Fantasy: The Clan Chief Lies Down, His House Is Full of Emperors

Xu Chen has broken through to the late stage of the Profound Core Realm. His cultivation speed is far slower than that of the eldest and second eldest brothers back then, but much faster than others. Even compared with the royal family members, he is fast enough.

After all, Xu Chen possesses a top-tier spiritual body, which is the best talent within the three great dynasties.

Currently, Xu Yan, the highest-ranking member of the anti-bandit squad, is only at the peak of the Profound Core stage, but his strength is inferior to Xu Chen's.

As for Xu Muge and Xu Luo, who are far away in the Great Xia Dynasty, they have now reached the peak of the Purple Mansion Realm, and their actual combat strength is even more frightening.

Their strength increased, but Xu Qingzhou was the biggest beneficiary, as he broke through to the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm.

Moreover, he had a very fulfilling three years.

He bought a lot of spirit wine. After drinking a pot, he slept for a whole month. Everyone thought he was cultivating, and no one bothered him. In fact, he was just sleeping soundly.

After waking up, I would have a deep conversation with Su Xinyan and Yu Shufei, eat and drink, then sleep again, talk again, and eat and drink again.

This cycle repeats itself endlessly, and people never tire of it.

He was even asleep when he broke through to the next level.

Xu Qingzhou even had the urge to write a novel, titled "A Ten-Thousand-Year Dream, Awakening to Invincibility".

In the past three years, Xu Qingzhou has only met the seven elders a few times, and he only summoned them when he was in a good mood. The other clansmen have never had the chance to see him.

His regular schedule meant that even if a hidden assassin managed to infiltrate the Xu family through some means, they would have no chance to get close to Xu Qingzhou, let alone assassinate him.

After waking up this time, Xu Qingzhou summoned the elders again to inquire about the family's development and whether they had encountered any difficulties.

Upon meeting, Xu Qingzhou exclaimed in surprise, "Huh, the Grand Elder has broken through to the Purple Mansion realm?"

The elder was in high spirits over the happy occasion, and chuckled, "I broke through by sheer luck a few days ago."

"Brother is too modest. There's no such thing as luck in this kind of thing," the Seventh Elder said.

The Xu family now has four chosen ones, and the talents of the Xu family members have been improved four times in succession.

Based on the Grand Elder's talent and cultivation speed, he would have only reached the peak of the Profound Core stage at most in his lifetime.

However, with his improved talent and abundant resources, he successfully broke through from the early stage of the Profound Core realm to the Purple Mansion realm in just thirteen years.

They may even be able to reach higher realms in the future, as will the other elders.

Xu Qingzhou praised, "The Grand Elder is the fourth Purple Mansion cultivator in our Xu family. All the elders must also work harder and not be surpassed by the young people in the bandit suppression team."

Excluding Shangguan Zhuo, Su Xinyan, and Yu Shufei, the Grand Elder is indeed the fourth Purple Mansion.

"You all keep trying, I'm just an old man, I can't refine anymore," the Fourth Elder said weakly.

The seven elders were initially ranked according to their strength, with the fourth elder being the oldest among them.

Even with his improved talent, he still has difficulty breaking through to the Purple Mansion realm due to severe depletion of his vital energy and blood.

The Second Elder said, "The future belongs to the young. I think we can step down and give way to the more capable people once someone in the bandit suppression team breaks through to the Purple Mansion realm."

“Yes, I’m thinking of going back to Yunshan City to retire,” the Third Elder chimed in.

When he left Yunshan City, he thought that when he didn't have much time left, he would return to his hometown of Yunshan City and spend his old age in peace.

Xu Qingzhou quickly said, "Even if they break through to the Nascent Soul stage, it's only an improvement in strength. They are far inferior to the elders in handling affairs, so don't even think about stepping down and making way for more capable people."

Xu Qingzhou could only relax and rest easy after entrusting all the family's affairs to the seven elders; the younger generation was still lacking in ability.

At this moment, the elder said, "Young people with good talent should focus their energy on cultivation and improving their strength. Being bothered by trivial matters and slowing down their cultivation would be a loss."

“Yes, so we’ll have to trouble the elders with the family matters,” Xu Qingzhou affirmed.

But thinking that the elders have worked so hard for so many years, perhaps they should take a rest, Xu Qingzhou said.

"If any elder feels that he is not up to the task, he can choose a trusted successor in advance, train him for a few years, and when he is able to stand on his own, you can rest and recuperate in peace."

Upon hearing this, the elders nodded in agreement.

After chatting for a while, they got down to business, with the elders reporting on the family affairs they were in charge of.

The First Elder spoke first.

“Some time ago, a group of bandits caused trouble in Yunshan City after drinking. Three members of our Xu family were injured and one died as a result.”

Xu Qingzhou frowned slightly. "Where did these bandits come from?"

"The Azure Wolf Stronghold in the Demon Cloud Mountains is comparable in strength to the already destroyed Gale Stronghold, and their leader is a Nascent Soul Realm expert," the First Elder replied.

Xu Qingzhou casually said, "Then tell Xu Yan and the others to take good care of Qinglang Village."

There's no need to send Shangguan Zhuo to wipe them out directly; it's better to leave them for the bandit suppression team to practice on.

The Grand Elder nodded; he thought so too.

In fact, if it weren't for the fear of encountering the hidden assassins, Xu Qingzhou would have even wanted to go and have some fun with the leader of the Green Wolf Village himself.

At this point, the Second Elder began to report on the recent progress of the spirit beast breeding business.

Since acquiring the Beast Tamer inheritance, the Xu family has cultivated quite a few Beast Tamers in the past three years.

With the help of the beast tamers, the business of raising spirit beasts is also developing rapidly, and two large mountains in the city have been rented to raise spirit beasts.

The only problem is that the Xu family doesn't have any powerful spirit beasts to raise, so the family's beast tamers have to find suitable spirit pets on their own.

Although Lingyue Sect and Wanbao Pavilion have them, there are only a few truly powerful ones, and they still need them. It's fine for the Xu family to borrow one or two, but it wouldn't be good to borrow too many.

This is due to a lack of foundation, which can only be made up for gradually over time.

Soon they arrived at the Sixth Elder, who was in charge of the Drunken Immortal Pavilion's business.

After reviewing the account books of each branch, Xu Qingzhou couldn't help but ask, "Why is the price so low in Yucheng?"

The Sixth Elder explained, "Yucheng is very close to the Seven Stars Sect. I went there to investigate and found that the Seven Stars Sect has used many underhanded methods, which have greatly affected the business of our Drunken Immortal Pavilion."

"It's the Seven Star Sect again, those ungrateful wretches who never learn from their mistakes," Xu Qingzhou cursed.

The Seven Star Sect is a typical example of forgetting the pain once the wound has healed. It hasn't been long since they lost five Nascent Soul Realm experts, and they're already itching for a beating again.

Previously, they not only joined forces with the Taixu Sect to target Xu Chen in the Azure Dragon Secret Realm, but now they are secretly making underhanded moves to affect the business of the Drunken Immortal Pavilion.

Xu Qingzhou decided to bring forward the plan to destroy the Seven Stars Sect.

The Seven Star Sect is like a fly—it doesn't bite, but it disgusts people.

If you don't eliminate them, they'll keep buzzing around you, and even forces like the Pill and Weapon Sect, which have a grudge against the Xu family, might come along.

Therefore, we need to make an example of them as soon as possible to teach them a lesson.

It just so happens that the third assassin in the Hidden Killings operation is also getting impatient, so Xu Qingzhou decided to eliminate all these potential threats at once.