21: Chapter 21 Third Life, Reborn as the Boss of the Opponent's Family (Part 8)

The day Chen Shi took over as the head of the Chen family, the entire Pantie City was bustling with excitement.

Red silk stretched from the main gate of the Chen residence to the end of the long street, and over a hundred tables were set up for the banquet within the residence.

Not only did all the local prominent families attend, but even powers from neighboring prefectures sent envoys with heavy gifts to offer their congratulations.

The reputation of the prodigy Chen Xuan had spread throughout every prefecture in Huangyan Prefecture; everyone wanted to use the Chen family as a pretext to build a favorable connection in advance with such a person of limitless potential.

After securing his position as the family head, Chen Shi took over the family affairs from his father step by step.

The Chen family had been passed down for a hundred years, and its various rules were already operating smoothly; even if there were trivial matters, they were mostly social engagements that did not affect the fundamentals, so he did not need to spend too much mental energy on them.

He still focused the vast majority of his energy on martial arts cultivation.

He knew clearly that this was a high-martial world where martial arts were supreme, and only his own strength was the foundation of survival.

Over the years, he had already cultivated the previously chosen Cold Star Sword Technique to the Great Perfection stage, so he thought of using this as a foundation to dabble in the other four sword techniques recorded in the sword manual.

And he attempted to go a step further, comprehending the now-complete Susha Sword Manual.

He had assumed that the complete sword manual would be easier to enter and easier to comprehend the artistic conception of the "Susha of Autumn."

But the facts told him that he had overthought it.

Despite his day and night of hard cultivation, passing through several years and wearing out several refined steel longswords, he had only learned the form of the moves in the end.

As for integrating the five sword techniques and comprehending the artistic conception representing the "Susha of Autumn" in the sword manual, he truly could not grasp even a clue.

He had still overestimated his own comprehension; 10 points of comprehension were indeed too authoritative.

Sometimes, he also wondered if, at the start of this life when allocating points, he had added more to comprehension, would it have been possible?

However, there was ultimately no regret medicine, and since the allocatable points were not many to begin with, this was already the optimal solution.

It could even be considered a perfect start, as he had accidentally encountered an elder brother who was suspected to be a Son of Destiny.

But he secretly decided that in his next life, he would definitely add more points to comprehension; he had truly had enough of this clumsy brain.

And just when he was stuck at a bottleneck and unable to enter the door, his wife, Yun Qingxue, had taken a step ahead and comprehended the artistic conception, successfully entering the path.

Although the sword manual Yun Qingxue had practiced at the Spirit Sword Sect previously was not this Susha Sword Manual, but rather the Ninghua Sword Manual which corresponded to the artistic conception of "Harvest."

However, a complete Profound-grade high-tier sword manual was too precious; she had not learned it completely while at the sect, so she began to switch to it after breaking through to the Iron Skin Realm.

He knew his wife's martial arts talent was above his own, but he had not expected that the gap between the two of them would be so large.

The gap in their bone structure was barely within the same level, but the gap in their comprehension was worlds apart.

Chen Shi felt a mix of emotions in his heart, with a faint sense of sourness, yet also immense pride; after all, she was his wife.

After several struggles, Chen Shi gradually let go; he put down his obsession with martial arts realms.

After all, in this life, limited by his bone structure, he was destined not to go very far.

Since martial arts would not work, he would develop forces and influence, leave more traces in the world, and seize more Destiny Points.

He would occasionally make some changes to the Chen family's industries based on those ambiguous memories from before he transmigrated.

Some earned him a fortune, while others did not cause any ripples; however, under the weight of the Chen family and the prestige of his elder brother, things were ultimately moving steadily for the better.

Time flew by for several years, and his and Yun Qingxue's first child was successfully born.

It was a boy, named Chen Ping'an.

That's right, this was his vision for the child, and also to see if he could steal a trace of the protagonist's luck.

After all, the Chen family had produced a figure like Chen Xuan, who was suspected to be a Son of Destiny; anything was possible.

Patriarch Chen Lie and his wife, along with his parents-in-law, were naturally overjoyed and spent the whole day holding the child, refusing to let go.

Chen Shi also wrote a letter at the first opportunity and sent it to the Four Seasons Holy Land located in the center of Huangyan Prefecture, reporting the good news to his elder brother, Chen Xuan.

He also secretly thought about whether he could fleece some more wool from this prodigy elder brother.

Not long after, Chen Xuan's reply arrived.

Between the lines, there was a bit of helplessness regarding his younger brother's "lack of focus on his proper work," but it could not hide the joy of becoming an uncle for the first time.

He entrusted someone to bring back a large batch of rare cultivation resources, as well as a pair of longevity locks, which were Profound-grade low-tier treasures; he had specifically entrusted someone to urgently craft them after receiving the news.

They possessed three major effects: consolidating the foundation and nurturing the origin, immunity to all filth, and emitting a faint light when in danger; when this pair of longevity locks were within one kilometer of each other, they could also sense one another.

Chen Xuan specifically instructed that they were for his nephew; one was for his eldest nephew, and for the other, he should figure it out himself.

As for whether he had more children in the future, he should let the father figure it out himself and stop bothering him.

It was also from this letter that Chen Shi learned that Chen Xuan had successfully broken through to the Copper Bone Realm, established a firm foothold among the Inner Sect Disciples of the Holy Land, and made quite a name for himself.

Time passed, and the Chen family became increasingly prosperous under Chen Shi's management.

He and Yun Qingxue added several more children, and besides that, other concubines in the residence also gave birth to offspring one after another.

Prominent families valued the spreading of branches and leaves the most; his parents and the clan elders all hoped for his descendants to continue, and the matriarch, Yun Qingxue, was cool-tempered and open-minded, so she had no resentment toward this.

Coupled with the fact that some surrounding powers wanted to climb up to the now increasingly prosperous Chen family through marriage, back and forth, it became like this.

However, from beginning to end, the one Chen Shi loved most in his heart was always Yun Qingxue, who had shared his hardships; he had long since made up his mind that the future position of family head would only be passed to the legitimate son of him and Yun Qingxue.

In the blink of an eye, twenty years passed, and the Chen family moved to the city of Yanbei Prefecture, officially becoming a prominent county family.

On this day, during the clan's bone structure testing, one of Chen Shi's young concubine-born sons actually tested with a high-grade bone structure; even more rare was that his body was vaguely accompanied by the phenomenon of a special ice-type physique.

Chen Shi was both shocked and delighted; he called the child over, officially named him Chen Lingfeng, and gave him the other longevity lock.

Afterwards, he was a bit worried.

Over the years, he had successively sent his other offspring with mediocre aptitude into various surrounding prefectural powers, either through marriage or apprenticeship, which could be considered as securing a stable path for them.

But this child's talent was too outstanding; if well-nurtured, there might be a possibility of striking for the Silver Marrow Realm in the future, and staying in this tiny place of Yanbei Prefecture would ultimately be a waste.

After thinking it over, Chen Shi picked up his pen again and wrote a letter to his elder brother, Chen Xuan.

At this time, Chen Xuan had already cultivated to the peak of the Copper Bone Realm, just one step away from breaking through to the Silver Marrow Realm; at that time, he could become a high-level life form and be called a Martial Lord.

Within a prefecture, he could be considered a high-end combat force, and he could even become a True Disciple of the Holy Land, with a status worlds apart.

His elder brother agreed, and his reply revealed a faint joy regarding the Chen family producing another genius.

In the end, amidst his busy schedule, he contacted a friend far away in several prefectures; she was a disciple of the Ice and Snow Holy Land in Linbing Prefecture.

He asked her to take this talented nephew of his back to the Ice and Snow Holy Land for cultivation.

That was a holy land for ice-type cultivators and perfectly matched the child's physique.

Another few decades passed, and Chen Shi was now an old man of over eighty.

Although his parents had cultivated to the Iron Skin Realm and had a lifespan of one hundred and eighty years, they could ultimately not withstand the passage of time; their hair was completely white, and their figures were increasingly stooped.

The Chen family's days became more and more prosperous, with talented descendants emerging one after another; they had clearly become one of the top prominent families in Yanbei Prefecture.

But just at this moment, an urgent letter from the Holy Land broke the peace of the Chen residence.