"Eh, the clan contribution points have actually increased by ten points."
Fu Changsheng was extremely satisfied.
With contribution points, he could exchange for new intelligence tomorrow, and when he gathered fifty, he could also start the [Random Draw] once.
After savoring the sweetness.
Fu Changsheng felt that he must thoroughly cherish and utilize this intelligence system in the future.
The Shangguan Family's Anyang County was thousands of miles away from Daxi Village. Fu Changsheng thought it would take the other party several days to reach Daxi Village.
Unexpectedly.
The next day at dawn, a sword rainbow swiftly came from the horizon, appearing over the small fenced-off courtyard in moments. The spirit light faded, revealing a red-bearded old Daoist controlling his sword in flight, accompanied by a scruffy-bearded man.
The ability to control a sword and fly indicated that the red-bearded old Daoist before him was a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Fu Changsheng had seen paintings in his family's Scripture Pavilion; this person was Shangguan Hongyu's father, Shangguan Feng.
Fu Changsheng promptly bowed:
"Fu Changsheng from Luofeng Mountain, greets Elder Feng."
Shangguan Feng didn't even glance at Fu Changsheng but swept his divine sense and, seeing Shangguan Hongyu unconscious on the bed, tapped his flying sword with his foot. The sword instantaneously landed in the yard, dropping the man behind him, and with a flash, Shangguan Feng appeared in the room, reaching out to check Shangguan Hongyu's pulse and relaxing slightly, then furrowing his brows.
Fu Changsheng smartly withdrew from the room immediately, closing the doors and windows, and upon reaching the yard, saw the man also looking worriedly at the interior. Fu Changsheng spoke to console him:
"Miss Shangguan is heavily injured, but her life is not in danger. Please don't worry, Elder. May I know how to address you?"
Estimating that this person was likely the array master mentioned by Shangguan Hongyu.
Thus.
Fu Changsheng was relatively friendly.
The man looked at Fu Changsheng, seeing his youthful face and the aura of only Qi Cultivation Second Layer, initially unwilling to acknowledge him. But thinking of how he had saved Hongyu, he said lightly:
"Others call me Master Chenn."
Being addressed as a master.
Indicated that the other party's expertise in arrays had evidently reached Tier Two.
Fu Changsheng was delighted at heart. In this way, the repair of their territory's Mountain Protection Array seemed more hopeful. He promptly said:
"Greetings, Master Chenn."
Shangguan Chen nodded slightly, saying nothing else.
The two stood in the small fenced-off courtyard for about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, and faintly heard the voices of Shangguan Hongyu and her father speaking inside.
After a while.
The window swung open with a bang.
Shangguan Feng, holding Shangguan Hongyu, flew out from the room to land on the hovering flying sword. With a wave of his sleeve, a box floated toward Shangguan Chen:
"Xiao Liu, go with Young Friend Fu to the Fu Clan Territory and set up this set of Tier Two High-Grade Seven-Star Quicksand Array as their Luofeng Mountain's Mountain Protection Array."
The Tier Two High-Grade Seven-Star Quicksand Array uses the Star Power from the heavens as the array's operation power, a large-scale defensive and offensive array that doesn't require spirit stones, ensuring daily self-operation through Star Power.
Within the array.
Even late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators find it hard to escape!
A defensive and offensive array is already rare, especially a large defensive array like this; a set costs nearly ten thousand spirit stones.
Even a master of arrays like Shangguan Chen was momentarily stunned.
Then he sighed in his heart at Fu Changsheng's incredible luck.
Seeing Fu Changsheng still stunned, he reminded:
"This Seven-Star Quicksand Array is what Elder Feng acquired from the Blood-colored Forbidden Area and only ancient cultivators can craft. In the marketplace, it is priceless. Many wanted to ask for it, but Elder Feng refused. You should quickly thank Elder Feng."
Fu Changsheng initially hoped the Shangguan Family could help restore the original Mountain Protection Array, never expecting Shangguan Feng to be so generous. Realizing afterward, he promptly and loudly said:
"Thank you, Elder Feng, for bestowing the treasure. Changsheng will forever remember this with gratitude!"
"Hmm, you saved Hongyu; hence you are a benefactor of mine, Shangguan Feng. Hongyu's injuries are grave; she needs to return to the clan for treatment. I will remember your kindness; remember, live well, your fortune lies ahead."
Having said this.
Shangguan Feng gently tapped his flying sword.
In an instant, it became a sword rainbow disappearing into the sky.
"Respectfully sending off Elder Feng"
Fu Changsheng was at this moment both excited and thrilled inside.
Yesterday's intelligence mentioned that because Li Changtai saved Shangguan Hongyu, the Li Family soared, advancing to a Ninth-Grade Noble Family within only ten years.
At first.
He didn't understand why.
But today, seeing Shangguan Feng's conduct, it clearly had the influence of Shangguan Feng.
He never imagined Shangguan Feng valued and cherished his daughter Shangguan Hongyu so greatly, declaring him as her lifesaving benefactor right on the spot.
With a Foundation Establishment cultivator as a backing.
How could the Fu Clan not rise!
"Young Friend Fu, where is your Luofeng Mountain, lead the way, it's getting late, we should set off."
Shangguan Chen slapped his storage bag, and with a flash of dawn light, a small flying ship floated in the air, with him injecting a technique into it. Instantly, the flying ship expanded with the wind, transforming into a small vessel that could hold five people.
Shangguan Chen tapped his foot on the ground, his body gently landing on the flying ship like a leaf.
Fu Changsheng looked up at the flying ship, full of envy.
Qi cultivators cannot control objects for flight and usually rely only on flying spirit pets or flying ships.
However.
Spirit pets are rare.
A flying ship costs several thousand spirit stones.
Absolutely not affordable for the Fu Clan.
However.
Fu Changsheng thought of his intelligence system, and hope rose in his heart; as long as he developed his family steadily and accumulated enough contribution points, he could exchange for useful intelligence.
Flying ships were not beyond reach.
Daxi Village is about a hundred miles from Luofeng Mountain.
If traveling by flying ship, it would take less than the time to drink a cup of tea to arrive.
Sitting cross-legged in the flying ship, Fu Changsheng, seeing there was time, immediately focused on the panel in his Sea of Divine Sense:
"Exchange intelligence!"
With a hum.
The daily intelligence panel flickered with yellow light, presenting a line of text:
[While Shangguan Hongyu was unconscious, you stayed by her side without leaving, together with the filter of restrained desires and lifesaving grace, she developed a slight affection for you.]
Fu Changsheng's mind flashed with Shangguan Hongyu's beautiful face, shaking his head calmly.
Their differences in status were too great, utterly impossible.
His gaze fell on the "Clan Contribution Points" panel, seeing the value had dropped from ten to eight, meaning each piece of intelligence costs two clan contribution points.
This piece of intelligence had no use to him.
Fu Changsheng felt it was a pity and immediately focused his mind:
"Continue exchanging intelligence"
The panel trembled, yellow light converged, and lines of text presented again:
[Ten days later, at the Nanyang Town market, Fu Tai picks two baskets of apples from the orchard to sell at the market, Fu Ming buys a pound, among which is mixed a Cloud Mulberry Fruit, Fu Ming consumed it and died from body explosion.]