I Stayed At Home For A Century, When I Emerged I Was Invincible Chapter 5 - The Great Emperor’s Scripture
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Both servants had reached the Qi gathering stage. They hurriedly set down the lunchbox and charged ahead to rescue Chu Xuan.
They immediately recognized that this servant was a spy from the cult. Capturing him would count as performing a major meritorious deed.
Accomplishing such a significant feat would surely bring lavish rewards. They could even gain resources to break through into the Profound Realm.
Servants in the Chu family were mostly at the Mortal Realm. Breaking through to the Profound Realm would elevate them to stewards within the Chu family. Whether assigned to outlying areas of the county or remaining at the family residence, their position would greatly improve.
“Kill him! Kill him now!”
Chu Xuan grew frantic and furious.
“A mere servant dares to assault me? Kill him immediately!”
The two servants teamed up swiftly and subdued the cultist spy. Seizing the moment, Chu Xuan struck out and bellowed, “You dare to attack this young master? Die!”
“Thirteenth Young Master, you can’t kill him!”
The two servants felt a pounding headache. This was a spy—far more valuable alive. Why kill him outright?
This guy truly was the worst among the direct descendants!
Yet by that point, Chu Xuan had already smashed his fist into the spy’s throat. With a sharp crack, the spy’s eyes bulged wide as blood spurted from his mouth. Moments later, he perished.
The two servants could only stand there powerless!
After slaying the spy, Chu Xuan’s face drained of color, and he spun around feigning vomit!
“Thirteenth Young Master, this fellow was a cult spy. We must report it to the head butler.”
The two servants were at a loss for words. The Thirteenth Young Master was utter trash.
Killing a spy and then retching at the mere scent of blood—what a disgrace!
Chu Xuan dismissed them with a wave, ordering the servants to get lost.
The servants hauled away the spy’s corpse while Chu Xuan settled back onto the recliner. He reflected on his act moments ago. That should have made him seem trashy enough, no?
This would only deepen Chu Tianming’s disgust toward him. He’d be utterly sidelined, with zero chance of rejoining the core direct lineage, rendering him worthless to the family.
Even if spies lingered after the Chu family’s impending probe, they wouldn’t bother risking an assault on a pointless direct descendant like him, correct?
For the coming days, he could finally relax at home in peace.
“You killed the cultist who invaded your house. You will be rewarded with a box of spirit-nourishing pills.”
The system’s voice rang out.
The system’s random reward had activated once more.
Chu Xuan claimed the spirit-nourishing pills. These were pills that fortified one’s spirit and will. Effective even at the Profound Realm, they remained potent after advancing to the Spirit Realm, continuing to bolster and enhance spirit and will.
The system-produced medicinal pills were truly exceptional.
They worked across both realms.
He promptly retrieved a bottle, shook out a spirit-nourishing pill, and swallowed it.
The pill melted away, sending a cool surge of medicinal power straight to his mind. In an instant, Chu Xuan sensed his spirit invigorated, his will’s grasp on heaven and earth sharpening.
Reclining comfortably, he quietly refined the pill’s energy. He felt his will’s perceptual range gradually expand, his spirit and will steadily growing stronger under the pill’s nourishment.
Within the Chu family’s ancestral residence, inside the meeting hall, Chu Tianming was on the verge of exploding with rage.
“Trash, utter trash! What sort of son did Luo’er bear? How can he be so worthless? Disgracing the Chu family like this?!”
The other Chu family members in the hall stayed utterly silent. They awaited Chu Tianming’s outburst before resuming the discussion.
“Luo’er possesses such brilliant talent, yet he sired this pathetic waste. It’s all that woman’s doing. Otherwise, how could my Luo’er produce such a failure?”
The rest kept their silence.
The third son, famed for his talent, had begotten such a hopeless offspring. Clearly, Chu Xuan’s mother was to blame!
Chu Tianming teetered on the edge of fury. A cultist spy had infiltrated the Chu family servants—they’d captured one alive, yet Chu Xuan had slain him!
He fumed over the killing, but what truly enraged him was Chu Xuan’s inability to stomach the bloody sight afterward, vomiting on the spot.
He was beyond worthless!
How could someone so pathetic ever accomplish anything grand?
That was the core of his wrath.
Right now, Chu Tianming pondered if he should compel his cherished granddaughter, Chu Yun, to keep distance from Chu Xuan.
What if Chu Xuan's worthless nature proved contagious?
Should his granddaughter catch it from him and become a good-for-nothing too, that would spell disaster!
After unleashing a torrent of curses, Chu Tianming finally caught his breath and slumped into the head seat. His gaze fell on the youth seated at the rear of the assembly hall, and his scowl softened noticeably.
Inwardly, he breathed a sigh of relief that not every grandchild mirrored Chu Xuan's laziness. At least one prodigious talent endured among the younger generation.
Take his eldest grandson Chu Qing, who joined this gathering—he had already attained the fourth tier of Profound Stage in his youth and teetered on the brink of the fifth.
His cultivation aptitude dazzled, while his knack for managing affairs brimmed with cunning maturity, even eclipsing many from the elder ranks.
He permitted Chu Qing to join the spy probe this time precisely to hone his skills.
Chu Tianming already regarded him as the Chu family's prospective leader, cultivating him with utmost care.
Among his sons, the third bore his greatest expectations yet shattered his betrothal, nearly driving him to fury's end. Worse, the man had vanished without a trace.
Thus, Chu Tianming shifted his gaze to the next generation, resolved to choose and raise his successor from his grandchildren.
Chu Xuan felt disheartened.
The anticipated emperor’s scripture prize failed to materialize.
Maybe his seclusion hadn't lasted long enough yet.
Yet he stayed patient. He swallowed spirit-nourishing pills to fortify his will alongside great profound pills to amplify his spiritual energy.
His power surged steadily until he crested the pinnacle of Profound Realm's initial layer.
Ten days.
Having secluded in the courtyard for ten full days, the emperor’s scripture he eagerly awaited at last emerged.
“You’ve stayed in the courtyard for ten days, the reward is the great emperor’s scripture.”
A timeless, unadorned tome materialized, subtly radiating an overbearing aura.
Chu Xuan brimmed with exhilaration. This emperor’s scripture charted a direct path to the Emperor Realm.
Merely half its authentic content could elevate the Chu family to endure as one of Qin's three dominant clans for millennia.
This alone revealed the emperor’s scripture's staggering worth and might.
Better yet, it stemmed solely from ten days of seclusion.
What sublime cultivation art might reward a month or year confined indoors?
Chu Xuan unfurled the emperor’s scripture, characters leaping vividly into his sight.
Visions of its cultivation insights cascaded through his mind one by one.
An hour passed before Chu Xuan's eyes fluttered open; having fully absorbed the emperor’s scripture's enlightenment, he stowed it away in the system space.
Worthily called the emperor’s scripture, it utterly outshone the Chu family's superior scripture.
Chu Xuan retrieved a great profound pill, ingested it, and began practicing the great emperor’s scripture's Profound Realm method.
He had previously peaked at Profound Realm's first layer. Now, under the great emperor’s scripture, his foundations grew rock-solid, though his realm dipped faintly.
Despite the minor realm retreat, his strength nearly doubled.
Employing the Dragon Python Spirit Fist now unleashed vastly amplified force, with strikes fiercer than ever.
The great profound pill refined in a flash, its absorption rate over three times swifter than prior to mastering the emperor’s scripture.
After one day, Chu Xuan regained the peak of Profound Realm's first layer, poised to shatter into the second.
A premier Profound Realm elixir, the great profound pill brought no backlash, propelling his cultivation at breakneck speed.
With the system backing him, Chu Xuan's realms stayed utterly stable.
He could simply surge through breakthroughs without fretting over shaky foundations.
Chu Xuan mulled a concern: the food-delivering servant lacked Profound Realm prowess, blind to his cultivation and might.
Should the chief steward or fellow Profound Stage warriors arrive, his hidden power would stand exposed.
Should his true strength be revealed, Chu Tianming would turn his gaze back to him. He might even view him as a genius and grant him special attention.
This outcome was far from what Chu Xuan desired.
Thus, he urgently required treasures or cultivation techniques that could hide his cultivation level.
Such items could only be obtained from the system’s rewards.