Chapter 62: Laying the Foundation, Shaking the Ground

  After dinner at Old Lady Lin's house, Yan Tieyi, Lin Ying, Yan Zhen and Yan Xuejun returned to the Yan family.

  It wasn't long after returning home that Yan Zhen was still thinking about practicing for a while, when he heard the sound of clangs and clatters in the quiet night, accompanied by voices saying "Hand over your low-grade spirit stones, one piece per family."

  It's time to collect the Soul Stone.

  Yan Zhen was reborn and returned, and naturally he understood these things clearly.

  The Yan family lived in the Eastern District of Xiāo's Immortal City, on a street called Fei Lang Street. On this Fei Lang Street, there lived a man named Duàn Tiān Dé, who was also the only cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage on the entire street. It was said that he had achieved one layer of Foundation Establishment.

  And this Duan Tiande, it is said that there are big shots behind him. Anyway, he extorted every household on Feilang Street, collecting one inferior spirit stone per month, which was not a small sum. At first, some people on Feilang Street were unwilling, but Duan Tiande was extremely ruthless and had a cultivation base of Building Foundation Stage One. It is said that there are big shots behind him, so in the end, he suppressed all those who refused to comply, and everyone obediently handed over one inferior spirit stone per month.

  Today is also the day when Duantian De comes to collect inferior Ling stones.

  Duan Tiande is a local tyrant on Feilang Street. Sometimes, when people talk about Duan Tiande in private, they say: "That man who dares to defy heaven." Duan Tiande seems to have heard such rumors, but he doesn't think it's shameful, instead, he takes pride in it. As a local tyrant, one must be tyrannical to the extreme, making people afraid, only then can one gain benefits. Duan Tiande has said many times: "I'm the one who dares to defy heaven, as long as I live a comfortable life, what does it matter if I defy heaven or not?"

  Duan Tiande's loud voice completely broke the tranquility of Feilang Street.

  Yan Iron Clothes and Lin Qing had not slept, immediately came to the second floor to see, while Yan Xue Jun also arrived at the second floor. Only to see on Fei Lang Street, a person with a fierce face, extremely tall and large, holding a very wide sword, walking towards the second house in the middle, that is Zhang Da Shu's house, usually relying on doing small business selling some elixirs for the cultivation world to make a living. After a while, Duan Tian De took out a turbid Ling Stone, casually waving the inferior Ling Stone, and kicked into the third house.

  The neighbors and fellow villagers were all going to be taken away by this person to collect inferior spirit stones.

  Yan Xuejun said with a hum: "Hmph, if I reach the foundation stage, this evil tyrant will be in trouble."

  "Father, this time we don't need to use inferior spirit stones." Yan Zhen smiled slightly: "I'd like to exchange blows with Tian De myself."

  "Don't be reckless, you've just advanced to the Foundation Building stage. Although Tian De is also at the first level of Foundation Building, his cultivation is extremely deep and his sword skills are exquisite. How can you possibly handle him?" Yan Tieyi shook his head.

  "No, of course I can handle it. If I couldn't even deal with a petty tyrant on the streets, what qualifications do I have to ask for the supreme Tao of immortality?" Yanzhen said confidently and resolutely.

  "That's true, but it won't work. There are people behind Tian De's back, and even if you defeat him, you can't defeat the ones behind him. Instead, you'll provoke more troublesome characters." Yan Tieyi said: "The water in this world is very deep indeed."

  "I naturally understand that the water is deep." Yan Zhen smiled slightly: "However, I also know that the person behind Duan Tiande actually has some connection with Qingfeng Xianmen. With this relationship, if I were to hit Duan Tiande, he wouldn't be able to make things difficult for me, otherwise it would be hard to explain to Qingfeng Xianmen. I am an inner disciple of Qingfeng Xianmen after all."

  "Really?" Yan Tieyi doubted

  Confused inquiry.

  "I'm sure," said Yan Zhen, this news was unintentionally known in the previous life.

  "That's worth a try." Yanti said after some thought, to be honest, paying one inferior spirit stone every month was a big pressure for him, if he could reduce the burden, it would be great. The Yan family was not well-off, and making a living was not easy.

  Yan Tiejun, Lin Ying, Yan Zhen, and Yan Xuejun saw only that ferocious-looking Duan Tiande kicking one door after another, each time someone would obediently hand over a low-grade spirit stone. Everyone wanted to resist, but the gap between the Qi Refining stage cultivators and the Foundation Building stage Duan Tiande was too great.

  ……

  They had already kicked it to the front door of the Yan family, and saw Duan Tiande viciously kick open the door: "Collecting Ling stones, collecting Ling stones."

  Yan Zhen had been waiting for a long time, Yan Zhen looked at Duan Tiande: "Oh, collect the spirit stone, I've already decided that this month will not pay the spirit stone again, and in the future, I won't plan to pay it either."

  Duan Tiande coldly laughed and said: "You little rabbit, what nonsense are you talking about? Call your family's adults to talk."

  And on the other hand, Yan Tieyi also said: "This time, let Yan Zhen decide this matter."

  Yan Zhen only saw Duan Tiande involuntarily startled, carefully sizing him up again, and then heard Duan Tiande's guy hehe sneered: "The younger generation of this year is really bold and reckless, it seems that I have to show you some horror."

  Duan Tiande's palm struck the wooden door of the Yan family with a loud crash, shattering it into powder. When one reaches the Foundation Establishment stage, there is a saying that describes the power of the Foundation Establishment stage: "Hardness can imprint stone, softness can shatter wood, hardness and softness complement each other, yin and yang give birth to each other." Earlier, Yan Zhen's palm print on the hard stone was an example of "hardness can imprint stone", while Duan Tiande's ability to shatter the wooden door with a single palm strike is an example of "softness can shatter wood".

  Duan Tiande said disdainfully: "You junior, take a good look, this is the first level of foundation-building realm's law power, do you still dare to fight me?"

  Yan Zhen looked at it and sneered in his heart, was Duan Tiande showing off to himself? Since he wanted to show off, Yan Zhen would counter-show off. With a sudden palm strike, he lightly imprinted on another wooden door, and with a "pa" sound, the wooden door also shattered into powder. It was the same move, "Softness can shatter wood".

  But after hitting it out, Yan Zhen suddenly reacted and felt that something was off. This was the wooden door of her own home, and she had destroyed it while spacing out. Although the door wasn't worth much money, a good one would still cost around two or three silvers. At this time, Yan Zhen's face was streaming with tears.

  Yan Zhen's tears had finally dried up, and she glanced around, only to find Duan Tian De's eyes wide with shock, clearly astonished that his own cultivation had also reached the Foundation Establishment stage. Yan Zhen was naturally aware that her own achievement of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage at just sixteen years old was a terrifying thing.

  Yan Zhen also found that a circle of people had gathered beside him, including Niu Shu from the east, Zhang Shu from the west, Wang Shu from over there, and Li Bo from over there. These were all neighbors from the surrounding streets. It was clear that they had come to see the commotion after seeing Yan Zhen dare to confront the powerful Dajin Tian De. As a result, at this time, these neighbors all looked at Yan Zhen with extremely shocked eyes, many people's mouths were wide open, and their eyes were wide with amazement, guessing that they also had the same idea, being shocked that Yan Zhen had reached the foundation stage at such a young age.

  Yan Zhen had already reached the foundation-building stage when he was at Qingfeng Xianmen, but after returning home, he kept a low profile and no one knew about it, including his parents, who only found out today during the family banquet. Those neighbors didn't know about it either until now.

  Yan Zhen secretly thought in her heart that this was exactly a moment of stunning the world, and it could also be considered as her debut performance in front of her neighbors.

  (Well, I strongly recommend it.)