Cultivation Starts from Farming

"Hmph!" Li Zhengyu snorted coldly, and a golden light blade met the attack.

He knew this battle was unavoidable.

The blade light and the golden light blade intersected in mid-air, instantly bursting with dazzling radiance, like stars falling, with a deafening roar echoing all around.

The surrounding cultivators retreated one after another, their faces showing fear, as the battle between Foundation Establishment cultivators was indeed terrifying.

Zhang Yu's red glowing long blade was as scorching as flames, the blade surged fiercely, like a rampant fire dragon, charging straight at Li Zhengyu.

Li Zhengyu's expression was serious, the golden light blade in his hand constantly changing to counterattack.

"Go!"

Zhang Yu flicked his finger, a black needle magical artifact turned into a slender silent shadow, silently stabbing at Li Zhengyu's back.

Li Zhengyu's face slightly changed; having fought against the opponent many times, he naturally knew how formidable this black needle magical artifact was.

He flipped his hand and summoned a yellow parasol, which flew behind him and opened, spinning continuously.

Rays of slightly hazy yellow light draped down from the parasol, quickly forming a cylindrical yellow light curtain around him.

Thud!

The black needle magical artifact pierced through the yellow cylindrical light curtain and struck heavily against the yellow parasol, causing a loud bang, but at least it blocked the attack.

Before he could catch his breath, Zhang Yan's frontal assault suddenly intensified.

Zhang Yan slashed; the blade light and flames, accompanied by a terrifying spiritual pressure, surged at Li Zhengyu, making him feel suffocated.

"Zhang Yu, do you really want to fight to the death?" Li Zhengyu's face changed dramatically.

Even though this guy is almost out of life, his combat power is indeed stronger than an average early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Zhang Yan remains silent, his spiritual pressure even increasing again, the heat from the flames distorting the surrounding air.

"This Zhang family clan leader is so strong, he actually suppresses Clan Leader Li!" Langqing's eyes flashed with fear. If he were to fight against him, he probably couldn't withstand even one move.

At this moment, Zhuo Yao's face was also extremely ugly.

The two exchanged glances and saw a hint of regret in each other's eyes.

If they had known earlier, they definitely wouldn't have been swayed by Li Zhengyu to attack the Zhang family.

The Zhang family's clan leader is powerful; once he frees his hands, they won't have a chance to survive.

But there's no medicine for regret in the world; now, they only hope Zhang Yu is entangled with Li Zhengyu, allowing them to escape immediately.

Without consulting each other, the two simultaneously fled towards the foot of Cangyuan Mountain.

The other loose cultivators, seeing this, didn't hesitate and began fleeing for their lives.

Li Zhengyu glimpsed this scene from the corner of his eye, gritting his teeth almost to breaking point. While he was fighting to the death, those damned loose cultivators ran away.

He must kill them all!

But right now, the most important thing is to deal with this mad dog Zhang Yu. Even if not his match, he must let him know he is not to be trifled with!

"Slash!"

Li Zhengyu shouted lowly, the golden light blade in his hand suddenly brightened intensely, like a blazing sun, shooting straight at Zhang Yu.

The blade light arced like a rainbow, with an unmatched momentum, slashing towards Zhang Yu's face.

"Hmph!"

Zhang Yan snorted coldly, neither evading nor dodging, flipped his hand and summoned a black shield, which expanded several feet in the wind, blocking in front of him.

Thud!

The blade light struck the shield, causing a deafening explosion that echoed across Cangyuan Mountain, a wave of invisible spiritual Qi sweeping in all directions, even slightly flickering the second-stage array.

"Die!"

Blocking Li Zhengyu's attack, Zhang Yan's mana surged, the long blade magical artifact in his hand flashing with a burst of light, a flame rising instantly, then transforming into a gigantic fire dragon, charging directly at Li Zhengyu.

The fire dragon, claws and teeth bared, seemed intent on devouring Li Zhengyu.

"Not good!"

Li Zhengyu, startled in his heart, pumped all his mana into the yellow parasol.

"Protect!"

The yellow parasol suddenly surged with light, forming multiple layers of yellow light curtains around him, attempting to withstand this terrifying attack.

However, the power of the fire dragon far exceeded his expectations, and with the yellow parasol having already endured multiple attacks, its internal structure showed some signs of damage.

Bang!

The yellow light curtain shattered on the spot, turning into countless yellow streams of light, and even the yellow parasol above Li Zhengyu's head emitted cracking sounds, seemingly about to break completely in the next moment.

"Friend Zhang, stop, I am willing to compensate for all the losses the Zhang family suffered today!" Li Zhengyu showed fear and began to plead.

"I only want your death!"

Zhang Yan was not moved in the slightest, his onslaught suddenly intensified!

Buzz!

The fire dragon's body expanded once more, the void seemingly distorted from the scorching heat.

Finally!

Under this fierce attack, the yellow parasol that had protected Li Zhengyu for so long could no longer hold, shattering with a "tearing" sound into seven or eight pieces, losing all its spiritual nature.

"Spare... spare me!!" Li Zhengyu screamed in terror, "I have secret techniques to enhance Foundation Establishment. If you spare me, I am willing to hand them over to you!"

"Secret techniques to enhance Foundation Establishment?" Xu Ping paused slightly; such a secret technique, if true, would be invaluable, though utterly useless to him.

Unless it's a technique to enhance Core Formation!

"Die!"

Xu Ping formed a magic technique with a pinch, the red dragon hovering in the air roared and charged directly at Li Zhengyu.

"No!"

In Li Zhengyu's terrified eyes, the giant fire dragon engulfed him whole.

Bang!

After swallowing him, the fire dragon exploded, countless fire sparks falling like meteors, amidst which a charred corpse plummeted heavily to the ground.

Inside the array, the Zhang family members were dumbfounded, deathly silent.

Once the corpse hit the ground, everyone finally shouted out, "Ah!"

Afterwards, the entire place fell silent once more.

When did their clan leader become so fierce!

But thinking carefully, it seemed quite reasonable.

Li Zhengyu was a newly minted Foundation Establishment cultivator, and their Li family had just risen as a Foundation Establishment family, lacking both strength and foundation compared to their clan leader.

The clan leader fought with all his might out of resentment, slaying him was not surprising.

"Finally, it's resolved!"

In mid-air, Xu Ping quietly let out a sigh of relief, knowing clearly that the opponent was easily resolved within a few strikes, yet the battle dragged on this long, concealing anything abnormal from others was indeed exhausting.

Xu Ping landed beside Li Zhengyu.

His entire body was charred, even his robe was burnt to ashes, but luckily the storage ring was intact.

After removing it, Xu Ping incinerated his corpse to ashes with a fireball.

"Clan leader is mighty!"

At this moment, someone shouted from the crowd, and the other Zhang family cultivators followed suit, "Clan leader is mighty!"

Such a Foundation Establishment cultivator!

There were not many in the entire Ten Thousand Mountains, and he was slain just like that by their clan leader!

How could they not be overwhelmingly excited!

"Clan leader!"

At that moment, Zhang Qingfeng opened the array and led a group of elders to greet Xu Ping.

"Hm."

Xu Ping nodded slightly and said, "Let's talk in the main hall."