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Chapter 138: The Mi Family Unmanned, the Broken Blade Reappears
Chapter 138: The Mi Family Unmanned, the Broken Blade Reappears
A shadow of gloom rapidly expanded.
Anyone could see Uncle Mi's expression, as dark as water!
"Don't panic, stay calm!"
A calm voice, like a bucket of ice water poured over Mi Junping's head, instantly brought her back to her senses.
"Speak slowly."
"Alright, alright!"
Mi Junping took a deep breath and began, "The people left at the headquarters have just sent a secret message."
"Currently, Wang Yuan's Dragon Hall, Zeng Wen and Chou Wu's Zhan Hall, and even Ke Yuelin's Beast Hall, are all under heavy attack."
"Yang Wei, who returned from the Ganyuan Mountain Range with serious injuries, was found dead by the Zhan Hall cultivators who rushed to his aid."
"The headquarters are also under a large-scale attack, with four Ninth-Level Qi Cultivators leading the charge. Mi Zijun is leading the resistance, but the situation is dire."
Her tone became increasingly anxious as she spoke.
"Father, this time, the Great River Gang's attack is even more intense than last year!"
Hearing this, the other Mi Family cultivators were also shocked.
The unrest spread unconsciously.
Seeing this, Mi Huahua's first reaction was not to worry about the situation at the Mountain Breaker Gang but to feel sorrow.
Think of him, Mi Huahua, with such great talent and vision, rising from a solitary cultivator, achieving Foundation Establishment, seizing control of a gang, and building a family from scratch.
Under his leadership, the Mountain Breaker Gang developed comprehensively, almost indistinguishable from a small sect.
With sufficient resources, he would even dare to challenge the Nascent Soul Realm.
But unfortunately, his descendants were a bunch of mediocre individuals.
His eldest daughter was impulsive and quick to anger, with a narrow mind. Despite having good potential, she had a short-sighted view and ruined her path due to love.
His son and youngest daughter lacked talent, so there was no need to mention them.
Among the third generation, Mi Zifan was finally cultivated with great effort, but he became disheartened after a single battle loss.
Sadness!
Could the fortune of the Mi clan rest solely on him?
"Father, say something!"
"Enough noise!"
Mi Huahua glared, causing Mi Junping to tremble.
The last time she saw such a look was when she returned home with her daughter, Mi Li, in a pitiful state.
Mi Huahua took a deep breath, "Five Ninth-Level Qi Cultivators in the Moonlit Valley, four at the headquarters, Wang Yuan, and Zeng Wen are all skilled. To deal with them, they would need at least two Ninth-Level Qi Cultivators."
"If we include Chou Wu, Yang Wei, Ke Yuelin, and the mine hall, how many Ninth-Level experts would the Great River Gang need to send?"
"Do they have that many experts?"
Mi Junping was not a fool and quickly understood.
"Father, you mean this isn't just the Great River Gang acting alone, but also the actions of the Lianyun Merchant Alliance?"
"Aunt, isn't this obvious? You didn't realize it until now?" Mi Zifan sneered, his tone mocking.
Mi Junping glared at him.
Mi Huahua sighed and didn't bother with their bickering.
"I thought after the Dao Forum Platform, I had already reached an agreement with them."
"But this time, with the opening of the Golden Core Relic, they personally went to the Ganyuan Mountain Range and discovered many areas where our gang had profited before."
"Now, the lure of profit has made them unable to resist."
In his words, he concealed some important matters.
Mi Junping asked urgently:
"Father, what should we do now?"
Mi Huahua rubbed his temples, pondered for a moment, and then said calmly, "The other halls should remain cautious and rely on their own abilities. If they can survive, that's best. If they are destroyed, we can rebuild later. The Great River Market is never short of solitary cultivators."
"The Moonlit Valley must be taken seriously."
"Especially the Alchemy Hall!"
"This is the most important, and it cannot be lost!"
Mi Zifan couldn't help but say, "It's not that serious, just a group of old, weak, and women. In my opinion, it's not as important as the three Zhan Halls."
"You know nothing!" Mi Junping seized the opportunity to mock, "If the Alchemy Hall were not important, why would the Great River Gang and the Lianyun Merchant Alliance send five Ninth-Level Qi Cultivators at once?"
The enemy's emphasis indicates the importance of the Alchemy Hall!
Mi Zifan was speechless, his face uncomfortable.
Seeing him unable to retort, Mi Junping felt smug, but considering the current situation, she put aside her thoughts.
"Father, the manpower within the gang is already stretched thin. We can't spare any cultivators to provide aid."
All the halls are under attack.
The situation is even more dire than last year.
For a moment, Mi Junping was at a loss.
In her confusion, she noticed her father's gaze landing on them.
"Aren't you still here?"
"Having raised you for so long, it's time for you to act. Otherwise, when the Mi Family officially incorporates the Mountain Breaker Gang, we will be criticized."
"This time, it's an opportunity."
Hearing this, the Mi Family cultivators became restless.
Under Mi Huahua's protection, the Mi Family cultivators had been away from such matters for a long time.
Most of the fighting and killing were left to the solitary cultivators of the Mountain Breaker Gang.
Now, it was their turn to take action?
Many were hesitant.
Even Mi Zifan, who had a slight reputation at the Dao Forum Platform, was uncertain.
True cultivator battles are not as simple as the fair duels at the Dao Forum Platform.
And losing to Duan Feng at the Dao Forum Platform had left him with a psychological shadow. Now, he had to go out and fight?
"Father-in-law, I am willing to go out and aid the Moonlit Valley!"
A steady voice rang out in the crowd.
The crowd parted, revealing Sikong Yuanhong's firm and upright figure.
Seeing this, Mi Huahua sighed inwardly but smiled brightly.
"Yuanhong's resolve is excellent."
"Lead the charge. You can select anyone you need."
"The Moonlit Valley has a First-Class Earth Guard Great Formation protecting it, which can hold out for a long time, enough for you to arrive and provide aid."
Sikong Yuanhong took a deep breath and his gaze swept over the crowd.
However, he noticed that many people instinctively avoided his eyes, even the Ninth Level Qi Cultivator, Mi Zifan!
"Junping, stay at home and be responsible for contacting the main hall. At the same time, gather the people outside and go to assist the main hall."
"As for Mi Zifan... you should go to the inner city and inform Elder Qin Liang Chen about the situation in Crescent Moon Valley."
Uncle Mi gave a few brief instructions and then dismissively waved his hand, indicating that the family meeting was over.
Mi Junping and Mi Zifan both heaved a sigh of relief and left the ancestral land happily.
The other mid-to-late stage cultivators of the Mi Family, selected by Sikong Yuanhong, reluctantly set off.
After everyone left, Uncle Mi couldn't help but show a bitter smile.
At a critical moment, it was actually a note: this term is not translated as it has specific cultural connotations who stepped forward to take on the heavy responsibility.
While this could show that he hadn't misjudged the person, the scene was still too ironic to appear at this time.
...
The outer district of the Great River Market was in chaos! This was the largest turmoil in a hundred years.
It wasn't about a few cultivators robbing others or scattered cultivators fighting over a word. It was a full-scale war between two gangs!
The sky was filled with flying figures.
On the ground, magical artifacts were flying, and spirit energy surged wildly.
Flames, hail, mud, and golden light—various dangerous killing moves were unleashed without restraint in the battles between the two gangs.
The solitary cultivators in the outer district either cowered in their basements, trembling, or fled to the safer inner city at all costs.
The more daring ones took advantage of the chaos to do some robbing on the side.
At Lanchang Dock, the last rays of sunset were gradually weakening.
A crescent moon was eagerly awaiting its ascent to the highest point.
Wang Yuan stood on the rooftop. His originally casual white robe was already torn, revealing his powerful, muscular body like a diamond.
He looked up and saw the three people above.
Three Ninth Level Qi Cultivators, they were indeed giving him a lot of respect!
Especially the man in the middle, who had a sinister smile on his face, made his heart sink.
"You didn't die!"
The man held a broken sword with only the hilt, and he gave a sinister laugh.
"Wang, did you really think that the useless Gao Tingyuan could kill me!"
Xu Renke with the Broken Blade!
The man who should have died on the Dao Forum Platform was now resurrected and reappeared in the Great River Market.
Not only that, he had betrayed the Mountain Breaker Gang and joined the Da Jiang Gang.
If it were other Qi Cultivation-stage cultivators, Wang Yuan wouldn't even look at them.
But Xu Renke was not an ordinary Qi Cultivator. His combat experience was no less than Wang Yuan's.
Back when the Mountain Breaker Gang had no elder positions, the two of them were the two major protectors.
In reality, the two had never fought each other.
Xu Renke only praised Wang Yuan to the outside world, saying that Wang Yuan was not inferior to him.
But Wang Yuan knew very well that in terms of regular Qi Cultivator battles, Xu Renke was definitely more skilled!
Especially the broken sword in his hand, which was a fragment of a magic treasure.
Although it only had one strike of power, its might far exceeded that of a top-tier magical artifact, not inferior to the likes of talisman treasures or bloodline magic treasures.
Back on the Dao Forum Platform, it had once blossomed, directly destroying Gao Tingyuan's replacement puppet.
Wang Yuan didn't know why the other party had faked his death and pretended to lose to Gao Tingyuan back then.
Nor did he know how the other party had escaped the checks of the Sword Pavilion cultivators and faked his death to escape.
He only knew that this battle today was very dangerous for him.
Because the other two Ninth Level Qi Cultivators beside Xu Renke were not unknown figures either.
Yang Rusheng, a famous scattered cultivator from Tianye Market.
On the Dao Forum Platform, he had easily killed Yuejian Tiger Yuan Wuxiang, with a wealthy estate and numerous high-grade magical artifacts.
The last person was even more famous, ranking in the top ten of the Great River Market's list of elite talents before the Dao Forum Platform closed.
It was said that he was a cultivation genius from the fallen Foundation Establishment family, the Chen Family, named Chen Haoran.
In the future, he had a high chance of advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage and reviving the Chen Family.
"I didn't expect that I would be so highly regarded by you all, sending such a lineup to kill me."
Yang Rusheng chuckled, "You're overestimating yourself. The big shots at the top value someone else the most."
Wang Yuan was taken aback, then his expression changed slightly.
"Luo Chen!"
"You have a clear understanding of yourself!" Yang Rusheng praised, "Unfortunately, someone like you will never be content to be subordinate to others, so they don't want you alive."
Xu Renke gave a sinister laugh, "Leaving you alive would only cause trouble."
With a whoosh, a long sword broke through the air.
Chen Haoran didn't waste any words, raising his sword finger and giving a low cry.
"Kill!"
Wang Yuan didn't look at the flying sword that broke through the air. Instead, he gazed far into the distance, towards the direction of Crescent Moon Valley.
Then, he opened his mouth wide and took a deep breath.
In an instant, his body swelled to more than half its size, nearly reaching a height of ten feet.
The skin under his armor turned snow-white and transparent, with white jade-like bones faintly visible.
He slowly retracted his shoulders and then punched out.
An invisible energy surge swept out, vast and mighty.
Bang!
The flying sword that broke through the air was like being hit by a heavy hammer, flying back.
The previously confident and composed Chen Haoran's face turned slightly red with discomfort.
"Something's not right, quickly attack!"
In the sky, Yang Rusheng and Xu Renke's expressions changed.
Before they could take the initiative to attack, Wang Yuan, on the rooftop, stomped his foot.
Boom!
The house under his feet instantly turned to ruins.
He shot forward like an arrow, straight at Chen Haoran.
His black eyes now resembled those of a giant beast, fierce and passionate.
"Then, let's fight!"
...
"Are you okay?"
"Cough, cough, I'm fine."
Gu Caiyi coughed twice and smiled bitterly, "My combat experience is indeed too limited. Even with the warning from Elder Sikong and Sister Qinglian blocking most of the attacks, I still reacted too slowly."
"If it weren't for the high-grade defensive magical artifact given to me by Fei Bowen, I might not have made it back this time."
Luo Chen had never directly communicated with Fei Bowen.
But the foreman was indeed very generous, and anything he gave away, he never thought of taking back.
Although he had a poor impression of him before, and although he was already dead, Luo Chen still had to say, "Good person!"
"Eat it!"
He handed a pill to Gu Caiyi.
Gu Caiyi took it and asked curiously, "What kind of pill is this?"
"Yuegui Pill, a specialty of the Snow Lotus Auction House. It can temporarily suppress a cultivator's injuries."
Gu Caiyi had heard of this pill before. Since it was given by Luo Chen, she immediately and without hesitation swallowed it.
Seeing this, Luo Chen also heaved a sigh of relief.
To be honest, this Yuegui Pill was left behind in the storage bag of Lu Huiben, who led the ambush against him back then.
Unfortunately, Lu Huiben never used this pill from start to finish.
Because the person who captured him was the Foundation Establishment Cultivator, Uncle Mi.
After Luo Chen inherited his legacy, he kept some of the pills. Later, he gradually found out more about them through several visits to the Spirit Medicine Pavilion.
He gave one to Gu Caiyi and kept two more for emergencies.
"There might be a fight later. Taking this pill will give you the strength to protect yourself."
Flashes of white light appeared on Gu Caiyi's face. When the white light disappeared, a flush of red returned to her delicate cheeks.
She stood up and walked a few steps, feeling her spirit energy circulation restored to its original state.
It was as if the severe injury that had made her unconscious had never happened.
However, upon hearing Luo Chen's words, she still felt a bit afraid.
"Perhaps, but those few Ninth Level Qi Cultivators outside are indeed too strong for me to resist."
"Luo Chen, you are only at the Seventh Level of Qi Cultivation. You must be very careful later!"
Up until now, Luo Chen still maintained the effect of the Breath Concealment Technique.
The current Perfect Breath Concealment Technique had almost reached the pinnacle of Qi Cultivation in terms of concealing spirit energy fluctuations and masking one's realm.
Even when not activating large amounts of spirit energy, he could use small magical artifacts and activate the Hybrid Pearl without revealing his true realm.
This was much stronger than before.
Luo Chen did not explain his realm.
He just nodded slightly and instructed Gu Caiyi to prioritize her own safety.
At the cliff platform, Sikong Shoujia, Murong Qinglian, and Yuan Laopo were discussing defense strategies with Zhou Yuanli.
All of them had worried expressions on their faces.
Seeing Luo Chen approach, Sikong Shoujia hesitated and asked, "Did you put away all the Jade Marrow Pills from the Pill Cultivation Room?"
"Would you rather wait for them to be destroyed during the fight?"
Luo Chen gave him a dirty look, leaving the other party speechless.
"Hall Master!"
"Hmm?"
Luo Chen looked over and saw Zhou Yuanli hesitating.
"What's wrong?"
"The reinforcements have been dispatched."
"Isn't that a good thing?"
Luo Chen was confused. With reinforcements, he should be happy, not look like this.
Zhou Yuanli gritted his teeth and said, "The reinforcements are not from the three major combat halls or Elder Wang Yuan, but from the Mi Family cultivators led by Sikong Yuanhong. Moreover, there are no Ninth Level Qi Cultivators among them."
Upon hearing that his son was leading the reinforcements, Sikong Shoujia was immediately shaken.
Wretched son, why come here? Can't you just stay in the Mi Family?
"Additionally, the Sect Leader has sent someone to invite Elder Qin Liangchen. He should arrive soon."
This was to be expected.
Luo Chen glanced at Murong Qinglian, who also visibly relaxed.
In her eyes, her own man was the most reliable.
Suddenly, Luo Chen's expression darkened.
"You mean, there are no experts from the three major combat halls, no support from the headquarters, and even the Dragon Hall's Wang Yuan won't come?"
Zhou Yuanli forced a bitter smile.
"Yes!"
Through Luo Chen's emphasis, Sikong Shoujia, Murong Qinglian, and Gu Caiyi, who had moved closer, suddenly realized something.
"Indeed, this siege was premeditated!"
Luo Chen's face turned grave as he said, "I believe now, all the other halls are under intense attack as well."
It was a simple logic.
What Luo Chen and his group could think of, the Mountain Breaker Gang could think of, and the Great River Gang, which initiated the attack, certainly could not have missed it.
With the advantage of the first move, they could make ample preparations.
"Moreover, the most critical point is not this," Luo Chen's gaze swept over everyone as he slowly said, "A single Great River Gang cannot achieve a comprehensive siege on the Mountain Breaker Gang."
Sikong Shoujia spat, "Could it be that the Yun Merchant Alliance is colluding with the Great River Gang?"
"Perhaps, it's even more than that."
"Huh?" Sikong Shoujia was taken aback.
Luo Chen retracted his gaze from the distance and looked at the old man, asking, "Among the five major Foundation Establishment families in the Great River Market, besides the Duan, Li, and Nangong families, there are still the Chen and Fu families, right?"
Sikong Shoujia's mouth opened wide, his face turning pale.
"You have extensive knowledge and know many people. Let me ask you, a person holding a large golden melon hammer, with a full forehead, a face like a pancake, and prominent drooping ears. Which family does this person come from?"
"Fu Family, the current family head, Fu Zhang!"
Sikong Shoujia blurted out without hesitation.
Luo Chen nodded, "Then it seems that among the five major families, the Fu Family is also involved in the battle."
Upon hearing this, Sikong Shoujia stood there in a daze.
Although the Fu Family did not have any Foundation Establishment elders and was the weakest among the five major families, their strength was considerable.
The entire family lived by making talismans.
In the Great River Market, they thrived like fish in water.
If not for the Shenfu Pavilion, they would have long dominated the entire talisman market.
Now, even the Fu Family was involved in the battle. Could the other four families also be involved?
If that were the case, how could the Mountain Breaker Gang, already weakened by the relic dispute, resist such a formidable force?
While he was in a daze, a calm voice sounded in his ear.
"Gu Caiyi, make tea!"
Gu Caiyi was taken aback but, seeing Luo Chen already sitting at the stone table, she had no choice but to take out the tea set and charcoal stove to make tea for Luo Chen.
Sikong Shoujia swallowed hard and stared at Luo Chen.
"Why are you not at all worried?"
(End of Chapter)
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