Zheng Xiurou thought about the Patriarch Zheng she’d met today and wondered, wouldn’t it be great if she weren’t a member of the Zheng Family?
Other people, no matter what, have a mother’s affection; only she does not.
She didn’t even resent that. Who told her to be born without a Spirit Root, shattering all of her mother’s fantasies? All these years of abuse could be counted as paying off the debt of being given life, right? From now on she would never think of them again. She was simply Zheng Xiurou, an orphan without parents.
The four Tan Family brothers left as well; with their seniority there, if they wanted to leave, no one could stop them.
Su Yuanyuan still used an Eighth Rank Array Plate. She entered the space, mainly because the one in her belly was hungry again.
She muttered to herself, "If I didn’t have Immortal Water, what would you even do? You almost ended up malnourished, didn’t you?"
She quickly came out of the space, and the whole family each cultivated on their own.
Qi Hao and Qi Xuan were both spurred on by their elder sister. They also knew that Father and Mother probably wouldn’t need much longer to reach Divinity Transformation, and after Divinity Transformation it would be Mahayana. At the cultivation speed of the family, Ascension shouldn’t be a problem. The two of them definitely didn’t want to be left behind.
In the future, the little sister in Mother’s belly would be an Immortal Embryo. Even if her cultivation wasn’t enough, she could still follow them in Ascension.
The banquet in the main hall was still going on. Sect Disciples from the Major Sects had deep foundations; their lectures and discussions on Dao made the Zheng Family members extremely envious.
An hour later, Feng Yan and his group also proposed leaving.
The Zheng Family arranged a courtyard for each of them.
Wu Yanhui and the Wu Family were together.
"Fourth Uncle, what do you think, why has this Patriarch Zheng bee more and more unreliable?"
"When the upper beam is not straight, the lower beams are crooked."
Wu Yanhui nodded. Once his father reached Divinity Transformation, resources and territories would be redistributed.
The next day all the disciples went out to stroll around. Yangon City really was quite prosperous, full of ing and going people, the majority being Loose Cultivators without any family backing.
The three sons of the Zheng Family had been keeping an eye on that little ancestor’s movements; they actually never saw her go out. They had originally been hoping for a beautiful chance encounter.
So they waited like that, all the way until dark, and still didn’t catch sight of her.
Even if they had methods, they couldn’t put them to use. It was far too frustrating.
Patriarch Zheng was also paying attention to Su Yuanyuan. He had the thief’s heart but not the thief’s courage. Still, just looking was rather pleasing to the eye, wasn’t it?
The family truly hadn’t left, mainly because they had no expectations for this place.
"I used to think overseas would be very wealthy; who knew it would be like this?"
"Expectation was greater than reality."
"All of a sudden I really miss my master."
"Sis, weren’t you the one who wanted to enter the mortal world?"
"Even so, I still want to stay with my master for a while."
This was the first time Qi Wen had left and found herself missing the sect and her master.
Tian Yan also stayed shut in the courtyard for three days without ing out.
The arena battles began, and not a single big shot showed up. This made the Zheng Family’s old ancestor very displeased. Was this looking down on the Zheng Family?
"Go invite them."
"Old Ancestor, there’s no need, is there?"
"How could there be no need? Didn’t they show up for the Wu Family’s arena battles?"
Patriarch Zheng steeled his scalp and went knocking at the formation. He hadn’t expected to get the door slammed in his face; they didn’t respond to him at all, which was far too humiliating.
Feng Yan had no good impression of the Zheng Family, so he told his fellow disciples to go all out.
Now there was something to watch. This was the Zheng Family’s home turf, and they actually lost across the board.
In the Four Arts challenge, the Xuantian Sect also won.
The Zheng Family disciples were all utterly dejected.
Feng Yan greeted the grim-faced Patriarch Zheng with a cheerful smile. "Sorry to bother you, Patriarch Zheng. We’ll be leaving now."
Patriarch Zheng only replied with a couple of polite phrases; that was all.
The group left Yangon City and burst out laughing on the Flying Boat.
Qi Wen listened to them talk and found it quite amusing.
Su Yuanyuan called Zheng Xiurou over. "Since you know Patriarch Zheng is your father, why didn’t you acknowledge him?"
"Master, there are more than a dozen of us living together who are Patriarch Zheng’s illegitimate children. We don’t have Spirit Roots and are pletely useless. He doesn’t acknowledge us." She spoke without the slightest sign of difficulty.
"All right, but in the future you’ll still have to bear this karmic tie."
Zheng Xiurou didn’t understand that sentence; later, she really did run into trouble because of it.
The Flying Boat continued forward, still stopping once a day, but they no longer entered the Zheng Family’s cities, mainly because they had no expectations for this place.
Wu Yanhui told Feng Yan and the others about the Feng Family’s situation.
"Senior Brother, maybe a few thousand years ago you were all one family."
Feng Yan smiled. "I really have never heard of that."
"Mr. Feng, within the Feng Family’s territory, resources are the richest." Wu Yanhui finished speaking and pressed his lips together. He was just hoping his father would successfully reach Divinity Transformation, because then resources would definitely be redistributed.
He also wanted to go search for some Heavenly and Earthly Treasures for his father.
"How rich, exactly?"
"Let me put it this way: the Feng Family’s territory used to belong to the Ou Family. I only learned this from reading the family records.
The Feng Family were the Ou Family’s sons-in-law. They annexed the Ou Family, and only then did the Feng Family e to be.
In the Feng Family’s low-level areas there are quite a few ores of Refining Materials we need for Artifact Refining, and there are also two small secret realms. Although I don’t know what’s inside, the fact that the Feng Family developed so well and can take out Heavenly and Earthly Treasures even we don’t recognize proves that the secret realms must have good stuff."
"Mr. Wu, so you’re saying you also don’t know exactly what the Feng Family has?"
"That’s right, the Feng Family has always been extremely secretive. That’s also why we were curious how you passed through Feng territory without being intercepted."
Feng Yan nodded. "Let’s go full speed ahead and take a look at the Feng Family’s territory. Since we share a surname, maybe they’ll give me some face."
The other disciples all laughed.
The Tan Family also heard Wu Yanhui’s words and felt they really should have a good wander around the Feng Family’s territory. Otherwise, this trip wouldn’t feel worthwhile.
Ten days later, the Flying Boat entered the Feng Family’s domain.
Looking down from midair, there didn’t seem to be anything different.
Su Yuanyuan felt the Spiritual Energy here and also thought it wasn’t much denser.
The Five Dragon Mountain Range lay within Feng territory. The group disembarked from the Flying Boat; no matter what, they had to go into the mountains for a look.
"This is the Feng Family’s only mountain range without disciples stationed to guard it."
"So this is a barren mountain then?"
"I’ve been here before. There are some Spirit Plants, but no high-level ones."
Tian Yan still didn’t get off the Flying Boat. After entering the Feng Family’s territory he was a bit excited. He wondered, if the Feng Family were wiped out, would many people here be grateful to him?
The seven members of the Tan Family also went up the mountain. Su Yuanyuan granted the long-armed ape authorization.
"Master, there’s a Spirit Vein underground; they’re all sealed, and it’s a fully formed Earth Spirit Vein."
"Then it’s ours."
Under the long-armed ape’s guidance, they quickly reached a weak spot underground.
Su Yuanyuan still used the same Eighth Rank Array Plate. Collecting the Spirit Vein was Tan Shaoting’s job; his movements were very fast, directly drawing it out, placing it into the Jade Box, and handing it to his wife.
Su Yuanyuan put it into the space, planning to wait until she had time to divide it up.
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