Chapter 468: Sold the Divine Pen, Zhong Suqiu Seeks Compensation (6/7, Request Subscription)

The world of Huaguzi.

After chatting for a while, Zhong Suqiu felt her heart suddenly clear; she borrowed some points, bought a cultivation technique and an elixir, and began to cultivate.

Half a day later.

Only after reaching full completion of the true qi realm did Zhong Suqiu find her father.

After seeing her own life unfold, even if she were the most naive Bai Lian, Zhong Suqiu understood certain things and no longer wished to walk the old path.

Is it human to raise someone else's husband and son?

One's own happiness must be held in one's own hands.

"Father, I encountered a divine connection yesterday!" Zhong Suqiu said bluntly. "Would you like to cultivate with me?"

Zhong Yunshan froze.

Then he saw his daughter's aura turn sharp and piercing; he felt suffocating pressure, as if facing a natural enemy, unable to even draw breath.

Fortunately, Zhong Suqiu did not target him; the aura vanished instantly.

"A real divine connection?"

"Yes," Zhong Suqiu nodded. "It's a place filled with immortals. The strongest can alter the laws of heaven and earth, obliterate star rivers; even the weakest can raise a hand and destroy entire cities. In short, there are no weaklings there."

"Even the weakest can destroy a city with a single gesture?"

Zhong Yunshan practiced Daoist arts.

But can Daoist arts be this powerful?

Even if he obtained the legendary pen he had pursued for so long, would it grant such power?

"Can I also cultivate this immortal path?"

Zhong Yunshan could not believe a fortune had fallen into his lap; his voice trembled as he asked.

Zhong Suqiu nodded. "The immortal who created this technique said it can be cultivated. But do not act recklessly, or he will reclaim it."

"Hahaha…" Zhong Yunshan laughed loudly. "How could I act recklessly! Don't you trust your father?!"

Zhong Suqiu sighed softly. "Father, everything you've done in the past, everything you plan to do in the future—I know it all."

Zhong Yunshan's smile froze.

Didn't I pretend well enough?

He knew everything!!!

"But no one holds it against you, as long as you don't do those things again," Zhong Suqiu added. "Father, why do you want the divine pen?"

"Longevity?"

"Fame and fortune?"

"Power?"

"All these can be gained through cultivation. Why chase the divine pen?" Zhong Suqiu sighed. "We can rely on ourselves."

"Treasures belong to the virtuous," Zhong Yunshan dismissed it. "Suqiu, you've gained a divine connection—doesn't that prove you are virtuous? I take the pen; it is heaven's will."

Zhong Suqiu was stunned.

She hadn't expected her father to be utterly incorrigible.

"Father!" Zhong Suqiu grew anxious. "If that's how you feel, then I'll take the divine pen and give it to the immortal. That way, you won't have to yearn for it anymore."

She moved, and vanished.

When she returned, a pen now rested in her hand.

The pen was utterly ordinary, with not a trace of supernatural aura.

Yet the moment Zhong Yunshan saw it, his expression turned ecstatic.

"It's the divine pen!"

Zhong Suqiu remained unmoved; with a thought, she sent it directly to the Shangcheng.

【Ding! You sold the divine pen and received three million points.】

"So much!" Zhong Suqiu was stunned. "I'll have to secretly help the An family more often—this pen is worth far too much."

Seeing the divine pen vanish, Zhong Yunshan was furious, his beard trembling.

"Did you really give the divine pen to the immortal?"

Zhong Suqiu nodded; with a thought, two elixirs appeared in her hand.

"Father, the immortal didn't take it for free—he gave two Divine Ability Elixirs. A mortal who takes one gains ten thousand years of life and awakens one divine ability."

"Divine Ability Elixir?" Zhong Yunshan's urgency vanished. "Really that miraculous?"

"Naturally," Zhong Suqiu tossed one to him. "Try it and see."

"Good." Zhong Yunshan took it, immediately found an open space, and swallowed it. Moments later, lightning flickered around him; his aura surged.

His middle-aged appearance gradually youthfuled, time seeming to reverse; in an instant, he returned to eighteen years old.

"Miraculous! Utterly miraculous!"

"I feel my strength has skyrocketed—I can summon thunder with a wave of my hand. No wonder it's called a Divine Ability Elixir—it truly granted a divine ability!"

"Suqiu, what are you waiting for? With this divine elixir in hand, not taking it would be a waste!" Zhong Yunshan urged the stunned Zhong Suqiu. "Don't waste the immortal's kindness. Are you worried I'll go do evil? Don't fear—I've seen the light."

"Ten thousand years of life! Now I'm stronger than all cultivators in the world. They strain their whole lives to live a thousand years—how lucky am I?"

"My daughter is destined by heaven to gain a divine connection. I've benefited from her fortune. Now, why would I need the divine pen?"

Zhong Suqiu smiled. "If you think this way, it's perfect. When the immortal permits, I'll take you to the immortal realm to visit."

"You can go to the immortal realm?" Zhong Yunshan was even more shocked. "The immortals allow you to go?"

"Of course," Zhong Suqiu laughed. "But only to the Earthly Immortal Realm. To reach the Thirty-Three Celestial Realms, you need the Dao Lord's permission."

"The Earthly Immortal Realm? Just the word 'immortal' in its name suggests it's extraordinary." Zhong Yunshan laughed heartily. "After all these years of cultivation, to reach the Earthly Immortal Realm is enough. See, Master, I am the one most favored by heaven! You all have no fortune to enter the immortal realm! You were all wrong—I am right!!!"

Zhong Suqiu knew her father's past, but had no standing to correct him.

After all, in this era, it was held that there were no parents who could be wrong.

With a sigh, he left the room and returned to his quarters, then swallowed the elixir.

After refining the elixir, he opened the chat group.

Zhong Suqiu: "I sold the divine brush. What do you all think I should do to compensate An Youyu?"

Li Shimin: "It's great to be in a higher world. Miss Zhong instantly gained hundreds of thousands of points."

Xiao Mai: "Indeed, she's become a little fortune-teller all at once."

Kurogane: "Hey, you're straying too far off topic!"

Akuya: "An Youyu doesn't even know anyway—why not just keep it for ourselves?"

Kikyo: "..."

Xiao Mai: "Is that something a deity should say?"

Su Xiao: "Akuya really would do something like that. In the original story, she spent most of the gains from Shin's adventures on alcohol."