Family Rise by Daily Intelligence

Chapter 205: Chapter 145: Strange Events in the Clan, Identity Shrouded in Mystery, Advancement to Tier Two Middle-Grade Talisman Maker

When Fu Changsheng was in seclusion.

A strange incident occurred at the Fu Family.

One morning.

After sending Brother Fan to Moon Academy, Nanny Liuu returned to the backyard and saw that Brother Rong’s room was still tightly shut. She couldn’t help but frown:

”Qiu Niang is really something; it’s already this hour, and yet she hasn’t woken Brother Rong up.”

Speaking to herself.

Nanny Liuu took a few quick steps.

Without knocking, she directly reached out to push open the left wing room. The door opened, but the bedroom’s mosquito net was still intact, clearly showing that the caregiver Qiu Niang was still sleeping in.

Nanny Liuu felt a sudden surge of anger.

Brother Rong was weak; although he didn’t need to go to the academy, normally a master would come to teach him at home. Estimating that the master would soon arrive at the outer courtyard study, Brother Rong still hadn’t woken up yet. There would be no time for breakfast and he would be late for his lesson, which is not a good habit:

”Qiu Niang, what time is it? Wake up!”

Nanny Liuu advanced and lifted the bed canopy.

Yet what she saw frightened her so much that her knees started to tremble.

It appeared that Qiu Niang on the bed had already passed away, seemingly scared to death, and Brother Rong was nowhere to be found:

”Something major has happened!”

Nanny Liuu’s heart raced rapidly.

She turned hurriedly and ran outside, forgetting about etiquette, and rushed directly into the discussion hall where Liuu Meizhen was discussing preparation work for constructing the Earth Fire room with the stewards. Seeing Nanny Liuu enter with a pale face, Liuu Meizhen’s heart skipped a beat.

Nanny Liuu had been with her for decades.

But she had never seen such a panicked expression from the other person.

Immediately she gestured:

”Stewards, please prepare according to what I’ve just said.”

”Yes, Lady of the House.”

The group responded and withdrew.

Nanny Liuu couldn’t wait for Liuu Meizhen to set up the array and impatiently sent a message:

”Madam, please move to the backyard!”

Something happened in the backyard?

Liuu Meizhen’s mind turned quickly.

Yaoyao and Jade Lotus had been staying at Moon Lake for the past few days.

Brother Fan had just finished breakfast with her this morning and gone to study; aside from him, only her second son Brother Rong was in the backyard. Brother Rong was weak, so he usually woke up later than them. Could something have happened to Brother Rong?

Liuu Meizhen’s body flickered, instantly using the Light Body Technique, her body swiftly flashing several times, returning quickly to the backyard. She saw the left wing room door was wide open.

She entered.

Lifting the bed canopy to look.

There was no Brother Rong on the bed, just the corpse of the caregiver:

”Brother Rong....”

Liuu Meizhen felt her legs turn weak.

Nanny Liuu, who arrived a step too late, hurriedly supported her, quickly saying:

”Madam, after sending Brother Fan to Moon Academy, I saw the left wing room door was shut tight, and when I opened it, Brother Rong was already gone.”

Liuu Meizhen forced herself to calm down.

She carefully examined Qiu Niang’s corpse, immediately seeing that it was caused by some magical creature sucking her essence blood. Then, she thoroughly checked every corner of the room but found no clue.

At that moment, she waved her sleeve.

The big bed moved outward.

Under the bed.

A small hole suddenly appeared before her eyes.

Liuu Meizhen’s pupils shrank:

”Nanny, activate the backyard array immediately, and send my order: No one from the clan may leave the Clan Mountain without my permission, not even a step, hurry!”

”Yes, madam.”

”Hold on,” Liuu Meizhen stopped Nanny Liuu: ”Nanny, until the matter of Brother Rong is clearly investigated, no word of it may be leaked.”

Nanny Liuu accepted and went.

Liuu Meizhen slapped an Earth Escape Talisman onto herself, a yellow light enveloped her body, and in an instant, she slipped down through the hole into the earth.

Following the winding, twisting small tunnel forward.

.....

Moon Lake.

After breakfast, Chen Dazhu leisurely stepped out, intending to check the spawning condition of Bailing Fish in Moon Lake. Currently, his status in the Fu Family was no longer that of a hired farmer, but he was promoted to Steward of the Spirit Plant Hall, with several Qi Cultivation Disciples under his command.

Such good days.

He wouldn’t have dared to dream of before.

Just after leaving the courtyard.

He saw the sixth disciple, who should have been weeding in the Spirit Field, running past with a panicked face. Chen Dazhu said casually:

”I say, Yongheng, why are you in such a rush early in the morning? Have you had breakfast? If not, there’s still a portion left with your master; this morning is Red Marrow Rice porridge, very nutritious.”

Fu Yongfu, due to running hurriedly or perhaps truly frightened, flailed his arms and legs, trying to say something but failing to make a sound, constantly pointing towards Moon Lake.

Chen Dazhu was influenced by him.

His heart skipped a beat.

Could something really have happened?

He panicked immediately, turned around, and ran back to the courtyard, shouting:

”Old woman, come out quick, something’s happened, something major!”

”What’s all the yelling!”

Fairy Lady Cai kicked the ground and came out from the main hall, first glaring at Chen Dazhu, then calmly casting a few Daoist Techniques on Fu Yongfu, who came to report.

Only then did Fu Yongfu catch his breath.

As if the sky was falling, he said:

”Master, please go check Moon Lake, something major has happened!”

Before his words finished.

Fairy Lady Cai’s body flashed several times, quickly speeding to the lakeside.

When she saw the situation in the lake.

Her vision went black as well.

Following closely behind, Chen Dazhu saw the scene before him, trembling like he was sieving:

”This....what on earth happened? Last night when I fed them, the Bailing Fish in the lake were fine. How did they turn into a pile of white bones overnight?”

”Old woman, what do we do now? There are tens of thousands of Bailing Fish here; even if the two of us sell our lives, we can’t repay this!”

He had just been promoted to Steward a few days earlier.

Unexpectedly.

As soon as the good days began, immediately came this catastrophic disaster: