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Chapter 6 The Substitute
Liu Guisheng was, after all, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and could roughly deduce whose spiritual root was better based solely on age and cultivation level.
Chen Qingping caught his attention the moment she appeared.
Although Chen Qingping was chosen as a substitute by the clan leader, she was also the clan leader's great-granddaughter, and her resources were equal to, or even better than, those of Chen Hongxian.
Both his parents were cultivators, and with someone to look after and guide him, he reached the third level of Qi Refining at the young age of nine.
Among the three spiritual roots, this is considered to be quite talented.
Liu Guisheng was pleasantly surprised: "This woman is quite good! Chen Qingping, right? Step forward and answer her!"
Chen Qingping felt very uncomfortable being scrutinized by an old man, but she also knew that this was an envoy from a Foundation Establishment family and that she had to treat him with respect.
He then stepped forward slightly, bowed, and said, "Junior Chen Qingping greets the envoy."
Liu Guisheng asked gently, "You have top-grade three spiritual roots?"
Chen Qingping timidly replied, "Yes, I have three spiritual roots: wood, fire, and earth. Wood is of superior quality, fire is of medium quality, and earth is only of inferior quality."
"Hahaha, very good, very good! Wood generates fire, fire generates earth, so it doesn't matter if the earth elemental root is weak. This is a good seedling!"
With one superior grade and one mid-grade spiritual root, even a Foundation Establishment family would consider them geniuses. The vast majority of people with three spiritual roots are mid-grade.
If two of the three spiritual roots are of superior quality and are mutually reinforcing, then it is a top-tier immortal seedling in the Foundation Establishment family. Although it is not guaranteed that it will succeed in Foundation Establishment, if there is a Foundation Establishment Pill, the success rate will reach 70%!
As long as luck isn't too bad, it's a sure-fire Foundation Establishment seedling.
Although it is extremely difficult for a Qi-refining family like the Chen family to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill, their lineage can still manage to squeeze out one if they grit their teeth.
If the Chen woman is truly devoted and can give birth to a celestial seed, I might be able to grant her special favor and allow her to enter the Foundation Establishment stage.
Thinking of this, Liu Guisheng couldn't stop smiling.
"Whose daughter is this?"
Chen Daoping quickly bowed and said, "This is my great-granddaughter."
Liu Guisheng was somewhat surprised; she was actually Chen Daoping's great-granddaughter? This made it difficult for him to go too far.
"Oh? Since she is the great-granddaughter of the Chen clan chief, I am willing to propose marriage to the Chen clan on behalf of my good-for-nothing great-grandson Chengzhi. This woman should be the principal wife."
legal wife?
Or is he a future Foundation Establishment Immortal seedling of Liu Chengzhi's lineage?
That sounds barely acceptable, but isn't Qingping still too young?
Chen Daoping looked troubled: "Qingping is only nine years old, not yet of marriageable age. How about we arrange an engagement first, and then my Chen family will send her off when she reaches marriageable age? What do you think, senior?"
Liu Guisheng's smile faded, and his gaze scrutinized Chen Daoping: "This girl is very important to my good-for-nothing great-grandson. If he only wanted to marry a Chen girl, why would I have come all this way? I'll take her away today and raise her in my Liu family. When she reaches marriageable age, she will marry Chengzhi. As for these others, I can't determine who is the destined one, so I'll take them all with me this time! As for the betrothal gifts, I'll waive your three years' worth of tribute as a betrothal gift. That's settled!"
After saying that, he gestured for two middle-aged men to come over and "invite someone".
While claiming to be proposing marriage, they didn't actually respect Chen, their "in-law," and took away their great-granddaughter who wasn't even of marriageable age.
Moreover, to ensure that he had not made any mistakes, he also took the others with him, including the widow and the married daughter, and even a five-year-old girl!
The betrothal gifts were made from items that originally belonged to the Chen family; this was simply outrageous!
Powerful!
overbearing!
Overbearing!
For a moment, Chen Daoping and Chen Mingchuan, the father of Chen Daoping's grandson Chen Qingping, both looked extremely ugly.
Chen Ping's face turned deathly pale as she looked helplessly at the clan chief and elders.
But how could Chen Daoping dare to say a single word of dissent?
They could only watch as the five women were taken away, even though they were crying and making a scene.
The Chen clan members who witnessed this humiliating scene were so angry they wanted to grind their teeth to dust, but they dared not show it on their faces.
Only after the floating cloud boat disappeared from sight did Chen Mingchuan grit his teeth and say, "This Liu family is so domineering! This isn't a marriage proposal! They're clearly here to take someone away! Aren't they afraid of incurring divine retribution for their evil deeds?"
Chen Daoping gritted his teeth: "You must remember this humiliation! And the grudge against Lingyuan Lake!"
The Chen family has three major industries. In addition to the Spirit Peach Garden, the family members also rely on five acres of spirit fields and a spirit lake that produces spirit fish.
However, the Spirit Origin Lake, which can produce spirit fish, was originally an ordinary lake. Although it was rich in some water spirit energy, it was very limited.
It is likely that the surface Lingyuan Lake was connected to an underground spiritual river by the earthquake three years ago, which is why Lingyuan Lake is able to produce spiritual fish.
In order to protect this unexpected property, nine elders of the Chen clan died in battle, and as many as twelve cultivators at the eighth level of Qi Refining perished!
Among them were Chen Chunan's parents.
Although the families that came to seize the resources were ostensibly other Qi Refining families, the Chen family was actually quite large and prosperous. Apart from the Liu family, a Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan that took over Falling Dragon Ridge thirty years ago, the other Qi Refining families were far inferior to the Chen family. How could they dare to come and seize the resources?
It's nothing more than the Liu family supporting them from behind the scenes.
Besides wanting resources, the bigger goal was to weaken the Chen clan and prevent them from rising to power.
Now, having suffered such a great humiliation, the old and new grudges made the Chen family's leaders grit their teeth in hatred.
Elder Chen Daoxuan also said coldly, "This grudge will be avenged sooner or later! If our generation can't take it, there's always the next generation!"
"The Chen family will avenge this!"
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"Brother, come and see! There are so many spirit fish! There are three of them! These fish are so big, the two of us can't finish them in one meal. I want to have steamed fish later, will you make it for me?"
Hearing Hongxian's coquettish tone, Chen Chunan's lips curled up slightly: "Okay, I'll make steamed fish later."
Today is the day to offer tribute to the Liu family, the Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan, and also the day to distribute spirit fish to the clan members.
It's just that I wonder how many people will find it hard to eat this spirit fish today.
"Brother, there are six spirit peaches sealed in this jade box. They were a reward from the three clan elders. Even though the jade box is sealed, these peaches can only be preserved for three days. After three days, their spiritual energy will leak out. With my current cultivation level, I can only eat one a day. I'll share half with you. You can't refuse, or they'll spoil and go to waste!"
Chen Chunan felt even worse seeing that everything he did was think about his younger sister.
Whether she can eat two or not is unknown to her, but the three elders certainly know. Cultivation resources are precious, how could they be wasted so easily?
Hongxian was just trying to use this lame excuse to make herself accept it.
Chen Chunan, who was about to refuse, suddenly remembered the internal alchemy method he practiced.
Taoist cultivation requires refining Qi, which is written in two ways: one is Qi (气), and the other is Qi (炁).
The first type of Qi, according to Taoism, is the Five Grains, which are used for nourishment, and Qi is used to nourish essence.
The second type of Qi is actually the primordial Qi, which exists from the beginning and is stored in the body when a person is born.
The internal alchemy method aims to return to one's original state and refine essence into qi.
The practice of Neidan (internal alchemy) focuses on cultivating the three major medicines of the human body: essence, energy, and spirit.
Essence can be replenished externally, that is, nourished by the five grains.
The five grains of ordinary food are certainly not as good as spiritual grains, spiritual peaches, and spiritual fish for replenishing essence.
I might as well take advantage of this a little more; I just hope this internal alchemy method is powerful enough!
The thought crossed Chen Chunan's mind, and he swallowed the words of refusal that were on the tip of his tongue: "Brother can take one, and you can eat the other five yourself. You are the future hope of our family, and brother can't hold you back."
Chen Hongxian pouted slightly. Although she hadn't achieved her goal, it was still good to have one more for her brother.
She knew how much her brother wanted to cultivate himself.