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

Over the years, the prudent Prince Xu Chu has spent most of his time residing in Qixing Mountain, east of the capital of the Great Qian Dynasty.

Occasionally, he would go to the capital for a stroll to relax and have fun, and he would also visit Xu Ying to accompany her on her travels.

The bone that Xu Chu obtained in the Azure Dragon Secret Realm allows him to freely enter and exit the secret realm.

As for the others, it remains the same as before: only those below the Profound Core Realm can enter the secret realm.

It relies on the different time flow of the Azure Dragon Secret Realm compared to the outside world, and the rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

The Xu family's business of raising spirit beasts, planting spirit herbs and plants, and brewing and storing wine has already started here and has yielded great profits.

As time goes on, the revenue generated by these industries will continue to accumulate and increase.

Even some members of the Xu family who have just begun cultivating can enter the secret realm to cultivate and accelerate their growth.

After all, in the early stages of cultivation, there is no need for too much actual combat. You can temporarily stop practicing martial arts techniques, focus on cultivating your cultivation methods, improving your cultivation level, and consolidating your realm.

Under normal circumstances, it would take them several years to advance from the beginning of their cultivation to the late stage of the Nascent Soul Realm.

But once they entered the Azure Dragon Secret Realm, only two months had passed in the outside world, and they had already reached the late stage of the Spirit Gathering Realm.

Afterwards, they left the secret realm and began to cultivate martial arts skills to increase their combat experience.

If you can break into the top fifteen in the family competition, you can join the Hidden Dragon Guard and go to the border battlefield to hone your skills.

therefore.

A Azure Dragon Secret Realm that can be freely entered and exited would be of great help to the Xu family.

Xu Chu would occasionally enter the secret realm to cultivate, but his cultivation speed was far slower than that of the other three chosen ones.

However, with the Azure Dragon Secret Realm around, Xu Chu's cultivation improved quite quickly, and he has now reached the Perfection of the Purple Mansion Realm.

Seven years ago, he was only at the early stage of the Purple Mansion realm.

Without the Azure Dragon Secret Realm, given his previous cultivation speed, he definitely wouldn't have been able to break through even once in seven years.

Xu Chu himself never expected that the Azure Dragon Secret Realm, which he had risked going to in order to repay his family, would actually be of such great help to him.

As for the fourth Chosen One, Xu Chen, he may have obtained some kind of opportunity. When he left, he was only in the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion realm, but after seven years, he has actually reached the early stage of the Primordial Spirit realm.

Even Xu Muge in the past didn't cultivate this fast under normal circumstances.

Therefore, he must have obtained some great opportunity.

Thanks to their efforts, Xu Qingzhou also broke through from the second level of the Heavenly Palace Realm to the fourth level.

Right now, he's leisurely reading an ancient history book in the courtyard.

"To the west of the three great dynasties, spanning a million miles, there are eight ancient kingdoms. Xu Chen must have obtained some kind of opportunity in the Wu Kingdom among them."

Given Xu Chen's previous situation, he was still a bit outmatched when he was adventuring alongside Xu Luo and the others.

But staying in the three dynasties didn't bring any benefits.

Therefore, Xu Luo recommended that he go to Wu Kingdom, one of the eight ancient kingdoms.

These eight ancient kingdoms were roughly equal in overall strength. They were far less powerful than the Great Xia Dynasty, but much stronger than the three major dynasties.

Each of these ancient kingdoms had a territory several times larger than the three dynasties combined, and its people were full of powerful figures and opportunities.

Therefore, it is very suitable for Xu Chen to go now.

Relying on his golden finger technique of observing qi, Xu Chen did indeed gain some benefits, breaking through from the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion realm to the Nascent Soul realm in just seven years, a remarkably fast pace.

Xu Qingzhou happened to see the history of the eight ancient kingdoms at that moment, and he was somewhat surprised.

"Unexpectedly, tens of thousands of years ago, the location of the eight ancient kingdoms was home to a transcendent power called the Great Zhou Dynasty."

"These eight ancient kingdoms were established after the fall of the Great Zhou Dynasty, when the dynasty split and various forces occupied different regions."

"The Great Zhou Dynasty was a transcendent power as strong as the Great Xia Dynasty, yet it was still destroyed."

Upon seeing this, Xu Qingzhou immediately became interested, but unfortunately, the ancient books did not provide enough details about the fall of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

It was only said that a powerful member of the royal family died, and then the entire palace disappeared, which led to the disintegration of the Great Zhou Dynasty and its division into the eight ancient kingdoms we know today.

The specific reasons and process are not recorded, and cannot be found in other ancient books.

"Perhaps the reborn Xu Luo knows some details."

Xu Qingzhou had just put down his book when there was a knock on the door. It was the Third Elder outside.

Xu Qingzhou was somewhat surprised. Over the years, he had held a meeting with the elders almost every month, and he would discuss any matters at the meeting. Therefore, the elders would not bother him normally.

The Third Elder's sudden visit must mean he's encountered some urgent matter he can't resolve.

"Could it be that the Great Chu Dynasty intends to wage a full-scale war against the Great Qian Dynasty?"

Over the years, under Xu Qingzhou's instructions, the Great Qian Dynasty has been engaged in some small-scale wars with the Great Chu Dynasty, providing the Xu family's Hidden Dragon Guards with a good opportunity for training.

In the repeated clashes, thanks to the help of the Hidden Dragon Guards, the Great Qian side won more often than it lost, so there was still a possibility that the Great Chu Dynasty would turn against them.

As Xu Qingzhou thought to himself, he opened the courtyard gate. The Third Elder strode in and said with a serious expression.

"Clan leader, several powerful figures from the Martial Kingdom have come to visit you. They seem to be related to Young Master Xu Chen, and judging from their appearance, they do not have good intentions."

Xu Qingzhou raised an eyebrow.

I was just wondering what kind of opportunity Xu Chen obtained after going to the Wu Kingdom, which allowed him to make such rapid progress in such a short time.

Unexpectedly, the people from the Wu Kingdom arrived.

Could it be related to the opportunity Xu Chen obtained?

Are they here to interrogate me or cause trouble?

Xu Qingzhou stood up and said, "Go and call Elder Kong. Let's go over and see what's going on."

Soon, they arrived at the reception room.

Before even entering, Xu Qingzhou could hear people talking inside.

“Patriarch, if you ask me, there’s no need to talk to them. When the Xu family patriarch arrived, he immediately gave them a show of force and made them hand over Xu Chen.”

“Yes, a family from such a remote and impoverished place doesn’t even qualify to become an affiliated force of the You family. What’s there to talk about?”

Xu Qingzhou happened to walk in and saw the two young men who were talking. They weren't very strong, but they were quite arrogant.

There were four of them in total. The head of the family that the two young men mentioned was a middle-aged man in a blue robe who never smiled. He glared at the two of them, and they dared not say anything more.

Seeing the three elders escorting Xu Qingzhou as he walked in, they understood that Xu Qingzhou must be the Xu family patriarch they were looking for.

"I am Xu Qingzhou, the head of the Xu family. I was unaware that you distinguished guests had come from afar. I have failed to greet you properly," Xu Qingzhou said politely.

The other three looked at Xu Qingzhou with disdain, acting as if they were superior to him.

The man in blue robes was alright. He quickly cupped his hands and said, "Clan Chief Xu, I am You Chengwu, the head of the You family of the Wu Kingdom. I apologize for my intrusion."

As the saying goes, courtesy comes before force. If they are all equally arrogant, then Xu Qingzhou will not bother to say anything more and will simply send them away.

Seeing that the man was quite polite, Xu Qingzhou's expression softened considerably.

"Come here, serve some tea."