Seeing the reward from the system put a smile on Tianyu's face. It had been a long time since he had a gacha spin. He thought he way get one by mastering the Polearm Technique or the Cloud Chasing Technique, but unfortunately not. It seemed getting gacha spins wasn't easy.
Tianyu asked his system about this, and it just explained that when it comes to the gacha spin, it holds exclusive rewards that cannot be received by any other means. When Tianyu asked for more information about these rewards, the system explained that it couldn't answer and that he would have to spin the gacha and get lucky.
A little perturbed from not receiving the answer he was looking for, Tianyu chose to spin the gacha in hopes of finding something good.
[Congratulations host! You have received the trait Ambidextrous!]
Tianyu while a little surprised, was pleased with the results. What he received wasn't a skill but a trait. Not only would this be a great trait to have in battle, but it also means that there are other traits that can be unlocked, which he didn't know up until this point.
Happy with his gains this time, he got up to leave. When exiting the room, Yinying was taken aback. While Tianyu looked the same as before, his aura and presence had magnified. To Yinying, he now gave off a very dangerous feeling. It was like standing in front of a tiger. A little nervous, Yinying bowed to Tianyu and followed after him.
Tianyu could smell some food cooking, and at this point realized just how hungry he was. He used up a lot of his energy while breaking through. Sitting down to eat with everyone, Tianyu surprised everyone with the vigor with which he was eating. Not a single grain of rice survived his onslaught.
After the food had been eaten, Guang set herself to clearing the table, Qin Li Mei started to wash up the dishes and Yinying went over to feed Red Hare. This left Tianyu with free time until he was called to go to the main hall. Heading out to the courtyard, which was now equipped fully with training apparatus, Tianyu for the first time went over to the weapons rack and picked up a polearm. The weapon he chose wasn't quite the same as his Halberd, what he had picked up was a Glaive. It was similar to a Spear, however instead of a spike at the top, there was a blade. It was a weapon designed for mid-range combat, or mounted combat.
Over these six months, Tianyu had never taken out his Halberd once. Not wanting to advertise that he has a soul weapon to the Qin Family, it was also a trump card being able to summon a powerful weapon out of the air. He was even angry at himself for using it when he killed the butler and those two guards. He knew that it had been exposed to the family head and the elders, but he was also hopeful that due to the shock at the time and how quickly it was used, this was looked over.
If anyone had been watching and spying on him, it would be like this moment was the first time he had used a weapon. Tianyu purposefully used a reverse grip, not only because he wanted to test out his new trait and get used to using the weapon with his other stance, but also because he was completely inexperienced in using a left-handed grip. It would seem to anybody watching that he was indeed a novice when it comes to weapons.
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Roughly two hours later, a servant came up to the lake villa and informed Tianyu that his presence was requested in the main hall. Nodding to the servant, he followed and made his way to the main hall. When the doors opened and he entered, he noticed the family head and the elders as is usual. Qin Zhao Ren was also sitting there with a stoic expression and also in the middle of the hall was somebody he had never met before. It was another man, roughly the same age as Tianyu. Tall and blonde with decent looks. Tianyu would have no impression of the man if it wasn't for the snobby look on his face and his arrogant demeanor.
Tianyu walked to the center of the room and bowed to the family head as is customary. Other younger members of the Qin Family would also bow to the elders present, however, Tianyu would only bow to those who deserved it and so far, the only person to show anything respectable was the family head.
"Greetings, family head."
The family head nodded his head in acknowledgment.
"Qin Tianyu," a voice from one of the elders rang "It's been six months since you rejoined the Qin Family, and so far you have nothing to show for it. This is unacceptable and utterly disappointing. Just look at my grandson for example," he gestured to the man standing near him who was stood there with arrogant pride, "He started cultivating at the same time you had joined the Qin Family, and he has already broken through to the intermediate stage of the foundation realm!" He was boasting.
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Tianyu, with a cold look in his eyes, responded with some disdain in his voice. "I wasn't under the impression that I had to impress you, Elder"
"Ridiculous!" Another elder interjected "We have sheltered you for six months! Not only do you not show us any thanks, but you are even this insolent!"
"It wasn't my choice to come back to the Qin Family, remember? It was you guys who forced me to come back." Tianyu retorted.
Sensing that this was about to become a back-and-forth, the family head spoke up.
"Enough," his voice caught everybody's attention "Qin Tianyu, though you may be correct with your statements, you are speaking to the elders of the Qin Family and your disrespect towards them is indeed crossing the line."
Inwardly sighing, once the family head had spoken there wasn't much he could do. With a quick bow to the family head and an insincere apology, Tianyu stood there once more in silence waiting to be told the reason he was summoned.
The family head knew that this was likely the best he was going to get, he let out a sigh and started to explain.
"What the elder said isn't wrong, Qin Tianyu. Over these six months the Qin Family had sheltered you, Qin Li Mei, and your servants. You have been provided with an excellent living situation, and you have been provided countless resources and techniques over this time. Yet your progress is indeed disappointing."
Tianyu spoke up in his own defense. "Family head, I have indeed been provided a good living situation. But what is this about countless resources? Over these past six months, I have received none barring the few bottles of pills you provided me with the Adamant Body Technique."
When these words came out of his mouth, the young man who was standing in the hall with him had a panicked look on his face and quickly looked over to one of the elders.
"Lies!" The same elder shouted out "Every month resources are delivered to your door, you are just making excuses to hide your useless potential."
Hearing what the elder had said, the man breathed a sigh of relief.
It didn't take long for Tianyu to work out what had been going on. It seems that under the guise of claiming resources for Tianyu, this elder had taken them and most likely given them to his grandson.
"I see," Tianyu was tired of these games and wasn't interested in playing any longer "So why am I here? Do you plan on kicking me out of the family once again?"
Rubbing his forehead, it seems that the family head wasn't as foolish as the elder thinks, and can also understand what has happened. Tianyu has no reason to lie to him, at worst they would throw him out of the family again, and that wasn't an effective threat against somebody they forced to join it.
As the family head was about to speak up, another voice cut him off first.
"Let them fight."
Everyone looked over to where the voice had originated, and of course, the man sitting there was Qin Zhao Ren.
"You heard me," he repeated "Let them fight. Why are you going through all of this nonsense? In this world, the strongest is right, and the weak have no say"
Although Tianyu hated his father, he preferred this way of doing things. Politics is a headache and he doesn't want to deal with it.
"I disagree," the man next to Tianyu spoke for the first time "Why should I waste my time on trash like this? I'm a genius of the Qin Family, he is a reject who was thrown out!"
His grandfather spoke up agreeing with him "That's right, why should Xiao Pin have to lower himself to fight with this waste?"
"I can't believe that I am about to say this, but I actually agree with my father." Tianyu spoke up "I don't want to waste time with this crap when I could be cultivating."
Sighing in defeat, the family head agrees to the duel. servants run through the room like ants, clearing a large space for a duel to take place. On one side is Qin Tianyu, and on the other is Qin Pin.
When the family head signaled the fight to start, Qin Pin with an arrogant look on his face started to trash-talk Tianyu, using any method possible to get inside his head. Tianyu just stood there unbothered by his attempts. Upon seeing that he wasn't getting to Tianyu, Qin Pin went on the attack. All of his moves were big and flashy, exactly what you would think from somebody like him. As Tianyu expected, he has also rushed his cultivation and relied on his resources. He doesn't have a solid foundation, so his attacks have no real power behind them. Unlike Tianyu who has been training all day every day, on top of having his avatars.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Attacks reigned down on Tianyu, who was unmoving. Qin Pin who was attacking had a sinister smile on his face. Tianyu was so weak he was unable to fight back! Plus he gets to show what a genius he is in front of the family head.
What he didn't know, is that Tianyu wasn't trying to fight back. Tianyu had trained the Adamant Body Technique to completion over these past six months, the attacks from Qin Pin were having no effect on him whatsoever. After about 3 minutes of Qin Pin attacking with all his might, he didn't have the stamina to keep going. Tianyu hadn't even moved from where he stood.
Tianyu then proceeded to look over to the family head "Are we done here now?" he questioned.
Before the family head could bring himself out of his surprise over Tianyu's performance and clearly unaware of the situation, Qin Pin started berating him again.
"We won't be done until I cripple you, trash! You're just a reject from the Qin Family. You aren't worthy of being in this family! I'm going to cripple you and throw you back out in the street with your whore of a mother and those shitty little kids!"
While the elders had been distracted by his words, the only people who saw what had happened next were the family head and Qin Zhao Ren. With cold eyes, Tianyu channeled his Lightning Qi into his legs and his arm. In a flash, he burst towards Qin Pin and brought a lightning-fast fist right to his face. When the fist hit, thunder clapped, which shook everyone out of their stupor. Tianyu had sent Qin Pin flying across the room and crashing into the wall. Qin Pin's face was a bloody mess. Tianyu followed this up with some more lightning-imbued punches to his face.
"Stop!" A loud voice shook the room.
No matter how much Tianyu would love to kill this arrogant fool in front of him, currently, he isn't able to stand up to the entire Qin Family. So he forced himself to stop from ending his pathetic life.
Tianyu straightened his clothes, dusted himself off, walked back to the center of the room, and waited for the family head to speak. Everyone had a sour expression on their face. Qin Pin was supposed to be the next genius of the Qin Family, but he was just so easily beaten like a dog.
Everyone's face bar one - Qin Zhao Ren had a big smile across his.