togophonebook Chapter 21 Beautiful Woman and Young Girl
Chapter 21 Beautiful Woman and Young Girl
The sun rises, over Yuntong Mountain.
The rolling mountains form a huge crescent-shaped valley, and the Gong family's territory is located in the center of the valley. The courtyards and pavilions are arranged with spirit-gathering arrays to collect and gather all the spiritual energy derived from the entire second-tier spiritual vein, making the spiritual energy inside the Gong family extremely rich.
Inside a waterside pavilion nestled in the mountains, a young woman dressed in a white, fitted long dress sat at a table, reviewing the messages she had just received that morning.
She was beautiful and graceful, and her fairy dress perfectly accentuated her slender waist. Her eyes and brows exuded a pure and otherworldly charm.
However, after she finished reading the information on the communication jade talisman, her slender eyebrows furrowed slightly.
"He spent the entire night meditating in the quiet room, and he didn't even touch those four maids? Could it be that he didn't find those women attractive?"
Gong Yuechan put down the jade talisman in her hand, a thoughtful look in her eyes.
Normally, once a member of the Gong family is found to have potential for development, the family follows the same procedure.
First, they moved to a decent courtyard, then provided various cultivation resources, pills, spirit stones, and so on, and finally sent a woman carefully cultivated by the family.
After this process, almost all non-family members will be grateful to the family and wish they could immediately risk their lives for the Gong family. As for the maids, they will naturally be accepted without exception.
Chen Ye was somewhat unexpected. Could it be that he was arrogant and looked down on these ordinary women without spiritual roots?
Or perhaps he only wanted to marry a woman from the Gong family.
"Yuechan, what are you thinking about so intently?"
Just then, a gentle and mature female voice suddenly came, followed by a beautiful woman in her thirties wearing a light blue dress, with a voluptuous figure.
"Auntie, what brings you here?"
Upon seeing this mature and beautiful woman, Gong Yuechan quickly stood up to greet her and poured her a cup of spiritual tea.
"Sit down, sit down. Why are we bothered by such trivial matters?"
The beautiful woman gave Gong Yuechan a reproachful look. Although she had tried her best to suppress her aura, the faint pressure revealed in her every move was enough to prove that she was a hidden expert.
Indeed, this beautiful woman is none other than Gong Qingru, the eldest elder of the Gong family and one of the two current secret cultivators of the Gong family.
Although the Gong family has only been a secret family for a hundred years, it had existed as a spiritual family for a long time before that.
Gong Qingru's generation has dozens of clansmen, yet she, a woman, was able to cultivate into one of only two secret experts in the clan, demonstrating that her talent and temperament are far beyond those of ordinary cultivators.
"I came to tell you something," Gong Qingru said, pausing for a moment before adding with a hint of regret.
"That child Chengyuan... after being personally examined by Master Tao, I'm afraid his cultivation will be difficult to improve any further."
"Difficult" is a euphemism.
In reality, the path of cultivation has been severed. Not only will one's cultivation level stagnate, but as one's blood and energy decline with age, one might even regress!
"It's a pity my cousin is only thirty years old this year..."
Gong Yuechan sighed upon hearing this. For cultivators, as long as they reach the ninth level of the Spirit Gathering stage before the age of sixty, they have a chance to break into the secret treasure.
With Gong Chengyuan's talent and the resources of the Gong family, he might not be able to break through the secret treasure, but at least there is a certain possibility.
Now, even that last glimmer of hope has been lost.
"By the way, does my grandfather know about this?" Gong Yuechan asked.
"The clan leader is currently in seclusion, but he has already sent word that the clan should try not to initiate conflict with the Zhou family. With the upper sect keeping an eye on things, the clan will not dare to use any hidden cultivators unless the Zhou family completely breaks off relations."
Gong Qingru took a sip of the spiritual tea and continued.
"In addition, the clan chief instructed us to discover more members of the clan outside the clan who have potential for development during this period. If a major battle breaks out with the Zhou family in the future, the more strength we have, the greater our chance of victory."
"A member of a different clan?"
Upon hearing this, Gong Yuechan's eyes flickered; it seemed that she had a potential non-native surname member in her hands.
However, although this person is quite powerful, he does not seem to have much loyalty to the Gong family, and his cultivation level is not high enough.
"It seems I'll have to get to know this person sometime in the future. If I remember correctly, he was someone I brought into the family..." Gong Yuechan thought to herself.
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Two days later.
After several days of adjustment, Chen Ye has recovered his spirits. After all, being at sea for several months would inevitably have an impact on even a cultivator.
In the morning, the weather was fine. Chen Ye left the villa and went straight to the Gong family's Transmission Pavilion to select a few suitable spells and see if he could get his hands on the complete Tide Spirit Guiding Technique.
Although it's very difficult, I have to give it a try.
The Transmission Pavilion is located in the heart of the Gong family compound and contains almost all the cultivation techniques and spells that the Gong family has accumulated since its founding. It can be said to be the foundation upon which the Gong family stands.
Such an important place is naturally heavily guarded. Not only are various warning formations set up around it, but a family elder has also been specially dispatched to oversee the area and deter any troublemakers.
"Greetings, Sixth Elder."
Chen Ye arrived at the Hall of Transmission of Dharma, bowed respectfully to the white-haired old man in a gray robe sitting at the entrance of the hall, and then took out his identity token and handed it to the white-haired old man.
The Sixth Elder merely raised his eyelids to glance at it, then nodded and said in a hoarse voice.
"Tokens from non-clan members allow you to select spells on levels three and below."
The spells below the third level are all for the Spirit Gathering stage, which is sufficient for Chen Ye at his current level.
He put away the token and entered the Transmission Pavilion, where he was greeted by a row of jade slips containing cultivation techniques displayed on a bookshelf.
These spells are categorized and placed in different areas, including movement techniques, killing techniques, and escape techniques, among others.
Chen Ye patiently spent nearly an hour selecting from the three spells, finally choosing three.
These are the offensive spell "Spirit Annihilation Finger", the defensive spell "Golden Light Shield", and finally, the "Illusionary Mist Technique" used to enhance movement.
These three spells are versatile, combining offense, defense, and escape, and were something Chen Ye had planned before he arrived.
If you choose to use magic to enhance your strength, you must be well-rounded and at least have no obvious weaknesses.
High attack and low defense, or low attack and high defense, only attacking and never retreating, will eventually lead to someone finding a weakness and killing you.
Holding the three spells, the Sixth Elder glanced at them and then spoke.
"According to the family rules, all members of the clan who are not of the same surname are exempt from contribution points when they first practice magic, but they are limited to one magic spell."
"Uh...May I ask, Elder, which of these three spells is the most expensive?" Chen Ye hesitated for a moment, then simply asked directly.
"That's naturally the first-tier high-grade spell, Spirit Annihilation Finger. This spell is extremely powerful; even if you break through to the late stage of Spirit Condensation, you'll still be able to use it!"
The Sixth Elder answered instinctively.
"Then this junior will excuse myself from this Spirit Annihilation Finger technique!" Chen Ye said without any hesitation, showing no sign of blushing.