Chapter 175: Chapter 77: Return to the Homeland

The next day, the Five Elders Association’s forces besieged the Liu family’s grounds.

A group of rebellious cultivators also crossed Celestial City, directly advancing on the core area.

Liu Zhengfeng gathered his kin, stood within the array, and asked the leading general of the Five Elders Association in a sad yet angry tone why they did this.

The leader asked in return, why they invaded the sea domain three years ago, set up a killing array, and harmed countless islanders.

Second, why did they unreasonably and violently attack just yesterday.

Both sides knew these were mere excuses.

Moments later, the battle commenced.

Li Jizhou just shared Guagua’s vision from afar, waiting calmly for the battle to end, to send Guagua to the Liu family’s secret chamber to search for array legacies.

Seeing the Liu family being overwhelmed, their final great array shattered,

just as Li Jizhou was about to order Guagua,

“Boom~”

An anomaly suddenly occurred,

In an instant, the mountains shook and the ground trembled, even the barren mountain under Li Jizhou inexplicably quivered, feeling as if all the spiritual qi the surrounding was suddenly drained.

Immediately, Li Jizhou sensed an immense spiritual pressure surging from the Liu family’s lands.

“The power of heaven and earth!” Li Jizhou’s heart skipped a beat, without any hesitation, he fled hurriedly north.

Meanwhile, he ordered Guagua to retreat immediately.

“What on earth was that?”

“Does the Liu family still have such a trump card?” It wasn’t until he almost entered the spirit-barren land that Li Jizhou stopped in the hidden shrubbery, waiting for Guagua while recalling yesterday’s terrifying scene.

That kind of power, I’m afraid it rivals the Middle Stage of Core Formation.

Calming his mind, Li Jizhou felt a bit relieved,

If that strike had landed on him, it would have been a near-death experience.

However, what puzzled him a bit was that through his divine soul connection with Guagua, it seemed that the power from yesterday didn’t last long.

The final result was also unknown to him.

However, the original plan in his mind was already abandoned.

After waiting a while longer, Guagua finally returned.

Li Jizhou let it quickly regain its state, and after reaching peak condition, he planned to cross the spirit-barren land again.

An hour later, both man and frog were in peak condition.

They were just about to traverse the spirit-barren land, return to Qi Kingdom, and then pass through the Purple Vine Mountain Range.

Suddenly, several auras rushed toward him.

There were less than a hundred people, three large flying ships, the highest among them were only three Fake Pills, a dozen at Foundation Establishment, and the rest were all in Qi Cultivation.

Moreover, their states felt very poor.

Li Jizhou raised an eyebrow slightly,

Some of the auras felt familiar, just like the ones who had ambushed him twenty-one years ago in the spirit-barren land.

And there was another familiar aura, it was the person who controlled the array hub on the main island of the Five Elders Association three years ago.

“Did the Liu family escape?” Li Jizhou could only sigh at the unpredictability of the world, putting Guagua away and merging his magical power with an old tree.

The next moment, the three flying ships of the Liu family also landed at the edge of the spirit-barren land.

“Ancestor, Uncle Eight, they died so tragically!”

“Ancestor, you must avenge my parents!”

…

Upon landing, cries resounded everywhere.

“Silence!” Liu Zhengfeng sternly reprimanded.

“Quickly recover and enter the spirit-barren land as soon as possible.”

The Liu family dared not speak further and acted according to orders.

Liu Zhengfeng looked back fiercely in the direction of the Celestial Spirit Sect, but finally turned his head resolutely, without looking again.

He then walked to a woman in a black cloak, unconscious, and carefully examined her injuries, his frown deepening.

“Big brother, how is Hong Ling?” Liu Yuxiu asked while clutching his chest.

“She forcibly connected across stages to the heavens and earth, suffered severe backlash, and fears she won’t make it,” Liu Zhengfeng sighed.

“The despicable Five Elders Association, my Liu family shall not live under the same sky with you!” Liu Yuxiu cursed angrily.

Liu Zhengfeng glared at him and said solemnly, “Is this still not enough? I was wrong this time, I shouldn’t have coveted the Celestial Spirit Sect’s spirit vein, I overestimated our Liu family’s strength, we should have returned to the clan lands in Qi Kingdom sooner!”

“Big brother, then this grudge?”

“Ha~ where is there so much grudge? It’s merely the victor and the vanquished, losing is losing, you have to accept it!” Liu Zhengfeng shook his head with a bitter smile.

“Hurry and reco… Watch out!” Liu Zhengfeng was about to urge Liu Yuxiu to quickly recover, when his expression suddenly changed, and a surge of magical power erupted from him.

However, the next moment, his whole body froze, staring straight at the elder floating in the air.

The pressure emanating from him was indeed a True Core Master!

At the same time, everyone in the Liu family looked up to the sky.

Liu Yuxiu’s expression changed drastically, quickly transmitting sound to Liu Zhengfeng.

“Master Han!”

Liu Zhengfeng saw that the other party did not act directly and felt a little relieved upon hearing Liu Yuxiu’s transmission.

“Liu family from Qi Kingdom, Liu Zhengfeng, greets the senior. May I ask what brings you here?”

“I am Han Guangsheng, the Island Lord of the main island of the Five Elders Association, here to make a trade with you,” Li Jizhou replied calmly.

“I have long heard of the senior’s great name, happy to meet you. May I ask what trade the senior wants to make?”

“I want your Liu family’s array legacy; in return, I will spare the lives of your ninety-three clansmen here.”

Liu Zhengfeng’s face twitched slightly.

He really didn’t expect the other party to be so straightforward.

However, at this point, what could he do?

Not to mention his poor condition, even in peak form, facing a well-known Early Stage of Core Formation, he would have no chance.

“Okay!”

Li Jizhou nodded slightly.

The reason he chose this method was because he had just figured out Liu Zhengfeng’s nature and weak spot from their conversation.

Sparing the poison and saving Guagua’s effort.

Liu Zhengfeng understood the situation, made no additional conditions or delays, he took out three jade slips from his storage bag, holding them above his head with both hands.

Li Jizhou wrapped them with magical power, took them near, and scanned with his divine sense, finding no anomalies.

“Only Tier Three?” He then narrowed his eyes slightly.

Liu Zhengfeng respectfully bowed, “I dare not deceive the senior, it is indeed just Tier Three.”

Li Jizhou pondered briefly, then stored the jade slips and retreated far away.

One must learn to be content, Tier Three was enough.

After flying a certain distance to the west, Li Jizhou turned north, directly plunging into the vast spirit-barren land.

Speeding all the way, after seven months, he finally crossed the spirit-barren land, two months faster than twenty-one years ago.

Back then, he had just reached the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, and now, he surmounted to a stable Late Stage of Foundation Establishment.

After twenty-one years, he was returning to his homeland again.

The exit of the spirit-barren land was right in the center of Qi Kingdom, now still replicating Master Han’s Early Stage of True Core magical power, only altering his appearance to an authoritative middle-aged man.

With this magical power, he was almost unopposed within the borders of Qi Kingdom.

While passing by his place of birth,

The mountain of Inverted Mountain was gone, and the lake had disappeared.

Just as Li Jizhou had speculated, the once flourishing Tier Four spirit vein land now had such thin spiritual qi, it paled even compared to the Yang family’s Qingshui River.

The spirit vein’s corpse nourishment indeed destroyed the foundational spirit vein.

Within Inverted Mountain, however, there were still many loose cultivators seeking treasures everywhere.

Not lingering, Li Jizhou turned and went east.

He wanted to see whether the herbs he personally planted on the Xiaogang Peak back then were still there.

Passing by Qingshui River’s Yang family on the way, discovering the Yang family still existed,

Yang Yuyan’s Foundation Establishment aura was also stable.

It seemed she successfully endured the Blood Fiend Stage.

Yet, with a brief sensing, he found that Qingshui River’s spirit vein had also declined, prolonged, it might struggle to sustain Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation.

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