After two years of dedicated cultivation, Gu Changsheng's cultivation level returned to the thirteenth level of Qi Refining with the help of sufficient Qi Refining Pills.
But at this moment, he received a notice at the door that his earthly parents had an accident and both passed away.
After Master Uncle Wang told the bad news, he left behind a finely crafted sachet, saying that it was an item brought by someone from his father Gu Ming, and that it could only be opened by Gu Changsheng's token.
At this moment, Gu Changsheng was holding a delicately crafted sachet embroidered with plain white silk flowers.
There is a layer of white light on the surface of the sachet. It is obvious that this object has some kind of restriction. If it is opened forcibly, the object will destroy itself.
While playing with the sachet, he searched through the memories in his mind, looking for the 'token' to unlock the restriction.
Logically speaking, ordinary people can just put their family letters in an envelope and ask someone to bring them over, so there is no need for such trouble.
To think that such a sachet with its own magical restrictions was delivered together with the bad news of a loved one. Obviously, it contained more than a simple letter from home.
Gu Changsheng first placed the sachet in the palm of his right hand and weighed it with one hand, feeling that there must be something heavy inside.
Then I pinched it again, and found that it had the texture of paper and a round hard object. It seemed that there were not only book pages and other things hidden inside, but also things like rings.
After thinking carefully for a moment, Gu Changsheng perked up. He took off a jade pendant from his neck and put it close to the sachet. Not surprisingly, the layer of white light restriction quickly disappeared. He quickly opened the sachet and found a few pictures from it.
Paper comes.
He glanced briefly and found that it was a suicide note, but after a cursory glance at the contents, he felt surprised.
In shock, Gu Changsheng began to study the suicide note carefully, and was shocked by the complicated situation of the Gu family described in it.
After carefully browsing the contents of the letter, Gu Changsheng stuffed it back into the sachet. Then his face began to become uncertain. He shook his head and nodded, looking very worried, like a shrewd businessman.
Carefully calculate the pros and cons.
At this time, if Elder Han saw Gu Changsheng's mature and solemn appearance, he would probably wonder if this young man was a spy sent from outside.
The reason why Gu Changsheng became like this was because the suicide note left him a very troublesome matter.
The Gu family is not an ordinary family, but a cultivating family that runs a huge industry.
Gu Changsheng is not an ordinary child of the Gu family, but the eldest son, shouldering the important responsibility of inheriting the family business.
His father, Gu Ming, sent him to Jiuxiaomen to practice immortality, in fact, in order to improve his martial arts so that he could protect the family's property in the cruel Jianghu struggle after returning.
In these pages, Gu Ming clearly told Gu Changsheng that this suicide note and the token in the sachet were his back-up tools to prepare for the worst.
If something unexpected happens to him in the world, the only person who can stabilize the Gu family is Gu Changsheng.
In the letter, Gu Ming asked Gu Changsheng to return to the Gu family immediately after receiving the sachet and use the tokens in the sachet to take over the family's property. He also said that Gu Changsheng would receive a large amount of wealth and untold benefits.
As for whether Gu Changsheng was willing to take over this mess, Gu Ming didn't consider it at all.
In the letter, Gu Ming talked in a disdainful tone about how cultivating immortality was a waste of time. He believed that the hard work of cultivating immortality was thankless. He could gain immortality by swallowing pills and be more carefree and happy, at the cost of only a few minor side effects.
Even if he succeeds in building the foundation, he will not have any great future. This person also makes fun of those who practice asceticism and do not understand the beauty of the mortal world.
When he saw this, Gu Changsheng felt a wry smile in his heart.
There are indeed many heavenly materials and earthly treasures that can extend lifespan, but the thin spiritual energy in the human world cannot grow such heavenly spiritual things. Even if someone is unlucky and accidentally gets some fairy elixir, after swallowing it, he will be affected by the spiritual energy.
In order to gain the chance of immortality, one must go through an extremely painful process of physical re-training. This process is definitely a narrow escape from death.
Of course, there are also some extremely sinister elixirs that can turn a person into a living corpse. On the surface, this person seems to get younger and younger as he lives, and his lifespan is several times longer than that of ordinary people.
However, this heaven-defying method of transforming into a corpse through Yangshou, when the body collapses, not only will it suffer severe punishment from heaven, causing the soul to be scattered and unable to enter reincarnation, it will also harm the fortune of the entire family, and even cause genocide.
I think Gu Ming must have been deceived by the demon to believe such an innocent statement.
In the following content, Gu Ming emphasized the necessity for Gu Changsheng to return to the Gu family immediately.
Firstly, the spies placed by other sects in the Gu family will take the opportunity to attack, and secondly, there are many wives and concubines in the house, and there are many children. For this huge family fortune, there will definitely be fights overt and covert, or even fights.
Although Gu Ming has made a lot of arrangements and released a veil of fog, if the family does not have a person in power for a long time, I am afraid that all parties will become suspicious. Once internal fighting occurs, it will be detrimental to the entire family.
Therefore, Gu Changsheng must take over the Gu family's property and put the entire family in order before things get worse.
Gu Ming also emphasized that his group of beautiful concubines should not be allowed to come into contact with the family business, and that they should be arranged to live in seclusion in a mansion in the countryside and live an ordinary life with no worries about food and clothing.
Gu Ming also specifically mentioned that the city lord's daughter had been designated as Gu Changsheng's official wife. Even the betrothal gift was given to him immediately after his accident, and the marriage would be consummated immediately after Gu Changsheng returned.
This is a necessary guarantee for the smooth transition of power, so Gu Changsheng has to marry even if he doesn't want to.
Gu Ming also clearly pointed out in his heart that the enemies and enemies of the Gu family are very powerful, and a group of guest elders are not easy to control.
For this reason, he deliberately left the Qiankun Ring that can open the secret room of the Gu family, allowing Gu Changsheng to master the core secrets and resources of the Gu family.
At the same time, the letter also listed the secrets he had planted in various joints, the enemies he had to deal with carefully, as well as the competitors and enemies in Qingyuan City, as well as his pre-arranged countermeasures and other details.
After reading this letter from home, Gu Changsheng had a bitter look on his face and shook his head.
The wealth and beauty that mortals pursue are just clouds in his eyes. Only cultivating the path of immortality and ascending to the fairy world is the goal he pursues.
However, cultivators are also mortal and have fleshy hearts, and they cannot escape the calamity of the mortal world after all.
As a child of the human race, you should first abide by loyalty, justice, etiquette, and filial piety. Before leaving the secular world, although you cannot offer food and clothing to your parents who gave birth to you, and you should kneel down to show filial piety, you should still do the minimum of sweeping the tombs and paying respects.
Jiuxiao Sect has learned from the practices of various sects in the East Continent in this regard. If a disciple's parents pass away and the family comes to report the funeral, the sect will truthfully inform the disciple and allow the disciple to return to his hometown to observe mourning for a period of time in accordance with local customs.
Filial piety is the first priority among all good deeds. Only by showing filial piety to your loved ones and guarding their graves can you be worthy of your parents' kindness in giving birth.
In this regard, various sects are unwilling to impose more restrictions for fear of being contaminated with too many unnecessary karma.
As for Gu Changsheng specifically, seizing one's body is inherently detrimental to one's moral character. Although it is God's will, it does not hinder the fact that the Gu family has great kindness to him.
At this time, the Gu family is in trouble and they should lend a helping hand.
If ignored, this debt will become an obstacle on one's path of cultivation. When ascending, it will cause the Taoist heart to be unstable, be backlashed by inner demons, and fall into the devil's path forever.
Moreover, this old father had good intentions. In order to get Gu Changsheng to return and inherit the family business, he not only lured him with profit, but also lured him with sex. It was like a series of tricks.
However, against all odds, he never expected that his son would be struck to death by thunder.
Although Gu Changsheng, who had regained a new life, did not accept his behavior, he had to go through this muddy water because of the nurturing grace of the Gu family.
Gu Changsheng sighed softly and had no choice but to swallow the sugar-coated poison with a grimace.