Everyone's Immortal Cultivation: Starting from a Junior Talisman Maker

Chapter 130 Meeting a Fellow Villager, the Ninth in His Family (Please Subscribe)

"Senior, this is the area where the cultivators of Hengshi Prefecture live."

Before long, Yang Feng, led by staff, arrived at a lake.

Near the lake, there is a row of detached villas of the same size and architectural style.

Yang Feng saw that the row of detached villas also had a spirit-gathering array built on its own, with a purple array flag hanging above the array.

"Senior, the identity token we just gave you has many uses, one of which is that it allows you to freely enter and exit this formation in Hengshi Mansion."

The staff led Yang Feng to the row of detached villas shrouded in a formation and gave him a reminder.

"Oh."

Upon hearing this, Yang Feng immediately took out a blue identity token from his storage ring and affixed it to the formation. Instantly, the formation opened up a passage that allowed two or three people to enter and exit.

"Please, senior..."

The staff member bowed slightly and invited Yang Feng to go in first, before following him into the formation.

"Ok?"

"Is this a new employee?"

Meanwhile, inside the formation, a cultivator who had just finished cultivating and was resting sensed a staff member of the Righteous Court leading a strange cultivator into the area covered by the formation. His eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but make a guess.

Immediately, the cultivator left his courtyard and flew towards Yang Feng.

After landing a short distance in front of Yang Feng, the cultivator looked at Yang Feng and asked with a smile:

"Fellow Daoist, are you a newcomer from our Hengshi Prefecture, who has just entered the Zhengfa Academy?"

"Ok!"

Yang Feng looked at the middle-aged man in front of him. He saw that the man was about forty years old, overweight, and had a slightly comical appearance, giving people a very friendly feeling. He couldn't help but nod.

"Haha, welcome, fellow villager."

"Our Hengshi Mansion hasn't had a new bride for several years."

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Chen Xing, I come from Shunyang Immortal City in Hengshi Prefecture, I am 73 years old, and I have been working in the Zhengfa Court for 18 years..."

Once the overweight middle-aged man confirmed that Yang Feng was from Hengshi Prefecture, he became even more enthusiastic and hurriedly introduced himself to Yang Feng.

"My name is Yang Feng, I come from Yunshi Xiancheng, I am 59 years old this year, and I just barely made it into the court."

Seeing that the other party was very enthusiastic and much older than him, with his cultivation already reaching the late stage of Foundation Establishment, Yang Feng politely cupped his hands in greeting and humbly introduced himself.

"Yunshi Immortal City isn't far from my hometown, Shunyang Immortal City. Brother Yang, which villa did you choose? I'll take you there..."

After listening to Yang Feng's self-introduction and learning that Yang Feng was 59 years old and barely met the requirements to join the court, Chen Xing did not treat Yang Feng differently. Instead, he still volunteered enthusiastically and planned to take Yang Feng to check in.

He has been practicing at the Zhengfa Temple for many years, and in a few more years he will be eighty years old.

Given his current cultivation progress, it is highly unlikely that he will be able to raise his cultivation in terms of Dharma, Body, and Spirit to the late stage of Foundation Establishment and the late stage of the second tier before the age of eighty, thus allowing him to remain at the Zhengfa Academy for further study.

Therefore, in recent years, Chen Xing has become more inclined to cultivate interpersonal relationships and make friends with cultivators from the Zhengfa Academy, especially those from the same prefecture as himself, in order to lay a solid foundation of connections for his future career development.

In Chen Xing's view, cultivators from the same prefecture would naturally feel a sense of kinship because they came from the same region, especially when they were far away from home, this kinship would be even stronger.

If you make a sincere friendship, over the years, the bond between you will become quite strong.

Although he learned from Yang Feng's self-introduction that Yang Feng was 59 years old this year, he barely met the requirements to apply for joining the court.

Normally speaking, at this age, he will most likely be eliminated by the Court of Justice at the age of 80, just like him. It will be very difficult for him to meet the conditions for reaching the Pseudo-Core Realm before the age of 120. At most, he can only cultivate to the late Foundation Establishment Realm.

But he still did not underestimate Yang Feng.

After all, as far as he knew, only one or two out of ten cultivators who entered the Zhengfa Academy for further study would eventually achieve the False Core Realm or higher.

As for the rest of the cultivators, their future achievements will basically stop at the late Foundation Establishment stage.

Therefore, even if Yang Feng's future achievements are not much different from his own, he is willing to befriend him.

After all, Yang Feng and he were from the same hometown, and in Chen Xing's opinion, it wouldn't hurt him to make another friend from his hometown.

And if the other person becomes more successful than him in the future, they might be able to help him out.

Chen Xing had previously worked in a government department, so he was well aware that even among late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, those with connections and those without could hold vastly different positions in their Xia Kingdom.

Just like a cultivator without a background who reaches the late Foundation Establishment stage might be assigned to important positions in a relatively dangerous or economically underdeveloped second-level immortal city.

Some cultivators with connections will be assigned to relatively safe and lucrative second- or third-level immortal cities.

"I chose villa number 12."

Yang Feng felt a little uncomfortable with Chen Xing's enthusiasm, but he thought that since he was new to the place, if he could get along well with these fellow villagers from Hengshi Prefecture, he could also get to know and adapt to the cultivation life of the Zhengfa Academy more quickly.

So Yang Feng thought about it and didn't refuse Chen Xing's kindness. Instead, he told Chen Xing about the villa he had chosen in advance when he was going through the admission procedures.

“I live in the No. 7 villa. I’ll take you there.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Xing led Yang Feng to Courtyard No. 12, and sent the staff member who was standing nearby back.

"This is the residence that the court has allocated to us. The spiritual energy concentration has reached level three or above, and each person has been allocated a two-story detached villa covering an area of ​​over a thousand square meters. The villa is fully equipped with various supporting facilities, such as a meditation room, a spell practice room, a rest room, a reception room, etc."

"Furthermore, a third-tier isolation barrier has been set up in the courtyard. Normally, as long as you activate the isolation barrier, other cultivators will not be able to spy on the situation inside your courtyard, even if they use their divine sense..."

Before long, Chen Xing led Yang Feng to the No. 12 villa, gave Yang Feng a general tour of the villa, and gave him a brief introduction.

As cultivators in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage are already able to abstain from grains, they can directly draw energy from the world to maintain their bodies' needs.

Therefore, the court did not specifically arrange for a nanny to take care of their daily lives.

Of course, if some cultivators want to eat or supplement their physical needs through food, they can go to some restaurants or eateries near the Zhengfa Court to solve their own problems.

……

"Huh? Someone's entered the No. 12 courtyard?"

"And Third Senior Brother is also present. Could it be that a newcomer has arrived at our Hengshi Manor?"

While Chen Xing was showing Yang Feng around the villa, Zhu Zhiyong, who lived in villa number 11 nearby, sensed someone in villa number 12 after finishing his cultivation. He also sensed that Chen Xing was present, and without thinking, he immediately rushed towards villa number 12 where Yang Feng was.

After all, Hengshi Mansion hadn't had a newcomer for four whole years.

Now that another cultivator from the same manor has entered the Zhengfa Academy, and happens to live next door to him, and Chen Xing is also present, he is naturally quite curious and wants to go over and get to know him.

"Third Senior Brother!"

Upon arriving at the entrance of the No. 12 courtyard, Zhu Zhiyong did not rush in. Instead, he called out to Chen Xing inside from the doorway.

"Eighth Junior Brother, after you, our Hengshi Prefecture has finally welcomed another fellow townsman, and he happens to be your neighbor. Come in and get to know him quickly."

Upon hearing Zhu Zhiyong's voice, Chen Xing immediately went to the window and shouted loudly at Zhu Zhiyong.

"Good."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhiyong then stepped into courtyard number 12 and met up with Chen Xing.

"Junior brother, let me introduce you."

"Our fellow townsman is named Yang Feng, and he comes from Yunshi Immortal City in Hengshi Prefecture."

When Zhu Zhiyong arrived, Chen Xing immediately introduced Yang Feng. Considering that Yang Feng was only 59 years old when he barely met the requirements to enter the regular court, Chen Xing was worried that Yang Feng might mind, so he did not mention Yang Feng's age when introducing him to Zhu Zhiyong.

"Brother, hello... My name is Zhu Zhiyong, I'm 57 years old, and I come from Yunde Immortal City in Hengshi Prefecture. I entered the Zheng Court four years ago. According to the order in which I entered the Zheng Court, I'm the eighth among my fellow townsmen from Hengshi Prefecture..."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhiyong noticed that Chen Xing had not mentioned Yang Feng's specific age. He looked at Yang Feng and examined him carefully. Seeing that Yang Feng seemed to be a little older than himself, he politely introduced himself to Yang Feng.

"Greetings, Eighth Senior Brother. I'm new here and hope you'll take good care of me in the future."

When Yang Feng heard Zhu Zhiyong call Chen Xing "Third Senior Brother" and point out that these fellow villagers were ranked according to the order in which they entered the Zheng Court, he immediately understood and then bowed in homage to the other party's ranking.

Yang Feng was not opposed to becoming the junior apprentice among his fellow villagers.

Since I was a newcomer, these fellow villagers immediately took the initiative to come and chat with me.

They didn't put on airs or wait for him to visit them one by one just because he was a newcomer.

From this alone, Yang Feng could tell that these fellow villagers from Hengshi Prefecture valued the bonds of kinship.

"Hehe, junior brother, you can call me senior brother. If there's anything you don't understand in the future, you can ask me anytime I have time."

"I live in the villa at number 11 next to yours."

When Zhu Zhiyong heard Yang Feng call him "senior brother," he immediately smiled happily and said to Yang Feng.

After all, Yang Feng's arrival meant that he was no longer the youngest among his fellow villagers.

"Third Senior Brother, our Hengshi Manor has finally gained another younger brother."

"Do you think we should invite our eldest and second senior brothers to join us for a get-together tonight so they can all get to know our ninth junior brother?"

Zhu Zhiyong then looked at Chen Xing and made a suggestion.

"Row."

"I'll send a message to our brothers in the court group to inform them right away."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xing nodded and then told the other villagers about the arrival of a new person in their Hengshi Prefecture.

"Oh, has Hengshi Mansion gained another new member?"

Shortly after Chen Xing sent the message, several other cultivators from Hengshi Prefecture in the group, after finishing their cultivation, saw the message and used their divine sense to scan the area, discovering that there was an unfamiliar cultivator in courtyard number 12.

They immediately sent messages to Chen Xing, asking for information about Yang Feng.

When they learned that Yang Feng came from Yunshi Immortal City and was 59 years old, barely meeting the requirements to enter the regular court, everyone was slightly disappointed.

But he didn't look down on Yang Feng.

After all, many of them were in no better situation than Yang Feng back then.

Moreover, the reason why these people value hometown ties so much, are willing to address each other as brothers, and unite as one is mainly to avoid being targeted and suppressed by cultivators from other prefectures of the Righteous Court.

Therefore, upon learning that another fellow townsman from Hengshi Prefecture had arrived at the Zheng Court, everyone agreed to Chen Xing's suggestion to invite all the townsmen from Hengshi Prefecture to a gathering that evening to meet the newcomer.

In fact, one of the cultivators, who was also from Yunshi Immortal City, couldn't help but drag Chen Xing along to meet Yang Feng beforehand, upon learning that Yang Feng was from the same immortal city as him.

Through introductions, Yang Feng learned that the cultivator, who was also from Yunshi Immortal City, was named Tan Yongjun. He was 65 years old and had been a member of the Zhengfa Court for 13 years. He was the fifth among their fellow townsmen from Hengshi Prefecture.

As for the others, Yang Feng learned about their specific situations from Tan Yongjun and Chen Xing, who had informed him in advance.

For example, among these fellow villagers, the eldest is Gao Mingyuan, who is 78 years old this year and has been working in the court for 26 years.

It is said that he has only raised his Qi Refining cultivation to the late Foundation Establishment stage.

As for their spiritual and physical cultivation, they are currently at the second-tier, sixth-stage level, and there is still a considerable gap between them and the late second-tier level.

According to Tan Yongjun and Chen Xing's speculation, it would be quite difficult for their eldest brother, Gao Mingyuan, to raise his cultivation in the three aspects of Dharma Body and Divine Spirit to the late stage of Foundation Establishment and the late stage of the second tier before the age of eighty, so as to continue his cultivation in the Zhengfa Academy.

The second-ranked fellow villager is named Li Wenying. Although he is only 69 years old this year, he has been working in the court for 23 years.

Furthermore, the other party has already raised their Qi Refining cultivation to the late Foundation Establishment stage.

Furthermore, in terms of both spiritual power and physical cultivation, their current levels have reached the second stage, sixth level.

He is the cultivator with the highest talent and potential among the nine cultivators from Hengshi Mansion who have entered the Zhengfa Academy, and is the most likely to achieve the Core Formation Realm in the future.

Chen Xing ranked third.

The fourth in line is named Zhou Yao, a female cultivator who is 71 years old this year. She has been in the Zhengfa Academy for 15 years and is said to have only raised her Qi Refining cultivation to the late Foundation Establishment stage.

The fifth person on the list is Tan Yongjun.

The sixth in line is named Zhang Mingcheng. He is 67 years old this year and has been in the Zhengfa Court for 12 years. It is said that his cultivation in law, body, and spirit is still at the mid-stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm and the mid-stage of the second stage.

The seventh-ranked person is named He Qin. She is only 56 years old this year, but she has been in the Zhengfa Court for seven years. With her talent and potential, she may be able to raise her cultivation in the three aspects of law, body and spirit to the late stage of Foundation Establishment and the late stage of the second tier before she turns eighty.

(End of this chapter)