?74: Chapter 74: Lai Family (Explosive Update Third) 74: Chapter 74: Lai Family (Explosive Update Third) Shopkeeper Lai entered the house that belonged to the Clan Leader within the family.

    The Clan Leader and his family would all live there, and there would also be an ancestral hall and a Council Hall.

    Glancing at the Council Hall he hadn’t returned to for many years and had never entered, his thoughts were quite complicated.

    Could he one day also sit inside as an Elder?

    Could he also sit there one day, idly chatting about all manner of big and small matters?

    Perhaps he would find it dull by then?

    At the moment, what he was more concerned about was how to become stronger, to grow stronger and stronger, to walk further on the path of cultivation, to become more powerful, to live a longer life.

    His shadow would be on the Path of Longevity, his reputation in the Martial World; he would no longer be just a shopkeeper, an obscure nobody.

    The shopkeeper reined in his thoughts.

    Dreaming of the distant future would only be possible if he became stronger, so for now, he decided to take care of the matters at hand first!

    Shopkeeper Lai went straight to the entrance of the Council Hall where a guardian stopped him: “The Family Head and the Elders are discussing matters inside, and no one without an invitation can enter to disturb them…”

    “Brother, would you please go in and report that the shopkeeper from the Immortal Sect’s main street in the west has returned with important matters to see the Clan Leader?” Sёarch* The N?velFire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    “Wait here…

    Don’t barge in while I report!”

    “Yes, I understand the rules.

    Don’t worry!”

    The guardian went in, and the Clan Leader and Elders, who were sitting and discussing, stopped talking as they saw him enter.

    “What is it?”

    Family Head Lai looked at the guardian, annoyed for being interrupted while they were discussing matters.

    “There is someone outside who claims to be the shopkeeper from the shop on the main street of the west Immortal Sect, saying he has important matters to discuss with the Family Head.”

    “The shopkeeper from the main street of the west Immortal Sect?

    Hurry, hurry, invite him in.”

    Family Head Lai had been thinking of his son these past few days and had not expected that the shopkeeper who was looking after his son would come to see him.

    Entering the Council Hall, the shopkeeper saw the Family Head and Elders, bowed with folded hands: “Family Head, Elders, I haven’t seen you for many years; are you well?”

    “You’re the shopkeeper from the shop on the west Immortal Sect main street?

    Why have you returned?

    Shopkeepers outside shouldn’t return without being sent for; if you came back on your own, there must be something important.

    If I can’t explain it, there will be punishment.”

    An Elder with a beard and black hair, whose cultivation was at the Foundation Establishment Stage, asked.

    “Reporting to the Elder, yes…

    I understand that I have returned for a very important matter.”

    “If you’re not working there, why return?

    An important matter?

    What’s so important?

    Has something happened with the Nangong Immortal Sect?

    No, that can’t be; there hasn’t been any news of major incidents!”

    Another Elder at the Foundation Establishment Stage asked.

    In the family, only members who had reached the Foundation Establishment Stage could be Elders.

    Though they only seemed middle-aged, having cultivated to the Foundation Establishment Stage, they once were elite individuals.

    But somehow, in the last ten years, these Elders had seen no progress in their cultivation, leading to a sense of disappointment and shifting their focus to nurturing family members instead.

    Training more elite disciples to strengthen their family, if more could participate in the Sect’s cultivation, would increase the number of their people at the Foundation Establishment Stage.

    “Don’t all rush with questions; the Family Head hasn’t asked yet.

    Shopkeeper, do you have some important affair that prompted your return?”

    The shopkeeper said with a face full of joy:

    “Reporting to the Family Head, I have returned this time with Jade Slips recorded by Mr.

    Lai Jianlin for our family, and the young master has advanced from the Initial Stage of Foundation Establishment to Mid Foundation Establishment.”

    “Haha, my son is truly impressive.

    At such a young age, he already has our level of cultivation.

    Did you all hear that?

    The Family Head’s son is truly commendable, not only advancing his own cultivation but also bringing back the Jade Slips he practiced with.”

    The other Elders also showed faces of joy.

    With the secret manuals from the Immortal Sect, not only could they cultivate, but family members could as well.

    “Hurry, hurry, you shopkeeper, stop talking and quickly bring out the Jade Slips so that we can also witness the splendor of the secret manuals from the second Immortal Sect.”

    “Yes, yes, shopkeeper, you have made a great contribution this time; quickly, quickly.”

    “It must be a very good secret manual if it allowed the young master to improve his cultivation; we all should try cultivating it too.”

    The Elders all became enthusiastic.

    How many years had it been since they had felt such a surge of passion?

    Family Head Lai was filled with pride, feeling extremely honored.

    It wasn’t just his son who had entered the Immortal Sect; his son was also the one who advanced the fastest and had the highest cultivation among the young disciples.

    Family Head Luo’s son had advanced a few days ago, and he had envied him then; but now, there was no need to envy anyone else.

    When he had the time, he should show off a bit.

    Not only the best disciples from first-tier families could advance to Mid Foundation Establishment Stage—perhaps the disciples from their second-tier family could be even more formidable.

    In the near future, perhaps they could surpass the members of first-tier families.

    That’s what Family Head Lai was thinking, but his gaze stayed fixed on the shopkeeper, watching him take out many Jade Slips from his Storage Bag.

    “Wow, so many Jade Slips!

    I’ve never seen so many secret manuals that we’ve never seen before.

    Hehe, we’ll get to experience the secret manuals of the Immortal Sect; haha, in this lifetime, we might also cultivate spells of the Immortal Sect.

    Might my cultivation advance another level?”

    “With all these secret manuals, we should make recordings and store them in the Scripture Pavilion; only the most dedicated elite members of the family should have the chance to read them.

    We can’t let them be seen by non-contributing disciples—that might stir up their cultivation spirit.”

    Family Head Lai offered a suggestion to the Elders.

    “Not bad, the proposal is good; our family must become stronger, not just remain a second-tier family.”