Chapter 40: Undercurrents Surge

  "You guys carry on, but I'm off." Fang Li seemed to be unable to muster up any enthusiasm and ignored them, walking past Wang Ling Tian towards the entrance of the wine house.

  Wang Lingqing wanted to say something else, her mouth opened and closed, but she never said it out loud. She also knew that Fang Li didn't have a good impression of her.

  "Alright, it's our turn to fight now." Fang Feng kept staring at Wang Ling Tian without letting up, and didn't leave with Fang Li.

  "Not interested, only Wei Yurou and Zhou Hongfei can be considered as my opponents." Wang Lingtian sneered.

  Fang Feng was furious.

  However, the two ultimately did not fight.

  In the spacious and clean room, Fang Li sat in the Spirit Gathering Array with his eyes closed, cultivating. However, since breaking through to the Sixth Layer of Qi Refining Realm, the speed of his true energy growth had slowed down. Even with the help of the Spirit Gathering Array, it would likely take a very long time to reach the peak of the Sixth Layer of Qi Refining Realm.

  Fang Li opened his eyes, a strong light flashed by, "No way, if I continue to cultivate at this speed, it will be absolutely impossible to break through to the seventh level of Qi Refining within two years, let alone duel with the Guardian Elder of the eighth level of Qi Refining."

  In other people's eyes, reaching the sixth level of Qi refining at the age of fifteen is already a remarkable achievement, but Fang Li doesn't want to stop there.

  "After this is over, I'll continue to go out and gain experience. After all, I can encounter some opportunities." Fang Li muttered to himself, already thinking about his future plans.

  There are many realms for a master, from low to high: Lianqi, Zhugong, Jindan, Yuanying, Taixian, Yuhua Feisheng... However, in the city of Yanjing, the strongest person is only at the Zhugong realm. If Fang Li continues to stay here, he will not be able to surpass this level no matter how hard he tries.

  Go out, go out... Fang Li's heart kept repeating this sentence. Only by going out can one see a broader world, break through the foundation, condense the golden elixir... and even ascend to heaven, roaming freely in the universe. This is the life he wants!

  "Immortal, immortal, immortal..." Fang Li lay on the bed gazing out of the window, his eyes filled with a growing infatuation for this mysterious word "Xian".

  The Wang family's forbidden area, outside the cave mansion, two cultivators were pacing back and forth, looking very anxious. If someone saw these two people, they would definitely be greatly surprised. The fifty-year-old man was none other than the current head of the Wang family, Wang Xiu, who was also Wang Lingqing's father. The other person was an old woman, one of the two Supreme Elders of the Wang family, Lotus Flower Elder.

  Tomorrow is the Four Clans Convention. The Wang family, as the host of this session, did not expect that both the head of the household and the Supreme Elder would appear here.

  Bang! A loud noise suddenly came from the forbidden land, and a gust of wind formed entirely by spiritual energy swept out.

  The master of the Wang family, Wang Xiu, and Lotus Master were overjoyed at the same time, eager to enter the forbidden land to take a look.

  Before they could react, a figure suddenly appeared. The old man with long eyebrows had white hair, but his face was as rosy and radiant as that of a young man.

  "But has it succeeded?" Wang Xiu asked with a hint of trembling in his voice.

  The old man with the long eyebrows smiled lightly and nodded, "I have broken through my shackles and entered the middle stage of foundation building. In terms of cultivation, there is no one in Yan City who can rival me." As he spoke, a hint of arrogance appeared on his face. The middle stage of foundation building may not be anything special elsewhere, but in Yan City, it was undoubtedly the king.

  "Great, congratulations to the Supreme Elder!" Wang Xiu was overjoyed and couldn't understand why. Originally, the Wang family had two strong foundation-building experts and was already firmly seated on the throne of Yan City's number one family. Now that the old man with the long eyebrows had broken through to the middle stage of foundation building, the Wang family would become the sole ruler of Yan City, and there was no need to be on an equal footing with other families anymore. Other families could only become vassals.

  "Congratulations, Elder Longmei." Lotus Flower Master also congratulated Elder Longmei.

  Chang Mei waved his hand, interrupting their congratulations, and said seriously: "Now that I have successfully broken through, the four major families in Yan City will no longer exist, and only our Wang family can dominate. Whoever dares to block us will be killed!"

  The old man with long eyebrows spoke in a seemingly casual tone, but Wang and Xiu felt a chill run down their spines after hearing his words.

  Wang Xiu furrowed his brow and said: "Isn't this a bit too hasty? Why don't we first gather the family elders to discuss it?"

  "No need, delay will lead to changes. If the news of my breakthrough to the middle stage of foundation building leaks out, the other three major families will definitely be on high alert. At that time, they will unite together and it will be very troublesome for us to deal with them again. I suggest arranging it now, after the four families' gathering, immediately launch a surprise attack and destroy them all in an instant."

  "It seems too risky to take action against three families at the same time. Even if we succeed, our losses will be great."

  The old man with the long eyebrows pondered for a long time before speaking again: "In that case, let's first bring down the Wei family. That little girl named Wei Yurou from the Wei family absolutely cannot be spared. Once she grows up, I'm afraid no one in Yan City will be her match."

  The old man with long eyebrows had a glint of cold light in his eyes, the Great Qi State was indeed so cruel, everything was respected for its strength, and those with low strength had only two choices, either to surrender or be destroyed.

  In short, with the rise of Zhang Bao's power, Yanjing City is about to be reshuffled.

  Yan City, Fang Family.

  Elder Fang Xuzi and Patriarch Fang Han sat facing each other, both filled with confidence regarding tomorrow's ***, relying on the strength of Fang Feng and Fang Li, winning a good ranking was already a certainty, at that time they would finally clear their name and no one would dare to underestimate the Fang family again, following this trend, regaining their former glory wasn't impossible.

  Not only the Fang family, but also the Wei and Zhou families are full of hope for this time. Especially the Wei family, with the emergence of a genius like Wei Yurou, taking first place in this competition is almost a certainty.

  Unfortunately, they didn't know that the old man with the long eyebrows had already broken through to the middle of the foundation building stage, otherwise it wouldn't have been so easy, and there would be no time for idle chatter here.

  ……

  The next day, the four-clan grand competition of Yan City was held as scheduled.

  Early in the morning, he got up and prepared, tidied up his clothes, brought along his Qiankun bag and Xuantie sword, and went out.

  This time the four tribes' martial arts competition was held at the royal martial arts arena, which was some distance from Fang's house. Fang Li led out his sorrel horse and mounted it.

  When Fang Li arrived, the martial arts arena was already crowded with people, regardless of whether they were the heads of the four major families or young juniors who wanted to come and take a look.

  It's not that anyone can participate, apart from the age requirement of being under twenty-five years old, each family also has a quota limit, but the number of quotas is the same for all four families, with each family only able to send out sixteen people at most, so as to avoid too many participants and endless competition. In total, there are only sixty-four participants.

  Fang Li and Fang Xu had an agreement long ago, so among the 16 places in the Fang family, there was naturally a place for him, but he didn't need to worry about it.