From the family treasure tree to build an eternal family

Chapter 245 Six Sons Get Married
Xu Fugui picked the bright white longevity fruit from the precious tree.

"An eighty-year-old immortality fruit can extend one's lifespan by eighty years!"

He swallowed it with anticipation.

The Longevity Fruit melts upon entering the mouth, transforming into a sweet plant juice that enters the stomach and then transforms into rich life energy that flows into Xu Fugui's limbs, bones, meridians, and internal organs.

"this!"

He felt the changes in his body and was amazed.

Visible changes are taking place from head to toe, inside and out.

His once gray hair, starting from the roots, turned into jet-black strands.

Dry, sagging skin becomes firm and plump.

His slightly hunched body became straight and upright.

His weathered voice has been restored to a deep, resonant, and powerful middle-aged voice.

In recent years, as he has approached the end of his lifespan, Xu Fugui has aged very rapidly. This aging is unstoppable; his physical condition deteriorates, his qi and blood decline, and his five senses diminish. Even as a cultivator who has reached the peak of Qi Refining, he cannot reverse the aging process.

This eighty-year-old immortal fruit increased his lifespan by eighty years, reversing his aging process.

"Tsk, this feels really good."

Xu Fugui looked down at his strong, muscular hands, as if he had returned to his prime decades ago.

"The lifespan limit for the Qi Refining stage is at most 130 years. If I increase my lifespan limit by 80 years, I can live to 210 years old. So, I'm still in middle age now."

His vital energy and blood have returned to their peak state.

If it weren't for the Longevity Fruit, even with the Foundation Establishment Pill, he would have had great difficulty establishing his foundation, because he was too old and his energy and spirit were beginning to decline.

"Adjust your state and lay the foundation!"

He sat cross-legged and first circulated his qigong to adjust his state.

Two days later, he became familiar with his current physical condition. His body was full of qi and blood, and his internal strength had reached its limit. The spiritual energy in his dantian was also overflowing to the point that it could not be increased even slightly.

The power of the soul is the limit of Qi cultivation.

He took out the Three-in-One Pill and swallowed it. To ensure a successful Foundation Establishment, he then swallowed a drop of Spirit Branch Dew.

Having been stuck at a bottleneck for many years, he had already thoroughly studied the foundation-building technique, "Immortal Farmer's Foundation Building Technique."

He circulated his cultivation technique, condensed spiritual energy, built a spiritual platform in his dantian, and expanded his Niwan Palace into a sea of ​​divine soul!

The spiritual energy within his body circulated faster and faster, his whole body turned red, and wisps of mist rose from his skin.

After circulating the cultivation technique for a full eighty-one cycles, the dantian and qi sea formed a spiritual platform, and spiritual energy condensed into drops of liquid spiritual power.

At first, it was just a few drops of spiritual energy, but after a moment it gathered into a trickle that flowed through the muscles and veins.

The spiritual energy nourished his body and internal organs, and Xu Fugui once again underwent a transformation akin to a cleansing of his marrow and bones.

Breaking through from the Qi Refining stage to the Foundation Establishment stage, he truly entered the inner sanctum of the cultivation world and embarked on the path of immortal cultivation from the bottom level.

Cultivators in the Qi Refining stage are merely "mortals" who have mastered some spiritual energy; they can still bleed and get injured, and their vulnerabilities are similar to those of ordinary mortals. However, in the Foundation Establishment stage, the physical body is further refined, as if it is a sublimation of life.

After a long while, Xu Fugui opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of stale air: "Is this what Foundation Establishment is? I seem to have become younger."

The longevity fruit extends lifespan, which does not conflict with his breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment realm and the subsequent elevation of his life level.

The lifespan increases by approximately 120 to 130 years from the Qi Refining stage to the Foundation Establishment stage.

An ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator can live for 250 years.

Xu Fugui's lifespan has been increased by eighty years, allowing him to live for three hundred and thirty years!

He is 123 years old this year, which is far less than half of the maximum lifespan.

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Moon Spring Mountain.

The sacred ground of the Baili family.

Led by Xu Xiaoniu, Xu Zhonghuai came to visit Bailiwei, the Foundation Establishment Immortal Official.

Xu Zhonghuai wanted to obtain a spiritual artifact alchemy furnace for Xu Zhongche, and among the famous artifact-refining families in Yuanli County, the Baili family had the best relationship with the Xu family.

The link between the Xu family and the Baili family is Xu Xiaoniu and Baili Wei.

Therefore, Xu Zhonghuai specifically asked Xu Xiaoniu to bring him here.

"Haha, you're amazing!"

A hearty laugh came from afar, and Bailiwei flew out from Lingshan to greet Xu Xiaoniu and his companion.

"Brother Wei, it's been a while. How have you been?"

Xu Xiaoniu and Bailiwei were both officials in the county government and had long been familiar with each other.

"It's still the same old story. I'm stuck at the third level of Foundation Establishment and won't be able to break through to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment anytime soon."

Bailiwei was at the third level of Foundation Establishment, the same cultivation level as Xu Xiaoniu. He broke through to the third level of Foundation Establishment earlier than Xu Xiaoniu.

Xu Zhonghuai, standing beside Xu Xiaoniu, bowed and said, "Junior Xu Zhonghuai, head of the Xu family, pays respects to Senior Baili Wei."

“I remember you, no need to stand on ceremony. You call Da Niu ‘Uncle,’ so I’ll call you ‘Nephew’ in return.”

In the cultivation world, people generally only care about cultivation level and not seniority. Baili Wei and Xu Xiaoniu have a good relationship, so this way of addressing each other makes it seem more intimate.

In truth, Baili Wei found it somewhat strange. The Xu family had no shortage of Foundation Establishment cultivators, so why appoint a Qi Refining stage member as the family head? However, this was a matter within the Xu family, and he was simply curious.

"Then this junior will shamelessly address you as Uncle Wei."

Xu Zhonghuai was carrying gifts: a box of spiritual tea and a century-old spiritual ginseng.

"Let's not talk here, please invite the two of you in."

Bailiwei invited the two to the family's reception area.

Inside the grand hall, the three took their seats as host and guest. After a brief exchange of pleasantries, they began to discuss business.

Bai Liwei knew that the two had come to buy spiritual artifacts. Two days ago, Xu Xiaoniu sent someone to deliver a message that this was a pre-arranged visit.

"Uncle Wei, I would like to purchase a magical alchemy furnace."

A magical alchemy furnace?
Bai Liwei was surprised, because only alchemists who could refine second-grade spirit pills could use spirit-crafted alchemy furnaces.

Could it be that the Xu family can refine second-grade spiritual pills? The Xu family has only been around for a few years.

Such a rate of development is simply astonishing.

After the initial surprise, Bailiwei came to his senses and said, "No problem, no problem. Come with me. I have several alchemy furnaces of the spiritual weapon level in my storeroom."

He led the two into the heavily guarded treasury of the Baili family.

"All the spirit-grade alchemy furnaces are stored here."

He introduced the two of them.

Looking around, there were only five alchemy furnaces. There weren't many alchemists in the entire Yuanli County who could refine second-grade spirit pills, so the Baili family didn't have that many alchemy furnaces in stock.

"This cauldron is a low-grade spiritual artifact called the Yan Yi Spirit Furnace. It can save 30% of spiritual energy when refining pills..."

"This cauldron is a mid-grade spiritual artifact, called the Hundred-Mile Fragrance Cauldron..."

"This cauldron is a high-grade spiritual artifact called the Yin-Yang Qiankun Furnace. It is engraved with the Five Elements patterns and can balance the medicinal power of the five elements of spiritual plants, stabilize the situation inside the furnace, and slightly increase the success rate of pill formation..."

The Five Cauldrons Alchemy Furnace consist of one low-grade, two medium-grade, and two high-grade furnaces.

Xu Zhonghuai looked at the Yin-Yang Qiankun Furnace and was very tempted. The high-grade spiritual artifact furnace was clearly engraved with the Yin-Yang Bagua diagram.

The technique his elder brother Xu Zhongche used for alchemy was the Yin-Yang Fire Refining Technique.

However, high-grade spiritual artifacts are expensive.

"Uncle Wei, may I ask how many spirit stones this Yin-Yang Qiankun Furnace is worth?" He wanted to know the price.

"Of these two spirit furnaces, the Yin-Yang Qiankun Furnace is slightly cheaper, valued at 19,000 spirit stones. Considering the friendship between our two families, I'll offer an additional 1,000 spirit stones, making it 18,000."

The price Bai Liwei mentioned is about the same as the market price of the spirit furnace.

High-grade spiritual artifacts are already expensive, and spiritual furnaces are the most expensive type. Moreover, very few spiritual furnaces are sold, so each sale generates a profit.

Even though Bailiwei gave the Xu family a discount of 1,000 spirit stones, they would still make a considerable profit themselves.

Eighteen thousand?!
hiss--

Xu Zhonghuai gasped inwardly; where would he get so many spirit stones?

However, he had come up with a solution beforehand: "To be honest, my family doesn't have that many spirit stones."

Eighteen thousand spirit stones—this is indeed not a number that an ordinary Foundation Establishment family can easily come up with.

Bai Liwei thought it was normal and remained expressionless. He knew that Xu Zhonghuai would definitely have more to say next.

“Uncle Wei, I can only offer two thousand spirit stones for now, but we can make a deal.”

The remaining spirit stones will be settled by my family with Three-in-One Pills. Each Three-in-One Pill is worth 2,800 spirit stones. We will give you one Three-in-One Pill every three to six months until the debt is cleared. We will never delay payment.

Is this okay?

This is Xu Zhonghuai's method.

He estimated that, given the Xu family's current speed of cultivating second-tier spiritual plants and Xu Zhongche's abilities, providing a Sanhe Pill every three to six months wouldn't be difficult.

I'll give you two thousand spirit stones first, and you'll owe me sixteen thousand spirit stones.

A single Sanhe Pill has a market price of three thousand spirit stones, but his family settled the debt with two thousand eight hundred spirit stones.

It's a win-win.

Sanhe Dan?
When Bailiwei heard that Xu Zhonghuai wanted to use the Three-in-One Pill to settle the debt, he thought to himself that the Xu family was indeed capable of refining second-tier spiritual pills.

He hesitated for a moment before asking, "Could I use Foundation Establishment Pills to settle the debt?"

Xu Zhonghuai said awkwardly, "Uncle Wei, my family doesn't have the ability to refine Foundation Establishment Pills."

really……

This was within Bailiwei's expectations. Given the Xu family's short history, it was already surprising that they could refine the Three-in-One Pill; if they could refine the Foundation Establishment Pill, that would be too extraordinary.

The Baili family has alchemists, but they can only refine some commonly used first-grade spirit pills, and cannot refine second-grade spirit pills. They have tried to research second-grade spirit pills, but apart from wasting a large number of second-tier spirit plants, they have gained nothing.

They gave up because the losses were too great and they saw no return.

Of course, this is related to the fact that the Baili family focuses on weapon crafting, and they do not have many clansmen to study alchemy.

"Alright, we'll settle the debt with the Three-in-One Pill."

Bailiwei nodded in agreement.

Although the Three-in-One Pill is not as rare and precious as the Foundation Establishment Pill, it is still a very useful "hard currency".

It's a win-win situation for both parties, so why not?

Of course, this is based on Bailiwei's trust in the Xu family. Without absolute trust, who would lend out a high-grade spiritual artifact alchemy furnace, worth nearly 20,000 spirit stones, on credit?

Xu Zhonghuai bought the top-grade spiritual artifact Yin-Yang Qiankun Furnace with two thousand spirit stones and signed a contract with the Baili family.

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A few more days passed.

Ruanshan Mountain is brightly decorated, and a wedding banquet is being held.

The couple attending the wedding banquet were Xu Xiaohou and Liu Yun.

Liu Yun, also known as Du Wanyun, has been with the Xu family for more than three years. With the help of Xu Zhongxi, she and Xu Xiaohou became a couple.

As the sixth son of the Xu family, Xu Xiaohou's older brothers and sisters had long been married and had children, while he was already eighty years old and still unmarried.

His fifth brother, Xu Xiaoan, is about to have a grandson born in the "Hui" generation.

Xu Xiaohou had many friends when he was young, but he spent many years practicing Buddhism in his family. By the time he was old enough to reach that age, all his childhood friends had passed away.

Therefore, no outsiders attended his wedding banquet; all attendees were members of the Xu family.

Xu Xiaohou didn't care about this. Unlike his elder brother Xu Xiaoniu, he didn't hold an official position. He thought it was good that they were all family.

The bride, Liu Yun, a self-taught practitioner, claimed that her family had passed away, so she had no relatives.

The lively wedding banquet is in progress.

Xu Zhongxi was dressed in festive clothes; she was the matchmaker for her sixth uncle's happy marriage.

Seeing that her sixth uncle was already eighty years old and still unmarried, she tried to match him up with Liu Yun.

Liu Yun possesses a mixed spiritual root of four elements, which is considered quite good among independent cultivators. She is also young and reliable, making her a suitable candidate to be a wife in Xu Zhongxi's eyes.

When she first tried to match them up, Xu Xiaohou was not very willing.

After much persuasion from her, Xu Xiaohou finally agreed to give it a try.

As for Liu Yun, she wasn't initially averse to Xu Xiaohou. When she joined the Xu family, she had promised Xu Zhongxi that she would marry a member of the Xu family.

She wanted to find herself a good husband so that her future children would have a good family background and would no longer be bullied.

Xu Xiaohou is a Foundation Establishment cultivator with a high status in the Xu family, so it would be good if she could be paired with him.

After getting to know Xu Xiaohou, they gradually became familiar with each other and she found his personality to be quite good. Reaching marriage was a natural and orderly progression.

Wedding banquet hall.

Xu Xiaohou wore the groom's dragon and phoenix robe, while Liu Yun wore the bride's Xiuhe dress.

Liu Yun's face, which had been forcibly disfigured three years ago when she was impersonating someone else, has gradually recovered, revealing her original beauty. Xu Xiaohou deserves some credit for this.

When Xu Xiaohou met her, she had a birthmark-like scar on her face. Xu Xiaohou didn't know that she was deliberately pretending, so he got some medicinal ointment made from spiritual plants from Xu Zhongche and applied it to her face to treat it.

Liu Yun, dressed in a traditional Chinese wedding gown, is only twenty-one years old and has reached the fourth level of Qi Refining cultivation.

Xu Xiaohou is eighty-four years old this year and has reached the third level of Foundation Establishment.

Although the two appeared to be of vastly different ages, Xu Xiaohou, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, had a lifespan limit of 250 years. At 84 years old, he still looked quite young, about the same age as an ordinary person in their thirties.

Xu Xiaohou was originally handsome, the most handsome among his brothers of the same generation.

The newlyweds were a perfect match, both handsome and beautiful.

"Worship heaven and earth!"

"Two thanks to the high hall!"

"Couple greetings!"

Surrounded by the Xu family and their blessings, Xu Xiaohou and Liu Yun were married after three bows.

Looking at Liu Yun, Xu Xiaohou couldn't help but think of the person he had loved so deeply decades ago. He had refused many matchmakers over the years because he couldn't let go of Meng Jiaojiao, who had died saving Zhongxi.

But now it's time to let it go.

People always have to look forward; he still has more than a hundred years to go.

Liu Yun, however, had a secret she dared not tell anyone. But after marrying Xu Xiaohou, she was prepared to be a dutiful daughter-in-law of the Xu family for the rest of her life.

As Xu Xiaohou's father, Xu Fugui was the only elder present at the wedding.

He had just broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, and he and Xu Xiaohou looked more like brothers than father and son.

He used his breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Realm to cover up the changes he had made from "consuming the Longevity Fruit," otherwise it would be difficult to explain why he suddenly became younger.

(End of this chapter)