Cultivating a family of immortals

North of Changkong Xianzhou lies Qingxi County, and further north, passing through several cities, lies a vast ocean.

The sea is dotted with countless islands, large and small, all occupied by various immortal cultivation families. This place is also called... Qiongzhou Immortal Realm.

Qiongzhou Immortal Realm is extremely special. The islands are indeed inhabited by various immortal cultivation families. These families often fight fiercely to compete for islands with spiritual veins, resulting in endless wars. However, there are actually more spiritual veins in the sea, but the families dare not go down to the sea to compete for them.

This is because the seabed is the habitat of the demon race.

The demon clans beneath the sea are even larger, and they are not based on surnames but rather on species.

Among them, the Jiaolong clan is the most powerful.

Unlike the scattered immortal cultivation families, the demon race usually responds to a call, and the dragon race is the leader of the demon race.

The patriarch of the Jiaolong clan did not establish a sect, but rather existed as a family tribe, with the patriarch possessing the cultivation level of a Golden Core Ancestor.

He had three sons: the eldest was Ao Run, the second was Ao Ming, and the third was Ao Yan.

When the three brothers were all at the first level of Qi Refining, they had already transformed into human form. After cultivating for a thousand years, they had long since entered the Purple Mansion Realm.

They often transformed into human form to travel in the fairy realm of Qiongzhou. The beauty of the human world was no less than the dullness of the seabed, and the three brothers enjoyed themselves immensely.

One day, the three brothers were about to go ashore to Xianzhou when they were suddenly summoned by the clan chief, who said there was something important to discuss.

The clan's council hall was built on a spiritual vein beneath the sea, surrounded by a thousand-foot-long azure water mist. The water ripples remained solid and did not disperse, enveloping the entire hall into a tranquil realm independent of the raging waves.

Upon entering the clan's council hall, the clan chief of the Jiaolong clan, who was also the father of the three brothers, sat at the head of the table. Below him was a stone platform with a small green bottle on it.

After the three brothers bowed to their father, Ao Run asked:

"Father, what is the purpose of summoning us here?"

The clan leader was called Ao Shuang. He was tall and straight. Although he was a human transformed from a dragon, he was not rough at all. Instead, he had a dignified and aloof air about him.

He was nearly seven feet tall, with broad, flat shoulders, deep-set eyes, and slanted, sword-like eyebrows that swept into his temples, making him incredibly imposing.

"The jade bottle contains three drops of [Bodhi Liquid], prepared for the three of you to advance to the Golden Core Realm."

The three brothers were overjoyed upon hearing this.

"Father, the time for our family's Bodhi Root to condense [Bodhi Elixir] has not yet arrived. Where did you steal it from?"

Ao Shuang calmly said, "Naturally, it was taken from the immortal clans of Qiongzhou Immortal Realm. The three of you are all very talented, and the elders of your clans are willing to help you. Go and find a place to refine this item. Also, you are absolutely not allowed to go to Qiongzhou Immortal Realm again in the near future. The Dragon Slayer may have already arrived."

The three brothers thanked their father, took the small green bottle, and left the main hall.

Back in Ao Run's bedchamber, the three brothers sat cross-legged, and the youngest, Ao Yan, couldn't wait to speak:

"Brother, now that we have obtained the [Bodhi Elixir], we have finally put our minds at ease. Why not take another trip to the Qiongzhou Immortal Realm? After returning and advancing to the Golden Core stage, we will have a completely different state of mind! At that time, the sky will be high and the seas wide, and the Qiongzhou Immortal Realm will be ours to roam freely!"

Ao Run reached out and gently tapped his head, laughing:

"All he does all day is play. Father said he's not allowed to go to the Immortal Realm these days, because that Dragon Slayer might be coming."

Ao Yan pouted and said angrily:

"That damned Dragon Slayer has slaughtered countless members of our people! Why doesn't Father lead the others to kill it?"

The second brother, Ao Ming, sighed from the side, "The Dragon Slayer is incredibly powerful and possesses profound cultivation. I've vaguely heard my father mention that he is indeed a Golden Core cultivator, but the sword he wields is the Dragon Slayer Sword, specifically designed to subdue us dragons. Even the legendary true dragons dare not oppose him!"

"Second brother, if what you say is true, then wouldn't he be able to wipe out our entire clan by going to sea all by himself?" Ao Yan retorted.

"You brat... even your father treats you with such caution, how can we be careless?" Ao Ming patted his head.

Ao Yan, being extremely mischievous, sneered and said, "My two brothers, there's no need to talk about these things. Just tell me, are you going or not?"

Ao Run and Ao Ming exchanged a glance and suddenly burst into laughter.

"Go, of course I'll go! Third brother, don't look down on your two older brothers!"

After saying that, the three of them burst into laughter.

That very night, the three of them sneaked up to the Immortal Realm of Qiongzhou, randomly found an island, and began to have fun in the taverns of its city.

For several days in a row, the three of them had nothing to do, so they became even more dissolute.

On the seventh day, the three were drinking and making merry in a private room when they encountered a man wearing a bamboo hat and a linen raincoat.

The man had a broken knife hanging from his waist.

The blade is broad and thick, with half of the blade showing signs of chipping and dark brown rust.

The man lifted the bamboo curtain, walked straight in, sat down, and picked up the wine on the small table to drink.

Ao Yan, his eyes glazed over from drinking, shouted angrily:

"Where did this prodigal come from? Do you even know how many spirit stones this wine is worth? How dare you drink it without asking?"

The people served at this restaurant are all cultivators, and the strongest among them are only around the Foundation Establishment stage.

The three brothers, living in this city, naturally dared to claim invincible existence, and therefore were not afraid of trouble.

The man laughed:

"I drink human wine, so I am a human being. You three are not from this world, so what's wrong with drinking your wine?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ao Yan's eyes cleared up instantly.

The three brothers secretly used their spiritual power to dispel the effects of the alcohol. Ao Run asked cautiously:

"May I ask who you are...?"

The man smiled and said, "You dragons like to call me the 'Dragon Slayer'."

The three of them stood up in shock. Ao Run used his divine sense to probe the person in front of him and test his cultivation level, but to his surprise, when his divine sense landed on him, it was as if it landed on empty space.

"Retreat now!"

Ao Run immediately shouted.

However, no sooner had he finished speaking than a flash of light caught his eye.

Ao Ming and Ao Yan, who were standing beside him, only saw the flash of the blade, and their elder brother was instantly separated from his body, without even a cry of pain.

"A few days ago, your Jiaolong clan attacked the Qiongzhou Immortal Realm, killing tens of thousands of cultivators and seizing three drops of [Bodhi Liquid]. Before I could even personally retrieve them, you came here to indulge in pleasure. Truly, you have brought this upon yourselves!"

The man held a broken knife in one hand and a wine cup in the other. He tilted his head back and drank the wine in the cup to the last drop, then looked coldly at Ao Ming and Ao Yan.

"You three dragons do bear a striking resemblance in human form; could you perhaps be Ao Shuang's third son?"

Ao Ming and Ao Yan were unable to grieve for their elder brother's death at this moment; instead, they were plotting how to escape their perilous situation.

This man is so strong that perhaps only the father could stand against him. Instantly, the two were filled with endless regret.

Ao Yan was especially heartbroken. It was his idea to come here for some fun, but unexpectedly, he actually encountered the "Dragon Slayer".

He immediately decided to stop the Dragon Slayer and let his second brother escape.

However, Ao Ming suddenly roared, revealing his true form. A dragon several meters long burst through the tavern, its claws covered in spiritual energy, and fiercely grabbed at the [Dragon Slayer]. At the same time, he transmitted his thoughts through divine sense:

"Third brother, run! I can only withstand two attacks at most. This man is incredibly powerful. Do not flee towards home; he will surely pursue you along the way. Escape! Escape towards Changkong Immortal Continent! Father will surely come to save you once he discovers that my eldest brother and I have broken our jade tokens!"

"Second Brother!" Ao Yan shouted hoarsely, only to see the blade flash down and his second brother's body was cut in half. He held on to the long sword tightly, trying to buy himself some time.

Seeing no hope, Ao Yan could only run outside in tears.

At this moment, the blade had already slain Ao Ming, and the blade light was now in front of him again. He revealed his true form, and in the midst of his leap, he took a solid blow to the abdomen. However, he used the force of the blade to leap away and disappear into the night.

The Dragon Slayer sheathed his broken sword and silently gazed in that direction.