Chapter 199 - 138: Bad News Arrives, Daniu’s Plight

Chapter 199: Chapter 138: Bad News Arrives, Daniu’s Plight

Jingyue Lake.

Huxing Island, the Yun Clan Territory.

Yu Daniu exited the ancestral hall, a panicked expression on his face as he hurried back home.

"Huizhen, this is bad!"

The moment he saw his wife, Yu Daniu rushed forward and said urgently, "Big Brother is in danger. I have to go to Qinghe Marketplace."

Hearing this, Yun Huizhen froze for a moment before quickly trying to calm Yu Daniu down. Then she asked, "What’s going on? Big Brother has been fine in Qinghe Marketplace. How could he possibly be in danger?"

The idea of Chen Jianghe being in danger felt unreal to Yun Huizhen.

She knew a bit about Chen Jianghe and had also read through his records at Jingyue Lake.

When it came to this "Big Brother’s" way of doing things, Yun Huizhen had only two words for it: cautious and meticulous.

"Big Brother’s Foundation Establishment Pill has been exposed!" Yu Daniu said gravely.

"A Foundation Establishment Pill?!"

Yun Huizhen was stunned, shooting up from the Grandmaster’s Chair.

"How could Big Brother have a Foundation Establishment Pill?"

"I don’t know, but he just broke through to the Ninth-Layer Qi Refining. He definitely can’t take the Foundation Establishment Pill right away, and that’s the root of this disaster."

Yu Daniu couldn’t be bothered with the details. He looked at Yun Huizhen with determination and said, "I’m going to Qinghe Marketplace to help Big Brother protect the Foundation Establishment Pill."

"Daniu, calm down first."

Yun Huizhen grabbed Yu Daniu’s large, thick hand and pushed her husband back down into the Grandmaster’s Chair.

Just then, Yun Xiaoniu also returned home.

His expression was solemn.

"Father, Mother, Uncle’s Foundation Establishment Pill has been exposed."

Yun Xiaoniu had rushed home the moment he received the news, but seeing his parents’ expressions, it seemed they already knew as well.

’Wait! How does Uncle have a Foundation Establishment Pill?’

"Never mind how your uncle got a Foundation Establishment Pill! We, father and son, need to get to Qinghe Marketplace right away." Seeing Yun Xiaoniu return and also mention that Chen Jianghe had the pill made Yu Daniu’s heart burn with even more anxiety.

Jingyue Lake was three thousand li from Qinghe Marketplace. If the news had reached them, it must have already spread all over the marketplace.

"Father, don’t be so anxious."

Yun Xiaoniu thought for a moment, and as if he had realized something, he immediately said, "It seems Uncle didn’t just take a Youthful Pill. He must have also taken a Lifespan Extension Pill."

"What makes you say that?" Yu Daniu asked with a frown.

"Uncle has a Foundation Establishment Pill, so he must be planning to break through to Foundation Establishment. But at his age, he’s clearly past the optimal time for it... unless he took a Lifespan Extension Pill to prolong that window."

"Attempting Foundation Establishment?"

Yu Daniu stared blankly for a second, then his face lit up with joy. "Excellent! Big Brother actually has a Foundation Establishment Opportunity! All the more reason for me to go to Qinghe Marketplace and be his Guardian!"

Yun Huizhen watched Yu Daniu’s sudden excitement and listened to his words, feeling a sense of helplessness.

She knew her husband’s bond with Chen Jianghe was deep, but she hadn’t realized it was *this* deep.

The moment he learned about the Foundation Establishment Pill,

his first thought wasn’t about the pill’s origin, but about Chen Jianghe’s safety. He even wanted to go to Qinghe Marketplace to help Chen Jianghe protect it.

Now, hearing that Chen Jianghe might attempt Foundation Establishment, his heart was filled with an inexpressible joy.

However, Yun Huizhen wasn’t angry. On the contrary, she was very pleased.

She had long known that Chen Jianghe was no simple man, but she never expected that at nearly seventy years old, he would still have a Foundation Establishment Opportunity.

This made her very happy.

If Chen Jianghe reached Foundation Establishment, the benefits it would bring to her and Yu Daniu’s descendants would be far greater than anything from Gao Peiyao.

There was another matter Yun Huizhen had heard about from Yu Daniu and Yun Xiaoniu.

It was about the Youthful Pill.

Chen Jianghe had a Youthful Pill and actually planned to give it to Yu Daniu and Yun Xiaoniu, something Yun Huizhen found hard to believe.

"Father, you can’t go to Qinghe Marketplace. Second Brother and Third Brother are at Yunmen Mountain, and the family needs you here to manage things."

Yun Xiaoniu thought for a moment and said, "I will go to Qinghe Marketplace. For one, I can help Uncle. And for another, I can also ask about the group-funded alchemy matter."

"Alright, then you go to Qinghe Marketplace."

"You two, father and son, don’t be in such a rush to go to Qinghe Marketplace. You should write a letter to Big Brother and ask him first."

Yun Huizhen cut in, interrupting their discussion.

"Even if you do go to Qinghe Marketplace, it will have to wait until after this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival. This is a crucial time for Da Lang. Whether he can obtain resources like the Nourishing Spirit Pill and the Spirit-Encompassing Spirit Liquid from the family depends on it. This concerns whether Da Lang can successfully reach Foundation Establishment in the future."

"Daniu, do you remember what Big Brother told you in his letter? He said our family’s ability to live securely within the Yun Family all depends on Da Lang successfully reaching Foundation Establishment."

Hearing Yun Huizhen’s words,

Yu Daniu fell into thought for a moment, then said, "I’ll write to Big Brother and ask first. We can decide what to do after that."

With that, Yu Daniu left with Yun Xiaoniu.

"SIGH~"

As Yun Huizhen watched the father and son leave, she felt a wave of dizziness and quickly sat back down in the Grandmaster’s Chair.

’It seems even the Healing Spirit Liquid can’t repair the damage my body sustained in my younger years.’ Yun Huizhen’s expression turned grim.

At sixty-nine, she looked just as old and worn as Zhou Miaoyun.

Bearing five children in seven years had taken a severe toll on her, even though she had been consistently using Tier One High Grade Healing Spirit Liquid for all these years.

But the effects were not obvious.

However, Yun Huizhen didn’t dare show it in front of Yu Daniu and Yun Xiaoniu. In fact, she pretended to be perfectly fine in front of everyone.

Because, years ago, she never imagined that she and Yu Daniu would reach this point, where their branch of the family had become the Gatekeepers, second only to the Patriarch’s own line.

As the backbone of the Gatekeepers, she could not let anyone see her weakness.