The abandoned cannon fodder girl's path to immortality

Chapter 176 Unstable Situation
Now the Chen family has lost its share of the mining veins, several spiritual vein peaks, and even the shops that sustained their basic livelihood have lost their business.

The Lin family dared not go too far at once, so they gradually emptied the Chen family's coffers. In the end, the Chen family lost their cultivation resources and livelihood, and then they made a move that would surely be easy to capture.

Chen Jinshu had already sent a message to his mother, asking her to go to Hongxia Market to take refuge, but his second uncle broke through to the ninth level of Qi Refining and was promoted to elder.

Now my mother has settled down in the market, but my second uncle is still stuck in the guise of being an elder of the Chen family.

I heard that my second uncle was originally going to get married, but he had to postpone it because of the Chen family's dirty deeds.

"Now that my spiritual sense has broken through to the peak of Qi Refining, it's time to prepare for Foundation Establishment."

She quickly got up, took out her token, and then sent a message to several senior brothers and sisters.

A moment later, when she walked out of the courtyard, several senior brothers and sisters had already arrived at the gate.

"I had already guessed that Junior Sister would prepare for Foundation Establishment this month. Considering that three months have passed, Junior Sister's cultivation should have been consolidated by now," Senior Brother Zheng Shaosi said with a light laugh.

"Junior sister! This is the experience of several of our senior brothers and sisters when they were building their foundations. We hope it will be helpful to you!"

"Thank you, senior brother, senior brothers and sisters!"

"Alright, enough with the nonsense. The courtyard has abundant spiritual energy, but just to be on the safe side, we should still set up a spirit-gathering array!" Zheng Shaosi said, casually taking out a spirit-gathering array plate.

"Let's all talk to our junior sister about the things to pay attention to during Foundation Establishment. Let's offer her some experience so that her breakthrough will be smoother!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jinshu immediately invited his two senior brothers to the courtyard, where spiritual tea had already been prepared.

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A few days later, not far from the Baichong Mountains.

Chen Qiaozhen arrived on a flying magical artifact, leaving behind a beautiful blue streak of light and a long trail of white clouds.

However, her face was slightly pale and she looked anxious.

A day ago, her father sent her a message saying that the Lin family, together with the Wang family and other Foundation Establishment families, had come to the front of Ningyu Mountain.

Prepare to attack the mountain gate formation.

They came with great force, with eight Foundation Establishment cultivators and several hundred Qi Refining cultivators.

The Chen family only has two Foundation Establishment cultivators and two or three hundred Qi Refining cultivators. With such a disparity in strength, how can they possibly protect the Chen family?

It should be noted that a Foundation Establishment cultivator can easily deal with several Qi Refining disciples, leaving the Qi Refining cultivators with no chance to retaliate.

"Hopefully the Chen family can hold on a little longer!"

Chen Qiaozhen activated the spiritual artifact beneath her with all her might, traveling from Hongxia Market to Ningyu Mountain, a journey of several thousand miles.

She needed to fly for two or three hours, but she really didn't know the exact time.

This was already fast enough, even considering she had reserved enough spiritual energy to fight the enemy later.

After all, she had only recently established her foundation and had not yet mastered the control over her cultivation.

At this point, a day had passed since she received news of the Lin family and other clans attacking the mountain.

Based on the defensive capabilities of the Chen family's formation, it should be on the verge of collapse.

At this time, fine cracks had appeared in the array barrier outside Ningyu Mountain, the Chen family's territory.

"Chen Zhixing! Your Chen family should stop resisting! We will accept Ning Yushan." The Lin family head's expression was sharp and showed no mercy.

"Lin Daochang! Your Lin family is untrustworthy! You've actually violated the cooperation agreement set by the various families back then! You're truly despicable!" Chen Zhixing roared, his voice so loud it was almost hoarse. "That agreement is long gone. It's completely useless now!" Lin Daochang, the head of the Lin family, sneered.

"Heaven is going to destroy my Chen family!" Chen Zhixing's face was full of despair.

"Clan leader! The mountain-protecting formation is about to break, what should we do?" the Third Elder asked in a panic.

"Chief! What should we do?!"

The voices of numerous Chen family cultivators rang out, and Chen Zhixing felt as if his head was about to explode.

"Are some of the Chen family's elite disciples ready to leave? We must ensure that the Chen family's century-old heritage is preserved, at least leaving behind some seeds for future rise!"

Chen Zhixing quickly spoke to the elder beside him.

"They've already evacuated through the underground passage. Are we really going to fight these families to the death?" the elder asked coldly.

A day ago, he received news that his third daughter, Chen Qiaozhen, had broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage and had already rushed to Chenjia Ningyu Mountain. However, a day and a half had passed, and Chen Qiaozhen had not yet arrived.

He felt that Chen Qiaozhen probably wouldn't be able to make it back in time, so he struggled with the question of whether he should tell his daughter and have her hide outside.

He unexpectedly learned that the reason the Lin family was so arrogant was that their family had produced a prodigy who was expected to reach the Golden Core stage, and had already been taken in as a personal disciple by a Golden Core elder of the Xuanming Sect.

Therefore, they wanted to take advantage of this momentum to further expand their family business.

Chen Qiaozhen has indeed reached the Foundation Establishment stage, but her status in the Xuanming Sect is still not considered very good. If she is affected by her family's situation this time, she might be targeted by the Lin family disciples in the sect.

“My Chen family has no cowards. Do you think you can escape?” Chen Zhixing’s cold, sharp eyes swept over him.

"At least we need to buy these Chen family descendants time to leave, so that after their souls return to heaven and earth, I will have the face to face my ancestors."

Chen Zhixing spoke in a low voice, a strong sense of regret welling up in his heart. It was he who came up with this marriage alliance that pushed the family into the abyss. Those talented female cultivators of the Chen family should have become the backbone of the Chen family.

Now this family has benefited.

"That's not what I meant. It's just that the Lin family is acting recklessly because they have a Golden Core elder from the Xuanming Sect as their disciple. I just learned that my daughter Qiaozhen has advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage and is on her way. Could we use this identity to restrain the Lin family and other families?" After considering for a moment, the First Elder decided to speak up, as this might be the Chen family's only chance of survival.

"Really? When will Qiaozhen arrive?" Chen Zhixing felt as if he had found a lifeline.

"I wronged her back then. If she is willing to protect my Chen family, I am willing to resign from my position as clan leader and retreat to the back mountain to specialize in weapon forging, to do my last bit of effort for the sect!"

"She just returned the message talisman a day ago, and now we don't know where she is!"

Chen Zhixing's expression turned serious. He understood the elder's concerns at this moment: if the Lin family and other families knew that Chen Qiaozhen was an inner disciple of the Xuanming Sect and still insisted on taking action.

This would be extremely disadvantageous for Chen Qiaozhen within the Xuanming Sect.

He quickly soared to the top of the formation, his eyes fixed on Lin Daochang!
"My Chen family also has disciples in the Xuanming Sect, and some have already reached the Foundation Establishment stage and become inner disciples. If you leave now, my Chen family will pretend nothing happened!"

Lin Daochang was stunned for a few moments after hearing this, and looked at Chen Zhixing with more hesitation.

He couldn't confirm whether what Chen Zhixing said was true or false, after all, he had previously asked the Lin family's Xuanming Sect disciple to investigate, and that year only two people from the Chen family had joined the Xuanming Sect.

One person is a servant with four spiritual roots, and another person is an outer disciple with three spiritual roots.

If what Chen Zhixing said is true, this person is very likely to be the one with three spiritual roots.

For a moment, he hesitated, but when he thought that his master had become a direct disciple and that a Golden Core cultivator was his guarantor, he immediately straightened his chest.

"So what? My Lin family's prodigy is a direct disciple of a Golden Core cultivator. What waves can a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator stir up?"

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