Chapter 44: The Fate-Changing Son-in-Law (Part 6)

Xia Yingyue returned to the Shuiyun Sect to cultivate.
She took Xia Chenfeng and some geniuses from Qinghe City with her.
Fang Bubai did not join any sect.
Under Su Chen's deliberate arrangement.
The two became sworn brothers through a bond forged in battle and shared life-or-death experiences.
Fang Bubai asked, "Brother Mu, are you leaving the Great Yan Dynasty?"
Su Chen nodded: "I need to leave the Great Yan Dynasty to do something, and then join the Xuan Yuan Holy Land."
In this life, Su Chen's goal was not only the legacy left by Li Shenhua.
But also the Xuan Yuan Holy Land.
The Holy Land was a place that all martial arts prodigies dreamed of entering their entire lives.
If a stunningly beautiful woman and the opportunity to enter a martial arts Holy Land were placed before a martial artist,
no one would hesitate because of the beauty.
Even the most beautiful appearance will eventually turn into a skeleton after a thousand years.
Hearing Su Chen's ambition, Fang Bubai felt a surge of longing.
He naturally longed to join the sacred land.
Unfortunately, burdened by a great secret, he was destined to be alone.
"The journey of the martial world is long; we shall meet again someday."
Su Chen dusted himself off and bid farewell to Fang Bubai.
He was leaving Qinghe City, leaving the Great Yan Dynasty, to seek the legacy left behind from his past life.
"Brother Mu, we shall meet again someday,"
Fang Bubai said earnestly.
After Su Chen left, the old man on Fang Bubai's body floated out, looked at Su Chen, and said, "A small city like Qinghe actually has such a figure."
His tone was full of admiration.
How many heroes are there in the world?
Aim high, strive, strive.
This farewell may be the last time we meet.
Su Chen returned to the Xia family.
He bid farewell to Xia Hongcai.
"Children grow up and eventually leave their parents' side, like birds spreading their wings and flying to a wider sky."
A mix of emotions welled up in Xia Hongcai's heart.
Xia Yingyue, Xia Chenfeng, and Su Chen had all left Qinghe City.
Early morning.
Facing the rising sun.
Xia Hongcai watched Su Chen's figure disappear into the morning light.
Coming back to his senses, he returned to Su Chen's room.
He found an item on the table.
Xia Hongcai picked it up and noticed a line of elegant and powerful characters on it:
"Heavenly Gang Thunder Control True Technique"
Xia Hongcai was deeply attracted and couldn't help but open it.
Then... he became engrossed in it.
Until dusk.
He finally came to his senses.
This technique was beyond his comprehension.
If it were leaked, the entire Xia family would surely be razed to the ground overnight.
"Chen'er..."
Xia Hongcai put away the cultivation manual, murmuring, "Thank you...it's my Xia family that owes you."
........
In the blink of an eye
Su Chen had been away from the Great Yan Dynasty for more than half a year.
Su Chen had been suppressing his cultivation, preventing himself from breaking through.
Having experienced the powerful boost from the purple-quality spirit runes,
he preferred to spend more time cultivating,
rather than use lower-quality spirit runes as a substitute.
Finally, after more than half a year, he had saved enough money for the journey to the Tianyuan Dynasty.
He immediately set off for the Tianyuan Dynasty.
It took him another half a year to finally return to the Tianyuan Dynasty and arrive at the place where he had passed away in his previous life.
One hundred and thirty years had passed since his passing in the Tianyuan Dynasty.
Before him, Li Xuanbing in the Xuanyuan Holy Land broke through to the Tongxuan Realm and became a King.
Later, Li Xuanyuan, aided by the nation's fortune, broke through to the Profound Realm in one fell swoop.
This greatly pleased Su Chen.
The remaining nations that had not been destroyed in the past, under the efforts of Li Xuanbing and Li Xuanyuan, unified the thirteen dynasties, bringing the Tianyuan Dynasty to its peak.
Su Chen listened as the storyteller, beaming with excitement, proudly recounted the beginning of a new dynasty.
"All of this stems from the great talent and strategy of Emperor Taizong. If it weren't for his leadership in ending the rule of the Tianfeng Dynasty, perhaps we would still be suffering from war, a speck of dust in a chaotic world. How could we witness such a prosperous era?"
"People say that Emperor Taizong forced his father and killed his brothers to seize the throne, but time has proven his merits and demerits. It's just a pity that Emperor Taizong is now missing. Otherwise, how powerful would our Tianyuan Dynasty be?"
One family, three kings
How glorious!
Su Chen smiled bitterly.
They might never see such a scene.
Because their ancestor, Taizong, died in the mountains not far from the city.
Cause of death: He was nearly possessed while cultivating a martial arts technique.
Su Chen left the city and ventured alone into the mountains. Following his memories, he arrived at a cliff.
He leaped off.
As Su Chen intertwined his seals, a flash of silver light disappeared.
Su Chen's figure vanished.
Opening his eyes, he found himself in a scene resembling a peach blossom garden.
Under a towering tree.
A figure dressed in tattered white robes, with stark white bones, sat cross-legged beneath the tree.
This was the first time Su Chen had seen the corpse of his past life.
A myriad of emotions welled up within him.
He removed the items from the corpse of his past life.
These were the treasures he had left for this life.
Among them was a purple-quality spirit rune.
He had carefully selected it.
It was a Thunderflame Flood Dragon spirit pattern, burning with blue thunderflames, possessing terrifying destructive power.
Back then, to find and kill this juvenile Thunderflame Flood Dragon, he had spent a full thirty years lurking in the Thunderflame Lands, expending tremendous effort.
Su Chen refined the Thunderflame Flood Dragon spirit pattern, and the image of the Thunderflame Flood Dragon appeared behind him.
A creature resembling a Flood Dragon, its body wreathed in blue thunderflames, with a pair of curved dragon horns on its head, crackling with lightning, and a sword-like tail flashing with arcs of lightning, coiled in the air, exuding terrifying majesty.
"Indeed powerful! Combined with the Heavenly Gang Thunder Control True Technique, its power is probably comparable to some King-level techniques!"
Su Chen was delighted. This Thunderflame Flood Dragon truly lived up to its reputation as a powerful beast whose adult form could rival a Void Realm cultivator; it was indeed extraordinary.
Three months later, Su Chen emerged from seclusion.
His cultivation had broken through to the Spirit Pattern Realm, reaching the sixth level of the Spirit Pattern Realm in one fell swoop.
The secret realm was on the verge of collapse. Su Chen buried his former body and departed.
After spending another six months raising his cultivation to the first level of the Spirit Sea Realm, Su Chen went to Dongwu City to participate in the Dongwu Secret Realm.
The Dongwu Secret Realm was a kingly secret realm left behind by Su Chen in his previous life, capable of summoning the entire Li Clan's token.
Hundreds of years had passed, and the token had become a legend, with countless geniuses returning disappointed.
But... the legends of the Dongwu Secret Realm continued to circulate widely.
Every three years, it attracted countless geniuses, brimming with hope.
Various powerful forces also came to try their luck.
The Tianyuan Dynasty was delighted with this. Since the token was already a legend, this opportunity presented a chance to make a fortune and significantly increase the court's revenue—why not?
Su Chen arrived at the Eastern Martial Secret Realm, where it was already teeming with geniuses from various forces, including many young prodigies who had already reached the Spirit Sea Realm.
Su Chen followed these geniuses into the Eastern Martial Secret Realm.
In the capital of the Tianyuan Dynasty
Li Xuanyuan suddenly looked towards the ancestral temple.
A beam of light shot through the clouds.
Li Xuanyuan's eyes widened, and he murmured, "The token left behind by Emperor Taizong...it has appeared!"
The legend had come true!