Chapter 960 Another Peak
Hou Yuanzhi had originally intended not to bring anyone with him. If he had come alone, it would have been enough to prove the Hou family's trust in Chen Yang. Moreover, this time, the battle was against the Zhou family!
Hou Yuanzhi valued Hou Qingzhu the most. Even if he died, as long as Qingzhu lived, the Hou family could rise again.
"Grandfather, when we came, I already said that this is Master's matter. Even if outsiders don't know I am his disciple, my cultivated techniques and my heart cannot escape it."
"As for family matters, haven't they all been arranged?"
"Xie Xinyi can handle it."
Hou Qingzhu did not have admiration for Chen Yang. Even though this master had only given her a cultivation technique back then, and she hadn't seen him since, in Hou Qingzhu's heart, Chen Yang was her master!
When the two from the Hou family arrived at the villa, Chen Yang immediately frowned.
"Elder Hou, why did you come? And you brought Qingzhu?"
Chen Yang truly hadn't expected these two from the Hou family to come.
"Master is in such a big situation, how can a disciple not come?" Hou Qingzhu looked up at Chen Yang, her eyes filled with determination.
Beside her, Hou Yuanzhi took Chen Yang's hand and bitterly recounted the journey to him.
Hou Yuanzhi naturally didn't think Hou Qingzhu's decision was wrong. But this was his granddaughter, and for both emotional and logical reasons, Hou Yuanzhi didn't want her to die here.
"Can you persuade her? Even if I die here today, it is my choice, but Qingzhu is still young."
"If she lives, the Hou family still has hope!"
Chen Yang understood Hou Yuanzhi's meaning and immediately stated his thoughts: "Elder, I never intended for you to come!"
Chen Yang had expected many people to come and help him after receiving news from the Zhou family. But he had genuinely not considered the Hou family. Their acquaintance was only superficial. At that time, giving the Hou family that cultivation technique was merely to repay the karmic debt for the tiger-striped cat beast. He hadn't expected them to be the first to arrive today! Furthermore, Hou Qingzhu had just called him master...
After agreeing with Hou Yuanzhi, Chen Yang turned to Hou Qingzhu and said, "Since you called me Master, from today onwards, you are the first disciple I, Chen Yang, have ever taken!"
"Now, I have a very important task for you."
Hou Qingzhu's face lit up with joy: "Whatever the task, Master, please tell me. I will definitely not disappoint you!"
"I need you to protect a few people for me."
Chen Yang told Hou Qingzhu a location and then, looking at Hou Qingzhu's retreating figure, specifically instructed Hu Feng: "Take good care of your junior sister."
Hu Feng had been prepared for a fight to the death today, but she hadn't expected her Uncle-Master Chen Yang to ask her to protect this junior sister.
"Uncle-Master, it's for one person, and there's no danger. Elder He is there."
He Fengyun had come to Qingzhou City with Chen Yang precisely to protect his daughter. Moreover, with so many ordinary people, Chen Yang couldn't help but make preparations, so he had He Fengyun guard the research facility.
"Go quickly. She is my only disciple."
Upon hearing this, Hu Feng could only sigh helplessly and hurriedly went out to follow Hou Qingzhu. Chen Yang had been thinking about how to get Hu Feng away from this dangerous place. Although Hu Feng was not his disciple, she was the sole successor of Old Zhou. To have Chen Yang refine elixirs for her, Zhou Zeyao had revealed all his hidden resources. Chen Yang naturally wouldn't let Hu Feng perish here.
Just as Chen Yang and Hou Yuanzhi were discussing the Zhou family's martial artists, another peak Grandmaster arrived at the villa. It was Wei Zhenru, who had been behind Hou Yuanzhi before.
"Old Wei?"
After Chen Yang introduced the two to each other, Wei Zhenru was shocked and said, "Previously, the top martial arts hall in Modu and the Hou family jointly managed the Modu martial artists. Today, I am honored to meet Elder!"
The matter of the Modu martial artists had caused quite a stir, with many Grandmasters leaving Modu, which had created a huge wave. Wei Zhenru had naturally heard about this matter from others.
"Hahaha, this matter still has to be traced back to Chen Yang!"
"Lin Sangeng's injuries haven't healed yet, how could this old man possibly shoulder such a major responsibility."
After Hou Yuanzhi's explanation, Wei Zhenru finally understood that the person behind the Modu affair was actually Chen Yang!
Seeing more and more people arriving, Chen Yang took out the immortal wine. This attracted Fei Zilin and others who were on guard nearby to gather around.
As night fell, everyone was drinking heartily. They had even forgotten about the Zhou family martial artists until Chen Shu came out to remind Chen Yang when the Zhou family martial artists entered the villa's formation.
"There are many people coming this time, are you ready?"
As Chen Shu spoke, a long whip appeared in his hand. It was a magic treasure forged with the help of Chen Yang's artifact refining techniques, and its raw material was one of Chen Shu's life essences, the bronze tree!
Several people immediately dispelled the alcohol from their bodies, preparing to meet the enemy. The Zhou family patriarch also sensed several extremely powerful martial artist auras within the villa at this moment. All of them were peak Grandmasters!
However, before they could reach the villa, they were immediately trapped by Chen Yang's formation. Chen Yang knew that although his formation could trap some peak Grandmasters, it was impossible to annihilate them all within the formation. The number of Zhou family martial artists was too great! However, being able to delay a few of them and kill them separately would be enough.
The Zhou family patriarch looked at the disappearing peak Grandmasters and immediately became vigilant. He said to Xuan Qing beside him, "There are many formations on this mountain, one after another. Those few people just now were probably transferred elsewhere."
"To save them, all the formations must be broken, but that method is too time-consuming!"
"Just move forward. With so many peak Grandmasters, the person controlling the formations won't trap too many people, otherwise, they won't be able to control it."
Xuan Qing was the master of the Xuan Tian Cave Mansion. The protective formation of the Xuan Tian Cave Mansion was being repaired by him, so he had some research on formations. When Xuan Qing came here last time, he naturally noticed the existence of these formations. It was just that the formations were not as perfect as they were now. He hadn't expected that in just over ten days, they would be perfectly integrated! If it weren't for the fact that his junior brother's death was inextricably linked to Chen Yang, Xuan Qing would really not want to have someone like this as an opponent. Of course, since they were now opponents, Xuan Qing would not show any mercy! To hunt down and kill was the important principle by which the Xuan Tian Cave Mansion had stood tall to this day!
After speaking, Xuan Qing unleashed several blasts of internal energy, deliberately activating a few of the killing formations in front of him, and then looked at the Zhou family patriarch: "The rest is up to you."