Using entries to cultivate immortality in chaotic times - Chapter 840: 274: "Alright, alright, alright."_2

Chapter 840: Chapter 274: “Alright, alright, alright.”_2

He indeed acknowledged that Chen Qiu, in terms of both strength and potential, was not bad; but, thus far, there was no comparison with the de facto Family Head of a top-tier power on a Third Grade Continent!

That was a bit of an overstatement.

However, he didn’t expose or refute it, just smiled and let the matter pass: “This isn’t a big deal, the Family Head always loves to help others. Although I don’t know what you needed help with, you don’t need to worry about it too much, the Family Head surely won’t mind such a trivial matter.”

“Hehe.”

Chen Qiu pinched a peanut and tossed it into his mouth, smiling without saying a word.

“By the way.”

The white-robed elder suddenly remembered something and said cheerfully: “However, if you do wish to repay the favor, there actually is an item that the Bai Family is currently in short supply of, called ‘Yin Emperor’s Fortune,’ consisting of ‘Luck of Yin Soul.’ You might not have heard of the name; it’s a selection of celestial treasures produced in the underworld. If you come across news of this kind, you could contact me, as it would count as returning the favor from when the Family Head helped you.”

“…”

Chen Qiu’s face showed no change, he just chuckled: “I don’t, but if I do find out, I will contact the Bai Family immediately.”

The white-robed elder did not pursue the topic any further and continued the conversation.

…

The Bai Family grandfather and grandson quickly exchanged a few hurried words before taking their leave, as the timing of their visit was not ideal, being another family’s funeral banquet. Staying too long under such circumstances was not appropriate, and they would choose a better day to pay a proper visit. That would be more suitable.

Just…

The white-robed elder, somewhat puzzled, turned his head toward the young miss of the Bai Family and sighed: “Miss, you clearly hold a higher status than I do, you should be the one in charge. Why would you always stay behind me?”

“What are you talking about?”

The Bai Family young miss snorted coldly: “It was fine when they said it in the past, claiming it was to nurture me, for my future. Now that I don’t have many years left, it’s no longer appropriate for you to say such things.”

“Is it so wrong for me not to want to be in charge? It’s too tiring. I prefer sitting beside and listening to your conversations. Is that not okay?”

“Okay, okay, okay.”

The white-robed elder sighed helplessly: “Alright, the gift has been delivered, go report to the Family Head.”

…

“Whew…”

After the funeral banquet at Ling Pavilion had ended and he returned to the Qi Tian Continent, the Bai Family Patriarch took a deep breath, sat down inside the family ancestral hall, drank a big cup of iced tea, wiped the corner of his mouth, and comfortably leaned back in his chair.

“What’s wrong, my lord?”

The second wife from the side approached and began to knead his shoulders with a look of concern: “Weren’t you just at someone else’s funeral banquet? Why do you look like you’ve just narrowly escaped death?”

“Don’t even mention it.”

The Bai Family Patriarch let out a long sigh and waved his hand: “I wasn’t thinking straight when I went there and almost didn’t make it back.”

He then recounted the whole situation.

His first wife was a fairy, who passed away after giving birth to a son and a daughter for him. This second wife was his second partner; in his lifetime, he had only been intimate with these two women.

Th𝙞𝑠 ƈhⱯpṯ𝑒r ḭ𝐬 p◎𝐬†𝑒ḍ b𝑦 𝒌ı𝐭ɛ𝖓ɵ𝗏𝗲𝕝

It wasn’t that he was particularly prudish.

He simply disliked being intimate with women to whom he felt no emotional connection. Cultivators often found it hard to develop feelings for women, mainly because they couldn’t, in fact, harbor such feelings. With women whose Cultivation was inferior to his own, by the time he emerged from one seclusion, they might have grown old and died, or lost their youth and beauty.

If a woman’s Cultivation level was similar to his own, the two would spend their days in seclusion, hardly ever seeing each other’s faces, leaving no room for feelings to develop. Moreover, high-level female cultivators were few and far between, and options regarding appearance and physique were even scarcer, not to mention that high-level female cultivators often had rather formidable temperaments.

In such circumstances, most cultivators with high Cultivation levels had families mainly for the purpose of continuing their lineage, devoid of any real affection.

Those like him, who genuinely shared feelings with their wives, were exceedingly rare, and those willing to entrust family secrets to their spouses were even rarer.

“My lord.”

This second wife, her face full of worry, whispered: “Thank goodness you were clever; otherwise, you might indeed not have returned. Still, my lord, I knew the Bai Family had a formidable intelligence network but didn’t realize we had collected so much information from other continents.”

The Bai Family Patriarch shook his head, filled with emotion: “Actually, I have a goal that I haven’t shared with anyone, which is to lead the Bai Family all the way to the Ninth Grade Continent. Naturally, collecting more information is essential, as knowing both ourselves and our enemies will ensure that we are never imperiled in battle.”

“I’ve always believed that any piece of information in this world carries tremendous value; it all comes down to when and how you use it.”

“Besides, it’s not as if I’ve completely extricated myself; my actions have essentially been an open declaration to the Ling Pavilion Master that the information leak came from me, just that there’s been no action taken against me for the time being.”

“But there’s no big problem. With me here, the sky won’t fall.”

Though the woman didn’t fully understand the men’s cunning and deceptions, she still picked up on her man’s prowess from his words and looked at her husband with admiration: “My lord, you are so formidable.”

“Hmph.”

The Bai Family Patriarch’s lips curled into a proud smile: “You must be joking. I have led the Bai Family step by step to become the strongest power in the Qi Tian Continent. Without these skills, how could I have established myself?”

Just at that moment—

A servant hurriedly approached, handed a Jade Scroll into his hands, and then quickly withdrew.

“…”

After his Divine Sense swept over it and he had fully investigated the information within, the eyes of the Bai Family Patriarch gradually narrowed. His intelligence network extended across several continents, and the Bai Family had, in fact, risen to power through it.