Chapter 49: Home, Ancient Home

  The sixty-one people of Xin Xue Mountain Villa all went home on vacation three days after the year-end assessment.

  Guo Chao returned home with a horse he had bought.

  About home, also known as old house, Gu Chao also has some memories.

  The rise of the Gu family should be attributed to Gu Chao's father's generation.

  The father of Gu Chao had three brothers in his generation, and coincidentally all three brothers had a talent for doing business.

  Gu Chao's father was the eldest, Gu Fangde, who ran a wine and fabric business. These two businesses grew bigger and bigger, eventually dominating the entire county town.

  Gu Chao's second uncle was named Gu Fangzhi. Gu Fangzhi ran a rice shop and a water delivery business, both of which dominated the entire county town.

  Gu Chao's third uncle was named Gu Fangti. Gu Fangti was in the ceramics business, and his influence covered the entire county's ceramics industry.

  These three together are called the "Three Ancients of Taofang County".

  In Taofang County, a county with tens of thousands of people, the three ancients of Taofang County are well-known to everyone.

  These three are quite shrewd in business, and by the time they were over twenty, they had already done business all over the county. People who know how to do business naturally want to expand their business, and with their commercial acumen, it would not be difficult for them to expand their business to other counties and even the provincial capital.

  However, from their 20s to now in their 40s, their business has been limited to Taofang County and has not made any progress.

  Why is that?

  In the early years, Gu Fang De, Gu Fang Zhi and Gu Fang Ti were all very puzzled.

  But after several years, they understood why their business couldn't expand.

  It's actually very simple.

  In this world, martial arts reign supreme.

  The four words "Wu Dao Cheng Zun" are not just mere talk.

  In this world, everything revolves around martial arts.

  What? You think being a civil officer in this world is enough? Sorry, but the political system of this world is actually supported by martial artists behind the scenes.

  What, you want to develop business, what power is behind your back? Is it a Bronze-level door? Or the Black Iron World? Or an ordinary family, or a lower-ranking family? Have these been clarified?

  What? You want to come and do business in a clean environment, you're dreaming, the world revolves around martial arts, you want to make your business big without martial arts skills? This batch of goods needs to be transported out, I have skilled martial artists, they'll just rob your goods, what can you do about it?

  Wealth and honor then martial prowess.

  The rich, having become wealthy to a certain extent, will then want to transform into a martial arts family.

  Ko Fung Tak, Ko Fung Chi and Ko Fung Tai, the three brothers, were originally very intelligent people. After realizing this point, it was impossible for them to become martial artists, after all, they were already old. So the three brothers made a decision at the same time, that is, to keep having children.

  That's right, create people, create people again and again.

  These three brothers, each had over ten children, and together they had more than forty. After having so many children, there was only one thing to do: send them to various major sects as outer disciples, letting them learn martial arts and become stronger.

  These three brothers themselves cannot become stronger, so they pinned their hopes on the next generation instead.

  And they did it, and amazingly succeeded.

  Among the descendants of his three brothers, as far as Gu Chao knows now, there are sixteen people who have successfully joined the sect. Of course, among these sixteen people, most of them joined the Bronze and Golden levels of the sect. It seems that only one person has joined the Golden level, which is his own younger sister, Gu Momo, who is one year younger than him.

  Gu Mengmeng, also known as Little Genius.

  This is a true martial arts prodigy.

  Those who can be called martial arts prodigies all have the strength to enter a Golden Level sect. Mu Rong Ying actually also had the qualifications to enter a Golden Level sect, it's just that at the time he himself chose the Tai Shan Sect.

  Gu Momo joined the Golden Level Sect, which was the Yue Nu Jian Zong within the Golden Level Sects. She became an outer disciple of the Yue Nu Jian Zong. This also made her the most successful among the sixteen people from Gu's family who entered the sects. The Yue Nu Jian Zong was a sect that moved to the Da Qi Empire at the time when the Yue State was destroyed thousands of years ago. The entire sect consisted only of women, and they were skilled in using swords.

  And Gu Chao was one of the least noticeable people in the Gu family.

  Later successfully joined the Taishan Sect and became an outer disciple of the White Silver Level sect, Taishan Sect, which made him slightly more noticeable.

  ……

  "Drive!"

  "Drive!" Gu Chao urged his horse on for a day and a bit more, finally arriving at Taofang County.

  Taofang County is not big, with about 20,000 people living in the county town and another 20,000 or so in the surrounding towns. Next to Taofang County there are city walls of about three meters high. Gu Chao had never seen such an ancient and elegant ancient county town before. The county town was not large, with only two streets, like a crossroads with only two roads, and the center of the county town was at the intersection of the two roads. At the same time, the Gu family was also located in the very center of the county town.

  Gǔ Chāo got off the horse. In the county town, it's best not to ride a horse while walking around, but this horse was too fierce and Gǔ Chāo was also riding for the first time in his life, so he wasn't skilled enough and almost collided with others. As he walked on the road leading the horse, looking at the ancient and elegant county town on both sides, Gǔ Chāo felt enlightened.

  After walking for a while, the county town was not big and soon arrived at the center.

  There is an enormous ancient mansion there.

  The old mansion was also divided into three sections. The middle section was Gu Fangde's residence and also the residence of Gu Chao's father.

  "Super Young Master is back on vacation." When Gu Chao led the horse over, the butler happened to arrive and chuckled: "This young master has grown taller and more robust in the past half year at Mount Tai Sect." Gu Fangde had over a dozen children, and Butler Wang used to dare ignore this Super Young Master.

  But now Chao Xiaoye is an outer disciple of the Tai Shan Sect, he doesn't dare offend him.

  And now Gu Chao is completely different from the one seven months ago.

  Seven months ago, Gu Chao was thin and weak, without a hint of spirit, looking very frail.

  Nowadays Gu Chao's whole body is sturdy and strong, and one can faintly feel a burst of muscle power, and he has a spirited and lively spirit.

  After entering the ancient mansion, Gu Chao saw his cheap father, Gu Fangde, in this life. Gu Fangde was a slightly fat old man, about fifty years old. At the same time, he also saw his mother in this life. His mother in this life was one of Gu Fangde's concubines and was called Third Madam. The status of the third madam was not high originally, but after Gu Chao became an outer disciple of the Mount Tai Sect, the status of the third madam became very high.

  Gu Chao saw his parents in this life, without any excitement.

  They were never really their own parents, just the parents of this body from a past life, without any emotional connection, how could they be excited.

  At the same time, Gu Chao also saw a very beautiful little girl.

  This little girl has a head of slightly reddish hair, an extremely cute face, and is wearing a ponytail, giving off a refreshing feeling. She's wearing a white martial arts uniform, with a sweet yet heroic aura about her. In terms of beauty, she wouldn't lose to Liu Ya at all, and might even surpass the tenth most beautiful woman of the Tai Shan sect's outer gate, Liu Ya.

  But this sweet and elegant little girl has a bit of arrogance.

  This one is none other than her own sister from the same father but different mother, Gu Mengmeng, who had also joined the Golden Level sect, Yue Nu Jian Zong.

  Gu Chao clearly felt Gu Momo's arrogance, even though it was their first encounter. She was a very pretty and promising young girl with an extremely arrogant attitude.

  This is home for this life of mine.

  There is a father, there is a mother, and there are younger sisters.

  Gu Chao didn't know why, but he felt a little sentimental.

  Home! A haven!

  The home of past life was warm and cozy, but this life's home is unknown how it will be.

  The second update is sent out, there are only two updates today. If it's not updated by 12 o'clock tonight, I'll try to do three updates tomorrow.