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Chapter 5 - Killing-Heart Bodhi Body, the Decline of the Su Family!
Chapter 5 - Killing-Heart Bodhi Body, the Decline of the Su Family!
Chapter 5: Killing-Heart Bodhi Body, the Decline of the Su Family!
[Ding!! You have completed the mission: The Su Family Must Not Be Humiliated!]
[Reward received: Gold-Tier Family Member!!]
Soon after, a new item appeared in Su Zhou’s system inventory.
[Gold-Tier Family Member: Capable of contending for the Mandate of Heaven, with enhanced luck and profound destiny. Upon use, grants one gold-tier family member.]
Su Zhou decisively chose to use it.
A flash of golden light streaked past—but nothing else occurred.
“I wonder where this gold-ranked family member will appear from,” Su Zhou mused to himself.
But anything from the system was sure to be of premium quality, so Su Zhou wasn’t too worried about anything going wrong.
He decided to stop overthinking it.
…
At the same time, in the Su family’s inner courtyard—
A group of thirteen- or fourteen-year-old youths were visibly excited.
“The family leader has come out of seclusion!!”
“This is great! The legendary family leader—the one who swept through the entire Tianwu City—has finally returned!”
“Wuuu wuuu!! The Su family’s good days are coming!”
As he looked at the relatives around him weeping from joy, Su Yang’s gaze grew dazed.
“I’ve… been reborn? Oh no, today’s the day the Li family is coming!”
“The Su family wasn’t destroyed??”
“What? The family leader came out from his seclusion? Wasn’t he supposed to have died during a breakthrough?”
Countless thoughts and memories rushed into Su Yang’s mind, leaving him briefly disoriented.
Yet Su Zhou remained unaware of everything happening in the rear courtyard.
At this moment, he looked upon the disciples of the Su family who were filled with anticipation.
They were waiting for the family leader’s orders.
“Go. Take back all the Su family’s former businesses.”
“You must remember, they merely borrowed our businesses. And since they borrowed them, naturally…”
“They owe interest.”
Su Zhou’s voice was warm and gentle, making the disciples feel as if they were bathed in a spring breeze. Without a trace of doubt, they all turned and headed out.
Since the family leader said they were to be reclaimed, then reclaim them they would. There was no need for further thought—only action.
Cough cough…
“Big Brother’s judgment is as keen as ever. The Li family is nothing but a dog.”
“A dog of the Ma and Wang families. Now that you’ve returned alive and even broken through to the External Manifestation Realm, those two old foxes won’t dare make a move.”
“Our family’s businesses will be returned. What I’ve yearned to do all these years but couldn’t—Big Brother, you’ll accomplish effortlessly.”
“You truly are my, Su Chao’s elder brother… cough cough.”
As Su Chao spoke, he kept coughing, the qi within his body still collapsing.
Yet the look in his eyes as he gazed at Su Zhou remained filled with reverence—just like when they were children.
Back then, his big brother seemed capable of carrying the whole world on his shoulders.
As long as you stood behind him, you could feel utterly safe, even if heaven and earth were overturning.
Seeing his brother like this made Su Zhou’s heart ache.
This was his own brother—a former peerless talent—who had stepped into the Nine Apertures Realm before the age of thirty.
Yet now, he had ended up in such a miserable state.
Su Zhou placed his hand on Su Chao’s back, using true essence to stabilize his collapsing qi.
But the moment his essence entered Su Chao’s body, Su Zhou’s brows furrowed tightly.
Su Chao’s internal state was a complete mess—his eight extraordinary meridians were all blocked, and his five viscera and six bowels were leaking qi.
He was nearly a cripple.
“I’ve been in seclusion for years. What happened? What’s with your cultivation, Second Brother? And where are the family elders and worshippers?”
When one enters seclusion, one loses track of time. In ten years, everything can change.
Su Zhou had far too many questions in his heart.
“It’s all… my fault…” Upon hearing Su Zhou’s question, Su Chao began pounding his chest in anguish.
Su Zhou quickly stabilized his brother’s body with his essence, preventing his tattered state from deteriorating further.
“Second Brother, don’t rush. Tell me slowly. Everything…”
“Will be fine—with me here.”
Su Zhou’s voice was calm, yet filled with a reassuring power.
“The first few years after you entered seclusion were fine.
With my cultivation at the fifth stage of the Nine Apertures Realm, even though the Su family didn’t expand further, we still retained our position as the top noble family in Tianwu.”
“But everything changed when Shao’er went missing…”
Su Chao’s expression turned bleak and sorrowful.
“My sister-in-law disappeared?”
Su Zhou’s mind conjured up the image of a gentle woman.
That woman’s name was Hua Shao. She was the wife that Su Chao had brought back from his time adventuring outside—and the mother of Su Buku.
She had a calm disposition and had shown exceptional talent in managing the family’s affairs.
A full third of the Su family’s development plans were crafted by her.
Even Su Zhou had held great admiration for this sister-in-law.
He never imagined that her disappearance would be tied to the Su family’s downfall.
“Yes… In those days, Chao’er became very anxious. She tried not to show it, but after all those years together, I could sense it.”
“One morning, when I woke up, Shao’er was gone… and she was pregnant at the time.”
“I panicked and searched like mad, mobilizing the entire family.
Even the family elders joined the search.”
“But…”
Tears streamed down Su Chao’s face—tinged with blood.
“None of the elders returned.”
“And the few worshippers who survived all left the Su family. As for me, I was injured by a sword light outside the city.”
“That person’s cultivation was at least…”
“Heaven Origin Realm!!”
Heaven Origin!
After the External Manifestation Realm comes the Heaven Origin Realm.
Heaven Origin cultivators can borrow the power of the heavens and earth and turn it into divine abilities.
A single one of them could obliterate a small mountain with a flick of the wrist.
“I always knew Shao’er came from a powerful family… But I never imagined that even Heaven Origin cultivators would serve as her family’s slaves.”
“Big Brother… I can’t drag the Su family down any further.”
Su Chao would never forget that sword light—like it could sever the very heavens.
And yet, in the end, his life had been spared only because a woman had pleaded for him with her life.
That person’s cold, indifferent voice still echoed in his nightmares:
“Holy Maiden, this old slave does not wish to see you grieve. But how can a mere ant like this be worthy to accompany you?”
“Come. Return with me now.”