Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Chapter 285: Chapter 232: Ancestor and the Monkey Kid _2

Although Zhao Xuanjing was nearly a thousand years old, his vitality was ten times stronger than that of Zhao Sheng, as intense and robust as the Great Sun. Approaching within three feet of him, one could feel the scorching waves of heat rolling towards them, almost causing harm.

After 800 years, Zhao Xuanjing had now achieved Perfect Golden Core Realm, and due to the Great Success of his Profound Yellow Battle Body, his stature had tremendously grown to over seven meters tall. His huge frame was not bulky; instead, his musculature was pronounced, and his skin was jade-yellow like it was cast from ancient bronze, appearing at first glance like the reincarnation of the Immortal of Colossal Spirit.

However, if a stranger were to see him, they would be shocked to discover that this Ancestor of the Xinglong Zhao Family no longer possessed the ferocious iron will from three hundred years ago. Now, his face was calm and peaceful, his eyes as deep as the Abyss Sea, his gaze emanating a shine of wisdom.

At that moment, Zhao Xuanjing smiled and asked, “Qingyang, have you ever learned about the origins and history of the Xinglong Zhao Family?”

Zhao Sheng replied, “The Xinglong Zhao Family originated a thousand years ago from Dragon Carp Lake in the heart of the Central Continent…”

Since his reincarnation, exactly ten years had passed, but eighteen-year-old Zhao Sheng was barely six feet tall and so thin he was practically skin and bones.

In these ten years, the amount of Elixir Pills he had consumed to supplement his Qi and blood could pile up to the height of two people, the resources he used up each year being enough for the cultivation of more than thirty clan members.

Zhao Sheng had been nourished from a young age, consuming resources extensively, so much so that even the wealthy and influential Zhao Family found it overwhelming.

Every year, proposals to cut his expenses were repeatedly raised at the Unity Hall Clan Elder Council meetings, but they were always vetoed by Patriarch Zhao Dingguang.

The Zhao Family currently had three Golden Core Ancestors, Zhao Xuanjing being one of them, of course.

Among the others was another acquaintance of Zhao Sheng.

He never expected that the little brat Zhao Tongxian would also ascend to the Golden Core Realm and even become an Alchemy Master.

Back when he was browsing the family annals, he saw that 700 years ago, the Zhao Family “accidentally” acquired a Samadhi True Fire, which ultimately was used on Zhao Tongxian, leading to the rise of a Golden Core Ancestor in the family.

Upon seeing this, Zhao Sheng suddenly realized and couldn’t help but deeply admire Zhao Keru’s noble and bright character.

Strangers might not know, but he was very aware that the Samadhi True Fire was not obtained by chance but was gathered by the Zhao family through two generations’ hard efforts by collecting Stone Fire, Wood Fire, and Air Fire.

The merging of the three fires yielded the Samadhi True Fire!

According to merit and seniority, Zhao Keru, a Foundation Establishment Elder and Second-Order Alchemist, was the best candidate for the Samadhi True Fire.

Yet, he gave it up and personally handed the Samadhi True Fire to Zhao Tongxian.

Under a thirty percent chance of successful Core Formation, Zhao Tongxian did not disappoint and indeed successfully ascended to become a Golden Core Master.

Past events had faded with the wind, and time stretched to today. Zhao Tongxian was nearing his eight hundredth birthday, with sitting down imminent.

Patriarch Zhao Dingguang had ascended to the Golden Core Realm three hundred years ago.

Unfortunately, he formed his core with the aid of external objects and only had a life span of five hundred years.

Calculating the time, Patriarch Zhao Dingguang was also nearly five hundred years old, with his time approaching as well.

In less than twenty years, two of the Zhao Family’s great Golden Core Ancestors would be sitting down, and recently, in the last 60 years, six Foundation Establishment Perfection clan elders of the Zhao Family had successively attempted to form their cores, all failing without a single success.

This painful outcome cast a shadow over the flourishing recent years of the Zhao Family under Zhao Sheng’s lead.

“…Three hundred years ago, Patriarch Zhao Dingguang crossed Tribulation and condensed his pill during the beginning of a new round of territory expansion wars because Taifu Mountain no longer sufficed for the family’s developmental needs.

So you, Zhao Tongxian, and Patriarch Zhao Dingguang, our three ancestors, led our clan’s Foundation Establishment Elders boldly into battle during the territory expansion war and captured the Thousand-mile Crocodile Dragon Swamp in one fell swoop, thereby establishing the foundation of the Xinglong Zhao Family.

After three hundred years of reclaiming and cultivating the land, turning the swamp into fields, most of the Thousand-mile Swamp has been transformed into the fertile Xinglong Plain where Zhao clan members thrive and reproduce, now numbering over five hundred—”

At this point, Zhao Xuanjing suddenly waved his hand, interrupting Zhao Sheng’s recitation:

“Enough! The rest is just flattery; no need to continue.”

“But wait, I haven’t even got to how you singlehandedly created the famed Xinglong City in the Southern Border.@@novelbin@@

This Xinglong City is extraordinary, also known as Yin Yang Eight Diagram City, covering an area of eighty square miles, built according to the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams on the surface, with a matching Dark Eight Regions underground, the twin cities of light and shadow forming a unified defensive array—ugh!”

Zhao Sheng was cut mid-sentence as a streak of golden light flew towards him, immediately sealing his mouth shut.

Zhao Xuanjing shook his head, laughing and scolding, “You little monkey, almost all the family secrets have been shaken out by you. Your mouth really spares no one. I also don’t know how the usually quiet and reserved you from childhood grew into this personality today?”

For some reason, from the first time he saw Zhao Qingyang, he felt an unusual kinship.

This child was very different from other family members, perfectly suited to his temperament.