CHAPTER 57: WHERE ARE YOUR ANCESTORS?

Li Xun refused to be outdone. He activated a hand formation that summoned thunderous winds, blowing away everything in the surrounding area without exception. Li Shen raised two fingers, activating a stronger protective barrier.

The woman pointed her hand forward, sending a whirlwind of thunderstorms forward, targeting red-and-black-robed man.

The man looked shocked, he could feel the power of the technique was similar to a 7th level technique.

The man pointed his hand forward, condensing seven sun qi energies into a single attack. A medium-sized sun appeared in front of the man in the red and black robe, who then launched his attack forward to defeat the thunderstorm.

BLAST!

An explosion happened inside the place, which was quite shocking and made people shiver.

Li Shen pointed his hand to continue maintaining the spiritual energy ball, protecting the place from great destruction.

Through his cultivation eyes, Li Shen could clearly see the condition of the two of them.

Li Xun waved his hand to the side, clearing the smoke away from his face. Li Xun was still floating in the air, unlike red-and-black-robed man who had fallen from the sky, fainting.

"Elder Huo has been defeated? But how is that possible?" asked another disciple of the Gu Yang sect.

Despite her victory, the woman had to admit that the battle had drained a lot of her physical strength and spiritual energy. She turned to Li Shen, her eyes blurry and her body shaking heavily.

Unable to maintain her condition, Li Xun closed her eyes and fell from the sky. Li Shen was shocked.

The man deactivated the protective ball and flew quickly towards Li Xun. Li Xun arrived in Li Shen’s arms. Li Shen saw that Li Xun was only exhausted and not fatally wounded.

In her faint, Li Xun smiled broadly as she had successfully proven her abilities before her father. Li Shen focused his eyes forward.

"Your elders have been defeated. Keep your promise!" Li Shen said firmly.

"Even though Elder Huo has been defeated, we will not—"

"You plan to break your promise?!" Li Shen snapped, interrupting them.

Enraged by their defeat, Li Shen activated his magical pressure, which instantly caused everyone in the area to fall from the sky and kneel on the ground. Everyone was affected without exception, including the Mu Ying Sect disciples.

"Cough!"

Many of them coughed up blood and fainted because they couldn’t withstand the power of the magical pressure.

The Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment cultivators fell faint, while the Core Formation and Nascent Soul cultivators remained slumped with their souls slowly being wounded.

"W-Who are you?" they groaned, curious about Li Shen’s abilities.

Li Shen looked down at the cultivators. Slowly, he stopped his magical pressure, freeing them from the effects of the powerful spiritual energy.

"Sigh!"

"Leave this place and never disturb the Mu Ying Sect again," Li Shen ordered.

Those who were still awake began to get to their feet. Without carrying the fainted disciples, they left the Mu Ying Sect in their wounded state.

"Thank you, Senior," said the disciples of the Mu Ying Sect.

"I didn’t do it for you." Li Shen turned back and looked at the people. The cultivators seemed greatly relieved by what Li Shen and Li Xun had done.

"From now on, you must rely on your own abilities!" Li Shen said firmly.

"Train hard and work together to free your sect leader."

"Yes. Junior understands."

Li Shen flew away with both hands holding Li Xun’s body. Their destination was to return to the safe house for a while until Li Xun had completely recovered.

Once she regained consciousness and recovered, the two could immediately leave that place and return to the Qing Yan Kingdom.

Upon arriving at the safe house, Li Shen laid Li Xun’s body on the flat rock where he usually meditated.

To speed up her recovery, Li Shen took out a Celestial level spirit stone and made it float above Li Xun.

[Recovery Activated]

Li Shen directed his spiritual energy forward, hitting the Celestial level spirit stone and causing it to emit magical energy particles that fell down, hitting Li Xun’s body.

The man fell silent and stood up again. After leaving Li Xun’s recovery to the celestial spirit stone, Li Shen would focus on cultivating while waiting for his daughter to recover.

Day turned into night. Li Shen stood in the middle of the safe house compound. He knew that the Gu Yang Sect would not let them go, while Li Xun was still unconscious.

Li Shen tapped his magic pouch and produced a blue bell-shaped plate. After activating it with his spiritual energy, a giant blue bell engraved with dragons appeared in that spot, growing in size until it completely covered the safe house compound.

Once it had fully covered the area, the blue bell vanished on its own and would reactivate if the area was attacked by enemies. But Li Shen didn’t need to worry, as the bell’s power could withstand attacks from Soul Formation stage cultivators.

"This bell will protect this place until Li Xun wakes up," explained Li Shen.

***

Two days later.

Mu Ying Sect Safe House.

Li Xun slowly opened her eyes. She was shocked to see herself lying outside with a Celestial level spirit stone floating above her, continuously emitting spiritual energy particles to be absorbed by her body.

Not only did she see the spirit stone, Li Xun also saw Li Shen floating in the air with his head raised.

The man’s attention was focused on the red and black robed cultivators surrounding the place. The people from the Gu Yang Sect had come to take revenge.

"Surrender. You’ve been trying to destroy my defensive bell all this time. However, no one can," Li Shen explained, advising them.

"We will not surrender!"

Everyone who had come to the sky above the safe house began directing their attacks at the blue bell.

Li Shen sighed, crossing his arms in front of his chest, allowing the cultivators below the Soul Formation to try their luck.

"What’s happening, Father?" asked Li Xun.

Li Shen turned his head, then smiled gently as he flew closer to Li Xun. Through his cultivation eyes, he could see that Li Xun was fine.

His recovery process was still ongoing, with the celestial spirit stone still hovering above his head, continuously showering Li Xun’s body with spiritual energy particles.

"Are you okay?" asked Li Shen.

"I’m much better. The important thing is, what’s going on here?" asked Li Xun.

The man began to explain the reason for the Gu Yang sect cultivators’ presence. They had all come to avenge Elder Huo’s defeat.

They felt dissatisfied and humiliated that Elder Huo had lost to a female cultivator they didn’t know.

"Huh? That’s nonsense! They should have obeyed the agreement," complained Li Xun.

"That’s right. However, their arrogance is far greater than their generosity. They won’t leave this place before killing you," replied Li Shen.

"Don’t worry, Father! I’ll go to—"

"You’ve just regained consciousness; your physical strength and spiritual energy haven’t fully recovered. That would be extremely risky," interrupted Li Shen.

"We’ll wait," replied Li Shen.

"Wait for whom?"

"Their ancestors."