"If you get the chance, enter the Heart Refining Pagoda. If you can clear it perfectly, you might obtain an unexpectedly pleasant surprise!" Chu Tianyang said with a smile.
"Are there other things inside there?"
"Hahaha! The Beast God left rewards stored inside. How could anything left by the Beast God be ordinary? It'll absolutely blow your mind!"
Rewards placed by the Beast God? Chu Yan immediately became interested.
"And Chu Yan! Not to discourage you, but among our current Chu family, your Saint-grade physique seems rather mediocre now!"
"What? My Saint-grade physique is mediocre?" Chu Yan looked at the clan elder with astonishment. A Saint-grade physique would be considered a peerless genius worthy of focused cultivation in any faction!
The clan elder actually said a Saint-grade physique was mediocre? What kind of joke was this?
"Do you know what kind of physique I have?" Chu Tianyang asked with a smile.
You don't have shit for a physique! Chu Yan really wanted to say that. If the clan elder were any kind of genius, the Chu family wouldn't have nearly been wiped out back then!
Chu Tianyang patted Chu Yan's shoulder and said with a laugh: "This clan elder has an Emperor-tier physique!"The corner of Chu Yan's mouth twitched as he thought to himself: "Yeah right, you old liar!"
"But even an Emperor-tier physique isn't the strongest in our Chu family!"
"Clan elder, are you dreaming or something?" How could an Emperor-tier physique not be the strongest? Chu Yan remembered that when he left, the strongest physique was Chu Xiuran's Purple Heaven Thunder Body. Besides that, his father seemed to have a Spirit-grade Golden-Light Physique. What other physiques were there?
"You don't believe me? When Chu Feng comes out of seclusion, you can spar with him!"
"Chu Feng? That Chu Feng who couldn't even break through to first-rank martial artist?"
"What do you mean 'couldn't break through'? He's now the number one expert beneath Martial Emperor in our Chu family, with combat power terrifying enough to challenge even Martial Emperors!"
"You... clan elder, are you saying Chu Feng has become a Martial Saint now?"
"Exactly! And he's not far from Martial Emperor either!"
"What? You're not lying to me?"
"Hmph, would this clan elder need to lie to you?" Chu Yan's mind buzzed. He remembered Chu Feng very clearly - the guy's cultivation progress had been slower than a snail's since the beginning. Unlike his own sudden loss of talent, Chu Feng genuinely had no talent at all. And now the clan elder was saying he'd reached Martial Saint? How could he possibly believe this?
"Forget it, you'll understand in time. This clan elder needs to enter the Dragon Emperor Palace to cultivate now! Remember to train in the Heart Refining Pagoda!" Watching the clan elder's retreating figure, Chu Yan rubbed his chin and walked toward the Heart Refining Pagoda with intense curiosity.
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"You bastard, you must have seduced many women over the years to know so many strange positions!" Ye Zhixin scolded as she helped Chu Jingyue remove his outer robe, her face flushed red. Some of those positions were simply too embarrassing to mention!
"Don't wrong me, wife! I specially learned those from a clansman just for you!" Chu Jingyue coughed lightly. He had consulted Chu Long earlier, who had casually taught him a few moves.
"And there are clansmen who specialize in studying such things? As clan leader, aren't you worried about corrupting the family members?"
"Why should I be worried? Wife, you don't understand - it's actually an extremely profound dual cultivation method that even the Beast God highly recommends! If I hadn't lacked talent in that area, I might have learned that technique myself!"
"You lack talent in that area? You seemed plenty talented just now!"
"That's different. Anyway, currently only one clansman in our family has obtained that inheritance - no one else can cultivate it!" Ye Zhixin was astonished. If even the Beast God highly recommended it, it must be an incredibly powerful dual cultivation method!
After dressing, Chu Jingyue looked relaxed and content. How wonderful it felt to have his wife by his side again.
"I need to go cultivate in the Dragon Emperor Palace. You should go train in the Heart Refining Pagoda - you might gain unexpected rewards!"
"The essence of heaven and earth here is still quite dense, enough for Emperor-tier experts to cultivate. Why do you need to go to that Dragon Emperor Palace?" Ye Zhixin asked curiously.
"Because the Dragon Emperor Palace is the Beast God's residence. The concentration of heaven and earth's essence there far surpasses even the Ninefold Spatial World! Most importantly, if you encounter problems in cultivation, you can seek the Beast God's guidance at any time. But the Beast God has rules - only myself, the clan elder, and the Dragon Protector Guards can enter. So you'll have to cultivate here."
"That's fine, this place is sufficient for me. You should hurry to the Dragon Emperor Palace - as clan leader, your cultivation can't be too low!" Ye Zhixin nodded.
"Aren't you curious about how our Chu family has changed over these years?" Chu Jingyue asked, puzzled. When she first came, the Chu family was just a declining minor clan. Such a dramatic reversal, yet she showed no surprise?
"If you'd seen the Beast God's true power, you wouldn't be surprised by any of his methods either!"
"You've seen the Beast God's true power?" Chu Jingyue was shocked.
"I have. In the forbidden land, the Beast God fought against several of the most powerful ancient ancestors to save Xiao Yan. The scene was truly apocalyptic!" Even now, recalling it still shook Ye Zhixin to her core.
"Ah, the Beast God has done so much for our Chu family. His kindness is too great - I don't even know how to repay him!" Chu Jingyue sighed. The Beast God's power was incomparably strong, yet he only gave to the family without ever asking for anything in return. Chu Jingyue truly couldn't think of any way to repay him!
Of course, had he known that Long Yuan received rewards every time the Chu family completed system tasks, perhaps he wouldn't have felt so conflicted!
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"System, open the attribute panel!"
[Host]: Long Yuan
[Race]: Yin-Yang Celestial Dragon
[Cultivation Realm]: Half-step World-Creation Realm
[Physical Cultivation]: Dominator Realm Perfection
[Current Mission]: Cultivate an Emperor-tier Alchemist for the Guardian Family
[Mission Rewards]: 10,000 years of cultivation, 50 Breakthrough Pills (can break through any realm below Martial God), 3 God-tier Physique Origins, 3 Emperor-tier Martial Soul Origins, God-tier Alchemist Inheritance, God-tier Flame "Chaos Heaven Flame"
[Guardian Family Level]: 9 Stars (Host's cultivation speed increased by 90x!)
The system rewards for this new mission weren't particularly generous - just 10,000 years of cultivation. With the family level bonus, that only amounted to 900,000 years! For Long Yuan who had already reached Half-step World-Creation Realm, 900,000 years of cultivation was negligible - it might not even be enough to break through to World-Creation Realm! Probably because this mission wasn't particularly difficult!
"But the rewards for the Chu family are quite substantial - Breakthrough Pills, God-tier Physiques, Martial Soul Origins, God-tier Alchemist Inheritance, God-tier Flame!" Now they were starting to reward God-tier Physiques and Martial Souls!
"When countless God-tier Physique and God-tier Martial Soul experts appear in the future, I wonder if it'll scare the entire Mortal Realm shitless!"