Eternal Life from the Golden Needle Technique

Chapter 210: Chapter 207: Unexpected Complications

The core area of the Qi Family Mansion had already turned into the most chaotic of battlefields.

The last elites of the Qi Family, gathered here, were putting up a desperate, final struggle.

Relying on the Mountain Protection Array at their backs and their advantage of familiar terrain, they resisted the Cultivators from the three families.

In such a chaotic situation, even a Cultivator at the Ninth Layer Realm couldn’t be guaranteed safety.

However, when Shen Changchuan and Nangong City appeared,

everything changed!

Shen Changchuan walked at the very front, advancing in a straight line.

Such an arrogant display, combined with the disguise he wore, naturally drew the attention of many.

On the chaotic battlefield, the Cultivators on both sides had no time for deep thought.

You were either friend or foe!

Since he wasn’t an ally, he was most likely an enemy!

And so,

a continuous stream of people attacked Shen Changchuan!

They wanted to test his strength.

But the result was that

to test him was to die.

Whether it was an expert at the Ninth Layer Realm,

or Cultivators at the Seventh or Eighth Layer Realm relying on certain Arrays or mutual-destruction Secret Techniques,

none could withstand a single blow from him!

It was as if Shen Changchuan was strolling through an empty land, carving a path of slaughter straight across the battlefield!

In that instant,

the entire chaotic battlefield seemed to have been stunned into silence!

Countless gazes converged upon him,

but no one dared to try and stop him again.

Whether they were from the Qi Family or the opposing three families, anyone who had personally witnessed the moment Shen Changchuan struck—instantly killing a Ninth Layer Realm Cultivator—

understood clearly that this was an existence far beyond their ability to handle!

’He’s gotten stronger again, just as I thought!’

Nangong City, following closely behind,

couldn’t help but suck in a cold breath in his heart.

’How much time has passed?’

’A Cultivator at the Qi Introduction Ninth Layer Realm can’t even withstand a single move from him anymore?!’

’Even those famous Celestial Pride Level figures at the Qi Introduction Ninth Layer Peak were probably only this strong, right?!’

A complex feeling once again rose in Nangong City’s heart.

A junior who was once behind him had caught up in the blink of an eye, then surpassed him in a single leap, and was now rapidly leaving him far behind!

The feeling was, without a doubt, one that made him sigh.

Nangong City understood perfectly well

that with the strength Shen Changchuan was currently displaying,

dealing with him

would likely take but a single move.

Even though he hadn’t given up and had made some small progress during this time, the other man’s progress was far greater!

The gap between them was now as wide as the heavens and the earth!

However, as his Heart Spirit reeled from the shock of Shen Changchuan’s demonstrated power,

he couldn’t help but furrow his brow.

It wasn’t because he was jealous; he wasn’t such a petty, narrow-minded person.

The reason for his reaction

was precisely because of the talent Shen Changchuan was now showing!

’With the talent he’s showing now, advancing to the Soul Emergence Realm in the future probably won’t be a problem.’

’But the current situation is fraught with danger.’

’Who knows if the Qi Clan’s former Soul Emergence Realm ancestor left behind some means capable of slaying a Soul Emergence Realm expert...’

’If he’s careless,’

’and becomes its target,’

’he might be cut down before he can fully grow... If he accidentally falls here, wouldn’t it be a waste of a great future?’

For a moment,

Nangong City was filled with worry.

He wanted to try and persuade Shen Changchuan.

But by now,

Shen Changchuan had already vanished ahead.

Nangong City sighed.

He had no choice but to follow as quickly as he could.

’I’ll just have to play it by ear.’

...

Meanwhile,

at the Qi Family Mansion,

in the core area,

where the family treasury was located,

the outer protective Array had been completely shattered.

The once splendid, towering, and magnificent buildings all around had collapsed, turning into a field of rubble.

It was a testament to the ferocity of the previous battle.

”Damn it, this Array was so troublesome. Thank goodness for Gang Leader Qiu’s Tier Two Array-Breaking Talisman, or we might have been done for here today!”

”They were a clan that once produced a Soul Emergence Realm expert, after all. You don’t have to guess to know that before he died, he would have definitely set up some measures for the family’s continuation...”

”Hmph! Back when that old ghost was on his deathbed, he specifically took some of our ancestors at the Qi Introduction Ninth Layer Realm with him and forcibly seized parts of our family legacies. He wanted to ensure that after he was gone, we would have no ability to threaten his Qi Family...”

”What goes around comes around. It’s karmic retribution. We lost part of our heritage but didn’t fall into decline. Instead, the Qi Family grew weaker with each generation. Heaven has taken pity! The hatred of our ancestors, held for so many years, can finally be put to rest today!”

”Heh, it was a stroke of luck, really. If it weren’t for that exceptionally talented Mr. Qi back then—who, due to his arrogance, refused to listen to anyone’s advice and ambitiously led the Qi Family to contend with the Wu Family over the marketplace location... The Qi Family did produce a Soul Emergence expert, after all. They absolutely would not have fallen into such a state of decline in just a few short decades!”

”Indeed. Someone told him he had the makings of an Immortal, and he really thought he was one? Without a Soul Emergence Realm ancestor to back him up, how did he dare provoke another Soul Emergence Clan?”

”Who knows? Maybe he thought he could easily break through that bottleneck and advance to the Soul Emergence Realm, that the so-called threat was nothing to him...”

”How difficult it is to pass down a family’s legacy. You don’t fear that your descendants will be lazy freeloaders; you fear that they’ll be overly ambitious!”

The leaders of the three powers—the Gang Leader of the Wolf Fang Gang, the president of the Mountain Alliance Association, and the Sect Leader of the White Cloud Sect—were all gathered here at this moment.

Gazing at the shattered Mountain Protection Array before them, and the treasury behind it that remained unscathed from the fierce battle,

the leaders of the great powers couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.

Although the fall of their old enemy

brought immense satisfaction to everyone present,

at the same time,

watching a power that once dominated the region fall into complete ruin and meet its end,

they, as leaders of their own powers, couldn’t help but feel a touch of empathetic sorrow.

”Who cares about all that? The affairs of future generations are for them to worry about.”

”We’re not the omniscient Immortals of legend who can know all future changes and arrange everything in advance... It’s good enough if we can do what our generation is supposed to do and solve our generation’s problems. Are we really supposed to worry about solving problems that won’t appear for another fifty years?”

”Trust in the wisdom of those who come after.”

”That does make sense... Anyway, enough idle talk. Let’s go...”

”As we agreed, each of our sides gets to copy the Soul Emergence legacy...”

”As it should be.”

The leaders of the three powers stepped forward, about to enter the Qi Family’s treasury.

But at that very moment,

several figures walked out from within the treasury.

One of them strode confidently to the front and declared:

”I am Shen Zeyu of the Tian Nan Shen Clan! Who dares act so presumptuously here!”