Ordinary People: Starting with the Chen Clan

Therefore, what awaited him at the beginning was not a smooth transfer of power, but rather the need to snatch power from other major factions, which would greatly delay his time.

With the invasion of the demonic path imminent, he had no time to waste on such matters.

Introducing the Chen family of Xizhou into the Yanyue Sect, although it creates factions, will not cause any significant disturbances for the sect as long as he doesn't allow too many members to join at once, given the sect's size.

Chen Xuanzhou's initial goal was not to acquire a lot of resources for the Chen family, but to develop the population. Therefore, there would not be much conflict in the early stages, and he only needed to focus on cultivation.

Only when one's cultivation level is high enough will he be qualified to sit at the table and share the cake.

"Elder, I must apologize again!"

Chen Xuanzhou bowed, wanting to say more, but was stopped by a large hand, preventing him from bending down.

"There's no need for that; everyone makes different choices."

Although Chen Shangyu felt it was a pity, he did not try to persuade him further.

"Alright, tell me what you lack most right now. We can't let this opportunity slip by. Anyone who wants it has to offer something in return."

Hearing Chen Shangyu say this, Chen Xuanzhou was slightly pleased. The elder was indeed a good person. He had already spoken up for him without Chen Shangyu even having to bring it up himself. Naturally, he would not let the elder down.

"Elder, my cultivation level is still low. In order to achieve a good ranking in the Ascension Tournament, I need a good cultivation environment to help me cultivate faster."

Another issue is the lack of a suitable magical artifact, ideally one that amplifies spells, allowing the younger generation to fully utilize their strengths.

Over the years, because I have always been within the family, I have not purchased many magical artifacts. Moreover, if I want to buy good magical artifacts, I can only go to the large market where the seven sects are located, which is too troublesome.

Therefore, his best magical artifact was just an ordinary high-level magical artifact, the Blazing Bracelet, which could only amplify fire-attribute spells slightly.

Furthermore, as his cultivation level improved and his understanding of magic deepened, even this slight boost became negligible. Its only effect was to reduce consumption by less than 10%.

It's quite a useless feature.

"Alright, that's a small matter. We'll definitely have them bring out a few top-grade magic artifacts for you to choose from. There are also a few suitable places for seclusion within the ancestral land. We'll have them make room for those when the time comes."

"Then the three of us will take our leave!"

After finishing his business, Chen Xuanzhou did not linger any longer. He bowed once more before leaving the courtyard with his parents.

"Here you go, I can't accept your talisman for nothing."

A porcelain bottle was tossed over, and Chen Xuanzhou caught it instinctively. Seeing the other person's calm expression, he opened it and a rich medicinal fragrance wafted out.

"Blood Marrow Pill!"

Chen Xuanzhou said with some uncertainty.

"Hehe, you have good taste. With this bottle of elixir, reaching the late stage of Qi Refining will only take a month or two. In three years, don't tarnish the reputation of the Chen family of Xizhou."

Chen Xuanzhou didn't say thank you, but simply bowed respectfully before leaving the courtyard with his parents.

After returning home, he told his parents and went straight into the meditation room, where he set up a defensive array to isolate himself from the outside world and began his seclusion.

For no other reason than that bottle of Blood Marrow Pills. This is a top-grade pill for those in the Qi Refining stage, with potent medicinal properties that can help break through bottlenecks.

If that were all, it wouldn't be anything special. The real value of the Blood Marrow Pill lies in the fact that after a breakthrough, it can solidify the foundation and prevent any instability in magical power.

The other party was actually being too conservative. With this elixir, he could immediately enter the late stage of Qi Refining. Even without this elixir, he could refine himself for a month or two and then break through smoothly.

This time, the other party didn't just give ten, but twenty-six. This is very likely their entire stock, otherwise they wouldn't have been unable to gather a complete set.

Such elixirs are extremely rare and hard to find on the market, which is why those powerful families have remained prosperous for so long; each of them has its own treasured secrets.

He poured out one of the pills and subconsciously wanted to incorporate the hundred strands of incense, but hesitated for a moment and then took out a white condensed bead and combined the two together.

The once plump pill instantly turned into something as if it had been left untouched for over a hundred years, weathering away and disappearing with the wind.

Only a single pearl the size of a fruit pit remained, and not a trace of its fragrance wafted out.

Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Xuanzhou took out another white condensed bead, swallowed it orally, and slapped his forehead with it.

As soon as the pill entered his stomach, a pure and explosive medicinal power swept through his entire body. Fortunately, Chen Xuanzhou did not hold back and with the condensing pearl, he accurately controlled the medicinal power throughout his body.

Not a single ounce was wasted; everything was under precise control, operating the entire body.

The bottleneck that didn't exist in the late stage of Qi Refining was instantly overcome, and the medicinal effects went far beyond that, because Chen Xuanzhou's foundation was already solid, so he didn't need any pills to detoxify.

Therefore, almost 80% of the remaining medicinal power of the pill was used to expand the dantian. Under Chen Xuanzhou's perfect control, the dantian was more than twice as wide as the dantian of the same level recorded in the clan.

It is also more stable, but with such a wide dantian, the magical power inside seems somewhat thin.

Chen Xuanzhou was multitasking, continuing to refine the medicinal power to stabilize his dantian and qi sea, while pouring out spirit stones from his storage bag. Wisps of incense continuously blended into the stones, and soon spirit crystals appeared in his hand.

Even though he has already broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining, the purity of these spirit crystals is more than enough to satisfy him, and he can even use them until he reaches the Foundation Establishment stage.

It's just that the amount is a bit insufficient. He might need a large amount of spirit crystals after cultivating for a while.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but he had already changed the spirit crystal in his hand, and his aura had long since stabilized.

With a whoosh, Chen Xuanzhou opened his eyes, his gaze calm and serene, revealing nothing but a deep, unassuming quality.

Instead of getting up, he pointed at himself with one hand, and a gentle breeze swept by, taking nothing away, but Chen Xuanzhou felt a little cleaner.

After breaking through to the seventh level of Qi Refining, Chen Xuanzhou did not rush to come out of seclusion. It had only been less than half a day since he went into seclusion, and it would be too shocking to go out now.

"Since I have nothing else to do, I'll make a talisman."

Since I have nothing better to do, I might as well improve my control over my magical power after my cultivation level has been raised by making talismans.

Instead of immediately increasing the intensity, he started with the Vajra Talisman, which he was most familiar with.

He picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, and wrote with the same smoothness as always, without any difference despite his magical power doubling. Indeed, in terms of accumulated magical power, he was now no weaker than a cultivator at the tenth level of Qi Refining.