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Chapter 773: Chapter 549: Choice
"Speak plainly!"
"Your family’s prodigy has returned, yes, the one who makes the entire three thousand years of your family’s lineage look like failures in comparison!"
"Chen Zhixing?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Wanhong’s eyes lit up. He didn’t bother arguing with Tihu and immediately got up to leave.
However, just halfway out, Tihu’s voice reached Chen Wanhong’s ears once more.
"In such a hurry, do you even know where he is?"
...
For those outside a Noble Family, it is impossible to understand how thrilled Chen Wanhong, an elder in the clan, felt upon learning that his family produced a genius like Chen Zhixing.
His heart surged, unable to calm for a long time.
He wanted to give him everything best the family had to offer.
It’s different from the emotions parents have for their children; if put into words, it’s more akin to... pulling a rare card from a game?
Once a rare card is drawn, he’s willing to scrap all other common R cards to save resources, aiming to fully cultivate this exceptional card, Chen Zhixing.
At least that’s how Chen Wanhong thought, even blaming his little uncle Chen Tianyuan for not heavily investing in Chen Zhixing early on. If he had taken Chen Zhixing to cultivate the Circulation Tao back then, Chen Zhixing would certainly be in a vastly different state right now!
Indeed, Chen Wanhong didn’t know about Chen Zhixing’s current situation, only knowing that the child had been hunted by the Three Great Sacred Lands in the Peak Realm. After much difficulty, he achieved the title of Star Venerable but was later forced into the descent task of realm exploration.
This kind of ordeal pained Chen Wanhong’s heart!
Was the vast Ziwei Chen Family truly incapable of sheltering a talented junior?!
Thus, upon learning of Chen Zhixing’s return, Chen Wanhong, as an elder of the Chen Family, wanted to make amends.
Although Chen Zhixing is now in the Longevity Realm and might not need anything, Chen Wanhong felt he still had some treasures suitable for someone of the Longevity Realm.
In Chen Wanhong’s words.
If geniuses were ranked nine levels, he’d be at the fourth level, not among the top three. Holding onto some good things would be wasting resources.
However, his junior was different!
If calculated, he’d likely surpass the first level, even if compared with the talents throughout history of the Cosmic Realm, this junior should rank at the forefront!
Chen Wanhong achieved Longevity purely by luck, but his junior fought his way up step by step!
To achieve Longevity under the pressure of the Three Great Sacred Lands, one’s mind, strategy, cultivation, and talent must be exceptional.
How could Uncle Tianyuan have failed to protect such a gem of a junior back then!
Uh....
Chen Wanhong’s thinking is probably difficult for ordinary people to comprehend.
In fact, his mindset is like those typical villains’ elders in novels; if the juniors have enough talent and skill, he’d go to any length to fulfill their wishes.
The reason Chen Wanhong is like this.
No other reason.
He’s had his fill of suffering from insufficient talent. When he inherited Wuyou Immortal Tomb’s legacy, he couldn’t fully obtain it due to limited talent, later being trapped on Circulation Island for two thousand years, and because of lacking talent, stalled at the Longevity Master’s realm. Despite being a breath away from True Monarch, this gap blocked him for eighteen hundred years.
If no unexpected events occurred, Chen Wanhong’s life would probably remain the same, with no hope, naturally placing his hopes on his bloodline juniors.
As for why Chen Wanhong didn’t leave any descendants himself?
He wanted to, but having acquired the Wuyou legacy in childhood, he never reached an appropriate age before being transformed into the Dream Return Immortal Body. This powerful Immortal Body, capable of intertwining with time, reality, illusion, dreams, and reflux laws, prevents him from nurturing offspring!
As compensation, the Dream Return Immortal Body granted him a long lifespan, comparable to the long-lived Dragon Turtle.
Yes, once one achieves Longevity, it’s unlikely to still have the ability to reproduce.
One gain must come with one loss.
...
For Chen Zhixing’s return, Chen Wanhong was exceptionally excited, eager to see the outstanding junior the very next moment.
However, Tihu, traveling with him, appeared quite indifferent.
Tihu could be considered an old acquaintance with Chen Zhixing.
Or, among the Longevity Realm individuals Chen Zhixing is familiar with within the Three Great Sacred Lands, Bai Yu might rank first, but in terms of understanding Chen Zhixing, Tihu ranks before Bai Yu.
"When I first heard of Chen Zhixing emerging on Ziwei Mountain, I immediately visited, hoping to take him as a disciple and pass on my Tihu Swordsmanship. Unfortunately, the child refused."
"It was a good refusal!"
"Yes, it was a very good refusal. If he hadn’t refused me back then, today’s Chen Zhixing might have missed the path of Star Monarch by focusing solely on the Sword, losing the authority of the Star Monarch Taoist Lord." Tihu smiled as he recalled the scene when Chen Zhixing refused him back then.
At that time, Chen Zhixing had just come of age, nearly stepping into the Peak Realm. A small individual, his cultivation had already reached extraordinary heights, leaving an unforgettable impression, even more dazzling than Li Er of the Immortal Ascension Sect in his youth.
Contrasting Tihu’s reaction was Chen Wanhong’s slight regretful sigh: