Comprehension Ability: I Forge a Villainous Longevity Family

Chapter 569: Chapter 447: Ignition

Chen Zhixing never thought that his ancestor at home would prepare such a precious gift for him in his final moments.

A favor from someone in the Longevity Realm, or to put it directly, a life.

Although he hadn’t heard of this Li Er... or Huayu Immortal Venerable’s deeds, just from the fact that the other party, like True Monarch Yimiao, held the position of a Master of the Holy Land, he could appreciate just how precious this favor was.

"Alright, this is the most precious thing the old man has kept at the bottom of the chest, and today it’s yours. Rest assured, only you and Li Er know of this information, and Li Er will only acknowledge you. Even if other members of the Chen Family go to look for him, he will not recognize them."

"Ancestor, why don’t you leave this information to... the family?"

"They won’t be able to use it." Chen Tianchen patted his old leg, his tone becoming indifferent: "The Chen Family now is like I was before I went to the North Sea, with old arms and legs that seem robust, but there is no path forward. Giving them this favor is like when that old turtle left its Golden Nature in front of me.

Yearning to obtain it, yet when it is placed in front of them, they realize it is just an illusion."

Old man still managed to pull out some artistic flavor.

Chen Zhixing felt helpless.

He didn’t understand fully, but could more or less tell that the Chen Family overseas was in the same predicament, appearing strong on the surface, but in essence, much had already been consumed away.

Defending a city is fine, but there’s no path forward for advancement.

Thinking for a bit, Chen Zhixing still asked:

"Do you still plan on having me go overseas?"

"Let you go? Let you turn the overseas family into something like Ziwei Mountain?"

After delivering this final secret, the old man seemed to care about nothing else, lazily basking in the sun: "Do you know how I spoke to those people of Qing State when I took them to the North Sea?"

"Uh, how did you say it?" Chen Zhixing blinked, genuinely curious about this, as he knew the group that headed north with the old man, those in the Peak Realm, didn’t seem to have a good relationship with the Chen Family. Logically, their connection with the old man shouldn’t have been deep, at least not to the extent of hunting the Longevity Profound Turtle together.

"Hahaha, I told them, ’You, little thing, are unique, advancing through seas of corpses and blood. Wherever you go, death follows. You act more ruthlessly than some Golden Nature reincarnations. At that time, you were close to breaking through to the Peak Realm, and there was hardly anyone left around who could become your stepping stone, except them. If they didn’t want to die, they’d better hurry and hide to avoid encountering you, this calamity star!’"

When saying this, the old man laughed heartily, seemingly reminiscing about the expressions of those ’old friends’ back then, and the subsequent scene of almost fleeing from Qing State as if escaping a calamity, which was truly amusing!

Chen Zhixing: "..."

The phrase ’damn’ was stifled inside, and Chen Zhixing thought that this was indeed the case.

Can this matter be blamed on him?

Yes!

Oh, well then, never mind.

Thinking of his own rise, it indeed involved death following him wherever he went, and after returning from the Snowfield Plateau, he had been holed up in Jiangzhou, so it was not odd for the nearby Peak Realms to be fearful.

Jiangzhou was originally the Chen Family’s territory, and having the Peak devastated once, with Si State... the Sikong family being directly annihilated, and even Qing State’s Meng Family falling victim to his ruthless hand.

Facing such a calamity star more toxic than Golden Nature, if he were those peak ones, he’d run too!

But right in the midst of things, why did the old man suddenly bring this up?

"Heh heh, what do you say, wasn’t the old man right? This calamity star doesn’t just harm others; he even spared no effort on his own family. After finally settling down for over a year, you pulled off a grand move, sealing Ziwei Mountain and heading to the Central Domain to trouble Daluo Taoist Lands... tsk tsk."

Chen Tianyuan emitted a strange laugh: "You have no idea, after learning of your clash with Daluo Taoist Lands, how those old folks who left with me earlier thanked me. They looked so grateful, as if I were their own father, eager to set up an ancestral tablet for your ancestor and worship it daily."

"..."

"Impressive! You kid truly are impressive!"

"..."

"You’ve brought honor to your ancestor!"

"..."

"Don’t be cowardly! Isn’t it just the Daluo Taoist Lands! Do it!"

"..."

"Sigh, this is just something I say. If you really do it, wait until I die first."

"Ah...."

...

The old man’s health didn’t improve much for a few days.

In the first half of the month, he could still walk around Ziwei, occasionally having Chen Zhixing accompany him around Linjiang City. In the latter half of the month, he could only lie in bed, his complexion worsening day by day.

But even when bedridden, the old man couldn’t stay idle, recounting to Chen Zhixing how the Chen Family initially established itself in Jiangzhou, and how the current Linjiang City was built.

These were just appearances.

The reason he insisted on having Chen Zhixing stay by his side, even after handing over the secret, wasn’t because he feared death, but because he wanted to use the last of his life to give Chen Zhixing a final lesson.

A lesson that for Chen Zhixing was almost more vital than that favor from True Monarch Huayu.

Much like the lesson his father, Chang Feng True Monarch, taught him back then.

He was using his opportunity in death to make Chen Zhixing understand how someone like him in the Peak Realm was thoroughly consumed by those Taoist Lords.

First, the Essence, Qi, and Spirit visibly declined, then the physical body’s vitality flowed toward the Spirit Realm in a way Chen Zhixing couldn’t comprehend. In the end, his Tao Practice supporting his life was continuously consumed, leaving behind a nearly skeletal frame.