Family Crisis—What a Coincidence

"Chen'er!"

Su Qingtian could not help crying out. He immediately rushed over, his eyes filled with delight.

"You're awake?"

His eyes were full of disbelief, as though all of this were merely a dream.

Feeling the concern in Su Qingtian's voice, Su Chen smiled. "Father, I'm awake."

Hearing those words, Su Qingtian, a grown man, could not stop his whole body from trembling. He took a deep breath.

"Good. It's good that you're awake."

For the past few days, he had been running himself ragged over Su Chen's affairs, nearly worrying his hair white. Wasn't it all because he hoped Su Chen would wake up?

Su Qingtian comforted him, "As long as you're alive, that's all that matters. Losing your cultivation is only a minor matter. Your father will protect you for the rest of your life."

"Wait!"

Su Yuanba suddenly spoke, interrupting Su Qingtian's consolation. Then, with a smile on his face, he said, "Big Brother, you've only just returned. Why don't you go into the city first and find out what happened?"

Su Qingtian frowned. "What do you mean?"

Su Yuanba revealed a mysterious smile, leaving Su Yunqian beside him somewhat speechless. He rebuked him.

"Fourth Brother, keep putting on airs like that and I'll whip you, believe it or not?"

Su Yuanba immediately shrank his neck in fear. Among his brothers, the one he feared most was Su Yunqian.

"This is what happened. Little Chen actually hasn't been crippled..."

Su Yuanba recounted the entire course of events, including the matter of Su Chen's mysterious master afterward.

After hearing it, Su Qingtian and Su Yunqian were petrified on the spot.

No wonder that when they returned to the Su Family, they had seen a huge crater in the street, while the people nearby had looked at them so strangely. So it had all been because of Su Chen.

Good heavens. He had crippled Li Haishan and directly killed Li Qiu.

And the crucial point was that he possessed a Saint tier physique!

They had only ever heard of such a heaven-defying physique in ancient records.

Physiques were ranked as Low-grade Spirit Root, Middle-grade Spirit Root, High-grade Spirit Root, Supreme Spirit Root, Heavenly Spirit Root, Innate Spirit Body, and Holy Body. Beyond that, they knew nothing.

A Supreme Spirit Root was already so terrifying that the Su Family treated it like a treasure. A Holy Body, two ranks above a Supreme Spirit Root—its terrifying nature was already beyond imagination.

Su Qingtian swallowed, then excitedly raised his hand. "Chen'er, come at me with a full-force punch. I want to see how strong you are now."

Su Chen raised an eyebrow. Are you sure?

He was now at mid Saint cultivation. A single sneeze could kill Su Qingtian tens of millions of times over. If he truly threw a full-force punch, Su Qingtian would basically be going to meet the Su Family ancestors.

However, Su Chen did not want to expose too much of his strength. He had only just managed to smooth over his situation.

Su Chen took a deep breath and pretended to unleash his full strength, though in reality he used less than one ten-thousandth of it.

He raised his hand and punched toward Su Qingtian. A tremendous force spread out from the center of Su Qingtian's palm.

Su Qingtian's mouth twitched imperceptibly as searing pain surged from his palm into his mind.

Hiss!

It hurt!

Su Qingtian coughed twice, then calmly placed his hand behind his back. "Your strength isn't bad. You should be at least at half-step Deity Transformation. It seems our Su Family will soon gain another Nascent Soul Stage cultivator."

Su Yunqian cast an inconspicuous glance at the slightly trembling hand behind Su Qingtian's back, his face full of shock.

Su Chen was this strong?

Su Qingtian was a Middle Stage of Deity Transformation cultivator!

At that moment, Su Qingtian could not help asking, "Chen'er, why is your physical body so powerful?"

Uh?

Su Chen froze for a moment, then said calmly, "I have a Holy Body. It's reasonable for my physical body to be a little stronger, isn't it?"

Su Qingtian: "..."

There was nothing wrong with that answer.

A Holy Body having a powerful physical body was indeed no issue, but something about it felt strange. Yet Su Qingtian could not tell exactly what was strange.

Seeing that Su Chen's matter had been resolved, Su Qingtian spoke sternly. "Since Chen'er's problem has been resolved, and all the elders are here, we might as well discuss how to resolve the Lineage's affairs today."

The elders' expressions gradually turned serious upon hearing this.

The Su Family's current situation was indeed far from optimistic and needed to be resolved as soon as possible.

Su Qingtian hesitated for a moment before saying to Su Chen, "Chen'er, come along as well."

Given Su Chen's talent and strength, the position of future Su Family head was practically his by right. If he learned how to handle Lineage affairs now, he would be able to take over the Su Family more quickly in the future.

Su Family Council Hall.

Seven people sat upright and solemnly. These seven were the Su Family's five great elders, along with Su Qingtian and his son.

Su Qingtian spoke first. "Third Prince, tell us first. Exactly how many Spirit Stones does the Lineage have left?"

Su Qingyun's expression was somewhat ugly. To ensure accuracy, he took several account books from his spatial ring. Only after carefully checking them against one another did he speak.

"Big Brother, there are only nine hundred and thirty thousand in total, with a fluctuation of no more than thirty thousand either way."

Nine hundred and thirty thousand!

Su Qingtian's face turned incomparably gloomy upon hearing those words.

Even if the Su Family tightened its belt, this amount of Spirit Stones would only last two or three months.

But under such circumstances, the clan members would practically have no decent cultivation resources.

Their cultivation was difficult to improve, and the resources they required were immense. This small amount of resources was neither here nor there.

But the younger generation of the clan was different. They were at the stage where they desperately needed resources to cultivate.

Not to mention Su Chen. He had a Holy Body, so the resources he needed for breakthroughs would certainly be even greater.

Su Qingyun said gravely, "Although our Su Family has quite a few industries, our expenditures exceed our income. We must quickly think of another solution, or the Lineage's resources will soon run dry."

Fourth Elder Su He said helplessly, "But our Su Family has only been in Bright Moon City for a little over ten years. Unless we go robbing again... I mean, rob the rich to aid the poor, it'll be difficult to obtain Spirit Stones in a short time."

The hall immediately fell silent. Everyone wore worried expressions. Faced with the Lineage's shortage of resources, they could not think of any solution for the moment.

"Uh!"

Su Chen looked left and right, then could not help speaking up. "Is our Su Family short on resources?"

Su Qingyun sighed and said helplessly, "Chen'er, you don't know much about the Su Family. Our foundation is weak and our reserves are meager. The Lineage's Spirit Stones are almost depleted now. As for other resources, such as pills, they were used up long ago."

Upon hearing that, Su Chen raised an eyebrow. Wasn't this a perfect coincidence?

Weren't heavenly treasures and resources like Spirit Stones precisely what he lacked the least?

Su Chen opened the system and checked the number of Lower-Grade Spirit Stones.

"Lower-Grade Spirit Stones: six thousand five hundred Jing, one thousand five hundred and sixty-four Zhao..."

He could not be bothered to look at the exact number. In any case, he could never spend them all.

After thinking for a moment, Su Chen took out a top-tier spatial ring he had obtained from signing in. The ring's interior space was as large as three football fields.

He immediately placed three billion Lower-Grade Spirit Stones inside, then handed it to Su Qingtian.

"Father, I still have some Spirit Stones here. They should be enough to help the Lineage weather this crisis."