Cultivation in a Family: Starting as a Reincarnation of a Core Formation Master

Time flies, and half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

This day.

Li Chengxuan was cultivating when suddenly the array token at his waist emitted a white light.

This means that a cultivator has approached the bamboo forest.

After a while.

"Chengping, how is your position guarding this place? Is there anything lacking? If you need anything, just tell me and I'll go back to the family and bring it to you."

Outside the bamboo grove, a round-faced man with a thick beard pulled a cart full of spiritual water, his face beaming with smiles.

"Thank you for your concern, Uncle Dehua. Everything is fine here."

Li Chengxuan smiled faintly.

Li Dehua is a very warm-hearted person; he will never hesitate to lend a helping hand if he can.

This can be seen from the fact that the other party comforted Li Chengxuan more than a year ago, and you should know that the other party's father had also died at that time.

"That's good. I have some good news for you. Elder Changshu has returned from Yunxia Sect, and he brought with him a Foundation Establishment Deacon from Yunxia Sect."

"In addition, the clan leader's injuries have healed. Shortly before I set off, the clan leader invited the four major clans to the foot of the pillar to discuss matters."

Li Dehua laughed loudly.

The family's situation has been bad these past two years, and people's morale is very low. He sees this and is very anxious, but there's nothing he can do.

Now that the situation has changed, he is naturally happy.

Li Chengxuan nodded in agreement, but he wasn't so optimistic.

If the family is indeed well-off, why would they need to have a Yunxia Sect steward endorse them?

Yunxia Sect is a major sect that governs five prefectures in Yongzhou, including Longnan Prefecture where the Li family is located.

The family's actions were nothing more than a case of borrowing the tiger's power.

If the Li family can win over the deacons of the Yunxia Sect, then the other four families in Longnan Prefecture can certainly do the same. In terms of actual relationships, the Li family is actually the most distant.

However, this incident also shows that the family still has the power to maintain the status of the five major families in Longnan County.

"The family is declining, but it hasn't completely fallen into ruin yet; it's relatively stable for now."

Lee Seung-hyun breathed a slight sigh of relief.

What he feared most was that he would be guarding the bamboo forest so well, only to have his family disappear in the blink of an eye.

After a brief commotion, the two poured the spiritual water from the car into the pool.

Li Chengxuan later learned that the other party had accepted the task of fetching spiritual water, which involved loading spiritual water from Xiaoze Lake and transporting it all the way to the Mulberry and Silkworm Forest, Xiaohua Plain, then to the Green Bamboo Forest, and finally back to Zhuxia Mountain.

Xiaoze Lake is the highest-grade spiritual vein in the family besides Zhuxia Mountain, reaching the first-tier top-grade level and only one step away from the second-tier level.

This lake has specially cultivated "spiritual water" for the family business, used to irrigate mulberry trees, spiritual rice fields, bamboo forests, etc.

Of course, what the other party didn't know was that at least a quarter of these spiritual waters had ended up in Li Chengxuan's stomach.

After seeing Li Dehua off, Li Chengxuan continued his usual practice of cultivating, watering plants, and "drinking water," continuing his monotonous yet fulfilling life.

It's nice to have no one to bother you and to be able to watch yourself grow stronger little by little.

......

One month later.

Whoosh!

A wisp of spiritual water transformed into raindrops, landing precisely on the spiritual bamboo without leaving any gaps.

Just as Li Chengxuan was about to finish his work and return to his courtyard to cultivate.

A bamboo stalk caught his eye.

"Huh? This spirit bamboo isn't right; it seems to have lost some of its spiritual essence."

After confirming it several times, he frowned slightly and pondered to himself.

The bamboo in front of me had slightly drooping leaves and didn't seem as green as before, but it looked no different from other bamboos in general.

However, Li Chengxuan was a Core Formation cultivator in his previous life, and had long since developed a keen observation ability, so he would not overlook the slightest doubt.

Then, he took the Rock Sword in his hand and gently approached the bamboo.

This bamboo was located at the outermost edge of the spiritual bamboo grove. He silently circled the bamboo, and its body remained as lustrous as ever, showing no abnormalities.

If other cultivators saw this, they would just ignore it and wonder if they were overthinking things.

Li Chengxuan glanced at the ground and thought to himself, "This forest is blocked by mist, so it's unlikely to come from the sky. It must be underground."

hum!

With a thought, he sent his divine sense through the ground.

Normally, a cultivator in the mid-stage of Qi Refining can only extend their divine sense three or four feet outwards, and cannot penetrate the ground. However, Li Chengxuan's innate soul is powerful in this life, and his divine sense far surpasses that of cultivators of the same level.

At this moment, his divine sense could extend outward by one zhang (approximately 3.3 meters), and its penetrating power was several levels stronger, allowing him to barely detect movements underground.

A short while later.

Empty?

"There really is a ghost underground."

Li Chengxuan acted decisively, flipping his wrist, and with a thud, the Rock Sword plunged into the ground, then spun around.

A few breaths later, a hole the size of a head appeared in Li Chengxuan's sight.

At that moment, a sudden change occurred.

laugh!

A dark shadow suddenly leaped out of the cave entrance, its sharp claws pouncing straight at Li Chengxuan.

This attack was extremely fast; it covered a distance of three zhang (approximately 10 meters) in less than half a breath.

"Crotch!" Li Chengxuan reacted swiftly, holding the Rock Sword horizontally in front of him and striking the blade with his sharp demonic claws, leaving only a slightly concave white mark.

Having failed in his first attack, Ci Liao dared not linger and, using the force of the sword's recoil, leaped backward.

Li Chengxuan reacted quickly, pointing with his left hand, and a tiny bolt of lightning shot out from his fingertip.

boom!

The lightning struck the cave entrance, but only left behind half a rat's tail.

"We still let it get away."

Li Chengxuan sighed inwardly.

In fact, the moment this demon appeared, he clearly saw that it was a rock bamboo rat. Judging from its demonic power, it was between the early and mid-stages of the first rank, and in terms of cultivation, it was only slightly inferior to him.

Rodent-like monsters are all very fast, and the rock bamboo rat is an expert among them. Don't underestimate this rat just because it has low cultivation level. Even a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator might not be able to catch it.

"This rat loves to eat spirit bamboo. If we don't catch it, these thirteen spirit bamboos will be completely devoured in a month at most."

Thinking of this, Li Chengxuan revealed a hint of helplessness.

If that's the case, then he, as the guardian cultivator, can't escape responsibility.

But it would be difficult for him to seize this opportunity on his own.

As for this bamboo forest formation, it is mainly for external use and not very effective internally. Moreover, the formation is extremely powerful, and if one is not careful, this entire spiritual bamboo forest will be destroyed.

Of course, he could also raise "spiritual smoke" to seek help from his family.

However, this is a last resort. Although it can solve the problem, his mission of guarding the town will be considered a failure.

This would leave an impression of him as unreliable in the eyes of the family's higher-ups, which would be detrimental to his long-term goals. Therefore, he cannot light the spirit incense until the very last step.

After a moment of contemplation, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in Li Chengxuan's mind.

He recalled that in his previous life he had met a man known as the Hundred-Rat Immortal, who possessed a Rock Bamboo Rat spirit pet at the Core Formation level. The man had told him about the cultivation method of the Rock Bamboo Rat.

"The bamboo rat prefers bamboo sap to the bamboo itself."

Bamboo sap is the water that flows out when bamboo is roasted. Since the rock rat is not a fire element, theoretically it will never drink bamboo sap in its entire life, so almost no one knows about this.

He had only heard the story from the Hundred Rats Master before, and thought it was just an interesting anecdote. He never expected it would come in handy now.

"Very well, let's give it a try. That old man with the hundred rats wouldn't lie to me, and besides, there's no other way."