Cultivating Immortality in a Family: I Prove Immortality Through the Chaotic Dao Realm

Chapter 5 Fenglin City and Feng Momo

The city walls of Fenglin City are thirty zhang high and are constructed of giant bluish-gray rocks. They give the impression of being indestructible and remain indelible even after a thousand years of wind and frost.

The city stretches over thirty li from east to west and a little over twenty li from north to south, truly deserving the title of a giant city.

The city was inhabited by only about 500,000 ordinary people, so the population density was actually not high.

The city even has several small hills, several large lakes, and tens of thousands of acres of farmland.

In the event of a war in the mortal realm, this fortified city alone would be enough to hold out for several years without being defeated.

No city in the thousands of years of ancient history of Earth could compare to it.

Of course, modern cities don't count.

But this is merely a city controlled by a Foundation Establishment family.

In this world, that's practically the lowest level.

Even a Qi Refining family couldn't build a city.

Ultimately, the reason Fenglin City has reached its current scale is mainly due to the efforts of Chen family ancestor Tu Yuan.

Chen Tuyuan, the patriarch of the Chen family, was a true peak mid-stage Core Formation cultivator. As a Core Formation family, they were a first-rate family under the Beast Taming Sect.

At that time, the Chen family's sphere of influence covered thousands of miles, which is more than 90% smaller than it is now, which is only a few hundred miles.

This is no one's fault but theirs. The descendants are disappointing, and the ancestors are turning in their graves.

The Chen family was able to defend this city because it was almost entirely a city of mortals, with very few cultivators except for the few Qi Refining cultivators stationed there by the Chen family.

This is purely a place for the mortals of the Chen family to rest and recuperate.

If you dare to establish a cultivation market here, even one or two Foundation Establishment cultivators could easily rob you of everything.

The spiritual veins here are only of the lowest grade of the first rank, barely enough for the daily cultivation of a few Qi Refining cultivators, not even enough to build a large array.

The nearest market town is located in Qingye Mountain, thousands of miles away from Fenglin City. It was jointly established by three Foundation Establishment families: the Chen family, the Zhao family of Yunding River, and the Qian family of Longshe Ridge.

That place truly deserves to be called the gathering center of cultivators in the vicinity, with numerous independent cultivators, and it is also the most important source of income for these three families.

As the convoy approached the city gate, before it could even enter, a clear and melodious call rang out from the city gate ahead.

"Seventh Uncle, Brother Qian, you're back."

As soon as the voice rang out, a youthful and beautiful figure darted to the front of the convoy.

This is a delicate woman wearing a light green curved robe with a gauze jade belt around her waist. Her slightly childish face, framed by her hair in a drooping bun, looks so tender that it seems as if you could squeeze water out of it.

A faint fragrance wafted over, and the nearby blue-scaled horse couldn't help but snort softly.

"Little Feng, we haven't even entered the city yet, and you've already caught us."

"No, I just happened to be patrolling near the city gate."

"MoMo".

Chen Qian greeted the girl with a smile, but said nothing more.

Feng Momo is a year younger than him. Her father was a guest retainer recruited by the Chen family, but unfortunately he has passed away many years ago.

It was also during the conflict that led to the deaths of Chen Qian's parents.

So the two little ones became orphans at the same time, and neither had any spiritual roots. They were both adopted by a charity, and could be considered childhood sweethearts. Sharing the same fate, they became very close from a young age.

Feng Momo has excellent talent in martial arts. Although she is young, she has already advanced to the level of a first-class master and is currently the inspector of Fenglin City, wielding considerable power.

His swordsmanship is superb, and he is quite famous among mortals, making him a veritable nemesis of evil in Fenglin City.

So it wasn't a big deal that she said she would patrol the city gates. However, Chen Qian knew that they would be back soon, so he estimated that the girl would patrol the city gates more often during this period.

Fenglin City is quite large, with wide streets and a large but not crowded population. The caravan quickly arrived at the workshop in the west of the city. This was also one of the locations of the Chen Family Charity Hall, and many members of the Chen family lived nearby.

The various materials brought back will undergo preliminary sorting, processing, and refining to form some universal basic materials that can be reused in the cultivation world. The Chen family cultivators will redistribute and transport them according to their needs; some will be transported back to Fenglin Valley, and some will be sent to Qingye Mountain Market.

Many inferior or substandard items are also sold in the city, such as low-grade spirit rice and spirit wood, which are rare treasures for mortals.

However, these things have nothing to do with Chen Qian, and he is not responsible for them.

After chatting briefly with Feng Momo and comforting the girl, making her smile, Chen Qian bid farewell and prepared to return to his residence.

When Feng Momo heard about Chen Qian being struck by lightning, she really wanted to go back with him to take care of him. However, Chen Qian repeatedly assured her that he was fine, and it took a lot of persuasion to dissuade her from the idea.

With his physical transformation nearing completion, Chen Qian was already quite impatient and certainly couldn't let this little girl disturb him.

"Then you should go back and get some rest. I'll come see you again tomorrow."

Feng Momo said reluctantly.

Chen Qian smiled, patted the little girl's head, said "okay, okay" to get rid of her, waved his hand, and left.

There were many members of the Chen family's outer circle around Chen Qian's residence, and everyone was naturally very familiar with each other, greeting each other constantly along the way.

Many people knew about Chen Qian being struck by lightning and wanted to come over to hear the gossip. There were quite a few who were very interested in learning more, but Chen Qian really had no intention of being polite. He returned to his residence and refused to have any guests.

After all, his face still looked a bit pale. Seeing him close the door, many people, though still wanting more, didn't feel anything was wrong. It was normal for them to want to rest early.

Chen Qian had no intention of arguing with the others; in reality, he was extremely excited and couldn't wait to explore the Gray Pearl world.

Taking advantage of a break in the journey, Chen Qian quickly freshened up and shook off the dust and grime.

In his anxiety, it wasn't long before he finally felt the true energy surging in his meridians, and the initial transformation of his body was finally completed.

Chen Qian also officially possessed his special physique: the Chaotic Spirit Body.

At the same time, the chaotic spirits began to revive.

The most important characteristic of this special constitution is its ability to contain and absorb energy of any kind in the world.

In the world of cultivation, spiritual energy is omnipresent, except in special environments such as those areas devoid of spiritual energy.

But besides Reiki, there are many other forms of energy.

For example, demonic energy, monster energy, ghost energy, yin energy, evil energy, etc.

Although they have different names, they can all be seen as special kinds of spiritual energy, just different forms of energy, each containing different characteristics.

However, as long as it is energy, the Chaos Spirit can absorb and utilize it.

Chen Qian currently has no cultivation techniques, so his Chaotic Spirit Body can only passively absorb spiritual energy, which is extremely slow.

His soul is not yet fully formed, and all his senses are very vague.

He focused his mind and concentrated on sensing, and only then did he begin to feel a slight energy slowly gathering in his meridians through the 108,000 pores of his body, gradually flowing towards his dantian.

It was so slow, and the sensation was so faint.

After nearly half an hour, the first wisp of spiritual energy finally gathered in the dantian.

After this wisp of spiritual energy took shape, it started circulating from Chen Qian's dantian, following the meridians opened up by the internal energy cultivation method.

Strangely enough, Chen Qian's original internal energy in his dantian was extremely powerful, and he should have had an overwhelming advantage over the newly generated spiritual energy.

But these true energies, like soldiers meeting their general, all made way for the circulating spiritual energy.

After circulating for one cycle, the wisp of spiritual energy was refined and transformed into Chen Qian's own magical power.

Chen Qian was very excited because he knew that he was no longer the useless person who didn't even have spiritual roots.

(End of this chapter)