Crafting an Immortal Race with Daily Hexagrams

Chapter 150: Chapter 145: The Younger Generation

This Jinghe Market was jointly constructed by the Five Great Immortal Sects and the Shen Family. Compared to the Immortal Sects, the Shen Family’s foundation is too shallow, and all they can do is try to build this market as well as possible.

Faced with such a heavy responsibility, Shen Wenxing didn’t trust others, so he could only let Zhao Jinhua personally supervise the construction.

”Shi Tou, I have an idea.”

Looking at the vast swamp in front of him, Zhao Jinhua spoke: ”Do you remember the stones that were mined from the Cyan Spirit Stone Vein?”

Shen Wenxing frowned.

”Are you talking about those stones associated with the Cyan Spirit Stone?”

Zhao Jinhua nodded and said, ”In the past two years of mining the vein, many have been extracted.”

”Why not bring them here and use them for the market.”

”Those stones are far harder than ordinary stones, and their blue-gray patterns look good. It’s a good choice for foundations and paving roads.”

Shen Wenxing hesitated a bit.

The stones associated with the Cyan Spirit Stone Vein had other uses in his plan.

Over the years, as the villages of Yunshui Town thrived, he planned to gather all the affiliated clans at the beginning of spring next year, starting from Jinliu Village, to renovate the houses of the common people and level and widen the muddy roads between villages, paving them with those cyan stones.

Now Zhao Jinhua suggested using those cyan stones for the market...

”Agreed!”

After some consideration, Shen Wenxing nodded and said, ”Brother Jinhu, handle it as you see fit.”

The roads in Yunshui Village could be replaced with ordinary stones, it’s not as if they absolutely need those cyan stones.

Winter month.

A heavy snow arrived as expected.

At the foot of the Black Water Pool Mountain, many villagers gathered.

Since the year the Shen Family held the first annual hunting competition, this event has been retained.

After several improvements, the rules of this annual hunting competition have become gradually perfected, and it is now held once every three years.

The age requirement for participating villagers has been clearly stipulated.

Only those villagers who have not yet reached adulthood can participate.

With the age limit, combined with the fact that many wild beasts in the mountains are slowly transforming into demon beasts,

the hunting competition has almost become an exclusive event for martial artists in the Body Tempering Realm.

Yunshui Town consists of ten villages and one town, with a population exceeding ten thousand.

Among the many participants in the competition, four individuals are undoubtedly the most watched.

These four are the young clan leader Shen Chongming of the Shen Family, with the strength of the peak of Qi Cultivation First Layer.

Standing to the left of Shen Chongming is a quiet girl dressed in a deep purple outfit, with a delicate appearance and holding a bright silver spear.

This girl was once the skinny Chen Youran, who would fall over even during posture body tempering.

Over the years, Shen Chongming has nurtured her into a young girl in her prime. Not only has her frail body caught up, but her cultivation has also reached the peak of the Body Tempering Realm.

Beside Chen Youran, Zhao Tuan, who is of similar height to Shen Chongming but visibly larger in build, stands with his hands down, always wearing a faint smile on his face.

Ever since receiving the ”Mist Flood Dragon Nourishing Vein Technique,” although he does not possess a Spirit Root, with several times the effort compared to ordinary people, Zhao Tuan has also successfully broken through to the Qi Cultivation First Layer Realm in three years.

Beside Zhao Tuan is a somewhat slender but very shrewd young man who, like Chen Youran, was another Spirit Root Immortal Seedling selected from Black Stone Village named Shi Miao.

Shi Miao possesses a Fire Spirit Root, but his temperament is not as fiery as a flame, instead appearing rather shrewd, with a pair of small eyes that exude cunning and intelligence.

Standing on a high platform, Shen Wenxing looked at the four and all other contestants below and spoke.

”I will not repeat unnecessary words. You must all recognize your own strength.”

”If you rashly provoke powerful demon beasts, don’t blame others if you die.”

Everyone’s expressions turned solemn, and they all nodded.

Nowadays, there would not be powerful individuals following the hunting competition anymore, and life and death depend only on themselves.

This was something they all knew when they signed up for the competition.

”You four must also be careful, do not underestimate the demon beasts in the mountains, and always remain vigilant.”

”Chongming, Zhao Tuan, you two have reached the Qi Cultivation Realm, take care of Youran and Shi Miao.”

Compared to other contestants, these four are the most important to the Shen Family.

But even so, these four need more experience; strength cannot be cultivated in the martial arts arena, only life-and-death battles can unleash their potential.

”Rest assured, Patriarch!”

The four solemnly clasped their hands.

Shen Wenxing nodded, waved his hand, and shouted loudly:

”Young warriors, go!”

”Three days later, await your triumphant return!”

With his command, hundreds of contestants for the hunting competition charged spiritedly toward Hidden Dragon Mountain.

”Brother Tuan, want to race who’s faster?”

”No using spiritual power.”

At the front of the crowd, Shi Miao looked at Zhao Tuan beside him and smiled.

Zhao Tuan smiled and shook his head, ”Save your strength for fighting demon beasts later.”

Shi Miao found it somewhat boring, turned to look at Shen Chongming and Chen Youran, pondered for a moment, and didn’t have the courage to challenge them.

Changing the topic, he said to Shen Chongming, ”Young Clan Leader, we four won’t hunt with them, right?”

”Should we go a little deeper?”

Shen Chongming, carrying a great bow on his back, slightly nodded and said, ”Very few demon beasts can be found on the periphery; our target is naturally not the ordinary beasts.”

Upon hearing his words, Chen Youran’s face showed no expression.

Beside her, Zhao Tuan slightly frowned and said, ”Young Clan Leader, we still need to be cautious and not take unnecessary risks.”

Shen Chongming smiled and nodded, ”Don’t worry, Brother Tuan, we’ll only go a little deeper, it won’t be a problem.”

The four traveled quickly, soon distancing themselves from the main group.

Deep within Hidden Dragon Mountain.

Four figures tread through the thick snow, weaving through the forest.

”Young Clan Leader, I found a pack of wolves’ footprints.”

Shi Miao poked his head out from a slope on the left and called out softly.

The other three immediately leaped over to his side.

Zhao Tuan squatted down, observing the chaotic footprints on the ground, contemplated for a moment, and said, ”Indeed, these are wolves, but these paw prints are much larger than those of ordinary wolves, and there’s a trace of peculiar power lingering...”

”There must be a demon among the wolf pack.”

”Young Clan Leader, wolves are inherently cunning, and after transforming into demons, they become even harder to deal with, we must be cautious.”

Shen Chongming nodded and said, ”Let’s follow the footprints and see.”

The four quietly followed the tracks forward.

Meanwhile, a few dozen miles away in a mountain forest.

More than a dozen figures of the Barbarian Race, clad in beast skin skirts, with disheveled hair and tattoos, holding strong bows, were crawling behind a giant boulder.

Beside these Barbarian Race figures, a disciple of the Hundred Beasts Mountain, riding a moon-white giant wolf, quietly gazed at the hollow ahead.

”Sir, it was within this wolf pack that we found the aura of the Hundred Beasts Blood Evil.”

The Hundred Beasts Mountain disciple nodded at the words.

”Three years ago, several of my junior brothers at Cyan Ox Peak mysteriously disappeared in this Hidden Dragon Mountain, with no signs of life or death.”

”Our disciples of Hundred Beasts Mountain carry the Hundred Beasts Blood Evil as a precaution against unbeatable dangers, intending for their war beasts to ingest the Hundred Beasts Blood Evil and fight to the death...”

”The aura of the Hundred Beasts Blood Evil can last for years, there are three wolves in the pack who have only recently transformed into demons, and they bear the aura of the Hundred Beasts Blood Evil, most likely connected to my junior brothers from Cyan Ox Peak.”

”Little White, I’ll count on you later.”

The disciple gently stroked the head of the moon-white giant wolf underneath him.

The giant wolf nodded wisely, its silver-gray eyes quietly gazing at the distant wolf pack.