Family Cultivation: Evergreen of the Song Family

The one holding the sword and spear is a young man with striking red hair. Under the bright moonlight, the hair sparkles with crystal light. He has a cold expression, and his eyes are like bright stars. He exudes an intimidating sharpness from the inside out.

Looking at the talented young man in front of him, even Song Changsheng couldn't help but feel a little dazed. He seemed to see a third of his own youth in this young man.

And three points are just like the rebellious Song Qingxing back then.

He had never seen this person before, but from the other's striking red hair, he could judge that this boy must be the descendant of the old ghost Chihuo. He didn't look very old, but he didn't know whether he was a son or grandson.

"You villain, why don't you dare show your true face?" The red-haired young man shouted angrily, and his clear and powerful voice echoed among the mountains.

In the dense forest, a team of Chiyang Guards wearing red armor and holding red-tasseled spears and bows and arrows were moving quickly.

They were like red torrents, converging from all directions to the bottom of the young man, forming a red ocean. In a very short time, they arranged themselves into a square formation of ten horizontally and five vertically. The formation was compact and uniform, exuding a magnificent momentum.

The Chiyang Guard has been established for more than five years, and this is the first time that it has appeared in front of Song Changsheng as a whole. Judging from the current situation, he is quite satisfied with it. He just doesn't know if it is a carved shoulder pole - good-looking but not practical.

He wanted to test the strength of this young man and Chiyangwei, so he suppressed his cultivation to the initial stage of foundation building and took the initiative to reveal his figure.

The moment his figure appeared, the power of the mountain protection formation immediately locked Song Changsheng and was ready to launch a saturation attack at any time.

But the young man raised the red tasseled spear in his hand and said confidently: "This is the only one coming. Don't act rashly. Let me meet him!"

On the top of Tianyang Peak, Chi Ming and Shangguan Jian stood side by side. Looking at the spirited young man below, Chi Ming could not help but frown and said, "This Chi Li is really reckless. He doesn't want to capture the spy as soon as possible, but actually plans to fight him!"

Shangguan Jian nodded slightly and said, "This is a serious matter, so we should indeed act with caution. Young Master Nineteen is still a little too confident. Why don't we let the Chiyang Guards deal with the newcomers directly?"

"So good."

Just when Shangguan Jian was about to give an order, a voice that came from his ears made the two men suddenly solemn. Shangguan Jian silently put down his right hand that was used to give orders and chose to watch coldly.

Outside Tianyang Peak, the young and frivolous Chi Li had already come close to Song Changsheng with his spear and sword. Without any nonsense, he thrust the spear straight into Song Changsheng's face. The long spear with a red tassel was like a red snake, cunning and poisonous.

"Well done!"

An expert can tell the outcome with just one move. Song Changsheng secretly cheered for Chi Li in his heart, then took out an ordinary second-level magic sword and calmly swung out the gun tip that was already close at hand.

Seeing that Song Changsheng had so calmly resolved his shot, a hint of surprise flashed in Chi Li's eyes, but he quickly adjusted himself. He shook his wrist vigorously, and the tip of the gun shot diagonally upwards, stabbing towards Song Changsheng's wrist holding the sword.

Song Changsheng turned his wrist and swung it away again. A huge force was transmitted to Chi Li's arm through the spear, making his arm numb.

After failing to succeed twice in a row, Chi Li paid more and more attention to Song Changsheng. He no longer tested him cautiously, but launched a fierce attack with gun, sweeping, poking, smashing, and picking... Chi Li's gun was as fast as a dragon, with force like rain, which was dazzling, and his angles were more tricky than the last time.

Although Song Changsheng managed to resolve Chi Li's attacks one by one, he became more and more frightened as the fight went on. The performance of this young man was completely beyond his expectations.

He doesn't look like a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building at all. You know, although he has suppressed his cultivation to the early stage of foundation building, his physique, practical skills and even the purity of his spiritual power are far beyond those of foundation building cultivators. However, he still feels a little bit of pressure in dealing with him.

His spear skills are tough yet gentle, and he occasionally uses some shady moves that are not considered presentable.

To sum it up in one sentence, you can do whatever it takes to win.

Song Changsheng was inexplicably delighted. He wanted to see where the limit of this young man was. He stopped defending blindly and slowly turned from defense to offense, starting to put pressure on Chi Li.

His own strength combined with his exquisite swordsmanship soon made Chi Li unable to resist and he gradually fell into a disadvantage.

But the young man's resilience once again exceeded his expectations. Although he had the upper hand, he was unable to truly defeat him.

The two sides fought for dozens of rounds. Chi Li suddenly shouted angrily: "With your strength, you are definitely not an unknown person in Yangzhou. Who sent you as a spy?"

"No comment!"

Song Changsheng replied indifferently, then suddenly swung out with a sword. The sharp sword energy just brushed past Chi Li's temples, and several strands of hair fell with the wind.

"I admit that I am no match for you, but anyone who crosses my Tianyang Peak will die!"

Chi Li's eyes widened with anger, and a burning aura suddenly burst out from his body. After forcing Song Changsheng back, he returned to his original position, raised the red tasseled spear in his hand and said: "Chiyang Guards, listen to my order, kill!"

"kill!"

Five hundred Chiyang Guards shouted in unison, and murderous aura filled the sky.

They uniformly took off the longbows and arrows on their backs, bent their bows like full moons, and aimed directly at Song Changsheng.

Song Changsheng made a sword flower, and dozens of long swords were suspended and arranged behind him. The mighty sword power was everywhere, which was daunting.

"kill!"

I saw the spiritual power surging in everyone's body, and bright runes appeared on their armor, amplifying and connecting the power of everyone.

In an instant, hundreds of arrows were fired at once, like a flock of fire crows flapping their wings.

"Break!" Song Changsheng's tongue burst into spring thunder, and he slashed with a sword. A large number of "Fire Crows" were wiped out, but some of them still melted into a fiery red stream of light, which directly pierced through Song Changsheng's body protection spiritual energy.

Song Changsheng's eyes lit up. The power was already comparable to a full-strength attack from an ordinary cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage. This was without the use of the battle formation. If one went all out, it should be no less than a cultivator who had reached the great perfection of the Foundation Establishment stage.

"I wonder how his battle formation skills have been practiced." Song Changsheng thought secretly in his heart, and slightly unlocked some seals on his cultivation, improving to the late stage of foundation building. Then he waved his arms, and his spiritual power vibrated, and all those arrows turned into powder.

"He actually hid his cultivation!" A strange look appeared in Chi Li's eyes, but he felt inexplicably relieved in his heart. He claimed that he had few rivals among the cultivators of the same level, but the strength displayed by Song Changsheng just now made him doubt his life and questioned his own strength for a time.

Now seeing Song Changsheng showing his cultivation level, he felt a lot more balanced.

"This person's cultivation is two levels higher than mine. It's reasonable that I can't defeat him." Chi Li comforted himself.

"If this is all you have the ability to do, it would be wishful thinking to capture me." Song Changsheng deliberately said sarcastically.

"You coward, stop being so arrogant!
"Form a formation!" Chi Li shouted loudly, and the Chiyang Guards below began to quickly change their formation, and soon formed a unique cone formation.

A red-gold armor appeared on Chi Li's body, and the complicated runes on his body were connected to the Chiyang Guard. His aura began to surge rapidly, and soon broke through the original limit. "Break!"

The red tasseled spear in Chi Li's hand quickly enlarged and thrust out, as if to dye half of the sky red.

Feeling the momentum of this attack, Song Changsheng became a little interested. It was already extremely close to the full-strength attack of a cultivator who had reached the great perfection of the foundation building stage. It was indeed more than enough to deal with a cultivator who was in the late stage of the foundation building stage.

Having gotten the answer he wanted, Song Changsheng no longer hid it and said calmly, "Broken!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the red spear that illuminated half of the sky suddenly shattered without causing the slightest ripple.

Seeing this scene, everyone was shocked. This was already the strongest attack they could use, but this person managed to resolve it so easily. What kind of strength was he?
Chi Li gritted his teeth and shouted, "Set up the formation and fight again!"

His pride would not allow him to admit defeat, and neither would the Tianyang Peak behind him.

"Okay, Nineteen, it's time to stop."

A calm voice came from behind him. Chi Li turned around and saw that it was Chi Ming and Shangguan Jian.

"Fifth brother, you came at the right time. Quickly activate the mountain protection formation and kill this beast." Chi Li said excitedly.

"Stop it, this person is the leader of our clan, Master Zixu." Chi Ming said with a cold face.

"Master Zixu?" Chi Li was startled, turned around and looked at Song Changsheng with a look of doubt, then immediately threw away the red tasseled spear in his hand, knelt on the ground, and said respectfully: "I didn't know that the sect master had come. I am sorry for offending you. Please forgive me!"

"Please forgive me, Sect Master!" All the Chiyang Guards knelt on one knee, furious.

"I intentionally hid my identity. You have done a good job. How can you say that I am guilty?" Song Changsheng restored his original appearance and said lightly.

"Let's meet the sect master!"

Looking at Shangguan Jian and Chi Ming who came late, Song Changsheng nodded slightly and said: "Although the outer sentries of Tianyang Peak are full of loopholes, the internal defense is pretty good, and this young man is also quite smart.

Although the Chiyang Guards were only formed a few years ago, they are now equipped with armor and have learned battle formations, so their strength should not be underestimated.

You have all worked hard over the years, and the family will surely reward you handsomely in the future."

Hearing Song Changsheng's praise, Chi Ming and Shangguan Jian, who were a little nervous, immediately breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly bowed and said, "Master, you are too kind. These are what we should do."

Song Changsheng did not comment, turned his head and looked at Chi Li beside him and asked: "What is your name, and what is your relationship with Chi Huo?"

"My lord, my name is Chi Li. I am the nineteenth child in the clan. Chi Huo is my father." Chi Li said with excitement, bowing.

"Hmm... Chi Li." Song Changsheng turned his head to look at Chi Ming beside him, and said with emotion again: "Chi Huo has given birth to another good son."

No matter whether it is Chi Ming or Chi Li in front of him, he admires both of them. Chi Huo's qualifications are far inferior to theirs. The saying "the disciple is worse than the master" has become concrete at this moment.

"How many brothers and sisters-in-law do you have whose spiritual roots have not been tested?" Song Changsheng asked suddenly without any clue.

"Master, there are still 107 people."

"One hundred and seven people, that means one hundred and seven seeds." Song Changsheng said slowly.

Even if the Chi family does not produce any talented people later, with Chi Ming and Chi Li around, if nothing unexpected happens, they will be able to rise from Yangzhou within a hundred years and become the eighth largest family. It is only a matter of time before they surpass the others.

If Chihuo can successfully break through, his achievements in the next three hundred years may not be worse than those of the Lieyang Sect.

"When I return to my clan, will you be willing to practice with me?"

Chi Li's heart was shaken, and he knelt on the ground with a plop. He kowtowed excitedly and said, "Disciple is willing, disciple is willing."

"Very good."

"You guys follow me inside and talk."

After saying that, Song Changsheng took a few steps and entered the main hall of Tianyang Peak, but no one followed him.

After a while, looking at Chi Ming who was stunned and Chi Li who was still immersed in joy, Shangguan Jian cleared his throat and said, "Fifth Young Master, Nineteenth Young Master, the clan leader has already gone up the mountain."

Chi Ming woke up from his dream, with a trace of apology on his face, he said: "I am so happy to see my brother can follow the sect master to practice, I am a little distracted for a moment, let's go up the mountain first."

"It's human nature and understandable. Young Master Nineteen has been practicing with the clan leader and can already consider himself a registered disciple. With Young Master Nineteen's qualifications and intelligence, it is not impossible for him to become a direct disciple. Looking at the two states of Ling and Yang, no one else can have such an honor. I am very envious of him." Shangguan Jian said with a smile.

The Chi family's rapid rise to prominence is foreseeable. As he is in charge of the Liehuo Hall, he will inevitably have to deal with them in the future, so he must build good relations with them.

His words touched the hearts of Chi Ming and Chi Li. The three of them complimented each other and ordered the Chi Yang Guard to disband on the spot before going up the mountain together.

After the three of them sat down, Song Changsheng began to ask about the old ghost Chihuo's recent situation.

Chi Ming took a step forward and said respectfully, "Reporting to the Sect Master, my father is currently making very good progress and has reached the final stage of breakthrough. According to the judgment of the Grand Elder, the devil's calamity should come within a year."

Song Changsheng nodded and said, "We must not let down our guard at this time. During this time, I will stay here to protect Chihuo and scare away the villains."

Song Changsheng could no longer help with the breakthrough issue. The only thing he could do now was to create a stable environment for the old ghost Chihuo to break through.

Song Xianming was in the dark and he was in the light. The grandfather and grandson personally guarded Tianyang Peak. Unless the Jindan Zhenren came in person, they were capable of fighting against him.

There was still a year left, so he naturally couldn't sit idle. He took out a pen and paper and drew up a list and handed it to Chi Ming, asking him to prepare the materials. He wanted to upgrade the Tianyang Peak's mountain protection formation.

During his last retreat, in addition to refining spiritual objects and [Essence of Heaven and Earth], he also deeply comprehended the array inheritance brought from the Lost Pearl World. His array attainments advanced by leaps and bounds, and he has already touched the threshold of a third-grade top-grade array master. The mountain protection array of Tianyang Peak is now a third-grade top-grade array master, making it an excellent training target...

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