The immortals of the two worlds started from farming and refining pills.

Chapter 299: Li Zhe returns home and complains about poverty (First update)
By the Xuefeng Lake, a scarlet flying boat was flying slowly.

In the boat, three foundation-building monks sat around the stove, brewing and drinking tea, looking very comfortable.

"Ninth Junior Brother, you haven't been back to Qinghe Valley for some years, right?" A female cultivator with red eyebrows and red eyes asked the man on the left with a smile.

The man's hair was slightly red and there was a gleam of fire in his eyes. It was Li Zhe.

He shook his head: "I went back once before I established my foundation. Now that I think about it, it has been twelve years."

A sturdy man with a red face opposite him smiled and said, "I haven't been home for twelve years. Junior brother, do you know that the Li family of Qinghe Valley has produced an extraordinary figure in recent years?"

Li Zhe lowered his eyes and said, "Brother, you are talking about my uncle Li Qing, right? He built his foundation twice on his own and cultivated into the realm of earthly immortals. He is indeed amazing."

The red-browed female cultivator raised her eyebrows and said, "I heard that he has a great talent in spiritual plants and alchemy. Zhu Yuan and others in the medicine garden have a close relationship with him."

The red-faced monk was somewhat disdainful: "Those farmers are not worth mentioning. If it weren't for the protection of Master Qingli, they would have been banished to the outer sect long ago."

"Be careful with your words!" The red-browed female cultivator's face became serious, "How dare you speak nonsense about the real person! If you are found guilty, even the master will not be able to protect you!"

The red-faced monk smiled awkwardly: "Third Senior Sister, I was wrong."

The Red Eyebrowed Female Cultivator glared at him, then looked at Li Zhe: "We are almost at Qinghe Valley, you will be the one to control the flying boat."

Li Zhe took the talisman and injected his true energy into it. The flying boat suddenly accelerated and flew towards the direction of Qinghe Valley in his memory.

Soon, we arrived at our destination.

He was surprised to find that the valley formed by the two mountains and one river had disappeared out of thin air, as if it had been wiped out from the territory of Xuefeng Lake by a huge hand.

A golden light flashed in the eyes of the female cultivator: "Is this the world of earthly immortals? It is indeed mysterious."

The male cultivator looked at Li Zhe with a half-smile in his eyes: "Ninth Junior Brother, your foundation-building ancestor has returned home, but no one is outside to greet him. It seems that..."

Li Zhe's face darkened slightly, and he was about to send a communication talisman to Qinghe Valley.

Suddenly, the sky brightened and a rainbow bridge fell from the sky, hovering just in front of the flying boat.

At the other end of Hongqiao, a huge gate opened and a group of people walked out.

"Are you the deacons of Yanling Valley in front of you?" Clan leader Li Hui and other elders came to greet them. "I am Li Hui, the old man, honored to be the head of the Li family. I am here to show my respect!"

According to convention, when Qigong practitioners greeted foundation-building practitioners, they usually addressed them as seniors. But with Li Zhe, a junior, in the middle, it was a bit awkward.

Li Hui thought about it and finally decided to use the title of deacon, which is usually held by the foundation-building cultivators in Yanling Valley.

"No need to be so polite, fellow Taoists!" The female cultivator walked out of the flying boat with two fellow disciples. With a flick of her sleeves, she straightened up Li Hui and the others who were bowing.

There were also a dozen disciples in the Qi training stage who left the cabin together.

Li Zhe walked sideways to the middle and introduced everyone.

The red-browed female cultivator was his third senior sister Zhang Ruoyun, who served as a deacon in the Dan Pavilion of Yanling Valley.

The red-faced monk is his seventh senior brother Zhang Yang, who is the deacon in the Weapon Pavilion.

Li Hui heard this and said solemnly: "I have heard of your great names for a long time. I am honored to meet you today!"

Yanling Valley was famous for its fire-related skills, and had made great achievements in alchemy and weapon refining. The two of them were able to be in charge of the Alchemy and Weaponry Pavilions, and their status was far beyond that of Zhu Yuan and his ilk.

The two sides exchanged a few polite greetings.

Zhang Yang looked around: "Why can't I see Brother Li Qing? I have heard of him for a long time."

Li Hui smiled and said, "You all came at an inopportune time. He made some gains the day before yesterday and is in seclusion, so he was unable to come and meet him." Without waiting for Zhang Yang to ask again, he extended his hand and led the group to fly above the Rainbow Bridge: "Please come in. I have set up a small banquet in the hall, please come and enjoy it."

Zhang Ruoyun smiled and said, "We are here to accompany Junior Brother Li Zhe home today, so we should follow the host's wishes."

So the two sides entered Qinghe Valley from Hongqiao together.

Pure spiritual energy is overwhelming.

Even Zhang Ruoyun, who was used to enjoying the third-level spiritual vein of Yanling Valley, couldn't help but hold his breath and concentrate.

"The earthly immortal realm alone already has such a magnificent atmosphere. If one were to be promoted to the blessed land, I wonder what it would be like?"

Li Hui stroked his beard and smiled: "My Qinghe Valley has a shallow foundation. We have already put all our efforts into building the Earth Immortal Realm. How dare we dream of a blessed land?"

"Fellow Daoist, you are too modest." Zhang Yang's spiritual sense swept across the Li family's spiritual field. "The spiritual plants in this field are so lush and flourishing. This alone should bring in a large amount of spiritual stones every year."

The first elder Li Yao was about to respond, but the second elder Li Fang spoke first: "Deacon Zhang only knows one side of the story, not the other."

"In order to build the Earthly Immortal Realm, my Qinghe Valley has borrowed a large amount of spiritual stones from Yanglong Lake, Xinghua Village, and Zhuxin Island."

"It looks good now, but in fact, the interest paid every year is a large amount of spirit stones, and life is very tight."

The two sides chatted as they flew, and soon they arrived at the palace where the Li family held a banquet to welcome guests.

Li Hui led Zhang Ruoyun and his party to sit down as host and guest.

Li Zhe looked around for a few times, and then, at Zhang Ruoyun's signal, sat down to start with Li Hui.

Li Hui frowned slightly, then relaxed his brows. He clapped his hands lightly, and a tribesman brought a jade plate of delicacies and placed it on the table.

Looking at the spiritual food, spiritual fruits, spiritual tea and spiritual wine in front of him, which were of sufficient quantity but insufficient quality, Zhang Ruoyun could not help but frown.

Li Hui pretended not to notice and raised his glass with a smile: "Two deacons, and all the top students of Yanling Valley, my Li family has limited resources and has prepared a small amount of wine. Please don't be so polite!"

Zhang Ruoyun raised his glass to greet him and took a sip, barely wetting his thin lips: "You are too polite, my friend. Please!"

Zhang Yang didn't care about this, he picked up the golden cup and drank it all: "Good wine! Spicy enough!"

The other Qi-cultivating monks in Yanling Valley also raised their glasses and drank the spiritual wine.

Li Hui smiled and nodded, then turned to look at Li Zhe beside him: "After Ah Zhe established his foundation, he went to participate in the battle for the secret realm."

"Now that I see him at first glance, his demeanor is even more extraordinary. It turns out that the upper sect has a profound foundation and is more nurturing!"

Li Zhe's cheeks were slightly red. "I haven't been back for many years. It's my fault. But my master is about to form a pill, and the signs of the secret realm came suddenly. It's too late..."

"Ah, that's absurd!" Li Hui smiled and waved his hands, "Master Qingyan's elixir formation is a big deal; the fight for the secret realm is even more related to the fate of our Great Zhou."

True Man Qing Yan is the master of Li Zhe and others. He had completed his foundation thirty years ago and was only a step away from forming a golden core.

Although it was a bit presumptuous to call him a real person now, Zhang Ruoyun and others did not correct him. It was obvious that they had heard it too many times.

"Although we, the clansmen, are concerned about you, how can we let trivial family matters interfere with your important work of honoring the real person and serving the country?"

Li Zhe choked when he heard this, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

Li Yao on the other side was about to say something, but Li Fang interrupted him again: "Speaking of Qingyan Zhenren's Dan formation, although my Li family has expressed something before, it was still a bit meager."

"In recent years, the Earthly Immortal Realm has been formed. Although we need to pay off debts, we are still doing well. Since several deacons are here, why not take back the small gifts prepared by my Li family?"

(End of this chapter)