Immortal Mystery Sequence: I Establish a Divine Duty for Heaven and Earth

Chapter 74 The Sequence Family Unites as One, Settling Past Lives and Embarking on a New Path

As time went on...

Jiang Tu kept trying out various trades, and gradually he tried all nine trades.

He tried various professions, such as peddler, goldsmith, and jewelry seller. Today he is an apprentice under a master craftsman, and in a couple of days he will be a street performer. But years have passed, and he still hasn't found the conditions to trigger a new profession.

He strongly suspects that the new job trigger for Sequence Gold Strategy might require some special opportunity, just like breaking through realms.

Forcing it won't unlock anything; instead, you should relax and let things happen unexpectedly.

Therefore, as Jiang Liu grew older, he became more obedient again.

On the surface, he took over his father's trade and continued to be a farmer who toils in the soil—but in reality, he worked as the agricultural manager of Yingfeng City, managing all the city's agricultural affairs, day after day.

Zhou, the wealthy man, was quite satisfied with this.

"This child is indeed very clever and perceptive. He knows that things can't go on like this. It's more comfortable for him to be a farmer and tend his small plot of land."

Therefore, he began to teach and pass on to Jiang Liu the various accounts of the Zhou family's businesses, tenants, and employees, as well as the business of the surrounding major cities.

In the years that followed, the servants of the Zhou family's farm households often saw this young master going in and out of the fields to oversee the farming. The young master also inherited the kind, generous and righteous nature of the Jiang family from Xiaopei County. He was very kind to the farmers and often took the lead in doing the work. His prestige in the neighborhood gradually increased.

Of course, he was not indiscriminately kind; he understood the principle that a small favor could be appreciated, but a large one could breed resentment.

If you encounter a diligent and sincere farmer, treat him with humility and righteousness; if you encounter someone who is ungrateful and neglects farming, use him as a warning and a negative example, and expel him as a scapegoat.

As a result, the deeply entrenched bad habits within both companies have been rectified, and the number of corrupt and greedy individuals hiding within has decreased.

The wealthy Zhou was overjoyed. He hadn't expected his obedient grandson to be such a good manager of the household. Now he could rest assured that he could entrust his business to his descendants and die in peace.

Time flies, and years pass like an arrow.

Qingshan Lake is a place where fertile fields and good crops intertwine on its shores, crisscrossing paths and the sounds of chickens and dogs. Farming, animal husbandry, fishing, hunting, and angling are all part of the peaceful and prosperous life, with men tilling the fields and women weaving.

The Qin family has grown increasingly powerful.

Under the blessing of "population prosperity," intermarriage and reproduction within families have led to the continuous birth of a new generation of farmers in the region.

The world is changing rapidly.

However, the Qin family not only proliferated internally, but also introduced external members.

It started in the fifty-sixth year of the Jingtai reign.

After several discussions and extensive investigations into the sentiments and opinions of the people in the outer clan, the six members of the Qin family concluded that after Wang Congyun's agricultural transport line was cut off, the Qin family could only continue to develop by absorbing people from outside the clan and continuing to pass on the agricultural tradition.

After all, the way of agriculture emphasizes the inheritance of methods, and if we want to continuously improve and progress, we must pass it down.

But—how to introduce development without attracting outside attention, and how to ensure that outsiders can be trusted after entering the valley, is a rather complicated issue!

After much discussion, Qin Tuyun suggested that the primary strategy should be to "conceal the secrets of the Qin family from being leaked to the outside world, and therefore only recruit orphans and unintelligent children into the valley."

"Only by teaching and instilling knowledge and wisdom in orphans and young children from the time they are enlightened can we ensure that the Qin family remains united and free from disloyalty. This is the safest method."

In recent years, as the Taoist priests who suppress evil from all directions have been continuously heading to the front lines of the forbidden area of ​​Jiaosha to fight against monsters for the long-term plan of the Taoist sect, only some weak hidden agents and Taoist priests with limited cultivation have been left to guard various cities and places.

As a result, many strange invasions occurred in various places. Although these were only sporadic and far from reaching the scale of a calamity that wiped out an entire area, they inevitably caused many casualties.

Afterwards, the Taoist spies and Daoist Tian Jun dealt with the matter, but their efficiency was far less than that of the Daoist masters who had guarded various places in the past.

There are countless cases of people dying from strange occurrences in various places, especially in remote and small areas where evil spirits are more likely to breed. As a result, countless people are terrified of evil spirits and flee.

Born in a chaotic era, refugees and orphans were everywhere, and the orphans involved in mysterious cases were the main targets of the Qin family's recruitment.

In the eyes of many, the violent death of a family member under a strange shroud, leaving behind an orphan, is somewhat ominous and inevitably leads to ostracism. However, if the Qin family takes the opportunity to secretly absorb the orphan, they can be safe from harm!

Furthermore, worldly wealth is indispensable for business expansion.

The Qin family sold off lower-quality, less noticeable breeds in batches, trading them in various cities around Qingshan Lake to open trade routes and earn gold and silver. They then bought orphaned children from various brokerage firms and raised them.

If someone is trustworthy, they will be brought to Qingshan Lake after initial education and become a member of the Qin family's maternal family.

If those who cannot remain calm and are unwilling to live in seclusion, their unreliable nature will lead to their separation outside the family, becoming tools for the Qin family's external business operations.

Several years later, a trading company called "Qin Tong Hao" gradually rose to prominence in many major cities in Jiangbei, taking deep root in the three major cities of Tianwu City, Jinlan City, and Guanxue City, and gradually radiating outwards.

Internal business dealings and the circulation of goods from all directions all originate from the Qin family, making it a secular family outside of the Qin family's external branches.

This business is not only the source of income for the Qin family's development and operation, but also their eyes and ears scattered around, used to gather information, keep track of movements in all directions, and ensure that no one outside notices Qingshan Lake.

The sixty-second year of the Jingtai reign.

Qin Tuyun then proposed a second strategy.

"The practice of preaching outside the home is flourishing nowadays, and it offers us many lessons. I suggest that we emulate the itinerant preachers of agriculture, and have the humble farmers of Qin disguise themselves and travel to rural areas to preach!"

"On the one hand, we can improve our cultivation through inheritance methods—on the other hand, we can search for suitable people to bring in from all directions to continuously strengthen the Qin family!"

Everyone in the Qin family, both inside and outside, followed suit. After Qin Xian's investigation and arrangement, many itinerant agricultural masters were sent out in batches to secretly spread the word and search for superior seeds.

By the sixty-fifth year of the Jingtai era, the Qin family had over three thousand eight hundred core cultivators residing in Qingshan Lake, becoming core members of the Qin family's outer branch.

The number of secular households has already exceeded ten thousand.

The villages within Qingshan Lake stretch out in a continuous expanse, transforming into a rural city nestled among the mountains and beside the water. This city is named "Qingshan City," and it is the first and only rural city in the world.

Thus, the Qin family's prosperity reached its peak after several decades of development.

The 66th year of the Jingtai reign.

Qin Tuyun felt that his cultivation was nearing perfection, and he obtained the fourth technique of the Imperial Herbalist, the Panlong Root, becoming the number one agricultural expert of his time!

She went into seclusion several times to try to break through, but her realm remained as solid as a mountain, without making any progress.

This time, knowing from her previous experience of breaking through to the seventh rank that forcibly breaking through would inevitably lead to an unstable realm, she did not blindly seek to break through by closing herself off. Instead, she began to delve deeper into the cultivation of the agricultural path and ponder the method of breaking through to the fourth realm.

After years of research and contemplation, she vaguely realized that there was a certain relationship between the refined aged beans and her own realm. When she tried to go into seclusion, the refined aged beans would resonate slightly. If she continued to nurture the aged beans for a long time, it might help her break through to a higher realm!

But she had no idea how to use it to break through realms. She only vaguely guessed that perhaps using aged soybeans as the main ingredient to refine pills could create pills that could help her break through realms.

So she experimented further, constantly selecting more high-quality beans and nurturing them continuously.

Qin Xian also greatly promoted the practice of refining aged soybeans within the Qin family, continuously improving his skills in the art of turning beans into soldiers. He combined the efforts of the entire family to cultivate aged soybeans of even higher age, providing Qin Tuyun with a breakthrough strategy.

This day.

Winter of the 67th year of the Jingtai reign.

Everywhere was covered in goose feathers, a silver-white world, and a thousand miles of ice; a heavy snowfall descended upon Qingshan Lake.

On a dark, snowy night, a secret letter from Lonely Goose City was delivered to Green Mountain Lake. Qin Xian only examined it for a moment to confirm that it was from Wang Congyun before taking the letter and summoning his inner circle to discuss the matter.

Currently, the eldest brother, Qin Yi, is away from home overseeing the Qin family's agricultural affairs and is not at home, while the third brother, Qin Feng, is also away managing the "Qin Tong Hao" business.

Only Qin Xian and her daughter, and Qin Lan and Qin An, a brother and sister, lived in the house.

Swish swish.

As they read the letter, their expressions changed, their moods shifting between light and dark, and they kept taking deep breaths, their hearts filled with inexplicable shock!

This letter contains a wealth of information!

The first half reveals a major pattern to the Qin family —

"After years of research and exploration, I awakened my innate wisdom several times, but lost all my insights into the way of farming in the instant of awakening. I discovered a major law of cultivation: 'The Ways Cannot Coexist.' As the name suggests, multiple paths of cultivation cannot coexist in one person!"

""

"Therefore, I decided to stop having any delusions and give up farming cultivation. After decades of planning and deep cultivation, I have ended up with such a result. I am filled with sorrow. Perhaps it is just that Heaven is not on my side. This is fate. Since the day I entered the Taoist sect, there has been no way back. Not long ago, I received the second Taoist teachings!"

"I have decided to continue to cultivate deeply on the path of Taoism. Perhaps one day I will become a True Person and have the power to change the world!"

'

However, in the letter he also expressed strong doubts about receiving the Daoist teachings, believing that there were strange aspects to the Daoist school, and that whether to continue practicing would only be known after trying it out.

"To prevent me from being assimilated by the Taoist sect later, and to prevent the secret of Qingshan Lake from being revealed because of me."

"I have erased the memories of everyone who participated in the farmers' transport. Furthermore, I will completely sever all ties with Qingshan Lake and use the Taoist technique of 'Severing Past Lives' to forget everything related to the Qin family!"

"After the spell is cast, even if someone kills me to search my soul, they will not be able to find this memory. The only way to awaken my past is for the Qin family to contact me by insect spirits. Therefore, I hope that you will not contact me unless necessary, otherwise it may cause trouble!"

""

"From this day forward, the Qin family has nothing to do with me, Wang Congyun. Little Tuyun, Madam Qin, and the Qin siblings, I hope you take good care of yourselves."

At the end of the letter.

Wang Congyun also mentioned that a huge upheaval would occur in Guyan City soon. There are now nearly 10,000 agricultural cultivators gathered in Guyan City, including over 100 field masters and a full 30 herbalists!

He suspects that a massacre is imminent, which is being used to plan a new round of operations to open up the forbidden area of ​​Jiaosha!

The Daoist sect has become obsessed with the forbidden land's inheritance, willing to pay any price to restore the forbidden land, break the ancient sword formation, and obtain the unknown and significant inheritance within. Therefore, he solemnly reminded the Qin family to be extremely careful in their future actions.

Snapped.

After reading the letter, I placed it on the table.

silence.

The four members of the Qin family fell into a long silence, then shook their heads and sighed.

"I never imagined that Master Wang would go to such lengths to help my Qin family keep our secret! He used the [Severing Past Lives] technique to completely forget the past."

"The principle that paths cannot coexist is too cruel—it turns out that the path of cultivation cannot be changed from the moment it is chosen! If one chooses the wrong path, is one destined for a life of decline and a miserable death?!"

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"Young Master Wang dedicated decades to the Daoist path, yet in the end, all his efforts were in vain—he actually went and received the Dao a second time! The Daoist path is not something easily received! Has the Daoist lineage truly undergone a transformation?"

"I'm so worried about Master Wang! Will his future path lead him to a revolution in Taoism in order to change the world, or will he be completely assimilated by Taoism and lose his true self?"

"The foundation of Taoism, built over ten thousand years, cannot be overthrown overnight. If it were so easy to change the world, how could Taoism have the grandeur of ten provinces? Master, your future is likely bleak."

'

After a long silence, Qin Tuyun finally spoke.

"The Taoist sect has invested too much in the ancient forbidden area of ​​Jiaosha, to the point of being insane!"

"This is also an opportunity for the Qin family to develop. During this period, we can continue to expand outwards and further develop the Qin family's underground halls in various cities. We can use insect spirits to connect and communicate to build an intelligence network and keep abreast of external developments."

""

"In addition, I suggest setting up a separate outpost in Lone Goose City to plant spies and secretly investigate the movements of the forbidden area of ​​Horn Sand, with a focus on monitoring Master Wang's movements. If we find that Master Wang has changed, we must try to save him no matter what."

"Master Wang has shown the Qin family a debt of gratitude that is as deep as the sea, and we will never forget it! Even if it means destroying the foundation of Qingshan Lake and finding another place to hide, it is our duty!"

Qin Lan and Qin An looked at each other and nodded in agreement: "Yes, little sister is right."

""

"Son, I'll do as you say!"

Qin Xian pondered and nodded, his heart filled with worry for Wang Congyun's future!