Chapter 7

In the most luxurious Ziyi Garden of the Qin family, the atmosphere was extremely tense at this moment.

Zhao Feng, draped in a colorful robe, held a black and shiny cat in her arms, her gaze as cold as a venomous snake, sitting motionless.

At this moment, a servant girl with an extremely beautiful appearance walked in respectfully and said, "Madam, Lord Hou has returned."

"I know," Zhao Feng said coldly, standing up and walking out of the room.

Qin Yuanhong was slowly walking into the hall.

"Qin Yuanhong, what's wrong with you today? You actually let that little brat go and disgraced Prince Qi in front of so many people. What do you mean by this?" Zhao Feng said in a fit of rage.

The Zhao family, a branch of the imperial clan, was a well-known prominent family in the capital, so Zhao Feng spoke to Qin Yuanhong as if she were accusing him, without the slightest fear.

Qin Yuanhong frowned and said, "You ask me, but I haven't even asked you yet. What have you been doing in the manor all day?!"

Zhao Feng angrily said, "What can I do? I just want that cheap woman Qin Yuechi to leave our Qin family so that the little brat won't take over our family's property in the future. But you, you actually helped that little brat. I think you can't bear to let your good sister go. I knew it, there's not a single good person in your Qin family!"

"You're talking nonsense!"

"How am I talking nonsense? When Qin Yuechi did that heinous deed, your father didn't drive her away but kept her and her child. Now that boy also bears the surname Qin, and he will surely threaten Feng's status and property in the future. Is what I'm saying wrong?"

Zhao Feng said with a cold laugh.

Qin Yuanhong's face turned ashen, and he stared at Zhao Feng coldly, saying, "You know Father still cares about the third sister. How dare you invite Prince Qi here today? You know Father's temper. If he finds out what happened today, who can protect you?"

"Then should we just let that little brat stay in the Qin family?" Zhao Feng's gaze was venomous, her chest heaving.

"That's why I told you to be patient," Qin Yuanhong said with a cold, mocking smile. "Qin Chen hasn't even awakened his bloodline yet. In this college examination, he will definitely fail. Once he is expelled from Tianxing College, as the head of the family, I will have a reason to expel him from the Qin family. At that time, even Father won't have much to say. But you keep causing trouble at home, hmpf, truly a woman's short-sightedness."

Zhao Feng was taken aback, her gaze flickering. "So that's what you're planning."

"What else did you think? You, a mere woman, can only cause trouble!" Qin Yuanhong snorted coldly, furious, and turned to enter the room.

"You're right. Every Qin family disciple is skilled. If that little brat fails the college examination, expelling him then will leave the old man with nothing to say."

Zhao Feng, after being scolded, not only didn't get angry but a smile curved at the corner of her mouth.

"Meow!"

The black cat in her hands suddenly let out a terrified scream, jumping to the ground, trembling in fear, its fur standing on end like a hedgehog.

Lady Zhao held a tuft of cat hair in her hand, which she had just pulled out.

In the empty, cold room.

Qin Chen sat quietly, frowning as he pondered his future path.

Three hundred years had passed, and whether it was to avenge himself against Shangguan Xier and Feng Shaoyu or for his mother, he knew he had to become strong, a powerful figure who could control the Tianwu Continent.

The first step: awaken the bloodline.

To become a powerful figure, one must first awaken the bloodline.

Qin Chen was already fifteen years old and still hadn't awakened his bloodline.

If one didn't awaken the bloodline by the age of sixteen, according to the Tianwu Continent, it was considered missing the optimal age. Even if one awakened it later, it wouldn't lead to significant achievements.

"In the Tianwu Continent, everyone has a bloodline. If one can't awaken it for a long time, there are only two reasons: one is that the bloodline is too weak and doesn't meet the conditions for awakening, and the second is that there is a problem with the body, making it unable to awaken."

No matter which of the two reasons, I have a way to solve it. First, I need to see how this body's talent and foundation are."

In his previous life, as an eighth-rank Bloodline Emperor, awakening the bloodline was not a problem for Qin Chen.

For martial artists, talent, insight, and potential are the top three. Insight goes without saying; otherwise, he wouldn't have achieved so much in his previous life.

But talent and potential are innate.

"The foundation of this body is not bad, but there are also many problems."

After a thorough examination, Qin Chen understood his situation clearly, his brows slightly furrowed.

The previous owner of this body had excellent martial talent, entered the capital's Tianxing College, and opened seven meridians, reaching the Human Rank.

"With such talent, becoming an ordinary powerful figure is not a problem, but to defeat Shangguan Xier and Feng Shaoyu, there's still a long way to go."

Qin Chen fell into deep thought.

Building a foundation for martial artists is like laying the foundation for a house; it must be solid. Otherwise, no matter how much one practices, problems will arise later.

"This body rushed to enter the Human Rank after opening only seven meridians. Although it condensed a qi pool, it is not stable and has a small capacity. It seems fine now, but once one reaches a higher level, troubles will follow."

Qin Chen felt the pigeon-egg-sized qi pool in his dantian, somewhat worried.

Opening seven meridians is almost the weakest among martial artists. Generally, only the weakest martial artists would rush to condense a qi pool and enter the Human Rank after opening only seven meridians.

Among the top geniuses in the martial domain, each of them would open eight, nine, or even ten meridians before choosing to condense a qi pool. The most extraordinary ones would even open eleven meridians. Qin Chen clearly remembered that Feng Shaoyu and Shangguan Xier had each opened eleven meridians. In this life, to avenge himself, he must become even stronger.

"With such a foundation, if I continue to practice, it will be difficult to recover my previous life's cultivation. Even if I catch up later, I won't be able to make further progress. Moreover, with my current body, I can't practice the Nine Stars Divine Emperor Technique at all!"

The Nine Stars Divine Emperor Technique was an ancient cultivation method that Qin Chen obtained in the Divine Forbidden Land in his previous life, the strongest cultivation method he had ever obtained, said to have been passed down from the Heavenly Realm.

The Heavenly Realm is a legend in the Tianwu Continent. According to the legend, the Ninth Heaven Martial Emperor realm is not the end of martial arts. Above the Ninth Heaven Martial Emperor, there is an even more terrifying Martial God realm, capable of breaking through the void and entering a higher world—the Heavenly Realm!

However, in the ten-thousand-year history of the Tianwu Continent, no one has ever broken through to the Martial God realm, so whether the Heavenly Realm truly exists is unknown.

Originally, Qin Chen didn't believe in these things, but after entering the Divine Forbidden Land, his thoughts were completely changed.