Why is my Hundred Lifetimes Book different?

In Qihuang City, there was an alchemist named Yao Fangfei.

Although she is a female cultivator, she is a master cultivator at the fifth level of Qi Refining and has established her own sect and clan.

She also had three husbands whose cultivation levels were lower than hers, and they had eleven children.

When Ren Qingshan learned of this matter after making inquiries from various sources, he was greatly surprised. Could there really be such a heroine among women?

However, in the path of cultivation, those who attain enlightenment are respected, and those with cultivation are just as capable as men.

Ren Qingshan learned of this for no other reason than to seek help for Jiang Xingye before going to Tianxu.

As a senior cultivator in Qihuang City, Yao Fangfei was taught alchemy by her family through a separate academy. The academy did not record the disciples' names, but only charged them money to pass on the teachings.

This is also a path to legitimate income.

So Ren Qingshan made a trip to Qihuang City, met with Yao Fangfei, and they had a very pleasant conversation.

I paid tuition of 10,000 spirit stones.

So Jiang Xingye was allowed to enter the Yao family academy to refine his alchemy skills for three years.

This matter...

Bai Xiaoyu was extremely grateful and personally hosted a banquet to thank his master on behalf of his son.

She had recently heard about what was happening in Tiandu City.

My son's master is truly remarkable!

Having cultivated foundational divine abilities, killed the eldest son of the Zheng family, and become a favorite of the Jin family, his future is truly bright!

Now, she has found a renowned teacher for her son, which is like giving her a second life.

Ren Qingshan was quite satisfied with her.

This woman is obedient.

Recently, they have indeed been modifying the ninth-grade Taoist technique that has undergone a complete transformation.

She has already achieved some success, but her beauty has faded by five-tenths, transforming her into an ordinary-looking woman with a slightly aged appearance, inconspicuous in a crowd.

During the meal, she laughed and said: Only when the night is deep and quiet can I put away my Taoist magic, look in the mirror, admire myself, and avoid forgetting my true self.

Ren Qingshan's heart stirred slightly.

The fact that she said that suggests she's already trying to seduce me.

But they didn't say anything, just chatted about random things, and then gracefully left.

Do not corrupt my resolve!

Even the noble lady of the Jin family couldn't stop me!

……

After resolving the matter in Qihuang City, Ren Qingshan immediately headed to Zhenbei City.

Now that the Zheng family's major troubles have been eliminated, they have been dealt with jointly by the Jin, Liang, and Gongsun families.

The Zheng family members were either killed or imprisoned in the Celestial Prison; the women were sent to the brothels, the young children were sent to almshouses, and the mortals were exiled to the coastal regions...

Except for a few members of the Zheng family, who entered Tianxu in advance to avoid disaster.

The once-great family has been completely wiped out.

The dark clouds overhead have completely dispersed!

In Zhenbei City, he has a wife who has been cultivating Qi for five years and a young son. Now they can meet openly and honestly.

Zhenbei City is, after all, Liang family territory.

Recently, the situation in the Liang family has become somewhat precarious.

The Liang family patriarch was seriously injured, but the Liang family also obtained the Heavenly Creation Instrument, which was like a child holding gold in the marketplace.

Despite the support of the Jin family, he was guilty of possessing a treasure.

Yesterday, the Liang family fought several battles with another Foundation Establishment family, the Donghai Chou family, over a chance encounter.

Two members of the clan were killed.

Qiu Jiasheng.

The enemy family, though both being among the lower three families, was not as powerful as the Liang family before. However, as the Liang family patriarch went into seclusion to heal his injuries, the enemy family decided to take the initiative to attack.

A guess began to form in Ren Qingshan's mind.

—Giving the Heavenly Creation Instrument to the Liang family, or perhaps it's Jin Qianyuan's open scheme!

When the Liang family can no longer hold on, they will naturally seek help from the Jin family. How could the Jin family be left out of the opportunities calculated by the Heavenly Creation Instrument?

This is the situation in the Immortal Sect!

Everyone's plotting!

Everyone's calculating!

Everyone's competing!

The Ren family is currently weak and isolated, but fortunately, they have the Jin family as their backer, so they are safe and sound. They should just quietly accumulate strength for now.

Arrive at Zhenbeicheng.

After picking up his wife and son, and taking Ren Jiangtao, Ren Yonglei, and Ren Bingce with him, Ren Qingshan returned directly to Tiandu.

Tiandu City.

My father has resigned as county magistrate and is currently preparing to establish a trading company based on the concept of "Gold and Stone Returning to Origin," mainly dealing in materials for refining weapons, and also selling some common pills and talismans, in order to open up new avenues for wealth.

As for the Qi Refining Talismans of the younger generation of the family... now that the Immortal Sect's supply has greatly increased, as long as there are enough spirit stones, they can simply go and buy them.

Only spirit seeds are truly expensive.

True Qi must be sought out personally.

But can anything be perfect?

Managing a family is not like raising pigs. The family will provide the resources it can provide, and if it cannot, the family members will have to work hard for them.

Ren Qingshan occasionally recalls his past "traveling thousands of miles to set up a bowl", only to feel that the past is like a dream, and the world has changed.

My father often used this incident to educate and encourage the younger generation in the clan.

Our predecessors worked tirelessly and overcame countless hardships to build the foundation we have today. If future generations do not strive forward, they will be utterly destroyed!

……

This day.

sunny.

The sky was clear and the air was fresh.

The first city of the Twenty-Eight Constellations City of the Immortal Sect is Jiao Su Pass.

Standing beneath the massive city gate, Ren Qingshan handed his waist token to the guarding cultivator, whose identity was rigorously verified before he was allowed to enter.

The predecessors of the Immortal Sect, drawing on their own life-and-death experiences, created an incomplete geomantic map of the Heavenly Ruins for future generations. They also combined this with their experience of the Heavenly Ruins being invaded by the Qi of the Ruins several times, and built these twenty-eight Star Cities.

It is both an entrance and a place of suppression.

Each city corresponds to a different Heavenly Ruins.

Starting from the first city, the further you go, the greater the danger becomes.

In recent years, the entrance to the Heavenly Ruins corresponding to Jiao Su City has been the least dangerous, and the place where the most cultivators have returned alive.

However, this is not absolute. The danger ranking between cities and passes will be adjusted based on the number of cultivators who return safely and the intelligence they provide.

Every few years, depending on the circumstances, a new city gate would be built.

Overall, the situation is under control.

As Ren Qingshan entered the city of Jiaosu, he saw a chilling atmosphere everywhere along the street.

The architecture is simple and rugged.

The cultivators coming and going mostly had fierce and wary expressions.

Even the shop assistants on both sides of the street had a somewhat domineering air about them.

Ren Qingshan circled around the city, then took Jin Wujiu's letter and went to the town lord's mansion.

After the gatekeeper announced my arrival, I met Jin Fengming, who entertained me with tea and conversation.

Upon receiving the letter, the person was exceptionally enthusiastic.

They talked for over an hour, explaining to Ren Qingshan the things he needed to pay attention to after entering, and issued a jade talisman for going to Tianxu on the spot.

Having obtained the jade token and left the city lord's mansion, Ren Qingshan couldn't help but feel a sense of joy.

The sky's the limit!

The sea is wide enough for fish to leap!

Tianxu... I'm here!

……

Before me was a hazy, gray sky.

This is the air of ruins.

Void Qi is a mixed spiritual energy that cultivators cannot directly refine.

The Twenty-Eight Constellations City of the Immortal Sect is both a suppression and a great formation for purifying spiritual energy.

A portion of the spiritual energy exhaled by each cultivator's Qi Refining Talisman comes from the Heavenly Ruins.

The other part came from the land veins of the Great Qi.

Ren Qingshan only learned about this matter—the secret of the Qi Refining Talisman—while chatting with Jin Fengming.

A sense of melancholy welled up within me.

This is roughly what it means to live within one's means.

The tax on spiritual practice is largely due to this.

Once cultivators of the Qinghua Immortal Sect enter the Heavenly Ruins, their Qi Refining Talismans become ineffective, and they can only utilize their own spiritual power and replenish it with spirit stones.

If spiritual power is used up, then true qi is used; if true qi is used up, then divine thought, wealth, natal artifact, spirit, soul... use whatever you have until the oil is used up and the lamp is extinguished.

Therefore, many cultivators who returned from Tianxu experienced a drop in their cultivation level.

But it also contains a wealth of resources!

The spiritual energy of the Immortal Sect is suppressed, and it only revives once every sixty years, with a concentration far inferior to that of the Heavenly Ruins.

Here, numerous naturally occurring spiritual creatures possess talents that cultivators lack, such as the ability to purify the void energy for their own cultivation.

For cultivators, it is an excellent resource.

However... there are cultivators everywhere who have suffered tribulations.

After entering the city of Jiaosu, there is a place called "Eight Hundred Peaks of Absolute Heaven".

The eight hundred peaks of Juetian have witnessed the tribulations of many cultivators.

Not only those who escaped from the Qinghua Immortal Sect, but also cultivators from who-knows-where, strange beings born in the Tianxu native territory, even the divine souls left behind after the fall of great cultivators, intelligent artifact spirits, severed limbs, and many other bizarre things.

There was speculation about a major overhaul...

Perhaps once upon a time, Tianxu was the center of the entire world.

The Qinghua Immortal Sect of today is but a drop in the ocean after its shattering.

"call out!"

As soon as Ren Qingshan landed, he saw a golden arrow flying from who-knows-where, its golden light dazzling like the blazing sun, heading straight for his head.

Without any warning or preparation, there was no warning whatsoever.

Ren Qingshan was not surprised but delighted!

coming!

The supplies have arrived!

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