Chapter 1090: Chapter 621: Faces of All Living Beings (Part 2)

"Then I can stay for at most an hour... I really have an urgent appointment to go for a spring outing."

"We’ll see when the time comes... This time, I always feel something is about to happen."

Yang Minrui thrived in the Empire, making countless friends, his eyes extremely sharp. From Aunt Yang Qiangjing’s special blessing this time... perhaps something is going to be announced during the ancestral ritual.

"Go visit your Uncle Min Yong and check on your two brothers, and don’t let them wander off..."

"Hehe~ They’re going on the outing with me. If I don’t leave, they won’t dare to run."

Yang Zhushuang was quite proud.

He had attendants.

Yang Zhuyuan and Yang Zhusen.

His fourteenth uncle Yang Minyong’s two sons.

They inherited their father’s strength and were quite robust.

Because their family was especially close to Yang Minyong’s family, he and these two brothers had a very tight relationship.

...

"Mom, I just knew you would come back today!"

The red-robed cultivator Yang Qiangjin flew in from the edge of the sky, landing at the home of her daughter Li Minsi.

Li Minsi was as graceful as a lotus emerging from water, her body subtly emanating a life aura that made people want to approach.

She was the descendant of Li Fan and Yang Qiangjing.

When Yang Qiangjin conceived her, Li Fan... passed away.

Li Fan’s last wish was for his daughter to bear his surname... He wanted to leave his mark in this world.

Yang Qiangjin loved Li Fan deeply and naturally followed his wishes.

The second year after the war ended, her daughter was born and named Li Minsi.

She belonged to the "Min" generation, ranked sixteenth.

She was also the last Yang Family child to receive the ancestor’s blessing.

She inherited Li Fan’s Wood Spirit Root and Yang Qiangjin’s Fire Spirit Root, possessing Wood and Fire Spirit Roots, with the Wood Spirit Root being slightly superior and... she also had a talent similar to Li Fan, thus majoring in the Wood Element.

Li Fan sacrificed his life to gain valuable time for the Yang Family, preventing Liu Changqing from easily taking the Life Divine Tree, ultimately helping the Yang Family achieve victory.

Yang Genshuo specifically instructed to take care of Li Fan’s family. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

The Li Family would receive the same treatment as Hu Zi’s family, being a branch of the Yang Family.

And Li Fan’s daughter naturally received the greatest privileges.

She grew up with access to the best cultivation resources and was taught by the finest teachers, step by step becoming a formidable figure, ultimately taking over the Spirit Plant Department, becoming the Spirit Plant Minister of the Danai Empire, where in this Wood Element Dynasty, spirit plants were the largest economic crops, making her a key figure.

Thus, she was envied by many brothers and sisters...

"The ancestral ritual cannot be ignored, mom naturally has to come back, but... this could be mom’s last time returning home."

Compared to a hundred years ago, Yang Qiangjin seemed a bit weathered, without the youthful vigor of the past, more like a dormant volcano, heavy on the surface but turbulent inside.

She was no longer young but carried more depth.

"Mom, are you going to breakthrough?"

"Yes... The time has come, after this year’s ritual, I will go into seclusion."

"Sigh..."

"What, you’re not happy for mom?"

"Mom, when you breakthrough... will you be like Uncle Feng, never coming back?"

Yang Qiangjin knew she was referring to Yang Feng.

Yang Feng admired Li Fan greatly back then, so he took great care of Li Minsi. As the cultivator with the highest cultivation here, he even took the initiative to teach Li Minsi for a while, and the two had a good relationship.

"No, I will go to our ancestral home on the Spirit Miao Continent, then you can take a boat to find me... Besides, once I breakthrough... I can also search for your uncle. Xiao Feng has stopped contacting us, there’s surely a problem... Without Nascent Soul Stage cultivation, I can’t help him."

Yang Feng’s disappearance was hard for them, the third generation.

Especially Yang Qiangjin, she was Yang Feng and Yang Qiangwei’s sister, watched them grow up from childhood, and was particularly close.

"Alright... then you go first, I will catch up to you, then we will all live on the Spirit Miao Continent."

Li Minsi pledged confidently.

"Hehe~ Whether I can advance to Nascent Soul is uncertain; this hurdle... is much more difficult than I once thought, if it weren’t for finding that treasure in the Legendary Land last year, I wouldn’t dare to advance... Let’s not talk about it, doing one’s best and leaving the rest to fate, at worst, cultivation dissipates, living idly in the Empire."

"Then I must feed you until you’re chubby~ Hahaha~"

Rarely enjoying a day of warmth with her daughter, Yang Qiangjin also relaxed.

Her life’s trajectory was quite different from other Yang Family members...

She has always been in a state of confusion.

After the war, the empire was in ruins, but everyone was full of enthusiasm, and Yang Qiangjin also made her contributions. She was one of the leaders of the Danai Empire; back then, the Yang Family was incredibly united, creating one miracle after another.

They quickly restored the battered Dynasty and elevated it further.

They also assisted Yang Fu in building the Border Town in the Silver Land Dynasty, and helped Yang Feng and them build cities.

Later, Yang Qiangjin and Yang Fu had differences in their development direction.

As Yang Qiangjing’s sister and Yang Fu’s niece, she found herself in a dilemma.

Yang Qiangwei at that time represented the Feng Family and completely leaned towards Yang Qiangjing, while the Fierce Sun Dynasty completely leaned towards Yang Fu.

At that time, she and Yang Feng felt something was amiss but couldn’t articulate it, nor could they change it.

Compared to Yang Fu and Yang Qiangjing, who were assertive and farsighted, she... was too ordinary.

Back then, she chose to focus on cultivation like Yang Feng, gradually withdrawing from the management stage.

She taught Li Minsi and practiced cultivation.

Yang Feng also taught Li Minsi many things; Li Minsi’s current cultivation was fairly decent, thanks to their efforts at the time.

Later Yang Feng left, Yang Qiangjin simultaneously supported the operation of the Empire and improved her cultivation.

She ventured into the Secret Realm, fought, and enhanced herself.

Step by step, she reached where she is now.

Currently, Yang Qiangjin is only nominally affiliated with the Danai Empire, but in reality, she spends much of the year exploring and cultivating.

Until last year, she found a treasure that perfectly matched her talent, making it possible to advance to Nascent Soul!

Having prepared for a year, once the ancestral ritual concludes, she’s ready to find a place to breakthrough.

And the long-lost Yang Feng... she plans to search for him.

He is not only her brother-in-law but also her brother.

Yang Qiangjin looked toward the ancestral shrine.

"Ancestor... may you also be well."

....

In the dim Mushroom World, a light finally emerged.

That was the direction Yang Zhu was moving toward.

"It seems close... walked almost a month, why hasn’t it reached yet..."

Yang Zhu patted the tall-legged mushroom behind him, saying, "Let’s rest a bit; we have important things to do today..."

Thanks to the Rushing Mushroom, Yang Zhu’s burden lightened considerably.

The efficiency of mushroom gathering increased.

Along the way, he gathered many mushrooms, ate some, and had plenty left.

"The ancestor told me to pick some good mushrooms... This ’Inspiration Mushroom’ can make one’s mind clear, after eating, thoughts quicken, cultivation becomes more effective."

"Then there’s this ’Potential Mushroom,’ which can briefly unleash one’s potential and elevate their ability limit, for critical moments..."

"This ’Blood Qi Mushroom’ is decent too; it makes the body warm, these days eating this, my stamina has more than doubled..."

"And..."

Yang Zhu proudly lined up all the mushrooms he collected during this time, selecting the ones he intended to eat and preparing the rest to offer to the ancestor.

If it weren’t for the ancestor’s help, he wouldn’t have caught the Rushing Mushroom or take care of his mother, and most importantly... without the ancestor’s voice, he feared he couldn’t have persisted.

The most crucial was that he had hope.

He believed he could definitely get out!

Definitely return to the warm and powerful family the ancestor mentioned, then his mother would recover, and they could live a normal life.

Although... he didn’t quite understand what a normal life entailed.

He had been hiding with his mother since birth.

Suddenly, Yang Zhu slapped his forehead.

"Oh right! The ancestor asked me to catch a creature similar to the Rushing Mushroom... I haven’t encountered it yet."