SFS Chapter 93 The Gong Family Council Hall
Chapter 93 The Gong Family Council Hall
With a thought from Chen Ye, the Crimson Dragon Sword instantly transformed into a streak of light and flew into the distance.
Strictly speaking, the Crimson Dragon Sword is not suitable for use with divine sense, but it won't have much of an impact if used temporarily to test one's own spiritual power.
Under Chen Ye's full urging, the Crimson Dragon Sword flew a distance of nearly 130 zhang before it faintly showed signs of exhaustion.
"The distance has increased by twenty zhang compared to when I was at the seventh level of the Spirit Gathering stage, which is not bad!"
A look of satisfaction appeared on Chen Ye's face, and he quickly recalled the Crimson Dragon Sword.
Of course, in actual combat, he wouldn't let the Crimson Dragon Sword fly that far. After all, the farther a magical artifact is from its user, the easier it is to lose control. Even a simple impact could completely sever the connection between the user and the artifact.
Upon returning to his cave, Chen Ye was preparing to circulate his cultivation technique to consolidate his power when, less than half an hour later, the cave's defensive formation was suddenly triggered.
"Has anyone arrived?"
Chen Ye had no choice but to stop his cultivation. He got up and went outside the room, pushing open the cave door. There, he saw Gong Yuechan, dressed in a long green gauze dress, with a graceful figure and beautiful face, waiting quietly outside the door.
Seeing Chen Ye come out, she smiled and said to him.
"After a year of seclusion, you've finally made a breakthrough. This time, we won't have to wait more than a month to meet again, right?"
Although Chen Ye had been in seclusion for the past year, he had not stayed in his cave for a moment. Every one or two months, Chen Ye would take the initiative to stop his cultivation, rest for two or three days, and collect the Gong family's monthly salary, which was also a way for him to relax.
After all, he wasn't an ascetic, so there was no need for him to give up everything for the sake of cultivation.
"The young lady has also broken through to the peak of the Spirit Gathering stage. It shouldn't be long before she can prepare to advance to the Secret Treasure Realm."
Chen Ye said with a smile that his own progress did not mean that everyone else was wasting their time.
The spiritual energy emanating from Gong Yuechan was extremely rich, far exceeding what it had been a year ago, indicating that she had already become a cultivator at the peak of the Spirit Gathering stage.
In fact, Gong Yuechan's cultivation speed was much faster than Chen Ye's. After all, the aptitude of a top-grade water spiritual root was no joke. Not to mention in the Gong family, even if she were placed in the Qiling Sect, she would definitely be treated as a true disciple.
"Didn't I tell you? From now on, you can just call me Yuechan."
Gong Yuechan wrinkled her nose and said with a hint of dissatisfaction.
Because their cave dwellings were adjacent to each other, every time Chen Ye went out to rest, he would "coincidentally" run into Gong Yuechan, who was also out. Over the course of a year, their relationship actually grew closer. Gong Yuechan had said similar things to Chen Ye countless times.
"Yes, Miss." Chen Ye cupped his hands in greeting.
"You..." Gong Yuechan shook her head helplessly. Chen Ye was good in every way. He wasn't the quiet type in her daily interactions. In fact, he was quite witty. But for some reason, he always kept a distance from her.
"Grandpa was right, this man won't do anything without a profit!"
Gong Yuechan remembered what her grandfather had said to her, and the slight dissatisfaction in her heart quietly dissipated.
When dealing with someone like Chen Ye, relying solely on feelings is ultimately insufficient; the most important thing is still self-interest.
Thinking of this, Gong Yuechan said to Chen Ye.
"Your timing for leaving seclusion is perfect. The clan is about to hold a high-level meeting, and the clan chief specifically instructed that you should also attend."
"Me?" Chen Ye frowned slightly upon hearing this.
"Such an important meeting must be about deciding major family matters, so I suppose it's unnecessary for me to attend..."
"How could it be unnecessary?" Gong Yuechan said, feigning displeasure.
"Now that you are an elder of the family's ancestral hall, you are naturally qualified to attend the meeting."
The Offering Hall was established by the Gong family in the past six months. It is specifically designed to recruit rogue cultivators to serve the Gong family, which can also be considered a means to increase the family's strength.
There is one hall master and four elders, all of whom are members of the Gong family. Chen Ye is the only member of the Gong family who is not a member of the Gong family among the four elders.
As for why Chen Ye was appointed as an elder of the Hall of Worship, it's obvious that it was a way to bind him to the position.
However, Chen Ye had no reason to refuse. As he'd said before, if he truly wanted to leave in the future, the Gong family might not be able to stop him. Besides, as an elder, his subordinate cultivators would receive a share of the contribution points when carrying out Gong family missions.
For example, if a cultivator in the Offering Hall completes a Palace Family task, they can obtain fifty family contribution points, and the elder will automatically obtain five contribution points.
Although the share is small, as the number of cultivators recruited by the Offering Hall increases, the family contribution points that can be obtained will also steadily increase. Little by little, they will eventually be able to exchange for Qi Transformation Pills in the Palace Family Treasury!
Since Gong Yuechan had said so, Chen Ye could not refuse. He turned around and shut down the cave's formation, then followed Gong Yuechan to the council hall at the top of Yuntong Mountain.
At this moment, nearly twenty cultivators were already seated in the spacious hall; these were all high-ranking members of the Gong family.
There were only three seats at the head of the table. The patriarch, Gong Lingxuan, sat in the center, the eldest elder, Gong Qingru, sat to his left, and a young member of the Gong family who looked to be only in his thirties sat to his right.
Chen Ye had never seen this person before, so upon entering the main hall, he couldn't help but take a few more glances at him.
The man was dressed in a long, dark robe. He was slightly thin and his appearance was very similar to that of Gong Chengyuan before he burned his lifespan. Although the aura he exuded was weaker than that of Gong Qingru, he was clearly a powerful expert from a hidden realm.
"I suppose this person is Gong Chengye, the one who recently broke through to the secret realm of the Gong family?"
Chen Ye withdrew his gaze and pondered in his heart.
He had only recently heard about Gong Chengye from Gong Yuechan.
This person possesses a top-grade spiritual root. Although his aptitude is somewhat inferior to that of Gong Yuechan, who possesses a top-grade water spiritual root, he is eight years older than Gong Yuechan and is the first member of the younger generation of the Gong family to cultivate to the Great Perfection of Spiritual Nourishment.
It is said that after this person reached the peak of spiritual cultivation, he was too eager to break through the secret realm, which caused his mind to become unstable, resulting in three consecutive failures in his breakthrough attempts.
However, Gong Chengye was a man of great perseverance. Other cultivators would probably lose confidence in breaking through the Secret Realm even after just one failure, let alone three. In addition, the Gong family spent a lot of resources to cultivate him, and he finally succeeded in breaking through to the Secret Realm.
Besides these three hidden masters, there were eight more cultivators at the peak of the Spirit Gathering stage, making a total of nine people including Gong Yuechan.
These people are the strongest fighting force of the Gong family, and also the current rulers of the Gong family.
Besides these, there were also a group of family stewards, worshippers, and so on. Among them, Chen Ye was most familiar with Tao Hua'an, the worshipper of the Pill Hall, and Ge, the ship master of the Treasure Ship Workshop. Including Chen Ye, these were the only three non-family cultivators who appeared at the Gong family's high-level meetings.