Longevity Reward Redemption: The Immortal Clan Starts with Farmers

88: The path to immortality is arduous, and spirit crystals are smuggled!”Dad, I’ve successfully sensed Qi! But...”

Chuanwu opened his eyes, his tone suddenly complex. Chen Changsheng was overjoyed upon hearing this. He had also read Cultivation Techniques; if one successfully sensed Qi, they had entered the Qi Refining First Layer!

Their Family finally had their first Cultivator!

But before Chen Changsheng could excitedly congratulate him, he heard Chuanwu’s hesitation. His heart tightened; could there be a hidden danger in the Chen Family’s Five Elements Origin Cultivation Art?

”But what?”

Chen Changsheng quickly asked, his expression no longer as calm as before.

”However, I feel that the Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth is thin. If I follow my current cultivation speed, it might take ten years to reach the second layer, and perhaps I won’t even be able to break through to the Late Qi Refining Stage in my entire life!”

Chen Chuanwu gave a bitter smile. Only after stepping into the Immortal path did he realize how difficult it was to seek. Their Chen Family was a Clan that had risen step by step from a small farming household; without ancestors to care for them, they naturally had no resources to enjoy.

”The path to immortality has always been arduous, but Chuanwu, you must know that as long as there is a glimmer of Opportunity, we cannot give up!”

Chen Changsheng said with a firm tone. A bright light flashed in his eyes. Since he began his plans at the age of twenty, these twenty-three years of waiting had honed Chen Changsheng’s Dao Heart to be incredibly firm.

”Our Chen Family indeed has no place with a Spiritual Vein to Cultivate, and no Spirit Stones to spend. On the path of cultivation, we are so poor that we only have one Cultivation Technique, and we possess nothing in the way of pills, talismans, or Magical Artifacts!”

”However, we have a Dao Heart that never gives up. As long as we do not give up, the Chen Family will eventually have all of these things!”

Chen Changsheng spoke from the heart. If he could develop from a small farming household into a top Clan in Longkou County, he could hope to develop into a true cultivation Family!

”Dad, I understand. It was my Dao Heart that wavered!”

A flash of shame crossed Chen Chuanwu’s face. Chen Changsheng did not blame him. After all, once one stepped onto the path to immortality, items of silver were useless. Their Chen Family was dirt poor among cultivation families, so it was normal for Chuanwu’s heart to waver.

”Chuanwu, two years ago, I cultivated two spiritual plants. Now that you hold an official position and are considered someone of status in Annan Prefecture, I have heard there is an Immortal Market in the Prefecture City. Take these spiritual plants to sell and see if you can trade them for some cultivation resources!”

The only thing Chen Changsheng had on hand that was worth showing was the spiritual plant he had cultivated using the Spirit Crystals seized when intercepting the Zhao Family’s smuggling caravan two years ago!

After two years of Chen Changsheng’s meticulous care, they had matured. Although they were not very old, there was no problem using them as medicine!

”Dad, our Family only has these two spiritual plants, and I’m taking them...”

Chuanwu felt a bit embarrassed. The only thing in the Family related to cultivation would be used by him alone, and he had to remember that he still had two younger brothers!

”Hey, if I tell you to take them, then take them. Now that you are the only one in the whole Family who has achieved an Innate Breakthrough and can Cultivate, if you don’t use them, who will?”

Chen Changsheng waved his hand and took Chuanwu straight to the back mountain.

Once they entered the back mountain, Howling Heaven ran happily to Chen Changsheng’s side. Now that Chuanwu was a Military Official and could Cultivate, he had enough status and strength to take care of the Family.

Therefore, Chen Changsheng no longer forbade Howling Heaven from appearing and let it move freely on War Horse Slope.

”Howling Heaven, stop messing around. I’ll feed you big bones tonight!”

Chen Changsheng patted Howling Heaven’s head and said with a smile. Howling Heaven was a great hero of the Chen Family and had helped the Chen Family survive countless disasters, so Chen Changsheng was always very doting on it!

The two of them and the dog arrived at the dog kennel behind the mountain. Two years ago, Chen Changsheng had planted the spiritual plants here.

Unfortunately, he had originally planted five yutai grass, but because the Spiritual Qi provided by the Spirit Crystals was insufficient, only two had survived.

”Chuanwu, I have the last fifty Spirit Crystals left here. Take them to Cultivate for a while. Once you have consolidated your strength, go to the market in the Prefecture City to sell these two yutai grass!”

Chen Changsheng took out a wooden box, somewhat reluctantly picking the two yutai grass from the black soil, placing them into the wooden box, and then took out a bag of Spirit Crystals from his person, handing them both to Chen Chuanwu.

”Dad, don’t worry. I will definitely work hard to Cultivate and will not give up. Even if I fail to achieve immortality, I will accumulate cultivation experience and resources for the Family!”

Chen Chuanwu said with a firm tone. Chen Changsheng patted Chuanwu’s shoulder and said with a smile:

”It is good that you have the heart for it. Cultivation relies on the accumulation of time, so don’t put too much pressure on yourself!”

Afterward, Chen Changsheng took Chuanwu back to the Courtyard House. Along the way, he kept thinking about how to earn resources. Their Chen Family was truly too poor and had no connections in the cultivation world. If they didn’t find a way, they would be trapped to death by a lack of resources!

Chuanwu took the Spirit Crystals to consolidate his own Realm, while Chen Changsheng thought for a long time in the courtyard without finding a clue.

”Should I ask Chuanwen, that kid? He always has some crooked ways!”

In desperation, Chen Changsheng thought of Chuanwen, who had had crooked ideas since he was a child. Anyway, Chuanwen had nothing to do right now, the business situation was looking up, and with Chuanwu there, no one dared to offend the Chen Family.

As for the Black Ice Platform, with Zhao Song in charge and Steamed Bun holding the line, he figured nothing would go wrong.

Thinking of this, Chen Changsheng immediately sent someone to Longwei County to call for Chuanwen.

Two hours later, Chuanwen rode a horse back to the Courtyard House.

”Dad, what’s the matter, calling me back? I’m busy in Longkou County. The remaining business of the Zhao Family is simply a huge piece of fat; I have to grab it!”

Chuanwen’s face was a bit anxious. Now that the Zhao Family had fallen, so many people were eyeing the Zhao Family’s business. If he took a day off to come back, he might lose tens of thousands of silver.

”You, you, you need to look further in the future. Mere items of silver are fine as long as you have enough. What our Chen Family wants in the future is something else!”

Chen Changsheng motioned for Chuanwen to sit down and talk. Chuanwen was confused; when did his dad become so aloof that he didn’t even like silver?

Seeing his confusion, Chen Changsheng told him about Chuanwu testing his Spiritual Root and stepping onto the path to immortality.

”Dad, you mean Big Brother has become an Immortal!!! Our Chen Family has also become a cultivation Family!!!”

Chen Chuanwen stood up abruptly, looking at Chen Changsheng with excitement. He really hadn’t expected that his big brother would one day become a high-and-mighty Immortal.

Chen Changsheng naturally did not tell him the secret of the Five Elements Origin Cultivation Art, otherwise, Chuanwen would be even more excited. He motioned for Chuanwen to sit down and told him about their Family being dirt poor and lacking cultivation resources, asking him to think of an idea.

Chuanwen couldn’t help but frown and fell into deep thought.

Seeing that Chuanwen hadn’t spoken for a long time, Chen Changsheng sighed. He had only been trying and hadn’t held much hope for Chuanwen.

Just as Chen Changsheng was about to tell Chuanwen not to worry about it, Chuanwen’s eyes suddenly lit up, and he lowered his voice:

”Dad, I have an idea, but this thing violates the imperial court’s laws!”

Upon hearing this, Chen Changsheng felt a joy in his heart. He was so poor that he was about to sell his butt; if it was illegal, then so be it. As long as it didn’t harm the common people, it was fine.

”Tell me about it!”

Chen Changsheng quickly pressed him. Chuanwen looked left and right, and only after seeing no one around did he speak:

”Dad, have you forgotten about the smuggling between the Zhao Family and the Ailao Mountain Local Chieftain? The Local Chieftain has Spirit Crystals in his hands!”

”Since the Zhao Family could collude with the Ailao Mountain Local Chieftain to smuggle, why can’t our Chen Family? We can trade some salt and iron goods for Spirit Crystals. We will definitely be taking advantage!”