Chu Mingde was utterly terrified,
not daring to speak a single word.
Initially, when he heard from their conversation that their deceased ancestors had always intended to return to the Chu family,
he thought these descendants would surely comply with their ancestors' wishes and rejoin the main family.
That's why he had dared to act so arrogantly!
Seeing the ferocious gazes of Chu Tianyang and the others,
Chu Mingde said fearfully, "Are you planning to be unfilial descendants who defy your ancestors' will? How will you face your forefathers in the afterlife?"
"Nonsense! Why wouldn't I be able to face them?"
"Hmph! What state was the Chu family in during their time? And what is it like now? Even if we meet in the afterlife, they should be serving me tea!"
Chu Tianyang's bold words stunned Chu Jingyue behind him.The patriarch was truly audacious!
Though his words were crude, the reasoning was sound.
Under the leadership of those ancestors, the Chu family had nearly been destroyed.
What right did they have to criticize others?
Even if those ancestors were still alive,
seeing the prosperous state of the current Chu family,
they probably wouldn't entertain any thoughts of returning to the main lineage.
"Get lost! Go tell your clan leader that our Chu family will never merge with a family like yours, nor will we accept any of you from the Cang Region Chu family!"
"Also, out of respect for our past connection, I'll give you a piece of advice: the extraplanar Demon Race is about to descend upon the Mortal Realm, bringing devastation. Prepare yourselves!"
"Consider this the final severance of any ties between our families. From now on, we have no relation!"
With a sweep of his sleeve,
Chu Tianyang sent the man flying out the door.
Chu Tianyang had no impression of or fondness for this so-called main lineage Chu family.
Their branch had existed here for tens of thousands of years,
likely with no blood relation remaining,
otherwise they wouldn't have failed to produce a single awakened Martial Emperor bloodline by now!
Chu Mingde scrambled away in terror from the Qian Region,
seething with anger but not daring to show it,
as this was the territory of the Qian Region Chu family.
If any of his complaints reached the ears of their Martial Emperor,
he might be crushed with a single slap!
"Demons! They're a bunch of ancestors-defying demons!"
......
Long Yuan had been observing Chu Mingde's conversation with Chu Tianyang,
curious to see what choice Chu Tianyang would make.
Fortunately, he wasn't so rigid as to disappoint!
What ancestors' last wishes?
Could those Chu ancestors have predicted the family would develop to this extent?
Hearing Chu Mingde talk about controlling his lifelines, Long Yuan sneered: "Seems he still knows nothing about my realm!"
"Otherwise he wouldn't be foolish enough to say such things!"
But when the Demon Race descends,
realms beyond Martial Emperor won't remain secret for long!
[Ding! Congratulations on cultivating an Emperor-tier Alchemist for the Guardian Family]
[Rewards: 10,000 years of cultivation, 50 Breakthrough Pills (can break through any realm below Martial God), 3 God-tier physique origins, 3 God-tier martial soul origins, God-tier Alchemist inheritance, 1 divine artifact, 1 Enlightenment Tea Tree, 1 Divine Vessel (single-use, can upgrade any spiritual artifact by one level)]
[Ding! Congratulations on cultivating an Emperor-tier Formation Master for the Guardian Family]
[Rewards: 10,000 years of cultivation, 50 Breakthrough Pills, 3 God-tier physique origins, 3 God-tier martial soul origins, God-tier Formation Master inheritance, Supreme God-tier "World-Refining Formation", 1 World Ancient Tree!]
The system notifications came one after another.
Though the rewards were generous,
what Long Yuan valued most were the 20,000 years of cultivation.
With the Chu family's level bonus, 20,000 years became 1.8 million years - an immense duration.
"1.8 million years should be enough to break through to the World-Creation Realm!"
Previously completing the alchemist mission had given him 900,000 years of cultivation at Half-step World-Creation Realm.
Adding this 1.8 million,
totaling 2.7 million years,
it should definitely be sufficient!
"First, let's test the Divine Vessel's effects."
Long Yuan decided to use it on the Chrono Pagoda,
as this artifact was exceptionally important to the Chu family.
The Divine Vessel looked peculiar,
resembling a black kiln with raging golden flames inside.
"Seems we'll have to wait until those cultivating inside the Chrono Pagoda come out before using it."
The vessel required placing the artifact inside for tempering with its flames and formations,
but with people still cultivating in the pagoda,
they'd have to wait.
"With so many Breakthrough Pills, the Chu family will soon have dozens more Martial Emperors!"
Currently the family only had over ten Martial Emperors,
but Martial Saints were plentiful -
like Chu Long's harem members,
almost all Martial Saints.
If they all broke through,
the family's strength would skyrocket again!
"The Enlightenment Tea Tree and World Ancient Tree are decent too."
The tea leaves aided in comprehending the Dao,
and the tree itself emanated profound Dao charm, greatly benefiting family development.
As for the World Ancient Tree,
each leaf nurtured a world within,
containing endless mysteries -
a supreme treasure of cultivation!
"Not bad rewards."
His gaze fell on the system's new task: "As expected, the next mission is expanding the Chu family to 100,000 members!"
But frustratingly,
there was still no bloodline reversion reward.
[Host]: Long Yuan
[Race]: Yin-Yang Celestial Dragon
[Cultivation Realm]: Half-step World-Creation Realm
[Body Cultivation]: Dominator Realm Perfection
[Current Mission]: Expand Guardian Family to 100,000 members!
[Rewards]: 20,000 years cultivation, Supreme Divine Technique "World-Ending Fist", Supreme Divine Technique "Nine Reincarnation Divine Dragon Jade", 10 God-tier physique origins, 10 God-tier martial soul origins, Supreme Martial Soul "Devourer"!
[Guardian Family Level]: 9 Stars (Host cultivation speed increased 90x!)
Examining the new rewards,
Long Yuan narrowed his eyes.
"World-Ending Fist" was understandable,
but the "Nine Reincarnation Divine Dragon Jade" technique bore similarities to Chu Ming's "Nine Dragons Battle Body" -
that son of Chu Long born with a God-tier physique.
Once mastered,
each divine dragon jade would nurture a dragon identical to himself,
possessing equal combat power!
This technique, when fully cultivated,
would be an unparalleled divine ability!
Moreover, it wasn't restricted by realm -
even at supreme heights,
it could still be unleashed!
Its heaven-defying nature was evident!
But this also meant requiring vast cultivation energy to master.
"No problem!"
"The Chu family is far from its peak - I'll have ample cultivation to devote to this supreme technique."
Imagine ten terrifying divine dragons of equal strength appearing -
who could oppose them?
Who could withstand them?
"And there's also a supreme martial soul!"
Last time it was a supreme physique,
now a supreme martial soul.
"Seems my prediction was right - someday the Chu family might indeed have supreme physiques flying everywhere!"
If Long Yuan were human,
he'd have long been unable to resist absorbing the "Devourer" martial soul origin.