134: Family Future Planning

"Old Ancestor, are you alright?"

Shen Yuanmo looked at Shen Zongdao's distraught appearance, stepped forward with a hint of helplessness, and channeled a gentle Five Elements True Qi into his body, helping him calm his turbulent mind.

"I... I'm fine, I'm fine..."

It took Shen Zongdao a long while to recover. He looked at Shen Yuanmo, his eyes filled with extreme complexity.

There was shock, ecstasy, pride, but more than that, there was a sense of... awe.

Yes, awe.

A Mid-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator who had lived for hundreds of years felt awe towards his junior, a young man who had just formed his Core.

This sounded absurd, yet it was incredibly real.

"Yuan Mo, you... you honestly tell Old Ancestor, what is your cultivation level now?" Shen Zongdao took a deep breath and asked in a hoarse voice.

He could no longer see through Shen Yuanmo's cultivation, completely unable to.

"Peak Golden Core Middle Stage," Shen Yuanmo replied truthfully.

"Peak Golden Core Middle Stage..." Shen Zongdao murmured to himself, a bitter smile appearing on his face.

He knew that Shen Yuanmo wasn't lying.

But precisely because of this, it shocked him even more.

Peak Golden Core Middle Stage, yet capable of slaying a Nascent Soul True Lord!

What terrifying combat power was this?!

He was certain that even the so-called Prodigies of those top Fourth-Rank Noble Families in Qingzhou.

Even those legendary Prodigies in the Immortal Dynasty Imperial City, absolutely could not accomplish such an inconceivable feat!

"Father, Old Ancestor, Shen Qifa, this is not the place to talk. Let's go inside first."

Shen Yuanmo looked at the surrounding clansmen who had been startled and were peeking out, their faces filled with curiosity and awe, and spoke.

"Right, right, right, let's go inside, let's go inside!" Shen Qiming awoke from his dream and quickly led Shen Yuanmo into the ancestral hall... Half an hour later.

The Shen Family's deliberation hall.

Inside the hall, there were only Shen Yuanmo, Shen Zongdao, Shen Qiming, and Shen Qifa.

The atmosphere was still somewhat oppressive.

Shen Zongdao and the other two had not fully recovered from the immense shock they had just experienced.

They looked at Shen Yuanmo, who sat calmly in the main seat, their hearts still turbulent and unable to settle.

"Yuan Mo, now that you're back, are you leaving again?"

Finally, it was Shen Qiming who broke the silence, asking the question he cared about most.

His voice was filled with apprehension and reluctance.

He both hoped his son could soar through the Nine Heavens like a true Dragon, pursuing a wider world.

But at the same time, he selfishly hoped his son could stay by his side, stay with the Family.

"Not leaving for now."

Shen Yuanmo's answer made Shen Qiming and the other two simultaneously breathe a sigh of relief.

"I've returned this time mainly for three things."

Shen Yuanmo looked at the three, his expression becoming serious.

"First, Linjiang City needs to be rebuilt, and it must be built to the highest specifications. The city's protective array also needs to be re-arranged. I want to build Linjiang City into a truly impregnable war fortress!"

Although the previous Glazed Ten Thousand Peaks Array was good, it was still vulnerable before a Nascent Soul True Lord.

This time, he would personally set up a Tier 4 grand array capable of withstanding a Nascent Soul True Lord!

"Second, the Family's development needs to accelerate."

Shen Yuanmo's gaze swept over the three.

"I have enough Cultivation Techniques, enough Medicinal Pills, enough resources. I demand that within ten years, our Shen Family must produce at least ten more Foundation Establishment Cultivators!"

Ten years, ten Foundation Establishment Cultivators!

Hearing this goal, Shen Zongdao and the other two once again gasped in shock!

How... how could this be possible?!

One must know that their Shen Family, after hundreds of years of Legacy, had only produced three Foundation Establishment Cultivators among them.

To cultivate ten more within ten years?

This was simply a fantasy!

"Yuan Mo, this... isn't this too..." Shen Qifa spoke with difficulty, feeling that this goal was simply too unrealistic.

"It's not difficult."

Shen Yuanmo waved his hand, interrupting him.

"For Cultivation Techniques, I have top-tier ones that lead directly to Nascent Soul, and even Soul Transformation."

"For Medicinal Pills, I have precious pills that can cleanse meridians and marrow, and also increase the chances of Core Formation."

"For resources, Spirit Stones, Magic Treasures, I lack none."

Shen Yuanmo narrated calmly, but every word was like a heavy hammer, fiercely striking the hearts of the three.

"As long as the clansmen have sufficient Heart-Nature and perseverance, let alone ten years, I am confident of achieving this goal within five years!"

Shen Zongdao and the other two were completely speechless.

They knew that Shen Yuanmo was not bragging.

Since he dared to say so, he must have the ability to do it!

"Good! We'll do as you say!" Shen Zongdao slapped the table, his aged face filled with boundless heroism and excitement!

"My old bones, Shen Zongdao, are not dead yet! I want to see, in my lifetime, if I can witness the day our Shen Family produces Golden Core, or even Nascent Soul Cultivators!"

"My life was also saved by you, Yuan Mo!" Shen Qifa also stood up excitedly.

"From today on, I, Shen Qifa, will live in the alchemy room and not come out! As long as Yuan Mo needs it, let alone top-grade Medicinal Pills, I will even refine Immortal Pills for you!"

Although Shen Qiming didn't speak, a raging flame burned in his tiger-like eyes!

He knew that his son was going to lead the Shen Family onto a... Heaven-Reaching Path that they had never dared to imagine before!

And what he had to do was to pour everything he had into clearing all obstacles for his son!

"Very good."

Shen Yuanmo looked at their reignited fighting spirit and nodded in satisfaction.

This was the effect he wanted.

The rise of a Family could not rely solely on him.

He needed the entire Family to unite as one, to possess the... ambition to contend with the heavens!

"As for the third matter..."

A cold killing intent flashed in Shen Yuanmo's eyes.

"It's time to settle accounts with certain people and certain forces."

He cast his gaze towards Qingzhou.

"Blazing Fire Li Family."

He slowly uttered these two names.

"Since they dared to extend their claws to my Shen Family."

"Then they must be prepared to be uprooted by me, completely erased from this world!"

His voice was not loud, but the chilling killing intent it contained seemed to drop the temperature of the entire deliberation hall by several degrees.

Shen Zongdao and the other two felt a chill run from the soles of their feet straight to their spiritual build!

They knew that Shen Yuanmo was about to begin settling scores with his enemies.