Please show your spirit to our ancestors

Chapter 220: Xirang Lingbaotu (7600 words long chapter!)

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At this time.

Princess Jiayue was too embarrassed to stay any longer.

After glaring at Chen Xiuyang fiercely, she turned around and left. In the blink of an eye, her figure turned into a bright rainbow and disappeared... Oh no, she sank into the Sheshan Market.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Xiuyang was the only one left in the stone pavilion littered with debris.

Chen Xiuyang was speechless for a while.

One of you is a princess, and the other is a princess of the emperor. It's okay that you conspired against me, Chen Xiuyang, but didn't you give me any explanation afterwards?

Can you at least apologize?

That's all.

I haven't been home for seven or eight days, and there must be a lot of work piled up on my desk, but I don't have time to waste it here.

He raised his hand and cast a communication talisman, notifying the family to send someone to deal with the aftermath.

He definitely didn't have time to deal with the old bronze tripod he brought back from the ruins, the pile of miscellaneous metal fragments he picked up, and the bricks and tiles from the Tianyuan Temple, so he needed the family to send someone to clean them up, sell what could be sold, smelt what could be smelted, and take the rest back to repair the ancestral hall.

Seeing this scene, Chen Xuanmo was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

This poor kid, a perfectly good matter was taken in a completely unexpected turn by him, and ended up turning out in a way that no one had expected. In the end, not only did he piss off Princess Yunyi, but even Princess Jiayue was so angry that she fled.

Now, this marriage is probably going to fall through.

However, this time, Chen Xuanmo was not angry with Chen Xiuyang.

The main reason was that Princess Jiayue's attitude just now was not very good, and the three conditions she put forward at the drop of a hat were so harsh that they hit him in the face. This also made him have a much worse impression of Princess Jiayue.

As a result of Chen Xiuyang's actions, her plan failed, but it was not a bad thing.

Even if we really want to get married, this is not the way to do it.

Moreover, the orange mark that consumed a thousand strands of purple energy was exchanged for a brick with spirit, which was a great return.

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After staying in the back mountain for a few days, the once-in-a-decade Youth Martial Arts Competition in Sheshanfang City had already begun.

now.

The square in the center of Sheshanfang City was crowded with people and very lively.

In the arena.

Chen Xiuwang was fighting fiercely with another young man. The fight was very exciting.

At this moment, the martial arts competition has entered the second half of the points round-robin tournament. Those who can enter the points tournament are naturally the best among the younger generation.

The one who was fighting against Chen Xiuwang was a younger member of the Zhao family, named Zhao Jinhong. Like Chen Xiuwang, he was a cultivator with five spiritual roots from a straight lineage. He was also 25 years old this year, and even his cultivation level was the same as Chen Xiuwang, which was the fourth level of the Qi Refining Stage.

His movements were very agile, and a mid-grade fire sword flew back and forth under his control with great dexterity. He was also constantly casting spells in his hands, and his moves were coordinated with each other. His fighting style was exquisite. It was obvious at first glance that he had rich combat experience and was a tough opponent.

Chen Xiuwang's combat experience was not as good as his, but he had better equipment and was "strange".

Most spiritual plant masters are not good at fighting, and it is extremely difficult to make it to the points competition. As a result, among the ten players who made it to the points competition, he was the only spiritual plant master.

The sickle, which is a part of daily work and easy to use for spiritual plant masters, is a real strange weapon for other contestants. They have almost no experience in fighting against sickles, and as a result, they are restricted in fighting and often suffer losses.

In addition, the sickle in Chen Xiuwang's hand is a top-grade magic weapon with considerable power, which brings him a lot of advantages.

After a fierce battle, Chen Xiuwang finally won the competition.

"Thank you~"

Chen Xiuwang raised his hand to recall the Red Fire Scythe, and politely bowed to Zhao Jinhong, appearing very calm.

In the stands, those who had bet on Chen Xiuwang to win were naturally cheering wildly, but more people tore up their bets and threw them into the air, letting the fragments fly away with the wind.

This is a scene that can be seen at every youth conference. Many spinach lovers travel thousands of miles to attend the Sheshan Fair just for this taste.

High up in the stands.

In addition to the foundation-building elders of the three clans, there are four honorable seats reserved, currently occupied by the Jindan masters from various sects, as well as Princess Jiayue, who is wearing a veil and has no fluctuations in her eyes.

Among them, Master Changsheng from the Yunyang Sect was the most familiar with Chen, and his attitude was the most casual and amiable.

Seeing Chen Xiuwang win the game, Master Changsheng couldn't help but laugh: "Jingyun boy, your child, although he only has five spiritual roots, his basic skills are very solid and his temperament is calm, not bad."

As he got older, he could no longer tolerate noise and preferred young people with calmer temperaments. Not to mention that Chen Xiuwang was a spiritual plant master, which was quite appealing to him.

Master Zi Luo of Wanhua Palace and Master Yin Huai of Wuhen Mountain had no reaction when they heard this.

They are all used to seeing all kinds of geniuses and have no interest in children with five spiritual roots.

The pace of the points race was very fast. After Chen Xiuwang stepped down from the stage, another pair of contestants quickly took over and the winner was decided not long after.

As time goes on, the pace of battle becomes faster and faster.

In the end, Chen Wenjing, who had joined Qianqiu Valley of Wanhua Palace, barely defeated his brother Chen Xiuyan with his poison skills and won the championship of this youth conference.

Chen Xiuwang, who had five spiritual roots, ranked third in the final points, which was a good result. This also made him stand out among the three tribes. He was no longer an unknown person who followed Chen Xinsong to farm.

The main reason is that he is too low-key. He is usually either practicing or farming. Before this competition, few people outside knew that there was such a person in the Chen family. Unlike Chen Xiuyan and Chen Wenjing, they were already famous at a young age.

This also made him the biggest dark horse in this youth martial arts competition.

According to previous rules, Chen Jingyun gave different levels of rewards to the top ten participants of the Youth Conference.

After Chen Xiuwang received the reward, he suppressed his excitement and stepped down from the stage. He was immediately surrounded by his brothers and sisters. Especially the younger children in the family, they all looked at him with awe and admiration.

"Xiu Wang, you've done a good job." Chen Xinsong stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder to show encouragement.

"Thank you, Uncle San." Chen Xiuwang couldn't hide his excitement.

Even he himself did not expect that he could achieve such a good result this time. When his grandfather heard the news, he was so happy that he did not know how to react.

And this time.

On the high stands, Master Yin Huai was getting a little impatient waiting: "Jingyun boy, we have finished watching the Youth Conference, let's hurry up and start the next step."

Master Yin Huai usually has no dealings with the Chen family. The reason he came this time was purely because of the face of Master Zi Luo, with whom he had a good relationship. In addition, Master Chen gave him a large sum of money, so he was willing to come and earn the platform fee.

Of course, the prerequisite is that the White Jade No. 3 spiritual rice must actually undergo his rigorous tests and publish the real test results to confirm that Chen’s White Jade No. 3 spiritual rice is indeed a spiritual variety worthy of promotion.

This money is far from enough to ask him to sell his moral integrity and cooperate with Chen in telling lies.

Chen Jingyun naturally also knew the principle of striking while the iron is hot. The finals of each youth competition was when Sheshan Market was most popular and it was also the best time to promote.

Immediately, he stood up and announced: "Dear guests, distinguished guests, today, taking advantage of the opportunity of everyone gathering together, I, Chen Jingyun, on behalf of the Chen family, will respond to some questions about the Chen family's White Jade No. 3 Spirit Seed."

"Today, we have specially invited three highly respected Jindan Lingzhi masters from the Great Wu Kingdom to publicly verify the reliability of our Baiyu No. 3."

Since the launch of Chen's White Jade No. 3, many families have indeed shown their support and replaced the spiritual seeds in their family's spiritual fields with White Jade No. 3. However, under the influence of public opinion from some people with ulterior motives, various criticisms have also arisen.

For example, strong doubts were raised about the reliability of Baiyu-3.

This has indeed hindered the further promotion of Baiyu No. 3 spiritual rice.

After all, spiritual rice cultivation is the important foundation of all immortal cultivation families, so all the aristocratic families are more cautious in the selection of spiritual seeds, and in many cases would rather have a slightly lower yield than take risks.

Today's publicity campaign is aimed at breaking down external doubts.

As Chen Jingyun entered the topic.

Some monks who were very interested in Baiyu No. 3, and some who had come here specially for this purpose, were alert and paying close attention to the scene before them.

They are all representatives of various small families or forces. When it comes to purchasing spiritual seeds that are related to the survival of the family, they are naturally very cautious and will not tolerate any mistakes. Therefore, they are willing to come from far away to witness with their own eyes whether White Jade No. 3 is really that good.

Although the other cultivators did not care about spiritual seeds, it was a rare opportunity to witness such a lively scene, so they naturally did not want to miss it.

After returning home, this will be a very good topic of conversation after dinner.

Seeing that he had the situation under control, Chen Jingyun winked at Chen Xinsong.

Chen Xinsong immediately understood and went on stage, took out the white jade No. 3 spiritual rice seeds that had been prepared long ago, and handed them respectfully to the three Jindan spiritual plant masters.

And from a perspective that no one can see, at this moment there is a golden mark of luck shining brightly on his forehead.

This kind of operation has become a tradition of the Chen family. At some key points, a golden mark will be placed as a guarantee to prevent accidents.

If everything goes well and there are no accidents, this golden mark will naturally belong to Chen Xinsong and it will not be wasted.

Master Changsheng took the spiritual seed, examined it carefully, and nodded slightly, expressing his affirmation: "From the appearance, this White Jade No. 3 spiritual seed has full grains and good quality. It can be called top-quality."

Master Yin Huai did not express his opinion immediately, but said: "The quality of the spiritual seeds can only be verified after they are actually planted."

"Stop talking nonsense. You and I three will each do some planting and verification and give our own evaluations. Princess Jiayue will be responsible for supervising the fairness of the process." After Master Zi Luo finished speaking, he took action immediately.

She just waved her jade hand, and a bonsai-like treasure appeared in her hand. In the bonsai there were hills, flowing water, farmhouses, and several acres of spiritual fields. It seemed like a miniature landscape world.

This is Master Zi Luo’s [Realm in the Scenery], a magical spiritual plant weapon.

She can put spirit seeds into the world in the scenery, infuse magic power from the outside, and invest a large amount of spirit stones to accelerate the growth of the spirit seeds in the world in the scenery.

same.

As the leading spiritual plant masters of Yunyang Sect and Wuhen Mountain, Master Changsheng and Master Yinhuai also have similar treasures.

Many members of immortal cultivation families showed envious eyes when they saw this.

This is an extremely rare treasure. Only a force with a strong foundation like the sect can obtain such a treasure.

However, after Chen Xinsong took a look from afar, he did not feel envious.

Although this world in the landscape has its own special features and certain application scenarios, it is completely different from Chen's world in the box. The latter can not only greatly compress the growth cycle of spiritual seeds, but also greatly increase the mutation rate of the plants inside.

The special nature of the world in the box, combined with Chen's unique purple energy, is simply a heaven-defying plug-in for the development of spiritual seeds.

Otherwise, with the Chen family's heritage of only a hundred years, how could they have produced Chen's White Jade No. 3 in such a short time?

And this moment.

The three masters were preparing to follow the usual process of verifying the spiritual valley amid the envious and admiring eyes of the crowd. Princess Jiayue, who was originally acting as a notary, suddenly spoke up: "Everyone, wait a moment."

This statement came out.

Everyone looked at her, "Does the princess have any concerns?"

"Although your Jingzhongjie contains many good treasures, if you want to fully test Baiyu No. 3, you will either be unable to do so in a short period of time, or it will take a lot of time." Princess Jiayue said seriously, "Do you three want to fool around casually, or do you want us to stay here with you for a month or two?"

You know, the effects of the common means of inducing birth in the cultivation world are not as exaggerated as those in the world in the box. Even if a Jindan cultivator takes action, he can only compress the growth cycle of the spiritual rice and spiritual seeds to one or two months.

However, under the current circumstances, there is definitely no time to wait for the spiritual rice to complete an entire growth cycle.

Master Changsheng frowned slightly and said, "Your Highness Jiayue, the three of us are all experienced spiritual plant masters. When we breed spiritual seeds in the Jingzhong Realm, we will also conduct various tests at various growth stages of the spiritual plants. Combined with our previous experience, we can now identify the spiritual seeds."

Master Zi Luo also added: "If there is only one Jindan spirit plant master, there may indeed be misjudgment, but we have three spirit plant masters present, cross-verifying each other, which is enough to prove the value of a low-level spirit seed." Master Yin Huai did not speak, but he also agreed with what Changsheng and Zi Luo said, and could not help but cast an unhappy look at Princess Jiayue.

What annoyed him most was such amateurs giving orders to professionals.

If this wasn't a princess of the royal family, and he couldn't beat her, he would probably rebuke her with a cold face.

"Logically speaking, with three authorities here, it is not my turn to speak. However, since I have been entrusted to notarize, I must naturally be responsible for my royal reputation and for those large and small immortal cultivation families."

Princess Jiayue said, and gave Chen Jingyun a meaningful look: "Master Jingyun, this is really not my intention to target your Chen family."

At the same time, she snorted coldly in her heart, yes, this princess is here for revenge!

Who asked that kid named "Chen Xiuyang" to ride on this princess's head and attack her crazily? What's more outrageous is that he even took her pass and brick magic treasure, leaving her feeling so aggrieved that she has no place to complain.

At this moment, Chen Jingyun had already learned about the "grudge" between Xiu Yang and the princess, but on the surface he was still graceful: "What the princess said is very true, but when it comes to matters related to people's livelihood, we must be extra cautious."

After saying this, he looked at the three masters and said, "I wonder if you masters have any way to satisfy Princess Jiayue's request?"

"It's difficult, unless the three of us spend a month or two here." Master Changsheng said truthfully, "and in the process, we need to repeatedly consume a large amount of mana and spend a large amount of spirit stones to supply the magic array in the Jingzhong Realm to promote the birth of spirit seeds."

Chen Jingyun thought for a moment and made a decision: "Then spend an extra month or two. Any additional expenses will be covered by our Chen family."

Master Zi Luo showed a hint of envy in his eyes: "As expected of the Hedong Chen family, they are indeed wealthy and powerful. Okay, for the sake of the spirit stones, we will work harder for a month or two."

However, as soon as she finished her words, Princess Jiayue spoke again.

"There is no need to go through so much trouble on this matter. You can just use this treasure of mine."

As she spoke, she flipped her jade hand and a palm-sized scroll appeared in her hand.

The scroll is made of black wood, and the rolled-up paper is slightly yellowed, seeming to be quite old.

As Princess Jiayue raised her hand, the scroll flew out, then swelled up in the wind, slowly unfolding in the air and turning into a painting depicting pastoral scenery.

In the center of the scroll was a large brown spiritual field that looked quite fertile, but it was empty with nothing planted on it.

Invisible spatial fluctuations spread out with the scroll as the center, and any cultivator with spiritual awareness in the surrounding area felt it immediately.

"This is……?"

The three Jindan spiritual plant masters all had frozen expressions as they looked at the treasure map in disbelief. An almost absurd thought came to their minds.

"Is this the legendary Xirang Lingbaotu?"

Map of Xirang Lingbao?
The onlookers all looked bewildered.

They had never heard of this name and did not understand why the three Jindan spiritual plant masters had such expressions.

It’s no wonder that even for the three major sects, this treasure has only been heard of.

The legendary Xirang Lingbaotu is a top-level treasure that can only be refined in the ancient world of immortal cultivation. It is extremely rare that it has been passed down to this day. Even in the Tianyuan Dynasty, there were only a few of them, and each one was regarded as a treasure passed down from generation to generation.

Moreover, due to its special functions, it has only been famous in the field of spiritual plant masters. It is sought after by a group of spiritual plant masters and regarded as their dream treasure. If you are not a spiritual plant master, it is normal that you have not heard of it no matter how high your cultivation is.

"My lords, with this map of the Xirang spiritual treasure, can you conduct a comprehensive inspection of Chen's White Jade No. 3 in a short period of time?" Princess Jiayue said with a smile.

"Of course you can." Changsheng raised his voice a little, and his tone was slightly flattering. "Princess Jiayue, I just don't know where you got this Xirang Lingbao Map from?"

He didn't believe that this was something the royal family had possessed since ancient times, otherwise, with this treasure map, the Great Wu royal family would definitely be able to thrive in the spiritual seed industry.

Compared with the Xirang Lingbaotu, their world in the scenery is just like a child's toy and is not on the same level at all.

"Of course I have my own way." Princess Jiayue did not give a direct answer. Instead, she smiled and took a sip of the spiritual tea. She looked very graceful. "Masters, let's get started. If you need anything in the future, I don't mind lending you this map of the spiritual treasure of Xirang."

The three Jindan spiritual plant masters all looked delighted when they heard this. After thanking Princess Jiayue, they began to work together to operate the Xirang Lingbaotu.

They were seen floating in a triangle position, pinching their fingers to make magic gestures and injecting magic power into the Xirang Lingbaotu.

In an instant, the treasure map shone brightly, and the mountains, rivers, houses, streams and spiritual fields in the map were projected into the sky like a projection, turning into a large three-dimensional phantom that seemed to be real.

The scene was majestic, as if the shadow of the fairyland was overlapping on the human world.

"Good baby!"

The wrinkles on Master Changsheng's old face were trembling with excitement.

As a spiritual plant master, it is a great honor for me to get my hands on the Xirang Spiritual Treasure Map in my lifetime.

They threw their spirit seeds into the phantom one after another. The spirit seeds turned from real to virtual, overlapping and merging with the phantom, and fell into the spirit field as accurately as raindrops.

They worked together to divide the spiritual field into dozens of pieces. In each piece of spiritual field, they simulated different environments through the Xirang Lingbaotu, either high temperature or severe cold. At the same time, they also threw their treasured diseased spiritual plants and pests into them.

At the same time, those spirit seeds grew rapidly under the stimulation of the Xirang Spiritual Treasure Map.

Due to the different environments of each spiritual field, their growth conditions are also very different.

In some spiritual fields where the temperature is too high, the plants grow vigorously but soon wither and die. In some spiritual fields where the temperature is too cold, the plants grow very slowly, or develop poorly, or even freeze to death directly.

Some plants were unable to resist the disease, resulting in varying degrees of yield reduction.

In the spiritual fields with strong winds, some winds were too strong, causing large areas of plants to fall over, resulting in no yield or reduced yield.

With the manipulation of the three masters, the onlookers gradually understood what was going on with the Xirang Lingbaotu.

It turns out that not only can it grow spiritual plants on a large scale, but it can also simulate various extreme environments and put the spiritual plants to extremely severe tests.

There were also some knowledgeable people who explained to the audience: "The original purpose of the Xirang Lingbaotu was not to test spiritual grains and spiritual seeds. It's just that in ancient times, there were too many natural treasures and spiritual plants. They had different requirements for the growing environment. Some liked cold, some liked the sun, some liked water, and some liked drought."

“That’s why the great cultivator in ancient times refined the Breathing Rang Spiritual Treasure Map to meet the growth needs of various spiritual plants. However, that great cultivator never expected that no one would be interested in the treasure after it was refined. Later, he made some modifications to the treasure map in a fit of anger, and it was instead sought after by spiritual plant masters and was used to quickly test new spiritual grains and seeds.”

"Over time, the Xirang Spiritual Treasure Map has become a must-have treasure for the ancient spiritual plant masters."

It turned out to be the case.

After listening to this, Chen Jingyun, Chen Xinsong and other members of the Chen family finally understood the magical use and origin of the Xirang Lingbaotu.

Chen Xinsong, in particular, had his eyes shining and was extremely envious of the treasure map.

Chen has a world inside an old wooden box, which can cultivate a large number of mutated spiritual plants in a short period of time. After screening with purple energy, the original spiritual plants with benign mutations can be quickly obtained.

But even so, these mutated spiritual plants still have to go through rounds of experiments, as well as larger-scale, longer-term field experiments, before they can screen out the spiritual species that are truly worth promoting.

The elimination rate in this process is quite high, and only a few can remain in the end.

It is precisely this link with a very high elimination rate that takes the longest time and cannot be avoided.

But with the Xirang Lingbao Map, the time spent on this last link can be greatly shortened, and the experimental results will become more targeted, which can save a lot of trouble and save a huge amount of time and manpower and material costs.

It’s a pity that Chen Xinsong also understood that the Wu royal family would never sell such a rare treasure to anyone else.

He could only watch with envy.

It is said that this Xirang Lingbaotu is a rare treasure. In just over two hours, the three Jindan master spiritual plant masters have conducted more than 160 tests on Baiyu No. 3 in different environments and conditions.

Soon, they calculated the various parameters of Baiyu No. 3 and announced the final results.

Baiyu No. 3 has shown excellent tolerance in terms of heat resistance, cold resistance, lodging resistance, etc., and has relatively good resistance to many common diseases of Linggu plants.

Its overall characteristics are very stable. The more suitable the growing environment, the higher the yield. The most suitable growing areas are Hedong County, Danyang County, Hebei County, and parts of Donghai County.

If planted in the above areas, its theoretical yield would indeed exceed that of Yuwen No. 9.

After Princess Jiayue supervised the entire experimental process, she announced on the spot that she had no objection to the testing process of the White Jade No. 3 Spiritual Rice and was willing to take responsibility for the results.

As they saw the real results with their own eyes, and with the endorsement of the three Jindan masters and Princess Jiayue, the spiritual plant masters, most of the immortal cultivation families that had previously been skeptical also put aside their concerns.

An elder from the foundation-building family in Donghai County made up his mind on the spot: "Master Jingyun, our family is willing to grow Baiyu No. 3 spiritual rice. Can you give us a preferential price directly?"

Chen Jing bowed from a distance and said, "Our White Jade No. 3 Spirit Seed is already the best price. If you sign a ten-year supply contract, you can enjoy a 20% discount. If you sign a thirty-year supply contract and pay a deposit, you can enjoy a 30% discount."

This was the price that Chen had previously sold to the outside world. We cannot let old customers who purchased in advance suffer losses just to gain new customers.

30% off?
In fact, this price is already very attractive. The income from growing spiritual rice requires a long-term steady income. The remaining 30% off the price of spiritual seeds is pure profit.

If you can enjoy a 30% discount, you naturally won’t consider a 20% discount.

For a family of immortal cultivators, a mere thirty years is not a very long time.

Soon, a family expressed its willingness to sign a thirty-year contract with the Chen family.

After someone took the lead, the scene suddenly became lively, especially for the families in Hedong and Donghai counties, who had a relatively high degree of recognition of the Chen family and were more willing to place orders.

The monastic families in the neighboring Danyang County and Hebei County are still watching and hesitating.

But even so.

Chen's official launch of the White Jade No. 3 Spiritual Rice was a complete success. With word of mouth, it will sooner or later gradually occupy the spiritual seed market in Danyang County and Hebei County.

Unless, a spiritual species better than Baiyu No. 3 appears in these two counties.

Just when the scene was bustling and Chen received a large number of orders on the spot.

suddenly.

A deep and hearty laugh rang out in the sky: "Hahaha, Old Ghost Changsheng, Fellow Daoist Ziluo, and Brother Yinhuai, why didn't you inform me when you came to visit the Chen family in Hedong County?"

In laughter.

A beam of light also came rushing from afar, and suddenly reached the sky above the road. Then the light dissipated, and a tall, imposing, middle-aged and elderly Jindan cultivator appeared above Sheshan Market.

He stood in the wind, his long robe swaying in the wind, looking very majestic.

Behind him, one on the left and one on the right, there were two Foundation Establishment cultivators. One of them was Yuwen Xingyun from the Yuwen family, and the other was Yuwen Jianwu, the elder spiritual plant master of the Yuwen family.

"Fellow Daoist Yuwen, I heard that you were in seclusion. I wonder if you have made any progress in your cultivation?"

Changsheng Shangren and other Jindan cultivators obviously knew him, and they all responded with a smile. They were all cultivators of the same level, so naturally they would not act arrogantly.

After a few brief greetings.

Patriarch Yuwen then descended from the sky with Yuwen Xingyun and Yuwen Jianwu.

He glanced at the scroll on the stage for a few times and couldn't help but laugh and said, "Xirang Spiritual Treasure Map, Princess Jiayue is really good at it. As the saying goes, it's better to arrive in time than to arrive early. Since there is such a good treasure, our Yuwen family would also like to borrow the princess's treasure map to test our new spirit seed - Yuwen No. 13."

coming!

Chen Jingyun and Chen Xinsong looked at each other and sighed secretly in their hearts.

Sure enough, what is supposed to come will come.

However, they had expected long ago that Yuwen would be unable to sit still and take action sooner or later, so it was normal for them to choose today to launch their attack.

And the Chen family is not afraid of direct competition.

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(End of this chapter)