Cang Lan Star.

Eastern Region Divine Continent, Heroic Spirit City.

It was midday.

Gu Feng leisurely sat on a master's chair in the courtyard of his luxurious mansion, casually picking up a teacup from the side table and taking a slow sip.

"Stealing a half-day of leisure... that leisure..."

Glancing at the maid standing nearby with her graceful figure, Gu Feng smacked his lips, closed his eyes, and prepared to take a short nap.

He had been in this world for nineteen years now. In his previous life, Gu Feng was a complete loser, working as a sales manager for an e-commerce platform.

He always fantasized about saving enough money to start an internet company, getting it funded and listed, and becoming wealthy overnight, living a life of luxury.

Perhaps he had stepped in some luck, because in this life, he had transmigrated into the body of the son of Gu Liantian, the City Lord of Heroic Spirit City!

And more importantly, he was the legitimate eldest son!

For the past nineteen years, Gu Feng's generous father, Gu Liantian, had never treated him poorly. He lived in luxury, with servants attending to him both in public and in private, giving him whatever he wanted, showering him with endless love!

The only frustrating thing was that this world seemed unfriendly to his laziness!

Damn it, this was actually a cultivation world!

Cang Lan Star, where Gu Feng resided, was a third-tier cultivation planet. Everyone aspired to cultivate, and strength was revered above all!

However, Gu Feng was naturally lazy. Although his City Lord father abused his power to send all the family's cultivation resources his way, nineteen years had passed, and Gu Feng hadn't even broken through the Qi Refining stage!

As a result, he faced much criticism from many cultivators in the family!

Fortunately, Gu Liantian was excellent at protecting his son, and over the years, no one dared to truly trouble Gu Feng!

Gu Liantian, the City Lord of Heroic Spirit City, was at the peak of the ninth stage of the Spirit Dividing realm. In Heroic Spirit City, a mere stomp from him could wipe out a cultivation family, yet he had a useless son!

This had become a popular tale in Heroic Spirit City!

Even more exaggerated, Gu Liantian was so indulgent towards Gu Feng that he placed him in the Sequence of Ten Sons within the family, against all opposition!

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The so-called Sequence of Ten Sons consisted of ten chosen ones from the younger generation of the Gu Family in Heroic Spirit City, and most of the cultivation resources of the Gu Family and even the entire Heroic Spirit City were directed towards them.

Generally speaking, the higher the sequence ranking, the more astonishing the cultivation, with some prodigies breaking through the Qi Refining stage and reaching the first stage of the Golden Elixir realm in their teens!

Of course, Gu Feng was an exception.

And he was ranked first in the sequence...

There was a nursery rhyme in Heroic Spirit City that went like this:

"In the Eastern Region Divine Continent, Heroic Spirit stands, the vast mountains and rivers seal the mundane, only the City Lord deeply protects his son, Qi Refining third stage holds high respect..."

A sequence first with a Qi Refining third stage cultivation inevitably drew dissatisfaction, and to the other chosen ones in the sequence, Gu Feng was just a useless person occupying a position he didn't deserve!

Though they didn't dare confront him directly, they couldn't help but mock him openly and secretly, leading to tense relations among the group!

***

"The tea's cold, replace it!"

Gu Feng snapped his fingers, and a maid quickly ran over to take away the tea from the table. He glanced at a young man in black standing straight beside him and asked, "Has the person arrived?"

The young man in black had ordinary looks, but his sword-like eyebrows and chiseled face gave him a heroic air. He looked towards the courtyard gate and replied, "About three or four miles away, almost here."

The maid brought new tea and some fruits to the table. Gu Feng gently picked up a piece, tasted it, and asked, "How's his strength? Is it as the rumors say?"

The young man in black smiled slightly and replied, "His True Core is profound, and his Sword Sense is sharp. The rumors are not false."

Gu Feng nodded.

A sword light flashed across the courtyard gate, spinning and transforming into a young man in white. He stepped into the courtyard, glanced at Gu Feng lounging on the master's chair, and immediately lost interest, turning to focus on the man in black, cupping his hands, "I don't know why this Daoist friend invited Ye here today?"

"It wasn't him who invited you!" Gu Feng stretched lazily and smiled, "It was me!"

The young man in white glared angrily, having already noticed that Gu Feng was merely at the Qi Refining third stage, while the man in black beside him had a cultivation so deep and restrained that he couldn't gauge it, causing him to show a look of disdain, "Who are you?!"

Gu Feng wasn't angry, and leisurely took out a scroll from his white jade Ring Storage, unfurling it with a flick of his hand, and read aloud, "Ye Tianchen, born in Phoenix Cry Village, Eastern Region Divine Continent. As a child, he was fortunate to study at Pine Sword Sect on Phoenix Cry Mountain. By the age of eleven, he had reached the ninth stage of Qi Refining, but unfortunately, he offended the third son of the City Lord of Fire Phoenix City due to a twist of fate and was schemed against..."

Listening to Gu Feng recounting his life story, Ye Tianchen frowned deeply.

Regardless of whether the other party was pleased, Gu Feng continued, "To protect you, Pine Sword Sect willingly offered their treasured artifact to the City Lord of Fire Phoenix City as an apology. Who would have thought you'd be so lucky to discover an immortal tomb in the territory under Fire Phoenix City's jurisdiction! In that battle, you severely injured three and killed five of the young chosen ones of Fire Phoenix City, including the third son you had a grudge with. Unexpectedly, you obtained the inheritance of the tomb's owner!"

Taking a sip of tea, Gu Feng, with great interest, smiled, "The City Lord of Fire Phoenix City, Murong Zhengyi, was furious and slaughtered your entire Pine Sword Sect, not even sparing the Mountain Guardian Beast. Yet you, a fierce one, took a risk alone, wielding a sword to the sky, and with your Golden Elixir cultivation, defeated Murong Zhengyi, saving your childhood sweetheart junior sister, and retreated unscathed, disappearing ever since! Marvelous! Marvelous!"

Putting down the scroll, Gu Feng clapped his hands, meeting Ye Tianchen's cold gaze with a crooked smile, "I forgot to introduce myself. I am one of the Sequence of Ten Sons in Heroic Spirit City, Gu Feng!"