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

Chapter 247 The Aftermath of the Grand Ceremony, Tianque City, Blood River Order!

The crisis is over!

The traitorous cultivator was vanquished, and the sea beasts retreated!
"Your Excellency has great compassion! I kowtow in gratitude for your life-saving grace!"

After dealing with the sea monsters on the island and rescuing many injured islanders, Master Guihai burst into tears. He was the first to kneel down in front of the figure in the sky, shouting with all his might, overwhelmed with gratitude.

Immediately afterwards, all the islanders who had survived the disaster, whether cultivators or mortals, prostrated themselves on the ground in overwhelming emotion, their cries of gratitude and kowtows filling the air.

Ling Suwen gently waved her hand, and a soft yet irresistible force lifted up Master Guihai.

Her gentle yet clear voice resonated within Master Guihai's consciousness, simultaneously transmitting a method for controlling the Solidifying Yuan Array:
"I am but a passerby. The man-made disaster has been eliminated, and the beast tide has receded. The sea is dangerous, and people's hearts are unpredictable. Self-improvement and mutual assistance are the only ways to survive."

After saying that, she didn't linger.

The green-green boat that had been ferrying people across danger reappeared beneath their feet, its emerald light shimmering as it gracefully departed.

"Senior, please wait! May I ask your honorable title? We, the people of Fugui Island, are willing to offer incense and prayers for generations to come, and forever remember your great kindness!" Seeing that Ling Suwen did not stop, Master Guihai hurriedly looked up and called out loudly.

Only a gentle, soothing melody, like a clear spring, lingered in the air, drifting away on the wind between the sea and the sky.

"...Tianyan, Lingsu asked."

Before the words were even finished, the figure in pure white had already transformed into a barely perceptible streak of emerald light on the horizon, disappearing in an instant onto the vast blue waves of the distant sea, as if it had never existed.

The islanders of Fugui Island remained kneeling and bowing for a long time, gazing in the direction where the figure disappeared, engraving the names "Tianyan" and "Lingsuwen" deep into the soul.

The strengthened island-protecting formation, radiating vitality and immense power, became an indestructible beacon of hope for this long-suffering island.

As Master Guihai sensed the incredibly profound array manipulation techniques within his sea of ​​consciousness and Ling Suwen's parting words, an unprecedented light burst forth from his eyes.

The waves at sea never cease, and the human race will continue to thrive. May the human race prosper forever.

From this day forward, the story of Fugui Island in the outer sea of ​​Dongyuan will be enriched with an eternal legend about the white-robed fairy Tianyan.

For Ling Suwen, this was just a trivial little episode in her journey.

The world is full of hardships, and humanity is uncertain.

As a Nascent Soul True Monarch, the leader of the human race, she would not hesitate to use her power as long as conditions allowed, and would do her best to improve the survival foundation of all human beings.

……

Ling Suwen traveled from afar, crossing mountains and seas, to visit a man who was currently dedicated to paving the way for several newly initiated young ladies to cultivate.

Zhao Jingni and Chu Lingyi, one with outstanding martial arts talent and the other with amazing physical potential, are both good candidates for the path of Qi and blood cultivation and can practice martial arts techniques.

It's not difficult at all, and there's a ready-made template, namely Su Jin's "Flame Spirit Tempering Technique".

Only modifications and optimizations are needed in areas such as blood and qi transport, body tempering, and application.

Qian Yuzheng and Tantai Tianxiang share similarities in temperament; one is dignified and poised, while the other is gentle and detached. Both are intellectual and tranquil individuals, and they share some resemblance in spirit with Chen Yunxi.

Therefore, following the same approach he used to derive the Spirit Rhyme Heavenly Sound Score for Chen Yunxi, and combining the talents and abilities of the two women, Chen Qian created the "Ink Rhyme Transformation Scroll" for Qian Yuzheng and the "Azure Emperor's Spiritual Communication Technique" for Tantai Tianxiang.

Han Youwei is resolute and courageous, and possesses a powerful lightning spiritual root, making her a promising candidate for the path of warrior cultivation.

After studying all the lightning-based techniques at hand and carefully examining Han Youwei's physique, Chen Qian finally deduced the "Nine Heavens Thunder Prison Scripture" for her.

Sun Xue Ruo, who was frail and cold-blooded, had a gentle and kind nature, which made Chen Qian feel sorry for her.

On the day of the grand ceremony, with the assistance of the power of the Destiny Wheel Realm, he used the Daoist principles of fire to generate a seed of fire within the young girl's body, slowly removing and repairing her cold meridian origin, achieving excellent results.

Even if Sun Xueluo is cured and her physical foundation is strengthened, the young lady's physical characteristics will not change.

Chen Qian then modified Yunyi's wife's "Xuanming Bingpo Scripture" so that she could practice it.

The derivation of these techniques took Chen Qian nearly a month.

During this period, he also spent a lot of time with his new concubines, and their relationship improved greatly. Finally, it no longer felt like an idol and fans interacting.

……

The hustle and bustle of the Foundation Building Ceremony has long since dissipated, and Qianlong Mountain has returned to its usual rhythm of life, but the aftershocks of the ceremony have not yet subsided.

On the contrary, due to all sorts of strange rumors about the Chen family, Qianlong Mountain, and Master Chen, the rumors gradually spread and seemed to be getting more and more intense.

The grand ceremony was attended by thousands of people, and the amazing scene is still talked about by many of the original participants.

Those independent practitioners who listened to the lectures and observed the teachings all felt they made great progress, and many even broke through their bottlenecks as a result.

In this way, Chen Qian has truly broken out of his circle in the southwestern region under the jurisdiction of the Beast Taming Sect.

All the major and minor powers in the Li Kingdom had heard of his great name to varying degrees.

Originally, a large organization like the Thousand Machines Pavilion would have considered him to be a "potentially powerful cultivator who had switched cultivation methods." Now, it seems that the word "potentially" can be removed.

This grand ceremony fully demonstrated the Chen family's growing strength. Even the former dominant family in this area, the Wang family of Xuanwu Ridge, publicly stated that they would form a close alliance with the Chen family to jointly deal with the upcoming land reclamation campaign.

Rising to fame brings benefits, such as the awe and respect of many cultivation families and small and medium-sized forces, the allegiance of many independent cultivators, and the rapid development of family power.

After the grand ceremony that day, many independent cultivators with special skills and remarkable talent, such as Wu Dayong, a master weapon refiner; Su Yun, an apprentice alchemist; Zhao Tiezhu, a swordsman; Lao Tian, ​​a talisman master; and Yang Xiaozhi, a thin young man with a superior spiritual root, all chose to join the Chen family.

Under normal circumstances, these people would not choose to join a small family whose highest apparent martial prowess is only at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

Even if they want to join a cultivation family as a guest elder, they will generally only consider families like the Wang family, which are at least at the Pseudo-Core stage.

Although the Li Kingdom is remote, it has quite a few families that produce fake pills, and even families that produce true pills.

For example, the Yao family of Yunhaichuan has been recruiting a large number of independent cultivators with potential and special skills for a long time, and the conditions they offer are exceptionally generous.

These independent cultivators, with their exceptional talent and background, have no shortage of places to go.

But making this choice now can only be attributed to the powerful "personal charisma" of Chen Qian.

But everything has two sides; with benefits, how can there be no hidden crises?
Heaven's justice is impartial, but the human heart is unfathomable.

Chen Qian was like a catfish that suddenly grew stronger, stirring up the calm and tranquil Li Kingdom into turmoil, and naturally, the sediment in the pond would also be stirred up.

……

The State of Chu, Tianque City.

This colossal city truly lived up to its reputation as a major commercial hub of the Chu Kingdom, its scale far surpassing that of Wanling City.

Nine Lingqu canals, like jade dragons, flow through the city and merge into the vast and misty Yunmeng Marsh.

The city gate was built of obsidian made from meteorite, and the array patterns flowed with a dark golden luster, rising up a cloud of mist and smoke under the blazing sun.

In the celestial city's sky, flying boats of all sizes crisscrossed the landscape. On some of the particularly enormous boats, the insignia on their hulls displayed the formidable reputations of the three great immortal sects of the Chu Kingdom—

The scorching sun pattern of the Great Sun Sword Sect, the thunder pattern of the Purple Cloud Palace, and... the cloud and mist pattern of the Cloud Dream Immortal Sect.

The Chu Kingdom is vast, with a land area several times larger than that of the Li Kingdom. The strength of its sects and cultivators is also far superior to that of the Li, Wu, and Yue Kingdoms.

In this joint land reclamation effort by the four kingdoms, the Chu Kingdom single-handedly confronted a demon emperor's power, demonstrating its formidable strength far surpassing that of the surrounding kingdoms.

The area around "Qingming Peak" in the west of Tianque City is a gathering place for independent cultivators, small families, and all sorts of shady professions, making it a mixed bag.

The streets were bustling and noisy, lined with shops selling magical artifacts, talismans, and low-level monster materials.

Deep within this seemingly chaotic city, an inconspicuous three-story attic stands quietly.

The walls were grayish-blue bricks, the doors were ordinary wooden doors, and the faded signboard read "Tian Gong Fang" (Heavenly Craft Workshop). The faint clanging of forging sounds could be heard from inside, as if they were crafting some low-level magical artifacts.

However, "Tiangongfang" is not as simple as it seems on the surface.

Hundreds of feet below the three-story pavilion lies a meticulously modified natural cave, its entrance hidden in an abandoned mine deep within the workshop, concealed by layers of restrictions and illusion arrays.

The cave's enormous dome is covered with layers of sedimentary rock, resembling the rings of an ancient tree.

At the center of the cave, a clear and transparent spring silently gushes out of the ground, accumulating into a pool with crystal-clear water.

In the center of the spring is a milky white jade pillar. The halo on the pillar flickers and rises and falls as if it were breathing, radiating energy tides into the surrounding space.

Beside the pool, there grows a crystal-clear forest of earth vein clusters.

Like giant crystal shoots, they shimmer with magnificent iridescent light—indigo, amber, deep purple—within their crystal clusters, fluctuating with the ebb and flow of energy.

These shifting colors don't just flash randomly; rather, they seem to contain some kind of pattern.

The two stood quietly by the spring.

One was tall and thin, wrapped in a plain black robe, with a bronze beast mask covering his face, revealing only his cold eyes.

His aura was as solid as iron, as deep as the ocean. Although his specific cultivation level was not discernible, he was definitely a high-level cultivator. His imposing aura was firmly locked within a five-foot radius around him, indicating that he possessed an extremely sophisticated technique for concealing his aura.

The other person was dressed in a gray robe, with an ordinary build, and his face was also covered by a mask. However, this mask looked like a constantly writhing living thing, which was terrifying and looked like the skin on his face had been mutated.

The two stood quietly, watching the light and shadow dance in the crystal forest, where countless tiny, ant-like runes seemed to be flowing, combining, and dying rapidly.

The cave was silent, and neither of them spoke. Only from the crystal clusters could one or two faint buzzing sounds occasionally drift from within.

Suddenly, the halo of light on the jade pillar in the pool dissipated and returned to darkness.

As the jade pillars stopped flashing, the light of the crystal clusters also disappeared, returning to the appearance of ordinary crystals.

The gray-robed man walked up to a "crystal bamboo shoot," reached down and pulled out a crystal ball from its bottom.

"Lord," the gray-robed man said calmly after examining the crystal ball with his divine sense, "the Blood River Ranking has been updated, with one new person added, and the reward is quite high."

His mask shimmered with light, projecting a play of light and shadow upon which information appeared—

Chen Yunqian, a member of the Chen family from Fenglin Valley in Li Kingdom, is the master of Qianlong Mountain. He is in his early twenties, at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, and is suspected to be a cultivator undergoing a transformation. He may possess extraordinary treasures.

[Brief Biography]

[After two years of cultivation, he achieved Foundation Establishment and possessed formidable combat power. At the ninth level of Qi Refining, he entered the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm of the Beast Taming Sect and annihilated hundreds of Minotaur beastmen.]

[At the Foundation Establishment Ceremony, the Beast Taming Sect sent representatives to offer their congratulations and bestowed upon him a pair of Snow Feather Rainbow Phoenix chicks.]

[Thousands of people were preached at the Foundation Establishment Ceremony, and many broke through to higher realms on the spot, suggesting the existence of divine inheritance or secret techniques.]

Several blurry images then appeared in the light and shadow: Chen Qian walking on the wind, and the grand and festive scene of the foundation-building ceremony at Qianlong Mountain.

The man in the black robe's gaze swept over the lines of text and images like an ice blade.

"To reach the Foundation Establishment stage after only two years of cultivation... does that seem like a change of cultivation path, or perhaps a great opportunity? A lucky one among those who inherits some kind of lineage?"

His voice came through the mask, deep and hoarse, with a metallic quality.

He paused slightly, then turned to the gray-robed man and asked, "What rating does the Blood River Ranking give? What are the mission rewards?"

The light on the gray-robed man's mask flickered rapidly: "Reporting to the Lord, the Blood River Ranking is rated as 'Mysterious' Rank 7; the mission reward is a Rank 3 High-Grade Blood River Pill."

When the topic of rewards came up, the gray-robed man's usually calm voice surprisingly showed a hint of urgency.

Clearly, this Blood River Pill is extraordinary.

"A seventh-grade Xuan-level... a high-grade third-tier Blood River Pill... a Foundation Establishment cultivator from a small family in the Li Kingdom, with such a high rating? And so valuable?"

The man in the black robe was also taken aback.

“If that’s the case, then let’s proceed according to the rules.” He made a decisive decision: “Issue the Blood River Order, a seventh-grade Xuan-level mission, targeting Chen Yunqian of the Li Kingdom, with a six-month deadline. The requirement for the recipient’s cultivation level is at least mid-stage Core Formation.”

"Mission reward: One Tier 3 High-Grade Blood River Pill!"

As the gray-robed man spoke, the mutated mask flashed again, and beams of light shot into the crystal ball.

After a few breaths, the crystal ball was placed back at the bottom of the "crystal bamboo shoot".

The crystal clusters began to shimmer again...

……

In the Poisonous Kingdom, amidst the miasma and mournful winds of the wilderness, lies the desolate fortress.

In a temporary cave dwelling within the Blood Demon Sect's cultivator encampment, Blood Skull True Man, his blood-red robes disheveled and his aura slightly weakened, sat cross-legged on a piece of animal hide.

Several deep, bone-revealing claw marks were visible on his bare chest, with crimson buds of flesh slowly healing.

It was clear that a fierce battle had just taken place not long ago.

Blood Skull Master had his eyes closed, his lips moving slightly. In front of him was the corpse of a giant python, which was dozens of feet long. Judging from its aura, it was at least a late-stage second-tier demon beast, or even a top-stage second-tier demon beast.

He placed his hands lightly on the giant python's corpse, and a thin but pure blood-red aura continuously emanated from the python's corpse, drilling into his wounds like a living thing, repairing his injuries.

The gray skull hovered beside him, and the red light that once flickered in its eye sockets had dimmed, no longer displaying its former arrogance.

He had just withstood a fierce charge of orcs at an important stronghold. The battle was extremely brutal, and even two late-stage Foundation Establishment demon cultivators were killed.

Although the Blood Demon Technique excels at using battle to sustain battle, the blood and qi of the orc race are violent and mixed, making them difficult to refine and prone to backlash, far less useful than the blood and qi of demonic beasts.

(End of this chapter)