19: Phase 1 Completed

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the first phase of the hidden quest! The Family has produced one Yuan Ling Realm, three Yuanhai Realm powerhouses, twenty Zhenyuan Realm cultivators, and a total of two hundred thirty-one Family members. The Golden Carp Family Luck has successfully condensed!"

"Quest complete. Rewards: one heaven and earth fortune cauldron, one top-tier King Grade Qi Gathering Grand Formation, one top-tier King Grade Grand Formation, one top-tier King Treasure, and ten King Grade Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills. Rewards have been distributed!"

"Oh!"

Xu Qing let out a soft exclamation, as the Family's development had exceeded his expectations!

In less than half a month, the first phase was officially completed!

"Host: Xu Qing"

"Age: Sixteen"

"Identity: Young Master of the Xu Family"

"Cultivation: Yuan Ling Realm Peak"

"Aptitude: Eternal"

"Physique: Chaos Dao Body"

"Luck: Golden"

"Influence: Silver Family"

"Family Luck: Five zhang, four chi Golden Carp"

"Talents: Investment Return, Plunder Luck, Heavenly Secret Obscuration, Superior Pressure!"

"Buzz!"

At that very moment, Xu Qing, who was in seclusion in the secret chamber, suddenly found his vision drawn to the sky above the Family!

In his sight, streams of grey Qi gathered from all directions around the Xu Family, each stream originating from every single Family member of the Xu Family!

Different strengths provided different amounts of grey Qi; ordinary Family members could only provide a stream as thin as a chopstick, while the three, Xu Ming, provided streams several chi in size. Xu Qing himself provided a veritable torrent!

And among these Luck, there was one stream comparable to those of Xu Ming and the others, coming from the southwest!

Xu Qing was a little curious. About a thousand li in that direction was the Qingjian Sect. He wondered what Opportunity his younger brother had obtained!

These grey Qi streams were filled with a serene and auspicious aura, and they quickly converged into a pond. The pond was full of water, and a five zhang, four chi Golden Carp was swimming joyfully within it!

This scene was very familiar; he had seen it at the Chen Family back then. But if the Chen Family's was a small pool, this one before him was a true pond!

When he saw that Golden Carp before, he felt a desire to Plunder Luck, but now, looking at this Golden Carp, he felt a strange connection, a profound sense of intimacy.

It was as if this Golden Carp had an inseparable link with him. He could sense the Golden Carp's current mood: joy and excitement.

This pond was the Luck Celestial Pool, a vessel bestowed by the heavens upon every force to carry Luck, incredibly profound!

The water in the pond was Luck, and the Golden Carp was the spirit of the Family Luck.

To nurture it to grow and even transform, it required Luck!

Where did Luck come from? Firstly, it was provided by Family members. Family members with higher strength or stronger Aptitude provided more Luck!

Or, by destroying the Dao traditions of others and Plundering their Luck!

However, the Xu Family currently needed a period of development, and destroying a Family or Sect without cause would ultimately be unjustified. In the long run, it would be detrimental to the Family Luck!

Therefore, developing the Family was what Xu Qing should do!

Xu Qing entered the System space and opened the rewards!

"heaven and earth fortune cauldron: Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon, born from the will of the Heaven and Earth where the Eternal Continent is located, a Luck Emperor Weapon that draws power from Luck. It can suppress the Luck of a Family, a Dynasty, or even myriad Realms!"

"Placing the heaven and earth fortune cauldron in the Family's Ancestral Hall can gather the power of Luck, protect the Family Luck spirit from being Plundered, and accelerate its growth. The heaven and earth fortune cauldron is born from destiny and protected by the will of the Eternal Continent, possessing the ability to obscure Heavenly Secret. No outsider, regardless of their Realm, can deduce anything about any Family member!"

"Using the heaven and earth fortune cauldron as the Family's Luck artifact can increase the chance of giving birth to Geniuses above the Spirit Grade, protect the Family with favorable weather and prosperity, and grant Family Disciples who go out for training a certain chance of Luck enhancement, allowing them to turn misfortune into good fortune and obtain Opportunities!"

"If the Family encounters a powerful enemy, the heaven and earth fortune cauldron will automatically borrow the power of Luck to kill enemies two major Realms higher than its own Rank! Note: Do not use it lightly. Frequent use will cause excessive consumption of the Family Luck spirit, leading to a decrease in its Rank!"

"The heaven and earth fortune cauldron is controlled by the Host's will. The Host can strip Family members of their Luck power! If a great contributor to the Family dies and is recognized by the Host, a wisp of their remnant soul can be intercepted and nurtured within the heaven and earth fortune cauldron, with a certain chance of being reborn after countless years!"

"The heaven and earth fortune cauldron possesses the power to discern intentions. If someone with ulterior motives appears in the Family, placing them in the Ancestral Hall will cause the heaven and earth fortune cauldron to issue a warning!"

"Note: Unrecognized Xu Clan members or Xu Clan members living outside are not affected by the heaven and earth fortune cauldron!"

"Note: For the heaven and earth fortune cauldron to fully display its power, the Family Luck spirit must be strengthened. Currently, it can only display the power of a top-tier King Treasure!"

Looking at the various descriptions of the heaven and earth fortune cauldron, Xu Qing's eyes gleamed with brilliance!

For the current Xu Family, a lot of new blood was needed, and Geniuses were undoubtedly the most important part, because Geniuses meant a certain chance of powerful individuals appearing!

Spirit Grade Geniuses meant that as long as no accidents occurred, these Family members would at least achieve the Yuan Ling Realm in the future!

One Yuan Ling Realm cultivator could establish a Silver force. Such a force would be considered a second-rate force even in the Chu Dynasty, enough to protect the Family for five hundred years!

In addition, this heaven and earth fortune cauldron also had functions such as Luck enhancement, resisting powerful enemies, and obscuring Heavenly Secret. For a force, it was undoubtedly the most core foundation!

Xu Qing eagerly summoned the heaven and earth fortune cauldron!

A small purple-gold cauldron appeared out of thin air!

Its shape was ancient and simple, its surface covered with various mysterious Dao patterns, and various phenomena frequently occurred: sometimes mountains and great marshes appeared, sometimes Heaven and Earth and the sun and moon transformed, and sometimes Chaos and Grandmist evolved!

Although Xu Qing couldn't understand it, he knew that this small cauldron contained supreme Dao rhyme. Even if it was not as good as the Hun Yuan Seal, it surpassed more than ninety percent of Emperor Weapons!

Through the System, he had already learned a lot of knowledge about the Martial Dao Realm!

The division of Mortal Weapon: Mortal Weapon, Profound Grade Yuan Treasure, Spirit Grade Yuan Treasure, Marquis Grade Yuan Treasure, King Weapon, Venerable Grade Yuan Weapon. This was what he knew, and above them were Imperial Grade Yuan Weapon, Saint Grade Yuan Weapon, Emperor Weapon, and Dao Weapon!

Dao Weapons had become extinct. In this world he was in, perhaps fewer than five could be found. Such items only existed in legends!

Emperor Weapons were also equally rare, because each one represented an Emperor Realm existence!

Emperor, this was the most supreme existence in an era!

The word 'Emperor' meant ruling over the world, commanding the vast starry sky, revered by all Realms.

It represented absolute power, invincibility, and the end of the Dao!

And after the great changes in Heaven and Earth, only one Dao Prover would appear in an era, and the end and beginning of an era were marked by the birth and fall of an Emperor Realm!

Therefore, throughout countless epochs, the Emperors who appeared on the Eternal Continent were few.

And this was also Xu Qing's goal: to open an era that belonged to him, Xu Qing!

After recognizing the heaven and earth fortune cauldron as his master, Xu Qing's thought moved, and this Emperor Weapon landed in the Family's Ancestral Hall. Immediately, the entire Family's Luck pool surged by about double, and the Golden Carp increased in size by one chi!

In addition, the Origin Qi concentration also increased significantly, and the cultivation of Family members below the Zhenyuan Realm surged!

This sudden change directly caused a panic within the Family!

Fortunately, Xu Qing promptly sent a message to Xu Ming, and the matter was suppressed!

And upon hearing that this was Xu Qing's doing, all Family members' reverence for Xu Qing increased significantly!

As expected of an Emperor Weapon!

Xu Qing was genuinely delighted by this change!

Afterward, Xu Qing took out the other rewards!

He set up the top-tier King Grade Qi Gathering Grand Formation, and instantly, the Origin Qi concentration throughout the entire Xu Family increased sixfold!

An ordinary Spirit Grade Qi Gathering Formation could only increase the Qi gathering effect by one to two times, a Marquis Grade by at most four times, while this top-tier King Grade achieved a sixfold Qi gathering effect!

Throughout the entire Chu Dynasty, only the nine Golden forces, apart from the royal Family, possessed this Rank of Qi Gathering Formation. Their ancestors had all produced King Realm existences, hence they had King Grade Qi Gathering Formations!

And that King Grade Grand Formation was a set of Formations that combined offense and defense, named the "Bright Light Radiant Spirit Grand Formation": it could absorb the power of the sun to defend against enemies. When a great enemy invaded, it could form a great sun, emitting supreme pure Yang solar power to attack enemies!

And it could accumulate solar power; the more it accumulated, the more astonishing the power it erupted. Being within this Formation, even a Profound King Realm Early Stage powerhouse would only meet their demise here.

Xu Qing directly set up this Formation beneath the City Lord's mansion, covering the entire Xu City, as this was his Xu Family's base camp in the short term!

A King Grade Grand Formation was enough to cover a hundred li, and Xu City was only ten li in circumference, more than sufficient!

With this Grand Formation in place, the fate of the entire Xu City was in his hands!

The top-tier King Weapon was a sword, which would be suitable for that kid!

As for the rewarded King Grade Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills, he wasn't interested in the Cultivation Techniques, but for the convenience of future teaching, he used the System to infuse them once!

The same went for the Martial Skills!