Only by reaching the Qi Transformation Realm would one be qualified to chase after the elusive peak of the Martial Way.
Fang Chen's cultivation had already reached the pinnacle of the Qi Cultivation Realm. He was only a step away from the Qi Transformation Realm.
All he needed now was an opportunity.
Fang Chen had been cultivating ever since. Time passed bit by bit. One day, Fang Chen received a letter from his family.
After reading the contents of the letter, Fang Chen's eyes were filled with coldness.
"How could this be?"
Fang Chen's heart was filled with endless rage. This letter was written by his father, Fang Tianyu. The general content was that a mysterious force had recently appeared in Cyan Cloud County. This force was extremely powerful.
However, this force seemed to have only attacked the three major Sects of Cyan Cloud County. Some time ago, the Seven Heavens Sect had been destroyed by this mysterious force.
In the past three days, the Flowing Wind Sect had also been completely destroyed, disappearing into the dust of history.
After that, this mysterious force targeted the Azure Edge Sword Sect. Fang Tianyu knew that Fang Chen was once a disciple of the Azure Edge Sword Sect, so he specially informed him of this matter.
Moreover, in the letter, Fang Tianyu warned Fang Chen not to return to the Azure Edge Sword Sect. Otherwise, he would definitely be killed.
After reading the contents of the letter, Fang Chen's heart was filled with rage. There were too many memories left in the Azure Edge Sword Sect.
His best friends, Xiao Shan and Jiang He, were in the Azure Edge Sword Sect. Duzhong and the others were also in the Azure Edge Sword Sect. Even his own master, the Nine Elders, was in the Azure Edge Sword Sect. Now that the Azure Edge Sword Sect was in trouble, how could he stand by and do nothing?
Return. This was Fang Chen's decision.
Since this mysterious force did not dare to attack the three major Sects openly, it meant that they had limited numbers of elites. There was nothing they could do.
Fang Chen had three trump cards in his hands. He might be able to help the Azure Edge Sword Sect.
There were still two months before the opening of the Tianguang Secret Realm. It was enough for him to return to the Azure Edge Sword Sect.
As for what happened after he returned, he could only improvise.
After Fang Chen made his decision, he quickly packed up and left Kamikaze Kenbu, heading towards the Lianyun Mountains.
In order to return to Cyan Cloud County from the imperial capital, the shortest route was to cross the Lianyun Mountains.
Fang Chen had already walked through the Lianyun Mountain Range once, so he was very familiar with the route inside. In just half a day, Fang Chen once again entered the Lianyun Mountain Range.
However, after Fang Chen entered the Lianyun Mountain Range, he arrived at the Wang Family's residence in Tianfeng City.
A man in black robes appeared in the study room of the Wang Family Head.
"Patriarch, that person has appeared." The black-clothed man said in a low voice.
The Wang Clan Leader was reading a book. After hearing this, a murderous look appeared on his face. He immediately asked, "Where is he?"
"He entered the Lianyun Mountain Range." The black-clothed man said respectfully.
Since the last time the Wang Family sent experts to encircle and kill Fang Chen, the Wang Family could not find any trace of Fang Chen. They even sent people to the imperial capital to investigate, but to no avail.
Fang Chen was in Kamikaze Kenbu. It would be strange if they could find him.
Now, Fang Chen left Kamikaze Kenbu, passed through Tianfeng City, and entered the Lianyun Mountain Range. He was directly monitored by the Wang Family.
"This brat dares to kill a member of the Wang Family. He must die." The Wang Family Head said coldly.
"Patriarch, what should we do now?" The black-clothed man asked.
"Send the Great Elder to the Lianyun Mountain Range to kill this brat." The Wang Family Head said.
The black-clothed man nodded. He did not expect the Patriarch to send the Great Elder to the Lianyun Mountain Range to kill Fang Chen.
After all, his opponent was only a warrior in the Qi Cultivation Realm. Although it was strange, the Wang Family actually sent the Great Elder this time.
The Great Elder's cultivation had reached the terrifying Fifth Realm of the Qi Transformation Realm. In the Wang Family, he was second only to the Patriarch.
This time, the Patriarch directly sent the Great Elder out. It was enough to show the importance the Patriarch placed on Fang Chen.
When the Great Elder received the news, he immediately left Tianfeng City and entered the Lianyun Mountain Range.
At the same time, in the Lianyun Mountain Range, Fang Chen was heading towards the Cyan Cloud County with ease. With Fang Chen's current speed, it would take at least half a month to cross the Cyan Cloud County.
Fang Chen was moving quickly, unaware that danger was approaching.
After entering the Lianyun Mountain Range, the Wang Family Head constantly used his aura to sense the route Fang Chen took.
After another three days, the Wang Family Head finally caught up to Fang Chen's footsteps.
At this time, Fang Chen was fighting a Qi Transformation Second Realm beast.
Bang!
The Spiritual Light Sword in Fang Chen's hand flashed. In the next moment, the third level of the Diffraction Sword Technique was displayed. A ray of light turned into 72 rays of sword light, directly piercing towards the beast.
Rumble!
The seventy-two sword lights carried an incomparably tyrannical sword aura, instantly killing the demonic beasts. Seeing the demonic beasts die, Fang Chen stored them into his interspatial ring.
At this time, a sinister voice sounded.
"Thief, let's see where you can escape to this time."
The Great Elder's voice had just sounded when he appeared in front of Fang Chen. He looked coldly at Fang Chen, his aura exploding, directly suppressing Fang Chen.
"Mm, Fifth Realm of the Qi Transformation Realm!"
Fang Chen felt the aura from the Great Elder's body. His face changed slightly, and he cried out involuntarily.
"Thief, you killed a member of the Wang Family. Today, you will die without a doubt." The Great Elder looked at Fang Chen and sneered.
Hearing this, Fang Chen realized that the person in front of him was the Great Elder of the Wang Family.
Fang Chen slowly calmed down, and a trace of mockery appeared on his face. He said, "Hmph, you want to kill me? Then don't blame me."
"Kid, you're about to die, and you still dare to be so stubborn."
Just as the Great Elder finished speaking, the aura of a Qi Transformation Fifth Realm exploded. He clenched his fist and directly punched towards Fang Chen.
At this moment, Fang Chen did not hesitate and directly released the blood-colored skeleton.
Bang!
With a loud sound, the blood-colored skeleton blocked the Great Elder's attack, causing him to retreat a few steps.
"Hmm." The Great Elder's face changed slightly when his attack was blocked. When he saw the blood-colored skeleton, he said coldly, "I really did not expect that a Qi Transformation Realm martial artist would have a Qi Transformation Fifth Realm puppet. It seems that you are hiding many secrets."
"If I kill you, these secrets will become mine." The Great Elder laughed eerily.
"You want to kill me? You don't have the ability," Fang Chen said.
"You think you can kill me with a puppet at the Fifth Realm of the Qi Transformation Realm? You're too naive." The first elder laughed heartily.
"What if I add them?"
As soon as Fang Chen finished speaking, Captain Sha Zhao and Captain Meng Mo appeared beside the blood-colored skeleton. The aura of the three Qi Transformation Fifth Realm fighters exploded.
"Hmm, how is this possible?"
The Great Elder's face was filled with a wild smile at first, but when he saw the sudden appearance of the other two puppets, his face changed and he cried out involuntarily.
"How do you have three Qi Transformation Fifth Realm puppets?" The Great Elder asked in a low voice.
"Now, do you still want to kill me?" Fang Chen laughed mockingly.
The Great Elder's mind was racing. The three Qi Transformation Fifth Realm puppets were not a match for him. He could only escape.
"Go!"
The Great Elder roared and punched at the three puppets. In the next moment, his body retreated rapidly, trying to escape.
But the blood-colored skeleton and the other two were the captains of the Yellow Spring Sect. They had extraordinary strength and would not let him escape.
A blood-red aura suddenly appeared from the bodies of the blood-colored skeleton and the other two captains. This aura quickly attacked the Great Elder.
Puchi
The Great Elder, who was in the middle of escaping, was suddenly invaded by the blood-red aura. He cried out and fell to the ground.
"No!"
The Great Elder cried out unwillingly. He wanted to resist, but it was too late.
A minute later, the Great Elder was killed by the three captains. Fang Chen took the Great Elder's space ring and said coldly, "This is the result of killing me."
After speaking, Fang Chen put away the three captains and quickly rushed towards Cyan Cloud County.
As Fang Chen walked, he checked the Great Elder's space ring.
"This old thing's space ring has a lot of Spiritual Stones," Fang Chen whispered.
From the space ring, Fang Chen obtained 500,000 mid-grade Spiritual Stones and found some cultivation techniques. But they were all first-grade cultivation techniques and could not catch Fang Chen's eye.
"Mm, that's …"
Suddenly, Fang Chen found a branch with a five-petal flower in the Great Elder's space ring.
"Five-Leaf Lingzhi Mushroom!" Fang Chen exclaimed.
This was a Lingzhi Mushroom, and a Five-Leaf Lingzhi Mushroom at that. After seeing this, Fang Chen's face was full of excitement.
More accurately, this Lingzhi Mushroom was called the Tianyuan Lingzhi Mushroom. It was said that when the Tianyuan Lingzhi Mushroom matured, it would bloom with nine petals.
But a Nine-Leaf Tianyuan Lingzhi Mushroom was very rare in the Ancient Sword Continent. Under normal circumstances, the Tianyuan Lingzhi Mushrooms with four leaves and below were sold on the market.
Who would have thought that the Wang Family's Great Elder's space ring would have a Five-Leaf Tianyuan Lingzhi Mushroom?
"This Five-Leaf Tianyuan Lingzhi Mushroom should be 500 years old," Fang Chen whispered as he carefully put the Five-Leaf Tianyuan Lingzhi Mushroom into his space ring.
Tianyuan Lingzhi Mushroom could increase a martial artist's chances of breaking through to the Qi Transformation Realm and condensing a True Nucleus.
Under normal circumstances, a Three-Leaf Tianyuan Lingzhi Mushroom would be enough. This time, Fang Chen had obtained a Five-Leaf Tianyuan Lingzhi Mushroom.
"I'll use it when I break through to the Qi Transformation Realm," Fang Chen whispered.
He had obtained a Five-Leaf Tianyuan Lingzhi Mushroom by chance. This Five-Leaf Tianyuan Lingzhi Mushroom was worth at least a million mid-grade Spiritual Stones on the market.
Other than the Five-Leaf Tianyuan Lingzhi Mushroom, there was nothing else in the space ring.