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

Chapter 248 "Eat!" "Bang!" "Carry!"

Just then, Blood Skull Master's expression changed slightly, and a faint yet unique vibration frequency suddenly appeared deep within his dantian.

His cold pupils, which were like those of a sleeping viper, suddenly contracted!
"Buzz!"

A barely audible low hum, carrying an eerie tremor that pierced the soul, resounded in the Blood Skull True Man's sea of ​​consciousness!

It is... the Blood River Order!

"Huh? A mission has arrived!" Blood Skull Master suddenly opened his eyes. "I wonder what the requirements and rewards are this time?"

With his withered, claw-like right hand, he reached out and pulled a wriggling, silvery liquid from his dantian.

The silver liquid was filled with intricate runes so fine they were almost invisible to the naked eye, and it shimmered with a dark silver light.

Blood Skull Master released a wisp of pure, blood-red essence from his fingertip and injected it into the silver liquid mass.

The liquid glowed for a moment, then transformed into a mask and instantly adhered to the face of Blood Skull Master.

This mask...

It was clearly identical to the item worn by the gray-robed man in the hidden cave beneath the Tiangong Workshop in the west of Tianque City.

Without Blood Skull Master making any further moves, beams of light burst forth from the mask, intertwining in mid-air and instantly condensing into a silver light screen about a foot square in front of him.

On the light screen, lines of text appeared clearly:
[Blood River Order - Rank Seven (Mysterious)]

[Target: Chen Yunqian]

[Identity: Chen family of Fenglin Valley, Li Kingdom; Lord of Qianlong Mountain]

[Cultivation Level: Early Foundation Establishment Stage (Suspected to be a cultivator undergoing a transformation, or possessing a rare treasure)]

[Achievements: Annihilated hundreds of low-level beastmen during the Qi Refining stage (Myriad Beasts Secret Realm); preached and taught at the Foundation Establishment Ceremony, prompting many to break through their cultivation levels, suspected of possessing a divine inheritance]

[Time Limit: Six Months]

[Requirement: At least mid-stage Core Formation cultivation level is required to accept this mission. Try to obtain as many secrets and opportunities as possible from the target.]

[Reward: One Tier 3 High-Grade Blood River Pill]

Below the light screen, there are also several striking dynamic silhouettes:
A young cultivator's proud and aloof figure soaring through the air;

The grand scene of tens of thousands of people listening to the sermon at Qianlong Mountain;
And the location marker of the target area: "Li Kingdom, Fenglin Valley, Qianlong Mountain".

"Li Kingdom... Fenglin Valley..."

Blood Skull Master's dry, hoarse voice, like sandpaper scraping, echoed faintly in the deathly silent cave.

When the name of the place came into view, his withered hands suddenly tensed up, his knuckles cracking!

Li Kingdom! Fenglin Valley!

The name instantly brought back memories buried deep in his heart, memories that had been almost forgotten due to the bloody battles of the past few days!

The image of the young man representing the mission objective on the screen distorted and blurred in his eyes, eventually overlapping eerily with the image transmitted back by the gray skull when it returned from Li Kingdom—

By that small lake, under the moonlight, a great battle raged between the disciples and the people of the Beast Taming Sect!

The disciple had clearly used the life-saving trump card he had been given and had swept away everything, so why did he ultimately perish, soul and body?

That small lake is home to the largest cultivation force within a radius of nearly a thousand miles—this is Phoenix Forest Valley!
By the way, before leaving, the gray skeleton glanced around at the surrounding scenery.

There was indeed a "little mouse" ant hiding in the distance, peeking out half its head to observe!
It's clearly this mission target named "Chen Yunqian"!

He still believed that his disciple had died at the hands of some unknown being.

But at that moment, a strange intuition surged into his heart.

His disciple was absolutely killed by this ant-like scoundrel named "Chen Yunqian"!

"A mere small family from the Li Kingdom, and... a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator?"

"Two years of Foundation Establishment... Qi Refining and slaying beastmen... Passing on the Dao and leading to a breakthrough... Heh... What a 'suspected cultivator'! What a 'possessing extraordinary treasure'!"

Blood Skull Master chuckled softly, his laughter hoarse. He instantly realized that Chen Yunqian, who exuded an eeriness in every way, was definitely related to the bizarre death of his disciple!
Although he couldn't say he had deep feelings for his disciple, killing his disciple was a slap in the face to him!

According to the plan, the century-long plundering had already begun, and he should have already arrived in the Kingdom of Li, or perhaps...

This ant has been crushed to death, thus settling this karmic debt.

just now……

It's not too late.

In particular, the information about the rewards displayed on the screen completely ignited the already raging crimson flames in his eyes—

Third-grade superior Blood River Pill!

This is a coveted treasure for any True Core cultivator who practices Blood Path techniques!

This pill contains a trace of the original essence of the ancient blood river in the Ancestral Dragon Mountain and the vast blood evil energy, making it the most important and crucial resource for constructing the Blood Dao True Pill Field!
The true core he condensed barely reached the level of a mid-grade solid core, and constructing a true core field was extremely difficult.

If he could obtain this third-grade superior Blood River Pill, it would be enough to increase his success rate in condensing the Blood Dao Domain by more than 50%!
Its value would drive any Core Formation cultivator who follows the paths of blood, demons, beast taming, or body refinement crazy!
This reward seemed tailor-made for Blood Skull!
The murderous intent and joy intertwined, transforming into a raging tide of desire that instantly swept through the entire cave, even dispelling the stench of blood in the air.

"It's fate...it's fate!"

Blood Skull Master's face contorted into a chilling smile. "You deserve to die by my hand! I'll kill you to obtain your elixir, and incidentally... settle this karmic debt!"

This task is one I must accept!
He didn't hesitate for a moment longer.

His eyes flashed with blood-red light as he fiercely injected a primordial energy bearing his unique divine soul imprint into the Blood River Mask still attached to his face!

"Om-!"

The Blood River Mask trembled violently!
The ever-writhing mask's light shifted and changed color, and a barely perceptible yet detectable line of nothingness, enough for the Blood River Palace's artifact spirit to sense, instantly pierced through the void and established a connection with it.

Quest accepted!

The confirmation voice, like a whisper from the heavens, said: "Number 30514 of the Southeast District, Bing Shen year, has accepted the mission order for 'Chen Yunqian, Rank 7 of the Profound Character' from the Blood River Ranking. Confirm?"

"Yes!"

"Confirmed!"

This exchange of information, moving in unison across billions of miles, involves a power at the level of spacetime rules!

Of course, Blood Skull True Man, who was only at the mid-stage of Core Formation, could not perceive the profound mystery within, but that did not diminish the shock he felt every time he experienced it!
His blood-red pupils seemed to pierce through the stone wall, traversing endless space at this moment, firmly locking onto the direction of Fenglin Valley in Li Kingdom.

"Chen Yunqian... Qianlong Mountain... are you ready to become the stepping stone for me to construct the Blood River Field?"

“Hehehe——!!”

The gray skull that had been hovering beside him suddenly let out a deafening, shrill laugh!

It sensed its master's murderous intent and, along with it, became filled with longing for that incredibly "delicious" target.

Blood Skull Master slowly stood up, letting the laughing skull fly around him menacingly.

……

Nearly a month has passed since the Hidden Dragon Ceremony, and Chen Qian has spent most of his cultivation time on body refinement during this period.

With the combined assistance of the three spiritual items—Iron Fetus Fruit, Xuanwu Body Refining Paste, and Liver Strengthening Liquid—Chen Qian's liver tempering is progressing very smoothly and is nearing completion.

Even after the tempering is completed, it is not considered a great success until the second level of the Five Elements Reincarnation Technique is achieved. A completely new liver is needed to perfectly integrate with the entire body.

This fusion process can take anywhere from a few months to a year or two, and Chen Qian will need to undergo rigorous physical training to allow his body to evolve at a deeper level.

This requires a gradual approach. Simply circulate the Five Elements Revolving Exercise several times a day to moderately stimulate the body; you don't need to invest too much energy.

If there were a continuous supply of Iron Embryo Fruits, this process could be accelerated many times over. However, the fruits are almost used up, and there are none left at the bottom of Qingyang Lake. There is currently no way to purchase them. Another way to speed up the process is to find a suitable source of malevolent energy and use the Malevolent Energy Body Tempering Technique to temper the body, which would also be much faster.

To find the source of the evil energy, one must leave home and go out. Chen Qian has a few locations that can be explored.

However, he did not want to go out, because there were many other ways for him to continue to improve his cultivation and enhance his supernatural abilities, not just in the path of body refinement.

He still has a lot of room for improvement in his magical power, and in terms of his spiritual realm, he has also reached the threshold of breaking through to the fifth level.

Once achieved, it is equivalent to reaching the standard for advancing to the Core Formation stage in terms of spiritual soul; therefore, this step is extremely difficult.

Without the aid of spiritual cultivation techniques, it would be an achievement that requires painstaking effort and long-term accumulation to attain.

Therefore, Chen Qian plans to focus more on the cultivation of the divine soul and strive to deduce the second level of the Profound Yin Refining Divine Technique as soon as possible.

In addition, he had basically collected most of the materials for the special spiritual medicines used to refine the three internal organs.

Alchemy and medicine refining are among the most important skills for cultivating immortality, and he wanted to learn them seriously so he wouldn't always have to ask others for help.

With the assistance of the Destiny Wheel Realm, he can achieve twice the results with half the effort in learning any cultivation technique. It would be a waste to not seriously explore his potential in this area.

However, this cannot be blamed on him. Chen Qian has only been cultivating for a little over two years, and even with the time bonus from the Destiny Wheel Realm, it is still less than five years.

Chen Qian's current achievements are a result of his hard work.

……

At this moment, having finished his cultivation for the day, Chen Qian opened his eyes and saw Xiao Yin's beautiful face.

This is Taiji Peak. Because small Taiji plants grow here, the wood element spiritual energy is abundant, which is extremely beneficial to his liver tempering.

Therefore, Chen Qian spent most of his time cultivating here.

"Young Master, is today's training over?" Xiao Yin asked with a charming smile, holding Chen Qian's clothes in her hands.

"Yes, it's over." Chen Qian nodded, stretching out his hands.

Because he was using the Xuanwu Body Refining Ointment, his upper body was completely naked, revealing body lines meticulously sculpted by a master sculptor, showcasing an extremely captivating masculine charm.

Xiao Yin, however, remained oblivious, gently helping Chen Qian get dressed.

Due to her tragic experiences a hundred years ago, her mind was much more mature than that of an ordinary young girl, but when it came to matters of men and women, she was like a blank sheet of paper, and would never have any strange thoughts.

After getting dressed, Chen Qian and Xiao Yin discussed the derivation of the divine sense technique.

Both master and servant felt that the final completion of the second level of the Profound Yin Refining Spirit Technique was just one step away, perhaps just one moment of inspiration.

But this opportunity is also the most unreliable, often resulting in desires that are ultimately unfulfilled.

By using the Wheel of Fate to deduce cultivation methods, every method points directly to the Great Path of Cultivation.

However, it has not yet advanced to the Destiny Wheel Realm of the Lesser Thousand Worlds, and the only relatively complete system is the Five Elements rule.

In terms of the rules of the soul, most of them are scattered, fragmented, and unsystematic, which is why the second level of the Profound Yin Refining God Technique is so difficult to deduce.

……

"Ninety thousand!"

"Hehe~ I'll touch it!"

"Another one? Lingyi's momentum is really strong!"

"Hmm~"

As Chen Qian left the Realm of Destiny and stepped into the backyard of the Hidden Dragon Residence, he heard this lively conversation.

Suddenly, images of a comedy master he adored in his past life flashed through Chen Qian's mind—

In the back hall, several large rosewood tables were arranged like a battle formation, with the most talented and elegant scholars from Jiangnan seated around each table...

No, it should be described as a "fierce-looking" lady.

Their hairpins and ornaments were askew, their hair was half-disheveled, their eyebrows were raised, their almond eyes were wide open, and some of them even stood up excitedly with one foot on a stool, spewing out their verses with spittle flying everywhere.

Their faces flushed with excitement, or turned ashen with grief at a loss; their pale fingers flew across the card table, so fast they almost left afterimages.

"bump!"

"eat!"

"Bar!"

"Tie! A perfect flush, hahaha~ Pay up, pay up! Hurry!"

"Wait! Where did you draw that card? I think you stole it!"

"Bullshit! Why would I need to steal?! Are you a sore loser?! Pay up to three different places right now!"

"..."

Sharp female voices, loud bangs on the table, the crisp clinking of dominoes, the clinking of coins thrown on the table, excited screams and wails of those who lost—all sorts of sounds churned, roared, and exploded in the hall like boiling water.

The air was thick with an almost frenzied, naked competitive spirit.

What a lively and bustling "human casino"!
……

Chen Qian chuckled to himself.

It seems that the method of deducing spiritual consciousness has revealed a problem.

As his spiritual power grew stronger, he could vividly recall anything he had experienced, whether in his past life or this one, with just a slight recollection.

Chen Qian walked into the inner courtyard and saw a scene similar to his memory.

However, the women playing cards were different. They moved gracefully and spoke modestly. Although they were in high spirits, they had little desire to win or lose. Instead, they were more curious about the novel game.

The creator of this scene is none other than the time traveler, Lord Chen Xuanzun.

Besides mahjong, there's also Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game).

However, it seems that mahjong is more popular.

Having lived in this world for over twenty years, Chen Qian deeply felt the lack of entertainment and leisure in this world.

His wives, concubines, and maids spent their days cultivating themselves, raising children, handling clan affairs, drinking tea and chatting, and occasionally going on outings to enjoy the scenery. In terms of entertainment and leisure, their lives were practically nonexistent.

Of course, almost every woman has her own hobbies, such as Chen Yunxi playing the zither and composing music, and Qian Yuzheng's calligraphy and painting.

It is also quite enjoyable to practice the skills you are good at.

However, these are all individual activities, lacking any form of entertainment that involves collective interaction.

If this continues, not only will their lives become somewhat monotonous, but as the women's cultivation level increases, their seclusion will also last longer, and their emotions may become increasingly indifferent in the future.

Chen Qian took these things into consideration, so he spent half a day making several sets of mahjong and playing cards, and taught the women the simple rules and how to play.

After a cultivator's soul manifests, not only does their spirituality increase significantly, but their mind also processes information at an increasingly faster pace.

The women mastered these little games with remarkable skill in no time.

Even the careless Feng Momo can calculate dozens of cards clearly in an instant if she pays a little attention.

Therefore, these mini-games are completely unable to make cultivators addicted to them.

If the competitive spirit is gone, it's just a fun activity, another relaxed way to get together and communicate.

(End of this chapter)