Family Rise by Daily Intelligence

Chapter 668 - 283: Blood-colored Forbidden Area Treasure, A New Retainer Added, Bloodline Enhanced

The contribution points on the family panel dropped to one hundred and six.

He organized the intelligence.

He planned to first see Yun Tianjin, then go to the auction, and finally to the Blood-colored Forbidden Area.

He meditated and cultivated in the secret chamber for several days.

Buzz!

The communication jade talisman at his waist suddenly lit up, and Fu Changli’s voice came through: "Patriarch, Yun Tianjin has been found, he is currently at the Shi Family’s territory."

.....

In front of the Shi Family’s mountain gate.

Yun Tianjin nervously took out a copper mirror, checked his reflection to ensure nothing was amiss, then cautiously approached and respectfully cupped his hands to the Shi Family clansmen guarding the gate:

"Fellow cultivator, I wish to meet the Shi Clan Leader, could you please announce me?"

Yun Tianjin discreetly handed over a prepared red envelope to the Shi Family guard, but the guard frowned and didn’t take it, solemnly saying:

"Our clan leader is busy with miscellaneous affairs, please tell me your business with him. If it’s not important, we can refer you to our Outer Sect Steward."

Even if the Shi Family stays low-key,

they are still a longstanding Eighth-Grade Noble Family.

The head of an Eighth-Grade Family isn’t someone an independent Qi cultivator can meet easily.

Yun Tianjin instinctively tightened the storage bag at his waist, yet still cupped his hands, "Fellow cultivator, I wish to speak with the Shi Clan Leader face to face. Could you please announce me?"

The guard saw his sincere attitude and, worried about delaying important matters, hesitated and said:

"Please wait, I’ll notify our Outer Sect Steward to handle this."

"Thank you, fellow cultivator, thank you."

Yun Tianjin breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Indeed, the Shi Family was as the rumors said, they treated even a loose cultivator like him with respect.

After waiting a while,

the jade talisman at the guard’s waist lit up.

After listening to the message, he told Yun Tianjin:

"Our steward said, our family head is in secluded cultivation."

In a certain sense,

this was a tactful way of sending him away.

The glimmer of hope that had just arisen in Yun Tianjin’s heart was instantly extinguished.

Feeling bitter, he cupped his hands and turned to leave dejectedly.

A clansman coming to change shifts happened to see this scene and curiously asked:

"What is Yun Tianjin doing at our clan? Haven’t we stopped hiring temporary workers?"

The guard, after Yun Tianjin had walked further away, whispered:

"The Outer Steward just mentioned that Yun Tianjin tried to marry into the Fu Family years ago, and after being rejected, he moved to the Gongsun Family; after being turned down there too, he came to us, clearly wanting to climb the social ladder, no need to bother with him."

The clansman, hearing this,

shook his head as if hearing a joke:

"Yun Tianjin is already over sixty and stuck at the Late Stage of Qi Cultivation; he has no hope of reaching Foundation Establishment in this lifetime. At his age, thinking about marrying in, isn’t it obvious he wants someone to take care of him in his old age? He’s just a freeloader; when his father was alive, he gathered resources for him to cultivate. Now that his father is gone, without support, he’s like a headless fly, wandering aimlessly. But with no skills, no experience in dharma combat, and being an old man, who’d marry him? No one wants him even as a son-in-law."

The guard, seeing the clansman being so harsh,

felt pity for Yun Tianjin and spoke up:

"Our Eighth-Grade Noble Family doesn’t recruit him, but for those newly rising Ninth-Grade Noble Families, having a Late Stage Qi Cultivator’s combat power isn’t bad."

"Brother Seven, you have it figured out clearly, but Yun Tianjin hasn’t; after being gently turned down by the Shangguan Family, they even kindly connected him to marry into the Ninth-Grade Liuu Family in Anyang County, yet look, Yun Tianjin finds it unworthy and insists on marrying into an Eighth-Grade Family."

Hearing this,

the guard’s initial sympathy for Yun Tianjin also faded.

This is what they call aiming too high, failing to see one’s true situation.

The clansman’s voice wasn’t low, and Yun Tianjin, despite seeming to walk further away, heard every word clearly.

At that moment,

he was so angry his chest hurt.

He’s only sixty-one and wants to marry into an Eighth-Grade Family to find hope of breaking through to Foundation Establishment. To others, it seems he’s just looking for a place to retire.

If it were truly about retirement,

why would he need to marry and depend on others’ whims?

"Hmph, you all look down on me. I’ll show you what I’m capable of achieving."

With this thought,

Yun Tianjin decided to auction the Cyan Simurgh Jade Stone passed down in his family at Wanning Marketplace. Since relying on others was unreliable, he would rely only on himself.

Yun Tianjin tightly clutched the storage bag at his waist,

changed direction,

and sprinted towards Wanning Marketplace.

After traveling for several hours,

suddenly,

a rainbow light sped over from the distant sky.

Yun Tianjin stopped and looked up, filled with envy.

Flying through the air,

that was something only Foundation Establishment cultivators could achieve.

His father had worked tirelessly his whole life, hoping to see him reach Foundation Establishment, yet despite Yun Tianjin’s non-stop cultivation, his affinities to the three spiritual roots made it so his father never saw that day come.

However,

as long as he was alive.

He wouldn’t give up.

This was his father’s wish.

No matter what, he would fulfill it, and if he couldn’t, he would ensure his descendants did; the Yun Family would eventually produce a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"Oh?"

Yun Tianjin noticed the rainbow light was heading directly towards him.

Surprised for a moment,

he quickly hid the storage bag in his arms, as it held the only hope of turning his fate around.

The rainbow light faded,

revealing a cyan python floating in mid-air.

Seeing that the one standing on the cyan python was the head of the Eighth-Grade Family, Fu Changsheng, he froze for a moment, then respectfully greeted him:

"Greetings, Fu Clan Leader"