I died young at the start, but I'm reincarnated with unlimited skill points!

"Manager..."

Su Tie and other members of the collateral relatives helped their companions up, looking at Su Yu with complicated expressions.

These five hours of experience were like a dream, completely overturning Su Tie's understanding of things over the past twenty years.

Looking at the young man in the steward's robe ahead, whose back was unfathomable, he finally couldn't help but ask the question that had been lingering in his heart for many years.

"You clearly possess such terrifying strength and strategy, so why... why, for the past twenty years, have you willingly endured all the infamy and humiliation to serve as a lackey for a heartless and treacherous villain like Su Hao?"

Given the strength Su Yu just displayed, if he were to reveal his abilities too early...

Even if it's the main branch, they would certainly treat them as honored guests. Why sully their reputation like this?

Su Yu did not turn around when he heard Su Tie's question.

His gaze remained calmly fixed on the towering flames, his eyes showing neither the satisfaction of revenge nor the sorrow of family ruin.

"To treat them as honored guests?"

Su Yu asked indifferently, his tone tinged with sarcasm.

"Su Tie, I remember you had an eighth-grade spiritual root, right? But twenty years have passed, what is your cultivation level now?"

Su Tie's expression froze, and he lowered his head in shame.

"Barely...Qi Refinement Level 4."

"That's right."

Su Yu stood with his hands behind his back, his voice calm and deep, carrying far in the cold wind.

"The family's cultivation resources are limited. Why has your cultivation stagnated? Isn't it because you've been ruthlessly exploited by Su Hao and the main branch?"

"The main branch is going to spare no effort to support Su Hao in his attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, so how could they tolerate someone from a collateral branch rising up to take a share and affect the absolute authority of the main branch?"

Su Yu slowly turned around, his deep gaze sweeping over Su Tie before finally landing on his second son, Su Yuan.

He reached out and touched Su Yuan's head, a faint smile playing on his lips.

"I am merely a ninth-grade spiritual root. If I don't act as his dog, but instead forcefully display my talents and even exhibit a cultivation speed far exceeding my aptitude..."

"What awaits us is not the focused cultivation of the main lineage, but endless suspicion, interrogation, and exploitation, and we may not even live to see the day of great chaos."

"You laugh at me for being spineless, you laugh at me for being a dog."

"Little did I know that I had spent twenty years humbling myself in exchange for this family fortune that would allow my bloodline to truly take root in this world."

"In this world, who isn't struggling to survive?"

"How can a sparrow know the ambition of a swan..."

Su Yu softly repeated the words Su Hao had said years ago, turned around to face the rising sun, and strode forward.

"Let's go, the Aoki Su family is gone."

"From this day forward, we will live only for ourselves."

As Su Yu finished speaking, several pairs of eyes among the family members not far away trembled slightly.

The fifteen-year-old second son, Su Yuan, was deathly pale. He stared intently at his father's seemingly unkind back, his heart filled with turmoil.

Over the years, he had heard enough of his classmates mocking his father in the main clan school, and even subconsciously he felt that his father was humble to the core.

But it wasn't until this moment that he realized that his so-called genius treatment was actually something his father had painstakingly earned by grinding Su Hao down with his dignity and backbone.

He originally thought he was a genius at entering the game, but he didn't know that he was just a hostage that his father had to put out in order to gain room for survival.

"So... this is the truth about the cultivation world."

Su Yuan clenched his fists, and the trace of youthful pride that had been there before vanished completely, replaced by an unprecedented composure in his eyes.

The eldest son, Su Cheng, who was seventeen years old, had a burning gaze.

He has no spiritual roots and has been dealing with worldly affairs since childhood.

At this moment, when he looked at his father, he did not feel devastated like his second brother; instead, an extreme sense of worship rose in his eyes.

He finally understood why his father always said when teaching him ordinary martial arts: "You can only make a move if you're alive."

In his eyes, his father's self-degradation over the past twenty years was not a sign of humility, but rather the most extreme form of ruthlessness in the world.

Using himself as bait, he deceived everyone!

"My husband..."

The legal wife, Song Qingwan, stepped forward and gently supported Su Yu's arm.

Her eyes were slightly red, but she didn't ask anything.

She didn't care about lofty ambitions; all she saw was this man returning under the stars on countless nights, steadily protecting the peace of this courtyard amidst a chorus of insults.

The other concubines also had complicated expressions, as if they were getting to know this gentle man in front of them all over again.

Su Tie and the others stood there, pondering the cold, piercing reality and profound, unyielding forbearance conveyed in those words.

Finally, they lowered their heads and followed that figure with heartfelt admiration.

Su Yu did not linger in the same spot.

He took out a slightly worn jade slip from the storage bag at his waist.

This is a rubbing of a fragmented map of the Yue Kingdom's border that he casually made five years ago when he was ordered to inventory the abandoned warehouses of Lingcao Pavilion.

Su Yu probed into it with his divine sense, and after a moment, he slowly opened his eyes and pointed to the west.

"Go west for seven hundred miles, and there is a place called Black Wind Valley."

Su Yu put away the jade slip and explained to everyone in a calm tone.

"The incomplete map records that there is an extremely weak first-grade low-level spiritual vein there. For the main vein of Qingmu back then, such a spiritual vein was of no use to them, and they were too lazy to even send anyone to guard it."

"But for us now, it's just right to settle down and make a home."

Everyone nodded.

The group included not only cultivators, but also Song Qingwan and her mortal wives and concubines, as well as several infants who were still breastfeeding.

If they were to search for high-level spiritual veins in the deep mountains and forests, they would inevitably encounter powerful demonic beasts. With their current strength, it would be like lambs to the slaughter.

A first-grade low-level spiritual vein, hidden and safe, is the perfect place to recuperate and thrive.

……

The group hid during the day and ventured out at night, choosing only secluded mountain paths.

After trekking for more than a month, the team finally arrived at the outskirts of Blackwind Valley, which was marked on the map.

This place is surrounded by mountains on three sides and shrouded in a layer of gray mist all year round, making its terrain extremely treacherous.

"Set up camp here, but do not light a fire, and do not release your spiritual senses."

When they were still ten miles from the valley entrance, Su Yu raised his hand to signal the team to stop, and they settled down in a dense forest.

Afterwards, he changed into a dark gray coarse cloth shirt, concealed his aura, and like a ghost, sneaked into the jungle surrounding the valley.

In the world of cultivation, the most taboo thing is to act blindly and recklessly.

Since the incomplete map indicates that there is a spiritual vein here, it is hard to guarantee that other rootless rogue cultivators will not covet this place over the past hundred years.

This period of infiltration lasted for a full half month.

For the past two weeks, Su Yu has been like a piece of dead wood, lying on a cliff with a wide view outside the valley, getting a pretty good idea of ​​what's going on inside.

As he expected, Black Wind Valley already had an owner.

An extremely crude illusion array was set up at the entrance of the valley to obscure the view of mortals.

Every three to five days, two or three fierce-looking cultivators with a bloodthirsty aura would enter and exit the valley.

Su Yu carefully sensed that most of these people's cultivation levels were between the third and fifth levels of Qi Refining.

Surrounded by this group of people, the one-eyed, bald giant who occasionally appeared had his magical energy fluctuations steadily at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

This is a group of rogue cultivators who live a life of constant danger and violence.

They occupied this insignificant spiritual vein, using it as a base to engage in risk-free murder and robbery.

Having ascertained the details, Su Yu quietly withdrew from the cliff and returned to the dense forest camp.

"Manager, have you found out?"

Seeing Su Yu return safely, Su Tie and the others immediately came to greet him, their expressions filled with anticipation.

"There are people in the valley, about twenty independent cultivators."

Su Yu sat on the bluestone, took a sip of water, and calmly stated the facts.

"The leader is at the seventh level of Qi Refining, and he has seven or eight desperate men at the middle level of Qi Refining under his command."

Upon hearing this, the atmosphere in the camp immediately became heavy.

Su Tie looked troubled, glanced at his exhausted family members behind him, and gritted his teeth.

"More than twenty cultivators... Manager, the only one on our side who can fight is you, the seventh level of Qi Refining. The rest of us are only at the third or fourth level of Qi Refining, and we don't even have a decent magic weapon."

"If we launch a direct assault, even if you manage to kill the bandit leader, we'll likely suffer heavy losses, not to mention the women and children present."

Several collateral relatives echoed this sentiment.

"Manager, perhaps we should take a detour."

"The Yue Kingdom is so vast. It would be better for us to take our families to a mortal city, live in seclusion, and become wealthy men than to fight these cultivators here."

Hearing everyone's hesitation, Su Yu did not get angry.

This is the instinct of lower-level cultivators to seek advantage and avoid harm.

"Being a wealthy man in the mortal world would certainly be a peaceful and stable life."

Su Yu spoke calmly.

"But in the mortal world, without the nourishment of spiritual energy, after a year or two, the magical power you have painstakingly accumulated in your body will dry up, your meridians will gradually atrophy, and you will completely degenerate into mortals."

"That's fine, but what about your offspring?"

Su Yu's gaze swept over the infants in their swaddling clothes.

"Among them, some may possess spiritual roots, but if they grow up in the mortal world and miss the best age for enlightenment, they can only become strong martial artists for the rest of their lives."

"Are you willing to let your bloodline be completely severed from the path to immortality?"

With just a few words, he accurately hit everyone's weak spot.

Su Tie and the others fell silent.

Although they themselves had no hope of achieving immortality, who wouldn't want their descendants to one day stand out from the crowd?

"Black Wind Valley is a rare and wonderful place."

Su Yu stood up and patted the dust off his clothes.

"This group of cultivators has occupied this place for many years. They must have already opened up ready-made cave dwellings inside, saving us a lot of effort in clearing the land."

"Since someone has built our home for us, there's no reason not to accept it."

Su Tie swallowed hard and tentatively asked, "Manager, how...how do we fight?"

"Don't launch a direct attack."

Su Yu glanced at the sky, a calculating glint flashing in his eyes.

"Since they are robbers, what they crave most is money."

"Sutei, go and bring out those two wooden chests filled with worldly gold, silver and silk, and find two sets of tattered clothes for them to change into."

Su Yu gave the instructions methodically.

"Tomorrow morning, you take a few people, push these two boxes, and 'flee' through the trade route at the valley entrance."

Everyone was taken aback at first, then suddenly realized.