Family Rise by Daily Intelligence

This birthmark.

Vaguely.

He seemed to have seen it somewhere, but for a moment he couldn’t recall. Supressing his surprise, to avoid any accident, he re-stored the girl inside the Demon Sound Flower:

“Fairy Yao, I’ll go up first, just in case those above start suspecting.”

“Brother Li, take care. If anything unusual occurs, send a message to me and Fellow Daoist Cao.”

This task was linked to whether the three of them could advance, so Fairy Yao naturally cared. However, after interacting with Fu Changsheng, compared to the task, she found herself more interested in Fu Changsheng.

Fu Changsheng nodded.

Dark qi surged around him, making him indistinguishable from a real servant disciple.

As he surfaced from the underground.

Outside, the sound of drizzling rain could be heard; it was the onset of acid rain.

Raindrops fell on the handkerchief Magical Artifact, sizzling into thick smoke.

Fu Changsheng abruptly realized:

“No wonder this area is deserted.”

It’s unclear whether the Cangling Realm suffered too frequent battles between humans and demons, causing significant damage to its natural terrain. Mortals cannot survive where cultivators aren’t stationed.

After the rain stopped.

The team from the Blood Saber Sect within the rain curtain suddenly became restless. Steward Wan hovered in mid-air with a stern face, cracking the bone whip that exploded loudly in the air: “Qiuo Yun! Is Gui Qi sneaking off to fool around again?”

“Report Steward, Junior Brother Gui said he was checking on the Demon Sound Flower’s seal…” Qiuo Yun’s words were cut off as Fu Changsheng hurriedly ran from the canyon, with Demon Sound Flower’s sap staining his shirt.

Steward Wan was evidently familiar with Gui Qi’s usual behavior and chose to ignore it:

“We’ll depart. We must reach the mountain gate before the second wave of acid rain.”

The team marched grandly out of the canyon. Fu Changsheng mingled among the group, speaking far less than the real Gui Qi. Qiuo Yun thought it was caused by overindulgence and didn’t pay attention, continuously stuffing demon flesh into his mouth.

After marching day and night for several days.

Blood Abyss Mountain finally came into view.

The entire mountain ridge was like a thousand inverted curved sabers, jagged rocks emitting a dark red blood glow. Twelve crimson waterfalls cascaded from the peak, creating mist upon plunging into the blood river, enveloping the Mountain Protection Array in thick red miasma.

As they neared.

Fu Changsheng could finally see the Mountain Protection Array clearly, his pupils contracted:

“It turns out to be the long-extinct Blood Evil Reincarnation Array.”

Looking up.

The Mountain Protection Array hub was revealed to be nine Giant Bronze Coffins, with spell-like creatures crawling on the coffins’ surfaces. Each surge of demonic qi caused skeletal arms to emerge from the coffin gaps.

Fu Changsheng’s throat moved.

The Blood Evil Reincarnation Array is a Tier Four Top-Grade Array that even Fake Nascent Soul cultivators dare not confront directly.

From this perspective.

The Blood Saber Sect seems to be a Golden Core Sect.

Fu Changsheng felt a slight headache, trying to steal something under the eyes of a Golden Core cultivator is certainly not easy.

Fortunately.

According to Gui Qi’s memory.

The Sect Leader had secluded himself, and during the return journey, Fu Changsheng vaguely learned from Qiuo Yun.

The Blood Saber Sect’s Golden Core Master is only the Blood Sect Leader.

Otherwise.

He would have turned back.

As he passed the mountain gate, the eyeballs of the two Taotie statues standing on either side of the arch suddenly rotated.

A murky spirit light swept over Fu Changsheng’s body, making him shiver, but fortunately, the spirit light paused only momentarily before quickly moving to the next person:

“Whew.”

A false alarm.

Fu Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Throughout the mountain gate, patrol disciples wielding bone-made curved sabers could be seen regularly. Their dark red attire was soaked with the blood river’s moisture, and their profound iron wrist guards were etched with centipede-like demon patterns; the inner lining showing human skin talismans as their garments flapped.

According to Gui Qi’s memory.

The increase in patrol disciples was recent.

After escorting mortals to the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, Steward Wan and Steward Qiuu from the hall exchanged words. Stewards Qiuu’s words made Steward Wan frown.

After leaving the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall.

Steward Wan spoke to Fu Changsheng, Qiuo Yun, and other Qi Refining disciples:

“The Miscellaneous Affairs Hall is understaffed. Help escort these mortals with Steward Qiuu on a trip.”

Fu Changsheng naturally accepted the order.

Yet when Steward Wan was leaving, Fu Changsheng accidentally caught a sense of guilt in his glance.

Fu Changsheng’s heart tightened.

He glanced at Steward Qiuu, who was chubby with large ears. Seeing him was only in the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment, Fu Changsheng felt a bit relieved.

Steward Qiuu squinted and smiled:

“Rest assured, you won’t be working for nothing. Once the task is over, you’ll surely be rewarded.”

“Steward, just give me a few more pounds of good meat,” Qiuo Yun chuckled.

Exiting the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall and escorting a group of mortals, Fu Changsheng followed for a while, realizing that Steward Qiuu was heading towards the back mountain, the Forbidden Land.

Only Sect Leader and Young Sect Leader can enter.

Fu Changsheng felt unease, his eyes shifted, pondering a way to escape.

Simultaneously, with a thought.

He activated the panel in his sea of divine sense:

“Exchange information.”

Buzz!

The panel vibrated.

A surge of yellow light flowed.

Soon after.

Lines of text appeared:

[1: The Blood Saber Sect’s Cloud-devouring Beast is the Young Sect Leader’s demon pet, currently at Tier Three Peak, on the verge of breaking through.]

Fu Changsheng glanced at it, connecting it to the recent abductions of mortals by the Blood Saber Sect, he guessed a possibility:

“Could it be the Young Sect Leader wants to use the power of sacrifice to help the Cloud-devouring Beast break through?”

Most likely.

[2: The Blood Saber Sect’s Mountain Protection Array was breached by the Celestial Dao Sect ten years ago; the coffin serving as the Celestial Qian Array Hub is key to Array Breaking]

Array breaking?

Fu Changsheng was not planning to attack the mountain, and once the array is broken, the Blood Sect Leader might come out of seclusion; provoking a Golden Core is not wise.

[3: The Blood Pool that can upgrade your Blood Talisman Spirit Body is located within the Forbidden Land in the back mountain]

What?!

Fu Changsheng paused for a moment, realizing he’d really have to enter the Forbidden Land.

[4: Cao Qingyun has mastered a Secret Technique and, along with Fairy Yao, is currently ambushing outside the Blood Saber Sect; she has a Teleportation Talisman that can transport up to five people]

[5: Cao Qingyun possesses a Boundless Jade Talisman, which, once activated, in combination with the Special Secret Technique, can bypass arrays below Tier Four, allowing free passage]

[6: The Blood Sect Leader is in seclusion attempting to break through to Nascent Soul; the Celestial Dao Sect has learned this and plans to attack soon. So, the Young Sect Leader is taking risks, forcing his demon pet to use Forbidden Skill to break through]

[7: Your father, after retreating to seclusion, obtained a remnant scroll of the Spirit Race by chance. Using this Cultivation Technique, he awakened and activated a Hidden Bloodline]

[8:….]

…

Fu Changsheng’s eyes landed on the seventh piece of information, feeling both shocked and elated: “Father… Father activated his bloodline?”

However.

He’d never heard of the Fu Family having any Hidden Bloodline, so he felt somewhat enlightened.

No wonder many of his offspring, or clan members with Special Spiritual Bodies, were so plentiful. It seems their Fu Family’s ancestor should have quite the history!

Fu Changsheng quickly scanned the subsequent pieces of information, but none pertained to his father:

“What a shame!”

Taking a deep breath.

Fu Changsheng calmed himself.

No matter what.

At least he knows where his father is now. If he can pass the Shadow Sect Outer Disciple selection, he’ll have a chance to enter the Cangling Realm in the future.

With this in mind.

He arrived at the entrance to the Forbidden Land at the back mountain.