Chapter 504
Chapter 504: Chapter 498: Greed Chapter 504: Chapter 498: Greed Only the strong can survive in the end, while the weak are often eliminated by this cruel society.
Just like the Chen Family that she had never heard of; they were already wiped out, while their own Tong Family continued to thrive and gain prominence.
Now, no one remembers the existence of the Chen Family.
Several years later, everything related to the Chen Family would turn to dust, ceasing to exist entirely.
“Grandfather knows what you’re thinking of,” Tong Feng gently touched his granddaughter’s hair, “However, the existence of the Chen Family indeed resembled a legend.
Unfortunately, we were not born in that era and the Chen Family always kept a low profile, which is why there is scarce mention of them in the annals of history.”
But it must be said, the influence of the Chen Family during its peak was truly terrifying.
The extent of this influence is unfathomable to those who live now, for they did not witness that era.
“If we could get our hands on those ancient recipes,” Tong Feng knew this was an impossible quest, yet he had always yearned for it over the years, “the Tong Family could remain standing in this world forever.”
Every person experiences birth, aging, sickness, and death.
Birth is the beginning and death is the end.
No one can escape this fate.
In one’s lifetime, no one can guarantee that they will not fall ill or not need a doctor.
As long as one is human, consumes grains, and does not consume the Immortal Pill, the day will come when one falls ill.
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This is the foundation upon which the invincibility of their Tong Family rests.
Listening to Tong Feng’s words, Tong Shu’s expression transitioned from indifference to surprise to astonishment.
Tong Feng said that the most famous ancient recipe of the Chen Family, besides some unique medicines, was the Rejuvenation Acupuncture Technique.
The Rejuvenation Acupuncture Technique consists of thirteen kinds of Acupuncture Methods, each method learnt from a young age, the needle and the wielder growing as one, till the needle becomes an extension of the person.
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Wherever you want to cure, you can.
The main point of the Chen-style Rejuvenation Acupuncture Technique is not elsewhere, but in these thirteen techniques, each possessing a certain Dao, the Heavenly Dao.
It is said that the Chen Family’s ancestors had seen fairies, and this technique was a gift from the fairies.
Each acupuncture method requires a specific technique and strength.
Once trained to a certain level, the force at the tip of the finger can even pierce an iron plate, let alone human flesh.
The Dao contained in this technique has a rejuvenating effect on the human body.
The so-called rejuvenation is the act of being alive, vibrant, and often saving lives.
However, this technique is extremely difficult to master and in addition to possessing great talent, practice must begin early, as young as two years old, and definitely not after the age of five.
Even if an ordinary person acquired this technique, it may not necessarily be useful.
Each technique requires a specific finger strength that can vary between light and heavy.
Soft as a feather, or heavy enough to pierce bone.
There’s also an ancient recipe from the Chen Family which uses extremely rare ingredients to produce a pill.
Girls of the Chen Family would consume this from a young age, although the ingredients were extremely difficult to find.
Missing the consumption window means missing the opportunity for the effects of the pill forever.
Regular consumption of this pill from a young age keeps the skin youthful, lends a whiteness to the skin, and a fragrant scent to the body.
Moreover, the most precious effect of this medicine, it enables a woman to have multiple pregnancies at once.
That’s why women in the Chen Family usually had multiple births.
The Chen Family chose to live a secluded life amongst ordinary people.
As for how they dispersed, that remains a mystery.
These two effects combined are an extraordinarily beneficial prospect for a woman’s life.
This pill ensures a permanent sweet scent and a peternally youthful appearance.
It is said that even a hundred years after death the body won’t decompose and the bones would produce a sweet scent upon cremation.
For women, appearance is of utmost importance.
Moreover, they are destined for multiple births.
Even the proud Tong Shu could not resist such a temptation.
Such a good deal, such a great pill.
Even though the one-child policy is being strongly enforced nowadays, it only restricts the number of pregnancies, not the number of offspring per pregnancy.
Bearing multiple children in a single pregnancy is a cause for joy, especially for a family like theirs.
Tong Feng has two sons and a daughter, but whether sons or daughter, each only had one child of their own.
Tong Shu was the only granddaughter, and in their patriarchal family that valued sons over daughters, she was favored because of her talent.
If she were more mediocre, she would not be as appreciated.
With Tong Shu’s circumstances, she was bound to marry into high society.
To secure her position there, acceptance from the family hinged on her ability to bear children.
No matter how outstanding a woman may be, she cannot compare to a son.
A woman’s only path in life is to give birth to children.
Who wouldn’t desire to have both sons and daughters?
But how many can truly accomplish that?
Tong Shu clenched her teeth.
She resolved to acquire both the ancient prescriptions and Rejuvenation Acupuncture Technique of the Chen Family.
“Grandfather, where can we find these things?”
She was tempted, no, more than just tempted, she was obsessed.
Tong Feng stroked his granddaughter’s hair again, “I do not know, granddaughter.
I’ve been searching for nearly a lifetime, but haven’t found anything.
If it is destined to belong to the Tong Family, even if we do not seek it, it will find its way to us someday.
But if it’s not in our fate…”
“…then we might as well rely on our inherited career.
So…” he gently patted her shoulder, “Study under the doctor diligently.
You carry the hopes of the Tong Family.”
“I understand, grandfather.”
Tong Shu complied but felt strangely depressed.
If she had never known, everything would be fine.
But now that she did, what was she to do?
She knew of them, and she wanted to possess them.