Family Rise by Daily Intelligence

An anomaly inside the cave.

Yu Qingru couldn’t help but feel uneasy. By the time she entered from the cave entrance, all the strange phenomena had already vanished.

She glanced at Fu Changsheng, seeing that he wasn’t injured, she breathed a sigh of relief. Her gaze fell to the ground, immediately captivated by a Stone emitting a faint purple light:

"Changsheng, is this the Shadow Radiance Stone?!"

Fu Changsheng was also a bit surprised.

With a wave of his hand.

The Shadow Radiance Stone floated up.

And landed in his palm.

It was a deep dark black overall, with its surface covered in fine patterns resembling ancient runes and labyrinthine paths, with faint gleams hidden within, cold and mysterious.

In the stone’s center was a dense cluster of shadows, slowly rotating like a miniature black hole, devouring light. From different angles, its color subtly changed, with the edges showing a faint purple under weak light, adding a touch of eerie beauty.

His fingers brushed over the surface, feeling a bone-chilling coldness:

"It really is a Shadow Radiance Stone."

Fu Changsheng’s eyes lit up.

The Shadow Radiance Stone is a Tier Three spiritual material, which can be tempered into a Spiritual Artifact during refining, making the artifact invisible.

This in cultivator dharma combat.

Is undoubtedly a powerful weapon, thus the Shadow Radiance Stone, Fu Changsheng had only heard of it, never seen it in the marketplace.

Just this Shadow Radiance Stone alone.

Made their trip worthwhile.

Apparently.

These Red-tailed Wolves didn’t know the value of the Shadow Radiance Stone, so they casually threw it aside.

"Huh, these Red-tailed Wolves seem to have a hobby of collecting books."

Only to see a secret door opening.

Three rows of neat bookshelves came into view.

Full of books and jade scrolls, many of them stained with fresh blood.

Fu Changsheng and Yu Qingru inspected them one by one.

They found that they were all some low-tier cultivation techniques, along with a few books related to arrays. The Three Talents Mysterious Array set by the stone door was arranged according to an ancient book. Yu Qingru was captivated by a few ancient arrays among them.

"Hmm?"

As they passed by the bookshelves.

From the corner of his eye, Fu Changsheng glimpsed a piece of pitch-black scrap iron wedged under the shelves.

The scrap iron seemed ordinary.

Recalling the casually discarded Shadow Radiance Stone earlier, Fu Changsheng waved his hand still, and the scrap iron trembled slightly, transforming into a streak of black light that landed in his palm. After examining it, the Profound Iron material was evidently different from any artifact refining materials he had encountered.

Hesitated for a moment.

The True Flame from within him flowed down his fingertips into the scrap iron.

Buzz!

The scrap iron trembled slightly.

The True Flame scorched it for quite a while, but there was no sign of melting.

Fu Changsheng was not discouraged, instead, his curiosity was further piqued, though now wasn’t the time for research. He stored away the Profound Iron.

After passing the bookshelves.

A multi-treasure rack came into view.

On it were placed boxes of different materials, storage bags, and among them were many blood-stained magic robes, both male and female:

"These Red-tailed Wolves seem to have plundered quite a bit."

Scanning through these storage bags one by one.

Inside, there were no Spirit Pills, Spirit Flowers, or Exotic Fruits.

Just some artifact refining materials.

Overall.

The harvest wasn’t bad.

This batch of materials alone should be able to exchange for tens of thousands of Spirit Stones.

Meanwhile.

A familiar mechanical voice echoed in his mind:

"Ding"

"You have procured a batch of cultivation resources and a batch of Red-tailed Wolf cubs for the clan, earning nine hundred Clan Contribution Points."

Immediately after.

The contribution points on the panel instantly changed to five thousand.

"Qingru, let’s go."

Fu Changsheng swept all the books from the shelves clean.

Calling the deeply engrossed Yu Qingru, they left from underground. Above, Fu Changli and the others had finished picking the Primordial Blood Grass and after leaving the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, they quickly returned to their domain in Yunshan County.

After all.

It was the time when the Beast Tide was erupting.

If trapped within, it would be perilous.

Upon returning to the domain in Yunshan County, Liu Runzhi had already relocated all the clan members from Pingshan County.

After handing over the materials obtained from Shadow Valley to Meizhen, Fu Changsheng thought of the situation regarding Brother Qiang as mentioned in the intelligence, organized his words, and spoke:

"Meizhen, with the Beast Tide erupting, Yunshan County here still has Demon-Defying City, which is safer than the territory in Anyang County. I’m thinking of bringing Brother Fuu and Brother Qiang over as well, what do you think?"

Liuu Meizhen was counting the materials, paused upon hearing this.

Shook her head and said:

"As you said, the Beast Tide can erupt at any time. It’s a critical moment for the clan, where would we have the manpower to escort them thousands of miles? Moon Academy is full of peers their age. When we sent Brother Fan and the others to Moon Academy, it was also in hopes that they could lay a foundation for clan relationships."

In essence,

Liuu Meizhen simply didn’t want to bring them over.

Fu Changsheng sighed internally, not holding back, and got straight to the point:

"Meizhen, Third Brother sent me a message some time ago, saying that Brother Qiang has become somewhat sullen. From Third Brother’s words, it seems like Brother Qiang believes that sending him back to Moon Academy was akin to abandoning him. Besides, I’ve been in closed cultivation often and haven’t seen him a few times since his birth. This child also couldn’t figure things out for a while. I was thinking since there’s still a chance for him to change, we should bring him over as soon as possible to raise him by our side."

Liuu Meizhen put down the list she was holding.

Shook her head:

"Brother Qiang is sullen because a year ago, at the third Immortal Ascension Assembly, he still couldn’t detect any Spirit Root Talent."

What?!

Fu Changsheng was momentarily stunned.

Brother Qiang actually doesn’t have Spirit Root Talent.

For a moment.

Fu Changsheng’s thoughts were a jumble.

Among the children born to him, though Brother Fan had the worst talent, he at least had Five Spirit Roots. Yaoyao and Brother Rong had already achieved Foundation Establishment, and Yu Qingru’s twin dragon and phoenix twins, An’an and Ningning, were also exceptionally gifted. Unexpectedly, Brother Qiang had no Spirit Root Talent at all.