Chapter 644: The Chaos of Xiaoyue Mountain

Xiaoyue Mountain.

"Kill!"

"Charge in... break the Li Family, and the Spirit Stones are yours for the taking!"

A crowd of chaotic Loose Cultivators, urged on by several Family Cultivators, was attacking Xiaoyue Mountain!

The Li Family's mountain-protecting Array Formation was the second-tier low-grade "Shuiyue Array," which, when deployed, appeared dreamlike and illusory, with a phantom bright moon hanging high within the formation; at this moment, after many days of siege, that silver moon had begun to totter.

"Third Brother... once we take Xiaoyue Mountain this time, we can move our family here, right?"

"Li Ruyue?"

A voice like rolling Thunder, carrying the pressure of a Foundation Establishment Initial Stage cultivator, made these frenzied Loose Cultivators feel as if a basin of cold water had been poured over their heads.

The chubby Li Ziqian was also in the crowd, holding a Low-grade Magical Artifact with a missing corner, his face flushed red, teeth clenched, and veins bulging.

Li Zitong looked at a figure in the sky, initially overjoyed, then becoming suspicious and uncertain: "No... are you... Li Qingjing?"

The Head of the Family, Li Zitong, prayed silently, then said loudly: "Fight for the Li Family!"

Aaron, meanwhile, patrolled the entire scene during Flight, and whenever he encountered a tough target, he would casually release a streak of crimson Sword Qi to behead the troublemaker.

The faces of the Loose Cultivators at the very front were filled with panic, and they had already begun to retreat.

"Naturally, it is all for the fellow Daoist."

Even if they were to die, they would die on Xiaoyue Mountain!

Finally...

"Be more generous." The Third Brother beside him laughed and scolded: "These Loose Cultivators are locusts; if you don't give them enough benefits after breaking the array, who would be willing to risk their lives for you? Fortunately, this Li Family has enough liquid assets... our Zhang Family only wants the Spirit Vein!"

Yet he had not expected to be discovered by Aaron's powerful Divine Sense.

"Patriarch, wait a moment!"

"Fight! Fight! Fight!!"

Only then did Aaron step off his Magic Tool and sigh lightly: "I have returned."

"As long as I am here, the nearby cultivation families and Loose Cultivator forces will not dare to act recklessly..." Aaron said with great dominance.

A Zhang Family Qi Refining Great Perfection cultivator hidden behind the crowd shouted, and immediately, a streak of fiery red Sword Light fell from the sky.

An old Foundation Establishment cultivator with white hair removed the spell concealing his figure and also flew into mid-air, sighing: "Each generation of immortal cultivators produces new talents... Since the Li Family produced you, it seems your Qi Number is not yet exhausted, but your Li Family has indeed defied the orders of the Upper Sect..."

This Zhang Family Foundation Establishment cultivator was very cunning; at first, he hid in the shadows, only inciting the Qi Refining cultivators to come and fight for their lives while supervising them.

"My Li Family has shed blood and sacrificed our lives for the Upper Sect, remaining loyal and devoted... Most of the clansmen who followed me died in battle at Sanshan Peak, leaving only one daughter... Fellow Daoist, there is no need to say these things; if you still want Xiaoyue Mountain today, then only one of us can survive." Aaron said sternly.

Many Li Family cultivators knelt as if seeing a deity.

"What is there to explain? I received news that the Li Family's Foundation Establishment cultivator did not even appear during the major event of destroying the Sanshan Association; he has likely fallen!"

In the Night Curtain.

"He is only one person!"

"It is good that you are back, it is good that you are back." Li Zitong's eyes were red, and he then looked at the Li Family clansmen: "Everyone listen well, from today on, Li Qingjing is promoted to the family's Supreme Elder!"

"Qingjing, you did very well today; you have just reached Foundation Establishment and may not necessarily be Zhang Lingxiao's match. He is just old and does not want to risk his life against a young person, which is why he retreated..."

Boom—!

And those Loose Cultivator cannon fodder had already sensed something was wrong, suddenly letting out strange cries and scattering in all directions.

If something went wrong, they could withdraw at any time.

"It's a Foundation Establishment!"

Otherwise, once they lost, today's Li Family would be a cautionary tale.

Zhang Lingxiao threw out a Storage Bag and went down to take the Zhang Family clansmen away quickly.

Even if he sent them to their deaths, as long as he invoked the righteousness of the family, he could fool quite a few people into doing it!

'This is the benefit of a bloodline family... their execution and loyalty cannot be compared to forces cobbled together.'

The old Zhang Family Foundation Establishment cultivator cupped his hands: "Old man Zhang Lingxiao, I congratulate you on your Foundation Establishment, fellow Daoist. As for these Zhang Family juniors, I ask that you show mercy..."

"You are a Qing-generation cultivator of the Li Family? Li Qingjing?"

Behind the crowd, a cultivator from a cultivation family smiled and said: "The Spirit Vein of Xiaoyue Mountain is much better than our family's Lotus Pond... and those terraced fields, we must notify those Loose Cultivators not to destroy the fields and the harvest; these are all Spirit Stones!"

The Li Family's upper echelon gathered together; now, only Li Zitong dared to call Aaron by his name.

"Who dares to offend my Li Family?"

"Two thousand Spirit Stones!" Aaron was silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke: "Besides that, those Loose Cultivators..."

Aaron stepped on a crimson High-grade Magical Tool longsword, arrived above the heads of those Zhang Family cultivators, and looked toward a certain direction: "Fellow Daoist, please reveal yourself!"

Boom—!

However, the other party was old after all and was the pillar of a family; he did not dare to fight to the death with others easily.

"Patriarch..."

"Hehe... young people have such hot tempers."

The opponent was also a Foundation Establishment Initial Stage cultivator, and his Dharma Power was bound to be thicker than that of a newly established one.

"Forcibly occupying a Spirit Vein? I'm afraid it won't be easy to explain to the Qingding Sect," someone said worriedly.

Not long after, the great battle came to an end, and the Li Family won a complete victory.

Li Family Ancestral Hall.

"Greetings, Supreme Elder!"

Pfft!

Aaron flicked his longsword, the Sword Light suddenly split, finishing off the few leading Qi Refining Perfection cultivators, and then shouted: "Exterminate the evil completely!"

"Kill!"

"Don't be afraid! Charge for me!"

"A Foundation Establishment cultivator!"

The Li Family cultivators shouted one after another as they pursued and killed those Loose Cultivators, as easily as chopping melons and vegetables, while incidentally seizing some spoils of war.

Just at this moment, the Shuiyue Array was broken, and a large amount of mist dispersed, revealing the Spirit Fields, buildings... and Li Family clansmen on Xiaoyue Mountain.

For the Li Family cultivators, this place was their root, where their families resided, and they could not afford to retreat even half a step!

Aaron knew that their loyalty to him might even exceed that to Li Zitong.

Suddenly, it was as if a muffled thunderclap exploded in the sky!

Those Loose Cultivators howled as they steered their Magic Tools and cast Talismans... killing their way to the front of them.

Brother San laughed aloud: "The Li Family does not respect the orders of the Qingding Sect and did not contribute effort in the battle to besiege the Sanshan Association; they must be inclined toward the Sanshan Association. It is only right and proper for us nearby families to crusade against them!"

"Ancestors above, today the Li Family has encountered a great disaster; I hope the ancestors have spirits and will protect their descendants!"

Pfft!

His Mid-grade Magical Tool shield was sliced into two pieces as if it were made of paper, and the Sword Light, its momentum undiminished, chopped off his head.

As a Foundation Establishment cultivator and a Supreme Elder of the family, this is how one should be!

"Then... how did you achieve Foundation Establishment? And what about Li Ruyue?" Li Zitong asked.

"Li Ruyue... I fear he has truly met with misfortune... At the Sanshan Market Auction House, he took a fancy to a Loose Cultivator and prepared to go gather resources for me, but he never returned. Following that, the chaos of the Sanshan Association occurred..."

Aaron revealed a trace of sorrow: "Everyone perished, only Qinglan and I survived. On the way back, we discovered people besieging Xiaoyue Mountain... I had no other choice but to attempt Foundation Establishment on my own!"

(End of this chapter)