My path to immortality was smooth sailing.

Wei Jing stayed at Wei Qingmu's house for half a day. Before leaving, Wei Qingmu gave Wei Jing a bottle of Qi-Nourishing Pills.

The Qi Nourishing Pill is a genuine Tier 1 pill, already at the Bottle level, unlike the Qi Nourishing Pill which can be used to counterfeit.

Its value is at least three times that of Yangqi Pills.

"Jing'er, I have three drops of Ice Spirit Jade Marrow left, I'll give them to you as well."

"This..." Wei Jing felt the object in his hand was heavy. He was the one who came to visit the clan elders, so how did it become that he was the one who came to plunder pills and spiritual items?

Wei Jing felt very ashamed.

Wei Qingmu gave Wei Jing pills and spiritual items without avoiding Wei Tiezhu, Qingque, and Xiaocai.

"No need to thank me. You are the most promising seedling I have ever nurtured in all these decades. If you successfully establish your foundation one day, remember to come and offer incense at my grave. That would be worth it."

After saying that, Wei Qingmu waved his hand, turned around, and went into the house.

Outside, only Wei Jing and the other three were left looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Brother Jing!" Wei Tiezhu patted him on the shoulder.

Wei Jing bowed respectfully towards the room, then turned and said, "Let's go!"

……

Every medicine has some degree of toxicity. This pill will accumulate toxins in the body. The accumulation of toxins will block the smooth flow of spiritual energy and cause the body to develop resistance to the pill.

If this continues, it could even shake the foundation of cultivators.

Fortunately, there is a way to get rid of this pill poisoning. Cultivators who take pills for a long time will try to find a spiritual object or a spiritual place to get rid of the pill poisoning every few years.

Alternatively, one could ask a highly skilled elder cultivator to help regulate the body's meridians and remove accumulated toxins and impurities.

This Ice Spirit Jade Marrow is one of the common spiritual items that can dispel the poison of pills, making it perfect for cultivators in the early to mid-stages of Qi Refining.

"It seems the elders are very clear-headed; they've arranged everything for me," Wei Jing remarked with admiration.

With this thought in mind, he stopped hesitating and swallowed a drop of Ice Spirit Jade Marrow in one gulp.

In an instant, an extreme cold swept over him from the inside out, and frost instantly froze on Wei Jing's brows. This person was even emitting steam.

That was water vapor formed when the surrounding air suddenly encountered extreme cold.

Soon after, wisps of blue and black mist began to emerge from Wei Jing's body.

This is erysipelas, the erysipelas that has accumulated over the past four years.

The entire process of purifying the erysipelas lasted for more than an hour before Wei Jing's eyes slowly moved, and the frost on his eyebrows also shook off.

Then he opened his bright eyes, and the spiritual energy in his body flowed freely and smoothly without any obstruction.

"Great! The poison has been mostly eliminated, and there are no more hidden dangers in my body." Wei Jing was overjoyed, and then, seizing the opportunity, he took out a first-grade Qi-Nourishing Pill and swallowed it in one gulp.

Suddenly, a surge of medicinal power, far exceeding any pills Wei Jing had previously ingested, rushed in, causing him to let out a muffled groan.

"Such a potent drug."

Wei Jing was taken aback. He immediately activated the Evergreen Wood Technique at full power to barely suppress the medicinal effect.

What follows is the long process of circulating the medicinal energy throughout the body and refining its power.

One first-tier Qi-Nourishing Pill actually sustained Wei Jing's cultivation for ten days.

Ten days later, the effects of the medicine wore off, and Wei Jing slowly opened his eyes, his spiritual energy surging forth.

"We've taken another big step closer to the fourth level of Qi Refining."

Stepping outside, Wei Jing instructed Qiu Niang to prepare some light food.

Not long after he finished eating, Wei Tiezhu came to inform him that a clan meeting would be held tonight, and all cultivators of the Wei family were required to attend.

"A clan-wide assembly? Is there something important?" Wei Jing was surprised. He had been cultivating on Jade Stack Peak for more than four years, and this was the first time he had encountered such a clan-wide assembly.

"I'm not quite sure either," Wei Tiezhu said, scratching his head.

"However, I heard it's related to the Qingfu Sect's Suixu Secret Realm."

Wei Jing's heart skipped a beat. Was the selection for the Suixu Secret Realm, which was not scheduled to begin for another two years, about to be finalized now?

Wei Jing felt a little uneasy.

At this moment, Wei Tiezhu said, "A few days ago, when I was doing a family mission, I heard someone in the clan say that Wei Long had reached the end of the third level of Qi Refining more than half a year ago, but he has been unable to break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining. He has encountered a bottleneck."

"My cultivation has been stuck at a bottleneck for more than half a year without any progress, and I have been stagnating."

"Who told you that?"

Wei Tiezhu hummed, "That's what they all say! The Grand Elder was even preparing to personally go to the Qingfu Sect to obtain a Breakthrough Pill for him!"

"Surely not! He has the aptitude of both water and fire spiritual roots, how could he be held back for half a year by this small bottleneck in the early stage of Qi Refining?"

"I don't know either. I'm just a tiny ant at the first level of Qi Refining." Wei Tiezhu spread his hands, showing a good attitude.

Wei Jing was amused by him.

……

That evening, at the ancestral hall of the Wei family on Jade Stack Peak, all two hundred-plus cultivators of the Wei family gathered.

Clan Chief Wei Shuo sat in the main seat, while the seven clan elders took their seats around the conference table.

The rest of the clansmen sat in two rows. The Wei family ancestral hall was quite spacious, and even with more than two hundred people sitting there, it did not feel crowded.

"Brother Jing, that's Wei Long."

Wei Tiezhu pointed to a boy sitting behind Elder Wei Lie. The boy was about thirteen or fourteen years old, and had already grown tall, towering over his peers by half a head. His black hair was tied up with a jade crown, revealing a smooth and full forehead.

"A full forehead suggests a promising future," Wei Jing muttered to himself.

"What!" Wei Tiezhu didn't hear clearly.

Wei Jing shook his head and said, "It's nothing. I must say, Wei Long is indeed a handsome man."

No wonder the Feng family girl took a liking to him.

"Brother Jing, I think you're even more handsome than him."

"hey-hey!"

As the two were whispering to each other, the clan chief at the conference table spoke.

"This clan assembly is actually for only one thing." Wei Shuo looked around at the clansmen and saw that all their eyes were on him, so he slowly spoke again.

"Regarding the Suixu Secret Realm, which the Qingfu Sect opens once every twenty years, our Wei family will have two slots to send two young cultivators who are no older than twenty-five to participate."

These words caused an uproar among the clansmen.

"Alas! The secret realm is about to open again. Twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye!" A member of the clan sighed, as if the clan mobilization meeting of the last twenty years ago was still fresh in his mind.

"I think the clan leader participated in the Suixu Secret Realm twenty years ago!"

"I heard from the elders in the clan that Chief Wei Shuo was not particularly talented, but ever since he returned from the Sui Xu Secret Realm, he has become unstoppable and has soared to great heights."

Shh! Watch your words, watch your words!

"Ahem!" Elder Wei Lie coughed lightly, and the ancestral hall returned to silence.

"Without a doubt, the Suixu Secret Realm is an opportunity, but not everyone can have it."

"In recent years, our clan has discovered twelve promising young talents under the age of twenty-five, but there are only two spots available," the Seventh Elder said softly.

"The main purpose of this mobilization meeting for the entire clan is to allow you to prepare in advance."

"The Secret Realm of the Year Void is also an opportunity for our Wei family."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wei Jing felt many eyes on him.

The Wei family is only so big. Even though Wei Jing lives a secluded life, his cultivation level can never be hidden.