CHAPTER 695: CHAPTER 626: THE INDUSTRIAL CHAIN

Gu Shouzhuo’s voice suddenly became clear and full of guidance: "Accept this opportunity of rebirth granted to you by the Heavenly Dao, see it as an unparalleled blessing. Hold it tight! Do the good you can do, fulfill the responsibilities you must fulfill! Accumulate merit, widely spread benevolence.

This ’good deed’, this ’merit’, is not an illusory comfort. They are like the radiance that nourishes the stars, like the ’Heavenly Gold’ that repairs the cracks in the track of fate! The cracks on the foundation of your soul are marks of time and space tearing, not easily healed by ordinary medicine.

However, the deeds of a sincere and virtuous heart and the virtue it accumulates can warm the soul and mend the essence! In this world, only the power of goodness and virtue is the most gentle, the most resilient, and the most aligned with the essence of the Heavenly Dao, it is the supreme medicine to heal your soul wounds and stabilize your reborn fate!"

This education regarding star signs, heavenly dao, and good deeds was like a grand bell, completely purifying the last trace of gloom and confusion in Yan Yueqing’s heart.

She understood the deep meaning behind her teacher’s words—

Do not stubbornly resist the overwhelming force in vain, but rather, within the framework of accepting the Heavenly Dao, actively do good, accumulate merit, thereby nourishing oneself, repairing wounds, and amidst this process, firmly grasp every detail that you can change!

This is the true path to rebirth!

Gu Shouzhuo watched the increasingly bright and determined light in his disciple’s eyes, knowing she had understood.

He no longer spoke, took a step forward, and extended his right index finger.

That finger was thin, yet seemed to contain the power to break mountains and stones.

At the fingertip, a soft, jade-like light, carrying a faint starlight, quietly gathered.

He gently pressed it onto Yan Yueqing’s forehead.

"Focus and calm your mind. Feel this power."

An indescribable warm current, accompanied by a tranquil sense like the vast starry sky, instantly surged into the depths of Yan Yueqing’s sea of consciousness, gently yet firmly enveloping the subtle and stubborn cracks deep in her soul.

This power was extremely pure, carrying Gu Shouzhuo’s lifetime of cultivation’s true essence of ’Shouzhuo’—as steady as a mountain, as unwavering as a rock, yet as embracing as the starry sky.

At the same time, it seemed to carry a hint of the vast power from distant stars, realized after years of star gazing.

"Remember this feeling. The essence of ’Shouzhuo’ is the stabilizing pole. Outside disturbances like stormy winds and rain, I remain unmoved, safeguarding the heart, solidifying the will. The cracks left by the power of time will eventually be slowly mended by your own power and the merit of goodness you accumulate. This calamity is a trial, but it is also a great opportunity granted to you by the Heavenly Dao!"

Yan Yueqing involuntarily closed her eyes.

Her consciousness sank into a warm and vast sea of stars.

The heaviness and stagnation of her soul, under the wrapping of the warm current and starlight, began to ease like ice and snow melting.

An unprecedented clarity and determination grew from deep within her soul.

Every word of Gu Shouzhuo’s echoed like an imprint in her heart, dispelling all the fog about the chaos of time and the Jiang Family’s conspiracy, lighting up a clear and powerful path for her.

After a long while, Gu Shouzhuo slowly withdrew his finger, the light at the fingertip quietly vanished.

Yan Yueqing opened her eyes.

In an instant, her eyes seemed to have been washed by mountain springs, astonishingly bright, shimmering with insight and confidence.

Though the trauma deep in her soul was not healed instantly, the shadow of heaviness had dissipated immensely, and her mind was more clear and serene than ever, with her will condensed like steel.

She stood up, took a step back, and bowed deeply before Gu Shouzhuo, more solemn and grateful than ever before.

"Disciple, deeply thanks the teacher for the revelation! The words of stars, the opportunity of the Heavenly Dao, the importance of good deeds, disciple...will remember in heart, never dare to forget!"

Gu Shouzhuo looked at the disciple whose temperament had transformed and was now like a sword sheathed, its edge restrained yet poised to strike, the thread of comfort finally clear in his eyes. He slightly nodded, his voice steady and powerful:

"Go, Xiaoxing. The waters of the Jiang Family have been muddied for too long, unfathomable, with undercurrents enough to swallow a great ship. But remember—"

His gaze suddenly became incredibly sharp, as if capable of piercing all illusions, "You who have experienced the secrets of time and seen the truth of causality are no longer a fish in the pond! The entire whirlpool of the Jiang Family is nothing but a grinding stone to sharpen your edge! Guard your true heart like a rock holding firm to its base; grasp your blade tight like stars following their course. Do what must be done, let things break when they must, act when you must! Go forth boldly! Here at Panshi Residence, I am your backing."

Yan Yueqing straightened her spine, her gaze clear and sharp, with no trace of confusion or hesitation, she faced the mountain wind, her voice clear and powerful, echoing in the quiet mountain forest: "Disciple, understands!"

The path ahead is perilous, yet my heart is resolute.

As Yan Yueqing left Panshi Residence, the wind among the bamboo forest seemed to carry the warmth of Gu Shouzhuo’s illumination.

Mother Jiang Yu was quietly standing on the nearby green stone path, her moon-white Hua Country ceremonial dress looking like a floating bright moon amidst the deep bamboo shadows.

"What did the teacher say?" Jiang Yu stepped forward to meet her.

Yan Yueqing’s eyes flashed sharply, her speech quick and clear: "Mom, I’ve figured out Jiang Ke’s motive! She wasn’t acting on impulse; she had long used that half of the Family Head Seal to drive the hidden observatory to track star trajectories, seeing some kind of ’inevitability’ from future fragments—such as if I lived, I would inevitably obstruct her from completely controlling the Jiang Family! So she prematurely triggered the so-called ’cause of disaster’.

Her lips curled into a cold arc, "But she forgot, the star trajectory is not set in stone. I have returned, and the future is shattered!"

Jiang Yu’s pupils slightly contracted: "You mean...she set a killing trap by spying on the star signs?"

"Exactly!" Yan Yueqing said resolutely, "She treated the star trajectory as a script, and herself as the director. Unfortunately, I, this ’variable’, just refuse to follow her script! The more she relies on astrological deductions, the more limited her thinking becomes—because she cannot calculate the power of ’people’ themselves!"

Jiang Yu’s tense shoulders relaxed imperceptibly, yet there was an even deeper frost in her eyes: "She thinks a few stars can decide the life and death of the Jiang Family? Ridiculous! The thousand-year foundation of the Jiang Family was fought out by countless ancestors with blood and wisdom in the world, how can a few traces of light in the sky frame it?!

"Therefore," Yan Yueqing linked arms with her mother, stepping firmly toward the direction of the main house, "From now on, I’ll take over the Jiang Family matters! She wants to see me blocking the way? I’ll stand right in the way!"

Jiang Family main house, top-floor core.

A huge circular light screen floated beneath the dome, twenty-four brilliant light bands fell like star rivers, each representing a massive industry chain spanning the globe.

The air was laden with a silent flow of energy, countless data, instructions, and resources completed convergence and recombination in an instant.

Jiang Yu stood at the core, her fingertips cutting through the void.

A deep purple light band suddenly glowed, projecting a 3D star map so complex it made one dizzy, its core was unmistakably a slowly rotating, half-missing jade seal phantom—the very half of the missing Family Head Seal.

"Since I took over the Jiang Family’s industries of eighteen chains, in twenty-five years they have expanded to twenty-four." Jiang Yu’s voice echoed in the empty core, carrying the unique metallic sound of a Family Head, "The most crucial foundation is these three—"

Her fingertip slid, three substantial golden light bands suddenly rose, overshadowing other lights.

——————————————

PS: The following will quickly go through the Jiang Family’s business warfare content, surely there will be many discrepancies with reality, don’t dwell too much~~~just a brain storage~~~