Cultivation Starting from Choosing Augments-Chapter 84 - 82: Obtaining an Earth Element Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object
The Patriarch of the Xuan Family felt his Magical Power rapidly draining away, leaving him utterly stunned.
He’d never expected them to attack first, not when they were so heavily outnumbered.
What’s more, he never thought that, as fellow cultivators at Qi Refining Great Perfection...
...Xiao Chen could take down his entire family with a single move. He hadn’t even been given a chance to activate his Clan’s Spiritual Artifact.
Now, with his Magical Power drained, he was nothing but meat on a chopping block, completely at their mercy.
’Are all the disciples from the Li Huo Sect this powerful?’
’If I’d known it would turn out like this, I never would have let myself be tempted by those two Demon Cultivators.’
’No amount of Spirit Stones, no matter how precious the Spiritual Object, would have swayed me.’
The Xuan Family Patriarch was filled with regret, but with thorns wrapped tightly around his mouth, he couldn’t even beg for mercy.
The other disciples from the Li Huo Sect were also left dumbstruck.
They stood frozen in place, unsure of what to do.
Back in their sect branch, Chen Zixuan and Chen Zirui had always considered themselves outstanding compared to their peers.
But now, seeing Xiao Chen in action, they finally understood what a true disparity in power looked like.
It wasn’t that they had never seen cultivators at Qi Refining Great Perfection; the Chen Family had plenty of them.
But they had never seen one this powerful.
He could effortlessly suppress cultivators of the same realm—defeating five at once, while also containing ten late-stage Qi Refining cultivators on the side.
Only one junior disciple, a young man from Blazing Fire Peak, remained composed.
Besides Xiao Chen himself, he was the only one who remained completely calm from start to finish.
He had been to the Flame Pool Secret Realm and had followed Song Zhongwen into its inner reaches, where he had seen Xiao Chen in action.
He glanced at the other dumbfounded disciples and chuckled to himself. ’This is just a fraction of Xiao’s true strength. I saw him wipe out a whole pack of Two-headed Lions.’
’Compared to that, these five Qi Refining ninth-layer cultivators are hardly enough to make him break a sweat.’
So he wasn’t worried in the slightest. He was the first to pull out a rope and start helping to secure the prisoners.
Seeing this, the other disciples snapped out of their stupor and quickly pitched in, eager to earn Contribution Points for participating in the arrest.
The two Loose Cultivators on the side, who had been pretending to be statues, could no longer keep up the act.
One of them had a sudden stroke of genius. "Young Hero Xiao, this is wonderful! We’ve been wanting to report the Xuan Family for colluding with Demon Cultivators, but they forced us to go along with them. We had no choice but to say things we didn’t mean."
The other quickly chimed in, "That’s right, that’s right! They tricked us into coming here. The Xuan Family is so large and powerful, we had no choice but to obey."
Xiao Chen waved his hand. "Cut the crap. Give me one reason why I should let you go."
One of them immediately replied, "I have many friends! I can go and tell them the truth, expose the Xuan Family’s vile actions."
"I’ll tell them how fortunate it was that you heroes from the Li Huo Sect arrived just in time, performing Demon Extermination and Protection of the Dao, and rescued me from that den of vipers."
The Li Huo Sect was, after all, one of the Righteous Sects, and its reputation did need to be maintained.
Xiao Chen nodded. "Alright, you can go."
The other one gritted his teeth and stomped his foot. "I have something to report! The Xuan Family has a hidden room in the back alley. Just yesterday, I saw one of their maids taking food over there."
"Oh?"
Xiao Chen’s interest was instantly piqued. He instructed his fellow disciples, "I’m going to check it out. You all start searching the Xuan residence."
Then, he got up and headed for the door. "Let’s go. Take me there."
In the back alley behind the Xuan residence, inside a building disguised as a thatched shed, there was indeed a secret passage leading underground.
Xiao Chen dismissed the Loose Cultivator who had guided him, then donned his Golden Armor. He took out the Cyan Gourd and summoned the Cyan Wood Divine General to scout the path ahead.
Upon entering, the first thing he heard was the sound of two people laughing and joking.
Rounding a narrow corner, the passage opened up into a resplendent, gilded underground hall.
Directly opposite were two large beds, placed six or seven feet apart, with several jars of fine wine resting on them.
The floor around the beds was spattered with blood and littered with human bones.
On each bed sat a Demon Cultivator at the ninth layer of Qi Refining.
One was holding the upper half of a woman’s body, the other her lower half, as they toasted each other merrily.
But it had to be said, their reactions were incredibly fast.
The instant they saw an unfamiliar face, they snatched up their Flying Swords from the bedsides. "Who are you?"
Xiao Chen had no desire to speak with animals like them.
He simply thrust out his hand, and thorns shot from his fingertips toward the two men.
Unexpectedly, a wall of earth erupted from the ground, blocking his thorns.
Xiao Chen charged forward, smashing through the wall with his body.
CRASH!
The earthen wall shattered, but the two Demon Cultivators were already disappearing around another corner.
"Damn it! Another exit!"
Xiao Chen immediately activated his Vertical Earth Golden Light and gave chase.
One of the two Demon Cultivators actually knew the Wind Escape Technique, and his speed was already astonishingly fast.
Seeing Xiao Chen closing in, he actually recited a Mantra and cast the Blood Escape Secret Technique.
A red glow enveloped them, and their speed instantly increased by a full thirty percent.
In less than ten breaths, they had burst out of Heyang County and were fleeing along the riverbank.
Soon, however, they made a terrifying discovery.
Once they left the complex terrain of the county behind, Xiao Chen’s speed only increased.
Then, with a WHOOSH, a streak of golden light flashed past and blocked their path.
At the same time, a mirror in his hand glinted as he raised the Flame Mirror and aimed it at them.
Flames flickered within the mirror’s surface, and a Fire Dragon erupted forth.
The two Demon Cultivators skidded to a halt, and one of them immediately slammed his hands onto the ground.
Another earthen wall shot up, once again blocking Xiao Chen’s attack.
Then, his companion preemptively unfurled a large, fiery-red banner.
The banner grew as it met the wind, swiftly expanding to over thirty feet tall.
One of the Demon Cultivators wrapped his arms around the flagpole. "Divine Fire, descend and cleanse the world!"
As he spoke, he shook the pole, and nine balls of fire immediately dropped from the banner’s surface.
The moment they hit the ground, they transformed into eight-foot-tall Fire Soldiers, wreathed in roaring flames and wielding Flame Long Sabers.
He pointed at Xiao Chen. "Fire Soldiers, heed my command! Kill!"
Seeing this, Xiao Chen used the Cyan Thorn Technique again, trying to entangle the Fire Soldiers.
To his surprise, the flames on the Fire Soldiers were exceptionally potent, instantly burning through his thorns.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
Sparks flew as the Flame Long Sabers hacked against his Golden Armor, but they couldn’t harm Xiao Chen in the slightest.
Xiao Chen glanced around, confirmed that they were alone, and directly summoned his Fire Crow. "Profound Yang Fire!"
However, just before the Profound Yang Fire could descend, the other Demon Cultivator threw up layer after layer of earthen walls, completely encircling the two of them.
BOOM!
With a tremendous crash, a large section of the walls was shattered, but new walls rose instantly to fill the gaps.
*Hiss!*
’Wasn’t this investigation supposed to be a simple formality to help the Chen siblings?’
’Why are these Demon Cultivators so tough to deal with?’
While directing his Fire Crow to harass them from above, Xiao Chen endured the Fire Soldiers’ siege and began preparing his Li Huo Thunder.
’To break through a turtle shell defense like this, the Li Huo Demon Vibration technique is the only way.’
While Xiao Chen merely found the situation a bit tricky, the two Demon Cultivators were in utter misery.
They had no idea if Xiao Chen had reinforcements on the way.
They wanted to flee, but even using the Blood Escape hadn’t been enough to shake Xiao Chen.
They wanted to counterattack, but with his Golden Armor’s protection, their whole troop of Fire Soldiers couldn’t break his defense.
The Demon Cultivator holding the flagpole summoned another nine Fire Soldiers, but it didn’t change a thing.
After a brief stalemate, the other Demon Cultivator shouted to Xiao Chen, "Let’s make a deal! You let us go, and we’ll give you an Upper Grade Magical Artifact. How about it?"
Xiao Chen said nothing, silently continuing to prepare his Li Huo Thunder.
The man shouted twice more but received no reply.
In a fit of desperation, he even threw a dozen Talismans at him.
Protected by his Golden Armor, Xiao Chen ignored the attacks and finally gathered the required thirty-six Li Huo Thunders.
"Li Huo... Demon Vibration!"
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Thirty-six explosions detonated simultaneously. Their layered earthen walls finally gave way, and a full half of the barrier was blown to smithereens.
"Profound Yang Fire!"
This time, they had no chance to repair the wall. The Profound Yang Fire incinerated them, turning them to ash.
With their master’s death, the large banner rapidly shrank and fell to the ground.
At the same time, the remaining earthen walls crumbled, and a square-foot block of brown earth fell to the ground with them.
’Huh, so it wasn’t just Magic? There was a Magical Artifact involved?’
Xiao Chen curiously picked up the clod of earth. "No, wait. This is Wuji Spirit Soil!"
Wuji Spirit Soil was an extremely rare type of Spirit Soil. It could even be used as an Earth Element Spiritual Object for Foundation Establishment!
