Yuan Li Sets Out, Two Foundation Establishment Pills

Aside from the addition of the Chen Family, the other major Foundation Establishment Families of Qinghe County had each seen some development, but their overall strength had not changed much.

Only the Huang Family had changed. Because of Huang Shengyue's passing, the family head had been replaced by Huang Mengde, who had broken through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage. He was also the one attending the Chiyan Market council meeting this time.

Eight Foundation Establishment Family cultivators had come from Pingyang County, led as before by Cao Rongxue, the head of the Cao Family of Huoyun Mountain.

The Cao Family was the foremost thousand-year cultivation clan in Pingyang County. In recent years, the clan had never had fewer than four Foundation Establishment Cultivators. Cao Rongxue herself had long cultivated to the peak of Foundation Establishment and had attempted to break through to the Golden Core Realm several times.

However, Cao Rongxue's path was much like that of Huang Shengxin of the Huang Family back then. Her attempts at Core Formation had all fallen short at the final step. Now that she was over two hundred years old, her essence blood had begun to decline, and age already showed plainly on her body. Clearly, she no longer had much chance of breaking through to the Golden Core Realm.

Besides the Cao Family, Pingyang County also had the relatively powerful Jade Peak Mountain Jiang Family and Jade Dragon Ridge Liu Family. Each had three Foundation Establishment Cultivators holding down the fort, and their strength was not much inferior to that of the Huang Family, Qinghe County's strongest.

The remaining five Foundation Establishment Families were far weaker than those three. Whether in the number of Foundation Establishment Cultivators or Qi Refining Cultivators, they fell considerably short. The weaker ones were about on