novelraw Chapter 146
Chapter 146
Chapter 146
Watching Zhao, whose expression shifted at times into seduction, at times into elegance, Su Zhou couldn’t help but murmur softly.
However, he didn’t take it to heart.
For him, retainers were absolutely loyal; some minor flaws in temperament could be tolerated.
“Zu…”
Su Zhou spoke in a low voice.
At that moment, a stooped figure slowly appeared.
“Master…”
Zu was always like this, as long as Su Zhou called, he would appear immediately.
And when he wasn’t needed, Zu would just wander around the family grounds like the most ordinary old man.
The younger generation of the family all deeply respected this elder.
Su Zhou could sense that Zu now carried a bit more vitality compared to when he had just been summoned.
“How does Zhao’s strength compare with yours at your peak?”
Zu’s realm had always been a mystery. All along, no matter how powerful the opponent was, before Zu, it was always one sword, and their soul perished.
That was why Su Zhou was very curious about Zu’s true power.
“Born divine… she is strong… but…” Zu spoke, his wrinkled face etched with the vicissitudes of age.
“Master, if you wish, Zu can destroy her…”
Hearing this, Su Zhou’s eyes instantly lit up.
It seemed this old retainer was even stronger than he had imagined!
If not for the restriction of never leaving the family grounds, perhaps not even the ‘legendary’ realm could contain him!
“Zu, you are one of the Eight Hundred Broken Soldiers, what kind of campaign demanded such power…?”
“With your strength, you should at least have been a corps commander or something…”
Su Zhou muttered to himself; he wasn’t expecting an answer.
He had asked many times before about Zu’s origins, about the experience of the Eight Hundred Broken Soldiers.
But Zu could never speak. Su Zhou could tell, it wasn’t that Zu was unwilling, but that he was unable.
As expected, this time Zu once again shook his head slightly.
But to Su Zhou’s surprise, this time Zu opened his mouth just a little:
“I… was nothing more than a good-for-nothing scout…”
As soon as these words left his mouth—
Boom!!!
Heaven itself fell into silence. Su Zhou could feel those strange, unknowable presences lurking upon the Great Dao searching for something.
Afterward, Zu merely lifted a finger and tapped his lips.
[Retainer: Zu]
[Grade: Epic]
[Realm: (In this world, a single palm can sweep across all!)]
[Zu, who has awakened from endless ages, whose soul is shattered and realm unstable, is coveted by the Unnameable Ones. For now, he can only act within the family grounds.]
Zu was coveted by unnameable beings, some words, if spoken, would attract Their gaze.
But Su Zhou noticed that these restrictions were loosening as his own strength grew.
For example, in the past Zu couldn’t even say a single word. But now, although he could only reveal one short, seemingly unrelated sentence, even that contained boundless information.
Zu’s strength was unimaginably vast, yet with such power, he was only a ‘scout’ among the Eight Hundred Broken Soldiers…
It was simply inconceivable!!
If that was the strength of a mere scout, then what of the vanguard? What of the archers? How terrifying must the banner-bearers, the strongest in brute force, have been?!
And above all, whom did such a force follow and serve—how unimaginably mighty must that master have been!!
All of this stirred Su Zhou’s curiosity. But one thing was certain: the Eight Hundred Broken Soldiers were connected to the strangeness atop the Dao itself.
This overlapped with Su Zhou’s own path in certain ways. He had a premonition: in the future, he would inevitably cross paths with them.
“I still need to raise my strength as quickly as possible!”
Su Zhou sighed inwardly.
All in this world is false, only one’s own strength is true and unshakable.
The Su Family was indeed already strong, even displaying the bearing of a great family, but it was still far from enough.
The truths and terrors he had touched upon required far greater strength to bear.
While Su Zhou pondered, the crisp chime of system notifications instantly echoed in his ears.
[Ding!! Detected the appearance of a Son of Great Fortune! Family Luck +100,000]
[Ding!! With the augmentation of the Golden Luck Dragon, additional Family Luck +100,000]
[Ding!! Family Luck has reached 1,000,000! Reward unlocked: Supreme Family Resource Package!
At 5,000,000, the next stage will unlock the Mythical Family Resource Package!!]
The continuous notifications rang in Su Zhou’s ears like the most beautiful music in the world.
“As expected of a Son of Great Fortune—just upon birth, he brings me such rewards!”
“What sort of person is the Su Family’s Son of Great Fortune, I wonder!”
At a corner of the blessed land, among blue-brick houses, a middle-aged man was waiting nervously outside a room.
This broad-shouldered man, eight feet tall, bore a scar across his face that marked him as hardened by blood and battle.
Even when he had fought for life and death alongside the Su Family, he had never been so nervous. Now, he paced anxiously back and forth at the door.
“Ah! Ah! Will everything be alright?!”
“Family leader, please bless us, may my wife and child be safe!!”
The man muttered anxiously.
The Su Family neither believed in gods nor revered Buddha; they believed only in the man clad in black.
“Don’t worry, both mother and child will be safe…”
A gentle voice sounded behind him.
“Ah, brother, how could I not worry? I, Su Lao Qi, have lived this long and only now have this one child.”
“Back then, when the main family went out, I followed the family leader through life-and-death battles.”
“When the family leader was young, I even sparred with him during his training!”
“I was thinking, once the child is born, maybe I could shamelessly ask the family leader to give my child a name.”
At this, Su Lao Qi chuckled a little awkwardly.
“Though I suppose the family leader has long forgotten me… ah, but as long as mother and child are safe, that’s enough!”
“Su Lao Qi! You still have the face to talk about sparring back then? We had agreed to go hunting in the mountains, but you overslept and ended up as nothing but a straw dummy!”
“Huh? You—!!” Su Lao Qi’s expression changed at the words.
Sensing something was off, he turned around and saw a smiling face.
“Greetings, Family Leader!!”
Su Zhou grinned widely at Su Lao Qi.
This man was one of his childhood companions, his sparring partner since youth, though with poor talent and a lazy disposition.
Even so, he was fiercely loyal to the Su Family, fighting most ferociously in Tianwu City.
“Family leader, what brings you here…” Su Lao Qi asked nervously.
“You rascal, lazy all your life, yet blessed with such good fortune…” Su Zhou suddenly said.
Su Lao Qi looked puzzled.
The next instant—
Waaah, waaah, waaah!!
A baby’s loud cries rang out from within the room.
Immediately, countless omens appeared: golden lotuses sprouted from the ground, auspicious signs filled the heavens, spiritual energy transformed into two dancing spirit cranes.
Blossoms cascaded down from the skies.
The family’s Guardian Bird alighted upon the roof, chirping melodiously.
Even the Holy Qilin stepped forward with solemn grace.
“He’s born!! He’s born!!” Su Lao Qi was overwhelmed with excitement.
Su Zhou’s brows also softened into a smile.
“This child, born with boundless fortune, nurtured by Heaven and Earth, beloved of all beings…”
“What a true Son of Great Fortune!!”
Su Lao Qi dropped to his knees: “Please, family leader, bestow a name!”
“You…” Su Zhou chuckled, seeing through his scheming intent.
“Born with fortune laid upon him, sensed by divine beasts, let him live his life doing only good, without asking after the future!”
“His name shall be… Su Mowen!!”
“Good!! Good!! From today on, my son shall be called Su Mowen!! A fine name, a fine name!”
Just then, a midwife walked out, carrying the wailing baby.
Yet when brought before Su Zhou, the child ceased crying, grasped a strand of Su Zhou’s green-black hair, and laughed.
[Ding!! Son of Great Fortune detected—early investment possible!!]
[Invest ‘A Single Thought as Protection’ → Reward: Creation Tablet!]
[Invest ‘Heart-Nourishing Jade’ → Reward: Nine Dragons Raising the Ship!]
As expected of the Son of Great Fortune, he could be invested in the very moment of his birth.
And when Su Lao Qi saw his son laughing while holding onto Su Zhou, he was overjoyed.
“Quick, call him godfather! Quick!!”
“Son, hurry and call! Just one call of ‘godfather,’ and I’d kowtow on the spot if I must!!”