Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Jiang Xinxin and Shi Ying's first appearance in this wilderness was undoubtedly very successful.

Hao Lingyi and Fangfeng Yiying were also very happy to receive extra gifts. However, due to Xiangliu Fangfengbei's identity, it was not convenient for her to wear jewelry for the time being. Fangfeng Yiying could only look at the various exquisite jewelry in the beautiful dressing box.

Xiangliu looked at his adopted sister's dressing box and was of course touched by the intentions of his adopted master Jiang Xinxin. But then Fangfeng Yiying said that she would go to Qingshui Town with her for a short stay, which made him not so happy.

"Aren't you still thinking about Tushan? Tushan Jing has given you the opportunity, why don't you quickly complete the deal with him? Why are you still playing around?"

Fangfeng Yiying rolled her eyes at her adopted brother and said, "I just want to see if I have the chance to become a formal disciple of the academy like you. It doesn't make sense that you, a sea monster and a cold-faced killer, can become a disciple, but I, a lady from a noble family, cannot."

Xiangliu had no intention of not letting Fangfeng Yiying go to the academy, but——

"I still say the same thing. Aren't you thinking about Tushan's family business, power and status? Why are you thinking about going to the academy now?"

Fangfeng Yiying really didn't do it on impulse. "I've thought about it. I can indeed take over the Tushan clan gradually as Tushan Jing's fiancée, but this will inevitably give Fangfeng clan an opportunity to forcibly seize my spoils. Moreover, the four major clans have always been closely connected. If the Tushan clan is usurped by an outsider like me, perhaps they won't do anything in the short term for the sake of profit, but over time, they will inevitably worry that they will encounter the same thing and unite against me."

"Therefore, I think I should have a way out, and the college is the best choice."

Hearing this, Xiang Liu smiled and praised: "My sister's brain is really good, not comparable to ordinary people."

Fang Feng Yiying was a little proud. This dressing box was made of ebony and had three layers. The top was decorated with colorful mother-of-pearl in the pattern of Baoxiang flowers. It had exactly three layers in total, and the drawer handles were all in the style of exquisite butterflies. She was happy enough just by touching the colorful mother-of-pearl.

Seeing how Fangfeng Yiying cherished the box, Xiangliu remembered that he couldn't let her wear it out to show off because of her status, so he said regretfully: "It's me who has implicated you. I'm afraid you won't be able to show this set of jewelry to anyone when you go back."

Fang Feng Yiying was just a little disappointed. "Second brother, you are joking. This jewelry will be seen by people one day. I have a long life, so I will wait for that day."

Fangfeng Yiying was so considerate that Xiangliu felt even more guilty. Just then, a palace maid brought an invitation, saying that Fangfeng Yiying was invited to go boating on the lake in three days. The host was the newly crowned Princess Haoling Jiuyao. The second princess Haolingyi would probably go with them. If Haolingyi happened to be wearing the jewelry given by Jiang Xinxin, wouldn't Fangfeng Yiying be even more pitiful?

Thinking of this, Xiangliu noticed the mother-of-pearl on the dressing box. He had heard from Jiang Xinxin a long time ago that this mother-of-pearl was made of shells or conch shells. Three days was too tight and he couldn't come up with more suitable jewelry. But he could go to the sea to collect some pearls, corals and the like, and string two tassels to decorate the hairpin to prevent wind.

It just so happened that the Five Gods Mountain was close to the sea, and behind the most terrifying Dragon Bone Prison in Haoling Country was the sea. He himself was a great monster in the sea, so collecting pearls, corals and the like was a piece of cake for him.

Fangfeng Yiying was still caressing the dressing box, reluctant to let it go, when she heard Xiangliu say, "My master has told me about a kind of pink pearl that can only grow in conch shells. These pearls are rarely round, but mostly oval. However, their color is very rare, and they have the same sparkle as gemstones. I'll get you a box, and you can see what kind of tassels I can make to decorate your hairpin."

Just hearing the description was enough to make Fangfeng Yiying excited. She couldn't help but urge Xiangliu, wanting to see the finished product as soon as possible.

Xiangliu did not hesitate and quietly went down to the sea that night. He picked up a few dead conch shells and poured out more than a hundred conch pearls from the shells. A tassel only needed about ten conch pearls. It was not easy to pick out beads of similar size and color from the more than a hundred beads. He picked up a few more conch shells and soon collected more than sixty beads that could be used to string tassels.

The brother and sister were busy with a box of conch pearls. On the other side, Chen Rong Xinyue, who had also received an invitation, was talking to her brother Chishui Fenglong.

Chen Rong Xinyue was particularly eager for power because of her experience as a hostage in Xiyan Mountain since childhood. Especially when she saw the grand scene of the return ceremony of the princess of Haoling Kingdom causing all the prominent clans in the whole wilderness to move, she was afraid of Xiyan's military power, but at the same time, she also wanted to have a share of Xiyan's power in her own hands, so she had been secretly paying attention to the Xiyan king's grandson Xuan.

Chen Rong Xinyue asked Chishui Fenglong: "Brother, what do you think of Xuan?"

Chishui Fenglong understood what his sister meant, but the situation was unclear at the moment, and he had not had much contact with Xixuan, so he could not make an accurate judgment, so he advised: "Sister, what happens to Xixuan has nothing to do with us. Not only the Chishui clan, but the four major clans in the Central Plains will not easily interfere in the succession of the throne of Xiyan."

Chen Rong Xinyue was angry, but she also knew that her brother was right. It was too early to take sides now, especially since the Chishui clan still had the blood of the Chenrong clan and was already feared by Xiyan.

But then she thought of Jiang Xinxin's power and couldn't help but envy him, "Divine Master Yuan Xin is really majestic. Although I haven't had the honor to meet the Queen Mother of Jade Mountain, the Queen Mother can only guard Jade Mountain and not enter the Great Wilderness, while Divine Master Yuan Xin can marry and walk freely in the Great Wilderness. It can be seen that Divine Master Yuan Xin is even better than the Queen Mother of Jade Mountain."

Chishui Fenglong also envied Jiang Xinxin's unfathomable cultivation, but like Xuan, he believed that for gods like them, it was enough to have enough cultivation, and there was no need to pursue personal strength too much. Anyway, even the Queen Mother of Jade Mountain could not withstand the army of a country.

Therefore, Chishui Fenglong did not completely agree with his sister's words, "It is true that Divine Master Yuanshen's cultivation is unfathomable, but do you think that her cultivation is the only thing she is good at?"

Seeing Chen Rong Xinyue looking over, Chishui Fenglong half explained and half taught: "Although personal martial arts are commendable, they are still far inferior to the army of a country. The most powerful thing about Yuan Xin Shenzun is not her extraordinary cultivation, but the academy under her that teaches everyone."

"I heard that the threshold to enter the academy is actually very low. Almost anyone who has no ill will towards the academy can enter smoothly. After entering, they can learn any knowledge they want to learn. Do you think that with the academy, how long can the clans in this world maintain their advantage?"

Chen Rong Xinyue couldn't help but gasp just thinking about it. Not to mention the distant past, just the shipbuilding skills of their Chishui clan seemed to be unparalleled in the wilderness at present. However, all this was based on the continuous innovation of the technology in the hands of the Chishui clan members.

The Haoling Kingdom has abundant water, and although its shipbuilding technology is not as good as that of the Chishui clan, it can only build ships that are more than ten meters long. Once the Haoling Kingdom devotes its national strength to developing shipbuilding technology, the Chishui clan will not be able to gain any advantage.

This was the first time that Chen Rong Xinyue heard these things. When she was a hostage in Xiyan, although she had never been ashamed of her origin as a member of the Chen Rong family, she did resent her father's act of surrendering. After all, she still had some blood in her body at that time. But the good times did not last long. When she realized that her father's every move in Luoyi and the remnant army led by Hong Jiang implicated her life, her pride was broken.

Later, although her surname was Chenrong, she was the eldest daughter of the Chishui clan. She was only proud of the Chishui clan and almost forgot her surname was Chenrong.

And now she truly understood what she had lost after the demise of Chen Rong.