Chapter 35: Vicious Competition
That night.

Two monks arrived at the foot of Yunwu Mountain, one in front and one behind.

The man behind was tall, with small eyes and a flat nose. There was a centipede-like scar on the left side of his face, running from the corner of his eye to his chin, making him look hideous and terrifying.

This man's name is Gui Tou Qi, and he is a robbery cultivator with the strength of the seventh level of Qi training. He makes a living by robbing casual cultivators.

Countless cultivators have died at his hands over the years, and all independent cultivators fear him like a tiger. He is also notorious in the area around Qingyunfang.

The person leading the way in front of him, who was timid and submissive, was none other than Chen Jiangxin.

"Boss Ghost, all the elite members of my Chen family have been sent out, and Chen An is in Beishan, which is located in a remote area. You can go up the mountain and kill him."

Before leaving, his father, the Great Elder, had told him that now that the ancestor and the elders of the clan were not around, if anyone wanted to kill Chen An, this would be the best time.

For this purpose, Chen Jiangxin made a special trip to the market town and personally invited Gui Touqi over.

With the help of a seventh-level Qi training cultivator, he was confident that he would be able to deal with Chen An without any failure.

Gui Tou Qi did not agree immediately, and said coldly: "Then you know, the price is different if you fight on the mountain or at the foot of the mountain."

Although the Chen family has sent out all its elite troops, it would be very risky for him to take action directly on someone else's family territory, even if he is at the seventh level of Qi training.

Chen Jiangxin took out a bulging storage bag and handed it over: "Don't worry, it's already been prepared."

When he saw the storage bag, Gui Touqi's eyes sparkled and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

He reached out to take it, confirmed that the number of spirit stones inside was as expected, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Haha, that's great. Lead the way."

Chen Jiangxin was overjoyed and happily brought the other party to the foot of Beishan Mountain.

He had been planning the matter of the spiritual field for a long time, but Chen An intervened and caught him off guard.

This time, we can ask Gui Tou Qi to help, which will not only relieve the hatred in our hearts, but also bring the spiritual field into his hands.

It’s exciting just to think about it.

But that old guy Chen Rui was also very abominable. Not only did he fail to get the job done, he even held on to the spirit stones he had accepted and refused to return or exchange them. He really deserved to die.

"Boss Ghost, if I offer another spiritual stone, can you kill Chen Rui as well?"

Gui Touqi didn't say anything. He glanced at the movements around him and his eyes turned cold.

Several figures could be vaguely seen in the distance, patrolling back and forth, tightly guarding the road up the mountain.

His face was stern and he was furious. He raised his foot and kicked Chen Jiangxin to the ground.

"You bastard, you dare to harm me, and you want to rob me!"

Feeling the other party's anger, Chen Jiangxin was confused.

He hurriedly got up, not even having time to shake off the dust on his body, and stepped forward and said, "Master Ghost, how can you say that? I have no grudge against you, so how could I do anything bad to you?"

Gui Touqi didn't say anything nonsense. He grabbed Chen Jiangxin's hair and turned his face towards the faintly flashing patrol figures.

The shadows of the trees in the woods in the distance were swaying and not very clear, but the figures were still barely visible.

Chen Jiangxin was surprised: "When did anyone start patrolling the mountain? It's only been a few days since I left."

"You definitely have bad intentions, I won't let you go!"

Chen Jiangxin's heart sank, and he knelt down hurriedly to spare his life: "Ghost Lord! I have been away from Yunwu Mountain for many days, and I really don't know what happened on the mountain. If you don't mind the small amount, you can take the spirit stones!"

For the sake of his life, Chen Jiangxin had to give up the spirit stone no matter how reluctant he was.

But the other party was not moved by any persuasion and only cared about the spirit stones, which just suited his taste.

Gui Tou Qi's expression slightly changed, revealing a smile. When he smiled, the scars on his face moved, making him look even more hideous and terrifying: "I have some friendship with your father, but for the sake of the spirit stone, you kid, get out of here! Hahahaha!"

"If Chen An comes down the mountain, you can use the communication jade talisman to contact me."

He left Chen Jiangxin, threw down a jade talisman, turned around and walked down the mountain.

As the cool breeze of late autumn blew, Chen Jiangxin felt cold both physically and mentally, and wanted to cry but had no tears.

That was the last savings of their family. Now he didn't even have a spiritual stone.
In the cave, Chen An was practicing in seclusion.

The last time he received Chen Youliang, he never expected that the other party would secretly plant wireworms in his fields. If it had not been discovered in time, many spiritual plants would have been destroyed.

After learning from the last lesson, he stopped receiving visitors just in case. But on this day, Chen Lun came to visit outside the formation.

Several people were competing for spiritual fertilizer, and the purpose of this person's visit was still unknown, so Chen An did not dare to activate the formation rashly.

He simply continued to practice and pretended not to see it.

The next day, Chen Lun came again.

He came for three days in a row.

Chen An frowned slightly, picked up the formation jade token, and transmitted a message to the outside.

"What's the matter, brother?"

"Finally there is a response. I have made three trips."

Chen Lun, who had been wandering outside for two rounds and was about to leave, breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

Chen Lun glanced around and said to the formation in a deep voice: "Brother Chen An, you should be careful of Chen Youliang recently. This guy is very jealous and may cause trouble. Don't let him enter your spiritual field!"

He had been dealing with Chen Youliang for many years and naturally knew Chen Youliang's character. This man often secretly tripped people up for the sake of his own interests.

I've suffered a lot in the past.

When the other party came to visit him a few days ago, he felt that the other party had bad intentions, so he rejected him outright.

"Thank you for the reminder, brother. I will pay attention to it."

Chen An in the cave shook his head slightly and thought to himself, you are late, he has already been here.

The other party came to remind him with good intentions, so he shouldn't be too blunt.

"That's good."

After coming here to give a few reminders, Chen Lun left.

Chen An, who was in the cave, felt relieved when he saw the other party leave.

Now that they are in the competition stage and have learned from previous experiences, he has to act carefully.

Anyway, before the harvest, he has no plan to go out, nor will he let anyone in.

Until you get the spiritual fertilizer.

But at the same time, Chen An was also thinking, if he got the spiritual fertilizer this time, how to nourish the spiritual fields in the future?

The Wang family's annual output of high-quality spiritual fertilizer is limited, and there is no good solution to this problem at the moment. I'm afraid we can only wait until Chen Lun and Chen Youliang upgrade their spiritual fields.

Thinking of the Wang family, Chen An naturally thought of Chen Zhilan.

There has been no news of this girl since she married into the Wang family, and no one knows how she is doing now.

If there is a chance, perhaps I can make a breakthrough from her. I wonder if I can get some spiritual fertilizer.

However, they are not close friends, nor are they childhood sweethearts; they are just ordinary clan members.

How this will work will require further consideration.

Chen An shook his head, put aside all distracting thoughts, and practiced with peace of mind.

As long as your cultivation is sufficient, you can have everything. Why would you be afraid of not being able to get some spiritual fertilizer?

Chen Youliang stood in his own spiritual field, watering it with the hard-earned spiritual spring water.

He carefully and evenly sprinkled a whole tank of spiritual spring water to nourish the spiritual plants in the spiritual field.

Looking at the spiritual plants that were growing well, a smile gradually appeared on his face.

"With this spiritual spring water, are you still afraid of not being able to defeat Chen Lun? Hahaha!"

This jar of spiritual spring water was purchased from the market at a cost of quite a few spiritual stones.

Logically speaking, these expenses are almost the same as the value of those dozens of kilograms of low-quality spiritual fertilizer.

"As long as I can upgrade my spiritual field even half a year earlier than Chen Lun, I will be able to suppress him firmly. When I advance to the late stage of Qi training in the future, the high-grade spiritual field in the hands of the second elder will be mine sooner or later!"

Chen Youliang envisioned a bright future and felt that his future was becoming brighter.

(End of this chapter)