Chapter 1

Fu Xue seemed not to hear, her eyes fixed on the phone screen, her mind filled with words like "jumping two levels" and "killing three level-sixes."

Of course, there were also the four words "Yuanshi Tianzun."

Fu Xue's mood at the moment could not be described with simple words, a mix of shock, doubt, surprise, ecstasy, and excitement surging within her.

She recognized Yuanshi Tianzun's talent, otherwise she wouldn't have chosen to wait and see. In her evaluation, if Yuanshi Tianzun could rise from level four to level five within three months, then he would have a chance to challenge the Master level in the next two years.

Then she would accept this son-in-law.

Conversely, if Yuanshi Tianzun's speed of improvement at the Saint level was mediocre, it would indicate that his talent had reached its limit, and Fu Xue would not hesitate to choose the Miller family.

Fu Xue never expected it to be so soon.

It had only been a week since she returned from Songhai, and Yuanshi Tianzun had already jumped two levels to become a top performer at the Saint level.

Even Fu Qingyang wasn't so shocking back then.

After the surprise came ecstasy, like winning a big lottery, finding a rare chicken cup at a bargain, or signing an eight-hundred-year order in business.

Putting aside Fu Qingyang's talk of the Fu family's strategic direction shift, Fu Xue felt she had nothing to hesitate about based solely on Yuanshi Tianzun's aptitude.

Compared to marrying Guan Ya into the Miller family and getting that little commission, directly becoming the mother-in-law of a person with limitless potential was the true path to the pinnacle of life.

She might even become a member of the Elders Council in the future because of this.

Thinking of this, Fu Xue's breathing quickened.

"It seems you've encountered something, so let's end the sailing here for today." Chen Shu leaned back in her chair, slowly picking up her juice. "I have a business meeting this afternoon."

"Ah..." Fu Xue came back to her senses. "What did you say?"

Chen Shu looked at the phone in her palm. "Can you share it?"

Fu Xue's delicately drawn eyebrows instantly lifted, a happy smile on her pretty face. "My son-in-law has reached level six and even killed three high-level Saints from an evil organization, shocking all of China."

The address smoothly switched from "daughter's boyfriend" to "son-in-law."

Chen Shu was stunned. "Wasn't your son-in-law level four?"

"That's why it shocked the whole of China. He jumped three levels in one dungeon. Xuanxuan didn't even achieve such a feat back then. Among the geniuses of the First District, you can't find a second example." Fu Xue's eyebrows danced.

"Such a feat, among the geniuses of the First District, you can't find a second example." Fu Xue's eyebrows danced. "I suddenly admire that stinky girl's vision. Her ability to pick men is much stronger than mine. Tsk tsk, from level 4 to level 6, my son-in-law only took two months."

"Genius can't even describe him; freak is more like it. Although I know there's definitely an element of luck in this situation, he might be able to participate in the Killing Dungeon at the end of the year. Once he becomes a Master, he will be the fastest promoted Master in official history.

Chen Shu, I might be able to enter the Fu family's Elders Council in the future."

She rambled on with a radiant expression, exuding a sense of exhilaration.

The more Chen Shu listened, the more she felt something was wrong. She picked up her juice and frowned. "Your son-in-law is?"

"I don't think I've ever told you his name." Fu Xue smiled. "Yuanshi Tianzun! You should have heard of this fixed ID. A rising genius in the Five Elements Alliance, and still in college, supposedly." When she said the four words "Yuanshi Tianzun," her tone and expression carried a hint of flaunting.

"Pfft!"

Chen Shu spat out a mouthful of juice.

"Cough cough cough..." Chen Shu put down the juice and coughed violently.

The female assistant not far away quickly ran over and handed her a tissue and a glass of water.

"He's already level six? How did he become level six?!" Chen Shu sat there blankly, as if struck by lightning, her reaction exactly the same as Fu Xue's just now. "Boss, boss?" the female assistant whispered.

Chen Shu woke up from her dream and suddenly returned to reality. She took the tissue and roughly wiped the juice from the corners of her mouth and chest, her tone hurried. "Get me my phone."

The female assistant quickly took out the boss's two phones from her pocket, one for business and one for personal use. Chen Shu grabbed the personal phone and dialed her "son's" number.

"Sorry, the number you dialed cannot be reached, please try again later..."

He blocked me? Chen Shu's face tightened, and she switched to the business phone to dial her son's number.

"Sorry, the number you dialed cannot be reached, please try again later..."

"Bring me your phone." Chen Shu ordered, and the female assistant handed over her phone.

But this time, the phone prompt still indicated that the call could not be connected.

Chen Shu knew that her son was rejecting calls from all unfamiliar numbers. She gritted her teeth.

"What's wrong?" Fu Xue asked again, staring suspiciously at her partner and best friend.

"Nothing!" Chen Shu took a deep breath and regained her composure, giving her a strange look. "I really didn't expect your son-in-law to be Yuanshi Tianzun."

"I remember your daughter is 27, right? Has she dated before? Is her private life messy? Her personality doesn't seem very good, otherwise she wouldn't have fallen out with you. What about her talent? It must be very ordinary if the Fu family wants to use her for marriage..."

Fu Xue listened in a daze. "Did my daughter offend you?" Chen Shu waved her hand. "Congratulations, you have an enviable son-in-law, but unfortunately, I only have a son, not a daughter. But I don't think your daughter is a good match for Yuanshi Tianzun. She's a bit old."

Fu Xue immediately laughed. "Age? Young men are just right. If he wasn't my son-in-law, I would have made a move myself."

Chen Shu: ...

"You better dispel this unrealistic thought." She looked anxious and stood up. "Think about the cooperation. Give me a call when you've made up your mind. I have an important meeting this afternoon. I'll be leaving now."

Without waiting for Fu Xue to respond, she hurriedly left with her female assistant.

Chen Shu strode out dozens of meters and dialed a number on her phone.

The phone rang for a long time before it was answered, and a complaining voice came through: "Although it's daytime on your side, you should occasionally consider the time difference. Don't always call me in the middle of the night."

Chen Shu said bluntly, "Is my son level six?"

"Huh? How could he be level six? It's only been two months since he advanced to Saint."

The veins on Chen Shu's smooth forehead bulged. "You still don't know? Can you collect intelligence properly? Can you not be so useless all the time? It's already hard enough for me to manage the Co-prosperity Society alone."

The sound of yawning came from the other end of the phone.

Chen Shu's chest heaved up and down as she suppressed her anger.

"Now that he's level six, according to our original agreement, you need to find a way to get him to go abroad and take over the Co-prosperity Society."

"It's not the right time yet. His speed of leveling up has exceeded our expectations. It's an unexpected situation. According to my assessment, he should go abroad at the end of the year."

"But he's already level six now."

"Wait a little longer."

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"Shanhe Yongcun (Eternal Mountains and Rivers)?" Elder Sun's eyes narrowed, and he said indifferently.

"If you didn't mention him, I would have almost forgotten about him. It's been over twenty years since he returned to the Lingjing (Spirit Realm). Why are you bringing him up?"

Lingjun stood under the pagoda tree, leaning lazily against the trunk. "I want to know how he died. Since he returned to the Lingjing, he must have died in a dungeon."

The pagoda tree rustled in the night breeze, carrying the laughter of children. "Died in a dungeon, died in a dungeon~"

Lingjun said "Oh."

"Then why was his information deleted? The Taiyi Sect has been established for a hundred years, and many elders have returned to the Lingjing. They all have names and surnames, and their files can be found. Why is his information the only one that was deleted?"

"Very few, all have names and surnames, and their files can be found. Why is his information the only one that was deleted?" Elder Sun gently rocked his rocking chair. "This old man hasn't been involved in anything for twenty years. You should ask the Grand Elder. That kid has been in power for half a century and still firmly controls the affairs of the Taiyi Sect."

Lingjun scrutinized the old man in the rocking chair and said, "I heard from Victoria that you used to be very close to Shanhe Yongcun. You couldn't possibly be completely ignorant of the death of a friend. You definitely know about the deletion of his information."

Elder Sun closed his eyes and swayed with the rocking chair, as if he didn't hear anything.

Lingjun straightened up, took a few steps forward, and said in a deep voice.

"Elder Sun, you are relatively young among the elders of the Taiyi Sect, and like Victoria, you are part of the young and strong faction. Twenty years ago, you were an elder with real power."

"But as far as I can remember, you've been living in this small courtyard, taking care of yourself for more than twenty years, from forty to sixty years old."

Elder Sun meditated with his eyes closed.

"Before coming here, I checked you out. In 1999, you suddenly handed over your power and stopped handling matters in the sect. You withdrew from the core of power, and since then, you have rarely left this courtyard. And in the month before you handed over your power, Shanhe Yongcun returned to the Lingjing. It was also that year that the children you adopted died in a fire, and now they are parasitized on this pagoda tree." Lingjun asked with a questioning tone, pressing aggressively, "Elder Sun, can you tell me why?"

Night wind blows, but the pagoda tree fell silent, the children's laughter disappeared.

Elder Sun opened his eyes, his pupils were molten gold, and a domineering and fierce aura instantly filled the small courtyard.

Lingjun, who was originally imposing, softened at the knees and leaned against the tree trunk.

"Who told you to investigate the matters of that year." Elder Sun's molten gold eyes were filled with coercion and indifference. At this time, his aura was strong and domineering, like a blazing sun god of war, completely different from the old man in the vest and shorts just now.

Lingjun gritted his teeth, resisting the Master-level pressure, and said in a deep voice.

"My seventeenth brother died unclearly, I want to know the truth."

"Your seventeenth brother..." The golden light in Elder Sun's pupils slowly faded, and he snorted coldly. "This is not something you should know."

"I want to know!" Lingjun took a breath and felt his whole body relax.

Elder Sun sneered, "Find out the cause of Ling Tuo's death? Overestimating yourself, you can't even withstand my aura."

He immediately looked outside the courtyard, "Don't think that Victoria can protect you if she comes. If I want to kill you now, can she stop me?"

Lingjun was about to speak when he suddenly felt a chill in his heart

The implication of Elder Sun's words was that if he continued to investigate, he would encounter life-threatening danger, a danger that Victoria could not protect him from.

Looking at the Taiyi Sect, who could threaten the Sect Leader's son?

The answer was already obvious.

Lingjun's expression was solemn, and he was no longer frivolous and casual as usual. He said in a low voice.

"He killed Seventeenth Brother and Elder Shanhe Yongcun?"

Elder Sun closed his eyes and swayed with the rocking chair.

He defaulted.

Why... Lingjun opened his mouth and got stuck in his throat, unable to ask.

Fu Family Bay.

Zhang Yuanqing gave the bedroom to Princess Yin Yao, entered Guan Ya's room, clamped the fluffy and cute crab doll between his legs, and was planning to sleep soundly to replenish the energy and stamina he had lost in the dungeon.

Suddenly, his phone rang

The caller was Jiang Yuzhen.

"Aunt?" Zhang Yuanqing answered the phone.

"Your mother just called me." Jiang Yu's duoduo voice came over. "She has something to ask you, but she can't get through to your number, so I said you weren't at home."

"What does Chen Shu want from me." Zhang Yuanqing sneered.

"Ask about your girlfriend."

Ask about my girlfriend... Zhang Yuanqing frowned.

Chen Shu didn't even want to care about her son, let alone her son's girlfriend.

Moreover, she blocked him, making it clear that she didn't want to contact him recently. How could she deliberately look for her because of his girlfriend?

"Why is she asking about my girlfriend." he asked.

Jiang Yuzhen also sneered, "Who knows, she said she wanted to find out what kind of person your girlfriend is. I said she's a rich woman who likes pretty boys, and she's supporting you. Now you have to work yourself to death every day to deal with an older rich woman."

"She was very angry when she heard that and demanded that you break up immediately." Jiang Yu said, "Where are you? Aunt will pick you up right now."

"I'm in the gentle embrace of a rich woman. Tell her to go die." Zhang Yuanqing hung up the phone. He was just about to turn off his phone and go to sleep when the ringtone came again. This time it was Fu Qingyang.

"Boss?"

"Night is more suitable for you to refine Yin corpses, so I asked people to collect the materials in advance and put them in the gang warehouse. Remember to pick them up." Fu Qingyang said indifferently.

"Thank you, Boss." Zhang Yuanqing's spirits lifted.