Chapter 3 Development of the Clan

Zhao Qu was reluctant to sign it, but he knew that if he did not sign it the Zhao clan would face destruction, and he did not want to see that, and after thinking for a while he then signed it. After Xiang Long was done doing all that, he went back to the Xiang clan to develop it and take over the Azureleaf City, but for the meantime he trained the clan members so that they will have strength to protect the clan while he is away or in seclusion.

After getting back to his abode, he opened the system to see what rewards it's going to give after conquering and making the Zhao clan a subsidiary force.

[Ding! You've obtained 8000 low-grade spirit stones, Celestial Dragon Scale Armor, 350 Legacy Points, Azure Tempest Sword Art.]

[Celestial Dragon Scale Chest plate]

[An armor crafted from the scales of a celestial dragon. It enhances the wearer's spiritual energy resonance, improving the efficiency of cultivation and providing better control over their core. This armor offers significant protection while allowing the wearer to channel their spiritual energy into both defense and offense.]

[Azure Tempest Sword Art]

[A powerful sword technique that allows the user to channel their spiritual energy into swift, devastating strikes, creating blade-like wind currents that can slice through opponents and defenses with ease.]

Xiang Long was quite pleased with the rewards, as it gave him an armor that can enhances the spiritual energy resonance, making his cultivation faster, while also having great defense and a slight increase in offense. And also having an offensive technique to boost his combat power.

He then went out of his abode and called every clan members, so that he can teach the Earthly Dragon Foundation Technique and Azure Tempest Sword Art and boost the cultivation speed and power of the Xiang clan, significantly boosting the clan.

After doing that, he went back to seclusion to quickly raise his strength since someone is plotting in the dark to destroy his clan, he concluded that the person backing City Lord Bai must have been ordered by someone powerful that had a grudge at their ancestor, but cannot take action himself as he maybe caught up in something and cannot be bothered to take action, or just ordering someone to destroy the Xiang clan as he may not be able to take action cause of his pride.

But, that is only conclusions and cannot be proven currently as he is still weak, he is still far from reaching the Body Integration Realm. He speculated that it will take him thousands if not tens of thousands of years to reach the Body Integration Realm based on his current speed of cultivation. He is also saving up Legacy Points, since he saw a pill in the system shop that can raise his talent, the pill is able to raise ones talent by a level. He was speculating that if he were to take that pill it will increase his cultivation speed by tens or hundreds of times, but before that he needs to raise the clan's strength.

As the years pass Foundation Stablishment Realm cultivators are appearing one by one, all because of the two techniques that he gave them, with that the clan now has the strength to fend of forces from other cities that previously coveted their land, more and more members began revering their Patriarch, even the ones that did not like and even despise the Patriarch in the past now started revering him, as though he were a god.

They now control Azureleaf City and their businesses can be seen anywhere, and even extending their business to other cities nearby granting them immense wealth, the Xiang clan became a rising prominent clan in the surrounding cities, and the major clans there became wary of them but chose not to stop them as they have a Golden Core Realm cultivator at its helm and 3 Foundation Stablishment Realm cultivators overseeing it's development.

As they continued to develop some clan members created branches to govern some of their businesses, after doing so, they secluded themselves from the world and developed quietly. They also conquered forces that opposed them with varying degrees of power, some at the City level while some are just street level forces. And in doing so gave Xiang Long the Sufficient Points to get the Divine Meridian Pill, and he was also about to breakthrough to the next minor realm of the Golden Core Realm.

Before taking the pill he took alook around the Xiang clan manor to see how it has developed, he travelled around the manor in disguise, after days of travelling he went back to his abode, he took out the pill and ate it, after a few seconds his body started to heat up, he also felt that he was on the verge of making a breakthrough he just needs a little push, after eating the pill not only did it raise his talent but it also filled him with spiritual qi, enough for him to make a breakthrough, and after a moment of thinking get chose to breakthrough as it will benefit the clan if he is stronger, and also deterring clans that had malicious intentions.

His body began to heat up once again, not because he raised his talent again but he was making a breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm Stage 2, he felt his spiritual qi getting thicker and denser and his capacity to store spiritual qi has also increased. He knew that the higher the realm the harder it is to breakthrough and the harder it is to conceive a child, but it will also increase your lifespan making you live longer, making you more perfect.

After he was done making a breakthrough he ended his seclusion to help develop the clan, he informed the Foundation Stablishment Realm cultivators and elders of the clan that he broke through to a minor realm, while he also discussed who will be the next Patriarch, as he will be secluding himself in his abode to continue cultivating and strive to reach higher realms. So he proposed that Xiang Zhuchuan to be the next Patriarch of the clan, since he had guided the clan while he was in seclusion, and is also qualified enough to lead the clan.

Hearing that they had no objections, he dismissed them and called over a servant to tell Xiang Zhuchuan to meet him. After awhile Xiang Zhuchuan came and he told him to sit down and told him that he is going to be the next Patriarch, and will be announced to the whole clan in a few days. Hearing this, Xiang Zhuchuan was momentarily dazed as he could not believe that he was going to be the next Patriarch, but he still chose to accept it.