Chapter 116: Calculations

  The old man's voice was still stern, but his expression was slowly softening.

  "Ah, I am Chen Ye, and I have been training in these mountains for some time. I was about to leave when I discovered something unusual here, so I came over to take a look out of curiosity... who would have thought..."

  "Experience?"

  Qiu Zhen and others' eyebrows moved involuntarily, this mountain range, saying it's not big, but also absolutely not small, inside, not to mention the countless demons, just the many wild beasts and ferocious beasts, are all not ordinary ones, those who can practice here... But the age of the person in front is really a bit too young?

  Little did they know, while they were sizing up Chen Ye at night, Chen Ye's heart was also filled with many sighs!

  Five people, the old man is a master of the middle profound boundary, two middle-aged men, initial profound eightfold, that young man who is twenty-five or six years old, initial profound fivefold boundary, and the remaining woman, initial profound threefold boundary.

  Such an array, placed in the Imperial City of the capital, can be compared to the imperial family, the Chen family, and a few large families, as well as some powers in the Imperial City, such as the Tie family of Tie Yi Tian.

  The Qiu family can't compare to these few families, but don't forget what Qiu Zhenfang just said, the Qiu family is the Qiu family of Qingyang Town... In other words, a family in a town has such strength.

  Chen Ye's mind seemed a bit dazed!

  In the Imperial City, this family was arrogant and self-important, that family thought they were invincible. If you put them in other cities, not under the feet of the emperor, without the protection of the royal family, what would be the situation?

  And this also made Chen Ye think of another extremely important thing.

  He didn't know how big Qingyang Town was, but since it was called a town, its scale shouldn't be too large. The forces in a small town were actually strong enough to rival the top powers of the Imperial City, let alone larger cities?

  The Dahua Empire is vast, similar to Qingyang Town, and even larger cities are numerous. Even in Qingyang Town, there exists the Qiu family; who would say that other towns and large cities do not have powers that are much stronger than the Qiu family?

  A powerful force will definitely have... problems will follow, many forces are extremely extraordinary, a royal family, even with thousands of troops and horses, how can they suppress these forces, not making waves within the imperial court?

  If there is a super master in the imperial family, making these forces dare not act recklessly and must follow some laws of the imperial court, then can the imperial family do nothing about the Chen family?

  Although the Chen family's power is also extraordinary, Chen Ye does not think that the Chen family's strength can compare to the combined forces of the Great Huaxia Empire.

  This world is a Xuan Qi world, where strength is revered. The mundane imperial power only works on ordinary people or those who are not too powerful; it is fundamentally inapplicable to the strong.

  Qiu Zhen's cultivation may not be able to ignore the imperial court's laws, but if Qiu Zhen reaches the Upper Mystic Realm, then some of the imperial court's laws can be taken less seriously by the Qiu family.

  If one has reached the Tongxuan boundary, most of the imperial dynasty's laws will not be taken seriously, and if one has reached the Lixuan boundary, the imperial dynasty cannot restrain such a high-ranking expert.

  At the beginning of the night, I left my thatched cottage and didn't know how many masters there were in this vast Dahua Imperial Dynasty. Moreover, it was even more unclear how many of these masters had reached the realm of Li Xuan. However, considering the enormity of the Dahua Imperial Dynasty, it wouldn't be without Li Xuan masters.

  Don't mention the power of Xuanmen's high-ranking officials, Tongxuan, and Shangxuan boundary masters. There are always some in the imperial court, but what can be used to restrain them?

  Rumor has it that after reaching the realm of Li Xuan, cultivators of Xuan Qi can fly freely in the air like birds, unencumbered and unrestricted. People at this level are qualified to be called masters when they look at the entire world. Their power is enough to destroy a city.

  Thousands of troops and horses, unless all the thousands of troops and horses have reached the upper boundary of the void, joining forces to launch a single attack, may leave behind a master of this level.

  "Traversing this mountain range alone, young brother has great courage, haha, I admire you!"

  After a moment of silence, Qiuzhen finally spoke up with a smile, and now his tone was no longer cold.

  "Chen Ye gathered his thoughts and smiled, saying: 'I still have things to attend to, so I won't disturb you all anymore. Farewell!'"

  Although he was interested in what was hidden beneath the deep pit, he didn't want to stir up unnecessary trouble if it wasn't necessary.

  "Little brother, after leaving here, it's Qingyang Town. I've always had a good impression of young and promising youngsters like you. If you don't mind, why not wait for a few days until I finish my business here? We can leave together then. This way, I'd like to get to know you better, what do you say?"

  "Grandfather!" Seeing Qiu Zhen say this, that extremely good-looking woman couldn't help but feel a bit anxious.

  Qiu Zhen waved his hand to stop the woman and smiled at Chen Ye.

  "Alright! But in that case, I'll be bothering all of you."

  After a moment of contemplation, Chen Ye agreed to stay behind. It wasn't that he wanted to take another look at the deep pit, but rather, his suspicions about Qiu Zhen hadn't completely dissipated. If he insisted on leaving, it would inevitably lead to a confrontation. Although he wasn't afraid, he still didn't want to stir up unnecessary trouble.

  Since he invited me, I might as well take a look and see what's hidden inside the deep pit.

  The night color gradually enveloped, and during this time, the fiery red light did not appear again.

  Near a vacant lot, there are several caves in the mountain wall, with some daily necessities placed inside. It seems that Qiū Jiā and others have been here for some time as well.

  With their formation of five people, they didn't have to worry about any beasts or monsters attacking them, so each cave had a bonfire lit.

  "Autumn thunder, on that night, did you rest?"

  In the largest cave in the middle, after a young man in his twenties walked in, Qiu Zhen asked faintly.

  "Yes, master!"

  Qiu Zhen nodded, but before he could say anything, the woman interrupted and said: "Grandfather, why do you want to spare that little boy's life? Not killing him to silence him is already being very kind to him."

  "What's wrong?"

  Qiu Zhen's voice paused slightly, and he said in a tone of teaching: "Not to mention that at his age, he has been tempered in the mountains, whether it is courage or cultivation, it must not be weak. In the first sentence he told me, he was telling me that he came unintentionally, and I also believed him."

  Tanaka's words tonight were heard by the other four people, and they all remembered them, but they couldn't understand why Akira was so determined.

  He gazed at the four of them and said, "What he's saying is that I should believe him to be unintentional. This is telling me that regardless of whether he's intentional or not, if he has any malicious intentions, when he's facing the five of us, we five will not be in a safe state."

  At this point, Qiu Zhen let out a sigh, apparently admiring Chen Ye's wisdom.

  A moment later, the other four people in the Qi family changed their expressions, seemingly having come to a realization as well. However, this made the woman's expression even more stern: "Grandfather, he used your injury to threaten us, why don't we just kill him?"

  "That's not a threat, it's a fact." Qiu Zhen smiled slightly, then his expression turned cold and he said, "That's why I must stay here until my injuries are healed."

  "Yes, once Grandfather's injuries are healed, that guy won't be able to threaten us anymore. At that time, we can kill him."

  "Kill him? No need for that, if there's a chance, I'd like to let him experience the atmosphere we've been feeling for days. Moreover, I'd even like to let him try it out in person, and have him scout ahead for us. Isn't he the one who said he was drawn here by this place's weirdness? If so, why not fulfill his wish?"

  In his voice, Qiu Zhen slowly closed his eyes, as if he had fallen asleep.