Fu Xue seemed not to hear, her eyes fixed on the phone screen, her mind filled with phrases like "jumping two levels" and "killing three level sixes."
Of course, there was also the phrase "Yuanshi Tianzun."
Fu Xue's mood at the moment was beyond simple description, a surge of shock, doubt, surprise, ecstasy, and excitement.
She recognized Yuanshi Tianzun's talent, otherwise she wouldn't have chosen to wait and see. In her assessment, if Yuanshi Tianzun could rise from level four to level five within three months, then he would have a chance to challenge the Ruler level in the next two years.
Then she would accept him as her son-in-law.
Conversely, if Yuanshi Tianzun's advancement speed at the Saint level was mediocre, it would indicate that his talent had reached its limit, and Fu Xue would unhesitatingly choose the Miller family.
Fu Xue never expected that it would happen so quickly.
It had only been a week since she returned from Songhai, and Yuanshi Tianzun had already jumped two levels, becoming a leader in the Saint stage.
Even Fu Qingyang wasn't so sensational back then.
After the surprise came ecstasy, like winning the lottery, finding a chicken cup in a flea market, or signing an eight-hundred-year business order.
Putting aside Fu Qingyang's talk of shifting the Fu family's strategic direction, just based on Yuanshi Tianzun's qualifications, Fu Xue felt she had nothing to hesitate about.
Compared to marrying Guan Ya into the Miller family and taking that little commission, becoming the mother-in-law of a promising figure was the real path to the pinnacle of life.
She might even be able to become a member of the clan elders' council in the future.
Thinking of this, Fu Xue's breathing quickened.
"It seems you've encountered something, so let's end today's sailing here." Chen Shu leaned back in her chair, leisurely 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 rose, and a happy smile appeared on her face, "My son-in-law has reached level six and killed three senior Saints from evil organizations, shocking the Huaguo."
The title 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 entire Huaguo. He rose three levels in one dungeon. Xuan Xuan didn't even achieve such a feat back then. You can't find a second example among the geniuses in the First District." Fu Xue's eyebrows danced:
"Such a feat, you can't pick out a second example among the geniuses in the First District." Fu Xue's eyebrows danced: "I suddenly admire my stinky girl's vision a little. 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 should be more like it. Although I know there must be an element of luck involved, he might be able to participate in the Slaughter Dungeon at the end of the year. Once he becomes a Ruler, he will be the fastest Ruler promotion in official history.
Chen Shu, I might be able to enter the Fu family's elders' council in the future."
She babbled on, her spirit lifted by the happy occasion.
Chen Shu felt more and more that something was wrong. She picked up her juice and frowned: "Who is your son-in-law?"
"I don't think I've ever told you his name," Fu Xue said with a smile, "Yuanshi Tianzun! You should have heard of this fixed ID. A rising star in the Five Elements Alliance, supposedly still in college." When she said the four words "Yuanshi Tianzun," her tone and expression carried a hint of showiness.
"Pfft!"
Chen Shu spat out a mouthful of juice.
"Cough cough cough..." Chen Shu put down her juice and coughed violently.
The female assistant not far away hurried over, handing her a tissue and a glass of water.
He's already level six? How did he become level six?! Chen Shu sat there stunned, 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 as if from a dream, abruptly returning to reality. She took the tissue and hastily wiped the juice from the corner of her mouth and her chest, her voice urgent: "Get me the phone."
The female assistant hurriedly pulled out her 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..."
Blacklisted me? Chen Shu tightened her face and switched to the business phone, dialing 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 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 at her partner and best friend suspiciously.
"Nothing!" Chen Shu took a deep breath, regained her composure, and gave her a strange look: "I never expected your son-in-law to be Yuanshi Tianzun."
"I remember your daughter is 27, right? Has she had boyfriends before? Is her private life messy? Her personality doesn't seem very good, otherwise she wouldn't have fallen out with you. How is her talent? It must be very ordinary if the Fu family wants to use her for marriage."
Fu Xue was stunned. "Did my daughter offend you?" Chen Shu waved her hand, "Congratulations, you have an enviable son-in-law. Unfortunately, I only have a son, no daughter. But I don't think your daughter and Yuanshi Tianzun are a good match. She's a bit old."
Fu Xue immediately laughed, "Age? Young boys are just the right age. If he wasn't my son-in-law, I would have made a move myself."
Chen Shu: ...
"You better dispel this unrealistic idea," she said anxiously, getting up, "Think about the cooperation again. Give me a call when you've decided. I have an important meeting this afternoon, so I'll leave first."
Without waiting for Fu Xue to respond, she left in a hurry with her female assistant.
Chen Shu walked out dozens of meters, 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? He only advanced to Saint two months ago."
The veins on Chen Shu's smooth forehead bulged: "You still don't know? Can you collect intelligence properly? Can you stop being so useless? It's already hard enough for me to manage the Co-Prosperity Society alone."
A yawning sound came from the other end of the phone.
Chen Shu's chest rose and fell, suppressing her anger, and said:
"Now that he's level six, according to our original agreement, you need to find a way to get him to go abroad to take over the Co-Prosperity Society."
"It's not the right time yet. His upgrade speed is beyond 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."
"Wait a little longer."
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"Shanhe Yongcun?" Elder Sun's eyes narrowed, and he said calmly:
"If you hadn't mentioned him, I would have almost forgotten about him. It's been over twenty years since he returned to The Way of the Extraordinary. What are you bringing him up for?"
Ling Jun stood under the Sophora tree, leaning lazily against the trunk, "I want to know how he died. Since he returned to The Way of the Extraordinary, he must have died in a dungeon."
The Sophora tree rustled in the night wind, carrying the laughter of children: "Died in the dungeon, died in the dungeon~"
Ling Jun said "Oh":
"Then why was his information erased? Taiyi Gate has been established for a hundred years, and many elders have returned to The Way of the Extraordinary, all with names and surnames, and their files can be found. Why is his the only one whose information was erased?"
"Few, all have names and surnames, and files can be found. Why is his the only one whose information was erased?" Elder Sun gently rocked his rocking chair, "This old man hasn't been in charge for twenty years. You should ask the Grand Elder. That kid has been in power for half a century and still tightly controls the affairs of Taiyi Gate."
Ling Jun examined the old man in the rocking chair and said, "I heard Victoria say that you and Shanhe Yongcun were very close back then. You couldn't possibly be completely ignorant of your friend's death. You definitely know about him being erased from the records."
Elder Sun closed his eyes, swaying with the rocking chair, as if he hadn't heard.
Ling Jun straightened up, took a few steps forward, and said in a deep voice:
"Elder Sun, you are one of the younger elders in Taiyi Gate, and like Victoria, you are one of the young and strong faction. Twenty years ago, you were an elder with real power.
"But as long as I can remember, you've been living in this little courtyard, for over twenty years, from forty to sixty."
Elder Sun closed his eyes to rest.
"Before I came, I checked on you. In 1999, you suddenly handed over your power and stopped handling affairs in the sect. You withdrew from the core of power, and since then, you have rarely left this courtyard. And the month before you handed over your power, Shanhe Yongcun returned to The Way of the Extraordinary. Also in that year, all the children you adopted died in a fire, and now they are parasitic on this Sophora tree." Ling Jun's tone was accusatory, aggressive: "Elder Sun, can you tell me why?"
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The night wind blew, but the Sophora tree fell silent, and the children's laughter disappeared.
Elder Sun opened his eyes, his pupils molten gold, and a domineering and fierce aura instantly filled the small courtyard.
Ling Jun, who had been imposing, softened at the knees and leaned against the tree trunk.
"Who told you to investigate the events of that year?" Elder Sun's molten gold pupils were filled with pressure and indifference. At this moment, his aura was strong and domineering, like a sun god of war, completely different from the old man in the vest and shorts just now.
Ling Jun gritted his teeth, resisting the Ruler-level pressure, and said in a deep voice:
"My seventeenth brother died unclearly, and I want to know the truth."
"Your seventeenth brother..." The golden light in Elder Sun's pupils gradually receded, and he snorted coldly: "This is not something you should know."
"I want to know!" Ling Jun gasped for breath, feeling a sense of relief all over his body.
Elder Sun sneered: "Find out the cause of Ling Tuo's death? Overestimating yourself, you can't even withstand my aura."
He then 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?"
Ling Jun was about to speak when he suddenly felt a chill in his heart.
Elder Sun's implication was that if he continued to investigate, he would encounter a life-threatening danger, a danger that Victoria couldn't protect him from.
Looking at Taiyi Gate, who could threaten the son of the Sect Leader?
The answer was obvious.
Ling Jun's face was solemn, and he was no longer the frivolous and undisciplined person he usually was. He said in a low voice:
"He killed Seventeenth Brother and Elder Shanhe Yongcun?"
Elder Sun closed his eyes, swaying with the rocking chair.
He had defaulted.
Why... Ling Jun opened his mouth but the words got stuck in his throat, unable to come out.
Fu Family Bay.
Zhang Yuanqing gave the bedroom to Princess Yin Yao, entered Guan Ya's room, sandwiched the giant crab doll with a cute plush image between his legs, and was planning to have a good sleep to replenish the energy and physical strength 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 Yuzhen's chattering voice came through, "She has something to tell you but 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.
"Asked about your girlfriend."
Asked about my girlfriend... Zhang Yuanqing frowned.
Chen Shu doesn't even want to take care of her son, let alone her son's girlfriend.
And she blacklisted herself, making it clear that she didn't want to contact him recently. How could she deliberately look for her because of his girlfriend?
"What does she want with 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 was a rich woman who likes pretty boys, and she's supporting you, and now you have to work yourself to death every day to deal with an older rich woman."
"She got very angry when she heard that and demanded that you break up immediately." Jiang Yu said, "Where are you? Aunt will come pick you up now."
"In the gentle embrace of the rich woman, tell her to go to hell." Zhang Yuanqing hung up the phone. Just as he was about to turn off his phone and go to sleep, the ringtone came again, this time it was Fu Qingyang.
"Boss?"
"It's more suitable for you to refine Yin corpses at night, so I had someone collect the materials in advance and put them in the gang warehouse. Remember to pick them up," Fu Qingyang said lightly.
"Thank you, boss." Zhang Yuanqing's spirits lifted.