Chapter 146
Watching Zhao, whose expression shifted at tis into seduction, at tis into elegance, Su Zhou couldn’t help but murmur softly.
However, he didn’t take it to heart.
For him, retainers were absolutely loyal; so minor flaws in temperant could be tolerated.
“Zu…”
Su Zhou spoke in a low voice.
At that mont, a stooped figure slowly appeared.
“Master…”
Zu was always like this, as long as Su Zhou called, he would appear imdiately.
And when he wasn’t needed, Zu would just wander around the family grounds like the most ordinary old man.
The younger generation of the family all deeply respected this elder.
Su Zhou could sense that Zu now carried a bit more vitality compared to when he had just been summoned.
“How does Zhao’s strength compare with yours at your peak?”
Zu’s realm had always been a mystery. All along, no matter how powerful the opponent was, before Zu, it was always one sword, and their soul perished.
That was why Su Zhou was very curious about Zu’s true power.
“Born divine… she is strong… but…” Zu spoke, his wrinkled face etched with the vicissitudes of age.
“Master, if you wish, Zu can destroy her…”
Hearing this, Su Zhou’s eyes instantly lit up.
It seed this old retainer was even stronger than he had imagined!
If not for the restriction of never leaving the family grounds, perhaps not even the ‘legendary’ realm could contain him!
“Zu, you are one of the Eight Hundred Broken Soldiers, what kind of campaign demanded such power…?”
“With your strength, you should at least have been a corps commander or sothing…”
Su Zhou muttered to himself; he wasn’t expecting an answer.
He had asked many tis before about Zu’s origins, about the experience of the Eight Hundred Broken Soldiers.
But Zu could never speak. Su Zhou could tell, it wasn’t that Zu was unwilling, but that he was unable.
As expected, this ti Zu once again shook his head slightly.
But to Su Zhou’s surprise, this ti Zu opened his mouth just a little:
“I… was nothing more than a good-for-nothing scout…”
As soon as these words left his mouth—
Boom!!!
Heaven itself fell into silence. Su Zhou could feel those strange, unknowable presences lurking upon the Great Dao searching for sothing.
Afterward, Zu rely lifted a finger and tapped his lips.
[Retainer: Zu]
[Grade: Epic]
[Realm: (In this world, a single palm can sweep across all!)]
[Zu, who has awakened from endless ages, whose soul is shattered and realm unstable, is coveted by the Unnaable Ones. For now, he can only act within the family grounds.]
Zu was coveted by unnaable beings, so words, if spoken, would attract Their gaze.
But Su Zhou noticed that these restrictions were loosening as his own strength grew.
For example, in the past Zu couldn’t even say a single word. But now, although he could only reveal one short, seemingly unrelated sentence, even that contained boundless information.
Zu’s strength was unimaginably vast, yet with such power, he was only a ‘scout’ among the Eight Hundred Broken Soldiers…
It was simply inconceivable!!
If that was the strength of a re scout, then what of the vanguard? What of the archers? How terrifying must the banner-bearers, the strongest in brute force, have been?!
And above all, whom did such a force follow and serve—how unimaginably mighty must that master have been!!
All of this stirred Su Zhou’s curiosity. But one thing was certain: the Eight Hundred Broken Soldiers were connected to the strangeness atop the Dao itself.
This overlapped with Su Zhou’s own path in certain ways. He had a premonition: in the future, he would inevitably cross paths with them.
“I still need to raise my strength as quickly as possible!”
Su Zhou sighed inwardly.
All in this world is false, only one’s own strength is true and unshakable.
The Su Family was indeed already strong, even displaying the bearing of a great family, but it was still far from enough.
The truths and terrors he had touched upon required far greater strength to bear.
While Su Zhou pondered, the crisp chi of system notifications instantly echoed in his ears.
[Ding!! Detected the appearance of a Son of Great Fortune! Family Luck 100,000]
[Ding!! With the augntation of the Golden Luck Dragon, additional Family Luck 100,000]
[Ding!! Family Luck has reached 1,000,000! Reward unlocked: Supre Family Resource Package!
At 5,000,000, the next stage will unlock the Mythical Family Resource Package!!]
The continuous notifications rang in Su Zhou’s ears like the most beautiful music in the world.
“As expected of a Son of Great Fortune—just upon birth, he brings such rewards!”
“What sort of person is the Su Family’s Son of Great Fortune, I wonder!”
At a corner of the blessed land, among blue-brick houses, a middle-aged man was waiting nervously outside a room.
This broad-shouldered man, eight feet tall, bore a scar across his face that marked him as hardened by blood and battle.
Even when he had fought for life and death alongside the Su Family, he had never been so nervous. Now, he paced anxiously back and forth at the door.
“Ah! Ah! Will everything be alright?!”
“Family leader, please bless us, may my wife and child be safe!!”
The man muttered anxiously.
The Su Family neither believed in gods nor revered Buddha; they believed only in the man clad in black.
“Don’t worry, both mother and child will be safe…”
A gentle voice sounded behind him.
“Ah, brother, how could I not worry? I, Su Lao Qi, have lived this long and only now have this one child.”
“Back then, when the main family went out, I followed the family leader through life-and-death battles.”
“When the family leader was young, I even sparred with him during his training!”
“I was thinking, once the child is born, maybe I could shalessly ask the family leader to give my child a na.”
At this, Su Lao Qi chuckled a little awkwardly.
“Though I suppose the family leader has long forgotten … ah, but as long as mother and child are safe, that’s enough!”
“Su Lao Qi! You still have the face to talk about sparring back then? We had agreed to go hunting in the mountains, but you overslept and ended up as nothing but a straw dummy!”
“Huh? You—!!” Su Lao Qi’s expression changed at the words.
Sensing sothing was off, he turned around and saw a smiling face.
“Greetings, Family Leader!!”
Su Zhou grinned widely at Su Lao Qi.
This man was one of his childhood companions, his sparring partner since youth, though with poor talent and a lazy disposition.
Even so, he was fiercely loyal to the Su Family, fighting most ferociously in Tianwu City.
“Family leader, what brings you here…” Su Lao Qi asked nervously.
“You rascal, lazy all your life, yet blessed with such good fortune…” Su Zhou suddenly said.
Su Lao Qi looked puzzled.
The next instant—
Waaah, waaah, waaah!!
A baby’s loud cries rang out from within the room.
Imdiately, countless ons appeared: golden lotuses sprouted from the ground, auspicious signs filled the heavens, spiritual energy transford into two dancing spirit cranes.
Blossoms cascaded down from the skies.
The family’s Guardian Bird alighted upon the roof, chirping lodiously.
Even the Holy Qilin stepped forward with solemn grace.
“He’s born!! He’s born!!” Su Lao Qi was overwheld with excitent.
Su Zhou’s brows also softened into a smile.
“This child, born with boundless fortune, nurtured by Heaven and Earth, beloved of all beings…”
“What a true Son of Great Fortune!!”
Su Lao Qi dropped to his knees: “Please, family leader, bestow a na!”
“You…” Su Zhou chuckled, seeing through his scheming intent.
“Born with fortune laid upon him, sensed by divine beasts, let him live his life doing only good, without asking after the future!”
“His na shall be… Su Mowen!!”
“Good!! Good!! From today on, my son shall be called Su Mowen!! A fine na, a fine na!”
Just then, a midwife walked out, carrying the wailing baby.
Yet when brought before Su Zhou, the child ceased crying, grasped a strand of Su Zhou’s green-black hair, and laughed.
[Ding!! Son of Great Fortune detected—early investnt possible!!]
[Invest ‘A Single Thought as Protection’ → Reward: Creation Tablet!]
[Invest ‘Heart-Nourishing Jade’ → Reward: Nine Dragons Raising the Ship!]
As expected of the Son of Great Fortune, he could be invested in the very mont of his birth.
And when Su Lao Qi saw his son laughing while holding onto Su Zhou, he was overjoyed.
“Quick, call him godfather! Quick!!”
“Son, hurry and call! Just one call of ‘godfather,’ and I’d kowtow on the spot if I must!!”
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