The Yang residence.

Several beautiful women are enjoying flowers and tea in the garden.

One of the women in red suddenly mentioned, "I heard that Yang Yao's grandson recently awakened his spiritual body, and he even has a second-grade third-rank aptitude."

Another woman in blue said sourly, "That's not that good. I heard that he has a four-elemental spirit body. Even if he has good aptitude, his spirit element will hold him back."

The woman in purple said, "Even a fourth-rank talent is remarkable, especially considering it's from such a poor place. Back then, she wouldn't listen to advice and insisted on marrying a country boy. I thought she was out of her mind. But look at her now, with no one above to supervise her, she makes all the decisions in the household. Although her husband isn't particularly diligent in cultivation, he's still quite talented. Look, they've given birth to two sons and a daughter, all with second-rank aptitude. And now they finally have a grandson who's an ordinary person, and he's awakened his aptitude too. Which ordinary person wouldn't awaken to third-rank after awakening? But he's only second-rank."

The woman in red said half-jokingly, "Who knows, maybe that family is just lucky. Luck is an ethereal thing, but sometimes you really have to believe in it."

The woman in red had only said it casually, but her words unexpectedly resonated with the woman in blue.

The woman in blue was named Yuan Xue. She was the legitimate daughter of the Yuan family in Qianshi City, but unfortunately, her aptitude was too poor, only reaching the second rank of the third grade.

Fortunately, she only had two types of spirit bodies, so she barely managed to marry a promising illegitimate son of the Yang family.

The Yang and Yuan families were of similar backgrounds and could be considered a good match. Unfortunately, Yuan Xue only gave birth to one son, who was only of the third rank in terms of aptitude.

Yuan Xue couldn't bear children of good aptitude, so her husband had to find other women to have children with. He took several concubines, who bore her several sons born out of wedlock, two of whom were of second-rank aptitude. Yuan Xue, feeling utterly suppressed by this, was filled with resentment. However, with her family's support, those sons and daughters born out of wedlock couldn't shake her position.

What frustrated her even more was that the woman her son married was also quite mediocre.

She had two sons and a daughter, both spiritual cultivators and one ordinary person. The two spiritual cultivators were both of the third rank, the grandson was of the third rank and second grade, and the granddaughter was of the third rank and third grade.

Now that her granddaughter is eleven years old, Yuan Xue is looking for a good family to marry into. If it is really as the woman in red said, then Yang Yao's grandson is worth considering.

At this time, Qi Zhiheng was unaware of Yuan Xue's plans; he was busy working in Qi Dong's herb garden.

After testing his aptitude, Qi Zhiheng handed over a guiding decoction containing snow peony leaves to Qi Zhenhe.

Having been given a second chance at life, Qi Zhiheng was no longer so obsessed with revenge, since he had already taken most of the revenge he needed in his previous life.

Holding onto resentment from past lives can easily breed inner demons, which is a major taboo for those who cultivate immortality.

So Qi Zhiheng handed over Liu Shan's affairs to Qi Zhenhe and then washed his hands of the matter, becoming a hands-off manager.

Xu Jin's matter is, after all, related to Qi Zhenhe, and besides, Qi Zhenhe's abilities are undoubtedly superior to his, making him the most suitable person to investigate the whole story.

His most important task right now is to improve his strength.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. Qi Zhiheng, who was eager to cultivate, soon encountered a barrage of matchmakers, who kept him from having any peace and quiet.

Thinking back to his previous life, when he was a third-rank official, no one ever paid him any attention.

Qi Zhiheng was so annoyed by the disturbance that he packed his belongings and went to Qi Dong's herb garden.