96: Family meeting

One hundred and thirty-two years have passed... Star Calendar Year 100,000 is fast approaching, and Yun Xi is about to turn 100,000 years old... Various government departments of the Federation began preparing for the 100,000-Year National Celebration three years ago. This celebration must be the grandest in history and the most prestigious!

At this moment, in Chen Jun's manor, which Liu Qing had reinforced and expanded N+1 times with dark matter and gravitational singularities.

A top-level Family meeting concerning Chen Jun was underway, serious, warm, and... one-sided... Chen Jun's twelve daughters had gathered together. The initial effect of thirty points of Kin Source made the sisters' relationship particularly close.

The eldest daughter Chen Xi, second daughter Chen Yao, and third daughter Chen Lu, these three “founding” daughters, possess the Innate Martial Body. However, they had relentlessly pursued the path of “father benefiting from daughters' prestige,” using massive resources to reach Planet-level Peak, becoming “Mortal role models” in the Family.

The other daughters, with unlimited resource supply, progressed rapidly... The fourth daughter Su Xingyao, fifth daughter Chen Xingyu, and sixth daughter Chen Changxi, all three with Innate Star Body, are now Stellar Level initial. With every gesture, starlight flows, officially stepping into the threshold of the Federation's high-level combat power.

The seventh daughter, Qin Wangshu, with an Innate Moon Body, inheriting the cold arrogance of her mother Qin Qingxuan and personally tutored by Yun Xi, has astonishingly reached Stellar Level Advanced!

But the true pillars of stability are the five below!

The eighth daughter Yue Xi, ninth daughter Xuan Sha, tenth daughter Su Yuan, and eleventh daughter Liu Qing, all four with Innate Sun Body, have actually reached Star Arm Level initial!

The upgrade speed of an Innate Sun Body is terrifying...!

Their very existence redefines the word “invincible”; even a sneeze could cause minor Star Domain gravitational turbulence.

And at the very top, that seemingly harmless girl-next-door is Yun Qinglan... Innate Radiant Body, Star Arm Level Advanced!

She merely sits there eating snacks, and the surrounding space spontaneously forms protective folds; even light rays bow as they pass by!

She is the Federation's walking ultimate weapon, and also the sisters' unspoken “final arbitrator”!

“So, who's on duty for the next ten years?” Yue Xi spoke, her voice ethereal and gentle. Although eighth in rank, she carried the demeanor of an elder sister.

The sunlight flowing around her made the quiet room comparable to a Stellar core sanatorium.

Su Xingyao immediately pulled up a holographic shift schedule, shimmering with light and self-encrypted against tampering, and replied cheerfully:

“Eighth Sister! According to the protection plan, it's my turn!”

She excitedly waved her small fist, her Stellar Level initial aura rippling the air. “I guarantee to complete the mission! Not even a female mosquito will get near Dad!”

“We must keep a close eye on Dad!” Xuan Sha said, crossing her arms, her red hair like flames, Battle Intent forming visible golden ripples around her. Her tone was as always, “act, don't talk,” and she continued:

“Dad's ‘cognitive impairment’ is terminal and incurable! He always fantasizes that he's still that seven-times-a-night... uh, that dedicated, selfless Federation stud! He doesn't even look at his life Origin, which is like a candle in the wind! Last time he used the 'feigning injury' ploy on Aunt Lin Wei, if I hadn't sensed the energy fluctuations were off, he almost would have succeeded!”

What she referred to was the “tragedy” from a century ago... This matter has to be traced back 132 years... At that time, after Yun Qinglan was born and his “special Physique” received “official certification” from Yun Xi, Chen Jun once thought he saw a glimmer of hope.

Unexpectedly, Yun Xi “burned the bridge after crossing it” and “repaid kindness with enmity,” all while maintaining an appearance of caring for him... Chen Jun despaired of “opening up new sources”... He regrouped, and in a leader-like capacity, forcibly conscripted every eligible Planetary Level “outstanding youth” to participate.

He upgraded If You Are the One to “Interstellar Matchmaking,” making it larger in scale, wider in promotion, and the dowries... could no longer be measured in Origin coins!

He even personally conducted interviews, hinting to certain “potential stocks”: “Young man, work hard. As long as you can get my daughter to nod, we'll be Family, and resources will be plentiful!”

However... the result was even more tragic than before.

Each male guest, when choosing a girl they liked, under the murderous gaze of the other eleven “little sisters”... merely standing firm without wetting their pants was already a heroic feat... Chen Jun ran another two thousand sessions of “Interstellar Matchmaking” before finally giving up completely.

He announced the end of “Interstellar Matchmaking”... On the day of the announcement, all eligible Planetary Level cultivators spontaneously gathered together and celebrated for a full three months!

Everyone's face was ecstatic... and still carried obvious lingering fears... Their mood was even more excited than returning home for the New Year after ten years... That was simply not a blind date!

Enduring the “death gaze” of several Stellar Level powerhouses, and even Star Arm Level powerhouses, that feeling was simply... The plan to find a son-in-law thus... died!

Chen Jun was like a general who repeatedly fought and repeatedly lost!

He again turned his attention to “opening up new sources”... He staged a self-directed “feigning injury” ploy for his wife, Lin Wei, just as she was about to agree!

At that critical moment!

“Dad—!!!”

A furious and anxious roar, like a galaxy exploding, resounded through the manor!

Xuan Sha descended like a humanoid supernova, her domineering, murderous Battle Intent instantly enveloping the bedroom, directly startling Chen Jun's “exquisite” performance to a halt!

She immediately “scooped” her father from Lin Wei's embrace. Her crimson-gold sunlight, like a high-precision CT scan, instantly saw through the “weak” facade to the life Origin within—still weak in her perception, but its core inexplicably locked.

“Dad! You're courting death again!” Xuan Sha was both angry and heartbroken, looking at her father's “pale” face, half from fright and half from holding his breath.

“Do you know how dangerous it is for your special Physique to procreate? What if you mess up and that sliver of vitality truly breaks?!” She turned to the bewildered Lin Wei and said, “Auntie! Dad has a ‘disease’! Severe ‘cognitive impairment’! It needs treatment! He must be strictly supervised! We absolutely cannot let him do as he pleases!”

Thus, Chen Jun's painstaking “feigning injury” ploy ended in dismal failure under his daughter's absolute power and “caring” insight.

Recalling this, Chen Jun, who was “recuperating” next door, was inwardly collapsing: That was acting! That was art! You brat! Your dad's lifespan is thick enough to outlive galaxies!

“And eighty years ago,” Su Yuan picked up, her emerald eyes full of helplessness.

“Dad actually secretly contacted Aunt Xuanji, under the guise of ‘exchanging experiences on Innate Sun Body Cultivation Bottlenecks,’ wanting to engage in ‘strategic deep cooperation’!”

Liu Qing's silver-grey eyes flickered, and she calmly added: “While optimizing the manor's spatial topological structure, I captured an abnormally encrypted signal stream. Tracing the source showed it was Father's private channel with Marshal Xuanji, with keywords including ‘high risk, high reward, Federation's future’.”

At the time, Chen Jun thought that by seeking out an “old partner,” who was also the birth mother of a Sun Body daughter, she would surely have some “courage” and “foresight.”

However, as soon as the communication connected, before he could even organize his suggestive words, Marshal Xuanji's iron-blooded face instantly turned pale!

“Chen Jun! If you want to die, don't drag me into it!” Marshal Xuanji's voice was sharp from the other end of the communication. “Her Highness Qinglan's Divine Sense covers the entire Federation! Xuan'er even asked me about her dad's recent situation the day before yesterday! You... you're trying to trap me! This matter is void! Records have been physically destroyed! You're on your own!” *Slap!* The communication cut off, accompanied by nine thousand layers of interstellar firewalls.

Somehow the news still leaked, and Yun Qinglan personally went to “have tea” with Xuanji. When she returned, the look in her eyes towards Chen Jun was filled with a helpless “Dad, can you please give us a break?”

Chen Jun: “...”

“Sixty years ago, the target was Venerable Qinglin.” Qin Wangshu's clear, cold voice rang out, carrying a barely perceptible hint of sympathy; she was on duty that year.

“Father attempted to launch the ‘Sunset Romance Partner Program’ under the pretext of ‘loneliness in old age, seeking spiritual solace’.”

Venerable Qinglin, that gentle Stellar Level cultivator who once had a slight fondness for Chen Jun, was scared pale and retreated repeatedly after receiving Chen Jun's veiled invitation to “spend the rest of our lives together, perhaps witnessing miracles.”

“Mr. Chen! You mustn't! Absolutely mustn't!” Venerable Qinglin's voice trembled, almost crying. “Your intentions... I, I cannot bear them! Her Highness Qinglan will scatter me into cosmic dust! Her Highness Yue Xi, Her Highness Xuan Sha, Her Highness Su Yuan, Her Highness Liu Qing... none of them will let me off! I... I want to live to see the Federation unify the spiral arm! Please, I beg you to spare me!”

After speaking, she immediately applied for a century-long outer domain exploration mission, fleeing faster than a warp engine, and has been out of contact ever since... “The most outrageous thing was thirty years ago,” Yue Xi said, rubbing her forehead with a wry smile, “Dad actually set his sights on Aunt Leng Qingqiu!”

Upon receiving Chen Jun's secret letter, baited with “breaking fate, surpassing oneself,” Leng Qingqiu's face, which had been frozen for tens of thousands of years, developed cracks for the first time, as if looking at an imbecile? She immediately rushed to Yun Xi with the secret letter, slammed it on the table in front of several Sun Body daughters, and her voice was bone-chillingly cold:

“Teacher! Control your Family's terminal ‘cognitive impairment’ patient! My life, Leng Qingqiu, though I yield to no one, I do not wish to be made an interstellar target by his daughters!”

This incident became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

The daughters unanimously decided to upgrade the protection plan. Even the three sisters Chen Xi, Chen Yao, and Chen Lu, who originally didn't participate in the shifts due to slightly inferior strength, were drafted after their Breakthrough to Planet-level Peak, forming the twelve-member “Benevolent Father Protection Squad,” ensuring that at least one daughter “accompanied” their father every second.

Recalling this, all the daughters sighed, rubbing their foreheads.

Su Xingyao concluded: “In short, Dad's current situation is this—his ideals are grand, he thinks he can still procreate, but reality is harsh; his life hangs by a thread, his cognitive bias is severe, and he always wants to burn his last spark of life for the Federation's great task of procreation! As his caring little darlings, we must resolutely curb his ‘heroic’ self-sacrificing tendencies!”

Yun Qinglan finally put down her snacks, her ethereal voice carrying the authority of a star sea decree:

“Father's safety concerns the cornerstone of civilization. His ‘spirit of dedication’ is commendable, but his judgment is severely distorted due to his weakened life Origin and excessive zeal for the Federation! Protecting Father is protecting the Federation's future! Xingyao will be on duty for the next ten years! Maintain high vigilance, especially guarding against any unnecessary contact between Father and any female creature!”

“Yes! Sister Qinglan!” Su Xingyao stood at attention, her small face serious... “Then, meeting adjourned. All elder sisters must diligently Cultivate, and by no means waste this Innate Universe Origin cleansing period.”

Yue Xi gave the final summary, and the meeting concluded.