NOVEL WEB Chapter 409: Feng Wumian: Soon, soon, the Luo Family's demise is approaching_2
And in the Cultivator's journey of enhancing their Cultivation to the last of the Five Realms of Mortality, the Mortal Transcendence Realm,
during this period, the gap between each minor realm became increasingly terrifying.
After all, one involved mastering the Qi-Blood Force,
while the other mingled Qi-Blood Force with a trace of Spiritual Power.
Which gap was larger, which was smaller,
this was blatantly obvious, requiring no thought whatsoever.
...
In Luo Mountain Prefecture, Qingshi City, within the Inner City,
inside a seemingly deliberately aged courtyard of the Yan Clan's ancestral land, upon an open space,
sat an elder in loose grey attire with white hair.
At that moment, he was reclining on a Taishi Chair,
his eyes slightly squinted, his right hand holding a worn wooden fan, slowly waving it back and forth.
It appeared that the elder was in quite a good mood.
"Great Ancestor,"
suddenly, a young man entered the courtyard.
He silently approached the white-haired elder.
"How are things?"
"The Yu Family, the only remaining ancient familial clan of a millennium,
what is their current situation?"
The elder silently opened his slightly cloudy eyes, glanced at the youth beside him, then asked in a low voice.
Yan Yin, the Young Family Head of the Yan Family, after pondering for a moment, responded quietly, "Although the Yu Family, being the losing side, still remains as the last of the ancient familial clans of a thousand years on this land with profound legacy, so..."
Before Yan Yin could finish,
the elder reclining on the Taishi Chair in the courtyard interrupted him, preemptively saying, "So, the Yu Family's development has not been affected? In fact... it might even be doing a bit better than our Yan Family?"
Yan Yin silently lowered his head. He said nothing more.
Seeing this, the reclining elder laughed heartily a few times, and then spoke, "Young one, you needn't worry too much. After all, the Yu Family still stands as the last of the ancient familial clans, and the old ancestor of the Yu Family is, after all, a Cultivator who has already reached the Early-Phase Transcendent Realm. Expecting to completely surpass the Yu Family based on that one struggle in the borderlands,
it's somewhat unrealistic."
"So, next we just need to develop steadily within the confines of Qingshi City's Inner City."
"Inner City of Qingshi City is a place buried with a trove of treasures."
"In the beginning, the Yu Family might be able to rely on their ancient familial clan legacy to develop faster than we of the Yan Family, but as time goes on, as the Yu Family nearly exhausts their legacy, our Yan Family will stand on equal grounds with them again."
"At that time, who is stronger and who is weaker remains to be seen."
After saying this,
the elder put down the wooden fan he held in his hand,
silently picked up the cup of tea that seemed to have cooled down beside him,
and began to sip it slowly.
And the Yan Family's Young Family Head beside the elder, after bowing his head slightly in acknowledgement, turned to leave.
"Hold on, where are you off to, lad?"
"My words are not yet finished..."
The white-haired elder reclining on the Taishi Chair, upon seeing the youth beside him preparing to leave,
immediately called out to have Yan Yin, the Yan Family's Young Family Head, come back.
Upon hearing the voice, Yan Yin paused slightly,
and then, he returned to his original position.
He silently watched the elder Great Ancestor in front of him, his face and eyes seemingly filled with deep confusion.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
The elder coughed a few times, momentarily easing the slightly awkward atmosphere.
Afterward, he silently turned to the little fellow beside him and said in a low voice, "I see you're not so young anymore, so this old man decided to arrange a marriage for you..."
Yan Yin's brows immediately furrowed upon hearing this.
A hint of displeasure seemed to flash through his eyes.
However, he did not let the dissatisfaction in his heart explode instantly.
The elder saw the calm demeanor of Yan Yin, the Young Family Head of the Yan Family beside him, and nodded with some satisfaction.
Then, he continued, "Don't be hasty, my boy. The girl is quite pretty, and the power behind her, within the Inner City of Qingshi City, is incomparably strong."
The slight frown on Yan Yin's brows gradually relaxed.
After pondering for a moment, he couldn't help but ask, "Ancestor, within Qingshi City, besides the Luo Family, the families with the strength of the Mortal Transcendence Realm only include our Yan Family and the Yu Family. Is this marriage alliance... truly necessary?"
The elder, half-reclining in the Taishi Chair, grew more serious upon hearing this.
He straightened up slightly and looked at Yan Yin beside him.
With an extraordinarily earnest and serious look, he said, "Young one, never underestimate those native powers within Qingshi City..."
"The marriage in question is with a Lineage Clan, one of the three most potent forces within the Inner City of Qingshi City."
"Not long ago, I personally met with that Lineage Clan's Family Head."
"Although that Lineage Clan's Head remains in the Blood Cultivation Perfection, the fourth major realm within the Five Realms of Mortality,"
"from my observations, it seems he is not far from breaking through to the Mortal Transcendence Realm."
"At the shortest, three months, at the longest, a year."
"That Lineage Clan's Head will surely ascend from the Blood Cultivation Perfection to the Mortal Transcendence Realm."
"And by that time, the Lineage Clan's overall strength and status will surely see a great enhancement."
Within the small courtyard.
Yan Yin, upon hearing this, fell silent all of a sudden.
Mortal Transcendence, Mortal Transcendence...
As the Young Family Head of the Yan Family, Yan Yin really hadn't expected
that within Qingshi City, there would actually emerge a family power of the Mortal Transcendence Realm.
And what's more horrifying is...
The standing of that Lineage Clan within the Inner City of Qingshi City isn't even the strongest after the Luo Family, but merely ranks among the top three most potent families within the Inner City.
If this is the case, doesn't it mean
that besides that Lineage Clan, the other two family powers within Qingshi City are also about to advance into the Mortal Transcendence Realm?
Thinking this, Yan Yin, the Young Family Head of the Yan Family, couldn't help but take a sharp intake of cold breath.
It must be said, ever since his Yan Family entered the Inner City of Qingshi City,
aside from the powers of the Luo Family and the Yu Family,
he hardly ever paid any other family powers any mind.
Mortal Transcendence, it's a threshold.
Powers of the Mortal Transcendence Realm are starkly different from those below.
"Ancestor, I understand,"
Within the small courtyard,
Beside the old man,
After remaining silent for quite some time, Yan Yin suddenly lowered his once prideful head.
"Of course, there's another important reason..."
The quiet old ancestor of the Yan Family, sitting on the Taishi Chair, finished his cup of tea.
Then he leisurely reclined back.
"Do you know of the Brain Trust within the Qingshi City Luo Family?"
The Yan Family elder, dressed in a loose gray robe, gently fanned himself with a wooden fan as he asked in a low voice.
Upon hearing this, Yan Yin pondered for a moment then blurted out, "The Brain Trust? Is it the power specifically established by the Luo Family to manage the various trivial matters on their territories?"
The Yan Family elder nodded silently.
Following that, he said softly, "The Brain Trust consists of one hundred members; do you also know how many seats within the Brain Trust the Lineage Clan controls?"