After Chen Jiayu left, Chen Jizu fell into deep thought for a long time.

Previously, Shu Tiancheng was described as troublesome, but in his mind, he wasn't troublesome at all; he even categorized him as a brute.

For the Shu family, the culprit Chen Jiaxiong is already dead, and the middleman Wang Jun is said to have been taken away and disappeared, presumably dealt with. If this man is rational, the matter should end here. However, with the sect behind him unwilling to step in, it's unwise for him to persist in causing trouble for the Chen family.

The Chen family is no ordinary family. Whether in terms of official standing or strength, they are not someone that Shu Tiancheng can shake. It is said that this Shu Tiancheng is already at the early stage of the Profound Realm at the age of thirty. He is indeed exceptionally talented. However, he has no brains, only bloodthirstiness, so that's all he is.

The real trouble right now is that inconspicuous Li Mu. It's really unexpected. Right now, the Li family in Yanjing is like a grasshopper in my eyes, but this Li family in Jiangcheng, or rather Li Mu, has actually become a problem for my family.

The gentleman called earlier and analyzed the current situation and the Chen family's predicament very thoroughly. I've also seen the video; this Li Mu is truly not to be underestimated. How could he manage to manipulate You Long so easily in just a few days? Does he really have a powerful master behind him, as the gentleman suspects?

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Judging from Li Mu's handling of Jia Xiong's matter, he has done it relatively discreetly. On the other hand, he doesn't seem to intend to provoke the Chen family. So why isn't he coming? Is he planning to let it go, or is he wary of the Chen family? Or is he simply too busy?

If Li Mu wants to let this go, then going after the Li family in Jiangcheng now would be reckless. Li Mu may not be a threat, but if he truly has a powerful master behind him, and that master also feels challenged, that would be the real trouble for the Chen family.

In Chen Jizu's mind, if all these assumptions about Li Mu were true, it would only be troublesome. Although Mr. Tu was gone, the Chen family had lost an important pillar, but the Chen family's biggest trump card was not Mr. Tu.

After figuring everything out, Chen Jizu issued a secret, unannounced curfew order within the family, prohibiting all Chen family members from going to Jiangcheng at this stage, and especially suspending the investigation into Li Mu immediately. The details of the car accident were already very clear; there was no point in investigating further, so it was best to wait and see.

At the same time, send someone to the Li family in Yanjing to spread the word, preferably to lure the Li family to Jiangcheng, or even hand Li Hongjun over to the Li family.

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In the backyard of the Cheng Family Ancestral Hall in Xishan, there is a simple tile-roofed house.

Since chasing away the three little ones, Cheng Daoyuan has stayed in this room and hasn't come out. He takes everything in stride, and although he wouldn't call it self-torture, he has maintained a habit of quiet cultivation for the past sixty or seventy years.

He was known as a martial arts fanatic in his youth, devoting his life to martial arts and never marrying. As a result, he advanced to the Earth Realm before the age of forty. Now, more than thirty years later, although he has reached the peak of the Earth Realm, he is still considered to be at the Earth Realm level. Such is the difficulty of the martial path.

At this moment, Cheng Daoyuan was staring blankly at the three candies in the small white porcelain plate.

Yes, the old man reacted the same way as Cheng Yishi. When he first saw these so-called pills, he thought they were nothing more than a few candies. Apart from a faint medicinal fragrance, they had nothing special about them.

Although he had never taken any pills, he had seen them before. They were bigger and darker in color than this one. While he couldn't rule out the possibility of pills being pale white with a yellowish tinge, the pills he had seen in his limited experience were all dark brown or black.

These past few days, I've been hearing Cheng Yishi, that rascal, bragging about this "Mirror-Breaking Pill." Now I really want to try it out and see if this thing that looks like a candy can break through my cultivation level.

After much internal struggle and hesitation, Cheng Daoyuan finally succumbed to the temptation of increased strength and popped a candy into his mouth.

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The candy melts in your mouth, leaving an extremely bitter aftertaste. You try to spit it out, but it has already gone down your esophagus into your stomach.

Cheng Daoyuan could even detect a hint of smokiness in the bitterness, concluding that the pills were definitely made recently. A herd of horses galloped through his mind: "Two little idiots, still pestering me to exchange invitations. Aren't these just candy beans, freshly made?"

"boom!"

Before the old man could finish cursing the two bastards, a huge burst of energy exploded in his body, instantly making him feel full and causing his body to swell. He quickly circulated his internal energy and began to regulate his breathing in the Small Heavenly Circuit.

As the microcosmic orbit began to circulate, the explosive sensation immediately flowed into the seven meridians and eight extraordinary vessels, accelerating the circulation of the microcosmic orbit. Cheng Daoyuan even felt that his realm, which had not progressed for many years, had improved.

"This...isn't a candy bean? It's really a Breakthrough Pill?"

As Cheng Daoyuan intensified his cultivation, he was also struck by the incredible power of the candy. Could there still be people in the world who could refine pills? Although he had seen pills before, they were things from ancient tombs or secret realms, merely legends.

A quarter of an hour later, Cheng Daoyuan felt the circulation of the Small Heavenly Circuit gradually return to normal, and the energy that had burst forth in his body was completely absorbed, and the effects of the pill had been fully released.

Cheng Daoyuan smacked his lips, still somewhat unsatisfied. He never imagined that such a miraculous pill existed in the world. He couldn't help but wonder if he had been too hasty in exchanging the pill for the martial arts tournament invitation.

Picking up another pill, Cheng Daoyuan examined it for a long time, but couldn't discern anything. He thought to himself, "This candy is really something else. It actually managed to loosen my cultivation, which had been dormant for many years. This Li Mu is no ordinary person either."

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When the three Cheng siblings returned, Cheng Daoyuan had just finished taking the second pill. Although this pill made him feel full and his body swelled up, after being introduced into his meridians, it had a negligible effect on the circulation of Qi and had no effect on his cultivation.

"Hey! Seriously, what a waste of one."

This situation is not hard for him to understand after years of cultivation. The effect of the pill is best when taken for the first time, and the effect is halved when taken again. Given that the effect is not great to begin with, it is not advisable to take it continuously.

Cheng Daoyuan was certain that this kind of pill wouldn't be very effective for him. However, he now believed what Cheng Yishi had said: this kind of pill, which could loosen his cultivation, would make it much easier for that little rascal to become a martial artist after taking just one.

"Second Grandpa, we're back. We want to tell you something... Second Brother..."

The little girl Cheng Jiawei was ready to complain even before she entered the door. However, as soon as she entered, she saw a pill in the small porcelain plate in front of her second grandfather, while the small jade bottle was lying to the side, clearly empty.

When Cheng Daoyuan saw the three enter, the little girl, who had been chattering away, suddenly stopped and stared back and forth between him and the candy in the plate. Did she think he, the old man, had been caught stealing candy? How absurd! He thought to himself, "I'm testing medicine here, huh! Yes, testing medicine."

"Oh! You're back! Come here and let me tell you, this candy is something else, I just tried it."

The three looked at the pills on the plate, somewhat puzzled. "You're testing medicine here, one pill should be enough, why is there only one left?"

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