"So that's how it is. Well, that's good — it means our whole family can be together again."
After learning that everything had been arranged by his younger brother, Chu Guyu felt deeply gratified. It was proof of his brother's remarkable abilities.
Seeing the happy smiles on every family member's face — it seemed like they had all moved past the grief of losing their loved ones — made him even happier.
It showed that the Chu family was resilient. And now, after going through this ordeal, the old grudges were gone. They understood how precious family truly was and had grown closer to one another. That was exactly what he had hoped to see.
"Big Brother Guyu, you need to get better quickly! We're all counting on you to protect us!" Chu Yue said with a grin.
"That's right, Guyu. The Chu family needs you to lead it now. We're all relying on you," Chu Wei added cheerfully.
Hearing their words, Chu Guyu was taken aback. His joyful expression quickly darkened, and he smiled bitterly.
"If this were before, I could have worked alongside everyone to rebuild the Chu family. But now I'm a cripple. I can't lift a finger, let alone protect any of you, and I certainly can't lead the family."
"Big Brother Guyu, what are you talking about? You're a cripple? Didn't you receive a fortuitous encounter? Aren't you already a Xuan Martial realm expert now?" Chu Xue asked sweetly.
"Yeah, Guyu, stop teasing us. We all know already. Hehe…" Behind her, the others all laughed, as if Chu Guyu's words were nothing more than a joke.
"A fortuitous encounter? A Xuan Martial realm expert? Chu Xue, what are you saying? What are all of you talking about?"
Chu Guyu's expression changed drastically. He pointed at the group and roared in anger. To him, being called powerful when he was nothing but a cripple felt like an insult.
"Big Brother Guyu, you…" Seeing Chu Guyu actually get angry, Chu Xue stepped back in alarm, unsure what to do.
All the Chu family members present wiped the smiles off their faces, looking completely bewildered. Some even showed signs of fear.
It was Chu Yue who recovered first. She smiled and said, "Big Brother Guyu, we know you received a fortuitous encounter this time, but you also suffered a backlash. However, Brother Chu Feng said that as long as you rest peacefully for a while, everything will be fine."
"You're already a first-level Xuan Martial expert. A couple of nights ago, when you were having nightmares, your Xuan Force leaked from your body — all of us felt it. If you don't believe me, try sensing your own body."
"That's right, Guyu, we really did feel it. That day, I was nearly crushed to death by your pressure alone," Chu Hongfei and the others nodded in agreement.
Despite their earnest expressions, Chu Guyu was still puzzled, but he decided to check. The moment he did, his bewildered look vanished, replaced by indescribable shock.
His dantian had undergone an earth-shattering transformation — completely different from what he remembered. Powerful waves of energy, unfathomably strong, were surging from within his dantian, washing through his entire body.
That energy was far beyond spiritual energy. Even yuan force paled in comparison. It was xuan force — he had truly become a Xuan Martial realm expert.
Chu Guyu felt like he was dreaming. It was so unbelievable that his body trembled. His cultivation had been completely destroyed — how had he inexplicably become a Xuan Martial realm expert?
Whoosh! To confirm his current state, Chu Guyu leaped from the bed. His toes barely touched the ground before he shot forward like an arrow from a bow and flew out the window. His lightning-fast speed stunned everyone in the room, and moments later, wild joy appeared on their faces as they rushed out after him.
Chu Guyu now stood in the courtyard. With every gesture, xuan force answered his command. Suddenly, he threw a punch toward the sky. A surge of powerful xuan force condensed into a giant fist and hurtled upward.
"I… I really have become a Xuan Martial realm expert. This can't be a dream, can it?"
After confirming his strength, Chu Guyu was ecstatic but also somewhat skeptical. Not only had his cultivation undergone a complete transformation, but even his crippled legs had fully recovered — and they seemed more agile and powerful than before.
"Big Brother Guyu, it's all real. You really are a Xuan Martial realm expert," Chu Yue said with a grin.
All the younger members of the Chu family burst into cheers. Previously, the strongest among them had only been Chu Yuanba at the first level of Yuan Martial. Now there was a first-level Xuan Martial expert, and he was so young at that. How could they not be thrilled?
And it wasn't just Chu Guyu's cultivation that excited them. Apart from him, the Chu family had another member with terrifying talent on the rise — Chu Feng. Besides, they no longer had to worry about their own cultivation. The Chu family was truly different now. Even those with mediocre talent would surely have a chance to make something of themselves.
Later, Chu Yue called Chu Guyu into a room alone. She told him that she didn't know exactly what had happened, but Chu Feng had told outsiders that Chu Guyu received a fortuitous encounter and suffered a backlash, which was why he had fallen into a coma.
However, with a period of rest, he would recover. At that point, Chu Guyu would be a first-level Xuan Martial expert, and the Chu family would be under his leadership.
In that moment, Chu Guyu finally understood something. Though it still seemed incredible, he realized that his restored legs and his first-level Xuan Martial cultivation must all be gifts from his brother, Chu Feng.
"Chu Yue, I'm actually curious — what method did Chu Feng use to convince all the young members of our family to willingly leave the sect and gather here?" Chu Guyu asked.
He knew the younger generation of the Chu family well. They weren't the type to blindly obey, especially after experiencing the destruction of their clan and the loss of loved ones. They had grown distant from one another and harbored deep grudges toward Chu Feng — or at least that's how it had been.
Yet now they were united, every one of them happy, as if the future held endless promise. Not a single word of complaint about Chu Feng — instead, their words even carried a note of respect. All of this defied logic, and it could only mean Chu Feng had done something extraordinary.
"Well, you could say that Brother Chu Feng used his strength to win over every member of the Chu family."
"Of course, that 'strength' refers to the promise of abundant cultivation resources for everyone. Oh, and these resources will be in your care — distributed to everyone on a monthly schedule. After all, you are now the head of our family." Chu Yue handed Chu Guyu a Universe Bag with a smile.
Chu Guyu took the Universe Bag, wondering what kind of cultivation resources could possibly have transformed the entire Chu family like this.
"Good heavens, this…"
When he inspected the contents of the Universe Bag, his expression changed completely, and he was utterly stunned.
He found that the bag contained an incalculable number of spirit herbs, tens of thousands of yuan medicines, several thousand yuan pearls, and even many invaluable mystic medicines. Such resources were terrifyingly vast — something the old him wouldn't have dared to dream of.
Everything that day had shaken Chu Guyu to his core, over and over again. It took him a long time to calm down, and then he sighed in wonder, "What level has my little brother truly reached?"