Fu Jiushu held a very special position within the Fu Family. To most members of the Fu Family, Fu Jiushu was nothing but a thorough-bred playboy, or in other words, he had become an old rascal by now. In his youth, he indulged in pleasures, lingering in gambling houses and brothels all day long, leading a life of inebriated oblivion.

Many in the Fu Family particularly detested him, finding Fu Jiushu to lack any ambition, considering him worthless and a cancer to the direct lineage.

However, those who truly knew the details of Fu Jiushu's life dared not look down on him because Fu Jiushu was in charge of the entire Fu Family's intelligence department!

Yes, the intelligence department of such a major clan in the Immortal Realm was controlled by this man whom countless people despised. Even some of the older generation in the Fu Family did not know that Fu Jiushu had taken charge of the family's intelligence department even earlier than Fu Jiuxiao had become the head of the family, and by a few hundred years at that!

At that time, Fu Jiushu was just a young man in his early twenties.

Until now, Fu Jiushu's cultivation level was merely in the latter stages of the Mahayana phase. This level... had been forcefully piled on him with the Fu Family's vast resources.

How others viewed him was of no concern to Fu Jiushu. To him, the outside world's attention was meaningless. In fact, the worse the public opinion of him, the happier he felt inside.

"Look at how foolish you all look..." This was a phrase Fu Jiushu often said.

Many believed this to be an embittered retort from a decadent family scion, but in truth, it was an absolute, unvarnished truth.

In Fu Jiushu's eyes, many really were foolish beyond redemption.

This time, the family head Fu Jiuxiao gave him a categorical order: at any cost, he must capture Chu Mo.

Even if it meant exposing the "informants" the Fu Family had hidden for generations, it was a price worth paying!

Informants buried for generations… That was the Fu Family's most valuable asset!

Fu Jiushu was reluctant, yet he knew that the head's decision was the right one, and that doing this... was worth it!

Had the target not been Chu Mo, he wouldn't have agreed. But if the person was Chu Mo...

Fu Jiushu, looking at the upgraded communication slate in his hand, murmured to himself, "This thing... is really good. If we could give one to every person, then the Fu Family's intelligence capabilities would instantly surpass the entire Immortal Realm! What a pity..."

As he spoke, Fu Jiushu located a name on the communication slate and input a few characters. Then he took a deep breath and said softly, "The foundation has been awakened... the rest is up to you all!"

...…

Du Song was an ordinary cultivator in Distant View City; his father was also an ordinary cultivator. His grandfather and great-grandfather... couldn't even count as ordinary cultivators. They were just the more outstanding kind among ordinary people.

Well, they were a bit wealthy.

In the Immortal Realm, ordinary people, due to the abundance of essence energy between Heaven and Earth, tended to have longer life expectancies.

Therefore, Du Song's grandfather and great-grandfather both lived to be around a hundred and seventy or eighty years old before they died a natural death.

Du Song never thought there was anything spectacular about his background, except for a communication stone passed down from his ancestors. He didn't believe there was anything special about his family.

Yet the Du Family had a peculiar family rule: On the day the communication stone activates, no matter what the person inside asks, it must be granted!

When Du Song was younger, he harbored some fantasies about this. Occasionally, he wondered if his ancestors knew some important figure? On the day the communication stone activated, would Du Song be able to enter a great sect to become a disciple?

But as he grew older, Du Song gradually realized that fantasies were just fantasies, utterly impossible to achieve. His family had lived for generations in Distant View City and certainly didn't know any important figures.

Just like that, Du Song grew up slowly, and by this year, he was already forty-three years old. He also had a wife and children. Two sons and a daughter, all of whom were very adorable.

Following the ancestral instructions, Du Song had informed his two sons about the communication stone. Watching the fanciful glimmer in his sons' eyes, Du Song didn't have the heart to tell them the truth. He merely put in more effort to cultivate his two sons and his daughter, hoping they could excel even more.

This day, Du Song was drinking with his father, the dish accompanying their drinks was a rather rare wild beast his father had hunted in the mountains. The meat was tender and would exude a fragrant aroma just from boiling it in clear water. Drenched in a sauce passed down through generations of the Du Family... it was simply a culinary delight of the mortal world!

The father and son were drinking merrily, after all, such a delicacy was rare even for important figures, and their chance to taste it was purely due to luck.

"Dad, I propose a toast to you," Du Song lifted his cup, signaling to the elder sitting across from him.

At forty-three, his cultivation had reached the peak of the Primordial Infant phase. Speaking of which, in Distant View City, he could be considered a significant figure.

His father, too, had the cultivation of the Primordial Infant phase, but he was in the middle stage. Already over a hundred years old, he had the appearance of a youth despite his white hair, exuding an immortal demeanor.

The old man also raised his cup, clinked it with his son's, and drained it in one gulp.

At that moment, a subtle disturbance suddenly emanated from a corner of the room.

The father and son exchanged glances, each seeing the look of perplexity in the other's eyes.

Then, Du Song's father was the first to react, "It's that communication stone!"

The expression on Du Song's face changed as well, and he walked over in surprise, took out an ancient-looking communication stone from the bottom of the box, and looked solemnly at his father.

"Activate it," Du Song's father said with an unprecedented seriousness.

As instructed, Du Song activated the communication stone, and soon a deep voice came from it, "Are you a descendant of Du Xian?"

Du Song's lips twitched, but he answered earnestly, "I am Du Xian's great-grandson. May I ask who you are?"

"Nevermind who I am. Right now, I am here to inform you of your identity. Your ancestor Du Xian was a loyal subordinate of the Fu Family, an intelligence operative. This communication stone is the proof of your identity! Now, there is a mission for you to undertake; after completing it, you can return to the Fu Family and become true members of the Fu Family. If you are willing, please reply to me, and I will immediately register your names. If you are unwilling, we won't force you, but you must not divulge this matter, or you will face the Fu Family's devastating retaliation," the voice from the communication stone was very serious.

On the spot, Du Song was stunned, his expression blank and voice somewhat trembling, "The Fu Family? Which Fu Family?"

"The greatest Fu Family in the Immortal Realm!" came the deep voice from the communication stone.

At that, Du Song's father was desperately nodding at his son, gesturing for him to quickly agree.

Du Song took a deep breath, "I, I agree!"

"Good, now I will tell you your mission..."

Even after the voice from the communication stone had completely faded away, Du Song was still somewhat unable to come to his senses. After a long while, he looked at his father and murmured, "Dad... we... are from the Fu Family?"

Equally incredulous, Du Song's father sighed lightly and said, "It seems we are! When I was little, I heard your grandfather mention it once, he said our Du Family actually comes from a great clan... but when I asked again later, your grandfather refused to say anything. He just told me to pay attention to the communication stone, saying the day it activates would be the prelude to our return!"

"My god... I never thought such a thing would actually happen," Du Song exclaimed.

At that moment... in the southern region of the Immortal Realm, who knows how many people were uttering similar exclamations.

Lin Yu was also blankly staring at his own father, "We are from the Fu Family?"

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