Please show your spirit to our ancestors

Chapter 173: th Anniversary of Death! Big Changes within the Chen Family

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Cangyiwei, Qingyu Cliff.

It was autumn, and the temperature difference between day and night was large. The mountain fog condensed and lingered like a jade belt between the mountains and the peaks, floating above the spiritual fields, making the entire Qingyu Cliff look like a fairyland, like a paradise on earth.

Elegant buildings, elegant gardens, sacred pools, and mysterious towers are scattered in the misty fog, half-hidden and half-covered, with shadows looming, truly like a palace in immortals.

The Qingmu Pagoda, one of the Chen family's Five Elements Pagodas, is located to the east of the family's main residence. Its appearance resembles a vigorous ancient tree, with a faint green halo flowing through the pagoda, which appears even more spiritual under the morning sun.

On the third floor of Qingmu Tower, in one of the training rooms.

"call!"

Chen Shiwen gently exhaled a puff of foul air, and the light green aura lingering around her body gradually absorbed into her body as she finished her exercise.

After a moment, her clear and lively eyes opened, with a faint spiritual wave emerging.

A delighted smile suddenly appeared on her pretty face: "Successful, I finally comprehended a little bit of the artistic conception of the Wood Element. Thank you for the blessing of the spirit of the ancestor in heaven!"

This sudden realization brought her a lot of benefits. Not only did she comprehend a bit of the artistic conception of her own profession, but her cultivation progress also advanced a little bit.

The 5th Sheshan Youth Conference is coming soon. With such progress, her chances of breaking into the top ten or even the top five will undoubtedly increase greatly.

But her joy only lasted for a short while. When she looked down and saw that the energy in her palm had been exhausted and the [Purple Jade Plate] had turned into broken jade chips, she couldn't help but reveal a look of heartache on her face.

This small purple jade token can be exchanged at the family merit hall. It requires 100 points of family contribution. After each use, the debris must be returned to the merit hall and a written report must be submitted on when and where it was used.

100 contribution points!

Chen Shiwen's heart was bleeding.

With her ordinary qualifications of five spiritual roots, her ranking in the family training sequence was not high, but because she was still under the age of 20, with her cultivation level of the fourth level of Qi Refining Stage, even if she did not work, she could still enjoy contribution points subsidized by the family every year.

And this purple jade token is equivalent to her subsidy for five years.

Logically speaking, her contribution is definitely not enough to exchange for the Purple Jade Token, but the family has a rule that as long as the young members are hardworking and determined to move up, they can owe the family a portion of their contribution points.

However, every time you want to buy on credit, you must submit an application report, which will be reviewed by the Family Merit Hall and then approved or rejected. If the contribution value you want to buy on credit is too large, it must be reviewed and approved by the family patriarch.

Chen Shiwen frowned and thought for a moment.

How much family contribution value do I owe?

Then, a bright red negative contribution number of several hundred digits appeared in Chen Shiwen's mind.

She couldn't help but feel dizzy and her head was pounding.

What sin did I, Chen Shiwen, commit? How come I owed so much family contribution without realizing it?
Or, how about borrowing some contribution points from my parents?
No, it's not easy for my parents to raise me. Firstly, they also need to practice. Secondly, they have already subsidized me a lot before. Thirdly, their small family has a 16-year-old brother and a 7-year-old sister. There will be many places where I will need subsidies and contribution points in the future.

What's more, when their parents gave birth to the three of them, they used the Purple Qi Jade Plate. They said that if they crushed the Purple Qi Jade Plate and then searched in the woods in the back mountain, they would be able to pick up a child with spiritual roots.

Uh...haha.

Chen Shiwen believed this for eighteen years until she found out that her seven-year-old sister was not adopted at all. Only then did she realize it was a lie.

But now, her seven-year-old sister Chen Shirong has already maturely exposed her parents' nonsense.

"No, no." Chen Shiwen shook the ponytail tied casually on her shoulders, her eyes gradually becoming firm, "In this fifth Three Tribes Youth Conference, we must make it into the top five, and it would be best if we can make it to the semi-finals!"

"At that time, not only will I be rewarded with a considerable family contribution, but I will also be able to secure a place to follow Wen Jing into the Wanhua Palace as a companion. Not only will my future prospects be brighter, but I will also be able to receive an additional family contribution every year!"

Before the ancestor worship ceremony, the clan had announced that they would select a few young members to accompany Chen Wenjing to the Wanhua Palace. If they could perform well at the youth conference, it would undoubtedly be a big plus.

The more Chen Shiwen thought about it, the more excited she felt, and her bright eyes sparkled with a bright light.

Think about this.

Chen Shiwen immediately packed up her personal belongings and ended her seven-day retreat.

When she walked out of the training room on the third floor of Qingmu Tower, a beautiful jade slave wearing a maid's long skirt and looking very lifelike came to greet her and bowed respectfully: "Congratulations, Miss Shiwen, on your improvement in cultivation. You are renting Qingmu Sanbing training room for seven days, and you need to pay 7 family contribution points."

"Ah, I haven't paid yet?" Chen Shiwen was a little confused.

"Miss Shiwen is joking." Yu Nu showed a decent smile, "You can check the contribution point payment record at any time."

"Ok."

Chen Shiwen's heart bled again. She reluctantly reached into her bulging chest, took out the thick purple card hanging outside her lapel, and held it close to the maid Yu Nu in a long skirt.

The maid Yu Nu took out a palm-sized spiritual weapon, pressed it a few times, and then lightly touched it with Chen Shiwen's purple card.

After a beep, the maid Yu Nu said, "Congratulations, Miss Shiwen, for successfully paying 7 points of family contribution through a small interest-free contribution loan. Your remaining family contribution is negative 489 points. Please accept family tasks as soon as possible and pay off the family contribution as soon as possible."

Thank you for your congratulations and encouragement.
Chen Shiwen's head began beating again. Not wanting to waste any more time, she hurried out of this evil place.

The maid Yu Nu's respectful voice came from behind: "Farewell, Miss Shiwen. Welcome to Qingmu Tower next time. Qingmu Tower's customer service team is dedicated to providing you with the best service."

Chen Shiwen quickened her pace again.

After leaving the Qingmu Tower, Chen Shiwen quickened her pace again and headed towards her own courtyard, Yunzhangju.

As a junior of her clan, she was not allowed to fly or control flying instruments at will in the main house unless there were special circumstances.

However, Chen Shiwen's movement speed was quite fast, and she arrived at a small courtyard in a short while. Above the door lintel of the courtyard hung a plaque with the three characters "Yun Zhang Ju" inscribed on it.

Since she became independent at the age of fourteen, her family had assigned this courtyard to her. She had lived here for eleven years, cared for by two mortal maids who practiced martial arts.

However, as soon as she entered the yard, she found her mother Gao, her younger brother Chen Xinda, and her seven-year-old sister Chen Shirong drinking tea and chatting in the small pavilion in the yard, and Lan'er, one of her maids, was busy serving tea and water.

"My sister is back."

Seeing Chen Shiwen at the door, the youngest Chen Shirong's eyes lit up and she rushed towards her with her short legs.

Although she has not yet reached the age where she can draw energy into her body, she has already strengthened her muscles and bones a little under the guidance of her parents. In addition, she has lived in the spiritual energy-filled Qingyu Cliff for a long time, so her physique is naturally far beyond that of an ordinary mortal child.

Chen Shiwen gently caught her and rubbed her face lovingly, then she said to Gao respectfully, "Meet mother."

Gao was almost fifty years old, but she still looked like a beautiful middle-aged woman. The lilac-colored palace dress made her look graceful and quiet.

She frowned slightly and complained: "You poor kid, your father has been guarding Qiuhu Villa for a long time. It's rare for him to come back for a reunion, but you didn't even spend two more days with him. He was so angry that he was a little depressed before leaving for his new post."

"Mother, Qiuhu Villa is less than 200 miles away from our house. With my father's speed, it's very fast to go back and forth." Chen Shiwen shook her head helplessly, "Now the Fifth Youth Conference is about to be held. If I don't train hard before the battle, what if I can't make it into the top ten?"

"Sister is so strong and has mastered unique skills. She will definitely be in the top five."

However, her younger brother Chen Xinda had full confidence in her and looked at her with admiration in his eyes.

Undoubtedly, this kind of worship mostly comes from the blood suppression of the biological sister.

There is an eight-year age difference between him and his sister Chen Shiwen. Since childhood, his sister has been his idol and the goal he pursues.

Even though he is sixteen years old now and his body is almost as strong as a young man, his mentality has not changed at all.

"Only you dare to say that." Chen Shiwen smiled at Chen Xinda, then sat down next to a few people, picked up the spiritual tea and took a sip.

Putting down the teacup, she sighed slightly: "Among the contestants from our Chen family in this youth competition, I am not sure that I can definitely enter the top five. Although the children of the Zheng and Zhao families are not as well trained as our Chen family in terms of resources, they have more people and more power."

Both the Zheng and Zhao families were established much earlier than the Chen family, and the number of their members far exceeds that of the Chen family. However, their overall resources are far less than those of the Chen family, and they are unable to provide universal training. They can only train a certain number of members in each generation.

"Wen'er, why do you have to push yourself so hard?" The beautiful middle-aged woman Gao felt a little distressed when she saw her like this. "If it really doesn't work out, mother will find you a suitable husband to marry."

Nowadays, young people from the Chen family are extremely popular in the marriage market. Girls like Chen Shiwen who want to get married can most likely marry the inheritor of the four spiritual roots of a foundation-building family, or marry into the direct lineage of a Jindan upper clan.

"Mother, the world is so big, I want to go see it." Chen Shiwen's eyes were determined, "I will definitely strive for a good ranking, so that the elders of the family will look at me with new eyes, and then take the initiative to apply to follow Wen Jing to Wanhua Palace to accompany her to study."

Only in this way can one reach the foundation-building stage in one’s lifetime.

Of course, she didn't dare to say this out loud, but she has been working hard silently since she was a child.

There are so many five spiritual roots in the family, and the total resources are limited. Naturally, it is impossible for everyone to achieve the foundation-building stage, and the allocation of resources cannot be completely even. There must be some bias. If she herself does not make progress, how can she get this opportunity?
"Wanhua Palace, it's about 70,000 to 80,000 miles away from our home~" The beautiful woman Gao's eyebrows moved slightly, and a fleeting glimmer of longing flashed across her eyes.

Who hasn't had a dream of soaring high when they were young? Never mind. Since her daughter has such ambitions, how can she, as a mother, stop her?

After a brief sigh, the beautiful woman Gao took out a wooden box from her storage bag, handed it to Chen Shiwen and said, "Wen'er, this is what your father left for you before he left."

Chen Shiwen was stunned for a moment before she took it and opened it, and found that there was a set of flying needles in the wooden box.

There were nine flying needles, all of which were dark red in color and emitted a faint glow of burning fire.

"This..." Chen Shiwen was shocked, and then she was pleasantly surprised, "Is this a mid-grade magical weapon [Wood Fire Poison Needle]?"

This is the magic weapon that best suits her at this stage. Naturally, she has wanted a set for a long time, but this magic weapon is too expensive. It takes 230 points of family contribution to exchange for a set!
Is this something that Chen Shiwen, who is heavily in debt at this stage, can afford?

"Your father said that you have a strong temper, but you practice the Yimu Rejuvenation Technique, which is mainly for healing and enhancing skills, so you will inevitably suffer in the ring." The beautiful woman Gao explained with a smile, "He knows that you have been coveting this set of wood fire poison needles for a long time, so he secretly saves up the family contribution every year to buy it for you."

For a while.

Chen Shiwen was a little choked up and wanted to say something but couldn't.

"Okay, stop being so hypocritical." The beautiful woman Gao patted her hands gently. "The Youth Conference is about to be held. You should practice this set of Wood Fire Poison Needles and get familiar with it. We won't bother you anymore."

After saying that, Gao took Chen Xinda and Chen Shirong away from Yunzhangju.

Chen Shiwen accompanied them to the door, then hurried back to the room and began to refine the fire and wood poison needles.

Two days later, she boarded the Wuyun No. 3 train bound for Sheshan Market.

In just over half an hour, Wuyun No. 3 slowly landed at the berth of Lingzhou Wharf, which had been expanded again last year.

After arriving at the market town, Chen Shiwen was not idle either. She took on a family mission to help Wuyun No. 3 unload and transport goods, and earn a small contribution to the family.

And just as they were busy unloading the goods.

In the sky.

A blue-green spiritual bird-like chariot with a gorgeous appearance pierced through the clouds, circled smoothly and slowly towards the Sheshan market, and slowly landed.

The spiritual bird driving the car was huge and strong, looking like an eagle but not an eagle, and like a roc but not a roc. As its huge and broad wings flapped slowly, a faint light gray breeze blew around, adding a bit of majesty and grandeur to it.

As it soared down, its broad wings left a huge shadow on the ground, exuding a powerful sense of oppression.

Among the common spirit boats and flying chariots, the appearance of this spirit bird flying chariot is so cool that as soon as it appeared in everyone's field of vision, it attracted many people to stop and look.

A knowledgeable and experienced casual cultivator who had been hanging around nearby for many years immediately recognized it and exclaimed with a little excitement: "This is the Pengying of the Donghai Tantai family. That is a third-level spiritual bird flying chariot."

A third-level spiritual bird?

The casual cultivators and children of noble families present were all shocked. When they looked at the third-order Peng Eagle, their eyes showed a mixture of fear and envy.

Some powerful families do raise some spiritual beasts and birds, but it is very rare for spiritual beasts and birds to reach the third level.

You know, most of the foundation-building families have only one or two foundation-building ancestors, and the combat effectiveness of the third-level spirit beasts and birds is already the same as that of the foundation-building ancestors.

Therefore, even if some families raise third-level spiritual beasts and birds, their status in the family is very high, and they are usually treated as "ancestors."

Even the Cui family, the former Jindan upper clan, was extremely respectful to the fourth-rank Golden-winged Spirit Crane. They regarded it as a family elder and called it "Crane Ancestor."

It is impossible to pull the cart, it has to be provided for.

Therefore, there could only be one reason why a third-rank spiritual bird would willingly serve as the driver of a flying chariot, and that is that the family it belongs to is very powerful and has abundant resources to supply spiritual birds.

The spiritual bird chariot is actually not as good as the spiritual boat in many aspects. For example, its flying is not as stable as the spiritual boat, and its interior is not as spacious as the spiritual boat. However, its flying style is far superior to that of the spiritual boat.

Some families who like to show off still maintain the supply of spiritual bird chariots.

Indeed it is the same.

The Donghai Tantai clan was originally the second largest family in Donghai County. Ever since the Donghai Dugu clan committed treason and fled, the second naturally became the first. Even many of the assets left by the Dugu clan are now in the hands of the Tantai clan.

It can be said that the current Tantai family is not much worse than an ordinary Jindan family, except that there is currently no Jindan cultivator in the family.

Originally, the Tantai clan was quite resistant to the Chen clan's entry into Donghai County. But later, with the mediation of the Wanhua Palace, the two sides no longer had any disputes, at least on the surface, and could even exchange a few polite words and save face in various public occasions.

But if we ask how much interaction there is, then there isn't much.

Therefore, seeing this scene, not only the surrounding independent cultivators and children of aristocratic families were extremely surprised, even Chen Jingpeng on Wuyun No. 3 couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly, and couldn't help but feel a little suspicious in his heart.

Why did Tan Tai's flying chariot come to Sheshan Market? What did they want to do?
Not to mention the doubts in everyone's hearts, on the other side of the flying chariot.

A young man in his twenties, wearing a lake-colored robe and with an elegant temperament, was lifting the curtain of the carriage and looking down with interest: "Brother Tantai, is this the Sheshan Market that has recently become famous in the southeast?"

The one called "Brother Tantai" was a young man who was dressed in a low-key yet luxurious manner.

He was very handsome, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, an upright figure, and a good appearance, but there was a hint of arrogance between his brows.

He only glanced down and quickly retracted his gaze, as if he didn't even have the mood to look at it again, and his words were full of disdain: "The Chen family of Cangyi is just a nouveau riche. If this family wasn't good at currying favor with superiors, how could they have the current situation? Brother Huangfu, look at this Sheshan market, it's so mixed and chaotic."

The young man surnamed Huangfu frowned when he heard this. Just when he was about to say something, he turned his gaze and suddenly noticed that on the spirit boat below, there was a pretty woman standing on the side of the boat, looking down with her head down.

The woman was tall with fair skin. She wore a simple light green long dress. Her jet-black hair was simply tied back, making her look fresh and serene.

There was a refreshing wood element spiritual power emanating from her, as if she had made a breakthrough in her practice and could not be suppressed temporarily, but it made her temperament even more refreshing, like the breeze under the forest, or like clear spring water on the rocks, completely gentle and graceful, making people feel very comfortable at a glance.

"Huh? This girl has a soft and beautiful face and a simple and elegant temperament, just like a natural and fresh lotus emerging from the water." The young man surnamed Huangfu couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, "This kind of simple temperament is rare in our Wanhua Palace."

But the next moment.

He saw the young woman with a plain temperament walk quickly into the cabin, and soon run out carrying several hundred kilograms of cargo, and run to the side of the ship and throw it down.

"Dangdang!"

The cargo landed steadily on a floating flatbed truck driven by a magic circle.

Looking again, I saw that the truck was already fully loaded with a mountain of goods, which weighed down the flatbed and made it tremble as if it was about to collapse.

A 15- or 16-year-old sturdy young man wiped his sweat and shouted, "Sister~~ Our floating flatbed truck is loaded with too much cargo, I can't pull it anymore."

Unexpectedly, the young woman in green skirt still rushed into the cabin and continued to carry the goods and throw them down.

"Ah this..."

In just a moment, the flying chariot of the spirit birds had already stopped steadily in the spirit bird area. The young man surnamed Huangfu almost popped his eyes out when he saw this scene.

Where is the softness and elegance you promised? Girl, do you want to run so fast with your bag?
As if he was afraid that Brother Tan Tai beside him would laugh at his poor eyesight, the young man praised him endlessly and said, "She is as tough as a willow and self-reliant. I admire her character even more. She is unlike those sisters and brothers in Wanhua Palace, who are all pretentious and delicate, as if they can't do anything and just order the brothers and brothers to work."

"Sister, I really can't do it anymore!"

Next to the flatbed truck, a sturdy young man wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "I haven't even reached the third level of Qi Refining Stage yet. I really can't pull it anymore."

"It's okay. With your sister here, you will definitely be able to pull it. I'll give you a bafu right away!" The young woman in the green dress smiled sweetly and gently.

She clapped her slender hands on the storage bag, and a set of green flying needles came out at once, floating in front of her out of thin air.

The woman in green skirt lightly tapped with her jade finger, and the green wooden needles suddenly turned into green lights and shot out, covering the sturdy young man like a rain of pear blossoms.

The sturdy young man's scalp tightened, and his eyes bulged out in shock: "Sister, I am your brother..."

"Puff puff!"

Nine wooden needles pierced the mysterious acupoints all over the sturdy young man's body almost at the same time. Streams of hot energy flowed into his body along the wooden needles, instantly spreading through the young man's limbs and bones, causing his muscles and bones to swell violently, as if he instantly possessed endless power!
The sturdy young man's whole body was red, with green smoke coming out of his nostrils. He felt that he could smash a fifth-level ferocious beast to pieces at this moment!
"Ouch!"

He howled, then pulled hard and actually managed to pull the hovercraft forward, grunting as he dragged it towards the market town.

"Ah this!"

The young man Huangfu shuddered all over, feeling as if those needles were piercing his body.

When he looked at the simple and elegant girl again, his heart couldn't help but beat faster, "boom, boom, boom".

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(End of this chapter)