Chapter 95: Chapter 93: Bai Family Affairs_1
Bai Chaojin watched as Bai Qi fell into unconsciousness, his face's amiable smile turned somewhat helpless as he shook his head and sighed, "Compared to diligently cultivating, I think children with higher cultivation talent are more important to human society."
"Father, did Qi'er come over again?"
At the doorway, a middle-aged man dressed in military attire strode in, looking at Bai Qi lying on the ground, he walked up with a helpless face and picked her up, "Did she talk about canceling her engagement again?"
"Jinyun, take Qi'er to that boy from the Fang Family's school. Also, do not remove the dispersing spirit mark on her; let her follow that boy from the Fang Family and learn medicine," Bai Chaojin instructed from his Taishi Chair.
"Father, with Qi'er's excellent cultivation talent, why are you having her learn medicine?" Bai Jinyun asked, puzzled.
"The two children need to foster their relationship, and she needs something to do," Bai Chaojin said.
"That makes sense, but this girl going to cancel her engagement with Ran'er really got me frustrated. I won't even be able to face Fang Zheng after this," Bai Jinyun said, his face filled with consternation.
"This was my tacit approval. Later, when you go to the Fang Family, explain the matter to Fang Zheng properly. Also, tell Fang Zheng to sever the relationship between Fang Renran and Mu Huanqing as soon as possible. Qi'er's engagement must not be called off," Bai Chaojin added.
"Alright, I'll go apologize to Fang Zheng later and talk about the situation between his two children," Bai Jinyun said, continuing, "By the way, Father, the right faction of the Fang Family has already harbored killing intent towards Ran'er, and they've already made moves twice in recent days.
Moreover, I suspect the fourth-order space beast in Yangming City was brought there by the Fang Family's right faction."
"That second child of the Fang Family loves causing trouble but can't stir up any real waves. Even with Shang Han leaving, there will necessarily be another expert protecting Fang Renran. As for the space beast, the matter is too involved; let's not investigate for now. If the entire Fang Family gets into trouble, it would affect the harmony in Tianjiang," Bai Chaojin stated.
"But that guy is reckless to the extreme! I need to find time to deal with him," Bai Jinyun declared.
"No need, let him create trouble as he will; as long as he doesn't kill Fang Renran, that's all that matters," Bai Chaojin said.
"Father, what is your intention..."
"The housekeeper informed me that a spiritual root has grown inside that boy from the Fang Family, and his cultivation level has reached the peak of intense concentration. Moreover, he defeated a practitioner at the mid-stage of the Ruoshui Realm. It's simply miraculous," Bai Chaojin said, smiling.
"What! Can this be true?" Bai Jinyun was stunned.
A regrowth of the spiritual root had never occurred since the beginning of the Cultivation Era.
And the ability of just a peak intense concentration practitioner to defeat someone at the mid-stage of the Ruoshui Realm had refreshed people's understanding of challenging those beyond one's level. Even the Xuan Nv at the peak of intense concentration didn't have this capability during her time.
"The child's future potential is immeasurable," Bai Chaojin said, "Let's take advantage of the present to have Qi'er foster a good relationship with him. Otherwise, if he becomes too fixated on Mu Huanqing and firmly refuses to be with Qi'er, then the Central District Command might have to take some cruel measures, which won't be good for anyone."
"So, Father, you're not stopping the second master of the Fang Family because you want to pressure Ran'er and to temper him with the second master's actions?"
"I just want to see what the boy is capable of; after all, he's going to be my grandson-in-law. Besides, with the second master of the Fang Family harboring killing intent, he will surely despise the Fang Family. But conveniently, our Bai Family will help him, causing him to draw closer to us.
In his loneliness, he may even develop a fondness for Qi'er, and perhaps he will choose to stay with the Bai Family rather than return to the Fang Family."
Bai Jinyun furrowed his brow, "But Father, I'm worried that Ah Ran will end up resenting Fang Zheng as well, father and son as they are. It's one thing to hate his uncle, but he shouldn't end up hating the entire family."
"There are people from Fang Zheng's side protecting him; he will understand. I just want him to consider our Bai Family a bit more important."
"You always think ahead, Father. But it's great that Ran'er can cultivate; I must hurry to tell Fang Zheng and cheer him up," Bai Jinyun expressed his relief after hearing this.
He had always felt a profound guilt toward the child who had given up his spiritual root to save his daughter's life at birth.
Now that the child could cultivate, it was better than he could have hoped.
"Hold on, there's one more thing," Bai Chaojin interjected. "The housekeeper came back and told me that the Nightfall Organization has been increasingly active lately and nearly captured Qi'er when she was in Linyang City."
Bai Jinyun's expression suddenly turned solemn, "Has that woman still not given up until now? What is she striving for..."
"Instruct an investigation team to infiltrate Linyang City; try not to startle the smaller targets. Remember to catch the bigger fish by letting out a long line. Also, ensure that Qi'er is secretly protected while she's there," Bai Chaojin instructed.
"Okay, I'll take care of it."
Having said that, Bai Jinyun left the backyard carrying the unconscious Bai Qi.
In the backyard, Bai Chaojin looked up at the star-filled sky and let out a slight sigh, "The Void... when will Earth give birth to a strong enough figure to contend with the Void?"
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Tonight, a piece of news that shocked the world swiftly engulfed the internet. The headline read: "Shock! The Spiritual Embryo Constitution is actually a Sacred Body for Cultivation!"
The news started with a screenshot from the alchemist forum, and it was clear that the image was posted by the renowned "Master Qingan" adorned with a red name and a crown. Above the picture, Master Qingan had included the caption, "If the proper cultivation technique is obtained, a female with the Spiritual Embryo Constitution will surely astonish past and present humanity."
The remainder of the article was written by news editors, leading to countless netizens commenting and sharing. The comment section under the piece quickly reached ten million, but this was only one of the many pieces under the editors' belt.
Most netizens were incredibly shocked, as they greatly trusted the words of Master Qingan.
A very small fraction of people thought Master Qing'an was just "relying on his age to talk nonsense," leveraging his own popularity to gain attention.
Of course, this small portion of skeptical comments was quickly refuted, as Qing'an had never shown his face and relied solely on his superb Alchemy skills; he certainly didn't need any other methods to attract attention, being one of the strongest alchemists recognized by Earth.
Overnight, the Liu Family of Tianjiang had become the focus of everyone's attention.
After all, everyone knew that the daughter of the Liu Family was the third female with a Spiritual Embryo Constitution to appear in human Cultivation history, and all major software forums were frantically discussing the Liu family's young lady.
There were even netizens who revealed that Miss Liu ran away from home more than three years ago because she was dissatisfied with a marriage arrangement, and to this day, no one knew her whereabouts except for the Liu family.
The name "Liu Qianqian" thus made it to the top three of all major website hot search lists.
Its popularity even directly overshadowed the news of the "Void Cave Split" announced the day before.
People pay attention to the strong, but the people of today are even more interested in those who could potentially become even stronger, such as the descendants of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady, or the descendants of the Bai Family princess with Dual Spiritual Roots... and of course, Liu Qianqian, who might just stun humanity with her leap in strength.
However, regarding what Liu Qianqian actually looked like, there was not a single piece of information on the internet, as if the Liu Family had intervened directly.
As a result, the appearance of Miss Liu had become a mystery.
However, many people said that Miss Liu was naturally beautiful, gentle, and elegant, a rare beauty in this world.
Many comments added a layer of even more fascinating veil to Liu Qianqian.
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Yangming University was quite bustling the next day, with students seen everywhere in groups discussing Liu Qianqian with their smartphones in hand.
Fang Ren and two other guys were squatting by the curb, munching on pancakes, while aimlessly chatting on their phones.
"Tsk tsk tsk, this Miss Liu's name happens to be Liu Qianqian too. Hey, our class president couldn't be the one who ran away from her family, could she?" Jing Haichuan said with a wicked smile.
"Hey, you never know," Li Xingwang joined in: "We've never seen our class president practicing calligraphy, chess, painting or the like in school daily, but she somehow knows all that stuff whenever it's holiday time. If you tell me her family is ordinary, I'm not buying it."
Fang Ren was nonchalantly nibbling on his pancake and said, "There are plenty of people with the same name and surname in the world. Probably in other cities, girls named Liu Qianqian are also under the spotlight like this."
"Yeah, that makes sense."
While they were talking, a beautiful figure suddenly ran over from the side, grabbed Fang Ren's arm and said, "Come with me!"
"Huh?"
The three of them looked up to see Liu Qianqian staring at Fang Ren with a serious face.
"Class president, Ranzi has a girlfriend now, and it's not good to pull on him like that," Jing Haichuan remarked while biting into his pancake.
"Exactly, aren't you afraid of getting hit by the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady?" Li Xingwang casually added his own comment.
"Go eat your pancakes!"
Liu Qianqian said and started pulling Fang Ren towards the distance.
Seeing her grip was too strong, Fang Ren immediately started following her, but after a few steps, he quickly let go of her hand; after all, their relationship was not the same as before, and they couldn't be so unrestrained anymore.
"Where are we going?"
Fang Ren asked while chewing on his pancake.
"Somewhere with no people," Liu Qianqian said, frowning.
"Huh?" Fang Ren was taken aback: "What do you want to do?"
"I just want to know the truth!" Liu Qianqian's expression was very serious.
"Try it?"
Fang Ren was confused, suddenly remembering that he casually asked her last night if she was a virgin, and then she said that if he had the guts, he should try...
"No, no, no!"
Fang Ren immediately stopped and said earnestly, "I don't mess around with that kind of thing!"