A public notice was posted seeking a wife, and a female saint from the Immortal Sect was found.

At the ninth level of the Qi Refining stage, the spiritual energy within one's body is extremely powerful compared to that of an ordinary person. In mortal cities, someone at the ninth level of the Qi Refining stage is already worthy of being called a Celestial Master.

For cultivators, the Qi Refining stage is just that—the Qi Refining stage, merely the first realm of cultivation. There are many techniques that are difficult to master at this stage.

For example, flying with Qi is something that the Qi Refining stage cannot do; one must at least reach the Foundation Establishment stage. Even at the Foundation Establishment stage, one can only fly with Qi for a short time and cannot sustain it for a long time.

Cultivation is ultimately a matter of taking one step at a time; reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining is merely the starting point.

Chen Yi ran on the ground at a speed that was actually quite fast, comparable to the spirit steeds raised by his family.

After traveling for more than thirty miles, Chen Yi appeared in front of a mansion that was much larger than the Chen family's ancestral home.

This house used to be the ancestral home of the Ning family, but now it belongs to the Chen family.

Chen Yi slipped inside and soon found Liu Shen, who was still awake late at night.

[At the confluence of the earth's veins lies the bottom of the largest spiritual spring between the medicinal gardens of the Chen, Ning, and Zhang families. Furthermore, the Zhao family has already explored the area; the bottom of the spring is riddled with interconnected caves, with the entrance located on a bluestone mountain beside the Ning family's medicinal garden. Members of the Zhao family frequently enter the caves through this entrance.]

This information was obtained from Zhao Dezhi through the system's identification function.

The Ning family's ancestral home is less than three miles away from that Qingshi Mountain. Qingshi Mountain is not small, nearly a thousand meters high and stretching for dozens of miles. The Zhao family has explored the mountain countless times and has only found one entrance to the cave.

Each time they entered the cave, the Zhao family members were extremely careful to avoid being discovered. Each time they left, they would cover the entrance with a huge rock and leave a mark. If anyone moved the rock, the Zhao family members would naturally notice.

However, no matter how much you plan, there will always be times when you overlook something. Zhao Dezhi would never have imagined that after spending several months together, Chen Yi would have found out almost exactly how many times he had drunk milk in his life.

"Master, what brings you here so suddenly?" Liu Shen said immediately upon seeing Chen Yi.

As the Chen family's butler, Liu Shen's face had aged considerably in just four months.

Having acquired the businesses of the Ning and Zhang families at once, the number of things to deal with suddenly increased, and he has not had an easy time lately.

"You've gone through a lot," Chen Yi said sincerely, without answering.

Liu Shen quickly waved his hand and said, "Master, no matter how tired I am, I am happy. If Master Fang were in the family, he would be smiling from ear to ear every day. Our Chen family is at its strongest now."

Chen Yi, the head of the Chen family, is only twenty-two years old, yet he has already reached the ninth level of the Qi Refining stage. He has also absorbed the Ning and Zhang families. No matter how you look at it, the Chen family is thriving and undergoing tremendous changes.

Chen Yi smiled upon hearing this. The family was indeed doing well on the surface, but there was no need to reveal what kind of undercurrents they would face in the shadows.

How far the Chen family will go in the future depends on him, the head of the family.

Of course, there's also Li Changqing.

Thinking of Li Changqing, Chen Yi immediately said, "Changqing and I are getting married soon, so I have to prepare a big gift for her no matter what. She has helped me so much, so I'll try to see if I can make her happy too."

Upon hearing this, Liu Shen assumed that Chen Yi had come to prepare a gift, and quickly asked, "Master, is there anything I can do for you?"

Chen Yi waved his hand: "No need, only I can handle this. You can't help much."

Outside, in the darkness of night, Li Changqing seemed to have merged with the world. Although she was only at the seventh level of Qi Refining, her use of the Concealing Spirit Technique was still far superior to Chen Yi's.

She had followed him all the way here, wanting to see what Chen Yi had been doing in secret all this time. Now, hearing what Chen Yi said inside the house, her heart was filled with complicated feelings.

"This little guy..." she sighed inwardly, then turned and left.

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Inside the house, Chen Yi never expected that Li Changqing would follow him, nor did he expect that a single sentence from him would make Li Changqing leave.

After chatting with Liu Shen for a while and telling him to rest early and not to push himself so hard, Chen Yi flashed off towards Qing Shi Mountain.

In the darkness, Qing Shi Mountain resembles a colossal beast lying prone between heaven and earth, utterly silent.

Chen Yi ascended the mountain from the southwest. The mountain was particularly steep, almost vertical, but this was no challenge for a ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator.

After easily climbing nearly 600 meters, Chen Yi stopped in front of a huge rock.

The boulder was flat, but weighed no less than five thousand catties. Chen Yi reached out and pressed his hand on the boulder, his spiritual power surging. He moved the boulder about a foot away, revealing a deep and dark cavern inside.

Chen Yi flashed inside, used his spiritual power to attract the boulder with both hands, and dragged it back to its original position.

After checking the marks made by the Zhao family again and finding no oversights, Chen Yi turned around and went down the cave.

The cave continued downwards, pitch black, but this did not hinder Chen Yi, who was at the ninth level of the Qi Refining stage, for whom the night was no different from daytime.

After walking for nearly two miles, the originally single cave suddenly appeared with more than ten entrances, leading to different places.

Since reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining, Chen Yi has actually been here more than once, but he was still somewhat amazed to see more than ten cave entrances in front of him.

He explored not only the entire mountain, but also the surrounding area of ​​over a hundred miles underground, which contained countless extremely complex caves, like a giant maze.

If one does not know the exit, even a low-level Qi Refining cultivator who ventures in rashly will find it difficult to find their way out.

With a swift movement, Chen Yi chose the first one on the left and quickly rushed into it.

As he passed through, more and more cave entrances appeared. Chen Yi kept his speed up and traveled for dozens of miles in the caverns until he reached a huge cavern where he finally stopped.

This is a huge cavern, over 100 meters long and wide, with dozens of grooves on the cave walls. Inside the grooves is a milky white stone stalactite that exudes a faint fragrance.

According to the information Chen Yi received from Zhao Dezhi, these spiritual milks were the essence condensed from spiritual springs on the ground, and they were of great use to Qi Refining stage cultivators.

However, Chen Yi had never accepted these spiritual springs and minerals. If he were to be discovered by the Zhao family because of his greed, it would be a loss for him.

There are more than thirty entrances around this cave, and many of them have never been deep enough to know where they lead.

He rushed straight into one of the caves, and after traveling several dozen meters, he pressed himself against a recess in the cave wall. At the same time, he immediately used the Concealing Spirit Technique to hide his aura with all his might.

After doing all this, he calmed his mind and even closed his eyes.

About half an hour later, a series of slightly chaotic footsteps sounded, and then Zhao Dezhi stepped into the huge cave first, with three old men beside him.

After glancing at the cave, Zhao Dezhi was slightly excited. If he could calculate the exact location where the earth vein spirit pupa condensed tonight, success would not be far away.