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

Chapter 60: Dividing the Army into Three Groups! Foundation Establishment Ancestor!

Xiaoqing was also very excited to be able to leave the cramped spirit beast bag.

But it immediately sensed its master's anxious mood, flapped its wings, and a gust of wind rose up, and it flew quickly toward the mouth of the valley.

Chen Qian suddenly realized that he wondered how many days he would be gone.

If I don't inform the two girls, won't they be worried to death?

But this rescue was extremely urgent, how could I allow myself to go back and inform them?
He was about to speak but then stopped himself.

Chen Yunyi flipped her hand, and a talisman appeared between her two fingers. After whispering a few words, she flicked her hand, and the talisman quickly flew towards Chen Qian's courtyard.

"I have already informed Yunxi and the others, so there's no need to worry about it for now."

Chen Qian breathed a sigh of relief and said gratefully, "That's good."

"By the way, where did your father-in-law encounter danger?"

"I don't know," Chen Yunyi said without turning her head.

Chen Qian: "Huh!?"

How do we save people?

"You know there's a distress signal on the family nameplate, right?"

In the blink of an eye, Xiaoqing had already flown across the junction of the inner and outer valleys.

"Oh! I know."

Chen Qian immediately recalled what his fifth uncle, Chen Hongwei, had said when he distributed the family nameplates.

Chen Yunyi said on the day she returned that Chen Hongming and his group went to the Beast Taming Sect to exchange for supplies, and after so many days, they should be on their way back.

So, it must have been that they encountered danger on their way home.

"According to the itinerary known to my father and his group, they should return to the valley between today and tomorrow."

"Judging from their speed, the location where they just encountered danger should be within ten thousand miles."

"There are three routes to choose from from the Beast Taming Sect's Wanling City to Phoenix Forest Valley."

"The directions are roughly the same, but the routes are at least thousands of miles apart."

"To keep their whereabouts confidential, normally when traveling long distances, the route is decided on the spot."

"Therefore, we had no choice but to split our forces into three groups to search."

Chen Yunyi knew that Chen Qian had no experience, so she explained in great detail.

After saying a few words, Xiaoqing landed at the mouth of the valley.

At this moment, the entrance to Fenglin Valley was filled with a chilling atmosphere.

In the center of the valley entrance, an old man in a gray robe gazed solemnly into the valley.

He looked to be around sixty years old, with few wrinkles on his face and a short stature, but he resembled a volcano that had accumulated immense power and was on the verge of erupting.

It was none other than Chen Rui'ang, the ancestor of the Chen family who was in the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment!
He stood with his hands behind his back, his robes fluttering even without wind, and his Foundation Establishment aura caused fallen leaves within a ten-zhang radius to suspend in mid-air.

Chen Yunyi and Chen Qian were among the first to arrive.

"Ancestor!"

The two bowed in greeting.

Chen Ruiang waved his hand and stared at Chen Qian for a few moments with some surprise.

But he didn't say anything.

Shortly after Xiaoqing landed, several whooshing sounds came from behind her.

The first to arrive at the valley entrance was Elder Chen Ruiyang, the guardian of the family's secret vault.

He was piloting a gourd-shaped flying magical artifact, upon which stood twelve cultivators dressed in red armor.

The second group of people arrived shortly after.

Leading the group was Chen Hongfeng, the Second Elder and guardian of the family's scripture library.

His flying artifact is a common style: a first-tier superior artifact, the Willow Leaf Boat.

There were more than ten cultivators standing on the boat at the moment, including the Second Elder, the Third Elder, and the Eighth Elder.

The others were all core members of the Chen family at the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

Once the old patriarch Chen Ruiang saw that everyone had arrived, he flipped his hand and threw several talismans at each of the three groups of people in front of him.

In a flash, he appeared in mid-air, leaving only a string of voice transmissions behind.

"I'll go down the middle; Ruiyang down the left; Hongfeng down the right, with Yunyi and Hongfeng working together."

"If nothing is found in the middle route, I will choose one route to patrol back to the valley."

The sound was still echoing when the person vanished from sight. Only the whistling sound of something cutting through the air remained.

"There's no time to lose, let's set off immediately."

Elder Chen Ruiyang didn't say much. He made a hand seal, and the gourd-shaped flying artifact took off and flew to the left.

Before Second Elder Chen Hongfeng could speak, Chen Yunyi put away the talisman given to her by the ancestor and spoke first:

"Xiao Qing is flying faster, I'll go ahead and search! Second Elder, just be ready to provide support at any time."

With a pat on Xiaoqing's head, the gray-blue bird let out a long cry, took flight, and quickly darted to the right.

Xiao Qing was extremely fast; in just a few breaths, the valley entrance behind her was no longer visible.

The robes worn by Chen Qian and Chen Yunyi were of superior grade or higher, and the ability to transform into wind was just a standard feature.

Therefore, although Xiaoqing flew very fast, the two of them felt as if a gentle breeze was blowing on their faces, and it did not affect their communication.

This was the first time Chen Qian had ever looked down at the earth from such a high angle.

Although I am feeling somewhat depressed and nervous because I am on a search and rescue mission, I still feel a little excited deep down.

Using the Artifact Control Technique to fly on a sword within the valley, the height is only a few dozen stories high, not as expansive as the view from a skyscraper on Earth in my previous life.

"What kind of talisman did the ancestor just throw over?"

"Of course, it's a communication talisman."

The world of cultivation is vast, making communication a major challenge.

It is said that high-level cultivators above the Core Formation stage will generally refine some communication-type magic treasures to meet the needs of communication over extremely long distances.

But Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivators definitely can't afford it.

They could only use inexpensive communication tools, namely message symbols.

Cheap goods naturally have many restrictions.

The first limitation is that first-order messengers are one-time use only, while second-order messengers, although capable of multiple communications, are dozens of times more expensive than first-order messengers.

Even a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator would find it painful to use.

The second limitation is, of course, the limitation of distance.

A first-order communication talisman can only transmit messages within a thousand miles, while a second-order talisman can only transmit messages within a three-thousand-mile range.

If the recipient is beyond the maximum distance, it is impossible to trigger the sending of the message.

The third limitation is that the messages that can be transmitted are very short, with a storage capacity of only a few sentences.

The ancestor just gave us a second-tier communication talisman, which can be used to send messages up to ten times, but it costs more than a hundred spirit stones.

It is usually nurtured with magical power and divine sense, and given away when needed. After sending out a message, it will return to its owner.

The information can only be heard by its owner; if it is intercepted, it will spontaneously combust and self-destruct instantly.

When they first set off, Chen Yunyi informed Chen Yunxi that the communication talisman she used was not of the highest rank and could only be used within the valley. The great formation would help notify the recipient, so the recipient did not need to nurture it with their magic power.

Xiaoqing flew at an unusually high altitude and at an extremely fast speed.

Chen Qian was very curious. What if they missed the patriarch's team because they were so far away?
Chen Yunyi understood Chen Qian's doubts. It was normal for him not to know the situation when he was leaving the family for the first time to participate in a family action.

She patiently explained, "Once you leave the family's grand formation, the family nameplates will resonate with each other within a hundred miles."

"Because we've been together all the time, the nameplates don't trigger any connection between us."

“We will sense each other as long as the distance between us exceeds one mile.”

"I see."

"If my father-in-law and the others have deviated from the normal route by more than a hundred miles, wouldn't it be very difficult to find them?"

"Yes, so not every rescue can save a person. Many times, it depends on fate."

These words were filled with a sense of helplessness.

She was also full of worry for her father.

Ultimately, it comes down to their lack of strength.

If a True Monarch at the early Nascent Soul stage were to come to the rescue, the distance of ten thousand miles would be covered in a quarter of an hour, and the rescue could be initiated from hundreds of miles away upon discovering the danger.

Even in a seemingly hopeless situation, they might be able to be saved.

While the two were talking, Xiaoqing had already flown a thousand miles.

It is a first-grade high-quality agile spirit beast with extremely fast flight speed. Its instantaneous top speed can approach that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and it can maintain 60-70% of its maximum speed during long-term flight.

It is easy to travel more than 10,000 miles a day.

(End of this chapter)