C27
C27
Invigorated Meridian Stage Martial Cultivator, after opening seven of his eight meridians, was already at the Perfection Stage. However, only after his eight meridians had opened up together, forming a Minor Circulation cycle, could he be called a small Circulation Stage.
Once the tenth stage of Circulation Stage was unlocked, one would be able to step into the great circle of perfection, but only when all twelve stages were activated could one be considered a practitioner of Large Circulation.
Whether it was Minor Circulation or not, both were obstacles in the way of Invigorated Meridian Stage, and it was not that easy to break through them. So up until now, forget about Innate Rankers and Quasi-innate, no one even had a Circulation Stage of their own.
Currently, the strongest experts in the town were all at the eleven official levels.
Chen Yi's gaze only stayed on Patriarch Zhang for a moment before shifting to Captain Lin.
Compared to Captain Ge, Captain Lin was younger. Captain Ge was already over 30 years old and looked like he was about to turn 40.
Captain Lin, on the other hand, looked like he was barely over 20.
Along with the increase in martial arts cultivation, it was easier for the younger martial artists to maintain their young faces as they broke through to the higher levels. Captain Lin, who looked to be in his early twenties, would definitely be older than his appearance, but even so, Captain Lin was no more than thirty years old, or at most twenty-seven to twenty-eight years old.
At such an age, he would at least be an expert in the Great Circulation Stage. Even with the help of the Lin Family's numerous resources, one could tell how talented he was.
For example, Brother Chen Yi, Chen Chihee, was already the strongest person amongst the young people under the age of twenty in the town. However, being able to break through to the late stage of Circulation Stage at the age of thirty was already quite good.
After eight meridians, it was becoming harder and harder to open the twelve levels. Most ordinary practitioners would need to spend two to three years of accumulation before they would have the right to open the next level.
Chen Yi squinted his eyes and looked at the other group of people. They were the leader of the other group and the Patriarch of Du Family.
I don't know the name of this captain's name, Chen Yi, but from the name the Du Family Patriarch gave him, Chen Yi knew that this captain's surname was Deng and that the Du Family Patriarch's name was Captain Deng.
Captain Deng was even older than Captain Ge. Judging from his appearance, he should be around 40 years old.
The three captains met and exchanged a few words. Captain Ge and Captain Deng obviously had Captain Lin as their leader, while Captain Lin obviously valued Captain Deng more.
Chen Yi vaguely felt that Captain Deng was even more imposing than Captain Ge. Chen Yi guessed that Captain Ge was probably Large Circulation and Captain Deng was probably Quasi-innate.
Judging from this, Captain Lin should also be a Quasi-innate.
After all, Quasi-innate is not a low position. No matter how deep Captain Lin's background is, a future position of Quasi-innate that is on par with Captain Lin's, there's really no need to place yourself in the position of a subordinate.
In that case, other than having a deep background, Captain Lin's strength should also be higher than Captain Deng.
"His Quasi-innate is not even thirty years old …" Chen Yi grinned, with his position in Lin Family, this Captain Lin was sure that he would become a strong Innate Ranker in the future, but that Ba Lei was able to successfully escape from the alliance of the three Company Leaders Lin, Deng and Ge, this Ba Lei's strength was also terrifying.
"Next, we have to be extremely careful. I hope that I won't be arranged to search the mountain. Even if I am, don't meet that Ba Lei." Chen Yi made up his mind that when the time came, he wouldn't be able to put in any effort. That Ba Lei was too dangerous, even if he used all his firepower, the difference between him and Quasi-innate was too big.
"Hmm?" All of a sudden, Chen Yi felt a vicious gaze land on him. He turned around, and the corner of his eye twitched. Du Rujiao was glaring at him fiercely!
"If I were to meet this little girl in the mountain, I would probably have to fight with her."
"..."
Everyone here was a martial artist and their Qinglin Mountain wasn't too far away from the town. In less than two hours, everyone had reached the Qinglin Mountain.
"Captain!" At the foot of the mountain, a member wearing a Jinlin Army uniform ran over to salute Captain Lin.
"Xu San, that Ba Lei shouldn't be running away, right?" Captain Lin said in a deep voice.
Xu San said: "I haven't seen Ba Lei come out since escaping into the Qinglin Mountain."
Captain Ge said worriedly: "The Qinglin Mountain isn't big, but it isn't small either. Although we left dozens of people here, it's impossible to block all of the Qinglin Mountain's exits, maybe …"
Captain Lin said, "That Ba Lei was injured by the three of us, so he must have been unable to bear it any longer. He must be recuperating in the mountains right now."
Captain Lin didn't think Ba Lei would take this opportunity to escape. If they didn't heal, Ba Lei would fall on the road of escape before they could do anything.
Captain Deng said, "It will take a while. Brother Lin, let's quickly enter the mountains."
Captain Lin nodded, then turned around and said to the three Patriarchs: "The three of you, bring a third of your men with you, and look at the various entrances to Qinglin Mountain together with a portion of this captain's men. This captain's subordinates will give you the signal detonators that are exclusive to our Jinlin Army. If you meet Ba Lei who has escaped, you will immediately fire the signal detonators. "
"Seeing the signal detonator, this captain and the other two captains will immediately rush over."
Grandpa Chen Yi and the other three Patriarchs immediately replied, "Yes."
Soon, the three Patriarchs had a third of their men remaining. Chen Yi, Chen Jing, Chen Chihee, and Chen Xun were among them.
Du Family, Du Rujiao, as well as Du Rujiao's brother Du Rui, and Du Rujiao's brother also stayed behind.
Zhang Family had also left behind the most outstanding younger generation.
It was clear that the three patriarchs were trying their best to preserve their bloodline as well as the future generations of their families.
Keeping guard at the various entrances and exits of the Qinglin Mountain was not without danger, but compared to directly entering the mountain to search for people, it was still safer.
Chen Yi originally did not intend to put in too much effort, but right now he still did not have the capital to compete with Quasi-innate.
However, he never expected that Captain Lin would choose a few people from the three families that were left to guard and join the search party.
Chen Yi was among them.
Grandpa Chen Yi and the other two Patriarchs' expressions changed, but Captain Lin's expression was indifferent. Being born in the Lin Family, how could he not see that there was something fishy going on there.
Those left behind would definitely be the geniuses or direct descendants of the three families.
The geniuses of the direct line of descent, the future pillars of the family, would still be here to guard the entrances? In order to prevent any problems with the younger generation, Ba Lei probably wouldn't be able to do anything even if they met with an accident. So what if Ba Lei released the signal detonator? If they didn't try to stop him, by the time he arrived, Ba Lei would have already run away.
Specializing the younger generations of the three great families to search the mountain was a warning to the three great families. He had already seen through the trick, so he could only hope to not be of any help.
The three Patriarchs looked at each other with bitter smiles. It was fine if this Lin surnamed person didn't see it, but since he did, they couldn't just ignore it. Otherwise, if that Ba Lei really did run away, this Lin guy would definitely show them.
The three of them didn't know that the person surnamed Lin was actually doing this for a second reason.
Other than the ordinary disciples of the three great families, there were also quite a few Circulation Stage Elders. These Circulation Stage Elders might not care much about the ordinary disciples, but they were unable to ignore the important genius disciples.
Even to the extent that some of the important disciples were the descendants of these elders.
With Chen Yi and the others joining in the search, for the safety of the younger generation, they would look for Ba Lei more seriously and help them get rid of him.
"Let's go!" A large group of people entered the mountain. Under the worried gaze of Chen Jing and Big Uncle, Chen Yi waved his hands and gathered with the rest of the clan members. Under the lead of Circulation Stage Elder, they followed Captain Lin and the other Jinlin Army s and charged into the mountain.