Legend of the chosen ones: Beyond Destiny

Chapter 1418 - 716: Version Update, Brand-New Features

"And as a bonus, I've added a new attraction to your home, I'll tell you about it later."

With his hands behind his back, Ji Jue looked around at the faces in the family temple: "Everyone, what are you still waiting for?"

The noise outside was growing louder and more piercing; some sensed the unfavorable turn of events and looked to flee, while others urgently started spreading the word...

Yet inside the family temple, in the suffocating silence, even the sound of breathing was almost inaudible.

Only Madik, drenched in sweat, shivered as he looked at the old woman completely devoured by the Family God. Instinctively, he dropped the corpse in his hand, and was the first to react.

He fell to the ground with a thud, raising his hands reverently towards Minkler.

With all the strength he could muster in this lifetime, he screamed in triumph:

"Greetings to the Family Head!"

Immediately afterward, like a fierce wind sweeping through, the dazed figures, like wheat bending, fell to the ground, rushing to pledge allegiance and bow to the new Family Head.

And those remaining, still stood rigidly in place, their faces pale.

They had long since bound themselves to Bogio or others, and even kneeling and bowing would not offer any path to survival.

Yet the new ruler seemed uninterested, ignoring the bowing crowd, looking toward Ji Jue, and pointing at the still lingering Family God:

"This thing, you didn't take it with you?"

"Take it for what?" Ji Jue laughed, "Things like this only have value when left in Xiang State. Have you ever heard of someone running off with a machine room?"

Nowadays, the Family God had, through years of nurturing by the Chopra family, deeply entrenched itself in Xiang State, already firmly rooted. Even though it had completely become the nurturing ground and server for the Fly King, there was no need to uproot it. Indeed, the greatest value of the Family God is right here.

Through the expansion of successive Family Heads, the Secret Ritual completely covered the entire Xiang State, extracting the spiritual essence of the entire state to continue supplying the Family God's consumption.

There's not even a need to perform live sacrifices anymore, to quench the insatiable hunger and greed of countless Evil Spirits, just steadily collecting the dispersed spiritual essence of the living can ensure stable operation.

The Federation takes twelve taxes to one of spiritual essence, while Ji Jue only needs twenty taxes to one, compared to that, it's like a meager tax that leaves the people at peace!

And most of the incompatible impurities and dregs, the Fierce Spirits and resentful souls that had settled inside the Family God over centuries, were all stripped away by Ji Jue, kneaded into a ball following the original structure, and continued to act as the guardian of the Family God, serving as the protector of the machine room.

While its size was much reduced, even if the original size were larger, it wouldn't have reflected much growth on the Family God, compared to the previous centipede state outside, it's only shrunk a bit, but its controllability and flexibility have increased non-stop, ten times no less!

Starting today, the Family God is Minkler's loyal dog and guardian.

Ji Jue continued to use the bloodline binding of the Chopra family, without imposing any restrictions. In fact, Minkler only needed one thought to manipulate the Family God to counter Ji Jue with ease.

Yet under Ji Jue's deep and meaningful gaze, Minkler looked down at the ring on his hand, merely smiling nonchalantly, without any hesitation or confusion, and suddenly asked:

"Do you smoke?"

Ji Jue smiled, shaking his head: "Sorry, I don't."

"I truly envy people like you who can smile without anesthetics.

I have some top-grade cigars smuggled in, occasionally confiscate some nice bottles of wine, embezzle a bit of military funds, to support a group of old comrades who've shared life and death with me, give everyone a plan and an answer, that was what I most wanted to achieve in the first half of my life."

Minkler lit another, taking a deep drag, exhaling a wisp of blue smoke: "If I could meet a woman who loves me...that would be even better.

I've even planned it all out, if I had children, I'd send them to the Federation or the Empire, leave them some money, enough to support life, avoid any ties with the Chopra family, even seeing them occasionally would count as happiness."

"Should I offer my congratulations then?"

Ji Jue replied: "There's no need to go to the Empire or the Federation, from now on, you can openly live with your wife and children together.

However, regarding your wife and children, you don't need me to sort that out for you, right? That's not something that can be handled by charging a fee."

Instantly, Minkler burst into laughter.

He doubled over, shaking with uncontrollable joy.

From now on, he no longer needed to worry about the family determining his fate, he was the family, he was the Chopra.

A swift rise to power.

As for the price, he didn't care.

Three days ago, when he was clinging to Ji Jue's leg like a beggar, crying and pleading, all he wanted was simply to survive.

Now, the shackle around his neck was finally removed, gaining freedom, while all the chains around everyone's necks, gathered into his hand.

"Oh, by the way, Lou Feng just told me, he helped optimize the Family God's structure and management, the few functions you've always wanted have also been added for you."

Ji Jue glanced at the trembling loyalists prostrating on the ground around him, smiling as he delivered the grim news: "Including, but not limited to, the most important... a one-key delete."

From now on, no more worries, seamless management of the family tree!

Not only does it facilitate setting goals, performance, and KPIs for family members, monitoring everyone's progress and project processes, optimizing collaboration between different departments, but it also adds meeting records and smart monitoring features, ensuring that Minkler's family strives harder and more effectively under the wise guidance of the Family Head!