One hundred and fifty years ago, just a few years after Han Xuanwu passed away, Zhao Xuanlan, who was at the fourth level of foundation building, suddenly disappeared for no reason while going out, and has not been heard from since.
At that time, Zhao Yujie was the only foundation-building cultivator left in the Zhao family.
Overnight, the Zhao family changed.
The first branch took control of the family for the first time and began to suppress the second branch intentionally or unintentionally.
The reason for this is that the two branches of the Zhao family did not have a deep relationship to begin with, and due to many problems such as limited cultivation resources and unfair distribution, there were constant conflicts between the two branches and the relationship was always lukewarm.
So it is not surprising why the first wife chose to suppress the second wife after coming to power.
The second branch benefited from Han Xuanwu's legacy and also had certain connections and relationships in the Ziyang Sect.
Therefore, Zhao Yujie didn't dare to go too far and could only beat and oppress him a little bit at a time.
Ninety years ago, Zhao Yujie passed away.
The first branch, Zhao Zhongge, was promoted to the foundation-building stage and continued to be in charge of the Zhao family's power. At the same time, he also chose to secretly suppress the second branch.
Until a year ago, Zhao Zhongge was seriously injured and died. The Zhao family suddenly lost its foundation-building cultivator and the family power was in a vacuum.
As a result, the second branch, which had been suppressed for nearly 150 years, suddenly erupted under the leadership of Elder Zhao Jingang and began to confront the first branch head-on.
Over the past year, the Zhao family's power has been greatly weakened due to the endless infighting between the two families, and the relationship between the two families has deteriorated sharply.
Two months ago, the Zhao family used their family wealth to bid for a foundation-building pill.
Afterwards, the two branches of the Zhao family quarreled fiercely over the person who should take the Foundation Establishment Pill.
If it weren't for the several surrounding immortal cultivation forces watching covetously, the first and second houses would have taken action long ago.
but...
Zhao Sheng's thoughts were racing as he stood up from the ground and brushed off the dust on his clothes.
He looked at the two distinct groups of people below the stage and couldn't help but sigh inwardly: "Things aren't much better now."
At this moment, Zhao Sheng suddenly felt something being stuffed into his hand. He looked down and saw that it was a white porcelain pill bottle.
He raised his head and looked at Zhao Chongwei with a complicated expression.
Without opening it, Zhao Sheng knew that the bottle contained a first-level Lingyuan Pill.
Lingyuan Pill is the most commonly used elixir by Qi-refining cultivators.
Ten pills make up a bottle, and the price of a bottle is seven spirit stones. It can be said that it is fair to everyone and has remained unchanged for thousands of years.
Zhao Chongwei said stealthily, "Put it away quickly and don't let anyone see it."
Zhao Sheng stuffed the pill bottle back into her hand and shook his head, saying, "No need to give it to me, keep it for your own cultivation. You have three spiritual roots and have the potential to build a foundation. The family allocated Lingyuan Pills to you in the hope that you will practice diligently and build a foundation soon. Remember not to disappoint the family's expectations!"
Zhao Chongwei was stunned when she heard this. She felt that Zhao Chonghe seemed like a completely different person since he woke up, and suddenly became extremely mature and steady.
He used to always pester her for pills and spirit stones, but now he actively refuses them.
Zhao Chongwei couldn't help but think: "Could it be that setbacks really make a person mature quickly?"
Seeing that she was stunned and speechless, Zhao Sheng planned to turn around and leave the performance stage.
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind them: "Weiwei, what are you doing? Are you planning to give the elixir to that loser again?"
As he spoke, a burly old man with a square face and thin lips strode up to the two of them.
Zhao Sheng took a quick look and felt disgusted.
The old man's name is Zhao Jinpeng. He has a mean and uninformed personality and likes to show off to his elders.
There are seventeen immortal cultivators in the Zhao family's main branch, and Zhao Jinpeng is one of them, whose cultivation level is at the fifth level of Qi Refining.
No one knew why, but Zhao Jinpeng always looked down on Zhao Sheng's predecessor. Whenever they met, he would either scold him or ridicule him.
When Zhao Chongwei saw that the person coming was Zhao Jinpeng, she weakly defended herself: "Sixth Grandpa, I don't have it."
Zhao Jinpeng glared at her, snatched the pill bottle away, and said sternly, "You said you didn't have it, but what is this?! The family is in a difficult period, and we finally managed to spare a few bottles of Lingyuan Pills, and you're going to give them to this loser?"
Zhao Sheng was very unhappy when he heard this.
Damn, you keep calling me a piece of crap, don't you think I even have a name?!
"Who do you call a waste?" Zhao Sheng said with a stern expression, staring at Zhao Jinpeng.
Zhao Jinpeng looked at Zhao Sheng with disdain and said sarcastically, "You're nothing but a piece of crap. You've been training for five or six years, but you can't even beat fourteen-year-old Zhao Chongxia. You're nothing but a piece of crap. Not only you, but your father too. A sixth-level Qi Refining cultivator can't even keep an eye on the goods. You deserve to die out there."
"How can one insult someone's parents? I, Zhao Chonghe, will remember today's insult. I have a message for you today: Don't bully the old, don't bully the young, and don't bully the poor!"
After Zhao Sheng said these harsh words, he nodded to Zhao Chongwei and turned away.
"Chonghe, Chonghe!" Seeing Zhao Sheng leave in anger, Zhao Chongwei shouted hurriedly.
Seeing this, Zhao Jinpeng scolded, "Weiwei, why are you yelling at that loser? It's your turn next. Hurry up and get ready."
"Sixth Grandpa, how can you say that? Chonghe is also from our eldest wife's family."
"He is a waste. It doesn't matter whether the eldest wife has him or not."
After just a few words, Zhao Sheng had already walked away.
…
After returning to his own courtyard, Zhao Sheng couldn't wait to enter the training room.
Compared with the most important cultivation of immortals, Zhao Jinpeng is nothing.
At this moment, Zhao Sheng had already forgotten about him.
Before practicing, Zhao Sheng quickly opened the book and found his personal data:
Name: Zhao Chonghe (Zhao Sheng)
Lifespan: 16/97
Realm: Qi Refining Level 1
Constitution: Four Spiritual Roots (Yellow Level), Primary Self-Healing (Ordinary Level)
Talents: Sniffing (yellow level), Bullet Time (yellow level), Hand of Rock (mortal level),
[Skill]
Gongfa: Xuanling Gong (Introduction)
Spells: Spring Breeze and Rain (Proficient), Dripping Sword (Entry-level), Refraction (Entry-level)
Talisman Making: First-level Spring Breeze and Rain Talisman (Entry Level), First-level Golden Light Wall (Entry Level)
In the last two draws before reincarnation, Zhao Sheng drew the yellow-level talent Bullet Time and the ordinary-level physical primary self-healing.
Bullet Time (Yellow): Once activated, your consciousness becomes extremely focused and sharp, and the entire world before your eyes instantly slows down many times, as if time has stopped. Each bullet time lasts two seconds.
Primary Self-Healing (Ordinary Level): Due to different individual constitutions, the wound healing speed is increased by three to ten times.
Zhao Sheng looked at the introduction above and started thinking.
There's not much to say about the basic self-healing, but the bullet time looks very promising.
Thinking of this, Zhao Sheng put aside all distracting thoughts and slowly focused his consciousness.
When his consciousness condensed into a single point, it was like suddenly piercing through an invisible barrier. Zhao Sheng suddenly realized that the world before him had almost "stopped" for a moment.
The originally smooth world slowed down like a frame-by-frame movie.
No, ten times slower than that.
Under the extremely sensitive mental induction, countless invisible water vapor and dust particles suddenly appeared.
Fluffy, oddly shaped fungi, coarse dust, round water vapor,
All kinds of strange tiny particles became clearly visible in his "field of vision".
Zhao Sheng felt extremely curious, as if he had seen a brand new world.