Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

The overall spiritual vein environment of Bifeng Lake is roughly at the first level.

On the island in the middle of the lake, there is also a second-tier spiritual vein, which can be used by Foundation Establishment cultivators for cultivation.

The Yu family, which occupies Bifeng Lake, has an ancestor who was a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the early stage. With the help of this Foundation Establishment ancestor and the powerful combat strength of the hundreds of Qi Refining cultivators in the family, the Yu family has become the undisputed overlord within a radius of a thousand miles.

Within a radius of a thousand miles, all the large and small cultivation families had to follow the lead of the Yu family.

The market town where Li Ping stayed when he was a rogue cultivator in Jiang Kingdom belonged to the Yu family.

In fact, there is quite a complicated relationship between Li Ping and the Yu family.

The image of that beautiful woman who liked to wear a bright red robe flashed through his mind, and Li Ping couldn't help but feel a little melancholy.

However, he quickly shook his head, banishing the past memories from his mind; he was here to take care of serious business.

……

Li Ping took out a communication talisman, whispered a few words into it, and then threw the talisman toward the island in the middle of the lake. After doing all this, he put away his shuttle and stood quietly in the void waiting.

Li Ping didn't have to wait long.

Suddenly, a crack appeared in the magic array that covered the island below, and a white beam of light flew out from it. Before the beam of light arrived, a bold voice came from a great distance.

"Hahaha... Which fellow Daoist has come to visit? I apologize for not being able to greet him from afar."

Whoosh!

The light landed in front of Li Ping, gradually solidifying to reveal one of the middle-aged white-robed cultivators.

Upon seeing the newcomer, Li Ping smiled strangely and said, "Senior Yu, don't you recognize me?"

"Senior...wait, it's you, kid Li!" The middle-aged man's face initially showed confusion, but after recognizing Li Ping, his expression turned to shock and astonishment: "You've actually reached the Foundation Establishment stage!"

Li Ping smiled and nodded: "Senior is not mistaken, it is indeed me. Is it strange that I am at the Foundation Establishment stage?"

"I misspoke." The white-robed middle-aged man's shock subsided, replaced by a smile: "Since Fellow Daoist Li has already established his foundation, there's no need to repeat your words of 'senior.' Just address me as Fellow Daoist Yu!"

He smiled and invited, "I have already ordered tea to be prepared. Come, Fellow Daoist Li, let's go downstairs and chat."

"Fellow Daoist Yu is so kind, then I won't stand on ceremony." Li Ping said with a smile, readily changing his form of address.

The two flew to the island in the middle of the lake and went into a pavilion together.

This was Li Ping's first time visiting the Yu family's island in the middle of the lake. Looking around at the pavilions, terraces, exotic flowers and plants that resembled a fairyland, he couldn't help but sigh that Fenglan Immortal City was indeed a wild and untamed place.

Immortal Peach Mountain possesses a second-tier superior spiritual vein, which is far superior to Bifeng Lake in terms of spiritual vein quality.

However, the cultivators in the Immortal City valued practicality more. In terms of architectural beauty and gardening, Immortal Peach Mountain simply couldn't compare to the Yu family's island in the lake.

Li Ping and the Yu family patriarch sat down at opposite ends of the stone table. The Yu family patriarch immediately inquired about Li Ping's experiences after leaving the Jiang Kingdom.

Clearly, he was quite curious about Li Ping's experience of breaking through to become a Foundation Establishment cultivator in such a short time.

Li Ping didn't hide his thoughts; he simply described his experiences outside of the Fellowship.

Upon hearing that Li Ping had become a Foundation Establishment cultivator five years ago, the Yu family patriarch was utterly shocked and remained silent for a long time.

Next, the Yu family patriarch eagerly inquired about the situation in the Immortal City from Li Ping.

After all, even a rogue cultivator like Li Ping, who had no foundation, was able to establish his foundation in the Immortal City!

In his view, the Immortal City had become a sacred land overflowing with spiritual stones and herbs.

Li Ping had something else he needed to ask for his help with, so he patiently answered his questions.

Before long, the Yu family members served them spiritual tea.

The one who brought the spiritual tea was a young woman of about sixteen or seventeen wearing a light red ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress). After serving the tea, she did not leave, but stood aside staring blankly at Li Ping, as if trying to memorize his appearance.

Li Ping found this rather strange.

Upon seeing this, the Yu family patriarch smiled and said, "Peiling, why are you staring at Fellow Daoist Li?"

The girl named Pei Ling nodded blankly, then shook her head frantically, "Ancestor, ah... I didn't."

As she said this, the girl's face instantly turned bright red, seemingly because she had lied.

Denying the words of the Yu family patriarch, she immediately waved her hand and said, "Ah... Ancestor, I'm leaving."

After saying that, she hurriedly left before the Yu family patriarch could speak, seemingly worried that the patriarch would expose her lie.

Li Ping was completely confused, but the Yu family patriarch explained meaningfully, "Pei Ling is Xue Wei's daughter."

Upon hearing this, Li Ping finally realized what was happening. He murmured with a slightly forlorn expression, "So this little girl is Fellow Daoist Xue Wei's daughter. I never imagined that after all these decades, Fellow Daoist Xue Wei would not only be married, but her daughter would also be so grown up."

"Yes." The Yu family patriarch nodded, his eyes seemingly recalling the scene from back then: "I still remember how you, Fellow Daoist Li, resolutely refused Xue Wei's suggestion to marry into the family and chose to go to the Immortal City without hesitation!"

He smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Li's unwavering resolve was something I greatly admired back then. Now that you have indeed successfully established your foundation, your wish has been fulfilled!"

Upon hearing this, Li Ping couldn't help but sigh.

The Xue Wei mentioned by the Yu family patriarch is named Yu Xue Wei. She is one year older than Li Ping. They met when Li Ping was working at the Yu family market. (The novel, titled "Eternal Life Begins with Inherited Immortal Cultivation Skills," is available on the "Renren Bookstore" free reading app. Search "Renren Bookstore" on Baidu to download and install the Android app to read the latest chapters of "Eternal Life Begins with Inherited Immortal Cultivation Skills.")

Although Li Ping was a rogue cultivator, he possessed the arrogance of a transmigrator deep down.

Although Yu Xuewei is a woman, she has a carefree personality, is efficient in her work, and has an inherent sense of pride that says "who says women are inferior to men?"

After spending a lot of time together, the two began to appreciate each other and developed feelings for one another.

However, members of cultivation families, while enjoying the benefits of the family, also have to bear the responsibilities of the family, unlike independent cultivators who are as free.

For example, Yu Xuewei is a cultivator with five spiritual roots, and even if her family had Foundation Establishment Pills, she wouldn't get a chance to take them.

On the contrary, the family needs her to get married as soon as possible so that the family can have more offspring and more members with spiritual roots.

Therefore, after reaching marriageable age, Yu Xuewei took the initiative to approach Li Ping and directly asked him if he was willing to marry into the Yu family.

The result was... Li Ping directly rejected her.

Admittedly, he had feelings for Yu Xuewei, and as a modern person, he was not averse to or disgusted by the idea of ​​marrying into another family.

But once he marries into the Yu family, he will probably never have the chance to reach the Foundation Establishment stage in his lifetime, which is something he cannot accept.

When faced with the choice between Yu Xuewei and Daotu, Li Ping did not hesitate at all.

However, he did give Yu Xuewei some hope at the beginning. He asked her if she was willing to wait for him until she was fifty.

If Li Ping still sees no hope of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage by the age of fifty, he will decisively abandon the path of cultivation.

If Yu Xuewei were a rogue cultivator, Li Ping was certain that, given her personality, she would wait for him, and might even accompany him to the Immortal City to pursue the path of cultivation.

Li Ping will certainly keep his promise.

However, she was a family cultivator, so Li Ping rejected her. Not long after Li Ping left Jiang Kingdom, she married a rogue cultivator who had married into the family, arranged by her family.

Now, the children are all grown up.

……

"Did Xuewei know I was back and send her daughter to see how I've changed?" Li Ping guessed.

More than 20 years ago, Yu Xuewei was a Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan cultivator from the Yu family, while Li Ping was a rogue cultivator.

But now, as a forty-six-year-old Qi Refining cultivator, even with good maintenance, she probably has wrinkles around her eyes, while Li Ping has successfully established his foundation and become a high and mighty senior.

The roles of the two sides have been completely reversed in terms of identity and status.

……

The Yu family patriarch noticed Li Ping's desolate expression and tentatively said, "Fellow Daoist Li, you may not know, but Xue Wei has raised Pei Ling alone all these years, which has been quite arduous."

"Oh? What about her husband?" Li Ping asked casually.

The Yu family patriarch shook his head: "He died in battle not long after the wedding."

Li Ping nodded. He knew that although there were few traces of demonic beasts in the Jiang Kingdom.

But as the saying goes, wherever there are people, there is a world of its own.

In the struggle for spiritual lands and resources, battles between cultivators of the Jiang Kingdom are inevitable.

Li Ping understood the unspoken meaning behind the Yu family patriarch's words, but since the matter was already in the past, he had no intention of rekindling their relationship.

Leaving aside Yu Xuewei, Li Ping brought up another matter.

Although slightly disappointed by Li Ping's reaction, the Yu family patriarch still listened patiently to what Li Ping had to say.

After a moment, Li Ping finished speaking and calmly looked at the Yu family patriarch, waiting for him to speak.

But to everyone's surprise, after hearing Li Ping's words, the Yu family patriarch frowned slightly: "Other matters are easy to handle, but Fellow Daoist Li wants to buy the Xiaomei Mountain spiritual land from my family..."

Seeing his predicament, Li Ping couldn't help but smile slightly: "With a paradise like Bifeng Lake, would the Yu family really be reluctant to part with a desolate place like Xiaomei Mountain?"

The Yu family patriarch shook his head and said, "It's not that I'm reluctant, it's just that the Yu family's sacred land has always been rented out, never sold. Before me, the Yu family had no precedent of selling sacred land."

Upon hearing what the Yu family patriarch said, Li Ping didn't waste any more words.

He simply smiled faintly and said, "Back in my early days in the market, I long admired Fellow Daoist Yu's extraordinary abilities. Now that I have successfully established my foundation, I can't resist the urge to spar with you. I wonder if you would be so kind as to grant me this request?"

Upon hearing this, the Yu family patriarch looked at Li Ping with great interest: "It seems that Fellow Daoist Li is very confident in his abilities! Since Fellow Daoist wishes to have a friendly exchange, then I, Yu, will naturally not disappoint you."

He has been a Foundation Establishment cultivator for nearly a hundred years, but despite all that time, his cultivation level remains at the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

But with a century of accumulation, his magical power was far beyond what a novice like Li Ping could achieve at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Young punk, doesn't know his own limitations!

He was absolutely confident that he had defeated Li Ping in a battle of wits!

……

More than half a day later.

On the black flying boat, Li Ping sat cross-legged, toying with a black contract in his hand, a smile in his eyes.

Not long ago, he proposed to spar with the patriarch of the Yu family, who readily agreed.

After that, Li Ping didn't need to say anything more.

The Yu family patriarch then offered to give him the sacred land of Xiaomei Mountain.

However, Li Ping did not accept it. Instead, he purchased the first-grade mid-level spirit land, which covered an area of ​​100 acres, for 1100 spirit stones.