Sect Leader! Please strengthen our Dao Sect!

After finishing speaking, Qian Duoduo ignored Xu Hu, acting like a proud and chubby little man, and silently snatched the axe from Li Daniu's hand and went to the side.

Xu Hu was still staring blankly at the pill in his hand. It wasn't that he suspected the pill was poisonous, but he was hesitant about whether to return it to Qian Duoduo.

He Wenzheng patted Xu Hu's arm. Actually, he wanted to pat the other's shoulder, but this guy, who was younger than him, was really tall.

"Eat it. The pills from the Qian family of Jiangling are renowned far and wide. This one is the Dragon-Tiger Pill, which is not only a precious medicine for healing injuries, but also for strengthening the body and nourishing the vital energy. Although it cannot compare to the Qi Refining Pill, it is still quite popular among rogue cultivators and is very valuable."

Xu Hu frowned. He was a man of few words, not good at communicating with others, and unwilling to owe anyone favors.

"Too expensive."

"It's nothing to him. Given his personality, if you don't eat it, you'll offend him."

He Wenzheng offered another word of advice, then rolled up his sleeves, ready to continue working. This once refined scholar had been putting in so much physical exertion lately that he was practically building muscle, and his demeanor had become somewhat rugged.

"Brother Tiger, why don't you eat it? I don't quite understand what Wenzheng means, what's this about strengthening the foundation... Anyway, it should be beneficial."

Li Daniu kept chuckling and scratching his head.

"good!"

After hesitating for a moment, Xu Hu stopped dawdling and swallowed the pill.

Watching this scene from afar, Li Qinggang sighed inwardly and silently swung the axe in his hand.

He was born into a merchant family and was very shrewd and resourceful from a young age. His father did not have the aptitude for cultivation, so he placed all his hopes on him.

He even spent a fortune to hire a high-level Qi cultivator to help him draw Qi into his body.

When Li's father heard that a sect in Qingyang County was recruiting disciples, and that a Foundation Establishment cultivator was accepting apprentices, he was extremely excited and immediately sent Li Qinggang over.

But this immortal sect... doesn't seem to be what he imagined.

More importantly, it seems that the others who joined the immortal sect with him don't like him very much.

The reason Li Qinggang chose to become Liu Jiujiang's apprentice was entirely due to the influence of his father's business career since childhood.

Merchants admire power and official positions. He was actually unaware of Liu Jiujiang's reputation; he was simply attracted by the latter's status as a county magistrate.

"Do me a favor and hold this wooden stake up; I need to lay the foundation."

Li Qing was lost in thought when a calm voice came from beside him.

Han Wuming pointed to the sharpened wooden stake he was holding, gesturing for Li Qinggang to come and support it.

"Okay."

Li Qinggang put down his axe, jogged over, and took over from Han Wuming to support the wooden stake.

However, when he saw Han Wuming swing the sledgehammer, ready to smash it, he couldn't help but swallow hard and subconsciously said, "Uh... aim a little better."

boom! boom! boom!

With three consecutive hammer blows, each striking the same spot and with almost identical force, the wooden stake sank into the ground by a third in a short time.

This scene left Li Qinggang stunned. Xu Hu was enormous, like an iron tower, and his superhuman strength was beyond words.

How come this Han Wuming, who looks so thin and weak, has such great strength? Moreover, his power exertion and technique are extremely well controlled.

Li Qinggang felt that when Han Wuming swung his hammer, it seemed to generate some kind of momentum.

This guy said before that he once plotted to kill a cultivator at the second level of Qi Refining. Could it be true?

……

"Dinner's ready!"

A lithe, graceful figure moved nimbly through the mountains like an elf, appearing before everyone in a few breaths.

The six of them put down what they were doing and rushed impatiently toward Shen Lingxi, who was carrying a large iron pot.

Originally, Shen Shanshui intended for Shen Lingxi to go into seclusion for a period of time after the New Year. However, considering that these disciples were not yet cultivators and needed to eat three meals a day, he postponed this.

Shen Lingxi was naturally very happy about this, but what made her even happier was that she, as a senior uncle, had gained many more junior nephews.

Everyone's rice bowl was filled to the brim, even He Wenzheng, a scholar who usually didn't eat much.

"I'm starving!"

Qian Duoduo shoveled mouthfuls of rice into his mouth, reminiscing about all the delicacies he had eaten before. Now, he was so excited to be able to eat a bowl of fragrant rice that he almost cried.

Shen Lingxi sat on a piece of wood, her head in her hands, quietly watching the group, appearing harmless.

However, none of the six people present, including Qian Duoduo, dared to underestimate Shen Lingxi.

When Shen Lingxi first came to deliver food, Qian Duoduo complained about the lack of meat and fish, even saying some unpleasant things.

Then Qian Duoduo was thrown a hundred meters high by Shen Lingxi, experiencing a bungee jump on the spot, with her soul chasing after her body.

It was only then that the group realized that this beautiful girl, who looked even younger than Tang Yan, was the junior uncle Tang Yan had mentioned.

"Lingxi... Uncle-Master... when does Master plan to pass on the cultivation techniques to us?"

Qian Duoduo quickly finished the rice in her bowl, let out a burp, and asked the question that everyone was eagerly anticipating.

"I don't know, it's hard to fathom what my senior is thinking."

Shen Lingxi pouted, rhythmically tapping her pink cheeks with her fingers, looking incredibly cute.

Hearing this, everyone was visibly disappointed. They were now only one step away from embarking on cultivation, and their expectations were practically overflowing.

"But don't worry, you'll progress quickly by following your senior brother in your cultivation."

Xiao Yanzi was just an ordinary person a little over a year ago, but now he's already at the fifth level of Qi Refining.

"Ahem... You are all the rising sun, the hope for the future of the immortal sect!"

Shen Lingxi deliberately used a mature voice, imitating her senior brother's tone.

Little did she know that her simple words would have an explosive effect on others.

"What?!"

Qian Duoduo had just picked up the water bag and taken a sip of water when he suddenly sprayed it all out.

Others, including He Wenzheng, might find it hard to understand how shocking it is to break through from an ordinary person to the fifth level of Qi Refining in less than two years, but he knows it all too well.

"Goodness gracious, he's even more powerful than my freak! If Fatty had this talent, he could walk sideways in Jiangling City, why would he need to come all this way?"

"Is it that impressive?"

Shen Lingxi didn't know why Qian Duoduo was reacting so strongly. She knew that Tang Yan possessed a Pure Yang Dao Body, but she didn't think that the Dao Body's talent was that powerful.

This is mainly because Shen Shanshui and Shen Lingxi are making extremely rapid progress in their Qi cultivation, and there is a lack of comparative reference.

"That's not impressive enough, Uncle-Master. What's your cultivation level?"

Qian Duoduo was speechless, her eyes practically rolling to the sky.

Little did he know that his sarcastic remark would elicit an even more explosive response from Shen Lingxi.

"You're almost at the ninth level of Qi Refining, right? But you're still far behind your senior brother. He reached the peak of Qi Refining at the age of thirteen, while I was only eight years old at the time and had only just started cultivating."

When her senior brother was mentioned, Shen Lingxi couldn't help but smile.

Upon hearing this, everyone present fell silent, not just Qian Duoduo.

A thirteen-year-old reaching the pinnacle of Qi cultivation? Of these people, Xu Hu is fifteen, He Wenzheng is seventeen, and the others are twelve or thirteen.

In other words, before they had even officially entered the age of cultivation, Shen Shanshui had already reached the end of the Qi Refining stage!

Soon, everyone realized an even more shocking problem.

Shen Shanshui reached the Qi Refining Perfection stage at the age of thirteen, which means that... their sect leader is not a Foundation Establishment True Person who is deliberately pretending to be young, but is actually that young!

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