitude was no weaker than Chen Lixuan's. However, her Cultivation progress had been relatively slow over the years, and now she was only at the Eighth Layer of Qi Refining Perfection.

This time in seclusion, she was determined to break through to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining.

Only by breaking through to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining would the Family prepare Foundation Establishment for her.

A month later, a trace of movement came from Chen Lixuan's Immortal Cave. The movement was not large, but Chen Changxuan could sense it.

The door of the Immortal Cave slowly opened, and Chen Lixuan's figure walked out from inside. His complexion was very pale, but his aura was extremely powerful.

"Grand-uncle, Grand-aunt, Lixuan has not failed your expectations and has successfully achieved Foundation Establishment." Chen Lixuan cupped his hands in a salute.

"Good! Good! Lixuan, take this bottle of Medicinal Pill and go back to tend to your injuries first. After a while, when you have stabilized your Realm, the Family will hold a Foundation Establishment Ceremony for you," Chen Changxuan said happily.

Fang Muyun at the side was also extremely overjoyed.

"Many thanks, Grand-uncle, Grand-aunt," Chen Lixuan thanked them. After taking the Medicinal Pill, he turned around and returned to the Immortal Cave to recuperate and stabilize his Realm.

Watching his receding figure, the two of them sighed with emotion, "The Family has gained another Foundation Establishment Cultivator. With this, we can be considered to have completely established a firm foothold in Han State."

"Indeed!"

The news of Chen Lixuan successfully breaking through to Foundation Establishment immediately spread across the surrounding forces.

Among them, the Cultivators of the three families of Yu and Qichu felt a wave of envy and jealousy. However, upon knowing that there was a Purple Mansion Master behind the Chen Family, the Foundation Establishment Cultivators of the three families did not find it strange at all.

If the Chen Family did not have a newly-promoted Foundation Establishment Cultivator, that would truly be strange. However, these three people also knew that some things could be spoken of while others could not, so they did not directly spread the news that the Chen Family was backed by a Purple Mansion Master.

In recent years, all three families had tried their utmost to befriend the Chen Family and did not start the slightest conflict with them. They even actively conceded certain benefits, making the Chen Family feel somewhat embarrassed.

Now that the Chen Family had added another Foundation Establishment Cultivator, their strength would become even more formidable.

With the Chen Family around, Jiayi Sect hadn't dared to come here to cause trouble all these years.

Every time they came, they would collect the shares of the four families and immediately leave. Although they did not know why, with Xu Ming suppressing them, they did not dare to disobey.

Xu Ming protected the several families to this extent, leading everyone to assume that the four families had some kind of transaction with Xu Ming.

Of course, Xu Ming's abnormal behavior also aroused suspicions from others within the sect, but constrained by the fact that Xu Ming was a confidant of the Sect Master, no one dared to stir up trouble.

Meanwhile, the Sect Master of Jiayi Sect behind Xu Ming, having learned about the situation of the Chen Family on Chenwu Mountain through Xu Ming, also issued an order prohibiting his subordinate Cultivators from casually going near Chenwu Mountain.

These abnormal actions caused quite a lot of speculation from the outside world, so those past forces never dared to go near Chenwu Mountain to cause trouble in the territories of the four marginalized families again.

Another month later, Chen Lingzhi successfully entered the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining.

At this time, the Chen Family also held the Foundation Establishment Ceremony.

Many families received invitations, among which even Xu Ming received one.

Several days later, all the forces surrounding Chenwu Mountain arrived, and even the three Foundation Establishment forces sent people to attend. The Chen Family received them one by one.

When the ceremony officially began, Family after Family presented generous gifts.

Most of the Qi Refining families and Loose Cultivators offered treasures worth around one hundred Spirit Stones. As for the three Foundation Establishment families, due to their not-so-favorable circumstances over the years, each Family only offered treasures worth five hundred to nearly a thousand Spirit Stones.

The Chen clansmen stored them away while registering them.

After a while, as the banquet continued, the Cultivators of Jiayi Sect arrived.

The leader was Xu Ming's Disciple, Yin Li.

As soon as Yin Li led the Jiayi Sect Disciples onto the scene, all the forces, including the three Foundation Establishment families of the Yu Family, fell silent out of fear.

Chen Changxuan and Chen Lixuan stood up to greet them, stepping forward with smiles to converse with him.

Yin Li also wore a smile. He did not know why Xu Ming had instructed him to treat the Chen Family with utmost caution upon coming here, but he did not dare to disobey his Revered Master's orders. Whatever his Revered Master said, he would do.

Otherwise, with his cultivation at the third layer of Foundation Establishment, even if the Chen Family had two Foundation Establishment Cultivators, he would not have taken them seriously.

"Brother Yin, please take a seat." Chen Changxuan invited Yin Li and several other Foundation Establishment Cultivators together into the Chen Family's backyard.

Here, they would not be disturbed by other Qi Refining Cultivators, so they could speak freely without reservation.

An hour later, Yin Li left, and the remaining three Foundation Establishment Cultivators departed one after another.

Among the remaining Cultivators, after finishing their meal, some stayed to participate in the upcoming activities hosted by the Chen Family, while others had urgent matters and left early to attend to their own business.

During every ceremony, an indispensable event was for various families to bring their young talents onto the martial stage for sparring.

This kind of sparring was meant to let the younger generation see clearly the gap between themselves and others, as well as to broaden their horizons so they wouldn't be confined to their own tiny patch of land all day long, knowing nothing.

The Chen Family and the other three Foundation Establishment families would also send people to participate, but since the Foundation Establishment Cultivators of the four families had long since departed, these events were primarily handled by those Qi Refining Cultivators, as the others were of no use here.