Chapter 224 - 224 221 The Future of the Family
Chapter 224: Chapter 221: The Future of the Family Chapter 224: Chapter 221: The Future of the Family Old Family Master Qin Guanbao had been in a particularly good mood these past few days, his face glowing with health, lively and spirited, even showing a hint of triumph in his step.
Not only had he broken through the bottleneck that had plagued him for many years after refining the Breaking Barrier Pill offered by Qin Feng, becoming the only cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage among the three major families of Kun City.
But also because, on the second day after Qin Xi returned to the family, she had presented a multitude of cultivation resources, among which was another Breaking Barrier Pill meant for breaking through realms.
Clearly, the girl was full of filial piety, aware that her grandfather, the Family Head, had been stuck at this bottleneck for many years, so she specially spent a significant amount of Spirit Stones to purchase this pill.
Yet, she had not anticipated that Qin Feng had the same intention.
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The Old Family Master was greatly comforted by this.
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He believed that both children possessed sincere hearts and the filial piety to respect their elders.
He highly praised their actions in giving back to the family and accepted the cultivation resources with a cheerful nod.
He had placed that Breaking Barrier Pill and the majority of the cultivation resources into the family vault.
The pill was saved for Qin Long, to use when he faced a bottleneck, ensuring that Qin Long could cultivate to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage at a faster pace and grow up sooner.
He planned to hand over the position of Family Head to Qin Long once his cultivation realm reached the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, entrusting the safety and wellbeing of the family to him.
Although the Old Family Master felt that he was still in fine fettle, especially after taking the various spirit-nurturing, kidney-strengthening elixirs offered by Qin Feng, which after personal trial, made him feel as if he had shed decades off his age.
But his age, after all, was not insignificant.
At one hundred and seventy years old, he was considered elderly even within the realm of those in the Foundation Establishment Realm, his vitality mainly sustained by his cultivation.
That is the strength of cultivators – as long as their lifespan has not been exhausted, they can still exert formidable power even at the brink of their end.
Yet the Old Family Master felt that, having worried over the family for more than a hundred years and now advanced in age, and with a rising Qin Long ready to take over his duties, he naturally did not wish to continue living such a laborious life.
Since someone could take over the reins of the family and manage all its affairs, he thought it entirely unnecessary to waste his last years on these trifles.
Life is so beautiful; he wanted to spend these last two or three decades seeking pleasure and enjoyment, to ensure he left this world without regrets.
Although Tieling County was quite prosperous compared to nearby cities and the flowers in Baihua Pavilion were indeed a marvelous sight, this was ultimately just a small place.
Not to mention the vastness of the Southern Domain, but even within Chu Kingdom, there were many places he had yet to see.
Take, for example, the capital of Chu Kingdom, reputed to be filled with beautiful women.
People from Chu Kingdom knew well that the King of Chu had a penchant for slender waists.
In the Royal City, also known as Spring City, countless graceful and stunning beauties could be found.
It would be a pity to never see such sights in one’s lifetime.
Hmm, once I’ve passed on the title of Family Head, I’ll travel around, maybe even boast to those old fellows, and then invite them to visit the Royal City with me.
After all, joy shared is joy doubled.
It’s nice to enjoy life alone, but having someone applauding by your side makes it all the more delightful.
Now that the family’s younger generation has become a True Disciple of the sect, our family’s status will also rise.
With Feng’s cultivation still low, he’s already able to contribute so much to the family – imagine what he might provide once his cultivation deepens.
Perhaps he could secure an even larger and better place for the family’s cultivation.
Although Kun City is the ancestral business left by our forebears, it’s ultimately too small and its potential too limited.
If we want to develop the family further, we can’t stay confined here.
The family can’t always rely on Feng to provide cultivation resources; that’s not the Righteous Path.
In the long run, it would only burden him.
The only way is to secure a better Spirit Vein and the accompanying Spiritual Fields and mines, and our own descendants must rise to the challenge, knowing how to generate wealth to put the family on the right track.
Although these things might not be visible in the short term, I’ve already shared these principles with Qin Long and Qin Feng, father and son.
We can slowly plan for the future.
There’s no need to rush these matters.
The Old Family Master was by nature open-minded and now that he had surmounted the bottleneck that had troubled him for many years, and the family was on the brink of a flourishing era, he was naturally in high spirits.
If it weren’t for the fact that both Qin Feng and Qin Xi were still with the family and hadn’t left, and also that Qin Long was still in the recovery phase, he would have felt the urge to go on a spree right away.
In the end, however, he did not leave.
He didn’t even step outside the front gate of the residence, lest the Huang Family in the north of the city or the Wang Family in the west notice that he had broken through to the cultivation realm of the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
In case the two families joined forces to cause trouble, it would be detrimental to his family.
He wanted to hide his cultivation level, to give his old rivals a surprise at a crucial moment.
Moreover, with the progress of his cultivation, the strength of his Lifebound Spiritual Beast, the Shadow Leopard, was also increasing.
Among the resources brought back by Qin Feng and Qin Xi, many were intended for cultivating his Lifebound Spiritual Beast.
In fact, Qin Feng planned to cultivate the Old Family Master’s Lifebound Spiritual Beast to the Core Formation Realm, potentially boosting the Old Family Master’s cultivation as well.
However, that required a great deal of resources, and with his current abilities, he was not yet capable of achieving such a feat, so he set this matter aside for the time being.
He planned to wait until he returned from the otherworld after his cultivation realm had risen to a higher level before helping the Old Family Master with this task.
By then, at the very least, he should have attained the Golden Core Realm, and if he reached the Golden Core Realm, the cultivation of his spiritual beasts wouldn’t be far behind.
With increased strength, the speed of acquiring resources would also be much faster.
Then, assisting the Old Family Master in cultivating lifebound spiritual beasts would become much simpler.
The Old Family Master was old and wise, having a wealth of experience and an insight into things, and the energy he had dedicated to the family was far beyond Qin Feng’s imagination.
The future development of the family could not rely solely on his father; having the Old Family Master at the helm would undoubtedly simplify many things.
Three days had passed, and Qin Long had been refining a Soul Nourishing Pill every day.
His spiritual state had improved considerably, and his already robust physique now brimmed with even greater power.
The dark injuries that would often flare up had completely disappeared, his Divine Soul had grown stronger with the efficacy of the Soul Nourishing Pills, and one could see this from the brightness and sharpness in his eyes, which shone with vitality.
This was due to the surge in his Divine Sense in a short period, and once he managed to stabilize it properly, he would be able to retract the brilliance from his eyes.
One day, while chatting with the Old Family Master, Qin Feng had suggested to his father that he resign from his position as Inspector and even persuaded his cousin, Qin Yang, to step away from the affairs of the Inspection Department and return to the family to concentrate on cultivation.
Those positions could be completely handed over to clan members whose potential was already depleted.
Compared to the modest power of overseeing Kun City, their advancement in cultivation was of much greater importance.
As long as their strength increased, neither of the other two families would dare to encroach on the Qin Family’s authority.
Moreover, the Huang Family had already become a thorn in the Qin Family’s side.
Once they relayed the news of Qin Feng’s return to the clan, the fate of the Huang Family was sealed.
With the Huang Family gone, how could the small Wang Family from the west of the city dare to oppose the Qin Family?
Even if they had the audacity, the Fog Hidden Sect backing them wouldn’t dare either.
The Fog Hidden Sect was, at that moment, planning to send a large number of forces to follow the Beast Taming Sect into the otherworld to expand territories and gather resources.
They couldn’t afford to let a small vassal family offend a family clan of a true disciple of the Beast Taming Sect.
Otherwise, if they were duped by the Beast Taming Sect in a campaign, their losses would be substantial.
One idle day, Qin Feng decided to visit Qifeng Mountain behind the family estate.
He had been filled with curiosity about this large mountain since he was a child, and he really wanted to know if a phoenix truly dwelled within.
However, his cultivation had been too weak to venture too deep into it before, but now that he had reached the Foundation Establishment Realm, he was naturally much bolder than before.
Yet now, with broader knowledge and experience, he also knew it was highly unlikely that the mountain housed a phoenix.
Even if a phoenix had once stopped here, it would have only used the place as a temporary resting spot.
After all, the mountain spanned only a few hundred miles, not very large, and the Spirit Vein was not strong enough to support the cultivation of such a being as a phoenix.
Furthermore, it was debatable whether the phoenix species still existed in this world.
During the Ancient Great Tribulation, the Phoenix Clan shifted from neutrality to eventual involvement, as they were lured by the Demon King and their powerful strength was tempted by the invading forces from other realms.
They were eventually held accountable by the Human Clan, and if any members of the Phoenix Clan survived today, they would have to conceal themselves in treacherous locations, struggling to survive.
Only the Dragon Clan remained aligned with the Human Clan through ties of destiny since Ancient Times, never abandoning them even during the most difficult times.
Thus, after the Human Clan emerged victorious, the Dragon Clan was able to dominate the East Sea and continue to be one of the world’s superpowers, with even the Beast Taming Sect not daring to subdue a True Dragon for use as its spiritual beast.
Qin Feng, riding a Spiritual Vulture, ventured deep into Qifeng Mountain, but when he sensed three particularly strong demon energies within the mountain, he dared not proceed further.
Those were the auras of three Demon Core Realm members of the Demon Clan.
It appeared that the depths of Qifeng Mountain did harbor stronger Spirit Veins, but they were occupied by powerful Demon Beasts.
This area was under the joint stewardship of the three major sects, which made the situation rather chaotic, and that’s why no one bothered with the existence of these Demon Clans.
But every member of the Demon Clan who achieved the Demon Core Realm possessed a certain level of intelligence.
They knew the world outside the mountain belonged to the Human Clan, so unlike when they were weak, they rarely ventured out to hunt humans anymore, instead, hiding and cultivating within the mountains, seldom emerging.
Should they actually bring misfortune to the human realm, despite the chaotic situation, they would be slain one by one by the powerful cultivators of the various sects.
From a distance, Qin Feng steered clear of those formidable demon auras and continued to wander in other parts of the mountain.
He discovered several minor Spirit Veins and more than a dozen Foundation Establishment Demon Beasts leading groups of various sizes, living within the mountain.
He thought that perhaps once his cultivation was higher, he could subdue the Demon Beasts in the mountain, so that without relocating the family, he could acquire an excellent cultivation ground.