Heading for the Eastern Wasteland, Green Hills Gorge!

208th year of the Great Qin Dynasty --

That year, Qin Lu emerged from seclusion after refining his weapon. He exchanged a few words with his clan, learned about their recent situation, and then quietly departed...

As always, the Qin Clan steadily and surely took each step.

And a few years ago-

In the 198th year of the Great Qin calendar, Qin Xuanzhen emperor, successfully broke through to the Core Formation Realm. Later, in the 200th year of the Great Qin Dynasty calendar...

He has formally abdicated and returned to his Lineage.

The following year, Qin Yinghai, a genius of the Qin Wu lineage, was chosen by his Lineage to become the fourth Qin emperor, and was known to later generations as Emperor Qin Ying!

His aptitude was 4.1 inches, which was not bad, and he could be considered a pillar of the Qin Clan.

Some might ask, why wasn't Qin Yingjie appointed as the Qin Emperor, but instead a relatively unknown up-and-coming talent was given such an important position?

It can only be said that with the Qin Clan's shift in strategic direction...

The Qin Emperor, and the six kings under his rule, have all lost their original status. Naturally, these positions...

Therefore, it's not worth the Qin Clan's investment; they are truly top-tier geniuses!

But that doesn't mean we've completely given up; it just means we've lowered the bar, making it seem less important...

For the lower and middle-ranking members of the Qin Clan clan, these royal thrones and imperial thrones remain important channels for the seven branches of the Qin Clan to vie for power!

instead--

Perhaps because of the Qin Clan's laissez-faire attitude, the competition this time is much fiercer than before, even in terms of team dynamics...

This was also the most fanatical period for political factions since the Great Qin!

Countless powerful Lineage spared no expense in recommending members of the Qin Clan, and these Qin Clan were all intentionally chosen by the Qin Clan...

On the one hand, it's about creating opportunities for some promising disciples!

On the other hand, it allows these disciples to deeply experience what power struggles are, what a corrupting influence is, and what the ugliness of human nature is...

The Qin Clan intends to use this high-pressure competition to select some outstanding talents!

While top geniuses are important, the pillars in the middle are equally important, and they also need disciples skilled in political maneuvering...

This group will serve as Qin Clan's think tank, providing advice and strategies for the future.

Furthermore, as the Qin Clan's influence has grown, it naturally needs more capable individuals, and strength is the best way for the Qin Clan disciples to prove themselves...

So, it's all about strategy and wit!

Even a disciple of the Qin Clan —is he/she qualified to serve on the Lineage's decision-making level...?

at the same time--

Qin Lu quietly arrived in the Central Lands. One of the hidden reasons he planted a spy in the Three Mysteries Kingdom was to establish a clandestine teleportation channel...

This way, they can also conceal their whereabouts.

However, since he was already there, Qin Lu also took the opportunity to meet with Qin Xinzhou, Qin Xinyang, Qin Xinzhi. Times had changed...

The three of them had grown up a lot and all looked like middle-aged people.

The three of them are still at the Golden Core Early Stage realm, which is most likely their limit in this lifetime; they are the least talented generation...

It is already quite remarkable that three Core Formation True Person could emerge from this field.

They are, after all, the fourth generation, and Qin Lu's great-grandchildren. Although Qin Lu's feelings for them are not as strong as those for the second and third generations...

But I don't want my three great-grandchildren to remain stagnant for the rest of their lives.

The Qin Clan now comprises fifty-four members across four generations. Excluding the three currently in the public eye, forty-three of the remaining fifty-one have already perished...

Some of them passed away peacefully over the long years.

Some also perished during the Qin Clan's gradual rise to power; those who died in battle accounted for more than half of the four generations of Qin officials...

Although Qin Lu didn't have deep feelings for them, he remembered every son who died for the Qin Clan; they were all his bloodlines...

And so, one after another, they died on the journey.

To say that one feels no emotion whatsoever is a lie. Everyone claims that the Great Way transcends emotions, but what happens when one truly sees their descendants perish one by one...?

How could I not be moved at all?

Whenever Qin Lu recalled this, he would smile helplessly. Immortality was a pursuit, but wasn't it also a kind of tempering of the heart...?

He carefully instructed the three younger students for several days.

Qin Lu then left without anyone noticing. Before leaving, he even left behind a considerable number of fourth-grade pills, which could be considered a token of his ancestor's goodwill...

This resource, while insufficient to support the three of them in breaking through to the Nascent Soul.

But at least, it can save them a hundred years of arduous cultivation, and reaching the Golden Core Late Stage in the future won't be too difficult...

At least it guarantees them a good life for another four or five hundred years.

After that --

Qin Lu summoned the Shadow Demon. This Shadow Demon had decent potential, and with Qin Lu's careful nurturing, it grew rapidly in just forty years...

It then rose from the Second-Tier to the Third-Tier Upper Grade.

Comparable to the Dao Foundation Perfection, allowing him to use Shadow Evasion Technique with Qin Lu wouldn't attract too much attention, even if the Shadow Demon's presence was detected...

However, the aura he exuded was only at the Dao Foundation stage...

In the Central Lands, where masters abound, this wasn't particularly conspicuous. Qin Lu preferred to spend more time rather than reveal his whereabouts.

His current identity is far too sensitive.

Appearing rashly in the Central Lands, or elsewhere, would easily arouse speculation from various forces, and it is also to avoid the secrets of heaven...

The more people from the Fortune Heaven Sect couldn't figure out his current situation, the more confused they became.

The more Qin Lu concealed his true intentions, the better he could prepare his trump cards for future battles. Perhaps one day, he could launch a surprise attack on the Fortune Heaven Sect!

More than half a year later--

The Shadow Demon successfully traversed the Central Lands and arrived at the Green Hills Strait, located between the Central Lands and the Eastern Wasteland. This Green Hills Strait, like the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains...

Both are the territory of the Demon Race, but they are unfathomably deep compared to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.

The Green Hills Strait is much smaller.

The dominant force among them is the Three-Tailed Green Fox Clan of Green Hills. While no one in the clan possesses Nascent Soul, there are over sixty Demon King within the clan...

They are quite a force, similar to the Golden Core Alliance in the Seven Beauties Star Domain.

This area, separated from the Central Lands and the Eastern Wasteland, is precisely why the Three-Tailed Green Fox Clan has this place to breathe...

Otherwise, they would have been wiped out by the Human Race race long ago!

Furthermore, the Three-Tailed Green Fox possesses the innate Divine Ability to transform into human form prematurely, thus gaining favor with everyone. This is also the Three-Tailed Green Fox Clan...

One of the reasons they were spared from extinction!

Many of the fox kings became furnaces for powerful cultivators, especially in the Eastern Wasteland, where fox maidens were highly valued as furnaces...

It has always been consistently high!