Chapter 3

Appearing in the spirit courtyard, she opened her eyes and saw the same scenery before her. As soon as she turned around, she saw a pile of things that she had just put in not long ago on the ground in front of the warehouse building. Since she didn’t know anything about this place, she decided to find out first.

She was not in a hurry to leave, because in this spirit courtyard, she felt safer than the outside world. Looking around, she saw another building not far from the warehouse. As she approached the building, she took what she saw and heard and made a note in her mind

After walking for a few minutes, she stood in front of the ancient looking building, and read the name plaque.

“Murong family ancestral hall?”

Knowing that this is her family’s ancestral hall, she bravely pushed open the heavy gate and walked in. The design of the building is very similar to those ancient buildings, with courtyards, small gardens, side halls, main halls and several prayer rooms. Walking to the main hall, she saw that the spacious room was filled with countless memorial tablets.

The memorial tablets are placed neatly, filling the room. There is a small table in the middle of the room with a bamboo scroll on it. She walked to the small table, picked up the bamboo scroll, and opened it to read the contents.

‘To our descendants of the Murong family. If you see this, it means that you are the next head of the Murong family. Congratulations.

We guess you will be surprised and confused when you discover this spirit courtyard. There’s no need to be. This spirit courtyard can only be bound by the direct line of the Murong family. No one can bind this spirit courtyard as they wish because it chose the master, and the master can’t choose it.

If you are not a person with spiritual power, you have to go to the warehouse to get a spirit creation pill. As the owner of this spirit courtyard, one must have wood element spiritual roots in order to use it.

If you are a rare talent, there is a small chance to awaken the second element. The male master can have the earth element as the second spiritual root, and the female master can have the water element as the second spiritual root.

We hope you will survive and live through this dangerous time. Continuing our bloodline and passing on our legacy. Good luck. ‘

After reading the bamboo scroll, Murong Jiao put it back on the small table. She raised her head and read every memorial tablet in the hall one by one. She read slowly from the first head of the Murong family to the last head of the Murong family. The 9875th generation head of the Murong family, that is her father’s memorial tablet.

Looking at her father’s name engraved on the memorial tablet, her eyes slowly turned red. She knelt on the ground and bowed deeply three times to her ancestors. She swore the oath in a solemn and slightly trembling voice.

“I, Murong Jiao, the 9876th head of the Murong family, swear by the souls of my deceased parents. I will continue the bloodline of the Murong family and inherit the legacy of my ancestors. I will survive in this apocalypse world. “

She raised her head from the ground, looked at her father’s memorial tablet, and said softly, “Father, please protect me.”

After speaking, she got up and walked out of the ancestral hall then she walked towards the warehouse. Standing in front of the skyscraper warehouse, she opened the door and walked in. Unlike what she sees from the outside, the inside of the warehouse is bigger than it looks from the outside. From the outside, she thought the warehouse was only a hundred square meters at most. But standing at the door and looking at it, there is at least an area of ​​more than two hectares.

Counting how many generations it has been passed down, she thought maybe one of her ancestors was a cultivator. Probably the first patriarch of the Murong family. Because the person who can create this spirit courtyard must not be an ordinary human being.

Following the signs on each floor, she slowly came to the alchemy room, where she could find the spirit creation pill. After climbing to the thirty floor, she finally saw the alchemy room written on the signboard. Panting heavily, she couldn’t help but want to install an elevator in this warehouse building.

With trembling legs, she pushed open the door and saw countless shelves neatly arranged. Even the high walls are filled with countless drawers. She was so surprised that she couldn’t close her mouth as she walked into the alchemy room and began to look for the spirit creation pill.

Spending hours, she still couldn’t find it. As she rested in the only chair in the room, she saw stacks of books on the shelf by the door. There is also a laptop on the table in front of her. With some skepticism, she opened the laptop and turned it on.

Soon, the familiar Windows startup appeared on the screen. After waiting for a few seconds, she looked at the screen, and there was only one application on the desktop. Clicking on the application icon, she waits for the program to be activated.

Not long after, she saw the program and wanted to slap herself. There is a laptop with a good inventory program, but she continues to look for the pill manually. She should have been slapped for ignoring the laptop when she saw it before.

Sighing her own stupidity, she typed the name of the pill into the search box and hit enter. A second later, the screen displayed the information of this spirit creation pill. How to use it, what materials are used to make it, how to make it, what effect it has, etc., are clearly written on it.

Scrolling down, she reads everything before scrolling up as she checks the information for the shelf next to the picture of the pill.

“Um… Shelf number P-257.956….”

She looked at the shelf number and fell silent for a long time. When she looked up and saw the countless shelves in front of her, she wanted to cry. How many things has her ancestors accumulated since ancient times? She really doesn’t want to know.

Sighing, she resigned herself to her fate and went to the shelf numbered P-257.956. With the shelf number information, she didn’t waste too much time looking for it, and found the shelf quickly. Standing in front of the huge shelf, she saw countless small drawers on the shelf.

Looking around, she found a folding staircase like the one used in the library, and hauled it to the bookshelf. After arranging the stairs, she started another one-hour journey to find the spirit creation pill. Just when she thought she was dying of exhaustion, she found the drawer.

Opening the small drawer, she saw there were jade bottles neatly placed inside. Counting the jade bottles, there are about thirty bottles or more. She picked up a jade bottle, shook it a few times, and opened the lid. Peeping into the jade bottle, she saw half a bottle of small pills inside.

Knowing that she had to soak it in water to take the pill, she poured out one and put the rest back in the drawer. She didn’t want to come back to store the jade bottle later. Better take one and leave.

With her palm close, she walked out of the alchemy room with the spirit creation pill and began to walk down the stairs. Along the way, she kept thinking about installing an elevator in the warehouse building. When she reached the first floor, her determination to install an elevator was already firm.

She has seen several huge solar panel systems installed behind the warehouse building. With that many solar panel systems, she could even power a city easily. Clenching her hands, she said with determination.

“Let’s find and install an elevator here!”

After shouting her determination, Murong Jiao walked towards the house next to the ancestral hall. She went to the bathroom inside the house. Like the warehouse and the ancestral house, the house is more spacious than it looks from the outside, with a fusion design between modern and ancient style.

Seeing the big bathtub in the bathroom, she quickly took off her clothes and soaked in the bathtub. While waiting for the water to fill the bathtub, she opened her palm and looked at the small pill in her palm. Her thoughts wandered around, and she didn’t come back to her senses until the water in the bathtub overflowed.

Turning off the tap, she took a deep breath and swallowed the spirit creation pill. She waited for a while before the pain began to spread throughout her body, starting in her lower abdomen. Over time, the pain becomes unbearable. Unable to bear it, she let out a low moan, as cold sweat oozed from her body.

“Uh…”

She gritted her teeth and forced herself to endure the pain. She doesn’t know how long time passed, but she couldn’t hold on any longer and lost consciousness from the pain.