Shangyuque

Chapter 94: After eighty-seven days of training, the Jade Tower travels eastwards (another 1.2 daily updates, monthly votes requested!)
However, just as Wang Rongshi stepped into the small cave left by An Ning, Wang Jingyi moved.

She raised her hand and pointed, and with the magic power of a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage, she easily captured Wang Rong, who was only at the high level of Qi Induction, and pulled him down.

"Forget it, Xiaoshi, I'll go in myself."

Wang Rongshi grew up under the care of Wang Xianmao and Wang Jingyi.

After practicing away from home for so many years, Wang Jingyi gradually transformed from an ordinary disciple of Hong Dengzhao to a true disciple, and became a senior foundation-building master with supernatural powers.

For most of the new members of the Wang family in the past hundred years, the ancestor Jingyi in the red lantern is more like a legendary figure.

But Wang Jingyi still believed in his heart that he was a descendant of the Wang family, and was the true descendant of the Red Lantern.

Therefore, she dared to make a direct request to Wang Xianmao, wanting to borrow the small cave left by An Ning to try to achieve the Purple Palace.

I am a member of the Wang family, and I have talent, so I deserve this opportunity.

Now, Wang Jingyi has once again proved with her actions that she is not an ungrateful person who only wants the family to give her benefits but does not want to take responsibility.

"Ancestor, I can do it." Wang Rongshi actually rejected Wang Jingyi's suggestion, and he advised earnestly.

“You are the family’s strong supporter in the Red Lantern. If you are in danger, it will affect the future of the Anbei Wang family, and I am just a dying man.

I can make a contribution to the family in this last bit of time. This is what I should do and what I want to do. "

Wang Xianmao did not express his opinion. No one can easily express their opinion on such matters.

The risk is there, akin to a special kind of trolley problem.

The traditional trolley problem is that when the trolley comes, you have to choose who to die.

The tram problem that several people are facing at this moment is that there may be a quiet and high-speed tram in front of them - An Ning may still be alive, and is just waiting for someone to enter her home field to send her off.

The difficult choice Wang faced was what criteria he should use to select someone to go up and see, and the moral dilemma involved was unsolvable.

Letting Wang Rongshi in seems not warm enough - this is from an emotional perspective.

You mean compensation?

Wang Rongshi doesn't care about that little bit of compensation!

The reason is simple. If Wang Yuming is ambitious enough, the Wang family will support him.

If Wang Yuming is not capable of anything, Wang Rongshi does not want the Wang family's resources to be wasted on him.

Letting Wang Jingyi in would seem a bit silly - this is a rational perspective.

Xiaodongtian is the home ground of cultivators. If An Ning is waiting inside for the Wang family to take the bait, then Wang Jingyi may really encounter great danger after entering.

There is no difference between the two, both are right, the former is reasonable and the latter is rational.

The blood-related kinship has shaped the foundation for the thousand-year inheritance of the Wang family of Anbei. From this point of view, Wang Jingyi, who chose to stop Wang Rongshi, is a qualified descendant of the Wang family.

But stability, patience and rationality are also the principles that have allowed the Wang family to get to where they are today through all the ups and downs. From this point of view, letting Wang Rongshi in is the most reasonable and optimal option.

However, as a senior foundation-building practitioner, Wang Jingyi could naturally see something from Wang Xianmao's silence.

So, she didn't say anything else, but just picked up the sword and went straight into An Ning's small cave.

"Clan leader, this is Grandpa Jingyi."

After two days of waiting and preparing himself mentally, Wang Rongshi even left a last message for Yuming, but he never expected things to turn out like this.

"wait."

Wang Xianmao shook his head, feeling mixed emotions.

There are so many things going on that it is impossible to be completely rational.

Moreover, if Wang Rongshi was allowed to go in and investigate alone, with his level of cultivation, he might be blinded and unable to find the problem.

From this point of view, the most suitable person to enter is Wang Xianzhou.
Yes, in theory, the best person to explore the cave is Wang Xianzhou, but if you ask Wang Xianmao to do it, he can't do it.

People are all made of flesh and blood.

Wang Jingyi, who seems as hard as stone, also has her gentleness. Wang Xianmao almost protects Yulou like a baby, so he is naturally even more gentle - of course, their gentleness is only directed at Wang.

A moment later, Wang Jingyi flew out of the cave again, with a smile on his face, which was always as calm as water.

"Xianmao, everything is normal. An Ning really has passed away. Hongmei didn't lie to us!"

Hongmei, who had been worried, finally felt relieved when she heard that her Taoist partner was indeed dead. However, due to the mental stress of the past few days, she was too excited at the same time and fainted!

Perhaps, becoming a Taoist partner with Hongmei was the biggest failure in the life of An Ning, the famous female cultivator of Fulong Temple who was well-known in Wunan.

Wang Xianmao stood up excitedly and asked.

"How big is this small cave left by An Ning?"

The Small Cave Heaven is a secluded place that can only be opened up after becoming a Purple Mansion. According to Wang's inference, the size of the Cave Heaven is closely linked to the strength of the Purple Mansion.

But An Ning did not really become Purple Mansion after all. She only succeeded in opening up the cave, but failed in the end.

Therefore, Wang Xianmao was worried that this cave was too small.

Wang Jingyi did not answer, but struck again with the sword, expanding the entrance to the small cave a little to slow down its repair.

"You go in and take a look yourself. I'll be guarding outside."

Wang Xianmao first called back Yulou, and then took Yulou with him into An Ning's small cave.

“Is this the cave?”

Looking at the barren land that looked like a wasteland and the dark red, extremely depressing sky, Wang Yulou was stunned for a moment.

Dongtian Dongtian, he still had expectations for the Dongtian, but after entering and seeing what the Dongtian looked like, the gap between expectations and reality was too big.

However, in the center of this desolate cave, there is a pool, and the area around the pool, dozens of feet in radius, is full of vitality.

Wang Xianmao, who was flying in the air holding the jade tower, commented.

"There is a reason why An Ning cannot be promoted to the Purple Mansion within a radius of half a mile. Her cave is really too small."

As he spoke, he took Wang Yulou and flew to the center of the cave.

"They are all spiritual objects!" Yulou felt something different as soon as he landed.

Just now when he was in the sky at the edge of the cave, he couldn't even feel the spiritual energy of this place.

But when he reached the edge of the pool, Yulou could see clearly that there were five spiritual creatures in the center of An Ning's small cave!

In the center of this vibrant cave, there are all kinds of spiritual creatures.

The pool is a ninth-grade spiritual spring of the water attribute, and the spring water seems to carry a domineering cleansing power.

The ground is made of ninth-grade spiritual soil, on top of which grow many spiritual herbs, flowers and trees.

Among them, there are two special redwoods, which are exactly the same as the redwoods in the Red Tree Sect. This thing is a dual sex of fire and wood.

"Hahaha, yes, they are all spiritual objects, they are all spiritual objects."

Wang Xianmao was grinning so hard that his mouth almost burst into laughter. Although An Ning's small cave was small, it contained many spiritual objects. These spiritual objects could fully meet the needs of many people in the Wang family to build their foundation in the future.

The Wang family’s current biggest crisis has been completely resolved!
After giving a large amount of the family's accumulated resources to the Red Lantern, the Wang family was forced to allow several Qi cultivators to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage.

The logic is still the same. The red light specifically distributes favors to the lower-level cultivators, and the lower-level cultivators begin to build their foundations in large numbers. The scale of the new foundation-building cultivators is so large that it can even cause the price of foundation-building supplies in the entire Wunan Basin to double.

If Wang had not followed at that time, Wang's relative advantage in the competitive landscape would have fallen, so Wang had to follow.

But even if you follow it, the problem will not be solved, and new problems may even arise.

Because of insufficient resources, Wang Xianzhou and his men who were over 160 years old went to the battlefield again to earn spirit stones for the Wang family.

Now, with the recovery of An Ning Xiaodongtian, Wang's transformation period in the next few decades will be more stable and better!
"Inside that is Senior An Ning's remains, right?"

Yulou noticed that among the many spiritual plants, there was a special one.

The plant has lush branches and leaves, but the source of those branches and leaves is at the junction of the spiritual spring and the spiritual soil. By absorbing the spiritual energy of two ninth-grade spiritual objects, it grows a huge flower bud.

The huge, slightly transparent flower bud was quietly located among the trees. Through the tightly closed pale yellow petals, Yulou could notice the outline of a human figure among them.

Therefore, he speculated that this was the location of the remains of An Ning, a famous female foundation-building practitioner in Fulong Temple.

As expected of a great sect whose reputation has spread across Wunan for hundreds of years. Even after death, he would deal with his remains in such a special way, which is a very special way of dying in the physical sense.

So, Senior An Ning, why do you like Hongmei?
Hongmei was a very deceptive person. Yulou initially thought that he was an extraordinary Qi training cultivator who would surely be able to achieve foundation building in the future.

But as he got to know Hongmei better, Yulou realized that although Hongmei looked powerful, she was actually weak and unstable inside.

After learning that she has a Taoist partner like An Ning, all the doubts about Hongmei become reasonable.

"Yes, you must not be disrespectful to her. An Ning is a cultivator with a good reputation. Come to think of it, I have met her once."

Carrying Yulou, Wang Xianmao walked towards the flower bud. Along the way, under the control of his wood method, various spiritual plants left by An Ning gave way one after another.

When he arrived in front of the flower bud, Wang Xianmao bowed deeply, showing all courtesy to An Ning's remains.

"Seventy years ago, I was working as an array maker in the Immortal Alliance. One time when I was exchanging items at the Immortal Alliance Immortal Power Court in Lotus Immortal City, I met An Ning and glanced at her from a distance.

I never expected that seventy years later, she and I would have such an intersection again.

If you can’t achieve the Purple Palace, no matter how romantic you are, in the end you will just be a pile of dry bones in a grave.”

Yulou nodded silently. The Purple Mansion cultivators in this world can retreat from the world in their own little caves to avoid the loss of their lifespan.

In this way, the lifespan of a Purple Mansion cultivator, which starts at more than 700 years, can be easily extended to a thousand or even ten thousand years.

What is longevity? This is longevity!

"Fellow Daoist An Ning, the Anbei Wang family will definitely treat your daughter well. As for your Daoist partner Hongmei, well... whatever, I will send him to build his foundation. What can he do?"

Before opening the flower bud and taking An Ning's treasure, Wang Xianmao finally decided to give Hongmei a chance.

The matter of cause and effect is illusory and cannot influence Wang Xianmao's decision. The reason why he is willing to give Hongmei the opportunity to build her foundation is because Hongmei is too useless.

If Hongmei were a little tougher and more resolute in her faith, Wang Xianmao would have wiped her out completely!
Under his wooden method, the pale yellow buds gradually bloomed, and the remains of An Ning hidden inside also revealed their true appearance.

As An Ning's remains gradually revealed their true appearance, Yulou's expression also changed.

It stinks, it stinks extremely bad, so bad that it makes me dizzy.

Before Yulou was about to faint, the shocked old patriarch finally reacted and summoned a gust of wind to blow away the stench in the air.

"This"

Yulou, who couldn't open his eyes because of the stench, finally saw the true appearance of An Ning's remains.

An Ning, who has passed away, has black hair, and the bright yellow spiritual robe she was wearing is still shining, but under the wrinkles unique to an old person, her skin is all black.

In some places, the skin has begun to crumble and fall, and the exposed flesh is a peculiar white color.

It was black and white, and had an extremely strong stench, and Yulou felt a chill when he saw it.

"Zhong Ningyao might really be her daughter."

Wang Xianmao immediately gave a seemingly unrelated judgment.

"Clan leader, why is Senior An Ning's body in such a state? It's too terrible."

Yulou also realized the problem.

After the death of a foundation-building monk, his body can be preserved for many years without decaying.

The way Fairy An Ning stored her body was obviously very special. Her remains should not be in such a mess no matter what.

There is only one possibility, that is, his body had gradually decayed during his lifetime.

Perhaps it was because she used the essence of her life to nurture a child that An Ning left in such an undignified way.

“If I remember correctly, An Ning must have lived for nearly 500 years, so he has such a great reputation.

He tried various methods to prolong his life, but still could not truly advance to the Purple Palace.

Unexpectedly, she, who had devoted her entire life to Taoism, chose to find a Taoist partner at the end of her life.

You know, seventy years ago, she still looked like she was in her twenties. It’s hard to imagine, really hard to imagine.”

Wang Xianmao also felt a little sad. An Ning was just a little bit away from the Purple Palace. She had successfully opened up her small cave.

But it was this tiny difference that made her what she is now.

"Yulou, you should also pay your respects to her. Our Wang family has received the kindness left by An Ning, so we should be grateful to her."

Wang Yulou stood solemnly, took two steps forward, walked in front of An Ning's remains, and bowed in worship.

Suddenly, a sound came from An Ning's body.

“Hongmei, I didn’t expect a loser like you could successfully build a foundation before the age of ninety.

Ningyao, you have grown up. It's a pity, my daughter, that your mother can't see you anymore. You want..."

To Yulou's surprise, Wang Xianmao pointed to the yellow pistil where An Ning's remains were located and nodded.

An Ning did not resurrect, she just left a backup plan.

".You should find a husband of your dreams as soon as possible. Don't be like me, who spent my whole life trying to find the truth, only to realize in the end that there is no door to the truth.

There is no door to the great way, and cultivating immortals is a scam!

There are only a limited number of great cultivators in the world. If you want to have one more, you need the approval of the Assembly of Immortals. If the Assembly of Immortals does not allow you to achieve enlightenment, it will be useless to practice more.

Hongmei, if you can build your foundation before you are ninety years old, then this cave I left for you will be useful. It will start to collapse when you are two hundred and ninety-three years old.

The four meridian foundation is not easy to replenish, so you have to hurry up.

First, use this cave to help Ning Yao advance to Qi training as soon as possible, then join the Immortal Alliance, and then start to improve her Tao foundation.

For you who have escaped from the Tianshe Sect and then joined other sects after building your foundation, it is impossible for you to have the opportunity to attain the Purple Mansion.

Your chance to obtain Purple Mansion is only in the Immortal Alliance. Join the Immortal Alliance as soon as possible. My inheritance of alchemy will help you gain a foothold.

Take good care of Ningyao, you piece of shit!"

Hongmei's wife is dead, but she still holds a deep grudge against him. It seems that they have real feelings for each other.

After calling him a waste, An Ning's last words ended.

Wang Xianmao concentrated his spiritual sense and scanned the pistil that carried the will, and discovered that there was an extremely secret special formation inside.

“Fellow Daoist An Ning is amazing.

If we come two years later, the formation will disappear.

If only one person comes to build the foundation, the formation will not be triggered.

When someone touches her remains, the formation will self-destruct.

I brought you in just to broaden your horizons, and by chance, you walked in front of her and stood with me.

I am building the foundation and you are drawing in the qi, which is consistent with the situation where Hongmei built the foundation ninety years ago and brought Ningyao in.

In this way, we heard An Ning’s final explanation to Hongmei and Ningyao.

Ha, it’s a coincidence, Yulou, tell me, is this a coincidence?”

The clan leader looked at Yulou deeply, but Yulou was lost in thought about An Ning's last words and did not notice the clan leader's look.

"Clan leader, in the last words of Senior An Ning, he said that the Great Dao has no gate, cultivating immortals is a scam, and becoming a Purple Palace requires the approval of the Immortals. Is this true?"

Seeing Yulou asking this, Wang Xianmao was stunned for a moment, and then explained with a smile.

“The Great Dao is inaccessible to most people, including me, and even Jing Yi may not have a chance.

Having sought the truth all her life without success, when An Ning died and her truth disappeared, she naturally thought that cultivating immortals was a scam that deceived her and left her with countless regrets.

As for the fact that Cheng Zifu needs the approval of the Immortal Alliance to achieve enlightenment, it is even more absurd. When it comes to achieving enlightenment, who would be willing to be controlled by the Immortal Alliance?
No matter how powerful the immortals on the platform of immortals are, they cannot control everyone in the world!

For example, you, under the control of the mysterious overhaul, can break free as long as you are determined enough. This is the best example. "

Seeing the clan leader mention the mysterious great cultivator, Yulou felt relieved to speak as he thought that there was no possibility that there were other people spying in the small cave.

“Chief, the person controlling us might be Fu Jiao. He came too quickly and responded too perfunctorily.

And, if…”

Wang Xianmao frowned and interrupted Yulou and said.

"Stop. Once we have the results of our investigation into Guo Yaoyue, it won't be too late for us to guess who is behind this.

Putting aside other things, Fu Jiao's subordinates do not have anyone as talented as Guo Yaoyue, and Mu Chunze's appearance is not fake.

If it was Fu Jiao who was causing trouble, he could have cooperated with Mu Chunze."

Perhaps realizing that his words were too inhumane, the patriarch explained further.

"Although the high-ranking cultivators like to talk nonsense, one thing that Fu Jiao said when he came that day was actually true."

"What did he say?" Yulou asked.

“If a fight breaks out, it will help the Patriarch achieve the Golden Elixir. You should understand this.

Fu Jiao wouldn't help the master to achieve the golden elixir, right? So it was most likely not him.

Furthermore, what you said, that the purpose of controlling you is to cause chaos, is just speculation."

Yulou felt a little helpless and asked from a different angle.

"Looking at it from the other side, Master Fu Jiao has lost his physical body and his soul resides in the corpse of a dragon. No one wants to mess with him now.

If a war breaks out, he can attack at will, easily influence the outcome, and even change the sect and interfere with the founder's golden elixir."

Yulou didn't know that Fujiao had actually discussed the matter of changing the sect with the direct descendants of the clan.

He had definitely guessed it right based on pure speculation.

As long as the great monks are alive and well, there will naturally be people who offer tribute to them. No great monk of the same level would be willing to get involved with a great monk like Zhou Fujiao who is about to die.

He's almost dead, why bother with him?

Let him jump!
Wait until he is completely dead, then find the Zhou family to make a list!

Yulou’s analysis really made sense. Wang Xianmao thought about it and spoke slowly.

"Practice Qi first, Yulou. The family sent you to Qingxifang because they thought it would be safe.

But now the situation between the Tianshe Sect and the Red Lantern Sect is unclear, and you have encountered such a disaster. I intend to wait until you have practiced Qi, and then send you directly to the Dripping Cave to start your real practice.

As for the mysterious monk, as you said, no one wants to care about Zhou Fujiao.

In the situation of our Wang family, if it was Zhou Fujiao, we would be powerless; if it was not Zhou Fujiao, we would also be powerless.

Your most urgent task is to practice well in the small cave, and don't think about anything else."

Yulou was silent and returned here again.

No one will help the weak to uphold justice. Your justice is not the justice of everyone, nor can it bring benefits to others.

The clan leader's avoidance and cold treatment are the only solutions when nothing else can be done.

Let go of your obsessions, move forward, and practice first!

"Yulou understands!"
-
In the end, two more people accompanied Yulou in practicing in An Ning's small cave.

Wang Yu'an, who knows nothing but is indeed foolishly reliable.

Wang Rongshi is gray-haired and will die in a few years, but his life will be extended if he breaks through.

Yu'an is a half-unicorn of the Wang family and is very reliable, so he will naturally get opportunities.

Wang Rongshi proved his loyalty to the Wang family with his actions, and the patriarch gave him a chance.

The Small Cave Heaven is independent of the outside world and is not subject to the restrictions in the rules of heaven and earth that prohibit cultivators in the Qi Induction Stage from taking pills and practicing for more hours.

Zhou Yingxi had reached the initial stage of Qi training at the age of sixteen because he was able to practice in the small cave of Fu Jiao Zhenren.

This is also the biggest difference between the Zifu Sect and the Foundation Building Immortal Clan. The Zifu Sect can greatly increase the possibility of the cultivators in the clan building the foundation by shortening the time it takes for the cultivators in the Qi Induction Stage to achieve Qi Training.

If you practice Qi early, you will naturally be able to build a foundation early.

However, for Wang, who owned a small cave for the first time, how to prepare elixirs for cultivators in the Qi Induction Stage became a new problem.

The clan leader knows how to make elixirs, but he cannot stay in the small cave permanently.

Yu'an's father, Wang Rongwen, can also make elixirs, but now he has taken over the imperial decree and is hunting monsters in the West Sea.

Among the other cultivators in the clan who can be trusted 100%, there are not many with high attainments in alchemy, and each of them has his own things to do.

It was impossible to find an outsider to refine the elixir - Oh, Wang wanted to refine the elixir needed by the Qi-inducing monks? Could it be that Wang had a small cave?

So, in the end, the task of entering the small cave to customize elixirs for the three Qi-inducing monks of the family fell on Wang Xianzhou, who was living in the clan and had almost no time to spare.

On the one hand, Wang Xianzhou is strong enough. Although he is practicing Qigong, he can easily break through the small cave and lead people in and out.

On the other hand, his attainments in alchemy were so high that he could refine a series of foundation-building elixirs.

That day, Wang Xianzhou was sleeping in the spiritual spring. Yu'an tiptoed to his side and said respectfully.

"Ancestor, my brother said that the potency of the Fire Gourd Spirit Tempering Pill is just right this time, so just refine it according to this."

Wang Xianzhou opened his sleepy eyes and asked with a smile.

"Okay then, go ask your uncle Rong Shi how the Four Dragons Soul Tempering Pill I customized for him works."

"I asked, and Uncle Rong Shi said it was very good." Yu'an replied quickly.

"And yours?"

"That's good. The medicinal properties of the golden fruit and stone flower are very compatible with my spiritual roots. If I practice, one day is equivalent to four days!"

Yu An said with eyes full of admiration.

He admired the ancestor Xian Zhou very much. It can be said that his admiration for the ancestor Xian Zhou has reached a certain limit. According to the different spiritual roots of the three people, Wang Xian Zhou refined three different elixirs for them.

It is a pure special supply, specially supplied to a specific person. After taking the special elixir, one will feel like one is making rapid progress in cultivation.

Wang Xianzhou's customized formula for alchemy was even consistent with the Qi-inducing method practiced by the three of them.

This is Wang Xianzhou's level. It can be said that his attainments in alchemy are undoubtedly at the master level.

"That's good. When you break through the eighth level of Qi Induction, or the effect of the medicine decreases, I will customize it again. Go and practice."

Looking at Yu'an's departing back, Wang Xianzhou smiled.

He turned around, but couldn't fall asleep.

Staring at the dim crimson sky, Wang Xianzhou emptied his mind.

When people get old, they always like to reminisce about the good old days.

He is afraid of memories.

Wang family unexpectedly got a small cave by chance. In the future, Sister Jingyi will have the opportunity to impact the Purple Palace.

Everything is getting better, except for me, whose only role is to soak in the spring water and sleep.

You said you would make elixirs for the three younger generations?
Stop kidding. I, Wang Xianzhou, can make elixirs, but is it my job to make elixirs for them during the Qi Induction Period?
No, it’s retirement!
Wang Xianzhou doesn’t feel that he is old, but he is really old.

Don’t think about it, just sleep, sleep, sleeping more is good for your health.

If I live a few more years, maybe I can see Wang leave the Purple Mansion.
-
Qingxifang, Huafengju, Hongmei, who had not returned for many days, finally came back.

He pushed the door open and saw the guy behind the counter sleeping. He immediately became furious and started to scold him.

He could not control his own destiny, and lost too much in the choices he made one after another.

So, facing a young man whom he could control, Hongmei actually ejaculated violently and enjoyed himself to the fullest.

"I quit! Damn it, this job only costs two spirit stones a month, and you're still asking for such high prices!"

Hongmei cursed harshly, but the young man didn't tolerate it and just ran away.

Looking at the empty Huafengju, for some reason, Hongmei suddenly thought of the day when Yulou and Yu'an became disciples.

He had a blank expression on his face. He picked up a chair and placed it at the place where he had sat when he became a disciple.

Hongmei, who was sitting on the chair, had a serious expression on her face, but slowly she began to laugh, and then she started to pretend to be stern, smiling, and dissatisfied.

Suddenly, he stopped performing, covered his face and cried silently.

No one can step into the river that has already flowed away.

Zhong Ningyao, who was worried, came back from outside. She was overjoyed to see her father appear. But when she looked closely, she saw that her father was crying.

"Father, are you okay? Are you hurt?"

Ning Yao was anxious and afraid. She walked forward worriedly, pulled Hongmei's arm and asked.

Hongmei, who was already devastated, was even more heartbroken when she saw how much her daughter cared about her.

"An Ning! An Ning! An Ning! My An Ning!"

An Ning scolded Hongmei for being a waste, but still left her with a real chance to achieve enlightenment.

Hongmei had hoped that An Ning would really die, but at this moment, he could no longer bear it.

The Taoist partner is a good Taoist partner, and the daughter is a good daughter.

What about him?
He ruined his own life step by step, and also ruined his daughter's life.

He was indeed a waste, a good-for-nothing waste except for his talent in charm and alchemy.

"An Ning? Father, who is An Ning?"

It was the first time that Ning Yao heard her mother's name. Looking at her daughter's worried face, Hong Mei burst into tears.

"An Ning is your mother! My Taoist partner!"

When Zhong Ningyao saw her father like this, she realized something instantly and asked with trembling voice.

"Mother, where is mother?"

Hongmei raised his head, tears welling up in his eyes. He used his magical power to stop the tears and looked at his daughter again.

"Child, I have arranged a marriage for you. What do you think of Yu'an?"

I'm sorry, kid, I'm a waste and I ruined your destiny.

Zhong Ningyao shook her head desperately. She didn't like Wang Yu'an, and she didn't want to talk about marriage at this time.

"Father, I am devoted to Taoism and do not want to marry anyone. I just want to know what happened to my mother."

Looking at her daughter's determined face, Hongmei was stunned.

Ning Yao's eyes and eyebrows were full of An Ning's look.

Just as determined, just as devoted to the Tao, and just as unwilling to have a Taoist partner.

He stood up and wanted to find a place to escape, but Huafengju was too small and he couldn't escape.

"What's wrong with Mother? Father, has something happened to her?" Ning Yao kept asking.

“She’s dead, Ningyao.

From now on, you and I, father and daughter, can only depend on each other.

But I can't protect you forever, so I want to marry you to Wang Yu'an.

The Wang family is a large and powerful family. If you marry into the Wang family, your life will be secure."

Hongmei is a human being after all. At this moment, he changed from a cold-blooded monk to an ordinary father.

He is no longer the Taoist master Hongmei, no longer the lucky little disciple who was admitted to the Tianshe Sect, and no longer the immortal cultivator who is obsessed with building a foundation.

Now, he is just a father who has done too many wrong things.

He has made too many mistakes, and all he can do now is to reduce the burden on his daughter.

"My mother. My mother
But father, daughter, daughter, you haven’t seen her yet, daughter hasn’t seen her yet.”

Zhong Ningyao murmured in a low voice, and her eyes instantly turned red.

Gently touching her daughter's hair, Hongmei suddenly remembered that she still had a painting.

That was more than 20 years ago, when An Ning was traveling around the world, and he asked a painter to draw it in a mortal town.

He found the painting from the deepest part of the storage bag, unfolded it, and handed it to Ning Yao.

"She is your mother."

Zhong Ningyao looked closely and saw that in the painting, a man and a woman were hugging each other under a peach tree.

The peach blossoms are in full bloom. A woman in her twenties, wearing a red robe with python patterns, is holding a flower and smiling. Her eyes and eyebrows are exactly the same as mine.

Next to the woman is a tall and handsome man. He holds the woman in his left hand and holds an open paper fan in his right hand, looking like a romantic young man.

There are two lines of small words on the paper fan.

"I want to know you, and I hope you will live long and never grow old"

This line of poetry was written by An Ning himself.

In fact, there are not so many whys.

When An Ning does things, why should he care about what others think?
Senior Sister Ning Yao wiped her tears, looked at the painting, and then looked at her father.

She discovered that her father's red robe was indeed the same as the red robe of the woman holding a flower in the painting.

But the difference is too big.

"Well, I gained some weight later on." Hongmei explained awkwardly.

Zhong Ningyao wanted to laugh and cry at the same time because of Hongmei's explanation. She choked up and asked another question.

"So, what kind of person is mother?"

Looking at her daughter's expectant eyes, Hongmei fell into memories.

"She is a cultivator who is devoted to Taoism and a master of Taoism. She and I..."
-
In the cave, beside the sacred spring.

Wang Yulou and Wang Xianzhou sat opposite each other. Patriarch Xianzhou watched Yulou break through his Qi training while dozing off with his eyes closed.

Suddenly, Yulou's breath began to become unstable, and Wang Xianzhou's eyes opened instantly.

A breakthrough is coming.

There is actually no major bottleneck in breaking through Qi Training from Qi Drawing. The only bottleneck is that the heaven and earth have locked the upper limit of Qi Drawing practitioners' practice.

With the upper limit locked and elixirs unable to be used, most cultivators with five or four spiritual roots have lost the possibility of breaking through to the Qi training stage.

But if you enter the cave, you can break through through long-term continuous practice and taking elixirs.

Yulou took four pills to achieve this breakthrough.

But unlike the pig-raising style of cultivation, the four pills that Yulou took were not meant to help him break through - it was not that pills were lacking in breakthroughs, but breaking through on his own was the best option.

Because monks will always encounter bottlenecks, and they have to overcome the early bottlenecks by themselves, which can increase the practitioners' experience in breaking through and dealing with bottlenecks.

Therefore, Yulou did not take any elixir that could directly improve his cultivation or help with a breakthrough this time, but instead took an auxiliary elixir.

Among the four pills, one is a pill for stimulating the meridians, which can assist in successful breakthrough by stimulating the meridians.

The width of the meridians will not change, but through the stimulation of the elixir, the spiritual power in the meridians can flow faster, which can help the cultivator increase the chances of a breakthrough.

One is a pill that increases the speed of absorbing spiritual energy, which can continuously absorb large amounts of spiritual energy from the outside world during the breakthrough process.

If the cultivator is viewed as a bucket that holds spiritual energy, then the breakthrough from drawing in energy to practicing energy is like adding hoops to the newly grown wooden boards in the bucket in order to hold more water.

The practice of the tenth level of Qi Induction is the process of making the wooden board longer, and the final breakthrough is the process of putting hoops on the wooden board.

Increasing the speed at which the monk absorbs spiritual energy during a breakthrough can be seen as a kind of accelerated hammering effect, so that the new barrel hoop can be made better and more steadily - and the breakthrough will be successful.

The third one is a pill for increasing the acuity of spiritual consciousness. The effect is also very simple. By temporarily increasing spiritual consciousness, it helps the breakthrougher to better grasp his or her own breakthrough progress and changes.

The fourth pill was the most special. It was a pill for external use. To be precise, it was not one pill, but a pile of pills. Wang Xianzhou helped Yulou apply it all over his body.

The effect of this pill is not complicated. Its medicinal power enters Yulou's body through the skin, continuously providing the body with energy and alleviating the accumulated consumption rate during the breakthrough process.

Breakthrough doesn't mean you can just give it a try. If you can break through it, then break through it. If you can't, forget it.

The practitioner's body is the foundation of practice. The accumulation of essence in the body rises and falls. If a breakthrough fails, one will need to recuperate for a period of time if he wants to break through again.

With the accumulation of elixirs to replenish his body, even if Yu Lou failed to break through, the time he needed to recover could be greatly shortened.

For cultivators with a slightly higher level of cultivation, breakthrough even depends on location and time. If a cultivator who practices water magic breaks through to the foundation in the middle of the desert of Dongmo, he will not be able to succeed even if he tries a hundred times.

By the same token, when Wang Xianmao first broke through to his foundation, he chose a spring day in late March - the wood method.

Yulou is in the process of drawing Qi to break through to practice Qi, so of course there is no need to pay attention to the time. But Wang Xianzhou had nothing else to do after all, so he helped Yulou refine the characteristics of the elixir based on Yulou's talent, spiritual roots, and physical condition.

This means that each of the four breakthrough elixirs used by Yulou are unique, the kind that no one else can buy, and are purely custom-made.

In short, the selection and refining of these four kinds of elixirs are full of details and experience, fully demonstrating the level and heritage of the Wang family.

From this point of view, the whole process of foundation building assistance from Baibao Pavilion only costs a few spirit stones, which is actually very cost-effective.

Under Wang Xianzhou's gaze, the atmosphere in the Jade Tower gradually changed from chaotic to orderly and slowly stabilized.

Finally, Yulou opened her eyes, revealing a mouthful of white teeth on her face covered with black ointment.

"Uncle, it's done!"

Eighty-seven days.

It only took Yulou eighty-seven days to achieve in the small cave the effect of eight years of practice outside. He succeeded in one go and broke through the Qi training!

"Hahaha, go in and wash up!"

Seeing that Wang's little Qilin had successfully broken through, Wang Xianzhou laughed loudly, raised his hand and threw Yulou into the Lingquan pool.

"Take a bath? What a waste of this spiritual spring."

Wang Xianzhou waved his hand and said.

"What a pity! It's for use. I use it to take a bath every day. If I can take a bath, then you can do the same."

The spiritual spring has many uses, but the spiritual spring in the small cave is not easy to take out, so it is mainly used for watering.

When refining the elixir, you can collect it from the source, and not much is needed.

So, can't it just be used for bathing - recycling of waste, but the waste is the extra ninth-grade spiritual spring water.

A few days later, Wang Xianmao, who received the news that Yulou had made a breakthrough in Qi training, rushed to Xiaodongtian.

However, the first thing he did when he came here was to take a few people to eat.

"Here, have some braised donkey meat. Eat a few more pieces. Hahaha." Wang Xianmao smiled and shared the meat with Yu'an.

Yu'an also broke through the Qi training stage two days ago. He was more talented than Yulou, but the reason why he broke through later than Yulou was that after entering the small cave heaven, the difference in talent due to the length of practice time was eliminated. Yulou, who had lived two lives as a human, was more stable and naturally broke through first.

As for Rong Shi, he left two months ago after successfully breaking through the Qi training stage.

"Chief, my brother wants to go to the Dripping Cave, where should I go? Miaofeng Mountain has been destroyed by the fighting, you can't let me go to Miaofeng Mountain, right?"

Before detecting the spiritual roots of the two people in the next day, the clan leader arranged for Yulou to enter the red light photo and either take Wang Jingyi's route or Wang Xianzhou's route.

But as for Yu'an's arrangement... going to Miaofeng Mountain - Yu'an said he would remember it for the rest of his life, it was almost becoming an obsession.

"You enter Fulong Temple! Fulong Temple practices dual cultivation of fire and earth, and has a very profound inheritance of the Dao of Refining, as well as an inheritance of the Dao of Gold.

Among An Ning's collection, there are many methods of Fulong Temple that you can use. Once you enter Fulong Temple, you can practice with a legitimate reason.

During this time, I have already contacted a fellow Taoist from Fulong Temple and would like to exchange two of Hongdengzhao's inner sect disciples' quota for one of Fulong Temple's inner sect disciples' quota.

Hey, now everyone in Wunan is guessing when the Red Light Sect will start the war with the Sky Snake Sect, and many people are even opening betting positions, otherwise why would they need two for one? "

The patriarch said in distress.

This kind of transaction where big clans exchange disciples with other forces is actually a way for the immortal cultivation families to diversify their risks.

If Yu'an can gain a foothold in Fulong Temple, the Wang family may have another branch in the future.

"I'm going to Fulong Temple... isn't that right?"

Yu'an looked at his elder brother somewhat embarrassedly, as now he was the one who could enter a better sect.

"They are almost the same. Dripping Cave is also a sect under the Red Lantern System. If Yulou has any ideas in the future, it will never be too late to join the Red Lantern System."

The sect itself is just a specific manifestation of an organizational model. If Miaofeng Mountain is severely divided, the sect's Qi-refining disciples can run away without any burden.

As long as you are still within the red light system, this kind of thing is no big deal - of course, if you get too much benefit from the sect, you naturally have to pay off your debt to the sect before you can leave.

Back then, Wang Xianzhou first practiced in his family, then entered a small sect to practice, and then entered Hong Dengzhao to become an inner disciple - and then jumped into the Immortal Alliance system and made the leap.

"Xian Zhou, Yu'an's situation when he goes to Fulong Temple is different from that in the Red Lantern. This time I brought a lot of secret teachings from our clan. You escort him all the way there and teach him to remember them well.

Once you enter Fulong Temple, Yu'an, you should practice hard and reach the peak of Qi training as soon as possible. As for the opportunity to build your foundation, you will have to wait and see."

Wang Xianmao felt a little reluctant when he saw Yu'an going thousands of miles away. The child left home at a young age and now he was going far away again... Alas.

"So urgent?" Yulou understood what the clan leader meant - they all came with the secret book.

"I can't help it. I'm afraid if I delay for too long, the red light will start a war, and that Taoist friend from Fulong Temple won't change again!"

The patriarch smiled bitterly and shook his head. What does it mean to be in a pressing situation? This is the situation that is pressing.

Yu An was a little confused for a moment, but now he finally understood that he seemed to be leaving Xiaodongtian and heading straight to Fulong Temple...

"I'll take him back to see Lu Wan. We have to meet her before we leave." Wang Xianzhou spoke up on the side. Patriarch Xianzhou understood Yu'an's thoughts.

"Yes, of course."

Wang Xianmao naturally agreed. No matter how urgent it was, he couldn't stop Yu'an from seeing her mother.

Wang Rongwen went to Xihai, Wang Yu'an went to Fulong Temple, and Lu Wan stayed alone in the clan. As an elder, how could Wang Xianmao bear not even let Yu'an see him?

It is urgent, but not to this extent.

Not long after, the gathering ended. Wang Xianmao picked many spiritual herbs, flowers, and materials, put them into the storage bag, and then broke open the small cave and brought a few people to the outside world.

"This small cave is only for you three members of the Qi Induction Stage to use. It's not that we, the Wang family, are ungrateful, but it's really because it involves too much.

Moreover, because the owner is dead, every time you enter or exit, you need to break it open violently, and the small cave will consume its cave essence when repairing it. If you enter and exit too much, the collapse will be faster. "

Wang Xianmao explained helplessly, and Yulou understood this strategy very well.

The cave is too rare, and the Wang family must keep the secret of the cave well.

Just as Wang Xianzhou was taking Yu'an away, for some reason, Yu'an suddenly turned around and glanced at his brother.

He and Yulou will be separated temporarily, or maybe not temporarily.
The two grew up together and went to Qingxifang to practice together. It has been ten years now.

Yulou smiled and nodded to her silly brother without saying anything more.

Ning Yao also went to Fulong Temple. Yulou didn't know whether Yu'an could seize the opportunity and win her heart, but Wang had done her best and created the best conditions for him.

My old friend from a foreign land, Yu'an, you must seize the opportunity!
Wang Xianmao looked at the location of the cave and confirmed that no one could detect the existence of the cave without knowing its location. Then he looked at Yulou and asked about his feelings about practicing Qi.

“Yulou, do you feel any difference after practicing Qi?”

Yulou thought about it and sighed.

"The spiritual energy between heaven and earth is too thin. I didn't feel it before, but now I am much more sensitive to it."

"Yes, when fighting, you must remember not to fight in places with thin spiritual energy."

After Wang Xianmao replied, he took out the red lantern, which was a top-grade spiritual weapon bestowed on the Wang family after he took away the big shop.

This top-grade spiritual weapon is called the Red Lantern, an iconic spiritual weapon of the Red Lantern. It can be used as a spiritual fire furnace, as a magic turret, and even as a flying magic weapon.

Within the territory of the red lantern, if you fly with a red lantern, you will be the coolest guy wherever you go. Everyone can tell at a glance that you are one of us, and a very core member of our group.

"Yulou remembers it, but where are we going now?"

Wang Xianmao smiled as he watched Yulou awkwardly stand on the lantern and said.

"Hahaha, let me take you to the Dripping Cave. Do you like this red lantern?"

"A top-grade spiritual weapon. I'm afraid there is no cultivator who would dislike it."

Yulou felt like the clan leader was teasing him.

“Yes, the eighty-eight-fold restriction has two magical powers, and I plan to give it to you.

You are the one who opened the Dahuofang business, and this red lantern was earned through Dahuofang, so it should be yours."

Yulou was granted a treasure after a long absence. This was the Wang family's arrogance, but it was not just the family's arrogance, but also the attention of the clan leader.

Wang’s reward was not given for free; it cost more than 50,000 spirit stones!

"No, no, no, it's too expensive, and the Red Lantern is an offensive spiritual weapon, Yulou won't be able to use it in a short time!"

Yulou was really frightened. The clan leader's behavior seemed a bit foolish.

With this red lantern, I can give it to Uncle Rong Jiang or Uncle Rong Yuan when they finish building their foundation. That would be great.

Wang Yulou could only practice Qi for decades, so he had no use for spiritual weapons.

"Also, clan leader, I didn't run the big goods shop. It was the clan that gave me the opportunity and platform to hone my skills, so that I could achieve something. How dare Yulou take all the credit?"

With the help of Wang's name and the platform of Baibao Pavilion, Yulou was able to achieve some small success in Qingxifang.

But he knew very well that after leaving the Wang family, he would be just an ordinary cultivator. How could he be qualified to enjoy the credit alone?

Seeing Yulou's statement, Wang Xianmao did not answer immediately, but took Yulou to fly southeast for a long time before replying quietly.

“Yulou, you need to cultivate in the Dripping Water Cave until you have established your foundation. As for whether or not to return to the family after establishing your foundation, you can decide for yourself.

In addition to this top-grade spiritual weapon, the red lantern, I can also teach you the belt around your waist, the family's secret water and fire techniques, and An Ning's Taoist notes.

Finally, I'll give you another 5,000 spirit stones so that you can have more financial resources.

I don’t know, what do you think?”

The biggest difference between spiritual weapons and magic weapons is that spiritual weapons can freely change size. The big red lantern is flying in the sky, and Yulou is sitting very steadily.

He could see the clouds in the sky sliding away from him, and if he stretched out his hand, he could feel the water vapor in the clouds.

In addition to trying to keep the cloud that was destined to leave, he also wanted to grab the patriarch and ask why he was driving me away.

But he didn't ask after all.

Yes, he has always been mature, steady, smart, reliable, wise and quick-witted, and has been like this since he was a child.

Precocious, wise, capable, and even exceptionally brilliant.

So, it seems that there is nothing to ask. (Don't feed shit, please have more trust and patience with the author)

"Can I go back and see Uncle Rong Yuan?"

Wang Xianmao didn't expect Yulou to mention Wang Rongyuan. He was stunned for a moment and answered calmly.

“If you want to achieve great things, you need to let go of emotional constraints.

After leaving the family to practice in the sect, be a more selfish person, Yulou. "

　Yulou is finally going to leave his family and start practicing, but the concept of leaving is different from what he expected.

　　Well, I hope everyone can accept the arrangement of the plot, and have more trust and patience in me as the author - I will never feed you shit, so feel free to read it.

　　When I write, I never lower my standards for myself. Even if I write 10,000 words a day, I will try my best to write and will not deliberately write in a sloppy way.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)