100-year-old foundation building, starting from the maximum level of understanding

Chapter 3: Ji Family Head, Ancestor, and the Cruel Current Situation

a few days later.

Ji Haoyuan took the resources obtained from the family treasury and walked into the retreat room, and completely opened the sealing formation of the retreat room.

This also means that Ji Haoyuan's retreat this time can be called a death retreat.

Unless he succeeds in seclusion and takes the initiative to open the forbidden formation from inside, he can only wait until the time limit of the forbidden formation is reached before he can dispel the formation.

During this process, outsiders were unable to intervene, let alone lift the restrictions from the outside and open the door of the retreat room.

This kind of seclusion is generally used to break through the foundation.

Undoubtedly, Ji Haoyuan is currently trying to advance to the foundation-building stage.

However, at the beginning, except for his brother Ji Haochuan, no one else in the clan knew about his actions.

In fact, over the years, his presence in the family has been too low.

Especially in the past twenty years.

Except for some elders in the tribe who had been with him for a period of time, the younger members of the tribe rarely saw him.

I had only heard bits and pieces of news about him from some of my elders.

He knew that there was an elder in his family who had a great hope of successfully advancing to the foundation-building stage.

that's it.

The days passed.

In the blink of an eye, it was a month later.

this day.

Finally, an elder of the tribe discovered that the forbidden formation in the retreat room had been completely opened.

This surprised him, and he quickly began to find out who had quietly opened the forbidden formation in the retreat room and kept it in a fully open state.

This is not something to be joked about.

Soon, this incident alarmed all the family elders, including the patriarch.

Everyone began to inquire and find out.

It didn't take long for everyone to figure out who was in seclusion at the moment.

For a moment, everyone was silent.

As the elders of the family, whether they are from the older generation or the relatively younger ones, they are obviously already members of the family's inner circle, and naturally know what the three words "Ji Haoyuan" mean.

"Go and inform the ancestor about this."

In the end, it was Ji Yunfan, the current head of the Ji family, who broke the silence.

This is a man who is about forty or fifty years old.

He has a square face, acts decisively and has good abilities.

And he has achieved perfect cultivation of Qi Refining.

It was because of his management of the Ji family over the years that the morale of the entire family did not completely disintegrate, and the family still maintained a considerable degree of cohesion.

At this moment, after he opened his mouth, he seemed to have thought of something and could not help but continue:

"By the way, let Fourth Uncle know about Fifth Uncle's confinement...

Forget it, there’s no need to talk about Fourth Uncle.”

Having said this, Ji Yunfan seemed to realize something and immediately shook his head.

The fourth uncle and fifth uncle he mentioned here were Ji Haochuan and Ji Haoyuan.

As brothers, and Ji Haochuan is responsible for guarding the family treasure house, if Ji Haoyuan wants to go into seclusion, Ji Haochuan, as his elder brother, cannot be unaware of it.

If we were to mention this matter to him at this time, it would only make Ji Haochuan more sad and would not have any meaning.

After all, everyone present knew that Ji Haoyuan, who was a hundred years old and had been in seclusion in order to build his foundation, had a chance of success of almost nothing.

And this is without the assistance of the Foundation Establishment Pill.

If he fails, he will inevitably end up dying in meditation.

Perhaps, the other party wants to seek personal relief in this way.

After all, over the years, other people in the clan, especially the younger generation, may not know much about it, but they, the elders who are the core of the family, still know something about Ji Haoyuan's situation.

If you put yourself in their shoes, I believe that no matter who it is, they will not be able to face all of that with complete composure.

Although Ji Yunfan and others had their own thoughts at this time, they could more or less understand what Ji Haoyuan was doing.

After some time.

Outside a courtyard in the back mountain of the family.

A white-haired old man with a hunched body, wrinkled skin, and many age spots on his face listened to what the clan leader Ji Yunfan said to him. He lay in a recliner and did not speak for a long time.

It was not until a long time later that his slightly cloudy gaze seemed to slowly withdraw from a distance, and he spoke softly.

"I see."

After a pause, he showed a bitter smile on his face, and his slightly turbid eyes finally turned to Ji Yunfan in front of him. There seemed to be a bit of desolation and a sigh in his tone.

"That's fine, but you've had a hard time these past few years."

Ji Yunfan was shocked, and he bowed respectfully, then said solemnly:

"Grandfather, you are too kind.

Compared to you, what I did is nothing."

However, the old man, Ji Bochang, shook his head.

"If it weren't for the burden of your family, with your qualifications, means, and abilities, if you had chosen to join the Chixia Sect, you would have had the possibility of successfully building your foundation.

Ultimately, it's your family that's tied your hands and feet."

"Grandfather, please don't say that."

Ji Yunfan quickly shook his head.

"Without my family, I wouldn't be where I am now. Since I was born into the Ji family, I should serve them.

and……"

Having said this, Ji Yunfan paused for a moment, then said firmly:
"These are my own choices, and I have no regrets."

"Good boy."

Ji Bochang couldn't help but look at Ji Yunfan with a touched expression. He seemed to see some of Ji Haoyuan's youth in him.

But in the end, he shook his head slightly.

“Never mind, never mind.

You go down first.

With my old bones, I can probably buy you another year or two.

Make necessary arrangements as soon as possible.

Be decisive when it comes to giving up or abandoning something, whether it is something or someone.

I know this may be cruel to you, but this is the current situation of our family.

We don’t have much time, and we don’t have much choice.”

After hearing what Ji Bochang said, Ji Yunfan was shocked.

He looked up at the ancestor in front of him, but at this time Ji Bochang had already slowly closed his eyes.

This made him immediately understand what the ancestor meant.

As I just said, this incident was extremely cruel for him and the entire family.

But that's the reality.

In this world of immortal cultivation where the strong prey on the weak, being weak is the original sin.

Once Ji Bochang passed away, the current strength of their Ji family would not be enough to support everything they have now.

The best way is to take advantage of the fact that Ji Bochang is still here and decisively cut off the tail to survive.

That is to say, under intentional arrangement, you actively give up some people and things.

That is the so-called family business and some ordinary family members.

Thinking of this, Ji Yunfan's face gradually showed a look of determination.

He bowed deeply to Ji Bochang solemnly, said "I understand", and then turned around and walked out.

(End of this chapter)