Eternal Sun Prefecture, the Li family's main hall.
Li Xinnian inspected the storage ring in his hand, his eyes filled with delight.
Then, he looked at Su Chen in shock. "Big Brother, this..."
This storage ring was a supreme-grade Spirit Artifact.
Inside its storage space, Spirit Veins floated like long rivers, with ethereal Spirit Qi drifting about.
There were even lumps of stone radiating a mottled metallic luster amidst the glow of the Spirit Veins.
Spirit grasses, spirit medicines, damaged Spirit Artifacts, and Dharma Treasures—it had everything.
What delighted Li Xinnian most were the two coffins wrapped in orbs of light within the storage ring, which still emanated the lingering might of Void Refining realm cultivators.
"Two years ago, I emerged from an Ancient Secret Realm. I don't know what happened in that secret realm, but a great sect had been trapped within a magical formation.
An ancient expert of the sect left behind an inscription on a stele, stating that the Heavens intended to destroy their sect, and hoping only that those who came after could borrow the strength of their sect to continue forging ahead."
Perhaps due to the many experiences Su Chen had endured during his thirty years in the secret realm, his tone carried a few more traces of world-weariness.
"Thank you, Big Brother. These things are of vital importance to the family!"
Li Xinnian was brimming with smiles. These resources were already enough to forge a space, and those two coffins were also specially made. Although the passage of time had caused the two corpses to decay, it should still be possible to try and use them through refinement. For the family, this was no different from sending charcoal in snowy weather.
Afterward, Li Xinnian, Su Chen, and Nangong Qingya discussed the family's affairs over the past thirty-odd years.
Speaking of which, the three of them were filled with deep emotion.
From strangers to acquaintances, cultivating together for many years in the Skyveil Sect, and finally becoming confidants, now, they had become a family.
Li Xinnian and Nangong Qingya were married and managed a vast family estate, while Su Chen still roamed the world.
When the topic of Liu Rusi came up again, they heard that the Liu family had been completely exterminated for refusing to submit to the Immortal Zhao Clan.
Liu Rusi herself had fallen into the hands of the Ding family and was tortured to death, while that Ding Zerui also died during the struggle for the position of heir.
Su Chen sighed repeatedly. "I suppose they got what they deserved."
"Big Brother, since you have returned, you should stay for a while longer. I will go and ask the two Ancestors to refine some Dharma Treasures and miraculous spirit elixirs for you."
Li Xinnian, however, did not wish to dwell on the matters of Liu Rusi and Ding Zerui; how could he allow such wicked people to affect his clansmen?
Beaming with a smile, he said, "Big Brother has returned at just the right time. The Precious Armor the Ancestor was refining for me is complete, but since Big Brother is away year-round, you need it more than I do."
After 20 minutes.
Su Chen wore a suit of black armor, upon the chest of which were carved several large characters: "Li Yaotie's Great-Great-Great-Grandson."
Yet, looking at these strange characters, Su Chen showed not a hint of revulsion; instead, his eyes held a bit more joy and excitement.
He had seen countless Dharma Treasures, yet this one appeared even more precious to him. He cherished it like a supreme treasure, reluctant to take it off.
"Big Brother, how is the situation in the Northern Border? That cousin of mine..."
Li Xinnian couldn't help but ask. He had heard much about the affairs of the Northern Border.
That cousin of his was a hopeless profligate scion, yet hearing of it only made him feel a sense of guilt.
Su Chen instantly let out a loud laugh.
"That kid is indeed a bit of a profligate, but while the people of Northguard City might call him bad, they cannot call him useless. Otherwise, how could that kid have survived for thirty years?
I will be teaching him in the coming years, so you have no need to worry."
"That is good, then." Li Xinnian breathed a sigh of relief.
With those words, Su Chen stood up, rubbing his hands together as he asked Li Xinnian,
"Xinnian, does this Eternal Sun Prefecture have any... cough, brothels you're familiar with? Casinos? Stone gambling arenas?"
"???"
...
[Acquired Rotting Void Refining Cultivator Corpse x2]
[Acquired a large quantity of spirit medicines, spirit ores, Spirit Artifacts, and Dharma Treasure fragments that have remained and self-grown for 180,000 years in the Ancient Secret Realm of the Mystic Dao Immortal Sect.]
[One Rank 4 Spirit Vein, six Rank 5 Spirit Veins...]
[Acquired the Mystic Dao Immortal Sect's 'Secret Stele of Dao Transmission,' containing various cultivation methods and techniques of the Mystic Dao Immortal Sect.]
"Hiss~"
As Su Chen went off to visit the pleasure quarters, Li Wei looked at the massive amount of treasures Su Chen had brought back and sucked in a sharp breath of cold air.
It was unknown just how vast the power of this Mystic Dao Immortal Sect was one hundred and eighty thousand years ago.
Most of those legacies had already been destroyed within the secret realm; the resources were all things that had grown anew within the realm's Heaven and Earth Spirit Qi.
However, from the "Secret Stele of Dao Transmission," one could see that this sect had once enjoyed a moment of brilliant glory.
[Secret Stele of Dao Transmission]
[A treasure for transmitting the Dao, recording the cultivation methods and techniques of the Mystic Dao Immortal Sect.
It contains a total of 1,888 cultivation methods and techniques above the Profound grade.
Cultivators can sit in meditation within a thousand-meter radius of the stele's inscription. The inscription can manifest illusions; those who break the illusion can obtain the cultivation methods and techniques of the Mystic Dao Immortal Sect.]
[The Secret Stele has gained sentience. Its nature is arrogant, recording only cultivation methods and techniques above the Profound grade, passed down from generation to generation.]
Among the things Su Chen brought back, this was the true heavy treasure.
Just like that "Myriad Dao Divine Bell Pagoda," it was an existence that could serve as the foundation of a major power.
Looking back at the screen.
He saw the three-meter-tall ancient stele already erected in front of the Old Tree.
A line of small text appeared above the head of Li Changsheng, who lay slumbering on the Old Tree—it was the brat muttering in dissatisfaction.
"Makes it look like I'm dead."
Li Wei raised an eyebrow. The Ancestral Hall was right beside it, and if the Heaven-Piercing Coffin were returned, it was usually placed beneath the Old Tree as well... It really did look like a grave.
The Old Tree shook its body.
A golden fruit fell from it. Li Changyao emerged from who knows where, catching the 'Primal Origin Blood Fruit' and placing it into a brocade box.
A hollow space resembling a blood groove was visible in the Old Tree's trunk; one-tenth of the stored blood had been consumed.
It was all the blood of Old Daoist Baimei and Ming Daozi, which allowed the Old Tree—which originally bore fruit once every five hundred years—to bear fruit in just about fifty years.
"Old Ancestor, the Old Tree has borne fruit again. Please distribute it, Old Ancestor!"
Li Changyao held the Blood Fruit, asking Li Wei for instructions in the Ancestral Hall.
"It can still produce nine more fruits." Li Wei thought for a moment.
Seeing the Li family's current situation, the Ancestral Spirit Tablet lit up in the game, instructing Li Changyao to send the Primal Origin Blood Fruit to Li Xinghuo, simply because that kid was also on the verge of breaking through to the Divinity Transformation realm.
Then, Li Wei looked ahead at the device absorbing the power of the Rules.
As he gathered this power of Rules using his spiritual power, black, icy-cold energy scurried wildly inside the device.
"It's done!" The corners of Li Wei's mouth turned up slightly.
He left a Divine Soul imprint and a device there to record the planet's location, then headed toward other ownerless planets.
He calculated that this planet could store, at most, three full device-loads of the power of Rules.
Their family's appetite... was huge!
Looking at the device in his hand, Li Wei raised an eyebrow slightly.
"Ice, and a pitifully small amount of Time Rules... but it's barely usable. I'll use it first, then cultivate later."
He had already decided that he would be the first to attempt this "False Void Refining."
After all, even when fighting against Void Refining experts, he was always the one charging at the very front.
He was also the family's "Foundation"—an existence that feared death the least.