After being reborn, I took my childhood sweetheart to cultivate immortality.

When the Chen family members realized the female ghost's cultivation level, they were all terrified and turned pale.

It's over. The Chen family has really gotten themselves into trouble. They can't possibly defeat a demon of the ghost-like level (whose cultivation is roughly equivalent to the early stage of the Void Realm in humans).

Even Chen Zhengguang, the originally confident head of the Chen family, was now experiencing a huge upheaval in his heart.

If it were a Ghost General, even at the peak of the Ghost General realm, with his late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation, plus his two Nascent Soul stage sons and his Nascent Soul stage grandson, and with his talismans and magic treasures, destroying this ghost wouldn't be too difficult.

But now it's a ghost or god, and a mid-stage ghost or god at that. The Chen family might really be doomed this time.

It's all the fault of that idiot, the eldest brother and his wife. If they hadn't offended the city lord's mansion, given my long-standing friendship with the city lord, he would definitely have helped me.

But now that the two families have fallen out like this, it's no use for him to even speak up, let alone be too embarrassed to do so.

Before the Chen family could figure out a solution, the female ghost impatiently issued an ultimatum.

"Chen Zhengguang, I advise you to honestly send my fiancé away. Who knows, if I'm in a good mood, I might even be able to leave a lineage for your Chen family."

"If you try to go against me, your entire Chen family, including all those guests outside, will come to a bad end."

Before Chen Zhengguang could answer, Lan, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Chen family, jumped up.

"You shameless, filthy woman, aren't you afraid of getting retribution for all the bad things you've done?"

"Hehehe, retribution? I haven't even had a chance to ascend, what retribution am I afraid of?"

"I, Lady Hua, have been in the ghost realm for over two thousand years, my hands stained with countless lives, and I've devoured countless souls for my cultivation. And you're talking to me about retribution? Don't you find that laughable?"

Upon hearing these words from Hua Niangzi, the Chen family members trembled with fear.

Seeing that she had frightened the man, Lady Hua nodded in satisfaction.

"Alright, I'll give you the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. If you don't hand over the person by then, I won't show any mercy."

The time it takes for an incense stick to burn quickly passed. The Chen family members didn't make any choices at all; they were going to die anyway, it was just a matter of sooner or later.

Seeing that the time had come, Chen Zhengguang and his second and third sons exchanged glances and the three of them attacked the female ghost, Hua Niangzi, at the same time.

With a few clangs, three swords pierced forward simultaneously, along with a stack of thunder talismans thrown by Chen's sixth son and the only girl, the seventh son.

Unfortunately, with their current cultivation level, trying to deal with an old ghost of the ghost-god level was nothing short of a pipe dream.

In just one exchange, these men were struck by Hua Niangzi and suffered internal injuries, collapsing to the ground.

"It's my Chen family's bad luck to have met you. Kill me if you want, just please let those people outside go. They're all here for a wedding, this has nothing to do with them."

Having been defeated in just one move, Chen Zhengguang knew that the situation was beyond repair and had no choice but to plead for the people outside.

"Hehehe, you old man, you want to leave a few offspring while your other grandsons aren't home? Dream on, my people have already set off to pick up the remaining four."

"And they're right here at the Chen family's gate. If the Chen family doesn't satisfy me today, then they have no reason to live."

Upon hearing that Lady Hua had sent her men to find his four grandsons who had gone out to train, Chen Zhengguang could no longer hold back.

"Ah! Ah! You old hag who deserves to be struck by lightning, you will die a horrible death! My Chen family has never offended you, yet you want to wipe out my entire family. You will be punished."

"Alright, now that you've made your decision, I have no interest in saying anything more to you. Just go to hell."

As soon as Old Ghost Flower Lady finished speaking, the entire Chen family compound was filled with ghostly energy. The first to be unable to bear it were the Chen family members who were closest to her.

Just when the Chen family was about to reach their breaking point, Xu Qingman and her husband, who had been watching the commotion, finally intervened.

After a few loud rumbles, the ghostly aura surrounding Hua Niangzi, who had thought she had victory in her grasp, was instantly dispersed, and she was also severely injured and hiding on the ground.

"Who are you? This is a feud between me and the Chen family. I advise you not to meddle, or don't blame me for retaliating."

As soon as Hua Niangzi said this, Xu Qingman revealed herself and stepped forward, looking at her with a teasing smile.

"Oh, you want to fight back? Can you still gather that ghostly energy? Right now, any Nascent Soul cultivator could probably smash your soul to pieces with a single punch, right?"

The other members of the Chen family were still in a daze when they saw that they had been rescued, but Chen Daiping's eyes lit up when he heard this, and without saying a word, he threw a punch at the female ghost.

"what…"

With a sharp, ghostly scream, the female ghost, Flower Lady, was blasted away by this punch, her soul scattered.

As soon as the female ghost died, without Xu Qingman's prompting, Chen Zhengguang quickly threw several fire talismans into the courtyard, burning away the remaining ghostly energy.

Just as the female ghost was vanquished, Yu Jinchen, who had gone out to rescue people, brought in the four grandchildren of the Chen family: the second, third, fourth, and fifth sons.

Seeing that his other four grandsons were also unharmed, Chen Zhengguang was even more moved.

After only a few breaths of consideration, Chen Zhengguang led everyone in the Chen family to kneel down before Xu Qingman and her husband.

"Chen Zhengguang of the Chen family, on behalf of all his descendants, thanks the two benefactors. If the benefactors do not mind that our cultivation is too low, from this day forward, the entire Chen family is willing to serve the benefactors as our masters and will never betray them for all eternity."

Although they were somewhat surprised by the old man's words, not a single member of the Chen family dared to object.

Even the usually somewhat dim-witted Mr. and Mrs. Chen showed no sign of reluctance this time.

They weren't as smart as their younger brother and sister-in-law, but they weren't hopelessly stupid either.

Now that the Chen family is in such a mess, and their most promising son has been ruined, they dare not go against the grain again.

At first, Xu Qingman and the other woman were a little surprised by what the Chen family head had done, but they quickly realized what was going on and understood why they had done it.

The head of the Chen family had indeed thought a lot before making this decision.

Thinking that the Chen family had really offended the City Lord's Mansion this time, and that the most powerful members of the family had been injured by the female ghost, it would take at least half a year for them to recover.

Now that the Chen family's strength has greatly diminished, even if the City Lord's Mansion doesn't take action personally, those who want to curry favor with them will seize the opportunity to make their move.

Moreover, the Chen family has occupied Fengdu City for so long and has managed to stand out from many other families to become the strongest family besides the City Lord's Mansion. It's impossible that they haven't offended anyone.

Taking advantage of someone's weakness to kill them is a common occurrence in the cultivation world, and the Chen family will certainly be no exception in escaping this crisis of annihilation.

If they could seize the opportunity to pledge allegiance to one of the two Void Realm experts, their Chen family could be saved.

Although it's shameful to serve someone else, what does it matter if it means protecting your family?

Besides, if it weren't for Xu Qingman and the other person taking action, the Chen family would have been wiped out long ago.

Moreover, being able to rely on two powerful figures with such high cultivation levels is worthwhile, even if it means becoming their servant.

Considering that apart from Chen Xiangdong and his wife being somewhat foolish, the rest of the Chen family were all quite decent, Xu Qingman and her companion decided to take over the Chen family.

The Xu family doesn't have enough capable people if they want to establish themselves in the Lingchuan Continent.

Now that the Chen family has suddenly gained over a hundred more members, Xu Qingman and her husband feel that this is exactly what they wanted.