FVN Chapter 1: Founding Ministers
Chapter 1: Founding Ministers
The Great Chen Dynasty, Ruyi Commandery.
The Duke of Yong's Mansion.
The once magnificent mansion is now unusually noisy, with faint cries mingling among the sounds.
Fang Yun lay on his sickbed, his hair white and his body withered like a dead tree, his life force exhausted.
He struggled to open his cloudy eyes and looked inside and outside the house, where a large number of people, including his concubines and descendants, were kneeling.
There was no regret in my eyes, but rather a great sense of relief and satisfaction.
As consciousness gradually faded, a series of events from after the transmigration flashed before my eyes, like a fleeting dream.
He lived for eighty-eight years.
Fang Yun was born into a good family.
My father was the leader of the shipping gang on the Grand Canal, a powerful force that made him incredibly wealthy, ensuring he never had to worry about food or drink his whole life.
As he grew up, Fang Yun displayed remarkable martial arts talent, cultivated his family's internal energy techniques, and became famous at a young age.
At the age of thirty, he successfully broke through to the Innate Realm of Martial Arts, took over his father's position as leader of the gang, and became famous throughout the martial arts world.
But the real turning point was thanks to that benefactor who fell into the water.
Fang Yun remembered it clearly: that year there was a long drought, the land was barren for miles, the court was in chaos, and the water level of the canal dropped by several feet.
Crops failed to yield any harvest, people were displaced, rebellions broke out in various places, and the dynasty came to an end.
The young man surnamed Chen was the one who was attacked by river bandits. He jumped off the boat and escaped into the river, but luckily he was saved.
The two were about the same age, with Fang Yun even being a few years older.
However, when it comes to the general trend of the world and his vision, he is far inferior to this young man from a prominent family.
In just one night, they hit it off and became close friends who could talk about anything.
At that time, Fang Yun was full of vigor and ambition, and was eager to make a name for himself.
So when the Chen family raised the banner of rebellion, he led the entire canal gang and gladly joined them.
Unexpectedly, the establishment of the new dynasty proceeded with unbelievable ease.
In just ten years, they successfully pacified the surrounding vassal kings, fought in the north and south, and rebuilt the country!
The young man became the founding emperor of the Chen dynasty, a wise and sagacious ruler.
Fang Yun was granted the title of Duke of the Founding Dynasty, reaching the pinnacle of officialdom and enjoying immense wealth and honor.
Just like the Chen family... destined by fate!
It wasn't until later that Fang Yun learned that the so-called destiny should actually be called the destiny of immortals!
A nation rises and falls, dynasties change.
It's nothing more than ants in the mortal world fighting for survival, serving as pawns for those high and mighty immortals to play chess with.
The Chen family's rise to prominence was entirely due to the breakthrough of an immortal ancestor, who held a high position within the sect, thus achieving its current prosperity.
Unfortunately, Fang Yun did not have spiritual roots and was destined to never cultivate immortality in this lifetime.
Fortunately, he has a next life.
【The Reincarnation Monument: First Incarnation】
Name: Fang Yun
Age: 88
[Cultivation Level: Martial Dao Innate Stage]
[Exercise Method: Zixia Health Preservation Exercise]
[Spiritual Root: None]
[Talent: None]
[Skills: Dragon Locking Secret Technique (Masterful), Hundred-Refined Iron Shirt (Peak of Perfection), Azure Dragon Cloud-Piercing Hand (Peak of Perfection), Sea-Parting Sword Technique (Consummate Skill)...]
The candlelight flickered, casting shadows, as Fang Yun softly called out in his heart.
A stone tablet of reincarnation slowly appeared, ancient and grand, weathered and worn, suppressing the soul and spirit deep within.
This is the treasure that Fang Yun brought with him from another world.
It can help him reincarnate through countless lifetimes among his descendants, ensuring his true spirit remains undying.
Accumulating merit through countless lifetimes, enduring countless calamities, attaining immortality, living in the world forever, and even reaching the realm of eternal immortality.
In order to continue their bloodline and ensure a happy rebirth in their next life.
When Fang Yun was still the young leader of the gang, he married more than a dozen wives and concubines, and had many children.
Once he achieved the status of a Grandmaster of the Innate Realm, with no further progress in martial arts, he began to delve into the secret arts of the bedroom, striving for perfection.
Later, he followed Emperor Taizu of Chen in his campaigns across the land, fighting against thousands of troops, and also met many beautiful women, female knights-errant, and enchanting women of the Holy Sect.
Countless romantic tales have been left behind.
Even after achieving the title of Duke, Fang Yun still did not restrain himself.
For the sake of his descendants, he began to set an example by marrying into many noble families and even several royal women.
When he turned seventy, the Duke's mansion held a grand birthday celebration.
More than a thousand people, including his registered biological sons, his married daughters and sons-in-law, came to congratulate him on his 60th birthday.
Some busybodies, eager to flatter him, even wrote poems in his honor, praising them as—
A thousand sons share a cup of longevity wine, together adding to the length of their life together!
After the age of eighty, Fang Yun's physical strength declined, and he became more restrained, reducing the frequency of his sexual encounters with his concubines.
However, the descendants are endless, and the harvest brought by these years of hard work is gratifying.
The Fang family has grown into a prominent clan with numerous bloodlines and complex kinship ties.
Even in the harem of the new emperor of Chen, there was a concubine surnamed Fang who gave birth to a prince and held a highly respected position.
With such a large population, nearly ten descendants with spiritual roots were naturally sent into the world of cultivation by Fang Yun.
Gradually, they acquired some spirit stones and cultivation techniques.
Fang Yun secretly hid them all away to use as resources for his future cultivation.
"I hope that in my next life, I can possess spiritual roots and unlock the gates to immortality..."
After a thousand thoughts swirled in his mind, Fang Yun took one last look at his kneeling descendants on the ground, and without regret, he passed away peacefully.
A moment later, the cries from the Duke's mansion suddenly turned mournful, and white banners for summoning the soul rose like clouds, a scene of utter desolation.
……
Chaos and darkness, nowhere to be found.
As soon as Fang Yun's true spirit appeared here, he immediately saw a beam of light enveloping him on the surface of the Reincarnation Stele.
After the sunset faded, he felt as if he had shed decades of constraints, his chronic illnesses had disappeared, and he experienced a long-lost sense of ease.
His entire mindset changed, and he transformed from an elderly person into a vibrant young person.
Buzz!
On the surface of the Reincarnation Monument, a point of light shone, which condensed into a second, semi-transparent, illusory stone monument behind it.
The intertwined and blooming light transformed into his experiences of over eighty years of life, manifesting on the second Reincarnation Stele.
The scenes keep changing, from the moment a baby is born to the moment a baby grows into an adult.
Fang Yun touched the stone tablet with his fingers, as if watching a long movie.
He met those familiar female confidantes; when they first met, they were each other at their most beautiful.
He also saw his most beloved eldest son, whom he had carefully nurtured since childhood, taught him martial arts, and followed him to pacify the world.
Unfortunately, he later died on the battlefield. Fang Yun held his cold body in the pouring rain and buried him in the coffin with his own hands.
He lived too long; one vivid face after another vanished from his memory in an instant.
Finally, the image froze on the moment of his death, like a black and white portrait, lifelike and very peaceful.
[Founding Fathers, Head of the Nobles]
Beneath the stone tablet, characters emerge, as if summarizing and annotating this life.
[End of the first life.]
[Achievements: Martial Arts Master, Read Ten Thousand Books, Received Birthday Greetings from a Thousand Sons]
Achieving three accomplishments in this life will grant you three fixed talents.
Talent? Fixed?
As Fang Yun was pondering, he saw three dazzling rays of light fly out of the stone tablet like shooting stars and merge into his body.
[Talent Acquired - All Meridians Open!]
[Has acquired the talent—Photographic Memory!]
[Has acquired a special talent—many children, many blessings!]
The first two need no further explanation; they possess unobstructed meridians, are born with martial prowess, and have photographic memory, making them truly accomplished in both literature and martial arts.
What is the function of the third talent?
[Many children, many blessings: You possess the extraordinary talent to continue your family line, with numerous offspring. You are naturally blessed with fertility and have a very high probability of giving birth to offspring with spiritual roots.]
This……
Fang Yun sensed the information surfacing in his mind and suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of anticipation for his next life.