Lingxiao Immortal Clan.

At this moment, inside Vajra Valley.

"Ancestor Cheng Yuan, what brings you here?"

"As for this one... doesn't he look a bit like the Pengyun Ancestor in the ancestral hall portrait, who made extraordinary contributions to the family?"

When Ling Feixiang saw Ling Chengyuan and Ling Pengyun appear, he was a little surprised. At the same time, he couldn't help but feel that Ling Pengyun looked familiar.

In recent years, Ling Pengyun has been in seclusion, and Ling Feixiang has only been a Taoist for a hundred years.

He never met Ling Pengyun.

The same applies to Ling Guangming.

However, he was quite perceptive, and he noticed that the powerful elder of the family, Ling Chengyuan, always treated Ling Pengyun with great respect.

Moreover, Ling Pengyun did indeed look extremely similar to the portrait in the ancestral hall, and he immediately had a premonition that something was wrong.

“Flying Elephant, that is Ancestor Pengyun. Hurry up and pay your respects to Ancestor Pengyun.”

Ling Guangming's expression changed drastically. He quickly tugged at Ling Feixiang's sleeve and greeted Ling Pengyun with a respectful and surprised bow.

"Junior Guangming greets Ancestor Pengyun."

"Is it really Ancestor Pengyun?"

Ling Feixiang then realized what was happening and quickly cupped his hands in greeting, afraid of being impolite.

"You two children are quite amusing; there's no need for such formalities."

Seeing this, Ling Pengyun smiled and then explained the purpose of his visit to Elder Ling Chengyuan.

He told them to pack quickly and prepare to take them to the Heavenly River Realm immediately.

"The Heavenly River Realm, that's a wonderful place. And I really didn't expect the family to allow Guangming and me to go to such a place for training so quickly."

"This is truly a stroke of luck."

Ling Feixiang's eyes lit up immediately.

Over a hundred years ago, the family and other forces of the Cangxuan lineage greatly increased in strength, and after launching the Ghost Domain Rebellion, the family no longer concealed the affairs of the Cangxuan Realm.

Instead, they dispatched countless family cultivators into the Heavenly River Realm to help fully develop the family's spiritual lands there.

Indirectly, both Ling Feixiang and the other cultivators in the family knew about the situation in the Heavenly River Realm.

However, the Heavenly River Realm has many powerful demonic beasts, and even a large number of strong individuals.

If Ling Feixiang could go to that place, he could also profit by hunting down monsters or by healing people with the art of medicine, thus giving back to his cultivation path and accelerating his progress, which would be of great benefit to him.

He is also extremely ambitious and eager to improve himself, so he is very pleased with the current arrangements made by his family.

In addition, although he was often dispatched by his family in the Cangxuan Realm to go to the Wilderness Realm to kill wild beasts and earn profits.

He even often treated the wounded members of his tribe.

However, since his family was relatively strong and few of his clansmen were injured, it was difficult for him to fully utilize the advantages of his pharmacist skills.

Moreover, although there are many savage beasts in the Wilderness Realm, the family only allows the killing of those savage beasts that have grown to their limit.

Under such circumstances, his ability to make money was greatly limited.

In fact, he had long wanted to go to the Heavenly River Realm.

However, his family had previously been reluctant to let him go there because they considered that his cultivation level was still low.

After all, the Heavenly River Realm is full of powerful individuals, and it's a mixed bag. If Ling Feixiang were to encounter some fearless powerhouses, he could easily run into trouble.

"By the way, Ancestor Pengyun, I will certainly live up to your and my family's expectations during my journey to the Heavenly River Realm. I will definitely make a name for myself there in the future."

Ling Feixiang said excitedly.

While Ling Guangming had some expectations for the Heavenly River Realm, he also had some minor concerns.

"Ancestor Pengyun, Ancestor Chengyuan, I wonder how long my and Feixiang's training trip to the Heavenly River Realm will last? And is it possible to bring my parents and others with us to the Heavenly River Realm?"

With a hint of trepidation, Ling Guangming asked Ling Pengyun and Elder Ling Chengyuan.

His parents... were, after all, just ordinary people.

Even though he and his family have found some longevity-enhancing spiritual items for them over the years, their current lifespan has only increased to around three hundred years.

As time goes by, they are now nearly two hundred years old, and they probably only have a hundred years left to live.

Ling Guangming wanted to spend more time with his parents during their last hundred years.

"You're a good child. I've given my permission for your parents to go to the Heavenly River Realm."

"In addition, I have a fifth-grade mid-level life-extending tea tree, the Azure Immortal Tea Tree. Over the years, it has produced a lot of fifth-grade Azure Immortal tea leaves that can increase lifespan by several hundred years, and I have quite a few left over."

"If you can cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage within a hundred years, I can take out three fifth-grade Azure Tea leaves and use a special method to slowly infuse the life-extending essence within them into your parents' bodies, helping them extend their lives by several hundred years."

"By the way, Flying Elephant, this will work on you as well."

Ling Pengyun had learned of this news from the Grand Elder Ling Chengyuan, so upon hearing this, he couldn't help but nod in agreement and made the promise.

The limit for taking three consecutive tea leaves of the fifth-tier Azure Immortal is that one can consume more than three. After that, resistance will develop, making it difficult to extend one's lifespan further.

Furthermore, the essence of such spiritual objects is extremely powerful. If ordinary people like Ling Guangming's parents were to consume them directly, their bodies would surely be burst open.

But there are many methods in this world.

Ling Pengyun then mastered some relatively gentle initiation methods, which were enough to slowly absorb the essence of treasures such as the fifth-order Azure Immortal Tea, and help Ling Guangming's parents and other mortals refine it to nourish their bodies.

"Fifth-tier Azure Immortal Tea?"

"That's a treasure! With the blessing from Ancestor Pengyun, it's entirely possible that Father and Mother could live for another several hundred years. Father and Mother are truly blessed."

"By the way, thank you for your promise, Ancestor. I will do my best to cultivate in seclusion in the future, strive to take advantage of the conditions to reach the Nascent Soul stage within a hundred years, and serve the clan."

Ling Guangming had heard of the extraordinary effects of Biluo Xianweng's tea, and he was extremely interested in it, so he made a very sincere guarantee.

At the same time, his respect for Ling Pengyun reached its peak.

After all, the fifth-tier Azure Immortal's tea leaves are extremely valuable. In fact, according to Ling Guangming's understanding, even the Nascent Soul cultivators in his family would feel extremely pained if they wanted to buy such a treasure.

Furthermore, although he has just entered the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, he is still a long way from the completion of the Nascent Soul realm.

Even if it were three hundred years, let alone a hundred, he might not be able to quickly reach that level.

But Ling Pengyun's promises were, after all, grand.

Moreover, he is about to go to the Heavenly River Realm for training.

Perhaps... it's worth a gamble on this matter.

Meanwhile, the simple-minded Ling Feixiang was taken aback by Ling Pengyun's extravagant gesture, and his eyes gleamed with a sharp light.

'The Fifth-Rank Celestial Immortal is even willing to give away tea trees? Such a generous elder is truly a blessing to us.'

'Furthermore, no wonder Patriarch Pengyun has such a good reputation in the family; no one speaks ill of him.'

Furthermore, his parents and others were not ordinary people like Ling Fei's parents, but cultivators.

In recent years, thanks to Ling Feixiang's care, they have all entered the Golden Core stage, their lifespans have increased dramatically, and they no longer need to worry about their lifespans.

But the fifth-grade Azure Immortal Tea is indeed a good thing, and Ling Feixiang naturally wouldn't complain about having too much.

Whether for your own use, for your parents or others, or for exchanging for valuable items, it's a great choice.

He didn't want to miss out either.

He then expressed his gratitude and promised to reach the Nascent Soul stage as soon as possible.

"I'm waiting for that day."

Ling Pengyun said expectantly.

'Judging from Pengyunbo's current attitude towards Feixiang and Guangming, as long as they don't make any mistakes, they're likely to have a bright future.'

'After all, among the countless cultivators in the family, only a handful could be promised such benefits by Lord Pengyun.'

At this moment, Elder Ling Chengyuan, who had been quietly observing, couldn't help but smile upon seeing this.

In addition, although his cultivation aptitude was only average, he was extremely good at managing various family affairs.

For thousands of years, the family has never made any major mistakes under his leadership and has been developing rapidly.

Furthermore, he was a descendant of a clan member of the "Peng" generation with an extraordinary relationship with Ling Pengyun. Therefore, Ling Pengyun always attached great importance to him.

Ling Pengyun then promised him the fifth-tier Azure Immortal Tea Tree, just as he has done today.

He even managed to acquire it by virtue of his merits in managing the family.

However, such examples are relatively rare.

In fact, as far as Ling Chengyuan knew, apart from the old clan chief Ling Yunhong, Ling Pengyun's wife Yan Siyi, and other clan members who were very close to Ling Pengyun, almost no other clan members had been made such a promise by him.

Afterwards, the group briefly discussed their trip to the Heavenly River Realm.

Ling Pengyun and Elder Ling Chengyuan then quickly returned to the Cangxuan Realm with Ling Guangming and his companion, and picked up Ling Guangming's parents and others.

Finally, they used the Netherworld Blade to reach the Heavenly River Realm.

……

at the same time.

The Wilderness Realm.

The Vajra Valley, the ancestral home of the Vajra Copper Gong Wild Boar clan, which had previously witnessed a fierce battle, was now eerily silent.

Moreover, the carcasses of the wild boars that Ling Feixiang and his companion had previously killed, as well as some special spiritual objects in the valley, were all taken away by them.

For a moment, the only thing left in this place was the bloodstains, telling the world that a group of powerful wild boars had once lived here.

In addition, the Vajra Copper Gong Wild Boar clan is extremely large, and the wild boars in Vajra Valley are only a part of it.

In many desolate spiritual lands surrounding Vajra Valley, a large number of wild boars still remain.

Therefore, as time went by, once the wild boars in the surrounding desolate spiritual lands realized the danger in Vajra Valley, they immediately began to riot.

They even searched the entire territory of the Golden Bramble Boar Clan, looking for the killer of the pigs.

But Ling Feixiang and the others had already left, so they gained nothing.

They were filled with sadness and anger, and in the days that followed, the entire territory of the Vajra Copper Gong Wild Boar clan was frequently filled with mournful boar roars.

Although they are pigs, they are loyal and affectionate.

In addition, among the remaining members of the Vajra Copper Gong Barbarian Pig Clan, although there were no Nascent Soul cultivators, there were quite a few Golden Core Barbarian Pigs that the family had deliberately left behind.

There was even a Golden Core Perfection wild boar that was only one step away from the Nascent Soul stage.

Its current strength is considered the greatest among the Vajra Copper Gong Wild Boar clan.

Gradually, he became the new king of the Savage Boar Clan, and led a large group of Savage Boars to settle in the Savage Boar Clan's territory, Vajra Valley, which had a fourth-order spiritual vein, to cultivate in seclusion.

During this period, some of the surrounding savage beast tribes, after discovering that the savage boar tribe was leaderless, even attacked them.

While the boar tribe was no match for them.

But the family was unwilling for the wild boar clan, which still had a lot of potential, to disappear from the wilderness.

The family would often secretly interfere, repelling some of the greedy beast clans without anyone noticing, thus saving the boar clan.

The boar tribe then returned to peace.

It might not be long before its new king enters the Nascent Soul stage, and even more Nascent Soul beasts will be born.

And this is what the family wants to see.

……

the other side.

A spatial passage silently appeared halfway up the fifth-tier top-grade "Cangxuan Mountain," the main stronghold of the Cangxuan lineage, one of the two giants of the Tianhe Realm.

Ling Pengyun, Ling Feixiang, and others walked out from there.

In addition, this place was the ancestral home of the renowned Silver Moon Wild Bear clan in the original Primordial River Realm.

It was only renamed after it was taken over by the Cangxuan lineage.

Moreover, because of the rich spiritual energy in this place, the Cangxuan lineage made it their main stronghold.

Today, this place is filled with cultivators of the Cangxuan lineage, and even powerful Nascent Soul cultivators from the Cangxuan Realm, such as the Star Sea Ancestor, have gathered here to cultivate in seclusion.

There are more strong people here.

Moreover, the powerful figures of the Cangxuan lineage have planted a large number of high-level spiritual plants in various parts of the mountains.

Even the fifth-tier top-grade protective formation of the Silver Moon Barbarian Bear clan that the Cangxuan lineage acquired when they attacked this place has been repaired.

It then conjured a huge defensive light screen, firmly protecting the entire Cangxuan Mountain and making it completely safe.

'Is this the legendary...Cangxuan Mountain? The spiritual energy here is truly strong; it deserves to be known as the sacred cultivation ground of my Cangxuan lineage.'

"Furthermore, with that powerful array in place, even if one or two Nascent Soul cultivators attacked together, they would likely find it difficult to subdue this place in a short time."

Ling Feixiang and the others looked around at the various conditions of Cangxuan Mountain and couldn't help but marvel at them.

"These two cave dwellings will be your future dwellings in the Heavenly River Realm."

"It is filled with spiritual energy, which is more than enough for you to cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage."

"However, such powerful cave dwellings are not given to you for free. In the future, you will need to pay the family enough contribution points every year, based on 30% of the market price for renting those cave dwellings, just like in the Cangxuan Realm. At the same time, you will also need to complete a family task every ten years."

Ling Pengyun pointed to the cave dwelling that had been prepared for Ling Feixiang and Ling Guangming and gave them instructions.

Although Ling Pengyun and his family had always intended to support Ling Feixiang and Ling Feixiang, they did not want them to gain something for nothing.

Therefore, when the family provides Ling Feixiang and his companion with special resources, they also assign them tasks.

Ling Feixiang and the other man were already used to this, and besides, the preferential treatment given to them by their families was quite good.

Moreover, they had cultivated Taoism for many years and had accumulated some wealth.

They could easily afford to live in those cave dwellings.

Most importantly, in the past when they were in the Cangxuan Realm, they could only rent middle and upper-grade fourth-order cave dwellings at most, and it was impossible to obtain a top-grade fourth-order cave dwelling with rich spiritual energy.

Moreover, this matter brings great benefits, at the very least increasing the cultivation speed of Ling Feixiang and the other person by several percent, which will undoubtedly provide them with much more assistance.

They are quite excited right now.

'This Heavenly River Realm is truly wonderful. I never expected that upon arriving here, Ancestor Pengyun would bestow upon each of us such a fine cave dwelling.'

'Coming this time was definitely the right decision.'

Ling Feixiang was secretly overjoyed.

'With that cave dwelling, I think the probability of reaching the peak of the Nascent Soul stage within a hundred years will be much higher.'

Ling Guangming's eyes revealed a hint of determination.

Immediately afterward, Ling Pengyun spoke a few more words to them and introduced them to some of the powerful members of his family in Cangxuan Mountain before leaving and returning to the Ghost Domain Dry Bone Secret Realm Ruins.

He then continued to use the remaining aura of the Myriad Souls Ghost Realm in this place to activate the Netherworld Blade and escape into the endless river of void to search for the Myriad Souls Ghost Realm.

During this time, he also often set aside time to cultivate the Dao, spiritual plants, and the art of weapon crafting. He would even occasionally help Lingbao refine various precious materials.

Of all these things, the two he valued most were comprehending the art of weapon crafting and nurturing the Black Dragon Armor.

After all, the Black Dragon Armor's foundation is extremely strong, and it won't be long before it has the opportunity to try to break through to the fifth-tier top-grade realm for the second time.

For spiritual treasures like the Black Dragon Armor to advance to higher realms, besides needing a good foundation, it's best to also have the assistance of some highly skilled weapon refiners.

Ling Pengyun, after all, had already entered the path of fifth-grade high-quality weapon refining hundreds of years ago, and had some weapon refining skills.

In addition, his recent period of seclusion and cultivation has brought him closer and closer to becoming a veteran fifth-grade high-level weapon refiner.

And once this is accomplished, he can provide more assistance when the Black Dragon Armor is breaking through to the fifth-tier top-grade realm.

"Furthermore, I have very few materials left from refining those top-grade fifth-tier defensive ghost treasures and other supreme treasures. If the Black Dragon Armor fails to break through again, I'm afraid it won't be able to recover its original essence in the short time it used to, and continue trying."

Therefore, no matter what, we must proceed cautiously this time and improve our weapon-refining skills as quickly as possible.

Ling Pengyun, sitting cross-legged in the endless river, secretly made up his mind.

He then entered into a period of meditation.

...(End of chapter)