Volume 1: The Decline of the Yue Family Chapter 4: Laying the Foundation
Chapter 4: Laying the Foundation After a brief moment, Yue Cheng revealed a hint of a smile. He had originally been worried that he wouldn't be able to cultivate, as his original body hadn't been able to cultivate either internal energy or magic. But unexpectedly, this physical body didn't have any rejection towards true energy. Yue Cheng already faintly felt the method of the Xuan Yuan True Classic, and a weak thread of true energy had appeared in his dantian. This was truly a sign that his cultivation had been successful.
The next morning, Yue Cheng stopped his practice and slowly opened his eyes after a night of cultivation. His eyes now had two faint wisps of spiritual light, and his overall spirit was much better.
"I didn't expect to make progress so quickly, it seems that I can enter the early stage of foundation building in just seven days." Yue Cheng muttered to himself, with a super cultivation realm, his training speed far exceeded his original expectations. Normally, it would take half a year for someone with the best talent to go from an ordinary person to the foundation building period, but he had condensed a ball of true energy in his dantian overnight, such a speed could be described as flying sword-like.
"Knock knock." A faint knocking sound came from outside the room, followed by a low voice saying, "Chen Er, are you awake?"
"Wake up, Father, you can come in." Yuxin replied softly and immediately lay down on the bed with his legs spread apart. From the sound of his voice, he already knew who it was. It seemed that he had already decided to become Yuxin himself, so naturally, he would accept everything about Yuxin. In his memories, he also knew that this father of his loved him dearly and for the sake of the entire Yu family, a man in his 40s looked like he was over 50 years old.
A gray figure slowly walked in with a creaking sound and closed the door behind, then walked to Yue Cheng's bedside.
Looking at the Yuezishan in front of him, Yue Cheng couldn't help but feel a slight stir in his heart. It was clear that in just these few days, Yuezishan seemed to have suddenly aged ten years, with white hair now appearing on both sides of his originally black hair, and his complexion also looking much paler.
"Xiao Cheng, how are you feeling now? I heard from Xin'er last night that you woke up. It was too late and I didn't come over. Are you better?" Yue Zishan looked at Yue Cheng with a mixture of relief and concern in his eyes.
"Dad, I'm fine." For a moment, Yue Cheng didn't know what to say either. Seeing the look in his father's eyes, he seemed to have returned to China thousands of years ago, when he was only four years old. His father had looked at him with this same gaze before being killed by someone. Since then, he had entered the cruel and ruthless world of cultivation, never again experiencing paternal love.
"It's all right, just don't be foolish again in the future. If anything happens to you, how can I face your deceased mother?" said Yue Zishan.
"I won't be foolish again." Yue Cheng replied softly, looking at his father, Yue Zishan, who was indeed a great father.
"It's all my fault for being useless, that's why this thing about calling off the engagement happened. Cheng Er, don't you think your father is a joke? " Yue Zi Shan suddenly looked at Yue Cheng with a hint of sadness, if only he could enter the realm of Dou Wang, none of this would have happened.
"It's not your fault, it's just that I'm useless." Yue Cheng slightly shook his head, he had already understood the whole situation. His fiancée had joined the renowned Qingyang Gate and at the age of 16, she had already entered the realm of Dou Ling. Because he couldn't cultivate Dou Qi or magic, he was basically a waste person, and with the declining status of the Yue family day by day, the other party had proposed to break off the engagement.
Listening to his son's response, Yue Zishan couldn't help but feel a few more pangs of heartache. A man being jilted by the woman was simply the greatest humiliation; if word got out, he would lose all face and be unable to show himself in public. No wonder Cheng'er had chosen this path to death.
"Don't think too much, it's good to be alive, and as long as you're alive, you'll always have opportunities." Yue Zishan looked at his son faintly, and it seemed that Cheng Er had come around.
Yue Cheng looked at Yue Zishan's appearance, wanting to say something, but couldn't open his mouth for a moment. In his heart, he secretly thought: Yue Cheng, since I already possess your body and memories, if there is an opportunity, I will definitely help you regain justice and do something for the Yue family, as a way of repaying your body, and not letting you die in vain.
Seven days later, there was a faint green mist in Yue Cheng's room. In an instant, the green mist in the room slowly entered Yue Cheng's body. Immediately afterwards, Yue Cheng let out a long breath of turbid air, and two strands of essence flashed through his eyes. The entire person's aura also underwent a subtle change in an instant.
"Finally entered the early stage of foundation building." Yue Cheng muttered, after seven days of cultivation, he finally successfully entered the early stage of foundation building, with a super strong realm to support him. Any cultivation hurdle was now just a matter of time for Yue Cheng.
"It's time to go out and take a look at this unfamiliar world." Yue Cheng got dressed and walked down from the bed, he hadn't left his room for seven days. In these few days, only Su Xiner and Feng Shu had come to visit him, bringing many delicious dishes.
"Good young master." Yue Cheng walked out of the house, some servants saw Yue Cheng and happily asked how he was doing, Yue Cheng also slightly nodded towards the crowd.
Although the Yue family has declined, they are still considered to be of some standing in Lijing Town. The Yue family's large mansion is located at the end of Lijing Town and currently has around 30-40 people living there, not including servants. However, many members of the Yue family are no longer living with the family. Most of the younger generation have left to make their own way in the world. For example, Yue Cheng's two older brothers left home at the age of 15 to venture out into the world and it has already been seven or eight years since then.
Yue's family still had one of Yue Cheng's uncles and aunts, the others were all second-generation members of the Yue family. Most of the second-generation members of the Yue family, like Yue Cheng, were out making their own way in the world, while those who remained were helping to manage the Yue family business.
Yue Cheng slowly walked through the Yue family's large mansion, which looked still quite impressive. With nearly a hundred rooms alone, plus ancestral halls and other buildings, it took Yue Cheng half a day to walk through everything once.
"I'll go take a look and see if I can find materials for alchemy and artifact refinement here." Yue Cheng muttered to himself, not knowing if the Xuantian Continent had the materials he needed to refine pills and artifacts. If they didn't, it would be a big hassle, and his cultivation would definitely suffer greatly.
After a moment's thought, Yue Cheng didn't hesitate any longer and hurriedly went to the Yue family's store to take a look. From his memory, Yue Cheng knew that the Yue family had some stores that sold medicinal materials and weapons, but he didn't know if these materials would be suitable for him to use.
"Brother-in-law, where are you going?" Yu Cheng had just walked to the entrance of the Yu family's mansion when Su Xiner's voice came from behind him and immediately appeared in front of him.
Today, Su Xin'er wore a cyan long dress, with a head of black hair combed high into a bun at the back of her head, big eyes and small mouth, a pair of soft breasts stood out like mountains in front of her chest, her slender waist was not enough to grasp, her buttocks were round and firm, a pair of jade-like legs were long and slender, looking very feminine.
