Oh no! My grandmother made me shoulder the responsibility for eight households!

Chapter 431 Yuan Tiangang Enters the Celestial Realm

Lin Chen walked down the street without getting into a carriage. Instead, he put his hands in his sleeves and strolled slowly, like an old man taking a walk.

Yuan Tiangang followed behind, half a step behind.

"My lord, what should we do if His Majesty agrees to the Tianyuan Chamber of Commerce's request for cooperation?"

Lin Chen smiled nonchalantly:

"Then let's cooperate. We won't lose out anyway. If they know what's good for them, we'll let them have some scraps. If not—"

Lin Chen didn't continue, but Yuan Tiangang understood what Lin Chen meant and couldn't help but silently mourn for the Tianyuan Chamber of Commerce for a second.

The two strolled all the way to the city gate, where Lin Chen stopped and looked back at Songshan City.

As the sun set, it bathed the entire city in gold, as if it had been plated with gold.

The three large characters "Songshan City" on the city gate shone in the setting sun, and the smaller characters next to it—"Foreign Affairs Supervisor of the Dayan Dynasty"—also glowed, each stroke clear and distinct.

Lin Chen chuckled lightly, then turned and got into the carriage.

The carriage swayed and wobbled as it headed towards the east mountain.

Lin Chen leaned against the cushion with his eyes closed.

Yuan Tiangang sat opposite him without saying a word, and the two remained silent.

The wheels rolled over the official road, making a rhythmic rumbling sound, like a lullaby.

They walked for about half an hour.

Lin Chen suddenly opened his eyes.

"Old Yuan."

Yuan Tiangang looked up at him.

Lin Chen asked, "What is your current cultivation level?"

Yuan Tiangang honestly confessed: "I just broke through to the mid-stage of the Land Immortal realm not long ago."

Lin Chen nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Yuan Tiangang looked at him and hesitated for a moment.

"My lord, you..."

Lin Chen waved his hand and closed his eyes.

"Don't ask, because if you do, you can't tell me."

Yuan Tiangang opened his mouth, then closed it again.

The carriage continued forward.

After walking for a while, Lin Chen suddenly opened his eyes again.

He took out a small porcelain bottle from his pocket and casually tossed it to Yuan Tiangang.

Yuan Tiangang caught it, glanced at the porcelain bottle, then at Lin Chen, looking puzzled.

"What is this?"

"Celestial Elixir".

Yuan Tiangang's hand trembled slightly.

He looked down at the small porcelain bottle in his hand, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down.

"My lord, this..."

Lin Chen leaned back on the cushion, watching the scenery rushing past the car window, and said leisurely:

"Old Yuan, you're the first person to stay by my side. You deserve this."

Yuan Tiangang opened his mouth as if to say something, but his lips trembled twice and he couldn't utter a word.

After a long while, he finally spoke, his voice a little hoarse:

"My lord, this thing is too precious. It's a Celestial Immortal Pill; there might not even be one in the entire Tianyuan Continent. You should keep it..."

Lin Chen waved his hand, interrupting Yuan Tiangang.

"Just take it if I give it to you, why are you asking so many questions?"

Yuan Tiangang paused for a moment, then put the porcelain bottle into his pocket.

Given the bond between him and Lin Chen, saying too much would be hypocritical.

When the carriage arrived at the foot of Dongshan Mountain, the two did not go up the mountain first, but instead entered the eighth level of the mountain's interior space.

Inside, eight people sat cross-legged in eight different positions, meditating with their eyes closed.

It was the person Lin Chen rewarded last time, the protector of the eight major families.

Sensing someone enter, all eight people opened their eyes simultaneously.

Upon seeing that it was Lin Chen, the eight people closed their eyes again and continued their cultivation.

There was no bowing, no small talk, not even a greeting.

Yuan Tiangang stood in the middle of the mountain, looking around at Xizhou, sensing the eight unfathomable auras, his face completely calm.

Lin Chen had already told him about the existence of these eight people.

So he wasn't surprised.

Lin Chen pointed to the open space in the middle: "Sit down."

Yuan Tiangang took a deep breath and sat down cross-legged.

Lin Chen walked behind him and placed a hand on his head.

"Close your eyes and don't think about anything. When I say 'start,' you take the pills. When I say 'charge,' you charge like crazy."

Yuan Tiangang nodded, closed his eyes, and held his breath.

Lin Chen looked up and glanced at the eight elders.

All eight people opened their eyes at the same time and nodded simultaneously.

Lin Chen took a deep breath.

"start."

Yuan Tiangang immediately stuffed the Heavenly Immortal Pill into his mouth.

The elixir melts instantly upon entering the mouth.

There was no violent drug effect as imagined, and no volcanic eruption.

A cool sensation rose from my dantian, like a mountain spring or morning dew, slowly flowing into my limbs and bones.

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Then, Yuan Tiangang felt himself floating.

It's not the body that's floating, it's the consciousness.

He "saw" the sky.

It's not the mountain above our heads, it's the real sky.

Boundless and vast.

He "saw" the clouds, the wind, the lightning, and the invisible yet real threads of law that exist between heaven and earth.

Every thread is pulsating, vibrating, and telling the secrets of this world.

Yuan Tiangang was startled.

He "heard" it.

The whisper of the wind, the movement of the clouds, the breath of the earth, the cycle of the sun and moon.

Yuan Tiangang stared intently at those lines of law, examining and memorizing them one by one.

I wish I could cram the whole world into my head.

But his body began to tremble.

Veins bulged on his forehead, and sweat poured down like rain.

The impact of the laws was too great; his consciousness was like a small boat adrift in a storm, on the verge of capsizing at any moment.

It wasn't about suppressing anything for Yuan Tiangang, but about stabilizing his consciousness so he wouldn't be overwhelmed by the torrent of laws.

The eight elders attacked simultaneously.

The divine sense of a mid-stage Eighth Heavenly Immortal surged into Yuan Tiangang's mind from eight directions.

Nine people protected him at the same time.

To help Yuan Tiangang "see" more clearly, to help him "remember" more firmly, and to help him maintain his direction in the ocean of laws.

This lineup is unmatched anywhere else in the entire Tianyuan Continent.

……

One hour later.

Yuan Tiangang's consciousness suddenly snapped.

It felt like something had broken, yet also like something had become open.

He saw a complete line of laws.

The Law of the Wind.

From birth to dissipation, from gentle breeze to raging fury, from formless to tangible.

Complete, clear, and readily available.

Yuan Tiangang reached out and grabbed it.

boom--

A loud bang went through my head.

Like a door being pushed open, sunlight poured in, illuminating the whole world.

Yuan Tiangang raised his head and let out a long roar.

A terrifying aura erupted from him.

It's not an explosion of power, but a leap in level.

All eight elders stopped simultaneously.

Lin Chen also withdrew his hand and took a step back.

He looked at Yuan Tiangang, who was sitting cross-legged in the middle, and smiled.

Breakthrough.

From the mid-stage of a terrestrial immortal, he first crossed the late stage and the peak, and then entered the early stage of a celestial immortal.

This is the Celestial Elixir, which gives ordinary people a 70% chance of breaking through to the Celestial Immortal realm.

But for Yuan Tiangang, it was 99%.

Because he is Yuan Tiangang.

Because Lin Chen was standing behind him.

Yuan Tiangang slowly opened his eyes.

His eyes have changed.

It used to be profound, now it's deep.

Like two ancient wells, with no bottom in sight.

No, it's not just profound.

Something was moving in his eyes.

It was the wind, an almost imperceptible wind, gently swirling deep within his pupils.

Yuan Tiangang looked down at his hands, clenched his fist, and then relaxed it.

Then he looked up at Lin Chen.

His lips moved, and his voice trembled slightly.

"My lord... I saw it."

Lin Chen asked with a smile, "What did you see?"

"wind."

Yuan Tiangang stretched out his hand, palm facing up.

A gentle breeze appeared out of nowhere and swirled in his palm.

It is not wind driven by spiritual power.

It is real wind.

It is the law.

Lin Chen nodded in satisfaction and patted him on the shoulder.

"Alright, stop getting emotional, get back to work."

Yuan Tiangang stood up and bowed deeply.

"Yuan Tiangang swears to serve his lord to the death."

The voice wasn't loud, but every word was like a nail driven into the ground.

Lin Chen nodded, said nothing politely, and turned to leave.

"Let's go home."

After sending Yuan Tiangang back to Songshan City to take charge, Lin Chen went up to the ninth floor and reappeared in the study.

I stretched while standing in the room, and my bones cracked a few times.

He left the study and headed straight for Lingbo Courtyard.

Tonight is the time to win that woman over.