322: Chapter 322 Thirty Years

Thirty years had passed since the Chen Family established a branch in Tang Country.

On this day, in the Chixia Mountain Range.

"Eighth Brother, the Lin Family is here to pay a visit. Should we receive them?" At the back mountain of Mount Chixia, Chen Liqian asked toward Chen Lishu's Immortal Cave.

Hum! The stone door of the Immortal Cave opened, and Chen Lishu walked out from inside.

"Twentieth Brother, which Lin Family is it?" As he looked at Chen Liqian, he asked.

"They claim to be the Lin Family of Qingping Mountain in the Qingxi Mountain Range. I have investigated this Lin Family; they have three Foundation Establishment Cultivators within their clan and have established themselves in the Qingxi Mountain Range for over six hundred years.

Besides that, they are intermarried with the other two Foundation Establishment families in the Qingxi Mountain Range. Although the three families are at odds most of the time, when facing external enemies, they can cast aside their daily grievances and join forces to fight the enemy," Chen Liqian explained.

Ever since they left Yan Country, coupled with the fact that Li Qingling had already returned to Yan Country, this branch of theirs was actually about the same as any Foundation Establishment Family, at most just having a few more Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

However, the fact that they could relocate a large number of Mortals to rent this mountain range also showed that the Chen Family had an extraordinary background, causing the surrounding Foundation Establishment families not to dare act too presumptuously toward them.

Because everyone knew that while the Chen Family might only be a Foundation Establishment faction here, outside of Tang Country, that might not necessarily be the case.

That being the case, there was no need for these Foundation Establishment factions to target the Chen Family, so as to avoid bringing disaster upon themselves.

Because of their concerns, generally no one dared to come and disturb the Chen Family here. They didn't know what purpose this Lin Family had to actually run over and pay a visit to the Chen Family.

Chen Lishu nodded and said, "I see. Invite them into the council hall! We'll know what business they have in a moment."

"Understood, Eighth Brother." Chen Liqian immediately turned back and then instructed his subordinates to bring the other party over from the reception hall.

Before long, there were six people from the Lin Family who arrived at the council hall. Standing at the very front was Lin Yihan, one of the three Foundation Establishment Cultivators of the Lin Family.

Seeing this, Chen Lishu spoke up, "Fellow Daoist Lin, please take a seat."

"Mm, thank you, Fellow Daoist, for the seat," Lin Yihan nodded and said.

"I wonder what brings Fellow Daoist Lin here? My Chen Family is merely an ordinary small Family, and being ostracized by various surrounding large families, our survival is not easy," Chen Lishu said calmly.

"Fellow Daoist Chen is joking. The situation of your Chen Family might not be clear to the various surrounding large families, but they can guess one thing: at least your Chen Family is definitely not a Foundation Establishment Family," Lin Yihan looked straight at Chen Lishu and smiled bitterly.

"Perhaps you aren't very clear about this, but unlike other cultivation worlds, in the Tang, Chu, and Zhao Countries, many factions here migrated from the outside. These factions, just like your Chen Family, are either Foundation Establishment factions or Purple Mansion factions. Because of this, the native factions of Tang Country are generally unwilling to interact too much with these external factions."

"Because they are afraid of trouble."

"Afraid of trouble?" Chen Lishu muttered to himself, but upon second thought, he could understand. For external factions like their Chen Family, no one knew what their exact situation was, so it was normal that they were unwilling to get too involved.

"Since you are afraid of trouble, why did you seek out my Chen Family? Could it be that your Lin Family is not afraid of trouble?" A smile appeared on Chen Lishu's face as he asked in return.

"Fellow Daoist does not know," hearing this, Lin Yihan wore a bitter smile on her face.

"In truth, if one could connect with a Purple Mansion faction, which Foundation Establishment faction would be unwilling? Furthermore, our Lin Family was also an external faction several hundred years ago."

"Hmm?" Chen Lishu looked toward Chen Liqian.

Chen Liqian shook his head. He truly did not know this, and he hadn't investigated this point either.

"Over six hundred years ago, our Lin Family was actually a Purple Mansion Family in Chu Country. However, at that time, our Lin Family was targeted by enemies in Chu Country. Facing a faction stronger than us, we had no choice but to send a portion of our clansmen to leave Chu Country and come to Tang Country to establish a new branch."

"After the new branch was established, the Old Ancestor of our clan was nearing the limit of his Lifespan and passed away after just a few decades.

Although our main Family side in Chu Country kept it hidden, clues were still discovered by that enemy. Several decades later, that enemy directly dispatched Cultivators to wipe out our Lin Family," Lin Yihan said with a bitter smile.

"I see. Then what connection does that have with you, Fellow Daoist, coming to visit our Chen Family?" Chen Lishu inquired.

He already somewhat understood the other party's purpose for coming here.

Sure enough, the other party opened her mouth to plead, "Please, Fellow Daoist, save our Lin Family. Our enemies from back then in Chu Country have already tracked us down. If they weren't worried about Tang Country, they probably would have already struck to annihilate our clan."

"Of course, there is no need for Fellow Daoist to kill them. As long as Fellow Daoist can make the other party turn hostility into friendship, our Lin Family is willing to offer generous rewards to thank your esteemed Family." Everyone from the Lin Family cupped their fists in a bow.

"Hehe! Fellow Daoist Lin is truly joking. What kind of things do you think could move our Chen Family, and why would you think our Chen Family would definitely offend a Purple Mansion faction for these rewards?" A smile played at the corners of Chen Lishu's mouth, but his tone exuded a sense of detachment.

"Fellow Daoist, what if it is Purple Mansion spiritual objects?" Lin Yihan gritted her teeth, her tone filled with helplessness.

"What? Purple Mansion spiritual objects?" Chen Lishu and Chen Liqian looked at each other, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.

"How could your Lin Family have Purple Mansion spiritual objects?" Chen Lishu turned his head and asked directly.

Even if the Lin Family was indeed a Purple Mansion Family, that was several hundred years ago. Over these past few centuries, on what grounds could they still possess Purple Mansion spiritual objects?

"Pardon my frankness, Fellow Daoist, those Purple Mansion spiritual objects are actually not within our Family, but we know where they are. Several hundred years ago, our Family once discovered Purple Mansion spiritual objects in a certain place. Those Purple Mansion spiritual objects are yuanling fruit, three of them in total!" Lin Yihan said in an excited tone.

If their Lin Family hadn't been wiped out back then, how could these three spiritual fruits have been handed over to others?

Those were not ordinary spiritual objects; those were three Purple Mansion spiritual objects.

Hearing this, Chen Lishu and Chen Liqian couldn't help but gasp in cold breath.

Three Purple Mansion spiritual objects—this was simply too outrageous.

However, the two of them calmed down immediately. Even if there were three yuanling fruit, so what?

Several hundred years had passed; could there still be any left? I'm afraid this Lin Family hasn't even gone to check, right?

Seeing their disbelief, Lin Yihan hurriedly explained, "Fellow Daoist Chen, that place is extremely secretive. As long as our Lin Family doesn't speak of it, it is absolutely impossible for anyone to know, and over these past few centuries, it is even less likely to have been seized by others."

"Furthermore, the reason we didn't use them back then wasn't because of any other reason, but because those three yuanling fruit were not yet ripe. Otherwise, when our Old Ancestor was still around, why wouldn't he go harvest them? Even if that Old Ancestor of ours died, there would at least still be hope of recreating a Purple Mansion."

"Mm, I understand. But let's make it clear first, it is impossible for our Chen Family to eliminate that Purple Mansion faction for your Lin Family," Chen Lishu stated first.

Three Purple Mansion spiritual objects were still not enough to make them make a move to resolve a Purple Mansion faction.

If getting rid of a Purple Mansion faction were that cheap, goodness knows how many Purple Mansion factions would have already been wiped out.