bookbashuk Chapter 172 is simple: just let Xiao Chen marry her!
Chapter 172 is simple: just let Xiao Chen marry her!
Half a month later.
Canglan Immortal City, Yao Ri Villa.
All the top members of the Zhang family gathered here.
Zhang Guangyao looked at the stern-faced middle-aged man beside him, who had a cute little silver-white mouse perched on his shoulder, and asked:
"Ancestor, how is it? How is the treasure-hunting rat's treasure-hunting ability?"
Is it as described in the ancient texts?
Seeing the curious gazes of everyone in the courtyard, Zhang Chongxian smiled, held the treasure-hunting rat on his shoulder in his palm, and replied:
"Of course, and its abilities are even more terrifying than described in the classics."
I've acquired quite a few treasures these past few months.
Among them was a precious mid-grade third-tier Star Soul Flower; this one alone could fetch at least seventy or eighty thousand low-grade spirit stones.
Having grown accustomed to a life of poverty, Zhang Chongxian would occasionally utter a phrase containing the words "spirit stone."
"By the way, I just heard you say that Xiao Chen is here too, where is he?"
Didn't he come to Canglan Immortal City with you?
Upon hearing this, Zhang Guangyao shook his head and replied, "No, when he returned to Daojian Immortal City, we happened to be doing a mission with Ling Shuang."
He told us to come to Canglan Immortal City, which means he will come here as well.
However, twenty days have passed, and Xiao Chen still hasn't come here.
He'd be so happy if he knew you were here too, Ancestor.
Zhang Chongxian chuckled lightly, saying noncommittally, "I don't know if he's happy or not, but he'll definitely blame me for taking his treasure-hunting rat."
"Hahaha."
Upon hearing this, everyone burst into laughter.
The image of Zhang Xuanchen holding the treasure-hunting rat with a resentful expression flashed through his mind.
After laughing, Zhang Chongxian sighed, "Alas, this time the Soul Devouring Cult is coming on strong."
No fewer than two hundred Foundation Establishment forces and twenty Golden Core forces have been wiped out in this great war.
Apart from the forces that were destroyed.
The forces that participated in the war also suffered heavy losses, with at least 60% of the cultivators who came to provide support being killed or wounded!
If it weren't for Ling Shuang's help during this period...
Given the strength of my Zhang family, I'm afraid it would be the same.
My Zhang family owes Ling Shuang a great deal.
How am I supposed to pay it back?
Upon hearing this, Zhang Guangyao and the others nodded in agreement. To date, none of the Zhang family's high-ranking members have perished.
Of the hundred Qi Refining cultivators sent, nine died.
Of the 150 retainers, 27 died.
Compared to other forces, it's so much better.
And all of this is thanks to Luo Lingshuang.
Just then, Zhang Hongxi, who was furthest away from Zhang Chongxian, suddenly spoke up:
"It's simple, just let Xiao Chen marry her."
As she spoke, she stood up, completely ignoring the expressions of everyone in the courtyard, a smile appearing on her lips, and said to herself:
"Let me tell you, it happened some time ago when we hadn't left the market yet."
Ling Shuang suddenly seemed like a different person, asking us a lot of questions about Xiao Chen.
Every time she talked about Xiaochen being in danger, a worried expression would appear on her face.
She would be very happy when he talked about founding the Xuanxiao Chamber of Commerce and breaking through his cultivation level.
So both Aunt Guanghan and I believe that Lingshuang likes Xiaochen!
As long as Xiao Chen marries Ling Shuang, then everything will be fine.
"She's already the wife of the Zhang family patriarch, what can she need? She can take whatever she wants without worry."
As soon as the words fell, Zhang Hongqing couldn't help but speak up:
"Hongxi, it's not that I'm trying to contradict you, but are you really that sure?"
Zhang Hongxi smiled mysteriously:
"Of course! You can't hide the look in someone's eyes when they love them!"
"Really? If that's the case, then I get the feeling you also like that young man named Ye Xingyun, right?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Hongxi sat back down on the stone bench, picked up the spiritual tea on the stone table, took a sip, and his eyes darted away.
"Brother Qing, why do you say that?"
"Because...you can't hide the look in your eyes when you love someone!"
Zhang Hongxi: ……
Zhang Chongxian ignored their banter, since he had never met Ye Xingyun and assumed that Zhang Hongqing was just making things up.
He turned his gaze to Zhang Guanghan and asked, "Xiaohan, is what Hongxi said just now true?"
Zhang Guanghan naturally wouldn't hide anything, and nodded, saying, "That's true."
However, I don't think we should interfere in this matter; let the young people handle their own affairs.
Those destined to be together will not part; those not destined to be together will not be obtained through begging.
Let everything take its natural course.
We, as elders, will simply offer a few words of advice from the sidelines.
Hearing this, Zhang Chongxian nodded, "That's how it should be."
Then he looked at Zhang Guangyao and the others: "Did you all hear what Xiaohan said?"
Don't let anything slip and ruin things.
"Don't worry, Ancestor, we know what to do."
"Alright, now tell me how many corpses of evil cultivators at the late Foundation Establishment stage or above you have."
Zhang Guangyao thought for a moment and said:
"Ancestor, we currently have a total of thirteen corpses of evil cultivators at the peak of Foundation Establishment and thirty-seven corpses at the late stage of Foundation Establishment."
"My peak Foundation Establishment stage was all thanks to Ling Shuang."
The vast majority of the Zhang family members practice swordsmanship, and the clan's magical artifacts are mainly sword-type weapons.
So his personality is straightforward and honest, without many twists and turns.
The credit should belong to whoever deserves it.
Otherwise, it will be detrimental to your future path.
Zhang Chongxian nodded slightly: "That's right. I currently have five corpses of evil cultivators at the early stage of the Golden Core realm and nineteen corpses at the peak of the Foundation Establishment realm."
Twenty-five corpses of evil cultivators at the peak of Foundation Establishment are equivalent to five corpses at the early stage of Golden Core.
In other words, the virginity of the heretical cultivator we possess is enough to exchange for a Golden Core.
At this point, a smile appeared on Zhang Chongxian's face.
This means that Zhang Zujun has a chance to break through to the Golden Core stage.
And the Golden Core from the Xuan Dan Sect was perfect for Lin Wanqing!
Upon hearing this, the Sixth Elder Zhang Zongqian, standing to the side, showed a look of shock on his aged face: "Ancestor, how come you have so many corpses of Golden Core cultivators on your body!"
"If a cultivator in the early Golden Core stage is determined to escape, even you would find it difficult to kill them, wouldn't you?"
Zhang Chongxian picked up the spiritual tea on the stone table, took a sip, and replied:
"Xiao Qian, you're right, but I never said that I killed all the corpses of these Golden Core evil cultivators."
"Hiss, you mean?"
"You guessed right. During the assassination mission, after killing a demonic cultivator in the early stage of the Golden Core realm, we attracted a cultivator in the middle stage of the Golden Core realm who had just completed a mission."
He came from the Ancient Blade Sect. He harbored ill intentions towards me, deliberately approached me, and was then killed by me.
The two corpses in his hand, plus the three in mine, make a total of five corpses of Golden Core evil cultivators.
Just right.
Zhang Chongxian spoke casually, but Zhang Guangyao and the others were naturally on edge.
They could already imagine the fierce battle that the ancestor had waged against that mid-stage Golden Core cultivator.
Killing the opponent must have come at a considerable cost.
Even though Zhang Chongxian was seriously injured at this time, he did so simply because he didn't want them to care.