36: Chapter 36 Home is where my husband is.

Looking at the shimmering golden text on the System panel, Jiang Feng's eye twitched violently.

"System, are you fucking kidding me?"

"A Pressure Experience Card? Not a Cultivation Experience Card?"

"Other than using this thing to act tough and bluff those who haven't seen the world, what the hell is it good for?"

"When a Golden Core Cultivator pokes over with a finger, am I supposed to block it with my head?!"

The System, as always, played dead and showed no reaction.

Jiang Feng cursed inwardly. The System had been stingy for a day or two, but this time it was truly stingy to the extreme. With the crisis of annihilation at hand, it only gave a one-time item that relied on borrowed power.

He took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down.

No, that's not right.

No matter how stingy the System was, the things it gave must be useful.

A crazy thought flashed through his mind. Jiang Feng's eyes instantly lit up. He stopped bickering with the System, turned around, and left the small courtyard.

Not far away, Family Head Jiang Nan was directing the clansmen to clean up the battlefield. The usual gentleness on his face was gone, replaced only by a murderous aura and exhaustion. The clansmen were carefully collecting the bodies of their fallen brothers, their movements heavy and oppressive.

Jiang Feng walked over.

"Big Brother."

Jiang Nan turned his head. Seeing it was Jiang Feng, his tense facial muscles relaxed slightly.

"Second Brother, are you alright?"

He scanned Jiang Feng up and down, and seeing that he had no injuries other than blood-stained clothes, he let out a sigh of relief.

"I'm fine."

Jiang Feng paused, then recounted the conversation he just had with the Old Ancestor and the imminent threat of annihilation facing the Jiang Family. He did not hide the Old Ancestor's hidden difficulties, nor did he exaggerate the terror of the Qingyun Sect's Golden Core Cultivator.

Jiang Nan listened quietly, his expression not changing much. However, when he heard that Fourth Ancestor Jiang Yuan was the Old Ancestor's own son, his pupils suddenly constricted, and he subconsciously glanced at the land soaked in blood.

"One month... Golden Core Cultivator..."

Jiang Nan muttered to himself, his voice sounding a bit hoarse.

In the vast Jiang Family, the strongest were merely Lin Yueyao, who had just entered Foundation Establishment, and that Old Ancestor Jiang Xuan, whose depth was unknown. What could they use to fight a Golden Core Cultivator? This was simply a massacre without suspense.

Jiang Feng thought his Big Brother would panic and despair, but Jiang Nan only remained silent for a moment before looking up, staring at him with burning eyes, surprisingly calm.

"Second Brother, since you told me about this, do you already have a plan in mind?"

He patted Jiang Feng's shoulder, his hand heavy with force.

"You don't need to worry about what I think. I don't understand any heavenly fate prophecies. I only know that you are the backbone of the Jiang Family. As long as you don't fall, the Jiang Family won't scatter."

"Whatever you say to do, Big Brother will do it with you!"

"Even if we die, our Jiang Family people must die standing!"

Looking at the undisguised trust in Jiang Nan's eyes, a warm current surged through Jiang Feng's heart.

This was Family.

"Big Brother, rest assured."

Jiang Feng's tone was very calm, yet it revealed an inexplicably powerful confidence.

"My life is determined by me, not heaven. A mere Qingyun Sect cannot take my, Jiang Feng's, life, nor can it destroy my Jiang Family."

The composure in his eyes completely put Jiang Nan at ease.

"Good!"

Jiang Nan nodded heavily. "I will go arrange it now. The remnants of the Wang and Li Families must not be left behind! From now on, in this Jiangyuan City, there can only be one voice!"

Following Jiang Nan's order, the Jiang Family disciples, who had just experienced a bloody battle and were still covered in Evil Qi, rushed towards the other two directions of the city without hesitation.

The two Foundation Establishment Old Ancestors and most of the elites of the Wang and Li Families had fallen in the Jiang Family courtyard. The remaining old, weak, sick, and disabled could not organize any effective resistance at all.

That night, the firelight in Jiangyuan City only gradually extinguished at dawn.

When the first ray of morning light illuminated the city, the layout of the city had been completely rewritten. The mansions of the Wang and Li Families were completely taken over by the Jiang Family, and the wealth, Spirit Fields, and shops accumulated by the two families over generations all fell under the name of the Jiang Family.

Jiangyuan City had completely changed.

However, this joy of victory did not last long. For the high-level members of the Jiang Family, a more terrifying threat was hanging over their heads.

That night.

The Jiang Family council hall.

Jiang Nan sat in the main seat, and Jiang Feng sat beside him. Below were the few remaining core clansmen of the Jiang Family at the Qi Refining Late Stage. The atmosphere was so oppressive that it made people unable to breathe.

"...That is the situation."

Jiang Feng's voice broke the silence.

"Within a month, a Golden Core Cultivator from the Qingyun Sect will come. We have no chance of winning."

He scanned the crowd.

"Therefore, I have decided to separate a portion of the people, take the Family resources and some talented children, and immediately transfer them secretly to leave a spark for our Jiang Family."

"I'm not leaving!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a hot-tempered steward stood up, his neck flushed red.

"Second Master! If we die, we die together! Our Jiang Family clansmen are not cowards!"

"That's right! We won't leave!"

"Let's fight them to the death!"

The council hall instantly erupted. Everyone's emotions were ignited, and they were filled with righteous indignation. Not a single person was willing to be the 'spark' that survived.

"Enough!"

Jiang Nan slammed the table, releasing the pressure of the eighth level of Qi Refining, instantly suppressing the scene.

Everyone looked at Jiang Feng, waiting for him to make the final decision.

Jiang Feng's gaze swept across everyone's faces and finally landed on Young Master Jiang Chen, who had been silent.

"Young Master Jiang Chen."

Young Master Jiang Chen's body shook, and he suddenly looked up.

"Second Master."

"You take the people and leave."

Jiang Feng's tone was calm, yet it carried an irresistible weight.

"Take the Family's best Cultivation Technique, Spirit Stones, Medicinal Pills, and the children. Find a place where no one can find you and pass down the Jiang Family's Bloodline."

"Second Master, I..."

Young Master Jiang Chen's lips were trembling. He wanted to say he wouldn't leave; he wanted to stay and fight.

"This is an order!"

Jiang Feng's voice suddenly turned cold.

"Before, you were the hope of the Family. Now, I am giving you a heavier burden."

Jiang Feng stood up, walked to him step by step, and looked directly into his eyes.

"Live on. If something really happens here, take the descendants of the Jiang Family and uproot the Qingyun Sect for me!"

"Can you do it?"

Young Master Jiang Chen looked at Jiang Feng's bottomless eyes. The flames burning within them made his blood boil, and he felt as if he had regained his spirited self from the past.

With a "thump," Young Master Jiang Chen knelt on one knee, his right hand slamming heavily against his chest.

"Young Master Jiang Chen, I accept the order!"

...

After resolving the matter of the clansmen, Jiang Feng returned to his small courtyard.

In the courtyard, Su Wan, Zhang Yuniang, Lin Yueyao, and Yuan Chu were all there. The four women were clearly already aware of Jiang Feng's decision, and the atmosphere was somewhat heavy.

"Pack up. Tomorrow morning, you will leave with Young Master Jiang Chen and the others."

Jiang Feng got straight to the point, not wanting to waste time on this matter.

The four women were all carrying his children. That was his hope for the future, the Foundation of his System, and there could not be any mishaps.

However, no one moved.

"Husband, I'm not leaving."

It was Su Wan who spoke. She walked up to Jiang Feng and gently straightened his slightly messy collar. Her movements were very light, but her eyes were incredibly firm.

"I am your wife, the Second Mistress of the Jiang Family."

"Wherever my husband is, that is home."

"Our children... should also be born by their father's side."

"Sister Wan is right!"

Zhang Yuniang also stepped forward and took Jiang Feng's other arm. She wasn't as eloquent as Su Wan, so she just nodded vigorously.

"Anyway, I'm not leaving! The Jiang Family has just taken over so many industries, and the accounts are still in a mess. If I leave, who will manage them for you? If you insist on driving me away, I will... I will burn all the account books!"

Jiang Feng looked at these two women, feeling both warm and helpless.

His gaze turned to Lin Yueyao.

"Yue Yao, you are a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. Staying behind is the most dangerous; you are the first person the Qingyun Sect will look for."

Lin Yueyao said nothing; she just walked behind him and stood still.

Her silent action had already indicated her attitude. Her sword was drawn for him.

"Sister Yue Yao is here to protect Husband."

Yuan Chu leaned against the door frame, smiling as she said it for her.

"As for me..."

She tilted her head, a trace of cunning flashing in her ethereal eyes.

"I don't want to miss such a spectacular show. Besides, if you all die, I can still help collect your corpses, right?"

Jiang Feng looked at these four women in front of him, whose attitudes were determined; each one was more stubborn than the last.

He let out a long sigh, but in the end, he smiled.

In that smile was endless heroism.

"Alright, then we won't leave."

He opened his arms and gently pulled the four women into his embrace. His voice was not loud, but it shook the entire night sky.

"Since you have all chosen to entrust your lives to me, then I, Jiang Feng, will give you a home that is safe for ten thousand generations!"