Chapter 622: Chapter 622

In years past, after the Ke family successfully recruited Ji Linyuan, they valued him highly and even arranged for a woman of their direct lineage to get in contact with him.

The courtesy the Ke family extended to Ji Linyuan was such that they did not require him to marry into the family but instead pursue a normal matrimonial relationship.

This level of courtesy could not be called anything but generous; over the years, the Six Great Families had rarely married off women from their direct lineages.

It could be said that if Ji Linyuan's descendants were willing to change their surname, they could even enter the main lineage sequence of the Ke family.

According to Ke Pingluan, his distant niece of many generations had once been deeply infatuated with Ji Linyuan, with their marriage even settled, but before they could wed, chaos erupted and Ji Linyuan vanished without a trace.

To this day, that distant niece has remained unmarried and single, which has led to significant criticism within the family regarding Ji Linyuan.

This left Ji Jingqiu rather speechless.

Does that mean the woman from the Ke family almost became his own grandmother?

Regarding this, Ji Jingqiu finds it important to "each discuss their own" matters with Ke Pingluan.

Ji Jingqiu, in fact, had never met his own grandmother.

According to his grandfather, his grandmother was just an ordinary person he met during his time in seclusion, who passed away early due to an accident while giving birth to his father.

From the truths he's encountered thus far, the issues between his grandfather and the Ke family had turned into a bad debt long ago.

Ji Jingqiu has no immediate plans to get involved.

It seems his grandfather was neither in the right nor at a disadvantage.

"Now your life force progression is at 17.2, what good stuff have you been eating lately? Did you dig up the ancestral graves of Tianyang Dojo?"

In the video call, Researcher A adjusted his glasses, not because he was nearsighted, but because he felt it suited his scholarly demeanor. At the moment, he earnestly questioned Ji Jingqiu.

After reaching the Chains Realm, there are very few things that can enhance a Martial Artist's life force.

For someone like Ji Jingqiu to directly increase his life force by 1.22 is extremely rare the world over.

Rounded to the nearest whole, that's equivalent to 1.22 standard-state Chains.

Ji Jingqiu was also somewhat surprised; he hadn't expected that this round of Bitter Sea Body Refining would increase it by so much.

It seems that Bitter Sea Body Refining isn't a fixed value, but increases as his physical strength grows.

Ji Jingqiu originally had some impulsive thoughts, such as staying in his current realm for a decade or so, performing Bitter Sea Body Refining every two to three months to see how high he could elevate his life force...

Increasing it bit by bit, and factoring in that he could still break free from four more Chains, after completing Body Unification his life force could increase tenfold...

Now, 1 point of life force is equivalent to what will be 160 points in the future!

But now it seems, he'd better not.

Firstly, it's unclear whether there's an upper limit to the tenfold rate of Body Unification.

Though Federation Martial Arts have none, that doesn't mean a limit truly doesn't exist, especially since there hasn't been another Ji Jingqiu before him.

Secondly, he doesn't have that much time to consolidate.

Moreover, since the enhancement to life force from Bitter Sea Body Refining grows with physical strength, there's no need to linger in the present state.

What can currently be raised by a single point may become hundreds in the future.

According to Master Sui and others, after advancing to Heavenly Person, bodily enhancements have no upper limit.

At this step, I am one with Heaven and Earth.

After completing the data checks, Ji Jingqiu went to the appointment accompanied by Sui Canghai.

The place where the Li and Ke families arranged to meet Ji Jingqiu was a quiet little courtyard.

Under a vine trellis, stone tables and chairs were set out, with two young men who looked to be about Ji Jingqiu's age sitting on either side of a stone table.

A middle-aged man stood guard at the door and actively approached to greet them, nodding with a smile at Ji Jingqiu upon their arrival.

Ji Jingqiu's gaze was solemn; even Heart Image couldn't give him the feeling of "emptiness."

This person stood there, yet seemed nonexistent in his Divine Sense perception, which could only mean one thing: Heavenly Person!

A Heavenly Person as the door guard?!

Is this the foundation of the Six Great Families?

"Master Sui, long time no see," the middle-aged man said with a smile.

Sui Canghai looked at him deeply and replied, "To think it's Mao Yanqing. It's been many years, and here you are, affiliated with the Six Great Families."

"Merely a title of Supplicant," Mao Yanqing gestured with his hand and laughed, "How about we catch up on old times?"

The two stood shoulder to shoulder and left, leaving behind the younger generation.

Ji Jingqiu made himself at home without any pretense, striding into the courtyard and taking a seat at the stone table, pouring himself a cup of tea.

Smelling the fragrance, his eyes lit up: "Is this Daoxuan Tea from the Ji Family?"

Previously, Ji Anyu had sent him a few leaves of Daoxuan Tea.

Harvested from a tea tree naturally imprinted with Dharma, regular consumption by Martial Artists aids enlightenment and supports martial cultivation, making it exceedingly beneficial.

According to Ji Anquan, the Daoxuan Tea Tree of the Ji family, after being cultivated for ten thousand years, had already subtly surpassed the category of Heavenly Medicine.

Seeing Ji Jingqiu's discerning taste, the two young men by the stone table narrowed their eyes slightly, deducing that Ji Jingqiu indeed had ties with the Ji side.

One of them said with a smile, "Ji has good eyesight. This tea comes from the Ji family. The six families have been on good terms for generations, with each family sharing some every year."

Ji Jingqiu drank it in one gulp, then refilled his cup, and politely asked, "May I know who you are?"

"I'm Ke Jiran. This here is a brother from the Li family, Li Yinghai," said Ke Jiran with a smile.

"Long admired the two gentlemen's reputations," Ji Jingqiu exchanged pleasantries.

Ke Jiran was at a loss; the question was, where had Ji heard of their names? It was they who truly long admired the name Ji Jingqiu.

The young man named Li Yinghai spoke very directly and with a clear attitude,

"Brother Ji, I wish to be a mediator. What do you think?"