Chapter 101: Mother Goes Up Longshe Shan

"Where are you going?" Chen Yuan looked doubtfully at his daughter and wife; his daughter had just returned and already wanted to leave. He specially came over to have a good chat with his daughter, it had been a long time since they last saw each other, and he really missed his precious daughter.

"Longshe Shan."

After Chen Churan answered her father, she pulled her mother and headed for Longshe Shan.

Long Ming gave Chen Yuan a helpless wry smile, obediently following his daughter out. Chen Yuan blinked, looking at his wife's expression; he could tell at a glance she was being forced—she didn't want to go, but had to. It seemed his precious daughter had stirred up something big, requiring his wife to handle it.

"Could it be that Chuyang that brat angered Churan? He's come back to get reinforcements."

His wife also going to Longshe Shan—that's no small matter.

Chen Yuan thought it over, whether to go along, and finally he gave up.

"Forget it, I'd better not go, lest I get screwed by my son again. Chuyang that brat is always short on spirit stones; I don't know how he consumes them—so many spirit stones aren't enough for him."

He was stretched thin, with no extra spirit stones to support his son; basically whatever he could use had been siphoned off by his son. Chen Yuan also felt helpless—the Chen Clan's spirit stones were scarce to begin with, most belonging to the clan, needing to be paid for many cultivations; resources were originally lacking, but in recent years it improved a bit, with subsidies from Longshe Shan, sales of various spirit medicines, plus supplementation from spirit fish, the clan disciples' nutrition improved, their cultivation kept pace, and many disciples broke through several realms.

The True Qi Realm numbers increased greatly; the Chen Clan's strength grew day by day. Chen Yuan saw this and was very satisfied. As Family Head since taking office, he had not done few concrete deeds, earning unanimous approval within the clan.

However, it was still not enough. As the Chen Clan's strength rose, the needed resources increased rapidly. He constantly thought of ways to increase resources; many clan disciples needed to be self-sufficient, fortunately the Chen Clan had some shops that could sustain consumption.

"I hope my son doesn't get into trouble; Longshe Shan is an important place of our Chen Clan, absolutely no problems can arise."

His wife is a steady person, she won't cause trouble; as for the precious daughter, it's hard to say.

With his wife by his side, Chen Yuan felt reassured.

On Longshe Shan.

Chen Chuyang spent the night comprehending sword qi; his sword qi made progress.

The Sword Dao is simple, yet also complex.

Sword intent is hard to master, but for Chen Chuyang it's not a problem.

Within his Golden Core, sword intent increased by a thread, a very faint thread, but it did increase.

That night was not wasted.

On the contrary, he hadn't had time to comprehend the seal; he realized he now lacked time—for cultivation, comprehension, Sword Dao, Thunder Law, plus the seal, Formation Dao, Refining Tools Dao, Pill Refining Dao. When he carefully added it up, he discovered his studies were very miscellaneous.

Any one of those would be enough for others to comprehend for a lifetime, yet he, all at once, cultivated so much.

He understands the principle that greed leads to indigestion, but these are all things he needs.

Nothing can be omitted—pills, which relate to cultivation, realm breakthroughs, and various resources—all need pills, indispensable.

Weapons are the same; Chen Chuyang currently is reducing his comprehension of the Refining Tools Dao, and lately he hasn't done any refining.

Thunder Law and Sword Dao require constant comprehension; they cannot be omitted.

His own cultivation also cannot be lacking.

The seal also requires comprehension; whenever he has free time, Chen Chuyang comprehends it.

Time is basically all scheduled; counting Longshe Shan's spirit fields and those spirit medicines, they all need time arranged. Chen Chuyang already has a plan; just follow the plan.

Daybreak.

Shang Hongxue should also come down the mountain; night is more dangerous, cannot let her go down.

This round of medicinal soaking also counts as perfectly resolved.

After a few more times, her body will improve to a decent level; at least, it will catch up to an ordinary person's physique.

Then await undoing the first layer of seal, to liberate her body.

The comprehension of the seal needs to keep up with the pace.

"I'm really too busy."

Everything needs time; but right now he lacks time the most.

Or rather, there are too many things.

"Chuyang big brother, it seems someone is coming."

Shang Hongxue's time to come down the mountain arrived; she had just risen when the formation transmitted a fluctuation.

At the mountain base, two silhouettes were walking up.

The blurry silhouettes gradually became clear; Shang Hongxue saw the arrivals and quickly hid behind Chen Chuyang's back.

She trembled, looking like a frightened little lamb.

Chen Chuyang patted her back, comforting: "Don't be afraid, they won't eat you; what are you afraid of?"

"I... I'm not... not afraid."

Her voice stammered, yet she claimed not to be afraid.

Chen Chuyang didn't mock her; this girl's body was trembling, her hands tightly gripping his wrist.

She closed her eyes, not daring to look ahead.

The two silhouettes at the mountain base arrived before Chen Chuyang—none other than his mother Long Ming and his younger sister Chen Churan, walking together, the sister in front, pulling her mother forward.

Long Ming noticed the little girl behind Chen Chuyang's back, her eyes lighting up.

She strode forward, intending to go straight to Chen Chuyang's back; Chen Chuyang blocked her in front, not letting his mother scare the little girl.

Shang Hongxue became even more frightened, sensing their approaching footsteps; she lowered her head, not daring to look.

Long Ming seeing this, did not approach, but smiled at her own son.

That smile was like that of a satisfied old mother seeing her home-raised piglet learn to push cabbage, and even letting it push into her hand.

She thought this little girl satisfactory in every way, far more suitable than Shang Hongchen, suitable in all aspects.

Unlike Shang Hongchen, who nostrils upturned, looking at everyone with an arrogant air, Long Ming greatly disliked that.

"Mother."

Chen Churan tugged her mother, urging her to speak about the important matter.

Don't keep staring at Shang Hongxue; she's not the focus this time.

"Oh oh oh." Long Ming hurriedly said: "I almost forgot the important matter—look at my brain."

As he spoke, his eyes were fixed on Shang Hongxue.

His little eyes kept rolling toward his son, almost directly praising him.

"Good child, come here to Mother, let Mother hug you."

Chen Chuyang was speechless; this mother was still the same, not changed at all.

"Cough cough, Mother, the child has grown up."

When they were young, Mother loved to tease them; one could say the three siblings rarely escaped Mother's torment.

Long Ming was the kind of mother who could really toss the kids around, once causing the eldest son and youngest daughter to break down.

"Ahaha, forgot, my son is already an adult, he even knows how to find a wife."

The two words "wife" were spoken with added emphasis.

It was done on purpose.

Chen Chuyang gave his mother a glance, bringing up the pot that shouldn't be opened.

Shang Hongxue heard that, became even more shy, and hid behind Chen Chuyang.

She tried hard to bury her head, so others wouldn't see her shyness.

Her appearance made Long Ming even happier.

His daughter-in-law couldn't escape.

The younger son had a knack with women, no wonder he was her son; unlike the eldest son, who was like a block of wood, just like his father, not knowing how to coax a girl at all, which worried her greatly.

Still, the younger son let her relax; he had been low-maintenance since childhood.

"Cough cough cough, good child, I heard that Elder Xinran of the Spirit Sword Sect has taken a liking to you; why don't you accept?"

Chen Churan let out a breath, finally getting back to the point.

This mother is too unreliable; before coming, she had said many times, but as soon as she got up the mountain, she forgot everything.

Either she talked about this or that, leaving people unable to figure her out.