Becoming an Immortal and Ancestor, Starting from the Clan-protecting Divine Beast

60: Chapter 60 Return, [Soaring Through the Nine Heavens]Yuan Feng looked at Zhang Wenmin, his hands not stopping, stuffing various spiritual fruits and spiritual food into his mouth: ”I wonder what Fellow Daoist Zhang wants to discuss with me?”

Hearing this, Zhang Wenmin glanced unobtrusively at where Tang Weibin was, then spoke: ”Fellow Daoist Dou Zhan, surely you understand the principle of ’if the lips are gone, the teeth are cold.’ Currently, among the three Foundation Establishment Families in Liming Town, the Zhang and Chen families are the weakest, each having only one Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator.”

”The Tang Family is different. They have an Old Ancestor at the Late Foundation Establishment Stage holding down the fort, Tang Xiangqian at the Mid-stage Foundation Establishment acting as a pillar, and Tang Weibin at the Early-stage Foundation Establishment running about. They can be described as stable as Mount Tai.”

”Moreover, that Tang Family Old Ancestor has not made a move for many years. I suspect he has secretly broken through to Foundation Establishment Peak and is currently planning matters regarding the Purple Mansion.”

Yuan Feng stopped his hand movements and looked at Zhang Wenmin with a meaningful gaze: ”Does Fellow Daoist Zhang wish to form an alliance with my Chen Family to deal with the Tang Family together?”

”Indeed.” Zhang Wenmin nodded slightly and continued: ”It is not just about the mission to slay demons in Liquan Town three years from now; I hope the Zhang Family and the Chen Family can reach a long-term cooperation, helping and supporting each other. What does Fellow Daoist Dou Zhan think?”

Yuan Feng signaled to Chen Fufeng; he was the Chen Family Head, so he should be the one to make the decision.

Chen Fufeng first bowed to Zhang Wenmin—this was the respect a Qi Refining Cultivator should show when facing a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator—and then said: ”The Chen Family is naturally willing to form an alliance with the Zhang Family. This is a good thing. As for specific matters, why not wait until we return to Liming Town to negotiate in detail? What does Old Ancestor Zhang think?”

Zhang Wenmin naturally had no objections and nodded slightly: ”Then let it be as the Chen Family Head says. We will discuss the details after we return to Liming Town.”

Subsequently, Zhang Wenmin, this Mid-stage Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator, personally toasted Chen Fufeng, which left the latter somewhat at a loss.

After all, he was a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator, and at the Mid-stage Foundation Establishment Realm at that, toasting him, a Cultivator at the Eighth Layer of Qi Refining—if this got out, it would likely drop jaws everywhere.

Zhang Wenmin, however, did not think so much about it. The dignity of a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator was worth nothing.

What he valued was the future of the Chen Family, and he decided to take a gamble, betting that the Chen Family would soar into the sky.

The Zhang Family had been established for so many years, and they had produced several Peak Qi Refining Cultivators, but they had yet to produce a new Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator.

Zhang Wenmin saw this in his eyes and felt anxious in his heart. He had already lived for over three sixty-year cycles, and in a few decades, he would enter the stage of physical decay and weakening blood energy.

His own strength would constantly decline, and his ability to protect the Zhang Family would become smaller and smaller.

Now, he was forced by circumstances; he had to find a good backer for the Zhang Family before he died, lest the Zhang Family be destroyed overnight after his death, and centuries of accumulation become someone else’s wedding dress.

Yuan Feng was a Yao Beast; while having a long lifespan, his strength was also formidable. Perhaps he even had a chance to break through to the Purple Mansion and become a Yao King.

When that time came, others would only praise him, Zhang Wenmin, for having a Wisdom Eye, seeing the potential of the Chen Family early on.

Until midnight, when the banquet ended, Chen Fufeng and Yuan Feng stayed at the Jieyang Sect for one night. As soon as dawn broke, they prepared to leave Liyuan Commandery and return to Liming Town.

Led by a Disciple of the Jieyang Sect, they walked toward the outside of the Jieyang Blessed Land. When they passed by a wide White Jade Plaza, the scene before them shocked the man and the ape.

They saw many Jieyang Sect Disciples on the plaza, all wearing fire-red robes. Some were practicing breathing exercises, some were sparring, and others were forming Formations. Every move they made caused the spiritual energy to seethe.

”This is the aura of Disciples from a major Sect. My Chen Family still needs to strive for self-improvement and continue working hard,” Chen Fufeng sighed.

The Chen Family currently had only a few Cultivators. Wanting to reach the level of the Jieyang Sect would likely take several hundred years.

The Disciple leading the way curled the corners of his mouth, his head almost tilted toward the sky. He loved seeing these country bumpkins show expressions of shock.

Not long after, the man and the ape exited the Jieyang Blessed Land and headed toward the outer city without looking back.

Without setting off immediately, Chen Fufeng first went to the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion in Liyuan Commandery to purchase some items needed for cultivation, plus a few Legacies.

These included a Second-tier Alchemy Legacy, a Second-tier Talisman Crafting Inheritance, and a Second-tier Artifact Refining Legacy.

The cost for these things was entirely paid by the Lin Family and the Gu Family; the majority of the wealth of these two major Foundation Establishment Families had fallen into the hands of the Chen Family.

Chen Fufeng bought these three Second-tier Legacies to plan ahead. Once the Chen Family developed to a certain degree, they would be able to be self-sufficient, and could even establish a trading firm to sell Medicinal Pills, talismans, and Magical Artifacts to make money.

One day later, the man and the ape returned to Liming Town and back to Luoyun Mountain.

Yuan Feng leaped off Chen Fufeng’s shoulder and in an instant returned to the Back Mountain Cliff. This trip to the commandery city had opened his eyes, making him even more eager for the Purple Mansion Realm.

”Work hard and Cultivate! Strive to achieve the Purple Mansion within thirty years and the Golden Core within a hundred!”

After setting a goal, Yuan Feng sat cross-legged under an old tree, revealed his true form, and began to practice breathing exercises. The dense Spiritual Qi was sucked into him like a vortex, no less than the surging of a tide.

On the other side, the first thing Chen Fufeng did upon returning home was to spend some time with his wife, then shared what he had seen and gained in the commandery city with Ji Wanqing.

The latter was very surprised upon hearing this; she had not expected such a major event to happen within Liyuan Commandery. She had been taking care of Chen Zhuyuan and Chen Zhuhong these past few years and basically did not concern herself with other matters, and Chen Fufeng would not tell her everything to avoid worrying her.

After the couple chatted for a while, Chen Fufeng went to the assembly hall and summoned the members of the Chen Family. While giving instructions on some matters, he also distributed the cultivation resources purchased during this trip.

Everyone left one after another, but Chen Fufeng called out to Chen Zhuxiao; he had some things to discuss with his second son.

”Xiao’er, now that our Chen Family is growing stronger day by day, the territory under our jurisdiction is getting wider, and the number of Mortals is increasing daily. Therefore, I intend to build a city at the foot of Luoyun Mountain. Future Spiritual Root tests will be conducted in the city below the mountain.”

”Besides that, this city can also serve as a layer of protection. I will set up a Formation that connects to the Luoyun Mountain’s Mountain-Protecting Formation, so that if there is any danger, we can react at the first opportunity.”

Chen Zhuxiao had no objections. He was a Cultivator of the Divine Thunder Path, and what he excelled at was combat and killing enemies. ”What does Father want me to do?”

Chen Fufeng patted his shoulder: ”Father needs you to go down the mountain and hold the fort for a period of time. In the future, the Chen Family’s Cultivators will rotate, rotating once every three years. Cultivators of immortality should not Cultivate away their emotions; they still need to enter the Mortal World more to Cultivate, and only in this way can they temper their Heart-Nature.”

”Xiao’er understands.” Chen Zhuxiao nodded, then looked at Chen Fufeng, his eyes bright, his sword-like eyebrows heroic. ”Xiao’er already has someone I fancy. Father need not introduce any Dao Companions or the like for Xiao’er in the future.”

Chen Fufeng was stunned upon hearing this. His second son hardly ever left the house, so when did he get someone he fancied?

”Is it Su Meng or that girl Zhuyu?” He thought of several Cultivators with foreign surnames and branch Family Disciples that the Chen Family had cultivated in recent years.

In Chen Zhuxiao’s mind, a pair of glazed amber-like eyes emerged, and the [vast thunder] within his Qi Sea and Dantian became active, turning into a thunder-fish swimming around.

”Is my Realm too low? I will catch up to you!”

Chen Fufeng thought for a long time but couldn’t figure it out, so he could only pat Chen Zhuxiao’s shoulder and say: ”As long as you have your own ideas, that’s fine.”

As he spoke, he sighed: ”Your eldest brother has no Aptitude for cultivation and only knows how to practice martial arts all day. This time he went down the mountain to escort Ruan Zhirou, but unexpectedly, he became trapped in the ruins of Liquan Town. With them being a lone man and a lone woman in the same room, who knows what will happen.”

A strange look appeared on Chen Zhuxiao’s face, and he tried hard to suppress his laughter: ”Dad, don’t you, old man, want to hold a grandson or granddaughter?”

”You even dare to tease your own father, you brat!” Chen Fufeng said in feigned anger.

Chen Zhuxiao hurriedly transformed his body into a streak of thunder light, and with a few flashes, he left the hall, disappearing without a trace.

”Sigh, troublesome.” Chen Fufeng sat on his chair, rubbed his brow, and felt a bit of a headache.

If Chen Zhuyun came out of the ruins and really had a few big, chubby boys with Ruan Zhirou, should he be happy or unhappy?

On the other side, Chen Zhuxiao returned to his courtyard and walked straight to the secret chamber used for closed-door cultivation.

Directly in front of the secret chamber where he practiced closed-door cultivation, a scroll was displayed. On it was painted a girl who could be called stunningly beautiful, wearing glazed immortal clothes, with a pair of glazed lake-like eyes, her temperament cold and immortal-like, as if she were a fairy from heaven reincarnated.

This was drawn by Chen Zhuxiao according to the memories in his mind; his talent in the Dao of painting was not low.

Chen Zhuxiao sat cross-legged facing the scroll, thunder light and electric arcs jumping around his body. The [vast thunder] transformed into a Thunder Peng that landed on his shoulder, chirping, as if saying something.

Third-tier Spiritual Artifacts all possess spirituality; some with sufficient spirituality have intelligence that is even higher than that of ordinary people.

”vast thunder, do you think if I achieve the Purple Mansion, I will be able to stand before her with dignity?” Chen Zhuxiao looked at the scroll, his tone faint.

The Thunder Peng on his shoulder would sometimes transform into a thunder-fish swimming around the secret chamber, and sometimes transform into a Peng bird flapping its wings and soaring, as if it had said something, and yet as if it had said nothing at all.

”Mo Li……”

Chen Zhuxiao closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his pitch-black pupils had been replaced by azure thunder light. With his breathing, heart-palpitating lightning surrounded his body, each bolt enough to seriously injure a Qi Refining Fifth Layer Cultivator.

At his Dantian and Qi Sea, there still existed a jade book, inscribed with [Pivot Profound Thunder Inquiry Miscellany], which recorded the insights of a great expert of the Thunder Dao regarding the Thunder Dao.

Previously, no matter how Chen Zhuxiao looked at it, there was only the content of the first page. Now, the jade book turned its page on its own, revealing the content of the second page.

Chen Zhuxiao sensed it carefully, and a look of shock appeared in his eyes. The content on this page of the jade book was not some Thunder Dao insight, but a Thunder Dao Cultivation Technique, belonging to the Divine Thunder attribute, with a grade as high as Rank Six!

”Heaven-Striking Thunder Domain Scripture”’s superior technique, which can Cultivate the strongest high-grade Divine Thunder immortal foundation, ”Clearing the Nine Heavens”!

”So that’s it!”

Countless insights regarding the ”Divine Thunder Domain Scripture” immediately appeared in Chen Zhuxiao’s mind, bringing his understanding of this Rank Six Divine Thunder Cultivation Technique to an unprecedented level.

Afterward, the pitch-black secret chamber was covered by thunder light, as if he were placed in a Sea of Thunder.

Just when Chen Zhuxiao was in closed-door cultivation, Chen Fufeng in the assembly hall welcomed a special guest, the Zhang Family Head.

The two discussed from noon until dawn the next day, finalizing many matters, and the Zhang Family Head left with a smile.

After seeing off the Zhang Family Head, Chen Fufeng returned to the main house and gave some instructions to Ji Wanqing. Then, he went to the Liming Market and handed over some cultivation resources to several retainers; this was what they deserved.

Half a month later, the end of the year arrived, and Luoyun Mountain was decorated with lanterns and colored streamers, very lively.

The Chen Family members and a few Cultivators with foreign surnames gathered together and happily ate dinner.

It was just a pity that Chen Zhuyun, the eldest young master of the Chen Family, was missing; otherwise, everything would have been perfect.

After the end of the year, Chen Fufeng finished arranging the matters of building Luoyun City at the foot of the mountain and announced his closed-door cultivation. He wanted to break through to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining and become a Peak Qi Refining Cultivator.

The other Cultivators of the Chen Family also entered a state of closed-door cultivation one after another. They had many resources on hand and had to digest them in time, converting the resources into strength.

And nothing major happened in Liming Town. Days just passed by like this, one by one, and soon three years had passed.