Enemies Come Calling

"Ancestor...?"

Chen Sixuan stood there, feeling uneasy, when suddenly she realized what was happening.

At this moment, Chen Nianzhi looked Chen Nianxu up and down, her brows furrowing slightly. "How did you end up like this?"

Chen Nianxu more than twenty years older than Chen Nianzhi, and should have had more than ten years of life left, but now his Qi and Blood were depleted and he had reached the end of his lifespan.

Chen Nianxu a bitter laugh, his face ashen, and said, "It's all because of our enemies."

It turns out that after Chen Nianxu broke through to the Foundation Establishment, he came to the Ji Kingdom and found a Spirit Mountain to establish the Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan. Over the past hundred years, he has accumulated some wealth, and the clan now has a Spirit Mountain and a hundred or so Qi Refining Cultivator.

They simply didn't want to attract the attention of a powerful immortal clan because of a Spirit Mountain. Overnight, the Chen Clan of the Ji Kingdom was almost wiped out, with only Chen Nianxu escaping with Chen Sixuan.

Although he escaped with his life, Chen Nianxu was seriously injured in the battle, and his vital essence was almost completely depleted. He was now just barely holding on to his last breath.

"Well."

Chen Nianzhi sighed and shook her head, neither confirming nor denying.

He looked into the distant void and calmly said, "Your trouble is here."

"Not good."

Chen Sixuan stood up in alarm and quickly looked at Chen Nianzhi, saying, "Ancestor, let's go! The Wang Clan family is powerful and we can't fight them. We should escape for our lives!"

Just then, several figures flew over from the distant sky.

All of them were Foundation Establishment cultivators, and the leader was a powerful Foundation Establishment cultivator who had broken through to the Purple Mansion once.

Upon arriving at the front of the Spirit Mountain, the leader sneered and said, "Chen Nianxu, I know you're here. Come out and face your death!"

"You--"

Seeing his enemy coming to his door, Chen Nianxu revealed a look of hatred.

He gritted his teeth and couldn't help but say, "Almost all the cultivators of my Chen Clan have been slaughtered by you, and I am also nearing the end of my lifespan. Do you still intend to commit such acts of extermination?"

"Snort."

The leader sneered, his face cold, and said, "If you don't nip it in the bud, it might become a future problem."

"I will spare no one of your Chen Clan bloodline."

After listening for a few moments, Chen Nianzhi realized that the Wang Clan was the most powerful Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan within a radius of tens of thousands of miles, and the person in front of him was the Wang Clan Chief.

This person, named Wang Minghe, has already cultivated through 50% of the Purple Mansion Dao Meridian; no wonder he acts so domineeringly.

Seeing several Foundation Establishment Ancestor coming to kill her, Chen Sixuan felt her death was imminent and a look of despair appeared on her face.

She turned her gaze to Chen Nianzhi. She couldn't see through these two, but their cultivation and aura were probably even stronger than her ancestor's, and perhaps that was where his life force lay.

At that very moment, the Wang Clan members in the sky grew impatient, and Wang Minghe sneered as he unleashed his Law Treasure to attack the Spirit Mountain formation.

This Spirit Mountain was merely Tier 1 Spirit Vein, utterly unable to withstand the attacks of Foundation Establishment cultivators. Its protective formation was breached in just a few moves.

The Wang Clan, having reached the Foundation Establishment, excitedly stormed into Spirit Mountain. Before they could even catch their breath, they saw Chen Nianzhi and Jiang Linglong.

They were startled at just one glance and immediately knelt down.

Wang Minghe trembled, his face filled with terror, and said, "Greetings, two venerable ancestors."

"Ancestor..."

Chen Sixuan's expression changed slightly. Although she had some idea of what was going on, she couldn't help but feel a surge of surprise.

Although she had guessed that her ancestor might have some background after meeting the two, she never expected them to be so amazing.

Thinking of this, she immediately knelt down and choked out, "The Wang Clan killed over a hundred cultivators from my entire clan. This is an irreconcilable hatred. I beg the Ancestor to consider the bloodline of my Chen Clan family and do justice for us!"

"Bloodline."

Upon hearing this, the members of the Wang Clan all showed a hint of despair.

He never imagined that the Chen Clan's bloodline was related to these two terrifying figures before him, which was hard for them to accept.

Do you have any last words?

Chen Nianzhi spoke calmly, as if recounting something very ordinary.

Several Foundation Establishment cultivators trembled in fear. Wang Minghe knew that there was no way he could get away with what he had done. He gritted his teeth, turned around, and fled into the distance on his sword.

"Everyone, run for your lives!"

"If we scatter and flee, perhaps we still have a sliver of hope to survive."

Seeing the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Wang Clan fleeing frantically, Chen Nianzhi's eyes narrowed slightly. With a flick of his sleeve, several Sword Qi slashed out, tearing through the void for thousands of feet.

With several screams, all the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Wang Clan were killed in one blow.

Seeing his enemy fall, Chen Nianxu was not surprised. Although he had long since left the Chu Kingdom, he knew how terrifying his cousin was.

He coughed weakly twice, glanced at Chen Sixuan, and then looked at Chen Nianzhi.

"My biggest wish in this life is to be able to return to the family genealogy, make up for what I owed back then, and rejoin the Lineage."

"But my lifespan is coming to an end, and I will not live to see that day."

As he spoke, he pulled Chen Sixuan close, tears streaming down his face, and said, "No matter what happened back then, this child is innocent. I beg you to let him return to the family register; this is my last wish."

"..."

A few days later, Chen Nianzhi and Jiang Linglong emerged from Spirit Mountain.

Chen Sixuan, her eyes red from crying, followed behind the two carrying a jar of ashes.

Chen Nianxu still left. He missed his hometown all his life, but Chen Nianzhi forbade him to never enter the Border Province again.

Now that his lifespan has ended, only a handful of ashes will be taken back to the Lineage and buried in the Lineage's ancient tomb without a tombstone, which can be considered as dust returning to dust.

Chen Nianzhi returned to Ji Continent Market, where the Ji Continent Exchange Fair was finally about to begin.

As is customary, the Exchange Fair in the Ji Continent are always hosted by the Ji Clan themselves, and the venue is usually the Ji Continent Pavilion in the Ji Continent Market.

On this day, Chen Nianzhi and Jiang Linglong arrived at the Ji Continent Pavilion and found that nearly a hundred Golden Core realm cultivators had gathered there.

Some of these people were acquaintances, such as Yan Ziji, Taiwu True Person of the Azuregreen Immortal Sect, and Patriarch Qian of the Firmament Sword Sect.

Seeing them arrive, Yan Ziji strode over, glanced at Chen Nianzhi, and then teased Jiang Linglong with a smile.

"It's been decades since I last saw you. Your little man's cultivation has progressed quite a bit. It looks like he'll catch up to you and me in another hundred years."

Jiang Linglong's beautiful eyes flickered, and she said with a smile, "Then you'd better cultivate diligently."

"Greetings, Zi Ji." Chen Nianzhi nodded calmly in greeting.

After a few greetings, Chen Nianzhi looked around at everyone present.

This Exchange Fair was exceptionally lively, with over forty Golden Core realm cultivators from the Ji Continent attending, representing a significant number of Golden Core realm cultivators from the entire Ji Immortal Clan of the Ji Continent.