Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

by Srtyi

Lin Wu was a university student that died after having one too many energy drinks and then reincarnated into the body of a worm. He awakens to find out that he now has a system, but even it doesn't have a clear idea of where they are. He comes out of the ground and discoverers that he’s no longer in his previous world but rather in a cultivation world. Witness Lin Wu’s journey as

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Chapter 751 – Twenty Three Nascent Soul Realm Beasts!

The elders were now feeling a bit pressured. The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape was still fine for them, as he was not as strong as all of them combined. Even the Slim Arm ape king, whom they sensed was at the Adult Soul Stage of the nascent soul realm was fine.

They reckoned that even if they did have to fight with him, with their combined strength, it wouldn't be a problem. After all, they had three Adult Soul Stage Nascent soul realm cultivators among their ranks right now.

But the arrival of a third beast only moved that balance.

~BOOM~

The Nascent soul realm elders barely dodged and stepped back several meters as a beast landed where they were standing.

Flames burned on the ground as a beast towering either of the two beasts before started at them. It was also an ape beast, but had a bony spine that was revealed on top of its back. Flames burned over his eyes and on his burly fists.

Hot steam gushed out of his nostrils as the beast glared at them in anger.

"Another ape beast?"

"Of course it is! They are perhaps the only ones who might have the intellect to make an orchard like this." The elder of the Lily sect surmised.

"What's this Slim Arm ape King? Are you perhaps looking to threaten us with your kin?" The elder of the Luguo Kingdom asked, his voice stern.

"Threaten you? THREATEN YOU!? HOW DARE YOU COME IN OUR TERRITORY AND THINK YOU CAN JUST TAKE WHAT WE OWN!" The Demon Spine Ape King exploded.

A Violent aura exploded from his body, and pushed back the Nascent soul realm elders that were standing a bit closely.

"That's it! We gave you enough chances, time to end this!" The arrogant elder said as he summoned his spirit weapon.

The other sect elders too readied their skills right away and were about to attack.

But then…

~ROAR~

An earth-shaking roar echoed from the distance, startling the elders. Some of their skills were forcibly interrupted as the roar was not just sound, but there was also spirit Qi infused into it.

The expressions of the elders darkened while Minister Ting's expression fell. Cold sweat appeared on his back and forehead as he realized they may have just fucked everything up.

~RUMBLE~

The ground started to shake as well, and soon two bulges appeared near the elders. The elders hurriedly moved as the ground continued to rise up. The more astute among them felt the new presences and spirit Qi fluctuations coming from them as well.

~SHRIEK~

A Large beetle beast appeared and let out a shriek that hurt their ears.

~SQUAWK~

Then a mole beast appeared that looked rather strange, having emerald crystal like claws and fangs. It took let out a threating squeak as its dark black eyes stared at them.

~KWEEEEEEE~

~WHOOSH~

More sounds were heard as the elders felt more auras appareling by the second. They felt the winds suddenly starting to blow and soon saw two bird beasts appearing in the distance.

They came and landed behind them, blocking off their path.

The elders were a bit surprised seeing their appearance as they too had the same emerald colored crystal features in them. Either having feathers, claws, or beaks made out of it.

~RUMBLE~

The ground on their side shook as well as more beasts appeared from it. The first that appeared was a large scorpion beast with two stingers. The second that appeared was another beetle beast, but this one had the emerald crystal like parts in its body too.

~BAM~

The beetle beast slammed its long horn on the ground, making all the elder's tremble. They all floated up into the air, realizing that the ground was no longer safe for them.

But what they didn't realize that this was just the start.

~EEK~EEEK~

More beast cries were heard as monkey beasts appeared next.

"This… all of them are nascent soul realm beasts!" The elders were shocked.

"It really is true! The heavenly tribulations were due to multiple beasts reaching nascent soul realm." One of the elders said.

"No…" An elder from the Pale marble sect spoke.

"These beasts… they are at the Child Soul stage of the Nascent soul realm or above. Even those at the Infant Soul Stage have far stronger Spirit Qi fluctuations than they should if they just broke through." He stated, as a bad feeling rose in his guts.

~ROAR~

The Roar they had heard at the start was heard again as a crushing presence approached from the distance.

~WHOOSH~

It felt like the air itself was being torn with the beast's approach and the spirit Qi in the air became chaotic.

Under the, now fearful eyes of the elders approached the beast they were dreading to see the most, The Twin Lights Liger King.

The Dao Shell realm Beast glanced at the humans with a lofty gaze, as if they were mere bugs to be squashed. His bloody aura forged from many battles of the past had been tempered even more from the massacre at the Frozen Cloud sect.

Eating the Arm of the Dao Treading Realm Supreme Elder of the Frozen Cloud sect had also pushed the Twin Lights Liger King's cultivation base further in the Shell Genesis stage of the Dao Shell realm, making him that much pressuring to the Nascent soul realm elders.

The black and white eyes of the Twin Lights Liger King let off a dizzying force that made the elders loose control of their spirit Qi just like that.

~COUGH~

Some of weaker elders directly coughed out blood from that.

After all, the pressure of a Dao Shell realm expert, whether it be a beast or human was not something weaker being could withstand easily. Especially not when it was being used in an antagonistic way like this.

"How can this be…? Twenty three Nascent Soul realm beasts?" One of the elders muttered in disbelief.

'It was wrong… our information was all wrong.. There aren't just five Nascent soul realm beasts in the forest…' another elder realized, much to his dread.

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Chapter 752 – Pressure

Surrounded by twenty three Nascent soul realm beasts was very uncomfortable for all the elders.

Not to mention, there was an even stronger beast, the Twin Lights Liger King who was at the Dao Shell realm staring them down as well. Just the Nascent soul realm beasts were enough to kill them all, adding the Twin Lights Liger King to that was an overkill.

They wouldn't last more than a few minutes under the attack of the Twin Lights Liger King and any struggle would just be prolonging the inevitable. The cogs in their minds turned quickly, trying to figure out a way to get out of their predicament.

Unfortunately for them, their earlier actions had made a lot of possible solutions invalid. Regardless of this though, Minister Ting decided to try.

"W-wait! We'll leave. Don't do anything." Minister Ting spoke hurriedly.

~GRRR~

But that was only met with a growl from the Twin Lights Liger King. The beast didn't seem to be in agreement and looked at the monkey beasts.

"The Twin Lights Liger King says that why should we let you leave? You lost that privilege when you decided to commit immoral acts." The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape spoke.

The Monkey beasts were the only ones who could communicate in the human tongue, thus they were designated as the translators. All the others beasts would just stay there as a suppressive threat.

"Don't you dare attack us! If you kill us, don't forget that the powers behind us will all act. Even if you all are at the Nascent soul realm and the Twin Lights Liger King is at the Dao Shell realm, the combined strength of our powers is not something you want to mess with." One of the sect elders said.

"Yeah! If you don't want all to be wiped out, don't even think of doing anything to us." The arrogant elder added.

"SHUT UP!" Minster Ting yelled. "Do you want to mess this up even more?" He shouted.

"What? Do you want to negotiate with beasts, Minister Ting? Really? BEASTS?" The arrogant elder scoffed.

~GRRR~

~SHING~

But those words were the last that the elder ever spoke. In the next moment, two beams of light struck him and directly bore holes through his head and chest. The arrogant elder's expression was stuck as it is and he didn't even realize when he was hit.

~thud~

Under the stunned eyes of all the elders, the now dead elder's body collapsed to the ground like a rag doll.

"Y-You… you killed him!" the other sect elders cried in fear.

"He deserved it! Do you all want to join him, too?" The Demon Spine Ape king roared.

His sharp fangs and burning eyes were enough to strike fear into the hearts of the elders even more.

They could only look at the dead body and swallow the rest of their words. They were sure that the beasts would truly attack and kill them.

"Do you think we care about the powers behind you? DO YOU FORGET WHAT THIS PLACE IS? THIS IS OUR FOREST!" The Demon Spine Ape King declared.

A hot burst of air came along with his shout, almost pushing back the elders.

"W-what do you want?" Minister Ting asked carefully.

He knew that they were far too deep into this and there was possibly no other way to leave this place alive rather than negotiation.

'Damned fools! Now we'll lose more than we ever gained by coming here.' Minister Ting thought.

They had set out to find more about the changes in the forest, but now they were going to regret it for all their lives. If… they managed to continue living.

Some of the sect elders secretly gazed at the dead body of the arrogant elder, wondering if the Nascent soul managed to sneak away or not. But when they checked the body with their spirit sense, they were surprised.

'The Nascent soul was eradicated by the same attack!' They finally understood.

The Nascent souls were the final trump card of most cultivators and would allow them to survive death once. Even if their bodies were killed, they could live on in the Nascent soul realm form.

And if they were lucky, they could find a compatible body and take over it.

Their sects even had some people prepared for this very thing. These would either be criminals of the sect or those that were especially picked by the elders. They would have the most compatible body for them or the closest thing possible.

Some of these people were even blood relatives of the elders. Many of them that were living freely in the sect didn't even know that they were merely there to serve as a backup in case an elder lost their body.

The sects also had many methods to let their Nascent souls escape if they were killed. After all, if an enemy surrounded them and killed their Nascent soul when it was coming out of their body, all that they cultivated for would have been a waste.

The elders were hoping that the dead elder's Nascent soul could escape. That way, even if they were taken hostage, the Nascent soul would be able to alert their respective powers.

They did have a plan in case some of them died in the forest. It was a contingency plan, and they had never expected that they really needed to use it. They were simply hoping that they could escape from any other trouble relying on their numbers.

It was why they had picked fifteen members, three times the number of rulers in the Millennium forest.

But they were mistaken by the old rules that didn't apply to the forest anymore. They dreaded that they hadn't found out about it earlier and now they needed to pay a great price.

'If they can kill our Nascent souls at the same time as our bodies, we are doomed…' A cold feeling went down the spines of everyone here.

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Chapter 753 – Conditions

"Please tell us what you will take in exchange for letting us leave," Minister Ting continued his effort.

He anxiously looked at the Demon Spine Ape King and the Twin Lights Liger King. He had seen that the earlier attack had come from the Twin Lights Liger King and knew that they needed to be wary of him the most.

He didn't want to be killed while he was looking away, even for a moment. Plus, he could tell that the Twin Lights Liger King was the 'leader' here.

~Grrr~

The Twin Lights Liger King growled at the minister and let the monkey beasts speak.

"We shall let you leave if you meet certain conditions of our Master." The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk ape stated.

"What are they?" Minister Ting asked.

The other elders were too scared to speak and had accepted that it was best if Minister Ting dealt with it now. The beasts seemed to be the least angry at him and there were fewer chances of them killing again.

"Our Master demands that the Millennium Forest be declared an independent territory." The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape stated.

"Huh?" all the elders were taken aback by this.

"What do you mean?" Minister Ting couldn't grasp.

"Just like you all have your kingdoms, this too shall be a kingdom." The Slim Arm Ape King spoke.

"OUR KINGDOM!" The Demon Spine Ape declared.

Hearing this, astonished expressions appeared on the faces of all the elders. They had expected them to be ransomed for resources like pills, but they never thought it would be something like this.

"You want to make a… beast kingdom?" Minister Ting asked, feeling doubtful.

"Yes!" The Slim Arm Ape King confirmed.

"This… this has never been done before. It is ridiculous." One of the elders of the pale marble Kingdom muttered.

~Grrr~

The Twin Lights Liger King growled in a warning manner and startled the elder into shutting up.

"You dare mock us? Do you really want to die that much?" The Demon Spine Ape continued to play his role as the bad cop.

Minister Ting was honestly lost at this too and didn't know what to speak. He didn't even know if a kingdom of beasts was possible. They had never thought that beasts would be able to unite for long enough to make a kingdom.

It was completely absurd.

"So tell us, will you accept our first condition?" The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape questioned again.

"This… I cannot confirm a matter like this on my own. Something like this will need the authority of all the kings." Minister Ting answered.

"You can't be considering this, Minister Ting?" one of his comparison whispered into his ears.

"Yes, if the Millennium forest is declared an independent kingdom, how will we get the resources? We still depend on it for a lot of them." The other elder added.

"We have no choice. The rest will be up to the king's discretion." Minister Ting replied.

He then looked at the beasts and nodded his head.

"Alright, we agree." He stated.

"Good. Now the second condition… We want humans." The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape added.

"Huh?" the elders were taken for a spin again.

"You want humans? Do you want to eat them?" Minister Ting asked hesitantly.

~HUMPH~

"Do you really think we need to ask your permission for that? We need specific kinds of humans." The Demon Spine Ape King scoffed.

"What kind?" Minister Ting asked, feeling suspicious.

In response to this, the Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape actually took out a small jade slip!

'The beast can use a spirit tool?' the elders were once more surprised.

As far as the common thinking was among the humans, the beasts couldn't use any spirit tools or spirit weapons. While some beasts might take fancy to some treasures, they couldn't really use it.

Even the higher cultivation leveled beasts that were as smart as humans didn't use spirit tools or spirit weapons. There were several reasons for it, the main one being that the knowledge of its use was not among the beasts.

Then there was the other reason being that spirit tools and weapons were simply not made for beasts. This led to a lot of incompatibilities and thus, even if some smart beast wanted to try using a spirit tool, they would simply fail.

Then there were also some safety features which prevented others from using and stealing a cultivator's spirit tools. This too, restricted the access to beasts.

Thus, seeing a beast being able to use a spirit tool was astounding, since it meant that the spirit tool had been made with the beast in mind. And even doing this was not easy, as each spirit tool would have to be modified according to the beast.

Not all beasts had the same kind of spirit sense and it might not work properly with the formations of the spirit tools either.

Some beasts might not even have the right body part to use a spirit tool in the first place.

"Not just a jade slip, the beast even has a spatial storage tool." One of the elders said in shock.

"What?" the elder standing next to him was surprised hearing this. "Are you sure?" he asked.

"Yeah, I'm sure I felt spatial fluctuation there for a moment." The elder confirmed.

Minister Ting heard this too and felt his world view changing.

'Just what is happening today? Beasts cultivating spirit fruits? Beasts wanting to make a kingdom? And being able to use Spirit tools? Even have access to spatial storage tools? How is all this possible?' Minister Ting wondered.

He felt like he was in a dream, as all of this was only possible there to him. And yet it was now a reality.

"Take this… we made a list." The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk ape spoke and passed the jade slip.

Minister Ting very carefully took the jade slip.. His spirit sense came out of his body and probed the thing, while also sneakily checking to see who made this.

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Chapter 754 – Surprising Conditions

'This jade slip… it is nothing like I've ever seen.' Minister Ting was surprised.

It seemed to be made from a single piece of a crystal and was not like the normal jade slips. There were no visible runes on it either and he couldn't figure out the formations hidden in it either.

'It's as if there are no formations in it…' Minister Ting through.

He even wondered if this was a jade slip in the first place. The material was certainly not jade, thus he didn't know if it was right calling it a jade slip in the first place. The slip was made from an emerald green crystal, but he was sure it was not actually an emerald gemstone since it could conduct spirit Qi.

Normal gemstones couldn't do something like that. At least not at the start. They would have to be refined by a master refiner before they could be used in any spirit tools of spirit weapons.

Minister Ting could tell that this crystal slip had not been refined. Refining will leave behind traces that most cultivators could detect. And those who were at the Nascent soul realm would be able to tell them very easily.

'Let's see what the list actually is…' Minister Ting decided after realizing that there was no way for him to figure out any more information about the crystal slip.

Minister Ting was fully expecting the list of humans to be something the beasts would be using as food even if they had denied it at first. But when he actually read it, he was left confused.

"Huh? Cooks? Weavers? Seamstresses? Musicians?" Minister Ting read one by one.

Many kinds of occupations were mentioned in the list, though what was surprising was that not all of them needed to be cultivators. There were over thirty different entries in the list, with some of them having extra details.

The other elders were wondering what had made Minister Ting like this and were curious about the contents of the list as well.

"So then, do you agree with it?" The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape questioned.

"Uh… sure. I'll convey this to the king." Minister Ting answered.

He was confused, but a little happy at the same time.

'At least it's not anyone sensitive or problematic. They aren't even asking for any resources. They just want average humans, huh…' Minister Ting thought.

The kingdoms could very well afford this, though he wondered if the commoners would even be able to survive here. With the way they as Nascent soul realm cultivators were being threated, he wasn't sure if the weak commoners will even survive a single breath from the beasts.

They might just die from the aura alone if not run away from fear.

~Sigh~

'It'll be hard to find people willing to come here. This is no different from a death sentence to them perhaps… and it is still doubtful if they will believe it all. The three kings and the sect leaders might just deem it better to attack the Millennium forest.

But that might not go well…' Minster Ting analyzed.

The thoughts he was having were known to the Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape and even the Slim Arm ape king. They could very easily guess them now, and their intellect was high from the start.

Also, since the Slim Arm Ape king had plenty of experience dealing with humans, he knew their expectations and thinking.

They were already prepared to see some lapses in the deal.

"Now then… the third condition.." The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape spoke.

~gulp~

Minister Ting, as well as the other Nascent soul realm elders, swallowed their saliva anxiously. They had no idea what next they would ask for. So far the first condition was the hardest to fulfill, while the second was relatively mild.

With this vast difference in conditions, they wondered if this third condition will be harsh.

"The third condition is something that you humans will benefit from too. Or rather than a condition, it would be more accurate to call it a deal." The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape spoke.

"Oh?" Minster Ting was surprised. "What is it?"

"After the Millennium forest is deemed as a Kingdom, we will not be isolating and shutting our borders. We shall still allow the humans to enter the forest… and even gather some resources." The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape continued.

All the Nascent soul realm elders were stunned by these words, as they were literally opposite to the first condition for them. To them, the only reason why the Millennium forest beasts would like to become a kingdom was to be protected.

They would not want themselves or their kin to be attacked by humans. Or so was the common thinking.

But a factor like this would still allow them to operate on some level. At least they would not be cut off completely from the resources that the Millennium forest had. There were still a lot of basic resources that they needed from there.

And these were things that were either not found elsewhere, or it was simply not viable enough to grow them on their own.

Minister Ting had some other thoughts after a few seconds, though.

"What is the limit? I doubt you will allow us to hunt and gather as before?" Minister Ting was still a minister who was skilled at diplomacy and knew how to read between the lines.

"The extra condition on this is that the humans can only hunt in the first three rings of the millennium forest. Though if they want to hunt in the fourth ring, they can still do so, as long as they pay the toll.

The toll will be decided later, after the kingdoms come to an agreement." The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape answered.

Hearing this, Minster Ting eased his furrowed brows.

'This seems more like a territorial exploitation agreement… we can deal with this.' Minister Ting thought.

The kingdoms had such agreements between each other, for things like mining rights and other such things.

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Chapter 755 – Inheritance Of An Expert As A Bait?

By now, the Nascent soul realm elders had relaxed a bit and weren't as anxious as before. While they were still pressured by the aura of the twenty three Nascent soul realm beasts and the Dao Shell realm Twin Lights Liger King surrounding them, they were at least a bit convinced they won't be killed right away.

Additionally, the conditions of the beasts were turning out to be far better than they had expected. Other than the first one, the latter two were simpler.

"Now then, the third condition was something that was made to favor the kingdoms mostly." The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape spoke. "But the fourth condition will be something the sects will like." He continued.

This time all the Nascent soul realm elders from the sects looked at the Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape with interest. It was intriguing to some of the beasts to see how quickly the humans adapted to the situation.

Despite the fact that one of their kin was killed just a few minutes ago, they were already in acceptance of it and were even behaving more reserved now.

"What is it?" Minister Ting asked after glancing at the sect elders for their opinion.

They simply gestured for him to proceed as normal and were tacitly agreeing to his direction for now.

"The fourth condition is that the sects can send their disciples to the millennium forest for a fortunate encounter." The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape revealed.

"Huh?" All the sect elders and even the kingdom elders were surprised.

"What kind of a fortunate encounter is it?" One of the elders inquired.

There could be many kinds of them, ranging from the birth of a natural treasure all the way to the legacy of a fallen expert.

"The sect disciples will be allowed to undergo certain trials and if they pass it, they will gain an expert's legacy." The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape replied.

"AN EXPERT'S LEGACY!" The sect elders exclaimed.

There had been many rumors about the millennium forest holding such things, but the ones that were found until now were simply the remains of those that had perished here.

Thus, the legacies weren't that good in the end. Even the strongest of the cultivators that had died here were only at the Nascent soul realm in the past. Thus the legacies left behind were by them.

"Wait, what kind of a legacy is it even? Won't it be useless if it is claimed by the winners?" One of the sect elders asked in doubt.

This was a valid question, as not all legacies were able to continually reward the ones that found it. Most would be exhausted after just one winner.

"You won't have to worry about it. The expert left behind an inheritance ground and the rewards are in the form of cultivation techniques and insights." The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape added.

Hearing this, the eyes of all the elders shined. They too felt like this was far better than before.

"And before you ask, let me just tell you that the cultivation techniques and insights won't be any weaker than that of the top sects." The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape threw another bone.

~Gasp~

The elders were even more stunned than before.

"H-how can we believe you, though? What if this is all just a trap to take our disciple's hostage?" Another elder asked.

Even if this was a very tempting bait, they knew that they couldn't just take it Willy-nilly. They had learned from the arrogant elders' mistake and knew to look before they trod.

"You won't have to worry about that. After all, you all won't be the first ones to get it. By the time you return to your lands, your people will tell you about the Frozen Cloud sect and its disciples that benefited from it." The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape stated.

Hearing this, the elders still found it hard to believe it.

"Wait… could it be the one that the chief disciple of the Frozen Cloud sect got?" One of the elders recalled something.

A decade ago, there had been rumors that the new chief disciple of the Frozen Cloud sect had only risen so quickly because of a fortunate encounter. There were even other people from their sects that had come to the forest in search of it, but all had returned empty handed.

Some had even made great losses, and the worst were those that lost their disciples here.

"You can say that." The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape neither fully accepted it nor denied it.

Yet, this was enough to ignite the desire within the hearts of the elders. This was perhaps the greatest temptation of it all.

"What are the limitations of that inheritance? I don't think you will allow just anyone or any number to try it?" Minster Ting asked further.

The sect elders nodded in agreement as they too felt it was a little too good. This condition favored them a lot, and they doubted the beasts would be as generous as this.

'There is bound to be a con for this…' Some of the elders reckoned.

"Of course there is. There is always a chance of death in the trials, thus you will have to deal with that on your own. Additionally, all those that want to take the trials will have to present a tribute to our king.

Oh and another thing… The trials can last a long time." The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape answered.

Hearing this, they all furrowed their brows and thought it over.

"C-can the kingdoms send their people for this too?" An elder from the Pale Marble Kingdom asked hesitantly.

They couldn't stay still while the sects got such a big benefit after all. The third condition that favored them was rather light compared to a big thing like an expert's inheritance.

There was also the chance that the sects might just grow too strong and overthrow the kingdom within whose borders they lived.

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Chapter 756 – Hidden And Open Value

The question from the Pale Marble Kingdom Elder was rather understandable to all and even Minister Ting was wondering about it.

"Of course, the kingdoms are free to send their people too. But know this… all those that decide to attempt the trials will be unable to leave the forest until they either give up entirely or pass it." The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape warned.

~gulp~

The dark tone of the Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape made the elders a bit hesitant but in the end, they decided to go with it.

'A known inheritance ground is still better than an unknown one. At least after the first few attempt it, the others will have a better chance.' Some of the elders thought.

It was not uncommon for cultivators to die on inheritance grounds and it could even be said to be rightful in many cases. The ones that died in such grounds would end up becoming a part of the trial in a way since the resources they brought with them would be left behind.

This acted as an additional reward to the ones that attempted it.

Of course, this greatly varied depending on the inheritance ground and some were completely safe. So much so that no one had ever died in it. There were also some grounds that gave everyone who enter a reward for sure.

This was usually the case for the grounds set up by sects and their ancestors. In this case, the access to the grounds was what was controlled instead.

Many inheritance grounds were even downright unpredictable, changing their layout and rewards randomly. So much so that ones that could be passed by mere Qi refining realm cultivators would end up killing Nascent soul realm ones.

This was why the value of a known and charted Inheritance ground that was stable was a lot more than an unknown one.

The fourth condition was nothing but a big bait for the kingdoms and the sect.

While the elders were thinking of taking advantage of it and raising their own people's strength, they also thought of possibly taking over the entire forest in the future.

'Humph, beasts are beasts in the end. They don't even know just what kind of a mistake they are doing by giving us this opportunity. We only need to spend a few decades and let out disciples get the inheritance. Once a certain number of them have gained it, nothing will stop us from usurping it entirely.

There may not even be a need to enter the inheritance ground after a certain point.' One of the elders of a sect thought.

The elder was someone who had barely spoken since the start and was also the one who had stayed behind the entire time. He was certainly the shrewdest of them all and even when others were lusting over the Pink Bottom Peaches, he had been looking for danger.

He had kept up appearances to fool others and had evidently succeeded.

'The Seventh Edge sect will surely rise in the future!' The elder thought to himself. 'And I'll be rightfully called Patriarch Linshe then!'

The ambitions of elders were hidden for now, but would certainly rise in the future.

Unfortunately for them… all of this was already predicted by Lin Wu.

…

In the depths of the Taiji Celestial's Tomb, Lin Wu was watching everything.

"HAHAHA! These dumb fucks don't even know what will hit them." Lin Wu laughed.

All the conditions that he had set were in fact just baits, even though it looked like only the third and fourth ones were like that.

"They won't ever want to go back to their sects once they get the inheritance… I'll make sure of it." Lin Wu said as a wide smile appeared on his face.

The Elders of the sects and Kingdoms continued to ask more questions as an hour went by quickly.

~GRRR~

At this point, the Twin Lights Liger King let out a low growl, startling the elders again. They had almost forgotten that they were being watched by such strong beasts and had become comfortable for a bit.

But the growl broke them out of that state and reminded them of just how dangerous situation they were in for a while now.

The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape looked at the Twin Lights Liger King and nodded lightly.

"This is enough for now. If you all want to discuss more, a proper meeting will be held in the future. For now, you all are to return." The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape stated.

"W-wait! How will we know when the meeting will be?" Minister Ting quickly asked.

"Keep that crystal slip, we will inform you through it." The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape replied.

Hearing this minister Ting Looked back at the Crystal slip in his hand with a different look. Now that he knew it was not just a basic slip that could store information but also one that could communicate, he knew that there was someone backing the beasts.

He was sure that it couldn't be another beast as there was certainly a spirit tool refiner involved in the making of the slip. Even if it was not a jade slip, and was made from some unknown crystal, it still seemed to use the same method.

Or so Minister Ting hoped.

'I'll need to get the others to analyze this. We might just find out who is backing them.' Minister Ting thought.

But just as he thought this a voice was heard.

"Oh, and I wouldn't tamper with that Crystal Slip if I were you." The Slim Arm Ape suddenly spoke. "Not unless you want to break the protocol of diplomatic respect. That crystal slip will be considered as our 'royal decree'." He added.

Minister Ting narrowed his eyes upon hearing that as he fully understood the threat as well. By saying that it was a royal decree, the Slim Arm ape fully implied that the Millennium forest will retaliate!

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Chapter 757 – End Of The Discussion

Minister Ting nodded his head lightly after hearing the Slim Arm Ape King's warning. He decided to put aside his thoughts of checking it for now.

Even he knew that the kingdoms won't be able to take on the assault of the Millennium forests alone. While they might have fended off many beast tides in the past, a coordinated attack of beasts would be greatly different.

After all… now not only did they need to worry about powerful beasts, they needed to worry about powerful beasts that actively communicated, cooperated with each other while also having human level intelligence.

It was honestly the worst combination that it could have been for them.

Instead of considering them as just beasts, they would have to put them on the same level as any other power.

And that was also what the beasts had asked as their first condition too.

'They really are far more clever than I thought… using two pronged methods like this. One pushes us from the front in the form of the condition, while the other hits us back from the shadows.' Minister Ting thought to himself.

He glanced at the elders and gestured to them.

"We shall take our leave now then." Minister Ting stated.

The elders nodded their heads, but a few of them still gave gazes of longing. These gazes were directed at the Pink Bottom Peaches of course.

"You can keep that one Pink Bottom Peach as a gift. Our king is generous." The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape slyly added.

The elder who was carrying the Pink Bottom Peach, could only avoid the gazes of others and hurry on. He didn't want to give the others this spirit fruit and wanted to keep it all for himself.

Though he was also sure that he will have to surrender it to his sect once he got back as their patriarch was sure to ask for some proof.

'I'll have to talk to other sects too… there is no way they will hold back from negotiating this.' The elder thought.

He was correct in his thoughts as the other elders including Minister Ting was already thinking of ways to extract more benefits from the sect the elder belonged too.

With the talks coming to an end, the elders finally flew away without even thinking of gathering the remains of the arrogant elder who had died before. The sect the elder belonged to will simply have to accept the matter and they will have to inform them about how the elder died along with his conduct.

After all the elder had threated their lives too, now that they thought about it.

Some of them who had a slight change of heart after hearing the conditions of the beasts even thought that perhaps if they had kept to themselves from the very start, they might have gotten even better benefits.

They were of course unaware that their every move was being watched closely. Every fine detail, movement, gesture and twitch was being scanned and analyzed.

Back at the Taiji Celstial's Tomb, Lin Wu glanced at the reports the system gave him about the elders. Not only were their current thoughts being predicted by the system, it was also giving him information of the elder's past.

This was something the system had collected before and Lin Wu didn't even know it had that. It was certainly a bit fun for him.

Lin Wu watched as the entire 'discussion' finally came to an end.

"System, how is the link working?" Lin Wu asked lightly.

~DING~

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NOTIFICATION: Transponder Link is working at 100% strength.

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The system replied.

"Good… at least we'll get to listen to what they say there…" Lin Wu muttered with a smile.

The Crystal Slip with the list that Minister Ting had taken was specially modified by the system. It was better than the normal crystal slips he had made before to pass information and knowledge onto the monkey beasts and also included a way to communicate.

Just like any normal communication jade slip.

Though to take better advantage, Lin Wu asked the system to make it so that the crystal slip continually transmitted information even when it was not being used.

Of course, this functionality was still limited for now and it could only transmit the voice of people around it. It couldn't transmit any actual visuals… at least not for now without alerting the others around it.

Lin Wu wouldn't be arrogant as to think that no one could go around the system's methods. After all, even the method that the system had used was human made in the first place. Even with the improvements and changes made by the system, someone well versed in the same could figure it out.

And Lin Wu knew for sure that the different powers definitely had Formation masters who could do this. Additionally, there was also the fact that transmitting visuals needed higher energy to do so.

While Lin Wu had no problem providing sufficient energy, the side effect of this was also that the spirit Qi fluctuations coming from the crystal slip will be significantly higher than normal.

And the people protecting the king or other cultivators will quickly detect this. The ones that were a bit warier will figure out the anomaly and might get a formation master to learn why it was done so.

Even if Lin Wu had asked the Twin Lights Liger King to pass on a threat on his behalf to not tamper with the crystal Slip, there was still the fact that the humans will take action even if it meant offending him.

After all, if they knew for sure there was a threat to them, they would rather risk the retaliation from the Millennium forest than to let some unknown item spy on them. Such was just the basic self-preservation tendency of humans.

And Lin Wu knew this the best. After all he was a human too… albeit now only his soul was like that…

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Chapter 758 – Dropping One Shocking News After The Other

After the 'discussion' that happened between the beasts and the elders of the various powers that were located around the Millennium forest, a great change happened.

No one had expected this to happen, but the three kingdoms: The Ling Kingdom, The Pale Marble Kingdom and the Luguo Kingdom; declared the Millennium forest an independent kingdom!

For the commoners, this was an absurd piece of new as they couldn't even comprehend it. For them, the Millennium forest was just that… a forest. But now the kingdoms were proclaiming it to be a kingdom.

They didn't even know who was the ruler of this 'kingdom' and they didn't know that there were humans living there. They had this misunderstanding that some humans had established a base there.

The Kingdoms didn't clarify this to the commoners for now either. As they themselves knew just how absurd it would be for the commoners. And not just that, it could even incite panic.

After all, to most humans, beasts were beneath them in terms of intelligence. And even the stronger beasts with great cultivation base having the same intelligence level as that of humans were still considered below humans.

To humans, the beasts were 'Uncivilized' and 'Uncultured'. At most, they could be equated to savages.

Revealing such new openly to the commoners would not do the kingdoms any good and it could even trigger a mass exodus. The kingdoms certainly didn't want something like this as it would not only strain their administrative machinery but it might even weaken their economy.

If that happened, forget about taking advantage of the Millennium forest's inheritance ground. They might not even have enough resources to take care of their own citizens. If that happened, the sects that were located within their borders might take the opportunity to reap the rewards.

They didn't want this to happen, either.

The sects too, took different actions. They didn't even let the disciples know about it and simply kept it on the elders' level. They locked all information down and their disciples were all recalled to the sect as well.

Thankfully, it was not too strange for the disciples as they simply thought that they were being recalled for the upcoming Long Continent Grand Sect tournament. While it was a bit early to recall that, it was still an acceptable excuse.

For now, the news about the Millennium forest becoming a kingdom had not reached the other kingdoms and powers of the Long Continent. But it was only a matter of time.

All it took it was two more days after the return of the elders.

This time the information came from an even more credible source… The Frozen Cloud sect!

But that was just one of the pieces of shocking news the Frozen Cloud sect dropped. The first piece of the news was that the Frozen Cloud sect now had three Chief Disciples, and that they had fifteen new Nascent soul realm elders in their ranks.

All the sects that heard this were absolutely stunned.

The other top sects who heard this were greatly suspicious about it all. After all, they had been planning on pulling down the Frozen Cloud sect this entire time, and now the sect had this new card.

It could be said that the other top sects had spent a decent amount of time and effort in preparing their plan against the Frozen Cloud sect. And yet… that had been all doused in the waters of disappointment.

While the Frozen Cloud sect was certainly not back to its peak, they were no longer under the threat of being kicked out of the top ten sects. At the very least, they had regained about 75% of their stability.

This way, while they might not be able to keep their rank, they would at least not be kicked out entirely.

Then came the next piece of news from them: The Millennium forest was now an independent kingdom and the Frozen Cloud sect shall be their ally!

When this was learned by the other powers not around the Millennium forest they were stunned. They wondered if the Frozen Cloud sect had gone insane after their massacre. But since there had been a recovery of their elders' numbers, it was not exactly right either.

They tried to obtains more information from their spies and soon learned another spicy piece of news… The Millennium forest truly had a great inheritance ground and it was rumored to be the reason behind the Frozen Cloud sect's rebound.

This of course, incited great desire among the different sects and they wanted a piece of the pie too.

But they were in for a shock when the three kingdoms around the Millennium forest echoed the same as The Frozen Cloud sect and the smaller sects within the borders of those kingdoms joined them too!

In just a matter of three days, the Millennium forest, which was just a forest with a forbidden zone in it for several years, became an independent kingdom. And not just an independent kingdom, but a kingdom with twelve allies!

Such a progression was stunning to all the sects and kingdoms.

So much so that when the news reached the Long clan, they especially decided to send people to look into this matter.

The other top clans, such as Ji clan and Lian clan, did the same. The Lian clan was especially excited since they knew the rise of a new kingdom meant new economic projects. Which, with their experience and expertise, only meant more profit.

But their excitement was dulled when they heard that the rulers of the Millennium forest weren't some new human power… It was beasts!

This in itself greatly concerned all the powers, and they sent out decrees to the new 'allies' of the Millennium Forest.

Lin Wu had been keeping his ear to the ground and had gotten as much information as he could from his sources. The crystal slip that he had given to Minister Ting was kept by the king personally and he got to hear everything that happened there.

Additionally, he also had Wang Xiong, and his other sources providing him information.

Tian Han and Tian Xiaoge were a part of it too and gave their side of input as well. Their information mostly consisted of the attitudes of the southern powers that were located beyond the Tian clan.

It was also surprising to the two of them, as they had not expected such a development to happen either.

It was a route that they had not expected Lin Wu to take. While they knew he wanted to make an organization of his own, this was not just an organization… this was an entire kingdom!

Making a kingdom was not easy in the current times and no new kingdom had been born for hundreds of years.

And even if one was to be made, it needed approval from the guardian clan, as well as the tacit approval from the other powers.

Without them, the nearby powers of the new kingdom's location would never let them rise.

And yet… this unknown beast king of the Millennium forest had gotten all of it in one go.

He secured the alliance of nearby kingdoms, then got the sects to join and finally addling one of the top sects to his roster of allies.

Such progression honestly terrified the more astute schemers of the various powers.

They couldn't help but think that there was something wrong with it all, but they couldn't pick at it from here either. And just as they wanted to see it themselves, they were presented the opportunity.

The call for a proper meeting was sent out by Lin Wu, the moment he heard the Long clan, Ji clan, Lian Clan and other top sects were going to come.

"Hehehe! May as well net them all in one go." Lin Wu chuckled to himself.

If the other powers wanted to try their hand at the Inheritance ground, he wouldn't mind it at all. In fact, it would only be beneficial for him the more people joined and passed the trials.

'The more they try, the weaker they will get… they won't even know as their people will switch teams…' Lin Wu thought to himself.

It was all a sensitive plan, and he needed to proceed rather carefully from here onwards.

This would be Lin Wu's first official interaction with the other great powers of the Long continent. But thinking of the clans, he was reminded of something.

"Hmm… though I wonder who the Ji clan will send… will Shirong come again?" Lin Wu questioned himself.

If Shirong really came, Lin Wu would be rather happy as he'll have a strong pawn to add to his list again.

Shirong was his first great pawn, and he had lost it back then. But now the situation had changed and he could better control the variables. Lin Wu was also not afraid of retaliation as much since the entire Millennium forest was basically a large Formation array.

With the beasts joining in and the offensive formations activated, Lin Wu was confident of taking down at even Dao Treading realm cultivators… if they came, of course. He knew the Frozen Cloud sect's patriarch was going to come, and so was Yun Bai.

He wondered if the top three clans will send Dao Treading realm experts too, or would they just be Dao Shell realm ones?

'Perhaps I should make a little show for them too…' Several ideas popped up in his mind.

It was all exciting for him and he realized just how many ventures were now opening up for him.

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Chapter 759 – The Lian Clan's Excitement

The declaration of independence by the Millennium forest and sent waves across the entire Long continent.

At the Lian Clan's great hall.

Several elders dressed in opulent robes were sitting in the long and wide hall. There were tables set in front of them, placed on which were several dishes, fruits, and wine.

It looked like it was the royal court of an emperor and all the elders were the ministers and other court members. They merrily ate and spoke, while scantily dressed women giggled along with them.

~Rumble~

The scene of merriment was brought to a sudden pause as the hall's doors suddenly opened.

"PATRIARCH! PATRIARCH! BIG NEWS! BIG NEWS!" Rushed in a man who looked to be in his thirties.

But he was also very fat and with each of his step, the fatty folds of his body jiggled. It looked like a small meat hill was running and if he started to roll instead, it would probably be faster.

The elders looked at the fat man who had just entered, and had irked expressions on their faces. But soon they changed their expressions and went back to doing what they were before.

"Don't be so noisy Lian Xiaojian," The elder sitting at the head of the hall spoke calmly.

He gestured to the girl standing next to him, and she lowered another peeled grape into his mouth. If one looked at the small table next to her, they would see that there was a bowl full of grape skins.

And next to it, there was a pile of grapes. They were plump and dark purple in color, each of them letting out faint spirit Qi fluctuations.

If these grapes were seen by any average cultivator who was knowledgeable about spirit fruits and herbs, they would realize that these were no common grapes. They were none other than the rare, Prosperity Grapes!

Each of these grapes was very hard to grow and most places where they grew in, only a single grape could grow on a plant. And yet there was a bounty of them here. The grapes were even in bunches, and that showed its quality.

It was said that the more the number of grapes in a bunch, the higher the quality of them.

But at the same time, if a person saw the bowl full of peels, they would feel pained. For it was a great waste! Perhaps the peels in that bowl alone contained enough spirit Qi to rival a peak grade spirit stone alone!

Such opulence was painful for most people to watch.

~Huu~huu~huu~

The Fat man panted as he came to stand in front of the elder eating the grape. He caught his breath for a half a minute, during which the elder continue to eat grapes as the girl peeled and fed him.

Once he had finally caught his breath, the fat man looked up at the elder, who was also equally fat!

He looked like a hill full of fat that had been squeezed into a throne. Rolls of fat bulged out of the side of the throne, and from below the armrest. If it were not for the fact that the throne was made out of precious materials and was a spirit tool as well, perhaps it would have broken apart already.

"Father! I have big news!" The fat man spoke to the far elder, who was evidently the patriarch.

And he wasn't just any patriarch, but the patriarch of the third ranked clan in the entire Long continent! He was Lian Dajian!

Lian Dajian looked back at his first son as a hint of interest appeared in his eyes.

"Oh? What could be the news that it would make even you run like this? You barely train otherwise." Lian Dajian questioned.

"I have big news! Big profit news!" Lian Xiaojian said, as his eyes sparkled.

"Huh?" The ears of all the elders in the hall perked up, and they stopped what they were doing as well.

They all looked at the first son of the patriarch, wondering just what it was too. They thought the news must be good enough to make the lazy first son, Lian Xiaolian leave his personal palace and run like this.

"Speak my son." Jian Dajian spoke as he gestured for the girl next to him to pause her task.

"In the south, the Millennium forest… They have declared independence!" Lian Xiaojian revealed.

Hearing this, the brows of all the elders here furrowed.

"The Millennium forest? Did some power take over it or something?" One of the elders asked in wonder.

"The last I heard of it, there was some spirit beast that broke through and scared all the weaklings out." Another elder replied.

"Oh yeah! I remember now, it was a Twin Lights Liger that apparently managed to reach the Dao Shell realm." Someone else stated.

"But if that's so, then how did they declare independence? I don't think there are many Dao Shell realm experts living around that forest. If some power took over it, they would need to first get rid of the beast." The first elder who had spoken asked.

"Don't forget that they can control the beast, too. As long as they tamed it, the result would still be the same."

"Who knows, perhaps someone was actually behind the breakthrough of the beast. Maybe its master. Someone could have tamed the beast in secret."

"It's not that at all, elders!" Lian Xiaojian said, much to their surprise.

"What is it then?" Lian Dajian asked again.

"It isn't some human power… but rather the beasts themselves that declared it!" Lian Xiaojian answered.

"WHAT?!" The elders were all stunned, while the patriarch narrowed his eyes.

"Take a look at this, father! I got the initial reports from our people there." Lian Xiaojian continued.

'This is surprisingly diligent of him.' The elders all thought.

The patriarch took the scroll from the hands of his son and unrolled it. The scroll was rather short for most, but if one looked at it, they would find it to be empty. The patriarch injected some spirit Qi and a string of sentences appeared on the scroll.

His eyes moved from top to bottom as the sentences continued to change and fade. The scroll itself was a spirit tool that could show more information that was visible on its surface.

The patriarch read the information for about five minutes, after which he put down the scroll. And when he did, his fat face was visible again. But this time there was a difference. There was a wide smile on his face instead.

"Good! Good! You did good, bringing this quickly." Lian Dajian praised, surprising the other elders as it was rare for him to do so.

"All elders shall take a look," the patriarch said and flicked the scroll into the air.

A single finger of his was as fat as three normal fingers and was enough to send the scroll flying.

~shua~

The scroll lit up in the air and suddenly runes appeared on it. The runes turned into a long screen on which the same information that the patriarch had read appeared. The elders read through it word by word and soon their expressions turned the same way as that of the patriarch.

"Ahahah! I ALREADY SEE GOLD!" One of the elder said with joy.

Lian Xiaojian too, let out a wide smile, but his thick lips and fatty face made it look like it was a Blob fish instead.

"We have to hurry! If we aren't the first ones there, we'll be missing out!" an elder said with impatience.

"Uncle Ko is right, we need to send our people quickly." Lian Xiaojian agreed.

"Who do we send, patriarch? Should I head there myself?" One of the elders asked.

Patriarch Lian Dajian stroked his fatty chin and thought to himself. He looked rather silly doing this, but no one who knew about him would dare to ridicule him.

He was the patriarch of the Lian clan and perhaps one of the five richest people on the entire Ming Dao world! He had taken the Lian clan to new highs and made it almost on the same level as that of the Ji clan.

The Lian clan was already as rich as the Ji clan, which had longer history than them by at least a few hundred years. And still they had managed to reach their level. The only reason they were not on the second rank among the clans was due to the the lack of strong experts among them.

While they had plenty of Dao Shell realm experts and others below them, there were only a handful of Dao Treading realm cultivators in their ranks.

Though there were still rumors of them having an ancestor who had been in seclusion for over a thousand years now. Even the elders of the Lian clan didn't know if the said ancestor was still alive or not and the patriarch would not reveal it, anyway.

Besides, as long as it wasn't something that could bring them profit, it was not worth their time. The reputation and power of the Lian clan gave them advantages and brought them profit in an easier way thus that was good enough for them.

Lian Dajian thought for about ten minutes, which was rather long for the elders as they knew just how prompt their patriarch usually was.

'Is the Millennium forest really that good for him to spend this much time thinking?' some of the elders wondered.

~pat~

"Alright! I've decided," Lian Dajian said, while tapping the armrest of the throne.

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Chapter 760 – Lian Xiaojian's Opportunity

The elders of the Lian clan watched in anticipation as they waited for their patriarch to speak.

"Elder Ruanjian will head to the Millennium forest." Lian Dajian spoke. "But… Lian Xiaojian shall accompany you." He added.

The elders were surprised, and Elder Ruanjian was even more so. Everyone knew that first son of the patriarch was rather lazy and didn't like to leave his personal palace. In fact, many didn't even know what he did there.

If it were not for the fact that the first son still had some talent for cultivation and didn't slack completely in that aspect, they would have just considered him a waste. Though one aspect the first son lacked in that the elders of the Lian clan disliked the most was business ambitions.

If it were not for the fact that Lian Xiaojian looked very similar to the patriarch, the elders would have, even though if the Patriarch had been cuckolded. For the Lian Dajian was considered to have the greatest business talent and had taken the Lian clan to new heights.

And yet, his first son lacked that. Other than his appearance, there were few things that were similar between the patriarch and his son.

Though, unlike the elders, the siblings of Lian Xiaojian were very happy with it all. To them, as long as Lian Xiaojian kept doing what he was doing, they would have a better chance at getting the position of the patriarch.

Lian Dajian had very clearly stated in the past that the position of the heir of the Lian clan shall only be handed to the offspring who brought the biggest profits to the clan. One didn't even need to be talented in cultivation for this, either.

And since he didn't specify that it needed to be a male child, even the sisters of Lian Xiaojian did their very best to work and learn. Since they could one day become the head of the clan too.

Many of Lian Dajian's daughters dreamed of becoming the first matriarch of the Lian clan since so far there had been none. Out of the six patriarchs the Lian clan has had till now, all of them were men.

The daughters of the clan were instead used as tools for more profit, often being married of in business deals. This was something even the current daughters dreaded, and they certainly did not want to get married to some slob just because of that.

They would rather do their best to learn and bright the best business they could to the Lian clan.

Even the patriarch was fine with it and had tacitly said that the daughters who could bring good profit to the clan, even if it wasn't the highest, could choose their marriage partners later on and wouldn't need to be married against their will.

This was the option that his daughters like the most, as many of them knew they had little chance of becoming the head of the clan. This motivated them to no end and in the current time the one's brining the most profits combined in among the patriarch's children when comparing the daughters and sons was none other than the daughters.

Though there was also the fact that among the seventeen direct offspring that the patriarch had, ten were daughters and seven were sons. Since they outnumbered the sons, they brought a lot of profits with the many businesses they held.

Thus, seeing Lian Xiaojian actually showing some ambition was surprising. This made Lian Dajian give his first son a chance.

"Really, father?" Lian Xiaojian was surprised too.

He had only did this because he was about to run out of his personal allowance and thought that his father might give him some after hearing of this. But he never expected to be assigned a mission.

Deep down, Lian Xiaojian too didn't want to be like the person he was and wanted to do some business. But his siblings had taken the lead and occupied most territories, leaving him with only a few avenues that were difficult to get into or would need quite a lot of financial power to get into.

Thus he had simply given up on his ambitions and had chosen to live a life of comfort.

He didn't know just how much his siblings were jealous of him, though. The patriarch had named his son after him and had thought that being the first son he had, he would just be like him.

In the past, he had great hope from his son, but it had only turned into disappointment over the years.

Lian Xiaojian was not that young either… at least not in terms of a commoner. He was in fact, over eighty years old!

No one would be able to tell this at all. With the amount of resources he had consumed, he had reached the Nascent soul realm at the age of forty five. It was faster than most people, but it was entirely built on a mountain of spirit fruits and herbs.

But even if he had reached the Nascent soul realm at the age of forty five, he had not progressed past the Child Soul stage of the Nascent soul realm. The limited amount of resources he had gotten over the years had not helped the fact either.

Since he didn't do any bushiness, the clan didn't provide him the same amount of resources like in the past. Thus, his speed of cultivation slowed down.

"Are you sure, Patriarch?" the other elders asked.

They were really surprised by this decision and didn't know if it was the best one. But they didn't outright reject it either as they had developed confidence in Lian Dajian's decision over the years, as they had almost always been profitable.

"I'm sure of it. I also want Elder Ruanjian to observe this time more than deal with it directly. I'd like to let Xiaojian work this time." Lian Dajian stated.

Lian Xiaojian's small eyes curved like the crescent moon as he smiled in response.

"I'll do my best, father!" he said out loud.

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