The Legend of the Sacred Sword Cultivator
Ch 46: Shing Family

Overly stunned by Liu Changhai's lightning dragon beauty, Li Wei instead gave Liu Changhai a golden opportunity to launch his final attack.

'Duarrr!'

A second later, the dragon that was dancing in Liu Changhai's palm now landed heavily on Li Wei's chest. Li Wei bounced a few meters while spewing fresh blood.

"I admit defeat." Lie Wei raised his right hand as his left hand held his hot chest as if struck by real lightning.

Actually Liu Changhai was still holding back his attack so as not to inflict fatal injuries. Li Wei was also aware of this, which was why he would rather give up than continue the match. From the beginning Li Wei had already realized that Liu Changhai was no match for him.

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The Shing family was a wealthy merchant family and was quite influential in the Qin Empire during its time. However, the disappearance of the legitimate heir of the Shing family and her husband mysteriously made the family slowly begin to lose its influence and begin to be forgotten by the community.

Shing Zhisu was the son of the legitimate wife of the Shing family and was the successor of the Shing family later in life, the Shing family was actually able to be knighted, but Shing Zhisu's father refused to grant the family the title.

For the title of nobility obtained if it meets the criteria set by the empire and the nobility also has a certain level. As for the level of each noble namely, class III nobles, class II nobles, class I nobles, and large nobles or main nobles.

For class III nobles, the criteria must be owned, namely, the net income every day is at least 1000 gold coins. The soldiers under him were at least 500.

Class II noble criteria are, having a net income of at least 2000 gold coins every day and supervising soldiers or family guards of at least 1000 people.

For class I nobles, the criteria must be owned, namely, the family income per day is at least nominally 4000 gold coins and supervise soldiers or guards of at least 2000 people.

The latter was a large noble family or a major noble. The major nobility must have a net daily income of 5000 gold coins and underlay family parajurit of at least 3000 people.

Actually there are still many criteria or conditions that must be met so that the family is crowned and recognized as a noble family. But the amount of income and family soldiers became the main staple that must be met. Outside of these criteria, the family cannot be said to be a noble family.

As for the Shing family itself already meets the criteria of being a class III noble and may even almost become a class II noble because this family never publishes how much the Shing family's net income is every day.

The Shing family is like a mysterious family full of secrets.

However, the Shing family's success did not last long. A few years ago Shing Zhisu's father reportedly took a concubine. This surprised the public and many.

The rumors finally heated up after the rumored birth of a son of the concubine, he was Shing Bo, now known as Elder Shing and became one of the senior elders in the Jade Sect.

Shing Zhisu had a gentle and forgiving temper, he always treated Shing Bo like his own biological sister. Likewise with Shing Zhisu's mother, with spacious and heartened she welcomed her husband's wife and children.

But unlike the concubine, she was only respectful and kind to Shing Zhisu's mother only in front of her husband, even though behind Shing Zhisu's father, she was very friendly, the concubine even acted as if she was a legitimate wife.

But a few years later when Shing Zhisu and Shing Bo had grown up, Shing Zhisu's mother became seriously ill and eventually died, no one knows for sure what caused the death of Shing Zhisu's mother.

Shing Zhisu's father was so devastated by the passing of his beloved wife, he felt like a failure as a husband who had neglected to take care of his wife. Therefore Shing Zhisu wanted to repay all the kindness of his wife by appointing Shing Zhisu as the successor of the Shing family and it was certainly approved by all the elders of the Shing family.

However, the concubine strongly opposed the choice of Shing Zhisu's father. He reasoned that Shing Zhisu would not be able to lead the Shing family well and the other reason was because Shing Zhisu was a woman. The most deserving successor to the Shing family was his son, Shing Bo.

The concubine's advice was certainly rejected outright by Shing Zhisu's father. Shing Zhisu, however, was the daughter of the legitimate wife of the Shing family. It is a family rule that the successor to the family must be a child born from a legal wife, both female and male.

In the end the concubine relented, yet no one knew whether she had actually relented or just pretended. When Shing Zhisu was crowned the successor of the Shing family, he was married to a young cultivator named Chang Hongli.

Shing Zhisu began his role as the leader of the Shing family accompanied by his father and husband. All was well in recent years, but it did not last long.

Shing Zhisu's father is rumored to have died in mysterious ways, some say due to being poisoned, and some assume that there is a rival of Shing Zhisu's father who does not like him who wants his death.

The death of the father was a blow to Shing Zhisu, Chang Hongli also felt so, yet he had always supported and strengthened Shing Zhisu.

He always reminded Shing Zhisu to their son for Shing Zhisu to have his spirit back. He was Chang An, back then Chang An was only five years old and did not understand anything. All he knew was that his father and mother were saddened by the passing of his grandfather.

Two years have passed since the death of Shing Zhisu's father, but the tragedy that befell the Shing family does not stop there. Shing Zhisu and Chang Hongli are reported to have mysteriously disappeared leaving behind the responsibilities of being the leader of the Shing family and Chang An's only seven-year-old son.

Shing Bo who at that time knew the disappearance of his brother and sister-in-law volunteered as a successor to the Shing family appointed Shing Zhisu.

But none of the Shing family elders agreed to this, before Shing Zhisu appointed a successor and crowned him, then none of them were entitled to the leadership seat of the Shing family.