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

Li Changsheng's mind sank into his sea of ​​consciousness.

The Book of Destiny floated silently, its pages moving automatically without wind.

[A hidden threat to the family – the main force of the bandits – has been defeated]

[Family Hidden Dangers: The Cheng Family's Use of Others to Commit Murder – Resolved]

[Family Resources - Newly Added: 5,600 catties of Red Marrow Rice, 47 Spiritual Plants, 29 Bottles of Pills, 37 Talismans, 19 Magical Artifacts, and One Body Refining Technique]

[Family Luck Value: 2000/1700]

[Conditions met. Unlock page six of the Heavenly Book?]

"Activate".

The golden light flourishes.

Page six slowly unfolds.

A phantom image of a destiny seed, shaped like the rings of an ancient tree and shimmering with a chaotic luster, materialized:

[Return to Simplicity Destiny: The spirit beast forged with this destiny's seed can trace its bloodline back to its source, activating long-dormant ancestral heritage. There is a certain chance of reverting to ancestral roots and awakening hidden bloodline talents. The older and deeper the bloodline, the more pronounced the effect.]

Li Changsheng's eyes flickered slightly.

He immediately thought of the broken-legged Fire Cloud Chicken in the poultry shed in the underground river behind the mountain.

The broken-legged rooster that the beautiful female stall owner had treated as junk and that he had bought for five spirit stones.

The divination indicates that it contains a faint trace of the bloodline of the Golden-Winged Roc.

"Haha, not bad, not bad!"

The Dharma seed bestowed this time is the most suitable.

Followed by.

The celestial book flashed with golden light.

Another line of text appeared:

[Chief's Power - Enhancement:]

You can select any item from your family and use the family's fortune as a catalyst to enhance it in a one-time process. The enhancement effect depends on the item's potential, rank, and the amount of fortune invested.

"Huh?!"

This "enhancement" function looks incredibly powerful!

However, after carefully considering the meaning between the lines, he finally understood.

This feature seems incredibly powerful, but if the selected item lacks potential, even if it's enhanced, the effect will be minimal.

of course.

We'll only know for sure after we actually try it out.

Another beam of golden light descended.

Familiar upgrade options appear.

"Improve spiritual root aptitude."

Mysterious power descended from the void.

[Ninth-grade spiritual root: 70/100 → 80/100]

The affinity with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has been further enhanced.

The celestial book conveyed a new clue:

[To unlock a new page next time, your family's luck value must reach 2000/2700.]

Li Changsheng turned and walked towards the underground river behind the mountain.

……

Inside the poultry house.

The male Firebird with the broken leg was being pinned down by three plump hens in turn. Its feathers were disheveled, its expression was numb, and its injured leg hung limply. Its whole body swayed with the movements of the hens.

When it saw Li Changsheng arrive, a strong will to survive suddenly burst forth in its beady eyes.

"Coo," it cried out, its voice hoarse.

Another hen squeezed in and pressed its head into the hay.

"..."

This rooster no longer possessed the high spirits it had when it first entered the Li family's home.

Obviously.

It has been drained dry by a group of long-starved hens.

A while later.

The three hens then left, satisfied.

The rooster with the broken leg struggled to crawl out of the haystack, staggered to the corner of the poultry coop, curled up in a ball, its feathers disheveled, looking utterly hopeless.

Li Changsheng found it amusing.

He pushed open the gate, bent down, and picked up the ill-fated rooster.

The Fire Cloud Chicken did not struggle.

It simply buried its head in Li Changsheng's sleeve, remaining motionless, like a wronged little wife.

...

...

Quiet room.

The stone gate closed, cutting off all outside prying eyes.

Li Changsheng placed the Fire Cloud Chicken on the low table next to the futon.

This chicken was probably being treated with such seriousness for the first time, and it seemed a little uneasy, pacing back and forth a few steps, unsure of where to stand.

"I have an opportunity for you." Li Changsheng sat down cross-legged, looking directly at it, "but you must first form a spirit beast contract."

The Fire Cloud Chicken raised its head.

Of course it knows what a spirit beast contract is.

In the past, in the Eastern Wilderness Forest, it had seen too many demonic beasts forcibly bound by cultivators, their souls branded and bound, their lives and deaths not in their own hands, often beaten and scolded, living worse than wild dogs.

It had sworn that it would rather die in the jaws of wild beasts than become a monk's servant.

—Until it was caught by that beautiful woman, sold to the Li family, and then thrown into the poultry shed in the back mountain.

At first, it thought this was a lucky place.

With no natural enemies and no famine, there are fragments of spiritual herbs and clear, cool underground river water every day, and twelve brightly colored, young female Fire Cloud Chickens surround her.

It even secretly felt grateful to fate.

Then it discovered.

Those hens were more terrifying than any of the natural enemies in the Eastern Wilderness.

They don't need it to fight, they don't need it to forage, they only need it to... fulfill the duties of a rooster.

one day.

Two days.

Three days.

It limped along and was ridden in turn from sunrise to sunset, from the east end of the aviary to the west end.

His hair has gone bald, his crown has withered, and his eyes have become empty.

Now that it has finally gotten the chance to escape its misery, how could it refuse?

Fire Cloud Chicken nodded repeatedly.

"His intelligence is not low."

With a flick of his sleeve, Li Changsheng sent out several array flags, which were arranged into a contract spirit array.

The Fire Cloud Chicken hopped into the center of the magic circle, waddling along on one leg.

Li Changsheng cast a spell into the formation.

hum!

The formation was activated.

They intertwined in the void to form two ancient runes.

The runes slowly descended, disappearing into the foreheads of Li Changsheng and Huoyunji respectively, before vanishing from sight.

next moment.

Li Changsheng then accurately sensed the emotional fluctuations of the Fire Cloud Chicken.

With a flick of his sleeve.

The seed of the Return to Simplicity and True Nature destiny instantly floated in mid-air.

"Quack quack—"

The Fire Cloud Chicken's pupils suddenly contracted.

The slumbering bloodline of the Golden-Winged Roc, dormant deep within its soul and never awakened, suddenly trembled at this moment—not out of fear, but out of submission, out of longing, out of the trembling that had finally been witnessed by its ancestor after millions of years.

"Swallow it," Li Changsheng said.

"Caw caw—" Without hesitation, the Fire Cloud Chicken opened its beak and swallowed the Return to Simplicity Destiny Seed into its belly in one gulp.

boom--

The Dharma seed transforms upon entering the stomach.

A powerful and unparalleled bloodline force erupted from its body like a volcanic eruption!

The Fire Cloud Chicken raised its head and let out a sharp cry—

Its aura began to rise wildly.

Early stage of first order.

Mid-stage of first order.

The peak of the first-order mid-term.

Late first stage.

The surging spiritual energy washed over its meridians, bones, and feathers like a tidal wave. The originally dull crimson feathers fell off one by one, and new feathers emerged from its flesh, their color deeper, with faint golden light shimmering at the edges.

"It truly contains the bloodline of the Golden-Winged Roc!"

Li Changsheng was overjoyed.

at the same time.

Within his sea of ​​consciousness, the Book of Destiny emanated a familiar vibration:

[Spirit Pet: Fire Cloud Chicken]

[Bloodline: Golden-Winged Roc (rare), possessing the potential to advance to the fourth tier]

[Cultivation Level: Late Stage 1]

[Innate Sorcery: First-Tier High-Grade Wind Control Technique, First-Tier Supreme-Grade Fireball Technique]

[Family Luck Value +100]

[Current Family Luck Value: 2100/2700]

He actually possesses fourth-tier potential?!

Doesn't that mean that in the future one will be able to rival a Golden Core cultivator, and even have a chance to reach the legendary Nascent Soul True Monarch realm?

If we can raise this Fire Cloud Chicken, it will be a great asset to our family!