Establishing a Clan in the Eastern Wilderness: A Daily Divination, Cultivating Longevity in a Grotto

"This is...time travel?!"

He was originally just an ordinary draftsman at a design institute.

They were laid off due to the real estate bubble.

He was encouraged by his childhood friend to invest his savings in the internet, but ended up losing everything.

They wandered around aimlessly, with nowhere to turn.

He could only deliver food to pay his mortgage, and then he broke his leg.

I originally planned to sell the house, but after listing it for a long time, there were very few people even inquiring about it, let alone viewing it. In the end, I could only have it auctioned off by the court.

After the auction.

He also owes the bank hundreds of thousands of yuan.

He was thinking of pursuing a career in self-media, broadcasting live day and night.

But when he woke up, he found himself to be the eldest son of the ninth branch of the Li family, a local gentry family, at the age of thirteen.

They were both Li Changsheng, but their fates were completely different.

"Young Master is awake! Young Master is awake!" The maid's joyful voice rang in my ears.

Li Changsheng propped himself up and looked around—

An antique carved wooden bed, a floor paved with blue bricks, and the sounds of roosters crowing and dogs barking coming from outside the window.

Memories that didn't belong to him flooded his mind like a tidal wave:

The Great Zhou Immortal Dynasty, cultivators, the rise and fall of families...

"Chang Sheng, my son, you've scared your mother to death!" A woman dressed in brocade rushed in, her eyes filled with tears.

Through the merged memories, Li Changsheng learned...

Three months ago.

A celestial master from the Great Zhou Celestial Dynasty's World-Suppressing Office arrived at the Li family's door to deliver earth-shattering news:

An ancestor who went out to seek immortality in his teens made great contributions on the battlefield of the Eastern Wilderness and died in the line of duty. The imperial court bestowed upon the Li family a first-grade low-level spiritual vein as their clan mountain.

But there's a condition for receiving the title—

The Li family must have someone guide the qi into the body within three months.

Now, there are only ten days left in the deadline.

The original owner was too eager for quick success and believed in a folk remedy, so he took a potent and dangerous medicine, which led to his death.

"Mother, I'm alright now," Li Changsheng said softly, though his heart was in turmoil.

Just then, a golden light suddenly shone brightly from the depths of his consciousness, and an ancient, celestial book slowly emerged—

[Awakening of the Book of Destiny]

[First Awakening Reward: Fate Talent 'Daily Divination']

[Note: Upon being promoted to clan leader, the first page of the Book of Destiny can be truly unlocked.]

Li Changsheng was startled. Suppressing his excitement, he told his mother he wanted to be alone. Once he was alone in the room, he immediately tried to use his newly acquired abilities.

"Today's divination result is clear!"

hum!

The Heavenly Book of Fortune surged with yellow light.

Lines of text appeared one by one:

[In the Li family ancestral hall, beneath the blue bricks of the offering table, there are three low-grade spirit stones. Tomorrow, Chen Wenyuan, who will be cleaning the ancestral hall, will discover them. Using these stones, he will successfully draw qi into his body in just two days and become the lord of his fiefdom.]

Li Changsheng's eyes lit up.

"Our ancestors actually buried sacred stones in the ancestral hall!"

I looked out the window at the sky.

It was just past the hour of Yin (3-5 AM), and there was still an hour before dawn.

"Brother-in-law, I'm so sorry!"

First come, first served.

When an opportunity presents itself, it's only natural not to miss it.

...

...

The ancestral hall of Lijiabao is located on the east side of the fort, with flying eaves and brackets, solemn and dignified.

Relying on his memory, Li Changsheng bypassed the night patrol guards and quietly made his way to the back window of the ancestral hall—a place where the original owner often sneaked in to play when he was a child. There was a hidden latch on the window, which could be opened with a gentle push.

Moonlight streamed in through the high window, illuminating the ancestral tablets.

Incense smoke curled from the offering table. Li Changsheng knelt on the prayer mat and respectfully kowtowed three times.

"This unworthy descendant, Changsheng, has no choice but to commit this presumptuous act for the sake of the family's survival. I hope our ancestors will forgive me."

After saying that, he walked straight to the offering table, counted to the third blue brick, and pried it off forcefully—

Sure enough, there was a groove under the brick, and a brocade pouch lay quietly inside.

Opening the brocade pouch, three low-grade spirit stones shimmered with a pale blue glow under the moonlight, their spiritual energy wafting out and invigorating Li Changsheng. Each stone was about the size of a thumb, warm and smooth as jade, with what appeared to be swirling clouds within.

He carefully put away the brocade pouch, restored the blue bricks, and erased the traces.

Just as I was about to leave, my gaze swept over the most recently enshrined memorial tablet on the top shelf of the offering table—Li Muxian.

"Ancestor," Li Changsheng said softly, "if you are watching over me from heaven, please help me this time."

...

...

Drawing qi into the body is far more difficult than imagined.

The "Zhou Tian Dao Yin Jue" bestowed by the Immortal Master of Zhen Shi Si was only nine thin pages long, but Li Changsheng could recite it backwards and forwards. However, after meditating for three consecutive days, apart from numbness in his legs and soreness in his back, he felt no qi sensation at all.

"No wonder the Li family, with thousands of members, hasn't succeeded in three months..."

A thoughtful look flashed in Li Changsheng's eyes.

He planned that if he still couldn't draw qi into his body after five more days, he would give the spirit stone to his brother-in-law, Chen Wenyuan.

According to the divination, the elder brother-in-law will be able to draw qi into his body within two days.

In any case, the fiefdom must be preserved.

That's not just a spiritual vein; it's the source of the Li family's destiny.

Fourth day.

He simply grabbed all three low-grade spirit stones in his hand at once.

In an instant.

A cool energy surged into his meridians from his palm, flowing slowly along the route recorded in the "Zhou Tian Dao Yin Jue" (a classic text on energy circulation). However, this energy flow was like a wild horse, rampaging through his body, causing Li Changsheng to break out in a cold sweat and nearly faint from the pain.

"Hold on!"

The suffering of the past life is nothing compared to the suffering of the present.

Because now he sees a way forward!

No matter what, you must grit your teeth and persevere.

On the fifth day, he finally felt the "qi sensation"—a warm, slowly rotating mass in his lower abdomen.

Dusk on the sixth day.

Li Changsheng sat cross-legged under the locust tree in the courtyard, the afterglow of the setting sun filtering through the branches and leaves, casting dappled shadows. A low-grade spirit stone was placed on his dantian, and spiritual energy flowed into that warm spot like a stream.

I don't know how much time passed.

The energy suddenly condensed, transforming into a wisp of pure spiritual power, which spontaneously traveled upwards along the Ren meridian, passing through the Tanzhong point, reaching the center of the eyebrows, and then dissipating into the meridians throughout the body.

"boom--"

It was as if some kind of barrier had been broken, and the world became clear.

The chirping of insects, the sound of the wind, the smell of smoke from the distant kitchen, the damp scent of the earth... all my senses were heightened several times over.

Most importantly, he was able to "introspect"—

Although blurry, one can indeed see the wisp of spiritual energy flowing within the body.

The Qi has been drawn into the body; it's done!

Li Changsheng opened his eyes, a glint of green light flashing in them.

He slowly rose, feeling the faint yet real power within his body, and almost wanted to roar to the sky.

Having lived two lives, this was the first time he had truly grasped the rope of fate.

at the same time.

Lines of text appeared in the [Book of Destiny]:

[Qi Refining Level 1: (1/100)]

Lifespan: (13/120)

[Ninth-grade spiritual root: (20/100)]

[Destiny and Talents: A Daily Divination]

[Talented in various cultivation arts: Alchemy (Ninth Rank), Talisman Crafting (Unranked)...]

【illustrate:

[Each page of the Heavenly Book is opened, you can choose to improve your spiritual root, destiny talent, or cultivation skills talent.]

"Can the Heavenly Book really enhance talent and aptitude?"

Li Changsheng could no longer suppress the urge to smile.

He lived a stifled life in his previous life, but in this life he has finally seen the hope in striving for it. As long as he unlocks as many pages of the Heavenly Book as possible, wouldn't his spiritual root be able to improve infinitely, until he reaches the legendary level of a genius?

In a short time.

Full of energy.

"Next, let's talk about becoming the clan leader!"

At that time.

Then the Heavenly Book will truly open its first page.

He was still quite hopeful.

At the same time, his mind focused on the celestial book:

"Today's divination result is clear!"