Family Cultivation: My Ancestral Home Gets Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 82 The Stone Returns Home (Twenty-Second Update)

The day after Jiang Fu'an drew the Fire Serpent Talisman, he received another piece of good news through the data panel.

Stone has successfully broken through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

Name: Jiang Xiangchun

Age: 16

[Cultivation Level: Qi Refining Level 4]

Lifespan: 79 + 28

Hidden injuries: 1 (reducing lifespan by 1 years)

[Destiny: Living Towards Death (Blue)]

[Spiritual Roots: Metal, Wood, Fire, Earth]

[Special Physique: Devourer (Purple)]

Jiang Fu'an didn't delay and immediately got up and walked towards Xu Laoda's residence halfway up the mountain.

The muddy ground in the yard was firmly tamped down, and a teenager was practicing basic stick techniques with a wooden stick in hand, making loud "hey-ha" sounds.

Jiang Fu'an stopped by the courtyard gate and asked with a smile, "Tiger, is your father inside?"

The boy turned around at the sound of the voice, and upon seeing who it was, hurriedly put away his stick and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Master!"

Then he turned and shouted into the house, "Dad—the master is here to see you!"

A short while later, the curtain to the main room was suddenly lifted, and Xu Laoda, who looked middle-aged, rushed out.

"Master, why did you come all the way here in person? You could have just called me up the mountain if you needed anything."

Jiang Fu'an directly instructed, "You set off now, go to the Wang family in Quelin, find Shi Tou, and tell him something in person."

"The blue carp in the family's fishpond are ripe. Let him bring Zhaoyun and her daughter back to have some fresh ones."

These words sound ordinary, but they are actually a pre-arranged code.

Upon hearing this, Shi Tou immediately understood that it was time to leave the Wang family and return to his own home.

Upon hearing this, Old Xu's eyes lit up, and his joy was evident.

He rubbed his hands together, somewhat embarrassed, and asked, "I wonder how many days the young master will be able to stay this time?"

"Could I let Tiger stay with him and learn some martial arts?"

"sure."

Jiang Fu'an readily agreed: "When Shi Tou comes back, I'll have him take care of Hu Zi when he has some free time."

Two years ago, when Hu Zi had just turned seven, Xu Laoda brought his son to Jiang Fu'an and begged him to help test whether he had spiritual roots.

However, among mortals, only one in a thousand possesses spiritual roots, and Tiger does not have this destiny.

Although Xu Laoda was somewhat disappointed, he had expected it and was not too discouraged. Instead, he pleaded with Jiang Fu'an to take Hu Zi as his disciple and teach him martial arts.

Jiang Fu'an was preoccupied with many matters and simply couldn't spare the time, so he agreed on the spot:

When Stone returns to live here in the future, he will be the one to teach.

The evening after Xu Laoda set off, Shi Tou appeared at the entrance of the mansion on the mountaintop.

He was carrying two large girls, with his wife beside him.

As soon as Wang Zhaoyun lifted her foot to step over the threshold, a rich spiritual energy rushed towards her.

She paused, looking around in surprise.

This house originally belonged to her Wang family, and she had visited it many times when she was a child.

In my memory, only by the spring in the garden could I sense a faint trace of spiritual energy.

Now, several years later, stepping into the courtyard again, the spiritual energy there is so rich that it rivals even the Sparrow Forest.

Seeing that her husband's expression was normal, and that he was carrying the woman straight inside, Wang Zhaoyun quickened her pace to catch up: "Shitou, where does the spiritual energy in this house come from?"

Since Stone had decided to bring her back, he no longer intended to hide it.

He spoke calmly, as if discussing something utterly ordinary: "Naturally, it comes from that spiritual spring; where else could it come from?"

"A sacred spring?"

Wang Zhaoyun was even more confused: "I used to play at that spring when I was a child, and its spiritual energy was very weak. When did it become so concentrated?"

Seeing that they had entered the inner courtyard, Shi Tou stopped, turned to his wife, and laid his cards on the table: "It's only in the last few years that things have started to get stronger."

"The reason Father called us back this time is so that we can cultivate at home from now on, instead of staying at your Wang family's place anymore."

"Slowly getting thicker————"

Wang Zhaoyun suddenly realized a possibility, her eyes widened, and her voice filled with disbelief: "Could it be that the spiritual spring has evolved into a spiritual vein?"

She immediately denied it: "Impossible! It would take at least several thousand years for a spiritual spring to transform into a spiritual vein!"

"How long has it been since our Wang family sold this house? What a coincidence!"

"You were the ones who set up the spirit-gathering array, weren't you?"

Stone glanced at his wife speechlessly and retorted, "Do you think that's possible? Have you ever seen a spirit-gathering array that can gather the spiritual energy of an entire house to this extent in a place without spiritual veins?"

Wang Zhaoyun knew, of course, that was impossible.

If the Spirit Gathering Array truly had such earth-shattering power, spiritual veins wouldn't be so sought after in the cultivation world.

But she preferred to believe it was a miracle created by the formation rather than accept the embarrassing truth.

Beneath the ancestral home that the Wang family sold, a spiritual vein is slowly emerging.

She could almost imagine the regret her elders would feel if they knew about this.

Ignoring the surprise and uncertainty on his wife's face, Shi Tou warned in a low voice, "Wang Zhaoyun, listen carefully. From today onwards, you belong to the Jiang family."

"Without my approval, you are not allowed to return to the Wang family at will, and you are not allowed to reveal to anyone in the Wang family that there is a spiritual vein under the house."

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Wang Zhaoyun's heart tightened.

She understood that she had to choose between the family she had grown up in and the husband she had shared a bed with for years.

Emotionally, the kindness of family in raising and nurturing us is profound;

From a realistic perspective, the young master is only sixteen years old and has already reached the mid-stage of Qi Refining. Furthermore, he is cultivating both physical and magical abilities, and his future is bright and visible to the naked eye.

Just as she was feeling confused and hesitant, Stone's threatening voice rang out again: "If you dare to disobey me, don't blame me for being impolite."

"No matter how much you beg for mercy this time, I won't stop."

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhaoyun's body trembled slightly involuntarily.

Suddenly, certain images flashed through her mind—

She was pinned to the bed, her husband's calloused hands gripping her ankles. A faint yet cunning magical power seeped into the soles of her feet, climbing upwards along her meridians—

She was never afraid of pain, but she was always ticklish.

He discovered this weakness at some point, and after that, he stopped hitting and scolding her, and only used this method to deal with her.

She never wanted to experience that feeling of being unable to live or die, laughing until tears and snot streamed down her face again.

"I'll listen to you, but you can't treat me like that again."

"I wonder who taught you such a vicious and insidious trick—"

Shi Tou's expression softened slightly, but then he heard his wife hesitate and say, "But sooner or later, the spiritual vein will attract the covetousness of outsiders. Can your Jiang family protect it on your own?"

"I think it would be better to cooperate with our Wang family, so that we can have each other's support."

"We can hold it."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Shi Tou uttered three words with unwavering certainty.

His arms around his daughter were as steady as a rock, while his other hand quietly clenched in his sleeve.

He paused, then corrected, "From now on, you are a member of the Jiang family."

"From now on, you are not allowed to speak of our Wang family or your Jiang family like that."