"This … I really didn't see it clearly, but I'm guessing that he's at most at the fourth or fifth level of the Foundation Establishment stage! Otherwise, he wouldn't have immediately fled after killing someone! " Zhao Wendeng said somewhat awkwardly. At that time, he had been completely infatuated with Hong Zhu and hadn't paid any attention to Xiao Chen.
"No matter how capable that person surnamed Xiao is, since the Qin family doesn't place our Zhao family in their eyes, we will make the Qin family pay the price for killing Guardian Zhang!" Second Elder said angrily.
"Second Elder is right! Since the Qin family could actually do such a heartless thing, we might as well gather our men and directly exterminate them! "Third Elder clenched his fist and waved it in the air as he shouted.
The First Elder didn't immediately declare his position. He was still relatively calm. Before he understood the specific strength of the other party, he definitely wouldn't act rashly or do anything irrational. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to remain safe and sound after holding power for so long.
"Then should we set off now?" Guardian Zhu's face was flushed with excitement from the two elders' declaration of war, and he asked eagerly.
"Ahem, don't get too excited." Zhao Ximu pressed his hands down and said with a helpless expression, "I presume you all know that our Zhao family's Golden Core cultivator is still in seclusion, exploring the mysteries of breaking through to a higher realm, so we can't act on our own. Let's postpone this matter for now. In any case, it'll only take a few days. It won't be too late to make a decision after he comes out of seclusion."
Looking at the disappointed Guardian Zhu, Zhao Ximu sighed inwardly. He felt both angry and amused. These two elders were too impulsive. They didn't consider the consequences of their actions at all. Moreover, there was a blockhead standing guard at the side. After hearing a few words of revenge, he immediately became hot-blooded and wanted to rush out to fight.
Since the First Elder had already expressed his position, the elders naturally wouldn't have any objections. In any case, they were usually in charge of business. As for the matter of revenge, they would leave it to someone more suitable to handle!
Only Protector Zhu didn't get the result he wanted, and he was very unhappy. However, thinking that there would be a master of the Gold Core stage to help him in a few days, he didn't make any more trouble and chose to wait silently.
The Qin Clan had been peaceful these past few days. While Xiao Chen was waiting for news from Cheng Mengying and the others, he had been dual cultivating with Hong Zhu every day to help her improve her strength.
With Xiao Chen, a Profound Ascension stage expert, Hong Zhu's cultivation level rose rapidly, and he didn't encounter any obstacles at all.
After a few days, although he hadn't been able to directly break through to the Gold Core stage that Hong Zhu had been looking forward to, he had still reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, and was only a step away from breaking through to the Gold Core stage.
After Hong Zhu started cultivating, it was as if she had opened the door to a new world. All day long, she would study little things like the Water Ball Technique and the Fireball Technique. It was very fresh and interesting. At night, she would pull Xiao Chen to dual cultivate. The Qin Clan thought that this little girl was not satisfied with her needs and was courting the immortals every day!
Old Master Qin originally thought that after the Zhao Clan found out that their expert at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage had been killed, they would run to the Qin Clan to find trouble. Therefore, he specially waited at home for a few days. However, he was surprised to find that the Zhao Clan didn't have any reaction, as if they didn't know about this at all.
Qin Shengling also specially went to the suburbs to take a look. The original "crime scene" now only had messy footprints and broken trees left. The corpse of the expert at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage had disappeared. Logically speaking, the Zhao Clan should have brought it back! Why didn't they make any movements?
Although he was a little puzzled, Qin Shengling naturally wouldn't take the initiative to go and ask them for the reason. Instead, he mobilized all the manpower he could use in the clan and sent them all to the nearby towns to search for the "companions" that Xiao Chen had mentioned. He wanted to see if they could find any relevant clues.
In these few days, the Qin Clan had almost turned Yanlin Town upside down, but they didn't find any traces of strangers other than Xiao Chen and Hong Zhu. After Qin Shengling told this matter to Xiao Chen, he could clearly see the disappointment on his face.
Qin Shengling felt very apologetic. He kept feeling that he hadn't served the immortals with all his heart. Therefore, he increased his efforts and sent more manpower to search further away.
Xiao Chen approved of Qin Shengling's approach. Because he couldn't determine the location of the others, Xiao Chen could only hope that they hadn't been sent too far away. At least, it would be good to have some news in the nearby towns.
According to the news that had been sent back, Xiao Chen currently didn't have much hope of directly finding Cheng Mengying and the other women in a short period of time. In his opinion, whether it was the immortal cultivation sect or the ghost cultivation sect, as long as they could find the people who had been sent over from the inner martial arts world first!
Once there were traces and clues, Xiao Chen could determine the specific location of the others according to the distance from where they were sent out.
Just as the Qin Clan was busy looking for people, the Zhao Clan, who had been waiting for the Gold Core Stage Consecrated Elder to come out of seclusion, was already somewhat impatient.
Because it was unknown when it started, the rumor that the Zhao Clan had suffered a great loss at the hands of the Qin Clan began to quietly spread in Yanlin Town. And the more it spread, the more intense it became.
Many people saw how Qin Taotian and his men humiliated Zhao Wendeng that day. Zhao Wendeng only dared to make a ruckus, but in the end, he left the restaurant with his tail between his legs. As a result, the matter was left unsettled.
After waiting curiously for a few days, those people found that the Zhao Clan didn't step on them because of this matter, so they began to discuss it secretly. As more and more people knew about it, everyone's eyes were focused on the silent Zhao Clan.
Because the Zhao Clan hadn't gone to the Qin Clan to question and take revenge for a long time, Protector Zhu had been drinking wine all day long. After drinking too much, he became talkative and leaked the situation that Protector Zhang was beaten to death by the Qin Clan.
Through word of mouth, many people who had been bullied by Zhao Wendeng in the past heard of this news. They immediately felt vindicated and were overjoyed. Some people even set off firecrackers to celebrate, claiming that it was to the satisfaction of the people.
Not only that, those chambers of commerce who usually cooperated with the Zhao Clan, after learning the news, also began to secretly plan in their hearts. Should they try to contact the Qin Clan and pave the way in advance?
Many small merchants were immediately tempted after hearing the news because they had been bullied too hard by the Zhao Clan before. Although the current situation was still unclear, a few could not help but take the initiative to talk to the Qin Clan about business.
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