Watching Lin Yuan leave wasn’t just the Deputy Master of Anpu City.

At the top of a loft, an enchanting woman clad in black was also gazing at Lin Yuan.

“This Longshan Yuan, not returning earlier or later, but suddenly going back now, all the efforts from before are wasted,” sighed the attractive fox woman beside her.

According to the plan, within three months, they would slowly drain Longshan Yuan’s essence and marrow until the last day, making Longshan Yuan die from indulgence.

There wouldn’t be any hidden doubts or concerns, not even the most skilled experts could figure it out.

Now, having already put in efforts for a month and with only two more left to go for success, Longshan Yuan decided to return?

After returning, given Longshan Yuan’s favor in the Longshan Family, he was bound to consume many supplements, and the Original Essence Qi he lost might well be replenished.

“No matter, given Longshan Yuan’s temperament, he will soon come back to Anpu City,” the woman in black remained calm.

She hadn’t noticed any suspicions; the excuse Longshan Yuan used for leaving was an order from the Viscount Longshan, only indicating that they were unlucky.

Just bad luck once, would they experience bad luck a second or a third time?

The enchanting woman believed that by the time Longshan Yuan next visited Anpu City, it would be their chance to succeed with their scheme.

Once Longshan Yuan died, and after enduring through the death of Longshan Ling’s first and second in line to succession,

The whole of Longshan Ling would become a cradle for the behind-the-scenes Demigod undergoing Divinity Transformation, and they might even use Longshan Ling to extend their influence to several other large territories.

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Longshan Ling.

Longshan City.

Lin Yuan had not been back long before he saw his biological parents.

“Ayuan, why have you come back so early this time?” Longshan Fang looked like a middle-aged man as he glanced at Lin Yuan, somewhat curious.

Although he had given up hope on his son, seeing Lin Yuan voluntarily give up on indulging in Anpu City still surprised him.

He hadn’t heard anything about an order from Viscount Longshan for Longshan Yuan to return, had he?

Could it be that Longshan Yuan had returned of his own accord?

“What’s wrong with our son coming back early?” The woman next to him, who looked quite young, glared at Longshan Fang.

“Son, what would you like to do this time? Longshan City might not be as bustling as Anpu City, but it still has its charms; you’ll surely find surprises if you look around,” she said doting over her son.

Lin Yuan looked at his parents without saying a word.

The succession of the Viscounty in the Longshan Family wasn’t a simple matter of passing from father to son,

but depended on the current Viscount’s wishes. For example, when Lin Yuan was born, the First Viscount happened to step into the Fourth Level, his mood brightened, considering this an auspicious sign—

The birth of Longshan Yuan meant that the Longshan Family’s Fourth Level Combat Power heritage would continue.

Therefore, bypassing Longshan Yuan’s father, Longshan Yuan was named as the third in line to succession.

Who could have expected that Longshan Yuan would turn out to be so disappointing after all, indulging in women and pleasure and having no intention of inheriting the family business.

“This time I’ve come back because I want to do something,” Lin Yuan said to his parents with a serious tone.

“Something important?” Longshan Fang pondered, “Ayuan have you taken a fancy to another woman?”

“Son, don’t listen to your father’s nonsense. Just say what you want to do; your mother will always support you,” the young looking woman said with a smile.

“I want to cultivate,” Lin Yuan stated.

As the third in line to inherit from the Longshan Family, Lin Yuan would have all the resources accumulated by the Longshan Family over the years at his disposal if he chose to cultivate.

That was the reason behind his outspoken declaration.

As for secretly cultivating and then making a sensational breakthrough? That would be too exhausting, especially the gathering of resources which would take a considerable amount of time.

“Cultivate?”

Longshan Yuan’s parents exchanged glances.

They had anticipated any number of startling revelations from Longshan Yuan, but this was the one they least expected.

No, the word ‘cultivate’ was even more unbelievable for Longshan Yuan, far beyond any startling revelation.

“Why do you suddenly want to cultivate?” Longshan Fang asked, looking intently at Lin Yuan.

“Because I feel that everything happening right now… is meaningless… How long can one indulge in life’s pleasures? A hundred years? Two hundred at most.

“Then what? Just wait to die?

“But cultivating is different. As long as one can become a Fifth-Level Knight, life span will extend, and the Life Essence will transform. That’s what I want to do,” Lin Yuan gave his prepared reason.

“Good,” Longshan Fang thought for a moment and then nodded, “I will talk directly to the head of the family about your wish to cultivate. I hope this isn’t just a passing interest of yours.”

Longshan Fang was actually in a good mood.

The words of Lin Yuan, upon interpretation, meant one thing.

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As for the subsequent extension of one’s lifespan and so on, who wouldn’t want to live a few more years? The key is that not everyone can step into being a fifth-level great knight.

But no matter what, his son’s shift in interest from previous indulgences to cultivation was entirely a good thing.

Even if Baron Longshan did not have high expectations for Lin Yuan’s cultivation results, with the latter’s body emptied by feminine charms, it was questionable whether he could even become a first-level knight.

But on the whole, strengthening the body was not a problem.

“Son, cultivation is a tough task,”

said the woman who looked like a young mother, somewhat distressed.

“It’s fine, I want to give it a try,” Lin Yuan said with a smile.

…

That afternoon.

The Longshan Family’s underground cultivation field.

Spanning hundreds of miles, it was where many of the Longshan Family members practiced in seclusion.

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged, facing an old man with white hair and beard.

The old man looked somewhat frail, but his presence was reserved, and there was a hint of a power in him that seemed capable of shaking mountains.

“Wanting to cultivate, wanting to become a knight, is not a simple matter,” the old man said to Lin Yuan in a steady tone.

He was one of the few fourth-level knights of the Longshan Family. Since the First Viscount established the Longshan Family two thousand years ago and passed down the heritage, it was rare to give birth to a fifth-level great knight.

Their combat power usually peaked at the fourth-level knight, and it was only because of the precautions left by the First Viscount that the Longshan Family had been able to continue for so many years.

Indeed, for viscount-level families, a fourth-level combat power was almost enough for suppression. As for a fifth-level great knight? That was something that might be born at the peak of a viscount-level power’s era.

“I understand,” Lin Yuan nodded.

“Good,” the old man said without any unnecessary words, took out two items.

One was a book, and the other was an orange fruit.

“This is the main text of the Longshan Cultivation Skill, and this is the Longshan Fruit, containing a large amount of energy.”

“Any descendant of our Longshan Family who wishes to cultivate must learn to enter the Longshan Cultivation Skill on their own,”

the old man began, “Within a month, as long as you can enter the introductory phase of the Longshan Cultivation Skill, it will prove you have the talent to continue cultivating.”

“What counts as entering the introductory phase?” Lin Yuan asked.

“Sensing the Qi sensation is enough,” the old man replied.

“Sensing the Qi sensation…” the old man was about to go into detail about how to sense the Qi sensation.

Although any descendant of the Longshan Family must enter the Longshan Cultivation Skill on their own, Lin Yuan, as the family’s third in line for succession, certainly had different conditions than other family members.

For example, the details on how to sense the Qi sensation that the old man was about to share, were not something other descendants of the Longshan Family would be entitled to hear.

Imagine…many descendants of the Longshan Family didn’t even know the concept of Qi sensation, so how crucial was it at this moment for someone to explain the details of sensing the Qi sensation to them?

However.

Before the old man could speak.

Lin Yuan glanced over the main text of the Longshan Cultivation Skill, then closed his eyes, only to open them again instantly.

“I have already sensed the Qi sensation,” Lin Yuan replied.

“…” the old man looked at Lin Yuan.

…

In the depths of the Longshan Family abode.

The current Viscount Longshan massaged his temples. As the supreme ruler of Longshan Ling, he had too many tasks to handle regularly.

From negotiating with other viscounts’ territories to addressing the many opinions of the citizens within his own domain.

“I wonder how Ayuan is doing?”

Viscount Longshan suddenly remembered something: at noon, Longshan Fang had told him that Longshan Yuan wanted to cultivate.

Viscount Longshan had immediately sent one of the fourth-level knights from the family to explain cultivation to Longshan Yuan. By now, it should be about time for that explanation to have finished.

Just then.

An old man quickly entered the room.

“My Lord, My Lord…” the old man’s face was flushed with surprise, and he had yet to calm down.

“Oh? I was just about to ask you,” Viscount Longshan’s eyes brightened, but upon seeing the old man’s expression, his heart chilled slightly.

Could it be that Longshan Yuan really lacked the talent for cultivation, and had disgruntled the explaining old man?

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