Chapter 138: Mi Family Empty, Broken Blade Reappears

That trace of gloom expanded rapidly.

Anyone could see Mi Shuhua’s expression, as gloomy as water!

"What are you panicking about? Calm down!"

The calm voice was like a basin of ice water poured on Mi Junping, making her clear-headed instantly.

"Speak slowly."

"Yes, yes!"

Mi Junping took a deep breath and said: "The manpower left at the main altar just sent a secret letter."

"Currently, the Dragon Hall where Wang Yuan is, the War Hall where Zeng Wen and Qiu Wu are, and even the Beast Hall where Ke Yulin is, have all encountered massive attacks."

"Returning from the Ancient Plains Mountains, Yang Wei, who was seriously injured, was discovered by the War Hall cultivators who went to seek help, and he has already died miserably at home."

"The main altar is also being attacked by a large force, led by four ninth-level Qi Refining experts. Mi Zijun is leading people to resist with all his might, but the situation is already very bad."

Speaking to the end, her tone couldn't help but carry a hint of anxiety again.

"Father, the intensity of the Great River Gang’s attack this time is even greater than last year!"

Hearing her say this, the other Mi family cultivators were also shocked.

Chaos spread unknowingly.

Seeing this scene, Mi Shuhua’s first thought was not to worry about the situation of the Mountain-Breaking Gang, but rather to feel sorrow.

Think of his Mi Shuhua’s great talent and strategy, rising strongly as a loose cultivator, Foundation Establishment, seizing the gang, and building a family from scratch.

Under his leadership, the Mountain-Breaking Gang developed comprehensively, no different from a small sect.

If there were sufficient resources, he would even dare to aim for the Jin Dan realm.

But unfortunately, the offspring he gave birth to were such a group of mediocre people.

The eldest daughter is impulsive and irritable, narrow-minded, clearly has decent aptitude, but is short-sighted, ruining her path to the Dao because of love.

The son and youngest daughter have no talent, so I won't mention them.

Among the third-generation disciples, it was hard to cultivate a Mi Zifan, but just because of one battle failure, he was discouraged.

Sorrow!

Could it be that the luck of the Mi clan was all on him alone?

"Father, say something!"

"Noisy!"

Mi Shuhua glared at her, and Mi Junping shuddered.

The last time she saw this look was when she returned home in a mess holding her daughter Mili.

Mi Shuhua took a deep breath, "Five ninth-level Qi Refining experts at Slanting Moon Valley, four at the main altar, Wang Yuan and Zeng Wen are both experts; to deal with them, one cannot have fewer than two ninth-level Qi Refining experts."

"If you add Qiu Wu, Yang Wei, Ke Yulin, and places like the Mine Hall, how many ninth-level Qi Refining experts does the Great River Gang have to send?"

"Do they have so many experts?"

Mi Junping was not a fool, and she reacted quickly.

"Father, do you mean that this time it’s not the Great River Gang’s individual action, but that there are also movements from the Lianyun Commercial Alliance inside?"

"Aunt, isn't this a very obvious thing? You wouldn't have just discovered it now, would you!" Mi Zifan sneered, carrying a hint of sarcasm.

Mi Junping glared at him.

Mi Shuhua sighed, too lazy to care about the sarcasm between the two.

"I thought that after the Dao Discussion Platform, I had already negotiated with them."

"But this time the Jin Dan ruins opened, they went to the Ancient Plains Mountains personally and discovered many areas where our gang had profited before."

"Now it’s interest moving people’s hearts, and they can’t hold back at all."

In his words, he hid some important things.

Mi Junping asked urgently:

"Father, what should we do now?"

Mi Shuhua rubbed his temples, thought for a moment, and said unhurriedly: "As for the other halls, observe the changes and rely on their own abilities; if they can be preserved, that’s naturally the best. If they are destroyed, they can be rebuilt later; the Great River Workshop is never short of loose cultivators."

"Slanting Moon Valley must be taken seriously."

"Especially the Pill Hall!"

"This is the top priority and cannot be lost!"

Mi Zifan couldn't help but say: "That’s not necessary, right? It’s just a stronghold where a group of old, weak, women, and children are located; in my opinion, it’s not as important as the three War Halls."

"What do you know!" Mi Junping seized the opportunity and mocked: "If the Pill Hall is not important, why would the Great River Gang and the Lianyun Commercial Alliance send five ninth-level Qi Refining experts in one go?"

The enemy’s importance indicates the importance of the Pill Hall!

Mi Zifan was speechless, but his face was very uncomfortable.

Seeing that he couldn't talk back, Mi Junping was smug, but considering the current situation, she still put away her little thoughts.

"Father, the manpower in the gang is stretched thin now, I’m afraid we can't spare cultivators to support Slanting Moon Valley."

Every hall is suffering fierce attacks.

The situation is even more critical than last year’s.

For a moment, Mi Junping couldn't come up with an idea.

Just as she was at a loss, she found her father’s gaze falling on them.

"Aren't there still you guys?"

"I’ve raised you for so long, it’s time to move. Otherwise, if the Mi family officially takes over the Mountain-Breaking Gang in the future, it will be criticized."

"This time, it’s an opportunity."

Hearing him say this, the Mi family cultivators were restless.

Under Mi Shuhua’s protection, the Mi family cultivators hadn't come into contact with these things for a long time.

Those involved in fighting and killing were mostly left to the mud-legged loose cultivators of the Mountain-Breaking Gang.

Now, is it their turn to do it themselves?

For a time, many people were drumming in their hearts.

Even Mi Zifan, who had a thin reputation on the Dao Discussion Platform, was hesitant.

Real cultivator fighting is not as simple as a fair duel on the Dao Discussion Platform.

And losing to Duan Feng on the Dao Discussion Platform left him with psychological shadows; now he has to go out and fight others?

"Father-in-law, I am willing to fight and support Slanting Moon Valley!"

A steady voice sounded in the crowd.

The crowd dispersed, revealing Sikong Yuanhong’s firm and upright figure.

Seeing this, Mi Shuhua sighed in his heart, but a bright smile appeared on his face.

"Yuanhong has this determination, which is naturally excellent."

"You lead the team to go; you can draw as much manpower as you want from here."

"Slanting Moon Valley has a first-tier Earth-Defense Formation guarding the mountain, which can hold for a long time, enough to support you going to help."

Sikong Yuanhong took a deep breath and scanned the crowd.

But he found that many people subconsciously avoided his gaze.

Even Mi Zifan, who was at the ninth level of Qi Refining!

"Junping, stay at home, be responsible for contacting the main altar, and at the same time mobilize the manpower left outside to help the main altar."

"As for Mi Zifan... you go to the inner city, notify Elder Qin Liangchen, and tell him the situation at Slanting Moon Valley."

Mi Shuhua gave two simple instructions and waved his hand listlessly, signaling the family meeting to end here.

Mi Junping breathed a sigh of relief, Mi Zifan also breathed a sigh of relief, and left the family territory happily.

The other middle and late-stage Mi family cultivators set off reluctantly under Sikong Yuanhong’s selection.

After everyone left, Mi Shuhua couldn't help but show a bitter smile.

At the critical moment, it was actually a son-in-law who stood up to support the main beam.

Although it could show that he didn't misjudge people back then, this scene appearing at such a time was still too ironic.

……

The outer city of Great River Workshop is in chaos!

This is the biggest turmoil in a hundred years.

It’s not robbers robbing, nor is it a dispute between loose cultivators who draw swords at odds.

It is a full-scale war between two gangs!

In the sky, there are streaks of light.

On the ground, magic tools are dancing, and spiritual power is surging.

Flames, hail, sludge, golden light—all kinds of dangerous killing moves were being unleashed recklessly in the battle between the cultivators of the two gangs.

Those loose cultivators in the outer city who are alone can only hide in their cellars at home shivering, or run to the safe inner city regardless of everything.

The bolder ones even took up part-time jobs as robbers in the chaos.

Lanchang Wharf, the sunset glow has gradually become powerless to sprinkle.

A crescent moon is impatient to rise to the highest point.

Wang Yuan stood on the roof, his originally free and easy white magic robe had long been shattered, revealing his powerful body like a Vajra.

He looked up at the three people above.

Three ninth-level Qi Refining experts, they really look highly upon me!

Especially the man in the middle with a ferocious smile, his heart sank slightly.

"You didn't die!"

The man held a broken blade with only a handle and smiled ferociously.

"Little Wang, you wouldn't think that waste Gao Tingyuan could kill me, right!"

Broken Blade Xu Renke!

A person who should have died on the Dao Discussion Platform, now actually resurrected and reappeared in Great River Workshop.

Not only that, but he betrayed the Mountain-Breaking Gang and joined the Great River Gang.

If it were other Qi Refining cultivators, Wang Yuan wouldn't even look at them straight.

But Broken Blade Xu Renke is not an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator; his combat experience is so rich that it is definitely not inferior to Wang Yuan.

Back then, when the Mountain-Breaking Gang didn't have elder positions, the two were listed as the two great protectors.

But in fact, the two had never fought.

Xu Renke only boasted about Wang Yuan to the outside world, saying that Wang Yuan was not below him.

But Wang Yuan knew very well that in terms of conventional Qi Refining cultivator fighting, Xu Renke was definitely more skilled than him!

Especially the broken blade in his hand, which was a magic treasure fragment.

Although it only had the power of one strike, its power was far superior to top-grade magic tools, not weaker than existence like talisman treasures or blood-inherited magic treasures.

It bloomed once on the Dao Discussion Platform back then, directly destroying Gao Tingyuan’s substitute puppet.

Wang Yuan didn't know why the other party wanted to fake death back then and pretend to lose to Gao Tingyuan.

Nor did he know how the other party escaped the inspection of the Sword Pavilion cultivators and faked death to escape.

He only knew that today’s battle, he was very dangerous.

Because beside Xu Renke, the other two ninth-level Qi Refining experts were not nameless people either.

Yang Rusheng, a famous loose cultivator of the Tianye Workshop.

On the Dao Discussion Platform, he easily beheaded the leaping stream tiger Yuan Wuxiang, with rich family background and many top-grade magic tools.

The last person was even more famous on the Great River Heaven’s Pride List, and had occupied the top ten for a long time before the Dao Discussion Platform closed.

It is said that he is a cultivation genius of the fallen Foundation Establishment family, the Chen family, named Chen Haoran.

In the future, there is a great possibility of ascending to Foundation Establishment and revitalizing the Chen family.

"I didn't expect that I would be so valued by you all, sending such a lineup to kill me."

Yang Rusheng chuckled, "Then you look too highly upon yourself; the big shots above don't value you the most."

Wang Yuan was stunned

"Luo Chen!"

"You have quite a bit of self-awareness!" Yang Rusheng exclaimed, "It's a pity that a person like you can never submit to others, so they don't want you to live."

Xu Renke gave a ferocious smile, "Keeping you will only create variables."

With a swish, a long sword broke through the air.

Chen Haoran didn't waste any words; he raised his sword fingers and gave a low shout.

"Kill!"

Wang Yuan didn't look at the flying sword coming through the air; his gaze looked far away toward the direction of Xieyue Valley, hundreds of miles away.

Then, he opened his mouth wide and took a fierce, deep breath.

In an instant, his physique swelled by more than half, nearly a zhang tall.

The skin under his battle armor became snow-white and transparent, and bones like white jade were faintly visible.

He slowly retracted his shoulders and then threw a punch.

An invisible force surged out, vast and mighty.

Boom!

The flying sword that had broken through the air was like it had been hit by a heavy hammer, flying back in reverse.

Chen Haoran, who had been crisp and neat earlier and had fully displayed the demeanor of an expert, had an unnatural flush appear on his face.

"Something's wrong, you guys hurry up and attack!"

In the sky, Yang Rusheng and Xu Renke's expressions changed slightly.

Before they could take the initiative to attack, Wang Yuan, who was on the roof, stepped down with one foot.

Bang!

The mansion under his feet instantly turned into ruins.

He was like an arrow released from a bow, rushing straight at Chen Haoran.

His pair of black eyes were now like those of a giant beast, ferocious and fanatical.

"Then, let's fight!"

……

"Are you okay?"

"Cough, cough, I'm fine."

Gu Caiyi coughed twice and smiled bitterly: "My combat experience is really too little. Even though Elder Sikong gave a warning beforehand and Sister Qinglian blocked most of the attacks, my reaction was still too slow."

"If it weren't for that high-grade defensive magic treasure that Fei Bowen gave me, I'm afraid I really wouldn't have come back this time."

Luo Chen had never interacted directly with Fei Bowen.

But as a foreman, he was indeed very generous; he didn't want to take back the things he gave away at all.

Although he didn't have a good impression of him before, and although he was already dead.

But now, Luo Chen still had to say, what a good man!

"Eat this!"

An elixir was handed to Gu Caiyi.

Gu Caiyi took it and asked curiously: "What kind of elixir is this?"

"Moon Laurel Elixir, a specialty elixir of the Snow Lotus Workshop, which can temporarily suppress a cultivator's injuries."

Gu Caiyi had heard the name of this elixir, and since it was given by Luo Chen, she took it without hesitation.

Seeing this, Luo Chen also breathed a sigh of relief.

Come to think of it, this Moon Laurel Elixir was left in the storage bag of that Lu Huaiben when Shan Xiu led the robbery against him.

It's just a pity that Lu Huaiben never got to use this elixir from beginning to end.

Because the person who captured him alive was the Foundation Establishment cultivator Mi Shuhua.

After Luo Chen took over his legacy, he kept some of the elixirs and later asked about them bit by bit during his several visits to the Spirit Medicine Pavilion.

He gave one to Gu Caiyi and kept two for himself, just in case.

"There might be a fight later; with this elixir, you will have the power to protect yourself."

White light flickered on Gu Caiyi's face, and when the white light disappeared, a flush returned to her delicate cheeks.

She stood up and took two steps, feeling that her spiritual power was running as well as before.

It was as if the serious injury that had caused her to faint had never happened.

However, hearing Luo Chen's words, she still felt a lingering fear.

"Perhaps, but those ninth-level Qi Refining cultivators outside are really too strong; it's not something I can resist."

"Luo Chen, you are only at the seventh level of Qi Refining, you must be careful later!"

Up to now, Luo Chen still maintained the effect of his Qi-restraining technique.

Now that his Qi-restraining technique was at the Great Perfection level, it had almost reached the limit of the Qi Refining stage in concealing spiritual power fluctuations and masking his cultivation realm.

Even without vigorously driving his spiritual power, using small magic treasures or driving the Hunyuan Pearl would not expose his true realm.

This was much stronger than before.

Luo Chen didn't explain his realm either.

He just gave a light "hmm" and urged Gu Caiyi to prioritize her own safety.

Arriving at the cliff platform, Sikong Shoujia, Murong Qinglian, and Granny Yuan were discussing defense matters with Zhou Yuanli.

There was an irrepressible look of worry on their faces.

Seeing Luo Chen come over, Sikong Shoujia hesitated: "You collected all the Jade Marrow Elixirs in the Elixir Cultivation Room?"

"If I don't collect them, should I wait for them to be destroyed when the fighting starts?"

Luo Chen rolled his eyes at him, and his words left the other party speechless.

"Hall Master!"

"Hmm?"

Luo Chen followed the sound and saw Zhou Yuanli hesitating.

"What's wrong?"

"Reinforcements have already been sent."

"Isn't that a good thing?"

Luo Chen was puzzled; with reinforcements, he should be happy, so why did he look like this?

Zhou Yuanli gritted his teeth and said: "The ones coming are not the experts from the three Battle Halls, nor Elder Wang Yuan, but Mi family cultivators led by Sikong Yuanhong. And, there are no ninth-level Qi Refining experts among them."

Beside him, Sikong Shoujia was shocked to hear that his son was leading the team himself.

You unfilial son, why are you running over here!

Can't you just stay in the Mi family?

"In addition, the Gang Master also sent people to invite Elder Qin Liangchen, who should be arriving soon."

This was expected.

Luo Chen glanced at Murong Qinglian, and she also clearly breathed a sigh of relief.

In her eyes, of course, her own man was the most reliable.

Suddenly, Luo Chen's expression sank.

"You mean, there are no experts from the three Battle Halls, no support from the main altar, and even Wang Yuan from the Jiao Hall won't come?"

Zhou Yuanli gave a bitter smile.

"Yes!"

Through Luo Chen's emphasis, Sikong Shoujia, Murong Qinglian, and Gu Caiyi, who had leaned over, all realized something instantly.

"Sure enough, this siege was premeditated!"

Luo Chen said with a solemn expression: "Presumably, all the other halls are suffering fierce attacks right now!"

It was a simple truth.

What Luo Chen and the others could think of, and what the Poshan Gang could think of, there was no reason for the Dajiang Gang, who took the initiative to attack, not to think of.

With the advantage of the first move, they could fully make sufficient preparations.

"And, the most critical point is not this." Luo Chen swept his gaze over the crowd and said slowly: "The Dajiang Gang alone cannot achieve the level of a full-scale siege on the Poshan Gang."

Sikong Shoujia cursed: "Could it be that the Lianyun Commercial Alliance is again colluding with the Dajiang Gang?"

"Perhaps, even more."

"Hmm?" Sikong Shoujia was stunned.

Luo Chen withdrew his gaze from the distance, looked at the old man, and asked: "Among the five Foundation Establishment families of Dahefang, besides the Duan family, the Li family, and the Nangong family, there are still the Chen family and the Fu family, right!"

Sikong Shoujia opened his mouth wide, his face instantly turning snow-white.

"You are knowledgeable and should know many people. Let me ask you, a person holding a huge golden melon hammer, with a full forehead, a face like a pancake, and a pair of prominent wind-catching ears. Which family does this person come from?"

"The Fu family, the current head of the family, Fu Zhang!"

Sikong Shoujia blurted it out without hesitation.

Luo Chen nodded, "Then it seems that among the five major families, the Fu family has also joined the war."

As soon as these words were spoken, Sikong Shoujia stood there dumbfounded.

Although the Fu family had no Foundation Establishment ancestor and was at the bottom of the five major families, their strength was quite impressive.

The whole family made a living by making talismans.

After coming to Dahefang, they were like fish in water and developed very well.

If it weren't for the existence of the Divine Talisman Pavilion, I'm afraid they would have already dominated the entire talisman market.

Now that even the Fu family had joined the war, wouldn't the other four families also be involved?

If this were really the case, how could the Poshan Gang, which had already suffered great damage to its strength due to the battle for the ruins, resist such a huge force.

While he was in a daze, a calm voice came to his ears.

"Caiyi, boil the tea!"

Gu Caiyi was stunned, and seeing that Luo Chen had already sat down at the stone table, she had no choice but to take out the tea set and charcoal stove to boil tea for Luo Chen.

Sikong Shoujia swallowed his saliva, staring fixedly at Luo Chen.

"Why are you not in a hurry at all?"