[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls":3,"chapter-clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-223":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Clan Prosperity Starting With My Servant Girls",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1202533,1553,"Chapter 223: Battle with a Cultivator?!","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-223",223,"\u003Cp>They cursed Lee Qing for what she was doing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why doesn’t she let us live?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whoever her employers were, may their ancestors roll in their graves and can never rest in peace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ancestors? I wish their children and grandchildren suffer such a fate like us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee Qing smirked when she heard them cursing her and her so-called employers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t bother but waited for Lin Xuan Qi to respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no way she would sweat for this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ruo Zhi only wanted her to get it over and be done with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She just needed to do enough to answer to the rice merchants and Magistrate Ho.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While this was going on, Lee He Song glanced at Liu Shi Shi, and said, \"Get Master Lin away safely.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had decided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The part of him wanting more of the Five-Element Qi had won and took over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was something that he had never dreamed that he would be attempting before in his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would face against Lee Qing while Liu Shi Shi and the guards would let Lin Xuan Qi and the others get away safely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee Qing frowned when she saw Lee He Song staring at her and with his sword pointing at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had thought that her display with her Artifact earlier should be able to scare them off, revealing her status as a cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the old man in front of her didn’t seem to be in fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes gleamed with anticipation instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shook her head and shouted at Lee He Song, \"You are courting death, old man. Best to spend your remaining days enjoying life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was best for Lee He Song to retreat, she thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t want to break a sweat for nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Lee He Song ignored her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lunged at her and tried to stab his sword into her shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she didn’t even dodge or move her finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The yellow glow appeared again, and the tip of his sword couldn’t penetrate through the yellow glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sword bent and curved from his momentum forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he continued to do so, the sword might break.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, he turned his wrist and tried to slash the blade of his sword at Lee Qing’s neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee Qing stared at him and let the blade of the sword slice at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The yellow glow protected her from his sword again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frustrated, Lee He Song took a deep breath, diverted whatever little Five-Element Qi he had in his dantian, and punched with the stance Lin Xuan Qi had taught him at Lee Qing’s abdomen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Five-Element Qi hit onto the yellow glow, a loud boom ensued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Lee Qing and Lee He Song were flung apart by it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee Qing slid across the ground, leaving a trail on it, and she glanced down at her abdomen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was astonished to find out that a crack had appeared in the yellow glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How is this possible? She thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many possibilities went through her head, but none seemed logical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t feel any Spirit Qi from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did he use any evil or devious ways to be able to destroy her Artifact’s protection?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or was he a martial art fighter that had attained the highest level?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more she thought about it, the more she felt that the latter was most possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee He Song, on the other hand, was excited by what he had done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at his fist and what he had done was next to impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only those top martial art fighters might have a chance, but he had just done it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he dreaming?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought but the beating of his heart and the increased sense of the Five-Element Qi in the surroundings made it clear to him that it was real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was something about the stances that Master Lin didn’t tell him, but he wasn’t about to go and ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi saw what had happened and was just as surprised by it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know how Lee He Song was able to sense the Five-Element Qi so suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And most importantly, it seemed to him that the Five-Element Qi was able to overcome Spirit Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a theory he had after the encounter with Eunuch Xin by the riverside and now he was very sure that it was the case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee He Song took a deep breath using the way Lin Xuan Qi had taught him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breathe in and divert the Five-Element Qi to his fire heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It worked and the fire from his heart burned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strength and power he had never felt before came from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was ready to lunge at Lee Qing but when he tried to do so, men in official uniform appeared on horses and shouted, \"What are you doing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No fighting and disturbing the peace!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Men from the Governor rushed towards the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And behind them the Governor was rushing to the porridge stalls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee Qing frowned when she saw the Governor appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had better slip away quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she was found out by the Governor, things might not be favorable to the Six Pulse Sword Sect anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a moment of delay, she leaped away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The men from the Governor tried to chase after her but even on horses, they weren’t able to do so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What had happened?\" The Governor asked after he got down from his horse and those in the queue began to voice their grievances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Governor, there were men sent by someone to stop Master Lin from doing his good work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please get to the bottom of it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We can’t let these bad men break the law and not get punished.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it true that there would be more rice supplies?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some wanted justice to be done, and some wanted to find out whether the increase in rice supplies was true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Governor replied and said, \"I will get to the bottom of it and yes, there will be more rice supplies in the coming days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My men will be going throughout the city to spread the good news.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone in the queue gave out a roaring loud cheer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having the assurance from the Governor made them believe that it was true, coupled with the fact that there was more rice in the porridge today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything was setting up well for Lin Xuan Qi’s plan.\u003C\u002Fp>",1063,"2026-06-03T13:58:56.971Z",1,"novelbin.me","ba7b44da40d7b056591824376b091e9f8fa67d5b9071e7e605a19b253c30712c","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-224","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-222",469,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fclan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-cover.jpg"]