The sect asked me to marry, and I cultivated to the pinnacle of martial arts!

“This bandit leader, judging from his last strike, seemed quite formidable. Most people at the Innate Realm wouldn’t be a match for him,” Jiang Qingge said after a moment.

If Lu Ye hadn't finally allowed her to remove the suppression of her cultivation level, Jiang Qingge felt that with her fifth-level innate cultivation, she probably wouldn't have been able to withstand it.

“That strike must have reached the upper-grade Xuan level; ordinary bandits couldn’t possibly possess that.” Lu Ye said calmly, “There must be someone behind this group of bandits.”

"Huh? Someone's here?" Jiang Qingge was a little nervous upon hearing this.

"What are you afraid of? Do you think that person behind the scenes can withstand a single blow from you?" Lu Ye coughed and said.

"No matter who's behind him, if they really come, just give them a punch or a slap."

Jiang Qingge: "..."

"Shall we deliberately leak the news and lure the person behind this bandit group into a trap?" Jiang Qingge suggested after thinking for a moment.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Ye nodded: "We can wait here for a day or two. If the person behind this doesn't show up, then we'll consider ourselves lucky."

In almost every mountain stronghold, there are people who have been captured. When the two arrived at the warehouse of this stronghold, they also found several people being imprisoned.

After letting these people down the mountain, and having them spread the word that the bandits of Xisha Mountain had been wiped out, Lu Ye and his companion found a place in the mountains to wait for any potential newcomers to come.

When news of the destruction of Xisha Mountain Village reached the town where Lu Ye and his companion had previously visited, it caused an uproar.

"No, the Sand Mountain bandits were really wiped out?! Wasn't their leader a powerful person at the Innate Realm?"

"Hiss, if this is true, it only shows that there are always people more powerful than you. Since that Senior Chen appeared in our Northern Territory, there have indeed been many more experts."

When someone mentioned Senior Chen, many people nodded.

Since the emergence of such a top expert in the Northern Territory a few years ago, it has indeed boosted the cultivation atmosphere throughout the Northern Territory.

Overall, prices are trending upwards.

Some curious individuals, emboldened, ventured to Xisha Mountain and immediately discovered its unusual features.

The mountain outposts that used to exist have truly disappeared, and we encountered no obstacles on our way to the gate of the mountain stronghold.

This would have been impossible in the past.

The mountain stronghold's main hall is now completely empty. The bandits who used to run rampant have vanished without a trace.

"It's true! The bandits have all disappeared."

"Among those two, there is actually someone with the strength to deal with the bandit leader. They don't look very old. They are truly formidable young people."

Nanmu City.

This is a city about four hundred miles away from Xisha Mountain. This city is more prosperous than ordinary cities. Therefore, there are two innate families and one grandmaster family in the city.

At this moment, both of the innate families were watching the show with a sense of anticipation.

The fact that Fine Sand Mountain is an extension of the Cheng family of Nanmu City is no secret to them. Without the Cheng family's support over the years, the leader of Fine Sand Mountain would not have been able to rise so quickly.

Now, one of the tentacles has been severed... Will Chengjia be able to swallow this insult?
"Since Cheng Laogui advanced to the Grandmaster level a few years ago, he has been incredibly powerful and influential in Nanmu City. Ha, now someone has finally come out to challenge him."

"I wonder if this guy who dares to provoke the tiger can withstand the Cheng family's retaliatory measures?"

"If you ask me, these two sides should fight! The more intense the fight, the better. Ideally, they should get married and then be crushed by the fight."

"Hey buddy... are you making a wish here? Rumor has it that the two people who came up the mountain were two young men, who looked like a couple. It's already pretty good that they were able to wipe out the Xisha Mountain bandits. Are you still dreaming that they'll drag Chengjia down with them?"

Within Nanmu City, discussions were incessant.

At this moment, in the Cheng family's main hall, many figures sat upright, each with a somewhat serious expression.

"It's all over the place now, what do you think?" The head of the Cheng family was a round-faced man who looked harmless, but was actually a cultivator at the Innate Realm.

He spoke first, then looked at everyone present.

An elder of the Chen family spoke up, saying, "Actually, this matter is a good thing for my family. After all, it's not exactly honorable to be associated with the bandit stronghold. It's been difficult to resolve this issue before, but now that this has happened, I think it's a good opportunity."

Before they got married, they relied on this mountain stronghold and did many things that their own families couldn't do, and they also gained a lot of benefits.

However, after the Chen family produced its own martial arts grandmaster, it proved that the elders felt that cutting ties now was a good thing.

“That’s not quite right,” another white-bearded elder said. “It’s precisely because many people know that Xisha Mountain has some connection with us that it has been quietly destroyed. To a certain extent, this clearly shows that they don’t take our Chen family seriously.”

“Our Chen family has only just produced a Grandmaster, and it is precisely the time to establish our authority. Their actions are tantamount to slapping our Chen family in the face. My advice is that we must not let this matter go so easily, lest others think we are weak and easily bullied.”

Both sides have their own supporters.

Some people think that cutting ties is a good thing, while others feel that the Chen family has now become a newly emerging clan, and there aren't many clans in the Northern Territory. They do indeed need to establish their authority and expand their influence.

The head of the Cheng family fell into deep thought.

In the end, reason prevailed, and the head of the Cheng family said, "The Third Elder is right. Our Cheng family has now become a Grandmaster family, which is rare in the entire Northern Territory. We really shouldn't get entangled with those low-class forces anymore."

"Even if such ancillary activities are needed later, they should be done more discreetly to avoid giving others cause for gossip."

Since the patriarch had said so, the other elders who supported building the family's reputation still wanted to say something, but in the end, they chose to keep quiet.

Cheng Jia remained silent, choosing to lay low, which was unexpected by many in Nanmu City.

I thought that as a newly established family of grandmasters, the Cheng family would choose to draw their swords.

"Chengjia's temper seems to have improved a lot. He can even tolerate this now."

"Perhaps it's because there have been more experts in our northern border region lately, and they want to keep a low profile to avoid attracting any trouble."

"By the way, speaking of this matter, I seem to have encountered quite a few extraordinary people recently, the kind who are clearly exceptional just by looking at them!" (End of Chapter)