plumnovel Chapter 28 Chen Chunan's Decision
Chapter 28 Chen Chunan's Decision
Into the night
Main House Secret Room
Chen Daoyan looked at his elder brother Chen Daoping and couldn't help but say, "Second brother, what are you thinking? Chu Nan is only fifteen years old. How can he shoulder the heavy responsibility of the family head? The position of family head isn't something that can be held simply by having high cultivation or a high realm! There are responsibilities involved..."
"Can Chu Nan carry it?"
Chen Daoping glanced at his younger brother indifferently: "You all always think you know people and things, but in reality, which of you really knows people and things? Chu Nan is indeed only fifteen years old, but we have also ignored him for fifteen years!"
His grandfather, Chen Mingshui, and his great-grandfather, Chen Shoucheng, died fighting for their family!
His parents also died fighting for the family!
From the moment his parents died fighting for the family, he owed the family nothing! It was the family that owed him!
Now that he has reached a level comparable to Foundation Establishment without relying on his family, how much sense of belonging does he have to his family?
Moreover, Daoping secretly told me that he gave Chu Nan the 60 spirit stones he had saved, hoping that Chu Nan would remember the good things about the family more and have less resentment.
But Chu Nan immediately gave him a storage ring worth over a thousand spirit stones! You and He Ming took care of that child Hongxian, and he immediately gave you 200 spirit stones! Even Lao Qi only gave him guidance for a few days, and he still gave him 200 spirit stones. Ask yourselves honestly, are your efforts worth these spirit stones? Are you worthy of them?
Chen Daoyan's face turned red. Looking back now, he realized that his elder brother had insisted on not accepting the offer. If he, Heming, and Heting hadn't spoken up to persuade him, his elder brother might not have accepted it.
"At the time, I also felt that there were so many..."
"So what if you only get 200 spirit stones for all that loot? It's nothing, isn't it?"
Chen Daoyan's face turned slightly purple from holding it in.
Chen Daoping glanced at him and sneered, "Hmph! Shortsighted! He saved your lives! You shouldn't have made him hand over his cultivation resources at all! On the contrary, the clan should have invested resources to reward him! You took these resources and called it a 'borrowing'! But did you ever think that Chu Nan might think that he could consider it a gift to the clan, thus repaying the clan's kindness and severing all ties?"
Chen Chunan is a detached person who cares nothing for anyone except his younger sister!
I've repeatedly signaled to him to change his tune, but did he?
Has he ever called any of you great-grandfather?
Hmph! You can't even see this clearly!
"Otherwise, would I have handed over the Genyue Seal so early? Now, we can only resort to this clumsy method to make him feel the ties of his family! We hope to keep him here. If he returns the Genyue Seal tomorrow, our Chen family will truly lose this true prodigy."
Chen Daoping glared at Chen Daoyan with a look of utter disappointment.
The others all understood why they had called out the Genyue Seal, but this little brother was still asking stupidly!
No wonder my grandfather said back then that he could only visit the Scripture Pavilion!
What a waste of a hundred years of life!
the other side
Chen Chunan also tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.
He truly hadn't expected that the clan leader would actually groom him to be the next clan leader.
Although he had obtained the Genyue Seal, it felt too hot to handle, and he had no intention of refining it.
In the internal alchemy he practices, mindset is very important. If one wants to tame one's restless mind and rein in one's wandering thoughts, one needs to experience more.
With family ties, how can one still be a "traveler"?
However, judging from the clan leader's expression, he really wants me to take over his position, since I am currently the strongest fighter in the Chen clan.
He still has Foundation Establishment Pills. As long as he has time, he will definitely reach the Foundation Establishment stage in three to five years.
Chen Chunan was torn between his inner thoughts and his own conscience.
half an hour later
"Forget it! I'll take on this responsibility for now. Once I've trained a Foundation Establishment cultivator for the Chen family, I'll leave and travel the world! Hmm, I'll take the red thread with me."
After making up his mind, Chen Chunan felt a sudden relief from the pressure.
Since I was wide awake, I decided to refine both the Genyue Seal and the Earth Mirror.
...
Two hours later
Chen Chunan controlled the Earth Mirror to shine a hazy yellow beam of light over his head, enveloping him within it.
I felt that the Earth Element Mirror's protective power was much stronger than the Five Elements Shield.
Chen Chunan's insecure heart also felt a little more at ease.
Chen Chunan discovered after refining the Genyue Seal that it could not only grow larger, but also shrink smaller.
I saw the two elders use it to grow bigger to fight enemies before, and I thought it could only grow bigger.
Its function is to use the spiritual text of Genyue to make the seal itself extremely heavy, and then control it to fly out and injure the enemy by its weight.
The higher the amount of spiritual energy input, the greater the power.
However, Chen Chunan discovered that neither increasing the size nor decreasing the size affected the power.
The advantage of increasing size is that the attack range is increased.
However, smaller meetings are more discreet, and may achieve remarkable feats by taking people by surprise.
Chen Chunan tried it, and the smallest size he could make was half an inch square.
Although not entirely satisfied, spells with strong sound and light effects should be quite effective for ambushing people during battles.
Just after Chen Chunan finished refining and controlling the Genyue Seal, a hidden divine sense withdrew.
At the same time, the owner of the consciousness was completely relieved.
Chen Chunan sensed the disappearance of that faint divine sense and stopped playing with the Genyue Seal.
After putting it away, I returned to my room.
With his current Yin spirit cultivation, the master of his consciousness could not hide anything from him. He was just testing him to put his mind at ease.
Sure enough, when Chen Chunan saw the clan chief again the next day, he was beaming with joy and acted like a kind and respectable elder to everyone.
At the same time, supplies for cultivation were also distributed to the new "Seven Heroes of the Chen Family" (Chen Chunan's replacement version).
Each person receives 60 catties of medium-grade spirit rice and 30 low-grade spirit stones per month.
That's considered quite good treatment.
Hongxian was very happy. In the past, due to limited resources, she could only cultivate during three hours: noon, midnight, and 3 AM, in order to make the best use of the resources.
Now that she has the spirit stone, she can cultivate at any time.
The other seedlings were also beaming with joy.
However, in the following days, the Chen family did not appear overjoyed despite receiving a large amount of supplies.
Because this batch of supplies is still under confidentiality.
Only seven seedlings received resource allocations, and strict secrecy was required.
The clan's core fighters, including Uncle Chen Chunan's grandfather, mainly received spirit rice and spirit fish—supplies that wouldn't attract attention.
After all, the clan hadn't distributed spirit stones for ten years.
The sudden distribution of spirit stones is bound to cause discussion.
The Liu family suffered heavy losses, and the Chen family suddenly became rich. Wouldn't that be an admission of guilt?
Even if Liu doesn't necessarily believe that Chen killed the Blood Demon, she will still use this as an excuse to seize it by force.
Therefore, these resources can only be distributed in this form at present, so as not to be too conspicuous.
...
Two months later
With the help of spirit stones, Chen Chunan's cultivation speed increased by leaps and bounds. In just one month, he broke through two levels and reached the ninth level of Qi Refining.
Chen Chunan estimated that he would definitely reach the Foundation Establishment stage within a year.
His inner alchemy cultivation had reached the threshold of the mid-stage of Refining Essence into Qi, and he was just one opportunity away from breaking through.
Now, Chen Chunan's spiritual power has greatly increased, and he can easily unleash a hundred or so Jia Wood Divine Lightning bolts that are comparable to the full-force attack of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Moreover, after comprehending the transformation of Yin and Yang, Chen Chunan successfully cultivated the Yi Wood Divine Thunder, experiencing what it means to be as sharp as a needle and as dense as a clod of grass.
Secondly, he learned a technique of escape. Chen Chunan could learn any of the Five Elements Escape Techniques, but due to limited energy, he only chose the Earth Escape Technique, which has the most applicable scenarios.
As for the art of talismans, Chen Chunan is currently learning the basics and mastering how to write talismans.
Practical application has not yet begun.
Chen Chunan re-examined his cultivation level and the spells he had learned.
If displayed as a panel
It's roughly like this:
Chen Chunan (Human Race)
Age: 15 years old
Spiritual Qi Cultivation: Level 9 of Qi Refining
Internal alchemy cultivation: early stage of refining essence into qi.
Supernatural Power: Ruyi Jingu Bang (Golden Cudgel)
Spells: Jia Wood Divine Thunder, Yi Wood Divine Thunder, Water Mirror Technique, Earth Escape.
Ritual implements: Genyue Seal, Earth Element Mirror.
The only problem is that there are very few spirit stones left. The mid-grade spirit stones haven't been used yet, and there are still 54 of them.
There are only 79 low-grade spirit stones left.
My cultivation has increased so quickly, all thanks to the spirit stones.
I used to think I was quite wealthy with several thousand spirit stones, but now I realize that whether those spirit stones can support my cultivation to the Foundation Establishment stage is still an unknown.
The further you progress in the Qi Refining stage, the more spiritual energy you need to accumulate, and the purer its quality becomes.
It's like filling an inverted cone; the more you go, the more spiritual energy you need to accumulate, and this amount of spirit stones is probably not enough.