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The panel trembled, and a large amount of yellow light surged, followed by lines of text appearing:

[2: Nine years ago at the Fu Family's Immortal Ascension Assembly, five-year-old Stone from Qili Village was tricked by his stepmother, Madame Chen, into being locked up in the dilapidated temple on the back mountain. Stone didn't get a chance to test his Spiritual Root, and after being locked in the temple for over ten days, starving and dizzy, Stone didn't know what he swallowed.

Since then, there was an anomaly in his left eye, which could detect the locations of Spirit Stone ores, and his injured body gained a self-healing ability.

A year ago, Stone was knocked out by his stepmother, Madame Chen, and his half-brother, and thrown into the temple again, missing another Immortal Ascension Assembly.]

"Who thought the clan would have such a hidden talent,"

Fu Changsheng's eyes lit up at the first part of the information.

The most crucial resource for cultivators is Spirit Stones.

If the information is true and Stone can identify the location of Spirit Stone veins, it would undoubtedly be a great asset for the Fu Family.

He silently remembered the name.

However, upon seeing the latter part of the information, his brows knitted:

"Who on earth is the Village Chief of Qili Village, allowing Madame Chen to commit such acts repeatedly?!"

If it weren't for his intelligence system's alert,

the Fu Family would have lost a genius youth.

He decided to personally visit Qili Village once he leaves seclusion.

[3: After Granny Yu returned home, the Yu Family Patriarch was dissatisfied that she hadn't accumulated any Court Merit Points in Ten Thousand Ghosts Abyss and had provoked the Qiuo Family's wrath. The current Yu Family Patriarch is Granny Yu's youngest grandson. Granny Yu had assisted in the rise of two Yu Family Patriarchs, yet as her time nears its end, she has been excluded from the center of power. Seeing the true nature of her family members, Granny Yu plans to use her remaining lifespan to help her granddaughter Yu Qingru establish a foundation, so she may rest in peace a century later.]

[4: Your trip to the Eastern Wilderness, agreed with Granny Yu eleven months hence, has Granny Yu targeting the Cloud Mushroom Fruit in Taiyun Valley, located between the Cloud Soaring Tribe and the Celestial Yang Tribe.]

"Cloud Mushroom Fruit?!"

Fu Changsheng's heart was delighted.

If he remembered correctly, the Cloud Mushroom Fruit is one of the Foundation Establishment Assistance Spiritual Objects. Consuming it can cleanse the marrow and body, increasing Qi Blood by thirty percent. If he could obtain one, then the Qi Blood Barrier of the Three Great Foundation Establishment Gates would be met directly.

Anticipation filled Fu Changsheng as he looked forward to the upcoming Eastern Wilderness journey.

[5: Grandmaster Yu has researched an enhancement method for the Spirit Vein based on your Mountain Protection Array and the Seven-Star Quicksand Array, but it requires ten thousand Spirit Stones for activation.]

"Ten thousand Spirit Stones?"

Fu Changsheng was a bit troubled.

The Spirit Testing Platform construction had just depleted the clan's Spirit Stone reserves over the years:

"It seems we can only place our hopes on Qingcheng Mountain."

Qingcheng Mountain holds a Tier One Top-Grade Spirit Vein, and it's been five years since it was last opened. The resources mined from there should be able to exchange for several thousand Spirit Stones.

He pushed open the secret chamber's door.

Fu Changsheng felt a sense of estrangement from the world.

After leaving the secret chamber,

the laughter and play of children instantly echoed from the backyard.

Fu Changsheng swept his Divine Sense,

and saw his eldest son, who had just turned one, and his youngest daughter joyfully running around the courtyard, while his second son was drowsily lying in the nursemaid's arms.

Upon Fu Changsheng's appearance,

the nursemaids hurriedly saluted.

His youngest daughter stopped running, tilted her head, and looked at Fu Changsheng, giggling:

"Daddy!"

Saying this,

she opened her arms and ran towards Fu Changsheng.

This soft call of "Daddy" melted Fu Changsheng's heart, and he quickly stretched out his arms to pick up his running daughter.

Ordinary children barely learn to walk at one year of age,

but his child was already running around like a three- or four-year-old and spoke clearly. He touched his daughter's nose lightly:

"Yaoyao is so smart, recognizing Daddy at a glance."

"Hehe, because every day when we wake up, Mommy makes us say our morning greetings to your portrait."

She spoke with remarkable fluency.

The more Fu Changsheng looked, the more adorable she seemed. When he turned to look at his eldest son, Brother Fan, he wore a stern father's expression. Brother Fan bowed meticulously to Fu Changsheng:

"Fan'er greets Daddy."

With a little adult's demeanor, he was extremely cute.

Suppressing laughter, Fu Changsheng nodded slightly.

At this moment, the nursemaid brought over the second son, Brother Rong.

Despite having the nourishment of Cyan Lotus Seeds,

Brother Rong's development was slower than his brothers and sister. He could only crawl on the ground a bit and not speak yet.

Fu Changsheng sighed.

It seems he would have to find a way to remedy Brother Rong's weakness in the future.

"Husband!"

Originally handling miscellaneous affairs in the front hall, Liuu Meizhen hurriedly entered upon hearing the servant's report. Sensing the stronger aura around Fu Changsheng, her smile widened:

"Congratulations, Husband, on breaking through to the Ninth Layer of Qi Cultivation, Foundation Establishment is within reach."

Though they hadn't seen each other for a year, perhaps due to childbearing, Meizhen's allure had diminished slightly, replaced by a touch of mature and steady charm:

"Meizhen, thank you for your hard work this year."

"As husband and wife, what does it matter if it's hard work or not."

Saying this,

the two of them sat down in the tearoom.

Liuu Meizhen reported back all the year's miscellaneous affairs in the family:

"The clan detected thirty-six clan members with spiritual roots, who studied for a year at the academy. With the assistance of the clan's spiritual objects, they have all drawn Qi into their bodies and become Qi cultivators."

"Additionally,"

"Last month, Grandmaster Yu expanded the Seven-Star Quicksand Array of Luofeng Mountain to Niushou Mountain, now connecting the two peaks together."

Fu Changsheng nodded slightly.

He then realized why the spiritual Qi in the mountains was so abundant—it was because the Tier One High-Grade Spirit Mountain of Niushou Mountain had merged with it.

Liuu Meizhen picked a few significant matters to elaborate on.

In conclusion,

she proposed:

"Husband, the Bailing Fish you brought back eight years ago have proliferated significantly. Moreover, the Snowfire Chicken I bred by crossbreeding Snow Cloud Chicken and Fire Cloud Chicken is also quite numerous. I was thinking of setting up a chicken coop on Moon Lake to house the Snowfire Chicken, while raising Bailing Fish in the lake. This way, the Snowfire Chicken's manure can serve as fish feed for the Bailing Fish. What do you think?"

That indeed is a good idea.

Fu Changsheng naturally had no objections and nodded repeatedly.

Seeing this, Liuu Meizhen continued:

"Soon, Qingcheng Mountain will open. If your harvest of spiritual objects can be sold for enough spirit stones, can we buy another shop in Nanyang Marketplace? I want to use it to open a restaurant. The ingredients from our clan are all readily available, and then we can hire a spirit chef."

Fu Changsheng shook his head:

"Postpone purchasing the shop. We must first upgrade the Spirit Vein of Luofeng Mountain to Tier One High-Grade. Another Immortal Ascension Assembly is approaching, and we may have more Qi cultivation clan members. If Luofeng Mountain can't open more Spiritual Spring Wells, the clan members' cultivation will be delayed."

"Indeed, husband is thorough in his considerations."

Liuu Meizhen was solely focused on making money.

But she forgot about this matter.

The family of five had a reunion meal. Fu Changsheng, concerned about Stone in Qili Village, drank a cup of tea and then piloted the Flying Ship away.

....

Another year of the Immortal Ascension Assembly came.

Last year,

thirty-six spiritual root cultivators emerged from the clan.

Other villages with spiritual root cultivators saw them soaring to great heights, especially the direct line of Fu Family Village, which produced twenty in total. Villages nearby were eager to form marital ties with the marriageable members of Fu Family Village.

But none came from Qili Village.

The reason was simple.

Too many people from families without spiritual root talent married into their village.

Because of this,

when nearby villages heard Qili Village came to propose marriage, they immediately shut the door and sent them away.

At the end of the village, Chen Family just sent the matchmaker out, cursing under her breath:

"Look at people with dog eyes, I spit, Kang'er's father in the fifth generation up was also a Qi cultivator. Kang'er, there are plenty of good girls in this world, your cousin..."

"Mother, what cousin, cousin, I've said I'll marry no one other than a girl from Fu Family Village in this life, you figure it out."

Last year, Fu Kang was confident he would be detected with a spiritual root.

He never expected to end up empty-handed.

If not himself,

he could only pin his hopes on his future sons and grandsons.

Fu Kang, full of resentment, got up to leave, just bumping into Stone returning with water, limping. Having nowhere to vent his anger from the marriage rejection, Fu Kang saw Stone, smirked coldly, turned around, and grabbed a shoulder pole, striking Stone head-on.

Stone's right leg had been broken by Fu Kang and his mother a year ago when he tried to escape from this family.

His movements impaired, he couldn't dodge and reflexively bent down to protect his head and face.

Fu Kang struck mercilessly, cursing as he hit:

"You short-lived wretch, not only did you jinx your own mother to death, you also jinxed away my originally good spiritual root talent, and now even this marriage is ruined. It's all your fault, you jinx, born to jinx our whole family."

Because of the force,

the shoulder pole snapped in two with a crack.

Fu Kang, still not satisfied, reached for an iron rod, but was stopped by Chen:

"Alright, calm down, if you truly break him, there's no one to do the chores around here."

Fu Kang snorted, turned to leave to find Gou Sheng to drink and have fun, but then saw a cyan light rapidly approaching their village from the sky.

Suddenly,

he thought of something and hurriedly said:

"Mother, the Immortal Master is here, quick, quick, throw this short-lived wretch into the cellar."

How could he forget?

The new Immortal Ascension Assembly was starting again.

Even though he didn't believe this short-lived wretch would have a spiritual root, and the latter was beyond the testing age, otherwise, he wouldn't have been so harsh on him usually, but just in case, if this wretch ran to the Upper Race to complain, and by some freak chance was found to have a spiritual root, then what awaited him and his mother would be a catastrophe.

This wretch usually took beatings and insults silently.

Yet, having been tormented for over a decade without a sound, he must be pinning his hopes on the Immortal Ascension Assembly to turn his fate around.

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