novelapdf Chapter 5 The Overbearing Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan
Chapter 5 The Overbearing Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan
The young man was shocked: "What? Ten years of lifespan! Great-grandfather, your health!"
The young man had no interest in the great fortune. The reason he was able to enjoy so many benefits in the clan was not because his great-grandfather was a great diviner, nor because he himself was exceptionally talented.
Although he himself has good aptitude, having reached the eighth level of Qi Refining at the young age of 26, he is only at the Foundation Establishment stage.
The real reason he was so confident was that his great-grandfather was a cultivator at the fifth level of Foundation Establishment!
His grandfather, Liu Sen, was a cultivator at the second level of Foundation Establishment!
The Liu family has many branches since its distant ancestors, but the family has always followed the principle of strengthening the trunk and weakening the branches in managing the family.
Today, only three branches truly hold power.
The first is the lineage of Liu Qingyang, the main patriarch, which has three Foundation Establishment cultivators and a prodigy woman who is about to reach Foundation Establishment.
Secondly, there is the lineage of his great-grandfather Liu Guisheng, whose grandfather and great-grandfather were both Foundation Establishment cultivators.
The third lineage is Liu Wangde's lineage. Only the head of the family is at the Foundation Establishment stage, and the younger generation is also disappointing, with not a single promising Foundation Establishment cultivator among them.
The relationship between the three branches is not harmonious. The main branch and the other two branches are only related by a common ancestor, which is calculated according to their own great-grandfather. In reality, they are separated by eleven generations.
The third branch is closer to his great-grandfather, but they are only related by a common ancestor.
Although the two branches often unite to compete with the main branch for resources, their relationship is ultimately just a facade.
My great-grandfather was already nearing the end of his life, and now he has lost another ten years of his lifespan.
If I were to pass away before I had even established my foundation, I fear that even with the combined forces of Liu Wangde's lineage, my branch would be suffocated by the main branch's suppression.
Moreover, Foundation Establishment is not guaranteed to succeed. The two cousins who came with me today were also promising Foundation Establishment candidates from my lineage, but now they can only stop at the twelfth level of Qi Refining, and it will be difficult for them to make any further progress in this lifetime.
I fear that I will no longer enjoy the same treatment I have today.
The old man saw that the young man hadn't grasped the key point at all, and was instead preoccupied with his own fate.
Although Liu Guisheng felt comforted, he still rebuked her sternly: "Life and death are predestined! Even if my great-grandfather lived ten more years, he might not have seen you successfully establish your foundation, let alone revitalize our lineage. But the woman revealed in the divination will surely revitalize our lineage, and greatly so!"
Although the young man did not understand where Daxing should be located, it did not prevent him from understanding how much importance his great-grandfather attached to this matter.
"I understand, Great-Grandfather. We will go to the Chen family now and ask them to offer this woman as my concubine."
The old man frowned: "She should be a wife, not a concubine! She brings good fortune to the clan, yet she herself is not a genius; she will likely give birth to exceptionally gifted offspring. If she becomes a concubine, how will her son fit into our lineage? Wouldn't he be doing all the work for the main branch?"
The young man looked troubled: "What about Yun Qingqing? Yun Qingqing comes from the Yun clan, a Foundation Establishment Immortal race. She married me eight years ago and has one son and two daughters. This..."
The old man's face turned ruthless: "Remember! The Yun family woman died from damage to her heart meridian caused by improper cultivation! As for your son, he's mediocre; you can deal with him yourself!"
The young man felt a chill run down his spine, but he could only grit his teeth and agree.
Seeing that his great-grandson understood his intentions, he then slowly guided the floating cloud boat to descend.
Chen Daoping, the patriarch of the Chen clan, had already been waiting respectfully with several clan elders.
Seeing the floating cloud boat land, Chen Daoping bowed deeply and said, "Chen Daoping of the Chen clan, along with his clansmen, greets Elder Liu. The tribute has been prepared and is ready for inspection at any time."
Liu Guisheng looked at Chen Daoping with a very amiable expression: "Clan Chief Chen, there's no need for such formalities. I didn't come here specifically for the tribute, but to propose marriage."
This statement was half true and half false. He hadn't come specifically for the tribute, after all, such a trivial matter wouldn't require a Foundation Establishment cultivator like him to come. However, the marriage proposal was a pretense; his real intention was to get the person.
Regardless of whether the Chen clan agrees or not, all the women in the Chen clan with the surname Ping will be taken away.
Whoever gives birth to a child with the divine seed will be the legal wife; as for those who can't, well...
Chen Daoping was stunned for a moment. He recognized the person in front of him, after all, he was the mountain that weighed on the heads of his Qi-refining family.
But a Foundation Establishment cultivator came with his descendants to propose marriage...
Chen Daoping quickly bowed his head and said, "This junior is humbled. I don't know which junior in the clan has caught your eye, senior? To be chosen by you to be the wife of the Liu family's son is truly a blessing she has earned in three lifetimes."
Although Liu Guisheng's grandson, Liu Chengzhi, was pleased to hear this, he was too lazy to exchange pleasantries with Chen Daoping and said directly, "My great-grandfather calculated that a woman in your family whose name contains the character 'Ping' is destined to marry me, which is why I have come here. Clan Chief Chen, please call over all the women in the clan whose names contain the character 'Ping,' and I'll see which one catches my eye."
Chen Daoping's expression changed drastically upon hearing Liu Chengzhi's impolite words, but he kept his head down to prevent the two from noticing.
Taking a deep breath to calm his anger, he looked at the two men with a fawning expression: "I have many members in my clan, and I cannot recognize them all. I wonder which character 'Ping' the envoy is referring to? I will send someone to fetch the genealogy records to verify them."
Liu Chengzhi's expression darkened: "Just bring it to me!"
Chen Daoping's face turned red when he heard the reprimand, but he dared not retaliate.
Seeing Chen Daoping being bossed around by his great-grandson, Liu Guisheng was quite embarrassed, so he pretended to scold him, saying, "Chengzhi, you mustn't be rude."
Without waiting for Liu Chengzhi to apologize, he said to Chen Daoping, "Please trouble Clan Chief Chen to fetch the genealogy records and summon the woman whose name contains the character 'Ping'."
He wanted to take everything with him, not to let his great-grandson choose a concubine. Only by taking everything with him could he be absolutely sure of success!
Chen Daoping turned to look at the Third Elder, his eyes filled with meaning: "Third Elder, please go and fetch the genealogy records."
The three elders immediately understood: "Yes, sir!"
The three elders also knew that Liu Guisheng was skilled in divination, and this time he just happened to calculate that the woman whose name contained the character "Ping" was probably after Chen Hongxian!
The Cui family was destroyed because, it is said, that old dog Liu Guisheng foresaw something was wrong. When he went to the Cui family to demand the return of their members but failed, he gathered more than a hundred Qi Refining experts from the Six Foundation Establishment Realms and wiped the Cui family out of the world overnight.
Fortunately, the two were prepared for this. Chen Hongxian's name had been changed long ago. Now she is called Chen Hongxian on the genealogy, but before the dual spiritual roots were detected, she was called Chen Qingping!
Hongxian was originally just her nickname!
The genealogy was retrieved quickly.
There are seventeen people with the character "Ping" on their genealogy records, including several women surnamed Chen who are already married.
Only five people still live in the clan.
The five people were quickly brought over.
The oldest of the five was Chen Yunping, who was just a mortal and did not possess any of the five spiritual roots.
Moreover, she is already thirty-seven years old, her husband died early, she has no children, and she was driven out by her husband's family on the grounds that she was a jinx to her husband. Now she lives as a widow in her parents' home.
Chen Ping is 27 years old. Her husband is an adopted son-in-law, and they already have a son and a daughter.
The youngest is Chen Jingping, who is only five years old and has not yet had her spiritual root tested.
Among them, only fifteen-year-old Chen Hongping is of marriageable age.
However, among these five people is Chen Qingping!
A three-spiritual-root immortal seedling originally named Chen Yunling, the great-granddaughter of the clan leader!
He was also Chen Hongxian's stand-in!