Please show your spirit to our ancestors

Chapter 156: The rebellious son Zhongli pays homage! Purple Qi exceeds a thousand in a single time

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Chen Ningtai seemed to have seen Chen Xinsong's doubts, so he smiled kindly and said, "Song'er, why don't you give it a try? Don't worry, the spirits of your great grandfather and your father in heaven will definitely protect you."

There are not many tribesmen who can truly be sure of the existence of the Heroic Ancestor. It’s not that they don’t trust these young tribesmen, but firstly, there is no benefit in knowing it, and secondly, the more people who know it, the easier it is for the secret to be leaked.

After all, there are many ways to torture information in the world of immortal cultivation. It would be naive to think that you can hide the news by keeping your mouth shut.

Now that Chen has released many smoke bombs and hidden the truth in all kinds of rumors, it is easier to cover up the existence of the Heroic Ancestor.

"Yes, great grandfather, Song'er will definitely do his best to live up to the expectations of the family."

Chen Xinsong nodded solemnly, deciding to put aside his doubts and give it a try.

Even if those jade tablets containing the blessings of the ancestors have no effect, as long as he persists in selecting and breeding seeds year after year, one day he will be able to cultivate spiritual grain varieties comparable to [Cui's Grain Varieties] or even [Yuwen No. 9].

Soon, Chen Xinsong received three purple jade tokens and one gold-seal jade token and left the house.

Then, Chen Jinglong, the chief steward of Qiuhu Villa, came to report on the changes, gains and expenditures of Qiuhu Villa over the past year.

After a while, there was the next one.

Time passes little by little in the busyness.

suddenly.

A servant came hurriedly and reported: "Chief, the young chief's Wuyun No. 1 is back and has just landed at the boat berth at Qingyu Cliff."

It's finally back.

Chen Ningtai secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he always appeared calm, he was secretly worried about Chen Daoling. Fortunately, the situation he was most worried about did not happen, and he finally came back.

He immediately put down the work in his hands and said, "Jingyun, you take care of the next thing. I'll go check on Wuyun No. 1."

Among all the family tasks nowadays, exploring the [North Star Sea] area and expanding the family's vision and intelligence coverage is one of the most dangerous tasks. Therefore, he sent his eldest son Chen Daoling to be in charge of this matter.

Of course, the danger of Wuyun No. 2 is also not low. After all, it has to go south along the east coast, bypassing the entire Southern Wilderness, reach the Nanliang Kingdom south of the Southern Wilderness, and conduct trade in the Nanliang Kingdom, while secretly collecting intelligence, etc., which is also somewhat dangerous.

However, the terrain of the Southern Liang Kingdom is mainly land, unlike the Beixing Sea area where most of the area is sea. From culture to customs, it is completely different from the Great Wu Kingdom.

However, no matter how dangerous it is, Chen has to expand his horizons outward and collect more comprehensive intelligence so that he can discover more opportunities instead of staying in Qingyu Cliff all day and developing in vain.

After leaving Moxiang Pavilion, Chen Ningtai rode on a golden light and arrived at Qingyu Cliff as quickly as a golden rainbow.

At the berth, Wuyun No. 1 had already been parked safely, and all the formations on the ship had been closed. On the deck, Chen Daoling was directing the crew and servants to unload the cargo, giving them instructions from time to time. The scene was very busy and lively.

However, what Chen Ningtai noticed at first glance was not the lively scene, but the shocking damage and claw marks on the hull.

The danger involved is self-evident as the ship could be damaged so severely.

His brows couldn't help but frown again.

"My son greets his father." When Chen Daoling saw his father coming, he hurried forward to pay his respects.

"What kind of danger have we encountered?" Chen Ningtai asked seriously.

Chen Daoling looked around, hesitant to speak, and finally said in a voice transmission: "Let's go to the Moxiang Pavilion to talk."

The Moxiang Pavilion is where the family holds internal meetings and discusses important decisions. There are various restrictions to prevent snooping. If there is an important matter that needs to be prevented from leaking, it is naturally safer to discuss it in the Moxiang Pavilion.

Chen Ningtai nodded in agreement.

soon.

The father and son each rode on a golden light and returned to Moxiang Pavilion.

Chen Jingyun hurried forward and saluted: "My son greets his father."

Chen Daoling glanced at him and nodded majestically, then he dismissed the rest of the people and quickly got to the point, recounting the hurricane he encountered on the way back, the attack by sea dragons, and the discovery of the immature seven-colored Baozhi.

After listening.

Both Chen Ningtai and Chen Jingyun, grandfather and grandson, were shocked.

On the one hand, this time it was really dangerous and they were all scared for Chen Daoling. On the other hand, they were also amazed that they could actually discover the colorful treasure.

This level of natural treasures is usually not accessible to families in the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Even if the gold seal and jade plaque have some effects, the effect is a bit too exaggerated.

A mature Seven-Colored Ganoderma is worth at least hundreds of thousands of spirit stones. Even a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage would be very excited when encountering a Seven-Colored Ganoderma.

Chen Ningtai frowned, thought carefully for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Although the treasure is tempting, the risk is also great. After all, the injury of the Xuanshui Sea Dragon will not heal in a short time. Let's not alert the enemy first. Everything should be discussed after the completion of the sacrificial ceremony before taking any action."

Chen Daoling and Chen Jingyun also secretly agreed.

This matter is of great importance and must be discussed carefully with grandpa/great-grandfather.

"However, there is one thing we can be sure of in advance." Chen Ningtai said solemnly, "The Xuanshui Sea Dragon is very powerful. Even if it is injured, it is too risky for us Chen family to deal with it alone. We can send an urgent message to Chiyang Peak and ask Peak Master Zhongli to come."

As soon as these words were spoken, both Chen Daoling and his son showed a tacit understanding, thinking in their hearts that this strategy of killing two birds with one stone was quite good.

After the resolution.

The family began to get busy again.

As the day of ancestor worship approaches, clan members who are usually scattered all over the place gradually return to the main house, and Qingyu Cliff becomes more and more lively.

now.

The Chen family's annual grand sacrificial ceremony has gradually replaced the traditional Chinese New Year. Many clan members may not come back for the Chinese New Year, but they will definitely come back for ancestor worship.

Even the number of married daughters returning to worship their ancestors is increasing year by year, and some even bring their families with them.

Autumn, the 233rd year of the Xuanmo calendar.

The day of sacrifice.

The Xuan Mo Ling Sword was respectfully enshrined on the sword rack on the altar.

Chen Ningtai stood at the front of the crowd in sacrificial robes, solemnly reciting the sacrificial text which became increasingly lengthy as his achievements grew.

Chen Xuanmo's consciousness slowly awoke inside the lucky bead, and the steady, chattering voice of his rebellious son Chen Ningtai echoed in his ears, but he did not open his eyes immediately.

In recent years, Chen Xuanmo has been very dissatisfied with his rebellious son.

Originally, Chen Xuanmo was very opposed to his rebellious son remarrying. After all, it was this rebellious son who took the lead in leading the crowd to oppose him, Chen Xuanmo, remarrying.

But seeing that this rebellious son was flirting with many fairies and causing them to become confused, Chen Xuanmo, for the sake of the overall situation, began to not be so opposed to the rebellious son remarrying.

After all, those fairies are all the best among people. After marrying into the Chen family, they can directly increase the annual output of purple energy.

This left Chen Xuanmo, who was in extreme need of purple energy, with no choice but to accept it.

But he never expected that even though Chen Xuanmo acknowledged him, this rebellious son had not made any move over the years. Lu Qingyao, Kou Qianjue, Si Jianli and others had already left Hedong County, and two years ago, even Master Taiyue was transferred away by the sect.

As a result, Chen Ningtai is still a single dog so far, and his Chen Xuanmo's purple energy is also growing slowly.

snort!
He can’t get a wife, and he can’t fool Zhong Liye either.

What use do I, Chen Xuanmo, have for a rebellious son like you?
Just when Chen Xuanmo was mumbling to himself.

Suddenly, he felt something strange. The amount of purple energy that flowed into the lucky bead through the Xuan Mo Ling Sword this time was obviously much more turbulent than in previous years.

Could it be that Chen Ningtai, the rebellious son, really have tricked Master Taiyue into coming to pay homage?

Chen Xuanmo suddenly opened his eyes and looked out through the crystal wall of the lucky beads, only to see a crane and a person standing on the left and right of his rebellious son.

There is no need to say much about He, he is Chen Xuanmo's newly adopted "adopted son" Chen Ninghe.

As for that person!

OK, OK, OK. My rebellious son Zhong Li Ye has finally come to pay tribute to your father again after many years~!
Chen Xuanmo looked at the purple air that was like a column of smoke, and he felt so relieved.

Zhongli Ye can contribute a full four hundred strands of purple energy. No, maybe it is even more than four hundred now.

In comparison, Chen Ninghe, who originally had the thickest purple energy, suddenly looked much thinner, probably only a little more than 30% of Zhong Liye's.

From this point, it can also be seen that the difference in the amount of purple energy that can be contributed by the peak of the Foundation Establishment Stage and the Golden Core Stage is very obvious.

Now that he has established contact with Chen Ninghe, there may be a chance for him to help him impact the fifth-level spiritual bird. In this way, the amount of purple energy he contributes every year can also be taken to a higher level.

After all, he is much more reliable than Zhong Liye. If he comes to worship every year, he can make his money back in a few years.

In an instant, Chen Xuanmo's eyes softened when he looked at the Golden-Feathered Crane.

Afterwards, Chen Xuanmo glanced at the ancestral hall again and found that two more married women had come back to offer sacrifices, one of them even brought a pair of children with her.

This made Chen Xuanmo feel quite relieved.

It seems that as the Chen family becomes more powerful, the status and voice of married women in the family are gradually increasing, and this aspect will become a new growth point for purple energy in the future.

these past five years.

With the continuous crackdown and suppression of the Blood Soul Sect by the three major sects of the Great Wu Kingdom, those arrogant and domineering Blood Soul Sect monsters gradually disappeared, especially in the past two years, it was almost unheard of that there were monsters causing trouble anywhere.

But Chen Xuanmo knew very well that the Blood Soul Cult was only dormant temporarily, and might be secretly planning something bigger.

As for how he knew this, he naturally had to thank his old friend, the Blood Soul Cult. In the past few years, he had visited him every now and then, and had gotten a lot of useful information from him. Adding his own understanding of the Blood Soul Cult's structure, it was not difficult for him to come to this conclusion.

For this reason, Chen Xuanmo has not wasted purple energy over the years, but has been silently holding back his energy.

In the four years before this year, his purple qi harvests were 744, 774, 809, and last year's 845. Together with the previous purple qi stock, he has accumulated a total of 3312 strands of purple qi.

He did not consume much of his own energy in these years. Every year, the purple energy was mainly used to reserve gold-seal jade tablets and purple-energy jade tablets. He spent 660 points of purple energy every year to make 3 gold-seal jade tablets and 30 purple-energy jade tablets.

Although a certain amount of gold-seal jade plaques and purple jade plaques reserves are consumed every year over the years, the overall reserves of jade plaques are still increasing year by year.

These jade plaques have become the most important part of the Chen family's heritage.

Another major expense is the consumption of a gold seal for Wang Qianqian every year.

Over the past four years, a total of 400 strands of purple energy have been expended on this area, but even so, there is still a long way to go to successfully develop a jade slave in the foundation-building stage.

This situation is also very normal. Qianqian's Foundation Establishment Jade Slave blueprint itself is only an incomplete copy, and its performance and technical content are far from comparable to those crudely made Foundation Establishment puppets.

In the face of such achievements, a mere few hundred strands of purple air are really nothing.

Adding in his own purple energy expenditure, Chen Xuanmo's annual purple energy consumption is actually quite large. The last time he fell asleep, there were only 189 strands of purple energy left in his lucky bead.

It is precisely because the purple energy is never enough that he keeps complaining about his rebellious sons Chen Ningtai and Chen Ningzhuo being incompetent and unable to open up more channels for the source of purple energy for him, their father, and unable to share his worries.

Just as Chen Xuanmo was muttering to himself and counting the expenditure on purple energy in previous years, the absorption of purple energy finally ended.

He happily counted the amount of purple energy absorbed this time - 1284 strands.

This number immediately cheered up Chen Xuanmo.

The amount of purple energy absorbed in a single time exceeded a thousand, this is a milestone achievement~!

Although he borrowed the help of the rebellious son Zhongli this time, the part he contributed should be only about 400 strands, less than one-third of the total amount of purple energy absorbed this time.

It still sounds like a huge number, but the proportion is completely different from the first time he came to worship.

Chen Xuanmo has every reason to believe that as long as the Chen family continues to develop and the clan members gradually grow up, the proportion of purple energy contributed by Zhong Liye will become lower and lower, and one day, it will become an unnecessary part.

In this way, plus the remaining 189 strands of purple energy from last year, Chen Xuanmo now holds a full 1473 strands of purple energy. He suddenly feels more high-spirited than ever before. When he looks down at his descendants who fill the ancestral hall, he inexplicably has an illusion that he is about to look down on the world.

After consuming a trace of purple energy and breaking away from the lucky bead, Chen Xuanmo wandered around the ancestral hall in the state of a heroic spirit.

He first observed his rebellious son Zhong Li Ye and found that his progress in cultivation was very slow.

It has been more than ten years since he was promoted to the Golden Core Stage, right? Why does his cultivation level seem to be a long way from the second level of the Golden Core Stage?

Could it be that this rebellious son is satisfied with the Jindan stage and has slacked off in his cultivation?
But he thought about it and figured out the reason.

There is a huge difference between the Jindan stage and the foundation-building stage. Every step forward consumes a huge amount of resources. At the beginning of his promotion, Zhong Liye had to repay the merits and contribution points he owed to the sect, and he did not have enough resources to practice.

No, perhaps it should not be said that it is insufficient, but rather that it is in short supply!

For example, if a Jindan-stage cultivator wants to practice extremely quickly, the best elixir he should take is a fifth-grade elixir corresponding to the early and middle stages of the Jindan stage.

What is the concept of a fifth-grade elixir?
The most well-known foundation-building pill is one of the fifth-grade elixirs. One pill is worth one [Merit] and 3000 Contributions.

The fifth-grade elixir that ordinary families dream of is just a consumable elixir used by cultivators in the early and middle stages of the Golden Core Stage to speed up their cultivation.

But with Zhongli Ye's financial resources, can he afford it?

You said that if he consumed one, two, or even several of them, he could certainly afford it. But if he had to consume them over many years, how could he afford it with his limited financial resources?

As far as Chen Xuanmo knows.

Take Master Jin Guang as an example. He serves as the head of the Merit Hall and can get one [Merit] and 3000 contributions a year. When he is on a business trip to guard Hedong County, he can get an additional [Merit] and 3000 contributions a year.

Such annual income is already quite good.

But it is only enough to buy two fifth-grade elixirs to assist in cultivation.

In addition, it is better for Jindan cultivators to use high-quality spirit stones to assist in their cultivation. The spiritual power in them is more refined and powerful, and the conversion efficiency is higher, which helps Jindan cultivators to advance quickly.

However, a top-grade spirit stone is often worth tens of thousands of ordinary spirit stones, and top-grade spirit stones with five elements attributes are extremely rare and precious commodities.

Therefore, most Jindan cultivators can only use medium-grade spirit stones when practicing.

In addition, there is also a supply of spiritual food.

The spiritual rice, spiritual fruits, spiritual vegetables, spiritual birds and spiritual livestock consumed by low-level cultivators are all specially raised in captivity. The supply is relatively sufficient and anyone can buy them as long as they are willing to spend money.

However, if a Jindan cultivator wants to advance quickly, he must have a supply of high-level spiritual food. However, the production of this level of spiritual rice, spiritual fruit and spiritual vegetables within the sect is very limited, and it is impossible to supply them in full.

As for the flesh and blood of high-level monsters... it's hard to describe.

Anyway, during the years he followed Master Chiyang, it was rare for him to see Master Chiyang eat the meat of high-level monsters, and most of them were monsters hunted in the wild.

Then there is the spiritual vein.

It would be best for a Jindan cultivator to possess a high-quality spiritual vein that is in harmony with the five elements to assist in his cultivation.

Chiyang Peak does have a top-grade fire spiritual vein, but relying solely on the spiritual power gathered from the top-grade spiritual vein and special buildings to cultivate is barely enough. One has to rely on the trickle of water to persist slowly and accumulate over the years to see results.

The previous ancestor of the Cui family stayed in the Golden Light Tower for many years to practice because he did not have enough resources such as fifth-grade spiritual medicines, high-grade spiritual stones, and high-quality spiritual rice that met the needs of Jindan cultivators.

As the saying goes, “wealth, friends, Dharma and land”, the word “wealth” is ranked first, which shows its importance.

This is also the fundamental reason why, whether it is the Yunyang Sect or the Jindan Family, most Jindan cultivators have not broken through to the middle Jindan stage before their death. It is definitely not simply because of the skills.

Even Chen Xuanmo's master, Master Chiyang, only stayed at the third level of the Golden Core Stage.

"Alas~ Even if the rebellious son reaches the Jindan stage, his life is not easy~" Chen Xuanmo couldn't help but sigh.

If the master were still alive, he could have provided some support to Zhongli Ye. But now that he has to rely on himself, the resources for cultivation are even more limited.

If this rebellious son is willing to come back every year to worship, he, as his father, would not mind supporting him.

At the very least, you, the rebellious son, can contribute 400 strands of purple energy every year, and your father can return you 200 strands of purple energy as a "kickback".

If the two hundred strands of purple energy were used simply to obtain spirit stones, one could at least get two to three thousand spirit stones. If one's luck exploded, it could be a huge sum of money.

For a Jindan cultivator, this is considered a respectable resource subsidy.

Thinking of this, Chen Xuanmo decided to let Chen Ningtai and Zhong Liye have a good communication.

It's just that he comes to worship once a year, and I provide you with food, accommodation, and transportation, and give you a big red envelope. Let's see if he is tempted.

Just as Chen Xuanmo was thinking about how to get Zhong Liye to provide a stable supply of purple energy, Chen Ningtai's sacrificial ceremony finally came to an end.

Then, the process of the small meeting in Moxiang Pavilion began.

Because it was a fixed process, everyone was already familiar with it and there was no need for special instructions. Some core members of the Chen family gathered in the Moxiang Pavilion, and there were more members than in previous years.

Just when Chen Xuanmo thought that Chen Ningtai would talk to him about the family's financial situation and throw out a stack of financial statements as he did in previous years, Chen Ningtai changed his usual style and got straight to the point: "Father, when Daoling came back from the North Star Sea, he encountered a group of seven-colored treasure ganoderma growing in the sea. Daoling, tell me the details."

"What? Seven-colored Baozhi?!"

Chen Xuanmo was shocked instantly.

He looked at Chen Daoling, who looked a little old but couldn't hide his smug look, and felt puzzled.

When did I, the eldest grandson who had lived an ordinary life, have such good fortune?
Without waiting for Chen Xuanmo to ask.

Chen Daoling coughed twice and told the whole story.

After hearing this, Chen Xuanmo became very excited.

Good, good, good~!

This time he had been dormant for five full years without making any big moves. Now he had several thousand strands of purple energy, and he had been cultivating his sword intent with sword-cultivation techniques for five years, so he had been ready to make a move.

The news brought by Dao Ling was like a pillow sent to someone when he was sleepy. It not only gave him a reason to stretch his muscles, but also brought him extremely rich spoils of war.

Come to think of it, that sword intent is also interesting.

After five years of exploration, he discovered that the sword intent cultivated by sword-cultivation grew rapidly in the first three years, but the growth rate slowed down from the fourth year onwards. From last year to this year, the intensity of the sword intent did not even increase by half a percent.

It is estimated that if it continues to be nurtured, the growth rate of the intensity of the sword intent will only become slower and slower. After reaching a certain limit, it may no longer grow.

It's also time to find an opportunity to try out the power of swordsmanship and sword intent.

He estimated that the power should not be weak.

After all, the Xuan Mo Spirit Sword has now been promoted to a top-grade spirit sword. Its attack power when burning purple energy is already enough to crush ordinary cultivators in the late stage of foundation building. The sword intent "cultivated" by this sword-cultivation technique cannot be weaker than this power, right?
He didn't believe that the "little magical power" nurtured by the purple energy would be so useless.

He didn't ask for incredible power, just the power of an early Jindan cultivator's full-strength attack would be enough.

What's more.

This time, Chen Ningtai was very smart and came up with a plan to kill two birds with one stone. He called Zhong Liye over as well. This way, it would be safer.

The only thing that made Chen Xuanmo feel a little regretful was that this time he had originally thought of filling the purple energy, and perhaps trying the Qianzi effect, so that Jingyun and Qianqian could have a baby or something like that.

If they can meet Qian Zi's first draw conditions, they will be able to give birth to another child with excellent spiritual roots.

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(End of this chapter)