fairy family

Chapter 181 All Magical Treasures Restored, the Snake Family Arrives

There was a boom.

Yu Que walked out of the stone chamber, his face beaming with joy.

During this period of seclusion, he successfully bound all three household gods within the ancestral temple and gained the ability to digest metal, achieving a remarkable accomplishment.

Yu Que thought to himself, "If it weren't for the fact that I haven't yet received the next step of the true lineage transmission, and the old leader advised me not to break through to the lower eighth grade on my own, I really would like to strike while the iron is hot and break through my realm as well."

He didn't have the Six Internal Organs Ghost and God Chart, so it was still possible to restrain the household gods according to the categories of the Six Internal Organs.

After all, he had experience cultivating the Five Internal Organs Gods, and whether it was what the old leader said or his own experience, he could later add the Gods back into the Six Internal Organs Gods.

However, if he were to break through to a higher realm too easily, leaving his Yin Spirit at the lower eighth rank and unable to undergo the tempering of the Six Internal Organs Gods, it would have a significant impact.

It should be understood that each realm and stage of immortality is not only a challenge, but also a tempering process.

While immortality is difficult to attain among folk immortals, and some things can be easily overlooked, the lack of something is different; one cannot take any step carelessly.

Thinking of this, Yu Que's eyes burned with fervor, and his desire to participate in the imperial examination intensified.

However, no matter how eager he is, he can't bring the time forward. Besides, having a few more months to settle things will only benefit him, and will not do him any harm.

Suddenly, Yu Que turned his head to look at the calendar in the quiet room and estimated the time.

His eyes immediately showed a dazed look. Counting the time he had spent in seclusion, the end of the year was approaching, and another year in the Central Plains was coming to an end.

In the past, long before the end of the year, my uncle's family would begin preparations, especially storing fruits and vegetables for the winter. This was not only for the New Year, but also because with the arrival of winter, everything becomes cold and desolate, greatly affecting ordinary people's food supply, so they had to prepare in advance.

Otherwise, let alone celebrating the New Year, even maintaining a regular diet would be difficult.

In addition to fruits and vegetables, fuel, incense, candles, and other supplies must be prepared at least a month in advance.

Looking at his cold and quiet room, Yu Que couldn't help but think:

"I wonder if my uncles are preparing for the New Year?"

Unlike previous years, the Yu family has a new look this year, and my uncle has taken on the role of clan head, so we will no longer face the financial difficulties of the past. However, clan affairs are complicated, and the Yu family has gained many new members, so the clan also needs to prepare various New Year's goods.

Thinking about all this, Yu Que felt the urge to go home for a walk.

After a moment's thought, he immediately began tidying up in the quiet room.

Now that his cultivation has reached its peak, he can no longer break through in terms of realm. He must wait until he obtains the Six Internal Organs Divine Diagram before he can do so. It is time for him to return home in glory and visit his uncles and the others.

In no time, Yu Que had wrapped everything in the five-piece bag, but it still took a little longer than expected.

The traces of cultivation left in the stone chamber must be dealt with to prevent anyone with ulterior motives from discovering anything amiss.

Before leaving, Yu Que touched the five-pouch bag at his waist, his eyes flashing, and he even revealed a cold smile.

Now that he has been back in the city for quite some time, the Snake Family in the mountains and the headmaster of the county school should have already received the news.

It was only because he was almost always in seclusion, and the Alchemist Guild had never come out, that he hadn't shown his face.

Now that he's out of seclusion, who knows what trouble might come his way.

Fortunately, during his seclusion, Yu Que not only successfully refined the household deity, but also almost repaired the Five-Purpose Bag in his hands, and even improved it a bit more.

The reason why the repairs were completed so quickly was not only because Yu Que obtained the ancient blood sacrifice technique from the cave secret realm, but also because of the help of the little black gourd.

It turns out that during the process of refining the household gods, Yu Que suddenly discovered that the toad spirit in the Five-Purpose Bag was different from the household gods. This thing only existed in the magic treasure and would not enter the ancestral temple of the Taoist.

He also discovered that the ghosts and spirits inside the Five-Piece Bag were far more ferocious than the real household gods, and they didn't seem to have been thoroughly cleansed, but rather as if they had been sealed away.

So Yu Que mustered his courage and tried feeding the liquid from the black gourd to the Toad God.

Anyway, this thing is not his household deity, and it has already been refined into a magic weapon, so it is impossible for it to be refined into a household deity again. Even if this thing goes evil and becomes demonic, it will not affect his life.

If this item can be repaired using the black gourd, then Yu Que will be able to quickly obtain a true magic weapon!

He could even go to the market in the future to find broken magical artifacts and repair them with the little black gourd.

With such benefits right before our eyes, even at the risk of failing to repair it and causing the magic weapon to become damaged, it is still worth Yu Que's attempt.

Otherwise, if he were to go around collecting essence blood to refine this item, it would be both time-consuming and laborious, and it might not even be able to be used in time.

And the final outcome of this matter.

Naturally, the toad spirit in the Five-in-One Bag, with the help of the little black gourd, recovered at an unimaginable speed, restoring the Five-in-One Bag to twelve-tenths of its power.

It can currently hold the cargo of twelve horse-drawn carriages, and the crimson light can also release two bursts at once, one more than before.

However, there is a risk involved, namely that the evil nature of this thing is also greatly increased.

When Yu Que was refining this item, he noticed several times that the ghosts and spirits inside the bag wanted to break out of the bag and devour his thoughts of staying inside.

Realizing this situation, Yu Que quickly used that ancient technique to refine the item for several days, finally managing to suppress the ghost and spirit in the bag once again.

This also made Yu Que realize that although the ghosts and gods in the magic weapon were not the household gods within his body, the possibility of them devouring their master would still increase greatly after being irrigated by the soul liquid in the black gourd.

"Such repairs to magical artifacts can be done once or twice, but never a third time... No, even a second repair would be a stretch, if you don't want trouble in the future."

The act of using soul fluid to repair magical artifacts and spirits can only be done once per artifact.

Yu Que thought to himself, making sure to remember this experience.

He then looked up at the door of the quiet room, a smile on his face.

With such a rank-six magic weapon by his side, and this item having been refined by Yu Que with his divine sense and blood essence many times.

In his hands, it could unleash about 70-80% of the magic weapon's power, if not its full potential.

If pushed to the limit, he would directly sacrifice his own life essence to unleash the full power of this magic weapon.

Yu Quexin thought to himself:

"With such a powerful weapon as my trump card, and since I'm not even leaving the city, even if the headmaster comes to my door in person, I have ways to deal with him!"

Without hesitation, he kicked open the heavy door of the meditation room and walked out of the guild.

...............

Yu Que's return to the Yu family this time, with his cultivation breakthrough, can be considered a triumphant homecoming.

He certainly couldn't leave empty-handed.

Although he was not well-off, he still made a large purchase of gifts in the market.

There was no need for the shop to send someone to deliver it. All the small gifts, enough to be distributed throughout the entire clan, were rolled up in a five-compartment bag and that was it.

The shopkeepers and waiters were all dumbfounded when they saw this scene; they had never seen such divine power in their lives.

But by the time they tried to find Yu Que again, he had already vanished.

Not long after.

Yu Que then returned to the Yu family mansion. He had just reached the entrance when...

The tribesmen at the door, seeing this, couldn't help but wipe their eyes, then exclaimed with delight:
"Young clan leader?" "Brother Yu Que?!"

Yu Que nodded with a smile and bowed to the other person in greeting.

Upon confirming that Yu Que had returned, the clansmen hurriedly stepped forward to pay their respects, and some immediately dashed towards the clan's territory, shouting as they ran, "Young Clan Chief Yu Que is back!"

Although the head of the Yu family is Yu Que's uncle, everyone knows that the entire Yu family exists entirely because of Yu Que. Yu Que's uncle, Yu Le, also repeatedly says that he is helping Yu Que manage the family on his behalf, hence the title "Little Clan Head".

Amidst the lively scene, Yu Que was surrounded by a group of clansmen as he walked towards the ancestral hall.

Yu Que was happy to join in the fun. The gifts he had just bought immediately came in handy.

Regardless of age or surname, whether they are surnamed Yu or Fu, as long as you step forward and say a few kind words, he will offer you a heavy load of cloth or sugar syrup.

The adults immediately burst into laughter, showering the adults with compliments one after another.

The children's mouths were immediately stuffed full, and drool kept dripping from their mouths. Even when their ears were pulled red, they still clung tightly to the candy jar.

Amidst the joyous and lively atmosphere, when the ancestral hall came into view, his uncle's figure quickly appeared in front of him and ghostly rushed towards him.

Before Uncle Yu Le could even stand up straight, he exclaimed with delight, "Que'er, you're back!"

Yu Que squinted at his uncle and found that he was in good health. The lantern monster on his body seemed to have been replaced by a more powerful household god, and he did not seem to be in any distress.

He immediately breathed a sigh of relief and quickly stepped forward to pay his respects.
"Yu Que pays his respects to his uncle."

"Hey, you're such a grown man, why are you still so respectful?" The uncle quickly lifted Yu Que up, preventing him from bowing deeply, and took his hand, leading him into the ancestral hall.

"Come on, we've finally come back. Let's offer incense to your parents and ancestors first."

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the main gate of the ancestral hall opened, and the uncle personally led Yu Que inside. Then, he lit enough incense and burned enough paper money, causing the ancestral hall to be filled with smoke and light.

Yu Que bowed to the few plaques he had received, feeling not at all cold, but rather warmer.

After the worship ceremony, there were a lot of other chores to do.

Fortunately, when Yu Que showed signs of fatigue, his uncle immediately ordered all the clansmen who had come to greet him to leave, leaving only his aunt and himself in the ancestral hall to take care of Yu Que.

"Where are the two little ones?" Yu Que asked his aunt curiously.

Auntie glanced at the time and replied, "It's not time for school to end yet, but it will be soon. I'll go straight to the school now so they won't come home to find it empty and start making a fuss."

As soon as she finished speaking, her aunt, who hadn't even sat down yet, immediately stood up and rushed out the door.

Seeing this, the uncle helplessly gave Yu Que a wink.

Seeing that his aunt was even more shrewish than before, Yu Que couldn't help but smile.

The two chatted casually, exchanging information about what had happened over the past six months.

Suddenly, the uncle said, "Oh right, didn't Master Huang go up the mountain? We've been keeping that house for him. A while ago, some of Master Huang's family members came and helped with a lot of things for the clan, so I let them stay in Master Huang's house."

"Would you like to go and pay him a visit, or should I inform the person?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Que looked surprised: "Master Huang's family?"

He thought of many things in an instant, assuming that Huang Guishan had asked someone to pass on a message, but since he couldn't find him, he came directly to his house.

"Since they are family members of Master Huang, how can we let them come over?"

Yu Que quickly stood up: "I'll trouble you to lead the way, Uncle. I'll go and pay you a visit myself."

The two went out together, gave a few words to the old man guarding the ancestral hall, and then hurried towards where the person was.

Before long, Yu Que arrived at a building that stood by the water.

This three-story building stands alone and is exquisitely renovated. It was originally the residence of the Fu family patriarch, and was later taken over by the Yu family.

Yu Que was unwilling to stay, and his uncle Yu Le, in order to avoid certain taboos, also did not stay.

However, such an exquisite residence should not be wasted, so it was not demolished. When Huang Guishan first settled in the Yu family's home, the house was given to him for his use.

Yu Que stood outside the door and shouted into the house:

"Junior Yuque pays his respects to Senior Huang."

The voice flew out, and it seemed that someone in the building was cultivating. Upon hearing it, they immediately stopped their cultivation and released a heavy ghostly aura, causing the entire building to feel a chill.

Seeing such a ghostly scene, Yu Que was not surprised, but his brows still furrowed slightly.

The Huang family is the founding family of the Huangshan Taoist Palace. Even if they have fallen into decline, the cultivation methods of their descendants should still be grand and majestic. How come the cultivation aura of the people in the building is so sinister?

The next moment, the building doors swung open, and a cold voice immediately came from inside:
"After waiting for many days, the Yu family has finally returned home. In that case, please come in and have a chat."

The voice was hoarse, with a hissing sound, like a snake spitting its tongue.

Upon hearing this, Yu Que's expression changed drastically, and a person immediately came to mind.

Beside him, Uncle Yu Le was also staring blankly at the building.

Because the people living in that building preferred peace and quiet, the Yu family didn't even send a servant. Therefore, this was the first time Uncle Yu Le had seen the aura of the other party during their cultivation.

For a moment, a chill ran through the uncle's heart, and he began to doubt whether he had left the wrong person behind. Fortunately, the person had not made any moves during his time in the clan, and had even helped the clan resolve a few issues.

"No, Que'er is here now!" The uncle looked at Yu Que anxiously, feeling a pang of regret. He stepped forward to shield Yu Que behind him.

But immediately, he heard Yu Que's voice transmission in his ear.

After a few glances, the uncle immediately turned around and ran quickly towards the street.

The people inside the building simply watched the two of them coldly, without stopping Uncle Yu Le from leaving.

The other party flicked their sleeves, blasting open all the doors and windows of the building, and shouted:

"Does Master Yu not dare to go upstairs for a chat even though he is in his own home?"

(End of this chapter)