Cultivation begins with separation.

Chapter 4 Yiye
In Pingyuan County, outside the county town, there are three mountains full of spiritual energy.

This is Sanyang Mountain, the ancestral home of the Yi family.

Among the eight spiritual veins of the Yi family, Sanyang Mountain is the place with the most abundant spiritual energy. The six foundation-building cultivators in the family basically all practice here.

Six people from the Yi family built their foundation.

Although they are of different generations, within a family, friendships are generally determined by the level of their cultivation.

After all, it is possible that a cultivator who has just entered the Qi Refining Realm may be of the same generation as his great-grandfather. If they really have to get along with him according to secular seniority, it would be very upsetting for the younger generations who have established their foundation to see him.

At this moment, the six foundation-building masters of the Yi family gathered together.

These six people are Yi Tai, Yi Xie, Yi Yuan, Yi Xue, Yi Ye and Yi Man.

These six people span four generations of the Yi family.

The youngest among them, Yi Man, is of the same generation as Yi Dong and others.

However, these six people sat together without any respect or etiquette.

Although the conversation between them was not a quarrel without any bottom line, there was still some verbal sniping.

Everyone has lost sight of their dignity for the sake of profit.

I only heard Yi Man say:

"Uncle Ye, you took over the Songjiang Spiritual Land and sold the Qingzhu Taoist Temple quota. You thought you could hide it from us, but you are still not satisfied with this. What else do you want?"

"That's right, Ah Ye, you should be content."

"Well, this allocation is very reasonable."

Yi Ye was furious. Logically speaking, Songjiang Spiritual Land ranked third among the eight spiritual lands. Since Sanyang Mountain was not ranked any higher, it was considered good for him to get a place in a spiritual land and a Taoist temple.

However, thinking about the communication with that rebellious son in the past month, Yi Ye couldn't help but get angry.

Through the letters, he already felt that Yi Dong, the rebellious son, was determined to go solo.

The Ziyun Mountain, which was exchanged for the Qingzhu Taoist Temple quota, now had nothing to do with him.

The key is that Yi Ye cannot use tough measures, and he cannot even openly say that his rebellious son is going against his will, otherwise he will be embarrassed in front of these five people.

Yi Ye did not dare to confront Yi Dong head-on because he already knew that the formation in Ziyun Mountain was not far from being completed.

Yi Ye naturally did not take the ancient Qi-refining cultivators seriously. He would not panic even if there were formations. After all, the power limit of the formations controlled by the ancient cultivators was closely related to their cultivation level.

But modern cultivators are different. This type of cultivator uses formations to really achieve great results with little effort.

As everyone knows, three hundred years ago, there was a modern Qi-refining cultivator who, using formations and magical instruments, defeated a late Jindan-stage ancient Qi-refining cultivator in less than three days. It was simply ridiculous.

This story was widely circulated, mainly because the immortal cultivator in the late Jindan stage had a great reputation at that time and was also a strong one among the Jindan cultivators.

Although Yi Dong is not considered a true cultivator who has embarked on the path of modern immortality, and is a complete poor student in the Taoist academy, and it seems unlikely that he will be able to fight above his level, Yi Ye is not a Golden Elixir, and is certainly not a strong person in the foundation-building stage.

As there was a formation in Ziyun Mountain, he didn't dare to go there.

Of course, sniping outside is even more impossible. In front of the laws of the Immortal Kingdom, Yi Ye’s foundation-building cultivation is nothing.

For Yi Dong, it would be best to slowly exert pressure on him and make the people around him submit to him and surrender. Unfortunately, no one dares to go to Ziyun Mountain now, so it is difficult to pass on the pressure.

Without the exchange of the Taoist temple quota for Ziyun Mountain, Yi Ye only got the Songjiang spiritual land plus some marginal industries, so he was naturally not satisfied.

Yi Ye has no way to express his suffering.

However, the five people of Yitai just thought that Yi Ye was making trouble unreasonably and naturally refused to change the distribution plan. With five against one, Yi Ye quickly surrendered.

After discussing it.

The conversation among the six people became much more harmonious.

They split up secretly, so naturally they wouldn't go separate ways all at once, and they will still be a family in the future.

After all, when they were together, the Yi family was still a family of prestige in the county. When they were separated, they might not even be able to catch up with the family of prestige in the county. They were not stupid.

Soon, several people distributed the benefits of Sanyang Mountain.

Generally speaking, those who can still practice in Sanyang Mountain are the close relatives of the five of them or even their children. For the more distant relatives, the cultivators will simply find a pretext to send them away.

"By the way, what about Yi Fan?"

Yi Tai suddenly said.

Hearing this, the five people fell silent.

Yi Fan, was the one who was just detected to have a natural spiritual root, a fire-type spiritual root.

When my great grandfather was still alive, people with natural spiritual roots could generally obtain the qualification to enter a Taoist temple as long as they tried hard. After all, people with natural spiritual roots were the best candidates for practicing modern methods.

Naturally, the Yi family did not expect someone to build a foundation in modern methods in a short period of time, but by absorbing knowledge from the Taoist temple generation after generation, the inheritance of modern methods in the family could be gradually improved. Moreover, someone also needed to maintain the official relationship.

The modern method of building a foundation is a thousand times more difficult than the ancient method, and there are many cultivators with natural spiritual roots who die in the Qi Refining stage.

The reason why these immortal cultivators with natural spiritual roots are willing to rush to the present Dharma in succession is that combat power is only a small factor; lifespan is the key.

Practitioners of the ancient method generally live for 150 years when they are refining Qi, about 250 years when they are building the foundation, and about 500 years when they are in the golden elixir stage. This is very reasonable.

However, the skills of modern practitioners can be continuously improved, and theoretically there is no limit, so theoretically, the lifespan of modern practitioners in the Qi Refining Stage is also unlimited.

Let’s not talk about theory. The Immortal Kingdom has existed for 100,000 years. With the improvement of the modern method, there are countless modern Qi-refining immortals who have lived for 500 to 600 years. The best Qi-refining kings have a lifespan of up to 1,000 years, which is much longer than the 800-year lifespan of the ancient Yuanying. How ridiculous. This is also the reason why modern methods of cultivating immortals are said to have the possibility of longevity.

Fortunately, as the Qi Refining period of modern methods is upgraded and the life span is increased, the difficulty of breaking the mirror also increases exponentially. In addition, there are various difficulties in practice. If one does not have enough qualifications, one cannot even get started. This is why the ancient methods still have a place in this era.

Seeing that no one spoke, Yi Ye said:
"It seems that there are no vacancies in the Taoist Academy right now. If you want a spot, you have to exchange a spot with another family. As far as I know, the Shi family has a student graduating this year, and they haven't found a buyer for this spot yet."

Generally speaking, students admitted to the Taoist academy are all born with natural spiritual roots, but natural spiritual roots are rare. A family often does not have many children with natural spiritual roots in a short period of time, but the family has places in the Taoist academy. What should be done in this situation?
The natural way is to sell the quota or exchange it with other families or do favors to some powerful people or immortal officials.

In prosperous times, places in Taoist temples are scarce, and there are always countless people with natural spiritual roots waiting.

As soon as Yi Ye finished speaking, Yi Tai and the others thought about it and decided that since the old master's body was still warm, they could not do anything too extreme, so they unanimously agreed.

It can be imagined that Yi Fan has no direct family relationship with these six people, and there is no relatively sensible grandfather in charge of the family. After entering the Taoist temple, he received even less support than Yi Dong.

If his comprehension was the same as Yi Dong's, he would probably have the same fate as a poor student.

After the six people discussed some more things, they left.

After returning to the cave.

Yi Ye opened a scroll.

The scroll is filled with densely packed names.

A person’s name is preceded by his partner or lover.

The laws of the Immortal Kingdom clearly stipulate that there can only be two Taoist companions, and illegitimate children are not considered members of aristocratic families.

However, every policy has its countermeasures. It is very troublesome for ordinary cultivators to handle the separation and reunion of a Taoist couple, but it is not too difficult for a family with a good reputation like the Yi family. They just need to register before giving birth.

At the same time, the delivery situation is not a problem, there is always room for maneuver.

So Yi Ye has a bunch of former Taoist companions.

He has many children and even grandchildren, but many of them do not have the same surname as him, Yi, nor are they members of the Yi family.

Yi Ye found Yi Dong's location.

Look at Yi Dong's mother, Fang Lin.

He and Fang Lin had three sons and two daughters, but only one son and one daughter had spiritual roots.

The son is Yi Dong and the daughter is Fang Li, who takes Fang Lin’s surname.

The Fang family is also a family of great reputation.

Although Yi Dong usually doesn't care about his son who has spiritual roots, he is the one he chose as the successor of his lineage.

I’m not paying attention to it now, mainly because he is still young and I don’t want Yi Dong’s cultivation to improve too quickly to avoid competition with me.

Now that he saw that Yi Dong had grown powerful and was no longer filial, he naturally would not spend any more time on Yi Dong, let alone talk about his successor.

So I wanted to give birth to another descendant with natural spiritual roots.

It's not impossible to have two spiritual roots. There is a high probability that one can succeed in building the foundation with one's own support, but the golden elixir is a bit uncertain.

The resources of the fairyland are limited, but the population is endlessly increasing. The number of cultivators is increasing, and the allocation of resources is stretched to the limit. The aristocratic families in the county are not well off either.

Compared with double spiritual roots, natural spiritual roots are very cost-effective.

The cultivation speed is fast, few resources are required, and the breakthrough difficulty is low.

"Fang Lin has changed his Taoist partners several times, and it seems that he is not single at the moment. Well, let's get in touch with him first to see if there is any possibility of development."

Yi Ye thought about this and felt it was a bit difficult.

Ever since Fang Lin gave birth to Yi Dong, a natural spiritual root, his worth has skyrocketed. It is said that he once developed in Qingzhou City, and he also had "flash marriages" and "flash breakups" with the sons of the wealthy families in Hezhou Wang Family two or three times.

Fortunately, there was no news of her developing natural spiritual roots and returning to the county town.

Although Yi Ye felt that it was quite difficult, based on the successful case, he felt that Fang Lin should still have a chance to become his short-term Taoist partner again.

As time goes by.

The formation of Zijin Mountain was slowly completed.

The Yi family members gradually arrived.

In the 400-li radius of the Purple Mountain, towering and majestic, the highest peak is filled with white clouds, and occasionally flashes of purple air appear in the clouds.

Zijin Mountain has a vast area, with waterfalls, lakes and deep pools, and abundant water resources.

However, the spiritual fields above are only about 30,000 acres.

This is determined by the amount of spiritual energy released by the Purple Gold Mountain spiritual vein.

According to ancient cultivators, the amount of spiritual energy that bursts out of Purple Gold Mountain is considered a second-level spiritual vein, and the concentration of spiritual energy is only suitable for cultivation by those who are at the foundation-building stage.

However, today's formations are far more powerful than those in the ancient times. They can build a more powerful spiritual energy circulation system to reduce dissipation, and rationally guide more spiritual energy from the spiritual veins. With the amount of spiritual energy in Purple Gold Mountain, combined with the formations, it can nourish 30,000 acres of spiritual fields, and even create an environment sufficient for the cultivation of Golden Elixir or even Nascent Soul.

Purple Mountain is enough to become the foundation of a noble family.

At this time, Yi Dong was standing on the top of Zijin Mountain, looking at the Taichu Purple Apricot, the oldest spiritual plant in Zijin Mountain, which was emitting purple air.

(End of this chapter)