Cultivating Immortality in a Family: I Prove Immortality Through the Chaotic Dao Realm

Chapter 161 Paying Homage, Making a Promise, The Foresight of the Formless Listener, Jade Sword True Lord!

The next day, early in the morning.

After being pampered, Chen Yunxi looked even more radiant when she woke up in the morning.

Chen Qian, unusually, stayed in bed a little longer, cuddling his wife and "sleeping" again, leaving Yun Xi feeling weak and limp, almost unable to get up.

Having been away for nearly a month, both of his concubines, Qingman and Concubine Chen, were pregnant, so it was inevitable that Master Chen would be somewhat lacking in male companionship.

Fengyin and Jixue, who were serving nearby, also blushed. As personal maids, they often had to accompany each other closely and encourage each other on such occasions.

Although I wasn't personally involved, it wasn't far off.

I had quite a few things to do when I returned to the valley, but none of them seemed particularly urgent.

From the moment he awakened his innate wisdom and activated the Wheel of Fate, Chen Qian was eager to quickly improve his strength and perfect the Wheel of Fate.

Because he had a premonition that the seemingly peaceful cultivation world was about to undergo an unprecedented upheaval.

This feeling intensifies day by day, especially after one's innate spiritual essence is achieved.

However, this eagerness is not conducive to his growth.

This would make him act in a way that is eager for quick success and instant benefits, and it would also obscure his innate spiritual essence.

Therefore, once Chen Qian sensed this mindset, he would consciously slow down and pause the things he urgently needed to do, thereby training his spirit and cultivating his state of mind.

Just like now, he really wants to visit his father-in-law right away and finalize the matter of moving to Jinshiya.

However, it is also known that in the past few days, almost all the senior leaders of Fenglin Valley have been mobilized, and my father-in-law, as the person in charge who stayed behind, must have a lot of things to do.

It would be best to wait until the family has allocated personnel from all sides, coordinated resources, and basically occupied all resource points before making a visit.

Chen Qian then stayed at home with his daughters, guiding them in their spiritual practice and cultivating his relationship with his son.

The women also gathered around Chen Qian, packing their belongings in preparation for the move.

Chen Yunxi also stepped in to recruit some management talents, such as those in internal affairs and children's education, to strengthen the personnel base of Jinshiya in all aspects.

A few days passed quickly.

The main residence of the family, Qingwei Hall.

Chen Hongming had just met with many people and finally had a moment of leisure. Although he was busy, he was in good spirits.

Just as he was about to take out some spiritual tea to brew a cup, a maid came in to announce that Chen Qian had come to visit.

Chen Hongming was overjoyed: "Please come in quickly."

He personally went out to greet him, and upon seeing Chen Qian, he laughed heartily, grabbed his hand tightly, and led him into Qingwei Hall for a chat.

“I knew you had returned to the valley, but I was too busy to get away. Otherwise, I would have brought you here to question you.”

“I know my father-in-law has been very busy these past few days, which is why I came to visit him today.”

Chen Qian responded with a smile.

As the head of the family, Chen Hongming already knew a great deal about Chen Qian's situation and the beginning and end of the battle at Qingye Mountain.

Therefore, the claim that Chen Qian was brought in for questioning was simply because they were more interested in the statements made by the parties involved, not because they were unaware of the situation.

Moreover, as his son-in-law, Chen Qian had long been regarded as his own child.

Chen Qian has made new contributions, which has led to the changes in the family and made its revival hopeful. He is even more honored by this.

What followed was naturally a pleasant experience for both host and guests.

Under the old man's questioning, Chen Qian recounted his experiences over this period in detail, as far as he could.

Upon learning that Chen Qian had cooperated with Shen Qianxue to kill a late-stage Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator and independently slew Lu Zhengting, Ren Chen Hongming, who was already mentally prepared, was still deeply shocked.

"Incredible! Your supernatural abilities are now on par with our ancestor's!"

Chen Hongming shook his head and smiled bitterly, feeling that he couldn't understand this world anymore.

Although he was curious about Chen Qian's connections with the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Hidden Edge Pavilion and the Beast Taming Sect, he knew it involved personal privacy and therefore did not ask further.

But I felt much more at ease.

In the cultivation world of Li Kingdom, being protected by these two behemoth immortal sects means you can practically do whatever you want.

This is a huge benefit for the Chen family and will greatly help the family's development.

The old man naturally instructed Chen Qian to maintain this friendship.

Chen Qian humbly accepted the instruction.

During the conversation, Chen Qian also learned that the patriarch had taken over Crane Immortal Ridge and would be stationed there for the time being.

Although Hexianling was somewhat damaged, the situation was not serious and it was basically intact.

They will return to Phoenix Forest Valley only after Chen Hongbing advances and the ancestor hands over the reins to him.

As for the resource points of the Lu and Wu families, under Chen Hongming's overall planning and allocation, they have occupied most of the land.

The Zhao and Qian families have also acquired Jiulonghu and have already begun planning and preliminary arrangements for the new market.

This process will take a considerable amount of time, and it is still unknown when it will be able to officially open for business.

I heard that once it's completed, fifty shops will be given to the Chen family, which will become a new place for the Chen family's children to go.

This change has greatly expanded the family's power, but the number of people has begun to become somewhat insufficient.

This is something that is difficult to avoid in the short term, and Chen Qian has no good solutions.

To be honest, he hadn't even built up his own team yet; apart from his wives, concubines, and maids, he was practically all alone.

Chen Hongming also stated that in addition to Chen Qian receiving all the spoils from Jinshiya, the family would also award him one million contribution points.

This is practically equivalent to him having complete access to the family's resources, whenever he needs them.

Aside from the few magical treasures on the third floor of the family's secret vault, Chen Qian had enough to exchange for.

Of course, with so many contribution points at once, Chen Qian wouldn't actually exchange them indiscriminately.

Besides, the items in the family's secret vault aren't of much help to him right now.

I wonder if the ancestor has managed to purchase the few things he urgently needs, and whether the Kidney-Strengthening Pill has been refined yet.

Finally, Chen Qian revealed that he wanted to marry Chen Yunyi.

Upon hearing this, Chen Hongming's expression immediately turned somewhat unpleasant.

The thought of his two daughters marrying Chen Qian filled him with mixed feelings.

This is a common problem among doting fathers.

Even if the son-in-law is extremely outstanding, she still feels that she has been taken advantage of.

Chen Qian understood and didn't have any complaints about the old man.

He rose and bowed deeply, saying earnestly, "Father-in-law, as long as I have a breath left, I will treat those sisters as my own life. Please grant my request!"

"Ugh!"

Chen Hongming quickly composed himself and said in a complex tone, "With your current achievements, your future is limitless."

“I have no reason to stop it; all I need is for the two sisters to agree.”

With the old man's permission, Chen Qian was also invigorated: "Father-in-law, don't worry, I won't make Sister Yunyi suffer."

"The wedding day will be after Sister Yunyi and I have both advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage."

"At that time, I will give her a grand wedding and let everyone witness the rise of my Chen family!"

"Great!" This vision dispelled Chen Hongming's inner turmoil and resentment, and brightened his mood.

A few days later, escorted by four Rending Wind Larks, a shuttle and a boat set off from Phoenix Forest Valley, heading due north.

One of the shuttles was Chen Qian's Xuanxiao Flying Shuttle, fully loaded with personnel and supplies.

Yizhou was a high-grade magic artifact-level flying boat dispatched by Chen Hongming, controlled by a clan elder, to help transport relevant personnel.

Besides Chen Qian and his wives, concubines, and sons, there were also various basic management personnel, professionals, and teachers from Fenglin Academy.

These people will be settling in Jinshi Cliff, and naturally they will need to bring their families. Therefore, since it is inconvenient to use the Life Wheel Realm, we can only use an additional flying boat.

These four Wind-Splitting Cloud Birds will remain permanently at Golden Stone Cliff and be used as transportation mounts.

They themselves have reached the first-tier superior grade and have considerable combat power, and can be regarded as four late-stage Qi Refining cultivators.

The area from Fenglin Valley to Qingye Mountain is considered a remote place in the Li Kingdom. Tens of thousands of miles to the south lies an endless wilderness, the territory of monsters.

Apart from a limited number of Foundation Establishment family patriarchs, those in the late Qi Refining stage are considered experts.

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Tens of thousands of miles northeast of Fenglin Valley lies a vast mountain range called the Wanling Mountains.

This majestic and winding mountain range is the location of the famous Beast Taming Sect in the Li Kingdom, and is also the most renowned ancestral home of Beast Taming in the Li Kingdom, shrouded in a spiritual mist that blends reality and illusion all year round.

Although the Beast Taming Sect currently has no Nascent Soul cultivators, it possesses a fourth-tier sect-guarding sacred beast, making the sect extremely powerful, second only to the Hidden Edge Pavilion.

Upon entering the mountain gate, one can see the Hundred Beasts Corridor, which stretches for hundreds of miles. On both sides, there are dragon-carrying pillars that are over a thousand feet high, with black tortoises carrying steles and Zhu Yan beating drums.

In Wanling Mountain, many of the mountain bodies are carved with lifelike giant beast statues.

There was a three-eyed thunder roc with wings that covered half of the mountain cliff;

There is also the Nine-Headed Willow – its imposing presence is like an abyss, and its sight is enough to shake one's soul.

High on the mountain peak, a dark blue gale surged, and tens of thousands of ethereal shadows of wind-splitting hawks swirled and flowed, forming a mobile protective formation for the mountain.

This is the autonomous defense of the Beast Taming Sect's fourth-tier grand formation—the Nine Heavens Sky-Splitting Formation. It can easily annihilate Core Formation cultivators without requiring anyone to activate it.

Higher up, a dark figure tore through the sea of ​​clouds, suppressing the spiritual energy of the Yu Sect.

That was the figure of a fourth-tier sect-guarding sacred beast. Its enormous form was surrounded by chaotic spiritual light, and with each breath it stirred up a hundred miles of spiritual clouds.

A mountain peak was cut in half, forming a vast martial arts arena where many disciples of the Beast Taming Sect practiced and honed their combined attack techniques with their own beasts.

From the heavens above, the massive Wanling Mountains reveal four giant earth veins that resemble coiled dragons guarding the main peak.

The main peak, Zhenling Peak, pierces the clouds, its shape resembling the fossilized spine of some primordial beast, with pale golden spiritual mist flowing between its rugged rock layers—

This is the radiance overflowing from the "Myriad Spirits Blood Pool," the foundation upon which the Beast Taming Sect was founded.

At the summit of Zhenling Peak stands a magnificent and dazzling palace complex, the center of power for the entire sect.

At this moment, Shen Qianxue and Lin Wanshuang, who had displayed their great power at Qingye Mountain some time ago, were enjoying tea and chatting in one of the palaces in this complex.

"Wanshuang, why did your uncle summon me here? Can't you tell me now?"

Shen Qianxue asked with some confusion.

"How could that be? I'm just as confused!" Lin Wanshuang replied with a slight pout.

"Really? You seem thoughtful to me, not like you're completely unaware."

Shen Qianxue didn't believe it.

"I only have some guesses, but I'm not sure."

Lin Wanshuang said.

"Tell me about it, it's okay if you guess wrong."

Shen Qianxue pressed for an answer.

"Oh! Okay, okay. I guess it's about the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm." Lin Wanshuang had no choice but to reveal her thoughts.

"The Myriad Beasts Secret Realm?! Isn't that a place that can only be entered by Qi Refining cultivators?"

Shen Qianxue asked, puzzled.

“Yes, that’s true in normal years,” Lin Wanshuang said.

"But every three hundred years, the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm will connect to a territory of the Beastmen, causing heavy casualties among cultivators who enter."

Lin Wanshuang said solemnly.

"If the casualties are too great, why not just give up this opportunity?" Shen Qianxue said curiously.

"It's just a Qi Refining level secret realm, so missing out on one harvest won't be a big deal, right?"

"No," Lin Wanshuang shook her head.

"A normal opening opportunity is fine, but this kind of opportunity that only comes once every few hundred years, the sect will not give up."

"Because it involves certain special resources that can enhance the foundation of our sect's treasure, the Myriad Spirit Blood Pool."

Shen Qianxue was taken aback by what she heard. Before she could answer, a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar walked into the hall.

"Uncle Shen."

"father!"

Upon seeing the newcomer, the two women stood up and greeted him.

The newcomer was none other than Lin Gengxin, the current sect leader of the Beast Taming Sect and a Grand True Person at the peak of the Core Formation stage.

"Please sit, Junior Nephew Shen. Is Uncle Jade Sword alright?"

Lin Gengxin has the demeanor of a worldly Confucian scholar, without any of the imposing presence of a great master, which shows that his Taoist skills are profound and he has reached the state of returning to simplicity and authenticity.

"Grandpa is well, thank you for your concern, Uncle," Shen Qianxue replied with a smile.

"I suppose you're wondering why your senior master would ask you to meet him?" Lin Gengxin nodded.

"I would like to hear the details," Shen Qianxue said.

"It originates from the Mysterious Realm of Ten Thousand Beasts."

Lin Gengxin sighed softly and explained the reason.

The Myriad Beasts Secret Realm is located on the edge of the Myriad Spirits Mountain. Every twenty years or so, the spatial power at the entrance of the secret realm will be weak for a month.

At this time of year, the Beast Taming Sect organizes a large number of Qi Refining cultivators to enter the secret realm and hunt the ancient beasts within.

But as Lin Wanshuang just mentioned, every three hundred years, the secret realm will connect to the territory of the Minotaur race.

Because of the convergence of the two realms, a kind of blood crystal is born in the central area of ​​the secret realm. It can be integrated into the Myriad Spirit Blood Pool of the Beast Taming Sect, thus giving birth to high-level spiritual blood.

Third-tier spirit beasts can promote the evolution of their bloodline by consuming spirit blood.

It is easy to imagine how important this blood crystal is to the Beast Taming Sect.

However, the Minotaur race is extremely powerful. Although they are only at the top level of the first tier, ordinary Qi Refining Peak cultivators cannot match them at all.

Therefore, whenever these two realms meet, the Beast Taming Sect cultivators gain very little and suffer heavy casualties.

Resources are secondary; there are even more unexpected situations.

Not long ago, the Beast Taming Sect's sacred beast, the Formless Listening Beast, foresaw that the upcoming Myriad Beasts Secret Realm would be completely sealed off by a fourth-tier Minotaur Clan expert using some unknown spatial treasure.

This is unsettling. If the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm is completely connected to the territory of the Minotaur Clan, wouldn't that mean the Minotaur Clan could use the passage to directly enter the Beast Taming Sect's mountain gate at any time?!
The Wuxiang Diting Beast is a variant of the bloodline of an ancient sacred beast. Its combat strength is only average among demonic beasts of the same level, but it possesses the great power to foresee the future.

The future He foresaw, though only one of countless possibilities, should not be ignored.

Therefore, the Beast Taming Sect must find a way to stop this fourth-tier Minotaur, but relying solely on the Formless Listening Beast is not enough to guarantee success, so they can only call for external assistance.

As the undisputed dominant sect in the Li Kingdom, Cangfeng Pavilion is undoubtedly the best and only choice.

Coincidentally, Shen Qianxue came to the Beast Taming Sect as a guest, accompanied by Lin Wanshuang.

Although the Beast Taming Sect could directly contact the Hidden Edge Pavilion and request assistance from a Nascent Soul True Monarch, the current Beast Taming Sect lacks a Nascent Soul True Monarch, making it inherently weak.

As a direct descendant of Jade Sword True Lord, the patriarch of Cangfeng Pavilion, if Shen Qianxue could put in a good word for him, his chances of success would be much higher.

This will also limit the scope of this matter, since it's better to have as few people as possible know about such a security risk within the sect's territory.

(End of this chapter)