I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 176: Late Stage of Purple Mansion

Since arriving in the Zhao Kingdom, Daoist Chiyang has always been in the Purple Mansion stage. He started in the early stage and later advanced to the middle stage. Now, he has further advanced to the late stage. Although he has never disclosed his aptitude to outsiders, many people speculate that Daoist Chiyang is at least a dual spiritual root cultivator, and he might even have a heavenly spiritual root. In the future, he will be able to explore the path of the Gold Core, making him an extraordinary figure.

The origin of Daoist Chiyang has always been a curiosity among the scattered cultivators in the Zhao Kingdom, but no one has ever known for so many years. However, many people are certain that he is not from the Cloud State. The Cloud State is not that big, and if there were such a remarkable figure as Daoist Chiyang among the five countries, his background would have been thoroughly investigated. Some say he is from the Central Cloud State, while others say he is from the more distant Lower Cloud State. There are even those who claim he comes from beyond the Cloud State.

Of course, regardless of what is said, Daoist Chiyang has never admitted to any of these claims.

Instead, he occasionally hints that he is now a person of the Zhao Kingdom. In response, each and every scattered cultivator feels that no matter where Daoist Chiyang comes from, he seems to have taken root in the Zhao Kingdom.

In this situation, his breakthrough to the late stage of the Purple Mansion has a significant impact on the situation in the Zhao Kingdom.

The Red Sun Immortal City is now the fourth largest power in the Zhao Kingdom, and with Daoist Chiyang's breakthrough to the late stage of the Purple Mansion, the future of the Red Sun Immortal City will determine the direction of the entire Zhao Kingdom. Will it remain neutral or cooperate with a certain sect?

After breaking through to the late stage of the Purple Mansion, Daoist Chiyang will also hold a grand banquet. The three major sects have all received invitations, including the Lin Family Mountain.

However, Lin Qing did not personally attend. Although he is now powerful, he is completely insignificant compared to the Purple Mansion stage.

Who knows what might happen at this banquet. Lin Qing has the entire Lin Family Mountain under his control and doesn't need to get involved in this mess. After some consideration, Lin Qing sent Lin Xuchang and Lin Xuqian instead.

Lin Xuchang is in the mid-stage of Foundation Building and is not weak in strength. Lin Xuqian is also sent because he is Lin Xuchang's younger brother, so sending him along wouldn't be disrespectful. As for why Lin Xuqian was also sent, it is probably because Lin Xuchang doesn't speak much these days, and Lin Xuqian can help out.

Lin Qing has some speculations about his son's current silence. It is estimated that this is the price he paid to break through to the Foundation Building stage.

Lin Qing didn't dig deeper into this matter. This is his son's opportunity. Without such an opportunity, Lin Xuchang wouldn't have been able to break through to the Foundation Building stage. Considering his age, Lin Qing would have already passed away by now if it weren't for this opportunity.

Afterwards, Lin Xuchang and Lin Xuqian went to the banquet, and everything went smoothly during the event. They returned after attending the banquet.

However, according to Lin Xuqian's account to Lin Qing, when they arrived, the City Lord Hua specifically approached them and asked why Lin Qing didn't come. Lin Xuqian replied that his father was currently arranging formations and unfortunately couldn't make it. City Lord Hua was disappointed upon hearing this.

Hearing what Lin Xuqian said, Lin Qing took a deep breath. It has been so many years, and this cultivator from the Hua Clan still remembers him.

Fortunately, he didn't go. If he had gone, who knows how this cultivator from the Hua Clan would have entangled him. He was somewhat afraid, not of City Lord Hua himself, as he is now powerful enough, but of the Red Sun Immortal City behind him.

Being constantly remembered by someone like this is not a good thing.

And then Lin Xuqian said, the scale of this banquet in Chiyang Immortal City is extremely large. The three major sects and the Purple Mansion cultivators from the Foundation Building stage are all attending, with over two hundred participants. Among them, there are more than ten in the later stage of Foundation Building. They represent the strength of the Lin family's mountain, neither strong nor weak, inconspicuous among the crowd of Foundation Building cultivators.

Upon hearing this, Lin Qing nodded again. It was indeed the case. If he were to attend, with his current strength at the ninth level of Foundation Building, he would definitely receive attention. But that was not what he wanted. The less attention the Lin family's mountain received, the better.

At the banquet, apart from the Foundation Building cultivators, Lin Xuqian said that there were no seats for Qi Refining cultivators. Those at the ninth level of Qi Refining who followed their elders could only stand at the back. The banquet lasted for three hours, with spiritual wine, spiritual meat, and countless delicacies. The two of them ate quite a lot. Afterward, the Foundation Building cultivators dispersed. It seemed that Daoist Chiyang personally met with the Purple Mansion of the three major sects, which was something he couldn't know.

After listening to Lin Xuqian's words, Lin Qing didn't care about the fine food and wine. He felt a sense of urgency from it.

This banquet seemed to be hosted by Daoist Chiyang after his breakthrough to the later stage of the Purple Mansion. But thinking about it, it wasn't that simple. There must be deeper implications. In Lin Qing's opinion, this was first and foremost a statement of attitude. It meant that Daoist Chiyang had broken through to the later stage of the Purple Mansion, and all of these people should be more restrained. Of course, the main target of this statement was the three major sects. Now that Daoist Chiyang was at the later stage of the Purple Mansion, his strength was not weak compared to the three major sects. They were probably going to give up some benefits.

Of course, this was the best-case scenario. If they couldn't reach an agreement, they might end up fighting. That would be quite lively.

But he didn't hear anything about a fight, so it seemed that they were probably negotiating.

That was one possibility. The second possibility Lin Qing considered was that, given the current situation in the Zhao Kingdom, even if the three major sects were willing to give up some benefits, would Daoist Chiyang really be satisfied? Could this banquet end without reaching an agreement, with all parties temporarily shelving the matter?

As for whether Daoist Chiyang, relying on his own strength, could mediate the disputes and resolve the conflicts among the various parties, stabilizing the currently chaotic Zhao Kingdom, Lin Qing thought it was unlikely.

He felt that the more chaotic the Zhao Kingdom, the more advantageous it was for Chiyang Immortal City. If the Zhao Kingdom wasn't in chaos, how could Chiyang Immortal City gather so many wandering cultivators? It could be said that, in the current situation, the biggest beneficiary was Chiyang Immortal City.

If it weren't for the previous incident of the Purple Mansion battle in Chiyang Immortal City, Chiyang Immortal City would probably have expanded by now.

Even though such an incident had occurred before, Chiyang Immortal City hadn't been greatly affected. There were still many people, and even Lin Xuqian said that this time, when he went to Chiyang Immortal City, he heard that not only the Zhao Kingdom but also many cultivators from the Yan Kingdom had gathered there. There were even cultivators from the distant Wei Kingdom. It could be said that Chiyang Immortal City had gained some fame in the current Upper Cloud Region.

This time, with Daoist Chiyang's breakthrough to the later stage, this reputation would probably become even more prominent.

As he thought about it, Lin Qing felt that the situation in the Zhao Kingdom would probably become even more chaotic due to Daoist Chiyang's breakthrough. His breakthrough wouldn't be a stabilizing factor for the Zhao Kingdom, but rather a disruptor of the situation.

Thinking of this, Lin Qing felt worried for his Lin family's mountain. The current strength of the Lin family's mountain was strong, but when facing the Purple Mansion, especially cultivators at the later stage of the Purple Mansion like this, their strength was still too weak.

However, something that shocked all the cultivators in the Zhao Kingdom happened, something even more sensational than Daoist Chiyang's breakthrough to the later stage of the Purple Mansion.

(End of this chapter)