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Chapter 86: Medicine

"Father!" Standing in front of Su Keji, Su Qian excitedly said, "Your son is back."

"Good, good, good!" Su Keji circled his son three times. Evidently, he was extremely excited in his heart.

He pounded his son's chest and said, "Your Dan Sea is lustrous and you have a slight killing aura. It seems like you have exceeded just entering Qi Drawing – you were even able to build up a bit of a killing aura."

Su Qian excitedly replied, "Father, your son killed 308 demonic illusions in the Treasure Light Monastery, and I died twenty-six times. I have experienced bloody battle after bloody battle, and I am no longer the Su Qian from the past."

Su Keji nodded his head. "Very good. Back then, because your grandfather just so happened to help someone from the Treasure Light Monastery, he received a promise that we could petition to use their Treasure Light Illusion Realm. For this, I have used all of the share that the Su Clan had," said Su Keji sincerely as he grabbed Su Qian's hand.

Su Qian was extremely moved in his heart. "Father paid too much of a price for me."

"As long as you become a genius, anything is worth it." Su Keji gently smiled.

Even though he wasn't a good person, he was definitely a good father.

Of course, ignoring all of this, it was not just to win against Su Chen during the end-of-year competition. More importantly, it was for the Hidden Dragon battle.

The old head had said that as long as Su Qian could enter the Hidden Dragon Institute, then he could pay for the cost of using the Treasure Light Illusion Realm. But if he was unable to get in, wasting a valuable resource of the Su Clan, then Su Keji would need to give up all the shares that he owned in the Su Clan and bear the burden himself.

From a certain standpoint, Su Changche and Su Cheng'an were all the same kind of person. Did they love their sons and daughters? Yes.

However, they loved outstanding sons and daughters more, ones that had value investing in.

In fact, this was unavoidable. As long as one held any expectations for their sons or daughters, this would be present. The only question was... how much?

Many things were dependent on a scale rather than black or white.

In the hearts of the first and second generations, these expectations were evidently too high. This was why Su Chen was being suppressed and why Su Keji could suppress him.

Treasure Light was an extremely powerful Origin Formation Master and was skilled in illusion techniques. However, his illusions were different from Li in that they didn't focus on deception. Rather, he created illusions to pass on inheritences and train his descendents. Su Qian's soul had entered the Treasure Light Illusion Realm and battled many demonic illusions. Not only could this increase his battle experience and allow him to personally experience death, he could build a killing aura through battle and obtain an Origin Skill that used killing aura to protect the body. At the same time, he could strengthen his own soul. That place was indeed a treasure. However, because of this, the price to enter was very high. If it weren't for the fact that Su Changche had helped Treasure Light once in the past, he would not have obtained this opportunity.

Now, this opportunity had been given to Su Qian.

Su Qian, who had experienced ten days of the Treasure Light Illusion Realm, had a completely different aura now, giving people a sense that he had grown very much.

At this moment, Su Qian said excitedly, "Father, don't worry. This time I will definitely give Su Chen something to look at."

Su Keji laughed loudly, "I didn't spend so much energy just so you could teach Su Chen a lesson. A single Su Chen doesn't count for much in my arrangements. Right now, focus all your efforts on increasing your own strength."

As Su Keji spoke, he retrieved a box, taking out a bottle of pills form it. "This bottle contains the Origin Energy Medicine. I bought it specifically for you. With this, your cultivation base will once again increase, and the Origin Energy in your body will increase. Cultivating Origin Skills will also become easier. In the remaining half of the year, continue to refine and train yourself. However, this is a new kind of medicine and will probably take a few days to go into effect after you ingest it. I estimate that it won't be very useful for the end-of-year competition anymore. But no worries, I have this..."

Su Qian followed Su Keji's finger to a vial sitting near the side. The four words written on the side caused his heart to jump. "This is..."

"Naturally, this is what I have prepared for Su Chen," Su Keji coldly harrumphed.

Su Qian hurriedly said, "But father, I am no longer afraid of him. Is there a need to do this?"

"Shut your mouth! What do you know?" Su Keji angrily said. "Do you really believe that Su Chen was able to return safely from the Scarlet Mountain Range twice just because of luck?"

Su Qian was startled. Su Keji continued, "If I'm not wrong, he must have become an Origin Qi Scholar a long time ago."

"How is this possible?" Su Qian was greatly shocked.

"Why would it be impossible? Don't forget that because of that idiotic Yan Wushuang, Su Chen was able to recover his mother's four businesses. These four businesses in his hands are no longer like before, where everything needs to enter the palace. Just a while ago, there was news that those four businesses had simultaneously lost some money and were hard pressed for funds. Where do you think that money went?"

Su Qian realized. "Could he have gone to buy Origin Energy Medicines?"

"More accurately, he bought them first, and then I realized it, so I copied his footsteps." Su Keji patted his son's shoulder and said sincerely, "Son, your opponent is tricky. Don't underestimated him! Now Su Chen is most likely in the Qi Drawing Realm, even though he is keeping it hidden. Naturally, his goal is to shock everyone during the end-of-year competition and suppress you. But since I know his background, how could I give him this opportunity? Now, you are also a Qi Drawing Realm cultivator, but you were likely a few months slower than him. Regardless of Origin Skills or cultivation base, he should be higher than you. Even if you drink this Origin Energy Medicine, the battle between the two of you should be fifty-fifty. I do not have complete confidence that you will be able to beat him."

When Su Qian heard this, he was speechless.

So his father had done so much for him only to pull the distance between the two of them even?

Su Qian shook his head and said, "Your son is useless."

Su Keji shook his head and said, "That isn't your fault. These years, we all looked down on him, giving him an opportunity to grow. However, this time I will not underestimate him anymore. This bottle of Black Anesthesia was prepared by me for him. With this, he will no longer be any trouble to us in the future."

Su Qian hesitated for a moment. He looked at the medicine vial and said, "Father, is it really right to do this?"

Su Keji was expressionless. "If you want to achieve great things, you cannot be too soft-hearted. Drink it."

Su Qian strongly inhaled a breath, finally making his decision.

He tilted his head back, drinking the entire bottle of Origin Energy Medicine.

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Just before nightfall, Su Chen was still sitting in the courtyard.

He was holding a handful of beans, as if he were thinking about something.

Suddenly, the sound of wings flapping appeared in the air.

Su Chen didn't turn around. He flicked his wrist, and a black bean flow out. A bird fell from the sky.

"Young Master is truly a master." At this moment, Jianxin had entered the yard. Upon seeing this scene, he excitedly ran over, picking up the bird and saying, "Its wings are broken."

"Keep it in the cage. When its wounds have healed, we can let it go."

"I don't think that will do. It already fell to its death, so we should use it to make a stew," Jianxin happily said as he twisted the bird's neck, killing it.

"Is that so. What a pity. Jianxin, go pour me a cup of tea."

"Okay," Jianxin agreed as he walked towards the stone table.

A tea set was placed on the courtyard's stone table.

Jianxin first looked around, making sure there was no one there, then pulled out a medicinal vial, dumping its contents into the teapot. Next, he poured out a cup and handed it to Su Chen, saying, "Young Master, please drink the tea."

"Mm," Su Chen replied and received the tea, gently taking a sip.

The thick sense of Origin Energy poured into his body.

"Good tea!" Su Chen gently smiled, gulping down the tea in the cup.

Jianxin watched him with a cold gaze, the corner of his mouth quirking upwards in a dark laugh.

Upon putting down the teacup, Su Chen said, "That's right, I heard that Su Qian just returned?"

"Yes, Second Young Master returned this morning," Jianxin replied.

Su Chen replied, "No matter what, he is still my second eldest brother. Help me find a gift from inside the room as a token of my kind intentions."

Jianxin darkly laughed, "When Fourth Young Master beat up Second Young Master, why didn't you say that?"

Su Chen knitted his eyebrows. "If I tell you to go, go. Where did all these words come from? Do you think I won't beat you?"

Jianxin slouched over, leaving unwillingly.

As he watched Jianxin disappear, Su Chen suddenly said, "Iron Cliff."

A large figure appeared from the nearby small forest.

"This damned person!" Iron Cliff angrily said. His eyes burned with a fiery range, which seemed like they could incinerate something at any point.

"Don't be in a hurry. One must be patient," Su Chen said leisurely. "It's not the time yet."

As he spoke, he lifted the teapot on the table. "Drink it."

"For me?" Iron Cliff was shocked.

He had clearly seen what Jianxin had poured inside.

This was Origin Energy Medicine!

Su Chen replied, "I don't need this thing. Right now, you are in the eighth layer of Body Tempering. Once you drink this you should reach the peak of the ninth layer. If you put some effort in, I trust that it won't be long before you successfully enter the Qi Drawing Realm.

"Master!" Iron Cliff said, moved.

Su Chen used an indifferent tone to express his attention. "You don't need to be this moved. I am just hoping that in the future I will have a good underling, is all."

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Chapter 87: Betting Game

The day of the great competition had finally arrived.

As usual, they began by testing one's cultivation base as everyone happily talked and laughed. They were testing whose clan's sons and grandsons had made the most progress and put in the most work in the past year.

However, this year's testing method was somewhat different from previous years.

Only the top three would be decided by cultivation base. The remaining places would need to fight to determine their placing.

Everyone always said that the test was not child's play.

However, in reality, when the test was not beneficial for those in power, it could become child's play.

The end-of-year competition changed every year.

Su Chen had also witnessed it.

If he still harbored some hope towards the system, his clan, or his loved ones, then he would have lost it completely by now.

The old beggar was absolutely correct.

The pair of eyes that he had given Su Chen had not only allowed him to see more, but had also allowed him to see the world's true appearance.

Just like Su Keji no longer cared for this last Verdant Wood Essence, Su Chen did not care for it either at this point.

But not caring did not mean that he would give up.

Both Su Chen and Su Keji were actually fighting for their pride.

On the Star Origin Stone, the first Su Clan disciple had already begun the test/

Those stars that lit up indicated their effort in the past year, and affected the hearts of many of those who paid close attention.

According to the rules, the person with the best results would go last. As the previous champion, Su Chen idly sat on his own seat, listening to the elders report out the numbers.

From time to time, there would be an uproar from the crowd. Evidently, some Young Master had performed beyond expectations of him.

"It seems as if this year's battle is much more fierce," someone said from behind Su Chen.

Without turning his head around, Su Chen knew who it was.

His face revealed a slight smile. "Of course. Even our Twelfth Junior Sister has reached the seventh layer of Body Tempering. How could others dare to slack off."

A young girl appeared near Su Chen's side. "Fourth Senior Brother, are you looking down on me? Reaching the seventh layer is incredible? I am still far from you, Second Brother, and the others."

The young girl was extremely beautiful. She wore a flowered robe embroidered with peonies, and her shoes were lined with gold gilding. Her hair was tied up in a bun, and a jade ornament was stuck through it. When she walked, it seemed as if she did not shake at all.

She was called Su Ling'er. If Su Chen was the first of the Su Clan's third generation, then Su Ling'er was the Su Clan's number one female of the third generation.

Although her face was very cute, Su Ling'er's personality was quite intelligent for her age.

At this moment, Su Chen said, "You are still only fourteen years old. I was only at that point when I was fourteen."

Su Ling'er replied, "Fourth Senior Brother, don't lead me on. That was just because you didn't receive the clan's support. Ever since you lost your sight, what resources have you obtained apart from every year's competition?"

Su Chen smiled. "There's no need to be so serious about some things."

"You are quite open-minded."

"Regardless, right now the number one of the clan's third generation... is still me."

Su Ling'er remained quiet for a moment, then shrugged her shoulders. "That's true. You still haven't reached the point where I need to comfort you or fight for your injustice. Perhaps this is also why I don't like being with you. There's too much pressure when I'm around you. Look at how good Brother Xing is; even though he's older than me, his cultivation base isn't higher, and I can beat him up if I want to. Now, he obeys me completely, and whatever I tell him to do he will do. As for you, even though you're a blind person, and we should all take care of you, what's the truth? The truth is that you're stronger than all of us, meaning that you can beat all of us even if your eyes were closed. This kind of feeling is too frustrating."

Su Ling'er's words reflected the thoughts of many peoples' hearts.

This was why many people in the Su Clan didn't like him. His existence only manifested the inability of others.

Su Ling'er was a good girl, but this didn't mean that she had to empathize, like, or help Su Chen... There was nothing that she could help him with anyways.

Thus, she could only stay far away from him. At most she would occasionally greet him just like now and leave after conversing a bit.

They were not enemies, yet they were not friends.

The two of them were destined to walk two different kinds of roads and would not have many interactions.

After saying this, Su Ling'er turn around and walked away – her greetings had finished, and she was going to do her own things and walk her own path.

Before the Star Origin Stone, one Su Clan disciple after another retreated after displaying their cultivation base.

There were less and less people, but the ones remaining were all stronger and stronger.

Su Tong was the third to last person to step onto the stage.

He had placed third in the previous competition. When he placed his hand on the Star Origin Stone, the white starlight dazzled everyone's eyes.

"Whoa!" The entire crowd let out a gasp of surprise.

Peak of Body Tempering.

Compared to Su Tong's previous improvements, this was truly a surprising result.

Every person had been working hard, and in the last moments everyone was sprinting forwards.

Su Tong excitedly waved his fists in the air and got off the stage. His face was filled with confidence.

However, when Su Qian stepped onto the stage, the yellow light rendered everyone speechless.

"Old Second has a good son," the Second Elder Su Changqing praised.

Su Keji laughed as he replied, "What a shame that a great talent emerges slowly. If this had happened a little earlier, then we wouldn't have had to give up on those... resources."

His words contained a hidden meaning.

Su Cheng'an's face was steely, and Su Feihu couldn't resist speaking out. "Bullshit, 'a great talent emerges slowly'. The Treasure Light Illusion Realm isn't a resource? Don't think that we don't know what you did for Su Qian. In these years, which child received less resources than Su Chen? All you do all day is scheme for such a tiny amount of Verdant Wood Essence, how embarrassing!"

Su Keji's face sank. "Old Third, what is with that tone?"

Su Feihu was about to retaliate when Su Changche's expression stiffened. "Enough."

Everyone fell into silence.

Su Changche said, "Su Chen is a good child. However, no matter how outstanding he is, he is still blind and isn't suitable to be fostered; I recognize this. However, what Su Feihu said is also correct. If you don't have the ability to win, don't keep thinking about such small things. It's just a few bottles of Verdant Wood Essence; is that really worth it?"

As he spoke, his tone had become angry even though he did not display it.

Everyone else blushed with shame and stopped arguing.

At this moment, another bright yellow light shown.

Once again, a collective gasp of surprise was heard. Countless people were once again shocked.

This time, it was Su Chen's hand that was placed on the Star Origin Stone.

"As expected, he is already an Origin Qi Scholar." Su Changche was not surprised at all.

Not only him, even Su Changsheng, Su Changqing, Su Maodong, and Su Meixi, the Su clan's four elders, all wore tranquil and calm expressions. Evidently, it hadn't been just Su Keji who had guessed that Su Chen's strength had increased. However, when Su Cheng'an saw this scene, he was instantly rooted in place.

He had not expected that his son was already an official Origin Qi Scholar.

Apart from the end-of-year competition, he had no resources to help him, yet he had actually reached this stage!

"In the end, the battle still determines victory," Su Changqing coldly stated with hatred as he gazed at Su Chen.

"He might not lose in battle," Su Feihu countered coldly. These words were too filled with hatred, and everyone stared at him.

Su Changqing gritted his teeth and said, "Su Chen must lose this time."

"Hm?" Su Feihu laughed, "Since Second Senior Brother has so much self confidence, should we make a bet?"

"How will we bet?" Su Keji asked.

Su Feihu laughed. "Second Senior Brother's shares are all with father. If we were to bet, he probably wouldn't be able to offer much. If Su Chen loses, I will give you five thousand Origin Stones. If Su Chen wins, I don't need you to pay me as long as you crawl a circle around this stage. How does that sound?"

Su Keji's expression sank. "You have quite a bit of faith in him."

"I just have no faith in Su Qian, is all." Su Feihu curled his lips. "Trash will always be trash. How could he possibly win against a dragon among men."

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Chapter 88: Letter

When Su Chen finished his test, everyone sighed.

A result of twenty-three Yellow Stars was enough to blind large numbers of people.

This was already the second layer of Qi Drawing!

Two Origin Qi Scholars were more than enough to significantly increase interest in this year's end-of-year competition. At the same time, all of the suspense rested on Su Chen's and Su Qian's shoulders/

As for Su Tong, he could only helplessly give up this competition. In the end, the Su Clan's reforms seemed like a farce. After going back and forth, they had in the end returned to the original setup.

Standing on the battle stage, Su Qian watched Su Chen as he said darkly, "Father was correct. You indeed became an Origin Qi Scholar a long time ago. This must be the reason why you dared enter the Scarlet Mountain Range, right?"

"If you want to understand it like that, that's fine," Su Chen indifferently replied.

"So what if you are in the second layer of Qi Drawing? In order to hide this fact, you have only been focusing on raising your cultivation base instead of practicing your Origin Skills. This method neglects the fundamentals and focuses on the details. Without Origin Skills, it's useless just having the cultivation base of an Origin Qi Scholar!" Su Qian cursed.

It wasn't his fault for thinking this. If Su Chen wanted to learn Origin Skills, he definitely needed to obtain them from the Su Clan. However, until today, the Su Clan did not have any records that Su Chen had requested any Origin Skills.

In other words, he believed that Su Chen did not control any Origin Skills.

In order to conceal his strength, he hadn't learned any Origin Skills. This truly was somewhat idiotic, which was why Su Qian would say this to him.

Unlike Su Chen, his time in battle in the Treasure Light Illusion Realm was just like learning a kind of Origin Skill.

This was why Su Keji was so self-confident in his bet with Su Feihu.

For the same reason, standing in front of Su Chen, Su Qian was unspeakably confident.

At this moment, his entire figure shook. His body suddenly released a majestic aura.

This aura seemed to be physical and began to spread, actually causing the nearby people to feel a vicious, demonic Qi.

Su Qian laughed. "See, this is my Illusory Demonic Killing Aura. It is formed from my killing of three hundred and eight demonic illusions in the first level of the Treasure Light Illusion Realm. I prepared this gift specifically for you!"

As he spoke, he struck out with his arm.

Illusory Demonic Killing Aura was a quite exceptional Origin Skill. In terms of quality, it was higher than any of the ones that Su Chen had learned.

As soon as this killing aura was activated, it could stick to one's body and serve as a shield and had a slight attacking power as well. It could also be added to weapons and body parts, greatly increasing their strength. If one cultivated them to a high level, a strong killing wind could arise just from raising one's hands. The wind would appear to be sweeping across everything under the son. Its power was many times stronger than the fireball.

Of course, Su Qian had not reached this stage yet, but this didn't stop him from being extremely satisfied with his Illusory Demonic Killing Aura.

The killing intent wrapped itself around Su Qian's arm, looking like a thin black snake had wrapped itself around his arm countless times. It slammed down towards Su Chen.

Upon seeing him attack, Su Chen sighed, "Perhaps you were waiting for this day the entire time, but I never once viewed you as my opponent."

He closed his eyes, clasping his hands, then stepped backwards. This step was like smoke, and he dodged Su Qian's attack.

Su Qian's attack had failed, and he attacked multiple times. Su Chen did not counterattack, instead dodging left and right. If he couldn't dodge it, he would use his arms to resist the attacks. He only defended and didn't attack. Moreover, he had not opened his eyes from start to finish.

If it were anyone else, they would have reckoned that Su Chen was humiliating them, but Su Qian did not know that Su Chen had regained his sight and would not think this way. He only focused on sending out attack after attack.

On the battle stage, two people moved and shifted about, coming and going instantly like the wind.

Su Qian's attacks were like a tigers, but he couldn't land a blow on Su Chen. His strength and force could not be displayed, and he couldn't do anything about it.

The spectators below were all extremely anxious. Occasionally, Su Qian's fist would just brush past Su Chen, and everyone would gasp in surprise.

There were some who thought it a great pity, there were some who sighed and rejoiced, and even more there were those who yelled loudly because of the commotion. Everyone's thoughts were different.

However, everyone simultaneously began to realize that Su Qian's speed had seemingly slowed down significantly.

For some unknown reason, every time Su Qian struck out, the gap between his strikes seemingly increased. To put it euphemistically, his strikes had become more stable, but negatively speaking some said that his attacks only had strength but no speed. No wonder Su Chen, who was blind, could dodge them simply by listening to the wind.

Jianxin's face was extremely confused. Supposedly, Su Chen should have drank the Black Anesthesia, and it should have been his speed that slowed down. So why was it that Su Chen did not seem like he had drunk the Black Anesthesia, while Su Qian looked like he had become slow-witted?

Just as he was experiencing doubt, someone tapped his shoulder from behind.

He turned around and saw that it was Iron Cliff.

Iron Cliff took out a piece of paper and handed it to Jianxin. "A letter from the Young Master to you."

"Young Master? Fourth Young Master?" Jianxin looked distracted.

Iron Cliff darkly laughed, "Yes, you'll understand once you take a look."

Jianxin suspiciously looked at the letter in his hand.

"Jianxin, when you see this letter, I should be battling Su Qian on the stage. The outcome of this battle will be outside of your expectations, because Su Qian will lose. Take a closer look at Su Qian. Doesn't it seem like his movements are somewhat slow? Slow enough that I can dodge and react to them just by listening to the wind? Do you know why this is? Because the bottle of Black Anesthesia that should have been in my stomach ended up in Su Qian's stomach."

"Are you shocked? Have you started trembling? Then you need to buckle up and don't let your legs go soft; even more, don't fall over, otherwise you will attract attention to yourself. Trust me, that will not have any benefit for you. Do you know why? Because I was the one that exchanged the medicines, long before Zhang Song delivered them. However, this isn't the most exciting part. My Second Uncle should discover very soon that the Black Anesthesia that I should have ingested was actually drunk by his own son. He will definitely begin to wonder what happened, and he will guess as to who could have done this."

"Do you know who will be the most suspicious? You!"

"Do you remember when I took you to Second Uncle's place and asked you to help me find my fan? That was precisely when Zhang Song returned with the medicine. That is also to say that when Second Uncle received the medicine, you were right there with him. Do you know what this implies? It implies that you might have seen where my Second Uncle hid the medicines and then switched them out. And when you gave me the medicine, I sent you to Second Uncle's place one more time. That visit could very well have been an opportunity for you to execute your plan!"

"Of course, you and I both know that you wouldn't do that. You could not have possibly tricked my Second Uncle and secretly observed where he stored the medicine. You also could not have possibly tricked all of those people in his residence and exchanged the medicine. But why does that matter? As long as my Second Uncle knows that you are the most likely person to have done it, that's enough. He will believe that you were pretending to ally yourself with him, but that you double-crossed him just as he was planning on using you. You didn't give the medicine to me, instead secretly switching them to harm his son. As for whether or not this actually happened, or whether or not there are any doubts, he will not care about any of that. I understand him; people like him will definitely find a scapegoat given the price that he paid and the today's outcome."

"Unfortunately, you will be that scapegoat. He will believe that it was you that did everything! It was you that harmed him!"

"Thus, I will give you one last piece of advice. You better start running. The farther you run, the better; don't get caught by my Second Uncle. Trust me, he won't listen to your explanation. If he catches you, he will personally flay you alive, then slowly roast you to death on a spit. Because of our relationship as master and servant, I will leave you with this last piece of advice."

"Goodbye. Signed, your Fourth Young Master, Su Chen."

"Fourth... Fourth Young Master..." The hand that Jianxin used to hold the letter furiously shook.

"Finished?" Iron Cliff darkly laughed.

Jianxin looked at Iron Cliff hopelessly.

Iron Cliff understood this gaze. He grabbed the letter and tore it into pieces, then shoved it into his mouth and ate it.

What he ate was the letter, but his expression was ferocious like he was eating a person. As he ate, he let out strange, low howls.

Upon hearing this laughter, Su Chen glanced in Iron Cliff's direction. Upon seeing that scene, he gently smiled, then closed his eyes and continued.

Iron Cliff stopped laughing.

He leaned into Jianxin's ear and quietly said, "Master said that thirty breaths after I let out this signal, he will finish off Su Qian. You can choose to stay here and watch Su Qian's downfall, or you can run now... there are still twenty-five breaths."

Jianxin loudly yelled, then turned around and ran.

No one paid attention to him. Everyone was focused on the battle, and even Su Keji himself was fixedly staring at the stage.

However, as he gazed at Su Chen's highly skilled movements, a sense of unease began to surface in his heart and grew increasingly strong.

Finally.

Su Chen opened his eyes.

He watched Su Qian and said in a low voice, "Are you done?"

"What?" Su Qian was shocked.

"If you're done, then take one of my blows," Su Chen said leisurely.

A palm strike flew out.

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Chapter 89: Situation

The palm slashed out like a blade, stabbing towards Su Qian's neck with an ominous ringing.

Su Qian had clearly seen this attack, but he simply could not react to it to dodge in time.

Bang!

Su Chen's palm chopped down onto Su Qian's neck.

Everyone saw that Su Chen had only struck out once and Su Qian had already been hit. Su Qian stared at Su Chen in disbelief, as if he was shocked to find that he had somehow been hit. Then, his eyes rolled into the back of his head and he fell over.

He fell cleanly and gracefully to the ground.

This time, Su Chen did not fiercely beat him again.

"NO!" Su Keji was unable to hold back and began to stand up and yell loudly, "Qian'er, get back up!"

He could not accept that Su Qian had been defeated, and what more that his defeat had been so simple.

Su Qian had looked like a child being teased by adults, and after that child had been played with enough he had been tossed aside.

Su Chen had not fiercely beaten Su Qian, but he had given Su Qian's soul a heavy blow. His blow had seemed like it was child's play to him, completely crushing Su Qian's self-confidence!

Su Keji definitely could not accept this. He let out crazy yells, "Qian'er, get up, keep fighting!"

Su Qian seemed to have heard this, and he strove to stand up unsteadily.

Su Chen sighed, then grabbed Su Qian's shoulder and held him steady. He said in a low tone, "You asked for it."

Boom!

Another fist landed on Su Qian's face.

Su Qian flew into the air, before crashing into the ground below the stage.

This time, he would not get up no matter how Su Keji yelled.

It was all over.

Su Keji's heart froze. He sat on the ground, paralyzed.

Not only him, all of the other spectators were also speechless.

Su Qian's loss here basically meant that he had lost Su Keji's entire fortune.

The defeat of the clan's Second Elder here was equivalent to him giving up any inheritance that he would have passed on in the Su Clan. He had lost his entire future.

The winner was king, while the loser was wrong. At that moment, even Su Changche found it difficult to keep watching. He said, "Feihu, your Second Senior Brother right now seems as if he is in great pain. I think..."

Su Feihu replied, "Your son understands. Just forget about the bet that we made earlier."

"No, I'll crawl!" At this point, Su Keji suddenly spoke up.

Everyone was stunned.

Su Keji walked step by step off of the spectator's platform.

He arrived near the stage, knelt down on all fours, then began to crawl.

Everyone was dazed when they saw this. Even Su Chen was slightly startled.

Su Keji began to say loudly, "I, Su Keji, made a bet and I lost! From today onwards, I give up all of my inheritance in the Su Clan, and I will crawl once around the stage. Everyone in the Su Clan can be my witness!"

As he yelled, he began to crawl, and he continued to yell as he crawled.

Everyone continued to watch him crawl, dazed and speechless.

If there were people who were off-put by Su Keji's aggressiveness, then in this moment their attitudes had become closer to respect and sympathy.

In that instant, even Su Feihu felt somewhat unsettled.

Only Su Chen thought that this was somewhat amusing. He said to himself, "As someone who lost, it was best for him to adopt an utterly fearless attitude, using an attitude of pursuing death to rip open any wounds. That way, he could appear heroic and gain the sympathy of others, giving him a lifeline out of the predicament he was in. Is this his tactic?"

His good Second Uncle truly had some of his own methods.

However, he naturally could not allow his uncle to continue with this farce.

He suddenly said, "Jianxin, help me down."

Although his voice was not loud, it was quite penetrating.

Su Keji's figure stopped.

Jianxin!?

Su Chen continued to yell, "Jianxin! Jianxin? Where did you go?"

Every yell pierced Su Keji's heart like a sharp needle.

Someone replied, "I think that I saw him run away a while ago."

"NOO!" Su Keji suddenly howled.

He could not contain the rage in his heart, and he charged out.

Su Chen smiled faintly as he watched Su Keji's disappearing back.

He said to Su Changche, "Patriarch, there is still half a lap remaining. Let's just forget about it."

Su Changche: "..."

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Su Keji returned three days later.

When he returned, his body was drenched with fresh blood.

No one asked him where this blood came from even though Iron Cliff was very curious as to what fate Jianxin had encountered. Unfortunately, it was likely that he would never know the answer.

The night that Su Keji returned, a body was released from the Virtuous Gift Residence.

It was Elder Tong.

From that night onwards, Su Keji lived a secluded life in the Su Clan, never appearing again.

He relinquished control of all his businesses in the Su Clan, and gave up on any dreams of jockeying for power.

As for Su Chen, he had taken the Verdant Wood Essence and a few other resources that Su Changche had given him and gave them all to Iron Cliff on that very same day.

In front of everyone.

This portion of cultivation resources, which two generations of the Su Clan had fought over, was given away so easily by Su Chen as if it were a negligible reward. Everyone who saw it was speechless.

Some felt that Su Chen was doing this in purpose to debase the honor of others, but would retrieve the cultivation resources behind their backs.

However, everyone discovered very quickly that the cultivation resources had in fact been given to Iron Cliff. The night of the end-of-year competition, Iron Cliff charged into the Qi Drawing Realm.

Those resources had truly been given to Iron Cliff to break into Qi Drawing.

But one aspect of their guesses was absolutely correct – Su Chen was doing this to truly humiliate the Su Clan.

He could have done so a little more low-key, but he still chose to give away everything that he had earned to a servant.

Apparently, the clan's elder was not very happy about it. He said repeatedly, "Youngsters are too impetuous."

Another fact that could prove that Su Chen was purposefully humiliating the Su Clan was that, until now, Su Chen had not gone to the Su Clan's Inheritance Pavilion to obtain any Origin Skills yet.

The person in charge of the Inheritance Pavilion was Second Elder Su Changqing. He had long harbored the thought of intentionally making things difficult for Su Chen when he went to pick out Origin Skills.

However, Su Chen simply had not come!

He had become an Origin Qi Scholar, yet he did not learn any Origin Skills – what did that mean?

Many people didn't understand, and some people began to guess that Su Changqing was making things difficult for Su Chen, preventing him from getting them.

When the news reached Su Changqing, he was so angry that he spit out a mouthful of blood.

He truly had been intending on making things difficult, but the issue was that he didn't even have the opportunity to do so!

It was Su Chen himself who hadn't come to obtain these Origin Skills; what did it have to do with him?

Although he had the intention of making things difficult, Su Changqing felt that he was wrongly accused because he hadn't had the opportunity.

Even so, not everyone was wrongly accusing him.

At the very least, Su Changche knew that it wasn't Su Changqing's fault. Rather, it was Su Chen's own decision.

On that day, Su Chang'che spent a long time sighing, and then he called Su Cheng'an, cursing his son out.

From this hearsay, he had also taken away a few of Su Cheng'an's businesses and given them to Old Third, Su Feihu.

As the eldest son of the Su Clan, Su Chang'an managed the most businesses, but from this moment, Su Feihu began to control more businesses than Su Cheng'an.

Without question, this was a weather vane that indicated that Su Changche's regard of his eldest son was slowly switching over to Old Third.

This could very easily be understood as an important signal that there would be changes in the Su Clan. Some even believed that it might not be Su Cheng'an who would hold up the Su Clan, but rather Su Feihu.

After Su Keji, Su Cheng'an became someone who was the most frustrated.

When his own son won the end-of-year competition, it had not brought him any glory. Rather, it had put him in dire straits. The gazes that people used to look at him had changed, and now they were filled with scorn, sarcasm, and mockery.

To Su Cheng'an, this was also a kind of torment.

Some people would feel regret because of their decisions, while some people would feel only anger because of it.

Unfortunately, Su Cheng'an belonged to the latter.

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Chapter 90: Bloodline Awakening

Today, Su Chen was cultivating in the back mountain, using his Soul Eye, his Air Tentacles, and his Meg's Guardian over and over again. After a short period of time where he wasn't frugal with his money when cultivating, Su Chen's Origin Skills had progressed rapidly, and even his Soul Eye had reached the stage of small success.

Just as he was training, a flash of light suddenly shot behind Su Chen.

Su Chen didn't turn around. Suddenly, a circle of light surrounded him. It was his Meg's Guardian, and as he blocked the sneak attack his hand simultaneously flicked backwards, and an air tentacle flew into the air. Next, he hurriedly turned around, his hands stretching in front of his chest, forming a large fireball. Then, he slammed the fireball out in front of him.

"Yikes!" A yell sounded out from the forest, and a person's shadow flew into the air, flickering about in the air a few times and dodging the fireball. With a "BOOM", the fireball landed on the trees, knocking over the entire tree.

Gu Qingluo gently floated to the ground, her appearance quite graceful and charming. Unfortunately, the young girl didn't know her own charm. She just watched the fireball fly past her with shock, covering her hand with her mouth as she said, "What technique is that?"

"Fireball technique," Su Chen replied as he retracted his hands.

"Its power isn't weak." Gu Qingluo was interested.

"It's an ancient Arcana technique. I can only release one at a time, and I needed to mold an Origin Energy Pattern first. Interested? I can teach you."

"Hmph, could it be as powerful as my Gu Clan's Flying Flower Hands?" Gu Qingluo grabbed a handful of leaves off of a tree and shot it towards Su Chen.

Just a simple leaf naturally was not as powerful as a fireball, but a handful of flying leaves had roughly the same power as the Origin Energy Bullets.

Su Chen was caught off guard by Gu Qingluo's attack, and he was only able to dodge half of them. Thankfully, his Meg's Guardian was still active, and with a series of "ping"s the Meg's Guardian was actually broken.

Thankfully, Gu Qingluo had been merciful with her strike; otherwise, Su Chen would have at least received some light wounds.

"Powerful!" Su Chen sighed, "Unfortunately, I don't have the Flying Flower Hands."

"At least you have the Snaking Mist Steps," Gu Qingluo laughed as she lifted her foot and kicked out at Su Chen.

Su Chen shifted to the side and dodged. He saw Gu Qingluo actually taking multiple steps in midair and chasing after him.

"Hm? Your Snaking Mist Steps has already reached the point of temporary flight?" Su Chen was shocked. This girl's rate of improvement was very impressive. For the Flying Flower Hands to be as strong as the Origin Energy Bullets was acceptable, but her Snaking Mist Steps was already this powerful as well?

"You can tell just by hearing? I'm quite impressed. I can only take a few steps in midair, and I am still quite faraway from the realm of temporary flight," Gu Qingluo replied. Her words were modest, but her expression was filled with unconcealed delight. Because of this, however, her Qi flow became unstable, and she returned to the ground, unable to remain floating in the air."

"That's already quite impressive," Su Chen said sincerely.

Even if it was just a few steps, she was already able to go from the ground to the sky.

If Origin Qi Scholars wanted to flow, apart from reaching the Light-Shaking Realm, they would need to have flight-type Origin Skills.

Although the Snaking Mist Steps was only a footwork technique, it combined speed, agility and flying effects. One could use it from a low-layer Origin Qi Scholar to a high-layer one. For Gu Qingluo to be able to already be able to take a few steps in midair implied that she would be able to gain temporary flight in the Blood Boiling or even high-layer Qi Drawing Realm. No wonder such a miraculous skill was known as one of the Gu Clan's Absolute Techniques.

Gu Qingluo laughed as she replied, "Not at all, not at all. It was only luck. Not long ago, my bloodline awakened once, which is why I can do this now."

The Gu Clan was an ancient bloodline clan. The source of its bloodline came from the Bloodline Extraction Instrument, so it could be passed down. Because of this, they were different from clans with mixed bloodlines and didn't need any bloodline medicines. As long as they waited for the bloodlines to awaken, they naturally would have a bloodline power.

The methods for awakening a bloodline differed. Some people could live their whole lives without their bloodlines awakening, while others required hard work in cultivation as a stimulus. There were even those whose bloodlines could awaken just by taking a nap.

The process for awakening bloodlines was also different. Some people felt as if they were being cut open when their bloodlines awakened, and the process was extremely painful for them. Others seemed to feel nothing at all.

The amount that a bloodline awakened also differed. Usually, only about fifty percent or so could experience their first bloodline awakening. The more one's bloodline was awakened, the more powerful one would become. But no one's bloodline could become a hundred percent awakened. Under normal circumstances, a bloodline would only be awakened to thirty percent or at most fifty percent. If one went past this percentage, humankind would no longer be humankind. Rather, they would irreversibly become some form of beast.

Without question, Gu Qingluo was quite lucky.

Her bloodline had awoken one night as she was sleeping. She had not encountered any sickness, adverse consequence, or sufferings.

Her first awakening was more than enough to cause her strength to greatly increase. Even though Su Chen's strength was also rapidly increasing during this time, he had no confidence to say that his improvement was faster than Gu Qingluo's.

One had to admit that an ancient bloodline clan was an ancient bloodline clan. They were all definitely very powerful.

Su Chen was just planning on speaking when he suddenly saw a flow of Qi run across Gu Qingluo's skin.

Su Chen had seen this Qi flow before. He had seen it the day that he had regained his sight, when he was watching Gu Qingluo cultivate in her room.

However, not long afterwards, he very rarely encountered this situation.

At that time, he was not very clear about his own eyes, but now he slowly began to understand.

His own eyes seemingly had the ability to see fine details and identify their existence. The motion vision that he had was just an extension of that ability. The true usage of his eyes was that he could see Origin Energy, which was so small that it could not be perceived by the naked eye.

When Su Chen gathered Origin Energy in his eyes, he could raise the effectiveness of his eyes another step. However, this would also increase the burden on his eyes, so it could not be used long-term.

However, the Origin Energy in the body was covered up by a layer of skin, and normally it was very difficult to see.

Under these kinds of circumstances...

Su Chen realized something. He asked, "Just then, when you were using the Flying Flower Hands and the Snaking Mist Steps, did you activate your bloodline power?"

"I did!" Gu Qingluo obediently nodded her head. "Right now, my control over these two Origin Skills is not sufficient, and I need to supplement it with large amounts of bloodline power to achieve my current condition. However, in the future when I become more proficient, I won't need to add much of my bloodline power to raise my strength. But no matter what condition I cultivate these skills to, I have to bower my bloodline power. Otherwise, their strength would only reach where you are right now."

Bloodline powers could be activated by Qi Drawing Realm cultivators, not just those in the Blood Boiling Realm. However, only after reaching the Blood Boiling Realm could one fully manifest the power of one's bloodline. Gu Qingluo had yet to reach Blood Boiling and had no way of displaying her bloodline's full power. Because of this, she needed to activate more of her bloodline to achieve the same result.

"So are your Gu Clan's absorption techniques related to your bloodline?"

"Naturally. My Gu Clan's absorption techniques, apart from absorbing Origin Energy to improve one's physical condition, can also more importantly excite my bloodline. Otherwise, if we depended solely on inheritance, the bloodline would have died out within three generations." Gu Qingluo most likely had been extensively taught concerning these matters, so she was able to get to the heart of the matter immediately.

Indeed, that was the case.

Su Chen instantly understood.

It was a bloodline!

It was the bloodline power that would appear on Gu Qingluo's body after activation.

Because Gu Qingluo had activated her bloodline, the Origin Energy in her blood became thicker, which was why he could perceive it. When he had seen her cultivating last time, her bloodline was actually in a preliminary open state, which was why he could see the Qi flow on her body.

Now that the two of them had stopped sparring, Gu Qingluo's bloodline gradually returned to its calm state, and the Qi flow on her body once again began to disappear. Su Chen had no choice but to infuse his eyes with Origin Energy to continue watching.

At that moment, Su Chen suddenly had an idea.

He wanted to see where the bloodline was being activated in Gu Qingluo's body that gave her such an inconceivable amount of strength.

Thus, he said, "I just so happened to learn a few new moves. Want to spar with me a bit?"

"Okay!" Gu Qingluo's eyes lit up.

There were no wasted words. The two of them began to battle, and this time Su Chen did not hold back. He directly activated the Soul Eye, Air Tentacles, Meg's Guardian – anything that he could think of. Similarly, Gu Qingluo responded with the Gu Clan's absolute techniques. A winner could not be determined in a short period of time.

Gu Qingluo's strength had greatly increased after she awoke her bloodline, and that was the perfect opportunity to test herself. However, in the entire Northface City, she was unable to find many decent opponents. When faced with the six or seven Origin Skills that Su Chen was able to control, the two of them were evenly matched opponent, arousing Gu Qingluo's interest. She had only been messing around in the first place, but as they sparred she began to get serious.

As for Su Chen, he also saw the changes in Gu Qingluo's bloodline. He could see something thickly flowing and surging from within Gu Qingluo's body, resulting in the Origin Energy in her body changing because of it. The result was very unique, allowing Gu Qingluo to release a strength that most would find quite freaky.

However, if it wasn't an Origin Energy Pattern nor Seal, then what could it be?

Su Chen didn't know, but as he continued to watch her, Su Chen felt a strange feeling creep over him.

This feeling appeared on his own body, and his footsteps suddenly increased in speed as well as becoming more graceful. His speed strangely continued to increase.

Suddenly, Su Chen took a step in midair. He did not fall to the ground. Rather, he quickly changed direction in midair, dodging one of Gu Qingluo's attacks.

Although in the next instant he fell to the ground, Gu Qingluo was still stunned.

"How did you do it?"

Su Chen fell silent.

He shook his head. "I don't know."

"Try it again!" Gu Qingluo urged him.

Stepping in midair was the dividing line between having the bloodline and activating the Snaking Mist Steps versus not having the bloodline and activating the Snaking Mist Steps.

Those without the bloodline should not be able to do such a thing regardless of what level their cultivation base had reached!

Su Chen tried again, but no matter how much effort he put in, he was unable to do it.

"Perhaps it was just a coincidence." Gu Qingluo shrugged her shoulders.

Whether he had the bloodline, they were all methods that affected ones' use of Origin power. Thus, the fact that coincidences sometimes occurred was not abnormal.

However, Su Chen was still somewhat dissatisfied.

He watched Gu Qingluo.

After their sparring session, Gu Qingluo was clearly tired. Her face was flushed from exertion, and the Qi flow under her skin was very clear because of her bloodline's activation.

Unfortunately, her clothes obstructed her body underneath, making it impossible for him to see more clearly.

Without those pieces of clothing, if he could see more clearly, how good would that be?

He hesitated and was tormented.

In the end, he was unable to suppress the fierce thirst in his heart.

He made his decision.

He said, "Are you tired? Since we sweated so much, why not take a bath."

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