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"Father, look, what is happening here?"

The Wei Family has already moved to Jiangnan Lyuzhou for some time. Logically speaking, many people who came to escape, including once high-ranking noble families, should want to stay in Lyuzhou given the large population. How many can fulfill their wish?

Most simply migrate overseas. As for ordinary citizens, it’s manageable as long as they have enough food and clothing and a promise of sufficient good farmland. After all, having left their hometown willingly, it doesn’t make much difference if they move farther away.

Yet, it’s different for many noble families; no matter how good it sounds overseas, it remains foreign land. How can these children of Central Plains noble families willingly degrade themselves to such places and hence seek various relationships?

The Wei Family’s connections are undoubtedly solid, yet people handling affairs care less for them. Even so, because of Wei Gongcheng’s reputation, those in charge of land allocation managed to keep the Wei Family in these highly coveted places.

Many Wei Family members joined the army, and due to the fair promotion system within the military, the Tian Family’s direct line is increasingly feeling that the people below are slipping out of control.

After all, they can ascend based on their own abilities without needing those complex human relations. Why should the illegitimate sons listen to them?

Many direct line descendants are complaining that if things continue like this, the family will fall apart.

"It seems something doesn’t feel right..." The current Family Head, Wei Xingcheng, speaking of the obvious feeling of advancement, must be due to Jiangnan having some breakthrough.

"Dad!"

As he spoke, a robust figure quickly ran up from afar, "Something major happened!"

"What is it?" Unable to scold his youngest son, who despite his age was still impetuous, he hurriedly asked, "What did you find out?"

Nowadays, both the Wei Family elders and he are quite anxious. Despite their extraordinary connections, it’s Wei Gongcheng with his lowly status who has risen to such high positions, yet the brat doesn’t appreciate it, now gaining power and choosing to ignore the family.

One wonders if Chen Qing was blind back then; so many good young men in the Wei Family, why choose such a thing?

"Didn’t you just see Wei Gongzhan? He said Chen Qing has reached the Heavens!"

"The Heavens?" Wei Family was stunned.

With the advent of this major era, many things have gone beyond one’s endeavors. It’s said that previously Jiangnan captured an ancient city, the Dragon Palace under the sea, with only a few elites allowed to enter and enjoy the resources, making him extremely envious.

Now, while still failing to secure the underwater Dragon Palace, they’ve hit the Heavens?

"The Heavens..." Wei Xingcheng blankly looked at the sky, where everyone could see the golden stairway, murmuring, "I really wonder... what the scenery up there is like..."

"Dad, we should have a chance!" The youngest son excitedly said.

"Oh? What’s the reason?" Wei Xingcheng quickly asked.

"I just heard that the Heavenly City captured by Chen Qing is starting to recruit people to go up. Anyone with military merit and virtue power qualifying can apply to ascend and enjoy higher resources and longevity. It’s said up there, breathing spiritual energy is as easy as drinking water!"

"Military merit... Virtue Power?" Wei Xingcheng frowned deeply; where do they have these things?

Other Wei Family descendants are fine; those enlisted seem to perform well. Several illegitimate sons reportedly went to the Northern Wasteland, slaying several serpent demons, even giving the fallen ones decent positions in Lyuzhou Hell Ruler.

But these direct lines despise starting from low-ranked soldiers, most reluctant to go.

Nowadays, lazing at home living off the labor of others, relying on the military salary sent by illegitimate brothers for livelihood, where from do they have battle achievements and virtue power?

"I’ve called Wei Gongzhan over; hearing him say, that guy Wei Gongcheng has gone to take up a position in the Heavens. They say he has the power to recommend Lyuzhou’s Hell Ruler here. We operate a wave; shouldn’t we have a chance!"

"Oh?"

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Wei Gongzhan’s emotions were highly fluctuating today.

The good news is, he can ascend to the Heavens.

As the best Immortal Farmer in Daqing Mountain, he is now already a Level Nine Immortal Farmer. Among the popular agricultural products in Jiangnan, he has at least a dozen hot-selling ones, with few in Lyuzhou who are traders unaware of his name.

The Heaven’s Court position has been reserved for him. It’s evidently for planning the Immortal Peach Orchard, responsible for growing fresh fruits and immortal herbs, allowing him to bring along a hundred Immortal Farmer spots.

His return to the city this time intended to find several families’ previously good illegitimate brothers to go together; those brothers with impure bloodlines were all arranged for foreign affairs, that is business for the family, becoming merchants.

Nowadays, in Lyuzhou, the Wei Family lacked business channels, temporarily idle, unlike those with purer bloodlines already slaying and gaining battle achievements.

Yet he didn’t expect that while drinking and chatting with a few brothers, that annoying Wei Gongnian came along.

These direct line descendants never treated the illegitimate ones as siblings, particularly evident after Wei Gongcheng’s rise with direct line heirs even more guarded and oppressed, devoid of a great family’s manner.

Look at other great families; despite titles mostly going to direct descendants, siblings unite as one, and talented illegitimate members receive resources and support. Brotherly unity enhances family strength, but such reasoning is lost on the Wei Family.

Now he caught wind of it; he knew it wasn’t good news.

Worried about exposing those hundred spots, he swiftly shifted the burden onto his cousin Wei Gongcheng, for the cousin is well-cushioned to reject them, unlike him seeking to assist some brothers, hard to refuse.

"Gongzhan, you’re letting us ascend to farm?" The brothers hesitated to speak.

"What’s wrong with farming?" Wei Gongzhan dissatisfied, "Is farming shameful?"

"Not really..." The brothers laughed sheepishly, with Jiangnan’s farming Immortal Farmer’s treatment being substantial. Upon arriving in town, even the guards were courteous, owing to delivering good stuff annually there.

"We’re just worried we don’t have the talent for it."

"It’s not necessarily farming; I also registered you for merchant roles." Wei Gongzhan pressed down a mouthful of fruit wine, "When the time comes, products from the Heavens – doing business with them, you’ll definitely seize the advantage."

"That’s our strength!" The brothers’ eyes brightened.

Jiangnan, unlike the Capital City, does not despise merchants; merchant’s children here can attend school. As long as wealthy, many merchants lead lives beyond noble family descendants.

Their kids mostly struggled for schooling, but earning money, later hiring good teachers, whether for martial arts or academics, may not warrant serving the Wei Family members as labor.

"Gongzhan...." One of the older Wei Family members whispered, "I heard.... cousin wants to go up to the Heavens for an official role?"

"Hmm..." Wei Gongzhan nodded.

"Then for Lyuzhou’s Hell Ruler, doesn’t he hold a recommendation authority? I now suspect those elders..... are probably contemplating this....."