Family Rise by Daily Intelligence-Chapter 370 - 200: Cao Xiang’er Breaks Through the Purple Mansion, Heaven’s Pride, An Auspicious Start_2
Liang Zhitang muttered something under his breath upon hearing this.
The murderous intent in his eyes dissipated quite a bit.
Everyone waited for about half a cup of tea’s time.
The four Eighth-Grade Noble Families arrived one after another. Originally, the Gongsun Family was quite prominent, but this time they only sent two people, creating a stark contrast with the powerful troops of the Nangong, Shangguan, and Shi Families.
Fu Changli quietly transmitted a message to Fu Changsheng:
"Patriarch, it seems that the Gongsun Family hasn’t produced a new Foundation Establishment in these three years. However, I’m a bit puzzled why the other three Eighth-Grade Noble Families, despite being so powerful, haven’t united to wipe out the Gongsun Family and split their territory’s resources?"
During the last Demon Realm expedition.
The number of Foundation Establishment cultivators sent by the Gongsun Family showed that they had only four left.
Even if only the Shangguan Family took action, they could lead their clan to crush them. Fu Changsheng also looked at Shangguan Hongyu with some doubt.
Shangguan Hongyu said:
"At the last Foundation Establishment Pill auction hosted by the Wanning Commerce Association, the Gongsun Family spent hundreds of thousands of Spirit Stones to bid for five Foundation Establishment Pills. Moreover, they have sealed off Seven Miles Mountain Demon Realm ever since, not showing themselves. Their territory’s Mountain Protection Array is a Tier Three Top-Grade; even a Great Cultivator of the Purple Mansion could be killed if two Foundation Establishment join forces to activate it."
So that explains it.
But as far as I know.
Aside from their territory, all other resources of the Gongsun Family have already been divided by the three Eighth-Grade Noble Families.
Once everyone was present.
The doors of the World Suppression Bureau opened with a bang.
Fu Changsheng peeked inside and found only Master Liu coming out, without seeing any sign of Cao Xiang’er, indicating that she had indeed been promoted.
Master Liu instructed the Left and Right Guardians to step forward and verify the names. Once everything matched, he announced:
"Eighth-Grade Noble Families, come in first."
Earlier arrivals entered first.
In Great Zhou, everything is done according to the Noble Family hierarchy.
After waiting for about half a cup of tea’s time.
The Left and Right Guardians finally came out and conveyed the message for everyone to enter. They passed through the Main Hall of the World Suppression Bureau, walked through a long corridor to the back hall, and found a branch hall shrouded by an Array’s light curtain. The words "Transmission Hall" were prominently written above the branch hall.
Master Liu cast a technique.
The doors of the Transmission Hall opened with a boom.
After everyone entered.
Master Liu then handed each person a Teleportation Token:
"There is an activation incantation on the back of the token. Memorize it well. Once the Teleportation Array is activated, without the protection of the token, even with our Foundation Establishment cultivation, we would definitely be crushed into fragments by the space power."
It was the first time Fu Changsheng saw a Teleportation Array.
He curiously looked around, noticing the densely packed Talisman Arrays engraved on the Teleportation Array, realizing that constructing such an array not only required an Array Master but also a Talisman Array Master to assist.
Unfortunately.
The Transmission Hall of the World Suppression Bureau was only for emergency use and was never open to outsiders.
As Master Liu inserted one Middle-Grade Spirit Stone after another into the array, with a loud noise, the Talisman Arrays on the Teleportation Array were lit one by one, and four beams of light shot up to the sky, making the array operate rapidly:
"Quick, step into the array!"
Before Master Liu finished speaking.
Everyone swiftly stepped into the Teleportation Array.
Fu Changsheng felt a whirlwind of dizziness accompanied by the crushing pressure of space power on his body.
Breathing became difficult.
At this moment.
A misty spirit light descended on him from the Teleportation Token, instantly dispersing the crushing pressure from the space, although his head buzzed loudly.
This continued for about a cup of tea’s time.
Boom!
The scene before his eyes darkened.
Fu Changsheng found himself on an underground Daoist Field.
The field was divided in two.
The other side bore the North Huai Prefecture’s banner.
Last time during the Seven Miles Mountain Demon Realm expedition, North Huai Prefecture had achieved significant merits, so this time, the number of people they sent was more than twice as many as theirs.
Once they emerged from the Teleportation Array.
Many cultivators, who were also taking the Teleportation Array for the first time, looked as pale as ghosts, and the Ghost Immortal Lady even retched.
Among the North Huai Prefecture crowd, the Young Clan Leader of the Ninth-Grade Xu Family, Xu Changqing, saw this and snorted disdainfully:
"Bumpkins."
"Young Clan Leader, the South Huai Prefecture is adjacent to the Eastern Wilderness Southern Barbarians, so they are naturally rustic. However, look at the Fu Family’s camp; there are quite a few pretty girls. Young Clan Leader, which one do you fancy?"
Behind him, the bootlicker from the Chen Family, Xu Changyun, fawned with a flattering smile.
Xu Changqing’s gaze swept over Liuu Meizhen, Shangguan Hongyu, Fu Molan, Fu Changli, and Yu Qingru, finally resting on Shangguan Hongyu:
"The one in the red robe."
"Got it, Young Clan Leader, wait a moment... Young Clan Leader, that girl in the red robe seems to be Shangguan Hongyu, the daughter of the Grand Elder of the Eighth-Grade Shangguan Family. Maybe... Young Clan Leader, should you pick another?"
"What about Eighth-Grade? Our Xu Family is on the verge of stepping up to Eighth-Grade status, pending obtaining the Foundation Establishment Pill from the Celestial Mausoleum. And Nanny Xu’s assignment has already been issued; next month, she will be transferred to the South Huai Prefecture World Suppression Bureau and promoted to Hall Master. For me to take a liking to her, it’s Shangguan Hongyu’s fortune."
"Yes, yes, Young Clan Leader, calm your anger, calm your anger."
Flunky Xu Changyun nodded and bowed repeatedly.
In his mind, he cursed silently.
If it weren’t for Nanny Xu, he would have slapped this ancestor long ago. The Foundation Establishment Pill from the Celestial Mausoleum is crucial to their Xu Family’s potential Eighth-Grade ascension. It can’t be announced verbally in such a public setting; he thought quickly on how to deal with this little ancestor.
This time, the Patriarch specifically instructed.
To acquire the Foundation Establishment Pill from the Changling Garden at all costs.
...
On the other side.
Similarly led by a Young Clan Leader, the Situ Family, whose strength matches that of the Xu Family, had Situ Feng leading the group, a prodigy just over thirty and already at the Ninth-Layer Foundation Establishment. Behind him was his guardian, Situ Daoo, who glanced at the Xu Family’s activity and whispered to report:
