Shen Yuan Ring

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

Many forces in Daoshu City are heading to the location of Qi's inheritance secret realm. Regardless of whether they have a spot to enter the secret realm, they all want to see who will ultimately inherit the legacy!

As early as a year ago, the major powers had already established their own camps here and arranged for people to guard the place.

Therefore, this place has temporarily become a gathering place for humans in the Tagalag Forest of Monsters, and even many independent cultivators come here to trade. Gradually, a small market has formed here.

Although there is no governing body here, no one dares to cause trouble here.

In the camp, many people gathered in small groups, chatting and eating.

"Have you heard? The head of the Ji family recently broke through to the Divine Realm, and it seems that he personally led the team here this time."

"That's right. Although the Ji family is one of the five great families of Daoshu City, it is also the weakest. Their Ji family members who have reached the Divine Realm have all gone into seclusion with their ancestor. Moreover, I heard that their ancestor only has a few decades left to live and is currently in a life-or-death seclusion. If their ancestor perishes, they will probably fall out of the top five families. Of course, I heard that their patriarch's wife has reached the peak of the Divine Realm, so there may still be hope of maintaining her position."

"That's not quite right. They must have gained a lot by joining forces with the Pill Hall to destroy the Xiang family, which at least boosted their strength considerably."

"I'm going to tell you some gossip, but don't you dare tell anyone else!"

He glanced around and whispered to the group again, "According to reliable sources, the young master of the Ji family was training in the Monster Forest not long ago when he was besieged by the second master of the Xiang family and his men. In the end, the Xiang family paid a heavy price to kill him."

"How come there wasn't a single word about such explosive news? You're not kidding me, are you?"

"How could that be? It's mainly because both the Ji family and the Dan Palace have issued gag orders. I guess the Ji family is afraid that this matter will affect their status, and the Dan Palace probably didn't spread it outside in order not to offend the Ji family."

"That's true, it's a real pity. According to what you said, if the young master of the Ji family doesn't die, he will definitely be an outstanding person in the future. If he participates in this competition for the inheritance, he will definitely be the one to win."

"Who says it's not?"

As these people whispered among themselves, more and more people gathered around, including merchants, young people who had obtained a place in the inheritance, people who were training nearby, and people who came to watch the excitement.

The once quiet market gradually saw hundreds of people arrive.

As more and more people arrived, the vendors on both sides of the road shouted even more enthusiastically. They weren't looking at the people as pedestrians; they were clearly looking at walking currency.

Most of the people who come here today are scions of wealthy and powerful families, and they are also the most popular targets of these merchants, because most of them are foolish and rich.

Ji Hai, the head of the Ji family, personally led a group of dozens of people toward the direction of the inheritance secret realm.

As luck would have it, they ran into the Yao family on the way. The Ji family and the Yao family had business dealings, so their relationship was not bad. Ji Hai decided to invite them to come along, so that the younger generation of the two families could get to know each other.

The Yao family did not refuse, since it's always better to have one more friend than one more enemy when you're out and about, especially since they already had business dealings.

Although the two sides are now competitors, it is impossible for them to become enemies with the Ji family, who are of equal status, just because of a succession.

The younger generation of the Yao family and the Ji family quickly started talking together, and Yao Yuyao of the Yao family soon discovered that the Ji family was missing one person.

Yao Yuyao searched through the crowd several times but still couldn't find Ji Daoyi. She remembered that Ji Daoyi was only ten years old, which perfectly matched the candidate requirements. Moreover, he was the young master of the Ji family, so it was impossible for her to miss him.

So he turned to Ji Fan, the leader of the Ji family, and asked, "Shouldn't your Ji family also have twenty people like us? Why did only nineteen of you come this time? And where is that Ji Daoyi guy?!"

When Ji Fan heard Yao Yuyao ask him a question, he didn't know how to answer, so he looked up at Ji Xiaohu and the others.

Ji Xiaohu and the others naturally heard Yao Yuyao's question, but they didn't know where Ji Daoyi had gone.

The head steward only told them that Ji Daoyi had gone on a training trip and had not yet returned!

Ji Xiaohu asked in shock, "Sister Yuyao, you know Brother Dao?"

In his mind, Ji Daoyi should not have had any interaction with Yao Yuyao, after all, they were best buddies who grew up together.

"I don't know him. I've only met him once. I saw him not long ago when I was taking the advanced alchemist exam at the Pill Hall. His alchemy skills are only slightly worse than mine, but he's younger than me. Maybe he'll be able to rival me in the future!"

Yao Yuyao proudly raised her head, but she didn't know that Ji Daoyi was her martial uncle!

Otherwise, things wouldn't be like this!

Ji Xiaohu and the others were even more shocked when they heard what Yao Yuyao said. They knew Ji Daoyi's alchemy skills; he was an alchemist even stronger than them!

Then they remembered that Ji Daoyi had a habit of pretending to be weak while actually being strong, so they asked him about the situation during the assessment.

Yao Yuyao didn't hide anything and recounted what happened that day. Only then did Ji Xiaohu and the others realize that this was the Ji Daoyi they knew.

Afterwards, Ji Xiaohu repeated what the Grand Deacon had told them!

Upon hearing this, Yao Yuyao said regretfully, "What a pity. I heard that this Qi is also a master alchemist, a self-taught expert, and he was almost able to break through to the Pill King level. If he could compete for this inheritance, he might be able to gain something."

Although she became the disciple of the Minister of the Pill Hall, it wouldn't hurt to gain the inheritance of another alchemy master!

Who would complain about having too many resources?

A few hours later, the Ji family and the Yao family also arrived at the camp of the inheritance secret realm!

Then the Tie family, the Nangong family, and the Yan family arrived one after another.

After all the participants in the Inheritance Secret Realm had arrived, the five major families of Daoshu City convened a meeting with all forces. The main purpose of this meeting was to resolve the grudges that arose between the various forces after the Inheritance Secret Realm.

"In the secret realm of inheritance, it is inevitable that we younger generations will have friction and injuries."

"For the sake of the peaceful development of our Daoist City in the future, I propose that any disputes or grudges that occur within the secret realm must be resolved within it. Once outside the secret realm, no matter who it is, they must not bring it up again, and no war should break out over it!"

"I agree! And regardless of who among us obtains the inheritance or anything else, no one is allowed to steal it after the secret realm ends. Anyone who violates this rule will face our collective condemnation!"

"I agree!"

"I agree!"

Everyone present was supportive of the proposal from the Yao and Nangong families, especially those from second- and third-tier factions, as it would be entirely beneficial to them.

The other three major powers naturally had no objections, as they all had confidence in their younger generations and didn't want any unpleasantness arising from such a trivial matter.