Chapter 7

"Disaster? Su Han, you sure have a big mouth!"

Xiao Yuhui’s beautiful eyes shot out a cold gaze as she stared at Su Han for a moment, then turned to look at Su Yunming.

"Uncle Su, you have a fine son!"

As she spoke, Xiao Yuhui gave a cold snort, lightly tapped her foot, and left the Su family.

"This..."

Su Yunming watched this scene, his face somewhat ugly.

"Hmph, Fourth Brother, your son really brings glory to our Su family!"

Su Yunchen’s eyes also flashed with a cold light, after all, Su Han had just humiliated his son in front of so many people.

"At least he’s better than your son." Su Yunming retorted with a cold snort.

"You!"

Su Yunchen was instantly furious, but he couldn’t possibly attack a junior like Su Han. Moreover, he had just said that the two juniors should spar, and if there was any blame, it could only be that his son was not up to the task.

"Everyone, disperse."

The family head, Su Yunlie, spoke up.

"Hmph!"

Su Yunchen and Su Yunpeng gave a cold snort, waved their sleeves, and left with Su Mingxuan and the others.

After they left, Su Yunlie looked at Su Han again: "How many dragon veins have you opened now?"

"Eight." Su Han replied calmly.

"Really?!"

Su Yunlie’s expression was greatly pleased.

This was not an act; Su Yunlie had always been neutral, focusing solely on the Su family, never favoring either Su Yunming or Su Yunchen.

"Uh-huh." Su Han nodded slightly.

"Ha ha, truly, heaven is helping our Su family!"

Su Yunlie laughed loudly: "Although it’s the same as when you were at your peak, now that you can cultivate again, with your talent, as long as you don’t rush, there’s really a chance to reach ten dragon veins!"

"Ten?"

Su Han raised an eyebrow but didn’t speak.

Ten dragon veins were the peak that people on the Dragon Martial Continent could achieve.

Su Han’s goal... was to open all his meridians, one hundred and eight in total!

"Su Han, if you need anything, just tell me. Before the annual recruitment of the Cold Cloud Sect, see if you can improve your strength a bit more."

Su Yunlie said excitedly: "If you can open another dragon vein, there’s a chance you might become a top disciple of the Cold Cloud Sect!"

The four major families of Yuan Mountain County were in an absolute dominant position in the entire county.

However, for the Cold Cloud Sect, they had to look up.

On the Dragon Martial Continent, sects were legendary entities and the greatest powers.

Sects were divided into Ninth-Rank Sects, Eighth-Rank Sects, Seventh-Rank Sects... to First-Rank Sects.

Ninth-Rank Sects were the lowest, and First-Rank Sects were the highest.

Of course, there were also legendary super sects, such as the Spirit Gathering Sect, Giant Island, and the Beast Taming Pavilion.

The Cold Cloud Sect belonged to the Ninth-Rank Sects.

But even for a small place like Yuan Mountain County, a Ninth-Rank Sect was an extremely powerful force.

The young people of Yuan Mountain County’s greatest wish was to join the Cold Cloud Sect, because the resources inside the Cold Cloud Sect were far superior to those of the four major families.

Once Su Han could join the Cold Cloud Sect, even if he was just an inner disciple like Xiao Yuhui, the Su family’s status would be immediately secured.

After all, so far, only Xiao Yuhui of the Xiao family had become an inner disciple of the Cold Cloud Sect, which had made the Xiao family’s status rise sharply, subtly placing them at the top of the four major families.

"Su Han, you must join the Cold Cloud Sect. If you really can, I will apologize to you in front of all the Su family members for forcing you to marry Xiao Yuran!" Su Yunlie’s expression was serious.

Su Han glanced at him and smiled slightly: "I’ll do my best."

Su Han didn’t have much animosity towards Su Yunlie, as Su Yunlie’s nature was not bad, and he was always focused on the family.

But Su Yunchen and Su Yunpeng were different. These two were very cunning and ruthless, and would stop at nothing to overthrow Su Yunming as the family head.

"Alright, I’ll give you the family’s share of spiritual items for another three years. This is the most I can do."

Su Yunlie turned and left after saying this.

Su Han was originally a genius, and the Su family had once placed all their hopes on him. Unfortunately, Su Han later suffered a mental breakdown...

Now that Su Han could cultivate again, Su Yunlie naturally wanted to cultivate him as much as possible.

...

That day, Su Yunlie sent a package to Su Han.

"Even a storage ring is too much to ask for."

Looking at the large package in front of him, Su Han shook his head helplessly.

In his previous life, storage rings were like trash to him, easily obtainable in large quantities.

But on the Dragon Martial Continent, storage rings were very rare items, with even the lowest-grade storage ring costing over ten million gold coins.

"Spirit Mist Grass, Demon Cloud Root, low-grade spirit stones, Meridian Protection Liquid..."

Su Han slapped his forehead: "Really... forget it, forget it. I can’t compare this to my previous life. I’ll just make do with these for now."

Clearly, these items that the Su family’s young members desperately wanted were not worth mentioning to Su Han.

But there was no other choice. With the current conditions, Su Han could only make do.

"Using these items, plus the surrounding heavenly spirit energy, should be enough to open the ninth and tenth meridians."

Muttering to himself, Su Han closed his eyes, sat cross-legged, and gradually activated the Dragon Vein Emperor Technique.

...

In the blink of an eye, three days had passed.

"Phew..."

The door opened, and Su Han walked out of the room, his narrow eyes like stars, with a faint light flashing in them.

"The Cold Cloud Sect? Just a Ninth-Rank Sect."

Pursing his lips, Su Han walked towards the meeting hall.

At that moment, the four family heads were all sitting in the meeting hall, discussing something.

Seeing Su Han enter, Su Yunlie immediately smiled and waved him over: "Quick, come and sit down. I’m discussing the trip to the Beast Mountain Range with your father and the others."

"Beast Mountain Range?"

Su Ye’s eyes lit up, and he sat down next to Su Yunming.

"Han, how’s your cultivation going?" Su Yunming looked at Su Han, his affection growing.

"Still okay, but it’s a pity that those spiritual items were all used up, otherwise, I could have increased my strength a bit more." Su Han said.

"All used up?"

Su Yunlie’s eyes widened when he heard this: "I gave you a three-year supply, and you used it all in three days?"

"What?!"

Before Su Han could speak, Su Yunchen and Su Yunpeng stood up.

"Brother, how can you do this? The Su family’s young members should be treated equally, and those spiritual items are hard to come by. How can you favor him so much? Why give him a three-year supply?" Su Yunchen said angrily.

"Is that not allowed? It’s my right." Su Yunlie replied.

"But Mingxuan and Minghui also have good potential. Why give it to Su Han?" Su Yunpeng gritted his teeth.

"If they can catch up to Su Han, I will naturally give them a three-year supply as well." Su Yunlie said coldly.

"Hmph!"

Su Yunchen and Su Yunpeng gave a cold snort and fell silent.

They could look down on Su Yunming, but in front of Su Yunlie, they clearly didn’t dare to be too bold.