Chapter 39: The Fate-Changing Son-in-Law (Part 1)

He gained 600 Fate-Defying Points in one go.
Su Chen estimated that if he hadn't died so young, his evaluation in this life might have been even higher; achieving a cyan seven or eight-star rating wouldn't have been a problem.
"I can no longer cultivate the Spirit Communication Technique!"
Su Chen made up his mind that he would never cultivate this damned technique again.
Without the Spirit Communication Technique, Su Chen set his sights on the Imperial Supreme World-Shaking Scripture left behind by Li Shenhua.
In his previous life, after the Elder Council was completely wiped out, Su Chen erased all traces of the Imperial Supreme World-Shaking Scripture, hiding it in a corner known only to him. As long as he obtained the token in the King's Secret Realm, he could enter the Li Clan's library and obtain the Imperial Supreme World-Shaking Scripture.
Comprehension was crucial.
Su Chen directly added 500 points to Comprehension.
With the remaining 90 Fate-Defying Points, Su Chen added points to Aptitude, and the remaining 10 points to his lineage.
In this life, he would relentlessly pursue the Imperial Supreme World-Shaking Scripture!
The convenience brought by a high-quality cultivation technique is immense, almost like having a cheat code.
Without hesitation, Su Chen immediately began his next life.
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The Great Yan Dynasty
The Xia Family
The Xia Family was merely a small family within the Great Yan Dynasty.
The strongest member was only a Spirit Sea Realm cultivator.
The Xia Family had a jewel named Xia Yingyue. Xia Yingyue was not only exceptionally talented but also extremely beautiful; every glance and smile captivated the blood of every young man in Qinghe City.
However... Xia Yingyue had a fiancé named Mu Chen.
The Mu and Xia families had been on good terms for generations, and the heads of the two families were sworn brothers, with their son and daughter betrothed.
Unfortunately, the Mu family was swept away by a beast tide eighteen years ago. Only a blind old servant arrived at the Xia family with an infant—that infant was Mu Chen.
And also, in this life, Su Chen.
Su Chen shook his head, the scene before him gradually becoming clearer.
He was eighteen years old that year, and he awakened his memories of his past life.
"I actually became a child groom?"
Scenes from the past eighteen years flashed through Su Chen's mind, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly. The Xia family was quite loyal and righteous.
Even after the Mu family's downfall, the Xia family kept their promise to marry Xia Yingyue to him.
Xia Yingyue didn't pull any dramatic annulment. They grew up together as childhood sweethearts, and she even consistently protected Su Chen within the Xia family, carefully safeguarding his dignity.
Unfortunately… Su Chen rubbed his forehead, feeling utterly helpless.
The Xia family had treated him well, but Mu Chen's actions were extremely excessive. Not only did he see the Xia family as enemies, believing they had murdered the blind old man and stolen the treasure left to him by the Mu family, but he also repeatedly wasted the Xia family's resources, frequenting brothels and making Xia Yingyue a laughingstock among the wealthy and powerful.
Thinking of the despicable things his predecessor had done, Su Chen wished he could just cut his own throat and start a new life.
However, the investment in this life was too great.
"Fortunately, this life is still within the Eastern Wilderness."
Su Chen abandoned the idea of ​​cutting his own throat. The Great Yan Dynasty was one of the ten great dynasties under the rule of the Xuan Yuan Holy Land, not far from the Tian Yuan Dynasty; a few teleportation arrays would get him there.
But in this life, he couldn't afford teleportation arrays.
He needed to raise money.
This troubled Su Chen greatly.
Outside, a noisy commotion arose.
"Father, why don't you just kill that ingrate?"
"He eats from the Xia family's food, uses the Xia family's resources, and yet he tarnishes the Xia family's reputation, tarnishes my sister's reputation, and forces her to marry this bastard!"
"Father, let me go in and kill him with one stroke. I promise, for the sake of both families, I'll let him die a quick and carefree death."
"Father, I know you can't bear to see the last bloodline of the Mu family die out, but does this fool really deserve your protection?"
Su Chen's face twitched. Such a violent voice—it was undoubtedly his brother-in-law.
Xia Yingyue's younger brother, Xia Chenfeng.
Xia Chenfeng had wanted to kill him for quite some time.
"Shut up! Mu Chen is your half-brother. If you say such things again, don't blame me for disciplining you according to family rules!"
The middle-aged man's deep reprimand greatly displeased Xia Chenfeng. He kicked open Su Chen's door and said sarcastically,
"Young Master Mu is truly formidable, severely injured by a good-for-nothing from the Fang family. If I were Young Master Mu, I might never want to wake up again."
The middle-aged man's face darkened with anger. He snapped, "Chenfeng, you're not allowed to speak to Chen'er like that!"
Xia Chenfeng, feeling wronged, stormed out of the room.
The middle-aged man asked with concern, "Nephew Mu Chen, are you feeling any better? If there's still anything bothering you, Uncle Xia will go and invite Master Yuan to take a look."
Master Yuan was the top alchemist in Qinghe City, and his services were highly sought after.
The middle-aged man's concern was genuine.
Su Chen stood up and stretched, smiling as he said, "Thank you for your concern, Uncle Xia. I'm much better now."
Seeing that Su Chen's qi and blood were indeed fine, the middle-aged man finally relaxed: "Nephew, don't take what Chen Feng said to heart. I will definitely give him a good talking-to when we get back."
Looking at the apologetic middle-aged man, Su Chen shook his head, his expression sincere.
"Uncle Xia, there's no need to punish Chen Feng. He's right. It's my own ignorance over the years that has led me to make so many mistakes, disappointing Uncle Xia, Yingyue, and Chen Feng."
"Uncle, rest assured, I will definitely cultivate diligently from now on and restore the reputation of the Mu family."
The middle-aged man, his temples slightly graying, was struck dumb, trembling with excitement, only able to repeatedly say, "Good...good...good..."
After leaving Su Chen's room, he suddenly burst into laughter, tears streaming down his face.
"Brother Mu, did you see? Chen'er has grown up! I knew Brother Mu's child couldn't possibly be a spoiled brat!"
For eighteen years, watching his beloved elder brother's last bloodline, the last of the Mu family's blood, gradually grow to hate the Xia family, gradually transforming into a complete wastrel. How could he not know this was wrong?
But he believed this wasn't the true nature of the Mu family bloodline. He believed that one day, Su Chen would wake up.
That day finally arrived!
After the Xia family father and son left, Su Chen began searching his memories.
The Xia family's cultivation techniques weren't high-level, not even at the Spirit Rank.
Every cultivation technique in his mind was at least at the Spirit Rank.
"I can't continue cultivating the Spirit Connection Technique. I'll use a Spirit Rank technique as a transition."
Soon, a top-tier spiritual-grade cultivation technique appeared in Su Chen's mind, called the Heavenly Gang Thunder Control True Technique. Created by a half-king level expert, it possessed immense power, ranking among the top spiritual-grade techniques in both destructive force and speed.
With the boost of five hundred points of comprehension, Su Chen mastered the Heavenly Gang Thunder Control True Technique in less than half a day.
Strands of milky-white lightning, like swimming dragons, spread across every inch of Su Chen's skin.
His cultivation level directly broke through from the ninth level of the Spirit Awakening Realm to the first level of the Spirit Gathering Realm.
Such cultivation speed was simply astonishing.
For Su Chen, it was merely retracing his previous cultivation path a few times.