Legacy of the Spirit Stone

Chapter 11 – Ask for trouble

As night fell, in a secret chamber within the Wang Clan, three Qi Condensation Realm cultivators sat together.

"Have you confirmed it? Is their clan leader really at the mines?" asked Wang Xiong, the head of the Wang Clan, draped in a tiger pelt.

"Yes, we sent a caravan pretending to have lost their way, and they saw Yang Guanfeng guarding the mines with their own eyes," replied Wang Lie, the second strongest in the Wang Clan, seated to his left.

This man was thirty-eight, similar in age to Yang Guanfeng. However, while Yang Guanfeng had already reached the mid-stage of the Qi Condensation Fifth Layer, Wang Lie was still at the Qi Condensation Second Layer.

"So, you're saying that in the Yang Clan stronghold, there's only a young kid who just recently entered Qi Condensation?" the young cultivator on the right asked.

He was Wang Xiong's son, Wang Weiyang, the third Qi Condensation cultivator of the Wang Clan, who had broken through half a year ago at the age of sixteen.

"Exactly," Wang Lie confirmed.

The two looked to their clan leader, Wang Xiong, awaiting his decision.

The three had previously discussed that they couldn't let the Yang Clan live too comfortably and needed to teach them a lesson and give them a warning.

However, since the Yang Clan's strength surpassed their own, executing this plan was challenging.

But now, knowing that Yang Guanfeng and Elder Yu were both absent from the Yang Clan, they began to plot.

"Hmph! It's time to shake the mountain and scare the tiger. Wang Lie, it's better to choose a day than to wait for it. Let's do it tonight. Sneak into the Yang Clan and scare that little one left at home. Hopefully, it'll force the Yang Clan to call back that old man from town, so his shops won't become a threat," Wang Xiong decided after some thought.

"No problem, clan leader!" Wang Lie was delighted to hear this.

He hadn't had a chance to fight anyone in a long time, and the previous defeats still weighed on his mind.

Facing a newly advanced Qi Condensation kid, he finally had the opportunity to be the strong one humiliating the weak.

"Uncle, will you be safe going alone? Shouldn't I go with you?" Wang Weiyang asked.

Wang Lie waved his hand, "Weiyang, dealing with someone who just broke through to the Qi Condensation First Layer, I can handle it alone. Besides, two people would be too conspicuous and easily caught."

Wang Xiong nodded in agreement with Wang Lie's assessment.

"Clan leader, rest assured, after tonight, the Yang Clan will be on edge, fearing every shadow!" Wang Lie promised confidently.

The poor fellow had no idea what awaited him.

That night, Wang Lie donned nightwear and left White Stone Town under the cover of darkness.

With his spiritual power fully engaged, he reached the Yang Clan stronghold in just two hours.

As a cultivator, he easily bypassed the Yang Clan's guards.

He climbed over the courtyard wall and headed straight to the deepest part.

Upon reaching the backyard and finding no signs of cultivators practicing, he was puzzled until he looked up and saw the cliff.

"Hehehe, interesting."

With that, he leaped up, climbing the rock face to the cliff, and saw the iconic outer wall of the Yang Clan's Forbidden Zone.

"Hiding sneakily here, but unfortunately, Grandpa found you!" Wang Lie was pleased with his keen insight.

He then circled the high wall, thinking, "As expected, there's a formation here. Good thing I came prepared."

He took out a black magnet from his waist.

This item, given to him by Wang Xiong before he left, could disrupt the operation of early Qi Condensation level formations when infused with spiritual energy, causing a temporary malfunction.

Wang Lie infused it with spiritual power, and the Yang Clan's Forbidden Zone formation indeed lost its effect.

He leaped over, confident he had infiltrated unnoticed.

Yang Lingqing, who was on night watch, didn't sense his presence because the formation's failure meant the token connected to it didn't react.

But Wang Lie couldn't have known that within the Yang Clan's Forbidden Zone, there was another presence highly sensitive to spiritual energy fluctuations.

"Hmm? The formation's down. Is the old man reliable? Did he buy a fake formation?" Chen Yang, gazing at the stars, suddenly felt something.

Someone had entered.

And they were at the Qi Condensation Second Layer.

Chen Yang became cautious, immediately creating a spiritual energy fluctuation to awaken Yang Lingqing.

Yang Lingqing quickly emerged from her semi-meditative state and looked at Chen Yang.

"Did the Spirit-Gathering Stone fluctuate on its own?"

She stood up to check, picking up the sensing token beside her.

In just an instant, Yang Lingqing felt a tightness in her chest, realizing something was wrong.

There was no spiritual energy flowing through the sensing token!

"The formation's down, someone's breached the Forbidden Zone!"

She reacted swiftly, grabbing the Spirit-Gathering Stone and waking Lingrui and Linghu, informing them of the situation.

Learning that someone had breached the Forbidden Zone, the three of them became serious.

This was the first time someone had intruded while the elders were away.

"Xiaoqing, what should we do?"

Yang Linghu and Yang Lingrui looked to Yang Lingqing, as she was the smartest among them and naturally took charge.

Yang Lingqing's mind raced. Her and Linghu's identities were still unknown to the outside world and couldn't be exposed prematurely.

"We don't know how many have come or their cultivation level, so Lingrui, you'll need to take a risk and pretend to meditate in the courtyard."

"Yes, Sister Qing."

"Remember to suppress your cultivation to the First Layer!"

"Understood."

Yang Lingrui went to the courtyard, sitting on a mat, pretending to meditate.

Yang Linghu and Yang Lingqing hid in the room, concealing their presence.

Before long, a sneaky shadow entered the courtyard.

Yang Lingrui hadn't concealed his aura, making it easy for Wang Lie to find him.

"It's this kid!"

Wang Lie looked at Yang Lingrui, thinking, "Wow, he looks barely over ten, even younger than Weiyang."

Originally, he came to scare the kid and cause trouble for the Yang Clan.

But seeing Yang Lingrui in person, he had other thoughts.

Such a young Qi Condensation cultivator.

If he were to grow, the Yang Clan would only become stronger.

That wouldn't do!

Could the Wang Clan still compete then?

In a moment, Wang Lie thought of many things.

His gaze turned cold, and he changed his mind.

"Killing him might be too much, but... leaving him half-crippled is doable!"

Having decided, he didn't hesitate, finding an angle to launch a surprise attack on Yang Lingrui.

To Wang Lie, with his higher cultivation level and a stealthy attack from the shadows, there was no way the boy could block or dodge it.

Unfortunately, his judgment was entirely wrong.

Firstly, Yang Lingrui was also at the Qi Condensation Second Layer.

Secondly, he wasn't stealthy at all; the three kids had known of his presence since he entered the courtyard.

Wang Lie raised his hand, striking at Yang Lingrui.

The latter suddenly opened his eyes, raising his hand to block, his aura instantly rising to the Qi Condensation Second Layer.

"Qi Condensation Second Layer! How is this possible!?"

Wang Lie was shocked, stunned by the boy's true cultivation level.

But having already attacked, there was no turning back. He channeled his spiritual energy, ready to continue fighting Yang Lingrui.

Just then, the ground beneath him turned muddy, as if something was pulling him down.

"What the hell is this!?"

Before he could react, a figure rushed out from the room, delivering a punch to his chest.

"Ugh!—"

Wang Lie immediately spat blood, falling backward.

It was bad luck for him; Yang Linghu had just mastered this spell technique to the Qi Condensation First Layer yesterday, and now he had a test subject.

Dazed, Wang Lie found himself unable to move, his body firmly stuck in the mud.