Chapter 154: The Ninth Rank Family, the Hope of the Whole Clan
Chapter 154: Ninth-Rank Family, the Hope of the Whole Clan
Fu Shaoping looked back at the teleportation hall.
Swear secretly:
"He Fu Shaoping will definitely work harder to make their Fu family surpass his Cui family as soon as possible!"
Come out from the main door of the teleportation hall.
What comes into view is a bustling downtown.
Look up.
Although this city is not as prosperous as Nanyang Prefecture, its architectural style is quite different. It is divided into eleven blocks in total, ten of which have the flags of the ten major families of Huainan Prefecture. The block located in the center is the most prosperous, and it is shared by all ten families.
Fu Zhichang introduced them one by one.
the end.
He sighed and said:
"In the 11th Street District, when our Fu family was doing the best, half of the shops on the street belonged to us. Now, there is only one storefront left."
The other two rooms originally belonged to them.
However, it has been leased by the Cui family for decades.
If he comes last in this family competition again, he might not be able to keep this last shop.
There are ten counties under the Huainan Prefecture, and the ten great families each govern a county. The Fu family's ancestral land is in Anyang County. After leaving the prefecture, Fu Zhichang flew on a sword and took Fu Shaoping straight to the ancestral land.
On the road.
Fu Shaoping learned this from Fu Zhichang.
It turned out that the Dawu Dynasty was a fiefdom belonging to an aristocratic family. There was no government office, and the Zhenwu Division was not involved. In short, the Fu family was the king of the entire Anyang County.
Although Anyang County is slightly smaller than Qingyang County where he is located, its territory is also extremely vast. The Fu family has a total of thirteen branches, so there are thirteen towns under it, and each town has jurisdiction over dozens or even hundreds of villages.
The population of the Fu family numbered in the millions.
Fu Shaoping secretly smacked his lips:
"As expected of one of the top ten families!"
Seeing Fu Shaoping's surprised expression, Fu Zhichang said with a hint of remembrance:
"Our Fu family is now in decline, and is only a ninth-rank family. It is said that at the beginning of the founding of the country, the highest rank of our Fu family was a fourth-rank family. Alas, it is still our unfilial descendants who have ruined this family business."
The ranks of aristocratic families under a dynasty were uniformly granted by the dynasty, from one to nine ranks, with ninth rank being the lowest and first rank being the highest.
Although their Fu family is only of the lowest ninth grade, even so, there must be a member in the family who has reached the Yuandan realm. In addition, the contribution value to the court must reach a certain number before they can be evaluated and awarded a title.
Anyang County was the fiefdom of their Fu family.
Every year, a considerable amount of Yuanshi specialties must be handed over to the imperial court.
If there is no warrior with Yuandan realm cultivation in the family within ten years, or if the family fails to hand over the full amount for five consecutive years, the family title will be revoked and the fiefdom will be taken back.
Therefore.
The family competition held every ten years is particularly important. The higher the ranking, the more resources will be allocated. In the past ten years, more outstanding children will be cultivated, and the amount of Yuanshi earned will also increase.
While talking.
The two have arrived in Anyang County.
Fu Zhichang turned to Fu Shaoping and said:
"I have already informed the elders of the Elders' Council in advance. After we go down, we will go directly to the Elders' Council."
"it is good"
Fu Shaoping was somewhat nervous.
The House of Elders is located at the back of Luofeng Mountain of the Fu family.
Fu Zhichang flew on his sword and stopped in mid-air. He took out a token from his arms and entered a few spells into the token. With a humming sound, a beam of light from the token fell in front of him. The seemingly ordinary back mountain was filled with ripples. A light curtain of formation came into view, and the light curtain cracked with a breath.
A flying sword appeared under Fu Zhichang's feet.
The two of them passed through the light curtain.
The light curtain behind him suddenly disappeared.
The moment he entered the magic circle, Fu Shaoping immediately felt several spiritual consciousnesses projected towards him from the hall in front of him.
After a warrior breaks through to the Tianyuan realm, he can project his spiritual consciousness outward.
this means.
Those people in the hall are all at the Tianyuan realm.
On the way here.
Fu Zhichang introduced it.
In the current Fu clan, Fu Zhichang represents the eldest house, and the nine Tianyuan realm clan members in the remaining clans come from different branches. Only the thirteenth house, the seventh house and the fourth house currently have no Tianyuan realm clan members.
Want to enter the Council of Elders and serve as an elder.
The first condition is that one’s cultivation must reach the Tianyuan realm.
The flying sword stopped at the entrance of the hall.
Fu Zhichang patted Fu Shaoping soothingly:
"Don't be nervous, there are elders in the clan inside."
The guard at the gate raised his eyelids and quickly glanced at Fu Shaoping. The fact that he was able to gather nine elders of the tribe together showed that Fu Shaoping was of great background, but he had never heard of such a young talent in the tribe.
Fu Shaoping took a deep breath and followed Fu Zhichang into the hall.
Inside the palace.
There were four old men sitting on the armchairs on the left, and the five on the right looked younger but a little smaller. They were all wearing purple robes of elders.
As soon as Fu Shaoping came in.
Everyone's eyes glanced over involuntarily.
Fu Zhichang took out the token and cast a spell into it. Suddenly, ripples flashed through the room, and a soundproof magic circle was activated:
"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, elders. The one standing before you is Shao Ping, from the Thirteenth Clan. In last year's Qingyang County Alchemy Competition, he defeated all the other competitors and won the championship. In addition."
Fu Zhichang didn't finish his words.
The second elder sitting at the top left interrupted calmly:
"No matter how powerful your alchemy skills are, if your actual combat skills are not good enough, it won't be much help in next year's competition."
The ancestor of the second branch who is in seclusion is at the Yuandan realm, the highest level cultivator in the Fu family.
The second elder, who came from the second branch of the family, was more confident.
Previously, the clan leader had gone against the majority's opinion and wanted to use the fourth-level Yin Sha Qi to recruit Fu Shaoping, but the second elder was absolutely unwilling to do so.
In his opinion, although Fu Shaoping was born in the Thirteenth Branch, the Thirteenth Branch had not been in contact with the family for hundreds of years. Over the years, it had never made any contribution to the family. It was naturally uncomfortable for him to suddenly come back and compete with everyone for resources.
However, considering the other party's extraordinary talent in alchemy, the second elder reluctantly agreed to take out the fourth-grade Yin Sha Qi.
Clan leader Fu Zhichang was interrupted, but he was not annoyed.
If you want to get benefits from these old people, you must have real ability.
Fu Zhichang winked at Fu Shaoping:
"Shaoping, pour your second grandfather a cup of tea"
"Yes"
Fu Shaoping nodded slightly.
He waved his sword.
Suddenly, a dark brown energy emerged from the fingertips.
"This is."
The nine elders present all had their pupils shrink when they saw the color of Fu Shaoping's vitality.
It was actually the sixth-level Yin Sha Qi that entered the body, which was completely beyond their expectations.
Shaoqing, the most outstanding young generation in their clan, had only fourth-grade Yin Sha Qi entering his body, so when the clan leader wanted to give the same quality of resources to Fu Shaoping, they had a heated discussion. But Fu Shaoping actually had sixth-grade Yin Sha Qi and entered the Earth Yuan Realm.
this means.
If the other party can reach the Yuandan realm, he can advance to the next level in the future.
Seeing that the deterrent effect was achieved, the smile in the clan leader Fu Zhichang's eyes deepened, and he nodded slightly to Fu Shaoping and said, "Shaoping, you can go out now."
If he said that the fourth-level Yin Sha Qi was changed to the sixth-level, these old guys would definitely quarrel.
I can't lose face in front of the younger generation.
Wait until Fu Shaoping leaves.
The second elder immediately said:
"Patriarch, what's going on?"
The second elder couldn't figure it out.
What they promised was the fourth-grade Yin Sha Qi, which was obviously different from what Fu Shaoping had just shown. If he said that the clan leader paid for it out of his own pocket, he would not believe it. The eldest branch was also very poor, so how could they come up with so many Yuanshi to purchase a sixth-grade Yin Sha Qi.
Since it wasn’t the eldest son’s family who took action.
It is even more impossible for Fu Shaoping to do it on his own.
As far as he knows.
It is said that there are only a few warriors in the Thirteenth House of Qingniu Town who are so poor now, and only Fu Shaoping can be considered capable. In this case, how could he obtain the sixth-grade Yin Sha Qi?
Fu Zhichang was very satisfied with the elders' shock and said slowly:
"After Shao Ping won the title of the best alchemist in Qingyang County, he was given the opportunity to enter the ruins of Tiandao Gate. This sixth-level Yin Sha Qi was personally awarded to him by the county lord."
Qinglian County Lady? !
They are the royal family among royal families.
Everyone was horrified.
Fu Zhichang continued:
"I have inquired about it. Those who entered the Tiandao Gate ruins were carefully selected from the entire Nanyang Prefecture, but half of them stayed in the ruins. Shao Ping not only came back safe and sound, but also received a unique reward from the county lord. It can be seen that he performed well in the ruins."
"What does this mean?"
"This shows that Shao Ping is not only good at alchemy, but also has outstanding overall abilities."
This will undoubtedly be a great help to them in next year's Aristocratic Family Competition.
Seeing that the elders had obviously recognized Fu Shaoping's ability, Fu Zhichang coughed lightly and said slowly:
"Although the Thirteenth House has not done anything for the clan in recent years, we have not paid a single cent of the dividends from our ancestors' foundation that should be given to others every year."
"so"
"In order to show my sincerity and to make up for the debt owed to the Thirteenth House, I decided to replace the fourth-level Yin Sha Qi that I originally gave to Shao Ping with the sixth-level Yin Sha Qi."
what? !
As soon as these words came out.
The second elder jumped up directly:
"Clan leader, we recognize Fu Shaoping's ability. We have no objections to the Thirteenth Branch's return, and we will not give them any less in the future.
but.
Now we haven’t even collected the tribute for this year’s court.
How to get a sixth-level Yin Sha Qi for Fu Shaoping? !
Again.
There is more than just Fu Shaoping in our Fu family. There are so many young people and even generations past who have contributed to the family, but they can't even get a piece of the first-class Yin Sha Qi.
The fourth level of Yin Sha Qi that we can produce is already the maximum limit.
and.
Clan leader, please do not let Shaoqing and Shao Hong'erduo know what you said today. They also went through many trials and tribulations and completed many tasks for the family before they were promoted to elite disciples.
But what Shaohong got was only the third-grade quality Yin Sha Qi.
Shaoqing, I took out all my coffin money myself and used it as a cushion, and only then was I able to exchange the third-grade Yin Sha Qi given by the clan for the fourth-grade Yin Sha Qi.
and so.
What we promised Fu Shaoping is the best we can give."
Shaoqing is from the second house and is the eldest grandson of the second elder. His words are selfish and resentful, but they are the truth. After all, the entire Fu family is supported by the ancestor of the second house, but Shaoqing, who is from the second house, still does not get any resources.
They were attracted by Fu Shaoping's talent in alchemy.
Unconditionally giving out the fourth-level Yin Sha Qi is already the maximum limit.
The second elder expressed his appreciation for each room.
Fu Zhichang also understood:
"Uncle, calm down, sit down first and listen to me slowly."
On the way back.
Fu Zhichang racked his brains and prepared a draft.
It is not easy to convince everyone to take out the coffin book:
"My dear uncles, do you still remember the Fu family's most prosperous time?
Your generation should have witnessed the prosperity of the Fu family. Even though it declined later, by the time of our generation, when I can remember, we still had 22 shops in Huainan Prefecture.
But with the annual family competition, we have fewer shops, and now it's our turn, and there's only one left."
“That’s the next best thing.”
"The most important thing is the division of the output income of the Kunyang Mountains. Previously, the top ten families each received 10%. How much does our Fu family get now?
It's not even one-tenth of what we had before. This is what the Ye family managed to get for us. My great-aunt who married into the Ye family is very old, and she won't be able to speak for us in the Ye family for many years."
"If our Fu family continues to be the same as before, in a few years, I'm afraid that we will be eaten up by the Cui family and other aristocratic families without leaving anything behind!"
“We didn’t see any hope before!”
“But now this rising star is standing before us.”
"Shao Ping is the hope for our Fu family's rise!
We give him whatever he needs, and even try our best to stand in his shoes and consider what he needs in advance.
As long as our Fu family produces another Yuan Dan realm expert, our Fu family will no longer be laughed at as the youngest in the millennium. Then even if we die, we will have the face to face our ancestors in the underworld!"
"If we don't grit our teeth and tighten our belts to train Shao Ping now, what are we waiting for? Are we waiting for the Cui family to swallow us up?!"
Fu Zhichang's words made everyone present excited.
If we talk about the family concept that is the deepest.
No one is worse than these old guys.
They have witnessed the family's final glory and also experienced its decline.
No one wanted to see the family's restoration more than they did.
The second elder gritted his teeth and said:
"If Fu Shaoping can really lead our Fu family to glory, it's not impossible for me to take out my coffin."
The elders looked at each other.
They all nodded in agreement.
Only when the family develops well can they themselves and their descendants be well off.
Fu Zhichang saw that everyone had been persuaded.
This is how he said:
"Did you see the Zhenwu Order hanging on Shao Ping's waist just now?"
Very good.
How did it get to the point of Zhenwu Order?
The Second Elder was about to retort when his body suddenly shook. He had only taken a quick glance just now, but now thinking carefully, the flying fish on the Zhenwu Order hanging on Fu Shaoping's waist was a silver pattern.
The silver stripes represent the status of the general flag.
The second elder blinked.
Fu Shaoping is only 20 years old, but he has already climbed to the position of general?!
According to the intelligence they had, when Fu Shaoping joined the Zhenwu Division, he was still living in the town's slums. In just three years, he turned his fate around and rose to become the general flag of the Zhenwu Division.
This explains.
Fu Shaoping is a man favored by destiny!
(End of this chapter)