Meeting the Long Family Ancestor

Seeing his Earthworker pushing a large ball of dung towards them, Long Qilin's face immediately darkened, and he hurriedly shouted, "What are you doing? I told you to push earth! Who told you to push this thing?"

"Get this thing away right now!"

The Earthworker was taken aback by the scolding, and obediently threw the dung ball away.

The giant ball of dung was thrown through the air in a perfect arc, and then, with a resounding thud, it landed precisely on the roof of a house, smashing a large hole in it.

The dung ball slammed heavily into the house, then exploded, sending yellow stuff flying out of the window and scattering everywhere. The stench was overwhelming, and the strong smell was spreading rapidly.

Long Qilin...

Long Xuan...

Everyone who witnessed this scene was stunned...

"Who did this?! Who the hell did this?!"

A furious voice soon rang out from inside the house, followed by a figure whose face was obscured, who charged out like a madman, brandishing a knife.

"Long Qilin! I'm going to fucking kill you!"

"It's a misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding! Calm down!"

Long Qilin's expression changed drastically, and he turned and ran, with someone chasing after him with a sword in hand...

That day, chaos erupted throughout the Long Family, and similar incidents were frequently occurring in various places.

Many people who became Gu on this day thought that the Earthworker had changed his ways and started eating excrement and dirt, which resulted in a lot of jokes and made the entire Long Family compound full of excrement and stench.

The Long Family was in complete chaos that day...

As expected, the culprit Long Xuan, was summoned for questioning by the Lineage's higher-ups the next day.

In an ancient pavilion, Long Xuan quietly gazed at an old man sitting opposite him, a man who rarely smiled. The old man was dressed in a black outfit embroidered with two dragons, his hair was white, and his face was wrinkled. Despite his advanced age, he exuded an air of authority.

Long Xuan sat upright, and sitting opposite him was a Gu King, the only Gu King of the Long Family. He never expected that the one who would summon him would be the ancestor of the Long Family.

After scrutinizing him carefully for a few moments with his cloudy eyes, the Long Family Patriarch finally spoke, "As expected of a genius who caught Long Ao's eye, your initial soul power is unparalleled in my life, and your comprehension will be your strength."

"The Earthworker you developed is quite impressive. Its cost-effectiveness far surpasses the record set by the Long Family over the past ten thousand years. It can benefit the Long Family for generations to come, and you should be rewarded with one hundred million contribution points."

After saying this, the Long Family Ancestor threw a golden token engraved with Divine Dragon at Long Xuan.

Long Xuan was overjoyed and hurriedly accepted the token with both hands. He saw that in addition to the dragon pattern engraved on the token, the four characters "One Hundred Million Contribution" were also written on it.

He had learned something about the Long Family's Contribution Token and knew that it was a kind of Spirit Artifact.

The contribution value on the token changes continuously based on the number of transactions. Holders cannot arbitrarily change the number on it because the Long Family has a backup of each Contribution Token, so even if you have the technology to forge it, it is easy to be detected.

This is much more convenient than carrying a large number of Spirit Stone with you. Long Xuan likes this kind of transaction very much, even though this method of transaction is limited to the Long Family.

At this moment, the Long Family Patriarch said again, "The ability to cultivate the Ten Extremity Physique is a testament to your extraordinary talent, enough for the Lineage to focus on nurturing. The Lineage places extremely high hopes on you."

"Geniuses have privileges in any clan, enjoying preferential Lineage and resource allocation. From now on, most of the Lineage's secrets will be unconditionally open to you. You only need to report what you want to learn."

"But the Lineage won't provide Cultivation Resources for free; you have to earn everything yourself. This has always been the rule of the Long Family."

"I don't understand the Ten Extremity Physique, so I can't give you much guidance. Take these three books for reference first. If you don't understand anything, ask Long Ao. There is no inheritance of the Ten Extremity Physique in this world, so you can only forge your own path by learning from other Cultivation Method."

After saying that, the Long Family Patriarch threw three more books at Long Xuan.

Long Xuan was excited and immediately took the three books that the Long Family Ancestor threw to him. The Gu King's actions must be extraordinary, and his knowledge must be earth-shattering.

The book he threw at me must be something good; it must contain a powerful legacy.

Long Xuan looked at the three books with great anticipation, but when he saw the words on the covers, his heart sank.

What use are the "Reverse Dragon Art," "Xuanyuan Dragon Art," and "Force-Dispersing Art" to him? He had already secretly learned them all from Old Long.

The Long Family Patriarch, completely unaware that the gift he presented was utterly useless to the man, continued, "All clan members who have made significant contributions to the Lineage will be bestowed with dragon emblems as a reward and their names will be permanently recorded in the clan genealogy."

"In the Long Family, being bestowed with a dragon tattoo is the highest honor, an honor that every member of the Long Family desires. However, very few people can obtain this honor, and those with dragon tattoos are envied even when they encounter relatives with the surname Long."

"Your Earthworker Gu Recipe is enough to benefit the Lineage for generations to come, and the benefits Lineage brings are immeasurable, worthy of being bestowed the highest honor by the Lineage."

"Your dragon tattoo won't be just an ordinary tattoo from a minor contribution; it's a top-tier Hidden Dragon Tattoo."

"The Hidden Dragon Tattoo is only awarded to those who make contributions that benefit their Lineage for generations to come. Even I am not qualified to receive such a tattoo. You are the only one in thousands of years to have received such an honor."

"Hidden Dragon Tattoo uses the highest-grade materials. Tattoos made with these materials are not visible under normal circumstances, but only become visible during combat when sweating or bleeding profusely, and they also have a certain effect on stimulating combat power."

"Sit down now! Your tattoo will be done by the Lineage's best tattoo artist, Luang Phor."

No sooner had the Long Family Ancestor finished speaking than an old woman walked in from outside the door, carrying a thick, long silver needle in her hand.

Long Xuan was shocked. They actually wanted to get tattoos?

Whether or not you get a tattoo is really not a big deal. In this world, tattoos are a matter of honor and a part of the culture of each ethnic group. They are not something to be done randomly. People with tattoos will not only not attract prejudice, but will also be envied and jealous.

The key issue is the pain. How could it not hurt when such a thick and long needle is inserted? And the dragon tattoo covers such a large area. This is what Long Xuan is most concerned about.

I was too hasty. If I had known, I should have let the Flame Clone in; then I wouldn't have had to suffer this injustice.

"Okay! I'll get it tattooed on my right arm then."

Long Xuan sat down obediently and took off his shirt. Of course, he wouldn't object. Even if he didn't really want a tattoo, he wouldn't openly challenge the clan's rules. If the tattoo didn't look good, he could just remove it.

Half a day later, Long Xuan came out of the pavilion. From then on, a dragon appeared on his right arm, a domineering Divine Dragon that coiled back and forth on his right arm and straddled his chest.

However, this dragon is not visible under normal circumstances; it only becomes visible when it sweats profusely after a battle.

The tattoo is black, but if the body is injured and bleeds, the tattoo will turn red, making it look even more terrifying, and may even slightly enhance combat ability.

This is a very magical tattoo technique. Originally, Long Xuan wasn't too interested in tattoos and was even considering getting them removed when he had time. But now he's fallen in love with this kind of tattoo and doesn't mind keeping it.

With a huge sum of 100 million contribution points in his pocket, Long Xuan immediately ran towards the Long Family's Treasure Repository after leaving the pavilion, replacing the bottle of Golden Crow Blood as quickly as possible.

He replaced many of the things he needed in the Treasure Repository, and his contribution of 100 million was greatly reduced in a single day, until he had spent it down to only 20 million before he stopped, still feeling unsatisfied.

The treasure he was most satisfied with was the spatial ring. The spatial ring was Spirit Artifact, with a much larger space than Storage Bag, and it was small in size. It could be worn on a finger or discreetly worn as a necklace around the neck, making it very convenient to carry.

From now on, he will no longer need to carry a lot of unsightly cloth bags around his waist when he goes out.

However, while spatial rings are desirable, they are also expensive, and few people can afford to wear them. The vast majority of people in this world store their belongings in Storage Bag.

The spatial ring on Long Xuan's hand is worth ten million contribution points in the Long Family, which is incredibly expensive. Its price in the outside world is unknown.

But it will probably only be more expensive; unless you're extremely wealthy, there's really no need to buy a spatial ring.

Otherwise, you'll discover a terrible fact: everything inside the spatial ring combined isn't even as expensive as the ring itself—that's truly tragic.

Of course, all of Long Xuan's transactions were conducted secretly in the VIP room of the Treasure Repository. VIPs with a net worth of over ten million in the Long Family family were qualified to enter the VIP room to conduct transactions, and there were special stewards in charge.

This rule is naturally designed to prevent murder and robbery, as well as fratricide; it is a reasonable and justifiable rule.

Therefore, most people don't know who switched the bottle of Golden Crow Blood, so Long Xuan is theoretically very safe.

Not only was it unknown that he had swapped the Golden Crow Blood, but even the fact that he created the Earthworker's Gu Recipe was only known to the Lineage's higher-ups; otherwise, the Long Qilin wouldn't have shown off in front of him.

Long Xuan prefers to keep a low profile and would never publicize this matter. Naturally, his Lineage would also keep it quiet to protect their genius.

So Long Xuan's life remained peaceful and uneventful, and he could continue to live his comfortable farming life in some corner.

Long Xuan held the three books and thought for a moment, then finally walked towards the dilapidated thatched hut where Old Long was.

He felt it was necessary to tell Old Long about this matter. In the future, when he used the Divine Dragon Manifestation or some unique abilities of the Long Family, he would have an explanation and wouldn't have to be as cautious as before, having to carefully try to get information from the Long Qilin even when asking about the method of condensing a Dharma Form.

In addition, although he had secretly learned a lot from Old Long in the past, he had learned both the Cultivation Method and spiritual arts on his own. He had to figure out everything he didn't understand on his own, and there are still many things he doesn't understand to this day.

Therefore, he also planned to take the words of the Long Family Ancestor as a command and ask about all the things he didn't understand before.

I've already called him master, how can this apprenticeship be for nothing? I've been working for Old Long all this time and haven't learned a thing or two. How can that be? I absolutely have to trouble him properly this time.

With this in mind, Long Xuan eagerly approached Old Long, already having a long list of questions ready to be asked.

However, after he explained his purpose, before he could even ask his first question, Old Long said he didn't have time to ask his senior sister, then slammed the door shut and continued his secluded alchemy. Long Xuan was stunned by the cold shoulder.

Senior sister? He actually had a senior sister? How come he didn't know this? In all these years, he had never seen any female Gu cultivator come to Great Stone Village to find Old Long.

And who exactly is this senior sister? He doesn't even know what she looks like, let alone her name.

Where is he supposed to find that?!

Old Long wouldn't explain anything clearly, and seeing his impatient expression, I didn't want to bother him any further.

Left with no other option, Long Xuan used his Eye of Heavenly Secrets to quickly locate Long Qilin and planned to go and question him.

Under the scan of the Eye of Heavenly Secrets, Long Xuan quickly located his position in the distant back mountain, finding him watching the Earthworker playing a game of pushing a clay ball with great interest. Earthworker wondered what was so interesting about this game; was it really that fun?

Moreover, there were quite a few people who shared the same hobby as him. Many of them brought a Earthworker to that spot to play a game of pushing dirt balls, and even had a competition to see who could push the ball the biggest and roundest.

There were many onlookers, all watching with great interest; these people really had a lot of free time.

Is it childish or not? Is it boring or not?

Although he didn't understand the group's behavior, he had no choice but to head towards the direction where Long Qilin was in order to find out who his so-called senior sister was.

Arriving at the back of the Lineage mountain as quickly as possible, they saw the Long Qilin still standing there, watching the Earthworker push the earthen balls with great interest, and even commenting on each Earthworker with great interest.

Long Xuan was speechless for a moment, then patted him on the shoulder and asked, puzzled, "Is it that interesting? What's so interesting about a bunch of dung beetles pushing a ball of dirt?"

He completely forgot that while he was researching the Earthworker's Gu Recipe, he was also watching dung beetles push balls with great interest.

Upon hearing the familiar voice behind him, Long Qilin finally turned his gaze and looked at him, saying, "You probably don't know yet, but the Lineage is going to hold a new competition, and the rewards are exceptionally generous."

"The competition is entirely about Earthworker, including a strongman gold cup. Earthworker will compete in various strength-testing events, with the final winner determined by points."

"There's Earthball-Pushing Tournament ' where the Earthworker pushes out the biggest and roundest ball of dirt."

"There's also Earthworker tug-of-war competition. It's a team event where each side sends ten Earthworker to pull the rope. Gu cultivators can't participate. This competition is quite interesting."

"My Earthworker were among the first to emerge, so their maturity level is definitely higher than everyone else's. They'll have a huge advantage when participating in these competitions, so how could I not be serious?"

"I'm currently putting my Earthworker through rigorous training, aiming to win all three competitions. The combined prize money from the three championships is eight million contribution points, which is tempting enough for me. How could I not take it seriously?"

Long Qilin said with a very serious expression.

Upon hearing this, Long Xuan was stunned. The Long Family was actually holding so many competitions related to Earthworker —what were they planning?

After observing for a period of time, he discovered that the Long Family had one characteristic: they had a lot of different kinds of competitions.

What kind of spirit medicine cultivation competition is this? It's about who can grow the best spirit medicine.

What kind of spirit beast breeding competition is this? It's about who can produce the most spirit beast meat.

There are also Gu-fighting competitions, fish-raising competitions, fishing competitions, arena battles, brainstorming competitions, physical skills competitions, beauty pageants...

There are countless competitions of all kinds; if you can think of it, there is one. There are competitions held every few days, so there are hardly any free days. It has to be said that the Long Family's entertainment life is really rich.

Now they're adding three more major competitions? He was truly bewildered. Why was the Long Family creating so many competitions out of boredom? It seemed like the contribution points awarded to the champions of each competition were quite substantial.

"Can you tell me the significance of the Lineage holding these three competitions?" Long Xuan couldn't contain his curiosity and asked.

Long Qilin turned to look at him again and said, "Of course it's very meaningful. It shows that the Lineage is ready to officially promote the Earthworker throughout the entire clan."

"The best way to motivate all members of the tribe to refine Earthworker is to hold a competition with high rewards. The amazing rewards will be enough to incentivize a large number of tribesmen to refine Earthworker."

"The Lineage has launched three competitions in a row, and the rewards are all very high. It's clear they want to popularize Earthworker raiding throughout the clan as quickly as possible."

After hearing what Long Qilin said, Long Xuan immediately felt that this kind of competition was very meaningful.

If such a competition were held every year with generous rewards, it would be enough to force those clansmen who were unwilling to refine Earthworker Earthworker do so.

For example, female Gu cultivators only select cute and beautiful individuals when refining Gu. Earthworker enjoys shoveling latrines would never be favored by a female Gu cultivator.

As for whether Long Xuan should participate in the competition, he felt that he could just join in the fun and had no intention of competing for first place, as that would be too high-profile.