My Cultivation Starting from Archery

"..."

Bai Lao Qi remained silent.

"Father has always been biased, ever since the beginning."

Bai Lao Wu said sternly, "Except for Old Two, the rest of us brothers aren't much different in qualifications, but Father insisted that his character was better and made him the Family Head. The best resources are always in the hands of the Family Head, and what's the result? So many years have passed, yet has Old Da achieved anything remarkable in Martial Arts? I really can't see any hope of him condensing a Golden Body!"

"Sigh~"

Bai Lao Qi sighed, "We're family, don't fret too much over personal gains and losses."

"That's true, you don't care, so the opportunity to go to Qingxu Sect didn't fall to you either."

Bai Lao Wu paused, adding, "And there's something you might not know... Father, he's not going to make it."

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After parting with Bai Linxun, Chen Sansi returned to his Cave Mansion.

His daily routine returned to its usual state.

While continually gathering intelligence, he also went into seclusion to cultivate hard.

Generally, in twelve hours of a day, he would spend one or two hours controlling puppets to handle Great Han's administration and two hours to cultivate various skills.

Each month, he would set aside a few days specifically for refining elixir pills.

Time quickly passed, and more than two years went by.

"Guihe Dan" is an elixir pill specifically for Early Stage Foundation Establishment cultivators in ancient pill recipes.

Thanks to it, Chen Sansi's Immortal Path cultivation advanced rapidly.

[Cultivation Technique: Swallowing Fire Technique. Early Stage Foundation Establishment]

[Progress: 395/500]

At this rate, breaking through to Mid-stage Foundation Establishment before the final phase arrives is almost a certainty.

Two years, for cultivators, is nothing but a few times of seclusion, a snap of the fingers.

In these two years, the situation in Beiyang Dao hasn't changed much.

Except for Shengyun Sect, people from other sects gradually dispersed, seemingly needed elsewhere, declaring the previous matters to be of no consequence.

Demon Cultivators were still capturing living people for cultivation, and the scope had expanded. Recently, it included not only mortals.

Even various cultivation families in Beiyang Dao, and even Shengyun Sect disciples, often encountered mishaps, causing widespread panic.

"Hoo..."

After another day of cultivation ended, Chen Sansi opened his eyes and slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air. With a thought, he connected to his Lifebound Puppet far away in Sky Wall City to start handling remote administration.

Every day, there were stacks upon stacks of memorials on the table. Even with a puppet, it truly took a lot of effort and spirit.

Especially after annexing Nan Xu, the expanded territory meant more people and affairs to manage, and the affairs of Dongqing were also almost settled, soon to be integrated into the Great Han's territory.

Fortunately, Xu Wencai was still around, or else many matters would really be overwhelming for him.

Speaking of which,

Chen Duhe, that unruly brat, had gradually improved his temperament. However, he seemed to have overcorrected, no longer clamoring to be the Crown Prince, and had become more obsessed with Martial Arts, showing little interest in administration.

Most of the time, it was due to Xu Wencai's persistent urging that he would forsake his Martial Arts time to learn to handle some affairs.

It's now July of the fourteenth year of Tian Wu.

Around this time last year, a few serious cases happened in Nan Xu, and it was Chen Duhe who went to handle them. He did fairly well, though his tendency towards violence was still significant, leaving rivers of blood in the implicated personnel along the way.

In some instances, perhaps some people didn't deserve death. But as long as he didn't implicate the completely innocent, there was no way to blame him, as it indeed acted as a deterrent.

"Yun Mei."

Chen Sansi, controlling the puppet, looked at a little girl in the Boundless Hall, wobbling in her little cotton-padded jacket, holding a flower with a multicolored spirit light in her tiny hands.

This spirit plant was grown in the Floral Medicine Palace.

The Earth Spirit Purple Vine grew at a remarkable speed. In just two years, it transformed into a dozen mu of spirit field, and this number was continuously expanding.

Hearing someone call out, the little girl tilted her head to look at the puppet. At over two years old, her words weren't very clear yet.

But under the guidance of her mother and empress, she knew the wooden figure behind the desk was her father and called out in a tender voice, "Daddy."

"Hehe."

Chen Sansi laughed, "Good girl, I heard you're quite mischievous. Even your imperial brother is afraid of you now."

"Yun Mei!"

Sun Li, draped in a long dress, entered the hall and picked up the little girl: "Didn't mother tell you not to disturb your father emperor in the Boundless Hall?"

"It's alright."

Chen Sansi softly said, "Senior Sister, you've taken care of Yun Mei for these two years. Thank you."

"I'm not tired."

Sun Li replied, "It's just that my junior brother hasn't returned for more than two years. Yunxi and Sister Lan miss you very much. If you have the opportunity, it's better to come back once."

"I'll try."

Chen Sansi could only say so.

Going back and forth takes at least half a month, and a minor delay would mean several ten days would pass.

In the current situation, he really doesn't have the time.

If it were merely to accompany his family, Chen Sansi would be willing to neglect some cultivation time, but unfortunately, there's also the major obstacle of Da Ze's main peak pressing ahead.

If he can't resolve it, then everything before him is like flowers in the water, the moon in the mirror, all illusions not to be retained.

[Magic: Ten Thousand Sword Sky. Limit Break Third Rank]

[Progress: 590/2000]

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[Skill: Talisman Painting (Second-tier)]

[Progress: 255/1000]

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[Divine Skills: Arrow Tao (First Rank)]

[Progress: 1525/2000]

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[Skill: Heavenly Calculation of Ten Thousand Soldiers (First Layer)]

[Progress: 488/500]

Cutting off the connection with the Boundless Hall, Chen Sansi continued to immerse himself in enhancing his prowess, with Puppetry Technique soon reaching Second-tier.