Chapter 604: The Liu Family

Deep within the Liu family mansion in Fucheng!

Liu Fengji stood inside the Ancestral Hall, facing the ancestral spirit tablets that rose like mountains.

The surroundings were hung with scroll after scroll of genealogical records, densely packed with the deeds of ancestors from every branch, stretching on as far as the eye could see.

For noble families, the inheritance of bloodline is the paramount priority; the Ancestral Hall, the genealogical records, and the like are all heirlooms, and every festival or holiday, they are cleaned and worshipped to remind the family's descendants not to forget their roots.

This is the information the outside world is allowed to know.

As the head of the Liu family's direct line, Liu Fengji knows more of the inside story.

Bloodlines can be passed down through reproduction, but strength and excellence cannot be guaranteed to be inherited by descendants one hundred percent.

If everything could be passed from father to son, there wouldn't be so many stories in the world about second-generation wastrels and spendthrift sons.

The beautiful woman nodded at her, "I will give you an Earth Sect Relic Tomb; come to Dijing to find me in ten years."

Liu Jinguo was filled with vigilance.

Liu Jinguo realized she had strayed into some dangerous place; her hair stood on end, and she drew her short sword to defend herself.

However, only core personnel know that all of this is to cover up the true purpose.

"Hahaha!"

"Zhou You, you have already taken a step ahead."

Liu Jinguo thought of the news circulating recently and her heart stirred; she could not compare to Liu Fengji, and she had already been left far behind in this generation, but there might still be a chance for the next generation.

Liu Jinguo clenched her fists; just because she was a daughter, she was not even as good as an infant.

As a woman, Liu Jinguo had no qualifications to enter the Ancestral Hall and only participated in the ceremony with the female relatives; she glanced at Liu Fengji's son, who was wrapped up tightly, revealing only a small face.

Therefore, within noble families, a large number of complex rituals are circulated, strict to the extreme, to the point where they even specifically arrange for clan elders to do nothing their whole lives but study the procedures and steps for weddings, funerals, and marriages.

That night, Liu Jinguo tossed and turned, unable to sleep until late into the night...

Liu Jinguo could not see a single flaw in the other party, and a terrifying thought arose.

Therefore, within noble families, they are also seeking a breakthrough, which led to the trend of merging with the Human Seed Sect.

Before her was a noble woman in palace attire, her sleeves fluttering and ribbons swirling, but Liu Jinguo recognized at a glance that this was not a living person, but a phantom entity.

The noble families across the Wushizhou all had Grandmasters among their ancestors, and more than one.

Liu Jinguo shook her head; based on her understanding of Zhou You, the other party had a firm will, was not swayed by external objects, and was extremely loving toward his wives and concubines, making it impossible for him to accept the noble family's strict conditions to marry her and have children. This thought had to be buried at the bottom of her heart.

Under the gaze of many, Liu Fengji's son, the direct grandson of the eldest branch, bypassed many objects and finally grabbed an Ivory Tablet, decisively hugging it to his chest to gnaw on.

After the ceremony ended, Liu Fengji sat cross-legged in the empty Ancestral Hall.

This piece of news flashed through his mind, and he shook his head; it was too late, the other party's momentum had already formed, and he was walking the same path as Yanshan.

She did not waste words either, finished her sentence, and turned to leave.

Theoretically speaking, if a Martial Saint's descendants were to establish a noble family, it would surely be of the top tier.

He felt the changes deep within his body; the Strong Martial Omen that belonged to him became increasingly vivid, and he was one step closer to the Strong Martial realm.

"In a dream, a phantom entity?"

As a male descendant and the direct grandson, the infant's starting point not only exceeded 99.9% of the Liu family's clansmen but even exceeded 99.99999% of the world's population.

After all, the Martial Dao is full of obstacles at every step; he had already surpassed the other party by too much, having condensed the Strong Martial Omen in advance, while Zhou You had only just barely broken through to Intermediate Martial Master; by the time he broke through to Strong Martial, the other party would still be an Intermediate Martial Master. A world of difference.

"The ceremony just now benefited Liu Fengji, bringing him closer to Strong Martial." Although Liu Fengji valued Zhou You, he had never thought the other party could threaten him.

After the ceremony was completed, spiritual light lit up within his body, and he began to slowly stimulate the power hidden deep within his bloodline.

The outside world therefore holds the noble families' red tape in extreme contempt.

If not, recruiting him into his command to become the leader of the Personal Guard would also be a good choice.

Liu Jinguo thought to herself that she could not be left too far behind and must also find an opportunity to hold a ceremony to stimulate her bloodline potential.

This was still the ideal state; if other complications arose...

The matter of finding a husband that had been troubling her all along focused on the potential of the next generation.

The beautiful woman was at least a terrifying existence at the level of a Calamity Phantom or higher.

She calculated that she would still need 3-5 years to have hope of breaking through from Intermediate Martial Master to Advanced Martial Master.

If she could unite with Zhou You, the child born would surely be even more excellent.

"I just don't know what Liu Jinguo is thinking now?"

"What are you trying to do?"

Today was the day of the 'grabbing the year' ceremony for Liu Fengji's first son, and every clansman of any weight in the family was present to observe.

As everyone knows, among all strange monsters, the more they resemble humans, the more terrifying and powerful they are.

The surrounding elders laughed happily; the tablet represents the duty of a subject, and this child has a limitless future.

Hmm, I heard Liu Jinguo has a good relationship with him; she must be harboring the goal of a strong alliance.

Liu Fengji's wife was merely a sheltered young lady from another noble family, possessing no strength to truss a chicken; the son they produced would definitely not compare to that kind of child. This thought flashed by.

Liu Fengji picked up his son and then handed him to the wet nurse at his side; as the father, he went up to worship the ancestral spirit tablets.

Given her situation, the most likely scenario would be an ancestral worship ceremony upon marriage, yet there was still no sign of a husband's family!

A thought surfaced in her mind: Liu Fengji had a birthmark of the Nine Tripod Characters when he was born; she wondered if this child had one? But the infant was wrapped too tightly to see anything.

"This child will have a limitless future!" A female relative repeated the assessment of the elders in the Ancestral Hall, and the surroundings were filled with joy.

The other party could even pull her into a dream, bypassing the Liu family's copper-walled and iron-clad defenses and their omnipresent eyes and ears; they must have designs on her.

But due to certain reasons, the Martial Saints in history have had no direct descendants passed down, and were even thin in numbers, to the point that no one claiming to be a Martial Saint's descendant has appeared.

If one follows the principle that the student surpasses the master, the transcendence is significant, and achieving the Martial Saint realm is not impossible.

The fundamental purpose of the ancestral worship ceremony is to use the ancestral spirits to awaken one's own bloodline potential; the more illustrious the ancestors, the stronger the descendant's potential.

"Daqian Martial Arts Hall's Zhou You, killed Fu Manlun, current realm is Advanced Martial Master."

The next moment, Liu Jinguo woke up from the dream with a start, her forehead covered in sweat.

She recalled what she had heard and seen in her dream, which was unexpectedly clear, without the slightest bit forgotten, and then thinking of the location mentioned by the beautiful woman, her body gave a violent jolt; wasn't that a desolate mountain under the family's name?

Whether this dream was true or false, if that desolate mountain truly had something, was it a trap, or was there really... a remnant of the Earth Sect? If there truly was a remnant of the Earth Sect, it must Zang unimaginable treasures.

Liu Jinguo's heart began to burn with heat; in her current state, drifting through life was incredibly easy, but if she wanted to advance further, she must have a great opportunity to be able to catch up to Liu Fengji.

However, the beautiful woman was clearly a high-level charm creature, and the consequences of colluding with her were extremely terrifying? "How can one gain great wealth without taking risks?"

Liu Jinguo gritted her teeth; she would risk it! (End of this chapter)