The clan leader is her biological father.
Qin Ruqing lay on the bed and breathed a sigh of relief.
"System, how is it? Has my qualification reached the level you said? Are our lives saved?"
There were so many people in the clan ancestral hall before, and the ancestor came later. Qin Ruqing was afraid of revealing flaws, so she didn't dare to talk to the system. It was not until she returned to her room that she was completely relieved.
The system did not answer her question directly, but popped up an option.
[The system layout has changed significantly, do you want to update?]
Ruqing knew that success or failure would depend on this move. Although she awakened the Tao body and her qualifications were determined by the ancestor as gold. But whether it can change the family prosperity value is still unknown.
She just chose the most feasible and life-saving path among many possible paths. She has done what she should do, and the rest is up to fate.
Qin Ruqing took a breath and said two words in a deep voice: "Update!"
The system changed abruptly. The originally empty and monotonous layout began to be enriched.
In the virtual space, Qin Ruqing raised her head and felt that the current system was truly a "system" -
[Name: Build the No. 1 Family in the World of Immortal Cultivation]
[Main line: Upgrade the family (Qin) from a declining small family of immortal cultivation to the No. 1 family in the world of immortal cultivation. ]
[Side line 1 (already developed): Excellent younger generations. ]
The younger generation is the foundation for the future development of a family. Having younger generations with sufficient qualifications is the key to the long-term prosperity of a family.
[Other branches are to be developed...]
[Family Prosperity]
[Family Members]
[Family Wealth]
[System Mall]
[...]
Qin Ruqing skipped the other items and looked directly at the Family Prosperity - after all, only this thing could determine whether she could keep her life.
This column representing the Family Prosperity is different from the other items. It does not have any text description, but a bright green progress bar. The progress bar has ten grids, divided into ten levels.
Qin Ruqing tentatively clicked on the progress bar and found that there were more detailed numerical divisions.
The value of the first grid is: 10
The value of the second grid is: 100
The value of the third grid is: 1000
... and so on.
The growth pattern of this value is very obvious. The first level has the lowest requirements, and the numerical requirements for upgrading further are getting higher, and it almost rises exponentially.
Now, the progress bar of the prosperity value is stopped at one and a half grids, and the value is displayed as: 60.
Qin Ruqing was a little surprised, because she found that the increase in the prosperity value was much more than she thought.
She remembered that before the system interface was updated, the progress bar was only a thin line away from the last grid. At that time, the system marked this "thin line" in bright red for warning.
Now, the red line disappeared, replaced by a healthy green progress bar.
This is obviously a "relatively" safe distance - at least it is much safer than the previous thin line like a fly leg...
Qin Ruqing breathed a sigh of relief, at least her life was saved for the time being. Even if the family's prosperity value is still on a downward trend, she should be able to survive for a while with this progress bar.
After thinking about it, Qin Ruqing asked the system: "System, do you know what kind of Tao body I have awakened?"
This unknown Tao body is really awesome.
A Tao body can actually make the family's prosperity value jump forward half a level. Although this is partly because the system's early upgrade requirements are low, and the results of other qualification tests are also good. But Qin Ruqing knows that she must have played a big role in it.
[The system cannot know unknown things, it can only analyze known and existing things.]
Huh? Qin Ruqing was slightly startled, and then reacted quickly. To put it bluntly, if her system is classified by category, it belongs to the management and upgrade system, which is different from those book-traveling systems that are born with plots.
It is also in a state of half-understanding of this world, just like herself. It needs to collect data through experience and specific events.
Therefore, it can only analyze and judge based on what it already has, but cannot explain the terms that have not appeared.
So, is this the reason why only one branch of the system is opened?
Qin Ruqing was wondering why there was only one branch before, and all the others were to be developed. Now it seems that it was because she decided to give the Enlightenment Orb to Qin Qirong that branch one was triggered.
And the other branches did not appear for the time being because there was no "incident" to trigger their opening?
After thinking for a while, Qin Ruqing asked: "System, must the opening of a branch line be triggered by a specific event?"
The system said: [Not entirely. If the host has his own plan for the development of the family, and this plan is determined to be able to promote the development of the main line after system analysis, then the system will adopt it and use it as a new branch line.]
I understand.
In other words, there are two ways to open a branch line.
One is through "event triggering" as before, and the other requires the "host" to actively create it.
The host can customize the development route for his own family. As long as the direction is correct and can advance the main line, the system will pass it.
That's great!
Qin Ruqing couldn't help but feel happy. You know, she is an advanced player of the game "The First Family", and the strategy tutorials she released have hundreds of thousands of likes and collections on Bilibili.
Since the operating logic of this dog system is similar to that of "The First Family", she can fully use her experience to upgrade the system and set up branches.
Otherwise, if she wants to wait for this broken plot to be triggered by itself, how long will it take? Maybe she will die before the next branch is triggered.
Okay, okay. Qin Ruqing felt a little relieved and began to think about which branches could be set up. She immediately thought of today's clan detection.
The clan detection seemed calm, but it was actually turbulent. One thing was very obvious, that is - the internal contradictions of the Qin family.
This family actually has a tendency to indulge in infighting!
This is not good. A truly prosperous and thriving family is very united and of one mind. If a family is like this for a long time, it will be internally divided and problems will inevitably arise in the future.
The reason for the conflicts in the family is very simple. The main branch of the Qin family is unstable, which leads to the other branches being disobedient and eyeing the other branches covetously.
Look at the way my second uncle yelled at my father in the ancestral hall today. It was simply a live demonstration of what a living argumentative person is. He himself was not satisfied with my father being the patriarch, not to mention that there was a great elder of the Qin family standing behind him, so he had even more say.
Well... as for why the relationship between my second uncle and the great elder is so close, it has to do with the disputes of the previous generation.
Qin Ruqing himself was not quite sure. He only knew that the eldest elder's biological son died to save the previous old patriarch. The old patriarch thought that the eldest elder had no children, so he passed the second uncle to the eldest elder.
However, inheritance is also a term used by mortals. In fact, it is not that strict. It means that the second uncle will support the eldest elder, but the second uncle will still follow the order of his father's generation as usual, so there is the second branch of the Qin family.
Think about it, the eldest elder is a person of the ancestor generation, and he is highly respected in the Qin family. With him standing behind the second uncle, the second branch is naturally strong, which also led to the dispersion of the family's hearts, and even the situation of taking sides.
In addition, unlike the second uncle who has a backer to support him, the third aunt Qin Dexin won entirely by force.
I heard that her cultivation level is the same as that of the Great Elder, but compared to the Great Elder, she has one biggest advantage, that is, she is young. It can be said that the Third Aunt is the most promising person to build the foundation of the Qin family at present, and she has a bright future.
It is precisely because of this that she used the "recruitment of sons"① when she got married, and recruited the Third Uncle into the Qin family. The Qin Qirong she gave birth to is also a legitimate descendant of the Qin family.
In this world, the fist is the biggest, so she has never been weak against her own father.
In comparison, the eldest wife is relatively weak. Daddy's strength is not outstanding enough, and his means of managing the family are not good. To put it nicely, it is "conquering people with virtue", to put it bluntly, it is relatively mediocre and cowardly, and the means are too gentle, so it can't scare the people below.
Although the ancestor is closer to their eldest branch, after all, the ancestor has raised and taught Dad, but this closeness seems insignificant when it comes to big things.
After all, the ancestor is a fair person, and usually focuses on self-cultivation and recuperation, and rarely participates in family affairs.
Qin Ruqing sighed in his heart: Dad, your way of managing the family is too gentle! This won’t work!
Gentleness must be based on strong strength. If you yourself are not strong enough, gentleness will only make others think that you are easy to bully.
After such an analysis, Qin Ruqing already knew how to establish the second branch.
[Branch line 2: Create a harmonious and united family atmosphere. ]
Reject infighting! Only a family that is united from top to bottom can become a rope and make 1+1 produce an effect greater than 2!
In order to make the branch she created look like that, Qin Ruqing specially added a few sentences of explanation at the bottom, imitating the system.
Not bad! This is very systematic.
Qin Ruqing got addicted to it and set up a branch task below this branch.
[Side task: Improve the prestige of the clan leader Qin Deming.]
She originally wanted to write it as improving the clan leader's strength, but then she thought that just saying to improve strength is too simple, after all, some things are not just about strength.
- Improving the means of managing the family, fair judgment, winning people's hearts... these can all improve prestige. Of course, strength is the most direct means of improvement. Only when
the clan leader has a strong prestige can the entire family form cohesion and be twisted into a rope.
After planning to build these contents, Qin Ruqing said to the system: "System, help me determine whether this branch line can be established."
This is considered an attempt. If it succeeds, she will have an idea of the specific direction to go.
The system quickly replied: [Judgment is in compliance. It can be updated to the branch line page. Do you want to update it?"
Qin Ruqing was delighted and immediately said: "Update."
Very good, she felt that she had thoroughly grasped the essence of the system operation.
After successfully adding a branch line, Qin Ruqing followed this idea and began to try to establish a third branch line. In fact, there is no need to think too much, there is an answer that is about to come out in Qin Ruqing's mind.
Ancestor!
As the peak combat power of the family, the ancestor is simply a point that cannot be avoided here. It can be said that the upper limit of a family is basically determined by the ancestor.
Qin Ruqing recalled what happened in the ancestral hall today . Qin Ruqing recalled what happened and extracted several key points from her memory.
First, the ancestor was injured.
This point is so important! The ancestor was injured, and the injury could not be recovered for a long time, which greatly damaged the ancestor's strength.
Qin Ruqing even guessed that maybe it was because of the ancestor's injury that the Qin family fell to the current level? If the ancestor's injury could be recovered, could the Qin family's strength rise to another level?
In this way, the third branch line was already in front of her.
[Side quest three: Top combat power - the ancestor's strength is improved.]
As the peak combat power of a family, the ancestor determines the upper limit of the family's development. If I want my family to become the number one family in the world of immortal cultivation, then my ancestor must be the most awesome ancestor!
And under this branch quest, Qin Ruqing also set a task.
[Side quest: Heal the ancestor's injury.]
Looking at the item he planned to build, Qin Ruqing nodded with satisfaction. This branch system should also pass. So, is that it? In addition to the ancestor's injury, is there anything else that can be excavated?
Qin Ruqing couldn't help but think of a point that made her particularly concerned today.
——The attitude of the ancestor.
The family treasury was not enough, so the ancestor actually took out her own sword and asked someone to sell it. Later, she even said that the spiritual resources for her and Qirong could come from her private treasury.
Her and Qirong's qualifications and grades were not low, and she was even a gold grade, so the cost was almost an astronomical figure.
At that time, the reactions of the elders in the clan were very strong, and they all expressed their disagreement. Because giving away the sword would affect the ancestor's strength to a certain extent.
And using one's own private treasury to raise the younger generation - the resources are only so many, and giving one's own resources to the younger generation, the ancestor's injuries will be even more difficult to recover. So of course the elders would
do everything they could to stop it. But in the end, the ancestor suppressed all the voices of opposition. The attitude was unexpectedly firm.
What does this prove? On the one hand, it certainly shows that the ancestor is selfless and dedicated to the family. This is beyond doubt. But is this the only reason?
- Could it be that the ancestor himself has a problem with his mentality?
Something flashed through Qin Ruqing's mind. That was what the ancestor once said.
"As for the sword, there are not many opportunities to wield the sword now, so what's the point
of keeping the sword?" There are not many opportunities to wield the sword? What does this mean? Does the ancestor not want to take action again? Or... the ancestor simply can't take action a few times?
To be honest, when thinking of this, Qin Ruqing shook her head instinctively. This guess is too bad. She had a good impression of the ancestor when she first met.
The ancestor must have been a stunning, goddess-like figure when she was young. Qin Ruqing felt a little uncomfortable with such a negative mentality now.
Yes, she had thought of it. The reason why the ancestor was so selfless was, on the one hand, because she cared about the family, and on the other hand, did it also mean that she felt that her injury was hopeless? She was discouraged and had no intention of cheering up?
Qin Ruqing pondered in her heart for a long time, and still felt that her guess made sense. After thinking about it, she decided to make untying the ancestor's knot as a new branch task.
After making sure that there was nothing missing, she submitted it to the system for review again. This time, the system analysis time was a little longer.
The final result was that branch line three was also successfully established. This was within Qin Ruqing's expectations. The problem lies in the last task.
[Untie the knot in the heart of the ancestor (pending confirmation)]
The system did update it into the page, but this task is gray, and it cannot be turned on or off.
After thinking about it, Qin Ruqing understood what the system meant.
The conclusion that "the ancestor has a knot in his heart" was guessed by her, but the current evidence is too little to prove it is true.
Therefore, the system cannot use it as a formal task, and it can only be in a "pending confirmation" state. If she can find enough obvious evidence to prove this in the future, then this branch task can be turned on.
Looking at the brand new system page, Qin Ruqing breathed a sigh of relief. She is organized and likes to plan. Determine the direction to move forward, and the rest is just running.
Qin Ruqing was somewhat excited. Her eyes were sharp and she said in a crisp voice: "System, expand the complete branch page!"
[Branch line 1: Excellent descendants.]
[Branch line 2: Harmonious and united family atmosphere.]
Mission (1): Enhance the prestige of the clan leader.
[Branch line 3: Top combat power.]
Mission (1): Heal the old ancestor's injuries.
Mission (2): Untie the old ancestor's knot (to be confirmed)
Qin Ruqing's eyes swept through these branch lines, secretly estimating which branch line to start with.
Now that the clan test has just ended and the awakening spirit beads have been used, there is definitely no way to improve the qualifications of other descendants in a short period of time. Branch line 1 is stagnant.
The old ancestor's level is too far from hers, and he has been in seclusion for many years, so she can't get in touch with him at all. There is no way to develop branch line 3.
Only the task under branch line 2 - [Enhance the prestige of clan leader Qin Deming]
is somewhat feasible.
Well, after all, apart from anything else, the clan leader is her biological father: D