《Family Cultivation: I Can Store My Ability To Understand》 Chapter 1 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation The Sea of Stars¡­ The surging waves hit the shore of an island, shocking the seabirds fishing on the reef to flutter their wings. This was an island shaped like a pair of gourds leaning against each other. There were two freshwater lakes on the island, one big and one small, which was why it was also known as Shuanghu Island. In addition to the two freshwater lakes, Shuanghu Island also contained vast plains and jungles, and a lofty and lengthy mountain range¡ªthe Red Copper mountain range. ¡­ ¡°The third level of the Qi refinement realm! I¡¯ve finally broken through!¡± In a cave abode within the Red Copper mountain range, a young cultivator dressed in a long green robe, sporting a Daoist hair bun on his head, opened his eyes and said excitedly. He had a jade-like face, and the depths of his eyes sparkled like stars. In front of the young cultivator, a three-inch-long spiritual eye was emitting spiritual essence. Seeing this, Chen Daoxuan restrained his excitement. He hurriedly used a stone plate that was engraved with array patterns to carefully seal the spiritual eye that was emitting spiritual essence. Seeing that the spiritual eye was no longer emitting spiritual essence, Chen Daoxuan heaved a sigh of relief. This spiritual eye was the last spiritual eye the Chen clan owned. It supported the cultivation of the only two cultivators in the Chen clan. Once the spiritual eye was exhausted, Chen Daoxuan and his thirteenth uncle, Chen Xianhe, could only refine the spiritual essence in the air. At that point, their cultivation progress would definitely be hindered, and it would be difficult for them to advance an inch. After tidying up, Chen Daoxuan stood up and walked out of the cave abode. He had just left the cave abode when a maid with a graceful figure ran over, dripping with sweat. She called out softly, ¡°Young Master, the Clan Leader is inviting you over.¡± After she finished speaking, the maid looked at Chen Daoxuan with an expression of reverence on her pretty face. ¡°Got it. You can go down first.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± After the servant girl left, Chen Daoxuan used the wind control spell and flew toward another mountain within the Red Copper mountain range. Chen Daoxuan was sixteen years old this year. He had been in this unfamiliar world for a full sixteen years. In his previous life, Chen Daoxuan was a mechanical engineer from China on Earth. Because of a factory accident, he died and was reborn into this world. Since he retained the memories of his previous life, when Chen Daoxuan learned that this world was a cultivation world from the novels and movies of his previous life, he had been really excited. However, his passion was quickly extinguished by the harsh reality of this world. In Chen Daoxuan¡¯s view, the cruelty of the cultivation world far exceeded that of the civilization of his previous life. This cruelty was not only reflected in fighting and killing, but also in the absolute monopoly of cultivation resources by the major forces. In this world, the cultivation sects and clans controlled almost all of the cultivation resources. Small clans and itinerant cultivators could only get their hands on some scraps and leftovers that the cultivation sects and clans looked down upon. For example, the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island, of which Chen Daoxuan was a part of, was a typical small cultivation clan. At its peak, the Chen clan once had thirteen Qi refinement realm cultivators. Although they did not possess any spiritual veins, they had a total of seven spiritual eyes for cultivators to cultivate with. In addition, the Chen clan also occupied a miniature level-one spirit mine¡ªthe red copper mine. ¡­ While his thoughts were in turmoil, Green Pine Mountain Peak soon appeared in front of Chen Daoxuan. This was the cave abode of Chen Xianhe, another cultivator of the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island. As one of the only two remaining cultivators of the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island, Chen Xianhe¡¯s cultivation was much higher than Chen Daoxuan¡¯s; he was already a sixth level Qi refinement realm cultivator. ¡°Thirteenth uncle!¡± Outside the cave abode, Chen Daoxuan called out respectfully. ¡°Come in.¡± An aged voice could be heard from inside the cave abode. Chen Daoxuan responded affirmatively and walked into the cave abode. He saw an old man dressed in a gray-white robe with his hair tied up in a Daoist bun. He sat on the jade bed and looked at Chen Daoxuan. This old man was Chen Daoxuan¡¯s uncle, the current patriarch of the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island, Chen Xianhe. ¡°Thirteenth uncle, were you looking for me?¡± When the old man saw Chen Daoxuan, his eyes flashed with joy. Then, he quickly stood up from the jade bed and walked over to Chen Daoxuan. He said excitedly, ¡°Daoxuan, your cultivation¡­¡± ¡°Just broke through to the third level of the Qi refinement realm.¡± Chen Daoxuan nodded. When he spoke about his cultivation, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s face was full of joy. ¡°Good! Good! Good!¡± Chen Xianhe said good thrice, and continued, ¡°I didn¡¯t expect you to break through the Houtian realm, Xiantian realm, and now third level of the Qi refinement realm, in just ten years after you started cultivating at the age of six. God has really blessed our Chen clan!¡± Chen Xianhe¡¯s face darkened when he said that. ¡°It¡¯s a pity that our Chen clan is in decline. If our clan brothers were still around, we would have bought you a meridian opening pill no matter what. That way, you wouldn¡¯t have to waste five years in the mortal realm.¡± In this world, regardless of whether it was mortals without spiritual roots or cultivators with spiritual roots, they all had to go through the cultivation of the mortal realm. This was what Chen Xianhe referred to as the Houtian realm and Xiantian realm. For mortals, the ninth layer of the Xiantian realm was the end of their road. Without spiritual roots, mortals would never be able to refine spiritual essence and step onto the immortal path. For cultivators, the greatest significance of the mortal realm was to nourish the body and connect all the meridians in the body in order to lay a good foundation for refining spiritual essence in the Qi refinement realm. Chen Daoxuan started cultivating at the age of six and only broke through to the first level of the Qi refinement realm at the age of eleven. After that, he cultivated for five years before he advanced to the third level of the Qi refinement realm. On average, he advanced past each level of the Qi refinement realm every two and a half years. To be honest, this kind of cultivation speed was nothing in comparison to the sects and great immortal clans. However, in a small clan like the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island, it was a rare and precious occurrence. After all, compared to the great immortal clans, the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island¡¯s cultivation resources were extremely scarce; even when compared to itinerant cultivators, they were not much better off. Inside the cave abode, Chen Daoxuan saw his uncle Chen Xianhe¡¯s guilty expression and quickly comforted him, ¡°Why are you acting like this, thirteenth uncle? Ten years ago, during the demonic beast riot in Changping County, if it wasn¡¯t for your help, Daoxuan would have died a long time ago. Daoxuan wouldn¡¯t be here today.¡± Hearing Chen Daoxuan¡¯s words, Chen Xianhe seemed to recall the time he started teaching Chen Daoxuan after he saved him. He could not help but smile. Chen Daoxuan saw that his uncle¡¯s expression had eased, so he quickly changed the topic and said with a smile, ¡°Thirteenth uncle, you asked me to come here because of the red copper mine, right?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Seeing that Chen Daoxuan was talking about serious matters, Chen Xianhe¡¯s expression also turned serious. ¡°Although the red copper mine is a small mineral vein, this spirit mine is the reason why our Chen clan was able to establish a foothold on Shuanghu Island.¡± ¡°Unfortunately, after three hundred years of mining, the production of red copper has been declining year after year. From its peak, where it produced more than a hundred catties of red copper ore per year, to its current state, where it only produces less than five catties of red copper ore per year¡­¡± ¡°I reckon that this spirit mine is about to be exhausted.¡± Hearing this, Chen Daoxuan could not help but feel heavy-hearted. The Chen clan of Shuanghu Island did not have a spiritual vein. The only cultivation resource they possessed was this spirit mine. Unfortunately, no matter how carefully they mined it, the red copper mine was only a small spirit mine. The fact that it could be mined for 300 years was already the result of the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island¡¯s careful management time and time again. Seeing that Chen Daoxuan did not speak, Chen Xianhe continued, ¡°Since the red copper mine is about to be exhausted, it¡¯s better to mine it with all our might rather than mine it carefully and conservatively!¡± ¡°Thirteenth uncle, this¡­¡± Chen Daoxuan was shocked when he heard this. After all, the red copper mine was the lifeline of the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island. Reckless mining meant that the Chen clan would have to give up this lifeline. To an immortal cultivation clan, this was undoubtedly an act of squandering. However, the intelligent Chen Daoxuan knew in his heart that the biggest reason thirteenth uncle did this was to provide him with the resources to learn how to refine artifacts. Looking at thirteenth uncle, Chen Xianhe¡¯s, determined gaze, the corners of Chen Daoxuan¡¯s mouth twitched. The words of refusal that were on the tip of his tongue turned into, ¡°I will abide by thirteenth uncle¡¯s instructions.¡± The two of them discussed the details regarding the mining of the red copper ore for a while more before Chen Daoxuan bowed and took his leave. When they reached the entrance of the cave, Chen Xianhe¡¯s voice echoed from behind Chen Daoxuan, ¡°Daoxuan, now that you have advanced to the third level of the Qi refinement realm, I¡¯m afraid that the spiritual eye of the clan is not enough to support both our cultivations. In the future¡­ it will be used by you alone!¡± This sentence was like a bolt out of the blue that exploded in Chen Daoxuan¡¯s heart, causing him to stop in his tracks. Chen Daoxuan turned around and looked at the white-haired old man sitting on the jade bed with bloodshot eyes. He knelt down respectfully and kowtowed to the old man. ¡°Go, Go!¡± Chen Xianhe waved his sleeves and a gratified smile appeared on his face. Chapter 2 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation As he walked out of the cave, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s mood was heavy. In order to support his cultivation, thirteenth uncle had even given up on his own path of cultivation. This kind of favor, from someone who was trying to attain the Dao, was truly shocking. Chen Daoxuan had reincarnated into this life, and all he had heard was about how all cultivators were sinister and cunning, robbing and killing others for the sake of their own cultivation. He had never heard of anyone giving up their own path of cultivation for the sake of their juniors. This kind of self-sacrificing behavior was extremely rare in this world, and even back on Earth in his previous life. However, when he thought about Chen Xianhe¡¯s earnest teachings over the years, Chen Daoxuan could not help but feel relieved. Using the wind control spell, Chen Daoxuan traveled through the mist and the clouds between the mountains like a celestial being. He was silent the entire journey. In about the time it took for half an incense stick to burn, a brown mountain appeared in front of Chen Daoxuan. Compared to Chen Daoxuan and Chen Xianhe¡¯s cave abode, this mountain was bald and looked like a hairless vulture; it was exceptionally ugly. This was the small spirit mine owned by the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island¡ªthe red copper mine. The Red Copper mountain range was also named after this spirit mine. As he approached the mine, Chen Daoxuan could see some mortals wearing linen shirts entering and exiting the mine. These were all Chen clansmen from Changping County. ¡­ In front of the red copper mine, Chen Liangyu, who was in charge of the mine, saw Chen Daoxuan flying toward them. Before Chen Daoxuan landed, Chen Liangyu quickly stepped forward and bowed. ¡°Greetings, Master Immortal.¡± In this world, immortal cultivators were the absolute ruling class. Therefore, even though Chen Daoxuan was only 16 years old, Chen Liangyu did not dare to take him lightly just because of his age. ¡°You and I are both members of the Chen clan, so there¡¯s no need to be so polite.¡± Chen Daoxuan landed in front of Chen Liangyu and raised his hand lightly. With just a glance, Chen Daoxuan could see that Chen Liangyu¡¯s cultivation had improved from the sixth layer of the Xiantian realm to the seventh layer of the Xiantian realm. Although Chen Daoxuan only conducted a routine inspection of the red copper mine once a year, he still had some impression of Chen Liangyu, who was the person in charge of the mine. However, whether it was the sixth or seventh layer of the Xiantian realm, in the eyes of cultivators, there was not much difference. The Xiantian realm and the Qi refinement realm were not on the same level at all. After a brief pause, Chen Daoxuan said with a smile, ¡°I came here to check on the output of the red copper mine for this year.¡± Hearing this, Chen Liangyu¡¯s old face, which was full of smiles, immediately darkened. He carefully said, ¡°Master Immortal, this year¡¯s output of red copper ore has decreased again. It¡¯s only a little more than three¡­ three catties.¡± Sure enough, after hearing this, Chen Daoxuan frowned slightly. The situation was even worse than what Chen Xianhe had predicted. The supplyof red copper ore might already have been exhausted. Even if they decided to mine at full capacity, they might not be able to squeeze out much more from the spirit mine. As he pondered the matter, Chen Daoxuan took a deep breath. ¡°Let¡¯s go, bring me inside to take a look.¡± ¡°Master Immortal, this way please!¡± Chen Liangyu bowed and made an inviting gesture. Chen Daoxuan walked toward the building where the ores were stored. At the red copper mine, there were the three mining caves, while the miners and stewards usually lived in makeshift simple wooden houses. Located among these simple wooden houses was a three-story building that stood out. It was a structure built to temporarily store the mined red copper ore. Chen Liangyu usually lived inside, ostensibly to ensure the safety of the red copper ore. In truth, he did not want to squeeze in with the miners inside their stinky simple wooden houses. Undoubtedly, the living and working conditions of the red copper mine were difficult, but the Chen clansmen were still willing to work here. This was not due to pressure from the Immortal Masters, but rather due to the generous remuneration offered by the clan. The clan stipulated that anyone who was willing to voluntarily work as a miner at the red copper mine would only have to serve for three months, and that their families would be exempted from a year of tax. Moreover, while working in the red copper mine, they would be paid one tael of silver per month. Given such generous remuneration, employment at the red copper mine was much sought after by members of the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island. It was a well-paid role. If one had to compare this job with his previous life, it would probably be similar to¡­ working for a state-owned enterprise? Walking over to the building where the red copper ore was stored, Chen Liangyu quickly took out the key to the bronze lock on the door. He then led Chen Daoxuan into the building. After turning left and right for about the time it took to brew half a cup of tea, Chen Liangyu handed an exquisite wooden box over to Chen Daoxuan. After that, he cupped his hands and said, ¡°Master Immortal, the red copper ores that have been mined since last year are all in this box.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± Chen Daoxuan nodded noncommittally and waved his hand lightly, causing his true energy to surge forth. ¡°Clack!¡± The wooden box was opened, and three large pieces, and one small piece, of red copper ore lay quietly inside the wooden box. Different from ordinary copper ores, this red ore had an indescribable aura emanating from it. Even mortals could see the peculiarity of these ores. Spiritual essence! This was the biggest difference between spirit ores and ordinary ores. Generally speaking, the grade of a spirit ore was determined by the amount of spiritual essence it contained. After checking and finding that there were no problems, Chen Daoxuan patted the storage bag on his waist and put the four pieces of red copper ores into the storage bag. Seeing this, Chen Liangyu let out a slight sigh of relief. Seeing his expression, Chen Daoxuan smiled slightly, and then told him in detail about thirteenth uncle¡¯s instructions. ¡°What! The patriarch wants to mine the Red Copper Mine at full capacity?¡± Chen Liangyu was very surprised to hear the orders of the patriarch. However, given Chen Daoxuan¡¯s identity, he would definitely not fake the order of the patriarch. In other words, the patriarch really intended to give up on the red copper mine. It made sense. The profits of the red copper mine had been getting worse year by year. It was obvious that the mine had been exhausted. Instead of mining it conservatively, it would be better to increase the intensity of the mining operations. The entire mine would be dug out and all the mineral deposits within would be completely excavated. Thinking of this, Chen Liangyu raised his head. ¡°Sir Immortal Master, I¡¯m afraid that our limited manpower is insufficient to increase the mine¡¯s output to full capacity. Moreover, the expenses of the mining operation would also increase greatly¡­¡± Chen Daoxuan did not care about the cost Chen Liangyu mentioned at all. It was only a small amount of silver. Silver was still valuable in the eyes of mortals but, to cultivators, it was not much different from scrap iron. ¡°Don¡¯t worry. I will instruct the county magistrate of Changping County to cooperate with you on this matter and inform you in advance so that you can make the necessary preparations.¡± Hearing this, Chen Liangyu hurriedly lowered his head and nodded. Although he agreed, Chen Liangyu¡¯s mood was still very poor. Fully excavating the red copper mine not only meant that the clan had given up on this spirit mine, but also meant that his role as the person in charge of the red copper mine would come to an end. One had to know that, with his identity as the person in charge of the red copper mine, Chen Liangyu¡¯s position in the clan was almost on par with the county magistrate of Changping County. It could be said that, other than the high and mighty Immortal Masters of the clan, Chen Liangyu held an esteemed status. As the person in charge of the red copper mine, Chen Liangyu managed the mining operations and personnel administration. In addition, he could see the Immortal Master of the clan almost every year, and he would come into close contact with the Immortal Master. Who would want to give up such a beautiful job? However, the order of the clan leader to give up the red copper mine was absolute. How could a trifling Xiantian seventh layer clansman oppose it? Chapter 3 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Generally speaking, other than the person in charge of the red copper mine and the two remaining cultivators of the Chen clan, almost no one lived within the Red Copper mountain range. Most of the members of the Chen clan resided in a county called Changping County. Changping County was located on a plain not far from the foot of the Red Copper mountain range. The county bordered the Red Copper mountain range as well as the two freshwater lakes of Shuanghu Island¡ªthe Sun and Moon lakes. On the right was the deep-water port of Shuanghu Island. However, the Myriad Sea of Stars was different from the sea back on Earth. Other than fishes, there were also demonic beasts roaming about in the sea. Therefore, very few mortals dared to fish in the sea. Over time, this deep-water port had basically been abandoned. Other than the clan leader, Chen Xianhe, who occasionally led his clansmen out to purchase supplies, this deep-water port was rarely used. Changping County had a population of about 3,000 people, and the people residing here were all from the Chen clan. It was not that the Chen clan had only produced so few people in the past 300 years. It was just that the cultivation resources on the island were scarce, and the number of cultivators in the clan had not increased; even now, there were only Chen Xianhe and Chen Daoxuan. In the Myriad Sea of Stars, if there were not enough cultivators to protect them, a large amount of the population would only end up as food for the demon beasts. The disaster of the demon beast riot in Changping County ten years ago was evidence of this fact. Even though the demon beasts that wreaked havoc in Changping County back then were only some of the lowest grade demon beasts, to mortals, even the lowest grade demon beasts were existences that could not be contended against. As Chen Xianhe had been alone, it was a foregone conclusion that he would be unable to protect Changping County. This was also the fundamental reason why the population of the Chen clan could not develop. Without the protection of enough cultivators, they could not grow the population. Without a sufficiently large population, they could not grow the number of cultivators in the clan. The two factors formed a cycle of cause-and-effect. ¡­ Changping County office. The county magistrate, Chen Zhizheng, the registrar, and a group of officials, accompanied Chen Daoxuan outside the county office. Looking at the group of clansmen and officials of Changping County in front of him, Chen Daoxuan instructed, ¡°Regarding the mining of the red copper mine, your county office must fully cooperate with the person in charge of the red copper mine. Do not neglect your duty!¡± ¡°We will comply with the Immortal Master¡¯s decree!¡± The scorching sun hung high in the sky. The county magistrate, Chen Zhizheng, was dressed in a stylish official uniform. He ignored the sweat on his forehead and hurriedly nodded his head in agreement. Seeing the county magistrate of Changping County¡¯s attitude, Chen Daoxuan was slightly relieved. Following that, he did not waste time with any more words and immediately used the wind control spell, riding the wind into the sky. Watching Chen Daoxuan ride the wind into the sky, the eyes of the officials of Changping County revealed an unspeakable sense of envy. After dealing with the matter of the red copper mine, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s tense nerves gradually relaxed. Currently, the only cultivators in the clan were thirteenth uncle and himself. In addition, Chen Xianhe was already very old. The pressure and responsibility that Chen Daoxuan had to bear was far beyond what the cultivators of other cultivation clans could imagine. Unless he was willing to abandon the clan and become an itinerant cultivator¡­ However, when he thought about how thirteenth uncle had cared for him for so many years, and had even been willing to selflessly give up the path of cultivation for his sake, no matter what, Chen Daoxuan would never do something like abandoning the clan. ¡­ Very soon, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s figure landed on a mountain peak not far from his cave abode. This mountain was the second-most important place of the clan apart from the red copper mine¡ªthe earth fire chamber. When the Chen clan¡¯s patriarch established the Chen clan¡¯s foundation on Shuanghu Island, apart from discovering the red copper mine, he also discovered that this island was actually connected to an earth fire vein. One had to know that, for a cultivation force, the importance of the earth fire vein was not inferior to a small spirit mine. However, it was not easy to utilize an earth fire vein; one had to construct a building called the earth fire chamber. Unfortunately, the Chen clan¡¯s patriarch was only an itinerant cultivator back then. He did not have the ability or the resources to construct the earth fire chamber. It was not until the clan¡¯s ¡°Immortal¡± generation of cultivators rose up that the number of cultivators in the clan reached thirteen. Only then did they obtain the resources to build the earth fire chamber, relying on their battle merits. In other words, the building in front of Chen Daoxuan had only been built around a hundred years ago at most. Of course, Chen Daoxuan did not know the exact year because there were no records of it in the clan. Taking a deep breath, Chen Daoxuan pushed open the heavy bronze door of the earth fire chamber. Accompanied by a series of teeth-aching creaks, the bronze door slowly opened. As the door opened, a wave of heat rushed out toward his face. It felt similar to when he had stood in front of the smelting furnace of the steel factory in his previous life. This place¡­ was the place where Chen Daoxuan had stayed the most over the past five years. When the clan built this earth fire chamber, their greatest wish was to nurture an artifact refiner for the clan. However, the cultivators of the ¡°Immortal¡± generation had spent their entire lives, until their souls were extinguished, without seeing this come to pass. Of course, their sacrifice was not meaningless. It was due to their hard work on the battlefield that they were able to construct a building like the earth fire chamber and obtain a second-tier artifact refiner¡¯s inheritance. Without their sacrifice, the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island would never be able to cultivate an artifact refiner. There were three buildings located where the earth fire chamber of the Chen clan was. The main building was the one that Chen Daoxuan had entered. It was the place where the earth fire vein converged upon. The two buildings that were slightly shorter next to it had been built on Chen Daoxuan¡¯s instructions. The words ¡®Blueprint Room¡¯ and ¡®Laboratory¡¯ were written on their plaques respectively. After routinely examining the array in the earth fire chamber, Chen Daoxuan walked out of the earth fire chamber and pushed open the door to the laboratory next to it. Compared to the extreme heat of the earth fire chamber, the temperature in the laboratory was much cooler. However, compared to the clean and tidy chamber, the interior of the laboratory was a mess. All kinds of materials were piled up everywhere. Most of them were spirit ores that Chen Daoxuan had used in refining. In addition, in the most eye-catching spot of the laboratory, a cylinder-shaped object about ten feet in diameter stood quietly. It looked a little out of place inside the ancient-looking laboratory. If this object was seen by steel factory workers back on Earth, they would find that the object in front of them resembled, 70-80%, a modern steel furnace. However, compared to the steel furnace on Earth, this cylinder-shaped object was engraved with array patterns, giving it a more mysterious aura. Chen Daoxuan walked into the laboratory and stared at the huge object in front of him. His eyes were filled with a complicated expression. After five years of failure, he had to admit that he had taken things too lightly. Five years ago, when he first came into contact with the artifact refining inheritance, as a mechanical engineer in his previous life, Chen Daoxuan could not help but think¡­ could he use modern industrial production methods to increase the output of artifact refining? According to the second-tier refining inheritance, artifact refining was generally divided into three stages, which were refining, shaping, and fusing arrays. According to Chen Daoxuan¡¯s knowledge, the most time-consuming stage of the refining process of a first-grade spiritual artifact was precisely the refining stage. Take the first-grade flying sword, the Red Shadow flying sword, as an example. The main material used to refine the Red Shadow flying sword was the spirit ore, red copper ore, which the Chen clan had a large amount of. It would take three days and three nights just to refine the red copper ore needed to refine the Red Shadow flying sword. On the other hand, the subsequent shaping and fusing arrays stages did not take too long. Normally, it would only require about two hours to complete. This meant that even if a refiner wanted to refine the most basic and lowest first-grade flying sword, they would have to labor inside the earth fire chamber for three days and three nights without rest. This greatly affected production efficiency! In the eyes of Chen Daoxuan, who was a mechanical engineer, this purely manual production method was simply akin to killing oneself slowly! Chapter 4 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation All these years, in order to develop the steel furnace that he had envisioned, Chen Daoxuan had exhausted most of the resources that should have been used to learn how to refine artifacts. Unfortunately, things did not turn out as he had hoped. Chen Daoxuan, who possessed the wisdom of another lifetime, knew that his scientific research on this subject might not yield results. However, as long as he succeeded, the rewards would be astonishing. ¡°Fortunately, with the help of ¡®Hong Meng Wu Dao Jing¡¯, the progress of my study of artifact refining is far beyond anyone¡¯s imagination!¡± Chen Daoxuan muttered. The ¡®Hong Meng Wu Dao Jing¡¯ that he was talking about was discovered inside his own sea of consciousness when he broke through to the Qi refinement realm five years ago and opened his sea of consciousness. At that time, it had been quietly wandering about in the middle of Chen Daoxuan¡¯s sea of consciousness. It was mysterious, peaceful, and emitted a faint golden light. Chen Daoxuan had never seen the words written on the scripture before, but he knew their meaning, so he could still meditate on the words. The name of this scripture was loosely translated as ¡°Hong Meng Enlightenment Sutra¡±. This scripture was not long, and Chen Daoxuan only needed exactly the time it took for an incense stick to burn to finish reciting it completely. When he started meditating on the scripture, he did not notice anything unusual. It was just that after meditating, he felt that his spiritual sense was full, his mind was clearer, and he felt refreshed. However, after learning about refining for a period of time, and when he tried to refine red copper ore for the first time, Chen Daoxuan discovered the terrifying effects of this scripture. Normally speaking, even a first-tier refiner would feel mentally exhausted after refining the spirit ore for three days and three nights without rest, and their spiritual sense would be drained. Moreover, Chen Daoxuan had only been a rookie at the first level of the Qi refinement realm back then, and his situation hadbeen even worse off. He recalled that the first time he finished refining the red copper ore in the earth fire chamber; he had simply collapsed to the ground, and his entire sea of consciousness seemed to have been crushed flat by someone or something. Then, for some strange reason, he meditated on the Hong Meng Enlightenment Sutra. When he did, something unexpected happened. Not only did his sea of consciousness, which was originally in a mess, return to its normal state, but even his spiritual sense was slightly strengthened. After this incident, Chen Daoxuan became certain of the fact that the Hong Meng Enlightenment Sutra could restore a cultivator¡¯s spiritual sense, which was invaluable. Although spiritual medicines to restore spiritual sense were not rare in the immortal cultivation world, each one was expensive. It was not something that a small clan like the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island could afford or possess. This was also the reason why he did not dare to openly display his rapid progress in artifact refinement, which was thanks to the help of the Hong Meng Enlightenment Sutra scripture. Of course, other than concealing the existence of the Hong Meng Enlightenment Sutra scripture, he also needed to use his clan¡¯s support to obtain artifact refinement resources in order to develop the furnace in front of him. At the thought of this, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s gaze turned firm again. ¡°No matter what, it¡¯s not like I haven¡¯t gained anything in the past five years. Perhaps tomorrow will mark my moment of success!¡± Chen Daoxuan secretly encouraged himself. According to his assumption, this furnace in front of him should be able to replace the manual process of refining spirit ores by cultivators, just like the smelting furnace back on Earth. However, there was a very big difference between refining spirit ores and refining ordinary ores¡­ Which was spiritual essence! For ordinary iron ores, the refinement process only required high-temperature smelting. However, spirit ores were different. While refining them at high temperature, one also had to fuse the spiritual essence of the spirit ore during the refinement process. This touched on Chen Daoxuan¡¯s blind spot. He was still capable of refining the ore at high temperature, but fusing the spiritual essence, according to the records in the artifact refining inheritance, could only rely on the cultivator¡¯s spiritual sense. Other than that, the clan¡¯s second-tier artifact refining inheritance did not mention any other alternative methods. Perhaps there was no other method in this world¡­ However, Chen Daoxuan discovered that immortal cultivators in this world, no matter what happened, would choose to rely on their own strength to solve their problems instead of relying on external tools and objects. Their perspective was fundamentally different from that of the civilization back on Earth. Whether it was refining pills, refining artifacts, making talismans, or even combat, immortal cultivators were more inclined to rely on their own strength. Even if possessing a powerful spirtual artifact could provide them with a major advantage in combat, immortal cultivators were still more eager to improve their own cultivation. This was also the reason why alchemists were often more popular than artifact masters. Returning to the topic at hand¡­ Over the past five years, apart from studying the traditional knowledge of artifact refining, Chen Daoxuan had placed all his attention on this furnace in front of him. It was not entirely correct to say that he had failed. Chen Daoxuan had categorized the furnace in front of him into five components according to their respective functions. These were the control system, the intake port, the heating refining system, the floating system, and the discharge port. The core of the system was the control system. Chen Daoxuan was most proud of his efforts when it came to the control system. This was because the core of the control system was the driving array, which was created by Chen Daoxuan based on the knowledge of arrays recorded in the second-tier refining inheritance, as well as his own ideas. In addition, he could control the distance between the spirit stones and the driving array using the slider, which meant that he could control the amount of spiritual essence that the driving array received, and thereby control the temperature of the furnace. In other words, with the help of this furnace, a few mortals would be able to operate this furnace to smelt the red copper ore. The only problem that could not be resolved at the moment was how to fuse the spiritual essence of the spirit ores. This problem had troubled Chen Daoxuan for almost a year. As he had completed the driving array, he was more inclined toward creating a new array to fuse the spiritual essence of the spirit ores. Unfortunately, he had yet to succeed. ¡­ Chen Daoxuan stood in front of the furnace with a bunch of blueprints in his hand. Upon closer observation, the blueprints were all three dimensional, detailed blueprints of the furnace in front of him. There was only one blank blueprint, which corresponded to the bottom section of the furnace. According to Chen Daoxuan¡¯s assumption, there should be an array that could fuse the spiritual essence of the spirit ore engraved there. ¡°Sigh!¡± After a long time, Chen Daoxuan sighed. The feeling of being one step away from the door to success was too unbearable. After thinking for a long time, Chen Daoxuan gradually put his thoughts aside when he felt his head start to faintly ache. He put down the blueprints in his hand. Chen Daoxuan then simply sat down and meditated. He closed his eyes and started to recite the Hong Meng Enlightenment Sutra. Reciting the Hong Meng Enlightenment Sutra and cultivating the Origin Convergence technique every day was an unbreakable habit of his. In fact, compared to cultivating the Origin Convergence technique, Chen Daoxuan recited the Hong Meng Enlightenment Sutra more often. This was because every time he tried to refine an artifact, he would be exhausted and his spiritual sense would be weakened. When that happened, as long as he recited the ¡®Hong Meng Wu Dao Jing¡¯ once, he would recover and become lively again. Naturally, he could not grow tired of such a good thing. As he recited the scripture, Chen Daoxuan fell into a state of chaos. At this moment, whether it was the flow of air or passage of time around him, he failed to notice either one; it was as if he had completely lost consciousness. Soon, the time for one incense stick to burn passed. Opening his eyes, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s expression gradually turned serious. This was already the ninth time it happened. In the past, he had meditated on the Hong Meng Enlightenment Sutra, but had never experienced such a phenomenon. It was just that, in recent times, his body had clearly undergone some new changes. ¡°I don¡¯t know whether these changes are good or bad¡­¡± Chen Daoxuan looked at the nine Stardust that were revolving around the golden scripture in his sea of consciousness, like stars surrounding the moon. He muttered, ¡°What are these Stardust?¡± Chapter 5 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation With a heavy heart, Chen Daoxuan walked out of the laboratory. This time, he did not even carry out his daily practice of refining artifacts. He hurriedly rode the wind and left. This was the first time in five years that he had allowed himself to be lazy. By the time Chen Daoxuan arrived at thirteenth uncle¡¯s cave abode again, the sky was already dark. He raised his head and looked at the bright and starry night sky. This was the sixteenth year since he arrived in this world. Thanks to the mature soul inhabiting his body, Chen Daoxuan always felt out of place and alone in this world. ¡°Daoxuan!¡± An old voice pulled him out of his dazed state. When he came back to his senses, Chen Daoxuan found his thirteenth uncle, Chen Xianhe, standing in front of him, looking at him with concern. ¡°Thirteenth uncle!¡± Chen Daoxuan hurriedly bowed and greeted him. Chen Xianhe walked forward and gently patted him on the shoulder. He said meaningfully, ¡°Child, it¡¯s been hard on you.¡± Chen Daoxuan was silent. After a long while, he took out the three large and one small pieces of red copper ore from his storage bag. ¡°Thirteenth uncle, these are the ores I collected from the red copper mine today. As you expected, the output of the red copper mine has decreased again.¡± Although he had already expected it, when he heard the news, Chen Xianhe still felt a little uncomfortable. For the past three hundred years, the Chen clan¡¯s red copper mine had supported the cultivation of the clan¡¯s cultivators. Now, they were going to lose it completely. Not to mention the loss of benefits, as the only immortal elder of the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island, it was difficult for him to accept it emotionally. Chen Xianhe could still remember how carefree he was when he was talking and laughing with his twelve clan brothers. However, as time passed, everything was like a fleeting cloud. His clan brothers died on the battlefield, and he, the youngest clan brother, had to shoulder the heavy responsibility of managing the clan. Chen Daoxuan did not hold much affection for the red copper mine. In his eyes, the red copper mine was just a spirit mine, nothing more, nothing less. Chen Xianhe looked at the red copper ore that Chen Daoxuan handed over and shook his head. ¡°You can keep these red copper ores for your artifact refining studies.¡± ¡°Yes, thirteenth uncle.¡± Chen Daoxuan bowed and acknowledged his words. ¡°Oh right, how is your progress in studying artifact refining?¡± When it came to Chen Daoxuan learning weapon refining, Chen Xianhe could not help but reveal a trace of nervousness on his face. When he heard Chen Xianhe asking about his skill in refining artifacts, Chen Daoxuan said seriously, ¡°There are a total of thirteen methods to refine artifacts in the clan¡¯s artifact refining inheritance. Among these methods, twelve are for first-grade artifacts and one is for second-grade artifacts.¡± ¡°Currently, I have only mastered six methods of refining low-grade first-grade artifacts. As for the other four methods for middle-grade first-grade artifacts and two methods for high-grade first-grade artifacts, I have yet to master them.¡± Hearing Chen Daoxuan¡¯s answer, Chen Xianhe¡¯s eyes were filled with relief. ¡°In just five years, you have mastered all the low-grade first-grade artifacts in the clan¡¯s inheritance. That¡¯s already pretty good!¡± Chen Xianhe knew that, although the clan possessed an artifact refining inheritance, none of them had been formally taught. Chen Daoxuan had to teach himself artifact refining based on the inheritance; Chen Xianhe was well aware of how difficult it was. This was because all the cultivators of the ¡°Immortal¡± generation had also taught themselves the second-tier artifact refining inheritance of the clan, though none of them were able to succeed. The path of artifact refining was difficult to begin with. In addition to consuming a large amount of resources, one also needed someone to teach them properly so that they travel on this path more smoothly. This was also the reason why there were almost no alchemists or artifact refiners among itinerant cultivators. Just one artifact refining inheritance was sufficient to keep stump everyone, let alone the various resources required to learn how to refine artifacts. Seeing Chen Xianhe¡¯s satisfied expression, Chen Daoxuan felt embarrassed because he had lied just now. In fact, not only had he mastered the refinement methods of the six low-grade first-grade artifacts, he had actually mastered all the refinement methods of the thirteen artifacts in his clan¡¯s artifact refining inheritance other than the one for the second-grade artifact. To be precise, Chen Daoxuan could now be considered tobe a high-grade first-tier blacksmith. He did not truly want to hide his accomplishments, but his progress had been far too shocking. His cultivation was only at the third level of the Qi refinement realm, but his refining level had reached a level that many senior first-tier blacksmiths at the ninth level of the Qi refinement realm could not reach. Moreover, he had been completely self-taught. He was no longer considered a genius, but a monster! Of course, due to his limited cultivation base, although Chen Daoxuan had mastered the refining methods of the high-grade first-grade artifacts, the success rate of successfully refining one was still rather low. The reason for this was that a high-grade first-grade artifact required more first-grade spirit ores to be refined, and the refining of these would take even longer. With Chen Daoxuan¡¯s true Qi and spiritual sense level, it would be very difficult for him to hold out until the end. As for the subsequent shaping and fusing arrays stages, those were not too difficult for him. He had studied artifact refinement for five years, and only occasionally managed to successfully refine a high-grade first-grade spiritual artifact. With his cultivation, refining a low-grade first-grade spiritual artifact posed no problems at all, but refining a middle-grade first-grade spiritual artifact was a bit of a stretch; refining a high-grade first-grade spiritual artifact was entirely dependent on luck. It was not that his refining level was not good enough, but rather that his cultivation base was insufficient, and his true Qi and spiritual sense were lacking. This was also the reason why Chen Daoxuan was so eager to develop the furnace. With the help of this furnace, he could save on the true Qi and spiritual sense consumption during the material refining stage, allowing him to more easily deal with the shaping and fusing stages of the refinement of the artifact. At that time, not to mention a first-grade high-grade artifact, it was even possible for Chen Daoxuan to try his hand at refining a second-grade artifact. An embarrassed expression flashed across Chen Daoxuan¡¯s face. He quickly adjusted his state of mind and said sincerely, ¡°I don¡¯t dare to claim full credit for this. Over these past few years, if it weren¡¯t for the support of the clan, my refining level wouldn¡¯t have improved so rapidly.¡± Chen Daoxuan was not spouting nonsense. Over the past five years, the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island had invested all kinds of spirit ore materials into his artifact refining studies. If these expenses were converted into spirit stones, it would total up to at least five thousand spirit stones. Even ordinary cultivation clans could not afford to spend so extravagantly, much less itinerant cultivators. The Chen clan of Shuanghu Island could afford this not only thanks to its three hundred years of accumulation, but also because of the wealth accumulated by its immortal cultivators on the battlefield. Even so, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s study of artifact refining still resulted in heavy pressure on the clan, so much so that the patriarch Chen Xianhe had no choice but to consider giving up the red copper mine to support Chen Daoxuan¡¯s cultivation. Hearing Chen Daoxuan¡¯s words, Chen Xianhe smiled and nodded. ¡°Not taking credit for yourself and not being arrogant, very good!¡± As he said that, Chen Xianhe changed the topic. ¡°Daoxuan, you know that our clan is poor, so you must cherish the opportunity our clan is giving you to study artifact refinement.¡± ¡°Nephew, always remember this!¡± After that Chen Daoxuan finished his report to Chen Xianhe regarding the matter of fully excavating the red copper mine, and then left riding on the wind. Chen Xianhe watched Chen Daoxuan leave before walking back into his cave abode. As the current leader of the Chen clan, although the spiritual eyes in Chen Xianhe¡¯s cave abode were exhausted, the size and grandeur of the cave abode far exceeded that of Chen Daoxuan¡¯s cave abode. Of course, the reason why Chen Xianhe did not build Chen Daoxuan¡¯s cave abode with such grandeur was to prevent Chen Daoxuan from becoming overindulgent and reliant on such luxuries at a young age. His painstaking effort was destined to be forgotten by others. After pacing a few rounds, Chen Xianhe walked over to a wall made of broken dragon stone. He stretched out his palm and, with the activation of his true Qi, the array patterns on the wall suddenly lit up. Then the wall made of broken dragon stone slowly slid to the side, revealing a secret chamber behind it. As Chen Xianhe walked into the secret chamber, spiritual light shone brightly, and there were densely packed spirit stones inside that were all the size of a baby¡¯s fist¡­ Chapter 6 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Naturally, Chen Daoxuan, who had returned to his cave abode, was not aware of this. His thirteenth uncle, who had previously claimed that the clan was poor, was now counting his wealth in a secret chamber filled with spirit stones. Inside his cave abode, Chen Daoxuan opened the stone plate that sealed his spiritual eye. Immediately, spiritual essence began to gush out again. Upon seeing this, he did not dare to waste any of it. He quickly activated the Origin Convergence technique and absorbed the spiritual essence into his body to refine it. In the cultivation world of the Myriad Sea of Stars, a cultivator¡¯s spiritual root was generally divided into four grades, based on their efficiency in refining spiritual essence. These were lower spiritual root, middle spiritual root, upper spiritual root, and heavenly spiritual root, which only could be found in one-in-ten-thousand cultivators. Normally speaking, when a cultivator with lower spiritual root absorbed ten percent of spiritual essence into his body, he could only refine one percent of it, which was very inefficient. Therefore, given identical cultivation resources, compared to the other grades of spiritual roots, the cultivation speed of a cultivator with lower spiritual root was the slowest. Middle spiritual root cultivators were much more efficient in refining spiritual essence. Generally speaking, they were twice as efficient as lower spiritual root cultivators. Two of the ten percent of spiritual essence absorbed could be successfully refined. The speed at which upper spiritual root cultivators refined spiritual essence was double that of middle spiritual root cultivators. Four of the ten percent of spiritual essence could be refined. The most terrifying thing was that heavenly spiritual root cultivators could completely refine the spiritual essence they absorbed into their bodies. Given identical cultivation resources, their cultivation speed was ten times faster than lower spiritual root cultivators. As for Chen Daoxuan¡­ He did not know what grade of spiritual roots he possessed. Since the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island did not have a spiritual artifact to test his spiritual roots, the clan¡¯s cultivators could only vaguely judge the grade of their spiritual roots based on the speed at which they refined spiritual essence. In addition, there was no accurate reference standard, so they could only rely on their own judgment. Based on this, Chen Xianhe, who was the clan leader, possessed the lower spiritual root. The clan leader started cultivating at the age of ten. It had been eighty years since then, and he had barely reached the sixth level of the Qi refinement realm. It was true that Chen Xianhe¡¯s slow cultivation was partly due to the lack of cultivation resources in the clan, but the main reason was that his cultivation aptitude was indeed too poor. Chen Daoxuan¡¯s cultivation speed was much faster. In just five years, he had broken through to the third level of the Qi refinement realm. At this rate, he would be able to catch up to Chen Xianhe¡¯s cultivation of the sixth level of the Qi refinement realm in at most a dozen years. Compared to Chen Xianhe, who had only reached the sixth level of the Qi refinement realm after eighty years of cultivation, his cultivation speed was more than four times faster. In other words, if Chen Xianhe possessed the lower spiritual root, then Chen Daoxuan possessed the upper spiritual root. Other than the one-in-ten-thousand heavenly spiritual root cultivators, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s spiritual root was already considered to be at the top level. However, he had been born in a small clan like the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island. Had it been a large cultivation clan, his talent would have warranted the best treatment and resources from the clan; and this was without mentioning his terrifying talent in artifact refinement. ¡­ The next morning, Chen Daoxuan, who had been cultivating for the whole night, refined the last bit of spiritual essence. As he felt the true Qi in his dantian gradually solidify, he could not help but display a satisfied expression. He had just broken through to the third level of the Qi refinement realm and, after only one night of cultivation, he had already solidified the illusory true Qi. He was already very satisfied with this kind of progress. At this speed, in at most three years, he would be able to break through to the fourth level of the Qi refinement realm and become a mid-stage Qi refinement realm cultivator. After all, breaking through to the fourth level of the Qi refinement realm would increase a cultivator¡¯s strength much more than breaking through to the third level of the Qi refinement realm. According to the records of the Origin Convergence technique, when a cultivator broke through to the mid-stage of the Qi refinement realm from the early-stage of the Qi refinement realm, their true Qi would be strengthened by at least 50% , far exceeding the 20% increase when they broke through to the third level of the Qi refinement realm. After finishing his cultivation, Chen Daoxuan used the stone plate to seal the spiritual eye in the cave abode again to prevent the spiritual essence from overflowing. Following that, he could not help but fall into deep thought. According to his usual outing, every morning after he finished his cultivation, he would meditate on the Hong Meng Enlightenment Sutra. However¡­ He sank his mind into his sea of consciousness, and observed as the nine Stardust revolved around the golden scripture. He was contemplating¡­ To be honest, he was a little unsure whether he should continue to meditate on the Hong Meng Enlightenment Sutra. The nine Stardust in his sea of consciousness appeared after he meditated on the Hong Meng Enlightenment Sutra for nine consecutive days. Today was the tenth day, so he continued to meditate on the scripture. He did not know what kind of changes would happen next, but the Hong Meng Enlightenment Sutra was Chen Daoxuan¡¯s biggest trump card. It was obviously impossible for him to give it up just like that. ¡°Forget it. It¡¯s a blessing, not a curse. If it¡¯s a curse, I can¡¯t avoid it anyway. Since I can¡¯t let go of this opportunity, then I should prepare myself mentally for the possible consequences!¡± With this thought in mind, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s gaze became resolute once again. He then closed his eyes and meditated on the Hong Meng Enlightenment Sutra. Very soon, a dao verse circulated in Chen Daoxuan¡¯s Sea of consciousness. Following that, he fell into a state of chaos and lost consciousness, although his mouth continued to instinctively recite the Hong Meng Enlightenment Sutra. The time it took for an incense stick to burn passed in the blink of an eye. When Chen Daoxuan opened his eyes again, he discovered that another Stardust had appeared in his sea of consciousness. ¡°It¡¯s the tenth one,¡± Chen Daoxuan said in a low voice, ¡°But¡­¡± He frowned. ¡°It seems to be a little different this time.¡± Chen Daoxuan discovered that the ten Stardust revolving around the golden scripture in his sea of consciousness seemed to be attracted to each other. If Chen Daoxuan did not deliberately control them, the ten Stardust would have been combined into one. ¡°Do you guys want to combine?¡± Chen Daoxuan muttered, after which his eyes turned firm. ¡°Then I¡¯ll fulfill your wish!¡± With this thought in mind, Chen Daoxuan stopped controlling the ten Stardust and allowed them to collide. Boom! When the ten Stardust collided, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s consciousness went blank initially. Then, he felt his consciousness rising continuously. Finally, the scene of the universe¡¯s Big Bang seemed to appear in his consciousness. ¡°This is¡­¡± In the depths of his sea of consciousness, the knowledge and information that he had studied and obtained previously surged toward him like a tide. Within the waves of knowledge were things that he had studied in his previous life, but only had already had a vague impression of, and there were also some things that he had studied in this life that he had a deep impression of. For example, the main cultivation technique that he practiced every day, the Origin Convergence technique. Chen Daoxuan¡¯s consciousness gently focused on the Origin Convergence technique. Immediately, he suddenly comprehended many things about the Origin Convergence technique, and a large amount of information surged into his mind. ¡°This is¡­ so this is how the Origin Convergence technique should be cultivated. No wonder I always felt that something was wrong when I cultivated it in the past. So cultivating like this will allow me to absorb spiritual essence to a greater extent¡­¡± In just an instant, he discovered a problem in his cultivation method that he had never realized before. ¡°It turns out that I can cultivate like this¡­¡± ¡°This¡­ What¡¯s going on? Why do I feel like I¡¯ve become so intelligent all of a sudden? This feeling is just like the legendary epiphany!¡± That¡¯s right¡­ epiphany! He recalled a cultivation phenomenon recorded in his clan¡¯s ancient books¡ªepiphany! However, the opportunity to experience an epiphany only existed in legends. Most cultivators would never experience an epiphany throughout their entire cultivation life. However, what was going on now? The ten Stardust collided together and he suddenly had an epiphany? Chen Daoxuan, who had thought this thought, could not help but be stunned by this kind of heaven-shaking opportunity¡­ Chapter 7 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation That¡¯s right! The Spirit ore smelting furnace! Chen Daoxuan immediately thought of the problem that troubled him the most¡ªthe spirit smelting array on the spirit ore smelting furnace. Given that he had previously created a brand new array¡ªthe driving array, Chen Daoxuan felt that his talent in the field of arrays was very high. Therefore, he wanted to continue creating new arrays to solve the problem of the fusion of spiritual essence in the process of refining the spirit ore. However, after thinking hard for a year, he still had not come up with many clues. In the space inside his sea of consciousness, Chen Daoxuan looked at the densely packed light clusters floating in front of him. Each of these light clusters represented a portion of the knowledge that he had learned and studied. A portion of these were profound, while other portions were somewhat simple. In the sea of consciousness, he could see that the size and brightness levels of the light clusters were different. For example, the light blob that he had just focused on represented the cultivation method of the Origin Convergence technique. It recorded all of his comprehension regarding the technique and the process of his cultivation of the Origin Convergence technique over the past five years. Therefore, this light blob also happened to be the brightest and largest of all the light blobs. Apart from that, the second largest light blob was the one containing his knowledge on artifact refinement. Chen Daoxuan quickly focused on it. Sure enough, the refining methods and his comprehension of twelve types of first-grade artifacts were all recorded inside this light blob. Apart from these, there was also an incomplete artifact. It was the spirit ore furnace that Chen Daoxuan had been painstakingly researching for the past five years. ¡°So that¡¯s how it is! So that¡¯s how it is¡­¡± Chen Daoxuan¡¯s consciousness fluctuated violently. Waves of joy and satisfaction surged into his heart. ¡°My thoughts were heading in the wrong direction previously. The fusion of spiritual essence with spiritual sense is a violent method of suppression, forcibly fusing the spiritual essence of the numerous spirit ores into a single unit. Achieving this kind of suppression through the array is somewhat unrealistic.¡± ¡°After all, arrays don¡¯t possess intelligence. They can only exert their power fully when controlled by humans. In that case, mortals without spiritual sense won¡¯t be able to grasp the ¡®strength¡¯ required to suppress the spiritual essence.¡± ¡°If the suppression applied is too great, the spiritual essence will collapse. If the suppression applied is too weak, the spiritual essence won¡¯t be able to fuse.¡± ¡°Therefore, the crux of the spirit fusion array lies in guidance, not suppression.¡± ¡°That¡¯s right! That¡¯s right! This is the key to the spirit fusion array! According to this train of thought, the spirit fusion array should be set up like this¡­¡± With the assistance of the ten Stardust that had become one, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s comprehension ability increased ten-fold. Normally, he would not have been able to discover such an important clue about the array even if he had been given a year. At this moment, in less than the time it took for an incense stick to burn, he had actually created a complete spirit fusion array. After the time it took for an incense stick to burn passed, Chen Daoxuan felt his vision go dark, and his consciousness withdrew from the depths of his sea of consciousness. ¡°It¡¯s over!¡± As he opened his eyes, Chen Daoxuan realized that the Epiphany had already ended. ¡°It¡¯s unfortunate. If only the Epiphany lasted a little longer!¡± Chen Daoxuan muttered to himself, still wanting more. After that, he remembered the spirit fusion array and could not bring himself to care about anything else. The spirit ore furnace could be said to be the thing he had spent the most time and effort on after coming to this world. Chen Daoxuan worked hard to study the knowledge of artifact refinement in order to combine the knowledge of two lifetimes and create a spiritual artifact that could even be used by mortals. It was only in this manner that the large population of mortals could fully display their true worth, unlike the clansmen of Changping County, who could only be used to breed and reproduce in the hopes of birthing offspring with immortal cultivation potential. Now, this spiritual artifact was finally about to be released into the world. With this in mind, Chen Daoxuan could no longer hold back his restless heart. He immediately used the wind control spell and flew directly from his cave abode toward the earth fire chamber. As he hastened his movements, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s wind-controlling speed became two to three times faster than usual. In less than ten minutes, the three buildings around the earth fire chamber came into view. Chen Daoxuan quickly landed and pushed open the door of the laboratory. Seeing the huge silver-white metal furnace placed in the center of the laboratory, he fell into deep thought. According to the refining method of the spirit ore furnace that he had just come up with, the furnace in front of him was obviously a failure. In fact, according to the description of the artifacts in the clan¡¯s refining inheritance, one could also judge this furnace as a failure. This was because it was impossible to see the patterns of the array on the surface of a successful refined artifact. All the patterns of the array would fuse into the artifact itself at the final stages of the refining process. However, the surface of the furnace in front of him was covered in array patterns. ¡°Forget it. I¡¯ll just refine it again!¡± Chen Daoxuan sighed. He knew that it was impossible to add another array onto this furnace. The refinement of spiritual artifacts had to be completed in one go. It was impossible to refine halfway, and then continue the refining process later. The reason for this was spiritual essence. During the fusing arrays stage, the refiner needed to use the arrays to perfectly fuse spiritual essence into the refined and shaped embryo of the spiritual artifact, thus bringing out the full power of the spiritual artifact. For any spiritual artifact, the dissipation of spiritual essence meant that the spiritual artifact was damaged. Even if the main structure of the spiritual artifact looked intact, and it could still be used as a divine weapon in the hands of a mortal, to a cultivator, a spiritual artifact that did not have any spiritual essence was just a slightly sharper mortal artifact. Various thoughts surged into his mind, but the movement of his hands did not slow down at all. The laboratory he built was filled with all kinds of spirit ores and ordinary iron ores used for refining artifacts. That¡¯s right, iron ores! This furnace was huge, so it was naturally impossible for it to be refined entirely from spirit ores. In fact, the main material of the furnace in front of him was that very ordinary iron ore. However, Chen Daoxuan added a type of spirit ore called silvermoon stone into the mix. Due to the usage of ordinary iron ores, the cost of this furnace was not extravagant. At most, it was equivalent to a high-grade first-grade spiritual artifact. Actually, it was quite normal if one thought about it carefully. Otherwise, how many spirit ores would be needed to construct such a huge furnace? Even if the entire red copper mine of the Chen clan was excavated to construct it, it was still uncertain if there would be enough spirit ores. It would also defeat the original purpose of refining this furnace. ¡°Fortunately, I still have some silvermoon stones in stock!¡± Chen Daoxuan rummaged through the cabinets in the corner of the laboratory and finally found the spirit ore he was looking for. As for ordinary iron ores, there was no need to worry about that. There was a large iron ore vein on Shuanghu Island, so he had access to as many iron ores as he wanted. ¡­ By the time Chen Daoxuan prepared all of the refining materials, it was already noon. He touched the storage bag hanging on his waist. Chen Daoxuan then pushed open the door to the earth fire chamber. As the bronze door of the earth fire chamber opened, a wave of heat hit him. ¡°Whew!¡± Chen Daoxuan exhaled a mouthful of turbid air and walked steadily toward the heat-gathering array at the center of the earth fire chamber. Although there was no flame, Chen Daoxuan could feel a tremendous heat gathering in the air above the heat-gathering array, seemingly waiting to melt the materials that were on top of it. Chen Daoxuan took out the iron ores and the silvermoon stones from his storage bag and piled them into two heaps, one big and one small. It was not difficult to refine the materials for the furnace. The primary reason behind this was because the iron ore was too easy to refine. It would melt into molten iron almost as soon as it was placed above the heat-gathering array. Compared to the hard-to-refine spirit ores, ordinary ores were like tame sheep. Chen Daoxuan did not encounter any difficulties during the refining and shaping stages. In front of him, a huge object that weighed dozens of tons was lifted up by his true Qi and floated in the air. ¡°Now, it¡¯s time for the most difficult fusing arrays stage!¡± Taking a deep breath, Chen Daoxuan calmed down the boiling true Qi in his dantian. Then, with a burst of energy, he carved the array patterns into the furnace in front of him. The first layer was the driving pattern! The second layer was the heat-gathering pattern! The third layer was the floating-pattern¡­ and the fourth layer was the most important pattern¡ªthe spirit fusion pattern! ¡°Success!¡± After the last array pattern was engraved, the furnace in front of him emitted a golden light. Then, the golden light slowly faded away, and all the array patterns fused into the structure of the furnace bit by bit. Seeing this, Chen Daoxuan jumped up happily and became extremely excited! The excitement on his face was no less than when he had obtained the Hong Meng Enlightenment Sutra. Chapter 8 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Looking at the silver-white behemoth of a structure in front of him, Chen Daoxuan felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction. ¡°It doesn¡¯t seem appropriate to call it a spirit ore furnace anymore. From now on, I¡¯ll call you¡­ Spirit Smelting Furnace!¡± Chen Daoxuan looked at the furnace in front of him and gave it a new name. The spiritual artifact that he had poured his blood, sweat and tears into for five years had finally come to fruition. The first thing Chen Daoxuan had to do was to try out the spirit smelting furnace. He wanted to see if the spirit smelting furnace functioned in the way he had imagined. It did not require the use of true Qi and spiritual sense. He only needed to manually manipulate the two control levers on the furnace¡¯s control system to operate the spiritual artifact. With this in mind, Chen Daoxuan became even more impatient. He hurriedly took out two pieces of red copper ore from his storage bag and threw them into the mouth of the spirit smelting furnace. This time, Chen Daoxuan did not use any of his true Qi. He operated the furnace manually. He gently manipulated the second control lever of the furnace. As Chen Daoxuan controlled the lever, the array was slowly activated by the spirit stones. The floating array on the furnace was activated. After the two pieces of red copper ore entered the furnace from the intake port, they were controlled by the floating array and hovered in the middle of the furnace. ¡°The first step is complete!¡± Seeing that the furnace was operating as he imagined, Chen Daoxuan was greatly encouraged. ¡°Next, it¡¯s time to heat up the furnace to smelt the spirit ore.¡± He continued to manipulate the first control lever. By controlling the distance between the spirit stones and the driving array, he controlled the spiritual essence input level, and thus controlled the operation of the heat-gathering array. Chen Daoxuan slowly pushed the control lever. Under the effect of the heat gathering array, the temperature inside the furnace rose rapidly. Soon, the furnace reached the same temperature that the heat gathering array would normally reach when Chen Daoxuan was manually refining an artifact. ¡°That¡¯s it?¡± As he looked at the spirit smelting furnace running quietly, Chen Daoxuan felt unprecedentedly relaxed. He felt like he was watching the production line of automated machinery from his previous life. Of course, Chen Daoxuan knew that the real test had yet to come. The most difficult problem to resolve for the spirit smelting furnace was the fusion of spiritual essence. Although he came up with the spirit smelting array on the spirit smelting furnace during his epiphany, he could not guarantee that it worked. As time passed, even the red copper ore could not withstand the continuous high temperature inside the spirit smelting furnace. Four hours later, the two pieces of red copper ore finally melted. Seeing this, Chen Daoxuan could not help but raise his hopes in anticipation. He knew that the most critical moment had arrived. Under the keen observation of his spiritual sense, Chen Daoxuan discovered that, within the spirit smelting furnace, the two blobs of red liquid were slowly fusing together under the effect of the floating array. Not only that, the spiritual essence of these two blobs of liquid was also slowly fusing together. He was not using his spiritual sense to suppress and fuse the spiritual essence. In fact, other than observing the interior of the furnace, his spiritual sense did not come into contact with the spiritual essence in the red copper ores, much less suppress and fuse the two. Clearly, this was taking place due to the effect of the spirit fusion array. ¡°Wu Wu Wu¡­¡± The moment the spiritual essence fused, a flash of white light was emitted from the top of the spirit smelting furnace, which was accompanied by a rapid burst of what sounded like the release of high-pressure steam. This was a design choice that Chen Daoxuan had implemented based on the changes in the spiritual pressure caused by the fusion of the spiritual essence of the spirit ores. It was equivalent to a feedback system used to remind the operator that the spirit ores had been successfully refined. Without it, how could mortals without spiritual sense know when the spirit ore had been successfully refined? When Chen Daoxuan heard this brief whining noise, he became even happier. To him, this sound was even more pleasing than celestial music. He quickly manipulated the control lever, and the refined liquified spirit ore slowly floated out from the discharge port. ¡°Good!¡± Chen Daoxuan was extremely excited. He used his true Qi to drag the refined red copper liquid in front of him, after which he used his spiritual sense to examine it carefully and found that there was no difference between it and the red copper ore that he had refined previously. He could not help but exclaim, ¡°Great! With this, as long as I have enough spirit smelting furnaces, my refining efficiency will increase by at least dozens of times.¡± For example, to refine the Red Shadow flying sword, Chen Daoxuan had to refine the materials for three days and three nights. Now, he only needed to complete the shaping and fusing arrays stages of the spiritual artifact refining process. However, the process of shaping and fusing arrays of a first-grade spiritual artifact was relatively simple. Even if the fusing arrays stage was a little more difficult, it would only take him an hour at most. In other words, the process that would normally take him three days and three nights had now been compressed to two hours, increasing his work efficiency by thirty-six times. Now, Chen Daoxuan alone was equivalent to thirty-six artifact refiners in the outside world. What was even more terrifying was the fact that this efficiency could be replicated. Once this revolutionary spiritual artifact was popularized, as long as the clan gave birth to one artifact refiner in the future, it would be equivalent to giving birth to thirty-six artifact refiners in the outside world. With this thing, would he still be worried about not having any spirit stones? Would he still be worried about not having any cultivation resources? At this moment, Chen Daoxuan felt unprecedentedly relaxed. The clan had declined and the cultivators in the clan had withered away. This situation was like a huge mountain pressing down on his heart, creating a situation where he did not dare to relax for even a moment. However, at this moment, he finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel, and all the pressure was washed away. ¡°However, in order for the spirit smelting furnace to work, the earth fire chamber¡¯s connection to the earth fire vein is essential. Otherwise, the heat gathering array will not work properly.¡± After saying that, he looked around at the ¡°small¡± earth fire chamber and shook his head. ¡°This earth fire chamber definitely isn¡¯t the best. Moreover, the terrain here is not suitable to construct a refining workshop.¡± After thinking carefully, he still felt that Changping County¡¯s location was not too bad. Changping County was located on a plain, and it had immense room for development. Even if he wanted to expand the size and scale of the refining workshop in the future, he would only need to say a few words. However¡­ The prerequisite for all of this was the fact that he needed money! However, Chen Daoxuan clearly knew that the clan already did not possess much money. Over the years, in order to support his refining studies, the clan had invested at least five thousand spirit stones. One had to know that 5,000 spirit stones was a huge fortune for even a foundation establishment cultivator. At least among the itinerant cultivators and foundation establishment cultivators, very few people could afford that many spirit stones. However, if he did not rely on the clan, who could Chen Daoxuan rely on? Although he had been in this world for 16 years, he had never left Shuanghu Island even once. For so many years, apart from cultivating, he had spent all his time studying how to refine artifacts. He rarely had to worry about clan matters. For the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island, Chen Daoxuan becoming an artifact refiner was already the greatest reward he could give to the clan. He pondered this matter for a long time. In the end, Chen Daoxuan decided to rely on the power of the clan. Even if he really could not obtain assistance, he could at least get thirteenth uncle to give him some advice. After all, compared to Chen Daoxuan, who was a rookie in the cultivation world, Chen Xianhe, who had participated in cultivator wars, and had lived in the cultivation world of the Myriad Sea of Stars, and even the Immortal Cloud continent, was much more experienced than him. ¡°Let¡¯s do it!¡± Chen Daoxuan quickly put down the spirit smelting furnace and flew toward the cave abode of the clan leader, Chen Xianhe. ¡­ Chen Xianhe¡¯s cave abode¡­ At this moment, Chen Xianhe, who had finished inspecting the clan¡¯s secret stash, was holding a cup of tea and humming a tune as he lay comfortably on the reclining chair to bask in the sun. ¡°Achoo!¡± Suddenly, Chen Xianhe sneezed fiercely and sat up from the reclining chair with a blank look on his face. Chapter 9 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Red Copper mountain range, inside the earth fire chamber¡­ Chen Xianhe stared at the huge object in front of him, which was dozens of feet tall and ten feet wide. He could not help but be stunned. What was even more peculiar was that, judging from the faint spiritual light emitted by this huge object, it was actually a spiritual artifact. Seeing this scene, Chen Xianhe turned around to look at Chen Daoxuan, who was beside him, and asked, ¡°Did you just say that this thing called the spirit smelting furnace can help you refine spirit ores?¡± ¡°Yes!¡± Chen Daoxuan nodded affirmatively. ¡°To be precise, the spirit smelting furnace can not only help refiners refine spirit ore, but it also doesn¡¯t require cultivators to operate it. A few mortals will be sufficient to operate this thing!¡± Hearing this, Chen Xianhe lost his composure immediately. It was already incredible enough that it could help refiners refine spirit ore, but this thing did not even need cultivators to operate it. It was no longer just incredible, butshocking beyond belief. If what Chen Daoxuan said was true, then the significance of this spiritual artifact was too great. Although Chen Xianhe did not manage to become a refiner, he had studied the clan¡¯s artifact refining inheritance during his early years, so he still had some basic knowledge regarding artifact refining. He knew that refining materials was often the most time-consuming and laborious process when refining some low-level spiritual artifacts. If a few mortals and a furnace could solve the problem of refining spirit ore, then the refining speed of the refiner would be significantly accelerated. Such a simple principle was naturally easily grasped given that he was the patriarch of the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island. Chen Daoxuan saw the suspicious look on thirteenth uncle¡¯s face. He did not waste any time and immediately operated it in front of him. Six hours later. ¡°Due to the sealed nature of the spirit smelting furnace, the speed at which it refines spirit ores is faster than when refiners directly use the heat gathering array. Normally, it takes three days to refine red copper ores but, now, it only takes six hours to complete the refining process.¡± Chen Daoxuan manipulated the second control lever and moved the red liquid lump out of the spirit smelting furnace as he spoke. Although Chen Xianhe was not a refiner, he could still feel the rich spiritual essence emanating from the red liquid in front of him. Then, he brought the red liquid in front of him and blinked his eyes. He looked at the red liquid, and then at the spirit smelting furnace; his old face turned redder and redder. Finally, he could not help but burst out into laughter. ¡°Hahaha!¡± ¡°Hahahaha!¡± After the time it took to brew half a cup of tea passed, Chen Xianhe¡¯s laughter finally died down. Chen Xianhe seemed to realize that he had lost his composure in front of his nephew, and could not help but blush. However, he soon forgot about this little gaffe. ¡°Daoxuan, how much does it cost to refine this spirit smelting furnace?¡± Seeing the serious expression on Chen Xianhe¡¯s face, Chen Daoxuan could not help but speak seriously, ¡°Clan leader, refining the spirit smelting furnace requires two materials, iron ore and silvermoon stone. Iron ore is not valuable, so the main cost of its production comes from the silvermoon stone.¡± He paused for a moment before continuing, ¡°The furnace in front of us utilized a total of 39 jin of silvermoon stones. Converted to spirit stones, it would be around 195 spirit stones.¡± Although silvermoon stones and red copper ores were both grade one spirit ores, the price of the former was much higher than the latter, costing about five spirit stones per jin. The main reason this was so was because the supply of silvermoon stones in the Myriad Sea of Stars was relatively scarce. Of course, as the Qian Yuan Sword sect continued to wage war against the Izumo country over the years and plundered large amounts of the Izumo country¡¯s resources, the price of the silvermoon stones continued to drop. If one were to really count, the most widespread and cheapest spirit ore in the Myriad Sea of Stars was neither silvermoon stone nor red copper ore. Instead, it was a grade one spirit ore called black iron. Not only could it be found abundantly in the Myriad Sea of Stars, it was even easier to find in the Immortal Cloud continent¡¯s immortal cultivation world. As a result, many low-level cultivators who did not know how to refine artifacts, and could not afford to buy spiritual artifacts, would often use black iron as a ¡°spiritual artifact¡± after haphazardly refining it, which would only make people laugh. ¡°195 spirit stones. It¡¯s actually cheap. Not expensive at all.¡± Chen Xianhe stroked his goatee and said with a smile. He knew clearly in his heart that, compared to how much it benefited artifact refiners, these 195 spirit stones were simply not worth mentioning. When Chen Daoxuan heard this, he shook his head and then said, ¡°Ahem, clan leader, 195 spirit stones is just the cost of this furnace. You haven¡¯t calculated the cost of building the earth fire chamber yet?¡± Hearing this, Chen Xianhe was stunned. ¡°Why do you want to build another earth fire chamber? Doesn¡¯t the clan already have this earth fire chamber?¡± Hearing that Chen Daoxuan wanted to build an earth fire chamber, Chen Xianhe could not remain calm. Chen Xianhe knew very well how expensive it was to build an earth fire chamber because the earth fire chamber they were in had been built during his time. Back then, it took more than two thousand spirit stones to build it. Seeing Chen Xianhe¡¯s expression, Chen Daoxuan had a thought¡­ It seemed that the clan still had a lot of reserves! Thinking this, Chen Daoxuan said without batting an eyelid, ¡°Clan leader, although this earth fire chamber is good, it¡¯s too small.¡± ¡°Moreover, there are many unreasonable aspects with regard to the original design and layout of the chamber. For example, the heat gathering array here. With the spirit smelting furnace, this heat gathering array would be useless, and this place¡­¡± Chen Daoxuan started to point out the deficiencies of this earth fire chamber. It was not until Chen Xianhe¡¯s old face turned green that Chen Daoxuan finally stopped. ¡°Humph!¡± Chen Xianhe snorted, ¡°Is the earth fire chamber I built so bad?¡± Seeing the unhappy expression on thirteenth uncle¡¯s face, Chen Daoxuan immediately shook his head like a rattle and said, ¡°It¡¯s not like that. It¡¯s just that, with the spirit smelting furnace, this earth fire chamber is indeed not very practical.¡± ¡°Moreover, thirteenth uncle, think carefully. If you want to maximize the efficiency and output of refining spiritual artifacts for artifact refiners, you have to provide each artifact refiner with at least four to five spirit smelting furnaces.¡± ¡°As it currently stands, we can barely squeeze into our earth fire chamber, but what if our clan produces more artifact refiners in the future? ¡°Is this tiny space enough?¡± Hearing this, Chen Xianhe said unhappily, ¡°There are only two cultivators in the clan at the moment, and yet somehow you¡¯re talking about producing a large number of artifact refiners. Even the Zhou clan doesn¡¯t dare to dream like you do!¡± ¡°Hehe!¡± Seeing Chen Daoxuan giggling foolishly, Chen Xianhe fell into deep thought. After a long time, he looked at Chen Daoxuan solemnly and said, ¡°Follow me.¡± ¡­ Chen Xianhe and Chen Daoxuan flew toward Chen Xianhe¡¯s cave abode. In less than the time it took for an incense stick to burn, the two of them landed in front of the cave abode. On the way, Chen Xianhe did not say a word. Chen Daoxuan vaguely knew what Chen Xianhe was about to do, and he could not help but look forward to it. They walked into the cave abode. The two of them took many turns before stopping in front of a stone wall made of broken dragon stone. Chen Xianhe looked at the broken dragon stone that was as smooth as jade on the surface. He said thoughtfully, ¡°My Chen clan has been established on Shuanghu Island for 273 years since our ancestor Chen Dengyuan founded the clan. Do you know why our Chen clan was able to survive until now?¡± Chen Xianhe turned around and looked at Chen Daoxuan. Chen Daoxuan thought for a moment, and then shook his head. ¡°The reason why our Chen clan has survived for 300 years is because of our ancestors¡¯ spirit of sacrificing themselves for the sake of our descendants! The inheritance we have today is all due to our ancestors¡¯ sacrifices!¡± Chen Xianhe raised his head slightly and said, ¡°We have ascended to the immortal path and blessed our descendants. In these 300 years, our Chen clan¡­ has done it!¡± At this moment, Chen Xianhe thought of his big brother who had risked his life on the battlefield. He thought of his seventh brother who had risked his life to protect his youngest brother. He thought of his ancestors who had sacrificed their lives for their clan! Chen Daoxuan was affected by Chen Xianhe¡¯s sad mood. He could not help but fall silent. Although he knew that the Chen clan had declined, Chen Xianhe had been doing his best to shield him from the wind and rain all these years. His body posture was hunched and his temples were white. This kind of kindness would not be ignored by any individual. ¡°Thirteenth uncle, Daoxuan will carry on the legacy of our ancestors in this life. We will not let down our ancestors and future generations!¡± Chen Daoxuan said firmly. Hearing this, Chen Xianhe stared at him with bloodshot eyes. In the end, he nodded heavily and said, ¡°My Chen clan is very lucky to have a descendant like you!¡± Chapter 10 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation ¡°Boom Boom Boom!¡± As the array patterns on the broken dragon stone were activated, the stone wall slowly slid open. As the secret stash of the clan was revealed, a burst of spiritual light shone. Standing outside the secret chamber, Chen Daoxuan was almost blinded by the spiritual light of the spirit stones. ¡°This¡­¡± He looked at the clan leader, Chen Xianhe, with a face full of shock. In the end, he saw a smug smile on the other party¡¯s face. His expression seemed to be saying, ¡°Kid, are you shocked?¡± Chen Daoxuan pursed his lips and tried his best to put on a calm expression. However, the twitching of his mouth from time to time still revealed the excitement in his heart. The clan was really¡­ too f*cking rich! Spirit stones¡­ there should be at least ten thousand of them, right? Gazing at the neatly arranged spirit stones on the shelves, he could not help but fall into deep thought. In the secret chamber, other than spirit stones, there were also some precious spirit ores. Other than red copper ore and some common grade one spirit ores, Chen Daoxuan could even sense the spiritual fluctuations of grade two spirit ores. ¡°Gulp!¡± Chen Daoxuan¡¯s Adam¡¯s apple bobbed up and down, and he could not help but swallow his saliva. ¡°This is the entire savings of our Chen clan over the past three hundred years. Isn¡¯t it shocking?¡± Chen Xianhe¡¯s voice echoed in Chen Daoxuan¡¯s ears. ¡°When I took over the position of clan leader and saw these things for the first time, my reaction was similar to yours.¡± ¡°Thirteenth uncle, what¡¯s going on? Didn¡¯t you say that the clan was very poor? Furthermore, since the clan has so many spirit stones, why did you give up on cultivation? If you exchange these things for cultivation resources, I¡¯m sure you would be able to improve further.¡± Chen Daoxuan seemed to have thought of something and said anxiously. Clearly, he had been worried about Chen Xianhe giving up on his path of cultivation. He thought that Chen Xianhe had given up on cultivation for his own sake. ¡°You¡¯re right!¡± Chen Xianhe nodded. ¡°Exchanging these things for cultivation resources can indeed improve my cultivation. If I am lucky, it is not impossible for me to reach the ninth level of the Qi refinement realm. But then what? Will I be able to reach the foundation establishment realm? No!¡± Chen Xianhe sighed. ¡°It¡¯s not wise to waste three hundred years of my ancestors¡¯ accumulation on a clan member with such low potential like me!¡± Chen Daoxuan was speechless after he heard this. He did not let down his ancestors and his descendants! Chen Xianhe was using his actions to set the best example for his descendants. What else could Chen Daoxuan say? Faced with such a thirteenth uncle and clan leader of the Chen clan, Chen Daoxuan did not say a word. He bowed to Chen Xianhe respectfully. Chen Xianhe accepted Chen Daoxuan¡¯s bow calmly. After a while, he waved his hand and said, ¡°There are a total of 8,743 spirit stones here. There are 635 jin of all types of grade one spirit ores. The most precious things in here are the three pieces of grade two spirit ore.¡± Chen Xianhe pointed at an exquisite wooden box in the corner of the secret chamber. ¡°With these three pieces of grade two spirit ore, we can barely refine a second-grade spiritual artifact. However, our Chen clan has not produced a single artifact refiner other than you.¡± ¡°Now, I will hand all these things over to you!¡± After saying that, Chen Xianhe looked straight into Chen Daoxuan¡¯s eyes. After receiving his affirmation, he nodded with satisfaction. ¡°Clan leader, I have a question.¡± ¡°Speak.¡± After organizing his thoughts, Chen Daoxuan continued, ¡°Since the clan has so many spirit stones, why didn¡¯t you nurture more disciples?¡± Hearing his question, Chen Xianhe first nodded, and then shook his head. ¡°I understand what you¡¯re getting at. Such a large amount of wealth can indeed nurture a few more cultivators for the clan, allowing the clan to regain its prosperous state.¡± ¡°However, have you ever thought about how the Chen clan, which would then have no red copper mine and no clan savings, would continue after this generation of cultivators passes away?¡± Seeing that Chen Daoxuan did not say anything, Chen Xianhe knew that this kid definitely did not agree with the thoughts of the older generation. However, after thinking about it, Chen Xianhe felt relieved anyway. Chen Daoxuan was different from them. Chen Daoxuan had good aptitude and was talented in artifact refining. He definitely wanted to do everything he could to develop and strengthen the clan, rather than rely on the accumulation of generations to nurture a spiritual vein for the clan. ¡°Daoxuan, I know you want to develop and strengthen the clan. It¡¯s not just you. Every generation of the Chen clan has had the same thoughts. However, you must remember that in order to strengthen the cultivation clan, other than the inheritance of cultivation techniques, the spiritual vein is the true foundation of a clan!¡± ¡°Spiritual vein?¡± Chen Daoxuan frowned. ¡°That¡¯s right. Do you know why our Chen clan could produce the thirteen cultivators of the ¡®Immortal¡¯ generation?¡± Chen Daoxuan shook his head. ¡°It was because of the seven spiritual eyes of the clan.¡± At this point, Chen Xianhe could not help but sigh, ¡°Perhaps it was the blessing of the ancestors or perhaps it was pure luck. The previous clan leader, Chen Xianzhou, discovered four spiritual eyes in a row in the Red Copper mountain range. It was only after adding these to the original three spiritual eyes of the clan that the thirteen cultivators of the Chen clan were born.¡± ¡°However, spiritual eyes are just rootless duckweeds after all. They appear at random, and they are also exhausted over time.¡± Chen Daoxuan was deeply moved by what thirteenth uncle said. This was because, at the beginning of his cultivation, the clan possessed two spiritual eyes; he and Chen Xianhe each had one. However, when he cultivated to the second level of the Qi refinement realm, thirteenth uncle¡¯s spiritual eye inexplicably dried up. At that point, there was only one spiritual eye left in the clan. Seeing Chen Daoxuan¡¯s expression, Chen Xianhe continued, ¡°However, spiritual veins are different. As long as the cultivators in the clan don¡¯t push it beyond its limits, it will not dry up.¡± ¡°As long as a cultivator clan controls a spiritual vein, that clan has developed the foundation of their inheritance. Unfortunately, although the Myriad Sea of Stars has a vast amount of spiritual veins, none of those spiritual veins are ownerless!¡± Hearing this, Chen Daoxuan thought for a while and said, ¡°So the clan¡¯s accumulations were in order to artificially create a spiritual vein?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right!¡± Seeing that Chen Daoxuan was dumbfounded, Chen Xianhe said with a smile, ¡°I know. You might think that our ancestors are a little silly. Artificially creating a spiritual vein not only requires more than 100,000 spirit stones, but also requires the creation of a spirit nurturing array.¡± ¡°However, if our Chen clan wants to truly establish a foothold in the Myriad Sea of Stars, we have no other choice but to gain control of a spiritual vein!¡± Hearing this, Chen Daoxuan fell silent. He knew that Chen Xianhe was right. It was only with a spiritual vein could one cultivate a spiritual field, grow spiritual herbs, and nurture spiritual beasts. Most importantly, it was only with a spiritual vein that the Chen clan cultivators would have enough spiritual essence to cultivate. With a spiritual vein, they would not be in Chen Daoxuan¡¯s current situation, wherein every day of cultivation was filled with fear and trepidation. He was afraid that the spiritual eye in the cave abode would dry up suddenly. Just like thirteenth uncle said, this feeling was akin to being a rootless duckweed. Chen Daoxuan hated this feeling of not being able to control his own fate. He wanted to change everything! Chapter 11 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Putting the spirit stones into his storage bag, Chen Daoxuan and Chen Xianhe walked out of the secret chamber. In the living room of the cave abode, uncle and nephew sat opposite each other. A tea set was placed on the tea table in front of them; Chen Xianhe was making tea for Chen Daoxuan. The refreshing tea flowed into the teacup from the mouth of the teapot. Immediately, the fragrance of the tea filled the air. Chen Daoxuan smelled the fragrance of the tea and felt that his spiritual sense had become more active. Obviously, this was not an ordinary tea, but rather a type of spirit tea. Seeing the greedy look on Chen Daoxuan¡¯s face, Chen Xianhe smiled and handed the teacup over. ¡°Have a taste. This spirit-nourishing tea is one of the few good things that your thirteenth uncle has.¡± ¡°This nephew receives it respectfully.¡± Receiving the teacup, Chen Daoxuan drank it as if he was chewing on a peony. After drinking it, he smacked his lips. ¡°How is it?¡± Chen Xianhe asked as he sipped the tea. ¡°Fragrant!¡± Seeing thirteenth uncle glaring at him, Chen Daoxuan said embarrassedly, ¡°It feels like my spiritual sense has been soaked in warm water. It¡¯s very comfortable.¡± ¡°That¡¯s right. Spirit-nourishing tea is very beneficial to a cultivator¡¯s spiritual sense. Drinking it over a long period of time has the effect of increasing a cultivator¡¯s spiritual sense.¡± At this point, Chen Xianhe laughed self-deprecatingly. ¡°Ordinary people think that we cultivators live in the wilderness and abstain from food. What would they think if they knew that it¡¯s not that we cultivators don¡¯t eat, but rather that we¡¯re poor and can¡¯t afford to eat?¡± He looked at the spirit-nourishing tea on the table and continued, ¡°Just this small pot of spirit-nourishing tea is worth fifty spirit stones.¡± ¡°Pfft!¡± ¡°Cough, cough, cough!¡± Chen Daoxuan had just drunk his second cup of spirit-nourishing tea. When he heard the terrifying price of the tea, he immediately choked and coughed. ¡°Fifty spirit stones? That¡¯s so expensive!¡± Chen Daoxuan widened his eyes in disbelief. Chen Xianhe said to himself, ¡°Let¡¯s not talk about the spirit tea. Cultivators from big clans usually eat spirit rice. You should know that long-term consumption of spirit rice can nourish the body.¡± ¡°In Guang¡¯an Prefecture, even one hundred jin of the grade one spirit rice, jade crystal rice, can be sold for five spirit stones. How can ordinary cultivators afford to eat them all year round?¡± ¡°Not to mention, there are all kinds of spiritual pills, spirit fruits, spirit wine, and other rare treasures that can assist in cultivation. All of these require spirit stones!¡± Chen Daoxuan was silent. He knew that thirteenth uncle said all this to tell him that, once he had enough spirit stones, he should first nurture the spiritual vein. This was because, as long as he had the spiritual vein, the cultivation resources thirteenth uncle mentioned could all be slowly obtained by relying on the spiritual vein. ¡°Thirteenth uncle, I understand what you mean. When the refining workshop is completed and we start earning spirit stones, I will definitely nurture the spiritual vein as soon as possible,¡± Chen Daoxuan promised confidently. Seeing Chen Daoxuan¡¯s attitude, Chen Xianhe did not say anything further. He then changed the topic and said, ¡°Daoxuan, do you have any thoughts regarding the future development of the clan?¡± This was the first time that Chen Xianhe had taken the initiative to talk to Chen Daoxuan about the development plan for the clan. In the past, Chen Xianhe did not really let Chen Daoxuan worry about the matters of the clan. He told Chen Daoxuan then that his most important task was to learn how to refine artifacts and to strive to become a refiner as soon as possible. Now that Chen Daoxuan was already a first-tier refiner, the increasingly aged Chen Xianhe had no choice but to consider the issue of grooming a successor. Hearing this question, Chen Daoxuan knew that his thirteenth uncle was testing him. After sorting out his thoughts, Chen Daoxuan said, ¡°Patriarch, I think that the most important thing for the clan right now is to build a refining workshop and, while we establish the refining workshop, we need to make preparations for three things.¡± ¡°What three things?¡± ¡°First, investigate the market for spiritual artifacts in Guang¡¯an Prefecture. Second, purchase the raw materials required to construct a refining workshop and refine spiritual artifacts and, third, rent a shop to sell the finished spiritual artifacts in Guang¡¯an Prefecture.¡± Chen Daoxuan explained his thoughts on how to develop the clan over the next few years. Chen Xianhe listened to his explanation while sometimes tapping his fingers on the table; sometimes praising, and at other times interrupting and correcting. As the uncle and nephew continued their discussion, the Chen clan¡¯s rough development plan for the next few years was gradually finalized by the two of them. To sum it up, over the course of the next five years, the focus of the clan¡¯s development would revolve around the refining workshop, and Chen Daoxuan would be the core executor of this development plan. This was naturally because he was the only one in the Chen clan who knew how to refine artifacts, as well as the only one who knew how to refine the unique spirit smelting furnace. Unknowingly, the spirit-nourishing tea in the teapot was already empty. Chen Daoxuan shook the teapot and found that the tea had already been emptied. He could not help but smack his lips. Putting down the teapot awkwardly, he thought hatefully in his heart that, when the clan became rich in the future, he would definitely buy spirit-nourishing tea to soak in. ¡°Alright, since this matter has been settled, I will use the clan leader¡¯s order to announce this development plan publicly at the clan meeting tomorrow,¡± Chen Xianhe concluded. Seeing Chen Daoxuan¡¯s hesitant expression, Chen Xianhe withdrew the hand that was prepared to send him off and asked, ¡°Why, is there anything else?¡± Hearing his question, Chen Daoxuan said with a serious expression, ¡°Clan leader, Daoxuan thinks that while we should focus on developing the artifact refining workshop, the cultivation of the clan members should also keep up. Our Chen clan can¡¯t always rely on the two of us, right?¡± He knew clearly that Chen Xianhe was thinking of accumulating 100,000 spirit stones to nurture the spiritual vein. Chen Daoxuan, on the other hand, thought that the objectives of nurturing the clan¡¯s disciples, and nurturing the spiritual vein, were not in conflict. However, this was based on the premise that the refining workshop could earn large amounts of spirit stones. Otherwise, whether it was nurturing the clan¡¯s disciples or nurturing the spiritual vein, both would remain but a dream. Hearing Chen Daoxuan¡¯s suggestion, Chen Xianhe hesitated. He thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, ¡°Let¡¯s put this matter aside for now. However, I can promise you that as long as the spirit stones earned by the refining workshop reaches a certain level, you can implement both the clan disciple cultivation plan and the spiritual vein nurturing plan simultaneously.¡± ¡°However, we must always put the spiritual vein nurturing plan before the clan disciple cultivation plan!¡± ¡°Okay!¡± Chen Daoxuan nodded. ¡°But¡­¡± ¡°But what?¡± Chen Xianhe glared at him. He realized that Chen Daoxuan¡¯s previous deference was all an act. In reality, this kid had more ideas than anyone else. Chen Daoxuan said embarrassedly, ¡°How many spirit stones does the refining workshop need to earn every year in order to meet the standard? Thirteenth uncle, you can give me a specific target, right?¡± ¡°Since you insist on raising the disciples of the clan, I will give you a target. If the refining workshop¡¯s annual net profit can reach more than three thousand spirit stones, I will agree to your request!¡± Hearing his guarantee, Chen Daoxuan was overjoyed. He stood up excitedly and said, ¡°It¡¯s a deal. Let¡¯s shake hands on this!¡± ¡°Get lost! I¡¯ll beat you up!¡± Seeing Chen Daoxuan¡¯s impudent manner, Chen Xianhe immediately huffed and glared at him, as if wanting to beat him up. Seeing this, Chen Daoxuan did not say anything else. He ran away and left the cave abode in a flash. Seeing Chen Daoxuan¡¯s cheerful gait, Chen Xianhe could not help but display a hint of a smile on his face, which had been pretending to be angry. ¡°You little brat¡­ Haha!¡± Chapter 12 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation In the Southwest Sea of the Myriad Sea of Stars. The surging sea water splashed against a black cargo ship, making loud noises. Chen Daoxuan stood on the deck and looked at the endless sea. He turned to the clan leader, Chen Xianhe, and said, ¡°Thirteenth uncle, is this the clan¡¯s Canglong cargo ship?¡± ¡°Haha, Yes, it is.¡± Chen Xianhe caressed the mast of the Canglong. ¡°This is your first time on a ship, right?¡± Chen Daoxuan nodded. Although Chen Daoxuan was a man that had lived two lifetimes, it was the first time he would embark on a sea voyage on a ship. At that moment, he felt a little excited. ¡°At the beginning of the voyage, everything will seem novel and new to you, but after you see it day after day, you will end up getting sick of it. We have a long journey ahead of us to Lingbei Island. Even with the speed of the Canglong, it will take us at least a month to arrive.¡± Chen Xianhe was right. After looking around for less than the time it took for an incense stick to burn, Chen Daoxuan felt bored. In his eyes, all he could see around him was azure blue seawater; there was nothing unusual or exciting about it. He suddenly thought of something, and asked, ¡°Thirteenth uncle, didn¡¯t you always say that the Myriad Sea of Stars is dangerous, and that demonic beasts often appear in the sea?¡± ¡°That¡¯s if you run around randomly. In fact, if you sail on the fixed routes, the Myriad Sea of Stars is still very safe. After all, demonic beasts also have intelligence. They know which areas are safe and which areas are dangerous.¡± Hearing this, Chen Daoxuan could not help but be stunned. He originally thought that one or two demonic beasts would appear on this voyage, giving him the opportunity to slay demons. In the end, it seemed that he was overthinking things. ¡­ Time passed day by day. The days they spent sailing on the sea were extremely boring. After experiencing some initial novelty, Chen Daoxuan decided to hole himself up in the cabin and cultivate all day long. However, there was no spiritual eye on the ship, so he could only absorb and refine the spiritual essence in the air, resulting in his cultivation speed becoming very slow. In the end, Chen Daoxuan, who could not stand this kind of slow cultivation speed, gave up on cultivating and instead studied and learned spells. For a Qi refinement realm cultivator, their main means of defending themselves against enemies were spells, spiritual artifacts, and spiritual talismans. Needless to say, spiritual artifacts and spiritual talismans had to be purchased with spirit stones, so they were considered external items. Apart from that, cultivators also had a way of displaying their own strength, and that was through spells. The grading system of spells was the same as spiritual artifacts. They could also be divided into first, second, and third grades. However, unlike spiritual artifacts, there were no grade divisions for spells within those grades. For example, the fire control spell that Chen Daoxuan had mastered was of the first grade. The fire control spell practiced by a cultivator of the first and ninth levels of the Qi refinement realm was essentially the same. There was no difference between a low-grade first-grade fire control spell and a high-grade first-grade fire control spell. However, for spells of the same grade, the results of different people¡¯s practice and study were also different. In the cultivation world, cultivators generally divided the results of their cultivation of spells into four stages, which were beginner, small success, large success, and perfect. For Qi refinement realm cultivators, it was very easy to get started with spells. Even those who were slow to understand could start off with a first-grade spell after spending a few months of study. However, the subsequent cultivation of a spell was not as simple. Chen Daoxuan had been cultivating for five years and had only mastered two spells so far. One was the wind control spell he used for traveling, and the other was the fire control spell he used to refine artifacts. As for spells related to combat, attack and defense, Chen Daoxuan had not learned any of them. It was not that Chen Daoxuan¡¯s talent in spells was poor, but rather that his energy and focus was limited. During these five years, Chen Daoxuan had to focus on cultivating the Origin Convergence technique, while also focusing on refining artifacts. Most importantly, he had to develop the spirit smelting furnace from scratch. No matter how talented he was, he really did not have the energy or focus to also cultivate battle-type spells. Of course, this did not mean that Chen Daoxuan did not have any means of dealing with his enemies. Apart from using spells in combat, cultivators mainly used spiritual artifacts to fight their enemies. As an artifact refiner who had once refined a high-grade first-grade spiritual artifact, how could Chen Daoxuan be lacking in spiritual artifacts? In his storage bag was a high-grade first-grade spiritual weapon. It was the only high-grade first-grade spiritual weapon he had refined. It was a water-attribute flying sword called the Flying Snow sword. Ever since he refined the Flying Snow sword, it had become his trump card. He had kept it in his storage bag at all times. Even his uncle, Chen Xianhe, did not know that Chen Daoxuan possessed such a trump card. However, while the Flying Snow sword was powerful, it also consumed a lot of true Qi. Chen Daoxuan had tried it out before. If he, who was in the second level of the Qi refinement realm back then, used the flying snow sword with all his strength, he could only use the sword three times at most before his true Qi would be almost fully exhausted. Although his cultivation had now reached the third level of the Qi refinement realm, he could only use the sword one extra time at most, after which his true Qi would be exhausted and he would be left at the mercy of others. ¡­ On the tenth day of sailing, Chen Daoxuan, who was sitting cross-legged in the cabin, closed his eyes tightly. He looked at the ten Stardust revolving around the golden scripture in his sea of consciousness, and he could not help but feel extremely excited. As expected, as long as he meditated on the Hong Meng Enlightenment Sutra once a day, he would generate one Stardust in his sea of consciousness. If he did so for ten consecutive days, he would generate ten Stardust and would be able to exchange them for an opportunity to experience an epiphany. After some trial and error testing over these past few days, Chen Daoxuan had already figured out the rules behind the generation of Stardust. First, no matter how many times he meditated on the Hong Meng Enlightenment Sutra every day, he could only generate one Stardust at most. After that first meditation, any further meditation on the scripture would only restore the divine sense that he had consumed previously. Second, he could only generate and maintain ten Stardust at most. If he insisted on not using them, they would always revolve around the golden scripture. Thirdly, after the ten Stardust collided and merged into one, it greatly enhanced Chen Daoxuan¡¯s comprehension ability and produced an effect similar to that of an epiphany. He had a vague feeling that these ten Stardust represented the actual unknown words in Hong Meng Enlightenment Sutra. The meditation sessions forcefully stored his comprehension ability in the form of Stardusts and until the tenth day, where it would be all used in one go. When this thought surfaced in his mind, Chen Daoxuan himself was shocked. He had heard of saving money and accumulating food, but this was the first time he had heard that one¡¯s comprehension ability could also be ¡°accumulated¡±! However, no matter what, the fact of the matter was that Chen Daoxuan could only keep the Hong Meng Enlightenment Sutra as his biggest secret. During his days on the ship, although Chen Daoxuan could not cultivate the Origin Convergence technique, he did not stay idle. Instead, he thought about cultivating a new spell. If other Qi refinement realm cultivators heard this, they would probably laugh their heads off. Although it was not difficult to cultivate a first-grade spell, one month was far from enough to cultivate it to an acceptable level. In fact, it was already quite good if a Qi refinement realm cultivator could even begin to properly cultivate a first-grade spell within one month. Even a heavenly spirit root cultivator would not be able to accomplish the feat of cultivating a spell to the small success stage within one month. Normally speaking, for a cultivator to cultivate a first-grade spell to the small success stage, it would require at least a year. However, if they wanted to cultivate the spell to the large success stage, it would require at least five years. As for the perfect stage, that was not something that could be achieved by spending time. This stage required the cultivator to have extraordinary comprehension. Generally speaking, when a cultivator was said to have completely mastered a spell, it meant that the cultivator had practiced the spell to the large success stage. Chapter 13 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Inside the cabin, Chen Daoxuan opened his eyes and fiddled with the jade slip in his hand, deep in thought. This jade slip was something he had requested from his thirteenth uncle ten days ago. It was said that his clan had used their military merits to exchange for a sword technique inheritance from the Qianyuan Sword sect. It was called the ¡°wind chasing sword technique¡±. The level of this sword technique was not high. It was only comparable to a first-grade spell. However, it was one of the most basic sword techniques of the Qianyuan Sword sect. It was said to be a sword technique that all disciples entering the sect had to learn. Ignoring the ten Stardust in his sea of consciousness, Chen Daoxuan immediately took out a red flying sword from his storage bag. It was the Red Shadow flying sword that he had refined the most of. As he infused it with true Qi, the tip of the Red Shadow flying sword suddenly burst forth with sword light that was three feet long. Under the pressure of the sword light, the surrounding air was visibly distorted. This power of this sword light had almost reached the limit of what a low-grade first-grade flying sword could display. Looking at the flying sword that he had personally forged, Chen Daoxuan nodded with satisfaction and said, ¡°Three feet of sword light, not bad!¡± Although the grade of a spiritual weapon was determined by the number of superimposed arrays, after the fusing arrays stage, the array patterns of the spiritual weapon were restrained; outsiders could not tell how many arrays had been superimposed on this spiritual weapon. One could not judge its grade accurately from the spiritual essence of the spiritual artifact either. Sometimes, even if the spiritual artifact differed by only one small grade from another, it was easy to tell the difference. The most accurate method of judging the grade of a spiritual artifact was through its power. After all, spiritual artifacts were used for fighting, and combat power was the only proper criterion for judging the grade of a spiritual artifact. Compared to refiners, who used array patterns to determine the grade of a spiritual artifact, ordinary cultivators still preferred to use the power of a spiritual artifact to determine the grade of the spiritual artifact. For example, for flying sword-type spiritual weapons, three feet of sword light was the limit of the power of a low-grade first-grade flying sword. If it exceeded this limit, the flying sword could barely be considered a middle-grade first-grade spiritual weapon. As for Chen Daoxuan¡¯s Flying Snow sword, when he poured his true Qi into it, the sword light even faintly exceeded nine feet. If it was converted to a unit of length of his previous life, it was equivalent to a three-meter-long sword light. Once a flying sword with this kind of power was unleashed, it would truly be extremely terrifying. Putting away the jade slip, Chen Daoxuan planned to use the wind chasing sword technique to control the Red Shadow flying sword. Under his control, the Red Shadow flying sword flew up and down. Not long after, the cabin was filled with dense sword qi and sharp sword light. After half the time it took for an incense stick to burn, the Red Shadow flying sword flew back into Chen Daoxuan¡¯s hand like a swallow returning to its nest. Feeling the scorching aura emitted by the Red Shadow flying sword, Chen Daoxuan revealed a smile on his face. ¡°Not bad. I didn¡¯t expect to only use ten days to learn the wind chasing sword technique.¡± The wind chasing sword technique was the first offensive spell that he had ever cultivated. Chen Daoxuan was very satisfied after achieving such a good result. After all, he had relied on himself to master the wind chasing sword technique in ten days rather than on the golden scripture. Such a result would be considered genius-level even among the Qi refinement realm disciples of the Qianyuan Sword sect. After practicing it for a while, Chen Daoxuan found that when he used the wind chasing sword technique, the speed of the Red Shadow flying sword was three times faster, and its overall power increased by 10% . One should not underestimate an increase of 10% power. After all, this was only the effect of the newly-learned sword technique. According to the records of this sword technique, if the sword technique was cultivated to the small success stage, the power of the flying sword would magically increase by 30% and, when it was cultivated to the large success stage, it would increase by 60% . As for the perfect stage¡­ The jade slip was vague. Perhaps even the person who created it felt that no one could cultivate this sword technique to the perfect stage during the Qi refinement realm. With this thought in mind, Chen Daoxuan took a deep breath. After ten days of hard work, he had already cultivated the wind chasing sword technique to the beginner stage. If he had an epiphany, what kind of exaggerated effects would there be? Chen Daoxuan started to look forward to it; in fact, he tried it out right away. Chen Daoxuan immediately released his control over the ten Stardust in his sea of consciousness, allowing them to collide. As the ten Stardust fused into one, Chen Daoxuan felt that familiar feeling of his consciousness rising again. Soon¡­ The scene of the universes¡¯ big bang was reflected in his eyes again. Countless light blobs burst forth from the depths of his sea of consciousness along with the big bang, scattering in front of Chen Daoxuan. Controlled by his thoughts, a dim blob of light floated in front of him. When he focused on the blob of light, what was recorded inside was the wind chasing sword technique that he had been studying over the past ten days. ¡°As expected¡­¡± In reality, a smile involuntarily appeared on Chen Daoxuan¡¯s face while his eyes were closed. As he focused on the blob of light, countless insights about the wind chasing sword technique surged into Chen Daoxuan¡¯s mind, giving him a feeling of enlightenment. ¡°So this is what I should do during the process of controlling the flying sword¡­ wind chasing sword¡­ so that¡¯s what it means¡­¡± ¡°So that¡¯s what it means¡­¡± ¡°¡­¡± As his insights continued to accumulate, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s attainments in the wind chasing sword technique also visibly increased. Soon, the time it took for an incense stick to burn passed. As the insights receded like a tide, Chen Daoxuan withdrew from his state of epiphany. Opening his eyes, a feeling of extreme disappointment flooded his heart. He had a premonition that, if this state of epiphany had continued on, he would have definitely been able to cultivate the wind chasing sword technique to the perfect state, which almost no Qi refinement realm cultivator could achieve. ¡°What a pity¡­¡± Soon after though, Chen Daoxuan adjusted his mental state. Anyway, he would experience this state of epiphany once every ten days. He would just have to wait another ten days. Thinking of this, his depressed mood became better again. ¡°Now¡­ let me see the results of this epiphany!¡± Chen Daoxuan could not wait to take out the Red Shadow flying sword from his storage bag again. As the Red Shadow flying sword¡¯s sword light was activated, the flying sword flew through the air like a rainbow. ¡°The sound of the flying sword cutting through the air has been reduced!¡± Chen Daoxuan quickly discovered the differences in the flying sword he was controlling this time. Before his epiphany, when he was controlling the flying sword, there would be an obvious swishing sound. Chen Daoxuan knew clearly that it was the sound of the air being torn apart. However, this time, the swishing sound of the flying sword was gone! The Red Shadow flying sword flew around the cabin like an agile fish. However, its flying speed was countless times faster than the fish in the sea. This realm was clearly the small success stage of the wind chasing sword technique recorded in the jade slip. Moreover, it had not merely reached the small success stage; it had advanced quite a distance past the small success stage. Chen Daoxuan estimated that his current attainments in the wind chasing sword technique were probably not far from the large success stage. It was too terrifying! Was this the effect of the ten-fold accumulation of his comprehension ability? When he created the spirit fusion array, he did not have a deep understanding of this state of epiphany. After all, it was the first time the spirit fusion array had appeared, and he was not aware of how difficult it was to create this array. However, now he knew¡­ Even for someone like him, who thought that his talent in swordsmanship was not too bad, if he wanted to reach his current level in the wind chasing sword technique, he would need two to three years to do so. Yet now, in the time it took for an incense stick to burn, he had saved two to three years of hard work in cultivating the sword technique. ¡°As expected of the Hong Meng Enlightenment Sutra.¡± For the first time, Chen Daoxuan was fully convinced by the name of this scripture. ¡­ ¡°Rumble!¡± Just as he was sighing in appreciation, a suffocating sense of oppression arose in Chen Daoxuan¡¯s heart. ¡°What¡¯s going on?¡± Chen Daoxuan immediately rushed out of the cabin with his flying sword. When he looked up, a dark cloud was gradually covering the Canglong¡­ Chapter 14 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation When he left the cabin, the deck of the Canglong was already in chaos. The panicked shouts of the clansmen continued to ring in Chen Daoxuan¡¯s ears. ¡°Clan leader, there¡¯s a huge ship flying toward us in the sky!¡± ¡°Clan leader¡­¡± At the bow of the ship, Chen Xianhe did not utter a word. He raised his head and looked at the huge ship flying toward them from above; his expression was grave. After a short while, he looked at Chen Daoxuan who had run out of the cabin. He said, ¡°Take care of your clansmen. Tell everyone not to panic. This is the spirit void battleship that the Zhou clan of Guang¡¯an Prefecture uses to patrol the waterways.¡± ¡°Spirit void battleship¡­¡± Chen Daoxuan repeated it silently and nodded. After giving instructions to Chen Daoxuan, Chen Xianhe used his wind control technique and flew toward the giant ship above his head. Compared to the enormous ship in the sky, Chen Xianhe¡¯s figure seemed so small. However, Chen Daoxuan did not have time to stare at the ship. He quickly calmed down the panicked clansmen and instructed them to lower the sails and slowly bring the Canglong to a halt. ¡­ In the sky above the Canglong, Chen Xianhe¡¯s figure continued to soar until he was on the same level as the spirit void battleship. He took a deep breath, cupped his hands, and said in a deep voice, ¡°I am the Chen clan leader of Shuanghu Island. I am traveling to Guang¡¯an Prefecture to purchase supplies. This is my passage token.¡± After saying that, Chen Xianhe took out a black token from his storage bag, injected his true Qi, and threw it at the Spirit Void battleship. The Spirit Void battleship was white, and it was made of an unknown material. Apart from its outer appearance, the interior of the battleship was completely shrouded in a dense fog, making it impossible to see into clearly. It exuded a tremendous aura of oppression. Chen Xianhe did not know which foundation establishment cultivator of the Zhou clan was in charge of this warship, so he could only obediently hand over the passage token according to the rules. In about the time it took to brew half a cup of tea, a black token flew out from the interior of the battleship. Chen Xianhe had just received the token when he heard a voice speaking into his ear, ¡°Fellow Daoist, remember not to deviate from the safe route. If you encounter any danger, the Zhou clan of Guang¡¯an Prefecture will not be held responsible for it.¡± ¡°I will remember that!¡± Chen Xianhe quickly bowed in response. ¡°Rumble!¡± Soon, as everyone watched, the Spirit Void warship rose into the air and disappeared into the sky with a boom. ¡°Hu!¡± Chen Xianhe could not help but heave a sigh of relief as he watched the giant ship depart. Returning to the deck of the Canglong, Chen Xianhe issued orders again, ¡°Get the clansmen to raise the sails. We will continue forward.¡± ¡°Yes, clan leader.¡± Chen Daoxuan nodded and quickly ordered his clansmen to raise the sails and set sail once again. After the Canglong started sailing normally again, Chen Daoxuan, who was full of questions, walked to Chen Xianhe¡¯s side and asked, ¡°Thirteenth uncle, that was¡­¡± ¡°It was the Zhou clan¡¯s Spirit Void battleship.¡± Chen Xianhe said with a smile, ¡°Didn¡¯t you ask me before why we didn¡¯t encounter any demon beast attacks on our way here? That¡¯s the reason.¡± Chen Xianhe pointed in the direction where the spirit void battleship had disappeared into the clouds in the horizon. ¡°You mean that the Zhou clan is protecting this sailing route?¡± ¡°Of course! Otherwise, how do you think Guang¡¯an Prefecture became so prosperous?¡± Hearing these words, Chen Daoxuan immediately understood. The Zhou clan was the largest clan in the sea region within one hundred thousand miles. It was rumored that the Zhou clan¡¯s patriarch had already reached the peak of the Zifu realm, and was just one step away from the legendary Jindan realm. Such a huge immortal cultivation clan naturally possessed the strength to protect the sailing route of this ten-thousand-mile sea region from the attacks of demon beasts. Moreover, it was only when sailing routes were safe that commerce could flourish and the Zhou clan of Guang¡¯an Prefecture could obtain the greatest benefits. Rulers always wanted the world to be peaceful, while those below who were harboring ambition wanted the world to be chaotic. Of course, no one could guarantee absolute safety. After all, those lower-level demon beasts possessed low levels of intelligence, and were no different from wild beasts. They were unable to distinguish which areas were safe and which areas were dangerous. Without mentioning the so-called safe sailing route, these low-level demon beasts were easily stimulated by the blood and essence of mortals and would even dare to venture into places like the Zhou clan¡¯s main base camp, Spirit Shell Island. However, these demonic beasts would only end up feeding the mortal warriors there. A clan with a Zifu realm cultivator¡­ Chen Daoxuan could not help but mutter softly, ¡°How awe-inspiring!¡± ¡°How majestic!¡± Chen Xianhe sighed. ¡°The ancestors of the Zhou clan established their clan at the right time; they chose to stand on the right side during the war a thousand years ago when the Qianyuan Sword sect conquered the Myriad Sea of Stars. This laid the foundation for a thousand years of prosperity for the Zhou clan of Guang¡¯an Prefecture.¡± ¡°In fact, during the chaos of the Divine Immortal in the Myriad Sea of Stars five hundred years ago, countless immortal cultivation clans were destroyed, but the Zhou clan still managed to survive. This shows how deep the foundation of the Zhou clan of Guang¡¯an Prefecture is.¡± Chen Xianhe¡¯s tone was full of envy when he talked about the Zhou clan of Guang¡¯an Prefecture, which was the largest immortal cultivation clan in the sea region within a hundred thousand miles. In fact, he was not the only one. Every immortal cultivation clan in the sea region within a hundred thousand miles held the same attitude when they talked about the Zhou clan of Guang¡¯an Prefecture. They were respectful and inwardly envious, but did not dare to openly display their jealousy. ¡°The chaos of the Divine Immortal?¡± Chen Daoxuan¡¯s keen senses caught onto a new piece of information from Chen Xianhe¡¯s words. Seeing Chen Daoxuan¡¯s extremely puzzled expression, Chen Xianhe explained, ¡°There was an itinerant cultivator from five hundred years ago. He called himself the Divine Immortal Zhenren. I don¡¯t know where he obtained his great opportunity, but he caused chaos in the Myriad Sea of Stars for a hundred years. In the end, it was the Qianyuan Sword sect that killed him.¡± ¡°After that, the Qianyuan Sword sect launched a war against the Cloud Nation of the immortal Cloud continent, which lasted four hundred years.¡± When he talked about the war between the Qianyuan Sword sect and the Cloud Nation, Chen Xianhe seemed to have recalled some bad memories, and his voice gradually weakened. Chen Daoxuan saw that he had touched on thirteenth uncle¡¯s sad memories, so he did not dare to ask further. ¡­ For the next twenty days, everything was peaceful. They did not encounter the Zhou clan¡¯s Spirit Void battleship, nor did they encounter any demonic beasts. Twenty days later, an old voice spoke up from outside the cabin. Chen Daoxuan could tell that it was the voice of thirteenth uncle, Chen Xianhe. ¡°Daoxuan, we have arrived at Lingbei Island!¡± When he heard this, Chen Daoxuan was very excited. Despite the fact that the Canglong was not an ordinary cargo ship; it was a modified cargo ship with wind gathering and water avoidance arrays engraved on it, and its speed was far faster than any ship on Earth¡­ After drifting about at sea for a whole month, Chen Daoxuan also could not stand it. It was not that the Canglong was uncomfortable or that the voyage was boring, but rather due to the lack of spiritual essence. He was unable to cultivate the Origin Convergence technique for a month, and his cultivation had not advanced an inch. For cultivators, the most uncomfortable feeling was their cultivation not advancing an inch. Chen Daoxuan finally understood what Chen Xianhe felt. He had only been unable to cultivate for a month, but Chen Xianhe had completely given up on his path of cultivation; the two were completely incomparable. With this thought in mind, Chen Daoxuan could not help but admire thirteenth uncle even more. He walked out of the cabin. The scene of sails blotting out the sky appeared in front of him. Before his eyes were countless, densely packed white sails. In the sky, there were cultivators flying on swords from time to time, creating streaks of lights in the air. Chen Daoxuan clearly knew that those lights were all cultivators above the foundation establishment stage. As for Qi refinement realm cultivators, they were all waiting on their respective ships, obediently lining up to enter the port. The Chen clan did not have any foundation establishment realm cultivators so, naturally, they were like most Qi refinement realm cultivators, obediently lining up. Chapter 15 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Four hours later, the Canglong docked at the port. After a month of drifting about at sea, Chen Daoxuan finally stepped onto solid ground. ¡°Is this Guang¡¯an Prefecture?¡± Looking at the crowd of pedestrians around him, Chen Daoxuan could not help but ask. ¡°Yes, this is Guang¡¯an Prefecture!¡± Looking at the most prosperous prefecture within a hundred thousand miles, Chen Xianhe could not help but feel excited. In Chen Daoxuan¡¯s eyes, the prosperous Guang¡¯an Prefecture looked more like a coastal city from modern civilization of his than the ancient cities of previous generations. First of all, this city did not have walls similar to the ancient cities; it was a completely open concept city. Secondly, there were too many buildings in the city. One after another, there were residences, restaurants, inns, and various businesses ¡­ there was no end to them. He got off the ship. Chen Daoxuan discovered that, at the dock, there was a group of oddly dressed mortals carrying sacks around. They were moving goods onto the cloud treading beast carriage without stopping. They were wearing ankle cuffs, so it was difficult for them to move quickly. Behind each of the dozens of porters, there was a mortal warrior with a whip in his hand. It seemed like he was keeping watch over them. Chen Daoxuan scanned them with his spiritual sense. He found that the sacks were actually filled with food. Chen Xianhe, who was walking beside him, followed Chen Daoxuan¡¯s gaze and explained, ¡°Those are mortal prisoners of war from the Cloud Nation. They were bought by some itinerant cultivators and small clans and used as slaves.¡± ¡°Using mortals as slaves?¡± All along, Chen Daoxuan had thought that mortals were only used as breeding vessels to produce more immortal cultivators. He did not expect that there would be cultivators who would use mortals as slaves. It was as if Chen Xianhe could see through his doubts. He smiled and said, ¡°Of course, we cultivators can go without eating or drinking, but not mortals. Aside from the large number of cultivators in the great cultivation clans, the population of mortals in their clans is extremely large as well.¡± ¡°Take the Zhou clan as an example. Their population of mortals surpasses tens of millions. With such a large number of mortals, they cannot survive on the food produced by Spirit Shell Island alone.¡± Hearing this, Chen Daoxuan instantly understood. Most of the slaves of the Cloud Nation in front of him were the servants of the cultivators of the Myriad Sea of Stars. Itinerant cultivators relied on these servants to develop barren islands and grow food. The great immortal cultivation clans used small sums of their spirit stones to purchase this food to feed their huge population; both sides took what they needed. This was also one of the sources of spirit stones for itinerant cultivators. As for why the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island did not develop this ¡°business¡±, Chen Daoxuan took one look at his thirteenth uncle and immediately understood the reason. It was not because the Chen clan was kind-hearted, but rather because they could not spare the extra energy and time. The number of cultivators in the Chen clan was too few. Chen Xianhe usually had to deal with clan matters, while also protecting the safety of Changping County¡¯s clansmen. How could he have the time or energy to run this ¡°side business¡±? Moreover, most of the mortal prisoners of war from the Cloud Nation were martial artists and, if there were no cultivators around to suppress them and they only relied on ordinary members of the Chen clan to oversee them, it was impossible to guarantee that these servants would not rebel and escape. Moreover, the income from selling ordinary food for spirit stones was too low, and as such rather pointless. Therefore, the Chen clan chose not to develop this business. As he thought of something, Chen Daoxuan continued to ask, ¡°These slaves were originally members of some of the cultivation clans in the Cloud Nation, right?¡± Upon hearing this, Chen Xianhe fell silent at first, and then nodded. ¡°That¡¯s right! The war between the Myriad Sea of Stars and the Cloud Nation has been going on for more than four hundred years. Fortunately, we have always been on the offensive, so the ones who ended up suffering were mostly the mortals of the Cloud Nation.¡± ¡°Among these mortals, most of the men were sold into slavery, while the women became the vessels for the great immortal clans to reproduce.¡± With just a few sentences, Chen Xianhe sketched out an extremely cruel cultivation world for Chen Daoxuan. There had never been anything beautiful about life here. There were only crueler battles than in his previous life. In order to fight for resources, the methods of the cultivators were even crueler than the humans of his previous life. Chen Daoxuan thought to himself, ¡®This was the tragedy of the weak. No matter whether it was his previous life or in this life, it was all the same.¡¯ Despite seeing Chen Daoxuan¡¯s ugly expression, Chen Xianhe did not stop talking. As the future clan leader of the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island, there were some things that he had to bear. In the past, he did not tell him about these things because he wanted him to focus on learning how to refine artifacts; it did not mean that Chen Daoxuan could escape this world¡¯s cruel reality. ¡°Being weak is a sin.¡± When Chen Xianhe heard this, he was stunned at first. Then, he nodded and said affirmatively, ¡°That¡¯s right. In this world, being weak is a sin!¡± ¡­ The group continued forward. Chen Xianhe arranged for his clansmen to stay behind at an inn in Guang¡¯an Prefecture. Then, he led Chen Daoxuan toward the inner city of Guang¡¯an Prefecture. As the two of them headed toward the inner city, Chen Daoxuan discovered that the number of cultivators was increasing. In the end, he could hardly see any mortals around. All he could see around him were cultivators. ¡°Although you can find both immortals and mortals in Guang¡¯an Prefecture, cultivators and mortals don¡¯t actually live together. The inner city of Guang¡¯an Prefecture that we¡¯re going to now is the true immortal city of Guang¡¯an Prefecture!¡± Along the way, Chen Xianhe spoke as he walked. It was as expected. As the group continued to move forward, a tall city wall appeared in front of the two of them. At the city gate, a cultivator wearing a long green robe, embroidered with a fiery red spirit pearl, blocked their path. ¡°Stop, please pay the city entrance fee.¡± Hearing this, Chen Xianhe took out two spirit stones from his storage bag and handed them over. ¡°You may enter.¡± The Zhou clan cultivator waved his hand and let the two enter the city gate. Chen Daoxuan turned around and looked behind him. He could not see the end of the long line. He had just stepped past the city gate, but Chen Daoxuan felt as if he had entered another world. The concentration of spiritual essence suddenly increased by more than ten-fold. ¡°This is¡­¡± Seeing Chen Daoxuan¡¯s shocked look, Chen Xianhe, who was beside him, explained, ¡°This is their spiritual vein! There is a third-grade spiritual vein buried underneath the immortal city of Guang¡¯an Prefecture. Therefore, we can feel the presence of the spiritual essence just by stepping into the territory.¡± Looking at the sky, Chen Xianhe said, ¡°Let¡¯s find an inn to stay the night first. Every night in the immortal city of Guang¡¯an Prefecture, there will be Zhou clan cultivators coming to clean up the cultivators who don¡¯t have the right to stay, so that itinerant cultivators don¡¯t come here to obtain spiritual essence.¡± The rental of houses in the immortal city of Guang¡¯an Prefecture was divided into two types, which were short-term rental and long-term rental. The short-term rental was at the inns, and the normal rental period was for less than a month. If the rental period was for more than a month, the cultivators would often choose to rent an immortal cave abode from the Zhou clan, because the price was cheaper than the short-term rental rates offered at the inns. Due to the abundant spiritual essence in the immortal city of Guang¡¯an Prefecture, the prices of the inns here were also very exorbitant. Chen Xianhe and Chen Daoxuan only rented two rooms. After choosing to rent for ten days, they paid a total of 20 spirit stones. On average, each person needed to pay one spirit stone a day, and this was only the inn with the lowest concentration of spiritual essence. It was rumored that the immortal city of Guang¡¯an Prefecture also provided cave abodes of A, B, C, and D grades. The living environment and spiritual essence concentration of each grade of cave abode were different. It was unknown how many spirit stones were required to rent the A-grade cave abodes, which were of the highest grade. Of course, cultivators who could afford to rent A-grade cave abodes were either disciples of other immortal cultivation clans, or itinerant cultivators with special skills. Ordinary itinerant cultivators and disciples of small clans would not even dare to think about such extravagance. Chapter 16 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation The next day, Chen Daoxuan, who had finished his cultivation early, began to survey the market for spiritual artifacts in Guang¡¯an Prefecture according to the plan. ¡°The immortal city of Guang¡¯an Prefecture is mainly divided into four areas, which are the central business district, the itinerant cultivator market, the cave abode rental district, and the Zhou clan cultivators¡¯ residence, who are in charge of this immortal city.¡± ¡°Today, we are mainly surveying two areas. The first is the central business district, while the second is the itinerant cultivator market.¡± The central business district was, needless to say, the most prosperous district in the entire Guang¡¯an Prefecture immortal city. Every inch of land here was precious, and most of the shops there could not even be purchased. If one wanted to purchase a shop in this bustling business district, it was not enough to only have spirit stones; someone had to be willing to sell it in the first place. Most of the shops in the central business district were in the hands of the Zhou clan and several large foundation establishment cultivator clans. It was difficult for ordinary cultivators to get their hands on one. As for the itinerant cultivator market, it was a business district that mainly comprised itinerant cultivators and small clans. There were very few shops here, and most of them were stalls set up by itinerant cultivators. As common knowledge dictated, itinerant cultivators were generally very poor. Their pockets were cleaner than their faces, and their spending power was naturally far inferior to that of the disciples of large cultivation clans. However, although the personal wealth of itinerant cultivators could not compare to that of the disciples of large cultivation clans, the number of itinerant cultivators was numerous. In terms of population, the number of itinerant cultivators within 100,000 miles was dozens of times greater than the number of the disciples of large cultivation clans. Therefore, the seemingly messy itinerant cultivator market was the second most prosperous place in the entire Guang¡¯an Prefecture immortal city, second only to the central business district. ¡°Thirteenth uncle, why don¡¯t we split our clansmen into two groups? This way, we can also speed up the survey process.¡± Hearing this, Chen Xianhe thought for a moment before saying, ¡°Alright.¡± They discussed it and, in the end, Chen Xianhe chose to survey the central business district while Chen Daoxuan went to the itinerant cultivator market that the two of them were more optimistic about. They rode on a cloud treading beast carriage. Chen Daoxuan headed to the itinerant cultivator market in Guang¡¯an Prefecture¡¯s immortal city. As soon as he stepped into the itinerant cultivator market, before he even got off the carriage, he heard a cacophony of noises outside. After paying the fare, he got off the carriage. Only then did Chen Daoxuan carefully size up the largest itinerant cultivator gathering place in the surrounding hundred thousand mile sea region. Compared to the streets in the central business district, the ones here were much more spacious. Rather than calling it a street, it was more accurate to call it a square. On both sides of the street, countless itinerant cultivators had spread out carpets lined with their goods, and were selling and hawking them to passersby. It looked quite similar to the flea markets from his previous life. In comparison, the actual shops on both sides of the street were much quieter. Itinerant cultivators seemed to prefer to exchange items at the street stalls as opposed to the shops. Chen Daoxuan thought for a moment, and opted not to go to the more lively itinerant cultivator street stalls. Instead, he walked toward the deserted shops. ¡°Treasure-sweeping Pavilion!¡± Walking over to a shop, Chen Daoxuan sized up the signboard and walked in leisurely. It seemed that there had not been any customers here for a long time. When the shopkeeper of the Treasure-sweeping Pavilion saw that a customer had come to his shop, he was stunned at first. Then, with a big smile on his face, he trotted forward. ¡°Fellow Daoist, may I know what you want to buy? We have all kinds of spiritual artifacts, pills, talismans, and spirit rice here. We also have all kinds of spiritual materials to choose from¡­¡± Seeing a customer, the shopkeeper of the Treasure-sweeping Pavilion gave a brief introduction, as if afraid that Chen Daoxuan would run away. After listening to the shopkeeper¡¯s introduction, Chen Daoxuan gained a rough idea of how it operated. This shop basically sold anything and everything. However, he did not know the exact details or types of wares it sold. ¡°Shopkeeper, you¡¯re too kind.¡± Chen Daoxuan cupped his hands and said in a low voice, ¡°May I know what spiritual artifacts you have for sale in your shop?¡± ¡°Spiritual artifacts!¡± Hearing the words ¡®spiritual artifacts¡¯, the shopkeeper¡¯s eyes lit up. It was a big deal! ¡°The prices of different spiritual artifacts vary. May I know what grade of spiritual artifacts you wish to purchase?¡± ¡°First-grade spiritual artifacts. High, middle, and low first-grade flying swords, one of each.¡± Chen Daoxuan said straightforwardly. Hearing this, the shopkeeper nodded. ¡°Fellow Daoist, please follow me upstairs.¡± After saying this, he made a gesture of invitation. They went up to the second floor. The shopkeeper asked the waiter in the shop to serve tea while he personally brought the spiritual artifacts over for Chen Daoxuan to examine. In about half the time it took to brew a pot of tea, the shopkeeper brought over three sword cases according to Chen Daoxuan¡¯s request. Inside the sword cases were three flying swords, ranging from low-grade first-grade to high-grade first-grade. ¡°Fellow Daoist, please take a look!¡± The shopkeeper first opened the sword case on the far left, and a green flying sword with a cold glint appeared in front of his eyes. ¡°This is a low-grade first-grade flying sword, Qingfeng Sword. This sword is incomparably sharp. If you inject true Qi into it, its sword light will reach two feet.¡± Chen Daoxuan took the flying sword and injected true Qi into it. Immediately, a sword light that was longer than two feet shot forth from the tip of the sword. ¡°How is it?¡± Chen Daoxuan did not comment. He looked at the other two sword cases. The shopkeeper did not care. He opened the second sword case. Immediately, a silver light appeared in front of his eyes. ¡°This is a middle-grade first-grade flying sword, Silvermoon Sword. Its entire body is made of silvermoon stone. This sword can not only trigger five feet of sword light, but it also has the characteristic of being fire-resistant. It is the bane of fire element spells!¡± Seeing that Chen Daoxuan was dissatisfied with the first flying sword, the shopkeeper quickly introduced the second flying sword. However, when Chen Daoxuan saw the second flying sword, he already had a vague idea of the type of spiritual artifacts sold in this shop. Without waiting for the shopkeeper to continue, he opened the third sword case. It was as expected¡­ Chen Daoxuan¡¯s face was full of disappointment, but he was extremely happy in his heart. ¡°Shopkeeper, why are all the spiritual artifacts you sell second-hand items?¡± Seeing that Chen Daoxuan had revealed his secret, the shopkeeper¡¯s face flashed with an awkward expression. Chen Daoxuan did not spout nonsense. These three flying swords were all second-hand flying swords that had been previously used by others. Moreover, they had all been used for at least five years, and the spiritual essence on the flying swords had begun to dissipate. It had to be known that the lifespan of a first-grade spiritual artifact was only about ten years. A flying sword that had been used for five years had already expended half of its lifespan. Unless the price of this kind of flying sword was extremely low, even itinerant cultivators would be unwilling to buy it. ¡°Fellow Daoist, you have good eyesight.¡± Seeing that Chen Daoxuan had seen through his trick, the shopkeeper no longer concealed it. ¡°The flying swords in our shop are indeed flying swords that the disciples of the large cultivation clans have previously used but replaced.¡± Hearing that, Chen Daoxuan took a sip of tea and waited for the next part. Seeing that Chen Daoxuan¡¯s attitude was indifferent, the shopkeeper continued, ¡°Fellow Daoist, you should know that the Myriad Sea of Stars and the Cloud Nation have been in a constant state of war. The demand for spiritual artifacts at the frontlines has reached the point of crisis.¡± ¡°Within the Myriad Sea of Stars, if we were to go to the seven immortal cities at the frontlines, flying swords of this quality, even if they are second-hand items, would have been sold out long ago!¡± Hearing this nonsense, Chen Daoxuan could not help but laugh. ¡°Then, why don¡¯t you go over to the frontlines to sell these flying swords?¡± The shopkeeper said that the front line lacked spiritual artifacts, and Chen Daoxuan believed his words. After all, spiritual artifacts would not last forever, and intense battles would sharply decrease the lifespan of spiritual artifacts. The Myriad Sea of Stars and the Cloud Nation had been fighting for hundreds of years, so it was obvious that the frontlines lacked spiritual artifacts. However, it would be a complete lie to say that the cultivators on the frontlines were willing to settle for second-hand spiritual artifacts. This was because cultivators fighting on the frontlines would have higher requirements for the quality of the spiritual artifacts they used. After all, no one wanted to lose their lives on the battlefield because the quality of the spiritual artifacts they used was too poor. After all, even if the Qianyuan Sword sect wanted the cultivators from the Myriad Sea of Stars to contribute to and participate in the war against the Cloud Nation, they could only rely on various cultivation techniques and cultivation resources to motivate them. Who would dare to force cultivators on the frontlines to use these inferior second-hand items? Would they not be afraid that the cultivators would rebel and turn on them at any moment? Seeing that he could not trick Chen Daoxuan, the shopkeeper had no choice but to lower the price of the flying sword repeatedly. In the end, he lowered the price of the Qingfeng sword to 50 spirit stones, but Chen Daoxuan still refused to budge. ¡°Since your shop doesn¡¯t have the spiritual artifacts that I want, then I won¡¯t bother you anymore.¡± After saying that, Chen Daoxuan turned around to leave. ¡°Fellow Daoist, don¡¯t waste your time.¡± Seeing that Chen Daoxuan was unwilling to buy the spiritual artifacts in his shop, the shopkeeper¡¯s attitude also became cold. ¡°Whether it¡¯s in our itinerant cultivator market or the central business district, the probability of you successfully purchasing a brand-new spiritual artifact is too low, really too low.¡± After that, the shopkeeper did not say anything further. Hearing that, Chen Daoxuan paused, cupped his hands, and left the shop. Chapter 17 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation ¡°Fellow Daoist, you must be joking. If you have the connections to buy brand-new spiritual artifacts from a refiner, our shop is willing to purchase them at market price.¡± Inside another spiritual artifact shop in the itinerant cultivator market, the shopkeeper sneered. When Chen Daoxuan heard this, not only was he not angry, he even smiled and said, ¡°Goodbye!¡± ¡°Humph!¡± After watching Chen Daoxuan leave, the manager of this spiritual artifact shop had an unfriendly look on his face. Were it not for the fact that they were in Guang¡¯an Prefecture, the manager might have taught this mere third-level Qi refinement realm cultivator a lesson because of his contemptuous attitude. After spending an entire morning, Chen Daoxuan had almost gone through all the spiritual artifact shops in the itinerant cultivator market. He reached a single conclusion. The market for spiritual artifacts in Guang¡¯an Prefecture was in a state of severe shortage. Not to mention brand-new spiritual artifacts, even second-hand goods that were of slightly better quality would be snapped up by the itinerant cultivators very quickly, and at the normal market price of a spiritual artifact to boot. Generally speaking, the price of a first-grade spiritual artifact ranged from dozens of spirit stones to hundreds of spirit stones. Even the best high-grade first-grade spiritual artifacts usually sold for less than a thousand spirit stones. In short, according to Chen Daoxuan¡¯s morning survey, opening a spiritual artifact shop in the itinerant cultivator market to sell new spiritual artifacts was very promising venture. Moreover, the problem of the difficulty of purchasing and renting shops in the central business district did not exist in the itinerant cultivator market at all. Along the way, he even saw several shops that were waiting to be rented out and sold! The reason behind this was that the itinerant cultivators who set up the stalls on the streets had seized a large amount of business from the shops. If the goods in the shops were worth it, things would still be fine. However, the key point was that the goods sold in the shops were mostly second-hand items and inferior goods. Therefore, most itinerant cultivators felt that they might as well try their luck at the street stalls; at least the prices there were cheaper there. If they were lucky, they might even be able to get their hands on some treasures at a low price from the itinerant cultivator sellers who were not aware of the quality of the goods they sold. After surveying the spiritual artifact shops in the itinerant cultivator market, it was already noon. Since there were still a few hours left before the appointed meeting time with Chen Xianhe, Chen Daoxuan decided to visit the street stall market in the itinerant cultivator market. He then stepped into the area that housed the street stalls. Chen Daoxuan almost felt like he was visiting the flea markets of his previous life. Were it not for the items displayed at the street stalls being all kinds of spirit talismans, array disks, spirit ores, and other items used by cultivators, he really would have believed that he had returned to Earth. Shaking his head, Chen Daoxuan tossed out the unrealistic thoughts in his mind and walked over to one of the stalls. ¡°Fellow Daoist!¡± Chen Daoxuan cupped his hands toward the itinerant cultivator who was hawking his wares at the stall. ¡°I wonder how much you are selling this array disk for?¡± The itinerant cultivator manning the stall was a middle-aged man with a full beard. He looked quite honest and simple. Seeing that a guest had arrived, the bearded middle-aged man hurriedly got up from the mat on which he was meditating. He rubbed his hands and said, ¡°Fellow Daoist, you have good eyesight. This array disk is called the wind and thunder array disk. It houses a small wind and thunder array inside. Once activated, it can set up a wind and thunder array within a radius of a hundred feet. It can trap and kill enemies, and has certain protective effects. It can be said to be a very comprehensive spiritual artifact!¡± He pointed at an eight trigram array disk with cracks all over its surface and said with a smile, ¡°It can be yours for one hundred spirit stones!¡± Hearing that, Chen Daoxuan said without batting an eyelid, ¡°Can I try it?¡± ¡°Go ahead!¡± The bearded middle-aged stall owner was rather magnanimous as he waved his hand and allowed it. Chen Daoxuan nodded, picked up the wind and thunder array disk and injected a stream of true Qi into it. Unexpectedly, the wind and thunder array disk, which was spoken so highly of by the bearded stall owner, flickered a few times and then suddenly extinguished. Not only that, the entire array disk directly shattered along the crack lines, transforming it into a pile of debris that scattered all over the ground. Chen Daoxuan, ¡°¡­¡± Bearded stall owner, ¡°¡­¡± The atmosphere was slightly awkward. Chen Daoxuan wanted to buy this array disk purely because he was interested in this kind of array disk-type spiritual artifact that was not recorded in the clan¡¯s refining inheritance. He did not expect that a dignified artifact refiner like him would actually make such a mistake. This was not a slightly damaged spiritual artifact, but a spiritual artifact that was on the verge of being thrown away. The bearded stall owner in front of him was clearly fishing for victims. As expected, when the bearded stall owner saw that Chen Daoxuan had ¡°damaged¡± his spiritual artifact, he immediately shouted righteously, ¡°Fellow Daoist, what do you mean by this? Why did you destroy my spiritual artifact that is worth 100 spirit stones for no reason?¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t expect that this fellow Daoist would do such a thing given his young age and dignified appearance,¡± Very soon, the bearded stall owner¡¯s loud voice attracted the attention of the pedestrians and stall owners around him. A crowd gradually gathered around him, pointing at and watching the show. ¡°This son of a b*tch Zhang San is scamming people again!¡± ¡°This little fellow Daoist does look rather unfamiliar. There will be a good show to watch.¡± ¡°¡­¡± There was also a cultivator with a slightly higher cultivation realm who jeered, ¡°Zhang San, I¡¯m afraid that your array disk doesn¡¯t cost just one hundred spirit stones. It should at least cost 1,000 spirit stones, am I right?¡± When the bearded stall owner called Zhang San heard someone jeering at him, he was very angry. He looked toward the source of the voice and found that it was a nearby stall owner, Old Ghost Wei, who was a ninth-level Qi refinement realm cultivator, and immediately gave up on pursuing the matter. Slightly cowed, Zhang San¡¯s words were no longer as firm as before. He waved his hand, putting on a magnanimous look, and said, ¡°Forget it, forget it. Looking at how young you are, I¡¯m afraid that you are also a junior who has just entered the immortal path. I won¡¯t make things difficult for you.¡± Putting on a pretense, Zhang San continued, ¡°Moreover, I agreed to let you try out the wind and thunder array disk, so I am also partly responsible for this matter. How about this, you compensate me fifty spirit stones and I¡¯ll let this matter go? How about it?¡± After saying that, he put on an expression that looked as if he was being taken advantage of by Chen Daoxuan. Chen Daoxuan was almost angered by the look on this scoundrel and laughed. He shook his head and said, ¡°It¡¯s not worth that much!¡± ¡°Hey brat, don¡¯t refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit!¡± The bearded man threatened, ¡°Don¡¯t think that I can¡¯t teach you a lesson just because we¡¯re inside Guang¡¯an Prefecture!¡± After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves and pretended to go over to teach Chen Daoxuan a lesson. However, Chen Daoxuan looked at him quietly and did not move at all. Seeing him like this, the bearded man called Zhang San was in a difficult position. Making a move in the immortal city of Guang¡¯an Prefecture meant provoking the authority of the Zhou clan of Guang¡¯an Prefecture; even if the bearded stall owner had 180 times more courage, he would still not dare to do so. Now, he could neither make a move nor not make a move; he was stuck in a dilemma. In addition to the constant heckling from the people around him, Zhang San felt like he was riding a tiger. The situation had entered a stalemate. Soon, the patrolling law enforcement disciples of the Zhou clan rushed over. ¡°Make way! Make way!¡± ¡°Make way! The law enforcement team is here!¡± ¡°Make way!¡± ¡°¡­¡± A moment later, two cultivators from the law enforcement team of the Zhou clan wearing green robes adorned with the fire spirit pearl design pushed through the crowd and squeezed in. ¡°What¡¯s going on? What are you two doing?¡± Seeing the cultivators of the law enforcement team, the bearded stall owner¡¯s face suddenly changed. He quickly bowed and begged for mercy, ¡°It¡¯s nothing, it¡¯s nothing. I¡¯m just playing around with this little brother!¡± ¡°Is that so?¡± The cultivator of the law enforcement team looked at Chen Daoxuan and asked. Chen Daoxuan glanced at the bearded stall owner and saw that he was begging for mercy. He nodded and said, ¡°We had a little dispute over the price of a spiritual artifact. It¡¯s nothing serious.¡± Seeing that the stall owner had calmed down, the cultivators of the law enforcement team did not want to pursue the matter any further. Before leaving, the older cultivator of the law enforcement team warned the bearded stall owner, ¡°Zhang San, don¡¯t cause trouble here. Otherwise, your luck won¡¯t be as good as last time!¡± ¡°Yes, yes, yes! This Zhang San understands.¡± Nodding and bowing, Zhang San sent the two cultivators of the law enforcement team away. Seeing that there was no more excitement to be had, the crowd gradually dispersed, and the surrounding stalls resumed hawking their wares. ¡°Brother, thank you so much for earlier!¡± The bearded stall owner solemnly cupped his hands toward Chen Daoxuan. ¡°Don¡¯t thank me just yet. Let me ask you, where did you get this wind and thunder array disk?¡± Chen Daoxuan pointed at the scattered remains on the ground and asked. Chapter 18 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Upon hearing his question, the bearded stall owner looked troubled for a moment. After a long while, he shook his head and said, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, but I can¡¯t tell you that. But¡­¡± The bearded stall owner paused for a moment, before continuing, ¡°If I¡¯m not mistaken, you¡¯re not an itinerant cultivator, are you?¡± ¡°Oh?¡± Chen Daoxuan¡¯s interest was piqued when he heard this. He said noncommittally, ¡°How did you figure it out, fellow Daoist?¡± ¡°A novice itinerant cultivator would have definitely panicked during that situation earlier. I noticed that fellow Daoist was not afraid at all. Clearly, you possess extraordinary confidence.¡± ¡°Fellow Daoist, seeing that you possess such confidence at such a young age, I imagine that you must be a disciple of some clan. I wonder if you are a member of the Wu clan, Zhao clan, or Yang Clan?¡± Although this bearded man called Zhang San had a rough appearance, his thoughts were very meticulous. At this moment, he was actually inquiring about Chen Daoxuan¡¯s background. The three cultivation clans he mentioned just now were the most famous foundation establishment cultivation clans in the hundred thousand mile sea region, apart from the Zhou clan. Chen Daoxuan shook his head. ¡°There¡¯s no need to be so cautious, fellow Daoist. I¡¯m not from a foundation establishment cultivation clan, but a disciple of a small clan. It¡¯s not worth mentioning.¡± As his thoughts were seen through by Chen Daoxuan, Zhang San¡¯s face revealed an embarrassed expression. He thought for a while, before making up his mind, after which, the bearded man spoke into Chen Daoxuan¡¯s ear using voice transmission, ¡°Are you interested in the refining method of the wind and thunder array disk?¡± Hearing this, Chen Daoxuan was delighted. He did not expect to receive an unexpected harvest. ¡°I¡¯m indeed interested. Our clan has been planning to cultivate a refiner in recent years. We are collecting the refining methods of all kinds of spiritual artifacts.¡± Hearing this, Zhang San could not help but feel a sense of respect. Clans that could cultivate a weapon refiner were all clans that were not weak. After all, it was not that easy to obtain an artifact refining inheritance. An ordinary Qi refinement realm cultivation clan simply would not have the strength or resources to cultivate an artifact refiner. With this thought in mind, Zhang San¡¯s tone became even more humble, ¡°Fellow Daoist, please don¡¯t blame me. I was being reckless just now!¡± After saying that, Zhang San bowed deeply to Chen Daoxuan. Chen Daoxuan naturally would not argue with the other party over the matter just now. Otherwise, when the Zhou clan¡¯s law enforcement cultivators were here, he would not have let the other party off. Zhang San also knew what to do at this moment to return the favor. He took out a jade slip from his storage bag and said via voice transmission, ¡°Fellow Daoist, please take a look. This is the refining method of the wind and thunder array disk.¡± Hearing this, Chen Daoxuan took the jade slip from his hand and examined it with his spiritual sense. The next moment, a large amount of information regarding the refining process of the array disk poured into Chen Daoxuan¡¯s sea of consciousness. However, because he had been tricked once, Chen Daoxuan was extra cautious this time around. After carefully inspecting it, he discovered that the things recorded in this jade slip were likely true. Chen Daoxuan asked without batting an eyelid, ¡°May I know the price of this jade slip?¡± Hearing this, Zhang San raised five fingers and said, ¡°I can see that fellow Daoist is sincere in buying it. The price is 500 spirit stones!¡± After saying this, the itinerant cultivator called Zhang San looked at Chen Daoxuan with a nervous expression. 500 spirit stones was a huge amount for a Qi refinement realm itinerant cultivator, so it was easy to see why Zhang San was nervous. Outside Guang¡¯an Prefecture, many cultivators would risk their lives for this amount of spirit stones. Seeing Zhang San acting suspiciously, Chen Daoxuan nodded his head and said, ¡°Sure!¡± It was not a bad deal for him to spend five hundred spirit stones to buy the refining method of an array disk spiritual artifact. Itinerant cultivators would likely not purchase the refining methods for spiritual artifacts but, for Chen Daoxuan, who wanted to develop his clan, it was worth it in order to strengthen the inheritance of his clan. The two of them discussed matters for a while, after which they deliberately chose to head to the inn to rent out a guest room to complete the transaction. Openly trading in the street market was unwise. Not to mention Zhang San, even Chen Daoxuan also did not dare to participate in such foolishness. Five hundred spirit stones was not a small sum. If it was placed on the ground, it could be piled into a small hill. If they had openly traded such a sum, they would inevitably attract the attention of thieves and scoundrels. Acting on the principle that it was better to have less trouble than more trouble, the two of them cautiously chose to complete the transaction in the inn. After Zhang San completed the transaction, he cupped his hands toward Chen Daoxuan and left the itinerant cultivator market. With such a large sum of spirit stones in hand, Zhang San was probably more worried than anyone else. After all, in terms of cultivation, he was only slightly ahead of Chen Daoxuan, being only at the fourth level of the Qi refinement realm. On the other hand, Chen Daoxuan was in a wonderful mood. Even though he had only spent less than half a day in the itinerant cultivator market, he had already managed to obtain a hard-to-come-by refining method of a spiritual artifact. Moreover, it was not a common offensive or defensive spiritual artifact, but an auxiliary spiritual artifact like an array disk. Spurred on by his good mood, Chen Daoxuan kept up his efforts and continued to stroll around the street stalls. By the time he returned to the spot where Zhang San had set up his stall, it had already been occupied by another itinerant cultivator. He shook his head, and continued to walk forward. It was not until he arrived in front of a haggard-looking black-robed old man that Chen Daoxuan stopped. He had an impression of this cultivator in front of him. When he and Zhang San were butting heads earlier, it was this black-robed old man who kept trying to undermine Zhang San. In a sense, he could be considered to have helped Chen Daoxuan out of his predicament. Compared to Zhang San¡¯s fake enthusiasm, the black-robed old man¡¯s demeanor was cold. Even though Chen Daoxuan was standing in front of him, he pretended not to see him and continued to sit quietly on the mat with his eyes closed. As cultivators were always in closed-door cultivation, they were naturally eccentric and esoteric characters, so Chen Daoxuan did not find it strange. ¡°Senior, how much is this water spirit pearl of yours?¡± Chen Daoxuan asked with an expression of surprise on his face when he saw a spirit pearl emitting pure water spiritual essence at the stall. The water spirit pearl was a unique cultivation resource produced by the Zhou clan on Spirit Shell Island. This kind of spirit pearl had the effect of filtering and purifying spiritual essence. In other words, when a cultivator absorbed the spiritual essence that was filtered and purified by the water spirit pearl, the efficiency of refining that spiritual essence would greatly increase, thereby increasing the cultivator¡¯s cultivation speed. Of course, this kind of treasure also had its limits. Generally speaking, a first-grade water spirit pearl could only be used for a month at most before it would lose its spiritual essence purifying effect and become an ordinary pearl. Under normal circumstances, it was very difficult for such a treasure to fall into the hands of itinerant cultivators. Normally, it would even have to be ordered in advance by the various large clans. He did not know how the old man in front of him had obtained one. When the black-robed old man heard Chen Daoxuan¡¯s question, he opened his wrinkled eyes and said coldly, ¡°One hundred spirit stones. No bargaining!¡± ¡°Uh!¡± Chen Daoxuan, who had been originally filled with joy, was instantly stunned when he heard those words. According to the market price, the Zhou clan¡¯s first-grade water spirit pearls only cost fifty spirit stones each, yet the black-robed old man in front of him had directly doubled that price. No wonder no one had bought it even after so many people had come and gone for so long. This was no longer about selling things at a premium, this was simply daylight robbery! Perhaps it was because it had been put on sale for too long, and perhaps because no one had bought it, but seeing Chen Daoxuan¡¯s regretful expression, the black-robed old man explained further, ¡°Young friend, take a good look. This water spirit pearl is a high-grade first-grade spirit pearl.¡± ¡°Although a hundred spirit stones is a little expensive, the water spirit pearl is precious to begin with. It is normal for its price to be a little higher.¡± Hearing this, Chen Daoxuan was skeptical. After all, he had never seen the water spirit pearl sold by the Zhou clan before. The only reason he could recognize this pearl was because thirteenth uncle had once told him about the characteristics of this type of spirit pearl. ¡°Ah, think whatever you want, young friend!¡± Seeing that Chen Daoxuan was still hesitating, the old man, who was not exactly a good salesman, simply closed his eyes and did not speak further. ¡°Alright, one hundred spirit stones it is then.¡± It was difficult to buy water spirit pearls to begin with, so if what the old man said was true, it would not be too much of a loss. In addition, the old man had helped Chen Daoxuan a little just now, so buying one of his spirit pearls at a premium would be considered as returning the favor to him. Just as the two of them were about to complete the transaction¡­ ¡°Wu Wu Wu!¡± A shrill alarm suddenly sounded throughout the entire Guang¡¯an Prefecture immortal city¡­ Chapter 19 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation He heard the shrill and urgent sound of the alarm in his ear. Chen Daoxuan unconsciously raised his head and said, ¡°Senior, this is¡­¡± ¡°It¡¯s the alarm for demon beasts attacking the Guang¡¯an Prefecture!¡± The black-robed old man, who had been sitting cross-legged, stood up and replied in a deep voice. ¡°Demon beasts attacking the city?¡± Upon hearing this, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s expression suddenly turned ugly. It was obvious that his words had brought up some unpleasant memories deep in his heart. Back then, Changping County of Shuanghu Island had been attacked by demon beasts. In this life, his parents had lost their lives to the demon beasts. If he had not been lucky enough to have been saved by his thirteenth uncle, Chen Xianhe, his soul would have long since returned to the netherworld. Therefore, when Chen Daoxuan heard that the Guang¡¯an Prefecture was being attacked by demon beasts, his first reaction was not that of fear, but rather deep-seated hatred. Seeing Chen Daoxuan¡¯s expression, the old man seemed to misunderstand that he was afraid. He comforted him, ¡°Don¡¯t worry. Guang¡¯an Prefecture is attacked by demon beasts fairly often. You¡¯ll be fine once you get used to it.¡± When he heard this, Chen Daoxuan was rather surprised. ¡°Senior, why is it this way? Isn¡¯t Guang¡¯an Prefecture the Zhou clan¡¯s territory? Given the Zhou clan¡¯s strength, why would they be attacked by demon beasts?¡± Hearing this, the old man pointed at the water spirit pearl in Chen Daoxuan¡¯s hand. ¡°Young friend, have you ever heard of merfolk?¡± Hearing this, Chen Daoxuan recalled the description of the merfolk that he had read in his clan¡¯s ancient books. ¡°There are merfolk in the South Sea. They live in the deep sea, and their voices confuse people¡¯s minds. They are good at nurturing spiritual shells and controlling sea beasts.¡± However, he had always treated the records in the ancient books as legends. He had not expected that there really were merfolk in this world. Chen Daoxuan replied, ¡°I¡¯ve seen it in the ancient books. However, what does this have to do with the demon beasts attacking Guang¡¯an Prefecture? Could it be related to this water spirit pearl?¡± Seeing the black-robed elder point at the water spirit pearl in his hand, Chen Daoxuan had a vague speculation in his heart. ¡°You¡¯re right.¡± The black-robed elder nodded. ¡°It¡¯s indeed because of this spirit pearl. Spirit Shell Island is the largest spirit shell farm of the Zhou clan of Guang¡¯an Prefecture. However, in order to breed spirit shells, you have to capture female merfolks.¡± ¡°Every year, the Zhou clan¡¯s fishing fleet will capture mermaids in the nearby waters. It seems that, this year, the Zhou clan has poked a hornet¡¯s nest by going after another merfolk tribe.¡± At this point, the black-robed elder¡¯s tone faintly revealed a hint of schadenfreude. Itinerant cultivators had always been hostile toward the large immortal cultivation clans. It was not that they were not used to it, but rather that the large cultivation clans hoarded much of the region¡¯s cultivation resources, and there were long-standing conflicts between the two sides. Were it not for the fact that the Qianyuan Sword sect had chosen to attack the Cloud Nation back then, and distracted everyone from these conflicts, the Myriad Sea of Stars might have been thrown into chaos by now. Chen Daoxuan could not be bothered about his gloating. He immediately remembered that the Canglong was still docked at the port of Guang¡¯an Prefecture. Since these demon beasts were from the sea, would not their clan¡¯s cargo ship be the first to suffer? With this thought in mind, Chen Daoxuan took his leave and said, ¡°Senior, this junior will take his leave first. This junior¡¯s ship is still docked at the port! Thank you for helping me out just now.¡± Hearing Chen Daoxuan mention ¡®cargo ship¡¯, the black-robed elder immediately slapped his thigh and said, ¡°Oh no, this old man¡¯s ship is also docked there!¡± There was a reason for his anxiousness. The black-robed elder¡¯s ship was of a much higher grade than the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island¡¯s cargo ship. It was a spirit ship that he had spent a lot of money to purchase from the Yang clan. It had cost him more than 800 spirit stones. How could he not be anxious? Consumed by his anxiousness, the black-robed elder did not pay Chen Daoxuan any mind. He immediately put the stall¡¯s goods into his storage bag and used his wind control spell to fly toward the outer city of Guang¡¯an Prefecture. He was not the only one; the other cultivators reacted to his words and all flew into the air toward the outer city of Guang¡¯an Prefecture. Due to the attack of the demon beasts, the anti-flying array of the immortal city of Guang¡¯an Prefecture had been disabled. At this moment, Chen Daoxuan witnessed the most spectacular scene he had ever seen in his life. Hundreds of thousands of cultivators flew toward Guang¡¯an Prefecture¡¯s port one after another. It was a scene that could be said to blot out the sky and cover the sun. Chen Daoxuan did not have time to admire the scene. He followed behind the crowd closely and flew toward the port. ¡­ When Chen Daoxuan found the cargo ship, he discovered that his thirteenth uncle was already standing on the deck of the Canglong. ¡°Thirteenth uncle!¡± Chen Daoxuan descended and cupped his hands toward Chen Xianhe. ¡°You¡¯re here.¡± Seeing his nephew, Chen Xianhe nodded with a smile. Then, he looked at the black mass of demon beasts on the sea with a serious expression. He said worriedly, ¡°It seems that the merfolk tribe that the Zhou clan provoked this time is not small.¡± Chen Daoxuan looked over at the sea, but he was not too worried. After gaining an understanding of the situation in Guang¡¯an Prefecture over the past few days, he knew how terrifying the Zhou clan was. Although there were a lot of demon beasts in front of him, if one observed carefully, they would find that they were all low-level demon beasts that did not even warrant a grade. Not to mention the Zhou clan of Guang¡¯an Prefecture, even the itinerant cultivators here could easily kill them if they worked together. After all, although there were many demon beasts, there were far more itinerant cultivators. Moreover, the average strength of each itinerant cultivator far exceeded this group of demon beasts. Chen Xianhe looked at Chen Daoxuan worriedly, before saying, ¡°Seeing as it¡¯s such a huge group of demon beasts, the Zhou clan cultivators will definitely not be able to completely block them. When the time comes, if there are any demon beasts that slip through the net, remember not to charge too far ahead. You only need to protect the clan¡¯s cargo ship.¡± He was not afraid that the demon beasts would hurt Chen Daoxuan. After all, most of these demon beasts were low-level demon beasts. Chen Daoxuan¡¯s strength was more than enough to deal with them. He was only afraid that Chen Daoxuan would rush into the group of demon beasts because he was young and impetuous. If that happened, once his true Qi was exhausted, even a low-level demon beast could pose a threat to his life. As the dark mass of cultivators continued to arrive, the two sides actually confronted each other on the narrow and long coastline of Guang¡¯an Prefecture. Looking at the endless group of cultivators in front of them, Chen Xianhe and his nephew immediately felt at ease. As their cargo ship was berthed closer to the port, there was a large group of cargo ships closer to the sea. At this moment, these cargo ships had formed a natural barrier that protected their ship. Although the cultivators standing in front of them were cursing in their hearts, in order to protect their own cargo ships, they could only grit their teeth and swallow their bitterness. Of course, the ones at the forefront were the Zhou clan cultivators. After all, Guang¡¯an Prefecture was their territory, and protecting its peace and livelihood was their duty. Not to mention that this disaster was also caused by their Zhou clan in the first place. In a relaxed mood, Chen Xianhe could not help but speak teasingly, ¡°It seems like the members of the Yang clan are going to laugh their heads off this time.¡± The Yang clan that he mentioned was the largest foundation establishment cultivation clan in the surrounding 100,000-mile sea region. In terms of status, they were only ranked below the Zhou clan of Guang¡¯an Prefecture. Seeing Chen Daoxuan¡¯s doubtful expression, Chen Xianhe explained, ¡°The Yang clan is the largest merchant of cargo ships in the nearby sea region. Our clan¡¯s Canglong was also purchased from the Yang clan¡¯s shipping company.¡± ¡°I¡¯m afraid that many of our fellow Daoists¡¯ cargo ships will be destroyed in this demon beast attack. How can the Yang clan not laugh in this scenario?¡± Just as he finished his sentence, a piercing screech tore through the sky. ¡°Ao!!!¡± Hearing this screech, Chen Daoxuan felt his heart thump, and then he felt nauseous. Chen Daoxuan hurriedly circulated true Qi through his dantian to suppress the nauseous feeling. After that, he looked at Chen Xianhe and realized that thirteenth uncle was as pale as he was. ¡°This is¡­ a high-level merman!¡± Chen Xianhe¡¯s expression sank. ¡°What kind of trouble did the Zhou clan get into this time¡­¡± Chapter 20 - The Fish that Slipped through the Net Chapter 20 The Fish that Slipped through the Net Upon hearing this piercing screech that pierced through the clouds, the demon beasts on the distant coastline seemed to enter a frenzied state as they pounced toward Guang¡¯an Prefecture. The large number of demon beasts seemed to even form a tidal wave. Seeing the terrifying world-shaking might of the demon beast tide, the expressions of all the cultivators present changed. At the forefront¡­ At this moment, the faces of all the Zhou clan cultivators on the frontlines sank. The Zhou clan never imagined that their usual practice of capturing mermaids would cause such great trouble this time. Regardless, since the merfolk had come knocking on their door, the Zhou clan could not possibly retreat. Otherwise, the prestige that the Zhou clan had built up within the hundred thousand miles sea region over the past thousand years would vanish in an instant. With this thought in mind, the leader of the group, who was a Zifu realm cultivator, shouted loudly, ¡°Disciples of the Zhou clan, listen pp! Get into formation to defend against the enemy!¡± Once the order was given, in less than the time it took to brew a cup of tea, an enormous formation was formed in front of the coastline. All of the members of the Zhou clan held their breaths, waiting for the inevitable charge and clash against the demon beasts. ¡°Sword array! Rise!¡± At this order, one flying sword after another pierced through the heavens, forming an incomparably powerful sword array that charged toward the charging demon beasts. At this moment, it was as if the only two things left in the world were the surging demon beasts, and the resplendent sword array that had arisen from the ground! ¡°Boom!!¡± In the blink of an eye, the sword array and the demon beast tide collided, resulting in a loud noise that felt like the collision of heaven and earth. In just an instant, the seawater was dyed blood-red, and large swathes of demon beast corpses floated on the surface of the sea. This scene was also witnessed by the itinerant cultivators further behind, causing everyone¡¯s expressions to relax. ¡°Low-level demon beasts are indeed low-level demon beasts. Even if their numbers are shocking, they won¡¯t cause any waves in the Use end.¡± Chen Xianhe, who was floating in the air, witnessed the scene of the Zhou clan cultivators fighting against the demon beasts in the sea and sighed with emotion. ¡°The Zhou clan¡¯s strength is really strong.¡± What Chen Daoxuan saw was the Zhou clan¡¯s strength. This kind of strength was not only reflected in the Zhou clan¡¯s disciples¡¯ individual strengths, but also reflected in how well-trained the Zhou clan¡¯s disciples were overall. They were completely different from the itinerant cultivators who could only showcase their individual courage. At present, the most powerful attack wave of the demon beasts had been defeated by the Zhou clan. All that remained was to kill the scattered leftover demon beasts. The defeated demon beasts were scared out of their wits and fled in all directions. No matter how hard the merfolk behind them howled and issued commands, it was useless. ¡°We won.¡± Seeing this scene, Chen Xianhe, who had been in many battles throughout his lifetime, instantly assessed the situation. As expected, just like Chen Xianhe assessment, the seemingly large number of demon beasts were not a match for the Zhou clan. After just one engagement, they were utterly defeated. After that, it was the Zhou clan cultivators and the local Guang¡¯an itinerant cultivators who cleaned up the demon beasts that had fled in all directions. Compared to defeating the large group of demon beasts, this kind of cleanup work seemed to be far more laborious; because these demon beasts were too good at running around randomly, the Zhou clan cultivators had to ensure that not a single one of them escaped. Otherwise, if any of the demon beasts entered the rivers of Guang¡¯an Prefecture, they would probably pose a great threat to the Zhou clan¡¯s mortal population. After all, compared to cultivators, mortals did not have the ability to protect themselves when faced with demon beasts. Even if it was a mortal warrior at the ninth level of the Xiantian realm, it was very likely that they would be killed when facing these demon beasts, much less those mortals who did not know martial arts. Fortunately, ships were everywhere around Guang¡¯an Prefecture¡¯s port. At this moment, these ships formed a natural protective barrier for Guang¡¯an Prefecture. It was almost impossible for the scattered demon beasts to pass these boats and enter the rivers of Guang¡¯an Prefecture. On the Canglong, Chen Daoxuan and Chen Xianhe stood side by side. Chen Daoxuan had thought that he would have the opportunity to kill a demon beast with his own hands, but it now seemed like they were just there to watch the show. Although they could not count the number of demon beasts, one thing was certain, there were definitely not as many demon beasts compared to the number of cultivators present. In addition, most of the demon beasts had been killed by the Zhou clan cultivators. It was now their turn to act, so one could imagine just how few were left. Seeing the eager expression on Chen Daoxuan¡¯s face, Chen Xianhe could not help but laugh. ¡°Most of these are low-level demon beasts. Even if we kill them, their carcasses are useless to us cultivators. Why waste the effort?¡± Chen Daoxuan chuckled. ¡°I know, but my hands are feeling a little itchy.¡± Hearing this, Chen Xianhe was speechless. Cultivators were in closed door cultivation all year round. They had incredible strength, but often did not have the opportunity to use it. If would eventually develop problems. This was also the reason why cultivators often fought fiercely whenever there was a disagreement. To describe it in the words of his previous life, the desire to kill arose from the possession of a sharp blade. Moreover, cultivators no longer simply possessed sharp blades. Instead, they possessed the power to destroy the world. How could they not be agitated? Chen Xianhe was about to say something when the Canglong suddenly shook. ¡°Oh no, it¡¯s a tiger-eyed fish!¡± Chen Xianhe scanned the surroundings with his spiritual sense and found a three-meter-long, blood-red, four-eyed strange fish ramming and tearing at the hull of the Canglong. ¡°What a beast!¡± Seeing this beast trying to destroy the Canglong, which was the only cargo ship the clan possessed, Chen Xianhe could not remain idle. He immediately took out a flying sword and slashed at the tiger-eyed fish in the sea. ¡°Hua!¡± The sword light of the flying sword flashed. It only struck once into the sea below before it broke through the surface of the water. The next second, the Canglong stopped shaking. Not long after, a stream of blood surged up from under the sea. The next thing that surfaced was the corpse of the demon beast that Chen Xianhe had called the tiger-eyed fish. Chen Daoxuan took a closer look. The tiger-eyed fish had already been split in half. After thinking for a while, Chen Daoxuan used his true Qi to lift the tiger-eyed fish¡¯s corpse from the sea, and suspended it in front of him to examine carefully. This was the first time he had examined a demon beast so carefully. Ten years ago, during the demon beast riot in Changping County, he had been consumed by fear and had not gotten a good look at the demon beasts. ¡°Is this a demon beast? It¡¯s really weak!¡± Chen Daoxuan muttered. When he heard this, the expression on Chen Xianhe¡¯s face became serious. He shook his head and said, ¡°A demon beast is not weak. Rather than saying that this tiger-eyed fish is a demon beast, it is more appropriate to say that it has been infected by demonic energy, which has turned it into a demon beast.¡± ¡°A true first-level demon beast is not so easy to deal with.¡± At this point, Chen Xianhe seemed to have thought of something and warned Chen Daoxuan, ¡°If you encounter a demon beast with the same cultivation level by yourself in the future, remember not to fight it recklessly. It is very difficult for an ordinary cultivator to fight a demon beast of a similar level alone.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± Chen Daoxuan nodded, indicating that he would remember Chen Xianhe¡¯s advice. He was clear that, in terms of experience, thirteenth uncle, this old fox of the immortal cultivation world, was far ahead of him. Seeing the regretful look on Chen Daoxuan¡¯s face, Chen Xianhe said moodily, ¡°Don¡¯t look so glum. I¡¯ll let you kill the next demon beast. I¡¯ll help you keep watch, okay?¡± ¡°Okay!¡± Chen Daoxuan nodded with a smile. Then, he threw the tiger-eyed fish¡¯s corpse into the sea. ¡°What?¡± Just as Chen Xianhe finished speaking, a demon beast that exuded a strong demonic aura swam toward the Canglong. ¡°A first-level demonic beast!¡± Not far away, some cultivators also noticed the demon beast in the sea and cried out in surprise. ¡°Damn it, what happened to the Zhou clan and the people in front? How could they allow a first-level demon beast to come all the way here?¡± The surrounding cultivators complained endlessly. As if attracted by the blood of the tiger-eyed fish, the first-level demon beast swam toward the vicinity of the Canglong ship and actually stopped moving. It began to munch on the tiger-eyed fish¡¯s corpse. The Canglong was about 500 zhang in length, which was about 160 meters long. Although it was not a large cargo ship, it was still humongous compared to a low-level demon beast like the tiger-eyed fish. However, the length of the back of this first-level demon beast which was exposed to them was longer than the mast of the Canglong The length of its entire body probably exceeded 200 feet! This was the largest creature that Chen Daoxuan had ever seen in his two lifetimes as a human. Even with his temperament, he could not help but feel a sense of fear. Fortunately, this demon beast was eating and did not seem to have any intention of attacking the Canglong. Chapter 21 - Temporary Team Chapter 21 Temporary Team Seeing this, Chen Xianhe also became nervous. The tiger-eyed fish¡¯s corpse was less than ten feet long. Given the size of this first-level demon beast, it would take no more than a minute to finish eating it. He originally thought that, this time around, he would only be cheering and supporting the Zhou clan from behind. He did not expect to encounter such a crisis. Thinking this, Chen Xianhe instructed, ¡°This demon beast shouldn¡¯t be able to fly. If you aren¡¯t a match for it later, abandon the ship and run for your life!¡± At this time, Chen Daoxuan would not try to show off. After all, his cultivation was only at the third level of the Qi refinement realm. Even though he had experienced three epiphanies on the way to Guang¡¯an Prefecture, which had resulted in his mastery of the wind chasing sword technique reaching beyond the large success stage, it was still far from enough to deal with this huge demon beast. Unless¡­ He was willing to use the Flying Snow sword, which was his trump card. However, using the Flying Snow sword would consume too much true Qi. If he did not succeed, his true Qi would be exhausted, and he might even lose the ability to escape; that would quickly turn into a tragedy. SI While he was hesitating, a familiar voice entered the ears of Chen Daoxuan and the others. ¡°Everyone, this is a late-stage first-level demon beast, the blood-spotted sea snake. Its cultivation is equivalent to a late-stage Qi refinement realm cultivator. If we don¡¯t stop it in time, given the destructive power of this demon beast, I¡¯m afraid that our ships will soon be destroyed by it!¡± As he spoke, an old man in a black robe floated in mid-air. Chen Daoxuan recognized at a glance that this person was the black-robed elder who sold him the water spirit pearl at the itinerant cultivator market. He did not expect that his cargo ship was also nearby. After listening to the black-robed elder¡¯s explanation, everyone understood that the only way to protect their ships was to kill this blood-spotted sea snake. Very soon, including the black-robed elder, the seven Qi refinement realm cultivators nearby came to an agreement to work together to kill this demon beast! However, among the seven Qi refinement realm cultivators, only the black-robed elder had reached the ninth level of the Qi refinement realm. As for the others, the one with the highest level of cultivation was actually Chen Xianhe, who was a mid-stage Qi refinement realm cultivator who had reached the sixth level of the Qi refinement realm. It was hard to say whether such a team, assembled at the last minute, could kill this demon beast. However, for the sake of their own cargo ships, these itinerant cultivators had no other choice but to give it their best shot. Glancing at the crowd, the black-robed elder seemed to recognize Chen Daoxuan. After nodding slightly at him, he set up the strategy to kill the blood-spotted sea snake. ¡°Everyone, not only is the blood-spotted sea snake huge, it is also a kind of poisonous snake commonly seen in the sea. When we attack the demon beast later, remember to take an antidote pill in advance.¡± Hearing this, a cultivator who was only at the second level of the Qi refinement realm said with an embarrassed expression, ¡°Senior, I¡­ I don¡¯t have an antidote pill.¡± Hearing this, the black-robed elder took out a jade bottle, took out a green transparent pill, and threw it into the hands of the second-level Qi refinement realm cultivator. ¡°Thank you for your kindness, senior!¡± The black-robed elder nodded, glanced at the crowd, and asked, ¡°Who else doesn¡¯t have an antidote pill?¡± ¡°I¡­ I don¡¯t!¡± ¡°And me!¡± Everyone chimed in. In the end, other than Chen Xianhe and Chen Daoxuan, this uncle and nephew pair, no one else in this team had antidote pills. Of course, it might not be the case that everyone did not have antidote pills; perhaps some people just wanted to take advantage of the black-robed elder. The black-robed elder was well aware of such a possibility. However, in order to protect his valuable cargo ship, he had to pay such a price. Otherwise, it would be very difficult for him to kill the blood-spotted sea snake by himself. After a brief pause, the black-robed old man continued, ¡°In a moment, I will use the ice binding spell with all my strength. I will be able to at least trap this beast for three breaths of time. During this time, you can take the opportunity to kill the demon beast together. Are there any problems?¡± Seeing that someone was willing to take the lead, everyone naturally did not disagree and nodded in agreement. After reaching an agreement, the black-robed elder did not waste any time and immediately cast the ice binding spell. Once the spell was cast, everyone saw a huge ice vine, that was nearly a thousand feet long, appearing from the black-robed old man¡¯s hand. It directly froze the blood-spotted sea snake that was still eating. The power of the ice binding spell was shocking. Not only did it freeze the demon beast, but it also froze the surrounding seawater as well. ¡°Why aren¡¯t you all attacking?!¡± The black-robed elder¡¯s face turned red as he shouted. Without waiting for him to speak further, Chen Daoxuan took out his Red Shadow flying sword and slashed at the frozen demon beast. As he used the wind chasing sword technique, the Red Shadow flying sword emitted a terrifying aura, causing Chen Xianhe to briefly glance at it. ¡°This is¡­ the wind chasing sword technique at the large success stage!¡± Chen Xianhe was shocked. Chen Daoxuan¡¯s attainments in the wind chasing sword technique seemed to be even greater than his, but¡­ how was this even possible? He clearly remembered that his nephew had only obtained the wind chasing sword technique from him before he came to Guang¡¯an city. Chen Daoxuan had only been in contact with this sword technique for a month. Within just a month, he had actually managed to cultivate this sword technique to this level¡­ to the large success stage? Impossible! This was the only thought that buzzed in Chen Xianhe¡¯s mind. Since he was distracted, the speed of his sword attack even slowed down a little. The others were not aware of Chen Xianhe¡¯s thoughts. Everyone tried their best and used their unique skills to attack the blood-spotted sea snake. For a moment, the air was filled with flashing sword lights, dancing fireballs, and bursts of lightning¡­ The scene looked extraordinary. However, other than Chen Daoxuan, Chen Xianhe, and a few others who could cause some damage to the blood-spotted sea snake, because the cultivation levels of the other cultivators were too low, and the quality of their spiritual artifacts was too poor, it was difficult for them to cause any damage to the late-stage first-level blood-spotted sea snake. The most exaggerated one was the cultivator with the lowest cultivation level in the team, whose cultivation was at the second level of the Qi refinement realm. It seemed that not only were his skills inadequate, but the ¡°spiritual artifact¡± he used was a black iron flying sword that he had crudely made and refined himself. When Chen Daoxuan saw the flying sword, he was nearly stunned senseless. All along, he had treated the crude refining of black iron by itinerant cultivators as a joke, truly believing that no one would actually do something like that in real life. When the second-level Qi refinement realm cultivator controlled the black iron flying sword to slash at the body of the blood-spotted sea snake, it did not even scratch its skin, leaving only a string of sparks in its wake. It really shocked everyone. Seeing this scene, the black-robed elder was anxious and angry. He kept cursing everyone in his heart for being useless, but he didn¡¯t have any good ideas to resolve the issue either. He needed to constantly channel true Qi into the ice binding spell to freeze this ferocious sea snake. Otherwise, once the blood-spotted sea snake broke out of the ice, even if everyone could fly and escape with their lives, their ships would definitely be completely destroyed by this crazy blood-spotted sea snake. This was an outcome that the black-robed elder could not tolerate. ¡°Ka ka ka!¡± Perhaps because he was concerned about the battle situation, the black-robed elder¡¯s speed of channeling true Qi slowed down slightly. Cracks actually started appearing on the layer of ice that covered the blood-spotted sea snake. ¡°Not good! This demon beast is about to break free! Everyone, attack with all your might, otherwise we won¡¯t be able to save any of our ships!¡± Just as he finished speaking, the layer of ice covering the blood-spotted sea snake¡¯s tail cracked and fell off. A cylindrical black shadow broke out of the layer of ice on the surface of the sea. Chen Daoxuan could even see the blood-colored stripes that were the size of a human head on its tail. ¡°Boom!¡± The huge tail of the blood-spotted sea snake smashed into a cargo ship next to the Canglong. Instantly, the cargo ship was broken into two pieces by the demon beast. Countless bits of sawdust and shattered debris floated on the surface of the sea. ¡°Ah, My ship! Go to hell, you vile beast! Go to hell!¡± A cultivator in the team saw the situation unfold and went crazy. He controlled his flying sword and attacked the blood-spotted sea snake crazily. However, his cultivation was only at the third level of the Qi refinement realm. In addition, the power of his flying sword was insufficient. No matter how angry he was, he lacked the ability to deal significant damage to the demon beast. Seeing this scene, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s expression darkened. Chen Xianhe even made preparations to retreat. In his eyes, the Canglong was important, but it was far less important than the safety of his nephew. If Chen Daoxuan suffered any damage, it would be a devastating blow to the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island. With this thought in mind, Chen Xianhe shook his head slightly at Chen Daoxuan and gave him a look, indicating that he should retreat when the time came. Chen Daoxuan understood the meaning of Chen Xianhe¡¯s gaze. However, he thought about the fact that he still had to rely on the Canglong to transport the supplies. Without the Canglong, without even mentioning the loss of spirit stones, the process of returning home would become very troublesome. After weighing the pros and cons for a moment, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s gaze became firm. ¡°Thirteenth uncle, I want to give it a try!¡± Chapter 22 - Flying Snow Demon Slayer Chapter 22 Flying Snow Demon Slayer Give it a try? How? His nephew¡¯s attainmentsin the wind chasing sword technique was already enough to shock Chen Xianhe. Now, he actually said that he wanted to kill this late-stage first-level demon snake. How could Chen Xianhe believe this? Just as he was about to dissuade him, the black-robed elder¡¯s roar reverberated in everyone¡¯s ears again. ¡°Everyone, be careful. The beast is about to escape!¡± He had just finished speaking when the layer of ice on the blood-spotted sea snake¡¯s rigid body gradually cracked open. Ice shards fell off its body into the sea, creating huge splashes in the water. ¡°Hiss!!¡± The blood-spotted sea snake let out an earth-shattering hiss. Everyone felt a wave of cold air rush to their heads. Chen Xianhe even noticed that the cultivator with the lowest cultivation level, the cultivator at the second level of the Qi refinement realm, was so frightened by the demonic snake¡¯s might that he was trembling in fear. ¡°It¡¯s over!¡± The black-robed elder cried out in grief. However, no matter how unwilling he was, he could only run for his life. The blood-spotted sea snake shook its huge body. Countless ice shards fell into the sea; some into the water and others onto the still-frozen surface of the sea, creating loud crashing noises. It seemed that the demonic snake was about to escape. Just as everyone was feeling despair¡­ A sword light pierced through the air. The snow-white sword emitted a sword light that was almost three meters long. Even though they were hundreds of meters away from it, everyone could still feel the cold aura and terrifying power emanating from the flying sword. ¡°Nine feet of sword light! A high-grade first-grade flying sword!¡± ¡°Is that a high-grade first-grade spiritual artifact?¡± ¡°It¡¯s dead! The demonic snake is dead! Go to hell! Go to hell! Haha!¡± When the black-robed elder saw this sword, a sense of fear arose in his heart. Obviously, the power of this sword was sufficient to threaten his life. At this moment, Chen Daoxuan felt that the air in front of the flying sword had become extremely sticky, as if something was hindering him from unleashing the full power of the flying sword. However, this feeling only lasted for a fraction of a second. In the eyes of others, not only was the Flying Snow sword terrifying, but its speed was also as fast as a ray of light. Compared to their own flying swords, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s flying sword was more than twice as fast. This was also due to the usage of the wind chasing sword technique that had reached the large success stage. Not only was the speed of the flying sword doubled while wielding the sword, but its power had also increased by nearly 70%. The high-grade Flying Snow sword, coupled with the wind chasing sword technique which increased the power of the flying sword by 70%¡­ Created this astonishing sword attack! ¡°Hiss!!¡± Faced with this sword attack, the blood-spotted sea snake also felt a fatal threat. It twisted its snake body desperately in an attempt to avoid the sharp edge of the Flying Snow sword. However, it had just escaped from the confines of the black-robed elder¡¯s ice binding spell so, at this moment, its body was still stiff. In addition, the Flying Snow sword was too fast, so there was no way for it to dodge the attack. ¡°Chi!¡± A sound similar to a hot knife slicing through butter could be heard. The head of this blood-spotted sea snake, which was more than twenty feet long and about ten feet in diameter, was chopped off by Chen Daoxuan. Seeing this scene, the black-robed elder was stunned at first, but he then immediately became overjoyed. After regaining a portion of true Qi in his dantian, he immediately cast the ice binding spell again, freezing the demon snake¡¯s body that was still swaying about randomly after losing its head. After the time it took to brew half a cup of tea passed, the last bit of the demon snake¡¯s lifeforce faded away under the effect of the ice binding spell, and the surface of the sea finally became quiet again. ¡°Is it dead?¡± The cultivator with the lowest cultivation level in the crowd asked cautiously. ¡°It¡¯s dead!¡± Chen Xianhe nodded and then glanced at Chen Daoxuan¡¯s pale face with a complicated expression. ¡°Great! It¡¯s finally dead!¡± ¡°It¡¯s dead! It¡¯s finally dead!¡± ¡°Haha, we¡¯ve succeeded!¡± In the air, other than the cultivator whose cargo ship had been destroyed, everyone was celebrating with joy. After all, getting rid of the blood-spotted sea snake not only meant that their cargo ships were safe, but that they would also gain something unexpected. As a late-stage first-level demon beast, the blood-spotted sea snake¡¯s body could be said to be full of treasures. Of the corpse it left behind, other than the most precious inner core and poison sac, the snake meat could be used for consumption, its fangs could be used to forge special spiritual artifacts, and its skin could be crafted into a set of tight-fitting defensive soft armor. Earlier, despite everyone¡¯s concentrated firepower, they were unable to cause much damage to the demon snake. The toughness of the snake skin was responsible for at least 80% of their attacks¡¯ ineffectiveness. Although the snake¡¯s skin had been greatly damaged after the group¡¯s attacks, there was still enough of it to be crafted into a few soft armor sets. After the black-robed elder carried the demonic snake¡¯s corpse onto his ship, he invited everyone to board his cargo ship. When everyone heard his invitation, their ears all perked up. Everyone knew that it was time to divide the spoils of war. The black-robed elder¡¯s cargo ship was three times bigger than the Chen clan¡¯s Canglong. There were also many more array patterns on the ship than on the Canglong. ¡®No wonder the black-robed elder was so nervous about his cargo ship,¡¯ everyone thought to themselves. ¡°Everyone!¡± The black-robed elder was not aware of what everyone was thinking. His usually quiet face was flushed beet red. He was obviously very satisfied with the outcome of this battle. ¡°According to the rules of the Qianyuan Sword sect, those who directly kill the enemy will be recognized as the primary contributor, and they will receive 60% of the spoils. Those recognized as the primary support will receive 30% of the spoils. As for the remaining 10% , the five of you will split it equally. Does anyone have a differing opinion?¡± The black-robed old man looked around, before his gaze finally landed on Chen Daoxuan. Rather than asking for everyone¡¯s opinion, it was more appropriate to say that he was asking for Chen Daoxuan¡¯s opinion. After all, this was a cultivation world where the strong reigned. The strength that Chen Daoxuan had displayed just now was enough to make the black-robed elder look at him as an equal. Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads. ¡°It¡¯s all up to senior.¡± ¡°We¡¯ll split it this way.¡± Seeing that no one disagreed, the black-robed elder took out a hundred spirit stones from his storage bag and gave Chen Xianhe and the others twenty spirit stones each. ¡°The price of this snake demon¡¯s corpse is barely 1,000 spirit stones. If the five of you take 10% of the spoils, it will amount to 20 spirit stones each. Fellow Daoists, please count it,¡± the black-robed elder cupped his hands and said. Among the group, other than the cultivator whose cargo ship was destroyed, the rest of the cultivators, especially the second-level Qi refinement realm cultivator, were all beaming with joy. It was obvious that 20 spirit stones was a considerable harvest for a second-level Qi refinement realm cultivator like him. After everyone put the spirit stones into their storage bags, they all bid farewell to the black-robed elder. After sending everyone off with cupped fists, the black-robed elder looked at Chen Daoxuan and said, ¡°Fellow Daoist, we meet again.¡± ¡°It seems that junior and senior are connected by fate.¡± Chen Daoxuan smiled and pretended not to hear that the black-robed elder had automatically upgraded his form of address from ¡°little friend¡± to ¡°fellow Daoist¡±. The black-robed elder also smiled and said, ¡°I won¡¯t hide it from you. This old man has a presumptuous request.¡± ¡°Please speak, senior.¡± ¡°I want to use spirit stones to purchase the demon snake¡¯s inner core and poison sac. What do you think?¡± After thinking for a while, Chen Daoxuan nodded and said, ¡°Sure, but I don¡¯t want spirit stones. Do you still have any more of the water spirit pearls that you sold to me earlier today?¡± The black-robed elder seemed to have guessed that Chen Daoxuan would ask this question. After all, although Chen Daoxuan was strong, his cultivation was only at the third level of the Qi refinement realm. To him, the water spirit pearl, which could increase his cultivation speed, was naturally more attractive than other random objects. However, to the black-robed elder, the water spirit pearl was of little value. He was already at the ninth level of the Qi refinement realm. Unless he could break through to the foundation establishment realm, these treasures that could increase his cultivation level were of no use to him. The black-robed elder took out five marbled-sized water spirit pearls and said, ¡°Here are five water spirit pearls. The price is five hundred spirit stones. Regarding the remaining one hundred spirit stones, how about I give the demon snake meat to fellow Daoist?¡± ¡°Okay!¡± Chen Daoxuan nodded in agreement. They discussed how to divide the spoils of war. Next up they had to deal with the corpse of the demon snake. The three of them were all cultivators, so they used spiritual artifacts to divide the corpse of the demon snake very quickly. Within the time it took for an incense stick to burn, the demon snake¡¯s skin and flesh had all been peeled off. The snake meat and five water spirit pearls went to Chen Daoxuan, and the snake skin, snake teeth, poison sac, and inner core went to the black-robed elder. Chapter 23 - Guangan Sword Immortal Zhou Mubai Chapter 23 Guang¡¯an Sword Immortal Zhou Mubai On the deck of the cargo ship, after fighting against the enemy together and distributing the spoils of war, the three of them had become closer to each other. Chen Daoxuan smiled and cupped his hands. ¡°I am Chen Daoxuan, a disciple of the Chen clan from Changping County of Shuanghu Island. This is my uncle, Chen Xianhe. May I know how to address you, senior?¡± ¡°I am Wei Sihai. Greetings, fellow Daoists!¡± The black-robed elder, Wei Sihai, bowed respectfully to the two of them. Chen Xianhe and Chen Daoxuan quickly returned the greeting. ¡°You are too kind, fellow Daoist Wei!¡± Chen Xianhe put on a flattering expression. He knew very well that, were it not for Chen Daoxuan, the other party would not have taken him, who was a sixth-level Qi refinement realm cultivator, seriously. After exchanging a few pleasantries, the relationship between the two parties became even more harmonious. Seeing this, Chen Daoxuan could not help but ask him about the rental and sales situation of the itinerant cultivator market. Compared to the uncle and nephew of the Chen family, Wei Sihai, who spent a lot of time at the itinerant cultivator market, obviously knew more details about the specific situation of the itinerant cultivator market; this was to be expected. listening to Chen Daoxuan¡¯s inquiry, Wei Sihai frowned, shook his head, and said, ¡°I advise fellow Daoist not to have any ideas about the itinerant cultivator market¡¯s shops.¡± ¡°Why?¡± Chen Xianhe frowned. Wei Sihai looked at Chen Daoxuan, and then at Chen Xianhe, before explaining, ¡°To be honest with you two, the cultivation island I¡¯m on has some spirit ore resources but, despite that, I haven¡¯t opened a shop in the independent cultivator market. Do you know the reason why?¡± Chen Daoxuan and Chen Xianhe looked at each other and cupped their fists. ¡°Please enlighten us, senior!¡± ¡°It¡¯s no big deal,¡± the black-robed elder, Wei Sihai, waved his hand and said, ¡°The itinerant cultivator market in Guang¡¯an prefecture is different from the central business district. Most of the customers here are either wandering cultivators or the disciples of small clans, so their purchasing power is weak.¡± ¡°If you open a shop here, you will have to mark up the cost of your goods significantly. If that¡¯s the case, why wouldn¡¯t the itinerant cultivators choose to buy those same goods from the stalls instead?¡± As an old hand who had spent a lot of time at the itinerant cultivator market, Wei Sihai¡¯s words could be said to be extremely sincere. Were it not for Chen Daoxuan¡¯s extraordinary potential and his intention to befriend him, he would not have dissuaded him like this. After hearing these words, coupled with Chen Daoxuan¡¯s personal market research on the itinerant cultivator market, he knew that Wei Sihai was not spouting nonsense. However, Wei Sihai did not know that he was a refiner, nor did he know that he possessed the spirit smelting furnace, whichwas an era-defining spiritual artifact. After a moment of contemplation, Chen Daoxuan decided to tell him a portion of the truth. ¡°To tell you the truth, I happen to be an artifact refiner, so I¡¯m looking to open a spiritual artifact shop at the itinerant cultivator market.¡± ¡°Fellow Daoist is an artifact refiner?¡± The black-robed elder was stunned at first, but then he looked somewhat skeptical of Chen Daoxuan¡¯s claim. Seeing the skeptical expression on Wei Sihai¡¯s face, Chen Daoxuan did not try to explain it with words. Instead, he used a fire control spell in front of Wei Sihai. The fire control spell was one of the only two spells that Chen Daoxuan had mastered before he arrived at Guang¡¯an Prefecture. He had long cultivated it to the large success stage. At the center of Chen Daoxuan¡¯s palm, a bunch of flames transformed into various shapes; from common cats and dogs to all kinds of birds and beasts. Seeing Chen Daoxuan¡¯s skilled fire control spell, Wei Sihai was immediately 90% certain that his claims were true. This was because, other than artifact refiners and alchemists, no one else could master the fire control spell so skillfully. After all, cultivating the fire control spell was useless in increasing one¡¯s strength. On the contrary, it would consume a lot of energy. Apart from artifact refiners and alchemists, no other cultivator would be stupid enough to cultivate this spell. ¡°Fellow Daoist is actually an artifact refiner. I apologize for my disrespect!¡± If Wei Sihai had only intended to befriend Chen Daoxuan earlier, his current attitude toward Chen Daoxuan now was somewhat ingratiating. After all, artifact refiners and alchemists were too rare in the itinerant cultivator community. Such special talents were usually only cultivated by the large clans and sects. Moreover, the major forces usually protected them very tightly. Ordinary itinerant cultivators simply could not come into contact with such people. However, Wei Sihai¡¯s personality had always been more reserved. He clearly wanted to say something to curry favor with them but, in the end, all he could say was a dry ¡°I apologize!¡± Chen Daoxuan did not care about such things. He had revealed his secret of being a refiner in order to ask Wei Sihai, an old hand when it came to issues regarding the itinerant cultivator market, to introduce him to a reliable shop. As expected, after discovering Chen Daoxuan¡¯s refiner identity, Wei Sihai briefed them about the shops that he knew about in detail. In the end, he patted his chest and said confidently, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, fellow Daoists. When we return to the market, I¡¯ll introduce a shop owner to you. Leave this matter to me.¡± ¡°In that case, thank you very much, senior!¡± ¡°You¡¯re too kind, fellow Daoists.¡± While they were talking, the battlefield on the horizon seemed to have undergone new changes. On the battlefield, after the Zhou clan¡¯s disciples defeated the demon beast tide, the unresigned merfolk rushed over personally and attacked the Zhou clan. Thanks to the cultivators¡¯ amazing eyesight, and the fact that Chen Daoxuan and the others were looking down on the scene from above, they could clearly see the appearance of the merfolk even though they were hundreds of miles away. Just like the records in the ancient books, the merfolk looked very similar to humans. Moreover, the mermen were exceptionally strong. Each of their exposed muscles emitted a bronze-colored luster under the glaring sunlight. The mermaids, on the other hand, were exceptionally beautiful. They looked adorable, and each of them could be considered a beautiful lady. Of course, this was only true if one did not look at their lower bodies. Regardless of gender, from the waist down, the merfolk completely lacked human characteristics. Instead, they had a fish tail that was about ten feet long. Seeing this scene, Wei Sihai could not help but sigh. ¡°It¡¯s said that merfolk possess the bloodline of human ancestors. I didn¡¯t believe it before, but now that I¡¯ve seen their appearance, I can¡¯t say that the theory is entirely groundless.¡± Chen Daoxuan did not care about whether the merfolk had human ancestors or not. His current focus was on opening a shop at the itinerant cultivator market and letting Chen Xianhe take charge of the shop. Then, he would go home and set up a refining workshop to mass-produce spiritual artifacts. He would use the resulting industrialized production capacity to plunder the wealth of the Myriad Sea of Stars. As for the war between the merfolk and the Zhou clan, who cared? The Zhou clan should easily crush the attacking merfolk. However, even if the Zhou clan could not win, was there still not the state capital above them? If the state capital was defeated, there would still be the Qianyuan Sword sect! In this world, the human race was the absolute overlord. Neither the demon beasts nor the foreign creatures could contend with human cultivators. Otherwise, if the humans had a common enemy, the Qianyuan Sword sect would not have been embroiled in a war against the Cloud Nation for four hundred years. In the midst of their conversation, among the merfolk, a middle-aged merman with a strong body and resolute face stepped out of the group, riding on the waves. On the opposite side, a handsome young man in a white robe with a jade-like face stood in front of him. The man in white stood upright with a three-foot-long sword on his back. Even though they were hundreds of miles away, Chen Daoxuan could still feel the indifferent and otherworldly aura emanating from the man, as if he was an immortal that descended from heaven. ¡°Who is that?¡± Hearing his question, Wei Sihai had a complicated expression on his face. ¡°Guang¡¯an sword immortal, Zhou Mubai!¡± Chapter 24 - Zifu Prodigy List Chapter 24 Zifu Prodigy List ¡°He¡¯s Zhou Mubai?¡± Zhou Mubai¡¯s name was like thunder in Chen Daoxuan¡¯s ears. He was not the only one. Zhou Mubai¡¯s name was well-known throughout the entire Guang¡¯an Prefecture, and was even an idol in the hearts of the younger generation of cultivators in the Myriad Sea of Stars. He reached the foundation establishment stage at the age of 21, and then broke through to the Zifu realm in less than 50 years, becoming a Zifu cultivator who was less than 100 years old. One had to know that a Zifu realm cultivator had a lifespan of 500 years. This also meant that Zhou Mubai had over 400 years to break through to the Jindan realm. If nothing went wrong, Zhou Mubai¡¯s chances of breaking through to the Jindan realm were extremely high. He was also known as the most promising cultivator in Guang¡¯an prefecture over the past 500 years. It was not just that. Zhou Mubai¡¯s true strength was that he was a cultivator on the Zifu Prodigy List in the Myriad Sea of Stars. The Zifu Prodigy List was one of the lists set up by the Qianyuan Sword sect in order to attract cultivators to fight against the Cloud Nation. There were three complete lists, which were namely the Foundation Establishment Hidden Dragon List, the Zifu Prodigy List, and the Jindan Realm Cultivator List! In Chen Daoxuan¡¯s view, what the Qianyuan Sword sect accomplished by doing this was to latch on to the desire of cultivators who wanted to make a name for themselves. In the Myriad Sea of Stars, the largest group of cultivators were itinerant cultivators, closely followed in number by the disciples of the major cultivation clans. Although the Qianyuan Sword sect was the ruler of the Myriad Sea of Stars, it was impossible for them to order all of the cultivators to fight to the death for them on the battlefield. Therefore, the Qianyuan Sword sect came up with a way to use fame and fortune to attract cultivators to the battlefield. The Chen clan of Shuanghu Island relied on battle merits to obtain the artifact refining inheritance from the Qianyuan Sword sect, the method to build the earth fire chamber, and even the wind chasing sword technique and the rainfall sword technique. These were all benefits that they had obtained from the battlefield! As for the Zifu Prodigy List, which was famous throughout the world, it was a name list. What was the goal of cultivators cultivating? The primary goal was, of course, immortal ascension! However, it had been hundreds of thousands of years since a Mahayana true immortal cultivator had ascended to the upper realm. To the vast majority of cultivators, immortal ascension was nothing more than an illusory dream. Apart from becoming an immortal, the second goal that cultivators pursued was naturally immortality and, if one wanted to live forever, one could not escape the pursuit of cultivation techniques and various cultivation resources. Unfortunately, most of these things were in the possession of the large immortal cultivation clans and the Qianyuan Sword sect of the Myriad Sea of Stars. If ordinary cultivators wanted to obtain large amounts of cultivation resources, other than trying to compete with the large immortal cultivation clans and the Qianyuan Sword sect, which was akin to snatching food from the tiger¡¯s mouth, there was only one path left for them, which was to enter the battlefield and obtain battle merits. After a cultivator achieved their goal of immortality, they could not just live an empty life and cultivate all day for the sake of cultivation, right? Naturally, cultivators would start to pursue other things. For example, beauty, material enjoyment, and¡­ the thing that cultivators valued the most, which was reputation! In the immortal cultivation world, generally, the higher the level of a cultivator, the more they valued things like reputation. And the three lists that the Qianyuan Sword sect had created just happened to satisfy cultivators¡¯ desire for ¡®reputation¡¯. Using the twin weapons of ¡®reputation¡¯ and ¡®rewards¡¯, the Qianyuan Sword sect tied all of the cultivators in the Myriad Sea of Stars to its war chariot. Over the past 400 years, the Qianyuan Sword sect had driven this war chariot and rampaged all over the immortal cloud continent, turning the Cloud Nation upside down. Even from Chen Daoxuan¡¯s modern-day perspective, the leader of the Qianyuan Sword sect was still an impressive figure. When he saw Zhou Mubai standing on the frontlines with his white robe fluttering in the wind, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s heart was still rather calm. After all, he was much younger than Zhou Mubai. In terms of potential, Chen Daoxuan believed that he was not inferior to Zhou Mubai. Wei Sihai and Chen Xianhe¡¯s eyes, on the other hand, were filled with longing. After all, in terms of age, both of them were already close to a hundred years old. In terms of cultivation, the white figure in the sky was on a completely different level to them. As cultivators from the same generation, it was impossible for the two of them to not feel anything However, the gap between them was so huge that the two of them did not even dare to feel jealous. Only they themselves could understand the complex feelings in their hearts. While everyone was occupied with their differing thoughts, the battle on the frontlines began. However, the distance between the two sides was too far, and Chen Daoxuan and the others could not extend their spiritual senses over such a distance. Moreover, they could not keep up with the speed of the battle by simply relying on their eyesight. They could only see the sword lights flashing in the horizon, and hear the continuous rumbling noises of the battle. Unexpectedly, they did not even have the qualifications to observe a battle of this level. Chen Daoxuan sighed as he sensed the waves of impact from the aftershocks of the battle. Luckily, they were far enough away. Chen Daoxuan even saw that a row of ships at the front had been completely destroyed by the aftershocks of the battle between Zhou Mubai and the high-level merman. The cultivators who were watching the battle also looked as if they had seen a ghost, as they fled in panic. With Zhou Mubai and the high-level merman at the center, no one dared to approach them within a ten-mile radius. In the end, after being struck by a sword light that was a hundred meters long, the high-level merman fled, wounded, together with the entire merfolk tribe. The other Zifu disciple of the Zhou clan was about to give chase, but he was stopped by the pale-faced Zhou Mubai. ¡°Third granduncle, there¡¯s no need to chase them!¡± ¡°Mubai, are you alright?¡± Seeing Zhou Mubai¡¯s pale face, the cultivator he addressed as third granduncle immediately became nervous. Zhou Mubai was the most talented cultivator of the younger generation of the Zhou clan. Not only had he broken through to the Zifu realm at such a young age, he was also a genius in the Dao of the sword, who had successfully comprehended sword intent at the Foundation Establishment realm! This was also the biggest reason why Zhou Mubai was ranked on the Zifu Prodigy List-he was a sword cultivator, and a sword cultivator even rarer than a cultivator with heavenly spiritual roots! Currently, Zhou Mubai appeared to be injured. How could the old man not be shocked and furious? Thinking of this, the old man who was called third granduncle by Zhou Mubai could not help but rebuke him, ¡°Mubai, why are you still hung up about the one-on-one rule against this kind of foreign creature? Just now, if the two of us worked together to take him down, you wouldn¡¯t have been injured.¡± After rebuking him, the old man revealed a pained expression. ¡°Are your injuries serious?¡± ¡°Third granduncle, don¡¯t worry. It¡¯s just a minor injury.¡± Zhou Mubai shook his head, ¡°Our Zhou clan captures mermaids every year. The merfolk have always resented our Zhou clan. If we broke the rules and killed that high-level merman this time, I think that there would be no room for compromise between the merfolk and our Zhou clan.¡± ¡°So what if there is no room for compromise? Is our Zhou clan afraid of a mere merman?¡± Third granduncle was very disdainful. Seeing third granduncle¡¯s attitude, Zhou Mubai wanted to say something, but stopped himself. In the end, he shook his head and did not say anything else. It was not just third granduncle. All the cultivators of the Zhou clan felt that the Zhou clan was an invincible existence within this 100,000-mile sea region. They did not hold any force or person in high regard within their territory. Zhou Mubai knew in his heart that this kind of mentality was ultimately not good for the Zhou clan. In recent years, the foundation establishment clans, led by the Yang clan, had become more and more distant from the Zhou clan. As far as he knew, the Yang clan had been secretly working with the other foundation establishment clans to build another immortal city to compete against the prosperous Guang¡¯an Prefecture immortal city. However, because of quarrels regarding the distribution of benefits, and fear of the Zhou clan¡¯s power, the alliance did not go smoothly. Chapter 25 - Power of the Clan Chapter 25 Power of the Clan Three days later¡­ In a restaurant at the itinerant cultivator market. ¡°Fellow Daoist Wei, thank you for your help in purchasing the shop. The Chen clan is extremely grateful.¡± ¡°Thank you for your help, senior.¡± Chen Xianhe and Chen Daoxuan raised their wine glasses and toasted Wei Sihai with a smile. ¡°It¡¯s nothing. We are all friends. It¡¯s just a small matter, a small matter!¡± Wei Sihai quickly raised his wine glass and said with a smile. Over the past three days, the ¡°small matter¡± of the merfolk attacking Guang¡¯an Prefecture had long since died down. At the itinerant cultivator market, the topic of discussion gradually shifted from the battle to a discussion about sword immortal Zhou Mubai of Guang¡¯an Prefecture. As drinks were exchanged, the atmosphere at the table gradually became lively. Chen Xianhe, who was slightly drunk, could not help but sigh, ¡°Every inch of land in the immortal city of Guang¡¯an Prefecture is really expensive. I didn¡¯t expect the prices of shops at the itinerant cultivator market to be so high!¡± ¡°Yeah!¡± Wei Sihai heard this and agreed. He had been around the market for the longest time and knew it the best. ¡°Actually, the shops at the market are quite good. A medium-sized shop can be purchased for at most one thousand spirit stones. The most exaggerated shop prices are in the central business district.¡± Speaking of the exaggerated shop prices in the central business district, Wei Sihai shook his head. Hearing this, Chen Daoxuan asked without batting an eyelid, ¡°Are the shops in the central business district very expensive?¡± ¡°Expensive?¡± Wei Sihai smiled. ¡°The word ¡®expensive¡¯ can no longer be used to describe the shops there. Even though the prices on the market are only ten times more expensive than the shops in the itinerant cultivator market, the truth is that these shops cannot be bought even if you had the money. They are all controlled by the Zhou, Yang, Wu, and other large immortal cultivation clans.¡± ¡°If ordinary cultivators and small clans want to grab a piece of the pie, it¡¯s as difficult as ascending to the heavens.¡± Perhaps he had drunk a little too much, as Wei Sihai gradually began to talk more candidly. In addition, he was deeply dissatisfied with the large immortal cultivation clans. At this moment, he actually decided to vent his frustrations to Chen Daoxuan and Chen Xianhe. ¡°The restaurant under our feet is the property of the large immortal cultivation clan, the Wu clan. In addition, in the itinerant cultivator market, more than 90% of the restaurants, inns, stores, and shops are controlled by the large immortal cultivation clans.¡± ¡°In the central business district, this proportion of ownership is even more exaggerated.¡± ¡°We itinerant cultivators and the disciples of small clans make up the majority of cultivators, but somehow we get the least in terms of benefits and resources. How unfair!¡± At the end of his speech, Wei Sihai slammed his wine cup heavily on the table. Hearing this, everyone fell silent. After a long while, Chen Xianhe said softly, ¡°Brother Wei, you¡¯re drunk.¡± Hearing this, Wei Sihai immediately broke out into a cold sweat and sobered up. It was not a wise thing to loudly criticize the large cultivation clans here. Although almost all of the itinerant cultivators were dissatisfied with the large cultivation clans, none of them dared to openly air their grievances. This was because all the itinerant cultivators with such courage had disappeared without a trace. Seeing this, Chen Daoxuan quickly brought up another topic to avoid the awkward silence. An hour later, the banquet was over, and it was already late. Chen Daoxuan and his thirteenth uncle, Chen Xianhe, walked back to the inn side by side without saying a word. Back at the inn, just as Chen Daoxuan was about to start cultivating, Chen Xianhe knocked on the door. ¡°Thirteenth uncle, what¡¯s the matter? It¡¯s pretty late.¡± ¡°Well, let¡¯s talk inside.¡± Hearing this, Chen Daoxuan hurriedly made an inviting gesture. The two of them entered the room. Chen Daoxuan thought for a moment and carefully set up a soundproof array. ¡°Daoxuan, since the matters regarding the shop have been finalized, I¡¯ll be staying at the shop to oversee things. I¡¯ll leave the matters regarding the clan to you.¡± Speaking of this, Chen Xianhe¡¯s gaze was complicated. Chen Daoxuan¡¯s growth was far beyond his imagination. It was not just limited to his personal strength, but also his refining level. Over the past few days, Chen Xianhe had figured out that Chen Daoxuan was not a low-level first-tier refiner, but a high-level first-tier refiner. Although he did not know exactly why his nephew was hiding his skills from him, looking at things from another perspective, Chen Daoxuan was only 16 years old, and he already knew so many things. It proved that he was far more mature than he had imagined. Thinking of this, Chen Xianhe felt a little more at ease about handing over the authority of the clan to Chen Daoxuan. After he finished speaking, Chen Xianhe took out a seal from his storage bag. This seal was completely black and exuded a strong spiritual essence. It was actually a high-grade first-grade spritual artifact. ¡°This is the seal of the clan leader. Now, I¡¯ll hand it over to you.¡± Chen Xianhe handed over the black seal and said solemnly. ¡°Understood.¡± Chen Daoxuan received the seal and nodded solemnly. After he finished talking about this matter, Chen Xianhe then asked, ¡°By the way, how are you doing with regard to the procurement of materials?¡± ¡°Everything is ready. We just have to wait for the shipment tomorrow and we¡¯ll be able to return to Shuanghu Island.¡± Chen Daoxuan paused, ¡°This time, we took out a total of 8,743 spirit stones from the clan treasury. I spent 100 spirit stones on the water spirit pearl, 500 spirit stones on the refining method of the wind and thunder array disk, 1,000 spirit stones on the shop, and 6,721 spirit stones on various items. I still have 422 spirit stones left.¡± At this point, Chen Daoxuan had a wry smile, and he said, ¡°That accounts for all of our clan¡¯s assets.¡± Hearing that the clan¡¯s 300 years of savings had been used up, even though Chen Xianhe was mentally prepared, he still felt a pang of heartache. Seeing Chen Xianhe¡¯s ugly expression, Chen Daoxuan quickly comforted him, ¡°Thirteenth uncle, these are all necessary expenses for the clan¡¯s development. Besides, we will definitely be able to earn it all back ten, or even a hundred, times in the future!¡± Hearing this, Chen Xianhe sighed, ¡°I hope so!¡± As if he had thought of something, Chen Xianhe took out a jade bottle from his storage bag, ¡°Oh right, this is a little gift I bought for you a few days ago in the central business district. Take it.¡± Chen Daoxuan received the jade bottle curiously and opened it to take a look. A strong medicinal fragrance wafted out from the jade bottle. Seeing this, Chen Daoxuan quickly sealed the bottle. ¡°Qi gathering pill!¡± It was a Qi gathering pill, which was a mid-grade first-grade spirit pill that assisted Qi refinement realm cultivators in their cultivation. According to Chen Daoxuan¡¯s understanding, a Qi gathering pill was sold for 50 spirit stones, which was almost equivalent to a low-grade first-grade spiritual artifact. The Qi gathering pill was really expensive, and there were actually ten of them in the bottle! ¡°Daoxuan, back then, the clan clearly had the ability to buy meridian opening pills for you, but I didn¡¯t buy them for you. Did you ever resent me for it in your heart?¡± ¡°Why do you say that, thirteenth uncle? Daoxuan has never thought that way!¡± ¡°Meridian opening pills cost as much as five hundred spirit stones. If it were me, I wouldn¡¯t buy such an expensive spirit pill for the younger generation seeing that the clan¡¯s income was in such dire straits.¡± Chen Xianhe shook his head. ¡°However, do you know? A few days ago, when I saw you use the wind chasing sword technique, I regretted not doing so.¡± ¡°Although five hundred spirit stones is a lot, I wasted five years of the cultivation time of a genius cultivator in my clan!¡± Chen Daoxuan did not know how to respond to this. ¡°Daoxuan, I can see that your future path will go farther than mine or any of the ancestors of the Chen clan. However, thirteenth uncle wants to ask something of you.¡± Chen Xianhe looked at Chen Daoxuan with bloodshot eyes. ¡°I will do as you instruct!¡± ¡°No matter what happens in the future, don¡¯t abandon the clan. Because this place¡­ is your foundation!¡± Hearing this request, Chen Daoxuan felt a surge of indescribable emotions fill his heart. He felt his heart ache and his eyes tear up. Chen Daoxuan nodded heavily with bloodshot eyes. ¡°No matter what happens in the future, Daoxuan will never abandon the clan!¡± ¡°Very good, very good¡­¡± Chen Xianhe displayed a gratified smile on his face. Chapter 26 - Encounter Chapter 26 Encounter The next day¡­ At the port of Guang¡¯an Prefecture. As numerous cloud-treading beast carriages transported and loaded all kinds of spirit ores onto the Canglong cargo ship, Chen Xianhe looked at the busy clansmen on the cargo ship and turned to look at Chen Daoxuan. He said, ¡°It¡¯s a long journey back to Shuanghu Island. I wish you a safe journey!¡± ¡°Thank you.¡± Chen Daoxuan nodded. ¡°Thirteenth uncle, you take care too. When the clan¡¯s refining workshop is completed and the output of spiritual artifacts stabilizes, I will bring the refined spiritual artifacts over to you.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry. With the spiritual artifacts you gave me yesterday, the spiritual artifact shop will be able to hold on for a while,¡± Chen Xianhe touched the storage bag on his waist and said with a smile. Chen Daoxuan glanced at thirteenth uncle¡¯s storage bag and thought to himself, ¡®These spiritual artifacts are probably far from sufficient.¡¯ The spiritual artifacts he gave Chen Xianhe yesterday were some high-quality spiritual artifacts that he had refined during his five years of artifact refining studies. Among them were 23 low-grade first-grade spiritual artifacts, 11 mid-grade first-grade spiritual artifacts, bringing the total number of spiritual artifacts to 34. arc In Chen Xianhe¡¯s opinion, these spiritual artifacts were worth a huge sum of spirit stones. Their market value was probably around three thousand spirit stones. In fact, due to the shortage of high-quality spiritual artifacts on the market, their actual value might be even higher. Chen Xianhe felt that, with so many spiritual artifacts, it would be enough to support the opening and operation of the spiritual artifact shop for a period of time. However, it was clear that Chen Xianhe had still underestimated the demand for high-quality spiritual artifacts among the itinerant cultivators in the immortal city of Guang¡¯an Prefecture. In Chen Daoxuan¡¯s opinion, if these spiritual artifacts were to be listed for sale at the itinerant cultivator market, they would be instantly snapped up within the blink of an eye. Of course, Chen Daoxuan could not voice his speculations out loud. Otherwise, it would be a slap on his face if the sales of spiritual artifacts did not explode. ¡°Oh, right.¡± As if he had thought of something, Chen Xianhe changed the topic. ¡°Daoxuan, why did you name the clan¡¯s spiritual artifact shop ¡®Hongyin Flying Sword¡¯ instead of the Chen Clan¡¯s spiritual artifact shop? ¡°Do you mean to say that our clan¡¯s next primary spiritual artifact product will be flying swords?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right!¡± Chen Daoxuan nodded and explained, ¡°In the Myriad Sea of Stars, under the influence of the Qianyuan Sword sect, more than 90% of cultivators use flying sword-type spiritual artifacts, and the market for flying sword-type spiritual artifacts is the broadest.¡± ¡°The reason why I named it ¡®Hongyin Flying Sword¡¯ is because I want the Chen clan to occupy a place in the flying sword spiritual artifact market.¡± As for more profound things like brand name and value, Chen Daoxuan could not explain it to Chen Xianhe for the time being, so he simply glossed over it. The development of businesses in the immortal city of Guang¡¯an Prefecture was still at a relatively low level. No matter what the shops here sold, most of the names they used were vague. For example, the Wu spiritual artifact shop, the so-and-so elixir shop, the so-and-so treasure and equipment pavilion, and so on. Almost none of the spiritual artifact shops were skilled at sales. In other words, they simply did not have the concept of marketing and branding here. Furthermore, this spiritual artifact shop opened by the Chen clan targeted a very select group of consumers¡ªitinerant cultivators and the disciples of small clans. This group of consumers had two major characteristics. Firstly, their numbers were numerous. Secondly, the requirements for the grade of their spiritual artifacts were not high. Incidentally, these two points played to the Chen clan¡¯s biggest advantage. The large number of consumers proved that the demand for the production of such products was very high. Currently, the demand far outstripped the supply. Their requirements for the grade of their spiritual artifacts were not high, which meant that Chen Daoxuan, who was a high-level first-tier refiner, could meet their production requirements. In addition, the Chen clan would specialize in selling flying sword-type spiritual artifacts. Chen Daoxuan believed that the ¡°Hongyin Flying Sword¡±, their spiritual artifact brand, would definitely shoot to fame in one fell swoop! An hour later, at the stern of the Canglong, Chen Daoxuan waved at Chen Xianhe, whose figure was gradually fading into the distance, before turning around to return to the cabin. The Canglong was divided into three levels. The cargo hold, which took up the most space, occupied the first and second levels. The third level housed the living quarters, which was where the ship¡¯s crew resided. Chen Daoxuan also resided on the third level. However, unlike the five ordinary members of the Chen clan who were squeezed into one room, the cabin that Chen Daoxuan resided in was a luxurious single room unit. Seven days later, in the Southwest Sea of the Myriad Sea of Stars, the Canglong was sailing against the wind and waves across the vast sea. In the cabin, Chen Daoxuan sat cross-legged on the mat with his eyes closed. Since he was unable to cultivate the Origin Convergence technique during the voyage, Chen Daoxuan focused all his energy into cultivating the wind chasing sword technique. It had to be said that his breakthrough in the wind chasing sword technique to the large success stage that time had greatly increased his strength. Otherwise, even with the high-grade Flying Snow sword, he would at most be able to severely injure the blood-spotted sea snake, and he would not have been able to kill it with a single blow. Therefore, Chen Daoxuan became even more focused on cultivating the wind chasing sword technique now. After the time it took for an incense stick to burn had passed, Chen Daoxuan, who had just experienced another epiphany, opened his eyes. ¡°I didn¡¯t expect the wind chasing sword technique to be so difficult to cultivate after reaching the large success stage. After two epiphanies, the power of the flying sword has only increased from 60% to 80%.¡± Chen Daoxuan sighed. In fact, after the second epiphany during his earlier voyage, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s attainments in the wind chasing sword technique had reached the large success stage, and the power of his flying sword had been increased by 60%. After two further consecutive epiphanies, the increase in the power of the flying sword was only an additional 20%. It had to be said that Chen Daoxuan felt a little discouraged. After all, this was the result of his cultivation after his comprehension had been increased by ten times. If he did not rely on the ability of the Hong Meng Enlightenment Sutra to accumulate his comprehension, and only relied on his normal cultivation abilities, he might not have even been able to cultivate the wind chasing sword technique from the large success stage to its present state even if he had been given another ten years. ¡°No wonder there is no record of the perfect stage of this sword technique. Perhaps even the founder of this sword technique did not think that a junior would be able to cultivate this sword technique to the perfect stage.¡± Chen Daoxuan shook his head. Indeed, for a Qi refinement realm cultivator, cultivating a first-grade sword technique to the perfect stage was a little too difficult. Generally speaking, if a foundation establishment realm cultivator spent a lot of effort, it was possible to cultivate a first-grade sword technique to the perfect stage. However, there was no need for them to do so, because they were already qualified to cultivate a more advanced second-grade sword technique or second-grade spell. A foundation establishment realm cultivator only needed to spend a few years in order to cultivate a second-grade sword technique to the small success stage, and the increase in the power of the flying sword would be no weaker than the first-grade sword technique at the perfect stage. Why would a cultivator forsake the near for the far? After practicing the wind chasing sword technique that he had just comprehended, Chen Daoxuan got up and walked out of the cabin. At this time, a mournful and beautiful song could be heard, and Chen Daoxuan felt a wave of dizziness hit his head. ¡°Not good!¡± Chen Daoxuan bit the tip of his tongue, and his consciousness instantly returned to him. When he rushed up to the deck of the Canglong, he scanned the ship with his spiritual sense and discovered that, except for him, all of the clansmen on the ship had collapsed on the ground and fainted. Looking down from the high sky. In the sea water below the CANGLONG, one after another black shadows were swimming in the water, densely packed and innumerable. Most of these black shadows were more than ten feet long. They were obviously not human. Hearing the mournful and beautiful singing voice, Chen Daoxuan took out the Flying Snow sword and recited the Hong Meng Enlightenment Sutra, as he attempted to resist the effects of the song on his sea of consciousness. However, the next moment, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s will to resist instantly disintegrated. In the water, a robust half-human figure with a fish tail glided across the surging waves and appeared in front of him. Next to this merman was another petite figure. ¡°It¡¯s you!¡± Seeing this person in front of him, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s heart sank bit by bit¡­ Chapter 27 - Conversation and Cooperation Chapter 27 Conversation and Cooperation On the surface of the sea, the Canglong was controlled by an invisible force and had stopped moving. The waves continued to beat on the bow of Canglong, making loud noises. At the bow of the Canglong, a muscular middle-aged merman with bronze-colored muscles and a resolute face glided across the waves and stared down at Chen Daoxuan, who was standing on the deck of the ship. A merman! However, the merman before him seemed to be seriously injured. There was a huge wound on his chest, and the remnant sword Qi was so strong that it was difficult for the wound to heal. The merman in front of him was the one who had fought with Zhou Mubai, the favored son of the Zhou clan, at Guang¡¯an Prefecture ten days ago. Seeing this scene, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s eyes were filled with a hint of despair, and this was without mentioning the tens of thousands of merfolks that were undoubtedly lurking below the surface of the sea. Just like that, the two sides looked at each other quietly. A long while later, Chen Daoxuan resisted the tremendous psychological pressure and lowered the Flying Snow sword. He cupped his fists and said, ¡°I am Chen Daoxuan, the young patriarch of the Chen clan from Changping County of Shuanghu Island, a recognized clan of the Qianyuan Sword sect. Greetings, senior.¡± He did not truly want to use the name of the Qianyuan Sword sect. It was just that this merman in front of him was too powerful, and was not someone that Chen Daoxuan could contend against. He speculated that this merman¡¯s cultivation was at least equivalent to a mid-stage human Zifu realm cultivator. Otherwise, it was absolutely impossible for him to fight toe-to-toe against Zhou Mubai, who was on the Zifu Prodigy List. On the other hand, it was obvious why he did not mention the name of the Zhou clan of Guang¡¯an Prefecture¡­ Would he not be asking to die even faster? As expected. Upon hearing the name of the Qianyuan Sword sect, a hint of fear flashed through the eyes of the merman in front of him. Although the change in his expression was fleeting, it was still caught within Chen Daoxuan¡¯s peripheral vision. ¡°Humph! Human cultivator, you don¡¯t have to use the Qianyuan Sword sect to scare me!¡± His life was saved! Seeing that the middle-aged merman was willing to converse, Chen Daoxuan secretly heaved a sigh of relief. What he was most afraid of was that the other party was not even willing to talk and simply directly killed him. ¡°Senior, you¡¯ve misunderstood. This junior definitely has no such intentions.¡± Chen Daoxuan said with fear and trepidation, ¡°It¡¯s only because that detestable Zhou clan has taken advantage of the disciples of our small clans too much. I really don¡¯t wish to be associated with them.¡± Chen Daoxuan drew a clear line between himself and the Zhou clan while explaining that he was definitely not threatening the other party. As expected, after hearing the name of the Zhou clan, the middle-aged merman¡¯s face was filled with rage. It was obvious that he hated this clan to the core. Seeing the other party lose control of his emotions, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s heart beat rapidly. ¡®Please don¡¯t accidentally kill me in a fit of rage, otherwise that will be the end of me,¡¯ Chen Daoxuan thought to himself. Luckily, the middle-aged merman in front of him was, after all, the leader of a merfolk tribe. Although he was extremely angry, he quickly tempered his emotions. He slowly lowered his gaze and stared at Chen Daoxuan. ¡°Are you from Guang¡¯an Prefecture?¡± Xual ¡°Senior, this junior sailed here from Guang¡¯an prefecture seven days ago.¡± Chen Daoxuan bowed. The middle-aged merman nodded noncommittally. Then, as if he had discovered something, he waved his hand lightly. A red spirit ore flew out from the Canglong¡¯s cargo hold and was caught in his palm. It was a spirit ore that Chen Daoxuan had purchased from the immortal city of Guang¡¯an prefecture ¡ªthe red copper ore. Although he did not know what the other party wanted, Chen Daoxuan did not dare to resist at all. He could only lower his head and wait for the other party to act. ¡°Human cultivator, what is this?¡± The middle-aged merman held out the red copper ore and asked. ¡°Reporting to senior, this is called red copper ore. It¡¯s a type of spirit ore.¡± Chen Daoxuan answered all the questions he was asked and behaved very obediently. ¡°Is the weapon in your hand refined from red copper ore?¡± The middle-aged merman pointed at the Flying Snow sword in Chen Daoxuan¡¯s hand and continued asking. ¡°Senior, the flying sword in my hand is indeed made of spirit ore, but it was not made with red copper ore. Instead, it was made using several other types of spirit ore.¡± Hearing this, the middle-aged merman and the petite mermaid looked at each other and nodded. ¡°You are quite honest, unlike the other human cultivators who are cunning and cannot be trusted.¡± Chen Daoxuan immediately bowed even lower. ¡°Thank you for your praise, senior.¡± ¡°Alright, stand up straight and speak.¡± The middle-aged merman waved his hand. Hearing this, Chen Daoxuan heaved a sigh of relief. He knew that his life was safe today. ¡°Let me ask you, don¡¯t the disciples of small clans like yours usually go to Guang¡¯an Prefecture to sell spirit ores? Why did you buy so many spirit ores?¡± Hearing this, Chen Daoxuan struggled in his heart but, in the end, he chose to tell the partial truth. ¡°Senior, because I have an artifact refiner in my clan, I need to buy spirit ores so that he can refine spiritual artifacts.¡± ¡°Is the weapon in your hand the spiritual artifact you mentioned?¡± He pointed at the Flying Snow sword in Chen Daoxuan¡¯s hand and asked. Chen Daoxuan decisively handed the Flying Snow sword over and said, ¡°That¡¯s right. Senior, please take a look.¡± The middle-aged merman waved his hand, and the Flying Snow sword flew toward him. He took the Flying Snow sword and handed it to the mermaid beside him. He instructed, ¡°Luo¡¯er, come over and try it.¡± ¡°Yes, father.¡± The mermaid named Luo¡¯er took the Flying Snow sword and injected a stream of demonic power into it. Instantly, the Flying Snow sword¡¯s spiritual light burst forth. From the tip of the sword, a nine-foot-long sword light appeared, and even the surrounding air was slightly distorted. ¡°What a sharp weapon.¡± The mermaid sighed, ¡°If our tribe possessed such sharp weapons, the Zhou clan wouldn¡¯t be able to capture our sisters so easily.¡± Speaking of the mermaids who were captured by the Zhou clan¡¯s hunting squad, the face of the mermaid named Luo¡¯er in front of him turned cold. Chen Daoxuan did not utter a word. He tried his best to make himself appear transparent so that he would not suffer from any unexpected disasters. ¡°Father, do you think¡­ We can¡­¡± ¡°You mean¡­¡± Chen Daoxuan could only wait quietly in front of the two of them. After the time it took to brew a cup of tea passed, the middle-aged merman spoke again, ¡°Human cultivator, we have business to discuss with your clan. I wonder if you are interested.¡± Chen Daoxuan guessed what it was, and said reluctantly, ¡°What kind of business is senior talking about?¡± The middle-aged merman was the leader of a tribe after all. He could see the reluctance in Chen Daoxuan¡¯s eyes at a glance. He frowned and said, ¡°Human cultivator, our merfolk clan is not like your human race. We will not do such a thing. You can rest assured about that!¡± ¡°Please forgive me, senior. This junior did not mean that.¡± Chen Daoxuan hurriedly explained. However, the other party waved his hand and said, ¡°Take a look at the price we are offering first.¡± As he said that, he shot a glance at the mermaid beside him, Luo¡¯er. The mermaid named Luo¡¯er immediately nodded in understanding and dived into the sea. In the time it took for half an incense stick to burn, Luo¡¯er reappeared from beneath the waves and rushed over to the two of them. This time, when Chen Daoxuan saw the items that were held in her hands, his eyes lit up and he almost drooled. Spirit shells, spirit ores, and what the Chen clan lacked the most at the moment.. spirit stones! T ¡°As long as you agree to this business, the merfolk can provide as many of these things as you want,¡± the middle-aged merman looked at Chen Daoxuan and said. When he saw these treasures, Chen Daoxuan immediately stopped being cautious and said excitedly, ¡°Senior, what business do you want to talk about? Please say it clearly!¡± He could not be blamed for changing his attitude faster than flipping a page. It was just that the other party had offered too much. Chapter 28 - Luo Li Chapter 28 Luo Li After listening to the middle-aged Merman¡¯s words, Chen Daoxuan fell silent. ¡°Senior, do you mean that you want to buy spiritual artifacts from our clan?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right.¡± The middle-aged merman nodded. After pondering for a moment, Chen Daoxuan shook his head. ¡°Senior, I¡¯m afraid that this junior can¡¯t agree to your request.¡± Hearing this, before the middle-aged merman could say anything, Luo Li, who was beside him, became anxious. ¡°Why? Is it because the price we offered is not enough? If that¡¯s the case, we can¡­¡± Without waiting for the other party to finish, Chen Daoxuan shook his head with a wry smile. ¡°This lady¡­ it¡¯s not like that.¡± He paused for a moment. ¡°After all, your merfolk tribe and our human race belong to different races. If your merfolk tribe were to buy spiritual artifacts from our Chen clan and kill our human race¡¯s disciples¡­¡± ¡°Let¡¯s not even talk about whether our Chen clan would be willing or not but, even if we did, the Qianyuan Sword sect would definitely not let our Chen clan off.¡± Hearing his explanation, the middle-aged merman and the mermaid named Luo Li fell silent. They were of different races, and there was no room for negotiation. ¡°Aren¡¯t you afraid that I will kill you?¡± Seeing this, the middle-aged merman faintly threatened him. ¡°Senior, of course you can kill me. However, our Chen clan is the same as the Zhou clan. We are a clan recognized by the Qianyuan Sword sect. If you do kill me, the Qianyuan Sword sect will definitely seek justice for our Chen clan in the future.¡± ¡°Senior, don¡¯t forget that I am a refiner. As long as you understand the importance that the Qianyuan Sword sect attaches to refiners and alchemists, you will know that what I said is true!¡± At this point, Chen Daoxuan glared at the middle-aged merman and put on an expression that looked like he was ready to face death. Seeing that Chen Daoxuan had suddenly become stubborn, the middle-aged merman immediately felt a little awkward. From the bottom of their hearts, the merfolk absolutely did not want to become enemies with the human race. After all, the human race was the absolute overlord of this world. The merfolk could not even defeat the small Zhou clan, let alone contend with a behemoth like the Qianyuan Sword sect. However, sometimes, even if you did not want to become enemies with others, others would still go out of their way to humiliate you. Take the Zhou clan of Guang¡¯an Prefecture for example. In order to breed spiritual shells, they did not hesitate to capture the mermaids of the merfolk tribe. They even captured and imprisoned the mermen of the merfolk tribe as stud horses, allowing them to reproduce and live as slaves of the Zhou clan. For hundreds of years, the merfolk had fought back countless times, but every time they were defeated. This time, the merfolk tribe¡¯s attack was their largest to date, but it was still easily defeated by the Zhou clan. Left with no choice, the middle-aged merman could only lead his tribe to relocate in order to avoid the Zhou clan¡¯s capture. It was precisely because of this that they encountered Chen Daoxuan¡¯s cargo ship along the way. After a long while, the middle-aged merman said faintly, ¡°I can swear on behalf of the Luo tribe¡¯s merfolk that I will never use the artifacts sold to us by your Chen clan to kill any human race disciples.¡± It was the Oath of the Great Dao! Upon hearing this oath, Chen Daoxuan was moved. In this world, the Oath of the Great Dao was one of the strictest oaths possible for cultivators; a similar oath was the Netherworld Blood Oath. However, the Netherworld Blood Oath was extremely vicious. Even if one did not break the oath, there was a possibility of a backlash. Therefore, very few people would swear such a vicious oath. Seeing the middle-aged merman make the Oath of the Great Dao, Chen Daoxuan figured that it was about time. If he were to force the other party any further, it might backfire on him. After thinking for a moment, Chen Daoxuan asked, ¡°May I ask, since the merfolk will not use the spiritual artifacts to deal with us humans, why do you still insist on buying spiritual artifacts from our Chen clan?¡± Hearing this, Luo Li, who was standing to the side, said unhappily, ¡°Do you think that every race lives as easily as you humans? Do you not have any external enemies? The merfolk live in the deep sea. How many demon beasts and foreign creatures do you think there are?¡± ¡°If we don¡¯t have the strength to protect our tribe, the only thing waiting for us, the merfolk tribue, is destruction.¡± After saying that, the beautiful mermaid¡¯s eyes dimmed. This time, she had been forced to migrate by the Zhou clan. She would certainly end up fighting against other creatures in the undersea world. She did not know how many brothers and sisters would die in such battles. Thinking of this, Luo Li¡¯s expression became even more depressed. Chen Daoxuan probably did not fully understand the hardships of the merfolk, but the demon beast riot in Changping County had made him aware that this world was not without dangers, especially in the deep sea. He pretended to think for a moment, after which he nodded awkwardly. ¡°Alright, since you merfolk are not buying spiritual artifacts to deal with us humans, then this business can naturally proceed. However, the exact price still needs to be discussed properly.¡± As he spoke, Chen Daoxuan took out two flying swords from his storage bag. They were low-grade and mid-grade first-grade flying swords. ¡°Take a look.¡± Chen Daoxuan handed the flying swords over. The two of them took the flying swords and examined them carefully. Luo Li frowned and said, ¡°These two weapons are not as good as the one you showed us earlier.¡± Chen Daoxuan smiled and said, ¡°Of course. The different grades of spiritual artifacts affect their pricing.¡± He looked at the middle-aged merman and said, ¡°For example, the spiritual artifact that injured senior is absolutely priceless!¡± Hearing this, the middle-aged Merman thought of the flying sword that Zhou Mubai used and nodded in agreement. ¡°If it is that weapon, it is indeed a priceless treasure.¡± Hearing this, Luo Li¡¯s beautiful eyes lit up and she asked expectantly, ¡°Does your Chen clan have that kind of treasure for sale?¡± ¡°Ahem, ahem.¡± Chen Daoxuan coughed awkwardly. ¡°Miss, you must be joking. Besides, even if our Chen clan possessed a spiritual artifact of this level, I¡¯m afraid that you guys wouldn¡¯t be able to afford it.¡± ¡°You¡¯re right¡­¡± Luo Li¡¯s voice gradually became softer. Seeing that the other party had changed the topic, Chen Daoxuan quickly changed the topic and said, ¡°These three spiritual artifacts are respectively low-grade first-grade, mid-grade first-grade, and high-grade first-grade spiritual artifacts.¡± ¡°Their selling prices are 500, 1000, and 2000 spirit stones respectively. Currently, our Chen clan can only mass-produce low-grade first-grade spiritual artifacts, which is the kind that sells for 500 spirit stones.¡± When Chen Daoxuan said that a low-grade first-grade flying sword would cost 500 spirit stones, he almost could not hold his breath. Just as he was about to accept that he would have to negotiate with them, Luo Li said happily, ¡°This weapon can be bought for only 500 pieces of this lousy stone? This is too cheap!¡± ¡°And this weapon only costs 2000 pieces of stone. You aren¡¯t so afraid of us that you deliberately set the price so low, right?¡± Hearing this price, Luo Li immediately had a good impression of Chen Daoxuan. She felt that certain humans were different from other humans. Compared to those evil people of the Zhou clan, this young man in front of her was simply an amazingly good man. Hearing these words, Chen Daoxuan felt that he had probably underestimated the wealth of the undersea world. Not only him, but it was likely that all of the cultivators in the Myriad Sea of Stars had overlooked the enormous wealth of the undersea world. However, thinking about it carefully, there was nothing he could do about it. Cultivators boasted that they were capable of anything, but Chen Daoxuan was clear that low-level cultivators simply did not have the ability to dive into the undersea world to mine for resources. According to Chen Daoxuan¡¯s understanding, this world was obviously different from the spherical world of his previous life. In terms of vastness, this world was many times larger than Earth. Similarly, the depth of the sea in this world was many times deeper than the seas of his previous life. As a result, the pitiful levels of true Qi of low-level cultivators could not withstand the terrifying water pressure of the depths of the sea. Therefore, the development of the undersea world could only remain a pipe dream. However, merfolk were different. They possessed special racial talents that allowed them to roam and live freely in the undersea world. This was something that other terrestrial races could only stare at with envy. Thinking of this, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s gaze toward Luo Li suddenly became extremely fervent. Chapter 29 - Convening the Clan Meeting Chapter 29 Convening the Clan Meeting ¡°You¡­ Why are you looking at me like that? Did I say something wrong?¡± Luo Li felt a little scared by Chen Daoxuan¡¯s gaze and spoke angrily out of embarrassment. ¡°Ahem, Miss Luo, you¡¯ve misunderstood me.¡± Chen Daoxuan coughed and cleared his throat. ¡°Perhaps in the eyes of senior and Miss Luo, the prices of these spiritual artifacts are low, but we would already make a profit by selling them to you at this price.¡± ¡°Therefore, Miss Luo, don¡¯t worry. I¡¯m not so afraid of you to the point where I would lower the prices of the spiritual artifacts.¡± jer Chen Daoxuan acted in a businesslike manner, which resulted in Luo Li not knowing how to answer him. ¡°Alright! Since both of us are satisfied with the prices of the spiritual artifacts, then we can conduct our trades according to these prices.¡± The middle-aged merman made the decision. Chen Daoxuan was afraid that the other party would go back on his words, so he quickly nodded and said, ¡°Sure!¡± After the initial agreement was reached, the atmosphere between the two sides immediately eased. The middle-aged merman pointed at the mermaid beside him and said with a smile, ¡°This is my daughter, Luo Li. From now on, she will represent our Luo tribe and will be in charge of the spiritual artifact trade between our two parties.¡± With that said, the middle-aged merman glanced at Luo Li. Luo Li nodded in understanding. She pulled hard at her waist, and a bloody scale was pulled off by her. ¡°Human cultivator, this is my natal scale. Take it. You can contact me anywhere within a radius of 10,000 kilometers.¡± Luo Li said with a pale face. After taking the bloody scale, Chen Daoxuan silently put it into his storage bag. ¡°After we have settled our tribe¡¯s relocation, we will come and complete the transaction with you.¡± The middle-aged merman looked at Chen Daoxuan quietly. ¡°Human cultivator, when the time comes¡­ I hope you weren¡¯t lying to us.¡± ¡°I wouldn¡¯t dare!¡± Chen Daoxuan bowed and said. ¡°That¡¯s good!¡± After saying that, the middle-aged merman and the mermaid named Luo Li jumped into the water with a splash and disappeared. Looking down from above, Chen Daoxuan watched as the group of merfolk under the sea gradually disappeared into the distance before finally disappearing completely. An hour later, the clansmen on the Canglong woke up one by one. After Chen Daoxuan calmed down the panicking clansmen, the group continued their journey on the Canglong once more, sailing in the direction of Shuanghu Island. More than twenty days later, the Canglong safely returned to the deepwater port of Shuanghu Island. On the way back, there had been no more incidents. Shuanghu Island, Changping County, inside the Chen clan ancestral hall¡­ The Chen clan ancestral hall was not only the ancestral hall where members of the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island paid their respects to the ancestors, but also the highest center of power of the clan. Over the past three hundred years, the various clan meetings held here had decided the fate of the Chen clan. Chen Daoxuan sat in Chen Xianhe¡¯s original seat and looked at the two rows of standing members of the Chen clan. He could not help but sigh with emotion. The Chen clan was really lacking. He was the only cultivator present at the clan meeting of a dignified immortal cultivation clan; simply saying it was ridiculous. He shook his head and cast the distracting thoughts to the back of his mind. Chen Daoxuan, who was sitting in the clan leader¡¯s seat, said, ¡°Since the clan leader needs to oversee the clan shop in Guang¡¯an Prefecture immortal city, I will be temporarily taking over the position of clan leader from this moment on.¡± After saying that, Chen Daoxuan took out the black seal that symbolized the identity of the clan leader in front of everyone. Everyone was not surprised to hear Chen Daoxuan¡¯s words. In their hearts, as the only younger generation cultivator of the Chen clan, Chen Daoxuan was the best candidate for the future position of clan leader. In addition, the old clan leader was already very old, so they were already mentally prepared for Chen Daoxuan to take over his position as clan leader. Everyone looked at each other and whispered to each other. Then, they cupped their hands and saluted at the same time, ¡°Greetings to the young clan leader!¡± ¡°Everyone, there¡¯s no need to salute.¡± Chen Daoxuan waved his hand. ¡°During the early years, because I was focused on cultivation, I did not participate much in the matters of the clan, so I am not familiar with everyone here. However, in the future, I hope that everyone can work together to assist me and develop the Chen clan of our Shuanghu Island!¡± After hearing this, the county magistrate of Changping County, Chen Zhi, who was first person standing on the right, stepped forward and cupped his hands first to express his stance, ¡°Our Changping County county office will definitely cooperate with young clan leader to organize the affairs of the clan and develop the clan!¡± ¡°Great.¡± Chen Daoxuan nodded with satisfaction. vua Seeing this, the former person-in-charge of the red copper mine, Chen Liangyu, who was standing first in line on the left, was secretly angry. Such a good opportunity to display his loyalty had actually been snatched away by Chen Zhi. Thinking of this, Chen Liangyu was unwilling to accept it. He quickly said, ¡°Our red copper mine is also willing to listen to the orders of the young clan leader!¡± ¡°Very good! I can see everyone¡¯s intentions.¡± Chen Daoxuan smiled and said, ¡°Right now, there are indeed a few important things for you all to do.¡± Seeing that everyone was listening attentively, Chen Daoxuan looked at the Changping County magistrate and said, ¡°Chen Zhi!¡± ¡°Your subordinate is listening.¡± Chen Zhi bowed and replied. ¡°Our Shuanghu Island¡¯s Chen clan has a total of 774 registered households, correct?¡± ¡°Reporting to the young clan leader, Shuanghu Island¡¯s Chen clan has a total of 774 households, with a total of 3,873 people. Among them, Changping County has 597 households with a population of 2,987 people. The village has 177 households with a population of 886 people.¡± ¡°The population of the clan is so small.¡± Chen Daoxuan frowned and asked, ¡°How did the clan solve the issue of food?¡± ¡°Young patriarch, regarding the food issue¡­ In the past, the old patriarch purchased food from Guang¡¯an Prefecture to cover what was lacking.¡± Seeing Chen Daoxuan¡¯s unhappy expression, Chen Zhi replied carefully. ¡°Then¡­ What about the specific demographics of the clan¡¯s population?¡± Hearing this question, Chen Zhi was momentarily stunned, and he was somewhat confused, ¡°May I ask the young clan leader, what does ¡®demographics¡¯ mean?¡± Chen Daoxuan knew that, in a rush, he had actually uttered a word from his previous life. Thus, he explained without changing his expression, ¡°It details the clan¡¯s population categorized according to gender and age.¡± ¡°This¡­¡± Chen Zhi¡¯s forehead was covered in sweat, and he did not know what to do. He really did not know what to do with this request. However, waiting for death was clearly not the style of this county magistrate, as he cupped his hands and said, ¡°Reporting to the young clan leader, the clan¡¯s specific demographics have not been surveyed by the county office, but¡­ as far as I know, our Chen clan¡¯s population has always had enough young and able men.¡± Chen Zhi thought that Chen Daoxuan was worried about the Chen clan¡¯s lack of men, so he emphasized that the Chen clan¡¯s population consisted of more men. However, when Chen Daoxuan heard this answer, not only was he not happy, but his mood turned even heavier. The abundance of men meant that the number of women was insufficient, and that the gender ratio was unbalanced. This meant that the Chen clan could not expand its population within a short period of time. The clan¡¯s population was directly correlated to the increase in the number of clan cultivators; it could be said that it was the lifeblood of the clan. Rubbing his aching head, Chen Daoxuan finally knew how much pressure Chen Xianhe had to bear single-handedly over the years in order to allow him to fully focus on cultivating and learning how to refine artifacts. Putting the matter aside, Chen Daoxuan continued to ask, ¡°How much land does the clan possess?¡± Hearing this question, Chen Zhi heaved a sigh of relief. ¡°Reporting to the young clan leader, our Chen Clan has a total of 4,657 mu of fertile land.¡± ¡°With so much land, and there being only 177 households in the village, can the farmers even farm all of it?¡± ¡°This¡­¡± Chen Zhi wiped the beads of sweat off his forehead, not knowing how to answer. He could not say that most of the land here belonged to the rich families, right? Even in the cultivation world, the problem of land annexation within the cultivation clans had always existed; even the small Chen clan had this problem. However, cultivators were usually high and mighty, so they did not care about these problems at all. If the mortals caused a serious disturbance, the cultivators would use their extraordinary power to forcibly break up the class difference and redistribute the wealth. Seeing that the other party could not answer, Chen Daoxuan continued to ask, ¡°Then the county magistrate should know how large Shuanghu Island is, right?¡± ¡°I¡­ I don¡¯t know.¡± Sensing the growing sense of oppression from Chen Daoxuan, the county magistrate, Chen Zhi, did not even dare to raise his head. Chapter 30 - Industrial Zone Chapter 30 Industrial Zone At the clan meeting, Chen Zhi was sweating profusely. He found that, compared to the old clan leader who did not care about such mundane things, the young clan leader gave him a greater sense of oppression. At least when the old clan leader was managing the affairs of the clan, he would not ask all these questions. Chen Xianhe did not care about the population demographics of the mortals or the distribution of fertile land of the clan. In Chen Xianhe¡¯s eyes, the most important goal of the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island was to nurture a spiritual vein that belonged to the Chen clan. Only in this way would the Chen clan be able to nurture the younger generation and increase the number of cultivators in the clan. Otherwise, even if they discovered members of the younger generation with spiritual roots, the Chen clan would not be able to support them on the path of cultivation. Since the clan only had one spiritual eye now, it could not support the cultivation of more cultivators. Based on probability, the chances of a mortal giving birth to a child with spiritual roots was about one in a hundred. In other words, there were at least thirty potential immortal cultivators with spiritual roots hidden in the Chen clan. However, the clan had no cultivation resources to spare, so they could not set foot on the path of cultivation. Even if they were forcefully brought onto the path of cultivation, they would only end up betraying the clan and becoming itinerant cultivators due to the lack of support. After a long time, Chen Daoxuan said, ¡°There are three things you need to do.¡± He raised three fingers. ¡°First, order the county office to immediately survey the clan¡¯s population demographics. I want to know the number of children under the age of 10, the number of young adults between the ages of 10 and 40, the number of middle-aged and older people between the ages of 40 and 60 and, finally, the number of elderly people over the age of 60.¡± ¡°Also, I want to know how many couples the clan has and how many unmarried males there are.¡± Hearing this, Chen Zhi nodded his head rapidly. ¡°Second¡­ who is in charge of the public infrastructure in Changping County?¡± ¡°Reporting to the young clan leader, this subordinate is the person-in-charge of the construction of civil works in Changping County.¡± Behind Chen Zhi, an old man in his sixties walked out shakily and said nervously. ¡°Very good, take note. From today onward, survey and calculate the total land mass of Shuanghu Island, as well as the approximate distribution of freshwater and mineral resources. Draw a detailed map and send it to me once it¡¯s done.¡± ¡°Your subordinate will obey!¡± After the old man left¡­ ¡°This third matter¡­¡± Chen Daoxuan looked at the old man who was about to leave, ¡°Is still under your jurisdiction!¡± The old man who had just retreated immediately stopped in his tracks. Then, he walked out of the group once more and bowed in response. ¡°How many craftsmen are there in the clan now?¡± ¡°Reporting to the young clan leader, the clan now has a total of 271 craftsmen of various types. Among them, there are 184 construction craftsmen, 26 carpenters, 41 blacksmiths, and 20 other craftsmen from various other fields.¡± When it came to the craftsmen of the clan, the older ones would know everything. When he heard that there were 184 construction craftsmen, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s expression finally became a little lighter. ¡°Very good. The third matter is that the clan is going to build an industrial zone.¡± Regarding the Shuanghu Island industrial zone, Chen Daoxuan had already come up with this idea five years ago. It was just that, at the time, the spirit smelting furnace had not yet been developed by him. In addition, the most important thing in this world was immortal cultivation. Chen Daoxuan could not give up on his cultivation in lieu of trying to industrialize the Chen clan step by step from the steam engine. Moreover, even if he wanted to successfully develop the industrialization achievements of his previous life, it would still take him hundreds of years. By then, Chen Daoxuan, who had devoted his heart to this, would have long become an ice-cold corpse. How would he then have the energy and time to cultivate? He had not forgotten what was the most fundamental thing he had to pursue. Apart from inheriting the will of the ancestors of the Chen clan, there was another important reason why Chen Daoxuan had to develop and strengthen his clan, which was to provide necessary resources for his cultivation. As everyone knew, the longer a cultivator cultivated, the more resources he would have to expend. Wealth, alliances, law, and land. In short, it was all summed up by one word ¨C resources. ¡°Industrial zone?¡± The old man was stunned. It was another term that he had never heard of. Chen Daoxuan could not explain to him what an industrial zone was, so he only told him the requirements of the land that would be used for the industrial zone. As a transmigrator, Chen Daoxuan was clear that the establishment of an industrial zone was not a simple thing. It required all the necessary conditions to be fulfilled. First of all, an industrial zone needed to have a leading industry to drive the other upstream and downstream industries in the industrial zone in forming a complete industrial chain. Chen Daoxuan could fulfill this condition. The factory that was about to be built was such a leading industry. In addition to leading industries, the establishment of an industrial zone also required policy support and political will. This condition was not a problem for Chen Daoxuan either, who was a man of his word. As for the remaining conditions of industrial land, the perfect social service system, and the construction of the factory, these were also not a big problem for the Chen clan, who could focus all their efforts on the industrial zon. The only problem now was that the Chen clan did not have qualified industrial workers! Although the factory that was about to be built was only a small one, Chen Daoxuan estimated that he would need at least twelve to fifteen trained spirit smelting furnace operators to cooperate with him in order to produce spiritual artifacts with the greatest efficiency. Thinking of this, Chen Daoxuan waved his hand and said, ¡°You and Chen Liangyu stay behind. The others can leave first.¡± Everyone looked at Chen Daoxuan, then looked at each other and said in unison, ¡°Young clan leader, your subordinates will take their leave.¡± After everyone left, only Chen Daoxuan, Chen Liangyu, and the old man whose name was unknown were left in the ancestral hall. Chen Daoxuan flipped through the register of the county government officials and found the name of this old man, Chen Beiwang. As the person-in-charge of the red copper mine, Chen Liangyu was the clansman who was the most familiar with Chen Daoxuan in the entire clan. It was not only because Chen Daoxuan was responsible for checking the output of the red copper mine every year, but also because Chen Daoxuan often lacked red copper ore to refine weapons, so he went to the mine to obtain more. After a while, the two of them had become more familiar with each other. Of course, this familiarity was only on Chen Liangyu¡¯s side. In Chen Daoxuan¡¯s heart, Chen Liangyu was not much different from the other members of the Chen clan. However, with the full capacity excavation of the red copper mine during this period of time, the reserves of red copper ore in the mine had completely dried up and Chen Liangyu also lost his former status as a result. Although he had been standing alongside Chen Zhi, the county magistrate, during the clan meeting, Chen Liangyu knew very well that after losing his status as the person-in-charge of the red copper mine, he could no longer be compared to Chen Zhi. Chen Daoxuan was not in the mood to care about Chen Liangyu¡¯s thoughts. Instead, he looked at Chen Beiwang. ¡°Chen Beiwang, do you understand what I just said about the location of the industrial zone?¡± ¡°Yes, I understood.¡± Chen Beiwang, who had white hair on his temples, quickly nodded and said. ¡°Other than the location of the industrial zone, there is also the matter regarding the construction of the factory building.¡± As he spoke, Chen Daoxuan took out a stack of blueprint drawings from his storage bag. This was the structural design of the factory that he had meticulously drawn up over the past five years. As an old craftsman, although it was Chen Beiwang¡¯s first time seeing the blueprint drawing, he quickly understood the requirements and design of the factory that was displayed on the drawing. He nodded and said, ¡°If these are the designs for the factory, our craftsman should have no problems carrying it out.¡± Chen Daoxuan was in a good mood when he heard this guarantee. ¡°How soon can you build the factory?¡± ¡°Six months will be sufficient.¡± Chen Daoxuan frowned and asked, ¡°Why does it take so long?¡± ¡°Young clan leader, according to the material requirements listed on this blueprint, we need to use high-quality bluestones to build the factory. There are not many stonemasons in the clan, so the speed of grinding down the bluestones might be a little slow¡­¡± Chen Beiwang¡¯s voice became softer and softer as he spoke. Chapter 31 - Flying Sword Cutting Chapter 31 Flying Sword Cutting ¡°Half a year is too long.¡± Chen Daoxuan shook his head. He looked at Chen Beiwang, who was silent. He thought for a while and said, ¡°Forget it. I will go over to your stone processing workshop to take a look later.¡± ¡°Yes, young clan leader.¡± Chen Beiwang heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that. After briefing Chen Beiwang, who was responsible for the construction of the clan¡¯s public infrastructure, Chen Daoxuan turned his head and looked at Chen Liangyu, who was the person formerly in charge of the red copper mine. Seeing Chen Daoxuan looking at him, Chen Liangyu had a fawning smile on his face. ¡°Manager Chen, how is the mine doing now?¡± Hearing Chen Daoxuan talk about the mine, Chen Liangyu¡¯s expression fell sharply. He said with a slightly complaining tone, ¡°Young clan leader, all the work in the mine has ceased, and all the workers have been sent home to rest.¡± ¡°Oh, right, the red copper ores extracted from the mine are all being kept in the storage building. During this period of time, I have been personally responsible for guarding it. I guarantee that there will be no problems.¡± After hearing this, Chen Daoxuan nodded non-committally. This was Shuanghu Island, and all the people living on the island were all part of the Chen clan. In addition, only cultivators could use the red copper ores, so ordinary clansmen would naturally not steal the red copper ores. However, Chen Liangyu¡¯s insistence on guarding the red copper mine, even though it had ceased operations, made Chen Daoxuan very satisfied. Thinking of this, his gaze became a bit more amiable. ¡°Manager Chen, you¡¯ve worked hard during this period of time.¡± Hearing this, Chen Liangyu displayed an expression of fear and trepidation as he said, ¡°It¡¯s all for the clan. I wouldn¡¯t dare to receive praise from the young clan leader.¡± After pondering for a moment, Chen Daoxuan continued, ¡°How about I give you a new task? If this task is done well, in the future, it will definitely not be worse than being the manager of the red copper mine.¡± Chen Daoxuan saw through Chen Liangyu¡¯s thoughts from a glance and said with a smile, ¡°What do you think about this?¡± Hearing that there was a new task for him, Chen Liangyu almost jumped up in joy. He suppressed the excitement in his heart and said in a trembling voice, ¡°Chen Liangyu is willing to go through fire and water for the clan. I will do anything!¡± ¡°There is no need for you to go through fire and water.¡± Chen Daoxuan smiled and waved his hand. Then, his face turned serious. ¡°I want you to pick a group of men from the clan who are between 16 to 18 years of age. They must be literate and intelligent.¡± You should choose fifteen people first. They will gather at the clan¡¯s earth fire chamber tomorrow morning.¡± ¡°Understood!¡± Chen Liangyu cupped his hands and replied excitedly. After watching Chen Liangyu leave, Chen Daoxuan looked at Chen Beiwang, who was waiting at the side, and said, ¡°Let¡¯s go. We will go to the stone processing workshop to take a look first.¡± ¡°Yes, young clan leader.¡± ¡­ Changping County, stone processing workshop. As the only stone processing workshop in Changping County, the stone bricks produced here were divided into three categories. They were redstone bricks, whitestone bricks, and the best quality bluestone bricks. When they arrived, Chen Beiwang, who was an old craftsman, introduced the workshop to Chen Daoxuan as they walked around, ¡°This is the clan¡¯s stone processing workshop. Every household in Changping County gets their stone bricks from here.¡± The workshop was only a few hundred square meters in size, and there were only a dozen craftsmen working here. Although everyone was perspiring from exhaustion, their work efficiency was still shockingly low. ce Chen Beiwang continued to elaborate, ¡°The stone first needs to be extracted from the mountains by quarrymen, and then processed into this finished brick by the workshop.¡± As he spoke, Chen Beiwang took a completed green brick from the basket beside one of the craftsmen and handed it to Chen Daoxuan, ¡°Young clan leader, please take a look.¡± The green brick in front of him was about seven inches long, three inches wide, and two inches thick. It was green and faintly glowed with a jade-like luster. It did not resemble a stone, but looked more like a piece of jade. This was the best stone brick that the Chen clan could produce. Compared to the people of ancient times from Earth, the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island did not seem to have mastered the method of making clay bricks. Of course, this also had to do with the fact that the cultivation world¡¯s resources were much more abundant than Earth¡¯s. Mortals did not need to mix and bake bricks at all; just the various stone and wood materials in this world were inexhaustible and sufficient to fulfill their needs. Moreover, they were beautiful and practical. As such, mixing and baking bricks would be a pointless exercise in this world. Looking at the work efficiency of the craftsmen in front of him, Chen Daoxuan finally knew why Chen Beiwang had said that it would take half a year to build the factory. It was not that the craftsmen that would build the factory worked slowly, but rather that the supply of raw materials was insufficient. After thinking for a while, Chen Daoxuan turned his head and asked, ¡°Can the supply of the raw stone from the quarry be increased?¡± Hearing this, Chen Beiwang did not respond immediately. After a long while, he nodded vigorously and said, ¡°Yes! The work in the quarry is all simple manual labor. It is very easy to find people.¡± He had finally heard a piece of good news. Chen Daoxuan instructed, ¡°I¡¯ll give you half a day. Go look for Chen Zhi and ask him to organize his clansmen to transport all the raw stones back from the quarry.¡± Although he did not know what Chen Daoxuan was up to, Chen Beiwang did not dare to disobey the orders of the young clan leader, who had just taken over the mantle of authority. Soon, Chen Zhi, who was in the middle of organizing a census of the clan¡¯s population, received Chen Daoxuan¡¯s instructions. Chen Zhi did not dare to be negligent in complying with Chen Daoxuan¡¯s instructions. He immediately organized people to head over to the quarry to transport the raw stones. Fortunately, most of the mortals in Shuanghu Island were martial artists. Within less than the span of a single afternoon, more than three thousand cubic meters of raw stone was transported back to the courtyard of the stone processing workshop by the Chen clansmen. By late-afternoon, the courtyard of the stone processing workshop was filled with onlookers. These were all the temporary workers that Chen Zhi had gathered up to transport the stone; no one knew what the young patriarch was going to do. In the courtyard, Chen Daoxuan looked at the mountain of bluestones in front of him and sighed in his heart. He was going to be a coolie again. He used the true Qi from his dantian, and raised the bluestones so that they floated in the air under the control of his true Qi. Then, the Red Shadow flying sword flew out of his storage bag and began to shine with spiritual light. Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Sword lights shot out in all directions in the courtyard of the stone processing workshop. In the blink of an eye, the huge block of bluestone, which was ten cubic meters in size, was cut into small bricks by the flying sword. ¡°This¡­¡± Outside the courtyard, the members of the Chen clan looked as if they had seen a ghost when they saw this scene. Although they knew that cultivators were very powerful, the scene before their eyes was beyond their imagination. Under the sharp motions of Chen Daoxuan¡¯s flying sword, soon there were fewer and fewer uncut bluestones in the courtyard, and more and more bricks gradually piled up. In just a quarter of a day, Chen Daoxuan had cut all 3,000 stones into bricks of good quality. ¡°Gulp!¡± Chen Beiwang stood in the courtyard and unconsciously swallowed his saliva. He finally understood why the Chen clan leader could only be a cultivator and not a mortal. With that much stone, even if all the stonemasons of the Chen clan had worked overtime, it would have taken them at least a few months to process all the stones into bricks. Now, in just six hours, all the stone had been single-handedly processed by the young clan leader. This kind of supernatural power was not something that ordinary people could compare to. me even Thinking of this, Chen Beiwang became even more respectful of Chen Daoxuan. Chapter 32 - Soaring Cultivation Speed Chapter 32 Soaring Cultivation Speed ¡°Phew!¡± After a busy afternoon, Chen Daoxuan looked at the pile of bricks in front of him and felt satisfied. He turned around and looked at Chen Beiwang, ¡°Are there enough bricks here to build the factory?¡± ¡°Yes¡­ Yes, there are definitely enough!¡± Chen Beiwang nodded slowly. ¡°Then, I¡¯m asking you to build the factory within a month. Can you complete this task?¡± ¡°Yes!¡± Chen Beiwang looked at Chen Daoxuan. He was afraid that Chen Daoxuan would not believe him, so he emphasized once again, ¡°Definitely!¡± ¡°That¡¯s good.¡± Chen Daoxuan nodded in satisfaction. He immediately used his wind control spell and flew away in front of everyone. Before he left, his voice rang in Chen Beiwang¡¯s ears, ¡°Don¡¯t forget the map of Shuanghu Island.¡± ¡°Yes, young clan leader!¡± Chen Beiwang bowed deeply and said. After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, Chen Daoxuan rode the wind and returned to his cave abode in the Red Copper mountain range. This time, he had been in Guang¡¯an prefecture for over two months, yet the cave abode was still spotlessly clean. He knew that this was the result of his clan sending someone over to clean the cave abode daily. He walked into the training room of the cave abode. After carefully inspecting the spiritual eye, he found that it was intact and did not appear to have run out of spiritual essence. Chen Daoxuan heaved a sigh of relief. As dusk gradually approached, the night on the mountain range was as cold as water, but Chen Daoxuan simply ignored it. He could be seen sitting cross-legged on the mat, his face full of concentration. In front of him was a brocade box and a jade bottle. They were the two treasures that he had obtained from Guang¡¯an prefecture to aid his cultivation, the water spirit pearls and the Qi gathering pills. ¡°According to the records in the clan¡¯s ancient books, the Qi gathering pill can help a cultivator double their efficiency of refining spiritual essence. It allows a cultivator with upper spiritual roots to cultivate at a speed comparable to a cultivator with heavenly spiritual roots.¡± ¡°I wonder if the records are true¡­¡± Chen Daoxuan fiddled around with the jade bottle in his hand gently, and then placed it in front of him. He then opened the brocade box, and a water spirit pearl the size of a marble, which exuded endless vitality, appeared in front of him. ¡°The water spirit pearl can purify spiritual essence, thus allowing a cultivator to increase the speed of refining spiritual essence. What¡¯s even rarer is that the water spirit pearl is not like a medicinal pill, and does not contain any pill poison. It will always be beneficial to one¡¯s cultivation.¡± Chen Daoxuan looked at the water spirit pearl, and then at the jade bottle containing the Qi gathering pill. He took a deep breath and said, ¡°I wonder how fast my cultivation speed will be if I use these two treasures to aid my cultivation at the same time.¡± He pondered this for a moment, after which he opened the jade bottle, poured out a Qi gathering pill, threw it into his mouth, and swallowed it. At the same time, he opened the brocade box, and guided the water spirit pearl in the brocade box to absorb the spiritual essence emitted from the spiritual eye. Then, an even purer spiritual essence was emitted by the water spirit pearl. Seeing the scene in front of him, Chen Daoxuan did not dare to waste the pure spiritual essence in front of him. He immediately activated the Origin Convergence technique and absorbed the pure spiritual essence emitted by the water spirit pearl. As the pure spiritual essence entered Chen Daoxuan¡¯s body, instantly, every cell in his body cheered and jumped for joy. The spiritual essence first entered a human body¡¯s meridians from the Heavenly Spirit Baihui point. Then, as it traveled through the entire body¡¯s meridians, it was slowly refined into true Qi and stored in the cultivator¡¯s dantian. Chen Daoxuan had been refining spiritual essence this way for more than five years. Chen Daoxuan was confident that, even if he did not control the process consciously, he could still refine the spiritual essence instinctually. However, today, Chen Daoxuan felt that things were different. The speed of cultivation was too fast! If Chen Daoxuan¡¯s usual speed of refining spiritual essence was rated as one point, then today¡¯s speed of refining spiritual essence was five points! He was not exaggerating at all; it was just that fast. It was so fast that he vaguely felt that the spiritual essence provided by the spiritual eye was somewhat insufficient. ¡°How can it be so fast?¡± After a while, Chen Daoxuan opened his eyes and said with a shocked expression, ¡°No wonder cultivators are so eager to get their hands on spiritual pills and value spiritual pills more than spiritual artifacts.¡± ¡°If it were me, I would have made the same choice!¡± It was not his fault that he was this shocked, after all, the sudden increase in his speed of cultivation was too great. Compared to the past, the results of his cultivation over the past four hours were comparable to the two to three days of his usual cultivation. His cultivation speed was now four to five times faster. Which cultivator in the world could resist such a temptation? Thinking of this, Chen Daoxuan did not dare to waste time. He closed his eyes and continued to refine the spiritual essence. The next day, after feeling a dull ache in his meridians, Chen Daoxuan ended his cultivation session. ¡°I actually cultivated for two extra hours than I normally do.¡± After opening his eyes, Chen Daoxuan calculated the time that had passed with his fingers and said softly. It should be known that cultivators did not cultivate without eating, drinking, sleeping, or resting every day. While it was true that the more time they cultivated, the better, for cultivators, the amount of time they spent cultivating every day should be appropriate. The so-called appropriate amount of cultivation time was based on the constitution of the different cultivators. For example, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s optimal duration for cultivating everyday was about four hours, to a maximum of eight hours. It was about the same duration as a mortal would sleep at night. Therefore, Chen Daoxuan usually chose to cultivate at night. After this extended cultivation session, there might not be any problems in the short term, however, if it continued over a long period of time, it would cause irreversible damage to the cultivator¡¯s body and meridians, hindering their path of cultivation. Last night, Chen Daoxuan obviously exceeded his usual cultivation duration. However, the reason why this happened was because he was too absorbed in his cultivation last night, so he neglected to keep track of the time. Of course, the results of such engrossed cultivation were also gratifying. Chen Daoxuan discovered that, given his current cultivation speed, he was confident of breaking through to the fourth level of the Qi refinement realm in at most half a year. After his cultivation had broken through to the fourth level of the Qi refinement realm, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s strength would presumably experience another qualitative leap. At the very least, he would no longer be stuck in the early-stage of the Qi refinement realm, wherein he could only use a few sword attacks before he exhausted his true Qi, after which he would be at the mercy of his enemies. He estimated that, after breaking through to the fourth level of the Qi refinement realm, thanks to the increase in his true Qi and the explosive growth of his spiritual sense, he would be able to attack his enemies at least ten times before running out of true Qi. It was a joyous occasion that caused him to be in high spirits. Chen Daoxuan¡¯s cultivation proceeded smoothly, and his path of cultivation was also naturally smooth. As such, the smile on his face grew wider and wider. After the time it took for half an incense stick to burn, when Chen Daoxuan used the wind control spell to fly to the earth fire chamber of his clan, he discovered that there was already a group of sixteen to seventeen-year-old youths waiting in front of the jade square of the earth fire chamber. Seeing this group of youths that were the same age as him, Chen Daoxuan smiled at Chen Liangyu and said, ¡°I¡¯m sorry to have made you wait for so long.¡± Hearing his apology, Chen Liangyu immediately put on a flattering expression and said, ¡°Why would young clan leader say such a thing? It should be proper for us to arrive earlier than the agreed time.¡± Chen Daoxuan had no intention to argue with him on this topic. He changed the topic and said, ¡°These people are the apprentices you found?¡± ¡°Yes, young clan leader.¡± Chen Liangyu bowed. ¡°These young men can read and are very intelligent. They should be able to fit the young clan leader¡¯s requirements.¡± Although Chen Liangyu did not know why Chen Daoxuan had gathered these young men, he knew that it was time for him, Chen Liangyu, to change his fortune! Chapter 33 - Worker Training Chapter 33 Worker Training ¡°Creak!¡± Pushing open the heavy bronze door of the earth fire chamber, Chen Daoxuan turned around and said, ¡°All of you, come in.¡± Hearing that, everyone filed inside. When they approached the earth fire chamber, they felt a wave of heat wash over them. After a while, everyone was drenched in sweat. Chen Daoxuan looked at this group of clansmen who were about the same age as him. Most of them were at the fourth or fifth level of the Houtian realm. Faced with the scorching heat of the earth fire chamber, it was inevitable that they would find the heat unbearable. ¡°Is this the clan¡¯s earth fire chamber?¡± Chen Liangyu looked at the earth fire chamber, which was hundreds of square meters in size, and murmured. As a location of vital importance to the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island, the earth fire chamber had never been open to ordinary people. Other than Chen Daoxuan and Chen Xianhe, no one in the entire clan was qualified to enter this place. Now that Chen Daoxuan had brought them to this legendary place, how could they not be excited. Chen Liangyu was handling it a little better. After all, he was once the manager of the red copper mine and could be considered to have seen a bit of the world. However, the group of sixteen or seventeen-year-olds that he had brought with him did not possess as much composure. Even though everyone restrained themselves over and over again, they still involuntarily let out intermittent whispers among one another. After glancing at the group, Chen Daoxuan walked straight to the silver-white spirit smelting furnace that had been placed at the center of the earth fire chamber. ¡°Cough, cough.¡± He coughed lightly to silence the group¡¯s discussion. Seeing that they had quieted down, Chen Daoxuan continued, ¡°This is one of the most important locations in the clan, the earth fire chamber.¡± The attentive Chen Liangyu noticed Chen Daoxuan¡¯s choice of words. It was ¡®one of the most important locations! He restrained his curiosity and continued listening ¡°The earth fire chamber is where cultivators refine spiritual artifacts. Today, I¡¯m going to teach you how to use this spirit smelting furnace to assist cultivators in refining spiritual artifacts.¡± ¡°What¡¯s a spiritual artifact?¡± ¡°Are they treasures used by immortals?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know. Do you know, Chen Yunsheng?¡± The young man named Chen Yunsheng was the oldest among them at eighteen years old. Judging from his appearance, he looked somewhat similar to the former manager of the red copper mine, Chen Liangyu, who was standing in front of them. Hearing his clansmen¡¯s inquiry, Chen Yunsheng pondered for a moment and said, ¡°Spiritual artifacts are weapons used by immortals. Did you hear about what the young clan leader did at the stone processing workshop yesterday? The young clan leader used a spiritual artifact that time!¡± ¡°Ah? So that immortal sword was a spiritual artifact!¡± ¡°Brother Yunsheng, you are really amazing. You know so much¡­¡± 11. 11 Hearing the discussions of the group again, Chen Daoxuan did not say anything, but Chen Liangyu¡¯s face darkened. ¡°What are you all arguing about? Listen carefully! And you, Chen Yunsheng, if you continue to talk, I will teach you a lesson when we return!¡± Chen Liangyu lowered his voice and reprimanded the group. Seeing this scene, Chen Daoxuan did not care too much. After all, they were young men. If all the youngsters in his clan were as mature as him, then it would be unusual indeed. After Chen Liangyu reprimanded them, the scene once again became silent. Seeing that everyone had quieted down, Chen Daoxuan began to explain the operational principles of the spirit smelting furnace to everyone. Fortunately, Chen Liangyu had chosen young people who were talented and intelligent, so the principles of the spirit smelting furnace were quickly understood by everyone. Chen Daoxuan had just finished explaining the principles of the spirit smelting furnace when he saw a youth raise his hand. He pointed at the youth who had raised his hand and said, ¡°Do you have any questions?¡±. ¡°Young¡­ Young clan leader.¡± Although he had already prepared himself mentally repeatedly, Chen Yunsheng still felt an inordinate amount of pressure when he was called out by the young clan leader. Enduring this pressure, Chen Yunsheng took a deep breath and said, ¡°What you are trying to tell us is that we need to send the spirit ore into the furnace from this intake port and then use the control lever to manage the temperature of the furnace to refine the spirit ore, right?¡± ¡°Your comprehension is not bad.¡± Chen Daoxuan nodded. ¡°In that case, only two people at most would be needed to operate this spirit smelting furnace. Why do you need so many of us then?¡± These words could be considered to represent the question in the hearts of all the youths present. They were not the only ones who would receive honor by working under the young clan leader. Everyone also carried with them the expectations of the elders in their families. If they were eliminated in less than a day, they would not be able to raise their heads among their family members when they returned. Seeing everyone¡¯s expressions, Chen Daoxuan knew everyone¡¯s worries and reassured them, ¡°Don¡¯t worry. There will be more than just this one spirit smelting furnace. There will only be more and more spirit smelting furnaces in the clan in the future.¡± ¡°However¡­¡± Chen Daoxuan changed the topic. ¡°Don¡¯t think that you¡¯ll be allowed to slack off just because we will have more spirit smelting furnaces in the future. If you don¡¯t perform well, you will still be eliminated.¡± Hearing this warning, everyone¡¯s relaxed mood became nervous again. Seeing that everyone had regained their focus, Chen Daoxuan continued, ¡°Just now, someone said that only two people are needed to operate a spirit smelting furnace. In a nutshell, what he said was correct.¡± He paused for a moment. ¡°A spirit smelting furnace will be operated by two workers. One will be the loader, and the other the operator.¡± ¡°The loader is responsible for sifting, weighing, and portioning out the spirit ores before putting it into the intake port. The operator is responsible for controlling the temperature of the spirit smelting furnace, refining the spirit ores, and removing the finished product out of the furnace in time.¡± ¡°Everyone can see from the operation process that the job of the loading worker is relatively simple. Basically anyone can become competent in that role, but the role of the operator is the difficult one.¡± ¡°The furnace operator not only needs to adjust the temperature of the furnace according to the situation, but also needs to watch the timing and remove the finished products from the furnace. Otherwise, the spirit ores will turn into a waste product if they are refined in the furnace for too long.¡± After listening to Chen Daoxuan¡¯s explanation, everyone immediately understood the importance of the furnace operators. As expected, no one wanted to be a loading worker. Everyone clambered for the position of furnace operators, especially after hearing that the monthly salary of furnace operators was three taels of silver, which was twice that of the loading workers. Seeing that everyone was eager to give it a go, Chen Daoxuan smiled and said, ¡°Don¡¯t be too happy yet. Just watch me operate the furnace first. These three taels of silver are not that easy to get.¡± After saying that, Chen Daoxuan took out the two types of spirit ores used to refine the Red Shadow flying sword, which were black iron and red copper. After skillfully depositing the two types of spirit ores into the furnace, Chen Daoxuan began to operate the spirit smelting furnace. The fifteen youths gathered together and asked Chen Daoxuan questions from time to time. Chen Daoxuan did not hide anything from them and answered each question one by one. Time flew by quickly and, in the blink of an eye, four hours had passed. As a cultivator, Chen Daoxuan would not feel hunger, but these youths were different. They were all mortals and needed to eat. Even though their hearts were burning with passion, their stomachs were all rumbling with hunger. When they saw that the learning session was over, Chen Liangyu, who was acting as a temporary logistics staff, brought over the lunchboxes for everyone and said softly, ¡°Young clan leader, shall we let everyone eat before you continue?¡± ¡°Uh¡­¡± After hearing this, Chen Daoxuan finally came to a realization. Everyone had already been learning for a whole day. Then he said apologetically, ¡°It was my mistake. Everyone, eat up first. After you finish eating, I will continue to teach you how to manage the furnace temperature using the control lever.¡± When the youths heard this, their eyes lit up and they hurriedly nodded. Chapter 34 - Factory Completed Chapter 34 Factory Completed Following that, throughout that entire week, Chen Daoxuan spent almost all of his time in the earth fire chamber, imparting his skills in operating the spirit smelting furnace to these fifteen youths. Hard work always paid off. Under Chen Daoxuan¡¯s diligent tutelage, and the youths¡¯ dedicated efforts, the results of this week of learning were extremely gratifying. There were already some youths who were able to refine spirit ores independently. Inside the earth fire chamber, waves of heat assaulted the group. A group of youths were drenched in sweat, and their upper bodies were naked. They surrounded the spirit smelting furnace as they watched another youth operate the spirit smelting furnace. However, it was different from a week ago. The youth operating the spirits melting furnace this time was not Chen Daoxuan, but that youth named Chen Yunsheng. Chen Yunsheng¡¯s eyes were focused on the spirit smelting furnace. From time to time, he would turn his head and take a look at the hourglass used to measure the refining time. Unlike cultivators, who could use their spiritual sense to observe the state of the materials in the spirit smelting furnace and adjust the temperature accordingly, when mortals used the spirit smelting furnace, they could only use a timed and quantitative approach and would have to strictly follow the production steps to adjust the temperature in the furnace so that the spirit ore would not be wasted. Although he had practiced repeatedly in his mind, Chen Yunsheng still felt a large amount of pressure when he had to physically try it out. He glanced at Chen Daoxuan, who was standing not far away, and found that the other party was pursing his lips and not saying a word. Chen Daoxuan did not have any intention of providing him with any pointers. Seeing this, Chen Yunsheng gritted his teeth and made up his mind. He directly followed the operation manual given by Chen Daoxuan and restrained his wayward thoughts. Time passed minute by minute. As the spirit smelting furnace ran smoothly, Chen Yunsheng¡¯s worried heart gradually relaxed. Seeing that the other party was no longer nervous, the corners of Chen Daoxuan¡¯s mouth curled up slightly. He had originally planned for Chen Yunsheng to fail the first refinement, but he did not expect that the other party would actually succeed on his first attempt. Using the spirit smelting furnace to refine spirit ores was not an easy task for mortals, who did not possess spiritual sense. One had to absolutely follow the instructions in the operation manual to the letter without the slightest error. Obviously, Chen Yunsheng had done so. Using his spiritual sense, Chen Daoxuan saw a lump of red liquid fusing together. The spiritual essence of the spirit ore was also slowly fusing under the effect of the spirit fusion array. When the spiritual essence of the red liquid had completely fused, the spiritual pressure in the furnace suddenly increased. As if guided by the increased spiritual pressure, the spirit smelting furnace immediately let out an urgent cry. ¡°Wu!!¡± Hearing this familiar cry, Chen Yunsheng was ecstatic. He knew that he had succeeded. He immediately manipulated the control lever and, under the effect of the floating array, the red liquid was transferred out of the spirit smelting furnace. Seeing the red liquid fly out from the discharge port of the spirit smelting furnace, Chen Daoxuan smiled slightly, and immediately circulated his true Qi to pick up the red liquid. Then, he began to shape and fuse arrays onto it. Two hours later, a bright red flying sword appeared before everyone¡¯s eyes. It was the low-grade first-grade flying sword recorded in the clan¡¯s artifact refining inheritance, the Red Shadow flying sword. ¡°Oh!!¡± ¡°That¡¯s great!¡± ¡°We did it! Haha!¡± Seeing this scene, all the youths present were dancing and cheering. As for Chen Yunsheng, who had successfully operated the spirit smelting furnace, he was surrounded by them like a hero. Even Chen Liangyu, who had been accompanying them to class for a week, had a smile on his serious face. When his gaze landed on Chen Yunsheng, a hint of pride could be seen in his eyes. Chen Daoxuan seemed to have noticed Chen Liangyu¡¯s gaze and nodded at him with a smile. Seeing the affirmation in the young clan leader¡¯s eyes, Chen Liangyu was even more excited. After these seven days, Chen Liangyu clearly knew that, compared to the red copper mine that he was once in charge of, this spiritual artifact factory that was about to be built was many times more important. It could even be said that this spiritual artifact factory was the future lifeline of the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island! vuan During this period of time, Chen Daoxuan observed how he handled logistics, arranged for everyone to study and eat, and how hard he worked. If nothing unexpected happened, he might very well be the future ¡®workshop manager¡¯. Chen Liangyu thought for a moment, recalling that the young clan leader seemed to have used this term. Just as he was daydreaming about the future, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s voice rang in everyone¡¯s ears. ¡°Well done! It seems that you have been working very hard during this period of time. You have not let down my expectations or that of the clan.¡± Chen Daoxuan patted Chen Yunsheng¡¯s shoulder and praised him. After spending time together, everyone¡¯s attitude towards Chen Daoxuan had transformed from awe into reverence. In everyone¡¯s eyes, not only did Chen Daoxuan possess unimaginable power, he was also an immensely knowledgeable person. It seemed like there was nothing in this world that he did not understand. During this period of time, no matter what kind of questions everyone raised, they seemed to be able to obtain the correct answer from Chen Daoxuan. This made everyone recognize this successor from the bottom of their hearts. They praised Chen Yunsheng. He then appointed Chen Yunsheng as the teacher of the fifteen youths, who would continue to teach them how to operate the spirit smelting furnace. After that, he withdrew from the tedious teaching task. After instructing everyone, Chen Daoxuan turned to look at Chen Liangyu and said, ¡°Manager Chen, I have something to talk to you about.¡± When Chen Liangyu heard these words, it was as if he had heard the sound of heavenly music. All of the bones in his body felt a little weak. He hurriedly lowered his head and said, ¡°Yes, young clan leader.¡± The two of them walked out of the earth fire chamber, one behind the other. Chen Daoxuan used the wind control spell and swept up Chen Liangyu and himself, flying down the mountain. This was Chen Liangyu¡¯s first time flying in the sky, and he could not help but feel a little panicked. However, he was still a seventh-level Xiantian realm warrior, so he quickly adjusted himself and stood respectfully by Chen Daoxuan¡¯s side. Seeing his behavior and temperament, Chen Daoxuan nodded with satisfaction and said, ¡°Manager Chen, I have observed your performance during this period of time. Now, on behalf of the clan, I will appoint you as the first factory manager of the spiritual artifact factory!¡± llar ¡°From now on, your primary responsibility is to manage the production time of the workshop¡¯s spirit smelting furnace according to my working period and increase the production output of the workshop¡¯s spiritual artifacts.¡± ¡°Yes! Liangyu promises to complete the task!¡± Chen Liangyu said excitedly. During this period of time, he had been learning from Chen Daoxuan, which made him understand what Chen Daoxuan meant by managing the production time of the spirit smelting furnace. It usually took six hours for the semi-finished product, which was the red liquid, to be produced by the spirit smelting furnace. In other words, before Chen Daoxuan entered the workshop to begin work, Chen Liangyu had to ensure that the spirit smelting furnace started working six hours in advance, and also that it produced the red liquid every two hours thereafter. This was the only way to ensure that Chen Daoxuan could continuously refine the Red Shadow flying sword. According to his work efficiency in refining a flying sword every two hours, Chen Daoxuan would then be able refine four to five flying swords a day without delaying the management of clan affairs or affecting his own cultivation. Of course, this was only a theoretical hypothesis. He would have to wait until the spiritual artifact factory was completed and started actual production before he would know how the plan held up to reality. However, no matter what, the production efficiency using this method and process was dozens of times faster than that of traditional refiners who refined each spiritual artifact personally. Over the course of the following days, more and more of the youths grasped the method to control the spirit smelting furnace, graduating from an ordinary apprentice to a qualified furnace operator. Of course, during this process, it was inevitable that some of the spirit ore they refined as practice would be wasted. It could even be predicted that, in the future, when the spiritual artifact factory started production, the furnace operators would also waste some of the spirit ores. However, these losses were negligible for the Chen clan, who had graduated from manual production to machine-assisted production. One month later, just as Chen Daoxuan finished refining the fifth spirit smelting furnace, another piece of good news reached his ears. The clan¡¯s spiritual artifact factory¡­ was completed! Chapter 35 - Smooth-Flowing Production Chapter 35 Smooth-Flowing Production The industrial zone planned by Chen Daoxuan was located in the vast plains to the east of Changping County. Traveling from here to the east, one could reach the only deep-water port of Shuanghu Island. The reason why Chen Daoxuan situated the industrial zone here was not only to make advance preparations for the expansion of the industrial zone in the future, but also to facilitate the import and export of spiritual artifacts and spirit ores. The only inconvenience was that this district was outside the main district of Changping County. It was surrounded by plains and wasteland and, other than a dilapidated official road leading straight to Changping County¡¯s main district, there were no other buildings in sight. Obviously, the environment here was not very conducive to the workers of the spiritual artifact factory who were about to work here. However, these kinds of problems could not be completely solved even in the modern world, let alone the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island, whose conditions and resources were in an even worse state. If they wanted to solve these problems, they had to do a good job in planning and building the surrounding infrastructure. For example, in the industrial zone, in addition to the factory, they also had to build dormitories for employees, medical centers, and all kinds of ancillary structures for shopping and recreation. After all, humans were not machines. Even if the Chen clansmen could endure hardship, Chen Daoxuan did not want to squeeze them too much. Perhaps everyone would be able endure a painful and difficult environment when the conditions were tough, but when the clan grew stronger, if Chen Daoxuan still continued to work them to the bone, it would inevitably make the Chen clansmen unhappy. Although ordinary mortals did not dare to resist the power of cultivators, they could not be faulted for slacking and cutting corners in such situations. Therefore, Chen Daoxuan had to consider the various benefits and welfare of the workers in the spiritual artifact factory in advance, to prevent situations in which poor work quality or ethic in the production process caused unnecessary losses to the clan. The moment Chen Daoxuan learned that the factory was completed, he rode the wind and rushed over. When he arrived at the scene, everyone was already waiting in the factory area. Chen Daoxuan hovered in the air and looked down from above. The factory area measured about 1,000 square meters, which was much more spacious than the clan¡¯s old earth fire chamber. Descending in front of everyone, Chen Daoxuan looked at Chen Beiwang, who had a tired expression on his face, and said, ¡°Chen Beiwang, thank you for your hard work!¡± Upon hearing this compliment, Chen Beiwang had an inexplicably excited expression on his face. He cupped his hands and said, ¡°I am sixty-two years old this year and already have one foot in the grave. I did not expect to have the fortune to build such a wonderful spectacle for my clan. I am so happy even though it only happened this late in my life. How could I call it hard work?¡± Hearing these words that came from the bottom of Chen Beiwang¡¯s heart, Chen Daoxuan nodded and said, ¡°However, those who are capable will still have to strive hard for the clan. I¡¯m afraid that you will not be able to stay idle even after accomplishing this. Other than the factory, we also need to construct the dormitory area for the employees, various buildings in the factory area, and the road connecting Changping County to the industrial zone and deep-water port. All of these are waiting for you.¡± As expected, Chen Beiwang¡¯s face fell slightly when he heard this. Then, his hunched body was filled with fighting spirit again. He said, ¡°As long as my clan does not mind me being useless, I¡¯m willing to die from exhaustion serving in my position!¡± Hearing this, Chen Daoxuan could not help but respect this old man in front of him. In the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island, even ordinary mortals were focused on developing and strengthening their clan. Such a clan would not be worried about not being strong! After encouraging the crowd, Chen Daoxuan stepped into the factory building under the adoring gazes of the crowd. wa The internal structure of the factory building was exactly the same as the blueprint design he had given them. There were a total of ten separate sections and, measured by area, each section was about 100 square meters. All the sections were connected to each other, making it easy for Chen Daoxuan to move from one section to the next. After some inspection, Chen Daoxuan realized that all he needed to do now was to install the spirit smelting furnaces. As for the array to guide the earth fire vein, which was the core array required to build an earth fire chamber, Chen Daoxuan had already finished setting it up not long after the outer structure of the factory was built. Therefore, when everyone entered the factory, they felt waves of heat assaulting them, similar to the ones felt in the earth fire chamber. Fortunately, both Chen Liangyu and the others, as well as Chen Beiwang and his team, were used to this kind of environment. No one complained about being tired. After touring the factory, Chen Daoxuan nodded his head in satisfaction. ¡°Very good! I now announce that the first phase of the Chen spiritual artifact factory has been officially completed!¡± After that, he took the lead in applauding. Although they did not know what Chen Daoxuan meant by this action, they still imitated the applause. Seeing everyone¡¯s unfamiliar movements, Chen Daoxuan sighed in his heart. Somehow, it felt that, if he did not set off firecrackers or cut the opening ribbon, something was missing. He shook his head and threw out the absurd thoughts clouding his mind. Chen Liangyu, who had been standing at the side, came over at this time and asked in a low voice, ¡°Young clan leader, what should we name our spiritual artifact factory? It isn¡¯t called the Chen Clan¡¯s Spiritual Artifact Refining Workshop, right?¡± Hearing this, Chen Daoxuan glanced at him and pondered for a moment, before saying, ¡°Let¡¯s call it the Honyin Flying Sword Workshop. Our factory will only produce one type of spiritual artifact for a very long time, which is the flying sword!¡± As for the Red Shadow flying sword, it was not just Chen Liangyu. The many workers and apprentices who had learned how to control the spirit smelting furnace from Chen Daoxuan had also seen the refining process of the Red Shadow flying sword many times. Although they were all mortals and could not understand the engraving of the arrays, and the various refining methods, they were still very familiar with the Red Shadow flying sword itself. Therefore, everyone felt that the name Chen Daoxuan gave the spiritual artifact factory was quite suitable given the type of product that was about to be produced. The factory was finally completed. Next up was the installation of the spirit smelting furnace. This could only be done by Chen Daoxuan. After all, the spirit smelting furnace was about ten feet long and weighed dozens of tons. Even a Xiantian realm warrior would find it difficult to move the furnace. Not to mention that the furnaces had to be moved from the earth fire chamber in the Red Copper mountain range. After all, the straight-line distance between the two locations was at least dozens of kilometers. It took him a day. Chen Daoxuan used his true Qi to lift each spirit smelting furnace. He made five trips back and forth between the earth fire chamber and the spiritual artifact factory. Finally, all the spirit smelting furnaces were installed in their respective refining workshops. Next, it was time to prepare the raw materials and spirit ores and begin the long-awaited production process. Chen Daoxuan spent a total of 6,721 spirit stones while he was in Guang¡¯an Prefecture, which included the materials required to set up the earth fire chamber array. Among them, the materials for setting up the array to guide the earth fire vein cost 3,000 spirit stones. The remaining 3,721 spirit stones were spent on the purchase of spirit ores. As Chen Daoxuan was primarily planning to refine the Red Shadow flying sword, which was recorded in the clan¡¯s refining inheritance, he bought a total of 1,200 jin of red copper ore, which was equivalent to 0.6 tons. Compared to the tens of thousands of tons of metal ores in his previous life, 0.6 tons of red copper ore sounded like a tiny amount. However, to the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island, this was the largest amount of spirit ores they could buy after emptying out all their savings. Apart from the red copper ores, the remaining 121 spirit stones were used to buy black iron ores at a cheap price. As a supplementary material in the refining of Red Shadow flying swords, Chen Daoxuan also bought a total of 121 catties of the spirit ore. According to Chen Daoxuan¡¯s experience in refining the Red Shadow flying sword, refining a Red Shadow flying sword required ten jin of red copper ore and one jin of black iron ore. The cost of the raw materials for each flying sword was about 31 spirit stones. It should be noted that the selling price of a low-grade first-grade flying sword in Guang¡¯an Prefecture was around 50 spirit stones. At first glance, the potential profits did not seem to be very promising. However, it should not be forgotten that the spiritual artifacts sold at the itinerant cultivator market in Guang¡¯an Prefecture were second-hand goods that had been used and replaced by the disciples of the large clans. They were all defective goods that had damaged spiritual essence and short lifespans. If there was a brand-new high-quality flying sword listed for sale, it would definitely be sold for more than 50 spirit stones. Chen Daoxuan estimated that the price of brand-new flying swords would be at least 50% higher. Moreover, it was very likely that, due to its rarity, its price on the market might even exceed that. Given this calculation, the profits they could earn would be more than double the cost of the raw materials. The next day, when Chen Daoxuan rushed to the Hongyin Flying Sword Workshop again, in less than the time it took for half an incense stick to burn, a lump of red liquid had already flowed out from the discharge port of the first spirit smelting furnace. He scanned it with his spiritual sense. The other four furnaces were either refining, or preparing to refine, spirit ores. Seeing this scene, Chen Daoxuan could not help but think of the factory assembly lines of his previous life. Although the assembly line of the Hongyin Flying Sword Workshop was a little slow, it was more than ten times faster than that of an ordinary refiner. Suppressing his excitement, Chen Daoxuan walked into the first refining workshop¡­ Chapter 36 - Daily Production of Flying Swords Chapter 36 Daily Production of Flying Swords Shaping and fusing arrays; rinse and repeat. Very soon, ten hours had passed. ¡°Phew!¡± Exhaling a mouthful of turbid air, Chen Daoxuan felt very refreshed. He had never felt so refreshed as he was today. He found that when he replaced the most complicated and laborious part of the refining process with the spirit smelting furnace, refining became abnormally easy. It was like a burly man, who was originally carrying several hundred kilograms of goods, had suddenly been relieved of ninety-nine percent of his burden; he felt as if he was flying Under normal circumstances, even if Chen Daoxuan had the cheat-like assistance of the Hong Meng Enlightenment Sutra in refining, every time he finished refining a spiritual artifact, he would still feel completely exhausted, and it would take him at least a few days to recover. It was even more so for ordinary refiners. According to what Chen Daoxuan knew, even if a high-grade first-tier refiner wanted to refine a low-grade first-grade spiritual artifact, the fastest he could do so was only in seven days. It was not that ordinary refiners really needed seven days to refine a spiritual artifact. Rather, after refining for three days and three nights, refiners needed to meditate to recover their true Qi and spiritual sense. The replenishment of true Qi was still acceptable; after all, pills that replenished True qi were relatively common, but spiritual sense was different. Every single pill that could recover spiritual sense was expensive and, if one was unlucky, they would not even be able to buy it. Therefore, in summary, it was already considered pretty good that ordinary refiners could refine one low-grade first-grade spiritual artifact in seven days. Moreover, refining artifacts so frequently would inevitably delay their own cultivation. One had to know that the most painful thing for cultivators was to delay their own cultivation. Therefore, the clans and sects in the immortal cultivation world could only use medicinal pills and other auxiliary treasures to make up for the lost cultivation time of their artifact refiners. This was a large expense on their part, and was also the reason why immortal cultivation clans and sects clearly had the ability to train more artifact refiners, but often chose to only train enough artifact refiners to meet their own clan or sect needs. This was because it was simply unrealistic to rely on refiners to refine low-grade spiritual artifacts to make money. The profits of low-grade spiritual artifacts were low to begin with, and the resources needed to nurture a refiner were high, not to mention their consumption. Thus, no cultivation faction was willing to do something like this. The ¡®consumption¡¯ here did not only refer to the consumption of spirit ores and other raw materials, but also the consumption of cultivation resources such as the pills to restore true Qi and medicinal pills to assist in cultivation. Furthermore, it was almost impossible for an itinerant cultivator to become a refiner or an alchemist. First of all, they did not possess an inheritance. Secondly, there was no one who could or would teach them. Most importantly, itinerant cultivators were so poor that they could not even get their hands on enough spiritual essence to cultivate. How could they have the spare energy or resources to try and learn something as resource-intensive as refining artifacts? It was much more feasible for them to learn how to be a spirit planter than a refiner. At the very least, studying to be a spirit planter would not require such a large consumption of resources. Therefore, this was also the reason why the majority of itinerant cultivators lacked spiritual artifacts and had no choice but to use spiritual artifacts that had been used and replaced by others. However, this situation would be completely upended by the spirit smelting furnace, which was an era-defining object. Today, in just 10 hours, the newly built Hongyin Flying Sword Workshop had produced five flying swords! Everything was in a better state than Chen Daoxuan had expected. The people at the factory worked an average of 10 hours each, but not a single worker made a single mistake. Producing five flying swords in one day was an excellent start for the Hongyin Flying Sword Workshop. Compared to an ordinary refiner, who could only refine a spiritual artifact every seven days, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s production efficiency was exactly thirty-five times that of the other party. as This was the power of industrial production. Chen Daoxuan was clear that his current achievements were considered laughable compared to the fully intelligent and automated factories of his previous life. However, in this world where refiners had to refine everything manually and personally, and alchemists were reliant on their flames¡­ He was already this world¡¯s top achiever in terms of productivity. Even though the quality of the spiritual artifacts produced by their factory was still relatively low and the variety was also very limited, based on the current results and output, he firmly believed that the direction he chose to develop in was completely correct. After examining all of the Red Shadow flying swords, he found that there were no problems. Chen Daoxuan¡¯s face was full of smiles. Inside the factory, for a whole day, Chen Liangyu had been busy resolving logistical issues and managing everyone¡¯s work schedules without rest. It could be said that Chen Daoxuan had managed to work together with everyone very well today, resulting in the factory¡¯s smooth production process and output; Chen Liangyu¡¯s contribution to this outcome was indispensable. Otherwise, regardless of which segment encountered problems, it would delay the entire assembly line and affect the production process. Wiping the sweat off his forehead, Chen Liangyu moved closer to Chen Daoxuan and said, ¡°Young clan leader, you¡¯ve worked hard.¡± Seeing that the young clan leader was personally working on the production line for the sake of the development of the clan, Chen Liangyu sincerely admired him. Of course, Chen Daoxuan did not want to work in a factory after transmigrating, even if that factory belonged to the clan, and the clan was under his control. However, he was the boss, and who would be willing to work if he did not? Chen Daoxuan had no choice but to go to the frontlines personally. After all, he was the only refiner in the Chen clan. Looking at Chen Liangyu¡¯s sweaty face, Chen Daoxuan shook his head and smiled. ¡°It¡¯s not hard at all. By the way, how are the materials for tomorrow¡¯s refining?¡± Chen Daoxuan asked casually. ¡°They¡¯re all ready, but¡­¡± Chen Liangyu looked like he wanted to say something, but stopped himself. ¡°If you have something to say, just say it. Don¡¯t hesitate.¡± Chen Daoxuan frowned and said with slight dissatisfaction. Hearing this, Chen Liangyu made up his mind and said, ¡°Young clan leader, we only have about 1,800 kilograms of red copper ore in the factory¡¯s warehouse. According to the rate of consumption today, it will all be used up in a month at most.¡± As he said this, he secretly raised his head and glanced at Chen Daoxuan. Seeing that there was no strange expression on his face, he felt slightly relieved. ¡°Sigh.¡± Chen Daoxuan sighed. ¡°There¡¯s nothing we can do about it. Our clan only had about 600 kilograms of red copper ore in storage. In addition, the spiritual stones in our clan¡¯s treasury were only enough to buy 1,200 kilograms of red copper ore. That¡¯s why we are short on raw materials.¡± Chen Daoxuan frowned when he said this. It was a pity that Guang¡¯an Prefecture did not have a financial loan business. Otherwise, he would have borrowed a large sum of money to invest into production. ¡°However, this is also a good thing. Our products will be sold in Guang¡¯an Prefecture in a month¡¯s time. When we receive a return on our investment, we will definitely be able to further expand production.¡± After learning under Chen Daoxuan for a month, not only did Chen Liangyu have a strong immunity to some of the new terms that he would occasionally come up with, but he could also roughly guess the meaning of these terms. It had to be said that a person¡¯s ability to adapt was extremely terrifying. ¡°Forget it, let¡¯s not talk about this anymore.¡± Chen Daoxuan waved his hand. ¡°Have you recorded the consumption of raw materials and the production output of flying swords today?¡± ¡°Reporting to the young clan leader, your subordinate has recorded them all.¡± ¡°En, that¡¯s good.¡± Chen Daoxuan nodded his head in satisfaction, ¡°Right now, our shop is still relatively small but, one day, our shop will become bigger and bigger. You have to learn to record all the data of our consumption of raw materials, the number of qualified products, the number of waste products, and so on in detail, so that you can refer to them in the future.¡± Remember! This matter concerns the interests of the clan. You must not be careless.¡± ¡°Yes, your subordinate will definitely keep a record of all of the accounts of the factory. There won¡¯t be any omissions.¡± Chen Liangyu guaranteed. Hearing this, Chen Daoxuan was slightly relieved. Chen Liangyu had been the manager of the red copper mine for so many years, but he had not made a single mistake. Chen Daoxuan was still more at ease with him handling matters. Seeing the smile on Chen Daoxuan¡¯s face, Chen Liangyu bowed slightly and said, ¡°Young clan leader, today is the big day that marks the beginning of our factory¡¯s production. I have prepared a banquet at the residence. Young clan leader, please come and join us.¡± Hearing this, Chen Daoxuan glanced at the other party and nodded, ¡°Then, I¡¯m sorry to bother you.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t dare, I don¡¯t dare. Young clan leader¡¯s presence at my humble abode really brings light to my humble abode.¡± Chen Liangyu said with a smile. Chapter 37 - Chen Nianchu Chapter 37 Chen Nianchu In Changping County¡­ At this moment, it was already midnight, which was equivalent to about seven o¡¯clock in the evening in his previous life. Unlike the brightly lit streets in the immortal city of Guang¡¯an Prefecture, although there was no curfew in Changping County, at night, only a few wealthy families had their lights on. Chen Liangyu¡¯s family was one of them. As a luxurious carriage slowly approached a wealthy family residence, it stopped in front of it. Chen Daoxuan got off the carriage under everyone¡¯s gaze. ¡°Chen residence.¡± Chen Daoxuan raised his head and looked at the two large characters on the weathered plaque. He nodded and praised, ¡°Good calligraphy.¡± Hearing Chen Daoxuan¡¯s praise, Chen Liangyu¡¯s face immediately revealed a proud expression. ¡°This is the signboard that our Chen clan¡¯s ancestor personally wrote and gifted to my family¡¯s ancestor.¡± ¡°Oh?¡± Upon hearing that it was the Chen clan¡¯s ancestor, Chen Dengyuan, who personally wrote the words, Chen Daoxuan could not help but take a few more glances at the plaque. ¡°Creak!¡± Just as he was admiring the plaque, the Chen residence¡¯s main doors suddenly opened. A group of people filed out of the residence and rushed out together. Taking a closer look, they were led by a woman who was close to forty years old. Beside her were the Chen family¡¯s servants; there were both maids and male servants among them. Chen Daoxuan did not say anything when he saw this. No one knew what he was thinking. However, in everyone¡¯s eyes, the young clan leader was an immortal. It was natural for an immortal to be indifferent and aloof. If, one day, immortals were to easily get along with mortals, it would cause all the mortals to feel terrified. The middle-aged woman in the lead bowed slightly and nodded, ¡°I am Madam Chen. Greetings, young clan leader.¡± As for the maids and male servants behind her, they all knelt on the ground and buried their heads deep into the ground, not daring to raise their heads. Seeing this scene, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s face was a little unhappy. Chen Liangyu was very shrewd and immediately knew that Chen Daoxuan must have misunderstood the situation. He immediately took a step forward and explained softly, ¡°Young clan leader, these maids and male servants are not from our Chen clan, but rather slaves that the old patriarch purchased from Guang¡¯an Prefecture.¡± Hearing this, Chen Daoxuan could not help but think of those slaves wearing ankle cuffs and carrying grain on their backs at Guang¡¯an Prefecture¡¯s port. ¡°Are you saying that they are all slaves from the Cloud Nation?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right.¡± Chen Liangyu nodded. As if he had thought of something, Chen Daoxuan asked, ¡°Are there many such slaves on our Shuanghu Island?¡± ¡°There are many.¡± Chen Liangyu thought for a moment, ¡°Our Chen residence purchased 46 maids and 37 male servants, adding up to nearly a hundred of these slaves. As far as I know, our Chen clan still has three or four of such households.¡± Hearing this, Chen Daoxuan nodded in understanding, ¡°No wonder our Chen clan has so many fertile fields. There are only 177 households of farmers, and all of the fields have been cultivated by them, right?¡± Seeing Chen Daoxuan point at the servants kneeling on the ground, Chen Liangyu smiled embarrassedly. In his heart, this was not a big deal. In fact, to the current Chen clan, this was not a big deal either. In fact, many members of the Chen clan were not very willing to farm the land because the clan would provide members of the Chen clan with a minimum living wage. In other words, as long as you were a member of the Chen clan, even if you did not work, the clan would not let you starve to death on the streets. This undoubtedly gave rise to laziness among a small portion of the members of the Chen clan. These shortcomings were all things that Chen Daoxuan was eager to reform. However, due to the fact that the survey of the clan¡¯s population, farmland, and land mass had not been completed, in addition to the fact that Chen Daoxuan had been busy with the matter of the spiritual artifact factory for the past month, he simply had no time to deal with these trivial matters. However, just because he was busy did not mean that he did not care. As a transmigrator, Chen Daoxuan knew in his heart how important a relatively fair distribution system was to an organization. Land annexation, whether in the ancient era of Earth or in the cultivation world here, was a huge cancer. However, unlike Earth, there were cultivators in the cultivation world, and these cultivators relied on a large group of mortals. Therefore, once conflicts between mortals could not be reconciled, the cultivators would act as the adjudicator, forcefully crushing the inherent greedy nature of certain groups of mortals, allowing those at the bottom of the pecking order to catch a breather. However, Chen Daoxuan did not plan to do such a thing. Since the Chen clan was currently too weak, and he was about to take large strides in developing the clan, before that, he would definitely cut off all the potential issues and problems that might hinder the clan in advance. In other words, he would do away with the entire idea of unfair distribution in the first place. ¡°Come, let¡¯s go in.¡± ¡°Young clan leader, please enter first!¡± Hearing that, Chen Liangyu immediately made a gesture of invitation. The group of people hurriedly made a path for Chen Daoxuan to walk through. When Chen Daoxuan walked past, a young man jogged forward and called out to the middle-aged woman with a face full of joy, ¡°Mother!¡± When the middle-aged woman saw her son, her face was full of joy and heartache. She quickly took out a thin handkerchief and wiped the sweat off Chen Yunsheng¡¯s forehead. She said with concern, ¡°Look at how tired you are. You are covered in stinky sweat.¡± ¡°What¡¯s going on?¡± Chen Yunsheng said indifferently, ¡°Eh, why don¡¯t I see second sister and third brother around?¡± ¡°They are in the backyard with your second mother and third mother. There are important guests in the house today, so it¡¯s not convenient for them to appear,¡± the middle-aged woman said without batting an eyelid. Chen Yunsheng had the temperament of a young man. He was not as scheming as his biological mother. He casually asked and did not take the resulting response to heart. Seeing that Chen Yunsheng still wanted to talk nonsense, the middle-aged woman pushed him forward and gave him a look. She said, ¡°Hurry up and help your father entertain the young clan leader.¡± ¡°Oh!¡± Chen Yunsheng finally reacted. He scratched his head and said with a smile, ¡°Mother, then I will help father entertain the young clan leader. I will pay my respects to you later.¡± ¡°Hurry up and go.¡± After saying that, Chen Yunsheng quickly walked forward and followed behind Chen Liangyu and Chen Daoxuan like a follower. During the banquet. With Chen Liangyu and his son, Chen Yunsheng, accompanying him, the guest hall was filled with laughter and joy. Unknowingly, Chen Daoxuan could not help but find Chen Liangyu and his son more and more pleasing to the eye. After everyone drank for about an hour, Chen Daoxuan looked at the sky and said, ¡°Why don¡¯t we call it a day? We still have to continue to be busy ourselves with the factory production tomorrow. A hangover is not good for work.¡± Upon hearing this, Chen Liangyu¡¯s face was filled with regret, but he still smiled and echoed Chen Daoxuan¡¯s words, ¡°What the young clan leader said is¡­¡± ¡°Clang!¡± ¡°You b*tch! You gave birth to a b*tch, and you still dare to bully my daughter? I¡¯ll beat you to death, you b*tch!¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t bully her. She stole my little wooden figure first, and even scolded me.¡± ¡°B*tch! You still dare to talk back! You b*tch, do you still care about the b*tch you gave birth to?¡± Other than Chen Yunsheng¡¯s birth mother and Chen Daoxuan, who was a cultivator, the rest of the people present were martial artists. Although the argument that came from the backyard was inaudible to Chen Yunsheng¡¯s birth mother¡¯s ears, to Chen Liangyu, Chen Daoxuan, and the others, it was no different to hearing the argument right in front of them. Chen Daoxuan silently took a sip of his wine and did not say anything. Seeing this, Chen Liangyu¡¯s expression was abnormally awkward, and his heart was burning with anger. This evil woman, she is ignorant of the bigger picture! Just see how I¡¯ll deal with you later! Chen Liangyu cursed fiercely in his heart. He originally thought that it was just a brief argument in the backyard, but he did not expect the insults to become louder and louder, so much so that even Chen Yunsheng¡¯s biological mother, who had not been aware of it all along, heard it. ¡°Young clan leader, this¡­ our family is unfortunate. Please excuse us.¡± Chen Liangyu¡¯s face was full of embarrassment as he said those words. Chen Daoxuan smiled slightly and did not reply. After a while, his heart was stirred and he said, ¡°Let¡¯s go and take a look.¡± As he spoke, he stood up from the dining table. He had just used his spiritual sense to scan the backyard out of curiosity and had discovered something rather interesting. Chapter 38 - Clan Teachings Chapter 38 Clan Teachings The Chen family¡¯s backyard. By the time Chen Daoxuan and his group arrived, the Chen family¡¯s backyard was already in a state of chaos. In front of them, an eight or nine-year-old boy was being held in the arms of a young woman in her twenties. The young woman¡¯s face was pale, and her lightly powdered face was filled with fear. However, her hands were tightly wrapped around the little boy¡¯s body, afraid that the vicious woman would harm the child. Meanwhile, the little boy in the young woman¡¯s arms was staring at the vicious woman with fire spewing out of his eyes. He wanted to struggle, but his mother firmly held him down. The person who had been cursing was the vicious woman. Her appearance was not bad, but her face revealed a bitter and unkind look. One of her hands was placed on her waist while the other was pointed at the young woman who had collapsed on the ground. All kinds of unpleasant words kept coming out of her mouth. Something about being a slave from the Cloud Nation? Something about being born a b*tch? Something about the child she gave birth to also being a b*tch¡­ Anyhow, all kinds of nasty and heart-wrenching words kept coming out of her mouth. She was so excited that she did not even notice that someone had come into the backyard. ¡°Why aren¡¯t you talking anymore? Are you mute?¡± Like a victorious general, the evil woman looked around at the surrounding servants. However, the servants seemed to have seen some inexplicably fearful scene. They all knelt on the ground and called out in unison, ¡°Master, Madam!¡± Upon hearing these words, the vicious woman felt a chill run down her spine. She turned around awkwardly and realized that it was the eldest madam, whom she usually feared the most, and the master, whose face was filled with anger. ¡°M-master!¡± The vicious woman acted as if she was putting on a show. She immediately changed her acrimonious expression into one that made people feel that she was tender and lovable. She said coquettishly, ¡°Master, you have to stand up for me. These two b*itches bullied my Tong¡¯er again when I wasn¡¯t paying attention.¡± ¡°You¡¯re talking nonsense. I didn¡¯t. She was clearly the one who snatched my little wooden figure¡­¡± The little boy in the young woman¡¯s arms was unconvinced. He was about to defend himself further, but his mother covered his mouth tightly. The little boy¡¯s eyes were about to spew fire. Unfortunately, his strength was too weak. He could not struggle out of his mother¡¯s grasp at all. He could only stare at the evil woman with a rage-filled gaze and silently complain. ¡°Pa!¡± However, Chen Liangyu, who was both angry and embarrassed, did not allow her to argue her way out of the situation at all. He immediately gave his second wife a slap. This slap threw the entire backyard of the Chen residence into chaos instantly. The cries of the little girl and the cries of the evil woman could be heard endlessly. ¡°Enough!¡± Chen Liangyu shouted loudly and glared angrily at the people who were quarreling. Under his intimidating gaze and words, everyone, including the little girl, did not dare to cry anymore. The evil woman was even worse; she was so scared that her face turned pale. Seeing that the situation was finally under control, Chen Liangyu bowed to Chen Daoxuan and said, ¡°Young clan leader, this subordinate is really¡­¡± ¡°Young clan leader?¡± Hearing Chen Liangyu¡¯s words, everyone¡¯s expression changed. Chen Daoxuan raised his hand and stopped Chen Liangyu from apologizing. He took a few steps forward and squatted down in front of the young woman. ¡°Can I take a look at this child?¡± When she heard this, the young woman instinctively hugged the child a little tighter. However, when she thought of this person¡¯s identity, she could not help but let go of the child. rnar The little boy wiggled himself out of his mother¡¯s grasp and gasped, ¡°Mother, you¡¯re suffocating me.¡± ¡°Your name is Chen Nianchu, right?¡± Hearing this, the little boy turned to look at Chen Daoxuan and said warily, ¡°Who are you? What does my name have to do with you? Are you here to bully us too?¡± As he said this, he opened his little hand and shielded his mother behind him. ¡°I¡¯m here to help you.¡± He shook his head, ¡°Can you come over and let me take a look?¡± Hearing this, the little boy looked at his mother with an inquiring look. After receiving a positive response, he walked over unwillingly. ¡°What do you want to do to me?¡± Chen Daoxuan smiled slightly and did not say anything He directly placed his jade-like right hand on the little boy¡¯s head. A moment later, as Chen Daoxuan circulated his true Qi in his dantian, a ray of multicolored light covered the little boy¡¯s head. This ray of multicolored light shone exceptionally brightly amidst the night. Even everyone who saw it from a distance felt that it was somewhat dazzling. ¡°This¡­¡± Seeing this ray of multicolored light, Chen Liangyu immediately thought of the records in the clan¡¯s ancient books. Multicolored light that reached the skies, it represented the bearing of an immortal! Chen Liangyu had never thought that his son actually had the bearing of an immortal, and possessed the potential for immortal cultivation. However, he then thought of something else, and Chen Liangyu¡¯s face turned pale again. As expected, after Chen Daoxuan finished inspecting Chen Nianchu¡¯s spiritual root aptitude, he turned his head to look at Chen Liangyu and the evil woman who was covering her face after being slapped by him, and said, ¡°Do you know your crime?¡± Even though that evil woman had been showing off in front of the little boy¡¯s mother, she did not dare to argue in front of the young clan leader who was even more terrifying than her husband. She immediately knelt on the ground and did not dare to utter a word. ¡°Chen Liangyu.¡± Seeing that the evil woman did not speak, Chen Daoxuan turned to Chen Liangyu and called out his name. ¡°Your subordinate is here!¡± Chen Liangyu immediately knelt down and lowered his head. ¡°What is the third rule of the Chen clan?¡± When he heard this, before Chen Liangyu could speak, the evil woman beside him was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground. Chen Liangyu pursed his lips tightly. Suddenly, he stood up abruptly and kicked his second wife. He cursed loudly, ¡°You b*tch, I told you not to bully others for no reason. You¡¯ve shamed the entire household. B*tch¡­¡± Chen Liangyu beat and cursed until the other party hugged her legs and begged for mercy. Seeing her like this, Chen Liangyu¡¯s heart softened, but then he hardened his heart and continued to beat her. ¡°Enough!¡± Chen Daoxuan said, ¡°Chen Liangyu, I will ask you again. What is the third rule of the Chen clan?¡± Hearing this, Chen Liangyu collapsed to the ground like a deflated rubber ball. His face was ashen as he replied, ¡°Any member of the Chen clan who humiliates his clansmen for no reason shall be sentenced to two years of hard labor. Any person who humiliates a mortal with a spiritual root for no reason shall be sentenced to¡­¡± ¡°Sentenced to what?¡± ¡°Death!¡± The last word seemed to have exhausted all of Chen Liangyu¡¯s strength. He looked at Chen Daoxuan with a face full of despair, hoping that Chen Daoxuan would show mercy. However, Chen Liangyu knew very well that any qualified clan leader would definitely enforce the clan rules, and he had always thought of Chen Daoxuan as a qualified clan leader. As expected, Chen Daoxuan pointed at the evil woman and looked at the little boy. ¡°Tell me, did she bully you?¡± The little boy was about to speak, but his mother stopped him. The young woman shook her head desperately at the little boy. She pleaded softly, ¡°Chuler, don¡¯t.¡± The little boy gritted his teeth. He looked at his mother, and then at the evil woman who had a look of despair on her face. He took a deep breath and said, ¡°She didn¡¯t bully me. I was just playing with my sister.¡± When she heard this, the evil woman felt that her soul had finally returned to her body and she fell to the ground. Hearing this, everyone present heaved a sigh of relief. Just when everyone thought that the matter was over, Chen Daoxuan walked up to the evil woman and said, ¡°Tell me, why did you choose to bully them tonight? Didn¡¯t you know that I was going to be a guest at the Chen residence tonight?¡± Hearing this, Chen Liangyu finally reacted. That¡¯s right! He had clearly told his wife that he was going to invite the young clan leader to his house today so that she would be well-prepared. How could such a thing happen? Unless¡­ He looked at his wife whom he had known for many years, and an unbelievable thought appeared in his mind. Could it be that all of this was planned by his wife behind his back? Why though? Suddenly, a terrifying thought emerged in his heart, but he could not believe that it was real. ¡°It was you!¡± The second madam was not stupid. She instantly realized who was behind this. She pointed at the first madam and said, ¡°It¡¯s you, isn¡¯t it? It must be you! You¡¯re afraid that Nian Chu would steal Yun Sheng¡¯s status as the primary descendant, so you wanted to get rid of him! No, get rid of the two of us. You¡¯re so ruthless!¡± Hearing this accusation, Madam Chen would naturally not admit it. She said with a pale face, ¡°Don¡¯t slander me. What does it have to do with me if you bully them? Did I ask you to bully them?¡± Seeing this scene unfold, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s face turned cold. He had thought that since the Chen clan had Chen Xianhe, the clan leader who worked hard for the clan, and Chen Beiwang, the pure-hearted clan member who was willing to sacrifice his life for the clan, the Chen clan was definitely a clan without any dirt. However, now, it seemed that there was darkness hidden everywhere. The key point was¡­ Regarding Madam Chen¡¯s actions, even Chen Daoxuan could not accuse her without proof. She had completely taken advantage of Chen Liangyu¡¯s second wife¡¯s jealousy and her harsh character. In the words of his previous life, this was a case of using a borrowed knife to kill someone. He looked at Chen Liangyu, and then looked at Chen Yunsheng and the other wives of the Chen family. He said in an ethereal voice, ¡°Do you still remember the teachings of our Chen clan?¡± ¡°Do you remember?¡± Seeing that everyone was silent, Chen Daoxuan became really angry and shouted loudly. ¡°I¡­ I¡­¡± Chen Liangyu knelt on the ground and lowered his head. Seeing this, Chen Yunsheng also knelt with his father. In the end, everyone in the Chen residence, including the first wife, second wife, and even Chen Liangyu¡¯s youngest daughter, all knelt there. In the end, Chen Liangyu felt as if a ball of fire was burning in his heart. His face flushed red as the ancient ancestral teachings slowly came out of his mouth: ¡°The blood of the Chen clan is the blood of the Chen clan!¡± ¡°The blood of the Chen clan is the blood of the Chen clan! Chen Liangyu, tell me, where does the blood of the Chen clan come from?¡± Chen Daoxuan stared at him and stared at the Chen family. All of them lowered their heads and did not dare to look at him. Chen Nianchu looked at the scene unfolding in front of him, and there was a faint flame burning in his eyes. He clenched his small fists tightly and felt a warm current in his chest. It was the boiling blood of the Chen clan! Chen Daoxuan walked beside him and said in a voice that could only be heard by him, ¡°Do you like this kind of Chen clan?¡± This sentence seemed to remind the little boy of many unpleasant memories. He shook his head and said, ¡°I don¡¯t like it!¡± ¡°Then, together, let¡¯s change it so that you will like it, okay?¡± Chen Daoxuan lowered his head and just happened to meet Chen Nianchu¡¯s small eyes. Chen Nianchu seemed to see something different in the eyes of this big brother in front of him. It was something that he had been looking forward to for a long time, but had never been able to get his hands on. For some reason, he nodded. ¡°Okay.¡± He thought about it. ¡°But, I have a request.¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°Why don¡¯t you become my father?¡± Chen Daoxuan: ¡°¡­¡± Chapter 39 - Fourth Level of the Qi Refinement Realm Chapter 39 Fourth Level of the Qi Refinement Realm Time passed day by day while he busied himself. Soon, a month had passed. Chen Daoxuan had been both happy and worried during this period of time due to the fact that he had discovered an immortal seedling in his clan. Had it been any other clan, finding an immortal seedling would have been considered great news. However, the Chen clan was a small clan with a shallow foundation. They did not even possess a spiritual vein in their clan. They only had one spiritual eye, which was barely sufficient for Chen Daoxuan to cultivate alone. As a result, even if they found a seedling of immortal cultivation like Chen Daochu, the Chen clan would not be able to provide him with spiritual essence for his cultivation. Inside the cave abode, after Chen Daoxuan finished instructing Chen Daochu regarding the cultivation of the mortal realm, he urgently thought to himself, ¡®No matter what, he had to nurture the spiritual vein of his clan within this year.¡¯ Chen Daoxuan¡¯s objective was not a pipe dream. He only made this his objective because of the confidence he had in the production capacity and output of the Hongyin Flying Sword Workshop, which had given him countless surprises over the past month. Within a month, excluding the flying swords that had been unsuccessfully refined due to the improper operation of the workers, Chen Daoxuan had refined a total of 148 flying swords. On average, he had refined about five flying swords a day. With so many flying swords, even if he sold them at the market price of Guang¡¯an Prefecture, he would still earn 7,400 spirit stones. Not only would he recoup his investment, but he would also make a small profit. One had to know that this was only after a month of operation. If Chen Daoxuan were to calculate it over the course of a year, he would be able to earn at least 34,000 spirit stones. In three years¡¯ time, he would be able to accumulate enough spirit stones to nurture the spiritual vein. However, Chen Daoxuan planned to settle the issue of the clan¡¯s spiritual vein in a year¡¯s time. It was obvious that relying on the Guang¡¯an Prefecture¡¯s sales were insufficient. Thinking of this, he silently took out a green scale from his storage bag. This scale was diamond-shaped, and there was a faint trace of dark red blood on it. It was the natal scale left by the mermaid princess Luo Li to Chen Daoxuan. However, two months had already passed, and this scale did not seem to display any reaction at all. Chen Daoxuan had thrice tried to inject True qi into it but, in the end, all of it had been for naught. This made Chen Daoxuan wonder if the mermaid named Luo Li had been lying to him. However, thinking about it carefully, the possibility of her lying to him was close to zero. This was because there was no reason for her to lie to Chen Daoxuan, and trading with him, whether it was from the standpoint of the merfolk tribe or the Chen clan, was a win-win situation. ¡°Sigh.¡± Chen Daoxuan sighed. Chen Daoxuan no longer thought about it and immediately put the green scale back into his storage bag. He began his cultivation for the day. Of course, during this period of time, other than the explosion in the number of spiritual artifacts produced by his clan¡¯s spiritual artifact factory, the increase in Chen Daoxuan¡¯s cultivation had far exceeded his own expectations. Initially, he thought that he would need four to five months, or even half a year, to break through to the fourth level of the Qi refinement realm. However, after only two months of cultivation, he felt that he was on the verge of breaking through. Such a terrifying cultivation speed finally gave him insight on how and why Zhou Mubai was able to successfully reach the foundation establishment realm at the mere age of 21. Normally speaking, if a cultivator at the ninth level of the Qi refinement realm wanted to reach the foundation establishment realm, he would need to temper his true Qi for a very long time, allowing his true Qi to become so pure that there was no way to purify it further. Only then could he attempt to break through to the foundation establishment realm. Of course, this was only one of the most basic requirements for breaking through to the foundation establishment realm. As for the requirements of the spiritual vein, foundation establishment pill, and other resources, they were not included. It was precisely because of the various requirements of the foundation establishment realm that the number of cultivators who were able to break through to the foundation establishment realm could be counted on one¡¯s fingers. Basically, they had to rely on accumulating battle merits on the battlefield against the Cloud Nation in order to obtain the resources to break through. Those ordinary itinerant cultivators who were unwilling to go to the battlefield did not even have enough spiritual essence to cultivate normally, let alone break through to the foundation establishment realm. Inside the cultivation room of the cave abode, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s eyes were tightly shut, and pure spiritual essence kept gushing out from the water spirit pearl. With the help of the Qi gathering pill, at this moment, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s speed of refining spiritual essence was even beyond the reach of heavenly spiritual root cultivators. As the pure spiritual essence entered his meridians, it was continuously refined and converted into true Qi, which was then stored in his dantian and Qi ocean bit by bit. In his dantian and Qi ocean, the amount of true Qi was growing at a speed visible to the naked eye. Suddenly, at this moment, Chen Daoxuan felt that he would break through to the fourth level of the Qi refinement realm! His premonition was right, as the true Qi continued to accumulate in his dantian and Qi ocean, the total amount of true Qi in his dantian seemed to have reached the threshold. Boom! A loud explosion could be heard in Chen Daoxuan¡¯s sea of consciousness. He felt that his spiritual sense had suddenly become stronger. Not only that, his dantian and Qi ocean had also undergone a transformation. When his consciousness returned the next second, he found that the great circle in his dantian and Qi ocean had suddenly increased by one circle. Compared to before, the total amount of true Qi in his dantian had increased by at least 50%. ¡°Fourth level of the Qi refinement realm! Success!¡± Chen Daoxuan opened his eyes, and his face was full of both surprise and excitement. He calculated carefully. From the time he broke through to the third level of the Qi refinement realm to now, only four months had passed; it had not even been half a year. Compared to the time when he broke through from the second level of the Qi refinement realm to the third level of the Qi refinement realm, the time he took to break through did not increase, but had rather decreased by several times. This obviously did not conform to how cultivation would normally proceed. Under normal circumstances, the higher the level a cultivator cultivated to, the slower their speed of breakthrough. In other words, breaking through from the third level to the fourth level should definitely be slower than breaking through from the second level to the third level. However, Chen Daoxuan somehow defied this convention. Chen Daoxuan knew clearly in his heart this achievement was not due to his talent, but rather due to the assistance of the water spirit pearl and the Qi gathering pill. In the end, it was all thanks to the cultivation resources. Thinking of this, he could not help but think of those great immortal cultivation clans, and even the core disciples of the Qianyuan Sword sect. What kind of cultivation conditions and resources would they have? Those who could become core disciples of the Qianyuan Sword sect were all geniuses among geniuses. According to what Chen Daoxuan knew, the Qianyuan Sword sect disciples were divided into three categories, which were outer disciples, inner disciples, and personal disciples. It was said that the requirements for even the weakest of their outer sect disciples was to possess an upper spiritual root, and that was without mentioning the different kinds of tests and tempering of character and perseverance that they would have to undergo. Therefore, any random disciple of the Qianyuan Sword sect would be invincible among the itinerant cultivators of the same level. If they did not have this tiny bit of ability, the Qianyuan Sword sect would not have dominated the Myriad Sea of Stars for thousands of years. Of course, although Chen Daoxuan knew that he could not compare to the disciples of the Qianyuan Sword sect in terms of spiritual roots, resources, and other aspects, there was one aspect in which the disciples of the Qianyuan Sword sect could not compare to him, which was¡­ Comprehension ability! He had the ability to accumulate his comprehension through the Hong Meng Enlightenment Sutra every day, and he would experience an epiphany once every ten days. In the long run, the effects of his advantage would be terrifying. Thinking of this, Chen Daoxuan could not help but sink his consciousness into his sea of consciousness. Inside his sea of consciousness, ten Stardust were revolving around a golden scripture. The ten Stardust were attracted to each other, but Chen Daoxuan deliberately restricted them and did not allow them to collide. Perhaps it was because he had just broken through to the fourth level of the Qi refinement realm, but Chen Daoxuan suddenly had the feeling that perhaps the breakthrough opportunity for the wind chasing sword technique would also appear tonight. With this thought in mind, he no longer suppressed the ten Stardust and allowed them to collide to form an even bigger Stardust. Finally, it exploded and spread throughout his entire sea of consciousness. Immediately after, Chen Daoxuan¡¯s consciousness kept rising, and all kinds of insights about the wind chasing sword technique kept surging into his mind. Chen Daoxuan quickly immersed himself in the epiphany and forgot about the passage of time. Chapter 40 - Business Visit Chapter 40 Business Visit After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, Chen Daoxuan opened his eyes, and a bright light flashed from the depths of his eyes. Then, a wave of ecstasy flooded him. After careful calculation, it had only been four months since he had started cultivating the wind chasing sword technique. Even among the sword dao geniuses of the Qianyuan Sword sect, the number of cultivators who could reach the small success stage of the wind chasing sword technique, after cultivating it for only four months, could be counted on one¡¯s fingers. In addition, Chen Daoxuan had long surpassed the large success stage of the wind chasing sword technique. After all, Chen Daoxuan possessed the freakish cheat-like ability of the Hong Meng Enlightenment Dao Sutra, which allowed him to accumulate his comprehension ability, and experience an epiphany once every ten days. Even though the duration of each epiphany was not long; it only lasted for the time it took for an incense stick to burn but, in four months, he had experienced a total of twelve epiphanies. What kind of crazy concept was this? One had to know that he had only used two epiphanies in order to cultivate the wind chasing sword technique to the large success stage. It was only ten full epiphanies later that he finally cultivated the wind chasing sword technique to the perfect stage today. Based on the number of epiphanies, it seemed that cultivating the wind chasing sword technique from the large success stage to the perfect stage was about five times more difficult than cultivating it from the beginner stage to the large success stage. However, in reality, it was ten times harder, or perhaps even a hundred times harder! This was because, even if an ordinary Qi refinement realm cultivator spent an entire lifetime, it was impossible to cultivate it from the great success stage to the perfect stage. After all, there were some things that you could not understand. No matter how unconvinced you were, no matter how much time you spent, you would not be able to understand it at all. Otherwise, there would not be so many world-class math problems that could not be solved in his previous life. The next day¡­ After Chen Daoxuan broke through to the fourth level of the Qi refinement realm, his true Qi was still in a weak state. However, after a night of cultivation, it had become solid again. Walking out of the cave abode, Chen Daoxuan saw a small figure standing on the cliff, practicing the sword against the backdrop of the rising sun. Perhaps it was because the small figure had just started practicing martial arts, but he still looked a little awkward when he waved the sword around. He appeared even more unsteady given that he was wielding an iron sword that weighed ten jin. Chen Daoxuan watched quietly and did not make a sound to disturb him. Chen Daoxuan had long understood Chen Daochu¡¯s stubborn character after spending a month with him. Of course, this kind of character had both its pros and cons. On the upside, people with this kind of character would often possess astonishing perseverance and would advance bravely despite countless difficulties. The downside of such a character was that it was also very likely that they would fall into a slump during their future cultivation and would not be able to extricate themselves from it. Soon, the time it took for half an incense stick to burn had passed. Chen Daochu was already so tired that his face was covered in sweat. His entire body felt heavy, as if he had been fished out of water. ¡°Hu! Hu! Hu!¡± He could be seen sitting on the edge of the cliff, panting heavily. Chen Daoxuan walked over at this time and pointed out to him, ¡°Sit cross-legged and calmly sense your dantian¡­¡± ¡°Young clan leader¡­¡± Chen Daochu turned around and saw Chen Daoxuan. He struggled to get up and bow, but was stopped by Chen Daoxuan. ¡°Hurry up and do it!¡± ¡°Yes, young clan leader!¡± Hearing that, Chen Daochu regulated his breathing and sat down cross-legged. He started to regulate his breathing. Seeing that Chen Daochu was able to enter a meditative state skillfully, Chen Daoxuan nodded with satisfaction. Then, he used the wind control spell and flew toward the direction of the spiritual artifact factory; another busy day was about to begin. In the Southwest Sea region of the Myriad Sea of Stars, about ten thousand miles away from Shuanghu Island, there was an undersea world. The undersea world of the Myriad Sea of Stars was different from what Chen Daoxuan had imagined. It was also completely different from the undersea world on Earth. Under normal circumstances, because there was no light at the bottom of the deep sea, one would only sense darkness. The undersea world back on Earth was akin to a pitch-black space. However, the bottom of the Myriad Sea of Stars was different. The undersea world of the Myriad Sea of Stars was a world filled with dazzling starlight. Here, if one raised their head and looked up, they would find billions of ¡®stars¡¯ floating in the dark ¡®sky¡¯ layer of the undersea that was tens of thousands of meters high. These billions of ¡®stars¡¯ illuminated the entire undersea world of the Myriad Sea of Stars, allowing countless species to live and reproduce in the undersea world of the Myriad Sea of Stars. This was also the origin of the name ¡®Myriad Sea of Stars¡¯. ¡°Father!¡± At the bottom of the sea in the Southwest Sea region of the Myriad Sea of Stars, a mermaid whose left arm was injured and right shoulder had a gash, swam in front of a merman whose chest had a huge gash, and said in a mournful voice, ¡°At this rate, even if we take down the Water Devil Ape¡¯s territory, our clansmen will suffer heavy casualties!¡± The mermaid who spoke was none other than Luo Li, the mermaid princess whom Chen Daoxuan had met on his way back from Guang¡¯an Prefecture. However, judging from her miserable appearance, it was obvious that she had not been having a good time recently. ¡°Cough, cough!¡± Hearing this, the merfolk tribe leader coughed violently. ¡°The injuries that Zhou Mubai inflicted on me are more serious than I thought.¡± As he spoke, he lowered his head to look at the wound on his chest where the sword Qi was wreaking havoc. He felt a headache coming on and said, ¡°I have to use my power to suppress this sword Qi at all times. Otherwise, my injuries will only end up getting worse.¡± As he said this, the merfolk clan leader looked gloomy. ¡°However, if I don¡¯t participate in the battle, you won¡¯t be able to deal with the leader of the water demon apes¡­¡± Hearing this, Luo Li fell silent. She knew that what her father said was the truth. Without her father, who was a high-level late-stage third-level merman, the merfolk, whose highest cultivation level was only equivalent to the foundation establishment realm of the human race, would not be able to deal with the water demon apes. This was because the leader of the water demon apes on Devil Ape Mountain was an existence at the mid-stage third-level. The other party had never attacked the low-level merfolk, and was completely afraid of her father, the late-stage third-level merfolk tribe leader. However, the other party did not know that her father had sustained such serious injuries. Otherwise, it would not be the merfolk suppressing the water devil apes, but rather the opposite. ¡°Damn it!¡± Seeing her heavily injured father, Luo Li felt for the first time that she was so useless, and unable to support the merfolk tribe. ¡°Father, why don¡¯t we stop attacking Devil Ape Mountain and choose another territory?¡± As if he could see the frustration in Luo Li¡¯s eyes, the merfolk tribe leader finally made a decision in his heart. He stroked Luo Li¡¯s beautiful hair, and smiled. ¡°Silly child, we have been searching for so long at the bottom of the sea. Which territory is more suitable for the merfolk to live and reproduce other than Devil Ape Mountain?¡± Hearing this, Luo Li fell silent. She knew that her father was right. The competition between the creatures in the undersea world was more brutal and straightforward than the competition in the human world. ¡°In three days, I will fight the leader of the water devil apes and kill this monster!¡± The merfolk tribe leader said firmly. ¡°But, father, your injuries¡­¡± ¡°It¡¯s okay. A mere leader of the water devil apes at the mid-stage of the third level is nothing to me!¡± The merfolk tribe leader was extremely heroic, but when he looked at Luo Li, a hint of reluctance flashed in his eyes. In the end, this reluctance was discarded and he put on a resolute expression. ¡°Three days later, we will launch a full-scale attack on the Water Devil Ape tribe of Devil Ape Mountain!¡± ¡°En!¡± Hearing this, Luo Li nodded excitedly, but then she seemed to have thought of something, ¡°Oh right, father, didn¡¯t we agree to cooperate with the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island? Why don¡¯t we purchase a batch of weapons from them to increase the strength of our clansmen?¡± ¡°With those weapons, our clansmen will definitely become much stronger!¡± Luo Li said excitedly as she seemed to recall the Flying Snow sword that Chen Daoxuan had. Originally, they had only launched probing attacks because of the leader of the water demon ape tribe. However, now that they were launching a full-scale attack, they definitely had to put all their chips on the table. Weapons that could increase the strength of their clansmen were obviously a very important chip. Hearing this, the merfolk tribe leader thought for a moment, and then nodded and said, ¡°Alright, I¡¯ll leave this matter to you!¡± Obviously, he also felt that the spiritual weapons would result in an extraordinary increase in the strength of his tribe members. They would definitely be of great help in the upcoming battle. Chapter 41 - Chapter 41: The Deal chapter 41: the deal translator: daoist6fubtiw five days later, rainbow sound flying sword factory. chen liangyu approached chen daoxuan and said with a worried expression,¡±¡± young clan leader, the spirit ores in the warehouse are only enough for the factory to produce for a day.¡± was it used up so quickly? ¡°phew!¡± chen daoxuan raised his head and let out a breath of turbid air.¡± i¡¯m aware of this matter. 1 will personally go to guang ¡®an prefecture the day after tomorrow to sell these flying swords.¡± as he spoke, he patted chen liangyu¡¯s shoulder.¡± after i leave, i¡¯ll leave the rainbow sonar flying sword factory in your care.¡± hearing this, chen liangyu said solemnly, ¡°¡±1 will not disappoint you.¡± ¡°yes.¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan nodded his head in satisfaction. just as he was about to give him a few more words of encouragement, he suddenly sensed a strange movement and immediately waved his hand. ¡°you go ahead.¡± ¡°this subordinate will take his leave.¡± watched chen liangyu leave, chen daoxuan took out a green scale from his storage bag. at this moment, the green scales were flickering with red light and emitting traces of warmth. chen daoxuan immediately followed luo li¡¯s instructions and injected a stream of genuine qi into the green scale. then, he sank his divine consciousness into it. in the next second, a message entered chen daoxuan¡¯s mind. ¡°four hundred miles away¡­redwood island.¡± chen daoxuan raised his head and looked towards the east of shuanghu island. according to the information sent by luo li, she seemed to want to make a deal with chen daoxuan on redwood island. redwood island was a large deserted island near shuanghu island. it was only about four hundred miles away from shuanghu island. however, compared to twin lake island, the cultivation resources on redwood island were even poorer. at the very least, shuanghu island still had a copper mine and some spiritual cores for cultivators to cultivate, but on redwood island, other than a kind of redwood tree that grew all over the island, there were no mineral resources such as spirit ores, nor spiritual energy resources such as spirit cores. as for higher-level resources like spirit veins, that was even more impossible to think about. this was a completely deserted island. other than the fact that the island was larger than shuanghu island, it was almost useless to cultivators. not to mention cultivation clans, even itinerant cultivators were unwilling to choose such a place to establish themselves. in fact, it was near the waters of shuanghu island, there were still many island clusters, but there was almost no island that could have cultivation resources. at least in the chen family¡¯s ancient records, other than shuanghu island, which had a few spiritual eyes, the other islands were basically deserted islands. they did not even have spiritual eyes. of course, it was also possible that there were a few spiritual eyes in some secret place on these islands, but they were not discovered by anyone. although there were many islands near shuanghu island, there were very few cultivators. it seemed that other than the chen family of twin lake island, there was only one place called maple valley island where a fifth-level qi practitioner resided. when chen daoxuan received luo li¡¯s message, he was overjoyed. compared to going to guang ¡®an prefecture to sell flying sword magic tools to itinerant cultivators, trading with the merfolk clan was clearly more profitable. in the wandering cultivator market in guang ¡®an prefecture, no matter how expensive the rainbow sonar flying sword was, it would probably be very difficult for it to exceed 100 spirit stones per sword. the price offered by the merfolk clan was five times that of 100 spirit stones. from the perspective of benefits, it was obvious who to trade with first. during this period of time, chen daoxuan had been thinking about when the merfolk clan would rush over to trade with him. he did not expect to wait for more than two months before news came. sorted out his thoughts, chen daoxuan counted the 178 flying swords in his storage bag and immediately used the wind manipulation technique. he flew alone in the direction of redwood island. it was different from the journey to guang ¡®an prefecture, which required a distance of nearly 100,000 miles, redwood island was only four hundred miles away from shuanghu island. with chen daoxuan¡¯s cultivation of the fourth qi layer, he could easily fly over this distance. redwood island. looking down from the sky, redwood island was completely enveloped in a fiery red. due to this obvious feature, even though it was chen daoxuan¡¯s first time on this island, he found it in the nearby waters at a glance, so he descended from the sky and landed on the cliff of the island. chen daoxuan took out the green scale again and injected a stream of genuine qi into it, immediately after, another message was sent over. he identified the direction and flew toward the north of the island. in the sea area north of redwood island, led by luo li, a group of mermen hid among the reefs hundreds of meters deep. if one observed carefully, they would discover that almost all of these mermen were holding a huge scallop in their hands. from the cracks of the scallop, one could see spiritual light overflowing. clearly, these scallops contained spirit stones that the merfolk clan had prepared for the transaction. ¡°your highness, why isn¡¯t he here yet?¡± a male merman with bronze muscles said in a low voice. ¡°don¡¯t be anxious. let¡¯s wait a little longer.¡± even though luo li was feeling uneasy, she still patiently comforted her subordinates. hearing the princess¡¯s words, everyone continued to wait in silence. ¡°he¡¯s here!¡± suddenly, a look of surprise flashed across luo li¡¯s pretty face.¡± come, let¡¯s go up!¡± luo li gave her instructions and took the lead to swim toward the surface of the sea. the mermen were extremely fast in the sea. in just a few breaths, this group of mermen swam to the surface of the sea. as soon as luo li swam out of the sea, she saw chen daoxuan standing in the air. she cautiously used her divine senses to scan her surroundings. when she realized that there was no one else around except chen daoxuan, luo li could not help but heave a sigh of relief. ¡± human cultivator, you¡¯re really bold to come here alone. aren¡¯t you afraid that we¡¯ll kill you and take your weapon? ¡± luo li felt uncomfortable when she saw how calm chen daoxuan was, standing alone under the merfolk¡¯s gaze. if it were a merman being surrounded by a group of human cultivators, he would have been trembling in fear. hearing this, chen daoxuan smiled.¡± i know that the merfolk race values integrity the most. i¡¯m willing to come alone because i fancy the integrity of the merfolk race.¡± besides, the transaction between our two races is a matter of mutual benefit. why do you want to harm me? you can¡¯t possibly plan to trade with my race just this once, right? after all, magic tools have a lifespan. you live in the deep sea for a long time, so the lifespan of magic tools is probably even shorter. would the merfolk give up long-term benefits for the sake of a hundred flying swords? so, why should 1 be afraid?¡± luo li had wanted to overwhelm the other party with her imposing manner, but she did not expect that chen daoxuan¡¯s few words would easily disintegrate the imposing manner that she had built up with great difficulty. looking at the smiling chen daoxuan, luo li opened her mouth but could only say gloomily, ¡°¡±as expected of a human cultivator. you¡¯re really eloquent.¡± thank you for your compliment, miss luo!¡± chen daoxuan cupped his hands,¡± however, let¡¯s trade as soon as possible. this way, our two races can be at ease. h when she heard chen daoxuan mention the deal, luo li immediately threw away her little gloominess and said excitedly, ¡°¡±how many weapons did you bring?¡± chen daoxuan didn¡¯t say anything and took out more than a hundred flying swords from his storage bag. instantly. spiritual light shone on the surface of the sea. when the mermen saw the sharp flying swords in front of them, their eyes turned red.. Chapter 42 - Chapter 42: The First Bucket of Gold chapter 42: the first bucket of gold translator: daoist6fubtiw seeing her tribesmen acting as if they had never seen the world, luo li felt even more embarrassed in front of chen daoxuan. ¡°cough cough!¡± she couldn¡¯t help but cough softly, but the honest merfolk didn¡¯t care about guessing the princess¡¯s intentions. at this moment, all they could think about was the weapons in front of them. ¡°your highness, if we can have these weapons, 1 don¡¯t know how many casualties our clansmen can avoid in the battle with the demon ape tribe.¡± a male merman took a flying sword and injected a strand of demonic power into it as he muttered. upon hearing this, luo li¡¯s heart was burning. she looked at chen daoxuan and said, ¡°human cultivators, are these all the weapons you¡¯ve made?¡± ¡°yeah, this is too little. it¡¯s not enough to split!¡± ¡°yeah, too little!¡± the other mermen echoed. ¡± ivliss luo, please forgive us. the time you proposed is too short. it¡¯s only two months. we don¡¯t have enough time for the raw materials of the spirit ores or the refining of the magic tools, so that¡¯s all we have for the time being.¡± chen daoxuan shook his head and said regretfully. ¡°spirit ore?¡± luo li seemed to have thought of something. she took a piece of ore that radiated spirituality from one of her mermen and said, ¡°is this the kind of spirit you¡¯re talking about?¡± ¡°yes!¡± chen daoxuan¡¯s heart skipped a beat when he saw the spirit ore in luo li¡¯s hand. it was a second-grade spirit ore, tenth water pure gold. the underwater world of the infinite star sea was too rich! unfortunately, the human race was a landrace and could not survive in the deep sea. otherwise, why would the qian yuan sword sect attack the yun nation? they would have broken through the underwater world of the infinite star sea long ago. looking at spiritual ore in luo li¡¯s hand, chen daoxuan could not help but have the urge to explore the underwater world of the infinite star sea. however, when he thought about how he had to cultivate the second-tier water escape technique to the great success realm at the very least to head to the deep sea world, he gave up. it was not easy to cultivate the second-tier water escape technique to the great success realm. this meant that the cultivator had to at least reach the foundation establishment realm. moreover, he had to be a senior foundation establishment cultivator, not the kind that had just broken through. cultivators could only cultivate all kinds of escape techniques when they reached the foundation establishment stage. at that time, the flying speed of the cultivators would soar by a large margin. familiar escape techniques such as the rainbow light and sword kinesis flight were ail skills that only foundation establishment cultivators could use. however, ordinary refinement stage cultivators could only ride the wind, and their speed was ten times slower than the speed of the foundation building stage cultivators. luo li was not stupid. she knew that the spirit ore in chen daoxuan¡¯s hand was of extraordinary value when she saw the look in his eyes. ¡°how much would you pay for this spirit ore if i trade it with your chen family?¡± she asked. the market price of level two spirit ores in guang ¡®an prefecture was generally ten times higher than that of level one spirit ores. the tenth water adamantine in luo li¡¯s hands was one of the most expensive types of level two spirit ores. its price was several times that of ordinary level two spirit ores. according to chen daoxuan¡¯s knowledge, in the guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s spirit ore market, the price of tenth water adamant was about 150 spirit stones per catty. moreover, there was often no market for such spirit ores. one had to place an order with the seller in advance or auction them off at the auction house. although the reserves of level two spiritual ores were still abundant in the infinite star sea and the celestial cloud continent, they were almost controlled by the sects and the great immortal clans. it was difficult for small families and itinerant cultivators to have channels to buy them. this situation was even worse in guang ¡®an prefecture. as far as chen daoxuan knew, only the zhou family, yang family, wu family, and a few other large families controlled a grade 2 spirit ore vein. this kind of resource was not even available to the average new foundation building clan. in guang ¡®an prefecture, it was not a big deal for a small family or a group of itinerant cultivators to have one or two foundation establishment cultivators. after all, many cultivators from small families and itinerant cultivators could rely on their battle achievements in the yun nation to obtain enough resources to break through to the foundation establishment realm if they were lucky. however, it was not so easy to become a foundation building clan with generations of foundation building cultivators. the family¡¯s cultivation technique inheritance, a spiritual vein above level two, all kinds of precious resources, a lucrative family business, a huge family population, and other conditions were all indispensable. of course. these families ¡®foundations had nothing to do with the chen family of shuanghu island. if there was one thing that the chen family could barely meet the standard, it would be the lucrative family business. although the magic tool factory built by chen daoxuan outside changping county didn¡¯t seem large enough at the moment, in terms of potential, it was worthy of the word ¡®lucrative.¡¯ chen daoxuan didn¡¯t say anything. luo li could not help but lean closer and asked, ¡°human cultivators, how much are these spirit ores worth?¡± perhaps it was because they were a little closer, but chen daoxuan could smell a faint fragrance coming from luo li¡¯s body. hearing luo li¡¯s question, chen daoxuan came back to his senses and cupped his hands. ¡°i¡¯m sorry, miss luo li. i didn¡¯t expect you to be able to take out such precious spirit ores. 1 lost my composure for a moment.¡± ¡± the spirit ore in your hand is a grade 2 spirit ore, tenth water pure gold. it costs about 100 spirit stones per catty.¡± the one in your hand ¡­¡± chen daoxuan took the tenth water adamantine ore from luo li¡¯s hands and weighed it up. he said,¡± this piece of tenth water adamantine is quite heavy. it weighs about ten pounds.¡± hearing this, luo li¡¯s eyes lit up.¡± you¡¯re saying that this spirit ore can buy two of these weapons?¡± she pointed at the scarlet shadow flying sword and said in surprise. ¡°that¡¯s right.¡± chen daoxuan nodded. hearing this answer, luo li was filled with joy. the spirit or in her hand was mined by the merfolk clan from a mineral vein on the demon ape mountain. however, before the merfolk could mine much, they were chased out of the mine by the water demon ape. although luo li kept saying that the flying swords refined by chen daoxuan were cheap, in reality, the mermen clan did not have many spiritual stones in stock. the reason why they were in such a tight spot was that the merfolk had hurriedly evacuated from the sea area near the spiritual shell island and did not have many spirit stones with them. after all, spirit stones were not of much use to the merfolk clan. even though the merman race also needed spiritual energy to cultivate, the spiritual energy in the spirit stones was not even a drop in the bucket compared to the huge amount of spiritual energy the merman race needed to cultivate. the merfolk clan naturally would not bring along much useless ¡®trash¡¯ during migration. the only spirit stones left in the merman race¡¯s hands were because the merman race¡¯s patriarch had the foresight and knew that spirit stones seemed to be very important to the human race, so he ordered his clansmen to bring a portion. the mermen caressed the weapons in their hands and could not help but be grateful for the tribe leader¡¯s foresight. chen daoxuan looked at luo li¡¯s blushing face and her excited expression. he muttered, ¡°miss luo, regarding the cooperation between our two races, i have a small suggestion.¡± luo li was in a good mood at the moment. she raised her small hand that was as smooth as jade and said, ¡°tell me.¡± ¡°i don¡¯t know much about the deep sea world, and the merfolk race doesn¡¯t seem to know much about our human world. why don¡¯t 1 give you a map of the more precious ores and spirit herbs in our human world? ¡°if you find anything in the deep sea world, you can trade with my race. of course, we can discuss the exact price when the time comes. in short, we won¡¯t let your merfolk clan suffer a loss.¡± luo li seemed to have a good impression of chen daoxuan. she smiled and said, ¡°where¡¯s the illustrated manual?¡± chen daoxuan took out a jade slip from his storage bag and handed it over. luo li took the jade slip and stuffed it under the two spiritual shells in front of her chest. chen daoxuan turned his head away slightly. luo li did not mind. she clapped her hands and said, ¡°alright!¡± ¡± mm,¡± chen daoxuan said with a smile,¡± in that case, you can count your weapons.¡± ¡± it¡¯s just 128 weapons. there¡¯s no need to count them.¡± luo li pursed her lips.¡± you¡¯re afraid that the merfolk will deceive you, so you want to count the spiritual stones, right?¡± luo li waved her little hand as she spoke. the mermen lifted the huge scallops and opened them, allowing chen daoxuan to count the spirit stones inside. chen daoxuan scanned the area with his divine sense and said, ¡°miss luo, you¡¯ve misunderstood. how can 1 doubt the integrity of the merfolk clan? ¡± with that, he rolled up his sleeves and used his zhenqi to put all the spirit stones into his storage bag until it was full.. Chapter 43 - Chapter 43: Family Birth Plan (1) chapter 43: family birth plan (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw seeing chen daoxuan¡¯s expression of full trust in the merfolk clan. luo li¡¯s pretty face blushed slightly, and she had a better impression of chen daoxuan. thinking that she had misunderstood chen daoxuan, luo li felt a little shy and said, ¡°¡±human cultivator, i¡¯ve known you for so long, but i still don¡¯t know your name?¡± these words stunned chen daoxuan. didn¡¯t he tell her his name? ¡°my surname is chen and my name is dao xuan. miss luo can just call me by my name.¡± chen daoxuan cupped his hands. ¡°good!¡± luo li took a deep look at chen daoxuan. she turned around and jumped into the sea. the rest of the mermen followed closely behind. ¡°chen daoxuan, 1 remember your name.¡± it was not until the merfolk clan had all disappeared that this soft voice sounded in chen daoxuan¡¯s ear. sweeping his divine senses around, he found that the merman race had really left. chen daoxuan immediately flew to redwood island and found a hidden cave. he immediately poured out all the spirit stones in his storage bag. tens of thousands of spirit stones piled up on the ground, forming a small mountain. the overflowing spiritual light illuminated the entire cave as if it was daytime. ¡°one, two, three, four¡­¡± chen daoxuan looked excited. like a rich landlord, he carefully counted the spirit stones one by one. if luo li saw this scene, she would probably be so angry that her nose would be crooked, and her good impression of chen daoxuan would be gone. ¡°¡­63,999,64,000!¡± ¡°hu! 64000 spirit stones, just right!¡± a satisfied smile appeared on chen daoxuan¡¯s face.¡± we¡¯ll make two transactions like this, and then go to guang ¡®an prefecture to buy a set of spirit accumulation array. then, the spirit vein of shuanghu island will be settled.¡± thinking of this, chen daoxuan became even happier.¡± indeed, smuggling with the alien races is the real windfall.¡± but soon after, chen daoxuan felt a sense of vigilance. he believed that the chen family was not the only one who was making such a huge profit in the infinite star sea. he had to be more careful. ¡°why are you thinking so much? at least now, the merfolk clan only deals with my chen clan. as long as they don¡¯t expose themselves, my chen clan will be fine. moreover, if we want the clan to develop and grow, how can we be afraid of wolves in front and tigers behind?¡± shaking his head and laughing at himself, chen daoxuan threw the matter to the back of his mind. he put away the mountain of spirit stones on the ground. chen daoxuan flew out of the cave, identified the direction, and flew back to shuanghu island. by the time chen daoxuan rushed back to shuanghu island, the sky was already bright. after thinking about it, he did not go to the cave abode to cultivate, nor did he go to the magic tool factory. instead, he gathered all the higher-ups of the clan and held another clan meeting. changping county. chen ancestral hall. in the huge meeting hall, the higher-ups of the chen clan stood with their heads lowered. on the left were the higher-ups of the magic tool factory led by chen liangyu, and on the right were the officials of changping county. chen daoxuan¡¯s gaze swept past chen liangyu and finally landed on the county magistrate of changping county, chen zhi. county magistrate chen, have you finished investigating the details of the tribe¡¯s population that i ordered you to investigate? ¡± ¡°young clan leader,¡± chen zhi cupped her hands.¡±this subordinate has already completed the investigation ten days ago. after the county government¡¯s review, it was found that our chen clan has 1039 children under the age of ten. the number of young adults between the ages of 15 to 40 is the highest, reaching 1665. the number of people above the age of 40 is the lowest, only 969. among them, there are 914 adult males and 751 adult females in the clan. the population of the county¡­¡± chen zhi skillfully reported the family¡¯s population data again. the results of this population review were the same as the data submitted by the county government ten days ago. it proved that chen zhi had not slacked off during this period of time and had investigated the details of the tribe¡¯s population. chen daoxuan was most interested in the adult population and children under the age of ten. in this world, men and women generally got married at a young age. women usually got married around the age of 13 or 14, while men got married a little later, but generally, they would not be older than 15. the chen family had not been able to develop and expand in shuanghu island for so many years. on the one hand, they did not have enough cultivation resources and could not produce enough cultivators to protect their clansmen. on the other hand, the family¡¯s industries were barren and could not support the huge family population. a small family like the chen family would never dare to imagine having a population of tens of millions like the zhou family of guang ¡®an prefecture. after all, the mortals of the clan had to consume all kinds of resources. clothes, food, housing, and transportation all required resources. although cultivators didn¡¯t care about these resources, they were important resources that affected the foundation of a cultivation family because they determined the size of a family¡¯s population. for example, the basic condition to maintain the population size-food! chen daoxuan did not know how many spirit veins the zhou family controlled, but everyone in guang ¡®an prefecture knew that the zhou family had hundreds of islands that were used to grow ordinary food. not to mention the cargo ships that came and went from guang ¡®an prefecture, constantly providing food for the zhou family. it was precisely because of this food that the zhou clan continued to grow, resulting in the population of the clan reaching tens of millions. chen daoxuan also wanted to imitate the zhou family¡¯s development model, but he needed to make certain changes on this basis. if the chen family wanted to grow and expand, it was impossible to rely on the thousands of people on shuanghu island. all the higher-ups in the clan knew this. however, the family was in a difficult situation. they could not even guarantee the spiritual energy for the cultivators to cultivate. blindly expanding the family population would only drag the family down completely. as a transmigrator, chen daoxuan knew that if the population could not be converted into productivity, it would eventually become a huge burden for the family, not a help. what was gratifying was that because of his existence, the chen family had set off a little bit of industrialisation in the suburbs outside changping county. there was no doubt about the demand for population in the process of industrialisation. take the flying sword factory in the industrial zone for example. however, the manpower required to operate this flying sword factory was far more than 15 people. for example, the person who purchased the raw materials for the spirit ores, the person in charge of managing the factory, and the person in charge of packaging the crimson shadow flying sword, which was also the workshop that produced the sword case. chen daoxuan sold flying swords to human cultivators, unlike the mermen, who didn¡¯t even have packaging. all of these required a large population. furthermore, as the flying sword factory expanded in the future, the population demand would also increase. therefore, not only did the chen family want to expand their population, but chen daoxuan was also not prepared to use the expanded population to grow food. however, food was also an important foundation for the family. the chen family could not always rely on external purchases to maintain the family¡¯s food consumption. chen daoxuan already had a solution for this situation. however¡­ for the time being, there were only two most important things for the chen family: first, cultivate a spirit meridian. second, expand the size of the family. chen daoxuan planned to do these two things together. the matter of the spirit vein had already been easily resolved. now, and even in the future, expanding the clan¡¯s population would be the basic policy of the chen clan. at least within three hundred years. the matter of expanding the chen clan¡¯s population would not stop. thinking of this¡­ chen daoxuan looked at chen zhi and said,¡± magistrate chen, 1¡¯11 be heading to guang ¡®an prefecture to purchase supplies for the family the day after tomorrow. in the two months that i¡¯m gone, i want your county government to set up a family planning department. it¡¯s specifically responsible for encouraging and guiding the family members to have children. i¡¯ll set a goal for you. within three years, 1 want the family population to increase tenfold!¡± hearing this. chen zhi¡¯s expression changed on the spot. he said with a troubled expression,¡± but young clan leader, there aren¡¯t many women who can give birth in the clan. if we expand it by ten times, this¡­¡± ¡°i know that there aren¡¯t enough women in the family now, but there will be enough soon.¡± chen daoxuan said lightly.. Chapter 44 - Chapter 44: Chen Xianhe’s Business Talent (1) chapter 44: chen xianhe¡¯s business talent (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw ¡°this subordinate will obey.¡± chen zhi accepted the order and left. he had already guessed what method the young clan leader was going to use to expand the female population in the clan. that¡¯s right, it was what almost all the cultivation forces in the infinite star sea were doing: buying female slaves from the yun nation. the war between the qian yuan sword sect and the yun nation lasted for 400 years. during these 400 years. whether it was the prisoners of war or the mortals, they were all sold to the infinite star sea in large numbers and became slaves of the major cultivation forces in the infinite star sea. the yun nation¡¯s cultivator captives were slightly better. if the enemy forces could afford to pay spirit stones, the qianyuan sword sect allowed them to redeem the prisoners of war by paying spirit stones. the yun nation treated the captives of the qian yuan sword sect the same way. the two sides had been at war for so many years that they had long formed a set of unspoken rules. everyone was fighting under these unspoken rules. otherwise, if the two sides really didn¡¯t follow the rules, it would be the high-level cultivators of the other side wantonly slaughtering the low-level cultivators of the other side. this kind of behavior could cause the most damage to the enemy forces and excavate the enemy¡¯s foundation. however, neither the qian yuan sword sect nor the sect behind the yun nation chose this method. in chen daoxuan¡¯s opinion. high-level cultivators were like nuclear weapons to any cultivation force. the war between the infinite star sea and the yun nation was to consume each other¡¯s resources bit by bit. relying on the seven immortal cities established by the qian yuan sword sect in the yun nation, no, now there were six immortal cities. every year, they crazily devoured the lives of cultivators from both sides. after so many years of war. the two sides could no longer stop just because they said so. at the beginning, the qianyuan sword sect attacked the yun nation out of interest and revenge. now, the conflict between the two sides was not only about interest, but also the blood feud that had been formed for 400 years. for example, the chen family of shuanghu island had sacrificed twelve cultivators of the immortal generation on the battlefield of the yun nation. how could they not hate the cultivators of the yun nation? he definitely hated her! the yun nation cultivators had the same attitude toward the infinite star sea cultivators. however, judging from the results of the war between the two sides over the years, the qianyuan sword sect had always had the upper hand and maintained its offensive against the yun nation. except for the battle 50 years ago, where they lost an immortal city, the qianyuan sword sect rarely lost in the war with the yun nation. after arranging the clan¡¯s affairs, chen daoxuan took the remaining 50 or so scarlet shadow flying swords and embarked on the voyage to guang ¡®an prefecture. a month later. on the deck of the blue dragon. ¡°phew!¡± chen daoxuan stretched his back and looked at the spectacular scene of the white sails covering the sun at the port of guang ¡®an prefecture. he let out a breath of turbid air. ¡± no matter how many times 1 see it, 1 still feel that this scene is extremely spectacular!¡± even from the perspective of chen daoxuan in his previous life. the cargo capacity of guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s port far exceeded any modern port in his previous life. according to what chen daoxuan knew. in guang ¡®an prefecture alone, there were more than ten million zhou clansmen. this was not a modern city like the one in his previous life, where high-rise buildings were everywhere. guang ¡®an prefecture did not have many reinforced concrete buildings that could increase the population density of the city. guang ¡®an prefecture was able to accommodate so many people because of its boundless city circle, which was far larger than the cities on earth in his previous life. this was the second time he came to guang ¡®an prefecture. chen daoxuan was familiar with the place. very quickly, they settled down the tribesmen they had brought with them in the prefecture inn where the mortals lived. after settling down the clansmen. chen daoxuan walked alone towards the wandering cultivators market in the inner city of guang ¡®an prefecture. line up and enter the inner city. after a series of procedures, it was almost evening. chen daoxuan didn¡¯t dare to delay. he called for a cloud treading beast carriage and headed towards the rainbow sonar flying sword shop in the wandering cultivator market. after the time for an incense stick to burn. chen daoxuan got out of the car. after getting out of the car, he seemed to be in disbelief. at this moment, the rainbow sonar flying sword shop was completely surrounded by the wandering cultivators and cultivators from small clans. ¡± shopkeeper, let¡¯s start quickly. if we don¡¯t open it soon, the sky will turn dark! h ¡°that¡¯s right, hurry up and draw!¡± ¡± shopkeeper chen, let¡¯s start. i¡¯ve been here for more than a month and i haven¡¯t drawn a single one. i don¡¯t believe that my luck will be so bad that i can¡¯t draw a single one!¡± ¡°fellow daoist, this is nothing. you¡¯ve been waiting here for three months!¡± chen daoxuan stood outside the crowd and listened to everyone¡¯s chatter. then, he looked at the rainbow sonar flying sword shop that was surrounded by the crowd and finally managed to find out more or less about the ins and outs of the matter. as it turned out, the rainbow sonar flying sword shop¡¯s several dozen low-grade and middle-grade first-tier flying swords had gone viral not long after the first day of sale. chen daoxuan was mentally prepared for the good sales of the flying swords in the rainbow sonar flying sword shop. after all, he had done a lot of market research before opening the shop. the quality of the magic tools in the other magic tool shops could not compete with the rainbow sonar flying sword shop at all. it would be strange if the chen family¡¯s flying swords could not be sold. however, chen daoxuan would never have thought that the rainbow sonar flying sword shop would be able to stir up such a huge commotion in the wandering cultivator market. after all, he had only left chen xianhe with less than 40 flying swords. according to the popularity that chen daoxuan saw, it should have been sold out long ago. how could there be such a scene now? the rainbow sonar flying sword shop was so popular because chen xianhe had used hunger marketing. on the first day after the rainbow sonar flying sword shop opened, chen xianhe realized that the chen family¡¯s flying swords would sell like hotcakes. however, he knew that the stock in the rainbow sonar flying sword shop simply couldn¡¯t satisfy the huge market of wandering cultivators. one had to know. there were hundreds of thousands of cultivators in guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s wandering cultivator market, not to mention the crowds that came and went every day. according to the zhou clan¡¯s statistics, the number of cultivators coming and going in guang ¡®an prefecture every day was more than 500,000. this showed how prosperous guang ¡®an prefecture was. in such a huge market, the little stock of the rainbow sonar flying sword shop couldn¡¯t even cause a ripple. chen xianhe couldn¡¯t possibly sell out all the flying swords on the first day and shut down for the next few months, right? hence, he decided to do it. the smart chen xianhe thought of a way to win the lottery! when the rainbow sonar flying sword shop had just opened, he had chosen a lucky customer every day to buy the rainbow sonar flying sword shop at the normal market price. chen daoxuan had left behind a total of 23 low-grade level one magic tools and 11 middle-grade level one magic tools. at this rate, the rainbow sonar flying sword shop would have to close down for a month at most. chen xianhe had no choice but to increase the interval between each draw. up until now, chen xianhe basically drew a prize once a week. finally, chen daoxuan came to restock. chen xianhe scanned the crowd. just as he was about to draw the prize, he caught sight of chen daoxuan in the crowd and his face immediately filled with excitement. chen daoxuan realized that even though it had only been a few months since he last saw thirteenth uncle, his complexion was actually better than when he was in the family. after all, without the troubles of the clan and with the business of the rainbow sonar flying sword shop booming, chen xianhe¡¯s complexion couldn¡¯t be any worse. ¡°shopkeeper chen, hurry up and draw the lottery! everyone is waiting.¡± ¡°yeah, hurry up and draw the lottery. i¡¯ve been waiting for a week.¡± ¡°hurry up and drive!¡± under the urging of the crowd, chen xianhe took out a special note from a black stone box. chen xianhe glanced at the note and said,¡± congratulations to customer a7 for winning a chance to buy a flying sword from our shop!¡± ¡°me, me, me, it¡¯s me! haha!¡± a short man with a fierce-looking face squeezed out of the crowd, waving a piece of paper identical to chen xianhe¡¯s.. Chapter 45 - Chapter 45: Night Talk (1) chapter 45: night talk (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw night fell. rainbow sound flying sword shop. at the tea table. chen xianhe brewed a cup of spiritual tea for chen daoxuan and looked him up and down. he smiled and said, ¡°¡±is everything alright in the clan?¡± ¡°all good!¡± chen daoxuan nodded as he took the amber teacup from chen xianhe. ¡± oh, right.¡± chen daoxuan smiled.¡± thirteenth uncle, how did you come up with this method to sell flying swords? ¡± hearing this. chen xianhe glared at him and said, ¡°¡±it¡¯s all your fault!¡± as he spoke, he couldn¡¯t help but laugh to himself.¡±kid, the flying sword you forged is of high quality. there¡¯s no other shop in the entire wandering cultivator market that can compare to it. however, there are too few of them. it¡¯s not enough for those freelance martial artists to share!¡± chen xianhe shook his head regretfully. ¡°by the way, how many flying swords did you bring this time?¡± chen xianhe seemed to have thought of something and looked at chen daoxuan expectantly. chen daoxuan smiled and took out 55 flying swords from his storage bag. ¡°all the flying swords produced by the clan during this period of time are here!¡± chen daoxuan pointed at a pile of sword cases neatly placed on the ground. seeing this. chen xianhe stepped forward and opened the sword cases one by one, carefully examining the flying swords inside. ¡°good! this flying sword had a three-foot-long sword glow, and spiritual light flowed on the body of the sword. it was of high quality! this one is not bad either¡­¡± chen daoxuan was also very happy to see thirteenth uncle excited like a child. he checked. chen xianhe raised his head.¡±but why are there only so few flying swords?¡± i remember that we bought a spirit ore worth more than 3000 spirit stones back then. in addition to the clan¡¯s ore reserves, it shouldn¡¯t be enough to refine this little bit of flying sword, right?¡± hearing this. chen daoxuan stood up calmly. he walked to the front door of the shop and checked the closed door. then, he set up a soundproof array before returning to his seat. with a serious expression, he said,¡±thirteenth uncle, it¡¯s a long story¡­¡± hence, he decided to do it. chen daoxuan recounted his encounter with the merfolk clan on his way back to shuanghu island and the cooperation he had with them. listening to chen daoxuan¡¯s narration. chen xianhe¡¯s jaw dropped. he didn¡¯t expect so many changes to happen in the family in just three months. not only did he form a partnership with the merfolk, but he also found an immortal seedling in the tribe. when chen xianhe heard that chen daoxuan had found an immortal seedling in the clan, he couldn¡¯t help but sigh, ¡°¡±with the probability of mortals giving birth to cultivators with spiritual roots, our chen family has dozens of hidden immortal seedlings. it¡¯s a pity that i haven¡¯t tested the aptitude of the clan¡¯s children all these years. i¡¯m completely afraid that if i were to test out an immortal seedling, i wouldn¡¯t be able to nurture it, which would only increase the pain.¡± after being the acting clan leader for so long, chen daoxuan was well aware of the concerns chen xianhe had. it was true that the chen family could select all the immortal seedlings in the family and guide them on the path of cultivation. but then? the chen clan only had one spiritual eye, which was enough for chen daoxuan to cultivate. chen xianhe had even given up his own path of cultivation for him. however, could the other cultivators of the chen family give up their cultivation for chen daoxuan? it was obviously impossible. after all, chen daoxuan had the same status as them. why should they make sacrifices? as a result, the cultivators of the chen family, who were short of spiritual energy resources, would inevitably fight among themselves and even split up! as for heading to the yun nation battlefield to fight for a way out, it was obvious that this path would not work either. the qian yuan sword sect wouldn¡¯t even accept a cultivator at the first qi layer. back then, chen xianhe had relied on the military merits of the chen family¡¯s cultivators to open a backdoor for him to go to the battlefield. otherwise, with chen xianhe¡¯s third-level qi refinement realm cultivation, he would not have been qualified to step into the yun nation¡¯s battlefield. this was also the reason why chen xianhe had painstakingly cultivated a spirit vein for his family. the pain of seeing the clan¡¯s sapling unable to cultivate due to a lack of spiritual energy was indescribable. actually, from the bottom of his heart. chen daoxuan didn¡¯t agree with chen xianhe¡¯s way of managing the family. he felt that chen xianhe was putting the cart before the horse. in chen daoxuan¡¯s eyes, the clan¡¯s cultivators or clansmen were the most important foundation of a clan. in fact, the chen family could choose all the immortal seedlings and guide them on the path of cultivation. even if these cultivators were only at the first qi layer, the chen family could let them open up a deserted island in the sea near shuanghu island. the chen family only needed to take out the spirit stones in the clan treasury and buy slaves to open up a deserted island to farm. no matter what, it was definitely better than holding the spirit stones in the clan treasury and waiting for death! as such, after a few generations of hard work, the chen family would definitely slowly get out of their predicament. unlike when chen xianhe was in his hands, the clan was in a state of despair. from this point of view, chen xianhe was not qualified to be the clan leader. actually, he was helpless. after all, chen xianhe wasn¡¯t the real clan leader of the chen clan back then. the reason he became the clan leader was that he had no choice but to accept the order after the clan¡¯s cultivators died in battle. the smile on chen xianhe¡¯s face slowly disappeared and turned bitter again. chen daoxuan handed over a storage bag without batting an eyelid. ¡°this is?¡± chen xianhe looked at chen daoxuan in confusion. ¡°thirteenth uncle, open it and take a look.¡± hearing this, chen xianhe extended his divine sense into the storage pouch. the next second, he suddenly jumped up from his seat and looked at chen daoxuan in shock. he lowered his voice and said,daoxuan, did you intercept and kill the cultivators heading to guang ¡®an prefecture? ¡± ¡°er,¡± chen daoxuan was stunned at first, but then he smiled bitterly and said,¡± thirteenth uncle, can we get so many spiritual stones to kill a rogue cultivator?¡± ¡°that¡¯s true!¡± chen xianhe nodded.¡± then where did you get these spiritual stones? ¡± although he didn¡¯t count them, according to chen xianhe¡¯s experience, there were at least 50,000 spiritual stones in the storage bag. what kind of concept was this? in other words, this small storage bag contained at least half a grade-1 spirit meridian. how could chen xianhe not be shocked? ¡°thirteenth uncle, these spirit stones are all earned from the transactions between me and the merman race.¡± ¡°you mean¡­you sold most of the flying swords you refined to the merfolk clan?¡± ¡°that¡¯s right.¡± chen daoxuan nodded. hearing this answer, chen xianhe¡¯s heart skipped a beat. he looked at the flying sword on the ground and suddenly felt that it was not fragrant. ¡°then why don¡¯t you sell all these flying swords to the merman race?¡± chen xianhe was heartbroken, as if he had lost hundreds of millions. ¡± 1 was just thinking about how tight the supply of flying swords is for you, thirteenth uncle. besides, although the profits of the merfolk market are high, the scale of the market cannot be compared to guang ¡®an prefecture. the human market is the biggest market for our chen family.¡± chen xianhe agreed. these days, he finally felt the ¡± enthusiasm ¡± of the secret practitioners of guang ¡®an prefecture. chen xianhe believed that if he raised the price of the flying swords in his shop to eighty or even a hundred spiritual stones, a large number of itinerant cultivators would be willing to buy them. however, he had always remembered what his nephew had said. he wanted to make the rainbow sonar flying sword famous, so he chose to sell it at the market price and did not take the opportunity to raise the price. this action also helped the rainbow sonar flying sword establish a very good brand image in the hearts of the majority of wandering cultivators, causing the rainbow sonar flying sword¡¯s reputation to continue to expand. until now. almost all the wandering cultivators in the wandering cultivator market had heard of this flying sword shop. the flying swords sold there were not only of high quality, but also cheap. the only downside was that the supply was insufficient and it was very difficult to purchase. however, this was completely understandable in the eyes of the rogue cultivators. this was because the rogue cultivators knew that it was not easy for a blacksmith to refine flying swords. they had to refine them one by one, so no one took the opportunity to cause trouble. after all, it was a good thing for all the wandering cultivators to have such an affordable magic tool shop in the wandering cultivator market.. Chapter 46 - Chapter 46: Spirit Gathering Array (1) chapter 46: spirit gathering array (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw ¡°thirteenth uncle,¡± chen daoxuan pondered for a moment and said,¡± other than buying enough spirit ores for the flying sword factory, i have another important thing to do.¡± ¡°you mean¡­¡± ¡°i mean, it¡¯s time to put the matter of cultivating the clan¡¯s spirit vein on the agenda.¡± chen daoxuan nodded. hearing this. chen xianhe was so excited that his face turned red. he was so excited that he couldn¡¯t speak for a long time. he picked up the teacup on the tea table and took a big sip to calm his excitement. after a long time. chen xianhe, who had calmed down, said in a trembling voice, ¡°¡±our chen family has finally waited for this day.¡± chen xianhe couldn¡¯t help but cry. ¡°thirteenth uncle¡­¡± chen xianhe raised his hand and waved it off.¡¯tm fine. i¡¯m just a little happy, a little happy, haha!¡± seeing chen xianhe¡¯s expression, chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but feel very sad. no one knew how chen xianhe had managed to hold up the chen clan all by himself ever since the chen clan¡¯s 12 celestials died in battle in the yun nation 50 years ago. to be fair. chen xianhe¡¯s talent was average, or even very poor. his methods and ability to manage the clan were not outstanding. however, such an ordinary cultivator of the chen family would rather guard the huge sum of more than 8,000 spirit stones and give his spiritual energy resources to the younger generation than abandon the family and his clansmen. just based on this point, chen xianhe was worthy of his ancestors and descendants, and was worthy of the respect of the descendants of the chen family. she wiped her tears. chen xianhe said in a hoarse voice, ¡°¡±nurturing the clan¡¯s spirit vein is no small matter. not only do we need more than 100,000 spirit stones, we also need the assistance of a tier 1 profound spirit array. i¡¯m not worried about the spirit stones now. it¡¯s just that this spirit accumulation array¡­¡± chen xianhe thought for a moment and said,¡± i heard that the zhou auction house in the core business district of guang ¡®an city holds a small auction at the beginning of every month. there are complete sets of first and second level spirit array formation methods and materials for the auction.¡± it had to be said. after spending three months in guang ¡®an city, chen xianhe had become more familiar with the city. chen daoxuan, for example, did not know where to buy the profound spirit array in guang ¡®an prefecture. hearing this news. chen daoxuan¡¯s face lit up.¡± then what are we waiting for? let¡¯s go to the auction house tomorrow to take a look.¡± chen xianhe laughed.¡±look at you, impatient person. the zhou auction house only holds an auction at the beginning of the month. counting the days now, there should be three more days. during this period of time, you can first prepare the spirit ore materials for the flying sword factory.¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan flattered, ¡°¡±thirteenth uncle is really thoughtful.¡± ¡°alright, you brat, don¡¯t deliberately find an opportunity to flatter me. tell me, what idea do you have in mind?¡± perhaps it was because he saw the hope of cultivating the spirit vein in his family, chen xianhe felt unprecedentedly relaxed. even his tone was a little jumpy. ¡°thirteenth uncle really has sharp eyes. he can¡¯t hide anything from you.¡± chen daoxuan chuckled and his expression became serious again.¡± thirteenth uncle, i want to order a few cargo ships from the yang family¡¯s shipping company.¡± ¡°order a cargo ship?¡± chen xianhe frowned.¡± why do you want to order a cargo ship? ¡± my family¡¯s blue dragon is more than enough to transport the family¡¯s supplies. besides, the flying sword factory doesn¡¯t need so many spirit ores for the time being, right?¡± ¡°ahem,¡± chen daoxuan pretended to cough and lowered his voice.¡± to be precise, it¡¯s not a cargo ship. it¡¯s a slave transporting ship!¡± hearing this. how could chen xianhe not know what chen daoxuan was planning? if he wanted to buy slave transporting boats from the yang family, then he would definitely have to buy mortal female slaves from the yun nation to help the chen clan reproduce. in fact, chen xianhe had occasionally bought slaves from the yun nation over the years, but not in large numbers. for example, the servants in chen liangyu¡¯s house came from this. however, from chen daoxuan¡¯s tone, it was obvious that he was not just buying dozens or hundreds of female slaves. he was going to do something big! otherwise, he wouldn¡¯t have gone to the yang family boat shop to buy a slave transporting boat. chen xianhe hesitated. seeing that the clan was about to save enough spirit stones to nurture the spirit vein, they were now buying female slaves and slave transporting boats in large quantities. in addition, they were also buying spirit ores and the funds to buy the grand spirit array from the auction house. although the tens of thousands of spirit stones in his storage bag were a lot, they couldn¡¯t withstand such a commotion. seeing chen xianhe¡¯s hesitation, chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but pull a long face and said, ¡°¡±thirteenth uncle, you can¡¯t go back on your word!¡± chen xianhe was stunned by chen daoxuan¡¯s question. he looked up and said, ¡°¡±how did 1 go back on my word?¡± ¡°have you forgotten? you promised me that as long as my chen family earns 3,000 spirit stones a year, you would let me nurture the descendants of the chen family. how can you go back on your word now?¡± hearing this, chen xianhe almost spat out a mouthful of blood. he had promised chen daoxuan that as long as the family¡¯s annual income reached 3,000 spirit stones, he would consider nurturing the descendants of the chen family. however, he did not expect chen daoxuan to adopt such a nurturing method. if he knew that chen daoxuan meant this, he would never agree to the other party even if he was beaten to death. seeing chen xianhe¡¯s dark face, chen daoxuan continued, ¡°¡±thirteenth uncle, think about it. what does 100,000 spirit stones mean to our chen family now? do you know how many flying swords our clan¡¯s flying sword factory can produce in a day? a total of five mouthfuls! and this is only the amount i can produce in a day. if my chen clan had ten armament masters, what would happen then?¡± chen xianhe sneered.¡± don¡¯t try to fool me. are refiners that easy to train? ¡± even if there are sufficient resources, it would be a blessing if one out of ten cultivators can cultivate a weapon craftsman.¡± ¡°that¡¯s right! it is precisely because the rate of nurturing blacksmiths is not high that we need to increase the number of cultivators in our clan. you have to rely on the ordinary clansmen of my chen clan! therefore, it is imperative to buy slave transporting boats and female slaves from the yun nation!¡± chen daoxuan didn¡¯t say this in a negotiating tone, but as the clan leader of the chen clan. chen xianhe opened his mouth but didn¡¯t say anything in the end. ¡°forget it,¡± chen xianhe sighed.¡± since i¡¯ve handed the family over to you, i¡¯ll let you make the decision!¡± ¡°thank you for your support, patriarch!¡± chen daoxuan stood up and bowed to chen xianhe. chen xianhe waved his hand.¡± although i don¡¯t agree with your way of doing things, i can see that the family is thriving under your hands.¡± daoxuan, you¡¯re stronger than me!¡± chen xianhe looked straight into chen daoxuan¡¯s eyes and said with relief. hearing this praise, chen daoxuan became a little embarrassed.. Chapter 47 - Chapter 47: Auction (1) chapter 47: auction (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw three days later. in the wu clan¡¯s precious tool pavilion in the core business district of guang ¡®an prefecture. ¡± our wu clan precious tool pavilion will ship your goods on time. please rest assured.¡± at the entrance of the wu clan precious tool pavilion, a wu clan foundation establishment cultivator cupped his hands at chen daoxuan and chen xianhe with a smile on his face. ¡°then i¡¯ll have to trouble senior. please wait.¡± chen daoxuan cupped his hands in return and said humbly. the wu family¡¯s foundation establishment cultivator nodded.¡± please take care.¡± amidst the pleasantries. chen daoxuan and chen xianhe walked out of the wu clan precious tool pavilion. not long after the two of them left. a young cultivator in the shop came forward and asked in a low voice,¡±uncle, why are you so polite to two aura refining cultivators? wouldn¡¯t this be a loss of the wu clan¡¯s dignity?¡± however, when the foundation establishment cultivator heard this, he glanced at the young wu clan cultivator and frowned.¡±guangxuan, remember, when doing business in guang ¡®an prefecture, the inside is more important than the face. the two cultivators just now indeed didn¡¯t have a high cultivation level, one was at the sixth qi layer, and the other was only at the fourth qi layer. but do you know how much profit their business can bring to our wu clan¡¯s precious tool pavilion?¡± the young cultivator named wu guangxuan shook his head in confusion. the wu family¡¯s foundation building cultivator extended four fingers and said, ¡°¡± a profit of over 4,000 spirit stones!¡± ¡°so many?¡± hearing this, wu guangxuan was stunned. he didn¡¯t expect that two aura refining cultivators could have such a rich family. the fact that wu clan¡¯s precious tool pavilion could earn a profit of 4,000 spirit stones proved that these two had at least negotiated a deal worth tens of thousands of spirit stones with wu clan¡¯s precious tool pavilion. how could a fledgling cultivator like him not be shocked? ¡°therefore, when doing business in guang ¡®an prefecture, you can¡¯t judge a book by its cover, and you can¡¯t judge the size of a business based solely on the customer¡¯s cultivation. there are millions of cultivators in guang ¡®an prefecture. among them, there are at least tens of thousands of foundation establishment cultivators. with so many foundation establishment cultivators, how many of them can have the wealth of these two people? besides, do you know the background of these two people?¡± ¡°uncle, what you mean is¡­¡± ¡± what 1 mean is, you should be more open-minded in the future,¡± the foundation building cultivator of the wu family said angrily.¡± don¡¯t bring the bad habit of looking down on others that you¡¯ve picked up in the family to wu clan¡¯s precious tool pavilion. otherwise, 1¡¯11 definitely give you a failure in your experiential learning assessment.¡± as expected, wu guangxuan¡¯s face turned pale when he heard this. although the wu family was a famous foundation establishment clan in guang ¡®an prefecture, it was precisely because it was a large clan that the number of cultivators in the clan was exceptionally large. for a aura refining cultivator like him who came out to train, if he was beaten and failed in the experiential learning assessment, the impact on his personal future would be devastating. this was something that all the great clans did in the same way. it was true that a cultivator¡¯s spiritual root aptitude was very important, but compared to spiritual root aptitude, temperament was more important to a family¡¯s disciple. a cultivator with a bad temperament, even if he was nurtured to the foundation establishment or even the purple prefecture realm, not only would he not be able to bring much help to this family, but he might even invite a destructive disaster. there were countless examples of family disciples causing trouble for their families due to their bad temperament. therefore, he had no choice. the longer a family had been passed down, the more they would pay attention to the cultivation of the character of the family¡¯s disciples. whether it was the yang family, the wu family, or even the zhou family, who had inflated their confidence, they had done a good job in cultivating the temperament of their descendants. he walked out of wu clan¡¯s precious tool pavilion. the two of them walked in the bustling central business district, chatting as they walked. ¡°how long do you plan to stay in guang ¡®an prefecture?¡± chen xianhe asked casually. after pondering for a moment, chen daoxuan smiled and said, ¡°¡±the slave transporting boats ordered from the yang family will only arrive in a few days. plus, we need to choose a wife for our clansmen. we will have to stay for at least ten days to half a month.¡± hearing this, chen xianhe said regretfully,¡±¡± sigh, once you leave, the clan¡¯s flying sword production will stop. just thinking about it makes my heart ache.¡± ¡± that¡¯s why it¡¯s so important to increase the population of the tribe.¡± chen xianhe had no choice but to admit that there were too few cultivators in the clan. as a result, chen daoxuan, who was an important production force, had to abandon the production work of the family¡¯s flying sword factory and come over to be responsible for transporting goods and purchasing materials. if there was another cultivator in the family, he would not be able to run errands. ¡± don¡¯t come to guang ¡®an prefecture next time,¡± chen xianhe said.¡± didn¡¯t you order a ship from the yang family?¡± next time, 1¡¯11 go back to shuanghu island to collect goods and transport spirit ores. in the future, leave all the errands to me, and you will focus on the production of the family¡¯s flying sword factory!¡± ¡°this¡­¡± chen daoxuan hesitated for a moment and nodded.¡± that¡¯s good too.¡± as they spoke. the two quickly arrived at the zhou auction house. the zhou auction house was located in the most prosperous area of the guang ¡®an city¡¯s core business district. it was not enough to describe this place as an inch of land was worth an inch of gold. this was because all the land and shops in this area belonged solely to the zhou family. the zhou auction house was the most eye-catching one in this area. chen daoxuan looked up and saw a group of antique multi-story buildings standing in front of him. these pavilions occupied an extremely large area. chen daoxuan estimated that it was at least ten thousand square meters. at a glance, the entire street was occupied by this auction house. even in the entire central business district, the zhou auction house was considered a landmark. ¡°the zhou auction house has a total of twelve small auction houses. the largest auction hall in the middle is usually not open to the public. it is only open to the public when there is a major auction.¡± chen xianhe explained,¡± we¡¯re going to the sixth auction house today.¡± chen daoxuan looked around and finally found a plaque with the number six written on the left side of it. ¡°this is the place.¡± chen xianhe said with a smile when they arrived at their destination. ¡°fellow daoists, please wait!¡± just as the two of them were about to enter, they were blocked by the zhou clan cultivators guarding the door. ¡°what do you mean, fellow daoist?¡± chen daoxuan frowned. however, the zhou clan cultivator was not surprised and said, ¡°¡±is this the first time the two of you have come to our zhou auction house?¡± ¡°what does this have to do with you blocking our way?¡± chen daoxuan asked. ¡°fellow daoist, you¡¯ve misunderstood. in order to prevent malicious bidding from causing the last treasure to be auctioned off, our auction house has set a set of rules to verify one¡¯s identity.¡± ¡°identity verification?¡± the two of them looked at each other. chen daoxuan asked curiously,¡± may 1 know how to verify your identity? ¡± ¡± simple. we just need to check if the amount of spirit stones in your storage pouches has reached five thousand spirit stones. then, we can verify your identities.¡± hearing this, chen xianhe nodded in understanding, while chen daoxuan was dumbfounded. they had already transmigrated to the cultivation world, yet they still wanted to verify the capital? not enough funds to enter? immediately, a rough-looking man walked past the two of them, but the zhou clan cultivator did not stop him at all. ¡°why didn¡¯t you stop him?¡± chen daoxuan asked. ¡°fellow daoist must be joking. that person is a foundation establishment senior. how could he possibly do something malicious?¡± chen daoxuan felt a little uncomfortable seeing the zhou clan cultivator¡¯s attitude, but he didn¡¯t say anything. he threw a storage bag over and said, ¡°¡±this is our identification.¡± the zhou clan cultivator took the bag of holding and began to examine it. immediately, his expression changed. he respectfully handed the storage bag back and stepped aside..¡±fellow daoists, please!¡± Chapter 48 - Chapter 48: Dragon Python Heaven chapter 48: dragon python heaven-devouring technique translator: daoist6fubtiw zhou auction house. in a private room in the sixth auction hall. watching the servant girl who served the two spiritual tea and spiritual fruits leave, chen daoxuan looked at the wide auction hall and sighed,¡± the zhou clan is truly imposing. such a huge auction hall, and it¡¯s only a branch hall of the zhou clan auction house.¡± ¡°yeah,¡± chen xianhe nodded.¡± every room here is covered with black rocks that block the detection of divine senses to protect the privacy of the customers to the greatest extent.¡± hearing this. chen daoxuan used his divine sense to scan the room. just as chen xianhe said, his divine sense was blocked by an invisible force when it reached someone else¡¯s room. after observing for a while, chen daoxuan and chen xianhe quietly waited for the auction to begin. after the time for an incense stick to burn. when the customers who came to participate in the auction arrived one after another, the auction officially began. an old man with white hair and a youthful face stood on the auction stage in the middle of the hall. the old man was a foundation building cultivator from the zhou clan. he seemed to be very familiar with hosting such auctions. with a few simple opening remarks, the auction officially began. the first item up for auction was a bottle of second-grade spirit pills, the essence recovery pill. after consumption, it could help foundation establishment cultivators recover 30% of their true essence, but they could only consume one pill per month. otherwise, if they were to consume it continuously in a short period of time, the pill poison would cause irreparable injuries to the cultivator¡¯s body. ¡°i¡¯m sure everyone is very clear about the characteristics of the returning essence pill, so i won¡¯t say anything more.¡± the starting price is 2000 spirit stones, and each increment must not be lower than 100 spirit stones.¡± as soon as he finished speaking. the sound of bidding could be heard in the private room. ¡°2100 spirit stones!¡± ¡± 2300 spirit stones!¡± the price of a bottle of revival pills rose higher and higher, and in the end, it was sold for 2500 spirit stones. silently listening to the final transaction price of the pill, chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but sigh,¡±¡±the market price of a vitality restoration pill is only 200 spirit stones per pill. after his auction, the price has increased by 25%. the zhou family really knows how to do business.¡± chen xianhe shook his head.¡± compared to the magical equipment market, elixirs are in even greater demand. it¡¯s common to buy them at a premium. a 25% premium is not too much of a loss.¡± next, one treasure after another was sold by the auction house. during this period, there were no vicious auctions. actually, thinking about it carefully, it was very normal. the zhou auction house held an auction every other month, and the treasures being auctioned had already been publicized during this month. the people who came to the auction had a clear goal and had a psychological price for their target. unless someone had taken a fancy to the same treasure. otherwise, there would be very few auctions. basically, it would be obtained at a price that was less than 20% to 30% higher than the starting price. after ail, no one¡¯s spirit stones came from nowhere. brainless bidding would only appear in novels. ¡°everyone knows that spirit veins are hard to come by, and cultivators need spirit energy to cultivate. the next item to be auctioned was a tier 1 spirit resting array that could assist in nurturing spirit veins, as well as the materials for setting up the array. the starting price is 1,000 spirit stones, and each increment must not be lower than 100 spirit stones.¡± when the target appeared, chen daoxuan and the other man in the box immediately became excited. ¡°1,100 spirit stones!¡± chen daoxuan bid. ¡± 1,200 spirit stones.¡± in another private room, the sound of bidding could be heard. ¡± two hundred spirit stones each time ¡­¡± 1,500 spirit stones!¡± chen daoxuan immediately raised the price to 1,500 spiritual stones, which was 50% higher than the auction price. this bid immediately caused the private rooms to discuss animatedly. 11 1,500 spirit stones just to buy a spirit accumulation array.¡± the foundation building cultivator in the private room next to chen daoxuan shook his head.¡± there¡¯s really no place to burn too much money!¡± as expected. chen daoxuan¡¯s swift and fierce bid directly scared off the opponent who dared to bid with him. the tier 1 spirit accumulation array officially fell into his hands. after buying the profound spirit array, chen daoxuan and chen xianhe immediately relaxed. to them, their goal had been achieved. all that was left was to watch the show. very quickly. the auction was already halfway through. at this moment, the old man coughed and introduced awkwardly, ¡°¡±the treasure being auctioned next is a cultivation technique that was extremely popular in ancient times ¡­¡± the old man paused. ancient cultivation technique? chen daoxuan¡¯s curiosity was piqued. ¡± the name of this technique is ¡®dragon python sky-devouring technique¡¯. it¡¯s a top-notch technique for body refinement in ancient times. when this technique is cultivated to a certain level, it¡¯s enough for a cultivator to use their body to resist a magic tool. its power is endless!¡± after awkwardly boasting about this cultivation technique, the old man knocked on the auction hammer and said,¡± the bidding price of the dragon python heaven swallowing technique is 1,000 spirit stones. each bid must not be lower than 100 spirit stones.¡± however, this time. a rare silence fell over the auction venue. no one made a bid. instead, they all looked at the foundation establishment cultivator of the zhou family with interest. the old man waited for a long time and saw that no one was bidding. he could only say awkwardly,¡±since none of you are interested in this cultivation technique, then¡­¡± ¡°1,000 spirit stones!¡± ¡± alright, a fellow daoist has bid 1,000 spirit stones. anyone else?¡± the old man looked around and saw that no one answered. he said decisively,¡± congratulations to the guest in room 7 for obtaining the ancient body-tempering technique, the dragon python sky-devouring technique.¡± ¡°pa!¡± the hammer fell, and the deal was finalized. in private room number seven. chen xianhe looked at chen daoxuan speechlessly and said, ¡°¡±why did you buy this?¡± ¡°what¡¯s wrong? is a body tempering technique very difficult to cultivate?¡± chen daoxuan was puzzled. it¡¯s not difficult to cultivate.¡± chen xianhe pondered for a moment.¡± do you know why this kind of body-tempering technique that was once popular has gradually been abandoned by us cultivators? ¡± ¡°why?¡± chen daoxuan was also very curious. logically speaking, such a top-notch body-tempering cultivation technique should not be left on the bench. however, the reality was that everyone showed no interest in this body-tempering cultivation technique. this was obviously illogical. ¡± it¡¯s because cultivating a body-tempering technique consumes too many resources!¡± chen xianhe shook his head.¡± someone once calculated in detail that cultivators who cultivate body-tempering techniques at the same time consume more than ten times the resources of ordinary cultivators of the same level. with so many resources, it¡¯s enough for you to buy ten top-notch defensive magic tools. why waste time and effort to cultivate some body-tempering cultivation technique?¡± ¡°i see.¡± chen daoxuan didn¡¯t care much about it because he knew that the chen family would lack everything in the future. the only thing they didn¡¯t lack was cultivation resources. no one knew better than him that once industrial production was achieved, resources would flood into their chen family like a tide. at that time, what the chen family lacked was not resources, but how to transform resources into strength. chen daoxuan felt that it was not a loss for him to buy a top-notch body-tempering technique that could increase the strength of his clansmen in the future with a thousand spirit stones. he purchased two items. chen daoxuan already felt that this trip had been completed. he did not plan to bid again and only waited for the auction to end. an hour later. the auction was coming to an end. as the finale treasure, the zhou clan also took out a treasure unique to them¨Cthe water spirit pearl. moreover, it was not an ordinary tier 1 water spirit pearl, but a tier 2 water spirit pearl. ¡°the last item is a treasure that our zhou clan produces, the second grade water spirit pearl. 1 don¡¯t think 1 need to elaborate on the effects of the second-grade water spirit pearl here. i can only say one thing. it can be used together with medicinal pills to assist cultivators in their cultivation!¡± as expected, the old man¡¯s words ignited the atmosphere. even chen daoxuan¡¯s eyes turned red when he saw the tier 2 water spirit bead. how strong the effect of this thing was, chen daoxuan could not be clearer. the water spirit pearl played an important role in his quick advancement from the third qi layer to the fourth qi layer. moreover, the ten water spirit pearls that the zhou clan had auctioned were tier 2 water spirit pearls. their effects were even stronger than tier 1 two-water spirit pearls. ¡± a total of ten grade two water spirit beads. the bidding price is ten thousand spirit stones. each bid must not be lower than one thousand spirit stones. please make your bids!¡± elder zhou smiled. the reason why the zhou auction house was so popular was because they often auctioned off water spirit pearls. everyone knew. in the infinite star sea, only the zhou family of guang ¡®an prefecture had water spirit pearls for sale. the other clans also wanted to learn from the zhou clan to capture mermen, but they did not have the unique capturing methods of the zhou clan.. Chapter 49 - Chapter 49: Cangzhou Ye Family (1) chapter 49: cangzhou ye family (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw just as everyone was rubbing their fists. a sinister voice rang out in the first private room of the auction hall. ¡°i¡¯m a disciple of the azure continent¡¯s ye family. please give me face. my ye family thanks you all.¡± as soon as he finished speaking. the auction hall instantly became so quiet that even a pin drop could be heard. in private room number seven. chen daoxuan only felt a strange atmosphere brewing in the auction hall, completely different from the harmonious and fiery atmosphere just now. on the auction stage. when the old man from the zhou family heard this, his expression immediately darkened. however, he seemed to be afraid and did not dare to say anything. seeing that no one was speaking, the voice in private room number one sounded again,¡±in that case, this ye thanks everyone for your kindness.¡± the ye family cultivator cupped his hands arrogantly and said proudly,¡± 10,000 spirit stones!¡± the old man from the zhou family on the auction stage had an ugly expression, but due to the rules, he still said in a deep voice,¡± the guest in the first private room has bid ten thousand spirit stones. is there anyone who can bid higher?¡± he asked several times, but no one answered. the ye clan cultivator in the first private room grew impatient when he saw the zhou clan elder¡¯s incessant questions. he urged, ¡°¡±fellow daoist zhou, please hurry up. can¡¯t you see that everyone has given up on bidding?¡± the old man from the zhou clan ignored him and continued to ask. at this moment, the ye family¡¯s foundation establishment cultivator¡¯s expression completely turned ugly. he wanted to flare up, but he seemed to take into account that this was the zhou family¡¯s territory, so he could only suppress his displeasure. in private room number seven. suddenly, chen daoxuan heard someone panting beside him. he turned around and saw thirteenth uncle chen xianhe¡¯s face was ferocious. he looked like he was about to devour someone. ¡°thirteenth uncle, what¡¯s wrong?¡± chen daoxuan asked with concern. ¡°ye clan! ye clan!¡± chen xianhe moaned in pain like a mad man. chen daoxuan had never seen thirteenth uncle, who was always amiable in front of him, reveal such a strong killing intent. he seemed to have understood something. he turned to look in the direction of private room number one and said in a deep voice,¡±my chen family has a grudge with the azure continent¡¯s ye family?¡± ¡°there¡¯s enmity! a blood feud!¡± chen xianhe¡¯s eyes were red as he gritted his teeth. hearing this, chen daoxuan made a decision in his heart. just as he was about to bid. a rough voice sounded from the sixth private room beside him.¡±wait, who said no one is bidding? i bid 11,001 spirit stones!¡± hearing these arrogant words, the stagnant atmosphere in the auction hall was completely broken. ¡± 12,001 spiritual stones!¡± ¡°fellow daoists, think carefully. do you really want to become enemies with my ye family?¡± seeing this situation, the ye family cultivator in room one panicked and threatened in front of everyone. at this moment. the boorish voice in room six sounded again.¡± hey, old man zhou, there¡¯s someone threatening us all the time. will the zhou family do anything about it?¡± hearing this. ¡°please follow the rules of this auction house, guest in room one. otherwise, 1¡¯11 have to ask you to leave.¡± the old man from the zhou family held back his laughter. in private room number one. ye xiuchen¡¯s face flushed red, and his true essence surged as if he was going to attack in the next second. as the largest cultivation family in cangzhou, the ye family had never been humiliated like this. but thinking about how this was guang ¡®an prefecture and the ye family¡¯s awkward situation over the years, ye xiuchen had no choice but to endure it. ¡°13,000 spirit stones!¡± he followed the rules of the auction and made a price that made his heart ache. ¡± 14,001 spiritual stones!¡± ¡°you¡­¡± hearing the disgusting bidding sounds in room six, ye xiuchen couldn¡¯t hold it in any longer. he suddenly stood up, and the might of a foundation building cultivator completely erupted. chen daoxuan, who was sitting in box seven, felt a huge sense of panic from the bottom of his heart. ¡°how is this possible?¡± chen daoxuan was in disbelief. he knew that his strength was far from being a match for a foundation building cultivator, but he did not expect that he could not even withstand the aura of a foundation building cultivator. this was too exaggerated! chen daoxuan admitted that although his cultivation was only at the fourth qi layer, his strength was definitely not weak among qi layer cultivators. he could even be considered at the top. the flying snow sword, the wind chasing sword technique, and the overflow rain sword technique. in terms of explosive power, chen daoxuan was definitely at the top among the meditational cultivators. his only shortcoming was that he could not last long enough. even so, he could not even withstand the aura of a foundation establishment cultivator, let alone a head-on clash between the two. chen daoxuan estimated that if the two really fought, the foundation building cultivator would very likely kill him in one strike. when he thought about how he had wanted to interfere in the fight between the foundation building cultivators, he couldn¡¯t help but feel a lingering fear. no matter how safe guang ¡®an prefecture was, if this ye clan cultivator flew into a rage out of humiliation and killed him on the spot, would the zhou clan kill this ye clan foundation establishment cultivator for a mere chen clan cultivator? perhaps not. after all, the ye family was the largest cultivation family in the azure continent. the family¡¯s ancestor was a genuine golden core cultivator. how could the zhou family dare to provoke such a great enemy for him? in the end, the zhou clan suppressed this matter and pretended that nothing had happened. as for the life and death of a chen clan cultivator, who would care? thinking of this, chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but feel a chill down his spine. although he didn¡¯t know what kind of enmity the chen family had with the ye family, he thought it should be related to the twelve immortal cultivators who died in battle fifty years ago. as his thoughts spun. the scene immediately changed. ¡°what¡¯s wrong? was this the character of ye clan cultivators? are you trying to force me to buy it if you can¡¯t afford it?¡± in room six, the rough voice sounded again. accompanied by this voice was an aura even more terrifying than ye xiuchen¡¯s. ¡°little brat of the ye family, others are afraid of your ye family, but 1, lei zhen, am not!¡± ¡°seventh layer foundation establishment cultivator!¡± ¡°he¡¯s actually a late-stage foundation establishment cultivator!¡± the auction hall was instantly in chaos as the two of them drew their swords. ye xiuchen sensed the opponent¡¯s late stage foundation establishment cultivation and panic flashed in his eyes. however, he remembered that this was the infinite star sea, the guang ¡®an prefecture of the zhou family, not the chaotic battlefield of the yun nation. ye xiuchen¡¯s heart relaxed slightly. he said with a stern expression, ¡°¡±humph! no wonder the cultivators of the yun nation refer to the cultivators of the infinite star sea as the overseas barbarian cultivators. how vulgar!¡± he did not know that his words had completely angered the foundation establishment cultivators present. chen daoxuan discovered that there were even one or two aura refining cultivators who joined the bidding. the matter had already turned into a complete farce. ye xiuchen knew that he wouldn¡¯t be able to buy the zhou family¡¯s water spirit pearl today. ¡°humph! my ye family has experienced the guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s hospitality today. i, ye xiuchen, will remember this humiliation in my heart!¡± after saying that, he waved his hand and left angrily. seeing the ye family cultivators leave, everyone cheered like victorious soldiers. ¡°get lost! what bullsh * t ye family cultivator!¡± ¡°trash who fled in fear of battle, how dare you behave atrociously in my guang ¡®an prefecture!¡± hearing the accusations of the foundation building cultivators in the auction hall, ye xiuchen¡¯s face was ashen and he didn¡¯t say a word.. Chapter 50 - Chapter 50: Southern Mountain’s City (1) chapter 50: southern mountain¡¯s city (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw as the auction ended, chen daoxuan and the others left the auction house together. along the way, chen xianhe was in low spirits and didn¡¯t say a word. chen daoxuan, who didn¡¯t know what was going on, couldn¡¯t comfort him and could only quietly accompany him. when the cloud treading beast carriage arrived in front of the rainbow sonar flying sword shop. ¡°thirteenth uncle, we¡¯re here,¡± chen daoxuan reminded him softly. ¡°oh, have we arrived?¡± chen xianhe looked much older after a trip to the auction house, and there was a hint of lethargy in his eyes. after three days, chen xianhe finally recovered from his depression. daoxuan, i¡¯ve made you worry these few days.¡± chen xianhe forced a smile at chen daoxuan. seeing that chen xianhe had taken the initiative to talk to him for the first time in three days, chen daoxuan quickly put down the things in his hands and heaved a sigh of relief.¡¯thirteenth uncle, as long as you¡¯re fine!¡± chen xianhe nodded. just as he was helping chen daoxuan tidy up the things in the shop, chen daoxuan said calmly, ¡°¡±thirteenth uncle, how could my chen family become enemies with the ye family of cangzhou city?¡± logically speaking, the ye family was the number one family in the azure continent, and their ancestor, ye wudao, was a famous golden core cultivator. such a powerful cultivation clan that even the zhou clan didn¡¯t dare to provoke, how could it have become enemies with the tiny chen clan of shuanghu island? hearing this, chen xianhe became agitated again. he took a deep breath to calm himself down and said in a low voice,you should have heard of the battle of zhennan pass between the infinite star sea and the yun nation fifty years ago, right?¡± as a cangzhou cultivator, how could chen daoxuan not have heard of the famous battle of zhennan pass? however, from what chen xianhe said, there seemed to be something else going on. as one of the seven immortal cities established by the qianyuan sword sect in the yun nation, the southern mountain city had always played a role in guarding the southern front of the yun nation. however, just 50 years ago, this famous immortal city was actually lost due to a war. it had to be said that this was a huge blow to the cultivators of the qian yuan sword sect and the infinite star sea who had been advancing triumphantly for the past 400 years. because of this, the cangzhou cultivators, who were the main force guarding the city, were often criticized by the cultivators of other states when they traveled in the infinite star sea. when chen daoxuan recounted what he knew about the battle at the southern mountain¡¯s city, chen xianhe sneered. ¡°nonsense!¡± chen xianhe sneered,¡± what you know is all publicized by the qianyuan sword sect. the real battle of zhennan pass is not like what you said, because ¡­¡± chen xianhe paused.¡± because fifty years ago, 1 was a soldier guarding the southern mountain¡¯s city!¡± at this point, the pain in chen xianhe¡¯s eyes disappeared. ¡°back then, the profound sun sect and the qinghui daoist sect formed the profound pure dao alliance and sent an army of cultivators to attack the southern mountain¡¯s city. the other party had mobilized nearly a million cultivators of all levels. under the leadership of five golden cores, they launched an attack on the southern city! at that time, there was only one golden core cultivator on our side guarding south town immortal city, and that was the ye family patriarch, ye wudao!¡± chen xianhe became agitated again at the mention of ye wudao¡¯s name. after a long while, he continued,¡± even if the enemy has five golden cores and an army of one million cultivators, our south town immortal city has an army of more than one million cultivators. in addition to the city-protecting array, even if we can¡¯t defeat the enemy, it won¡¯t be a problem for us to hold on until reinforcements arrive!¡± at this point, chen xianhe¡¯s voice became painful again.¡± but that cowardly ye wudao actually abandoned the city and fled in fear of the power of the five golden cores!!!¡± ¡°you know what? he actually used his trump card to escape under everyone¡¯s watchful eyes and abandoned zhennan immortal city!¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan clenched his fists involuntarily. ¡°it¡¯s a pity that the million cultivators of the southern mountain¡¯s city were unable to withstand the fierce attacks of the five golden cores. in the end, the southern mountain¡¯s city was breached, and more than a million cultivators of our cang prefecture were killed and captured! out of the thirteen cultivators of the chen family, only i survived. as for the others, they couldn¡¯t even find their bones. they could only place a cenotaph in the chen family¡¯s ancestral hall!¡± as he spoke, tears rolled down chen xianhe¡¯s face. this was the first time he had heard of such a secret. chen daoxuan said indignantly,¡±¡± won¡¯t the qian yuan sword sect do anything about this? ¡± ¡°guan?¡± chen xianhe shook his head.¡± do you know why there is only one golden core cultivator guarding such a huge pass in the southern town immortal city? ¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan seemed to have thought of something. the southern mountain pass had always been the pass where the qianyuan sword sect and the yun nation fought the least. in other words, not only was there not much risk in guarding this immortal city, but he would also gain a lot of battle merits. it was impossible for ye wudao to get such a lucrative job if he didn¡¯t have anyone above him. in order to take all the battle achievements for himself, ye wudao even chose to guard the southern mountain¡¯s city alone. but who would have thought that the xuan qing dao alliance would choose to launch a surprise attack on the southern mountain¡¯s city? as expected. ¡°ye wudao¡¯s biological father is the third elder of the qianyuan sword sect, the famous nascent soul perfected lord!¡± chen xianhe explained in a deep voice. hearing this, chen daoxuan finally understood the cause and effect of the fall of the southern mountain¡¯s city. chen daoxuan opened his mouth and sighed,¡±¡± even so, if the qianyuan sword sect doesn¡¯t kill ye wudao, aren¡¯t they afraid that the cultivators on the battlefield of the yun nation will lose their morale? ¡± ¡°military morale?¡± chen xianhe shook his head.¡± how can you ask such a naive question? do you think the qianyuan sword sect commands the cultivators of the infinite star sea because of their morale? ¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but understand. indeed, the qianyuan sword sect controlled the cultivators of the infinite star sea not because of the morale of the army, but because of naked interests. if itinerant cultivators wanted to obtain cultivation resources and advance to the foundation establishment realm or even higher, going to the yun nation battlefield was the best way. in the face of benefits, what was a fleeing golden core cultivator worth mentioning? as for fairness, morality, and the injustice of those cangzhou cultivators who died in battle, who would care? things that could not be done on earth in his previous life, let alone in this cruel cultivation world. thinking of this, chen daoxuan fell silent. he looked at chen xianhe¡¯s weathered face and swore to himself that if he succeeded in his cultivation in the future, he would seek justice for the 12 immortal cultivators of the chen clan, as well as for thirteenth uncle, who had been tormented by hatred all these years! ¡± after this incident, the qianyuan sword sect announced that they had lost the war in the southern mountain¡¯s city. however, the cultivators of cangzhou knew very well that it was not a war defeat at all. it was ye wudao who fled from the battle!¡± chen xianhe shook his head.¡± forget it. you¡¯ve heard about it today, so just treat it as a dream. don¡¯t take it to heart. we can¡¯t afford to offend the ye family!¡± chen xianhe couldn¡¯t help but laugh at himself.¡±¡± perhaps the ye family doesn¡¯t even know that they have an enemy like us on a small island in guang ¡®an prefecture.¡± hearing these words, chen daoxuan could not help but feel somewhat depressed in his heart. the most painful thing in life was to treat others as your mortal enemy, but in the eyes of your enemy, you were nothing.. Chapter 51 - Chapter 51: Map Fragment (1) chapter 51: map fragment (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw guang ¡®an prefecture port. yang¡¯s boat sailed. an old man in his sixties, with white hair but full of energy, was introducing the ten slave transporting boats he had ordered to chen daoxuan with gesticulating hands. ¡°fellow daoist chen, please take a look. this is the most popular slave transporting ship in our yang clan¡¯s shipping company. this ship is 150 zhang long and 200 zhang wide, and can transport up to 1,000 slaves. look at the material of our slave transporting boat. the main material of the boat is made of heavy ironwood, which can resist the corrosion of seawater. the dragon bones are engraved with wind gathering formations and water avoiding formations, which can allow you to gallop freely in the sea. as everyone knows, the biggest problem with slave transporting boats is the death of slaves in the sea. our slave transporting boats have also made very good improvements in this area. fellow daoist chen, please follow me¡­¡± the old man of the yang family¡¯s boat company led chen daoxuan into the cabin with vigorous steps and carefully inspected the various conveniences of the slave ship. after listening to the old man¡¯s introduction, chen daoxuan was very satisfied in his heart, but his expression was very indifferent. ¡± everyone in guang ¡®an prefecture knows about the quality of the yang consortium¡¯s ships. otherwise, i wouldn¡¯t have found you in the first place.¡± ¡± that¡¯s our ship¡­¡± before the old man could finish, chen daoxuan smiled and said,¡±¡± but your prices are also much higher than the zhou, zhao, and wu families.¡± hearing this, the yang elder¡¯s expression stiffened, and he immediately smiled. ¡°¡±you get what you pay for.¡± ¡°if i say that our chen family will buy a large number of ships in the next few years, i wonder if i can get your lowest price?¡± ¡°oh?¡± elder yang¡¯s heart skipped a beat.¡± what does fellow daoist chen mean by buying a large number of ships? ¡± ¡°at least a hundred ships!¡± chen daoxuan raised a finger and said. hearing this, the yang elder cupped his hands and said with a fake smile,¡±fellow daoist chen, how can 1 trust you?¡± ¡°have you heard of the rainbow sonar flying sword shop?¡± hearing this, the yang family elder finally showed a trace of surprise on his face. he cupped his hands and said,¡± so the rainbow sonar flying sword shop that has been causing a ruckus in the wandering cultivator market is your chen family¡¯s property. i¡¯m sorry for my disrespect!¡± the yang elder¡¯s expression finally became serious. as everyone knew, although the chen family of shuanghu island, which was behind the rainbow sonar flying sword shop, was a small family, it was remembered by many foundation establishment families because their family had a weapon craftsman. it was only because the chen family of shuanghu island had never been famous, and the rainbow sonar flying sword shop had a lack of supplies that the outside world guessed that the grade of the chen family¡¯s artifact masters should not be high. otherwise, there would have been foundation establishment clans who would have gone to befriend him long ago. in guang ¡®an prefecture, foundation establishment clans were not rare. some foundation establishment clans even led very poor lives. the foundation establishment cultivators in the clans lived as freely as the scattered foundation establishment cultivators. this kind of foundation establishment family was completely lucky. they relied on the family¡¯s disciples to make enough contributions on the battlefield in the yun nation to break through to the foundation establishment realm by luck. in terms of foundation, such a foundation building clan was not much stronger than those small clans. to them, being able to befriend a senior armament master was something they could not wish for more. at the very least, in the future, when the clan disciples needed magic tools, they would no longer have to buy second-hand goods that were discarded by the disciples of the large clans. even though the yang clan was a large clan of cultivators in guang ¡®an prefecture, they had always had the problem of insufficient supply of magic tools. the reason for this was because the yang clan had put all their energy into the construction of various ships and neglected the cultivation of the clan¡¯s artifact masters and alchemists. as a result, the supply of artifacts and pills in the clan had always been restricted by the zhou clan. facing this situation, the yang consortium had always wanted to turn things around. however, the requirements for the resources and foundations of the clan to nurture blacksmiths and alchemists were too high. not everyone was as abnormal as chen daoxuan, who could become a genius by self-study with a second-tier artifact refining inheritance jade slip. chen daoxuan¡¯s behavior, in his previous life, was equivalent to an illiterate person holding a few books and self-studying to become a doctor in a few years. this was also the reason why the yang clan had been traveling all over the world, constantly roping in various foundation establishment clans and emerging factions, hoping to jointly build an immortal city to resist the zhou clan. making friends with a family that had an armament master or an alchemist was considered a political task within the yang consortium. therefore, the old man put on a serious expression when he heard chen daoxuan introduce himself. after pondering for a moment, the old man raised his head and said,¡± in that case, i¡¯ll give you 1,000 spirit stones for this slave transporting boat. ten slave transporting boats will be a total of 10,000 spirit stones. it¡¯ll be considered a good karma between the yang family and the chen family of twin lake island. h as he spoke, the yang elder revealed a kind smile. ¡°in that case, thank you, senior.¡± ¡°fellow daoist is too polite.¡± the yang elder cupped his hands, and the two of them were in harmony. they negotiated the issue of the yang clan¡¯s slave transporting ships. by the time chen daoxuan returned to the wandering cultivator market, it was already close to evening. the itinerant cultivators surrounding the rainbow sonar flying sword shop also gradually dispersed. clearly, today¡¯s lucky draw event had ended. back at the shop. chen xianhe was packing up the lottery box and other miscellaneous items. when he saw chen daoxuan, he looked up and said, ¡°¡±is it done?¡± ¡± yes, it¡¯s done. we¡¯ll go to guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s slave market tomorrow to select female slaves from the yun nation. we¡¯ll return to shuanghu island in three days at most.¡± hearing this, chen xianhe did not show any reluctance. instead, he heaved a sigh of relief.¡±lt¡¯s good to go back. the earlier we go back, the earlier we can refine magic tools.¡± seeing chen xianhe acting like a capitalist, chen daoxuan¡¯s mouth twitched. he silently went forward to help him pack up the junk and stopped talking. just as chen daoxuan finished packing up and was about to close the door. a figure barged into the shop. chen xianhe walked forward calmly and cupped his hands.¡±esteemed guest, this shop is already closed today. if you want to buy a flying sword, please come early tomorrow.¡± chen daoxuan sized up the man who had barged into the shop. this man was about forty years old. he had a rough face and was wearing a linen shirt. he seemed to have something wrapped in his arms and looked cautious. as soon as chen xianhe finished speaking, the man said in a low and muffled voice,¡±i¡¯m not here to buy magic tools, but to sell treasures.¡± chen xianhe¡¯s face darkened. he had been in guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s freelance cultivator market for a long time, and it was no exaggeration to say that he would encounter swindlers who came to his shop to cheat him every two or three days. however, as he opened the shop for longer and longer, these scammers seemed to know that this shop was not easy to cheat, and gradually stopped coming here. he did not expect to meet such a swindler again today. ¡°do you want to leave by yourself or do you want me to call the zhou family¡¯s law enforcement team?¡± chen xianhe immediately scolded. when he heard the word ¡± zhou family law enforcement team,¡± the middle-aged man¡¯s eyes flashed with panic. ¡°forget it, forget it. if you don¡¯t want it, then forget it. the treasure map that has been circulated in my god-ceasing immortal abode can¡¯t be sold.¡± the middle-aged man muttered softly and turned to leave. ¡°wait!¡± hearing the words ¡± god extinction immortal mansion ¡°, chen daoxuan¡¯s heart skipped a beat and he called out to the other party.. Chapter 52 - Chapter 52: God Extinction Immortal Abode (1) chapter 52: god extinction immortal abode (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw the middle-aged man was about to step out of the door when he heard the word ¡°slow¡±. a hint of joy flashed in his eyes, but after turning his head, his face was filled with indignation. he said,¡± fellow daoist, aren¡¯t you looking for the zhou clan¡¯s law enforcement team? ¡± ¡°greetings, fellow daoist. may 1 know how 1 should address you?¡± chen daoxuan completely ignored the other party¡¯s unhappiness and said with a smile. ¡°my surname is sun.¡± ¡°fellow daoist sun, what do you mean by the treasure map of the god extinction immortal mansion?¡± hearing this, the man surnamed sun subconsciously tightened his grip on the treasure in his arms, but he immediately thought of something and gritted his teeth to take it out. ¡°this is the treasure.¡± the man surnamed sun took out a map fragment from his bosom. ¡°can i take a look?¡± chen daoxuan extended his hand. chen daoxuan seemed to have noticed the middle-aged man¡¯s misgivings. he smiled and said,¡± this is guang ¡®an prefecture. are you afraid that i¡¯ll rob you? hearing this, the middle-aged man finally let down his guard and handed over the map fragment. as expected. just as the middle-aged man said, what was drawn on the map was a nautical route map. however, there was only half of the nautical route map. the other half seemed to have been torn off, leaving only a remnant map. seeing this, chen daoxuan shook his head. ¡°¡±putting aside the authenticity of the treasure map of the god extinction immortal abode, just the fact that it¡¯s only an incomplete map is enough to prove that this map is trash.¡± after saying that, chen daoxuan directly threw the map fragment to the other party. ¡°how can you call it trash?¡± the middle-aged man panicked. 1 bought it with great difficulty from the wandering cultivator market. if 1 hadn¡¯t prepared to buy a magic tool to go to the yun nation¡¯s battlefield and didn¡¯t have enough spirit stones on me, i wouldn¡¯t have sold it!¡± the middle-aged man said anxiously. ¡°i¡¯m confident that the other half of this map is very likely to be in a stall in the wandering cultivator market.¡± ¡°oh? what makes you so sure?¡± chen daoxuan was interested. ¡°fellow daoist, please take a look at the tear on this map. is it very new?¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan looked in the direction of the other party¡¯s finger. indeed. the tear on the map fragment was obviously created recently. in other words, there should be another map fragment not far from when the middle-aged man bought this map fragment. the wandering cultivator market was filled with all kinds of miscellaneous items, so it was very likely that the other map fragment was hidden in a stall in the wandering cultivator market. thinking of this, chen daoxuan said calmly, ¡°¡±how much do you plan to sell it for?¡± ¡°a thousand!¡± the middle-aged man raised a finger. ¡°take care.¡± chen daoxuan cupped his hands and said no more. seeing him like this, the middle-aged man became anxious and said,¡±then how much do you plan to pay?¡± ¡°ten spirit stones.¡± puff! the middle-aged man immediately spat out a mouthful of blood. however, when he thought of his purpose for coming here, he hesitated for a moment and said,¡±add a little more and i¡¯ll sell it.¡± ¡°it¡¯s only ten spirit stones. it¡¯s up to you whether you want to sell it or not.¡± chen daoxuan¡¯s attitude was firm. the middle-aged man¡¯s chest kept heaving up and down. it was obvious that chen daoxuan had angered him quite a bit. however, he did not leave in a huff. instead, he threw the map fragment directly to chen daoxuan and said,¡±good! ten spirit stones it is!¡± it was too hasty! looking at the other party¡¯s appearance, how could chen daoxuan not know that he had most likely been fooled? chen xianhe didn¡¯t say a word. he watched quietly as chen daoxuan bargained with the middle-aged man. only when the middle-aged man left with the spirit stones did he laugh out loud. ¡°hahaha.¡± chen daoxuan was a little embarrassed. he cupped his hands and said,¡±thirteenth uncle, please don¡¯t make fun of me.¡± chen xianhe smiled and said,¡± you haven¡¯t been in the wandering cultivators market for long. you¡¯ll run into these scammers more often when you stay longer. you¡¯ve learned your lesson today.¡±¡± chen xianhe shook his head. after saying that, he looked at the map fragment in chen daoxuan¡¯s hand and smiled.¡±¡± you¡¯re quite good at acting. the treasure map of the god extinction immortal mansion, ha!¡± just as he took the treasure map from chen daoxuan¡¯s hand, a golden light fell into his eyes. ¡°hmm?¡± chen xianhe¡¯s expression turned serious. ¡°what¡¯s wrong, thirteenth uncle?¡± chen xianhe raised his hand and carefully examined the map fragment. he used his spiritual sense to scan it, but he found nothing. did i see wrongly? chen xianhe couldn¡¯t help but doubt himself. however, he immediately shook his head. he was definitely not mistaken just now. there was indeed a golden light. as if he had thought of something, chen xianhe turned to chen daoxuan and said, ¡°¡±close the door.¡± seeing thirteenth uncle¡¯s expression, chen daoxuan knew that he must have discovered something, so he closed the door of the shop and set up a soundproof array. daoxuan, light it with a torch. remember, don¡¯t make the fire too big.¡± even though he didn¡¯t know what chen xianhe was going to do, chen daoxuan, who had mastered the fire control technique, was able to do it easily. very quickly. under the slow burning of chen daoxuan¡¯s small fire, the gray map fragment gradually changed its appearance. the old marks on the surface of the map fragment were burned away bit by bit by chen daoxuan¡¯s precise fire control technique, leaving only a piece of gold leaf less than half a millimeter thick. he put away the fire control technique. the uncle and nephew looked at each other. chen xianhe grabbed the gold leaf in his hand and muttered, ¡°¡±is the treasure map real?¡± chen daoxuan also looked at the gold foil in chen xianhe¡¯s hand. suddenly, he felt like a pie had fallen from the sky. looking carefully, chen daoxuan discovered something amiss. ¡°thirteenth uncle, look, this gold leaf doesn¡¯t seem to be complete.¡± hearing this, chen xianhe looked at the gold leaf carefully. just as chen daoxuan said, this gold leaf was obviously missing a piece. seeing this, chen xianhe heaved a sigh of relief. if this was really a complete map of the ruins of the shenjue immortal mansion, then its value would be too terrifying. as everyone knew, daoist shenjue was a fierce man who had wreaked havoc in the infinite star sea for nearly a hundred years by himself. how much wealth would the cave abode he left behind contain? chen daoxuan didn¡¯t think much of it. he had a detailed understanding of daoist shenjue. in his opinion, this was a person who had a lot of luck. after obtaining a great opportunity, he lost his mind and actually dared to rise up against the rule of the qian yuan sword sect¡­ idiot! chen daoxuan didn¡¯t know how strong the qian yuan sword sect was, but he knew that there were hundreds of j indan stage families and nearly ten yuanying stage families in the entire infinite star sea. however, such a huge cultivation family had to submit to the rule of the qian yuan sword sect. one could imagine how terrifying the strength of the qianyuan sword sect was. daoist master shenjue was only in the later stage of the jindan stage at most, but he wanted to overthrow the rule of the qianyuan sword sect like a madman. if he wasn¡¯t retarded, what was he? chen daoxuan didn¡¯t believe that such an arrogant person could leave much wealth in his cave abode. chen xianhe sighed and handed over the gold foil. ¡°¡±keep it. if you have the chance to find the other half of the gold leaf in the future, it can be considered as adding a little to the family¡¯s foundation.¡± chen xianhe also realized that the famous daoist master shenjue would not have left many treasures in his cave abode. because daoist shenjue was an itinerant cultivator, and itinerant cultivators would usually put all their belongings in a storage bag that they carried with them. they would never put it in a cave abode. after thinking this through, chen xianhe showed no interest in this so-called god extinction immortal abode.. Chapter 53 - Chapter 53: Bait (1) chapter 53: bait (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s wandering cultivator market. wu inn. the middle-aged man surnamed sun left the rainbow sonar flying sword shop and made several turns along the way. after making sure that no one was following him, he stopped in front of the wu clan inn. he walked to a guest room and knocked on the door. ¡°you¡¯re back?¡± as the door opened, a tall, thin, pale-faced middle-aged cultivator with a cultivation of the ninth qi layer sat cross-legged on a warm jade futon in the guest room. the pale-faced middle-aged man raised his head and looked at the rough-looking middle-aged man named sun. ¡°you¡¯re back,¡± the middle-aged man with the surname sun cupped his hands and replied,¡± big brother, i¡¯ve done what you asked me to do. the bait has been delivered. we¡¯re just waiting for the fish to take the bait.¡± as he spoke, the man surnamed sun recounted what had just happened. after narrating, he could not help but complain,¡± this chen brat is really stingy. it took me a lot of effort to make that treasure map, but he only gave me ten spirit stones.¡± with that, the middle-aged man took out the spirit stones. the pale-faced middle-aged cultivator glanced at him and smiled.¡±it¡¯s fine. the bait has been cast. we¡¯re just waiting for the fish to take the bait.¡± hearing this, the middle-aged man surnamed sun looked like he wanted to say something but hesitated. seeing his brother¡¯s puzzled expression, the pale-faced middle-aged man glanced at him and said, ¡°¡±you and 1 are brothers from the same mother. if you have something to say, say it clearly.¡± hearing this, the middle-aged man named sun cupped his hands and said,¡±big brother, i don¡¯t understand. since we¡¯re going to rob this chen brat, why don¡¯t we just rob him halfway or sell the complete treasure map to him?¡± ¡°you are too reckless. otherwise, why would we hide in guang ¡®an prefecture from cangzhou city?¡± the middle-aged man shook his head.¡± the spirit void battleship of the zhou family of guang ¡®an prefecture has been patrolling the safe sea routes to ensure the safety of the merchant ships passing by. although we can intercept them halfway, we will encounter uncontrollable risks. we are seeking wealth, not risking our lives.¡± after a pause, he continued to explain,¡± as for what you said about directly selling the complete treasure map to the other party.¡± the middle-aged man laughed.¡± you know what? almost everyone in the world thinks that they are smart people. do you know what the biggest weakness of smart people is?¡± the man surnamed sun shook his head blankly.¡±! don¡¯t know.¡± ¡± the biggest weakness of smart people is that they only believe what they see and think. smart people are naturally wary of things like free lunch. what i¡¯m going to do next is to eliminate their vigilance.¡± the pale-faced middle-aged man spoke with assurance. ¡°big brother, i don¡¯t know about this. anyway, i¡¯ll do whatever you say, hehe!¡± the middle-aged man surnamed sun said with a simple and honest look. seeing this, the pale-faced cultivator smiled and shook his head. guang ¡®an prefecture, slave market. chen daoxuan and his clansmen were strolling in this huge slave market. beside him was a slave trader at the seventh qi layer. ¡°shopkeeper, will the female slaves of the yun nation hate their masters after buying them back?¡± this was what chen daoxuan was most worried about. he needed the women of the yun nation to reproduce for his chen clan, not to bring back a group of enemies. otherwise, under the influence of this group of people who hated the chen family¡¯s mother, the descendants of the chen family would also hate the family in their hearts when they grew up. this would not be developing the family, but burying the root of disaster for the family. hearing this, the slave trading company¡¯s manager shook his head and smiled. ¡°¡±fellow daoist chen, don¡¯t worry about this matter. if our trading company can¡¯t even solve such a small matter, then what¡¯s the point of operating this business? the shops have long been torn down by the major immortal clans in the infinite star sea!¡± he paused.¡± for every female slave on sale in the trading firm, we will ask the cultivators to cast spells on the female slaves to ensure that they forget their hatred for the infinite star sea. of course, if you buy the female slaves and abuse them, then our trading company cannot guarantee that they will not hate you.¡± hearing this explanation, chen daoxuan was slightly relieved. sure enough, it was just as he had guessed. the major immortal clans in the infinite star sea would not have thought of the problems that he could think of. since they dared to buy female slaves from the yun nation to reproduce, it proved that there would be no lingering problems if they bought female slaves from the yun nation. ¡°your slaves are good, but the price is too high.¡± chen daoxuan smiled bitterly. ¡°fellow daoist chen, you must be joking.¡± the slave trading company¡¯s manager smiled and said,¡± the latest batch of slaves from the yun nation¡¯s battlefield hasn¡¯t been delivered yet, so the price of slaves has increased slightly. moreover, the female slaves you want are of the highest grade here. they are all young female slaves who are not even twenty years old and are very beautiful. one spirit stone for one is really not expensive.¡± as he spoke, the shopkeeper continued to promote,¡± we also have cheap female slaves here, but they are all old and weak, and their fertility is not good. you can only buy these female slaves as servants at home, and the price is a hundred times lower.¡± seeing that the shopkeeper still wanted to promote young and strong male slaves who could help the family farm, chen daoxuan shook his head.¡± our chen family only wants female slaves!¡± ¡°alright!¡± the shopkeeper looked regretful at first, but then he quickly nodded.¡± we¡¯ll help you transport the 10,000 female slaves from the yun nation to your slave transporting boat within three days. our trading company guarantees that every female slave you buy is clean and healthy. please rest assured of our trading company¡¯s reputation, fellow daoist chen.¡± chen daoxuan could rest assured about this. if he had bought the kind of female slaves that offered a buy one get one free deal, his slave trading company would have been torn down long ago. he wouldn¡¯t have had to operate in guang ¡®an prefecture for so long. after negotiating the purchase of the female slaves from the yun nation and paying the deposit to the slave trading company, the next step was to wait for the slave trading company to transport the female slaves to the slave transporting boats. naturally, the chen clan was keeping an eye on these matters. thirteenth uncle chen xianhe was also in charge of the flying sword shop. these few days, he, the chen clan¡¯s young clan leader, had a rare moment of complete leisure. when people were free, they wanted to find something to do. perhaps it was because of the water spirit pearl and the wind thunder array disk he had bought at the wandering cultivator market, or perhaps it was because of what the man surnamed sun had said yesterday when he sold the treasure map of the god jue immortal abode. looking at the bustling wandering cultivator market, chen daoxuan felt some anticipation in his heart. walking in the bustling wandering cultivator market. chen daoxuan strolled around one stall after another. it had to be said that he was completely lucky when he bought the water spirit pearl and the wind lightning array disk last time. in reality. most of the things sold in front of the wandering cultivator stalls in the wandering cultivator market were rubbish. they were either incomplete magic tools or damaged talismans. chen daoxuan even saw people selling useless pills that had been refined. they were not afraid of eating people to death. after seeing the treasures in the zhou auction house in the central business district, the trash here was really hard to catch chen daoxuan¡¯s eye. ¡°hmm?¡± he stopped in front of a stall set up by a ninth qi layer cultivator. looking at the dazzling array of sundries on the other party¡¯s stall, chen daoxuan squatted down and said, ¡°¡±fellow daoist, how much is this thing of yours?¡± Chapter 54 - Chapter 54: Returning with a Full Harvest (1) chapter 54: returning with a full harvest (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw the stall owner in front of chen daoxuan was a pale-faced cultivator at the ninth qi layer. he had a delicate appearance and didn¡¯t look like a cultivator, but more like a scholar. when the pale faced cultivator heard chen daoxuan¡¯s question, he looked at the talisman that chen daoxuan was pointing at and raised his head.¡±dao friend, you have a good eye. this talisman is called the ice talisman. it¡¯s a first-tier high-grade talisman. it can be released at a critical moment and turn into an ice wall that is about three meters thick to block the enemy¡¯s attack.¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan was a little tempted. he pointed at the talisman and said,¡±can 1 take a look?¡± ¡°of course you can.¡± the pale-faced cultivator made an inviting gesture. chen daoxuan picked up the talisman and carefully observed it. in the cultivation world, talismans could be divided into two types according to the materials they were made of: paper talismans and jade talismans. the so-called paper talismans were made by cultivators using specially made spirit plant stems to grind into paper, and then they would carve spells onto the talisman paper. the advantage of paper talismans was that the materials used to make them were cheap. cultivators didn¡¯t need to be rich to try making them. however, the disadvantage was that due to the defects of the paper talisman material, the grade of the spiritual talisman drawn was generally not high. moreover, because the amount of zhenqi instilled into the paper talisman was not much, it could not be stored for a long time. usually, other than low-level itinerant cultivators, very few cultivators would use it in battle. as for the second type of talisman, the jade talisman, it was much more precious. because the spiritual jade used to make jade talismans was of different grades, there were grade 1 spiritual jade and grade 5 spiritual jade, so the talismans made could generally cover all grades. in the cultivation world, the reason why itinerant cultivators generally did not dare to provoke disciples of sects or large families was because they did not know if the other party had a spiritual talisman that far exceeded their strength. if a aura refining cultivator held a second-grade talisman in his hand and activated it in a life and death crisis, it could even unleash an attack of a foundation building cultivator. how could an ordinary aura refining cultivator survive such an attack? as for why aura refining cultivators didn¡¯t bring higher grade level three spirit talismans, firstly, it was because the price of level three spirit talismans was extremely high. unless the aura refining cultivator had an amazing background, it was impossible for them to afford it. there was another reason, and that was that the power of the third-tier spirit talisman was enormous, and the spiritual awareness of aura refining cultivators was too weak. although the spiritual talisman did not require the cultivator to use their own strength to activate, it still needed to be controlled by their spiritual sense. and with the strength of a aura refining cultivator¡¯s divine sense, the largest area covered by the divine sense was probably not as large as the attack range of a third-grade spirit talisman. this was not an attack on the enemy, but suicide. at this moment, the talisman in chen daoxuan¡¯s hand was a talisman made of first-grade spiritual jade, which was also a jade talisman. after a careful inspection, chen daoxuan found that this talisman was well-preserved and was a rare fine product. thinking of this, he raised his head and asked,¡±fellow daoist, may i know the price of this talisman?¡± ¡°one hundred spirit stones!¡± the pale-faced cultivator smiled and extended a finger. hearing this, chen daoxuan shook his head.¡± a hundred spirit stones is more or less enough to buy a medium-grade first-tier flying sword. it¡¯s too expensive.¡± ¡°fellow daoist, you can¡¯t say that. although you can buy a mid-grade first-tier flying sword with a hundred spirit stones, where can you buy a high-quality flying sword in this wandering cultivator market?¡± the pale-faced cultivator continued,¡± moreover, at the critical moment, this talisman of mine can at least block three attacks from a late-stage qi condensation cultivator using a high-grade level one magic tool. you should know that defensive magic tools are far more expensive than offensive magic tools. the same goes for spirit talismans.¡± seeing that chen daoxuan was still hesitating, the pale faced cultivator put on a regretful expression.¡± forget it, take a look at these treasures of mine. i¡¯ll pick three of them for you as a bonus. how about that?¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan looked at the ¡°treasure¡± pointed at by the white-faced cultivator and shook his head.¡±you¡­¡± before chen daoxuan could say anything, the pale-faced cultivator slapped his storage pouch and poured out a pile of messy things. suddenly, a familiar map fragment entered chen daoxuan¡¯s eyes, causing his heart to jump. ¡± 1 have everything i have on me. although they aren¡¯t worth much, the three of them together should be worth more than twenty spirit stones. if it¡¯s still not enough, then forget it.¡± as the pale cultivator spoke, he waved his hand with a regretful expression and prepared to collect the junk on the ground. chen daoxuan looked conflicted. after hesitating for a long time, he finally said, ¡°alright, 100 spirit stones it is.¡± after saying that, chen daoxuan took out a hundred spirit stones from his storage bag and then put the ice talisman into his storage bag like a treasure. after doing all this, he looked at the pile of junk on the ground with great disgust. he picked three pieces and said,¡±alright, these three it is!¡± ¡°the money and goods are settled. fellow daoist, take care.¡± the pale-faced cultivator looked at chen daoxuan putting the three miscellaneous items into his bag. it seemed that he had made a deal and was very happy. three days later. ten slave-transporting boats loaded with supplies and female slaves from the yun nation slowly sailed from the port of guang ¡®an prefecture to the sea. the fleet of ten slave-transporting boats seemed enormous, but they were like tiny ants in the crowded guang ¡®an prefecture port. standing on the deck of the slave transporting ship named gray cloud, chen daoxuan looked back at guang ¡®an prefecture and silently bid farewell to thirteenth uncle. guang ¡®an prefecture dock. thirteenth uncle looked at the slave-transporting boats that were gradually becoming blurry in the distance. he sighed and silently turned around to return to the wandering cultivators market. as the fleet entered the vast infinite star sea and looked at the boundless sea, chen daoxuan¡¯s mind suddenly became wider. because he knew that there was a family waiting for him to build up ahead. there was a group of people waiting for him to lead them! thinking of this, chen daoxuan¡¯s sadness of parting was thrown to the side, and his entire body was filled with energy! returning to shuanghu island, producing flying swords, nurturing spirit veins, expanding the family population, and nurturing the family cultivators¡­ countless things were waiting for him, how could chen daoxuan be dispirited? half a month later. on a deserted island in the southwest sea of the infinite star sea. in a man-made cave abode, two aura refining cultivators were quietly waiting for the fish to take the bait. there were a total of three killing formations set up in this cave abode, which were enough to destroy any aura refining cultivator who stepped foot here. ¡°big brother, why isn¡¯t the chen family kid here yet? it¡¯s been half a month!¡± the boorish middle-aged man surnamed sun seemed to be very impatient as he said in frustration. the pale-faced cultivator was quite calm. he said indifferently,¡±wait a little longer!¡± seven days later. two cultivators flew out of the cave abode on the deserted island with their faces covered in dust. ¡°big brother, do you think the chen family kid has discovered our plan?¡± hearing this, the white-faced cultivator carefully recalled chen daoxuan¡¯s expression when he picked up the map fragment that day and shook his head.¡±no, he couldn¡¯t have found out.¡± ¡°then why?¡± the boorish man didn¡¯t know how to describe it. the temptation of the god extinction immortal abode was so great, why wouldn¡¯t the other party be moved? the pale-faced cultivator shook his head when he heard his younger brother¡¯s question. he was also extremely puzzled. in the end, he smiled casually.¡± interesting, truly interesting. this chen clan brat is actually not greedy!¡± ¡°what?¡± the boorish man did not quite understand. ¡°i mean, he actually isn¡¯t greedy when facing such a great temptation like the god extinction immortal abode. it can be seen how mature and steady he is. he doesn¡¯t seem like a youth at all.¡± ¡°he ¡­ is he as powerful as you say?¡± the boorish man thought about how chen daoxuan looked when he was tricked by him that day and said in disbelief. the pale-faced cultivator shook his head and stopped explaining.¡±forget it. you and i don¡¯t have to provoke such an enemy.¡± he thought for a moment.¡± i plan to take you to the yun nation battlefield after you break through to the seventh qi layer. with our many years of savings and the battle achievements in the yun nation, it¡¯s enough for us to break through to the foundation establishment realm. when the two of us break through to the foundation establishment stage, you and 1 will go to that place to explore.¡± hearing that place, the boorish man¡¯s face flushed red with excitement. he cupped his hands and said with red eyes,¡±big brother, it¡¯s all my fault for being lacking in talent. i¡¯ve implicated you all these years.¡± ¡°you and i are brothers. why are you saying these things?¡± the pale-faced cultivator patted the rough man¡¯s shoulder. on the other side. if chen daoxuan knew that someone¡¯s evaluation of him was that he was cautious and steady, which did not match his age, he did not know what he would think. the reason why he didn¡¯t explore the god extinction immortal mansion was because he didn¡¯t have the time. compared to the development of the family and the huge dividends brought by the industrial process, a mere god-ceasing immortal mansion was nothing.. Chapter 55 - Chapter 55: Family Wealth Stats chapter 55: family wealth stats translator: daoist6fubtiw close to shuanghu island¡¯s port. inside the cabin of the gray cloud. chen daoxuan sat cross-legged. at this moment, the cabin he was in was like heaven and earth compared to the cargo ship blue dragon that was left in guang ¡®an prefecture. although the blue cloud was a slave transporting ship, it could also be used to transport supplies. it was just that it was not as convenient as the blue dragon. however, in terms of cabin comfort, gray cloud was miles ahead of blue dragon. if one had to make an analogy, it would be the difference between a luxury cruise ship and a large cargo ship. inside the cabin. in front of chen daoxuan, a snow-white flying sword was spinning and dancing. in the entire cabin, the sword light was scattering like a drizzle. if a cultivator accidentally stepped into it, even a ninth qi layer cultivator would probably be torn to pieces by this drizzling sword qi. after a while. chen daoxuan opened his eyes. ¡°after two months, i¡¯ve finally cultivated the overflow rain sword technique to the perfection realm.¡± chen daoxuan let out a sigh of relief, then frowned.¡± this overflow rain sword technique is completely different from the wind chasing sword technique. if the wind chasing sword technique could only increase the speed and power of the flying sword, then the overflow rain sword technique could greatly increase the strangeness of the flying sword¡¯s attacks. as for the amplification of the flying sword¡¯s power, it wasn¡¯t as sharp as the wind chasing sword technique. however¡­¡± chen daoxuan lowered his head and looked at the flying snow sword in his hand.¡± my flying snow sword is a water-attribute flying sword. it¡¯s more compatible with this overflow rain sword technique. overall, it¡¯s more powerful.¡± chen daoxuan felt a little happy when he thought about how his strength had improved. apart from pursuing longevity, another major goal of cultivators was to pursue their own powerful strength. it was said that¡­ there were some extreme cultivators in the celestial cloud continent. in order to obtain great strength, they would not hesitate to cultivate some evil techniques that consumed their lifespan and blood essence. ¡°according to the records of these two jade slips, the wind chasing sword technique and the overflow rain sword technique should be two parts of the same sword technique. the complete sword technique should be called the wind chasing sword technique. 1 just don¡¯t know what it means.¡± thinking of this, chen daoxuan, who had no clue, shook his head. ¡°forget it, i don¡¯t want to think too much.¡± in just four months, he had cultivated the wind chasing sword technique and overflow rain sword technique to perfection. chen daoxuan wasn¡¯t sure if there would be anyone else, but he was sure that this was an unprecedented feat. at least in the history of the qian yuan sword sect, he was the only one. after completing today¡¯s practice, chen daoxuan stood up from the futon and walked to an office table to sit down. calculating the time, they were almost at shuanghu island. chen daoxuan planned to do a simple calculation of the accounts of the guang ¡®an prefecture. after thinking about it, chen daoxuan decided to thoroughly organize the entire family property. there were too few people available in the family now, and there were many things that he could not hand over to the ordinary clansmen to take care of. for example, the flying sword shop in guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s wandering cultivator market. ¡°right now, the real estate that my chen family owns is:one twin lake island, one spiritual eye, one old earth fire chamber, one flying sword factory, one shop in guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s rogue cultivator market¡­ apart from the real estate, the family originally had 66692 spirit stones as liquid funds. among them, 64000 spirit stones were obtained from the merfolk clan¡¯s transactions, 2250 spirit stones were the total income of the rainbow sonar flying sword shop during this period of time, and more than 400 spirit stones were the family¡¯s original funds. however, the resources that the clan has purchased this time are also relatively large¡­¡± when chen daoxuan calculated this, he could not help but feel a little heartache. she didn¡¯t feel it when she spent the money, but now that she counted the accounts, she felt a little heartache. ¡°this time, i¡¯m going to guang ¡®an prefecture to buy ten slave transporting boats for 10000 spirit stones, 10000 female slaves from the yun nation for 10000 spirit stones, a set of spirit accumulation array for 1500 spirit stones, the¡¯ dragon python sky-devouring technique ¡®for 1000 spirit stones, a magic tool to test spirit roots for 1000 spirit stones, and the ice endurance talisman and the map of the ruins of the shenjue immortal mansion for 110 spirit stones. all of this cost a total of 23610 spirit stones. the remaining items were the most expensive items he had spent on this trip, the red copper ore and dark iron ore he had bought from the wu clan¡¯s precious tool pavilion. he had spent a total of 40000 spirit stones in the wu clan¡¯s precious tool pavilion to purchase spirit ore materials. he had bought a total of 12,800 catties of red copper ore and 1,280 catties of dark iron ore. compared to the spirit ore materials he purchased last time, this time, it was more than ten times more. unless the flying sword factory¡¯s production capacity is expanded, it¡¯s enough for the flying sword factory to produce for a year.¡± thinking of these spirit ore materials, chen daoxuan¡¯s heartache instantly improved. ¡± the remaining 3082 spirit stones, after deducting the food and other supplies bought for the ordinary clansmen, there are still 2000 spirit stones left.¡± chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but take in a breath of cold air and murmured, ¡°¡±60,000 spirit stones gone just like that? no wonder thirteenth uncle called me a prodigal. i want to slap myself.¡± of course, if he was given another chance, he might not even be able to keep the last 2,000 spirit stones and spend them all. as a transmigrator, chen daoxuan knew very well that money was a resource that could be used to circulate. the 60,000 spirit stones piled up in the clan treasury were useless other than being good-looking. compared to the companies in his previous life that were heavily indebted, he was already conservative enough. three days later. ten huge slave transporting boats slowly docked at the port of shuanghu island. chen beiwang had not been idle during the two months that chen daoxuan had left. all the craftsmen were so busy that they couldn¡¯t even touch the ground. this was also because everyone in the chen clan practiced martial arts. the lowest cultivation level was the postnatal realm. otherwise, such high-intensity labor would have exhausted ordinary people to death. they got off the boat. chen daoxuan realized that chen zhi had brought almost all the young men of the clan. from everyone¡¯s expressions, chen daoxuan could only use one word to describe them: they were looking forward to it. of course, the target of everyone¡¯s attention wasn¡¯t him, the young clan leader, but the young and beautiful girls he brought back from the ten slave transporting boats. ¡°cough cough!¡± chen daoxuan flew in front of the county magistrate, chen zhi, and coughed softly. only then did everyone react and bow to chen daoxuan.¡±greetings, young patriarch!¡± ¡°that¡¯s enough,¡± chen daoxuan knew that everyone¡¯s thoughts were elsewhere. he waved his hand and said,¡± where¡¯s chen gongcao? ¡± chen beiwang had been appointed as the general of changping county due to his meritorious service in the construction of the flying sword factory. he was in charge of all construction matters in the chen family. it was somewhat similar to the ancient minister of works. ¡°young clan leader, chen gongcao is still busy in the newly built residential area in changping county! with so many people coming at once, the young and strong people in the clan were in high spirits. they worked hard for more than two months before the expansion of the new residential area was finally completed. chen gongcao was busy with some finishing work, so he couldn¡¯t come to welcome the young clan leader. please don¡¯t blame him!¡± chen zhi cupped his hands and sincerely said. hearing that chen beiwang was still busy, chen daoxuan sighed and said, ¡°¡±how could i blame such a respectable elder?¡± chen zhi¡¯s heart trembled when she heard this. all along, mortals had been living under the wings of immortal cultivators. in this world, when had immortal cultivators ever taken mortals seriously? only their young clan leader truly saw the efforts of mortals and remembered them in his heart. in chen zhi¡¯s heart, the young clan leader had surpassed all the previous clan leaders of the chen clan! Chapter 56 - Chapter 56: Selection of Immortal Seedlings (1) chapter 56: selection of immortal seedlings (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw shuanghu island port. the young and beautiful female slaves got off the slave transporting boats one after another in a long queue. the men of the chen family burst into cheers. the warm atmosphere seemed to be able to overturn the entire island. when the young female slaves of the yun nation saw this scene, they all trembled. their eyes revealed fear and despair for the future. they did not know what fate awaited them. they were like frightened little beasts. seeing this scene, chen daoxuan, who was a modern transmigrator, felt uncomfortable. however, he knew that if the chen clan wanted to expand their population in a short period of time, this was the best choice. moreover, compared to the mortals who were slaughtered by the cultivator army, these women from the yun nation could be considered to have the best future. at least on shuanghu island, they would not be threatened by hunger or death, nor would they be humiliated by others. the only thing they needed to do was to marry the male descendants of the chen clan and reproduce. ¡°chen zhi!¡± ¡°your subordinate is here.¡± chen zhi hurriedly bowed. ¡°pass down the order. before this group of women from the yun nation is calmed down, the men of the chen family are not allowed to harass them. also¡­i¡¯ll leave the job of settling them to you. don¡¯t disappoint me!¡± at the end of his sentence, chen daoxuan gave him a warning look. with chen zhi¡¯s intelligence, he instantly understood this look. it was chen daoxuan warning him not to use his authority to take advantage of these women. ¡°young clan leader, don¡¯t worry. this subordinate will definitely handle this matter well.¡± ¡°that¡¯s good.¡± chen daoxuan took one last look at the cheering clansmen and flew towards the flying sword factory of the chen clan. after watching chen daoxuan leave, chen zhi began to settle down these women from the yun nation. after all, it was not an easy task to accommodate 10,000 women from the yun nation with the mere population of 3,000. it could be foreseen that chen zhi would be very busy from now on. they returned to shuanghu island. for ten consecutive days, chen daoxuan didn¡¯t immediately devote himself to the production work of the flying sword factory, except for his daily cultivation. instead, he was supervising chen zhi and the others to settle the women from the yun nation. in the end, chen daoxuan still couldn¡¯t believe these hot-blooded men of the chen family. even under his supervision, there were still one or two cases of the chen family¡¯s men taking advantage of the women of the yun nation. chen daoxuan would naturally punish such behavior severely. after all, the purpose of buying these women was to let them reproduce for the chen family of shuanghu island, not to vent their desires for the chen family¡¯s men. in the future, these women would all be the mothers of the chen clan. how could chen daoxuan not protect them well? in the end, protecting them was protecting the descendants of the chen family. its importance was self-evident. with the arrival of these 10,000 women from the yun nation, the huge shuanghu island gradually became filled with vitality. at this moment, if someone came to shuanghu island, they would probably think that they had come to the kingdom of women. after this batch of women from the yun nation arrived, the ratio of men to women on shuanghu island reached the most exaggerated ratio of one to ten since the founding of the clan by chen dengyuan. chen daoxuan had calculated that if all these women were to be distributed to the chen men as concubines, each chen man would probably have to marry more than ten women. to be honest. if chen daoxuan hadn¡¯t embarked on the path of cultivation and shouldn¡¯t be distracted, he would have envied the ordinary males in the clan. changping county yamen. chen daoxuan looked at the black mass of chen children in front of him and turned to chen zhi, asking, ¡°¡±are these all children under the age of ten of my chen family?¡± ¡°reporting to the young clan leader, there are a total of 1039 children under the age of ten in the chen clan. all of them are here.¡± more than a thousand children stood in the square of the county government office. it was very crowded, almost sticking to each other. however, the conditions were limited, and chen daoxuan didn¡¯t have a good venue to pick on. this was already the most suitable venue for testing the spirit root of the chen children. when the members of the chen clan learned that the young clan leader was going to test the spirit roots of all the children in the chen clan, they were even more excited than when they saw 10,000 women from the yun nation. after all, with so many women from the yun nation marrying into the chen family, only the chen family¡¯s men were happy. the chen family¡¯s women did not say it, but they still had some opinions about chen daoxuan, the young clan leader. chen daoxuan decisively chose to ignore the criticisms of the chen women. for the chen family to grow and grow, they relied on the sacrifices of generations of the chen family. the immortal cultivators who died in the zhennan immortal city were like this, and so were the women of the chen clan. however, chen daoxuan¡¯s practice of testing the spirit roots of the children in the clan completely dispelled the dissatisfaction of the chen women. compared to a husband marrying a concubine, the future of his child was obviously more important. besides, it was natural for a man to have three wives and four concubines in this world. the chen family¡¯s womenfolk had even less reason to be dissatisfied. sitting on the chair prepared by the county government, chen daoxuan held the spirit measuring disc in one hand. after injecting a stream of genuine qi, he aimed the spirit measuring disc at the child in front of him. ¡°no spirit root, next.¡± after an hour of testing, chen daoxuan was basically already numb. after testing hundreds of chen children, he only found a few immortal seedlings with spirit roots, and all of them were low spirit root immortal seedlings. it was impossible for chen daoxuan not to be disappointed. however, he knew very well that this was the current situation of mortals giving birth to immortal seedlings with spiritual roots. one in a hundred, and the vast majority of them had middle-low spirit roots. the next person who came to him was a timid little girl. perhaps after testing more than 100 children of the chen family in a row, not a single one of them had spiritual roots. chen daoxuan¡¯s expression was not too good, and the little girl was a little afraid. when chen daoxuan saw this scene, he squeezed out a smile.¡± don¡¯t be nervous.¡± ¡°yes.¡± the little girl mustered her courage and nodded vigorously. in the next second, the spirit light of the spirit testing disk enveloped the little girl. ¡°hmm?¡± chen daoxuan originally didn¡¯t care much in his heart, but he didn¡¯t expect this little girl in front of him to give him a great surprise. ¡°upper spiritual root!¡± chen daoxuan looked at the little girl in surprise. at this moment, he began to seriously size up the little girl¡¯s appearance. the girl was about eight or nine years old. her hair was withered, and her small face was a little pale. she was wearing coarse clothes and seemed to come from a poor family. seeing this, chen daoxuan was afraid of scaring the little girl, so he tried to make his voice as gentle as possible.little girl, what¡¯s your name? ¡± seeing chen daoxuan¡¯s attitude, the little girl secretly raised her head and quickly lowered it. she said timidly in a voice as soft as a mosquito, ¡°¡±1¡­ my name is chen lian.¡± ¡± chen lian, chen daolan. good name, good name, hahahaha!¡± chen daoxuan laughed heartily. chen lian didn¡¯t know why this young clan leader, who had been repeatedly reminded by her parents to be careful with his words, was so happy. but she knew that this was a good thing for her. chen zhi, who was standing at the side, as well as a few children from the chen family who had been tested to have low spiritual roots, were also looking at chen lian with envy. they knew that this little girl¡¯s fate would be completely changed from now on. ¡°chen lian, come over and sit beside me.¡± chen daoxuan waved at the little girl. chen lian plucked up her courage and carefully sat on chen daoxuan¡¯s wide chair. seeing her like this, chen daoxuan didn¡¯t care and continued to test the remaining children¡¯s spiritual roots. however, after testing hundreds of people in a row, other than the addition of one middle spirit root and three low spirit root seedlings, there was no one with a high spirit root like chen lian. chen daoxuan knew that this was the real probability of a spirit root being born. the chen clan had a mere three thousand people, but he and chen lian, two people with high spiritual roots, were already considered very lucky. after all, the probability of having a superior spirit root among cultivators was less than one in ten.. Chapter 57 - Chapter 57: Good chapter 57: ¡°good-for-nothing¡± cultivation technique translator: daoist6fubtiw it took half a day. the first large-scale selection of the chen family¡¯s immortal seedlings since chen xianhe took over the chen family for fifty years ended here. changping county yamen. looking at the eight children in front of him, the oldest was ten years old, and the youngest was no more than five years old, chen daoxuan was filled with emotions. in fact, he knew that there were definitely more immortal seedlings hidden among the adult group of the chen family. however, compared to these children who were less than ten years old, the cost-effectiveness of raising adult immortal seedlings was too low. chen daoxuan decisively chose to give up. with chen daolan and the other eight, as well as chen daochu, who had been cultivating in chen daoxuan¡¯s cave abode, the number of cultivators in the chen family, or rather, the number of future cultivators, finally broke through the double-digit number and reached as many as eleven. of course. if he wanted these nine little fellows to truly become qi condensation cultivators, he would have to establish the clan¡¯s spirit vein first. otherwise, when they entered the meditational stage and realized that they did not have enough spiritual energy to cultivate, it would be a big problem. regarding this, chen daoxuan was quite confident. if nothing unexpected happened, the chen family¡¯s first spirit vein would be cultivated within half a year at the latest. chen daoxuan¡¯s confidence still came from the transaction with the merfolk race. it had to be said that the merfolk market was more than a hundred times smaller than the large number of itinerant cultivators in guang ¡®an prefecture. however, at the same time, the chen family could only earn a profit of 19 spirit stones from selling a low-grade level one flying sword to an itinerant cultivator. this was not even including the taxes collected by the zhou family of guang ¡®an prefecture. however, he could earn 469 spirit stones from trading with the merfolk, which was more than twenty times the profit. from the looks of it¡­ although the merfolk market was not as large as the guang ¡®an prefecture market, it was still a very important market for the chen family. especially for the current chen family. the merfolk needed fewer magic tools, but the profits were huge. it was the most suitable for the chen family. copper mountains. chen daoxuan¡¯s cave. a group of nine people flew in the wind and slowly flew toward the cave abode. when everyone descended, chen daoxuan heaved a sigh of relief. this was the first time he had used the wind manipulation technique to fly with so many people. fortunately, nothing went wrong. ¡°this is where you will be staying for the next few years.¡± chen daoxuan turned around and said to the group of children behind him. perhaps it was because the living environment was much worse than in his previous life, and the children in this world were much more mature than those of the same age in his previous life. therefore, even the youngest five-year-old child didn¡¯t make any noise when he heard this. seeing this, chen daoxuan nodded in satisfaction. perhaps he had heard the commotion outside the cave abode. a young figure rushed out of the cave dwelling with a long sword in his hand. it was chen daochu, whom he had not seen for several months. chen daochu was strong and vigorous. when he saw chen daoxuan, he was stunned at first, then he immediately pointed his sword down and cupped his hands at chen daoxuan/¡¯greetings, young patriarch!¡± chen daoxuan smiled and said, ¡°¡±dao chu, you came at the right time. i¡¯ll introduce you to a few clansmen. from now on, you¡¯ll live together and learn to get along well, understand?¡± ¡°yes, young clan leader!¡± the little ones looked at each other and then replied in unison. ¡°yes.¡± chen daoxuan nodded and let them introduce themselves. everyone was of the same age. even the oldest, chen daoxuan, was only six years older than a ten-year-old child. after the introduction, everyone quickly became familiar with each other. ¡°brother daochu, i heard from my father that you¡¯re factory manager chen¡¯s son, right?¡± ¡°brother dao chu, how long have you been cultivating here? what is the life of an immortal like?¡± ¡°brother dao chu¡­¡± h h everyone respected chen daoxuan and didn¡¯t dare to disturb him easily. however, they were much closer to chen daochu, who was of the same age. chen daochu patiently explained the life in red copper mountain to everyone. finally, they had a certain understanding of the environment of the cave abode on red copper mountain. he settled down the eight chen family immortal seedlings in the courtyard of the cave abode. chen daoxuan walked into his training room. ¡°phew!¡± in these ten days, he first settled the yun nation¡¯s female slaves and then organized the selection of the chen clan¡¯s immortal seedlings, which exhausted chen daoxuan quite a bit. when he returned to the cave, chen daoxuan only wanted to lie on the bed and sleep. however, the habit that he had developed over the years still made him drag his tired body to the spiritual eyes of the cultivation room. he opened the stone lid that sealed the spiritual eye. a large amount of spiritual energy immediately came out, but the sharp chen daoxuan still discovered that the spiritual energy coming out of this spiritual eye had decreased. chen daoxuan¡¯s face darkened when he saw this. ¡°back then, the cultivators of the immortal generation in the clan found a total of seven spiritual eyes in the red copper mountains. this spiritual eye was the one that was least used. now, it¡¯s time for the spiritual energy to gradually dry up.¡± thinking of this, chen daoxuan felt somewhat uncomfortable in his heart. after all, this spiritual eye had accompanied him for 11 years of cultivation. it could be said that chen daoxuan¡¯s current cultivation was all thanks to this spiritual eye. and now. this spiritual eye was about to dry up. it wasn¡¯t that he was worried about not having spiritual energy to cultivate. chen daoxuan just felt that it was a little difficult to accept emotionally. he finally understood the look of desolation on chen xianhe¡¯s face when he heard about the depletion of the cuprite mine. it wasn¡¯t because he was reluctant to part with the exhaustion of cultivation resources, but because he was lamenting over the years that had passed. ¡°how can a rainbow appear without going through the wind and rain? how can a terracotta warrior become a butterfly without breaking out of its cocoon?¡± chen daoxuan quickly adjusted his state of mind and smiled. unknowingly, his dao heart became even more determined. he took out a water spirit pearl from his storage bag and took a chi-amassing pill. after more than a month, chen daoxuan once again felt the violent cultivation speed, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. the next day. after silently reciting the primordial enlightenment scripture and storing a stardust in his sea of consciousness, chen daoxuan opened his eyes after a night of cultivation. chen daoxuan smiled in satisfaction as he felt the abundant true qi in his dantian circling in his strengthened sea of qi. he seemed to have thought of something. chen daoxuan took out a jade slip from his storage bag. this jade slip was none other than the body-tempering cultivation technique he had bought at the guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s zhou auction house-the dragon python heaven-devouring technique. over the past month since he obtained this cultivation technique, chen daoxuan had long comprehended it with the help of the enlightenment characteristics of the primordial enlightenment scripture. speaking of which, the difficulty of cultivating this body-tempering cultivation technique was relatively low. it wasn¡¯t even much higher than chen daoxuan¡¯s main cultivation technique, the origins returning technique. one should know that chen daoxuan¡¯s main cultivation method was the ¡± return to origin technique ¡°, which was the most common basic qi refinement stage cultivation method in the qianyuan sword sect. it was most suitable for qi refinement stage disciples to build their foundation. although the origin returning technique did not have any attribute bonuses, it was a fair and peaceful technique that was easy to cultivate. once a cultivator successfully reached foundation establishment, no matter what cultivation technique they chose, there would not be too much of an obstacle. therefore, this technique was the most popular in the infinite star sea and was practiced by most refinement stage cultivators. but now, chen daoxuan discovered that the difficulty of cultivating this dragon python heaven-devouring technique was actually comparable to the guiyuan technique. this made him feel as if he had obtained a precious treasure. ¡°according to the dragon python heaven-devouring technique, the cultivation technique consumes the most spiritual energy, but all kinds of precious ingredients, such as demon beast meat, spiritual rice, spiritual fruits, and so on.¡± chen daoxuan looked at the introduction on the jade slip and didn¡¯t know whether to laugh or cry.¡± why do 1 feel that this isn¡¯t a body-refining technique, but a good-for-nothing technique? it¡¯s really worthy of the name ¡®heaven swallowing..¡¯¡± Chapter 58 - Chapter 58: Pros and Cons of Body Tempering Technique chapter 58: pros and cons of body tempering technique translator: daoist6fubtiw thinking of this¡­ chen daoxuan started cultivating the dragon python heaven-devouring technique once again. he had a premonition that he would be able to completely master this technique today. as expected. as this body-tempering cultivation technique circulated, chen daoxuan¡¯s stomach started to squirm wildly. what followed was a strong sense of hunger. the hunger was so strong that it almost drowned his consciousness. ever since chen daoxuan reached the qi condensation stage and was able to abstain from eating, he had never felt such intense hunger. it was as if he would starve to death the next second if he did not eat. fortunately, chen daoxuan was prepared. he immediately took out a fist-sized piece of roasted demon beast meat from his storage bag and began to chew. the flesh of the blood-spotted sea snake was fresh and tender, but it had been stored in the storage bag for several months after all. the taste was definitely not as fresh as when it was just killed. but at this moment. chen daoxuan, who was already so hungry that his eyes were dizzy, did not care about the taste at all. one piece after another of demon beast roasted meat was chewed roughly by him before being swallowed. in less than the time for an incense stick to burn. chen daoxuan¡¯s small stomach was filled with at least a few hundred kilograms of roasted meat from the blood-spotted sea snake. one had to know that this was not ordinary livestock. this was demon beast meat. the energy contained in its meat was difficult for even aura refining cultivators to digest, let alone ordinary people. however, after eating so much meat, chen daoxuan¡¯s stomach didn¡¯t change except for a slight bulge. ¡°burp!¡± after eating for another half an incense stick, chen daoxuan burped. he felt that he finally couldn¡¯t eat anymore. ¡°gulp! gulp! gululu!¡± in the training room, a dull rumble suddenly sounded, like muffled thunder. chen daoxuan knew that it was the sound of his stomach digesting the blood-spotted sea snake meat. as the demon beast meat in his stomach was digested bit by bit, a warm current that was completely different from true qi flowed out of his stomach and quickly circulated throughout his body. among them, the place where the heat flow gathered the most was his skin. chen daoxuan felt that his skin was being tempered bit by bit by this heat flow, and the strength of his skin was also visibly increasing. although the increase in physical defense was completely incomparable to a magic tool, if he could continue to increase it like this¡­ chen daoxuan believed that one day, he would be able to reach the level where his body could withstand magic tools as the old man from the auction house had said. moreover¡­ chen daoxuan discovered another benefit of the body-tempering technique. that was to increase the success rate of a cultivator¡¯s foundation establishment. as everyone knew, in addition to the foundation establishment pill, a cultivator needed at least a grade 2 spirit meridian to help them build their foundation. the reason why these two resources were needed was because during the process of foundation establishment, true qi would transform into true essence. compared to the usual docility of the true qi in the qi sea, when a cultivator broke through to the foundation establishment stage, the transformation of the true qi into true essence would cause the qi sea to expand violently. at this time, the docility of the true essence was particularly important. the effect of the foundation establishment pill was to make the true essence of the cultivator¡¯s transformation extremely docile, directly overcoming the difficulty of expanding the sea of vital energy. the second major obstacle of foundation establishment was the infusion of spiritual energy into the body. due to the transformation of true qi into true essence and the expansion of the sea of qi, a terrifying amount of spiritual qi was consumed in a short period of time. at this time, unless it was a grade two spirit meridian or above, it was simply unable to support a cultivator to break through. but at the same time, the spiritual energy infusion brought another problem, which was whether the cultivator¡¯s body could withstand the damage caused by the spiritual energy infusion. some cultivators had clearly overcome the difficulty of expanding their sea of qi, but they fell under the barrier of spiritual energy infusion. this was the scourge of a cultivator¡¯s weak body. this was also the reason why the descendants of the big families ate spiritual rice all year round. the spiritual rice had the effect of nourishing the body and increasing its strength. if he ate it for a long time, when he reached the foundation establishment realm in the future, he would not have to endure the most dangerous transformation of the sea of qi, but he would not fall from the spiritual energy infusion. practicing a body-tempering technique would obviously improve a cultivator¡¯s body more than eating spiritual rice for a long time. not only that. the improvement of a cultivator¡¯s physical body could even speed up a cultivator¡¯s cultivation speed to a certain extent. this was because the total amount of spiritual energy a cultivator could refine every day was fixed. if it exceeded this amount, it would cause damage to the cultivator¡¯s body. however, what if the strength of the cultivator¡¯s physical body increased? at that time, the total amount of spiritual energy refined by cultivators would definitely increase, and the speed of cultivation would also increase. of course. all of this was based on the premise that the cultivator could withstand the consumption brought by body refinement. just now, chen daoxuan had only cultivated for less than the time for two incense sticks to burn, and he had swallowed several hundred catties of demon beast roasted meat. after all, the blood-spotted sea snake had been skinned and stripped of its bones. after removing the inedible meat, the remaining good meat only added up to more than 2,000 catties. chen daoxuan killed one-tenth of them in a short while. according to the market price, he had eaten at least 10 spirit stones in a short while. and this was only the time it takes for two incense sticks to burn. at his current cultivation speed, he would need to eat at least forty to fifty spirit stones worth of ingredients in a day. if it was spiritual rice, it might be even more expensive. which cultivation force could afford such a method of cultivation? not to mention the zhou family of guang ¡®an prefecture, even the qianyuan sword sect couldn¡¯t afford such consumption, right? after all, the qian yuan sword sect had countless resources, but the number of disciples was also the highest in the infinite star sea. in such a large sect, everyone ate like this. no matter how big the family was, they would be poor from eating. thinking of this¡­ chen daoxuan¡¯s original plan to let all the chen family cultivators cultivate body-tempering cultivation techniques failed. he estimated that in the future, only elite family disciples could cultivate body-tempering techniques. as for other ordinary family cultivators, the chen family should not be able to afford it. shaking his head, chen daoxuan stopped thinking about it. he stood up and stretched his body. the bones in his body cracked. he walked out of the cave abode. on the small square on the cliff. chen daoxuan found that chen daochu had already brought the other eight dao generation cultivators to practice their swordsmanship against the rising sun. chen daoxuan watched silently and didn¡¯t disturb him. even though he had only cultivated for a few months. chen daochu had already broken through to houtian realm level four in succession. from this, one could see the huge gap between people with spiritual roots and ordinary mortals. this was under the condition that chen daochu didn¡¯t have enough cultivation resources. if the chens bought meridian opening pills for their disciples with spiritual roots, they could even open up all the meridians in their bodies overnight, crossing the mortal realm and directly entering the qi condensation realm. the reason chen daoxuan didn¡¯t do so was because the clan¡¯s spirit vein hadn¡¯t been successfully cultivated yet. even if everyone entered the qi refinement stage, they wouldn¡¯t have enough spirit qi to cultivate. he might as well study and cultivate now to temper his temperament. ¡°chen daolan, haven¡¯t you eaten enough? why are your hands shaking so much?¡± when chen daochu saw chen daolan¡¯s sword trembling in his hand, he immediately put on the appearance of a little adult and scolded. chen daolan felt very wronged by his words. tears welled up in her eyes, but she gritted her teeth and held them back. if others could do it, she, chen daolan, could do it too. chen daoxuan watched from the side and nodded in his heart. chen daolan looked timid, but he was soft on the outside but tough on the inside. this kind of personality was very beneficial for cultivation. he watched the crowd practice their sword techniques for a while. seeing that there were no major problems with chen daochu¡¯s teaching, chen daoxuan didn¡¯t come out to greet the crowd and directly flew in the direction of the flying sword factory.. Chapter 59 - Chapter 59: Expanding the Scale of the Deal (1) chapter 59: expanding the scale of the deal (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw time flew by. in the blink of an eye, three months had passed. in the southwest sea area of the infinite star sea, in the demonic ape mountain at the bottom of the sea, about ten thousand miles away from the chen family of shuanghu island. looking around, a large group of mermen were opening up caves everywhere in the mountain range. devil ape mountain range. in the most spacious cave. a muscular male merman with bronze-colored muscles was quietly recuperating in the cave. looking at his chaotic aura, it was obvious that he was seriously injured. ¡°father!¡± a petite figure suddenly barged into the cave. the petite merman held a spiritual herb that was overflowing with spiritual energy in her hand and said excitedly,¡± look, luo ¡®er has found a spirit herb that can treat father¡¯s injuries. h hearing this call. the merman clan leader slowly opened his eyes and sized up the spirit medicine in his daughter¡¯s hand. his eyes revealed a trace of heartache,¡± luo ¡®er, it has been hard on you during this period of time.¡± however, when luo li heard this, she kept shaking her head. ¡°¡±father, please don¡¯t say that. for the sake of your clansmen having a place to settle down, you risked your life to fight with the leader of the water demon apes. compared to you, what is this little thing that luo ¡®er did?¡± when luo li mentioned the life-and-death battle with the leader of the water demon apes, even though it had been almost half a year since the battle, the merfolk tribe leader still felt a lingering fear every time he thought about it. at that time, he was so close, so close. he and the water demon ape leader died together. thinking of this, the merman tribe leader said in relief,¡± speaking of which, 1 was able to defeat the water demon ape leader because you and your tribe members defeated the water demon ape tribe first and rushed over to support me. otherwise, 1 can only perish together with that fellow.¡± hearing her father¡¯s words, luo li felt a little embarrassed. ¡°i didn¡¯t expect that the difference in strength between our clansmen with weapons and those without weapons would be so great.¡± luo li¡¯s face flushed red with excitement as she thought of the merfolk clan members holding their magic weapons and dominating the water demon ape clan.¡± father, we must buy more weapons for our deal with the chen family on the twin lake island.¡± ¡°you and i are thinking the same thing,¡± the merman tribe leader smiled, but he seemed to have thought of something and frowned slightly,¡± but i remember that the spirit stones that the tribe members brought are not many.¡± upon hearing this, luo li¡¯s excitement could not help but falter. however, she suddenly thought of something and said happily,¡±it¡¯s okay. last time, that chen daoxuan from the chen family gave me a picture of all kinds of spirit ores and spirit medicines. we can use these things to exchange for weapons with them.¡± hearing this, the merman clan leader¡¯s expression eased slightly. ¡± luo li,¡± he instructed,¡± the deal with the chen family is very important. nothing must go wrong. although we have occupied the demonic ape mountain, our footing is still unstable. in addition, my injuries are serious now, so 1 can¡¯t help you at all. if you want to protect your clansmen, the only way is to strengthen them. buying weapons for your clansmen is the fastest way to strengthen yourself.¡± ¡± father, luo li will definitely handle this matter well. don¡¯t worry.¡± luo li smiled. shuanghu island. in the cave abode in the copper mountains. chen daoxuan opened his eyes again, his face full of surprise.¡±¡± fifth qi layer!¡± chen daoxuan was very excited as he felt the true qi in his dantian qi sea that had increased by 30%. in less than half a year, he had broken through to the fifth qi layer. this cultivation speed was not any slower than that of the core disciples of the big families. chen daoxuan knew. his cultivation speed was so fast, other than the water spirit pearl and the qi gathering pill to assist his cultivation. the body tempering effect of the dragon python heaven-devouring technique was also indispensable. he could clearly feel that as his body became stronger and stronger, the total amount of spiritual energy he refined every day was also slowly increasing. this undoubtedly accelerated his cultivation speed. the only unfortunate thing was that he had already finished all of the blood-spotted sea snake meat. due to the lack of body-tempering resources, the progress of the dragon python heaven-devouring technique was so slow that it made one¡¯s hair stand on end. other than that. recently. chen daoxuan could clearly feel that the spiritual eye in the practice room was no longer enough to support his high-speed cultivation. the problem of insufficient spiritual energy was once again placed in front of chen daoxuan. it had been three months since he returned to shuanghu island. chen daoxuan did not rest for a day. the busy hours every day were even scarier than working overtime in the factory in his previous life. at least in his previous life, he still had time to sleep after working overtime. chen daoxuan, on the other hand, was busy with his daily cultivation. during the day, he would be busy making the scarlet shadow flying sword in the flying sword factory, working for about 10 hours. in the evening. after he finished inspecting the work of chen zhi and the others, he returned to his cave abode to personally teach the eight seedlings of the chen clan. it would take him another six hours. in addition, he cultivated for eight hours every day. every day, his schedule was packed to the brim, and there was not a single gap. however, watching the family grow and develop bit by bit in his hands, this kind of satisfaction was also difficult for outsiders to understand. other than the steady daily production of flying swords in the flying sword factory, what excited chen daoxuan the most during this period was that chen daochu was also an immortal seedling with a high spiritual root. according to this calculation. although there were only eleven cultivators in the chen clan, three of them had superior spiritual roots. it had to be said that his luck was very good. normally speaking, it would take at least dozens of cultivators with high spiritual roots to give birth to three cultivators with high spiritual roots. after a night of cultivation. chen daoxuan stood up and walked out of the cave. he walked out of the cave abode. chen daoxuan didn¡¯t disturb them when he saw that the eight chen cultivators were already practicing their swordsmanship in the small square outside the cave abode. he flew directly in the direction of redwood island. that¡¯s right. he had skipped work today and did not go to the flying sword factory. because he had already contacted luo li of the merfolk clan yesterday, today was the day of his second transaction with the merfolk clan. compared to the first hasty transaction, the scale of this transaction was obviously much larger. not only that. chen daoxuan had given the merfolk clan a spirit ore, spirit medicine, and other rare treasures illustrated guide last time. presumably, there should be quite a few unexpected gains this time. at the very least, he would have to buy a batch of water spirit pearls from the merfolk clan. after such a long period of cultivation with the water spirit pearl¡¯s assistance, he felt that he could no longer leave this thing. after all, after experiencing the charm of high-speed cultivation, who would want to return to the slow cultivation state of the past? chen daoxuan estimated. if he had enough water spirit pearls, spirit pills, and other cultivation resources, he was confident that he could reach the ninth qi layer before the age of twenty. although there was still a gap between him and zhou mubai, who was only 21 years old. however, if this cultivation speed was placed among the group of itinerant cultivators and the disciples of small families, it would probably scare others silly. redwood island. compared to the plains, lakes, mountains, and other complicated terrains of twin lakes island, redwood island was much clearer. there was only a large plain and a few freshwater lakes. the entire island seemed to have no scenery other than a large redwood forest. if such an island was placed on earth, it would definitely be a treasure island. the island was rich in land resources, forest resources, and freshwater resources. it was very suitable for human habitation. however, in this world, just the lack of a spirit vein meant that it was destined to become a desolate island. chen daoxuan descended on the island again. he looked around. he flew towards the north of the island.. Chapter 60 - Chapter 60: Shortage of Spirit Stones (1) chapter 60: shortage of spirit stones (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw they headed north. chen daoxuan stopped above the reefs where he had traded last time. chen daoxuan looked at the endless sea and slowly descended. ¡°the merman race and 1 always trade while standing, it seems a little tense.¡± chen daoxuan said silently. trading with the merfolk clan was a long-term business for the chen family. it was definitely not something that would be given up after one or two transactions. chen daoxuan still wanted to use the merfolk clan¡¯s power to open the treasures in the underwater world of the infinite star sea. he would not give up on the merfolk market no matter what. since he did not want to give up, it was very important to have a good relationship with the other party. fortunately, the merfolk had a good impression of him during the last transaction. this time, the scene of them fighting each other would not appear again. ¡°why don¡¯t we build a pavilion on the sea here?¡± he looked at the reef at the bottom of the sea. the most prominent part had already extended to the surface of the sea, enough to serve as the foundation of the pavilion. he did as he was told. chen daoxuan slapped his storage pouch and took out the scarlet shadow flying sword. he infused it with genuine qi, and a three-foot-long sword projection shot out from his body. shua! under the control of his consciousness, the scarlet shadow flying sword slashed toward the reef at the bottom of the sea. very quickly. a huge rock that was as white as jade was sliced into two by the scarlet shadow flying sword. the fracture of the reef was as smooth as jade, and there were no traces of cutting at all. chen daoxuan nodded in satisfaction and continued to control the flying sword to cut along the stone. according to his imagination. chen daoxuan kept using his flying sword to polish the rock in front of him. an hour later. chen daoxuan built a crudely made pavilion on the reef foundation of the sea. from afar. the pavilion seemed to be floating on the surface of the sea. if one ignored its rough workmanship, it looked interesting. he stepped into the pavilion. chen daoxuan looked around and felt that something was missing. he took out another piece of stone from the bottom of the sea. after a few twists and turns, he made a stone table and two stone stools. immediately after. chen daoxuan used a fire control technique to evaporate the water in the pavilion. under the cover of the water vapor, the pavilion on the sea was like a fairyland in a dream. ¡°i still feel that it¡¯s not that interesting!¡± chen daoxuan rubbed his chin and muttered. then, he soared into the air and flew around the pavilion a few times. finally, he realized that something was missing. ¡°i didn¡¯t give you a name!¡± chen daoxuan¡¯s eyes lit up as he smiled. with a flash of sword light, in the blink of an eye, the words ¡°sea-viewing pavilion¡± appeared above the stone pavilion. from the time he decided to build this pavilion to the time it was built, it took him less than two hours. this kind of work efficiency was terrifying even in his previous life. but chen daoxuan knew that this was the power of cultivators. the power of cultivators was not only shown in their powerful destructive power, but also in their powerful productivity. for example, only cultivators could cultivate ling fields. if ordinary mortals were to plant ling fields, even if they put in all their effort, they would not be able to plant even one mu of ling fields. this was because spirit rice was different from ordinary rice. its stalks were extremely tough and could only be cut by cultivators with magic tools, let alone the more difficult task of peeling the shells. therefore, he had no choice. even cultivators had to learn to plant ling fields. among cultivators, cultivators who knew how to plant ling fields were called ling plant farmers. although this profession wasn¡¯t as popular as pill masters, artifact masters, formation masters, and talisman masters, they were all very talented. however, among the group of itinerant cultivators, he could be considered tall, rich, and handsome. the spirit stones a ling plant farmer earned in a year was at least several times higher than a rogue cultivator who didn¡¯t know anything. of course. in guang ¡®an prefecture, because most itinerant cultivators did not have ling veins, even if they knew how to plant ling fields, they could only be tenants for large cultivation clans. with the exploitation of the cultivation clans in the infinite star sea, these ling plant farmers could barely earn a few spirit stones in a year. this also caused the interest of the secret practitioners in learning how to grow ling fields to greatly decrease. late at night. they waited for a whole day. only then did the merfolk race arrive. as expected. this time, luo li came alone. as for the subordinates she brought, they were all arranged by her to stay among the reefs at the bottom of the sea. he didn¡¯t let a group of strong mermen surround chen daoxuan like last time, wanting to suppress him in terms of aura. ¡°chen daoxuan, i¡¯m here!¡± luo li, who had emerged from the sea, looked at the stone pavilion built by chen daoxuan curiously. finally, she jumped up and sat on the stone bench. seeing this scene, chen daoxuan was slightly curious. he could not help but look down at luo li. unexpectedly, before he could see clearly, he was caught red-handed by the other party. luo li looked at him strangely and tilted her head. ¡°¡±what are you looking at?¡± ¡°ahem, nothing,¡± chen daoxuan tried to cover up his embarrassment. then, he smiled and said,¡± we meet again, miss luo li.¡± seeing him like this, luo li did not probe further even though she was feeling a little apprehensive. then, she thought of something. she looked at the pavilion and looked at chen daoxuan.¡±did you build this pavilion?¡± ¡°yes!¡± chen daoxuan nodded. ¡°so ugly.¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan revealed an awkward but polite smile. seeing him like this, luo li covered her mouth and chuckled. ¡°¡±however, you are quite diligent.¡± ¡°of course you have to be careful. after all, your merman clan is a big customer of my chen family.¡± chen daoxuan said with a smile. the two of them exchanged a few pleasantries before chen daoxuan got down to business and said,miss luo, how many flying swords do you plan to buy this time?¡± hearing chen daoxuan talk about serious matters, luo li sat up straight and said, ¡°¡±naturally, the more the better. the weapons you sold to our merfolk clan last time were very good, but the quantity was a little too little. this time, we need to buy more weapons.¡± after a pause, she added,¡± we¡¯ll take as many as you have.¡± chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but be overjoyed when he heard these inhumane words. he pondered for a moment. chen daoxuan slapped his storage pouch. flying swords that were overflowing with spiritual light piled up in the pavilion until they formed a small mountain. looking at the flying sword under her feet, luo li¡¯s beautiful eyes were filled with greed, as if she was a little money-grubber who had seen a gold ingot. she took a deep breath and said,¡±there are more flying swords this time than last time.¡±. ¡°that¡¯s right,¡± chen daoxuan nodded.¡± this time, we have more time to prepare. with the addition of sufficient materials, the number is indeed several times more than last time. there are a total of 350 flying swords here.¡± upon hearing this, luo li¡¯s pretty face showed a hint of embarrassment. ¡± what¡¯s wrong? is there a problem with miss luo? ¡± chen daoxuan saw the change in her expression and made a concerned gesture. luo li shook her head and said,¡± oh, right. didn¡¯t you say that you could use spirit ores to pay the bill? ¡± the spirit stones we prepared this time might not be enough. see if you can use spirit ores to offset it.¡± luo li¡¯s voice became softer and softer as she spoke. chen daoxuan¡¯s heart sank when he heard this. he was still hoping to earn 100,000 spirit stones quickly from the merfolk clan and return to shuanghu island to cultivate the spirit vein. unexpectedly, there seemed to be a new change in the situation. ¡°how many spiritual stones can miss luo take out this time?¡± he asked without batting an eyelid.. Chapter 61 - Chapter 61: Negotiating the Price (1) chapter 61: negotiating the price (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw hearing this. luo li first stretched out one of her fair and tender hands, then the other. she said carefully, ¡°¡±a little more than 100,000 spirit stones.¡± hearing this. chen daoxuan heaved a sigh of relief. enough! 100,000 spirit stones would do! the chen clan still had 2,000 spiritual stones in their treasury. with the addition of the 100,000 spiritual stones, it was enough to nurture a spiritual vein for the chen clan. thinking of this, chen daoxuan said in a relaxed tone,¡±¡± of course, no problem. may i know what kind of spirit ores miss luo has brought?¡± seeing that chen daoxuan wasn¡¯t angry, and instead had a friendly and easy-going look on his face. luo li¡¯s impression of him grew, and she felt a little embarrassed. her red lips parted slightly, and a melodious song came out of her little mouth. very quickly. one by one, mermen emerged from the sea. they were the subordinates that luo li had brought along. just like last time, these mermen were all holding huge white shells. the white shell contained spirit stones, spirit ores, spirit pearls, and other rare treasures. luo li turned around and clapped her hands at the merfolk in the sea. the merfolk lined up and opened the white shells in their hands. in the next second, spiritual light shot out from the surface of the sea, dazzling everyone¡¯s eyes. looking at the spirit stones and spirit mines in front of him, chen daoxuan felt his blood surge, and his face turned slightly red. luo li¡¯s pretty face could not help but reveal a trace of pride when she saw his good-for-nothing look. at least she did not have to feel embarrassed about her earlier loss of composure. at the thought of this, luo li happily introduced, ¡°¡±this is the tenth water essence gold you mentioned last time. this is the stone that our clansmen have mined the most recently.¡± chen daoxuan looked in the direction of luo li¡¯s finger. the fist-sized tenth water refined gold ores were piled up in the white shells, emitting a shocking spiritual aura. ¡± this is another kind of stone we found at the bottom of the sea,¡± luo li continued to explain. ¡°red copper ore!¡± to chen daoxuan, whose family once owned a red copper mine, he was very familiar with this kind of spirit mine. as a level one spirit ore, the red copper ore was widely distributed in the infinite star sea and the celestial cloud continent, second only to the dark iron ore. chen daoxuan wasn¡¯t too surprised that there was such a spirit ore at the bottom of the sea. ¡°yes, it¡¯s the red copper mine!¡± luo li nodded.¡± this kind of cuprite is the raw material for your weapons, right?¡± even though the merfolk did not know how to refine artifacts, they still had the ability to distinguish spirituality. after all, they also had divine senses. ¡°yes.¡± chen daoxuan nodded without hiding anything. luo li nodded in satisfaction at his sincere attitude and said, ¡°¡±since this stone is the raw material for your weapons, its price should be very high, right? tell me, how much should it be worth?¡± luo li immediately put on a money-grubber look. chen daoxuan frowned.¡± in guang ¡®an prefecture, the price of red copper ore is three spiritual stones per catty. what price do you think is suitable for me? ¡± ¡°all?¡± luo li was dumbfounded when she heard the price. how could this be? tenth water pure gold could be exchanged for a weapon with just a few pieces. why was this stone so cheap? the price difference between the two was dozens of times. this made luo li wonder if chen daoxuan was lying to her. seeing that luo li was silent, chen daoxuan coughed and explained, ¡°miss luo li, do you know how difficult it is for us humans to refine a weapon? ¡± as he spoke, he sighed.¡± even this lowest-grade first-tier flying sword requires a cultivator like me, who is proficient in weapon refinement, to spend a full seven days to complete. it shouldn¡¯t be so hard for your merfolk clan to mine, right?¡± ¡°what?¡± upon hearing that it would take seven days to refine a weapon, luo li was speechless. this was too tiring! in that case, it was much easier for their clansmen to mine. at the thought of this, luo li felt a little embarrassed. after all, she also knew that digging stones did not require much skill. it was just physical work. unlike the female mermen, the male mermen did not know how to raise spirit shells. the male mermen did not know anything except for their silly strength. in this way, their merfolk clan only needed to put in a little effort to exchange for the chen family¡¯s weapons. it was simply a huge profit. chen daoxuan heaved a sigh of relief when he saw luo li¡¯s guilty expression. what a close call. this girl had actually been enlightened! he had deliberately ignored the value of the spirit ore itself and shifted the perspective of value to the labor that both parties had contributed. it could be said to be a kind of sophistry. fortunately, luo li did not notice anything amiss. perhaps in luo li¡¯s eyes, this kind of broken stone had no value in the first place. the spiritual pearls produced by their spiritual shells could at least decorate the cave. what was the use of this broken stone? she couldn¡¯t be eaten or used, and she was ugly. if not for chen daoxuan specifically asking for these lousy stones, the merfolk clan would not have put them in their eyes at all. as if feeling guilty for suspecting chen daoxuan, luo li¡¯s tone became gentler. ¡°this is the greatest specialty of our merfolk clan-water spirit pearl.¡± luo li pointed at the water spirit pearl in the hands of her clansmen, and her tone suddenly became sorrowful. chen daoxuan knew that the merfolk clan had been persecuted by the zhou family for hundreds of years because of this water spirit pearl. regarding this matter, chen daoxuan could not say anything to persuade him. after all, he and the zhou family were both humans. it was already reasonable for luo li not to hate wu jiwu and hate him. ¡°i wonder how much this water spirit pearl is worth?¡± luo li raised her head and looked at chen daoxuan. after pondering for a while, chen daoxuan looked at luo li¡¯s eyes and said carefully,¡±¡± the price of a level 1 water spirit pearl in guang ¡®an prefecture is 50 spiritual stones per pearl. 1 wonder what price miss luo is willing to give me?¡± since he said 50 spiritual stones, luo li would definitely not be able to offer a price higher than that. in fact, although the zhou family sold water spirit pearls for 50 spirit stones each, ordinary itinerant cultivators and disciples of small families had no way to buy them. this kind of treasure that could assist cultivation had long been decided by the major families of guang ¡®an prefecture and even the other prefectures of cangzhou. even if some leftovers were to end up in the hands of itinerant cultivators, they would usually be sold at a high price. for example, chen daoxuan had spent double the price to buy a few water spirit pearls at the wandering cultivator market. on the other hand, when luo li heard that ten water spirit pearls could be exchanged for a weapon, she could not help but feel uneasy about the terrifying price. she stammered and could not speak for a long time. actually, she wanted to say that it was 50 spirit stones, but after hearing that chen daoxuan had spent seven days forging a weapon, she was shocked. the merfolk clan could exchange for it with a mere ten spiritual pearls. luo li¡¯s conscience made her very uneasy. after a long time. luo li, who was struggling internally, raised her head and said solemnly, ¡°¡±chen daoxuan, you are a person with a conscience. since your chen family treats my merfolk clan sincerely, we can¡¯t go against our conscience to earn your money. we¡¯ll sell you these water spirit pearls for ten spirit stones each.¡± hearing this price, chen daoxuan almost lost his balance and fell off the stone bench.. Chapter 62 - Chapter 62: Suggestion and Plan chapter 62: suggestion and plan translator: daoist6fubtiw ¡°this¡­¡± chen daoxuan knew that he had fooled this silly girl quite a bit. chen daoxuan could not help but feel guilty when he saw the sincerity on luo li¡¯s pretty face. however, he immediately threw away this trace of guilt. he glanced at luo li and then at the large amount of rare treasures brought by the merfolk. an even bolder idea emerged in his mind. chen daoxuan¡¯s thoughts were floating in his mind, but his expression remained unchanged.¡±miss luo, 1 can feel the sincerity of your merfolk clan, but¡­ ten spirit stones for a water spirit pearl, isn¡¯t that too ¡­¡± before chen daoxuan could finish his sentence, luo li¡¯s pretty face blushed. she stammered, ¡°¡±i know that ten spirit stones for a water spirit pearl is a little expensive, but it¡¯s still cheaper than the zhou family¡¯s, right? like ¡­ if you still think it¡¯s expensive, we can still discuss it.¡± ¡°alright! there¡¯s no need to discuss. let¡¯s set this price.¡± chen daoxuan waved his hand. he felt that he could not continue negotiating with luo li. if he continued negotiating, he would probably be able to raise the price to 1 spirit stone per pill. although the chen family needed to accumulate initial capital, they could not scam the merfolk clan like this. after all, he already regarded the merfolk clan as his exclusive property. hearing that chen daoxuan had agreed to the price, luo li heaved a sigh of relief. for so many years, due to the zhou family¡¯s oppression, the merfolk race had never dared to interact with the human race. the little information about the human race was also passed down by the ancestors of the race. luo li knew that chen daoxuan had made a lot of profit from the transactions between the two parties. but at the same time, their merfolk clan had also obtained the weapons they wanted from the deal with chen daoxuan. in luo li¡¯s opinion, the deal between the two sides was a win-win situation. after negotiating the prices of several kinds of spirit ores and water spirit beads, chen daoxuan said, ¡°¡±since the price is settled, let¡¯s make a deal.¡± ¡°yes, alright.¡± luo li showed her two canine teeth and nodded with a smile.¡±we brought a total of 101756 spiritual stones, as well as various spiritual ores and spiritual pearls. the value is about 170,000 spiritual stones.¡± ¡°in other words, the total value of your goods is 271756 spirit stones.¡± ¡°yes.¡± luo li nodded. ¡°i have brought a total of 350 flying swords,¡± chen daoxuan continued.¡±according to the price we agreed on, 500 spiritual stones for each flying sword. that¡¯s a total of 175000 spiritual stones.¡± upon hearing this, luo li felt a little awkward. she seemed to have brought too many things, and chen daoxuan could not finish them all. just as she was in a dilemma, chen daoxuan thought of something and smiled. ¡°miss luo, although this is our second transaction, what do you think of me? ¡± upon hearing this, luo li was stunned for a moment. then, her pretty face blushed slightly. she turned her head and said,¡±not bad.¡± ¡°i have a very good impression of miss luo and the merfolk clan!¡± he paused for a moment.¡± so 1 think that our deal can continue and expand.¡± ¡°expanse?¡± ¡°yes! enlarge.¡± looking at luo li¡¯s confused look, chen daoxuan continued to explain,¡± for example, there are many resources in the deep sea that we humans can use, but you merfolk can¡¯t. for example, this spirit ore is one of them. ¡°and our human race also has many things that your merfolk race urgently needs, such as magic tools. therefore, 1 think that it¡¯s better for both of us to have a public discussion about what resources we still need from each other.¡± upon hearing this, luo li fell silent. after a long time. ¡°our merfolk clan lacks food.¡± she raised her head and said. ¡°what?¡± chen daoxuan was almost confused by luo li¡¯s words. after cultivators walked the path of qi refinement, they basically stopped eating. the lowest among the mermen was at the early-stage of level one, equivalent to human early-stage qi refinement cultivators. how could they lack food? he seemed to have seen through chen daoxuan¡¯s doubts. ¡± the mermen tribe¡¯s cultivation method is different from that of humans,¡± luo li explained slowly.¡± speaking of which, our cultivation method is more like that of ancient cultivators.¡± ¡°ancient cultivators.¡± hearing this word, chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but come to a realization. the ancient cultivators referred to the group of cultivators from ancient times. in the cultivation world, it did not mean that the current cultivators were inferior to the ancient cultivators. it could only be said that the paths taken by the two sides were somewhat different. ancient cultivators usually cultivated qi and body at the same time. however, there was a characteristic of ancient cultivators, and that was that they did not have any magic tools. in the beginning, ancient cultivators imitated the cultivation path of demon beasts. at that time, the human race was not the overlord of this world. among the ten thousand races, humans could only be said to be a medium-sized race. however, with the emergence of the cultivator community, the human race relied on their terrifying reproductive ability to rapidly grow into the largest race in this world. later on, he became the overlord of this world. the other non-humankind beings and demon beasts were either hiding in the deep mountains or deep seas, not daring to show their faces. as the human cultivation world continued to develop, the cultivation system also began to change. especially with the appearance of the defensive magic tools, the human race realized that they didn¡¯t need to spend a lot of energy and resources to cultivate their bodies. they could also obtain terrifying defensive power. at this time, body tempering techniques were gradually banned. after that, the hundred arts of immortal cultivation became more and more prosperous, which led to the current immortal cultivation world. luo li said that the merfolk clan¡¯s cultivation method was more inclined to the ancient cultivators, and chen daoxuan was very clear about what she meant. they were probably really short of food! although there were large groups of demonic beasts at the bottom of the sea, they were not weak chickens. how could they be so easy to kill? moreover, demonic beasts all appeared in groups. the mermen wanted to hunt the demon beasts, and the demon beasts wanted to hunt them. this was also the reason why luo li and the others were in a hurry to buy weapons. when he heard luo li say that they lacked food, a plan that had been brewing in chen daoxuan¡¯s mind for a long time was brought up. ¡± atiss luo, other than the path of qi refinement, have you also taken the path of body refinement?¡± upon hearing this, luo li nodded at first, then shook her head. ¡°¡±our body refinement is still a little different from your human body refinement.¡± at this point, she smiled.¡± we¡¯ve learned about your human race¡¯s body-tempering cultivation technique. the consumption of resources is too terrifying. the cultivation path of our merfolk race is equivalent to a simplified version of the combination of body refinement and qi refinement path.¡± chen daoxuan didn¡¯t know what a simplified version of the path of body refinement and qi refinement was. however, when he thought about how the merfolk clan¡¯s clan leader was almost killed by zhou mubai, who was at the first level of the purple mansion realm, he knew that the cultivation method of the merfolk clan was not that good. ¡°i think that our chen family can trade spiritual rice with your merfolk clan in the future other than weapons,¡± chen daoxuan continued after thinking for a while. ¡°spiritual rice?¡± luo li¡¯s eyes lit up. obviously, she knew what spiritual rice was. looking at luo li¡¯s delighted expression, chen daoxuan finally revealed his true intentions. he said, ¡°¡±since both of us have agreed to enter into a deep cooperation, it is very important to have a unified transaction currency.¡± luo li was a little embarrassed when she heard this. this was because the human race¡¯s recognized currency was spirit stones, and all the spirit stones of the merfolk race were already here. he saw luo li¡¯s troubled expression. chen daoxuan smiled.¡± actually, it doesn¡¯t matter if you don¡¯t have spirit stones. miss luo, have you heard of the contribution system in the cultivation clans?¡± ¡°what is the contribution system?¡± ¡± to put it simply, the clan members will hand over resources such as spirit stones, spirit pearls, and so on to the clan to obtain contribution points. then, with these contribution points, they can exchange for spirit stones, spirit pearls, spirit stones, and other resources.¡± ¡± you mean to use the chen family¡¯s contribution points to replace our currency?¡± luo li finally reacted and asked. ¡°yes, that¡¯s what 1 mean.¡± seeing luo li¡¯s hesitation, chen daoxuan said, ¡°¡±miss luo, are you worried about our chen family and afraid that we won¡¯t admit to taking your things, or h ¡°no, no, no. 1 believe you.¡± luo li said bashfully,¡± that¡¯s right¡­lf that¡¯s the case, i¡¯m afraid that both sides will forget how many contribution points there are, or that both sides will not be able to explain. you understand what i mean, right?¡± ¡°i understand what miss luo means.¡± chen daoxuan took out two blank jade slips from his storage bag and entered two sets of numbers into them. ¡°i¡¯ve keyed in the number 96756 for each of these two jade slips. it represents 96756 spirit stones.¡± chen daoxuan handed the jade slip to the other party.¡± in the future, you can use the contribution points in this jade slip to trade with my chen family. we¡¯ll just have to split the amount of spirit stones we spend and the contribution points we¡¯ll get.¡± upon hearing this, luo li¡¯s eyes lit up. she took the jade slip and said with ill intentions, ¡°¡±aren¡¯t you afraid that i¡¯ll change the numbers in this jade slip?¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan waved the jade slip in his hand and said, ¡°¡±i still have a copy here. this kind of transaction requires both parties to maintain absolute trust. otherwise, it won¡¯t be able to continue. our chen family is willing to believe in the merfolk clan.¡± hearing chen daoxuan¡¯s sincere words, luo li could not help but feel ashamed of her little cleverness. she raised her head and nodded seriously. ¡°¡±since your chen clan is willing to trust our merman clan, we are naturally willing to trust you.¡± at this moment, the relationship between the two sides became unprecedentedly harmonious. in the end, luo li said jokingly, ¡°¡±do you want to count the spirit stones and spirit minerals?¡± chen daoxuan shook his head and said with a smile, ¡°¡±i trust you.¡± luo li seemed to be touched by his words. she looked at chen daoxuan deeply, then turned around and jumped into the sea. immediately after, the mermen put down all kinds of resources and put the flying swords into the white shells. then, they jumped into the sea and disappeared. half a cup of tea later. on the sea surface dozens of kilometers away from the sea-viewing pavilion, a beautiful woman emerged from the sea. she looked at the white figure on the sea-viewing pavilion from afar and smiled before disappearing into the sea.. Chapter 63 - Chapter 63: Long chapter 63: long-cherished wish fulfilled (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw they returned to shuanghu island. the sky was already turning white. looking at the rising sun on the sea, chen daoxuan touched the storage bags on his waist, satisfied. this time, the chen family¡¯s contribution points were not just for free. the greater significance of this move was to control the merfolk¡¯s finances. although the chen family was still weak, they had gradually controlled the merfolk¡¯s weapons and equipment. coupled with chen daoxuan¡¯s control over the merfolk race¡¯s currency, he would definitely control the merfolk race¡¯s economy in the future. not to mention that when chen daoxuan sold the spiritual rice to the mermen, he would control the food of the mermen. when a faction¡¯s military, economy, and even food were controlled by another faction, outsiders would not believe that it was not a vassal. however, the merfolk clan did not seem to notice all that chen daoxuan did. this was also the drawback of the backward systems in this world. of course. if chen daoxuan wanted to completely control the merfolk clan, he had to make sure that the chen family¡¯s absolute strength surpassed the other party. otherwise, others could flip the table at any time. at most, both sides would end up suffering. only when the chen clan¡¯s strength surpassed the merfolk clan would this kind of control be incomparably firm, making it impossible for them to have the slightest intention of resisting. he had just returned to the flying sword factory on shuanghu island. chen liangyu jogged over and said,¡±young patriarch, patriarch is back.¡± ¡°oh?¡± chen daoxuan was slightly stunned when he heard that his thirteenth uncle, chen xianhe, had returned. he immediately understood what was going on. the business of guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s rainbow sonar flying sword shop must have been so good that the fifty flying swords he had brought with him had been sold out. thinking of this, chen daoxuan smiled and nodded. ¡°¡±i¡¯ll go find thirteenth uncle now.¡± ¡°young ¡­ young clan leader,¡± chen liangyu carefully worded his words.¡± the clan leader said that you don¡¯t need to look for him for now. the work of producing flying swords is more important. you can look for him after you finish today¡¯s work of refining flying swords.¡± hearing this. chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but laugh. he knew that chen xianhe was both happy and nervous when he learned that his family had nine more seedlings. that was because the clan¡¯s spiritual eye could not support the cultivation of so many cultivators of the chen clan. now, cultivating a spirit vein for the chen family had become an urgent matter. after finishing today¡¯s work. chen daoxuan put the five flying swords he had just refined into his storage bag and used the wind manipulation technique to fly toward chen xianhe¡¯s cave abode in the red copper mountains. however, chen xianhe wasn¡¯t in the cave abode. after some thought, he returned to his cave abode. as expected. outside his cave abode, chen daoxuan found chen xianhe. at this moment, he was talking to the nine immortal seedlings of the chen family. the scene was filled with laughter. looking at the happy scene in front of him, chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but smile. as soon as he landed, chen xianhe looked at him. ¡°thirteenth uncle.¡± chen daoxuan cupped his hands at chen xianhe and smiled. ¡°yes, are you done?¡± chen xianhe smiled and nodded. ¡°young clan leader!¡± ¡°young clan leader!¡± when the nine seedlings of the chen clan saw chen daoxuan, they all bowed to him. it seemed that the diligent teaching during this period of time had allowed chen daoxuan to establish an extremely dignified image in everyone¡¯s eyes. chen xianhe nodded slightly. these nine seedlings would be the pillars of the chen family in the future. they respected chen daoxuan so much that it would make chen daoxuan¡¯s rule of the chen family easier in the future. chen daoxuan didn¡¯t think too much about it. when he saw the children playing around, he couldn¡¯t help but put on a stern face and said seriously,¡±what a joke. have you finished your cultivation homework today?¡± hearing this. the faces of the miao immortals froze. chen daochu walked out of the crowd, bowed his head and said with a guilty expression, ¡°¡±young clan leader, it¡¯s not done yet.¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan¡¯s expression became even more serious. ¡± the key to cultivation is perseverance. if you slack off today, you can slack off every day. haven¡¯t i told you about the principle of a thousand-mile dike collapsing in an ant nest?¡± hearing this, everyone lowered their heads, not daring to look at him. chen xianhe didn¡¯t defend chen daoxuan when he saw chen daoxuan reprimanding the younger generation. he knew that this was the time for chen daoxuan to establish his prestige among the chen clan¡¯s disciples. he absolutely could not destroy it. as expected. after being reprimanded by chen daoxuan, everyone lowered their heads and admitted their mistakes. they obediently ran to complete today¡¯s cultivation homework. seeing this scene. ¡°compared to me, you¡¯re much stricter with these kids,¡± chen xianhe said with a smile. ¡°no choice,¡± chen daoxuan smiled and shook his head.¡± these little guys just like to play around. other than chen daochu, chen daolin, and chen daolin, who are slightly calmer, if the others don¡¯t care, they are usually like rabbits that have let loose.¡± ¡± that¡¯s true.¡± chen xianhe nodded slightly.¡± speaking of which, i¡¯ve never been worried about your cultivation.¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan didn¡¯t know how to explain. he couldn¡¯t possibly say that he had transmigrated and that there was a mature soul in his body. ¡°oh right, thirteenth uncle, are you back because the rainbow sonar flying sword shop is out of stock?¡± he could only change the topic. ¡°yes.¡± seeing that chen daoxuan was getting down to business, chen xianhe said seriously, ¡°¡±as the reputation of our rainbow music shop grows, the number of rogue cultivator customers who come to our shop to buy flying swords also increases. in order not to offend these itinerant cultivators, 1 had to shorten the time interval between the lottery draws. as a result, the fifty flying swords were sold out in less than two months.¡± chen xianhe spread his hands and looked helpless. the rainbow sonar flying sword shop had no flying swords to sell, so chen xianhe couldn¡¯t stay in the wandering cultivator market any longer. therefore, he had no choice but to return to shuanghu island with the family¡¯s cargo ship, the blue dragon, to retrieve another batch of goods. seeing him like this, chen daoxuan pursed his lips and smiled. ¡°¡±you came at a bad time. i¡¯ve traded most of the flying swords produced by the clan with the merfolk clan.¡± chen xianhe was about to ask about this when chen daoxuan took the initiative to say it. he took two steps forward and said excitedly,¡±how is it? have you gathered the spirit stones to nurture the spirit vein this time?¡± ¡°i didn¡¯t fail you!¡± chen daoxuan nodded and cupped his hands. ¡°haha! hahahaha!¡± chen xianhe couldn¡¯t help but laugh wildly. chen daoxuan remembered that this kind of wanton laughter had only been heard when chen xianhe learned about the invention of this abnormal tool. in fact, chen xianhe was even happier today than he had been that day. chen xianhe had only seen the hope of his clan nurturing a spirit vein when the harmonious spirit stove had just been created. at this moment, hope had become reality. the chen family was really going to have their own spirit vein. the chen clan had been established on shuanghu island for nearly three hundred years, and finally had the foundation to pass down their legacy. in the future, unless there was a major change in the infinite star sea, as long as they had this spiritual vein, the chen family would not be cut off. how could chen xianhe not be excited? chen xianhe regretted his decision. if he had known earlier, he would have told chen daoxuan to come to him earlier. however, on second thought, it was not too late to know. he grabbed chen daoxuan¡¯s hand and said, ¡°¡±let¡¯s go, tell me about the transaction with the merfolk clan.¡± ¡°alright.¡± chen daoxuan smiled and walked into the cave abode with chen xianhe¡­ outside the cave. the chen clan¡¯s immortal seedling was still practicing his sword technique while shouting. in changping county, the women of the yun nation who were already married caressed their slightly bulging bellies. the entire shuanghu island was full of vitality.. Chapter 64 - Chapter 64: Spirit Vein Site Selection (1) chapter 64: spirit vein site selection (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw inside the cave. at the tea table. the two of them sat opposite each other. chen daoxuan personally poured a cup of spiritual tea for chen xianhe and said with a smile, ¡°¡±this is what happened.¡± chen xianhe took the spiritual tea from chen daoxuan and frowned. ¡°dao xuan, why do you want the merfolk race to use my chen family¡¯s contribution points? if i remember correctly, my chen family doesn¡¯t have anything about contribution points at all.¡± obviously, chen xianhe did not understand what financial sovereignty was. chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t explain it to him at the moment, so he could only explain simply, ¡°¡±firstly, it¡¯s to make it more convenient for our two clans to trade. secondly, it¡¯s also to allow the merfolk clan to have an exclusive deal with my chen clan.¡± ¡°exclusive deal?¡± chen xianhe grasped the main point of chen daoxuan¡¯s words. he quickly understood what this exclusive deal meant. in the process of continuous transactions between the two clans, once the merfolk clan had a large number of chen clan contribution points, other than choosing to trade with chen clan, could they use chen clan¡¯s contribution points to trade with other clans? understanding this, chen xianhe looked at chen daoxuan with admiration. seeing chen xianhe looking at him like that, chen daoxuan felt a little uncomfortable. ¡°by the way, thirteenth uncle, where do you think it¡¯s more suitable to place our chen family¡¯s spirit vein?¡± he quickly changed the topic. after hearing about the spirit vein, chen xianhe did not care about the merfolk clan¡¯s use of chen family contribution points. his eyes lit up at first, then he said solemnly,¡±! think the red copper mountains are more suitable.¡± ¡°how do you know?¡± chen daoxuan asked. ¡± the red copper mountain range is the place where generations of our chen clan¡¯s ancestors cultivated. it has a dense cultivation atmosphere. moreover, most of our cave abodes are built in the red copper mountain range. also ¡­¡± as chen xianhe spoke, he realized that he couldn¡¯t say much about the benefits. it seemed that the red copper mountains had no other advantage other than the ruins of the chen clan¡¯s ancestors. as for cave abodes, as long as the chen clan members were mobilized, they could build as many as they wanted. after thinking for a long time, chen xianhe saw chen daoxuan looking at him calmly. he was a little angry and said,¡±alright, don¡¯t keep me in suspense. where do you think is suitable to build a spirit vein? from the looks of it, you should have a well-thought-out plan.¡± chen daoxuan put down the spiritual tea in his hand and nodded. ¡°¡±i do have some ideas.¡± ¡°tell me about it then,¡± chen xianhe raised his head. ¡°thirteenth uncle, what do you think is the most important thing for the chen family?¡± chen daoxuan asked. ¡± of course, it¡¯s a flying sword factory!¡± chen xianhe said without hesitation. although the rainbow sonar flying sword factory only had five production rooms and a total of 15 workers, including chen daoxuan, it only had 16 people. however, these sixteen people had fulfilled the long-cherished wish of the chen clan¡¯s ancestors that they had not been able to accomplish for hundreds of years, earning a spirit vein for the chen clan. indeed. the most important reason why the chen family earned this spirit vein was that they had obtained unimaginable profits from trading with the merfolk clan. but even without the merfolk clan, with the terrifying production capacity of this rainbow sound flying sword factory, the chen family would be able to earn enough spirit stones to cultivate the spirit vein in a few years at most. chen xianhe, who had a thriving flying sword business in guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s wandering cultivator market, firmly believed in this. ¡°since the flying sword factory is the core of our chen clan, and the spirit vein is also an indispensable cultivation place for our chen clan cultivators, why can¡¯t the two be combined into one?¡± chen daoxuan asked. ¡°you mean¡­¡± chen xianhe¡¯s eyes lit up. ¡± that¡¯s right. i suggest that we place the spirit vein in shuanghu island¡¯s industrial zone.¡± although chen xianhe didn¡¯t know what chen daoxuan¡¯s weird name meant, he didn¡¯t object to it. it was just like how he named the forging workshop rainbow sonar flying sword factory. chen daoxuan did many things that chen xianhe couldn¡¯t understand, but they had played a good role in the development of the family. as time passed, chen xianhe would shut up about things he didn¡¯t understand. it was the same this time. although chen xianhe really wanted to place the spirit vein in the red copper mountains, chen daoxuan¡¯s words made more sense. other than the remnants of the chen clan¡¯s ancestors, there really didn¡¯t seem to be anything else worthy of nostalgia in the red copper mountain range. the red copper mine had dried up, and now there was an even more advanced flying sword factory. even the earth fire room had been sealed for a long time. he calculated. other than chen daoxuan¡¯s almost exhausted spiritual eye, there seemed to be nothing valuable in the red copper mountains. what was there to miss about such a worthless mountain? ¡°sigh.¡± chen xianhe sighed deeply. ¡± what¡¯s wrong, thirteenth uncle? do you think something is wrong? ¡± ¡°no, there¡¯s nothing wrong with it. your choice is very right, very good!¡± chen xianhe looked lonely, but he forced a smile. chen daoxuan naturally couldn¡¯t understand chen xianhe¡¯s mentality. he was now completely immersed in the future development of the chen family. cultivating spirit veins, selecting a large number of immortal seedlings, training forging apprentices, expanding the scale of the flying sword factory, and gradually occupying the market of freelance flying swords in guang ¡®an prefecture and even other prefectures. it could be said that¡­ according to chen daoxuan¡¯s plan, the chen family of shuanghu island would definitely rise. he might face some suppression from some family forces in the process of his rise, but with the control of the qian yuan sword sect over the infinite star sea, chen daoxuan believed that he could withstand these suppression. after all, the current infinite star sea was not the chaotic infinite star sea a thousand years ago. there were no rules and everything was decided by fists. in the current infinite star sea, as long as you didn¡¯t violate the laws of the qian yuan sword sect, you basically didn¡¯t have to worry about any big immortal cultivation clans brazenly coming to destroy the small clans. this was also the reason why a small family like the chen family was not destroyed by a large family to snatch cultivation resources even though they were clearly not strong enough. on the one hand, the chen family, a small family, had few resources and the big families did not care about them. another important reason was that the qian yuan sword sect had intimidated the big families of immortal cultivators in the infinite star sea. when the qian yuan sword sect had just unified the infinite star sea, there was a yuanying stage family who didn¡¯t believe this. they relied on their strength and destroyed a foundation building stage family, even the ordinary members of the other party. for this reason, the qianyuan sword sect was furious. the previous sect master personally killed the nascent soul perfected lord of the nascent soul family and all the cultivators in the family. as for the ordinary clansmen of this nascent soul stage family, they were sold to various states in the infinite star sea as slaves. an illustrious nascent soul realm clan was exterminated just like that. it was extremely miserable. at this point, no cultivator dared to ignore the decree issued by the qianyuan sword sect. at least before the decline of the qian yuan sword sect, no family dared to cross the line. not to mention the fact that the qianyuan sword sect was at the peak of their power, suppressing the entire xuan qing dao league in the yun nation. the immortal cultivation clans in the infinite star sea dared not act rashly. perhaps they would dare to take risks to do some small tricks in the dark, but no immortal cultivator in the infinite star sea would dare to go to their doorstep and exterminate their entire race.. Chapter 65 - Chapter 65: Meridian Opening Pill (1) chapter 65: meridian opening pill (1) he saw chen daoxuan¡¯s excited expression. the loneliness on chen xianhe¡¯s face quickly disappeared. he smiled mysteriously and said, ¡°daoxuan, guess what i brought back this time? ¡± ¡°what?¡± chen daoxuan asked curiously. chen xianhe didn¡¯t say anything. he slapped his bag of holding and a jade bottle appeared on the table. ¡°this is¡­¡± chen daoxuan took the jade bottle on the table and opened the seal. a strange fragrance assailed his nose. ¡°meridian opening pili!¡± looking at the round, pale yellow pill in the jade bottle, chen daoxuan was pleasantly surprised. chen xianhe nodded and smiled.¡± it¡¯s the meridian unlocking pill. the zhou treasure pill house just happened to produce a new batch of spirit pills. this meridian unlocking pill is one of them.¡± although the meridian unblocking pill was only a tier 1 spiritual pill, it was the most expensive among all tier 1 spiritual pills because it was a spiritual pill that allowed the immortal seedlings to cross the mortal realm. in guang ¡®an prefecture, the market price of a meridian opening pill was 500 spirit stones. moreover, it also depended on whether the pill shop had stock. in guang ¡®an prefecture, the zhou clan was the largest pill merchant. in the zhou clan treasure pill house, there were all kinds of tier 1 spirit pills. for example, the zhou clan treasure pill house had a long-term supply of spirit pills that could assist in cultivation and detoxify poison. as long as cultivators had spirit stones, they could buy them. however, there was only one type of spirit pill that one might not be able to buy even if one had the money. that was the realm-breaking pill. breakthrough pills were generally divided into two types. the first type was pills that could assist in breaking through small realms, such as the pills that could help one break through from the early stage of the qi refinement realm to the middle stage of the qi refinement realm. this kind of pill was usually a little more expensive than the cultivation aiding pill, but the price was limited. at most, it would not exceed twice the price. as for the other major realm breakthrough medicinal pill, its price was terrifying. for example, the meridian opening pill, which could allow one to directly jump from the mortal realm to the qi refinement realm, or even the foundation building pill, which could allow one to break through from the great perfection of the qi refinement realm to the foundation building realm, belonged to this category of realm breaking pills. the price of such a pill was usually ten times higher than that of a cultivation pill of the same level. moreover, it was often priceless. the meridian unblocking pill was a little better. after ail, the medicinal ingredients and difficulty of refining it were not too high, and the supply was also relatively sufficient. generally speaking, as long as one had the patience to wait at the zhou clan treasure pill house, they would be able to buy it after a period of time. however, the tier 2 spirit pill, the foundation establishment pill, was different. as long as this kind of spirit pill appeared in a pill shop, it would definitely be fought over by cultivators. therefore, foundation establishment pills usually would not appear in pill shops. instead, they would be auctioned off at auction houses. basically, the lowest auction price for a foundation establishment pill was between thirty to forty thousand spirit stones. if a cultivator was stuck at the time of breaking through to the foundation establishment stage, there were many who went bankrupt to buy the foundation establishment pill. at that time, it would be difficult to say how much the price would soar. in the history of the zhou auction house, the foundation establishment pill had been sold for a sky-high price of 100,000 spirit stones before. of course, such a sky-high price was rarely seen. usually, a cultivator would only need to prepare 50,000 spirit stones to buy a foundation establishment pill. at the end of the day, a foundation building cultivator was still inferior to a spirit vein that could be passed down for generations in the family. not to mention that cultivators who used foundation establishment pills also had the risk of failing to establish their foundation. to a large faction, the value of a foundation building pill could not compare to a strategic resource like a spirit vein. otherwise, the zhou clan wouldn¡¯t have been willing to auction off the foundation establishment pills but never sell the spirit veins to the public. playing with the jade bottle in his hand, chen daoxuan was full of joy. he and thirteenth uncle chen xianhe were really connected. as soon as he prepared the spirit stones for cultivating the spirit vein, chen xianhe delivered the meridian opening pill. this way¡­ the nine seedlings of the chen clan would soon be able to cross the mortal realm and officially enter the qi condensation realm. the fact that the chen family¡¯s immortal seedlings had entered the qi refining stage meant that not only did they gain nine new qi refining cultivators, but the greater significance was that chen daoxuan could now teach them how to refine artifacts. once the chen clan¡¯s immortal seedling mastered the refinement method of even the lowest-level scarlet shadow flying sword, the flying sword factory would welcome a new round of expansion. at that time. the production capacity of the rainbow sonar flying sword factory would definitely skyrocket. whether it was guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s itinerant cultivator market or the merfolk market, the chen family could satisfy them. unlike now, where they were only focused on the merfolk market, the chen family was unable to occupy the wider freelance martial artist market in guang ¡®an prefecture. ¡± unfortunately, there are only five unblocking meridian elixirs here. it¡¯s only enough for five people to break through to the refinement stage.¡± chen daoxuan was a little sly. hearing this, chen xianhe snapped,¡± chen daoyuan is only five years old, and the other kids are only six or seven years old. do you expect such young kids to break through the refinement stage and work in a flying sword factory after learning refining from you? ¡± ¡°uh¡­¡± chen daoxuan choked. he had been so focused on expanding the scale and production capacity of the flying sword factory that he had neglected the age of the chen family¡¯s immortal seedlings. thinking of this, chen daoxuan cupped his hands and said,¡±daoxuan was too impatient.¡±. ¡°you!¡± chen xianhe shook his head.¡± you¡¯re always in such a hurry. you should know that ever since you took over the chen family of shuanghu island, the family has been developing at a rapid pace. when i came back this time and saw the bustling changping county, i couldn¡¯t believe that this was the chen family. dao xuan, we immortal cultivators have very long lifespans. at least your future path is still very long. there¡¯s no need to seize every second.¡± ¡°dao xuan has been taught!¡± chen daoxuan cupped his hands respectfully. indeed, just as chen xianhe had said, the crazy accumulation of wealth during this period of time had made chen daoxuan lose his mind. all he wanted was for the chen family to continue to grow, the faster the better! however, some things could not be better as soon as possible. for example, there were only a thousand children in the chen clan, nine of them were immortal seedlings, and including him and thirteenth uncle, there were only eleven cultivators. as for the women from the yun nation, their children had yet to be born. the chen family was like a butterfly waiting to break out of its cocoon. only by enduring the darkness before dawn would they be able to truly erupt. otherwise¡­ even if chen daoxuan forcibly collected more wealth for the chen family, would the chen family have enough cultivators to protect them? obviously not! although chen daoxuan¡¯s strength was not weak among qi condensation cultivators, he was not a match for foundation establishment cultivators. not to mention the foundation building cultivators, even those top ninth level aura refining cultivators, as long as they could withstand his three axe attacks, chen daoxuan was basically no match for them. therefore, the current chen family was still very weak. although this was the infinite star sea and had the law of the qian yuan sword sect, it was not a peaceful environment in his previous life. if the chen family¡¯s strength was insufficient, they would still face great risks. for example. if the great cultivation clans really wanted to destroy the chen clan, they could totally borrow the help of demonic beasts. if the qianyuan sword sect did not have enough evidence, the matter would be left unsettled. after thinking this through, chen daoxuan¡¯s eyes gradually became clear. ¡°thirteenth uncle, don¡¯t worry. i won¡¯t let the cultivators in the clan fall behind in their cultivation.¡± he cupped his hands and said. ¡°it¡¯s good that you know this.¡± chen xianhe nodded in satisfaction. he was afraid that chen daoxuan would be blinded by the spiritual stones and forget what was the root of a family. for cultivation clans, whether it was spirit stones, spirit veins, or other cultivation resources, they were essentially used to increase the cultivation and strength of the cultivators in the clan. if they only cared about earning spirit stones and did not care about the cultivation of the clan¡¯s cultivators, then the chen clan would be walking on the wrong path.. Chapter 66 - Chapter 66: Power of Creation (1) chapter 66: power of creation (1) the next day. shuanghu island industrial zone. chen xianhe and chen daoxuan stood in the air, overlooking the rainbow sonar flying sword factory on the vast plains. in their eyes, the rainbow sonar flying sword factory was like a matchbox sitting on a plain surrounded by wilderness. it was extremely abrupt. around the flying sword factory, there was only an official road connecting changping county and shuanghu island1 s port. there were only a few dormitory buildings under construction. ¡°what¡¯s that?¡± chen xianhe pointed at a few five-story buildings that had risen from the ground next to the flying sword factory and asked. looking at the direction chen xianhe was pointing at, chen daoxuan smiled and said, ¡°¡±that¡¯s the workers dormitory area that i ordered chen gongcao to build.¡± at this point, chen daoxuan sighed,¡± there are still too few craftsmen in the clan. there are too many buildings that need to be built in the clan now, and there is a serious shortage of craftsmen.¡± hearing this, chen xianhe added, ¡°¡±yes, not only the craftsmen, bur the population of our chen family has been decreasing ever since rhe immortal generation cultivators were wiped our. in recent years, the number has dropped to less than 4,000,¡± chen xianhe couldn¡¯t help but feel sorrowful when he talked about the history of his family¡¯s decline. however, when he saw changping county at the end of his line of sight, chen xianhe¡¯s expression returned to normal. he said with relief,¡± fortunately, all of this is in the past. my chen family will soon have our own spirit vein. we will no longer be like rootless duckweed like in the past.¡± ¡°yes.¡± chen daoxuan nodded heavily. the uncle and nephew looked at each other and smiled. ¡°is it here?¡± chen xianhe looked around the industrial area and asked. ¡°yes,¡± chen daoxuan nodded. ¡± according to the ancient books, a level one spirit vein can cover a radius of ten miles at most. this place is only a dozen miles away from the flying sword factory. once you leave the range of the spirit vein, you can reach the flying sword factory. it¡¯s very convenient.¡± ¡°since that¡¯s the case, let¡¯s begin!¡± chen xianhe nodded. hearing this, chen daoxuan patted one of the many storage bags at his waist. in the next second, the materials to set up the spirit resting array flew out from the storage bag. seeing this, chen xianhe took a step back and watched chen daoxuan set up the array. as an armament master, chen daoxuan¡¯s attainments in array formations were very high. among the hundred arts of immortal cultivation, armament masters ¡®attainments in array formations were second only to array masters. this was because armament masters and array masters were two professions that specialized in arrays. in the process of refining magic tools, the last step was to fuse the array. the so-called array fusion was the fusion of an array and a weapon refinement material. one could imagine the attainments of a weapon refinement master in array formations. if one¡¯s attainments in array formations were not high enough, a blacksmith would nor even be able to draw the lines of an array formation, let alone fuse it. not to mention traditional array masters. not only could they set up array formations, but they could also create array formations. array masters of the same level had attainments in array formations that were above that of artifact masters. chen daoxuan had long comprehended the rank one spirit accumulation formation thoroughly. once rhe spirit stones were in place, he could immediately set up rhe formation. he placed the materials for the array formation on the wilderness one by one. four hours later. all the array materials were laid out by chen daoxuan, outlining a profound array pattern. ¡°alright, the next step is to place the spirit stones on the array nodes.¡± after setting up the grand array, chen daoxuan heaved a sigh of relief. seeing this scene. ¡°do you need my help?¡± chen xianhe asked. hearing this, chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but look at thirteenth uncle suspiciously. as if provoked by chen daoxuan¡¯s gaze, chen xianhe glared at him and said, ¡°¡±what kind of look is that? 1, your clan uncle, have studied rhe clan¡¯s artifact refining inheritance in the past. although 1 haven¡¯t reached the basic level, 1 still have some attainments in array formations. otherwise, how do you think my chen clan s earth fire chamber came about?¡± chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but laugh when he heard thirteenth uncle mention the family¡¯s earth fire room. he had forgotten about it if he hadn¡¯t mentioned it. since thirteenth uncle could set up rhe array of rhe earth fire room, in theory, it should not be too much of a problem for him to set up the profound spirit array. after all, this was only a tier 1 array formation. not to mention that he was only helping him place spirit stones at the array formation nodes. thinking of this, chen daoxuan quickly cupped his hands and apologized,¡±thirteenth uncle, please don¡¯t blame me. it¡¯s my fault for being too concerned.¡± chen xianhe wasn¡¯t really angry with chen daoxuan. he just felt a little uncomfortable watching the completion of the clan¡¯s spirit vein without helping at all. chen daoxuan didn¡¯t think too much about it. he patted rhe other storage bag. in the next moment, spirit stones flew out of the storage bag one after another. counting carefully, there were more than 100,000 pills. these spirit stones were all the savings of the chen family. theoretically, 100,000 spiritual stones could be used to cultivate a spiritual vein, but to ensure that nothing went wrong, chen daoxuan took out the remaining 2,000 spiritual stones from the clan treasury. in other words, the number of spirit stones piled up in front of the two of them now exceeded 100,000. with so many spirit stones piled up on the ground, they formed a small mountain, which was extremely eye-catching. it was only on an uninhabited island like shuanghu island, which had a radius of several thousand miles. if it was in guang ¡®an prefecture, even with the zhou family¡¯s decree, there might be some jealous itinerant cultivators who would take the risk. this was the first time chen xianhe had seen so many spiritual stones piled up in front of him. he was a little lost. although he saw that chen daoxuan had given him more than 60,000 spirit stones in the storage bag last time. however, the 60,000 spirit stones were still in his storage bag. how could they be as shocking as the pile in front of him? chen xianhe took a deep breath. he wrapped a portion of the spirit stones with his zhenqi and put them in his storage bag before flying toward the array node. chen daoxuan put away the other spirit stones and flew in rhe opposite direction. with the two of them working together, it was not until sunset that they finally finished placing all the spirit stones. they returned to their respective locations. ¡°is everything ready on your side?¡± chen xianhe looked at chen daoxuan. ¡°yes, what about thirteenth uncle?¡± ¡°it¡¯s all set up.¡± hearing this, the two of them heaved a sigh of relief and then laughed our loud. the two of them laughed for a while. chen xianhe handed over the remaining spirit stones in his storage bag and said, ¡¯¡±¡®put these spirit stones back into the clan treasury.¡± he looked at the storage bag that chen xianhe handed over. chen daoxuan shook his head.¡± thirteenth uncle, you¡¯ve already spent all the spiritual stones you earned from selling the flying swords. you can take the remaining 2,000 spiritual stones back to guang an prefecture to purchase supplies.¡± chen xianhe knew what chen daoxuan was talking about, so he nodded and said, ¡°¡±good!¡± after they finished talking about business. chen daoxuan took out a spirit stone from his storage bag. looking at the faint white mist in rhe spirit stone the size of a baby¡¯s fist, he muttered, ¡°is this the power of creation?¡± chen xianhe looked at the spirit stone in chen daoxuan¡¯s hand and nodded.¡±¡± that¡¯s right. it¡¯s because of the power of creation in the spirit stone that the spirit vein can be cultivated.¡± ¡± it¡¯s amazing.¡± chen daoxuan sighed.¡± it¡¯s worthy of the name of creation.¡± chen xianhe smiled but didn¡¯t say anything. as the common currency for cultivators to trade, the value of spirit stones was naturally not as simple as the little spiritual energy they contained. otherwise, since the spirit vein could produce spiritual energy continuously, what was the use of spirit stones? not to mention that the spiritual energy in the spirit stones was not much, and it was not enough for a cultivator to refine and cultivate. in fact, the spiritual energy contained in the spirit stone was more like a protective layer for the power of creation at the core. if a prodigal absorbed and refined the spiritual energy in the spirit stone, without the protection of the spiritual energy, this trace of power of creation would quickly dissipate between heaven and earth. it was very magical.. Chapter 67 - Chapter 67: Spirit Pond (1) chapter 67: spirit pond (1) translator: daoistgfubtiw half a month later. the ten thousand spirit stones placed on the main node of the profound spirit array lost all their spiritual energy. the trace of the power of creation in the spirit stones also followed the array patterns and seeped into the earth vein. the spirit stones that had lost all their spiritual energy were like weathered stones. with a gentle pinch, they turned into a pile of powder and disappeared with the wind. chen xianhe rubbed the spirit stone powder in his hands and stood up excitedly. he looked at chen daoxuan and said/¡¯the power of creation has seeped into the earth vein, and the spirit vein has been formed! the spirit vein was completed! hahahaha!¡± at this moment, chen xianhe was as excited as a child. hearing this, chen daoxuan heaved a sigh of relief. he could clearly feel that the spiritual energy emanating from this main array node was getting denser and denser. at this rate, this place would become a rare spiritual land sooner or later. ¡± the rank 1 spirit array has one main array node and 127 secondary array nodes. these array nodes can all turn into spiritual eyes and provide endless spiritual energy to the chen family cultivators! ¡° chen xianhe¡¯s eyes lit up. now, in less than half a month, the main node of the array formation had already emitted spiritual qi, proving that the spirit vein had already taken shape. by the time all 127 of the array formation¡¯s secondary nodes had turned into spiritual eyes, the chen family¡¯s spiritual vein would have been completely cultivated. at that time. the chen family¡¯s grade-1 spirit vein was enough to allow at least a hundred qi condensation cultivators to cultivate at the same time without worrying about the problem of spiritual energy exhaustion. compared to the wild spiritual eye, the spiritual eye on the spiritual vein could continuously absorb spiritual energy from the spiritual vein and never have to worry about the problem of spiritual energy exhaustion. unless a high-level cultivator violently extracted the spiritual energy from the spiritual vein in a short period of time, it was possible to cause the spiritual vein to be damaged. of course. normally, no cultivator would do such an act of cutting off their own path of retreat. this was because spiritual energy was essential to both low-level and high-level cultivators. no one would deliberately destroy the spirit vein. even if this spirit vein belonged to an enemy force, no one would destroy it. at most, they would plunder all the resources on the spirit vein. as for the spirit vein itself, after the qianyuan sword sect conquered the spirit vein of the yun nation, they would usually choose to set up a mountain protection array or build an immortal city to take over the spirit vein. even if they didn¡¯t have the chance to occupy it, the qian yuan sword sect would just plunder some resources and then retreat. they wouldn¡¯t destroy the spirit vein. otherwise, if everyone did not follow the rules. the cultivation world was constantly in conflict, and the spirit veins had long been destroyed. how could there be today s prosperous cultivation world? looking around, chen xianhe nodded and said, ¡± ¡°this main array node is enough to turn into a spiritual pond in the future.¡± ¡°spirit pond?¡± chen daoxuan was a little confused. he had only heard of spiritual eyes, but this was the first time he had heard of spiritual pools. chen xianhe smiled and explained, *¡¯ when the spiritual energy is concentrated to a certain extent, it will turn into liquid. when the spiritual liquid is accumulated, it will turn into a spiritual pond.¡± of course, the more spirit liquid there is, the bigger the spirit pond will be. when the time comes, you can call it a spirit lake or a spirit sea. it s up to you. however, for a grade one spirit meridian, the spirit liquid pool is basically the limit.¡± spiritual qi liquified! so that was the case. chen daoxuan nodded in understanding. up until now, he had not known that the spiritual energy could be so dense that it could turn into spiritual liquid. he did not know what would happen when that happened. thinking of this, he could not help but feel a little excited. after pondering for a moment, chen xianhe continued, ¡°¡±since the main spiritual eye has already formed, the construction of your cave abode should also be put on the agenda. no, it shouldn¡¯t be called a cave abode now¡­¡± chen xianhe looked at the endless plain and smiled.¡± it should be called immortal palace.11 chen daoxuan looked embarrassed when he heard the words ¡± immortal palace ¡°. he quickly begged for mercy, ¡°¡±thirteenth uncle, please don¡¯t make me suffer.¡± ¡°hahaha!¡± seeing chen daoxuan¡¯s embarrassed look, chen xianhe stroked his beard and laughed out loud. seeing thirteenth uncle¡¯s relaxed and happy appearance, chen daoxuan felt very happy. these years. thirteenth uncle had been too bitter and tired. an outsider would never understand how difficult it was for chen xianhe to support a family. moreover, chen xianhe didn¡¯t have any talent. he was just an ordinary cultivator with poor talent, which made it even more difficult. in the following days. chen xianhe was not in a hurry to go to guang an prefecture to sell his flying swords. instead, he stayed on shuanghu island to help chen daoxuan and the other seedlings build their spiritual houses. chen daoxuan was the future clan leader of the chen clan. not only did his spiritual house have to be built on the main spiritual eye, but the specifications of his spiritual house also had to be high enough. otherwise, it would be difficult to build the spiritual houses of the other cultivators of the chen clan. it couldn¡¯t possibly be that the spiritual residence of an ordinary chen cultivator was more luxurious than the clan leader¡¯s spiritual residence, right? this kind of behavior would definitely damage the dignity of the clan leader and was absolutely unacceptable. therefore, he had no choice. building a spiritual house for chen daoxuan was not only chen daoxuan¡¯s private matter, but also related to the face of the chen family of shuanghu island and the dignity of the patriarch. it was not a small matter. although chen xianhe¡¯s description of the immortal palace was a bit exaggerated, when the chen family¡¯s power continued to grow, it was likely that they would really have to build the spiritual house into an immortal palace. although the chen clan lacked craftsmen, with the addition of chen xianhe, the speed of construction of the spiritual house was like an accelerator. in less than a month. chen daoxuan¡¯s spiritual residence was completed. within this month. other than the completion of chen daoxuan¡¯s spiritual residence, there were two other happy events. the first was the complete formation of the spirit vein. other than the main spirit eye on the spirit vein, all 127 secondary spirit eyes were also emitting spirit qi. seeing that the spiritual energy was dissipating, chen xianhe was distressed. he quickly found chen daoxuan and asked him to stop the production of flying swords and set up a spirit gathering array for the family¡¯s spirit vein. regarding this, chen daoxuan naturally had no reason to disagree. the spirit gathering formation was the most common formation in the cultivation world, it was easy to learn and widely used. in fact, with chen xianhe¡¯s attainments in array formations, he would have tried to set it up himself if he wasn¡¯t afraid of problems. apart from rhe complete formation of the spirit vein. the second joyous event for the chen clan was the addition of five new qi condensation cultivators. at this point, the number of cultivators from the chen family finally broke the pattern of two people and reached as many as seven people. the remaining four were still too young, and chen xianhe didn¡¯t have enough spiritual stones to buy them meridian opening pills, so they hadn¡¯t broken through to rhe refinement stage yet. among the five new qi condensation cultivators, the oldest was only ten years old, and his name was chen daolin. the youngest was only seven years old, and his name was chen daozi. chen daolin, chen daochu, chen daolan, chen daochuan, and chen daozi. there were a total of four men and one woman, five qi condensation cultivators. not long after the cultivators broke through to the lianqi stage. chen xianhe was so busy that he didn¡¯t forget about them. he dragged them to the construction site to work as laborers, it was a pity that they were used as child laborers as soon as they broke through to the refinement stage. however, everyone also knew that the spiritual house that rhe family was building was built for them. therefore, not only did they not feel rejected, they were even more motivated. chen daochu even proposed all sorts of wild ideas. there were things like engraving a floating array on the spiritual house to make it float in rhe air, building a spiritual spring in the air, and building a garden in the air. chen xianhe was furious. he realized that compared to the new generation of chen cultivators, chen daoxuan¡¯s thoughts were considered very stable.. Chapter 68 - Chapter 68: Cultivating Forging Apprentices (1) chapter 68: cultivating forging apprentices (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw shuanghu island port. the blue dragon was docked in the middle of the chen clan¡¯s slave-transporting boats, which were about 150 feet long. it seemed rather small. in front of the dock. ¡± you don¡¯t have to.¡± chen xianhe waved his hand.¡± you can all go back now.¡± after looking around, chen xianhe¡¯s gaze finally fell on chen daoxuan. a hint of reluctance flashed across his eyes. ¡°all of you can leave for now.¡± ¡°yes, young clan leader.¡± chen daoxuan dismissed his clansmen and stepped forward.¡± it¡¯s better for thirteenth uncle to maintain the original number of flying swords you¡¯re selling on this trip to guang ¡®an prefecture.¡± chen xianhe nodded.¡± that should be the case. now that the spirit vein of the chen family has been established, we have a foundation. once dao chu and the others grow up, they will be able to take on the heavy responsibility of the family. it won¡¯t be too late to sell the flying swords in large quantities.¡± seeing chen daoxuan take the initiative to mention this matter, chen xianhe felt more at ease. this proved that chen daoxuan was not blinded by the huge profits brought by the flying sword business. he knew that the most important thing for the chen family at this time was not to earn a large number of spirit stones, but to lack time to grow. even though most of the second-hand magical equipment market in guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s wandering cultivator market was occupied by wandering cultivators, it was hard to say that there were no large immortal cultivation clans involved. even if the great cultivation clans didn¡¯t care about such a small profit, the disciples of the great clans who supplied second-hand flying swords to the magic tool shops would still have a share of the profit. if the chen family sold the brand-new flying swords without restraint, it would not only impact the business of these second-hand magic tool shops, but it would also affect the descendants of the big families who supplied these magic tool shops. at this time, it was really inconvenient for the chen family to set up these enemies. before the chen family¡¯s spirit vein was established, they had no choice but to be radical. otherwise, without spiritual energy to cultivate, one¡¯s cultivation would not be able to improve. why would one care if they offended others or not? however, now that the chen family already had a spirit vein, if they wanted to monopolize the magical equipment market in guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s wandering cultivator market, they would definitely incur the hatred of the original magical equipment shop owners and some disciples of large cultivation clans. in order to earn goods that he temporarily could not use, it was unwise to incur the hatred of some enemies early on. chen xianhe had been in charge of the chen family for so many years. despite being weak, he still managed to establish a foothold on shuanghu island. seeing that thirteenth uncle quickly understood his intentions, chen daoxuan nodded in relief. in his mind, before the chen family grew stronger, he was not prepared to wantonly occupy the magical equipment market in the wandering cultivator market. most of the magic tools in the wandering cultivator market were low-grade magic tools. rogue cultivators could only afford a medium-grade level one magic tool worth a hundred spirit stones at most. there were only a few high-grade level one magic tools in the magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market. this was not because the shopkeepers of the magic tool shops could not get their hands on level one high-grade magic tools, but because the itinerant cultivators ¡®purses were thin and their purchasing power was limited. in addition, it was difficult to refine magic tools, and the profits from low-level magic tools were meager. the large immortal cultivation clans generally did not take a fancy to the magic tool market in the wandering cultivator market. for example, when the yang family wanted to buy magic tools, they would directly go to the zhou precious tool pavilion to order them in large quantities. the trade of magical artifacts between large clans like theirs was often on the scale of thousands or even tens of thousands of magical artifacts. with the number of blacksmiths in the zhou clan, it was already exhausting to satisfy the shortage of magic tools for the hundreds of thousands of cultivators in the zhou clan, as well as the shortage of magic tools for the disciples of the other great cultivation clans. how could he have the energy to care about the wandering cultivators in the wandering cultivator market? according to rumors, the zhou clan faced a huge shortage of magic tools every year. in other words, many of the zhou precious tool pavilion¡¯s magic tools were imported from other prefectures or even other states through special channels. the magic tools that they refined themselves could not even satisfy the hundreds of thousands of cultivators in their family. in reality. the war between the qian yuan sword sect and the yun nation lasted for more than 400 years. both sides were in dire need of magic tools, pills, and other resources. however, at this point in the war, neither side dared to take a step back, because once they did, they might be consigned to eternal damnation. whether it was the qian yuan sword sect or the xuan qing dao league, they were both gritting their teeth and holding on. fortunately, the qian yuan sword sect had the upper hand in this war. the flames of war were raging in the yun nation, so it did not affect the headquarters of the infinite star sea. therefore, the chen family in guang ¡®an prefecture, far away in cangzhou, almost did not feel the impact of the war. however, for the cultivators of the yun nation, the impact of this 400-year-long war was too great. to bid farewell to chen xianhe. chen daoxuan began to officially teach the five newly advanced qi condensation cultivators of the chen family how to refine artifacts. chen daoxuan thought. the resources that chen daochu and the other three had to learn about refining weapons were hundreds of times better than when he first came. he didn¡¯t say anything. the three major steps of refining were refining, shaping, and fusing arrays. first of all, the most complicated refining step was omitted because of the existence of the harmonious spirit stove. one had to know. by eliminating the step of refining materials, it was not as simple as not having to learn the fire control technique. there was also the huge amount of energy wasted in the process of refining materials every time. chen daoxuan remembered that when he was learning how to refine weapons, every time he finished refining the materials, even if he had the primordial enlightenment scripture to help recover his consciousness, the true qi consumed was real. he needed to refine the spiritual energy bit by bit to recover. refining the materials would take about two to three days, and it would take at least a night to recover his true qi. in total, even with the help of the primordial enlightenment scripture, chen daoxuan could only attempt to shape and fuse the array once in three days at most. this was without considering the failure of refining the materials. not to mention that chen daoxuan was completely self-taught at that time. there was no one to teach him array formation and array fusion knowledge. from this, it could be seen that chen daoxuan¡¯s talent in the path of artifact refinement was truly monstrous. even in the vast guang ¡®an prefecture, no one had ever heard of someone as talented as him. and now. how good were the resources for chen daochu and the others to learn refining? not only did he not need to refine the materials, but he could also try to shape and fuse the array up to five times a day. if the workers in the flying sword factory were to work in three shifts, they would have at most twelve chances to refine flying swords every day. furthermore, the formation of a low-grade tier i flying sword did not expend much of his divine sense and true qi. even if he was at the first qi layer, he could easily do it. not only that. everyone also had chen daoxuan, this experienced first tier upper grade armament master, who was always by their side to guide them. he was just short of shouting into everyone¡¯s ears. ¡°chen daochu! are you a pig?¡± no matter how good chen daoxuan¡¯s temper was, he had been driven mad by chen daochu and the others for so many days. ¡°how many times have 1 told you? the path of fusing arrays lies in the foundation. if your first array pattern is already unstable, how are you going to inscribe the rest? not to mention fusing the formation with the artifact embryo!¡± hearing this scolding, chen daochu¡¯s small shoulders trembled slightly, and he pulled a long face. after more than a month of teaching. even with chen daoxuan¡¯s good temper, he was almost angered by chen daochu and the other idiots. chen daoxuan finally understood how the parents who helped their children with homework felt in his previous life. he really didn¡¯t learn how to be kind and filial, but instead, he learned how to be like a chicken and a dog.. Chapter 69 - Chapter 69: Wind Attribute Flying Sword (1) chapter 69: wind attribute flying sword (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw rainbow sound flying sword factory. in a production workshop. chen daoxuan sat cross-legged in front of the huge silvery-white harmonious spirit stove, preparing to refine a second magic tool for himself. generally speaking, the number of magic tools used by qi condensation cultivators would increase with the strengthening of their spiritual sense. with the strength of an early-stage aura refining cultivator¡¯s spiritual sense, they could only control one magic tool at most. if they used more, it would be difficult for them to control the magic tool to its fullest potential. at the mid-stage of the aura refining realm, the cultivator¡¯s spiritual sense would increase by a large margin, and the cultivator would be able to use one more magic tool. of course. for qi condensation cultivators, it was already good enough to have a magic tool. who would have the money to buy more magic tools? this difficulty naturally didn¡¯t exist for chen daoxuan. as a weapon refinement master, chen daoxuan could refine as many weapons as he wanted, not to mention the fact that the chen family had a divine weapon like the harmonious spirit stove to assist in weapon refinement. the reason why he didn¡¯t refine it was because he had been busy with the clan¡¯s spirit vein. as for the matter of refining the second magic tool, it was naturally left behind. taking a deep breath, chen daoxuan was about to take out the wind chant ore from his storage bag when he heard a strange movement from the production room next door. ¡°bang!¡± a muffled explosion came from the next room. following the explosion was chen daolan¡¯s exclamation. ¡± brother dao chu, you¡¯ve stacked the array formation wrong again. you said that i was stupid when practicing the sword, but it looks like you¡¯re not any better.¡± ¡°shut up. if you can do it, go ahead!¡± hearing their conversation, chen daoxuan¡¯s mouth twitched. he stood up expressionlessly and walked to the door of the production room to set up a soundproof array. in an instant, the entire world became quiet. ¡°phew!¡± he let out a breath of turbid air and threw out the vexing things he had just heard. chen daoxuan¡¯s eyes narrowed. the magic tool he was going to refine today was not a low-grade level one magic tool, nor was it a medium-grade level one magic tool. it was a high-grade level one flying sword. logically speaking. chen daoxuan already had a superior-grade level one flying sword, flying snow. however, the flying snow sword was a water attributed flying sword. it was suitable to use the flying snow sword when using the overflow rain sword technique, but using the wind chasing sword technique would conflict with the flying snow sword¡¯s attributes. therefore, chen daoxuan wanted to refine a wind-attribute flying sword to complement the power of the wind chasing sword technique. among all the level one magic tools. level one high-grade magic tools were slightly different from level one low-grade and medium-grade magic tools. generally speaking, a low-grade level one magic tool could be bought for only 50 spirit stones. a middle-grade level one magic tool was only twice as expensive, about 100 spirit stones. however, the price of a high-grade level one magic tool would skyrocket, reaching at least 500 spirit stones. the reason for this situation was that a level one high-grade magic tool already involved a slight change in its attributes. for example, the flying snow sword in chen daoxuan¡¯s hand was a water-attributed flying sword. if it was used by a cultivator who cultivated a water attribute cultivation technique, its power would increase by 30%. of course. most of the qi condensation cultivators ¡®cultivation techniques were used to build the foundation, and very few qi condensation techniques involved elemental changes. it was not a good thing for cultivators to cultivate attributed cultivation techniques too early. for example, if a cultivator cultivated a fire attribute cultivation technique, during the foundation establishment process, the violent fire attribute true qi would transform into true essence, which would bring great trouble to the expansion of the sea of qi. therefore, qi condensation cultivators would only choose to switch to elemental cultivation techniques after reaching foundation establishment. compared to an attribute-less cultivation technique, an attributed cultivation technique naturally had a greater advantage, especially in terms of strength. according to the different attributes of a cultivator¡¯s cultivation technique, the power of the same true essence would also be different. among them, the fire attribute and metal attribute cultivation techniques were the most powerful, while the water attribute cultivation techniques were much gentler. however, even if it was a water-attribute cultivation technique, the true essence or true qi cultivated would be more powerful than a non-attribute cultivation technique. generally speaking, among the cultivation techniques of the same level, the most powerful fire attribute cultivation technique cultivated true essence, which was more than 1.5 times the power of the true essence cultivated by the non-attribute cultivation technique. among foundation establishment cultivators of the same level, the difference in cultivation techniques was also one of the important reasons for the difference in strength. one wind chant stone after another was thrown into the harmonious spirit furnace by chen daoxuan. compared to level 1 spirit ores like red copper ore and dark iron ore, although the wind chant stone was also a level 1 spirit ore, because it contained a trace of wind attribute power, its price was more than twice as high as red copper ore. not only that, if he wanted to refine a level one superior-grade wind-attribute flying sword, chen daoxuan would need to refine even more spirit ores. this was also the reason why chen daoxuan had only refined one high-grade tier 1 flying sword in ail these years. his low cultivation level and insufficient zhenqi was only one reason. another important reason was that the refining process of a superior-grade level one flying sword was even more difficult, and the difficulty of fusing it into an array was even greater. chen daoxuan wasn¡¯t worried about fusing arrays, let alone comprehending how to fuse arrays. in fact, with the primordial enlightenment scripture¡¯s ability to store comprehension, he had even figured out how to fuse a tier 2 magic tool into an array. the only thing that chen daoxuan lacked now was the ability to refine level two spirit ores. otherwise, he could even try to refine level two magic tools. of course. using the spirit melting furnace to refine second grade spirit ores was a good idea, but it was not very meaningful for him to refine a second grade magic tool now. even with his cultivation, using a superior-grade level one flying sword was already strenuous. a second-ranked flying sword was not something he could toy with at all, and refining it was just for show. it was a waste of effort and no gain. he was controlling the control stick of the harmonious spirit stove. chen daoxuan¡¯s face was solemn as he used his divine sense to observe the changes in the wind chant ore in the furnace. unknowingly. 10 hours passed. a large amount of wind song ores were finally refined by the spirit fusion stove, slowly melting and transforming. under the effect of the spirit fusion formation, the spirit energy of the melted ores gradually fused into one. even the trace of wind attribute power on the wind chant stone gradually fused together with the spirituality. although the wind attribute power on each wind chant stone was very small, the wind attribute power on so many wind chant stones gathered together. the change in attributes was very obvious. taking out the refined material, chen daoxuan could clearly feel that this liquid material emitted a completely different aura from the material refined from the red copper ore. this aura was the aura of elemental power. he looked at the boiling liquid weapon embryo material in front of him. chen daoxuan did not dare to be negligent. he quickly controlled his genuine qi and shaped it according to the style of the flying sword. after the time for an incense stick to burn. a flying sword-shaped embryo appeared in front of chen daoxuan. seeing this, he took a deep breath. chen daoxuan knew that the next step was the greatest difficulty in refining a high-grade tier 1 magic tool. compared to low-grade level one magic tools, high-grade level one magic tools were much more difficult to fuse. this was because a low-grade level one magic tool only required three times of array fusion, which was three layers of array patterns. as for a level one high-grade magic tool, it required at least seven times to fuse with the array. chen daoxuan¡¯s upper level one magic tool naturally had higher requirements. he wanted to be like the flying snow sword he had refined back then. he wanted to fuse the array nine times to reach the limit of upper level one magic tools, nine array patterns. regarding this, chen daoxuan was full of confidence. this was because not only had his cultivation reached the fifth qi layer, but most importantly, his spiritual sense and true qi had not been consumed during the process of refining materials. now that he was almost in full condition, it was naturally easy for him to fuse the array.. Chapter 70 - Chapter 70: Twin Swords Combined, Chasing the Wind and chapter 70: twin swords combined, chasing the wind and overturning the rain translator: daoist6fubtiw as the formation patterns were engraved on the flying sword embryo, traces of wind attribute power swirled around the sword. gradually. more and more wind attribute power swirled around the sword, and it gradually began to affect the inscription of the array patterns. chen daoxuan, who had refined a superior-grade first-tier flying sword before, knew that the success or failure of refining this sword depended on this one move. he held his breath and focused, his thoughts as one. he was completely unaffected by the wind attribute power that was swirling around the sword. under the control of his divine sense, his zhenqi carved array patterns on the sword. the formation patterns appeared on the sword body and quickly disappeared into the sword body, fusing with the embryo. one, two, three¡­ as the array patterns continued to stack, chen daoxuan¡¯s forehead began to sweat slightly. this was a sign of the high consumption of his spiritual sense and true qi. obviously. even with the assistance of the melting spirit stove, refining a first level upper grade flying sword was still quite taxing on him. one could imagine how lucky he was when he first forged the flying snow sword. six, seven, eight¡­ in the end. the wind attribute power on the sword seemed to be corporeal, interweaving with the spirituality, making it indistinguishable. at this moment. chen daoxuan had two choices. one was to give up on continuing to inscribe array patterns. if he made this choice, he would obtain a superior-grade level one flying sword that was slightly inferior to the flying snow sword. the second was to continue inscribing array patterns. to chen daoxuan, giving up was obviously impossible. he was able to forge the flying snow sword when he was only at the third qi layer, let alone now that he was at the fifth qi layer and had the help of the harmonious spirit stove. although it was still difficult for him to refine a first-tier superior-grade flying sword with nine formation patterns, it was much easier than before. as expected. as the ninth array pattern was gradually completed. the wind attribute power and spirituality that lingered around the sword slowly converged along with the array patterns and finally fused with the flying sword. at this moment. other than the spiritual light that flowed on the sword from time to time, which proved that it was of extraordinary origin, there was nothing magical about this flying sword. however, chen daoxuan heaved a sigh of relief. he knew that he had succeeded in refining a high-grade level one wind-attributed flying sword! thinking of this, chen daoxuan revealed a happy smile. over the past month. every day, he was tormented by teaching the younger generation of cultivators of the chen clan how to refine artifacts. he was finally in a good mood today. he now had his second magic weapon, a level one high-grade wind-attribute flying sword! from then on, he had two flying swords, and they were both top-notch first-tier high-grade flying swords with nine formation patterns. if a flying sword of this grade were to be auctioned off at the zhou auction house, it would fetch a sky-high price of at least 1,000 spirit stones. of course. neither the chen family nor chen daoxuan was short of spirit stones for the time being, so he would not sell them. looking at this flying sword, which was different from the flying snow sword, chen daoxuan muttered, ¡°¡±what should i name you?¡± ¡± the snow is like a plum blossom, and the breeze carries the shadow. i¡¯ll call you the cheng ying sword!¡± seemingly understanding his words, the cheng ying sword let out a soft hum. under chen daoxuan¡¯s control, it swam around his body like a fish. he didn¡¯t know if it was his imagination, but chen daoxuan felt that the resistance of the cheng ying sword when it cut through the air seemed to be much smaller than the flying snow sword. ¡°is this the bonus brought by the wind attribute?¡± chen daoxuan muttered,¡± it¡¯s just normal control, but the cheng ying sword has such an effect. if 1 use the wind chasing sword technique, i wonder what kind of scene it will be.¡± thinking of this, chen daoxuan¡¯s heart suddenly became restless. at this moment. a strange movement came from the storage bag. chen daoxuan took out the green scale from his storage bag. it turned out to be a message from luo li. it was time for the transaction that they had agreed on. he put away the green scales. chen daoxuan caressed the light blade of the cheng ying sword and reluctantly put it into his storage bag. he removed the soundproof array. chen daoxuan walked out of the production room and found that chen daochu and the others were still learning how to refine artifacts in the production rooms next door. the dissatisfaction he had with the five young cultivators of the chen family these days immediately lessened a lot. even though chen daochu and the others did not have much talent in the dao of artifact refining. however, with this kind of learning drive, coupled with their unparalleled learning environment and resources, chen daoxuan believed that they would definitely be able to achieve great achievements in the path of refining. he carefully left the rainbow sonar flying sword factory. chen daoxuan flew in the direction of the sea-viewing pavilion on redwood island. redwood island. moonlight shone on the sea, covering the sea-viewing pavilion and the sea with a layer of silver sand. chen daoxuan was dressed in white. standing on the surface of the sea and facing the moonlight, he looked like an immortal. ¡°are you early again?¡± chen daoxuan said silently. it couldn¡¯t be helped. shuanghu island was only 400 miles away from redwood island, and the merman race¡¯s demonic ape mountain was 10,000 miles away. although luo li and the others always set off ahead of time, and their speed was much faster than chen daoxuan¡¯s, it was still not as convenient as him rushing to redwood island. he flew and landed at the sea-viewing pavilion. chen daoxuan looked at the water stains in the pavilion that had been washed by the sea water and used the fire control technique to evaporate the water stains. then, he sat on the stone bench and closed his eyes to rest. he said that he was resting with his eyes closed. in fact, his consciousness had sunk deep into his sea of consciousness. in his knowledge sea. the ten stardusts revolved around a golden scripture. ¡± it only took me six months to cultivate wind chasing sword technique and overflow rain sword technique to perfection. now, four months have passed and i¡¯ve had so many epiphanies, but i still haven¡¯t figured out how to merge the two sword techniques.¡± thinking of this, chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but feel discouraged. all along, he had relied on the ability of the primordial enlightenment scripture to store his comprehension. whether it was learning cultivation techniques, comprehending sword techniques, or even deducing the harmonious spirit formation that he had never seen before, he had always been successful. but he didn¡¯t expect that he would encounter a bottleneck when fusing the two tier 1 sword scriptures into one. even after many epiphanies, he could not break through this bottleneck. if it wasn¡¯t for the fact that the jade slip clearly mentioned that these two sword techniques were separated from a complete sword technique, chen daoxuan would have suspected that the people in charge of exchanging the cultivation methods and sword techniques of the qian yuan sword sect were playing with the chen family. ¡°no matter what, try again!¡± chen daoxuan made up his mind. the ten stardusts collided together once again. in the next second. chen daoxuan¡¯s consciousness kept rising, and the familiar epiphany appeared again. half an incense¡¯s time later. chen daoxuan closed his eyes and suddenly stood up. two flying swords flew out of his storage bag and circled around him. chen daoxuan himself flew out of the sea-viewing pavilion and stood on the surface of the sea, facing the moonlight. he seemed to be comprehending something. at this moment. the moonlight, the seawater, and the white-robed daoist holding a sword seemed to have fused into one. in the next second. this scene was shattered by chen daoxuan. he opened his eyes, and there was no emotion in them. as he opened his eyes, the two flying swords around him also burst out with terrifying sword light. ¡°hua hua hua!¡± the two flying swords chased each other in the air, and in the end, both of them actually disappeared. after that. rain actually began to fall on the surface of the sea. it was hazy and covered the surface of the sea within a radius of a thousand feet. at the bottom of the sea not far away. a petite figure seemed to have sensed something and suddenly accelerated forward. behind her, the merfolk clansmen were worried about their princess, so they quickened their pace and followed closely behind. half a cup of tea later. luo li rushed to the sea not far from the sea-viewing pavilion and saw a scene that she would never forget in her life. a daoist in white stood on the surface of the sea. his entire body was covered in ¡®rainwater¡¯, making it difficult to see clearly. luo li discovered through her aura that this taoist was none other than chen daoxuan. but at this moment. chen daoxuan seemed to be in a state of enlightenment. luo li, who was also a cultivator, knew very well how rare this state was for cultivators. naturally, she would not disturb them. in the next second, the ¡± rain ¡± seemed to suddenly become more rapid. along with this rain, there were also white marks. for some reason. when luo li saw the white marks in the rain, she felt her hair stand on end. ¡°that¡¯s¡­wind?¡± luo li muttered uncertainly. even though she was the princess of the merfolk clan, luo li had never seen such a mysterious sword technique. looking at this poignant and beautiful scene in front of him, he could not help but be stunned for a moment.. Chapter 71 - Chapter 71: Innate Divine Ability (1) chapter 71: innate divine ability (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw chen daoxuan did not know that he was being watched by luo li. he was now fully immersed in the comprehension of the wind and rain sword technique, without any distractions. on the surface of the sea. the rain was sometimes fast and sometimes slow. the white marks in the rain were very obvious at the beginning, but in the end, they actually fused into the rain, and the two were no longer distinguishable. at this moment. not far away, luo li suddenly felt that the trembling feeling that made her hair stand on end had disappeared. however, luo li knew very well that chen daoxuan¡¯s flying sword was not weakened at all. instead, it was even more dangerous. this was because the flying sword he controlled could actually deceive the cultivator¡¯s divine sense, making outsiders automatically ignore the sense of danger. luo li, who had participated in many battles, knew very well how terrifying the effect of such a move would be in battle. if you only sensed the danger when the enemy¡¯s flying sword was right in front of you, you would be at a disadvantage in both defense and offense. in fact, luo li did not know. since she was not within the range of the ¡± rain¡±, her reaction would have been even worse. even though her cultivation was one realm higher than chen daoxuan, equivalent to a human foundation establishment cultivator. this meant that chen daoxuan¡¯s current level of swordsmanship was enough to pose a certain threat to foundation establishment cultivators. however¡­ not far away, the ¡± rain ¡± that enveloped chen daoxuan suddenly dissipated. chen daoxuan¡¯s face was pale, and the genuine qi in his dantian was completely exhausted. oh no! chen daoxuan¡¯s eyes immediately regained clarity, waking up from his state of enlightenment. however, without genuine qi, he could not even continue to use the wind manipulation technique. he staggered and fell into the sea. less than three breaths after he fell into the sea, a soft touch came from behind him. chen daoxuan scanned the area with his divine sense and knew who was holding him up in the water. ¡°crash!¡± two figures emerged from the sea. they were chen daoxuan and luo li. however, the two of them were in a rather ambiguous position. chen daoxuan was hugged by luo li from behind, and her soft arms were tightly hugging chen daoxuan. half a cup of tea later. luo li helped chen daoxuan to the sea-viewing pavilion and sat down. she asked with concern, ¡°¡±are you alright?¡± hearing this, a smile appeared on chen daoxuan¡¯s pale face. he cupped his hands and said,¡±¡± it¡¯s fine. thank you for your help, miss luo. otherwise, i would be in a sorry state.¡± hearing chen daoxuan¡¯s self-mockery, luo li covered her mouth and chuckled. seeing the other party smiling so happily, chen daoxuan lowered his head and realized that he was drenched from head to toe. his clothes stuck tightly to his body, making him look very sorry. seeing him like this, luo li flew forward and stretched out her small white hand, pressing it in front of chen daoxuan. instantly. steam rose from chen daoxuan¡¯s body. in the pavilion, the two of them were enveloped by a wave of water vapor, and even the atmosphere became somewhat charming. after a while. seeing that chen daoxuan¡¯s entire body had returned to its original state, luo li retracted her palm and said with a smile, ¡°¡±it¡¯s done.¡± ¡°thank you. i¡¯m sorry for making a fool of myself in front of miss luo.¡± chen daoxuan cupped his hands in thanks again. ¡°we¡¯re friends now. there¡¯s no need to thank me for such a small matter.¡± after saying that, he winked at chen daoxuan. seeing her like this, chen daoxuan smiled and nodded. no one knew what he was thinking. for a moment, both of them fell silent. ¡°you¡­¡± ¡°i¡­¡± the two of them spoke in unison. seeing this, luo li chuckled and waved her little hand. ¡°¡±you go first.¡± ¡± okay.¡± chen daoxuan nodded awkwardly.¡± i haven¡¯t found a suitable channel to purchase the spiritual rice that 1 mentioned to miss luo last time, so this matter will have to be put on hold for the time being.¡± upon hearing this, luo li nodded to show that she understood. then, she said, ¡°¡±what about weapons?¡± ¡°i did bring my weapon.¡± as he spoke, chen daoxuan untied a storage bag from his waist and handed it over. ¡°¡±the flying swords that 1 refined over the past few months are all here.¡± luo li took the storage bag and scanned it with her supernatural awareness. she frowned slightly. ¡°why do 1 feel that the number of flying swords you refined this time isn¡¯t as many as the last time?¡± ¡°you¡¯re right.¡± chen daoxuan nodded. he paused.¡± if 1 remember correctly, miss luo has tens of thousands of clansmen, right?¡± upon hearing this, luo li was silent for a moment before she said, ¡°¡±we now have a total of 67,000 clansmen.¡± chen daoxuan nodded.¡± i¡¯ve been thinking about a problem since 1 went back last time. with the speed at which my chen family is making magic tools, it seems that it will take a long time to satisfy all the merfolk.¡± moreover, the lifespan of magic tools in the deep sea is shorter than on land. in this case, it will be even more difficult for my chen family to meet your needs for magic tools.¡± upon hearing this, luo li did not say anything. she knew that chen daoxuan was telling the truth. with the chen clan¡¯s production speed of flying swords, it was indeed a little difficult to satisfy the entire merfolk clan. seeing her like this, chen daoxuan continued, ¡°¡±so after i went back last time, i started to do one thing, and that was to train a large number of blacksmiths in the clan. however, miss luo, you know that it is very difficult to train a refiner. not only does it require a lot of resources, but it also requires the guidance of experienced refiners from our chen family. that¡¯s why the production of the flying swords has been delayed. but don¡¯t worry, miss luo. when our chen family has trained this batch of armament masters, we will be able to refine a large number of magic weapons for your merfolk clan. at that time, i think your merfolk clan will no longer lack weapons.¡± upon hearing this, luo li¡¯s face flushed with excitement. she stepped forward and grabbed chen daoxuan¡¯s sleeve, saying excitedly, ¡°¡±is what you said true?¡± ¡°ahem,¡± chen daoxuan pulled open his sleeves without batting an eyelid and smiled,¡± it¡¯s absolutely true. speaking of which, we have to thank your merfolk clan for this. it¡¯s precisely because of our transactions with you that we have earned a large number of spirit stones that our chen family has enough resources to nurture artifact masters.¡± ¡°yes, yes, yes.¡± luo li didn¡¯t mind chen daoxuan¡¯s action of pulling his hand away. she nodded her little head non-stop and said in agreement, ¡°¡±this is what you meant by a win-win situation, right?¡± ¡°yes!¡± chen daoxuan smiled. after chatting for a while, the two of them completed the transaction. this was already the third transaction between the two sides. everyone had already established enough trust, so they were very confident in each other when it came to trading. the transaction was completed. luo li looked at chen daoxuan.¡± you¡¯ve exhausted your genuine qi. how are you going to go back?¡± she asked. ¡°uh¡­¡± chen daoxuan ignored this and replied,¡± it¡¯s fine. i¡¯ll just recover here for a night.¡± luo li looked around and shook her head. ¡°¡±there are few people here, and it is inevitable that there will be demon beasts. in order to avoid danger, let me send you on your way.¡± after saying that, she looked at chen daoxuan. after thinking for a while, chen daoxuan smiled and nodded. ¡°¡±then i¡¯ll have to trouble miss luo.¡± luo li smiled and shook her head. she stepped forward and grabbed chen daoxuan¡¯s right hand. in the next second. chen daoxuan only felt the world spinning. when he came back to his senses, he had already plunged into the sea with luo li. this was chen daoxuan¡¯s second time entering the sea. he had fallen into the sea too quickly just now. he had not had the time to feel it properly before he was rescued by luo li. at this moment. he finally felt what it was like to travel through the sea. in the sea. about a hundred meters deep, the faint moonlight from the sky shone into the sea, emitting only a hazy moonlight. it was very dim. fortunately, chen daoxuan had divine sense. facing this dim scene, he did not panic. he scanned with his divine senses and found that luo li and the merfolk behind her were covered with a thin layer of membrane. this membrane isolated them from the seawater. ¡°this is¡­¡± chen daoxuan looked at luo li, who was holding his right hand, in confusion, because he realized that there was a thin film on the surface of his body. clearly, this was a water escape technique unique to the merfolk race. seemingly knowing what chen daoxuan wanted to ask, luo li smiled and said telepathically, ¡°¡±this is the innate divine ability of our merman race..¡± Chapter 72 - Chapter 72: Expanding the Factory (1) chapter 72: expanding the factory (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw spring passed and autumn came. time flew by. in the blink of an eye, a year had passed. shuanghu island. about a dozen miles away from the industrial zone, a huge mansion with green bricks and tiles that occupied hundreds of acres was located on the main spiritual eye of the spiritual vein. the owner of this mansion was the young clan leader of the chen clan, chen daoxuan. normally, other than chen daoxuan, there were only a few young girls from the chen family who worked as maids in the spiritual residence, cleaning up and maintaining the flowers and plants in the spiritual residence. fortunately, this place was located on the chen family¡¯s spirit vein. as the spirit qi became more abundant, the environment here also became more beautiful. compared to the wilderness outside the spirit gathering array, it was a world of difference. in the spiritual residence. in a fresh and elegant courtyard. a figure sat cross-legged in front of the spirit pond. above the spirit pool, a water spirit pearl was floating quietly. wisps of mist gathered from the spirit pool towards the water spirit pearl. after being purified by the water spirit pearl, it spat out a purer spiritual qi, which was absorbed and refined by the figure in front of the spirit pool. it was converted into genuine qi and finally stored in the dantian qi sea. ¡°phew!¡± chen daoxuan opened his eyes and a hint of joy flashed in them. compared to the spiritual well in the cave dwelling in the red copper mountain range, the spiritual energy in this spiritual pond was many times more abundant. not to mention in front of this spirit pool, even in the spirit gathering array within a radius of ten miles, the spiritual qi floating in the air was not much less than the spiritual qi in the spirit eye back then. compared to the past, the current cultivation environment was like heaven. ¡± 1 didn¡¯t expect the difference between the late and middle stage of the refinement realm to be so great. it took me nearly a year to break through from the sixth level of the refinement realm to the seventh level.¡± chen daoxuan sighed. even though he knew that it would be more difficult to cultivate as he progressed. however, he did not expect that a mere mid-stage to late-stage qi refinement realm barrier would take him nearly a year. chen daoxuan was almost 18 years old this year. compared to a year and a half ago, his tender face had become more mature. especially since he had been in charge of the family affairs during this period of time, his temperament had undergone earth-shattering changes. he was no longer an immature young cultivator, but the clan leader of the chen clan who held the power of the clan. while he was deep in thought. a figure flew over from afar. chen daoxuan looked up and saw that it was the only female cultivator of the chen clan, chen daolan. over the past year, with the help of the water spirit pearl, qi gathering pill, and level 1 spirit meridians, chen daolan¡¯s cultivation had advanced by leaps and bounds, reaching the third qi layer. it was five times faster than when chen daoxuan took five years to break through from the first qi layer to the third qi layer. it wasn¡¯t just chen daolin. chen daochu was also at the third qi layer like her. as for the other three who had broken through to the first qi layer together, other than chen daochuan who had broken through to the second qi layer, the other two were still at the first qi layer like the other four. this was something that could not be helped. even with the help of various resources, under the same circumstances, cultivators with good spiritual roots would cultivate faster than cultivators with poor spiritual roots. in fact, it was only these few cultivators with low spiritual roots who were lucky enough to be born in the chen family. if they were in a large family, cultivators with poor spiritual roots like them would not get many resources at all. not to mention that they would receive the same treatment as cultivators with superior spiritual roots. the chen family did not lack cultivation resources, but they lacked people. that was why they threw resources into it without considering the cost. it could be predicted that as the newborn children of the chen family grew up, the distribution of cultivation resources in the chen family would definitely be closer to that of the big families. similarly, those with good aptitude would be given priority. after all, this was the only way to maximize the use of resources and increase the strength of the family. ¡°young clan leader!¡± lowering his body, chen daolan took two steps forward and bowed respectfully to chen daoxuan. compared to a year ago, chen daolan¡¯s timidity had disappeared, and she became more confident from the inside out. ¡°what¡¯s the matter?¡± chen daoxuan nodded. ¡± the old chief is back. he¡¯s at the rainbow sonar flying sword factory!¡± ¡°really?¡± hearing that thirteenth uncle had returned, chen daoxuan hurriedly stood up from the futon. his serious face was replaced by a look of surprise. seeing the young clan leader¡¯s expression, chen dailian looked like she wanted to laugh but didn¡¯t dare to. her little face was red from holding it in. chen daoxuan glanced at her and laughed, ¡°¡±let¡¯s go, follow me to take a look.¡± with that, he waved his sleeves and used the wind manipulation technique to wrap the two of them up and fly toward the flying sword factory ten miles away. in less than five minutes. the two of them landed at the flying sword factory. with a sweep of his divine sense, chen daoxuan found chen xianhe¡¯s location. ¡°thirteenth uncle!¡± chen daoxuan¡¯s voice rang in chen xianhe¡¯s ears before he arrived. chen xianhe turned around and saw his nephew, who he had raised since he was a child. a smile appeared on his old face.¡± you came at the right time. i¡¯m testing these kids on their refining skills.¡± chen daoxuan looked at chen daochu and the others he was pointing at and said with a smile, ¡°¡±thirteenth uncle, i guarantee that you¡¯ll be surprised this time!¡± ¡°oh?¡± chen xianhe¡¯s eyes lit up. it had to be said. in the past year, the chen family had invested too much resources into chen daochu and the other three. compared to the resources that chen daoxuan used to learn refining, the resources that chen daochu and the others used were at least ten times more than his. if it wasn¡¯t for chen daoxuan¡¯s constant reminders, if it wasn¡¯t for the merfolk clan controlling a red copper mine and not lacking in spirit ore resources. it was impossible for chen daochu and the others to become armament masters. in reality. the current chen daochu and chen daolan were not considered refiners. according to the evaluation of artifact masters in the cultivation world, even the lowest level of a low-grade first-tier artifact master had to be familiar with the refining methods of at least three low-grade first-tier artifacts. as for chen daochu and the others, apart from the scarlet shadow flying sword, they didn¡¯t know anything else. not only that, even though they said that they knew how to refine the scarlet shadow flying sword, they didn¡¯t know how to refine it. this was because this step was completely done by the ordinary workers controlling the harmonious spirit stoves. in the end, chen daochu and the others were only half a pot of water. however, half a pot of water was half a pot of water. it was an indisputable fact that chen daochu and the others could perfectly produce the scarlet shadow flying sword with the assistance of the harmonious spirit stove. this was also the only thing chen daoxuan felt gratified about. he didn¡¯t need chen daochu and the others to reach the level of refiners required by the outside world, as long as they could meet the requirements of the assembly line of the flying sword factory. because this meant that the flying sword factory would welcome a new round of production capacity explosion. under chen xianhe¡¯s gaze. one by one, chen daochu and the others refined the scarlet shadow flying sword perfectly. chen xianhe took the flying swords they had refined and injected a stream of zhenqi into them. he praised them repeatedly,¡±not bad, not much worse than your young clan leader.¡± chen daochu and the others were delighted when they heard the old chief¡¯s praise. this proved that their hard work over the past year had not been in vain. after saying that, chen xianhe looked at chen daoxuan and said, ¡°¡±since dao chu and the others can already refine the scarlet shadow flying sword, shouldn¡¯t we put the expansion of the flying sword factory on the agenda?¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan frowned.. Chapter 73 - Chapter 73: Peeping (1) chapter 73: peeping (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw he looked at chen xianhe and hesitated. then, he waved at chen daochu and the others and said,¡±alright, that¡¯s all for today. you guys can go back first.¡± upon hearing this, chen daochu and the others looked at each other. their little faces revealed a relieved expression, but they did not dare to laugh out loud. they could only lower their heads and hold back their laughter.¡±patriarch, young patriarch, we will take our leave first.¡± after saying that, chen daochu and his group disappeared. he watched everyone leave. ¡°daoxuan, is there a problem?¡± chen xianhe asked. ¡°yes,¡± chen daoxuan nodded.¡± thirteenth uncle, didn¡¯t you tell me to slow down the expansion of the flying sword market in the wandering cultivator market? ¡± chen daoxuan looked at chen xianhe in confusion. it was not that the chen family did not have the opportunity to sell goods wantonly. in fact, in this year, other than the transactions with the merfolk clan, the chen family had also accumulated a large number of flying swords. over the past year. chen xianhe sold one flying sword a day at the wandering cultivator market in guang ¡®an prefecture. in total, he sold more than 300 flying swords. this speed. compared to the other magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market, it wasn¡¯t outstanding and didn¡¯t attract much attention. however, this matter had changed recently. after hearing chen xianhe¡¯s narration, chen daoxuan was shocked and hurriedly said, ¡°¡±you mean to say that our rainbow sonar flying sword shop has recently been spied on by others?¡± ¡°that¡¯s right.¡± chen xianhe¡¯s face darkened.¡± according to my observation over the past year, there are a total of 43 magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market. most of them are run by wandering cultivators, and only seven are run by small clans like ours.¡± the profit of the magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market was not high. first of all, their source of supply, which was those second-hand magic tools, were all purchased from the disciples of large families at a high price. in addition, their selling price was not high, only a mere fifty spirit stones, so the profit was very limited. in reality. if the chen family hadn¡¯t adopted the method of industrial assembly line production, even if chen daoxuan had used a cheat to refine spiritual artifacts, he wouldn¡¯t have been able to earn many spiritual stones in a year. not to mention those magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market, there were no artifact masters supporting them at all. chen xianhe paused for a moment before continuing,¡± the only good news is that none of the 43 magical equipment stores have a foundation building cultivator backing them.¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan seemed rather surprised. in guang ¡®an prefecture, foundation establishment cultivators were not uncommon. he did not expect that there were no foundation establishment cultivators behind the forty-three magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market. this surprised chen daoxuan. however, chen xianhe¡¯s next explanation made him understand the reason. the reason was that opening a magic tool shop in the wandering cultivator market was not a profitable business. the supply of goods, the rent of the shops, the labor costs, and the taxes of guang ¡®an city. after deducting these costs, each shop could earn a few hundred spirit stones a year. it was already considered a fortune. there were even many small shops in remote locations that could not sell a few magic tools all year round. they would even lose money in a year. this was also the reason why many shops in the wandering cultivator market were empty. in the end, the wandering cultivators were not willing to buy the second-hand magic tools sold in the magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market. who would want to use the price of a first-hand magic tool to buy a second-hand magic tool? however, the itinerant cultivators were not like the disciples of the big families, who had special channels to buy low-grade magic tools. they could only grit their teeth and buy these second-hand magic tools. this was also the reason why the rainbow sonar flying sword shop was so popular. ¡°logically speaking, our shop sells more than 300 flying swords a year, so it shouldn¡¯t affect the huge magical equipment market in the wandering cultivator market at all. however, the current situation seems to be a little unexpected¡­¡± chen xianhe smiled wryly.¡± after knowing that our shop has brand new flying swords, those itinerant cultivators who went to other shops to buy second-hand magic tools would rather try their luck in our shop than go to other shops to buy second-hand magic tools.¡± thinking about it carefully, this was normal. who would be willing to buy a second-hand magic tool at the same price when they had the chance to buy a brand new one? but in this way, the rainbow sonar flying sword shop had become a thorn in the eyes of its peers. the chen family had two choices now. one was to raise the price of the flying sword. however, if he did that, he would definitely offend all the wandering cultivators in the market. the chen family would definitely not be willing to do this, because doing so would not only offend the wandering cultivators but also lose the market. the price of 50 spiritual stones for a flying sword was basically the limit that small rogue cultivators could afford. if the price was raised again, most of the small rogue cultivators at the first or second qi layer would not be able to afford it. that was equivalent to shutting out the biggest market in the wandering cultivator market. naturally, the chen family would not do so. if the chen family did not have an industrial assembly line, they might sell it at a high price. however, they had an industrial assembly line. what they needed most was a huge market that could digest their production capacity. and the large number of wandering cultivators in the wandering cultivator market was just right for their chen family. since he couldn¡¯t raise the price, there was only one way out. he had to fight to the death with his peers. when chen daoxuan heard that there were no foundation building cultivators behind the magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market, he was relieved. he was afraid that the magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market had foundation establishment clans backing them. this was because the chen family was still too weak compared to any of the foundation establishment families in guang ¡®an prefecture. whether it was the number of cultivators or the quality of cultivators, there was a huge difference. to be honest, chen daoxuan didn¡¯t really care about the itinerant cultivator shopkeepers of those magic tool shops. a rogue cultivator meant that the other party was weak. at most, there was only one person supporting them. for this kind of magic tool shop, they would be grateful if the chen family did not find trouble with them. how could they dare to provoke the chen family? the only thing he had to be wary of were the seven small families that chen xianhe had mentioned. although these small clans were all qi condensation clans, one of them was called the mo clan. in addition to possessing a level one spirit meridian, the clan also had dozens of qi condensation cultivators. they were much stronger than the current chen family. if the two sides fought, the chen family would not have any advantage. this was even considering that chen daoxuan¡¯s strength was at the top of the lianqi cultivators. otherwise, the chen family would have no chance at all. that was because chen daoxuan was probably the only one in the chen family who had real combat power. chen xianhe was only at the sixth level of the aura refining realm, and he was getting on in years. it was hard to say if he could defeat a fifth level aura refining cultivator in a fight. chen daochu and the others were even more so. although they had broken through to the third qi layer in just a year, they had spent almost all their time on refining artifacts. as for the wind chasing sword technique and overflow rain sword technique, which had strengthened their strength, they had only just reached the beginner level. other than that, he had also mastered a wind manipulation technique that allowed him to fly. this kind of strength was probably only enough to defeat itinerant cultivators of the same level. it would probably be difficult to deal with family disciples. in other words, chen daoxuan was the only person in charge of the chen family¡¯s combat power. thinking of this, chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but frown. ¡°thirteenth uncle, do you have any ideas?¡± he asked chen xianhe. after all, chen xianhe, who had been in the wandering cultivator market for more than a year, definitely knew more than him. seeing chen daoxuan humbly asking for advice, chen xianhe smiled and stroked his beard. ¡°¡±i do have a good idea..¡± Chapter 74 - Chapter 74: Borrowing Power (1) chapter 74: borrowing power (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw in the southwest sea area of the infinite star sea. on a spiritual island tens of thousands of miles away from shuanghu island. this spiritual island was none other than the mo clan¡¯s land. similar to the chen family of shuanghu island, the mo family also had a grade 1 spirit meridian. however, unlike the chen family, the mo family¡¯s spirit meridian was not cultivated. the ancestor of the mo clan had discovered it by chance on this spiritual island a few hundred years ago. it had to be said. the mo clan members were very lucky. over the past few hundred years, the number of mo clan cultivators had never fallen below double digits. two hundred years ago, the mo clan had even produced a foundation building cultivator. however, this foundation building cultivator had passed away decades ago, and the mo family had fallen into a low point because of this. but even so, compared to the chen clan, the mo clan¡¯s foundation was still much deeper. on the horizon, a figure approached from afar and flew towards a cave abode on the mo clan¡¯s spirit mountain. the daoist descended. judging from his appearance, he was in his thirties. he had a pale face and no beard. he was wearing a light purple daoist robe and looked exceptionally graceful and noble. the cultivation of this mo clan cultivator had reached the ninth level of the aura refining realm. it was obvious that he was in the stage of refining and purifying his zhenqi. once he refined his zhenqi to the limit and entered the perfection realm, he could attempt to build his foundation. he stepped into the cave abode. an old man in his fifties was sitting cross-legged on a lotus-shaped magic tool, cultivating with his eyes closed. ¡°patriarch!¡± seeing the old man, the white-bearded middle-aged cultivator cupped his hands and bowed respectfully. ¡°yes,¡± the old man from the mo clan, who was addressed as clan leader, opened his eyes. when he saw the middle-aged cultivator, he asked solemnly,¡± yu qing, why are you back? did something happen to mo clan¡¯s precious tool pavilion?¡± hearing this, the middle-aged cultivator called mo yuqing said with a serious expression, ¡°¡±exactly.¡± hearing that the family business was in trouble, the old man hurriedly stood up and took two steps forward.¡± hurry up and tell me.¡± ¡°yes¡­¡± mo yuqing told the clan leader everything. the mo clan leader¡¯s cultivation base was a notch higher than mo yuqing¡¯s. he had reached the peak of the qi refinement realm. he only needed a foundation building elixir and the support of a second-grade spirit meridian to immediately attempt to build his foundation. it could be said that¡­ the mo clan¡¯s magic tool shop was not only the lifeline of the mo clan¡¯s business, but also the hope of the mo clan¡¯s clan leader to build his foundation. it was precisely because of the mo clan precious tool pavilion¡¯s annual profit of nearly 1,000 spirit stones that gave the old man hope to buy the foundation establishment pill. otherwise, the few acres of spirit fields and a small spirit herb garden planted by the clan¡¯s first-grade spirit vein would not even be enough to satisfy the cultivation of the clan¡¯s cultivators, let alone support him, the clan leader, to build his foundation. therefore, to mo changsheng, the clan leader of the mo clan, the mo clan¡¯s precious tool pavilion was his hope of attaining dao, and he could not afford to lose it. ¡°you¡¯re saying that the chen family of twin lake island has a group of blacksmiths and has encroached on the business of our mo clan¡¯s precious tool pavilion?¡± ¡°yes!¡± mo yuqing nodded,¡± because of the rainbow sonar flying sword shop, our mo clan precious tool pavilion¡¯s profits have dropped by 50% this year. it¡¯s only less than 500 spirit stones!¡± ¡°what?¡± hearing this, mo changsheng panicked. he was already fifty-three years old this year. according to the consensus of the cultivation world, if a cultivator could not successfully build a foundation before the age of sixty, as their blood and qi declined, the possibility of successfully building a foundation would decrease as they went on. in other words, mo changsheng could not wait for a few more years. originally, the mo clan had already accumulated over 30,000 spirit stones to support him, the clan leader, in his foundation establishment. however, mo changsheng knew that it was not safe to bid for the foundation building elixir at the zhou auction house with 30,000 spiritual stones. according to the average auction price of the zhou auction house, the mo clan would need to prepare at least 40,000 spirit stones. this was not even counting the price mo changsheng had to pay to borrow the second-grade spirit meridians of a foundation building clan for help after obtaining the foundation building elixir. he calculated. mo changsheng wouldn¡¯t even be able to earn 1,000 spiritual stones a year, let alone 500. thinking of this, he paced anxiously in the cave abode. after a long time. he looked up at mo yuqing and said, ¡°¡±have you talked to the chen family? as long as they are willing to sell their magic tools to us, our mo clan precious tool pavilion is willing to buy them for fifty spirit stones!¡± mo yuqing shook his head.¡± we have. but the old man from the chen family is not going to agree. no matter what we talk about, he won¡¯t agree.¡± ¡°you¡¯re courting death!¡± mo changsheng waved his hand in anger. with a surge of genuine qi, the furniture in the cave abode was instantly reduced to dust. mo yuqing lowered his head in the face of the clan leader¡¯s rage. after a while, mo yuqing raised her head and saw mo changsheng¡¯s terrifying gaze. her heart trembled slightly and she said, ¡°¡±clan leader, yu qing believes that we should consider this matter carefully.¡± ¡°how do we plan this out?¡± mo changsheng berated,¡± without the profits from the mo clan precious tool pavilion, my chances of reaching the foundation establishment stage are slim. my mo clan must have a foundation establishment cultivator! ¡± mo changsheng added this sentence, as if to hide his desire to build his foundation and to convince mo yuqing that he had no selfish motives. upon hearing this, mo changqing remained silent. no one knew what he was thinking. shuanghu island. rainbow sound flying sword factory. ¡°is this method really feasible?¡± chen daoxuan¡¯s eyes lit up when he heard chen xianhe¡¯s idea, but his heart was still beating fast. he felt that he had always misunderstood thirteenth uncle and thought that he was conservative and old-fashioned. he did not expect thirteenth uncle to be so bold as to play this trick. ¡± if the mo clan and the other six small clans can¡¯t give up on the market for magical equipment, they will definitely take the bait!¡± chen xianhe smiled confidently and said,¡± in short, this method can be summed up in one word. ¡± as he spoke, chen xianhe raised two fingers, ¡°¡±borrowing momentum!¡± ¡°borrowing momentum, what a good move!¡± chen daoxuan muttered. ¡± however, if this method is to be effective, there must be a prerequisite. that is to force the mo clan and the other magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market into a dead end.¡± ¡°forced to a dead end?¡± ¡°yes!¡± chen xianhe¡¯s eyes flashed with a dangerous light.¡± if we don¡¯t force them into a corner, how could they dare to ignore the laws of the qianyuan sword sect and take risks?¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan instantly refreshed his understanding of thirteenth uncle. as expected, this thirteenth uncle who dared to step into the yun nation¡¯s battlefield with a cultivation of the third qi layer was definitely not as harmless as he looked on the surface. perhaps¡­ if it wasn¡¯t for the burden of the family, thirteenth uncle might have gone even further if he chose to be a rogue cultivator. looking at thirteenth uncle¡¯s pale sideburns, chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but sigh. ¡°since we want to force them into a dead end, we have to change our previous strategy of slowly shipping out goods and choose to ship in large quantities. this way, expanding the flying sword factory is imperative. fortunately, dao chu and the others are already proficient in refining the scarlet shadow flying sword. they¡¯re not afraid that no one will be able to refine flying swords after the factory is expanded.¡± chen xianhe¡¯s face flushed with excitement. he knew that once this matter was completed, the chen family would step onto a new level. they would no longer be a small, unknown family, but a well-known refining family in the entire guang ¡®an prefecture.. Chapter 75 - Chapter 75: Production Increase (1) chapter 75: production increase (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw in the next month. with the help of chen xianhe and chen daoxuan, the rainbow sonar flying sword factory continued to expand. the production rooms expanded from five to thirty, a total of six times. rainbow sound flying sword factory. chen daoxuan looked at the neat and orderly production room in front of him and turned to look at chen liangyu beside him.¡± manager chen, how are the apprentices in your factory? will they delay the production of flying swords? ¡± hearing this, chen liangyu immediately patted his chest and promised,¡±¡± clan leader, young clan leader, please rest assured. over the past year, i have trained at least a hundred skilled furnace operators for the factory according to the apprentice training system that young clan leader mentioned. they are completely capable of satisfying the expansion of the factory.¡± at this point, chen liangyu¡¯s face was full of regret.¡± it¡¯s just that there aren¡¯t many clansmen between the ages of 16 and 18 in our chen family. otherwise, our factory would have more furnace operators.¡± as for the reason why there weren¡¯t many clansmen above the age of 16, chen daoxuan, who was of the same age, naturally knew. actually, it wasn¡¯t just that there weren¡¯t many clansmen above the age of 16. to be precise, the demon beast disaster in changping county more than ten years ago had almost caused the chen clan to break apart. however, chen xianhe was the only cultivator guarding shuanghu island back then, so it was inevitable that he didn¡¯t take good care of it. the atmosphere was a little sad. chen daoxuan patted chen liangyu¡¯s shoulder and comforted him,¡±¡± all of this is in the past. i guarantee that the chen family will never have the same situation as back then!¡± ¡°yes!¡± chen liangyu nodded heavily. the flying sword factory added 25 new production rooms. according to the system, each production room was equipped with a stuffing worker, a furnace operator, and a furnace operator apprentice. a total of 75 new workers were needed. now, all the workers were in place. with chen daochu and the others, the complete production line was completed. in the past month. the busiest person was none other than chen daoxuan. this was because he had refined a total of twenty-five huge spirit furnaces without rest or sleep in the past month, in addition to the original five spirit furnaces in the flying sword factory. currently, the rainbow sound flying sword factory had a total of 30 harmonious spirit stoves, one for each production room. fortunately, he had the assistance of the melting spirit stove to refine the silver moon stone. otherwise, this bit of time wouldn¡¯t be enough for him to refine so many melting spirit stoves. fortunately, all of this ended perfectly with everyone working together. today was the first day of testing production after the expansion of the rainbow sonar flying sword factory. as the factory manager of the rainbow sonar flying sword factory, chen liangyu had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders. this was because he had to arrange the working hours of the workers according to the time when chen daochu and the others refined the magic tools. fortunately, chen daoxuan was an example. the subsequent production work only needed to copy chen daoxuan¡¯s production model. the only thing that needed to be done was the management of the workers. this was because the factory was not like before, where there were only a dozen workers. the flying sword factory now had a total of 90 people, not including the cultivators who refined the flying swords. if the apprentices were included, the number would increase to more than 100. with so many people, it was not easy to manage the factory well and maximize its production efficiency. after all, this wasn¡¯t earth, and it was chen liangyu¡¯s first time being a factory manager. everything was going on while he was fumbling around. if chen daoxuan hadn¡¯t put forward so many constructive management suggestions, chen liangyu would probably still be confused and not know how to manage it. very quickly. the day¡¯s production work was over. chen daoxuan finished refining the last flying sword in his hand. chen liangyu¡¯s workers walked into chen liangyu¡¯s office as they watched the factory clock out. ¡°thirteenth uncle!¡± seeing chen xianhe in chen liangyu¡¯s office, chen daoxuan greeted him with a smile. ¡°yes.¡± chen xianhe beamed with joy.¡± come over and take a look at today¡¯s production.¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan took the production record from chen liangyu. chen daoxuan copied the production records from his previous life. chen daoxuan took the form. on it was written that the number of scarlet shadow flying swords produced today had reached 27. seeing chen daoxuan frown slightly, chen liangyu explained,¡± because today was the first day of production for many workers, they didn¡¯t do it properly. two furnaces of materials were destroyed during the refinement. there was also a flying sword that was refined incorrectly by chen daozi, causing the refinement of the flying sword to fail.¡± chen daoxuan knew that the chen daozi chen liangyu spoke of was the youngest of the chen clan cultivators, only eight years old. if this was in his previous life, chen daoxuan would definitely be sent to jail for using child labor illegally. but in this life. no one felt that there was anything wrong with what he was doing. even chen daoxuan himself felt that there was nothing wrong with what he did. compared to the ancestors of the chen family who had died in meditation, chen daochu and the others had grown up in a much better environment. he did not need to risk his life on the yun nation battlefield. he only needed to focus on producing flying swords in the flying sword factory and he would have ample resources to cultivate. this kind of treatment, let alone compared to the chen family¡¯s ancestors, if many descendants of the big families knew about it, they would break their heads to come here to work. this was because the chen family treated their cultivators too well. there was never a shortage of medicinal pills to assist in cultivation. there was an endless supply of water spirit pearls, and there was ample spiritual energy. only the elite disciples of the big families could enjoy this kind of training. chen daoxuan even planned to buy spiritual rice for the chen clan¡¯s descendants and the merfolk clan in guang ¡®an prefecture. buying spiritual rice for the chen family cultivators was still easy since the quantity was limited. buying spiritual rice for the merfolk clan was a huge scale. the chen clan had to have a certain strength or background to prevent outsiders from spying on them. it was just like how the rainbow sonar flying sword shop had been spied on by other small clans. what if the one who opened the rainbow sonar flying sword shop was a member of the zhou clan? those small clans in the wandering cultivator market would probably be so scared that they would close their shops overnight, let alone spy on them. this was the embodiment of a clan¡¯s might. and the best way to show the might of a clan was to use the clan¡¯s strength! however, the chen family lacked the strength of the family. if it wasn¡¯t for the fact that the rainbow sonar flying sword shop had been spied on, chen xianhe wouldn¡¯t have thought of this method to make an example out of the rest and establish the chen family¡¯s prestige. in fact, chen daoxuan also knew that in the infinite star sea, no force could become powerful by relying on vulgar development. because as long as you develop, you will inevitably touch the interests of other forces. even if they did not touch the interests of other forces, they would still attract the envy of other forces. in the face of such a situation, the chen family could only fight back fiercely, kill and cripple the covetous person, and publicize it wantonly to ensure that they would not be spied on by more people. next. a whole month passed. the flying sword factory went all out and entered a frenzied pace of production. every day, twenty-seven to twenty-eight flying swords were produced. half a month later. when everyone was more or less used to it, the rate of flying swords being rejected suddenly dropped to zero. in other words, 30 flying swords were produced every day. within a month, the rainbow sonar flying sword factory produced a total of nearly nine hundred flying swords, and its production capacity soared.. Chapter 76 - Chapter 76: Chen Xianhe’s Acting Skills (1) chapter 76: chen xianhe¡¯s acting skills (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw shuanghu island port. ¡°do you remember what 1 told you?¡± chen daoxuan looked at chen daochu and the others who came to send him and chen xianhe off and reminded them. i¡¯ll remember!¡± chen daochu and the others hurriedly nodded. after making arrangements for the family cultivators, chen daoxuan looked at chen liangyu and chen beiwang.¡± 1¡¯11 leave the factory production and school construction in changping county to you.¡± chen liangyu and chen beiwang looked at each other and cupped their fists. please rest assured, patriarch and young patriarch. we will not fail our mission.¡± ¡°yes.¡± chen daoxuan nodded and waved his hand.¡± go back.¡± after the time for an incense stick to burn. standing on the deck of gray cloud, chen daoxuan looked at the gradually blurring figures of the people on the dock and couldn¡¯t help but feel a sense of reluctance. after more than a year, he was going to set foot in guang ¡®an prefecture again. however, this trip to guang ¡®an prefecture wasn¡¯t just for purchasing supplies or transporting goods. instead, it was to remove the obstacles on his chen family¡¯s path forward. as if he thought chen daoxuan was worried, chen xianhe, who was standing beside him, patted his shoulder and comforted him, ¡°¡±don¡¯t worry. although there is a certain risk, it isn¡¯t big. if we do it well, not only will our chen family be able to survive this crisis, but our future development will also be smooth sailing.¡± ¡°i¡¯m not worried,¡± chen daoxuan shook his head.¡± i think the ones who should be worried are the mo family.¡± as he spoke, he gently rubbed the storage bag at his waist. in the storage pouch, the two flying swords, flying snow and cheng ying, were lying quietly. they seemed to have sensed their master¡¯s thoughts and let out a soft hum. ¡°haha!¡± seeing chen daoxuan¡¯s confident look, chen xianhe laughed out loud.¡± well said! why should we be worried? we should ask him if the mo family is afraid of us!¡± after saying that, chen xianhe¡¯s eyes flashed coldly. guang ¡®an city immortal city. after a month. the two of them stepped onto the vast spiritual shell island again. the two of them were already familiar with their journey to guang ¡®an prefecture. returning to the shop, chen xianhe and chen daoxuan were carrying a huge number of flying swords. they were waiting for a big fight. however, before that, they still had one more thing to do. this was also a crucial step in chen xianhe¡¯s plan. otherwise, even if the chen clan repelled the mo clan, there would still be other small clans coveting the magical equipment market in the wandering cultivator market. therefore, compared to the few small families that had intimidated the wandering cultivator magical equipment market, what the chen family wanted to do this time was to pull the tiger¡¯s skin. at least in the eyes of outsiders, they had to pull the tiger¡¯s skin. the next day. green jade tower, guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s core business district. the cuiyu restaurant was the most upscale restaurant in the core business district. the ingredients here were all the best in guang ¡®an prefecture. even an ordinary foundation establishment cultivator would feel pain for a long time after eating a meal here. however, today, chen xianhe had invited two or one important guests. at the entrance of the emerald restaurant. chen daoxuan and chen xianhe stood side by side, waiting for the arrival of a certain big shot. ¡°thirteenth uncle, how do you know this deacon of the zhou family¡¯s patrol team?¡± ¡± i don¡¯t know him.¡± chen xianhe paused.¡± to be precise, i don¡¯t know him. i know his son.¡± ¡°his son?¡± chen daoxuan frowned. ¡± yes.¡± chen xianhe rubbed his hands with a smile.¡± in guang ¡®an prefecture, sometimes money is more useful than strength.¡± ¡± i still can¡¯t believe it.¡± chen daoxuan shook his head.¡± how could a foundation building cultivator accept our invitation? ¡± chen xianhe smiled but didn¡¯t say anything. he couldn¡¯t possibly say that his family had a first tier upper grade armament master who admired this senior very much, right? the foundation building seniors naturally didn¡¯t care about ordinary aura refining cultivators, but a weapon refiner was different. even if he didn¡¯t need a first tier armament master, who didn¡¯t have a few juniors? who knows, there might be a time in the future when he would be of use? besides, chen xianhe was here to give him a gift and suck up to him. how could the foundation building cultivator not accept it? after waiting for the time for an incense stick to burn. just as the two of them were getting anxious, the guest that chen xianhe had been waiting for finally arrived. on the cloud treading beast carriage. the two cultivators got off the carriage one after the other. the older one was wearing the casual clothes of the zhou family¡¯s patrol team. he looked rather carefree. this cultivator looked to be about forty years old. he had a resolute face and walked with a dragon-like and tiger-like gait. when he looked around, cold light shot out in all directions, and his killing intent was terrifying. chen xianhe could tell at a glance that this person had definitely been to the battlefields of the yun nation. chen xianhe was very familiar with the auras of soldiers on the battlefield. this was the foundation establishment cultivator of the zhou clan that chen xianhe had invited, zhou mucheng. in terms of seniority, he was of the same generation as the zhou clan¡¯s chosen, zhou mubai. the young man behind zhou mucheng was his son, zhou siliang. it was also because of the constant bribery and befriending of this person over the past year that chen xianhe was able to invite this big shot behind him today. ¡°fellow daoist zhou!¡± chen xianhe quickly stepped forward and greeted zhou siliang with cupped fists. he then looked at zhou mucheng and looked at zhou siliang expectantly. seeing this. ¡± this is my father,¡± zhou siliang proudly introduced.¡± where¡¯s the upper grade first tier craftsman you mentioned earlier? ¡± hearing this, chen xianhe quickly called out to chen daoxuan, ¡°daoxuan, come pay your respects to senior zhou.¡± chen daoxuan didn¡¯t dare to be negligent. he took two or three steps forward and cupped his hands at zhou mucheng. ¡°junior chen daoxuan greets senior zhou!¡± ¡°you¡¯re the chen clan¡¯s first tier upper craftsman?¡± zhou mucheng¡¯s voice was a little harsh, like metal colliding, making one feel uncomfortable. ¡°that¡¯s me.¡± zhou mucheng was rather surprised to hear this reply. he originally thought that even if the chen clan had a first tier weapon craftsman, he would be an old qi condensation cultivator. he didn¡¯t expect the other party to be so young. this immediately piqued his interest in the chen family. ¡°fellow daoist zhou, senior zhou, let¡¯s go inside and eat while we chat. i¡¯ve already prepared a banquet for the two of you. i hope the two of you can join us.¡± zhou mucheng nodded calmly. chen xianhe quickly led the way. when everyone was seated in the private room of the emerald restaurant. a few rounds of spirit wine and good dishes were eaten. everyone finally became familiar with each other. ¡°chen xianhe.¡± ¡°junior is here.¡± chen xianhe bowed and replied respectfully. ¡°i heard that your chen family has been selling low-grade level one magic tools in the wandering cultivator market for the past year. do you have that many craftsmen in your family?¡± hearing this question. chen xianhe¡¯s hand trembled as he held the wine glass. his eyes turned red and he couldn¡¯t help but cover his face and cry. seeing this scene, chen daoxuan could not help but be dumbstruck. he had never expected thirteenth uncle to have such an ability. his acting skills were too good! ¡°senior, you don¡¯t know.¡± chen xianhe wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said with reddened eyes,¡± cultivators of the chen clan with poor aptitude will automatically give up on cultivation after reaching the third layer of the aura refining realm and forge flying swords for the clan. because they only focus on learning the method to forge one type of magic tool, they will be able to nurture such a weapon craftsman in a few years.¡± zhou mucheng¡¯s expression changed when he heard this explanation. ¡± you mean to say that the cultivators of the chen clan should give up on cultivation and focus on refining artifacts to earn spirit stones for the clan?¡± ¡°exactly.¡± as he spoke, tears began to flow from chen xianhe¡¯s eyes again.¡± it¡¯s a pity that the chen family¡¯s disciples have sacrificed so much for the family. our family¡¯s shop is still coveted by evil people in the wandering cultivator market.¡± ¡°preposterous! this is guang ¡®an prefecture. how can such a wicked person be allowed to be so impudent!¡± before zhou mucheng could say anything, his son, zhou siliang, was already filled with righteous indignation. zhou mucheng glanced at his son. zhou siliang immediately shrunk his neck and drank a cup of spirit wine awkwardly. he did not dare to say anything else. chen daoxuan was completely stunned. chen xianhe¡¯s acting skills were too good. if he didn¡¯t know the truth, he would have doubted that all the chen family cultivators were in such a miserable state. for the sake of the clan, they all gave up on cultivation and focused on earning spirit stones for the clan. according to chen xianhe, every spirit stone the chen family earned was exchanged for the dao path of the cultivators in the clan. it was indeed tragic. zhou mucheng nodded.¡± the actions of the chen clan¡¯s cultivators are indeed admirable. as for the evil person you mentioned, as long as fellow daoist is in guang ¡®an prefecture, my zhou clan will guarantee that your chen clan¡¯s shop will be safe.¡± hearing this, chen xianhe panicked. he did not want this guarantee. no matter how crazy the mo family was, they would never make a move in guang ¡®an prefecture. what he wanted was for zhou mucheng to be able to help on the route from shuanghu island to guang ¡®an prefecture. as the deacon of the zhou clan¡¯s patrol team, zhou mucheng had a lot of power because he controlled a spirit void battleship. as long as zhou mucheng could cooperate with the chen family, chen xianhe could set up a trap to trap all the people from the mo family. not only that. after this matter, he only needed to spread this matter and he would be able to pull the zhou family¡¯s tiger skin. at the very least, before outsiders figured out the relationship between the chen family and the zhou family, they would not dare to make a move on the chen family. and this period of time was precisely the time that the chen family needed the most to develop. the chen family had just given birth to nearly 10,000 newborns. when this batch of children grew up, the chen family would produce another foundation building cultivator. then, the chen family would have a firm foothold in guang ¡®an prefecture. in order to do all this, the chen family needed to have enough spirit stones and even connections. this was because buying a foundation establishment pill required spirit stones, and using a second-grade spirit meridian to break through to the foundation establishment stage required a human meridian. no matter what. during this period of time, the chen family needed to find a backer, even if this backer was not real. this was what chen xianhe meant by borrowing power.. Chapter 77 - Chapter 77: Setting Up (1) chapter 77: setting up (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw hearing zhou mucheng¡¯s high-sounding words, chen xianhe kept praising how stable and prosperous guang ¡®an prefecture was under the zhou family¡¯s rule. then, chen xianhe¡¯s face fell again. ¡°sigh, what a pity¡­¡± ¡°fellow daoist chen, what are you regretting?¡± zhou mucheng drank a cup of spirit wine and said calmly. ¡± it¡¯s a pity that 50 years ago, in the battle of the southern mountain, 12 cultivators of my chen family died in battle. as a result, the number of cultivators in the clan has dwindled¡­¡± before chen xianhe could finish his sentence, zhou mucheng slammed his wine glass on the table and stared at chen xianhe.¡±your chen family is the remnant of the battle at the southern mountain¡¯s city?¡± ¡°could it be that senior¡­¡± chen xianhe raised his head and looked at the man in surprise. zhou mucheng nodded and his tone softened. he said in a low voice,¡±1 was a sergeant in the southern mountain¡¯s city.¡± hearing this. chen xianhe suddenly stood up and punched his chest with his right fist. he saluted and said solemnly, ¡°¡±i am chen xianhe, a soldier of the southern mountain¡¯s zhennan pass. greetings, commander!¡± zhou mucheng could not come back to his senses for a long time when he heard this familiar address. that battle back then was too tragic. as the largest clan in guang ¡®an prefecture, the zhou clan had suffered great losses in this battle. according to what zhou mucheng knew, the younger brother of zhou mubai, the young clan leader of the zhou clan, had died in this battle. one could imagine. how much did the zhou family hate the ye family? now that he heard that chen xianhe was also a soldier who had survived the battle of the southern mountain¡¯s city, zhou mu felt closer to him. chen daoxuan could clearly feel that the estrangement between zhou mucheng and his uncle and nephew had gradually disappeared. when he spoke to chen xianhe, he no longer put on airs. occasionally, they would talk about some interesting things about the two of them serving in the southern mountain¡¯s city, and they would even laugh out loud. chen daoxuan was a little confused. he didn¡¯t know if his thirteenth uncle was showing his true feelings or if he was acting. if this was an act, then chen xianhe¡¯s acting skills were terrifying. ¡°brother chen,¡± zhou mucheng waved his hand and said with a red face,¡± i didn¡¯t expect the two of us to have such fate. since you and 1 were once soldiers of the southern mountain¡¯s city, there¡¯s no need to beat around the bush. if you have something to say, please speak frankly!¡± hearing this. chen xianhe was ecstatic. he cupped his hands and said,¡±brother zhou, to be honest, 1 do have something to ask of you¡­¡± then, chen xianhe explained the predicament that the chen family was facing to the other party in detail. unexpectedly, zhou mucheng¡¯s face turned red with anger after hearing chen xianhe¡¯s words. ¡± these cowards don¡¯t dare to go to the yun nation¡¯s battlefield to fight, but they dare to rob your chen family¡¯s cargo ship!¡± zhou mucheng was obviously a little drunk.¡± brother chen, don¡¯t worry. if the mo family doesn¡¯t come, it¡¯s fine. if they really dare to kill you halfway, i will report it to the qianyuan sword sect and exterminate the mo family!¡± zhou mucheng¡¯s words were filled with killing intent. even chen daoxuan felt a chill. chen xianhe was overjoyed to hear this promise. he quickly cupped his hands and said, ¡°¡±i¡¯ll leave this matter to brother zhou.¡± ¡°that¡¯s easy. come, cheers!¡± ¡°alright, cheers!¡± the two of them downed the wine. after drinking the wine, chen xianhe gave chen daoxuan a look. chen daoxuan understood and quietly took out a jade box from his storage bag. he smiled at zhou siliang and said, ¡°¡±brother zhou, you and i hit it off at first sight. 1 bought a little something not long ago. please accept it.¡± ¡°all?¡± zhou siliang was just listening to his father and chen xianhe, who often bribed him, calling each other brothers. the next second, he was being presented with gifts in public. he couldn¡¯t help but feel at a loss. ¡°brother chen, what do you mean?¡± zhou mucheng put down his wine glass and put on a displeased expression. ¡°brother zhou, it¡¯s a good thing that our children are willing to get close, isn¡¯t it?¡± zhou siliang looked at his father eagerly. when his father nodded, he couldn¡¯t wait to take the jade box. zhou mucheng was slightly dissatisfied when he saw his son¡¯s useless appearance. fortunately, zhou sicheng did not open the jade box in front of everyone, giving him some face. the banquet lasted for more than four hours before it ended. during the meal. zhou mucheng and chen xianhe talked about the past of the southern mountain¡¯s city. they regretted not meeting each other earlier. after leaving. zhou mucheng and his son sat on the cloud treading beast carriage and walked on the streets of the core business district. zhou siliang couldn¡¯t help but feel curious as he looked at the starry night sky outside the car. he quickly took out the jade box that chen daoxuan had given him from his storage bag and removed the restriction on it. as the jade box was opened, spiritual light flashed in the carriage. ¡°whoa! what a big deal!¡± zhou siliang exclaimed when he saw the treasure in the jade box. zhou mucheng looked over when he heard the voice. his pupils could not help but shrink slightly. what was in the jade box was not a small gift for zhou siliang. it was clearly a big gift for him, zhou mucheng! inside the jade box. ten water spirit pearls lay quietly inside, five level two water spirit pearls and five level one water spirit pearls. the five grade one water spirit pearls were probably a gift for zhou siliang. to zhou mucheng, they were not worth much. however, the value of five tier 2 water spirit beads was shocking. the last time chen daoxuan went to the zhou auction house, the starting price of a grade two water spirit pearl was 1,000 spirit stones. if these five water spirit pearls were to be auctioned off, they could be sold for more than six thousand spirit stones. even if zhou mucheng could buy it at the family¡¯s internal price, he would still have to spend 5,000 spirit stones. even for a late-stage foundation establishment cultivator like him, this gift could not be considered cheap! he thought about it for a moment. zhou mucheng knew that the chen family might have dug out all their secrets to give this gift. one had to know that the profits of a low-grade level one magic tool were extremely low. it was unknown how long it would take for those special craftsmen of the chen family to earn so much profit. thinking of this, his impression of chen xianhe became even better. the clan members were united, the clan leader had courage, and there was also an outstanding junior like chen daoxuan. zhou mucheng had a premonition that if the chen family could survive this calamity, they would definitely have a place in guang ¡®an prefecture in the future. thinking of this¡­ he took out five grade two water spirit beads from the jade box and placed them in his storage bag.¡¯these five water spirit pearls belong to me.¡± hearing this, zhou sicheng¡¯s young face instantly fell. seeing him like this. zhou mucheng shook his head and threw a storage bag over. he laughed and said,¡±alright, there are 1,000 spirit stones in here. treat it as me buying you, alright?¡± then, she reminded him,¡± you have to save your money, understand? don¡¯t just run around the hook every day.¡± after saying that, she rubbed her son¡¯s head dotingly. ¡°alright! 1 understand. thank you, father!¡± zhou sicheng happily accepted the thousand spirit stones. although he said that, he was thinking that he should find his good brothers and have a good time tomorrow. chen xianhe and chen daoxuan returned to the rainbow sonar flying sword shop. the two of them looked at each other and heaved a sigh of relief. then, the two of them laughed loudly. ¡°this matter has succeeded!¡± chen xianhe did not expect to be so lucky to meet his colleague from the southern mountain¡¯s city 50 years ago. chen daoxuan nodded heavily, and the huge stone that was pressing down on his heart was completely put down. with zhou mucheng¡¯s help, it was fine if the mo family did not come. if they dared to come, they would definitely die without a burial place! he laughed for a while. chen xianhe stopped laughing and said coldly, ¡°¡±next, we¡¯ll let the mo family get into our trap.¡± ¡°thirteenth uncle, what do you plan to do?¡± ¡°listen to me¡­¡± Chapter 78 - Chapter 78: Too Exaggerated (1) chapter 78: too exaggerated (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw on the second day after chen xianhe and zhou mucheng made their deal. the rainbow sonar flying sword shop in the wandering cultivator market suddenly increased the number of flying swords it sold. in the past year or so. the rainbow sonar flying sword shop only selected one lucky buyer each day to purchase the flying sword of the shop. hunger marketing had been going on for more than a year. however, those wandering cultivators who couldn¡¯t buy a flying sword in the wandering cultivator market were extremely greedy. but today. the rainbow sonar flying sword shop changed its usual state. they were wantonly selling goods in the wandering cultivator market, and the magic tools they sold were all low-grade first-tier flying swords of the same style. compared to the other magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market, the rainbow sonar flying sword shop¡¯s only advantage was that their flying swords were all new and not second-hand. this was simply too tempting for rogue cultivators who did not have any channels to purchase low-grade magic tools. every day, when the shop opened. the rainbow sonar flying sword shop was always surrounded by itinerant cultivators. it was even more exaggerated than the lottery draw. when the chen family uncle and nephew saw this scene, they had no choice but to urgently adjust their sales strategy. even though they had brought more than 1,500 flying swords with them on this trip. but at this rate, they would probably be sold out in three days. the reason why they were wantonly selling their goods was to force the mo clan and other small clans, not purely to sell their flying swords. both of them were very clear about this. after chen xianhe changed the supply of flying swords to fifty a day, the fanatical mood of the itinerant cultivators did not ease. instead, it became even crazier as time passed. however, what the chen family wanted was the fanaticism of the freelance martial artists. the more fanatical they were, the more bleak the business of the other magic tool shops in the wandering cultivator market would be. as a result, the small families led by the mo family could not help but attack the chen family. as expected. on the tenth day after the rainbow sonar flying sword shop began to sell its goods. the mo family finally couldn¡¯t take it anymore and took the initiative to come to their door. rainbow sound flying sword shop. after a day of business, chen xianhe and chen daoxuan were about to close the shop. three luxuriously dressed cultivators took the initiative to come to the door. the person in the lead was a cultivator in his early fifties. he looked energetic and his entire body revealed a harmonious charm. one of the two behind him was in his early thirties. he had a pale face and was wearing a purple daoist robe. his cultivation had also reached the ninth level of the aura refining realm. the other seemed to be a rogue cultivator. he was wrapped in a black robe and his face could not be seen clearly. the three of them were mo changsheng, the clan leader of the mo clan, and mo yuqing, a cultivator of the mo clan. they were also the itinerant cultivator they had found. chen xianhe didn¡¯t know mo changsheng, but he had a strong impression of mo yuqing, who had once said that he wanted to buy the flying swords from their shop. it¡¯s you!¡± chen xianhe recognized him immediately and asked warily,¡± what do you want?¡± ¡°fellow daoist chen, right?¡± without waiting for mo yuqing to speak, the leader of the mo clan, the clan leader, took the lead and said,¡± let me introduce myself first. i am the clan leader of the mo clan, mo changsheng. fellow daoist chen of the mo clan¡¯s precious tool pavilion should have heard of me, right? it is my mo family¡¯s property.¡± chen xianhe nodded slowly.¡± i¡¯ve heard of it. may 1 know why you¡¯re here?¡± if it¡¯s still the same thing as last time, 1 advise you not to waste your time. my chen family will never give up our sales channels to others!¡± upon hearing this, mo changsheng¡¯s expression changed at first, but then he eased up and said with a smile, ¡°¡±fellow daoist chen, both of our families are qi refinement families in guang ¡®an prefecture. we should watch over each other and help each other. why are you so aggressive?¡± ¡°i¡¯m aggressive?¡± chen xianhe was so angry that he laughed.¡± 1 wonder who was the one who wanted to forcefully buy my chen family¡¯s flying sword shop last time. may i ask, is it your mo family who is being aggressive or my chen family? ¡± hearing this, mo changsheng put on a fake smile and said, ¡°¡±it¡¯s all my mo family¡¯s fault for being insensible. i apologize to fellow daoist chen on his behalf!¡± as he spoke, mo changsheng bowed deeply to chen xianhe. ¡°humph!¡± chen xianhe turned his head. ¡°since the misunderstanding between us has been eliminated, why don¡¯t we talk about a new cooperation? what do you think, fellow daoist chen?¡± ¡°what do you want to talk about?¡± chen xianhe asked. ¡°fellow daoist chen, can we talk in private?¡± ¡°good!¡± chen xianhe thought for a moment, then gave chen daoxuan a look and nodded in agreement. both parties walked into the shop and sat opposite each other. after serving tea to mo changsheng. ¡°may 1 know what dao friend mo is referring to?¡± chen xianhe asked. ¡°well,¡± mo changsheng smiled and said,¡± what do you think of the low-end magical equipment market in guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s rogue cultivators market? ¡± ¡°very vast!¡± chen xianhe said after some thought. ¡°that¡¯s right!¡± mo changsheng clapped his hands and agreed.¡± my mo family thinks so too! however, why do the fellow cultivators in the wandering cultivator market not buy many magic tools from our magic tool shops every year?¡± before chen xianhe could answer, mo changsheng took the initiative and said, ¡°¡±the reason is that the freelance martial artists in the freelance martial arts market don¡¯t like the second-hand magic tools in our hands. but fellow daoist chen is different. you have a blacksmith who can refine magic tools, but my mo clan has been rooted in the wandering cultivator market for more than a hundred years. we have a lot of sales experience and complicated interpersonal relationships. how can we not become bigger and stronger when our two families join forces?¡± chen xianhe seemed to be moved by her words. on the other hand, chen daoxuan angrily rebuked, ¡°¡±from what you¡¯re saying, what¡¯s the difference between this and purchasing my chen clan¡¯s flying sword shop? are the people of my chen family all idiots? don¡¯t they know how to sell magic tools?¡± that¡¯s right! chen xianhe looked enlightened. his expression seemed to be saying that he had almost fallen for his trick! after he was done, he even gave chen daoxuan a reassuring look. seeing that chen xianhe was about to agree, but chen daoxuan ruined the good thing halfway, mo changsheng¡¯s face turned red with anger. the anger that he had been suppressing since entering the shop could no longer be concealed. his face gradually turned cold. he glanced at chen daoxuan and said coldly, ¡°¡±if i remember correctly, your chen family¡¯s shop has only had fellow daoist chen, right? why is there another junior here today?¡± hearing this, chen xianhe immediately put on a fierce expression and said, ¡°¡±what do you mean? i¡¯m warning you, this is guang ¡®an prefecture. don¡¯t mess around!¡± as he spoke, his right hand reached for his storage pouch. it was as if he was going to attack at any moment. mo changsheng was relieved when he saw his bluffing expression. he smiled.¡± fellow daoist chen, you¡¯re worrying too much. this is guang ¡®an prefecture. how could i mess around? ¡± before chen xianhe could heave a sigh of relief, mo changsheng continued, ¡°¡±but¡­the journey from guang ¡®an prefecture to your chen family¡¯s shuanghu island is long. it¡¯s hard to say if any accidents will happen on the way.¡± hearing this threat. chen daoxuan was so angry that his face turned red. he scolded loudly,¡±old man, you dare to threaten me?¡± however, mo changsheng did not even care about chen daoxuan, who was only at the seventh level of the aura refining realm. in his eyes, although chen xianhe¡¯s cultivation was one level lower, he was still the leader of the chen family. as for chen daoxuan, he was a junior of the chen family. moreover, his expression was one of joy and anger. it could be seen that his temperament was extremely bad and it was difficult for him to become great! mo changsheng did not even bother to answer him. hearing mo changsheng¡¯s threat, chen xianhe¡¯s expression changed. after a long time. ¡°i believe that with the zhou family¡¯s patrol team around, your mo family won¡¯t have the guts to attack us!¡± he raised his head and said confidently. mo changsheng stared at chen xianhe intently. chen xianhe stared at him without backing down. after a long time. mo changsheng laughed and stood up. ¡°¡±1 was just joking. there¡¯s no need to take it to heart, fellow daoist chen.¡± with that, he turned around and left with the two cultivators behind him. after the mo family had left. chen daoguan opened the door and set up a soundproof array. he smiled and said,thirteenth uncle, how was my performance just now? ¡± ¡°too exaggerated!¡± chen xianhe commented with a smile.. Chapter 79 - Chapter 79: Killing the Chicken to Make an Instance (1) chapter 79: killing the chicken to make an instance (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw the two of them chatted and laughed for a while. ¡± i was still wondering why the mo family made the first move,¡± chen xianhe said seriously. at first, i thought it was the mo clan precious tool pavilion that was most affected by our shop, but now it seems that this is not the only reason.¡± ¡°thirteenth uncle, what do you mean?¡± ¡± yes.¡± chen xianhe nodded.¡± mo changsheng, the clan leader of the mo clan, has already reached the peak of the qi refinement realm. it¡¯s obvious that he¡¯s about to reach the foundation establishment realm.¡± moreover, he has already reached the age where he has no choice but to build his foundation. otherwise, the mo clan would not be in such a hurry to attack us.¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan thought carefully. the mo clan was indeed a little too hasty in making trouble for the chen clan this time. logically speaking, a family with hundreds of years of inheritance, even if it was a qi refinement family, should not be so reckless. after all, the chen clan was also a qi refinement clan. the mo clan had acted hastily before they had fully understood the strength of the chen clan. it seemed a little rash. in that case, there was only one reason, and that was that the mo clan could not wait any longer. they couldn¡¯t wait to find out if the chen family had any background or how strong they were. in other words, they believed that they were not afraid of the chen family¡¯s revenge after destroying the business of the chen family¡¯s magical equipment shop. the only thing that gave them such confidence was that mo changsheng, the clan leader of the mo clan, was about to reach the foundation establishment realm! the mo clan had a foundation building cultivator as their leader. as a newly advanced foundation building clan, they naturally wouldn¡¯t fear the revenge of a qi refining clan like the chen clan of twin lakes island. at that time. the weak chen family had no choice but to swallow their defeat. at this point. chen xianhe smiled again. ¡°¡±if 1 was only fifty percent sure that the mo clan would kill us on our way back, i am at least ninety percent sure now. mo changsheng will definitely take the bait!¡± chen xianhe said firmly. he left the rainbow sonar flying sword shop. mo changsheng¡¯s face was livid and he remained silent throughout the journey. mo yuqing and the black-robed cultivator did not dare to disturb him. the atmosphere in the team was a little gloomy. when everyone returned to the mo clan precious tool pavilion. after mo changsheng instructed mo yuqing to close the door, everyone went upstairs to have a chat. ¡°fellow daoist jia,¡± mo changsheng cupped his hands at the black-robed cultivator.¡± 1 wonder if your spiritual beast can remember the auras of the two of them just now? ¡± hearing this. the black-robed cultivator took out a furry little beast with a sharp nose and short tail from his spirit beast pouch. it made short and strange sounds from its mouth, as if it was communicating with it. after a long time. the black-robed rogue cultivator raised his head.¡± clan leader mo, my little darling told me that he has already memorized the auras of those two people. within a radius of 5,000 miles, they can forget about escaping the pursuit of the thousand mile tracking beast!¡± ¡°that¡¯s good!¡± mo changsheng nodded.¡± don¡¯t worry, fellow daoist jia. after this matter is settled, i will pay you the 1,000 spiritual stones i promised!¡± ¡°hehe, of course i trust clan leader mo.¡± hearing the promise of 1,000 spirit stones, a hint of greed appeared in the black-robed cultivator¡¯s eyes. the black-robed cultivator left. mo yuqing took two steps forward and said hesitantly, ¡°¡±patriarch, are we really going to give him a thousand spirit stones as a reward?¡± upon hearing this, mo changsheng glanced at him and looked out the window. ¡°¡±killing a fellow cultivator is a great crime. a thousand spirit stones as a reward? hehe, in this world, only the dead can keep secrets!¡± hearing this, mo yuqing was shocked. mo changsheng¡¯s expression softened after he said that. ¡°¡±have you brought all the people 1 asked you to bring?¡± ¡°patriarch, there are 17 cultivators in the clan who are at the late stage of the aura refining realm and above. all of them are here!¡± ¡°very good!¡± mo changsheng¡¯s eyes revealed a hint of killing intent.¡± after the chen family sells their magical equipment wantonly, they will definitely purchase a large amount of spirit ores and return to shuanghu island to refine flying swords. as long as they intercepted their cargo ship halfway, the chen family would definitely not be able to recover without this batch of spirit ores! after we go to the black market and sell this batch of spirit ores, we will have enough resources for me to build my foundation. at that time, how can my mo family be afraid of the revenge of a mere qi refinement family?¡± mo changsheng murmured, as if he was comforting mo yuqing and himself. kill fellow cultivators! once discovered, it would be a great crime in the infinite star sea. this was especially true for the mo clan¡¯s act of killing their fellow cultivators. if the qianyuan sword sect didn¡¯t care about such evil deeds, everyone would have followed suit, and the infinite star sea would have been in chaos. of course. even with the control of the qianyuan sword sect, there were still many itinerant cultivators who chose to take the risk. however, it was rare for a clan cultivator to kill someone halfway. this was because the cultivation resources of the clan cultivators were much better than those of the rogue cultivators, so there was no need for them to take the risk. rogue cultivators were different. they lacked cultivation resources and were alone without any worries. if they were not careful, they might do something to kill their fellow cultivators. as for if they were discovered, they could just run away. anyway, they didn¡¯t have any spirit veins, and they didn¡¯t have any ordinary clansmen to burden them with. with their storage bags, the four seas were their home. back then, the sun brothers who had set up the trap of the god extinction immortal mansion to kill chen daoxuan were the typical representatives of this kind of rogue cultivators. of course. with the high-pressure policy of the qian yuan sword sect and the battlefield opened by the yun nation, which could be used by itinerant cultivators to obtain cultivation resources, there were fewer and fewer itinerant cultivators who killed their fellow cultivators in the infinite star sea. because they realized. the risks and benefits of killing a fellow cultivator were not proportional. it was easy to intercept and kill itinerant cultivators, but itinerant cultivators were usually cleaner than their faces. there was not much gain from intercepting and killing them, and they would instead attract trouble. and killing a clan disciple was much riskier. who knew what kind of trump cards the clan¡¯s disciples had? it was not certain who would kill who. these wandering cultivators only killed their fellow cultivators for money, not for death. after weighing the pros and cons, he might as well go to the yun nation battlefield and fight for a future. this was also an important reason why the sun brothers gave up on killing chen daoxuan and chose to go to the battlefield of the yun nation. in the next few dozen days. a strange scene appeared in the magic tool market of the wandering cultivator market. the rainbow sonar flying sword store¡¯s supply of magic tools was in short supply, while the magic tool stores opened by other itinerant cultivators or small clans were deserted. throughout the day, there was practically no business at all. however, no one expressed their stance. it was as if they were waiting for someone to break the deadlock. however, no one was willing to be the one to stand out. perhaps they knew that someone was already standing out. in a short month. the rainbow sonar flying sword shop sold flying swords like crazy. finally, within a month, they sold 1,500 flying swords. this time, the rainbow sonar flying sword shop was completely popular among the wandering cultivators at the bottom level of the wandering cultivator market. it could be said that it had reached the point where everyone knew about it. the big clans turned a blind eye to this scene, while the small clans of guang ¡®an prefecture and some foundation building clans with shallow foundations began to inquire about the origin of the chen family of shuanghu island. towards this scene. chen xianhe and chen daoxuan had expected this. since selling the flying swords in a low-profile manner was still coveted by others, he would completely become high-profile. however, at the same time, the chen family had to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys and establish a reputation. and the mo clan that had taken the initiative to jump out was the chicken chosen by the chen clan! Chapter 80 - Chapter 80: Fellow Daoist, How Have You Been? chapter 80: fellow daoist, how have you been? translator: daoist6fubtiw guang ¡®an prefecture port. looking at the carts of spirit ores being transported onto the cargo ship, chen daoxuan frowned and said, ¡°¡±thirteenth uncle, do you think the mo family will fall for it?¡± when things came to a head, chen daoxuan could not help but worry about his gains and losses. if the mo clan did not come, the chen clan¡¯s painstaking arrangements would be for naught. chen xianhe was much more confident. he patted chen daoxuan¡¯s shoulder and smiled.¡±don¡¯t worry, they will definitely come. you¡¯re still young and don¡¯t understand the desire of a qi condensation cultivator who¡¯s almost sixty years old to reach the foundation establishment stage!¡± chen xianhe still had something to say. back then, he had also been so desperate. chen daoxuan¡¯s aptitude was astonishing, and the chen family did not lack resources. to him, building his foundation in the future was a sure thing. of course, he couldn¡¯t understand how desperate and crazy those who couldn¡¯t build their foundation or were only one step away from building their foundation would be. in the southwest sea area of the infinite star sea. a fleet of ships was sailing on the rippling sea. the leading ship, gray cloud, not only carried the supplies purchased by the chen family, but also a new batch of female slaves from the yun nation. however, the number of female slaves he bought this time was far less than the number he bought the first time. the reason for this. it wasn¡¯t that the chen family couldn¡¯t afford it, but that the young female slaves in guang ¡®an prefecture were almost sold out. in addition, the resource transport ship from the front line did not come. the price of young female slaves in guang ¡®an prefecture had been extremely high recently. in fact, the price had almost reached the terrifying price of two spirit stones per slave. with such an expensive price, the chen family was naturally unwilling to be a sucker. in addition, the young and beautiful female slaves had basically been selected by others. chen daoxuan only bought more than 1,000 female slaves from the yun nation. it had to be said. over the past year. the ordinary male clansmen of the chen family of shuanghu island had always been in happiness and pain. in the beginning, they felt happy, but later on, they felt a little miserable. chen daoxuan had noticed more than once that many of the adult men in the clan would cover their waists with their hands when they walked. the two of them stood on the deck of gray cloud. chen xianhe looked at the cabin behind him and said hesitantly, ¡°daoxuan, should we postpone the purchase of the yun nation¡¯s female slaves? if this goes on, i¡¯m afraid the clansmen¡¯s bodies won¡¯t be able to hold on!¡± chen xianhe stroked his beard as he tried to persuade her. hearing this, chen daoxuan glanced at the cabin and said coldly, ¡°¡±it¡¯s okay. i bought a large number of supplements for my clansmen this time. they¡¯ll be fine.¡± hearing this, chen xianhe almost pulled his beard off. he was glad that he was a cultivator and not an ordinary member of the chen clan. just as the two of them were chatting. in front of them, there was a giant ship sailing towards them. the speed of this huge ship was extremely fast. in less than half a cup of tea¡¯s time, it had closed in on the chen family¡¯s fleet. the uncle and nephew of the chen family ordered the fleet to dodge. who knew that the other party seemed to have identified the chen family¡¯s fleet and was determined to force their way over. seeing this scene. chen daoxuan and chen xianhe had some guesses. the two of them scanned the area with their divine senses. as expected, he found that there were twenty qi condensation cultivators on the ship. besides, other than the black-robed cultivator, the rest of them were all in the advanced stage of the aura refining realm. in other words, even the weakest of the mo clan cultivators had reached the seventh layer of the aura refining realm. ¡°why is the mo family ahead of us?¡± chen daoxuan looked at chen xianhe in confusion. chen xianhe shook his head and said solemnly,¡±¡± there are all kinds of tracking techniques in the cultivation world. it¡¯s not strange that they can wait for us halfway.¡± obviously. chen xianhe had seen some amazing tracking techniques. ¡°be careful later. don¡¯t let the mo clan¡¯s cultivators hurt you.¡± chen daoxuan pursed his lips. he wasn¡¯t worried that the other party would hurt him. to be honest, chen daoxuan himself was a little unclear about how strong his current strength was. however, there was one thing he was sure of, and that was that his strength was almost invincible among qi condensation cultivators. he had cultivated until now. chen daoxuan had only learned two sword scriptures, wind chasing sword scripture and overflow rain sword scripture. generally speaking. the outer sect disciples of the qian yuan sword sect had to practice one of the first-order sword techniques, such as the wind chasing sword technique and the overflow rain sword technique, to the great completion realm in the qi refining stage before they were qualified. as for inner sect disciples, other than the spirit root requirement, they had to cultivate at least two tier 1 sword scriptures to the great success realm. in other words. even the qian yuan sword sect would not force the inner disciples to cultivate the first-order sword technique to the perfection realm. because this requirement was too difficult for qi condensation disciples. if any inner sect disciple could cultivate the first-order sword technique to perfection when he was in the qi refining realm, he would instantly become a candidate for the direct disciple of the heaven essence sword sect. as long as he advanced to foundation establishment and comprehended sword essence, he would be able to become a personal disciple. if zhou mubai from guang ¡®an prefecture was from the qian yuan sword sect, he would have been able to become a direct disciple. chen daoxuan, on the other hand, cultivated the wind chasing sword technique to perfection in three months. then, he spent another three months to cultivate the overflow rain sword technique to perfection. for the next four months, he was stuck at the fusion of wind chasing sword technique and overflow rain sword technique. until one year ago, he comprehended the dao at the sea-viewing pavilion. after comprehending the profoundness of the wind and rain sword technique, his sword dao level had entered a new world. from then on. a whole year. chen daoxuan cultivated in seclusion on shuanghu island every day. he had an epiphany every ten days, and with each epiphany, his sword dao level improved. after a year of enlightenment, chen daoxuan did not know what level his current sword dao realm had reached. he only knew that if the current him were to face the him from a year ago, he would be able to kill him in one strike. he could vaguely sense that his sword dao realm was at a new threshold. if he crossed it, it would be a whole new world. however, in this aspect. the chen family did not have any predecessors who left behind a single word to guide him. he didn¡¯t even know how to divide the realms of sword dao. he only knew that zhou mubai had comprehended sword essence when he was in the foundation establishment stage and became a sword cultivator. sword intent should be a description of the realm of the tao of the sword. chen daoxuan didn¡¯t know if he had comprehended sword intent or not, and if he could be considered a sword cultivator. however, according to the rumors, he should not have comprehended sword essence yet. it was said that after a cultivator comprehended sword intent, they would thoroughly temper their true essence and transform it into invincible sword essence. this was also the reason why sword cultivators were the strongest in terms of offense among their peers and could even fight those of a higher level. while he was deep in thought. the other party¡¯s ship had already stopped not far from the chen family¡¯s fleet. seeing this. the chen family had no choice but to stop their fleet and wait quietly. in the next moment. twenty cultivators soared into the sky and flew toward the chen family¡¯s fleet. the leader of the group was none other than mo changsheng, the clan leader of the mo clan whom they had met twenty days ago. at this moment. mo changsheng was looking down at the chen family¡¯s uncle and nephew. he sneered and said, ¡°¡±i haven¡¯t seen you for a few days.. how have you been?¡± Chapter 81 - Chapter 81: Killing the Brains (1) chapter 81: killing the brains (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw seeing this scene. chen xianhe and chen daoxuan looked at each other and smiled faintly. chen xianhe stepped forward and reasoned with mo changsheng, ¡°¡±dao friend mo, why did you stop my uncle and nephew?¡± behind him. chen daoxuan secretly held a light purple photostone in his hand to record the evidence. ¡°hahaha,¡± mo changsheng laughed wildly.¡± chen xianhe, cut the crap. today, i¡¯ll ask you one last time. are you going to hand over the chen clan¡¯s magical equipment store or not?¡± hearing this direct threat. chen xianhe¡¯s face turned pale. he said nervously, ¡°¡±dao friend mo, don¡¯t make any mistakes. i¡¯m warning you, i¡¯ve already informed the zhou clan¡¯s patrol fleet. you have to think carefully. killing a fellow cultivator is a great crime. do you want your mo clan to be raided and exterminated?¡± when he heard the words ¡± extermination¡±, a hint of fear appeared in mo changsheng¡¯s eyes. obviously. he had to bear a lot of mental pressure to kill chen xianhe and his nephew. after all, for every cultivator living in the infinite star sea, the reputation of the qian yuan sword sect was too great. ¡°stubborn, you¡¯re courting death!¡± mo changsheng felt a little uneasy. he immediately ordered the mo clan cultivators behind him,¡± attack!¡± hearing this. the mo clan cultivators immediately spread out and surrounded chen xianhe and his nephew¡¯s gray cloud. this time. chen xianhe and his nephew really had no way to escape. seeing that chen xianhe still wanted to speak, chen daoxuan stepped forward and smiled, ¡°¡±thirteenth uncle, i¡¯ve already recorded the evidence.¡± as he spoke, he raised the photostone in his hand. hearing this, chen xianhe, who was about to perform again, suddenly shut up and instructed, ¡°¡±be careful. the zhou family should be nearby. you just need to stall them for a moment.¡± ¡°thirteenth uncle, don¡¯t worry.¡± as chen daoxuan spoke, he took out the flying snow and shadow bearing swords from his storage pouch. high in the sky. a spirit void battleship was hidden in the clouds. inside the spirit void battleship, zhou mucheng cast the round mirror technique. inside the round mirror. at this moment, the scene of the mo family cultivators killing the chen family¡¯s uncle and nephew was being played. zhou musheng¡¯s expression turned cold as he ordered, ¡°¡±let¡¯s go down!¡± ¡°yes, sir! lord deacon!¡± on the surface of the sea. after the mo clan members surrounded the chen clan¡¯s uncle and nephew, they took out their magic tools from their storage bags. looking at the style of their magic tools, most of them used flying swords. less than three of them were using magic tools of other styles. ¡°kill them!¡± mo changsheng shouted and charged at chen daoxuan. ¡°hmm?¡± but in the next second. within a radius of a thousand feet, the surface of the sea suddenly began to rain. the rain connected with the surface of the sea and formed a curtain of rain. mo changsheng could not help but be stunned. just as he was in a daze, a miserable cry entered his ears. ¡°all! my hand!¡± mo changshen looked over and saw a qi refinement realm cultivator of the mo clan clutching his broken right hand and screaming in pain. his entire body was on the verge of collapsing. the intense pain even made it very difficult for him to maintain the wind manipulation technique. ¡°this rain¡­¡± mo changsheng¡¯s pupils constricted slightly.¡± not good! it¡¯s sword qi!¡± seeing this, he immediately shouted,¡± this rain is sword qi. everyone, quickly use your defensive spiritual talismans!¡± after a loud shout. mo changsheng was the first to take out a golden shield talisman and activate it. instantly. a golden light enveloped mo changsheng, making him feel safe. the golden shield talisman was a first-tier superior-grade spirit talisman. it contained a defensive spell called the golden shield spell. the golden shield spell was one of the best defensive spells among all the tier 1 spells. compared to the ice enchantment in chen daoxuan¡¯s hand, its defensive power was nearly twice as strong. generally speaking. when a cultivator used the golden barrier technique, even a ninth qi layer cultivator would be helpless against it for a while. however, mo changsheng was horrified to find out. the spherical golden barrier constructed by the golden barrier technique became precarious under the corrosion of the rain sword qi, as if it would be torn apart by the other party in the next second. chen daoxuan saw that they had discovered the secret of the rainwater sword qi, so he decided not to sneak attack anymore. instead, he went all out to display the wind and rain sword technique. in an instant. the seven late-stage refinement realm cultivators of the mo family were killed on the spot. their bodies were torn into pieces by the sword qi. blood mixed with broken limbs fell on the surface of the infinite star sea. the seawater was dyed red. however, at this moment. mo changsheng was not in the mood to care about anything else. at this moment, he could not even protect himself. looking at the golden shield technique that was on the verge of collapsing, mo changsheng steeled his heart and summoned his flying sword, charging towards chen daoxuan. he knew that the only way to break out of this situation was to kill chen daoxuan before the golden shield technique¡¯s defense was broken. he could only hope that chen daoxuan¡¯s swordsmanship was unparalleled, but his defense was lacking. otherwise, the 19 cultivators of the mo clan would all be buried here today. of course, mo changsheng would never have thought that he would actually guess chen daoxuan¡¯s weakness. compared to his offensive power, chen daoxuan¡¯s defensive methods were indeed his greatest shortcoming. in terms of defensive means, chen daoxuan was not much better than ordinary late-stage aura refining cultivators. however¡­ sometimes, offense was the best defense. mo changsheng¡¯s sword radiance tore through the rain and charged toward chen daoxuan. however, before his sword radiance could get close to chen daoxuan, an even more terrifying white mark flashed and disappeared. the white mark instantly pierced through mo changsheng¡¯s sword radiance. his flying sword instantly flew back with a wail. ¡°this¡­¡± mo changsheng looked at the scene before him in horror. immediately, a sense of horror that he had never felt before assaulted him. ¡°fellow daoist, forgive¡­¡± before he could finish, the terrifying white mark tore through the spherical barrier formed by the golden shield technique like a bubble. then, the white mark turned. mo changsheng¡¯s head fell to the surface of the sea along with his broken body. ¡°clan¡­the clan leader was dead! the patriarch is dead!¡± someone shouted. instantly, the courage of the mo clan cultivators to resist was shattered. the two sides had been fighting very slowly. other than mo changsheng, the other mo clan cultivators could not even tear through the rain curtain sword qi, but their defensive spiritual talismans were all torn apart. if chen daoxuan hadn¡¯t intentionally held back at the end, the dozen or so cultivators of the mo clan would probably have all died on the spot. even so. when chen daoxuan put away the wind and rain sword technique, mo yuqing was the only one left standing in the air. as for the others, they either had broken arms or lost a leg. those with broken arms and legs were lucky. at least they were still alive. the eleven mo clan cultivators who had fallen into the sea were even more miserable. they were all minced into meat and died in an extremely miserable manner. ¡°you, you, you¡­¡± mo yuqing, who was already pale, was so frightened by this scene that his face turned pale. he raised his finger and pointed at chen daoxuan, trembling and unable to speak for a long time. the black-robed rogue cultivator who had led them here was trembling in fear. chen daoxuan could even smell urine. this black-robed rogue cultivator, a dignified cultivator, was actually scared to the point of peeing his pants at this moment. it was also a rare sight. chen daoxuan had deliberately left these two behind. otherwise, even with the black-robed cultivator¡¯s cultivation of the fifth layer of the aura refining realm, he probably wouldn¡¯t be able to withstand a single sword qi from chen daoxuan, let alone mo yuqing. not to mention that he was standing here in one piece. this battle, no, it should be said that this massacre, from beginning to end, only lasted for less than three breaths. after a battle. the head of the mo clan had been beheaded, and eleven mo clan cultivators had been shattered into pieces and scattered across the sea. the remaining seven mo clan cultivators were all seriously injured, except for mo yuqing. even though mo yuqing wasn¡¯t injured, he was scared out of his wits. the only thought in his mind was to live on. only when he faced death did he know that the most precious thing in the world was not money, but life. at this moment. a loud rumble came from the sky. a spirit void battleship cut through the sky and landed. who knows? when mo yuqing saw the spirit void battleship, he was like a drowning man grabbing onto the last straw. he pointed at chen daoxuan and said in a hoarse and sharp voice, ¡°¡±murder! he killed someone! help! senior, save me!¡± chen daoxuan was speechless.. Chapter 82 - Chapter 82: Where Did Your Mo Family Get the Spirit Stones? chapter 82: where did your mo family get the spirit stones? translator: daoist6fubtiw ¡°senior, save me!¡± mo yuqing wailed as he flew towards the spirit void battleship, as if there was a deadly ghost behind him. the huge spirit void battleship hovered above everyone¡¯s heads. immediately after. streams of light flew down from the spirit void battleship. it was the light of a foundation establishment cultivator. when the chen family saw this scene, they looked at mo yuqing¡¯s performance calmly. mo yuqing saw that chen daoxuan actually didn¡¯t stop him, and suddenly a surge of ecstasy surged in his heart. just as his face was filled with ecstasy, a streak of light flashed past his side. then, an extremely cold face entered his sight. ¡°senior, i¡¯m¡­¡± ¡°noisy!¡± zhou mucheng glanced coldly at mo yuqing. he grabbed mo yuqing¡¯s neck with one hand and held him in his hand like he was holding a chick. as zhou mucheng and the others descended on the gray cloud. the uncle and nephew of the chen family hurriedly went foward to greet him. ¡°brother zhou!¡± ¡°uncle zhou.¡± chen xianhe and chen daoxuan quickly stepped forward and cupped their hands in greeting. zhou mucheng¡¯s eyes lit up when he saw chen xianhe and chen daoxuan. he had seen chen daoxuan¡¯s performance against the mo clan cultivators just now. zhou mucheng was surprised to find that in terms of the realm of swordsmanship, this young junior was actually above him. this was somewhat frightening. one had to know that he was a seventh-stage foundation establishment cultivator, and his cultivation was a whole realm higher than chen daoxuan¡¯s. even if chen daoxuan had started practicing the sword in his mother¡¯s womb, his level of swordsmanship would not be above his. the only explanation was that chen daoxuan was like zhou mubai, the pride of the zhou family. they were both geniuses of the sword. if this kind of sword genius did not fall in the future, he was destined to become a famous figure. thinking of this¡­ zhou mucheng¡¯s heart was filled with the desire to befriend the chen family¡¯s uncle and nephew. especially when chen daoxuan was still so young. although zhou mucheng looked like he was only in his forties, he had been cultivating for more than a hundred and fifty years. even if a foundation establishment cultivator had two hundred years of lifespan, zhou mucheng did not have much left. moreover, zhou mucheng knew very well that if he did not have too much luck, the possibility of him breaking through to the zifu disciple realm in this lifetime was extremely low. if zhou mucheng was alone, it would be fine. unfortunately, he had a son in his old age, a qi condensation son, zhou siliang. this made him have to think more about his son¡¯s future. even though the zhou clan was the overlord of guang ¡®an prefecture, they also had hundreds of thousands of cultivators. there were so many cultivators, and his son zhou siliang¡¯s aptitude and temperament were not good. zhou mucheng was actually very worried about his son¡¯s future. his son might not have any worries now that he was still alive, but when he died in the future, his son¡¯s situation would definitely be much more difficult than now. as a descendant of the zhou family, zhou mucheng knew very well that the zhou family would never use a large amount of resources to raise a good-for-nothing. however, zhou mucheng could not tell these worries to outsiders. in the eyes of outsiders, he, zhou mucheng, had a high position and authority. he was a patrol deacon who controlled one of the zhou family¡¯s spirit void battleships. however, who could understand the pain in his heart? originally, he had only helped chen xianhe and chen daoxuan because chen xianhe had bribed him with a second-grade water spirit pearl and because they were once colleagues of the southern mountain¡¯s city. however, after witnessing chen daoxuan¡¯s terrifying talent in the tao of the sword, zhou mucheng had completely changed his mind. he wanted to befriend the chen clan, especially chen daoxuan. he didn¡¯t know why, but he could vaguely see the shadow of the zhou clan¡¯s prodigy, guang ¡®an sword immortal zhou mubai, who had once dominated the entire guang¡¯ an prefecture. his thoughts spun. zhou mucheng casually restrained mo yuqing¡¯s dantian and sea of qi and threw him onto the deck of gray cloud. he cupped his hands and said, ¡°¡±brother chen, nephew, i¡¯m not late, am i?¡± ¡°not too late, not too late. you came just in time.¡± chen xianhe cupped his hands and chuckled. on the deck of gray cloud, mo yuqing¡¯s heart sank when he heard their conversation. at this moment, he knew that the mo family had been tricked by chen xianhe. thinking of this, he pointed at chen xianhe and cursed, ¡°¡±it¡¯s you! it¡¯s you, old bastard, who¡¯s scheming against my mo family! old man, you¡¯re so ruthless!¡± hearing this curse. chen daoxuan¡¯s face immediately darkened. he raised his hand and sent out a stream of genuine qi, knocking mo yuqing to the ground. he said coldly,¡±watch your mouth.¡± mo yuqing seemed to have been killed by chen daoxuan. after being slapped by him, not only did he not dare to talk back, but he also buried his head on the deck. chen xianhe was not angry at mo yuqing¡¯s scolding. instead, he smiled and said,¡±¡± don¡¯t blame me for not giving your mo clan a chance. i¡¯ve already informed the zhou clan¡¯s patrol team. it¡¯s your mo clan¡¯s own stubbornness that led to this bitter outcome. how can you blame me?¡± mo yuqing was so angry that he couldn¡¯t say a word when he heard those words. but immediately after. he seemed to have thought of something and crawled over frantically. he grabbed the corner of zhou mucheng¡¯s shirt and begged,¡±senior zhou, please be magnanimous and let my mo family off.¡± mo yuqing paused,¡± that¡¯s right. my mo clan has spiritual stones. we have more than 30,000 spiritual stones. they are for my clan leader to prepare for foundation establishment. i¡¯ll give them to you now. i¡¯ll give them all to you. 1 only beg you to spare my mo clan!¡± as he spoke, mo yuqing kept kowtowing. seeing him kneel and plead for his clansmen, chen daoxuan felt a little sorry, but he quickly hardened his heart and turned his head away from him. chen xianhe and zhou mucheng were both smart people. they knew what chen daoxuan was thinking when they saw his expression. zhou mucheng seemed to be reprimanding mo yuqing, but he also seemed to be explaining to chen daoxuan. ¡°¡±humph! if all the cultivators in guang ¡®an prefecture learn from your mo clan and bribe the cultivators of my zhou clan to get away with it after they are exposed for killing their fellow cultivators, how can my guang¡¯ an prefecture be at peace?¡± as he spoke, he paused and a meaningful smile appeared on his face.¡± besides, where did your mo clan get more than 30,000 spiritual stones? if you had so many spirit stones, why would you kill us?¡± hearing this, chen xianhe quickly added,¡±¡± brother zhou is right. the mo clan must have gone crazy to kill us. how could they have more than 30,000 spirit stones? this kid must be lying to you.¡± ¡°hahaha!¡± as they spoke, the two of them looked at each other and smiled. everything was said without words. chen daoxuan looked at thirteenth uncle and then at zhou mucheng. he found that the cultivators in the infinite star sea were each more ruthless than the last. the mo clan was completely finished this time. at the thought of this, he handed the photostone to zhou mucheng and said,¡±uncle zhou, this is the evidence of the mo clan killing our uncle and nephew.¡± ¡°yes.¡± after taking chen daoxuan¡¯s video stone and showing it to everyone, zhou mucheng sneered, ¡°¡±what else does your mo family have to say now?¡± hearing this, mo yuqing looked at chen xianhe and zhou mucheng. her face was filled with despair as she collapsed to the ground.. Chapter 83 - Chapter 83: Defensive Sword Art chapter 83: defensive sword art translator: daoist6fubtiw ¡°sir deacon, the remaining six cultivators of the mo family and this sneaky rogue cultivator have been captured. please give us your instructions.¡± on the deck of gray cloud. an early-stage foundation building cultivator led a team of late-stage qi refining cultivators of the zhou clan and captured all the remaining heavily injured cultivators of the mo clan, including the unharmed black-robed itinerant cultivator. ¡°take them back to the battleship first,¡± zhou mucheng glanced at them. then, he pointed at mo yuqing and said,¡± take him back with you.¡± ¡°yes, lord deacon!¡± after saying that, the foundation building cultivator picked up mo yuqing, who was lying limply on the ground, and returned to the spirit void battleship. seeing this. zhou mucheng turned around and looked at chen daoxuan.¡±nephew, would you like to come with me to the mo clan as a witness?¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan and chen xianhe looked at each other and cupped their hands. ¡°¡±then 1¡¯11 have to trouble uncle zhou.¡± ¡± haha, we won¡¯t disturb you. brother chen, well leave first.¡± take care, old brother zhou. daoxuan, remember to listen to your uncle zhou¡¯s instructions on this trip.¡± ¡°yes, thirteenth uncle.¡± chen daoxuan cupped his hands and flew up to the spirit void battleship with zhou mucheng. this was chen daoxuan¡¯s second time seeing this behemoth. however, compared to the first time he saw it, this time chen daoxuan was invited to board this battleship as a guest, so the feeling was naturally very different. chen daoxuan and zhou mucheng were as small as two mayflies in front of the spirit void battleship. they entered the spirit void battleship. chen daoxuan felt as if he had entered an immortal¡¯s grotto-heaven and was greatly shocked. ¡°this is¡­spiritual energy?¡± chen daoxuan looked at zhou mucheng in surprise. ¡°yes!¡± zhou mucheng smiled and nodded.¡± every spirit void battleship has a spiritual pivot pond inside. this spiritual pivot pond can provide power for the spirit void battleship and also provide spiritual energy for the cultivators inside the spirit void battleship to cultivate. if you have to compare it, you can think of it as a moving spirit vein.¡± ¡°a movable spirit vein.¡± the chen family had just cultivated a grade-1 spirit vein not long ago. in his knowledge, spirit veins were built according to the terrain. how could they be moved? however, the spirit void battleship in front of him had clearly broken his imagination of the spirit vein. perhaps this so-called spiritual pivot pond was roughly equivalent to the nuclear engine on the aircraft carrier in his previous life. chen daoxuan, who didn¡¯t know the principle, could only make this analogy. such large-scale war artifacts were the foundation of large forces. ordinary small families and small forces could not even buy them, let alone refine and build them. zhou mucheng continued to explain.¡± the spirit void battleship of my zhou clan can carry 21 foundation establishment cultivators and 126 qi condensation cultivators. when controlled together, it can unleash the full power of a late-stage zifu disciple.¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan¡¯s heart raced. immediately after. as if he had thought of something, chen daoxuan cupped his hands and said, ¡°¡±uncle zhou, in that case, doesn¡¯t that mean that this spirit void battleship is comparable to a zifu disciple?¡± hearing this, zhou mucheng could not help but laugh. he shook his head and said,¡±how can it be so simple? although it can unleash the full power of a zifu disciple, it doesn¡¯t have the agility of a zifu disciple.¡± zhou mucheng paused.¡± have you ever seen a puppet before?¡± ¡°a puppet? uncle zhou, are you talking about the puppet monsters produced by the thousand engineering palace of the celestial cloud continent?¡± ¡°yes, that¡¯s it,¡± zhou mucheng nodded.¡± in the war against the infinite star sea, the profound pure dao league used a large number of puppet beasts sold by the thousand revolution palace. if these puppet beasts could be compared to cultivators, the infinite star sea would have been conquered by the profound pure dao league long ago. the principle of this spirit void battleship was the same as the puppet monsters. most of the attacks it launched could only attack in one direction in advance. moreover, the stronger the attack, the more difficult it would be for it to change directions midway. if the voidspirit battleship were to attack at full power, then there would be absolutely no way it would be able to change its attack midway. let alone a zifu disciple, even a foundation establishment cultivator would be able to easily dodge such an attack.¡± hearing this explanation, chen daoxuan finally had a preliminary impression of this spirit void battleship. ¡°however, although the spirit void battleship can¡¯t be used against cultivators, it has a use.¡± zhou mucheng smiled mysteriously.¡± you¡¯ll see how it works later.¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan fell silent. after a moment of silence, zhou mucheng continued,¡±nephew, when i saw you fighting against the mo clan cultivators just now, 1 didn¡¯t think you had cultivated any defensive techniques?¡± ¡± dao xuan is ashamed. my chen family¡¯s strength is small and weak. the clan doesn¡¯t have defensive dharmic formulation inheritances and defensive mystic artifacts refinement methods.¡± zhou mucheng nodded in understanding. ¡°defensive spells and defensive magic tools are indeed much more precious than offensive methods.¡± as he spoke, he took out a jade slip from his storage bag and handed it over.¡± this is a tier 1 defensive sword art, monolith sword art, that i exchanged for with my battle merits in the yun nation¡¯s battlefield. i¡¯ll give it to you.¡± ¡°uncle zhou, this¡­how can this be done?¡± chen daoxuan was a little terrified. ¡°what¡¯s wrong? your uncle and nephew gave my son zhou siliang such a precious second rank water spirit pearl, and 1 gave you a first rank defensive sword art, yet you want to reject it. could it be that you¡¯re looking down on your uncle zhou?¡± zhou mucheng chuckled. ¡°dao xuan doesn¡¯t dare!¡± having said that, chen daoxuan naturally could not refuse. however, he did not know why zhou mucheng¡¯s attitude towards him had changed so much. it was as if he had become a completely different person. unless¡­ chen daoxuan had a vague guess in his heart, but he was not sure. ¡°what¡¯s wrong?¡± zhou mucheng asked when he saw that he was silent. chen daoxuan shook his head. he cupped his hands and said,¡± daoxuan received this great kindness without any merit. i¡¯m excited and a little afraid.¡± upon hearing this, zhou mucheng said meaningfully,¡±since you and my son zhou siliang hit it off at first sight, i naturally treat you like my own nephew. it¡¯s reasonable for an elder to give a gift to a nephew. there¡¯s no need to be afraid.¡± chen daoxuan exchanged glances with him and instantly understood what zhou mucheng meant. he cupped his hands and said,¡±uncle zhou, 1 will definitely be closer to brother zhou in the future.¡± ¡°hahaha, good, good, good. young people should be more intimate.¡± zhou mucheng received chen daoxuan¡¯s response and finally felt relieved. his painstaking efforts were nothing more than to find a good backer for his son zhou siliang in the future. and chen daoxuan was the backer he had his eyes on. as if to respond to chen daoxuan, zhou mucheng returned the favor.¡± from now on, the guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s itinerant cultivator magical equipment market will belong to your chen family.¡± chen daoxuan was overjoyed when he heard this powerful response. he said,¡±thank you for your care, uncle zhou!¡± ¡°since you¡¯re already calling me uncle zhou, there¡¯s no need for us to be so distant.¡± ¡°yes, yes, yes. uncle zhou is right.¡± the two of them looked at each other and laughed. the two of them chatted. the spirit void battleship flew towards the mo clan¡¯s spirit island. compared to the turtle speed of the chen family¡¯s azure dragon, the speed of the spiritual warship was even faster than the light beams of the building foundation stage cultivators. moreover, according to zhou mucheng, this was not the maximum speed of the spirit void battleship. if the spirit void battleship flew at full speed, its speed would be comparable to that of a zifu disciple. it would take less than the time it takes an incense stick to burn to cover a distance of ten thousand kilometers. its speed was simply even more ridiculous than the speed of the battle aircraft from his previous life.. Chapter 84 - Chapter 84: Harvest (1) chapter 84: harvest (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw in just a few hours. under the high speed of the spirit void battleship, the mo clan¡¯s spirit island was faintly visible. he stood on the deck of the spirit void battleship. chen daoxuan looked down. the mo family¡¯s spiritual island was like a disc, floating on the blue sea. ¡°rumble!¡± the huge spirit void battleship headed straight for the mo family¡¯s spirit island without any intention of slowing down. the air was torn apart by the spirit void battleship, making loud rumbling sounds. suddenly. a light screen rose from the mo family¡¯s spiritual mountain and protected the entire spiritual mountain. ¡°mountain protection array!¡± chen daoxuan recognized at a glance that this was a mountain protecting formation set up based on the spirit vein. of course. the mo clan¡¯s protective mountain array could only protect a radius of about ten miles that was covered by the spirit vein. outside this range, because there was no spirit vein to provide spiritual energy, the protective mountain array could not protect it. but even so. it was basically wishful thinking for ordinary foundation establishment cultivators to break through the mountain-protecting array that was set up based on a first-grade spirit vein. the next moment, the mo family set up the array. an old man at the sixth qi layer flew out of the formation. when he saw the zhou family¡¯s spirit void battleship, he even trembled when he spoke. ¡°i don¡¯t know¡­why have all of you come to my mo clan?¡± the old man swallowed his saliva.¡± my mo family is a family conferred by the qianyuan sword sect. don¡¯t you dare¡­¡± before he could finish his sentence. a loud voice rang out from the spirit void battleship, resounding throughout the entire mo family island. ¡± the mo family cultivators killed a fellow cultivator from guang ¡®an prefecture. the evidence is conclusive. according to the laws of the qianyuan sword sect, the mo family will be exterminated!¡± ¡°all?¡± when the old man heard this, he was instantly scared out of his wits. he knew that the clan leader had taken away all the late-stage qi refining cultivators in the clan, but he did not know why the clan leader had taken away the late-stage qi refining cultivators in the clan. now he knew, but he still couldn¡¯t believe it. ¡°what evidence do you have?¡± in the face of such a heinous crime of extermination, his mo clan naturally wouldn¡¯t simply admit it. ¡°humph! this is the evidence!¡± after saying that. the image of mo changsheng leading the mo clan cultivators to kill the chen clan¡¯s uncle and nephew appeared in midair. ¡°what else does your mo clan have to say now?¡± ¡± impossible, impossible! you must have fabricated evidence to frame the mo family. the mo family will never compromise!¡± in fact, after seeing the image in the image stone, the old man basically believed that it was indeed his mo family cultivators who had intercepted and killed his fellow cultivators. however, they could not admit to this crime, even if they died! otherwise, not only would the mo clan cultivators lose their lives, but even the ordinary clansmen would be reduced to slaves. it would be extremely miserable. after saying that, the old man flew back into the mountain protection array and put on a stance of resisting to the death. ¡°an ant trying to shake a tree.¡± zhou mucheng sneered and waved his hand. in the next second, at the tip of the spirit void battleship, a ball made of lightning gathered faintly as if it was gathering energy. about three breaths. the spirit void battleship had finished gathering energy. a beam of light shot straight towards the mo clan¡¯s mountain-protecting array. ¡°tsk!¡± when the light barrier constructed by the mountain protecting formation met the lightning beam of the spirit void battleship, it melted instantly like ice under the scorching sun. the entire protective formation was torn apart by the pillar of light. even the top of the mo family¡¯s spiritual mountain was melted by the lightning pillar. that¡¯s right, it melted! with chen daoxuan¡¯s eyesight, he found that there was a red liquid similar to magma at the gap where the spirited mountain had melted. he knew that this was the product of the mountain rocks melting under the intense heat. seeing chen daoxuan¡¯s stunned expression, zhou mucheng smiled and said, this is the biggest use of the spirit void battleship, to break through mountains and break down doors!¡± then, he ordered the zhou clan cultivators on the battleship, ¡°¡±go and capture all the cultivators of the mo family. kill those who resist!¡± ¡°yes, lord deacon!¡± the order was given. rays of light flew down from the spirit void battleship. chen daoxuan knew that each of these streaks of light represented a foundation establishment cultivator of the zhou clan. with so many foundation establishment cultivators and a group of late qi condensation cultivators from the zhou clan, capturing a mo clan cultivator whose highest cultivation was only at the sixth qi condensation level was like shooting a mosquito with a cannon. not long after. out of the dozens of mo clan cultivators, only 12 were captured. the rest were killed on the spot by the zhou clan cultivators because of their stubborn resistance. ¡°lord deacon, the mo clan cultivators have all been captured.¡± ¡°let¡¯s go down and take a look.¡± as he spoke, he looked at chen daoxuan.¡± nephew, you come too.¡± ¡°yes, uncle zhou.¡± when the other zhou clan cultivators heard this, they were all extremely excited. chen daoxuan knew what they were going to do and quickly followed behind them. ¡°boss, this is the mo clan treasury.¡± the early-stage foundation establishment cultivator who had been addressing zhou mucheng as the deacon on the spirit void battleship did not address him by his title anymore. instead, he addressed him differently. zhou mucheng glanced at chen daoxuan and introduced, my deputy. this is my nephew, chen daoxuan.¡± he is zhou siyuan, he briefly introduced them. ¡°greetings, senior zhou.¡± chen daoxuan immediately greeted respectfully. ¡± don¡¯t call me that.¡± zhou siyuan waved his hand and smiled.¡± since you¡¯re the eldest nephew, you can call me brother zhou if you don¡¯t mind.¡± ¡°big brother zhou.¡± chen daoxuan smiled and cupped his hands. seeing this, zhou mucheng smiled and said,¡±let¡¯s go. i want to see what good things the mo family has hidden.¡± hearing this, zhou siyuan became excited. this kind of extermination was not common in guang ¡®an prefecture. after all, very few families would commit the crime of extermination. even if they wanted to do it, they would basically clean up the mess. it was very difficult for others to catch them. there were very few people who were caught on the spot like the mo family. however, every time the zhou clan was raided and exterminated, it was a feast for the zhou clan patrol team. zhou siyuan¡¯s heart felt like it was being scratched by a cat when he thought of the treasures in the mo clan¡¯s treasury. compared to the chen family. there were many more buildings on the mo family¡¯s spiritual mountain. on the spirit mountain, various spirit palaces and cave abodes could be seen everywhere. these were the cultivation residences of the mo clan cultivators. however, at this moment. these spirit mountain cave abodes were all empty, leaving only patches of blood, proving that someone had once existed here. ¡°boss, we¡¯re here.¡± zhou siyuan stopped and smiled.¡± according to the mo family, this is where their clan treasury is.¡± zhou mucheng looked at the door made of broken dragon rock and reached out his palm to caress the stone wall. in an instant, the entire stone wall collapsed like gravel and turned into a pile of white powder. ¡°boss, your pure yang raging flame technique is getting more and more profound!¡± ¡°alright, stop flattering me. let¡¯s go in and take a look.¡± who knows? just as the three of them stepped into the mo clan¡¯s treasury. swoosh!¡± a wind blade that was about ten feet long and three feet wide attacked everyone. although the wind blade spell was not the strongest among all the level 1 spells, in terms of speed, it was only slightly slower than the lightning spell. however, the reaction of a late-stage foundation establishment cultivator¡¯s divine sense was extremely fast. a spiritual shield rose in front of the three of them. when the wind blades struck the spiritual shield, they did not even cause a wave before they disappeared. ¡°this is¡­puppet monster?¡± chen daoxuan finally saw who had ambushed them. it wasn¡¯t a mo clan cultivator, but an upper-grade leopard-shaped puppet monster. the wind blade just now was spat out from its mouth. seeing this, zhou siyuan¡¯s face darkened. ii no wonder that mo clan cultivator was so straightforward just now and directly told us where the mo clan treasury was. so he wanted to use this bastard to plot against us.¡± after saying that, he swung his palm at the leopard puppet monster. it was sent flying more than a hundred feet away and crashed into the wall of the mo clan¡¯s treasury. unexpectedly. the leopard puppet monster staggered to its feet after suffering such a heavy blow. seeing that zhou siyuan wanted to attack again, chen daoxuan stepped forward and said, ¡°¡±big brother zhou, i¡¯m quite interested in this puppet monster. why don¡¯t you let me subdue it?¡± hearing this, zhou siyuan naturally wouldn¡¯t argue with him. he made a hand gesture to him to leave. ¡°thank you, big brother zhou!¡± chen daoxuan cupped his hands and immediately released the cheng ying sword, displaying a set of wind chasing sword technique. under the control of the wind chasing sword technique, the cheng ying sword¡¯s speed was much faster than the flying snow sword. for a moment, the mo clan¡¯s treasury was filled with sword light. after a while. chen daoxuan removed the spirit stone from the leopard puppet monster¡¯s belly like a butcher cutting a cow. without the spiritual stone as its power source, the puppet monster stood rooted to the ground. seeing this, chen daoxuan took a step forward and put the puppet monster into his storage bag. then, he cupped his hands at the two of them and said,since i¡¯ve taken the puppet monster, i won¡¯t be participating in the treasures in the mo clan¡¯s treasury anymore.¡± hearing this. zhou siyuan, who was originally slightly dissatisfied with chen daoxuan, suddenly had a good impression of him. ¡°brother chen, how can you return empty-handed after entering a treasure mountain?¡± chen daoxuan patted his storage bag and smiled.¡± i didn¡¯t come empty-handed. didn¡¯t 1 already get something? ¡± ¡°this¡­¡± zhou siyuan looked at zhou mucheng. not greedy, know when to advance and retreat! seeing this, zhou mucheng looked at chen daoxuan with satisfaction. he felt that his investment in chen daoxuan was not wrong. ¡°since my nephew is unwilling to fight with you, then you can share the mo clan¡¯s treasury with your brothers.¡± ¡°thank you, boss!¡± when zhou siyuan heard this, he immediately beamed. he didn¡¯t know much about other things, but he had heard clearly that there were more than 30,000 spiritual stones in the mo clan¡¯s treasury. with his relationship with zhou mucheng, he would be able to get at least three thousand spirit stones. for an early foundation establishment cultivator, it was a considerable harvest. thinking of this¡­ he had a good impression of chen daoxuan.. Chapter 85 - Chapter 85: Frontline Transport Ship (1) chapter 85: frontline transport ship (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw he watched as the zhou clan cultivators moved boxes of spirit stones out of the mo clan¡¯s treasury. chen daoxuan¡¯s eyes were calm. compared to the magical equipment market in the wandering cultivator market that his chen family had obtained, the goods in front of him were not worth chen daoxuan¡¯s attention even though they were quite a lot. however, the foundation establishment cultivators and aura refining cultivators of the zhou clan were different. although they were disciples of the zhou clan, they had many cultivators and strict clan rules. generally speaking, other than the fixed annual salary they could get from working in the patrol team, they could only enjoy the various hidden benefits of the family. in terms of cultivation resources, ordinary zhou clan disciples were not as generous as chen clan cultivators. at the very least, ordinary cultivators of the zhou clan couldn¡¯t provide a constant supply of pills and spiritual rice to aid their cultivation. according to zhou mucheng. the qi condensation cultivators in the patrol team only received an annual salary of five hundred spirit stones. this sum of money was naturally a huge sum in the eyes of the itinerant cultivators, but to the zhou clan disciples, it was a drop in the bucket. it was not even enough to buy spirit pills that could assist in cultivation all year round. zhou mucheng usually gave his son zhou siliang more pocket money than this. the annual salary of a foundation establishment cultivator was much higher, but it was only twice as much as that of a late-stage qi refinement disciple, which was only 1,000 spirit stones. of course, the foundation establishment stage here referred to the early foundation establishment stage. for someone like zhou mucheng, who was in the late foundation establishment stage and was in charge of a spirit void battleship, his annual salary was much higher, usually more than five thousand spirit stones. in other words. the five grade two spiritual pearls that the chen family had bribed zhou mucheng previously were roughly equivalent to a year¡¯s worth of his salary. this was also the reason why zhou mucheng said chen xianhe was generous. one could imagine. the zhou clan cultivators were extremely excited when they saw the 30,000 spirit stones in the mo clan treasury. according to the unspoken rules of the infinite star sea, when a small clan like the mo family was raided and exterminated, the higher-ups would usually only verify whether the mo family had committed a crime or not after reporting it to the qian yuan sword sect. the floating wealth obtained from the looting usually belonged to the zhou family patrol team, and the qianyuan sword sect generally did not confiscate it. this was also the reason why the zhou clan cultivators were so excited. based on their understanding of zhou mucheng¡¯s temperament, each of them would be able to get a considerable amount of spirit stones. even the lowest level of qi condensation cultivators could get at least a hundred spirit stones, which was equivalent to their monthly salary. how could they not be happy? he left behind a group of patrolling cultivators to deal with the mo family¡¯s mortals. the rest, including chen daoxuan, returned to the spirit void battleship. back to the spirit void battleship. zhou mucheng looked at chen daoxuan and asked, ¡°¡±nephew, are you going back to shuanghu island or guang ¡®an prefecture?¡± he pondered for a moment. ¡°uncle zhou, please send me to guang ¡®an prefecture!¡± chen daoxuan cupped his hands. ¡°that¡¯s not troublesome. we just happen to be going back for a bath.¡± before zhou mucheng could say anything, zhou siyuan smiled and said,¡± brother chen, let¡¯s have a good drink when we get back.¡± chen daoxuan looked at the two of them and nodded with a smile. ¡°¡±good! let¡¯s get drunk then!¡± ¡°hahaha! alright, let¡¯s get drunk!¡± amidst the laughter of the crowd. the spirit void battleship sped toward guang ¡®an prefecture. the flying speed of the spirit void battleship was extremely shocking. it would take the blue dragon more than a month to cover the distance. the spirit void battleship only took a few hours to reach guang ¡®an prefecture. just as everyone arrived at guang ¡®an prefecture. a voice came from the spirit void battleship. ¡± look, isn¡¯t that a frontline transport ship?¡± hearing this, zhou mucheng¡¯s expression changed. he was overjoyed and walked to the front of the deck to look in the direction pointed by the aura refining cultivator of the zhou clan. zhou mucheng was a late-stage foundation establishment cultivator, so his eyesight was much better than a qi condensation cultivator. he saw a tiny black dot flying toward guang ¡®an prefecture. looking at its speed, although it was not as fast as the spirit void battleship, it was not much slower. zhou mucheng, who had served in the southern mountain¡¯s city, recognized it at a glance. it was a transport ship that had returned from the front lines. seeing this, zhou mucheng said happily,¡±¡± it¡¯s really a double blessing today. we just made a fortune, and then we encountered the return of the frontline carrier.¡± ¡°oh!¡± hearing this, everyone burst into cheers. chen daoxuan looked at zhou siyuan and asked, ¡°¡±big brother zhou, do these front-line transport ships refer to the ships that transport supplies on the yun nation¡¯s battlefield?¡± ¡°yes!¡± zhou siyuan nodded and said excitedly,¡± every few years, the transport ships from the front line will come to the prefectures in cangzhou to transport all kinds of materials seized from the front line.¡± hearing this. chen daoxuan recalled that when he went to the slave market in guang ¡®an prefecture to buy female slaves, the slave trader said that they would transport female slaves from the front line. presumably, it was transported by this kind of transport ship. zhou mucheng sighed when he heard their conversation. ¡± if the southern mountain¡¯s city was still around, there would be no need to transport resources every few years. back then, guang ¡®an prefecture would send a frontline transport ship every year. unfortunately¡­¡± zhou mucheng shook his head. hearing this. everyone¡¯s excited mood gradually dimmed. the loss of the southern mountain¡¯s city was not as simple as the death of a million cultivators in the past. there were also incalculable losses. in the yun nation, the qianyuan sword sect had built seven huge immortal cities. the southern mountain¡¯s city was one of them. the qianyuan sword sect had built a complete defense system around these seven immortal cities. each immortal city would radiate across several states of the yun nation, and these territories were the base for the cultivators of the infinite star sea to plunder the resources of the yun nation. cangzhou and the surrounding states in the infinite star sea were supported by the resources of the states near the immortal city of the southern mountain. usually. most of the resources would be transported to the rear of the infinite star sea after they were selected by the cultivators in the front line. it was precisely because of the strategy of nurturing war with war that the cultivators of the infinite star sea could continue to grow in just 4.00 years. especially the itinerant cultivators in the infinite star sea. four hundred years ago, when perfected shenjue wreaked havoc in the infinite star sea. there were almost no high-level cultivators among the itinerant cultivators. golden core cultivators like daoist master shenjue were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns among itinerant cultivators. almost all the high-level cultivators were from the big families and the qianyuan sword sect. thanks to the four-hundred-year war between the infinite star sea and the yun nation, a large number of famous high-level cultivators were born among the itinerant cultivators. not to mention golden core cultivators, there were even many nascent soul cultivators. in terms of momentum, it could even gradually contend with the cultivators of the clan. later on, the various immortal clans also realized that it was not a solution to continue like this. they all threw their disciples into the battlefield of the yun nation to gain experience and earn resources. otherwise, when the infinite star sea attacked the yun nation, the disciples of the big families were unwilling to go to the battlefield of the yun nation. this was because the big families did not lack cultivation resources. there was no need to send their clansmen to the battlefield to die. however, when they saw the rise of the rogue cultivators, they all panicked and couldn¡¯t wait to send their clansmen to the battlefield. the southern mountain¡¯s city was lost. it was equivalent to cang prefecture and the surrounding provinces losing their foundation in the yun nation. in this way. if cangzhou cultivators wanted to go to the yun nation battlefield, they would even have to serve in other states. let¡¯s not talk about whether cangzhou cultivators would be discriminated against and humiliated when they served in other provinces. just the fact that it was impossible for other provinces to share the resources that supported their own provinces with cang prefecture was unacceptable to countless cultivators in cang prefecture. however, no matter how unacceptable it was, it was an indisputable fact that cang prefecture had lost the southern mountain¡¯s city. as a lost land state, cangzhou had been reducing its resource supply for more than 50 years. the guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s frontline transport ships had also changed from once a year to once every few years.. Chapter 86 - Chapter 86: Buying Spiritual Rice (1) chapter 86: buying spiritual rice (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw they got off the spirit void battleship. he returned to guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s rogue cultivator market. along the way, all the cultivators chen daoxuan saw had expressions of joy on their faces. he opened the rainbow sonar flying sword shop¡¯s door. chen daoxuan finally heaved a sigh of relief. he had learned a lot from zhou mucheng and the rest about the transport ships at the frontline. in conclusion, if possible, the chen family had better raise a large number of spirit stones this year. because a year later. the zhou auction house was going to hold a grand auction. at that time. not only would a large number of front-line resources appear in the auction house, but the zhou family would also take out a large number of precious resources to auction. during this one year. it was for the powerful families in guang ¡¯an prefecture to raise spirit stones and for the zhou auction house to promote themselves. a year was enough for almost every cultivator in guang ¡®an prefecture to know about this grand auction. when she heard zhou mucheng¡¯s words. chen daoxuan thought of the main venue he saw when he went to the zhou auction house. however, the main venue was closed at that time. if the auction was to be held, it should be held in the main venue. chen daoxuan had some confidence in gathering spirit stones. not to mention the transactions with the merfolk clan over the past year, the chen family¡¯s treasury was filled with a large number of precious spirit ores and water spirit pearls. taking down the magical equipment market in guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s rogue cultivators market had brought the chen family a golden hen. moreover¡­ the market for magic tools in the wandering cultivator market was very vast. small clans like the mo clan and rogue cultivators had never fully developed it. chen daoxuan believed that as the production capacity of the chen family¡¯s flying sword factory continued to improve, the market for wandering cultivators ¡®magical treasures would bring more and more benefits to the chen family. in the end, it was like the yang family¡¯s boat. the yang family¡¯s ship trading company had almost monopolized the guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s ship market. in terms of profits, it was much larger than a mere wandering cultivator market. because in the infinite star sea, a rogue cultivator could not live without a magic weapon, but he could not live without a ship. after all, magic tools were only things that could increase one¡¯s strength, while ships were tools for traveling. they were absolutely indispensable. otherwise, it would be almost impossible for cultivators without ships to move in the infinite star sea. after all, the genuine qi of the refinement stage cultivators was not enough to support them to travel freely in the vast sea area of the infinite star sea. he walked around the shop. chen daoxuan thought of something else. buying spiritual rice for the merfolk clan. speaking of this matter, chen daoxuan had already dragged on for almost a year. it was just that the chen family did not have the strength or background before, so they did not want to be too high-profile. after all, the spirit rice that the merfolk needed was not a small amount. it was different now. with zhou mucheng as their backer, the chen family could do whatever they wanted in guang ¡®an prefecture. basically, no family dared to cause trouble for the chen family. one had to know that zhou mucheng was not only a late-stage foundation establishment cultivator, but he also had a spirit void battleship in his hands. even in the zhou family, where there were many foundation establishment cultivators, zhou mucheng was not an insignificant character. thinking of this¡­ chen daoxuan walked out of the rainbow sound flying sword shop and headed straight for the yang consortium¡¯s ship. yang¡¯s boat store was located in the core business district. chen daoxuan rode on the cloud treading beast carriage and rushed slowly. it took him more than two hours to reach the yang consortium¡¯s ship. enter yang¡¯s ship. the one who received him was still the same shopkeeper yang who sold him the slave transporting boat last time. ¡°fellow daoist yang, 1 haven¡¯t seen you for more than a year. your business has been booming recently!¡± after both parties sat down and served tea, chen daoxuan greeted them with a smile. ¡°it can¡¯t compare to your chen family¡¯s magical equipment shop, which is doing very well.¡± yang jiye said politely,¡± i¡¯ve heard recently that your chen family has stolen all the magical equipment business of the mo family.¡± chen daoxuan took a sip of tea without saying anything. the news of the mo family being raided and exterminated had yet to spread. it was estimated that the next time chen daoxuan came to guang ¡®an prefecture, this matter would be known by everyone. at that time. it was also the time when the chen family¡¯s reputation rose. the two of them exchanged a few pleasantries. chen daoxuan put down the teacup in his hand and said, ¡°¡±this time, 1 came to find fellow daoist yang to buy a cargo ship.¡± ¡°oh?¡± hearing that there was a business opportunity, yang jiye¡¯s face became even redder.¡± what kind of cargo ship do you need, fellow daoist chen? ¡± ¡± my chen family needs a cargo ship specially used to transport spiritual rice.¡± ¡°spiritual rice?¡± yang jiye¡¯s expression changed slightly as he probed,¡± is your chen family also going to get involved in the spiritual rice business? do we need to ship it?¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan smiled without saying anything. ¡°look at my mouth. i¡¯m too rash and forgot the rules! haha, don¡¯t mind me, fellow daoist chen!¡± yang jiye laughed and continued, ¡°¡±spiritual rice transport ships are very common in guang ¡®an prefecture. many small clans use these ships to transport spiritual rice when they grow spiritual fields and sell it to large clans. compared to the cargo ships that transported ordinary grains and ores, the spiritual rice transport ship had a special cabin that ensured that the spiritual rice did not lose its spirituality. therefore, the price was slightly higher. of course, no matter how high the price is, it won¡¯t be higher than the slave transporting boats. please rest assured, fellow daoist.¡± ¡°how much do you sell your spiritual rice carriers for?¡± ¡± different models have different prices. the lowest model costs 550 spirit stones each.¡± yang jiye said with a smile. ¡± yes.¡± chen daoxuan nodded.¡± this price is much cheaper than the slave transporting boats. what are the specific models? ¡± ¡± our yang consortium has three types of spiritual rice transport ships: 1,000 dan, 10,000 dan, and 100,000 dan.¡± the thousand stones of spiritual rice sounded like a lot, but it was actually not much. the spiritual rice was completely different from ordinary grains. take the jade crystal rice, which was the most widely grown rice in guang ¡®an prefecture, for example. the grains of this type of spiritual rice were large and full. each grain was the size of half a baby¡¯s fist and weighed half a catty. other than cultivators, ordinary people were not blessed enough to enjoy it. the thousand stones of jade crystal rice was equivalent to 120,000 jin. according to the market price in guang ¡®an prefecture, a hundred catties of jade crystal rice would cost around five spirit stones. 120,000 catties of jade crystal rice cost 6000 spirit stones. in other words, even the smallest model of spiritual rice transport ship could carry goods worth six thousand spiritual stones. the largest model could even transport 600,000 spirit stones worth of spiritual rice. however, that kind of cargo ship was only used by the big families. for example, the zhou family had hundreds of thousands of cultivators. even if each cultivator consumed five catties of spiritual rice a day, the amount of spiritual rice consumed every day was still a huge amount. in fact, the average consumption of the zhou clan cultivators was more than five catties of spiritual rice per person per day. it might not even be enough to multiply the actual data by several times. chen daoxuan, who cultivated the dragon python heaven-devouring technique, knew this very well. if they used the thousand-stone cargo ship to transport the spiritual rice, it wouldn¡¯t even be enough to fill the gaps between the teeth of the zhou clan cultivators. the yang family had fewer cultivators than the zhou family, but they still had hundreds of thousands of cultivators. he also needed to consume a large amount of spiritual rice every day. therefore, only a 100,000-dan cargo ship could barely satisfy the needs of these large clans. chen daoxuan looked at the other party¡¯s expectant expression and said with a smile,¡±¡± of course, it¡¯s not the 100,000-dan model. our chen family needs a 10,000-dan model spiritual rice transport ship.¡± the 10,000-stone spirit rice transport ship could transport 60,000 spirit stones worth of spirit rice at a time. although it was not enough for the merfolk to eat, it was enough to solve their urgent needs. as for the bigger one hundred thousand stone spirit rice transport ship, chen daoxuan was worried that it would attract attention, so he didn¡¯t buy it. after buying the spiritual rice transport ship and buying 5,000 stones of spiritual rice from the zhou concubine, chen daoxuan took some time to meet up with zhou siyuan and the others before heading towards shuanghu island with half of the goods.. Chapter 87 - Chapter 87: Family’s Revenue (1) chapter 87: family¡¯s revenue (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw a month later. chen daoxuan returned to shuanghu island with a cargo ship loaded with spiritual rice. when he saw thirteenth uncle¡¯s expectant face, he cupped his hands at chen xianhe and smiled. ¡°¡±thirteenth uncle, dao xuan didn¡¯t fail the mission! from now on, the wandering cultivator market will belong to my chen family.¡± hearing this, she saw chen daoxuan¡¯s young but exhausted face. chen xianhe had mixed feelings. he opened his mouth but couldn¡¯t say anything for a long time. after a long time. he patted chen daoxuan¡¯s shoulder and sighed, ¡°¡±child, you¡¯ve worked hard!¡± chen daoxuan grinned and shook his head. ¡°compared to thirteenth uncle supporting the family alone for so many years, what daoxuan did today is nothing.¡± hearing this, chen xianhe patted his shoulder again and said nothing. shuanghu island¡¯s spirit vein. chen daoxuan¡¯s residence. the cultivators of the chen clan who were above the qi refinement stage sat in the courtyard where chen daoxuan usually cultivated. however, according to chen daoxuan¡¯s judgment. among these cultivators. other than him and chen xianhe, everyone else was underage. even the oldest, chen daochuan, was not even twelve years old. not to mention that the youngest cultivator was only six years old. seeing this scene. chen daoxuan thought for a moment and said,¡± chen daichuan, chen daolan, and chen daosan, stay behind. the rest of you can go back and cultivate.¡± as he spoke, he waved at everyone. hearing this. the young chen clan cultivators cheered and ran away. chen daochu¡¯s eyes were filled with envy as he watched the crowd fly away. ¡°what? you want to go back too?¡± chen daoxuan glanced at him. ii no, no!¡± chen daochu shook his head and sat up straight. seeing him like this, chen daoxuan pursed his lips. chen xianhe smiled and said,¡± alright, don¡¯t blame your young clan leader for being harsh. you guys are a little older, so you should know that there are very few cultivators in our chen clan. you have to take the initiative to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the family, not just play around all day.¡± he reprimanded her neither lightly nor heavily. ¡± yes.¡± chen daochu and the others nodded.¡± we will remember the teachings of the clan leader and young clan leader.¡± seeing that everyone was focused, chen daoxuan cleared his throat and said, ¡°¡±today¡¯s meeting can be considered the first family meeting in the past fifty years that has been held by the chen clan. speaking of which, it can be considered a historic moment for our chen family.¡± hearing this, chen daochu and the others didn¡¯t have a deep impression of it, but chen xianhe¡¯s eyes couldn¡¯t help but redden. back then. he and his clan brothers gathered together like this to hold a clan meeting about the future development of the chen family. unfortunately, everything was like a fleeting cloud, and it was no longer the same as before. ¡°there are only two issues to be discussed in today¡¯s family meeting. the family¡¯s income and expenditure and the family¡¯s development in the next year.¡± chen daoxuan paused.¡± now, let¡¯s talk about our family¡¯s income from the magical equipment shop in guang ¡®an prefecture over the past year.¡± after saying that, chen daoxuan looked at chen xianhe and found that he was actually distracted. he couldn¡¯t help but remind him in a low voice,¡±thirteenth uncle, thirteenth uncle¡­¡± ¡°ah!¡± chen xianhe came back to his senses. his weathered face was slightly embarrassed as he said,¡± i¡¯m fine. mm, i¡¯ll just talk about the rainbow sonar flying sword shop¡¯s income for the past year. in the past year. the rainbow sonar flying sword shop sold a total of 2050 low-grade level one flying swords, earning 102500 spirit stones. after deducting taxes, the total income is 92250 spirit stones.¡± beside him, chen daoxuan added,¡±¡±other than the business in guang ¡®an prefecture, the business between the family and the merfolk clan is the biggest source of income. in the past year, we have traded with the merfolk clan five times and sold a total of 1020 flying swords. the profit from the spirit ores and water spirit pearls is close to a million. ¡°however, these things are not easy to sell for the time being. they can only be piled up in the clan treasury.¡± spirit ores were easy to sell. whether the chen family sold them or used them to refine magic tools for sale, it was a good way to make money. only the water spirit beads could not be sold in large quantities. in guang ¡®an prefecture, only the zhou family had a large number of water spirit pearls for sale. once the chen family exposed that they had a large number of water spirit pearls, it would be admitting that they had dealings with the merfolk clan. although the qianyuan sword sect did not explicitly state that they could not trade with the alien races, if the matter of trading with the alien races was exposed, it would always be despicable and affect the reputation of the chen family. moreover, he had to be careful. the water spirit pearl business was exclusive to the zhou family. if the chen family rashly interfered, it would be touching the zhou family¡¯s reverse scale. if the zhou family was enraged, even zhou mucheng would not be able to protect the chen family. chen daoxuan naturally understood this principle. therefore, for a long time in the future, chen daoxuan would not touch the business of the water spirit pearl. he would only give it to the chen family cultivators for their own use or give some gifts. unless the chen family¡¯s strength completely surpassed the zhou family one day. ¡± this is the total income of the chen family this year.¡± chen daoxuan continued after a pause. after talking about the income, they talked about the expenditure. this year, our chen family has a lot of income, but our expenses are not low either. first of all, the biggest expenditure was the flying sword factory¡¯s consumption. among them, the flying sword factory¡¯s expansion, the addition of the melting spirit stoves, the consumption of spirit stones for the melting spirit stoves themselves, and the largest expenditure, the consumption of spirit ores. the total cost is about 114425 spirit stones.¡± ¡°wow! hearing this number, even chen daochu and the others couldn¡¯t help but exclaim in shock. chen xianhe twitched in pain. in just a short year, the small flying sword factory had devoured more than one level one spirit meridian. moreover, this year¡¯s consumption was calculated before the flying sword factory¡¯s production capacity increased. starting from this year, the flying sword factory¡¯s consumption would increase by five to six times. in other words, the flying sword factory would not only consume 100,000 spirit stones next year, but 500,000 to 600,000 spirit stones. he ignored everyone¡¯s shocked expressions. ¡°other than the flying sword factory, the second biggest expense of our chen family is the consumption of our chen cultivators for cultivation,¡± chen daoxuan continued. he talked about the consumption of the chen family¡¯s disciples in cultivation. even chen daoxuan felt his heart ache. unlike the flying sword factory, although it ate a lot, it earned more. as for nurturing the chen family cultivators, there would be no return in the short term. moreover, as the chen family cultivators expanded in the future, this expenditure would increase exponentially. ¡°the chen family currently has one immortal cultivator and ten dao cultivators. among them, the number of spirit stones consumed by the immortal cultivators last year was¡­zero.¡± at this point, chen daoxuan¡¯s eyes turned slightly red. although the family was now well-off, chen xianhe was still unwilling to spend spiritual stones on cultivation. according to chen xianhe, he was already old and had no hope of reaching the foundation building realm. even if he broke through to the later stage of the qi refinement realm, it would be meaningless and would not help the clan¡¯s strength. it was better to save the spirit stones and give them to cultivators of the dao generation with more prospects. after taking a deep breath and calming himself down, chen daoxuan continued,¡±¡±on average, the cultivators of the dao generation consume 3025 spirit stones per person, which is a total of 30250 spirit stones. the most expensive part is the spiritual rice.¡± that¡¯s right, the cultivators of the chen family¡¯s dao generation all chose to cultivate the body tempering technique, the dragon python heaven-devouring technique. this was the decision chen daoxuan made after careful consideration. compared to spirit stones, what the chen family lacked the most now was cultivators who could take charge of their own affairs. chen daoxuan naturally wanted to do everything he could to increase the strength of the cultivators in the family. cultivating a body-tempering technique was a good choice. this was because cultivating a body-tempering technique could increase the efficiency of refining spiritual qi, although the increase was not obvious and was far from being as fast as medicinal pills. however, even if it increased by 10%, it would still be a significant improvement over time. for this, even if he had to spend more spirit stones, chen daoxuan would not hesitate. ¡°the remaining expenses include the 30,000 spirit stones i spent on the spiritual rice and the 800 spirit stones i spent on the spiritual rice transport ship¡­ last year, our chen family¡¯s total expenditure reached 169479 spirit stones, and the remaining spirit stones are about 920,000. of course, most of these spirit stones are stored in the clan warehouse with spirit ores and water spirit pearls. this is all the income and expenditure of my chen family last year..¡± Chapter 88 - Chapter 88: Dismantling the Puppet Monster (1) chapter 88: dismantling the puppet monster (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw after chen daoxuan¡¯s narration. the chen family finally had some understanding of the family¡¯s financial situation. in conclusion. the chen family was quite rich now, and they would be even richer in the future. ¡± it¡¯s a good thing that our family is rich, but it¡¯s also a bad thing because it means that we haven¡¯t turned the spiritual stones into strength and foundation!¡± chen daoxuan continued,¡± therefore, in the next year, 1 will increase my investment in the cultivation of the chen family cultivators, including but not limited to cultivation resources, cultivation techniques, spells, the inheritance of the hundred arts of immortal cultivation, and so on.¡± hearing this. chen daochu raised his hand and said weakly, ¡°¡±more investment? 1 almost puked from eating spiritual rice every day.¡± practicing the dragon python heaven-devouring technique meant that the chen family cultivators had to eat more than a hundred catties of spirit rice every day. with so much spirit rice in their stomachs every day, no matter how good the taste was, everyone was a little sick of it. chen daoxuan ignored this silly fellow and continued, ¡°¡±next, let¡¯s talk about the specific development plan of the family in the coming year. everyone can speak freely.¡± as soon as he finished speaking, chen daoxuan glared at chen daochu, who was eager to speak.¡± shut up!¡± hearing this, chen daochu immediately had a look of appreciation. seeing chen daochu like this, the others all laughed. usually, in front of the younger cultivators of the dao generation, chen daochu tried his best to maintain his reputation as the first cultivator of the chen family after chen daoxuan. but in front of chen daoxuan and the others, he always unconsciously showed his jumping nature. everyone laughed for a while. the atmosphere gradually relaxed. chen xianhe said,¡± i have an idea. look at the spiritual vein of the chen family. it¡¯s quite wasteful to dissipate spiritual energy every day. why don¡¯t we open up a few acres of spiritual fields and plant some spiritual herbs? it can also increase the family¡¯s income. what do you think?¡± ¡°uh¡­¡± chen daoxuan placed his hand on his forehead.¡± the matter of opening up the spiritual fields and planting spiritual herbs is not urgent for the time being. our main topic is how to spend the family¡¯s money, not how to make money.¡± chen daoxuan had a headache. thirteenth uncle¡¯s miser personality was really hard to explain in a few words. moreover, how much time would it take to open up a few acres of ling fields and plant a few stalks of spirit herbs in a grade-1 ling vein? how much money could he earn? was it worth wasting such precious manpower from the chen family? wasn¡¯t this nonsense? seeing that chen xianhe¡¯s suggestion had been rejected, everyone fell into deep thought. finally, chen daochu, who had been holding it in for a long time, couldn¡¯t take it anymore. he said, ¡°¡±young clan leader, didn¡¯t you say that the zhou clan would be holding an auction a year later? since that¡¯s the case, we¡¯ll go all out to produce flying swords next year. after we earn spirit stones, we¡¯ll buy a lot at the auction! when the time comes, there will definitely be a lot of good things that you can¡¯t usually see. what a good opportunity!¡± hearing this, everyone looked at each other. don¡¯t say it. chen daochu¡¯s words were much more constructive than chen xianhe¡¯s. the chen family did not lack spirit stones. what they lacked was something that could transform spirit stones into strength. the zhou clan¡¯s auction was a good opportunity. at that time. there would definitely be many rare treasures appearing in this auction. ¡°alright, in that case, the goal of our chen family next year is to seize and develop the magical equipment market in the wandering cultivator market.¡± chen daoxuan finally set the tone. ¡°as young clan leader commands!¡± everyone agreed. the family meeting ended. after everyone left. chen daoxuan cupped his hands and apologized to chen xianhe, ¡°¡±you weren¡¯t angry when you refuted thirteenth uncle¡¯s suggestion just now, were you?¡± then, he looked at chen xianhe carefully. ¡°what¡¯s wrong?¡± chen xianhe smiled.¡± am i such a petty person in your eyes? ¡± ¡°it¡¯s good that thirteenth uncle isn¡¯t angry.¡± chen daoxuan heaved a sigh of relief and joked,¡± i was afraid that thirteenth uncle would come after me and slap me.¡± ¡°hahaha!¡± chen xianhe was amused by him and laughed. the grudge in his heart instantly disappeared. ¡°well,¡± chen xianhe smiled and sighed.¡± i¡¯m old after all. 1 can¡¯t keep up with the young people¡¯s thoughts. speaking of which, 1 don¡¯t have anything to teach you. what i know, you basically know. what 1 don¡¯t know, you¡¯re even more outstanding than me. 1 can rest assured that i¡¯ll leave the family in your hands.¡± ¡°thirteenth uncle¡­¡± ¡°listen to me first.¡± chen xianhe raised his hand.¡± i only hope that you will weigh the pros and cons before doing anything in the future. don¡¯t be impulsive and don¡¯t give in blindly. too much impulsiveness will lead to premature death. too much concession will lead to weakness. you will have to control the limits yourself.¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan nodded and said seriously, ¡°¡±dao xuan, remember!¡± he watched chen xianhe leave. chen daoxuan seemed to have lost all his strength. he lay back and slept beside the spirit pond. he lay on the grass in the courtyard and raised his head to look at the endless blue sky and white clouds. his eyelids were fighting, and he actually fell asleep. during this period of time. he was too tired. he slept for more than ten hours. when he woke up again, it was already late at night. looking at the color of the sky, chen daoxuan gave up on today¡¯s cultivation and took a rare moment of laziness. he thought about it. he took out two items from his storage bag and placed them in front of him. these two items were his gains from this trip to the mo family. the first item was the tier 1 defensive sword technique that zhou mucheng had gifted him-monolith sword technique. this sword scripture could make up for chen daoxuan¡¯s lack of defense and increase his strength in the short term. the second item was the upper-grade leopard-shaped puppet monster that chen daoxuan had seized from the mo clan¡¯s treasury. this puppet monster was not very strong. chen daoxuan estimated that as long as a qi condensation cultivator was stubborn and insisted on withstanding the wind blade technique it released, there would not be much danger. this was because the puppet monster¡¯s wind blade technique could only aim at the target. in other words. as long as a cultivator dodged when it aimed at them, they would not be attacked. unlike the spells released by cultivators, which were controlled by divine sense and difficult to dodge, the puppet monster did not have such an ability. in reality. chen daoxuan was already surprised enough that the puppet monster in front of him could cast spells. because normally. dharmic spells were all released by cultivators using true qi or true essence according to the special dao pattern trajectory. this dao pattern was somewhat similar to the array pattern, but it was also completely different. moreover, as the grade of the spell increased, the complexity of the dao pattern would become greater and greater, and the power would also become stronger. of course, the difficulty of releasing it would gradually decrease as the cultivator¡¯s comprehension of the dao pattern deepened. it was just like how chen daoxuan¡¯s sword dao level would always enter a new realm as his understanding of sword scriptures deepened. therefore, he had no choice. chen daoxuan was not surprised that these things were done by cultivators. he was curious as to why a puppet could cast spells. this had a huge impact on the worldview he had built up over a long period of time. after all, puppets were inanimate objects, so how could they understand dao patterns? not to mention drawing out the spell dao pattern before releasing it, this was simply nonsense. other than spirit jade, talisman paper, and other special one-time materials, there was nothing else that could record the dao patterns of spells, let alone repeatedly drawing them. moreover, even if there was such a thing, it was still extremely precious. how could it be popularized in large quantities? thinking of this¡­ chen daoxuan¡¯s curiosity burned like a raging fire. at this moment. he seemed to have found the motivation he had when he was studying driving formations and harmonious spirit formations. however, even after chen daoxuan dismantled the leopard puppet monster into a pile of remains, he still couldn¡¯t find the secret of the spell. actually, it was normal when he thought about it carefully. this kind of thing must be the core secret of the puppet monsters.. how could he discover it by simply opening a puppet monster? Chapter 89 - Chapter 89: Rising to Fame (1) chapter 89: rising to fame (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw he studied for an entire night. chen daoxuan still gained nothing and had no choice but to give up regretfully in the end. at the end of the day, it was because he had too little knowledge about puppets. if he had a copy of the inheritance to refine the puppet monster, he could still try to study it. but now, he was acting so recklessly. it seemed like he was dreaming. thinking of this, chen daoxuan smiled freely. facing the rising sun, he stood up and stretched his back. then, he flew against the wind and headed towards shuanghu island¡¯s port. he had not forgotten. today was the beginning of the month. it was the day he had agreed to make a deal with luo li. redwood island. sea-overlooking pavilion. when chen daoxuan arrived on the boat, a petite woman was leaning against the railing of the sea-overlooking pavilion with her back facing him. the woman¡¯s upper body was very enchanting, making people¡¯s blood surge when they saw it. however, looking down, her lower body was not the slender legs of a human woman. instead, it revealed a fish tail that was about ten feet long and was flapping the seawater. as if she had sensed something, luo li turned her head and saw chen daoxuan sailing over. a smile appeared on her pretty face. ¡°i came earlier than you this time!¡± she raised her small fist and sent a voice transmission with a hint of complacency. chen daoxuan smiled when he heard her sweet words. he leaped and flew toward the sea-overlooking pavilion. ¡°long time no see. how have you been, miss luo?¡± ¡°i¡¯m fine,¡± luo li thought for a moment and smiled.¡± it¡¯s not just me. now, the mermen tribe has finally gained a foothold near the demonic ape mountain. it¡¯s all thanks to the weapons you brought us.¡± ¡°this is a fair deal. there¡¯s no such thing as helping each other.¡± chen daoxuan said with a smile. ¡°anyway, 1 have to thank you. because of you, my clansmen survived. thank you!¡± luo li said seriously. chen daoxuan didn¡¯t dwell on this topic and said, ¡°¡±oh right, i¡¯ve always promised you guys to trade spiritual rice with your merman race. now, i¡¯ve found a supply channel for spiritual rice.¡± as he spoke, he pointed at the cargo ship parked not far away. ¡°there might be a lot of spiritual rice. i wonder if you have any way to transport it back.¡± ¡°how much is a little too much?¡± luo li asked curiously. ¡°you should come with me to take a look.¡± ¡°alright.¡± with that, the two of them flew toward the cargo ship. they boarded the ship. when he opened the cabin of the cargo ship, half of the cabin was filled with jade crystal rice. ¡°this¡­¡± seeing so much food all of a sudden, luo li was so excited that she was speechless. in the underwater world, the mermen usually ate algae plants with spiritual qi, but how could algae plants compare to spiritual rice? it was basically very difficult for the merfolk to maintain their cultivation consumption when they ate algae. only by occasionally killing some demonic beasts could he feel better. therefore, for the merfolk who were both body and qi refiners, the path of cultivation was very difficult. compared to the merfolk race, the cultivation environment of the human race was much better. not only did the human race have a complete alchemy system, but they were also good at planting all kinds of spiritual herbs and spiritual fruits. they also knew how to open up spiritual fields. in short, chen daoxuan had to admit that he was impressed by the way he used cultivation resources. he really racked his brains. it was precisely because of this that the human race became the overlord of this world, suppressing countless races under their feet. the reason why the human race could reach its current status was not only because of their reproductive ability, but also because of their continuous exploration of the path of cultivation. inside the cabin. luo li looked at the spiritual rice in front of her with sparkling eyes. she turned around and said, ¡°¡±can i ask my clansmen to take it away?¡± ¡°go ahead.¡± chen daoxuan smiled. after a while. mermen emerged from the edge of the cargo ship one by one. each of them carried a unique white giant shell and loaded the spiritual rice into the giant shell. it took more than two hours. the cabin gradually became empty. ¡°alright, i¡¯ve used your chen family¡¯s contribution points to pay for the goods this time. take a look.¡± as she spoke, luo li handed over a jade slip. chen daoxuan took the jade slip and scanned it with his divine sense. he then took out another jade slip from his storage bag and deducted the merman race¡¯s savings. after comparing them. chen daoxuan returned luo li¡¯s jade slip and said with a smile, ¡°¡±the money and goods are done. miss luo, please keep it.¡± luo li took the jade slip and looked at chen daoxuan. her pretty face revealed a hint of hesitation. ¡°what¡¯s wrong? is there anything else?¡± chen daoxuan looked at her strangely. ¡°no,¡± luo li shook her head.¡± it¡¯s just a little strange. the living environment of your human race is obviously much better than that of our merfolk race. why do you look so tired?¡± ¡°tired? >ii chen daoxuan touched his face and somewhat understood the other party¡¯s words. he was indeed exhausted. although chen daoxuan didn¡¯t support the family on his own like chen xianhe, his contribution to the chen family was not even one-tenth of his contribution to the family. when the chen family was poor and weak, he was worried. when the chen family suddenly became rich but lacked strength, he was even more worried. in the past two years. chen daoxuan had not relaxed for a single day. his mind was always tense, so how could he not feel tired? just as he was deep in thought. a melodious song entered his ears. the song was like a stream flowing in his heart, soothing his nervous emotions and making him feel like he was at home. under the comfort of the song, chen daoxuan slowly closed his eyes. the frown between his eyebrows gradually relaxed, and his mind regained its peace. after a long time. after the singing stopped, chen daoxuan opened his eyes and praised, ¡°¡±it¡¯s so nice!¡± ¡°is it nice?¡± luo li was as happy as a child. she smiled and said,¡± if you think it sounds good, 1¡¯11 sing it for you every time i come to the sea-viewing pavilion in the future.¡± ¡°alright, it¡¯s a deal!¡± ¡°okay, it¡¯s a deal.¡± he watched luo li¡¯s beautiful figure leap into the sea. chen daoxuan smiled and then drove the cargo ship back to shuanghu island. a month later. a piece of news caused an earthquake in guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s wandering cultivator market. the mo clan had been exterminated! although the mo clan was not a big clan, it was still a qi refinement clan that possessed a spirit vein. among all the qi refinement clans, the mo clan belonged to the top tier. such a ¡°big family¡± was actually raided and exterminated just like that. how could everyone not be shocked and terrified? just as everyone was panicking. the zhou clan¡¯s patrol team came out to refute the rumor. the mo clan was indeed exterminated by their patrol team. however, unlike the rumors in the outside world, the mo clan was caught red-handed by the patrol fleet after killing a fellow cultivator from guang ¡®an prefecture. in the end. the evidence that chen daoxuan had recorded was still circulating among the rogue cultivators. after seeing this evidence, everyone knew that the mo clan must have kicked a metal plate. otherwise, how could there be such a coincidence? the mo clan had intercepted the chen clan¡¯s cargo ship and coincidentally bumped into the zhou clan¡¯s patrol team? combined with the dispute between the mo clan and the chen clan in the magic tool market in the wandering cultivator market. everyone seemed to understand the scheme behind this. in the end, everyone came to the conclusion that the chen family was most likely supported by the zhou family. after coming to this conclusion, the small clans and wandering cultivators in the wandering cultivator market all looked at the rainbow sonar flying sword shop in a different light. the chen family was immediately put on the list of people who should not be provoked by these small families and freelance martial artists. not only that. with the rise of the chen family¡¯s reputation, more and more foundation building families threw olive branches to the chen family, wanting to get closer to them. after chen xianhe returned to guang ¡®an prefecture, he received countless invitations. of course. among these invitations, he did not look at the invitations from the ordinary aura refining clans. he only left a bunch of invitations from the foundation building clans. among them, there was one invitation that chen xianhe valued the most. that was the invitation from the yang family.. Chapter 90 - Chapter 90: Invitation (1) chapter 90: invitation (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw ¡°thirteenth uncle, are you saying that the yang family patriarch has broken through to the purple mansion stage?¡± shuanghu island. chen daoxuan looked at chen xianhe in surprise and exclaimed. ¡°this is the invitation given to us by the yang family, how can it be fake?¡± as he spoke, chen xianhe handed over the invitation from the yang family. he opened the invitation card and saw the words ¡°yang linyuan¡¯s purple mansion banquet¡± written on it. yang linyuan was the name of the yang family patriarch. it was said that he was already close to 200 years old. he did not expect that the other party would actually break through to the purple prefecture realm when his lifespan was approaching. for some reason, chen daoxuan could smell a storm coming from this small invitation. the yang family was the second largest family in guang ¡¯an prefecture. even though they were no match for the zhou family in terms of high-level cultivators, the yang family¡¯s foundation was definitely not something that ordinary foundation establishment families could compare to. the yang family had a population of nearly ten million and hundreds of thousands of cultivators. they also monopolized the ship business of the entire guang ¡®an prefecture. there were nearly a thousand foundation establishment cultivators in the family. now that the yang family patriarch had broken through to the purple mansion stage, it would undoubtedly break the dominance of the zhou family in guang ¡®an prefecture. although the zhou clan had nearly ten zifu disciples¡­ not only had the zhou clan patriarch reached the peak zifu disciple stage, but the zhou clan¡¯s chosen, zhou mubai, was also a legendary sword cultivator. his battle prowess far surpassed that of cultivators of the same level. however, the yang family had never expected to rely on them to compete with the zhou family. for so many years, the yang family had been seeking to establish the guang ¡¯an immortal alliance. the yang family would take the lead and unite with many small families in guang¡¯ an prefecture to build another immortal city to compete with the guang ¡®an prefecture immortal city. this was because the yang family had long been dissatisfied with the zhou family monopolizing most of the profits in guang ¡®an city. after all, the yang family was a large family with a population of nearly ten million. the yang family had a large population, which meant that they had to consume a lot of resources. in recent years, the yang family had been feeling more and more powerless, especially after the fall of the southern mountain¡¯s city. the resources from the yun nation had been reduced again and again in cang prefecture. it made the yang family even worse. he seemed to have thought of something. chen daoxuan¡¯s heart skipped a beat and he said thoughtfully, ¡°¡±the zhou clan is preparing to hold an auction, and the yang clan is going to hold a zifu disciple banquet. how interesting.¡± ¡± no!¡± chen xianhe shook his head.¡± a battle between big clans is not something that small clans like us can participate in.¡± however, it¡¯s highly possible that the yang family wants to use the zifu banquet to bring up the guang ¡®an immortal alliance.¡± ¡°the zhou and yang families are at loggerheads. guang ¡®an prefecture is going to enter a troubled period.¡± ¡°yes, i am!¡± chen xianhe sighed. it was not easy to settle the mo family. the zhou and yang families had a new wave. fortunately, these two clans were fighting. as long as the chen clan did not actively participate, it would not affect a qi refinement clan like the chen clan. moreover¡­ after all, the zhou and yang families still had the qian yuan sword sect above their heads. even if they fought, it would at most be a secret fight. it was impossible to fight openly. from the looks of it, the chen family was even less in danger. ¡± no matter what, our chen family should first get our hands on the wandering cultivator market¡¯s magical equipment market. this is the most practical benefit.¡± ¡°that¡¯s right.¡± chen xianhe nodded and smiled.¡± in the past few months when 1 was in guang ¡®an prefecture, i found that many magical equipment stores have closed down. there were originally more than forty magical equipment stores, but now there are less than ten that are struggling to survive. i reckon that after this year, these magic tool shops will also close their doors.¡± finally, he heard some good news. chen daoxuan smiled and said, ¡°¡±i thought they would hold on for a while longer. 1 didn¡¯t expect them to surrender so quickly.¡± ¡°do you think that these magic tool shops have all the advantages of the chen family?¡± chen xianhe shook his head. most of their magic tools were second-hand magic tools bought from the descendants of their families. they wouldn¡¯t use them for long. if they couldn¡¯t sell them for a long time, the magic tool¡¯s spirituality would completely dissipate, and they would become a pile of scrap metal in their hands. how many families can withstand such losses?¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan nodded. ¡°¡±that¡¯s true.¡± the reason why the large clans looked down on the low-end magical equipment market was because the profits were too low. moreover, if the stock was held for too long, the spiritual aura of the magic tool would be damaged, and the gains would not make up for the losses. not every family was like the chen family, who could build a factory to produce flying swords and obtain cheap raw materials from the merfolk clan. if not for these two unique conditions. it was impossible for the chen family to obtain such high profits from the low-end magical equipment business. in the eyes of the outside world. the magic tool business in the wandering cultivator market run by the chen family was entirely earned from hard labor. they relied on exploiting the cultivators with poor talent to support the cultivators with good talent. such behavior. it would be difficult for other families to follow suit. cultivators were also humans. humans had desires. no group of people was willing to sacrifice themselves to help others, even if they came from the same family and had the same bloodline. there were hundreds of thousands of cultivators in the zhou clan, and cultivators with poor aptitude were the majority. how many of them would be willing to sacrifice their dao path to help an elite clansman like zhou mubai? almost none! even the matter of the zhou clan distinguishing the treatment of ordinary disciples and elite disciples had caused unrest in the clan, and complaints were heard everywhere. not to mention sacrificing one side to help the other. if the zhou clan really dared to do this, countless traitors would appear in minutes and betray the clan to become itinerant cultivators. therefore, he had no choice. even if the outside world knew that the chen family was using this method to earn profits from the wandering cultivator market, they could not imitate it. they knew that their families could not be so united. ¡± right now, the rainbow sonar flying sword shop is steadily selling around 600 flying swords every month, and it¡¯s far from reaching the market saturation point.¡± chen xianhe sighed.¡± it¡¯s a pity that chen daochuan and the others are too young. otherwise, the rainbow sonar flying sword shop would have been able to continue operating if they had taken my place. we can also monopolize the market for magical artifacts in the wandering cultivator market as soon as possible.¡± ¡± thirteenth uncle, don¡¯t be anxious. the wandering cultivator market will be ours sooner or later. now, we just need to be steady and steady. the family¡¯s days will get better and better.¡± ¡°yes.¡± chen xianhe had never been so confident about the chen family¡¯s future. two years ago, he could only guard the 8,000 spiritual stones accumulated by the ancestors of the chen family in the clan treasury. he did not know where the family would go next. however, in just two years, not only had the chen family expanded to eleven cultivators, but they had also taken over the magical equipment market in guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s wandering cultivator market. just this alone would bring the chen family more than 100,000 spiritual stones a year. not to mention that they were still secretly trading with the merfolk clan. ¡°right,¡± chen xianhe said seriously,¡± have you selected the latest batch of immortal seedlings?¡± chen daoxuan knew that thirteenth uncle was referring to the nearly ten thousand children of the chen family born from the first batch of women from the yun nation. ¡°thirteenth uncle, don¡¯t worry. this matter concerns the foundation of my chen family. i¡¯ve been watching it personally¡­¡± he paused.¡±there are a total of 9877 children of the chen family. a total of 108 immortal seedlings have been selected. this batch of immortal seedlings is not even two years old yet. i¡¯ve already instructed chen zhi to take good care of this batch of immortal seedlings and their parents.¡± ¡°good!¡± chen xianhe nodded.¡± we must give the parents who gave birth to xianmiao the best treatment. only then can we encourage the other male descendants of the chen family to have more children.¡± ¡± don¡¯t worry. i plan to allocate 10,000 spirit stones this year to encourage the family to have children.¡± ¡°that¡¯s good, that¡¯s good.¡± chen xianhe nodded. chen daoxuan was more thoughtful than him in this matter, so he had nothing to worry about.. Chapter 91 - Chapter 91: Zifu Feast (1) chapter 91: zifu feast (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw ¡°there¡¯s one more thing,¡± chen xianhe paused for a moment before saying,¡± 1 want to bring daochuan to guang ¡®an prefecture and teach him. it can also be considered as grooming a successor for the clan¡¯s magical equipment shop.¡± hearing this. chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but look at chen xianhe¡¯s pale sideburns and felt his throat go dry. ¡°alright.¡± chen daoxuan nodded.¡± 1¡¯11 talk to daochuan about this later.¡± ¡°yes.¡± chen xianhe smiled.¡± then there¡¯s nothing else. go ahead and do what you need to do. 1¡¯11 go back first.¡± after saying that. chen xianhe flew alone toward his cave abode in the copper mountains. chen daoxuan¡¯s vision blurred as he watched chen xianhe disappear from his sight. at this moment. he finally realized that thirteenth uncle was really old. chen daoxuan desperately tried to grab hold of thirteenth uncle¡¯s life, but he realized that he could not do anything. the infinite star sea had heavenly materials and earthly treasures that could increase one¡¯s lifespan. however, no one would sell such a treasure. even if someone sold it, it was not something that the current chen family could touch. ¡± right, the zhou auction!¡± chen daoxuan suddenly thought of something and clenched his fists tightly. he remembered that there seemed to be a thousand-year-old vermilion fruit that could increase a cultivator¡¯s lifespan by 30 years in the zhou clan¡¯s auction. he just didn¡¯t know if the chen family could afford the price of this vermilion fruit. thinking of this, chen daoxuan took a deep breath. he knew that even if chen xianhe used a life-prolonging treasure, it would only delay the arrival of death. chen xianhe¡¯s qi and blood had long been declining, and it was not something that a life-prolonging treasure could make up for. this meant that chen xianhe could no longer build his foundation. at the very least, with chen daoxuan¡¯s knowledge, he didn¡¯t know what method the cultivation world had to help someone who had completely lost hope of building a foundation successfully build one. if the chen family had risen to prominence fifty years earlier, chen xianhe would have been able to build his foundation. there were many cultivators who had successfully established their foundation with low spirit roots. the quality of their spirit roots was poor, but it meant that their cultivation speed was slow, and their cultivation speed could be made up for by external objects. for example, all kinds of spirit pills, water spirit pearls, and other treasures that could assist cultivation could make up for the problem of a cultivator¡¯s insufficient spirit root. therefore, for large cultivation forces, the spiritual root was only one of the conditions to determine whether to cultivate this immortal seedling, but it was definitely not the only condition, or even the most important condition. because his spiritual roots were insufficient, he could still use resources to make up for it. however, it was difficult to make up for the lack of talent with external items. therefore, big sects or families like the qian yuan sword sect, in addition to the spiritual roots of their disciples, would also use various methods to test and temper their disciples ¡®temperament. if chen xianhe was a few decades younger, he could have used resources to reach the foundation establishment stage or even higher, just like the cultivators of the dao generation. however, chen xianhe¡¯s vitality had completely declined. even if a nascent soul was invited, it would be useless, let alone heavenly and earthly treasures. at most, it would be able to extend his lifespan. time flew by. in the blink of an eye, half a year had passed. in the southwest sea area of the infinite star sea. the chen family¡¯s blue cloud sailed on the rippling sea. chen daoxuan was wearing a green taoist robe and his hair was tied up in a bun. his thin and handsome face was facing a huge island in the distance. the island in front of him was called golden crow island. it got its name from the fact that the island looked like a golden crow falling from the sky. golden crow island was the ancestral land of the yang family, the second largest family in guang ¡®an prefecture. the yang family was called lingyuan prefecture. compared to guang ¡®an prefecture, lingyuan prefecture was much less famous. generally, except for some family disciples, very few rogue cultivators had heard of this name. it was completely different from the guang ¡®an prefecture of the spiritual shell island, which was well-known not only in the sea area of a hundred thousand miles. even in the entire cang prefecture, guang ¡®an prefecture immortal city was a famous immortal city. guang ¡®an city¡¯s reputation was closely related to the zhou family¡¯s strength. one had to know that due to several calamities in cangzhou, the number of high-level cultivators in the state had dwindled. so far, there was only one golden core cultivator in cangzhou, the ye family ancestor, and he was an early-stage golden core cultivator. from the looks of it, in terms of foundation and strength, the zhou family was almost only below the ye family. in the entire azure continent, there were not many families that could compare to the zhou family. the zhou clan patriarch was at the peak zifu level, and he was about to reach the golden core stage. zhou mubai, a prodigy of the zhou clan, was a figure on the zifu disciple rankings. it had to be known that cultivators who could make it onto the zifu disciple rankings, as long as they didn¡¯t die midway, would almost all become golden cores. based on zhou mubai¡¯s age and talent, his chances of breaking through to the aurous core stage were even higher than the zhou family¡¯s ancestor. looking at it this way. it was understandable why the cultivators of the zhou clan were so arrogant in guang ¡®an prefecture. it was entirely because of the confidence that their clan¡¯s strength had given them. or rather, it was the confidence that zhou mubai gave them. regardless of whether the zhou family¡¯s ancestor broke through to golden core or zhou mubai became a golden core in the future, the zhou family could instantly replace the awkward ye family and become the number one family in the azure continent. at that time. the zhou family¡¯s influence was more than ten times wider than it was now. the benefits brought by this could not be simply calculated with numbers. as the gray cloud docked at the port of the golden crow island. chen daoxuan discovered that there were already a large number of ships docked at the port. in the sky. there were also foundation establishment cultivators flying past. half a year later. chen daoxuan¡¯s cultivation had also improved, reaching the eighth qi layer, only a step away from the ninth qi layer. even now, chen daoxuan was still in disbelief. in just two short years, he had advanced from the third qi layer to the eighth qi layer. it was about two and a half levels in a year. this speed was comparable to zhou mubai¡¯s. he even suspected that if he had the current cultivation conditions earlier, he might have been able to break zhou mubai¡¯s foundation establishment record. when the gray cloud stopped. chen daoxuan leaped and flew to the dock. at the pier. there were many qi condensation cultivators like chen daoxuan. most of them were disciples of qi condensation clans, and only a small number of them were itinerant cultivators. obviously. these freelance martial artists who were invited by the yang family were all outstanding in some aspects. it was impossible for him to be someone who was useless except for his cultivation. chen daoxuan was at the eighth qi layer, so he didn¡¯t stand out in the crowd. these cultivators who were able to represent the various ki refining clans in the zifu banquet were basically the clan leaders of the clans who had brought their most outstanding descendants. it was rare to see someone like chen daoxuan alone in the crowd. therefore, it attracted the attention of some people. ¡°greetings, fellow daoist.¡± looking around. a fat middle-aged cultivator with a smile on his face saw chen daoxuan. his eyes lit up and he walked over. he cupped his hands and said,¡±i am a cultivator from the zhang clan of spirit gourd island. may 1 ask if you are fellow daoist chen of twin lakes island?¡± hearing this greeting, the crowd immediately started whispering. ¡°chen clan cultivators?¡± ¡°which chen family?¡± ¡± the chen family that sells magic tools in the wandering cultivator market in guang ¡®an prefecture.¡± ¡°is it that chen family? i heard that they have connections with the zhou family. 1 wonder if it¡¯s true!¡± ¡± it should be groundless accusations. why would the zhou clan protect a qi refinement clan?¡± hearing this greeting. chen daoxuan stopped and looked at the other party. ¡°¡±oh? fellow daoist, do you recognize me?¡± seeing chen daoxuan speak, the fat cultivator was so happy that his face squeezed together. ¡°when i went to the rainbow sonar flying sword shop to buy a flying sword, 1 was fortunate enough to see you, fellow daoist.¡± ¡°i see.¡± chen daoxuan smiled and invited,¡± since that¡¯s the case, why don¡¯t we travel together?¡± ¡°i can¡¯t ask for more!¡± when the fat cultivator heard this, he was instantly excited. the chen family was the most popular refining family in guang ¡®an prefecture recently. even foundation building families had been rushing to make friends with them in order to obtain the magic tools refined by the chen family first. his zhang clan was a qi refining clan that didn¡¯t even have a spirit vein. normally, he couldn¡¯t even curry favor with them.. how could he let go of such a good opportunity? Chapter 92 - Chapter 92: Old Ancestor Yang chapter 92: old ancestor yang translator: daoist6fubtiw along the way. after chatting for a while, chen daoxuan finally found out the background of this zhang family. this cultivator called zhang zhixian was a cultivator of the ninth level of the aura refining realm. he came from a small island called the spirit gourd island, which was less than ten thousand miles away from the spirit shell island. logically speaking. this kind of small family that didn¡¯t even have a spirit vein shouldn¡¯t be invited by old ancestor yang¡¯s zifu banquet. however, according to zhang zhixian, the cultivators of his family were invited by the yang family because they were good at making spirit talismans. ¡°the spiritual talisman that fellow daoist mentioned, are you referring to the jade talisman, or¡­¡± ¡°paper talisman, paper talisman.¡± the fat cultivator, zhang zhixian, cupped his hands repeatedly and smiled bitterly.¡± the spiritual jade materials used to make the jade talisman are too expensive. how can our zhang family afford to bear the losses if we fail to make it?¡± this was the tragedy of a small family. even if they wanted to try, they often could not afford the losses and did not dare to advance rashly. chen daoxuan knew that if the zhang family made jade talismans, it was impossible for him to not have heard of the zhang family¡¯s name. just like the chen family of shuanghu island. even though they were a qi refinement clan, due to the large number of magic tools sold by the chen family, they were even treated as distinguished guests by foundation establishment clans. they left the dock. chen daoxuan and the two cultivators of the zhang family flew toward lingyuan county. lingyuan county was a county of the yang family, and there was also a market in the county. however, compared to guang ¡®an city, this city square was like a sparrow and a phoenix. anyway, in chen daoxuan¡¯s opinion. this city square was not even comparable to guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s wandering cultivator city square. not to mention the prosperity of the core business district of guang ¡®an prefecture. after flying for several hundred miles across lingyuan county, a continuous spirit mountain appeared in front of them. ¡°fellow daoist chen, the yang family¡¯s spiritual mountain is in front of us.¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan¡¯s heart skipped a beat. ¡°¡±fellow daoist zhang has been to the yang family?¡± ¡°i was lucky enough to come here once,¡± said zhang zhixian with a smile. the two of them laughed and laughed. he stopped in front of the yang family¡¯s spiritual mountain. this was a place where the yang clan cultivators cultivated. not only was there a protective formation protecting the mountain, but there was also a flight restriction formation. without any special magic tools, not even zifu disciples would be able to fly within the range of the yang clan spirit veins. standing at the foot of the spiritual mountain, he looked up. a white jade stairway appeared in front of everyone. on both sides of the stairway stood yang family cultivators in uniform robes. obviously, these cultivators were specially sent by the yang family to welcome guests. on the stairs, some cultivators had already begun to climb. after presenting the invitation and congratulatory gifts to the yang family cultivators, chen daoxuan began to walk slowly up the mountain with the others. as they walked. chants echoed in the mountains. ¡± the zhang clan of the spiritual gourd island has gifted a thousand-year-old snow lotus to old ancestor yang. i wish him a speedy ascension and eternal happiness!¡± ¡± shuanghu island¡¯s chen clan has gifted a grade two water spirit pearl to old ancestor zhu yang¡­¡± h h ¡± phoenix parasol island¡¯s wu clan gifted a second-grade flying sword. ancestor zhu yang¡­¡± ¡°maple valley island¡­¡± about an hour later. chen daoxuan and the others finally arrived at the banquet venue. as far as the eye could see, the palace was filled with people. fortunately, there were many maids and servants in the hall, and they arranged every cultivator who came to celebrate in an orderly manner. just from these details, one could see how powerful the yang family was. if it was the chen family, they definitely did not have the strength to receive so many cultivators at the same time without any problems. under the guidance of the yang family¡¯s maidservants. chen daoxuan found his seat and sat down. looking at the dazzling array of delicacies on the table, he wondered if he had suffered a loss on this trip. anyway, in his eyes. this trip to the yang family was completely for show. neither chen xianhe nor he wanted the chen family to be involved in the conflict between the zhou and yang families. he believed that he was not the only cultivator who had such thoughts. putting everything else aside, the millions of itinerant cultivators in guang ¡®an prefecture would not take sides with the zhou and yang families. if it was a big family like the wu family or the zhao family. because the family was big and the goal was big, it was impossible not to take sides. the chen family of shuanghu island was a small aura refining family. it was completely possible for them to not take sides. after all, there were so many small families in guang ¡®an prefecture. even if the zhou and yang families wanted to settle scores, they would at most look for the families who stood on the wrong side. they would not look for the chen family who did not stand on the right side. otherwise, if such a tyrannical act were to be publicized, it would be a huge blow to the reputation of both the zhou family and the yang family. the price of a clan¡¯s bad reputation could be seen from the cultivators of the ye clan. previously, a foundation building cultivator of the ye family wanted to buy water spirit pearls from guang ¡®an prefecture. if it was before the battle of the southern mountain¡¯s city, there would be no need for the ye family cultivators to buy them personally. the zhou family had already offered the portion of water spirit pearls that the ye family cultivators needed at a low price. and now. if it wasn¡¯t for the fact that they didn¡¯t want the two families to be too embarrassed, the zhou family would have even decided not to sell the water spirit pearl to the ye family cultivators. as the banquet progressed. the cultivators began to toast and chat. most of the people around chen daoxuan were disciples of qi refinement clans. although he was the young clan leader of the chen clan, he did not show his face much in guang ¡®an prefecture. apart from the zhang clan cultivators, there were only a few people present who could recognize him. seeing this, chen daoxuan was happy that no one would disturb him. in any case, the purpose of his trip was to eat, drink, and go home after a while. as long as he didn¡¯t offend the yang family, it was fine. as for making him stand on the side or even join the so-called guang ¡®an immortal alliance, there was no way. between pushing cups and changing cups. zhang zhixian couldn¡¯t help but sigh.¡± the yang family is really rich. this table of ingredients must be worth more than a thousand spiritual stones. so many tables. tsk tsk.¡± as he spoke, he shook his head enviously. he seemed to be envious of the yang family¡¯s wealth, but also seemed to be lamenting the yang family¡¯s waste. chen daoxuan didn¡¯t think much of it. in the eyes of the current chen family, 1,000 spirit stones was nothing. even though he said that, his face showed a deep expression of agreement as he repeatedly echoed. just as he was about to reply, a beautiful maid of the yang family walked over. ¡°young master, are you chen daoxuan?¡± the beautiful maidservant walked in front of chen daoxuan, her delicate body slightly curtsied as she spoke in a delicate voice. ¡°yes, 1 am. what instructions do you have for me?¡± chen daoxuan put down the wine cup in his hand and asked. ¡°young master chen, my ancestor has invited you.¡± hearing this. chen daoxuan¡¯s expression changed. even the cultivators at the same table stopped talking and looked over curiously. ¡°who is this person?¡± ¡°i don¡¯t know.¡± ¡°old ancestor yang actually invited him alone, which big clan¡¯s disciple is he?¡± ¡± impossible! how could a disciple of a large clan sit at the same table as a disciple of a qi refining clan like us?¡± ¡°wait, chen daoxuan, it can¡¯t be that chen family, right¡­¡± chen daoxuan ignored the whispers of the cultivators at the same table. his heart was already in turmoil. he had clearly come here with the attitude of a soy sauce, but he had never expected to be summoned by the yang family ancestor, and it seemed that he was summoned alone. i don¡¯t know if this trip is a blessing or a curse. for a moment, chen daoxuan¡¯s heart became apprehensive.. Chapter 93 - Chapter 93: Guang ‘an Immortal Alliance chapter 93: guang ¡®an immortal alliance translator: daoist6fubtiw yang family¡¯s spirit mountain. a streak of light flew out from the zifu feast palace towards the basin of a mountain stream on another spirit mountain. this basin was surrounded by mountains. in the center of the basin was a huge spiritual lake. at first glance, it looked like an inland sea. in front of the spirit lake. an elegant pavilion stood beside the lake. in the pavilion, there was a white figure sitting there. the two of them descended. chen daoxuan hurriedly cupped his hands.¡± thank you for your trouble, fairy. i hope you can forgive me for my rudeness.¡± the yang family female cultivator who was dressed as a maid covered her cherry mouth and smiled, shaking her head,it¡¯s my breath holding skill, it has nothing to do with young master chen.¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan nodded in understanding. just now, he thought that this was just an ordinary beautiful maidservant. he did not expect her to be a foundation building cultivator. he almost made a fool of himself along the way. but in his heart, he couldn¡¯t help but sigh at the terror of this breath holding secret skill. he couldn¡¯t even notice a foundation building cultivator standing in front of him. he thought that the other party was an ordinary person. ¡°young master chen, please.¡± yang gongwan stretched out her fair little hand and smiled.¡± don¡¯t make my ancestor wait.¡± ¡°yes.¡± chen daoxuan cupped his hands again and walked in the direction yang gongwan pointed. with a perturbed mood, chen daoxuan walked to the front of the pavilion. in the pavilion. a white-robed old man with white hair and beard was sitting on a stone bench in the pavilion, facing the spirit lake. beside the old man was a fishing basket and a fishing rod in his hand. seeing this, chen daoxuan did not dare to be negligent. he quickly walked forward and bowed.¡±junior chen daoxuan greets old ancestor yang.¡± ¡°have a seat.¡± yang linyuan smiled and turned his head to look at chen daoxuan. chen daoxuan looked at the pavilion. there was a stone bench three steps away from the old man. he took a deep breath and calmed his mind. he walked to the stone bench and sat down properly. he only dared to sit on half of the stone bench. ¡°don¡¯t be nervous. i don¡¯t eat people.¡± yang linyuan seemed to have sensed chen daoxuan¡¯s nervousness and smiled without turning his head. ¡°i¡¯m not nervous. i¡¯m just intimidated by your temperament.¡± ¡°hahahaha!¡± hearing this flattery, yang linyuan laughed out loud. he put down the fishing rod in his hand and picked up a piece of silk cloth to wipe his hands.¡±do you like fishing?¡± ¡°no, i haven¡¯t.¡± chen daoxuan shook his head. ¡°fishing is a very interesting thing. it¡¯s just that my spiritual lake has never been very calm. the fish in it are also smarter than the last.¡± chen daoxuan didn¡¯t understand what she meant and could only remain silent. just as he was thinking about how to reply. ¡°crash!¡± a huge wave rose from the center of the lake. accompanied by this wave, an extremely huge figure jumped out of the lake. this figure seemed to be even larger than the upper first-level demonic beast that chen daoxuan had killed, the blood-spotted sea snake. waves surged from the center of the lake. when the lake water surged into the pavilion, it almost formed a small¡± tsunami.¡± but whether it was yang linyuan or chen daoxuan, in the face of this disaster that could cause the death of mortals, they were indifferent and indifferent. in the next moment. the tsunami seemed to have hit an invisible barrier and was forced to stop. the surging water on the surface of the lake seemed to have been flattened by a pair of invisible hands, and the peace of the past was restored. tier 2 demonic beast! purple lightning snapping turtle! ¡°this little fellow is naughty. i¡¯ve made a fool of myself in front of you.¡± ¡°ancestor, you¡¯re too kind.¡± chen daoxuan cupped his hands. ¡°this little turtle i raise is the most overbearing in this lake. other than eating normally, it especially likes to kill fish for fun. sometimes, i think that even though the azure spiritual fish is a tier 1 spiritual beast, if so many spiritual fish were to join forces, they wouldn¡¯t be able to make this little turtle act so brazenly. unfortunately, these fish are too shrewd. they only know how to escape and never know how to unite.¡± old ancestor yang shook his head. how could chen daoxuan not understand what the other party was implying? he raised his head and argued,¡± perhaps the reason why the azure spiritual fish are able to reproduce in this spiritual lake is because they didn¡¯t join forces to fight against the purple lightning snapping turtle. moreover, if they join forces to resist, how many azure spiritual fish will it take to die in the end?¡± hearing this, yang linyuan laughed.¡±have you forgotten about me? if this beast really dares to be so impudent, this old man will be the first to stew it.¡± after saying that. chen daoxuan and old ancestor yang looked at each other. in the end, chen daoxuan lowered his head and fell silent. yang linyuan was very shrewd. since he had already said so much, sometimes silence meant rejection. the chen clan was afraid of the zhou clan¡¯s power and refused to join guang ¡®an immortal alliance. ¡°little friend, you don¡¯t want to join guang ¡®an immortal alliance?¡± yang linyuan¡¯s tone became cold, and his voice was a little ethereal. ¡°it¡¯s not that i don¡¯t want to, but i don¡¯t dare to!¡± chen daoxuan stood up and bowed,¡± my chen family is small and weak. we don¡¯t even have a foundation establishment cultivator in our family. we really don¡¯t dare to offend the zhou family. 1 hope ancestor yang will have mercy on us.¡± hearing this. yang linyuan revealed a faint smile.¡±oh? if you don¡¯t dare to offend the zhou family, aren¡¯t you afraid of offending the yang family?¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan bowed and lowered his head, not saying a word. after a long time. chen daoxuan heard a sigh. yang linyuan waved his hand and said, ¡°¡±forget it, forget it. you can get up. no wonder your chen clan is afraid of the zhou clan. in guang ¡®an prefecture, who doesn¡¯t fear the zhou clan?¡± after saying that, he sighed. then, yang linyuan changed the topic and continued,¡±when the guang ¡®an immortal alliance rebuilds the immortal city, is your chen family willing to open your magic tool shop in the new immortal city?¡± hearing this. ¡°it¡¯s my honor!¡± chen daoxuan raised his head and smiled. hearing this reply, yang linyuan seemed to be a little tired. he waved his hand and said,¡±your chen clan just needs to remember today¡¯s promise. go.¡± ¡°junior will take his leave.¡± chen daoxuan bowed again and slowly left the pavilion. after leaving the pavilion. chen daoxuan heaved a sigh of relief. at least he was not forced to join guang ¡®an immortal alliance. this also proved that the yang family was indeed as the rumors said, gentle and not as overbearing as the zhou family. if the zhou clan wanted to set up the guang ¡®an immortal alliance, then if chen daoxuan didn¡¯t join in today, the chen clan might suffer a full-scale retaliation from the zhou clan. of course. if the zhou family really wanted to establish an alliance organization like the guang ¡®an immortal alliance, the small families in guang¡¯ an prefecture would probably want to join it no matter what. after all, the principle of leaning against a big tree was applicable everywhere. however, if the zhou clan didn¡¯t even take a fancy to the yang clan, the second largest clan in guang ¡®an prefecture, then there was no need to mention the other smaller clans. in the eyes of the zhou family, guang ¡®an prefecture was just a small pond. their goal was to replace the ye family and become the number one family in azure continent.. Chapter 94 - Chapter 94: Spirit Day City chapter 94: spirit day city translator: daoist6fubtiw ¡°grandfather, 1 don¡¯t understand why you would take a fancy to a small chen family. even if the chen family has some achievements in refining weapons, they are only limited to low-grade first-tier magic tools. as far as i know, they rarely even sell first level middle grade magic tools. this proves that the chen clan¡¯s weapon craftsmen are of extremely low standards. besides, doesn¡¯t the guang ¡®an immortal alliance already have the wu family?¡± in the pavilion. yang gongwan¡¯s pretty face was filled with confusion. ¡± no,¡± yang linyuan shook his head.¡± it¡¯s precisely because of the wu family that we need the chen family, a family with great potential.¡± ¡°this¡­¡± yang gongwan frowned.¡± you mean to prevent the wu family from monopolizing the guang ¡®an immortal alliance¡¯s spiritual artifacts? ¡± ¡°let¡¯s prepare for a rainy day.¡± yang linyuan raised his head and looked at the mirror-like lake water.¡± the outside world has speculated that the guang ¡®an immortal alliance is targeting the zhou family. however, we, the wu family, and the zhao family all know that even if the guang¡¯ an immortal alliance were to join forces, they would never be a match for the zhou family. we¡¯re only doing this because we want to get our share of the benefits. as for fighting against the zhou family¡­¡± yang linyuan shook his head. hearing this, yang gongwan pursed her lips and remained silent. yang linyuan seemed to be persuading yang gongwan, but he also seemed to be talking to himself. ¡°in the battle of the southern mountain¡¯s city, it was said that the zhou clan of the guang ¡®an prefecture suffered the greatest losses, losing six zifu disciples in battle. in truth, my yang clan, wu clan, and zhao clan were the three clans that suffered the greatest losses. because of this battle, the vitality that we had painstakingly recovered from the rebellion of god extinction has almost been lost.¡± yang linyuan closed his eyes in pain. fifty years ago, in the battle of the southern mountain¡¯s city, the two zifu disciples of the yang clan had both died in battle. the only zifu disciple of the wu clan had also died in battle, and the zhao clan leader had also died in the hands of the golden core cultivators of the xuan qing dao alliance. this battle. it could be said that it had completely changed the power structure of guang ¡®an prefecture. because the yang, wu, and zhao clans had lost their zifu disciples, they were no longer comparable to the zhou clan of guang ¡®an prefecture. although six zifu disciples of the zhou clan had died, the zhou clan still had seven zifu disciples left to guard it. even though the zhou clan had suffered a great loss, it did not affect the zhou clan¡¯s position as the sole power in guang ¡®an prefecture. in fact, because the yang, wu, and zhao clans had lost their zifu disciples, the zhou clan¡¯s power in guang ¡®an prefecture had grown even more powerful. especially the rise of zhou mubai. it was like a shot in the arm for the zhou family, making their reputation even greater than before the battle of the southern mountain¡¯s city. the current zhou family was only second to the peak period before the rebellion of god vanishing. listening to her grandfather recount the rise and fall of the family, yang gongwan couldn¡¯t help but fall silent. she knew what her grandfather was going to say next. as expected. yang linyuan changed the topic and said,¡±little wan, you¡¯re different. you¡¯re the most talented cultivator in the yang family in the past thousand years. not only do you have the heaven spiritual root, but you also have the water spiritual body of the five elements spiritual body. with your talent, as long as you¡¯re willing, you can get your hands on a zifu disciple or even a jindan. the outside world says that zhou mubai is a genius that only appears once in a thousand years in guang ¡®an prefecture, but in my opinion, you¡¯re no weaker than him!¡± hearing her grandfather¡¯s praise, yang gongwan wasn¡¯t happy. instead, she was a little unhappy. she knew that her grandfather was going to persuade her again. yang linyuan paused for a moment.¡± although sword cultivators are the best in offense among their peers, with your water element spirit body, if you specialize in water element cultivation techniques, you might not be much weaker than sword cultivators. why are you so persistent?¡± yang gongwan took a deep breath and said,¡±ten years! give me another ten years. if i still can¡¯t comprehend sword-intent within ten years, i¡¯ll choose to break through to the zifu level. grandfather, i have already stepped on the threshold of sword intent. just a little bit more, just a little bit more. if 1 give up now, i really can¡¯t accept it!¡± ¡°sigh, you said the same thing ten years ago.¡± yang linyuan shook his head and said no more. how could sword intent be so easy to comprehend? otherwise, in the entire guang ¡®an prefecture, sword immortal zhou mubai wouldn¡¯t be the only one who could comprehend sword essence at the foundation establishment stage. seeing that her grandfather was unhappy, yang gongwan immediately acted coquettishly.¡±grandfather, don¡¯t be angry! by the way, you told me before that you would provide spiritual veins for free to the itinerant cultivators within ten thousand miles of golden crow island. what¡¯s that about?¡± yang linyuan shook his head helplessly when he saw yang gongwan changing the topic so stiffly. he pointed at her and said, ¡°¡±you!¡± yang gongwan smiled innocently as her charming eyes narrowed slightly. although yang linyuan was helpless, he still explained, ¡°¡±the only way for us to compete with the zhou clan is to provide free energy veins to the itinerant cultivators within ten thousand miles of gold crow island.¡± he paused for a moment before continuing,¡± for the itinerant cultivators of guang ¡®an prefecture, the biggest factor that prevents them from improving their cultivation is not the spirit pills or treasures like the water spirit pearl that assist in cultivation. it¡¯s the most basic spiritual energy! for ordinary rogue cultivators, being able to cultivate in a place with spirit veins was their greatest wish. the reason why itinerant cultivators liked to flock to guang ¡®an prefecture was because of the grade-3 spirit vein in the city. however, a mere grade three spirit range was given to hundreds of thousands of itinerant cultivators. how much could each person get? not to mention that the zhou clan has used the spirit gathering formation to build all the good spirit cores into immortal¡¯s caves of various grades for rent.¡± at this point, yang linyuan shook his head as if he was very disdainful of the zhou family¡¯s behavior. ¡± the guang ¡®an immortal alliance¡¯s construction of spirit veins for itinerant cultivators may seem like a huge loss in the short term, but in the long run, it¡¯s an extremely cost-effective transaction.¡± as yang linyuan spoke, a hint of shrewdness flashed in his eyes.¡± firstly, our spirit meridians aren¡¯t used for free. if itinerant cultivators want to use our spirit meridians to cultivate, they have to open up spirit fields and plant spirit herbs in the spirit meridians. secondly, we can lend spirit stones to the wandering cultivators to support them in doing this. when the itinerant cultivators harvest the spiritual rice, spiritual herbs, and other resources and sell them in the guang ¡®an immortal alliance¡¯s immortal cities, not only will we solve the problem of resources, but we will also be able to recover the spirit stones that we borrowed previously. ¡°in this way, not only will we revitalize the newly built immortal city, but we will also solve various resource problems for the immortal city. this move is a win-win situation for the guang ¡®an immortal alliance and the rogue cultivators. however, the initial investment will be very, very large. this is also the reason why my yang family wants to form an alliance. because just relying on my yang family alone, we don¡¯t have enough financial resources to do this.¡± as yang gongwan listened, she analyzed yang linyuan¡¯s words in detail. her charming eyes lit up. at this moment, she had to admit that although her grandfather¡¯s cultivation talent was far inferior to hers, in terms of foresight, he was definitely the strongest among the yang family patriarchs. but then she thought of something and frowned.¡± but if the zhou clan imitates our methods¡­¡± ¡°hahahaha, you!¡± yang linyuan laughed.¡± why do you always treat the zhou family as your enemy like the outside world? even if the zhou family really can¡¯t take it anymore, they will follow our example. however, we still have the advantage of being one step ahead. there are millions of itinerant cultivators in guang ¡®an prefecture. as long as we can attract even 10% of them, it will be a victory! because before this, we didn¡¯t even have 10%.¡± that¡¯s right! yang gongwan¡¯s eyes lit up. why did she see the zhou family as a competitor? yang linyuan¡¯s actions were a blatant conspiracy. no matter what the zhou family did, guang ¡®an immortal alliance would not suffer. after all, the spirit veins that were cultivated wouldn¡¯t run away, right? if the spirit vein was given to the wandering cultivator for free, the wandering cultivator would not refuse it, right? as long as the itinerant cultivators were willing to use the spirit veins cultivated by the guang ¡®an immortal alliance, with the support of the itinerant cultivators, it would be difficult for the guang¡¯ an immortal alliance to not become popular. ¡°grandfather, what name did you give our immortal city?¡± hearing yang linyuan¡¯s explanation, yang gongwan was completely relieved. she couldn¡¯t help but ask about the name of the city that was about to be built. ¡°as for the name¡­¡± yang linyuan looked at the calm lake and thought for a moment.¡± guang ¡®an city has a curfew every night.. i hope that our city can become a city that never sleeps, so let¡¯s call it spirit day city!¡± Chapter 95 - Chapter 95: Monopoly of the Magical Equipment Market chapter 95: monopoly of the magical equipment market translator: daoist6fubtiw after attending ancestor yang¡¯s purple mansion banquet, chen daoxuan didn¡¯t choose to return to twin lake island. instead, he went straight to spirit shell island. in fact, it wasn¡¯t just chen daoxuan. along the way, many cultivators who had attended ancestor yang¡¯s purple mansion banquet were sailing in the direction of the spirit shell island. because the zhou clan¡¯s auction was about to begin. this auction would only be held once every few years in guang ¡®an prefecture. moreover, as the frequency of resource carriers visiting guang ¡®an prefecture decreased, it would be a few years before an auction of this scale was held again. naturally, no one wanted to miss this event. guang ¡®an prefecture, wandering cultivator market. rainbow sound flying sword shop. chen daoxuan sized up chen daichuan, whom he hadn¡¯t seen for more than half a year, and asked in surprise, ¡°¡±did you just say that the chief went to the branch in the west street?¡± ¡°reporting to young clan leader, yes.¡± chen daochuan was already thirteen years old. after more than half a year of experience, he had clearly matured. he nodded. after listening to chen daochuan¡¯s narration. chen daoxuan admired chen xianhe¡¯s management skills even more. thirteenth uncle actually chose to open a branch in the west street of the wandering cultivator market. this was because the rainbow sonar flying sword shop under chen daoxuan¡¯s feet was located on the east side of the wandering cultivator market, the furthest from the west street. the entire wandering cultivator market. now, only a few magic tool shops on west street were struggling to survive, unwilling to close their doors. this was something that the chens, who viewed the magical equipment market as their exclusive property, could not tolerate. hence, he decided to do it. chen xianhe chose to open a branch store next to the magic tool stores on the west street to fight against the other party. this time. however, it disgusted the remaining magic tool shops. if he wanted to play hard, the mo clan¡¯s extermination was a lesson right in front of him. even if they had the guts, they wouldn¡¯t dare to kill the chen clan cultivators halfway. since he couldn¡¯t force it, he could only solve it through normal business channels. as for normal operations. how could these second-hand magic tool shops compete with the chen family¡¯s magic tool shop? not to mention the difference in quality between these second-hand magic tool shops and the rainbow sonar flying sword shop. let¡¯s talk about the cost of both. these magic tool shops were no match for him at all. the second-hand magic tools in these magic tool shops were all purchased from the disciples of various families through special channels. the price was usually higher than the cost of refining a new magic tool. and how low was the cost of refining the chen family¡¯s flying swords? the red shadow flying swords refined by the chen family used red copper ore, almost all of which came from transactions with the merfolk clan. the chen family used the merfolk clan¡¯s magical equipment to sell at a high price and chen daoxuan¡¯s financial means. in fact, the price of the spirit ores they obtained from the merfolk clan was so low that it made one¡¯s hair stand on end. coupled with the streamlined production of the flying sword factory on shuanghu island. it was fine if the other party operated normally, but if they wanted to fight a price war with the rainbow sound magic tool shop, they would probably suffer such a loss that they would vomit blood. and even if they suffered losses to the point of vomiting blood. the chen family could still earn the spirit stones that they should earn. it was just a matter of how much they earned. as for losses, they didn¡¯t exist. she chatted with chen daochuan for a while and asked him about his cultivation progress. after learning that chen daochuan hadn¡¯t slacked off on his cultivation just because he followed chen xianhe to run the shop, he nodded in relief. it seemed that even after leaving shuanghu island, chen daochuan had not forgotten the cultivation habits he had developed in his family. this undoubtedly made chen daoxuan very satisfied. cultivation was something that required constant perseverance. some people clearly did not have good spiritual roots, and their resources were not as good as other cultivators. however, under the persistence of time and time, they actually went further than cultivators with good spiritual roots. this was the qualitative change brought about by long-term persistence. if a cultivator relied on his superior spiritual roots and cultivated for three days and two days, then even if he was a heavenly spiritual root cultivator, his final achievements would be extremely limited. chen daoxuan had repeatedly emphasized these experiences when he was enlightening chen daichuan and the others on the path of cultivation. she encouraged chen daochuan. after finding out the exact location of the branch, chen daoxuan took the cloud treading beast carriage and rushed to the branch in the west street. after the time it took for an incense stick to burn. chen daoxuan got out of the car. looking at the store that was even more luxurious than the east street store, he found it unbelievable. all along. chen xianhe was always cautious and low-key. however, this time, he changed his style and became high-profile. however, thinking about it carefully, the more high-profile the chen family was, the more these small families did not dare to provoke the chen family. speaking of which, this could be considered a bluff. of course, it was not entirely a bluff. after all, zhou mucheng was the chen family¡¯s true backer. during this period of time. the person chen xianhe had the closest contact with in the wandering cultivator market was the deacon of the zhou clan¡¯s patrol fleet. it was also because of zhou mucheng¡¯s intimidation that some of the small families who were ready to make a move did not dare to overstep their boundaries. he walked into the branch. chen xianhe, who was busy with his business, did not notice chen daoxuan¡¯s arrival. compared to east street. the rainbow sonar flying sword shop on the west street seemed to have better business. he only found out after asking around. the price of the flying swords here was actually five spirit stones cheaper than before. in other words, a scarlet shadow flying sword could be bought for only 45 spirit stones. compared to the previous price of 50 spirit stones, it had dropped by 10%. this price drop was not a small figure. it was only because the chen family relied on the industrial production method and the merfolk race¡¯s cheap raw materials that they dared to play like this. otherwise, the cost of refining an ordinary crimson shadow flying sword alone would have reached 31 spirit stones. if the labor cost, transportation cost, shop expenses, and guang ¡®an prefecture tax were included, it would definitely be a loss. just as chen daoxuan was feeling astonished, a black-robed itinerant cultivator rushed in from outside the shop. as he walked, he kept laughing loudly,¡± shopkeeper chen, good news. the wang clan¡¯s magic tool shop has just closed. this is the last magic tool shop in the wandering cultivator market other than our rainbow sonar flying sword shop.¡± hearing this. the crowd immediately became restless. ¡± the last magic tool shop has closed. it seems that the magic tool market in the wandering cultivator market has completely belonged to the chen family.¡± ¡± yeah, but it¡¯s no wonder. the chen family¡¯s flying swords are of high quality and cheap. who wouldn¡¯t be willing to buy them from them?¡± ¡°i¡¯m just afraid that the chen family will take the opportunity to raise the price when he¡¯s the only magic tool shop in the future.¡± after hearing this question, everyone agreed. although there was no concept of monopoly in the infinite star sea, everyone knew that when the chens were the only ones selling low-level spiritual artifacts in the market, they had the power to set the price. once this item was in the hands of the chen family, they could sell it for 45 spirit stones today and raise the price to 65 spirit stones tomorrow. as for the freelance martial artists, other than breaking their teeth and swallowing it, they had no other good ideas. as if hearing the doubts of the crowd, chen xianhe quickly comforted them, ¡°¡±everyone, please rest assured. our rainbow sonar flying sword shop has already said before that the reason why the flying swords have dropped in price is because the price of the red copper ore has dropped after the arrival of the front-line resource transport ship. in the future, if the price of red copper ores rises back up, we will at most restore it to the original 50 spirit stones. we will definitely not take the opportunity to raise the price!¡± hearing chen xianhe¡¯s promise. everyone gradually calmed down.. Chapter 96 - Chapter 96: I’m Not Willing (1) chapter 96: i¡¯m not willing (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw night fell. in the west street branch, chen xianhe and his nephew were chatting at the tea table. ¡°thirteenth uncle, why did you hire fellow daoist wei to work as a clerk in my rainbow sonar flying sword shop?¡± today, the black-robed rogue cultivator he saw in the branch was none other than wei sihai, the rogue cultivator that chen daoxuan met on his first visit to the rogue cultivator market. hearing this. chen xianhe smiled helplessly and said,¡± i have no choice. the business of the west street branch is even better than that of the east street branch.¡± i¡¯m really busy, so i asked fellow daoist wei to come and help. fellow daoist wei is very experienced in selling goods. after he came, i felt much more relaxed. this annual salary of 200 spirit stones is worth it.¡± chen daoxuan nodded. ¡°oh right, these are the flying swords and spirit stones i brought from the clan this time.¡± as he spoke, chen daoxuan touched his waist. looking at the storage pouches hanging around chen daoxuan¡¯s waist, chen xianhe couldn¡¯t help but frown. ¡°¡±you¡¯ve brought too many bags of holding with you. walking outside like this is really attracting attention.¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan sighed and said, ¡°¡±there¡¯s no other way. the storage space of a low-grade storage bag is limited. the 100,000 spirit stones i brought from the clan treasury alone would take up an entire bag of holding, not to mention the flying swords that take up even more space.¡± ¡± i¡¯ll find a chance to buy a high-grade storage bag.¡± after thinking for a while, chen daoxuan shook his head.¡¯although the storage space of a high-grade storage bag is much larger than a low-grade storage bag, it¡¯s not as cost-effective as using a low-grade storage bag.¡± chen xianhe knew that chen daoxuan was telling the truth and didn¡¯t try to persuade him anymore. although it was a little comical to have a bunch of storage bags on their waists, it was almost the same for all the disciples of the clan when transporting important resources. items like flying swords, spirit stones, and spirit pills were usually transported in storage bags. only those resources that were particularly large in quantity, such as spiritual rice, spiritual ores, and food for ordinary people, would be transported by cargo ships. ¡± 100,000 spirit stones, plus the half a year¡¯s payment from the rainbow sonar flying sword shop, we can take out a total of about 310,000 spirit stones this time.¡± ¡± 310,000 spiritual stones!¡± seeing the three storage bags filled with spirit stones on the table, chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but feel a surge of emotions. although the total amount of goods in the chen family¡¯s treasury was far more than 310,000 spirit stones, most of the treasures in their treasury were all kinds of spirit ores and water spirit pearls. although spirit ores and water spirit pearls were hard currency, they could not be used to purchase materials like spirit stones. after all, in the cultivation world, spirit stones were the currency. other precious treasures could not be used to buy materials unless they had agreed to barter with the other party in advance. the spirit ores in the chen family¡¯s treasury were still manageable. whether they were sold directly or refined into flying swords, there were always ways to cash them out. however, it was very difficult to sell water spirit pearls. he could only leave it for the chen clan cultivators to use. ¡°with so many spirit stones, i believe this trip will definitely be able to buy a lot of useful resources for our chen family and increase our family¡¯s foundation.¡± chen xianhe said excitedly. unexpectedly, when chen daoxuan heard this, his eyes could not help but dodge. however, the excited chen xianhe did not notice this detail at all. chen daoxuan pretended to flip through the brochure of the various treasures in this auction while pretending to be casual¡¯thirteenth uncle, let me participate in this auction alone. the magic tool shop is too busy, so i need you to take care of it.¡± ¡°hmm?¡± hearing this, chen xianhe came back to his senses and stared at chen daoxuan. ¡°¡±it¡¯s okay. fellow daoist wei will take care of the branch business. there¡¯s dao chuan on the east street. there won¡¯t be any problems.¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan put down the brochure and said, ¡°¡±i¡¯m still worried about fellow daoist wei. after all, he¡¯s not my chen family¡­¡± ¡°dao profound!¡± before chen daoxuan could finish, chen xianhe said, ¡°¡±you¡¯ve been cultivating with me since you were five years old. for so many years, although we¡¯re uncle and nephew, we¡¯re actually father and son. i can see through everything you do and think. you can¡¯t hide it from me.¡± chen xianhe shook his head and stared at him.¡±tell me, do you want to buy that thousand-year red fruit?¡± hearing this question, chen daoxuan¡¯s fingers could not help but tremble. he raised his head and forced a smile.¡± thirteenth uncle, you worry too much. how could i¡­¡± ¡°you will! you definitely will!¡± chen xianhe stared at him and continued,¡± although you usually appear cold and strict in front of your clansmen, you are actually a person who values relationships and loyalty. so, you will definitely do this!¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan fell silent. after a long time. he looked up at chen xianhe.¡± thirteenth uncle, the thousand-year red fruit has the effect of extending your life by thirty years. perhaps i can find a way to build your foundation for you in the future¡­¡± daoxuan, you¡¯re muddle-headed!¡± chen xianhe sighed and said,¡± let¡¯s not talk about whether you can help me find the method to build my foundation in the future. how can the thousand-year-old vermilion fruit be so easy to get? even if you can get it, do you know how many foundation establishment, zifu disciples, and even golden core cultivators are secretly coveting this life-prolonging treasure?¡± ¡°a mere 30-year lifespan extension treasure, how could it¡­¡± ¡°thirty years?¡± chen xianhe shook his head,¡± let me ask you, old ancestor yang has reached the zifu disciple realm after reaching two hundred years of age. if he is only ten years away from breaking through, what does this life-prolonging treasure mean to him?¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan instantly understood. it seemed that the thousand-year red fruit only had the effect of extending one¡¯s lifespan by 30 years, but in fact, it could give a cultivator who was nearing the end of his life and was only one step away from breaking through again. this value was not something that a mere 30 years of life extension could compare to. understanding this, chen daoxuan knew that his plan to buy the thousand-year-old vermilion fruit was probably going to die in the womb. even if the chen family had some money now, they definitely couldn¡¯t compete with high-level cultivators. this was especially true for those high-grade cultivators who were nearing the end of their lifespans. even if the chen family won, they would definitely be robbed by high-level cultivators who were nearing the end of their lives. for the cultivators who were nearing the end of their lives, they would not be afraid even if the emperor came, let alone the intimidation of the qian yuan sword sect. because if they didn¡¯t give it their all, what awaited them was death. this kind of cultivator was even crazier than the mo family. seeing chen daoxuan in low spirits. chen xianhe muttered to himself,¡± cultivators like us pursue the great dao, but we are not greedy for life, nor are we afraid of death. if the safety of the clan is the stake, i am not willing to live just for one night.¡± as he spoke, he looked at chen daoxuan with a gentle gaze and comforted him,¡± live when you live, die when you die. dao xuan, there¡¯s no need to be sad.¡± at this point. chen xianhe¡¯s thoughts seemed to travel back to the battlefield of zhennan pass fifty years ago. the previous clan leader, chen xianzhou, said these lofty words in the face of the cultivators from the yun nation who surged over like a tsunami. ¡°live when you live, die when you die!¡± Chapter 97 - Chapter 97: Life chapter 97: life-bound magical treasure (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw very quickly. a month passed. within this month, chen daoxuan discovered that the number of itinerant cultivators and clan disciples in guang ¡®an prefecture had increased significantly. especially in the past three days. he knew that most of these clan disciples had rushed over to participate in the zhou clan auction house¡¯s grand auction. in reality. not only did the zhou clan hold an auction, but the various shops in the core business district and the wandering cultivator market were also filled with all kinds of goods. thanks to the arrival of the frontline transport ship. the prices of various cultivation resources in guang ¡®an prefecture had dropped significantly. the decrease in the price of the flying swords in the rainbow sonar flying sword shop wasn¡¯t an exception. wu clan¡¯s precious tool pavilion, zhou clan¡¯s elixir store, zhao clan¡¯s spirit medicine store, and even yang clan¡¯s boat store all started to sell their goods at a reduced price. the entire guang ¡¯an prefecture was in a festive mood. in the central business district. zhou auction house. at this moment, the entire street where the zhou clan auction house was located was sealed off by the zhou clan¡¯s law enforcement team. some of the rogue cultivators who wanted to watch the show could only stretch their heads out to look at this scene. as for any ignorant rogue cultivator who wanted to go in and see the world, the zhou family¡¯s law enforcement team would let him know how cruel the consequences of causing trouble were. of course. the rogue cultivator here referred to the lianqi rogue cultivator. if a foundation establishment cultivator wanted to enter, they wouldn¡¯t encounter any obstruction. he walked up to a cultivator from the zhou clan. chen daoxuan took out a gold-inlaid invitation and handed it over. ¡± so it¡¯s fellow daoist chen from twin lake island. please come in!¡± the zhou clan cultivator smiled and made an inviting gesture. this law enforcement team cultivator had obviously heard of the chen family of twin lake island, which had recently become famous in the wandering cultivator market. chen xianhe and chen daoxuan walked into the main hall of the auction house easily. they entered the main venue. even chen daoxuan was shocked by the zhou family¡¯s extravagance. the auction hall before him was divided into three floors. each floor had an area of more than 10,000 square meters. each floor was divided into small private rooms like an auction branch. although the chen family had risen to fame, they were only a qi refinement family after all. therefore, they were assigned to the c booth on the first floor. at the second level. the private rooms were much fewer and more spacious. they were arranged for the foundation establishment cultivators of guang ¡®an prefecture and other prefectures in cangzhou. and so on. the third floor was where the zifu clan cultivators were. the zhou clan cultivators were all in the third-floor box. as soon as he entered the venue, chen daoxuan saw a person he had met a month ago. yang gongwan was currently surrounded by the crowd of foundation establishment cultivators of the yang family. as a newly ascended zifu clan, especially the chief of the guang ¡®an immortal alliance, the yang clan naturally received extraordinary treatment. not only was he arranged to be in a private room on the third floor, but the zhou family had even sent a heavyweight to welcome him. ¡°zhou mubai!¡± yang gongwan looked at the white-robed cultivator with a complicated expression. she had always thought highly of herself. yang gongwan was confident that even if she was born in the qianyuan sword sect, she would definitely become a personal disciple. however, in front of zhou mubai, a prodigy of guang ¡®an prefecture, she felt that she was inexplicably inferior. this was not only the psychological gap brought about by their family power. more importantly, zhou mubai¡¯s talent in swordplay was too shocking. he had comprehended sword intent at the foundation establishment stage and became a sword cultivator. he was ranked on the sons of heaven rankings in the infinite star sea. yang gongwan had been suppressing her cultivation level. she had not broken through to the purple mansion stage because she wanted to comprehend sword intent at the foundation establishment stage. in this way, she could transform her vital essence into sword essence and become a sword cultivator. otherwise, if he comprehended sword intent after breaking through to the zifu stage, he would lose the opportunity to refine his true essence with sword intent. from then on, the quality of his magic power would be weaker than sword cultivators of the same level. one step behind, one step behind. yang wanrong knew this very well. therefore, she ignored her grandfather¡¯s objection and desperately tried to comprehend sword essence in the foundation establishment stage. however, the more impatient yang gongwan was, the more she was unable to comprehend the sword intent. ¡°fairy yang, long time no see. how have you been?¡± zhou mubai cupped his hands and greeted them with a smile. ¡°thanks to young master zhou, i¡¯m living very well.¡± yang gongwan emphasized the word ¡®very good¡¯, which made zhou mubai feel a little awkward. the zhou family was in a heated discussion about the yang family joining forces with the other major families of guang ¡®an prefecture to form the guang¡¯ an immortal alliance. some of the more radical factions said that they might as well kill the chicken to warn the monkeys, and teach those small families who dared to join the guang ¡®an immortal alliance a lesson. there were also those who were more moderate and advocated for the small families in guang ¡®an prefecture to be roped in, especially those neutral families who were not in a hurry to take sides. zhou mubai belonged to the latter. he was very opposed to the zhou family¡¯s domineering behavior. in zhou mubai¡¯s eyes, the zhou family¡¯s domineering behavior was no different from the ye family in the past. and the ye family was the family that zhou mubai hated the most. because his younger brother was indirectly killed by ye wudao, the ancestor of the ye family. the two of them exchanged pleasantries. yang gongwan brought her clansmen upstairs. when she turned her head, she caught a glimpse of chen daoxuan, who had just entered the venue, and couldn¡¯t help but stop in her tracks. fairy yang, what¡¯s wrong? ¡± zhou mubai asked in surprise. ¡°it¡¯s nothing.¡± yang gongwan shook her head and headed upstairs. zhou mubai followed yang gongwan¡¯s gaze and saw chen daoxuan and chen xianhe. he thought about it. he sent a voice transmission to a disciple of the zhou clan, ¡°¡±help me check on those two people.¡± ¡°yes, young clan leader!¡± the zhou disciple immediately obeyed. sitting in the private room. chen daoxuan calmed himself down and silently waited for the auction to begin. two hours later. the auction finally began. the person hosting this auction wasn¡¯t the old man chen daoxuan met last time, but a man and a woman from the zhou clan. moreover, these two were both at the late stage of the foundation establishment realm. the host of this auction was a late-stage foundation establishment cultivator. one could imagine how extravagant the zhou family was. the two of them started off with a familiar introduction. the auction officially began. ¡± the first item to be auctioned today is an inheritance jade slip seized from the battlefield in the yun nation.¡± hearing that the first item was an inheritance jade slip, everyone became spirited. inheritance jade slips weren¡¯t commonly seen in auctions. usually, very few families would be willing to sell something that could increase the foundation of their families. he seemed to have sensed the excitement of the crowd. the voices of the two hosts became even louder. ¡°this inheritance jade slip contains the method to refine a level one life-bound magic tool.¡± even though it was a life-bound magic tool, everyone¡¯s mood still dropped a lot when they heard that it was a level one magic tool. ¡± however, this level one magic tool is not an ordinary offensive magic tool. it is a rare defensive magic tool, and it is the most precious spiritual armor type magic tool among defensive magic tools!¡± ¡°boom!¡± hearing this. the audience was in an uproar. among all the defensive magic tools, spirit armor magic tools were the most precious. this conclusion was made during the four-hundred-year war between the infinite star sea and the yun nation. in the past, defensive magic tools could be divided into shield-shaped, bell-shaped, and other types. however, as the war between the two sides continued, the cultivators of the infinite star sea and the yun nation found that the shield-type and bowl-type defensive magical equipment were far less practical than the spiritual armor magical equipment. this was because shield-shaped magic tools and bowl-shaped magic tools required cultivators to use their spiritual sense to control them in order to block the enemy¡¯s attacks. however, there would be a problem if the enemy¡¯s flying sword was fast enough and found the weak point of the shield-shaped or bell-shaped magic artifact, such as attacking from behind or below. it was very difficult for cultivators to guard against it. however, the spirit armor magic tools that covered the entire body of the cultivator did not have this problem. as long as a cultivator wore a ling armor that covered their entire body, they did not need to use their divine sense. they only needed to infuse their true qi, and the ling armor would provide comprehensive protection for the cultivator. it was very convenient. at this time, unless the enemy broke through the ling armor, it was absolutely impossible to harm the cultivator¡¯s body.. Chapter 98 - Chapter 98: Living Pill Manual (1) chapter 98: living pill manual (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw looking at the lively atmosphere at the scene. the two zhou clan cultivators on the stage shouted,¡±¡±the starting price of a level one life source magic tool inheritance jade slip is 30,000 spirit stones. each bid must be no lower than 1000 spirit stones. let the bidding begin!¡± ¡°boom!¡± a deep bell rang throughout the entire auction hall. compared to the hammer in the auction hall, the main auction hall of the zhou family used the method of striking the bell to calculate the auction frequency. ¡°30,000 spirit stones!¡± 31,000 spirit stones!¡± ¡°35,000 spirit stones!¡± soon, the price soared to 40,000 spirit stones. normally speaking. a level one magic tool inheritance was not worth 30,000 spirit stones at all. it was hard to say whether the chen family¡¯s level two magic tool inheritance was worth 30,000 spirit stones, let alone a level one magic tool inheritance. however, the level one magic tool inheritance that was being auctioned today was different. not only was it a precious life-bound magical treasure, but it was also a spirit-armor type defensive magical treasure. its value was even higher. in the cultivation world. dharmic artifacts could be divided into offensive, defensive, auxiliary, and other miscellaneous types according to their functions. according to their commonality, they could be divided into two types: ordinary magic tools and life-bound magic tools. ordinary magic tools were magic tools that any cultivator could use. for example, the various magic tools in the chen family¡¯s second-grade magic tool inheritance were all ordinary magic tools. as for life-bound magic artifacts, they could also be called exclusive magic artifacts. this magic tool had two characteristics. first, it could only be used by one cultivator. in other words, it could only be used by the owner of the life-bound magical treasure. other cultivators could not use it either. in this way, the advantage of a life-bound magic weapon was that even if a cultivator was killed or captured, they did not have to worry about the magic weapon being used by the enemy because others could not use it. secondly, in theory, life-bound magic weapons could be upgraded indefinitely. there were two ways to upgrade a life-bound magical treasure. the first method was to use true qi, true essence, or dharmic powers to nurture it day by day. over time, perhaps after a few hundred years of nurturing it in the dantian¡¯s sea of qi, it was possible to upgrade the grade of the magic tool. the second method was much more practical. the cultivator had to invite a weapon craftsman to add all kinds of higher-grade materials to upgrade the life-bound magical treasure. of course, in addition to these limitations, the power of a cultivator¡¯s life-bound magic weapon was naturally stronger than that of an ordinary magic weapon. more importantly, the consumption of true qi was lower when using a life-bound magic weapon. if a cultivator used an ordinary magical treasure, it would consume ten percent of true qi. however, using a life-bound magical treasure could save at least half of it, which was five percent of true qi. this characteristic would significantly increase the endurance of a cultivator in battle. speaking of which, other than some limitations, the life-bound magic tool seemed to have no shortcomings. then why were ordinary magic tools still the mainstream in the cultivation world? this was the reason. normally, a cultivator had to forge a life-bound magical treasure themselves. this required the owner of the life-bound magical treasure to be a weapon craftsman. of course, a weapon refiner could also forge a life-bound magic weapon for others, but the prerequisite was that the weapon refiner had to thoroughly understand everything about the cultivator. this included his dantian, qi sea, meridians, and even his sea of consciousness. this meant that the cultivator had to expose all his secrets to outsiders. how many cultivators in the world would dare to do this? even if there were cultivators who were not afraid of being schemed against and dared to do so. at the very least, you would have to hire an armament master to customize it for you, right? generally, other than the big families and sects, how many itinerant cultivators had the ability to invite a respected artifact master to personally customize a life-bound artifact for them? this was the biggest reason why life-bound magic tools were difficult to spread. in less than five minutes. the price of this level one magic tool inheritance jade slip had soared to 50,000 spirit stones, and the price was still rising. in the past. chen daoxuan felt that the itinerant cultivators were really poor. now, he only felt that the clan cultivators were really rich! 50,000 spirit stones. even if the chen family spent so much money, they would have to think twice. the foundation establishment clans and even the aura refining clans were all competing against each other. however, even though the number of aura refining clans was the highest, the number of competitors was obviously less. the price soared to 50,000. chen daoxuan no longer hesitated and immediately raised the price to 55,000 spiritual stones. ¡± room c-1376 bids 55,000 spiritual stones. any higher bids?¡± as expected. the sudden increase of 5,000 spirit stones scared off a bunch of aura refining and foundation building clans. there was a moment of silence. ¡± 60,000 spirit stones.¡± the new bid broke the silence of the venue once again. ¡°65,000 spirit stones!¡± chen daoxuan bid again. this time, the venue finally quieted down. no one continued to bid. it was obvious that 65,000 spirit stones for a level one defensive magic tool inheritance was already a little beyond what everyone could afford. this was already more expensive than a foundation establishment pill. with this spare money, it would be better to buy a foundation establishment pill and think of a way to let the cultivators in the clan advance to the foundation establishment realm. even if an ordinary qi refinement clan advanced to the foundation establishment realm, the increase in the clan¡¯s foundation would not be too obvious. however, at the very least, his name would sound nice. in his dealings with the major families of guang ¡®an prefecture, others would think highly of him. as for the other changes, there were usually none. a foundation establishment cultivator in guang ¡®an prefecture wouldn¡¯t be able to change anything at all; a zifu disciple was more like it. ¡± 65,000 spirit stones going once, 65,000 spirit stones going twice, 65,000 spirit stones going thrice. congratulations to the fellow daoist in room c-1376. this level one magic tool inheritance jade slip is yours!¡± ¡°boom!¡± hearing the bell, chen daoxuan¡¯s anxious heart relaxed. i got it! the first item was sold at a high price of 65,000 spirit stones. for the zhou auction house, it was undoubtedly a good start. the two zhou clan cultivators on the stage also became slightly agitated. ¡± next is the second item ¡­¡± time passed. one after another, precious treasures were placed on the auction stage by the zhou family. among them, there were level three and even level four spirit ores, high-grade precious spirit herbs, high-grade magic tools, spirit pills, various cultivation techniques, spell inheritances, and immortal cultivation techniques. chen daoxuan seized the opportunity and attacked repeatedly, gaining a lot. but at the same time. his waist pouch was also drying up. after spending 310,000 spiritual stones, he was left with less than 100,000 spiritual stones. he had spent more than 200,000 spiritual stones. the auction had been going on for a full 10 hours, and it was only halfway through. fortunately, they were all at least qi condensation cultivators. even if they sat in the venue for such a long time, they would probably be so hungry that their eyes would faint. chen daoxuan made a rough estimate. such a long time. the zhou auction house had auctioned off treasures worth at least tens of millions of spirit stones. it had to be said that the capital flow of a large clan was extremely terrifying. the zhou auction house was only one of the zhou family¡¯s properties. of course. an auction of this scale would only be held once every few years by the zhou family. moreover, many of the treasures were provided by the front-line resource carriers. in other words, the majority of the income would probably belong to the qian yuan sword sect. however, the zhou family did get a big share of the pie. just as he was thinking. another item was pushed up on the auction stage. this auction item was locked in a cage. as the silk cloth on the cage was lifted, a female cultivator with her hands and feet shackled and her dantian confined appeared in front of everyone. ¡°the next item to be auctioned is a foundation establishment fairy from the yun nation.¡± on the auction stage. the male cultivator of the zhou clan revealed a smile that any man could understand. he introduced,¡± this foundation establishment fairy of the yun nation comes from an alchemy clan in the yun nation. she¡¯s not a cauldron like everyone thinks, but a genuine alchemist! in other words, this is a living pill manual!¡± ¡°hahahaha!¡± hearing this introduction, the audience burst into laughter. the cultivators in the infinite star sea, especially those in cangzhou, hated the cultivators from the yun nation to the core. at this moment, seeing this usually high and mighty foundation establishment fairy reveal such a down-and-out appearance, everyone immediately laughed happily. inside a cage made of special metal. when the female cultivator from the yun nation heard everyone¡¯s mocking laughter, her beautiful eyes almost spat out fire. however, not only was her dantian restricted, her limbs were tied up, and her entire body was covered in spells. she could not move at all. might as well. she closed her eyes and silently mobilized the true essence in her dantian, wanting to break through the seal of the seal. ¡°next, the auction price for this living pill manual is Chapter 99 - Chapter 99: Invisibility Talisman (1) chapter 99: invisibility talisman (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw ¡°100,000 spirit stones! each bid must not be lower than 10,000 spirit stones! let the bidding begin!¡± ¡°boom!¡± hearing this price, everyone present could hear a pin drop. if one were to buy an alchemy inheritance at this price, everyone might not think it was expensive. in fact, it might even be very cheap. however, using this price to buy a foundation establishment female cultivator was too expensive. although this female foundation building cultivator was an alchemist, she was also the enemy of the cultivators in the infinite star sea. who could guarantee that she would wholeheartedly teach her clansmen how to refine elixirs? as for using it as a cauldron ¡­ there was no clan that was so rich as to spend 100,000 spirit stones just to buy a cauldron. and to use a soul-searching secret art to search her brain for the pill concocting legacy¡­aside from the fact that soul-searching secret arts were extremely rare, ordinary foundation establishment clans, and even zifu clans, didn¡¯t possess such secret arts. even if he had the soul searching secret skill, the alchemy inheritance he obtained would definitely be incomplete and meaningless. therefore, he had no choice. unless this female cultivator from the yun nation was willing to reveal her alchemy heritage to the public, there was no chance at all. this was also the reason why the qian yuan sword sect and the zhou family did not pry the alchemy inheritance out of her mouth. of course. the qianyuan sword sect might be able to pry out this inheritance, but they did not like this inheritance at all. in addition, they found it troublesome, so they directly sent this female cultivator to guang ¡®an prefecture. as for the zhou family, they probably didn¡¯t have the ability to pry out the alchemy inheritance from this alchemist from the yun nation. therefore, he had no choice. only then did the zhou family decide to sell this female cultivator as an auction item, selling as much as they could. otherwise, if it was a jade slip of alchemy inheritance, the zhou family might not have sent it to the auction house for auction. after all, the value of the alchemy inheritance was even more shocking than the artifact refinement inheritance. after a few breaths of silence, everyone finally could not resist the temptation of the alchemy inheritance and began to bid. ¡°110,000 spirit stones!¡± ¡°120,000!¡± ¡°i bid 150,000!¡± looking at the rising and falling bids in the venue, chen daoxuan silently withdrew his hand that was about to bid. i can¡¯t afford it. sorry to disturb you! this was too expensive! chen daoxuan thought to himself. this was only a living manual. it was still unknown whether they could pry out the alchemy inheritance from her mouth, but everyone was so excited. if it was a true alchemy inheritance, chen daoxuan reckoned that everyone would fight over it with all their might. since they couldn¡¯t afford it, chen xianhe and chen daoxuan simply joined hands to watch the show. after a round of bidding. this foundation building female alchemist was eventually bought by a foundation building clan on the second floor at a high price of 210,000 spirit stones. it was more than double the starting price. today, in order to stimulate everyone¡¯s emotions, the zhou family had given a relatively low starting price. for example, chen daoxuan¡¯s inheritance of refining a level one spiritual armor was definitely worth more than 50,000 spiritual stones. however, the zhou family had set the starting price at 30,000 yuan, which only aroused everyone¡¯s enthusiasm. after the auction of the foundation establishment female cultivator, the auction entered a small climax. everyone¡¯s emotions were completely stirred up. even the usually calm person felt a little excited at this moment. ¡± the next item is a talisman creation inheritance, and it¡¯s a special talisman creation inheritance!¡± as he spoke, the male foundation establishment cultivator on the stage took out a paper talisman and smiled at everyone. then, he slapped the paper talisman on his body. in the next moment. the foundation establishment cultivator of the zhou clan had actually disappeared under everyone¡¯s watchful eyes. it was an invisibility talisman! chen daoxuan¡¯s heart skipped a beat. the demonstration ended. the male cultivator removed the invisibility spell on the invisibility talisman and immediately revealed his figure again. however, after everyone saw his demonstration, not only were they not excited, but their expressions were also a little mocking. all cultivators had divine sense, and this invisibility talisman could only hide one¡¯s body. for cultivators with divine sense, wasn¡¯t this just deceiving themselves? unless this invisibility talisman could hide the cultivator¡¯s figure and aura. not only did he need an invisibility talisman, but he also needed a rather advanced breath control technique. for example, the breath control technique that chen daoxuan had seen the female cultivator of the yang family use at the yang family last time was one of the best. the atmosphere had turned cold. the male host from the zhou family did not have stage fright. he continued to smile and said,¡±one talisman creation inheritance and ten invisibility talismans. the starting price is 5000 spirit stones. each bid must not be lower than 1000 spirit stones. fellow daoists who are willing to bid, please make your move!¡± this time, there were actually very few bidders. after a while. a coquettish voice sounded from a private room on the third floor.¡± 6000 spirit stones.¡± ¡± 7000 spiritual stones!¡± chen daoxuan bid. in a private room on the third floor. yang gongwan frowned slightly when she saw that someone was actually bidding against her for such a low-grade talisman. ¡± 8000 spirit stones.¡± yang gongwan bid for the last time. she purely thought that the invisibility talisman, together with her breath control technique, might have an unexpected effect. however, since she had never tried it before, she could not guarantee the exact situation. ¡°10,000 spirit stones!¡± chen daoxuan directly raised the price of the invisibility talisman inheritance to 10,000 spiritual stones. this price had already exceeded yang gongwan¡¯s psychological tolerance. even though the yang family was big, buying goods at random prices had always been a taboo for the descendants of the family. yang gongwan was also a typical descendant of a family. she had received an elite education from her family since she was young. therefore, she had her own judgment when it came to whether or not to buy an item. she would not make a stupid decision on a whim. obviously. 10,000 spirit stones for a mere talisman creation inheritance was already far beyond her budget. seeing that the big shot on the third floor no longer bid. chen daoxuan heaved a sigh of relief. from the voice just now, he had already vaguely guessed who was bidding, but he was not sure. chen daoxuan was already very satisfied with the many artifacts, talismans, cultivation techniques, spells, and other inheritances he had bought this time. when the future cultivators of the fu generation in the family digested these things, he believed that the chen family would definitely have the foundation and foundation of a foundation establishment family. the foundation establishment clans here didn¡¯t refer to those clans whose disciples broke through to the foundation establishment stage by luck and then suddenly advanced. chen daoxuan was referring to the wu family and the zhao family, which were big foundation establishment families. once the chen family developed to this point, coupled with the deterrence of the qian yuan sword sect, the chen family would be able to survive. the chen clan didn¡¯t fear any clan of the guang ¡®an prefecture, not even the zhou clan, which had nearly ten zifu disciples. after all, the current infinite star sea was not like the chaotic period a thousand years ago, where the major cultivation families could do whatever they wanted without any restrictions. everything was decided by their fists. nowadays, if the cultivation families wanted to survive in the infinite star sea, they still had to follow the basic rules, especially the laws issued by the qian yuan sword sect. after buying the invisibility talisman inheritance, chen daoxuan had less than 80,000 spiritual stones left. with so many spirit stones, it was obviously not enough to buy some good treasures. because the more items appeared, the more valuable they were. in the end, the items were auctioned for hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of spirit stones. especially the thousand-year-old vermilion fruit that chen daoxuan had originally planned to buy. it had actually been auctioned off for a sky-high price of three million spirit stones! later, chen daoxuan learned that this thousand-year vermilion fruit seemed to have been bought by a peak zifu disciple of the neighboring prefecture, whose lifespan was about to reach its end.. Chapter 100 - Chapter 100: Delivered To Your Door (1) chapter 100: delivered to your door (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw the auction lasted for nearly twenty hours before it finally ended. by the time chen xianhe and chen daoxuan got their hands on the various legacy treasures and walked out of the main venue, it was already late at night. due to the curfew policy of guang ¡®an city, the streets outside had long been silent. the two of them rode the cloud treading beast carriage and rushed back to the branch on the west street of the wandering cultivator market. chen daoxuan was about to close the door. a staggering figure rushed towards him and grabbed the door frame. immediately after. a shout came from afar. ¡°you guys go over there and look!¡± ¡°you guys go over there!¡± ¡°hurry up!¡± seeing this, chen daoxuan grabbed the woman¡¯s hand and pulled her into the shop. then, with a bang, the door closed. inside the shop. chen xianhe¡¯s expression was rather strange when he saw that chen dao had brought a woman back with him. but immediately. chen xianhe¡¯s expression turned serious. he had seen this woman a few hours ago. she was the living pill manual that was being auctioned in the auction house. what was even more ridiculous was that when he used his divine sense to sweep over the woman, it was as if he had swept over a ball of air and did not notice her. ¡°breath holding technique!¡± chen xianhe exclaimed in a low voice. the yun nation female cultivator¡¯s face was pale. it was obvious that she had forcefully broken through her dantian¡¯s seal and sustained serious injuries. at this moment, not to mention fighting, even maintaining the breath control technique had almost consumed all of her energy, and she looked like she was on the verge of collapse. even so. she looked at chen xianhe and his nephew warily. just as everyone in the room was staring at each other, there was a knock on the door. chen daoxuan immediately pulled the woman to the side, took out the invisibility talisman he had just bought from the auction house from his storage bag, and slapped it on her. in the next moment. little by little, the woman concealed her figure and completely disappeared in front of chen xianhe and his nephew. ¡°dong dong dong!¡± ¡°dong dong dong!¡± outside the house, the knocking became more and more urgent. ¡°who is it? chen daoxuan opened the door of the shop with a displeased expression. however, when he saw the person in front of him, he immediately put on a surprised expression and cupped his hands.¡±senior, what instructions do you have?¡± outside the house. a foundation establishment old man stood in front of chen daoxuan with three late-stage qi refining young clansmen. the old man was tall and straight, with a resolute face. his eyebrows were like steel needles, making him look very difficult to deal with. ¡°this old man is a cultivator of the wu family. an important person in the family has gone missing. may i ask if fellow daoist has seen anyone with strange movements?¡± the old man cupped his hands and said coldly. ¡°this¡­¡± the expression on chen daoxuan¡¯s face was rather strange. he said carefully, senior, are you making fun of me? ¡± ¡°who has the time to entertain you! the person who got lost is the living pill manual that my wu clan bought at the zhou auction house! your chen family should have also participated in this auction and know her value!¡± the old man paused for a moment.¡± this female cultivator from the yun nation is proficient in the breath holding technique. that¡¯s why she managed to escape from my clansmen.¡± the wu family elder explained simply. fortunately, this was guang ¡®an prefecture. if it were anywhere else, he, a dignified foundation building cultivator, would not have explained so much to a mere aura refining cultivator. he would have directly barged in. hearing this explanation. chen daoxuan and chen xianhe looked at each other, opened the door of the shop, and made an inviting gesture to the old man of the wu family. ¡°thank you!¡± the old man from the wu family cupped his hands and waved his hand. the three wu family disciples behind him filed in and poured into the magic tool shop. the old man from the wu family slowly followed behind the three of them and walked in. they entered the shop. he glanced at the empty hall of the shop and found no place to hide. he said to the three wu family disciples,¡±let¡¯s go to the second floor and take a look!¡± ¡°wait!¡± chen daoxuan immediately stood out and blocked the three wu family disciples. he cupped his hands at the old man and said,¡± senior, the second floor is where my uncle and nephew rest and cultivate. there will definitely be no outsiders hiding there. senior, aren¡¯t you going a little too far by doing this?¡± after saying that. he stared at the old man from the wu family without blinking. when the old man of the wu family heard this, his face darkened. a mere qi condensation cultivator dared to speak to him like this. ¡°move aside!¡± the old man said with a dark face. feeling the increasingly terrifying aura from the other party, chen daoxuan¡¯s body couldn¡¯t help but tremble. in the end. under the pressure of the old man¡¯s aura, chen daoxuan stepped aside in a ¡®humiliating¡¯ manner. ¡°humph!¡± the old man snorted, completely unaware that the person he was looking for was standing less than five or six steps away from him. half an incense¡¯s time later. the three wu clansmen who had finished searching the chen clan¡¯s uncle and nephew¡¯s residence went downstairs and shook their heads at the wu clan¡¯s elder, indicating that there was no one there. seeing this. ¡°sorry for disturbing you, fellow daoists.¡± the wu elder cupped his hands. after saying that, he left the shop without looking back and rushed to the next shop. on west street. there were still many cultivators of the wu clan who were frantically searching everywhere. it wasn¡¯t until the zhou clan¡¯s law enforcement team was alerted that the wu clan had no choice but to stop. he closed the door. chen xianhe and his nephew heaved a sigh of relief at the same time. then, they became excited again. living pill manual! it was a living pill manual with a severely injured dantian. if he could learn about the alchemy inheritance from her¡­ chen xianhe¡¯s breathing quickened at the thought. chen daoxuan frowned after a moment of excitement. the wu family couldn¡¯t find this living elixir manual, and at this moment, he actually couldn¡¯t find him either. breath control and invisibility were indeed difficult to deal with. even a foundation building cultivator couldn¡¯t sense it, let alone two qi condensation cultivators like him and chen xianhe. he thought about it. chen daoxuan said to the surrounding air, ¡°¡±the invisibility talisman can only last for the time it takes for three incense sticks to burn, and it will take at least six hours to leave guang ¡®an prefecture from here. in other words, you will need at least six invisibility talismans to ensure your safe escape from guang ¡®an prefecture.¡± hearing this. less than five steps in front of chen daoxuan, a figure appeared. it was the female cultivator from the yun nation. seeing that she had removed her invisibility, chen daoxuan smiled and thought to himself, there¡¯s hope! after removing the invisibility spell, the yun nation female cultivator stared at him and said in a hoarse voice, ¡°¡±you still have invisibility talismans?¡± ¡°of course, it¡¯s enough for you to leave guang ¡®an prefecture safely.¡± chen daoxuan smiled. ¡°what are the conditions? cough, cough, cough!¡± as the yun nation female cultivator spoke, she started coughing violently. ¡± the alchemy inheritance in your mind and the secret art of breath control you¡¯re using!¡± not only was chen daoxuan envious of this yun nation female cultivator¡¯s alchemy heritage, but he was also very tempted by her breath holding technique. it was because of the verification just now. he had already discovered the terror of the breath holding skill and the invisibility skill. as long as he didn¡¯t make a sound, even the spiritual sense of a foundation establishment cultivator wouldn¡¯t be able to detect him. it was a divine skill for hiding and escaping! after thinking for a moment, the yun nation female cultivator nodded and said,¡±good!¡± ¡°happy cooperation!¡± chen daoxuan took out a blank jade slip and threw it over. the female cultivator from the yun nation took the jade slip and was about to record it when chen daoxuan said,¡±¡± there¡¯s no rush. you have one night to record slowly. guang ¡®an prefecture is currently under curfew. i¡¯ll send you out of the city tomorrow morning!¡± ¡°thank you.¡± after a while, the yun nation female cultivator said coldly. ¡°we¡¯re just talcing what we need.¡± chen daoxuan waved his hand.. Chapter 101 - Chapter 101: Each With Their Own Thoughts (1) chapter 101: each with their own thoughts (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw the next day. after a night of recuperation, when chen daoxuan saw this female cultivator from the yun nation again, although her face was still very pale, it was much better than last night¡¯s shaky state. ¡°where¡¯s the jade scroll?¡± chen daoxuan extended his hand. the female cultivator from the yun nation raised the jade slip in her hand and said, ¡°¡±the inheritance of alchemy and the secret art of breath control that you want are all here. where is the invisibility talisman?¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan took out six invisibility talismans from his storage bag. ¡°alright, when you send me out of the city and leave guang ¡®an prefecture, this jade slip will be yours.¡± ¡°wait a minute.¡± chen daoxuan said calmly,¡± how would i know if the things in your jade slip are real or fake? ¡± hearing this. the yun nation female cultivator hesitated for a moment before warning, ¡°¡±don¡¯t play tricks!¡± after saying that, he threw the jade slip in his hand over. chen daoxuan took the jade slip and examined it carefully. in the jade slip, there were a total of seven tier 1 pill recipes and three tier 2 pill recipes, as well as detailed pill refining techniques. however, chen daoxuan didn¡¯t know anything about alchemy, so he couldn¡¯t tell if it was real or fake. thus, he came up with a plan and said angrily,¡±why is your pill refining method wrong? you dare to fool me?¡± ¡°impossible!¡± unexpectedly, when the female cultivator of the yun nation heard this, she immediately became anxious.¡± the pill formulas and pill refinement techniques in the jade slip are all my years of practical experience in pill refinement. it¡¯s absolutely impossible¡­¡± you tricked me?¡± seeing the faint smile on chen daoxuan¡¯s face, the yun nation¡¯s female cultivator looked at chen daoxuan with hatred. the other party did not know alchemy at all and was purely trying to trick her. ¡°i¡¯m sorry, i don¡¯t know alchemy, so i have to be careful.¡± chen daoxuan cupped his hands. the female cultivator from the yun nation was filled with anger. however, when she thought about how she still had to ask the other party for help, she had no choice but to suppress her anger despite the hatred in her heart. good boy, just you wait! the female cultivator from the yun nation thought to herself. before leaving. chen daoxuan looked at chen xianhe and said, ¡°¡±thirteenth uncle, you can stay in the shop. i¡¯ll come back when i¡¯m done.¡± chen xianhe looked at him meaningfully and said, ¡°¡±be careful.¡± ¡°don¡¯t worry.¡± chen daoxuan nodded and returned a knowing look. 12 hours later. it was about a thousand miles away from guang ¡®an prefecture. on the cargo ship blue dragon. chen daoxuan cupped his hands at the yun nation female cultivator and said, ¡°¡±i¡¯ll give this ship to you, fairy. we won¡¯t meet again.¡± as he spoke, he reached out his hand to the other party. the female cultivator from the yun nation took out the jade slip she had been holding in her hand and walked in front of chen daoxuan. she said softly,¡±thank you for escorting me. have a safe journey!¡± just as chen daoxuan received the jade slip from the female cultivator of the yun nation¡­ the other party suddenly exploded. a palm struck toward chen daoxuan¡¯s dantian. a thick true essence gushed out, releasing a terrifying pressure. however, chen daoxuan could feel that compared to ordinary foundation building cultivators, her true essence was too weak. was it because of his injuries? the corners of chen daoxuan¡¯s mouth curled up slightly. just as the yun nation female cultivator thought that her palm would break the other party¡¯s dantian and sea of qi, her palm was actually restrained by an extremely terrifying force. idiot! you actually dare to fight me in close combat!¡± she heard this sentence and immediately felt a sharp pain in her lower abdomen. an invisible shockwave swept across. the entire gray cloud was like a broken doll. the mast broke and the sail fell onto the deck. the entire ship swayed as if it would fail apart and sink in the next moment. ¡°puff!¡± a mouthful of blood spurted out from the yun nation female cultivator¡¯s mouth. her injuries, which had not fully recovered, became even more serious. ¡°body refinement cultivator!¡± the yun nation female cultivator was a little annoyed. he was too careless! she had never expected that chen daoxuan was not only a late-stage aura refining cultivator, but he also cultivated a body-tempering technique. in the cultivation world, there were very few cultivators who practiced body-tempering techniques. only a few elite disciples of large clans or sects would choose to practice body-tempering techniques. it wasn¡¯t that it was difficult to cultivate a body-tempering technique, but that the consumption of resources was too terrifying. moreover, the increase in actual combat strength after cultivating it was very limited. therefore, very few people would cultivate body-tempering cultivation techniques now. however, body refinement cultivators had an advantage that qi refinement cultivators couldn¡¯t compare to, and that was their strength in close combat. even a foundation establishment cultivator could be heavily injured if they were ambushed by a weaker body refinement cultivator. the female cultivator from the yun nation was a classic example. she had thought that her sneak attack would succeed, but she did not expect chen daoxuan not only to be prepared, but also to deliberately put on a flaw to lure her into the trap. thinking of this¡­ the foundation establishment female cultivator was so angry that she spat out another mouthful of blood. first battle with a foundation establishment cultivator. even though he was a foundation establishment cultivator who had lost seventy to eighty percent of his strength, chen daoxuan did not dare to be careless. with a leap, the deck under his feet exploded. his body was as fast as lightning as he chased after the foundation building female cultivator who was sent flying by his punch. this foundation establishment female cultivator did not dare to let him get close to her again. she immediately used the wind manipulation technique and flew into the sky. the foundation establishment female cultivator subconsciously reached for her storage bag, wanting to take out her magic tool, but she found nothing. only then did she remember that her storage bag had long been confiscated by the qianyuan sword sect. at this moment, she could only fight empty-handed. even for foundation establishment cultivators, their combat strength was on a completely different level with or without a magic weapon. in addition, she was seriously injured at the moment. facing chen daoxuan¡¯s storm-like attacks, he actually fell into a disadvantage for a moment. taking advantage of her illness, he wanted to take her life. chen daoxuan¡¯s wind-chasing and rain-overflowing sword was unleashed, enveloping the sea area within a radius of a thousand feet in a curtain of rain. the cheng ying sword tore through the air from time to time, forming white marks that slashed at the quintessential essence shield that the female cultivator of the yun nation had put up, causing cracks to appear on it. even though the cracks continued. however, compared to the time when she killed the mo clan leader with a single sword strike, her zhen yuan shield was still extremely sturdy and did not shatter. obviously. although chen daoxuan¡¯s offensive power far exceeded the upper limit of an ordinary qi condensation cultivator, it was still a distance away from a foundation building cultivator. ii die! ii chen daoxuan didn¡¯t care. the wind and rain sword technique was fully used, and the rain became more and more rapid. the raindrops formed by the sword qi hit the zhen yuan shield and made a sound. together with the cheng ying sword, he continued to slash. after the time for an incense stick to burn. the other party¡¯s zhen yuan shield finally couldn¡¯t take it anymore, and it let out cracking sounds. seeing this scene. the yun nation female cultivator¡¯s eyes were filled with fear. although she was an early-stage foundation establishment cultivator, as an alchemist, she usually put all her energy into alchemy and was not good at fighting at all. other than some necessary spells, he had never cultivated any other powerful spells. coupled with the fact that her magic tool had been confiscated, she had actually become a tiger that had lost its claws and teeth, waiting to be slaughtered. the house leaks, but it rains overnight. due to chen daoxuan¡¯s punch just now, the injuries that had been suppressed last night had erupted again at this moment. the true essence in the dantian of the female cultivator from the yun nation was in chaos. with her primeval essence running out, the primeval essence shield she put up flickered. seeing this, chen daoxuan¡¯s eyes lit up. he immediately seized this opportunity and slashed at the other party¡¯s true essence shield with all his strength. because the flying sword was too powerful, the white mark even slightly distorted the rain curtain. ¡°tsk!¡± a crack appeared on the quintessential essence shield. facing the terrified gaze of this female cultivator from the yun nation, the cheng ying sword turned and beheaded her. ¡°phew!¡± ¡°phew!¡± ¡°phew!¡± after killing the yun nation¡¯s foundation establishment female cultivator, chen daoxuan panted heavily. it seemed that the battle had ended very quickly. he had been suppressing his opponent the entire time. however, chen daoxuan knew that it was not his true strength that had reached the level of a foundation building cultivator. it was because the other party¡¯s condition was too bad, and he had been seriously injured by his punch in advance. in addition, the other party did not have any magic tools or talismans. all sorts of factors combined caused this cross-realm kill. otherwise¡­ if it were a foundation building cultivator in good condition, chen daoxuan would be lucky to escape with his life, let alone win. in reality. if this yun nation¡¯s foundation establishment cultivator had held on for a while longer, chen daoxuan might have chosen to run away due to his lack of zhenqi. looking at the corpse floating on the surface of the sea, chen daoxuan shot out a spark. when the sparks touched the corpse of the female cultivator from the yun nation, they exploded and enveloped her entire body. after a while. under the burning flames, the corpse of the yun nation female cultivator turned into ashes and disappeared into the sea. looking at the jade slip in his hand, chen daoxuan¡¯s face revealed a hint of excitement. he had finally obtained the alchemy legacy! just as he was rejoicing. out of the corner of his eye, he saw a white figure standing quietly on the sea not far from blue dragon. seeing this white figure, chen daoxuan only felt a chill rush to his head, and his heart instantly beat like thunder. he took a deep breath. chen daoxuan adjusted his mood and flew toward the other party. he approached. he lowered the flying sword in his hand and said respectfully, ¡°¡±junior chen daoxuan greets senior zhou!¡± on the surface of the sea. zhou mubai, who was dressed in white, looked at chen daoxuan, who was standing in front of him with his hands clasped together. he was silent.. Chapter 102 - Chapter 102: Chapter 102: Path Feeder chapter 102: chapter 102: path feeder translator: daoist6fubtiw after a long time. just as chen daoxuan was breaking out in cold sweat, zhou mubai nodded and said, ¡°¡±good swordsmanship!¡± hearing this praise, chen daoxuan heaved a sigh of relief. ¡°senior, you flatter me.¡± zhou mubai shook his head.¡± a good sword art is a good sword art. if your bone age isn¡¯t even twenty yet and you can¡¯t even be considered a good sword art with half a foot in the door of sword intent, then wouldn¡¯t all the sword cultivators in the world be ashamed?¡± hearing this. chen daoxuan didn¡¯t know how to retort, so he lowered his head and didn¡¯t say anything. seeing that chen daoxuan was silent, zhou mubai smiled and said, ¡°¡±little friend, what do you think of guang ¡®an immortal alliance?¡± he hesitated for a moment. ¡°senior, do you want to hear the truth or lies?¡± chen daoxuan cupped his hands. ¡°how about the truth? so what if it¡¯s a lie? ¡± the lie is that the guang ¡®an immortal alliance can¡¯t even withstand a single blow and can¡¯t be compared to the guang¡¯ an prefecture at all.¡± oh, you mean that the guang ¡®an immortal alliance will pose a great threat to our guang¡¯ an prefecture?¡± zhou mubai¡¯s eyes lit up. ¡°indeed!¡± chen daoxuan nodded.¡± although the guang ¡®an immortal alliance¡¯s strength is far inferior to the zhou family¡¯s, it has joined forces with most of the immortal cultivation families in guang¡¯ an prefecture. it is not lacking in financial resources. the policy they adopted is to support itinerant cultivators and use itinerant cultivators to drive the development of the immortal alliance. in this way, they will definitely take away a large amount of the popularity of itinerant cultivators in guang ¡®an prefecture.¡± ¡°guang ¡®an prefecture doesn¡¯t rely on the wandering cultivator market. it¡¯s supported by the core business district.¡± zhou mubai shook his head. ¡°you can¡¯t say that.¡± chen daoxuan paused.¡± may i ask, who are the groups that support the core business district?¡± zhou mubai remained silent. the groups that supported the core business district were the foundation building families that had jointly established the guang ¡®an immortal alliance, as well as the qi refinement families with the largest number. the guang ¡®an immortal alliance¡¯s move had completely emptied the guang¡¯ an prefecture of its resources. of course. not all clans had joined guang ¡®an immortal alliance, such as the chen clan of shuanghu island. however, as long as ten percent of the families joined the guang ¡®an immortal alliance, the losses caused to guang¡¯ an prefecture would be immeasurable. moreover, those neutral families that had not joined the guang ¡®an immortal alliance would definitely move some of their businesses to the newly built ling zhou city in the future. for example, the chen family of twin lake island had promised old ancestor yang that they would open a magic tool shop in spirit day city. this would have a huge impact on guang ¡®an prefecture. ¡± i admit that the guang ¡®an immortal alliance¡¯s move has indeed impacted guang¡¯ an prefecture greatly. however, 1 still think that they can¡¯t defeat our zhou clan because they are not strong enough.¡± ¡°why do they have to beat the zhou family? the yang family, wu family, and zhao family, who had established guang ¡®an immortal alliance, did not have much interest in guang¡¯ an prefecture. now, every bit of profit they take from guang ¡®an prefecture is a victory.¡± ¡°phew!¡± zhou mubai heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this. ¡°your foresight is even more surprising than your talent in the tao of the sword. if it were you, how would you solve this problem?¡± ¡°if it were me, i would follow guang ¡®an immortal alliance¡¯s policy.¡± chen daoxuan said decisively. ¡°what do you mean?¡± zhou mubai looked at him with interest. chen daoxuan held his breath and explained, ¡°¡±according to the guang ¡®an immortal alliance¡¯s propaganda, they will build hundreds of spirit veins of various grades within a radius of ten thousand miles of the newly built lingzhou city for the cultivation of itinerant cultivators. the premise is that the itinerant cultivators must open up spirit fields and grow spirit herbs in the spirit veins. in the long run. the guang ¡®an immortal alliance¡¯s policy would definitely bring them huge benefits. with the spirit vein, the itinerant cultivators could cultivate and supply the various resources they grew to spirit day city. spirit day city could also collect taxes from the transactions between itinerant cultivators and clan cultivators. ¡°in this way, a perfect cycle can be formed.¡± chen daoxuan paused.¡± but this method has a natural drawback.¡± ¡°oh? what is it?¡± zhou mubai¡¯s eyes lit up. after chen daoxuan¡¯s narration, he also felt that the yang family¡¯s actions were brilliant. other than using force to suppress them, the zhou family seemed to be unable to find any good way to break out of this situation. in the infinite star sea, the qian yuan sword sect would not sit idly by if the zhou family and the yang family, who were at the level of the zifu family, wanted to use force directly. this was also the most helpless part of the zhou family. the zhou family¡¯s fist was big, but not as big as the qian yuan sword sect. ¡± that means the guang ¡®an immortal alliance doesn¡¯t have enough spiritual stones!¡± ¡°not enough spirit stones?¡± zhou mubai frowned and looked at chen daoxuan in confusion. seeing his confused look, chen daoxuan explained, ¡°¡±the guang ¡®an immortal alliance artificially cultivated spirit veins, built spirit day city, and lent spirit stones to itinerant cultivators to open up spirit fields and plant spirit herbs. in the short term, it would consume a large number of spirit stones, and it would even consume more than 90% of the reserve spirit stones of the guang ¡®an immortal alliance. at that time, what will these rogue cultivators and clan disciples use to trade with each other?¡± zhou mubai couldn¡¯t help but understand when he heard this. to put it simply, it was a deflating economy. spirit stones were very different from money in the secular world. although they were the basic currency of the cultivation world, they were also a kind of resource that could be consumed. once the consumption of spirit stones was too high, it would affect the transaction and cause a deflation. at this time, if the zhou family brought a large number of spirit stones into spirit day city to sweep the goods, they would be able to buy a large number of goods at an extremely low price, which would cause a heavy blow to the economy of spirit day city. at that time. individual cultivators would find that the resources they had painstakingly planted for a year or several years had depreciated by several times or even more than ten times. when he spent money again, he would find that the price of goods had returned to its original state or even higher, and a large amount of wealth had been harvested. after discovering this scene. the secret practitioners would definitely be unhappy. if the zhou clan had the same policy as spirit day city, it was easy to imagine what the itinerant cultivators would choose. after hearing chen daoxuan¡¯s detailed explanation. zhou mubai¡¯s eyes grew brighter and brighter, and his gaze towards chen daoxuan was filled with admiration. daoxuan, you don¡¯t mind me calling you like this, right? ¡± zhou mubai said amiably. ¡°senior zhou, please do as you please!¡± chen daoxuan cupped his hands. ¡°xuan, how old are you this year?¡± zhou mubai asked with a smile. ¡°senior zhou, i¡¯m eighteen this year.¡± ¡°are you married?¡± chen daoxuan suddenly had a bad premonition and stammered, ¡°¡±i am focused on cultivation and have no intention of getting married.¡± zhou mubai looked at him deeply and said, ¡°¡±what do you think of my zhou family?¡± ¡°good!¡± chen daoxuan said the word ¡®good¡¯, but then he felt that it was a little inappropriate, so he added,¡±very good!¡± ¡°you don¡¯t have to comfort me. i know that in your eyes, the zhou family has always been overbearing in guang ¡®an prefecture. otherwise, they wouldn¡¯t have formed the guang ¡®an immortal alliance to fight against us.¡± zhou mubai paused.¡± your plan is very good, but i don¡¯t plan to use it. do you know why?¡± ¡°senior zhou, 1 don¡¯t know.¡± ¡°because no matter what, we¡¯re all cultivators of cangzhou. even if we go to the battlefield in the future, we¡¯ll still be comrades in the same city pass. if the southern mountain pass is lost, the qianyuan sword sect will definitely be recovered in the future. tell me, if we are so aggressive to our comrades, how can we fight against the enemy together on the battlefield in the future?¡± ¡°this ¡­ 1 was too short-sighted.¡± zhou mubai shook his head.¡± no matter how the guang ¡®an prefecture cultivators fight, we have to have a limit. if you exceed this limit, not only will the qian yuan sword sect not tolerate you, but the zhou family will also not tolerate you.¡± just like how you just killed that female cultivator from the yun nation. if you had chosen to secretly let her go, no matter how outstanding your talent in the dao of the sword was, i would have killed you with a single strike. remember, in the infinite star sea, colluding with the enemy is a capital crime!¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan lowered his head. he knew that the woman in front of him must have followed him all the way here. perhaps zhou mubai already knew that this woman from the yun nation was hiding in the chen clan¡¯s magical equipment shop last night. when chen daoxuan raised his head again. there was no one in front of him. zhou mubai had long disappeared, leaving only a jade slip floating in front of him. ¡°this is my experience in comprehending sword intent. i¡¯ll give it to you.¡± ¡°thank you, senior zhou!¡± chen daoxuan bowed.. Chapter 103 - Chapter 103: Sword Dao Comprehension (1) chapter 103: sword dao comprehension (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw chen daoxuan flew back to the deck of the blue dragon. not only was the mast of the blue dragon broken, but its deck was also cracked. he scanned the entire cargo ship with his divine sense and found that it was on the verge of collapse. seeing this scene. chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but sigh at the power of cultivators. this was only the shock wave from his full-strength punch, and he had used the momentum to step on it, yet it had caused such a tragic situation. if he attacked gray cloud directly, he would probably be able to sink it with a single strike. looking at the dilapidated state of the blue dragon, he could not help but sigh. chen daoxuan was clear. it was no longer realistic to ride it back to guang ¡®an prefecture. chen daoxuan had no choice but to use the wind manipulation technique. after identifying it, he flew in the direction of guang ¡®an prefecture. by the time chen daoxuan crossed more than a thousand miles and flew to the port of guang ¡®an prefecture, his face was already as pale as paper. he had already used up more than half of his true qi in the battle with the female cultivator from the yun nation. after flying another thousand miles, the true qi in his dantian was almost completely depleted. fortunately, he managed to make it to guang ¡®an prefecture before he ran out of true qi. otherwise, he would have to swim back from the sea. the wandering cultivator market. he returned to the west street branch. chen xianhe quickly stepped forward and took a look at chen daoxuan. he heaved a sigh of relief. he knew what chen daoxuan wanted to do today. but he did not stop her. firstly, alchemy inheritances were extremely precious. for example, the chen family had obtained the second-tier artifact refinement inheritance by relying on the accumulation of battle merits of the immortal generation cultivators who had narrowly escaped death several times. secondly, he believed in chen daoxuan¡¯s strength. in reality. chen xianhe was probably the person who understood chen daoxuan¡¯s strength the most. because chen xianhe had seen his growth bit by bit. this included chen daoxuan, who didn¡¯t even know a single sword scripture two years ago. now, he was already half a step into the threshold of sword intent. chen xianhe couldn¡¯t describe the progress he had made. no one knew this secret except chen xianhe. outsiders knew that chen daoxuan had amazing talent in swordsmanship, but they all thought that he had learned swordsmanship from a young age to achieve such amazing achievements. no one knew. chen daoxuan only spent less than two years to reach his current level. if this matter were to be exposed¡­ chen daoxuan was either chosen by a high-level cultivator and accepted as a disciple. another possibility was that it was destroyed by a jealous cultivator. after all, chen xianhe was well aware of the darkness of the human heart. patting chen daoxuan on the shoulder, chen xianhe signaled for him to go back and rest. a smile appeared on chen daoxuan¡¯s pale face as he nodded. the next day. after chen daoxuan¡¯s zhenqi had completely recovered, he bade farewell to chen xianhe. he drove the family¡¯s gray cloud towards twin lakes island. this time. the chen family had gained too much. it was not an exaggeration to say that it was a huge harvest. putting aside the various treasures he had obtained. let¡¯s talk about the most important legacies for cultivation clans. this time. chen daoxuan had obtained a level one natal spiritual armor inheritance, a level one talisman creation inheritance, a level two artifact refining inheritance, and a total of eleven offensive, defensive, and escape spells from the auction house. fire attribute foundation establishment cultivation technique, red sun technique. tier 1 sword scripture,[aged metal sword scripture]. there was also the most precious second-tier alchemy inheritance. of course, he didn¡¯t buy this second-tier alchemy inheritance from the auction house. it was an unexpected gain. he could be considered to have picked up the wu family¡¯s loophole. actually, it wasn¡¯t really a good thing. this was because even if the wu family bought this female cultivator from the yun nation, they might not be able to obtain this alchemy inheritance. the reason why this female cultivator from the yun nation was willing to reveal her alchemy heritage was entirely because chen daoxuan was only at the qi condensation stage. she felt that she was completely capable of controlling the situation. who knew that he would encounter a pervert like chen daoxuan who couldn¡¯t be measured by common sense. the result was tragic. a car flipped in the gutter. a month later. chen daoxuan finally returned to shuanghu island with a fleet full of goods. they returned to shuanghu island. breathing in the fresh air on the island, chen daoxuan relaxed. it felt so good to be home! after getting off the ship, chen daoxuan stood at the dock and looked at the clansmen who were constantly moving goods. he sighed inwardly. after looking at the busy clansmen on the dock for a while, chen daoxuan used the wind manipulation technique and flew toward his spiritual residence. this time, he had gained too many things from guang ¡®an prefecture. it was not only tangible gains, but also intangible gains. to the chen family. the biggest gain from this trip was the attitude of the zhou clan. as the largest family in guang ¡®an prefecture, the zhou family¡¯s attitude undoubtedly determined the internal environment of guang¡¯ an prefecture. if the zhou clan decided to oppose the guang ¡®an immortal alliance¡­ as a member of guang ¡®an prefecture, the chen family of shuanghu island could hardly be spared. this was undoubtedly extremely disadvantageous to the development of the clan. however, after meeting zhou mubai, chen daoxuan clearly felt that zhou mubai didn¡¯t seem to have much hostility towards the guang ¡®an immortal alliance. one had to know. zhou mubai was the only heir to the zhou family¡¯s clan leader. his attitude would almost certainly determine the zhou family¡¯s attitude towards the guang ¡®an immortal alliance in the future. the zhou clan had no intention of becoming enemies with guang ¡®an immortal alliance. this was good news for the other neutral small families and the families of the guang ¡®an immortal alliance. in fact, although the guang ¡®an immortal alliance was powerful, which family in it did not fear the zhou family? it was just that everyone had forcefully joined forces for the sake of benefits. if they were to really go against the zhou family, no one would have the guts to do so. he returned to the spiritual residence with ease. looking at the spirit pool overflowing with spirit qi in the courtyard, chen daoxuan sat cross-legged on a futon made of warm jade in front of the spirit pool. he thought about it. he took out a jade slip from his storage pouch. this jade slip wasn¡¯t the inheritance or cultivation technique he had obtained from the auction, nor was it a tier 2 alchemy inheritance. instead, it was a book zhou mubai had given him before he left. it was about his experience in comprehending sword essence. in reality. chen daoxuan¡¯s sword dao had not improved for more than half a year. in other words, he was like yang gongwan, stuck at the threshold of sword intent. however, there was a difference between the two. yang gongwan was lacking in comprehension, while chen daoxuan¡¯s family background was lacking. chen daoxuan¡¯s current strength was definitely the ceiling of the chen family¡¯s cultivators in shuanghu island. it was undoubtedly a fool¡¯s dream to find useful cultivation experience in the clan treasury. as for the experience in the realm of the sword¡­ other than chen daoxuan, no one else in the chen family of shuanghu island could cultivate a first-order sword scripture to perfection. not to mention that he was only one step away from comprehending sword essence. therefore, he had no choice. that was why chen daoxuan placed so much importance on the jade slip that zhou mubai had left for him. after all, a swordsman¡¯s experience and comprehension of the tao of the sword was a precious treasure that could not be measured by spirit stones. chen daoxuan had received such a great favor, he would definitely repay it in the future. thinking of this, chen daoxuan threw away all distracting thoughts and immersed himself in the experience and comprehension of the jade slip.. Chapter 104 - Chapter 104: Sword Intent and Swordsman chapter 104: sword intent and swordsman translator: daoist6fubtiw the jade slip zhou mubai had left him said that it contained some experiences and insights. however, when chen daoxuan looked at it carefully, he realized that zhou mubai¡¯s analysis of sword dao was quite detailed. it was not an exaggeration to say that it was a sword dao inheritance. the jade slip introduced the history of sword principle in the infinite star sea at the beginning. in reality. a thousand years ago, the qian yuan sword sect hadn¡¯t risen to rule the infinite star sea yet. the cultivators of the infinite star sea used all kinds of magic tools. some used spirit rulers, some used seals, some used whips, and some even used hammers. there were all kinds of magic tools. however, the reason why the cultivators of the infinite star sea were using the same kind of magic tools was that more than 90% of the offensive magic tools were flying swords. rather than saying that he was influenced by the qian yuan sword sect, it would be better to say that he was afraid of being beaten up by the qian yuan sword sect. it was human instinct to learn from the strong, and cultivators were no exception. after countless battles in which the qian yuan sword sect ruled the infinite star sea, the heavenly sword sect had been defeated. the cultivators of the infinite star sea had thoroughly understood the terror of sword xiu. it was during that period that they were known as the number one sword xiu in terms of offense among their peers. as for the qian yuan sword sect. there was a strict standard for the division of sword dao realms. this standard was sword intent. in short. those who comprehended sword essence were sword cultivators. otherwise, it was not. however, for cultivators who had comprehended sword intent, there was naturally a difference between a foundation establishment cultivator comprehending sword intent and a zifu disciple comprehending sword intent. this was related to the tempering of the sword intent towards true essence and magic power. why was a swordsman called the best among his peers? he relied on his true essence and dharmic powers that were stronger than cultivators of the same level after being tempered by sword intent. if one had to compare it, it was somewhat like when a cultivator reached the foundation establishment stage, the attribute cultivation technique would increase the power of true essence. however, there was a huge difference. this was because the true essence and magic power that had been tempered by the sword intent could also be used to cultivate attributed cultivation techniques. this meant that a sword cultivator¡¯s true essence and magic power were always stronger than cultivators of the same level. the basic quintessential essence and dharmic powers were stronger, and sword cultivators naturally stood at the height of being looked up to by cultivators of the same level. not to mention that swordsmen had unparalleled sword techniques. the power of all kinds of sword scriptures was shocking. this was also the reason why zhou mubai was able to heavily injure the late-stage purple prefecture master of the merfolk clan with just a cultivation level of the first level of the purple prefecture realm. if it was an ordinary cultivator. let alone a first-level zifu disciple being a match for a late-stage zifu disciple, it would already be quite good if he could survive. the more advanced a cultivator was, the greater the difference between the early and late stages. for example, chen daoxuan was able to kill an early-stage foundation establishment cultivator at the late-stage of the aura refining realm. however, very few foundation establishment cultivators were able to kill zifu disciples. not to mention the cross-realm killing. it was almost impossible. it was even extremely difficult to kill enemies who were of a higher cultivation level. generally speaking, if you could cross a small realm and remain undefeated, it meant that your actual combat ability far exceeded that of cultivators of the same cultivation level. this was obvious. how terrifying was zhou mubai¡¯s battle record back then? back then, if the merman clan leader had run slower, or if zhou mubai had disregarded his injuries and insisted on chasing after him, he would have been killed. luo li¡¯s father would probably be in a tragic situation. in the courtyard. chen daoxuan, who was sitting cross-legged on the warm jade futon, looked down. the tempering of sword intent usually started from the foundation establishment stage. refining quintessential essence into sword origin. sword origin was actually a special title that sword cultivators gave to their sword essence after tempering their true essence. zhou mubai even mentioned it in the jade scroll. legend had it that if a cultivator¡¯s comprehension and talent in the way of the sword were heaven-defying and could comprehend sword essence at the meditational level, then he would have one more chance to temper himself than other sword cultivators. however, even if there really was a cultivator with such heaven-defying talent, zhou mubai wouldn¡¯t recommend him to do so. this was because the biggest obstacle for a qi condensation cultivator to build their foundation was to expand their sea of qi. in order to expand the sea of qi, a qi condensation cultivator must ensure that his true qi is extremely calm. even cultivating elemental cultivation techniques would reduce the success rate of building a foundation, let alone the true qi after tempering. when a cultivator used a foundation establishment pill, it would make the transformed true essence less violent. if there was a qi condensation cultivator with heaven-defying talent who used sword intent to refine his genuine qi at the qi condensation stage, when his special genuine qi transformed into genuine yuan, the degree of violence would be no less than the genuine yuan refined by a foundation building sword cultivator. how could a qi condensation cultivator¡¯s dantian and sea of qi withstand such pressure? the only ending was¡­ before the violent true qi could completely transform into true essence, the dantian qi sea was directly exploded. it would be a joke to expand the sea of qi. in the jade scroll. zhou mubai only sighed slightly at the existence of this kind of sword cultivator. after all, zhou mubai was a sword cultivator himself. he had no expectations of the ultimate level that a sword cultivator could reach in theory. it was definitely a lie. not to mention zhou mubai. when chen daoxuan saw his introduction, he couldn¡¯t help but have a longing for this kind of sword cultivator. over the past two years. chen daoxuan spent the most time comprehending on sword dao. it could be said that he had already made it clear that he would walk the path of a swordsman in the future. at the very least, the path of sword cultivation would be his main path in the future. as for the other branches, they could only be considered the products of his leisure and elegance. in addition, he was now half a step away from comprehending sword essence. he was only a step away from comprehending sword essence. it was completely possible for him to achieve what zhou mubai had said, to comprehend sword essence at the qi condensation stage. however, in order to become a legendary sword cultivator, comprehending sword essence at the qi condensation stage was only the most basic requirement. foundation establishment was the biggest obstacle. of course. foundation establishment was difficult, but the benefits one could obtain after foundation establishment were also great. once such a cultivator succeeded in building his foundation, it meant that he could use his sword intent to temper his true qi and true essence once in both the meditational and foundational levels. his foundation was more solid than other sword cultivators. no one in the same level could compare to him in terms of true essence and magic power. one had to know. cultivators did not seek to be strong just because they were brave and ruthless. instead, it had practical significance. this practical significance was reflected when a cultivator broke through to the aurous core stage. why was it rumored that zhou mubai had a higher chance of breaking through to the golden core stage than patriarch zhou, a peak zifu disciple? the reason was his strength! aurous core stage cultivators were different from the other cultivators. when a cultivator broke through to the aurous core stage, they would face the first heavenly tribulation in their cultivation life, which was also known as the aurous core tribulation. at this time, if the cultivation technique that the cultivator cultivated was the kind that was easy to cultivate in the early stages and easy to break through. then the chances of passing the golden core tribulation would be minuscule. the more comfortable it was in the early stages, the more miserable it was when he broke through to the golden core realm. this was also the reason why cultivators were only recognized as high-level cultivators after reaching the aurous core stage. only golden core cultivators had faced the might of heaven and knew how terrifying it was. after transcending the tribulation. the mental state of a golden core cultivator was often very different from before. swordsmen, on the other hand, were the strongest among their peers due to their tyrannical strength. their chances of passing the golden core tribulation were much higher. as long as the sword xiu did not seek death, they would basically be able to safely pass the golden core tribulation.. Chapter 105 - Chapter 105: The Concept of a Dantian Pressure Stabilizer chapter 105: the concept of a dantian pressure stabilizer translator: daoist6fubtiw about a day and a night. chen daoxuan finally finished reading the contents of the jade slip. other than some miscellaneous notes in the front. most of the contents of the jade slip were about zhou mubai¡¯s comprehension of sword essence. and this kind of comprehension was exactly what chen daoxuan urgently lacked. after reading the comprehension in this jade slip, he was able to understand the meaning behind it. he actually had some ideas on how to comprehend sword essence. the bottleneck of his sword dao, which had been stuck for more than half a year, also began to loosen. zhou mubai¡¯s comprehension of sword intent could be summarized in four words: fuse dao with the sword. for example, chen daoxuan¡¯s main cultivation, wind and rain sword scripture and stone sword scripture, were obviously wind, water and earth attribute sword scriptures. chen daoxuan wanted to comprehend sword essence. one had to have some understanding of the dao of wind, water, and the dao of earth. finally, one had to fuse the dao with the sword in order to truly comprehend sword intent. so¡­ it looked like he had half a foot in the threshold of sword intent, but in reality, there was still a world of difference between him and truly comprehending sword intent. once this step was crossed, it would be a completely different world. this was also the reason why sword cultivators looked down on cultivators of the same level. when chen daoxuan saw this, the huge rock in his heart was instead put down. if it was said that he was unable to enter because he could not find the direction, no matter how heaven-defying his comprehension ability was, he could not have self-taught and created his own path, right? at the very least, the lianqi chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t do this. now that zhou mubai had provided them with a specific direction, the next problem was easy to solve. he wanted to comprehend the dao of wind, the dao of water, and the dao of earth. was there a better way than cultivating spells of various attributes? wind-type, water-type, and earth-type spells contained the dao patterns of each attribute. the deeper one¡¯s understanding of spells, the deeper one¡¯s understanding of the great dao. this method was also mentioned in detail in the jade slip that zhou mubai had left behind. as for how to integrate the wind, water, and earth paths into the sword path after comprehending them, zhou mubai could only describe it as something that could only be understood, but was difficult to explain. regarding this. chen daoxuan didn¡¯t mind. since the general direction had been found, the remaining problems were not problems anymore. as for the wind, water, and earth attribute spells, chen daoxuan had coincidentally bought them all at the zhou auction house. there was no need to make another trip to guang ¡®an prefecture to purchase it. having solved the problem of comprehending sword essence, chen daoxuan felt as if a huge rock had been lifted from his heart. but immediately after. he began to consider the problem of building his foundation after comprehending sword essence. compared to comprehending sword essence in the meditational stage, comprehending sword essence and refining genuine qi, how to build a foundation was a more difficult problem for him. that¡¯s right. chen daoxuan planned to try to become a legendary sword cultivator. moreover, he felt that he was not completely confident. however, this way, his foundation establishment might have to be delayed by a few years. but he didn¡¯t care. foundation establishment was the foundation of the immortal dao. it was like building a house. if the foundation was not firm, how could the house be built high and stable? cultivation was the same. if the foundation laid by the foundation establishment was not stable, his future achievements were bound to be limited. however, for the vast majority of itinerant cultivators, building their foundation was their lifelong wish. as for a higher realm, it was not something that ordinary itinerant cultivators could dream of. but chen daoxuan was different. he had a golden finger like the primordial enlightenment scripture, and he also had the endless resources provided by the chen family. on the path of cultivation, if there was anything that chen daoxuan lacked¡­ then he probably lacked someone to guide him. overall, chen daoxuan¡¯s cultivation conditions were already considered top-notch. he could set his sights higher and pursue a further prospect. therefore, he had no choice. he wanted to become the legendary sword cultivator recorded in zhou mubai¡¯s jade slip. he wanted to become that kind of swordsman. there was only one problem that chen daoxuan had to solve, and that was foundation establishment. and when he looked at it in detail. it should be the expansion of the sea of qi, one of the two major obstacles of foundation establishment. the difficulty of tempering his body with spiritual energy was nothing to chen daoxuan. he had been cultivating the dragon python i leaven-swallowing technique all this while. now, he could almost withstand the lowest level of low-grade tier 1 magic tools by relying on his physical body. even though this level of physical strength was useless to late-stage qi refinement cultivators, at least the difficulty of tempering his body with spiritual energy was not difficult for him. only the sea of qi expanded. the tempered genuine qi would transform into genuine vitality, which would put a great pressure on the sea of qi. at that time, it would not expand, but explode. therefore, he had no choice. if he wanted his sea of vital energy to expand smoothly, he had to install a pressure regulator on his sea of vital energy. chen daoxuan¡¯s thoughts spread out. and this pressure regulator had to exist in the sea of qi. according to chen daoxuan¡¯s knowledge, only a life-bound magic item could exist in the sea of vital energy. it could be absorbed into the sea of vital energy by cultivators. then ¡­ to create a life¡¯s sea of qi refiner? chen daoxuan had a strange expression. he realized that he was getting bolder and bolder. but thinking about it carefully, wasn¡¯t the path of cultivation developed step by step by these bold people? if his predecessors could do it, why couldn¡¯t he, chen daoxuan? thinking of this¡­ chen daoxuan¡¯s nervous heart became firm again. no! perhaps it should not be called a pressure regulator, but a true energy storage device. when a cultivator reached foundation establishment, their true qi would first skyrocket, and in the process of skyrocketing, it would gradually transform into true essence. at the same time, the cultivator¡¯s dantian sea of qi would also expand bit by bit. in other words. a cultivator¡¯s sea of qi was opened by the soaring true qi or true essence. if¡­the soaring primeval essence was just enough to open up his qi sea. or rather, the speed of growth of primeval essence was controllable. would the expansion of qi sea become smooth? he thought about it carefully. what did the foundation establishment pill rely on to increase the probability of reaching foundation establishment? it was all because of the foundation establishment pill that could calm the violent true essence. however, the foundation establishment pill only soothed the berserk primeval essence and did not reduce the total amount of primeval essence. thus, there was still the risk of his sea of vital energy rupturing and his breakthrough failing. if a cultivator had such a life-bound magical treasure in their dantian, it could absorb the excess true qi when it surged. it was equivalent to adding another dantian to the sea of qi in the dantian. it greatly reduced the pressure on a cultivator¡¯s qi sea when they reached foundation establishment. it made the expansion of the sea of qi controllable. thinking of this¡­ chen daoxuan was slightly excited. if such a magic tool could be invented, as long as there were sufficient resources, every cultivator of the chen family could reach the foundation establishment realm in the future. from now on, the success rate of foundation establishment would no longer depend on the 70% to 80% of foundation establishment pills, but 100% success. foundation establishment would no longer be a difficult obstacle for cultivators on the path of cultivation. unfortunately¡­ chen daoxuan thought of chen xianhe again. this method was useless against thirteenth uncle. if it was said that other cultivators built their foundation, they were afraid that the soaring true qi would burst their qi sea. the cultivator who was over sixty years old was unable to transform his true qi into true essence and open his sea of qi. this was also the reason why the mo clan leader had taken the risk to intercept the chen clan¡¯s cargo ship. after sixty years old, the chances of a cultivator reaching foundation establishment were slim, let alone an old man like chen xianhe, who had a lifespan of nearly a hundred years.. Chapter 106 - Chapter 106: Dao Chu, Eat My Sword (1) chapter 106: dao chu, eat my sword (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw a month later. shuanghu island industrial zone. in a production room of the rainbow sonar flying sword factory. chen daoxuan stood in front of a silver-white harmonious spirit furnace, staring at it with all his attention. beside him, the eleven-year-old chen daochu, who looked like a little adult, stood with his hands by his side and looked at the furnace nervously. ¡°don¡¯t be nervous.¡± chen daoxuan seemed to have sensed something and comforted her without turning his head. ¡°no¡­ i¡¯m not nervous.¡± chen daochu gulped. seeing this, chen daoxuan smiled and continued to operate the furnace. an hour later. after twenty hours of smelting, the spirit ore in the furnace was finally melted. ¡± tsk, tenth water pure gold is indeed a level two spirit ore. it took me several times more time than a normal level one spirit ore to refine a mere five kilograms of tenth water pure gold.¡± after sighing, chen daoxuan operated the control stick and took out the refined tenth water pure gold. at the same time. in the other production room¡¯s harmonious spirit stove, the materials refined from several types of level one spirit ores were also taken out. chen daoxuan used his divine sense to scan the area and took out the semi-finished materials from another workshop. two different spirit liquids refined from different spirit ores appeared in front of him. one was refined from the tenth water essence gold, and the other was refined from several types of grade-1 spirit ores. now, chen daoxuan wanted to fuse the two. this step. he could no longer rely on the harmonious spirit stove. because after this period of experimentation, chen daoxuan discovered that the spirit fusion array could not fuse the spirituality of different grades of spirit ores together. it seemed that the spirit energy of different grades of spirit ores was too delicate and needed to be personally operated by the armament master. chen daoxuan knew. this might be the limit of harmonious spirit formation. if he wanted to complete a more detailed operation, he would have to invent a new generation of harmonious spirit array on the basis of the existing harmonious spirit array. however, he was not discouraged. after all, how could there be a tier 1 formation that could solve all the problems of refining spirit ores of all grades? wouldn¡¯t that be heaven-defying? he threw away the distracting thoughts in his mind. chen daoxuan held his breath and slowly fused the two spiritual liquids together. if there were any artifact refiners present, they would realize that chen daoxuan was not only fusing the two spiritual liquids, but also the spirituality in the spiritual liquids. he was also fusing them together bit by bit. it was still easy to fuse the spirituality of a level 1 spirit ore. however, the tenth water pure gold was a second tier spirit ore. this proved that chen daoxuan already possessed the ability of a second tier armament master to refine materials. as for shaping and fusing formations, with chen daoxuan¡¯s comprehension, it was even more so. in other words, the current chen daoxuan could already be called a second rank armament master. even in a big sect like the qian yuan sword sect, it was extremely rare to see a second level refiner in the late stage of qi refining. after fusing all the spiritual liquid, the following molding was completed easily. at this point. chen daoxuan let out a sigh of relief. he lifted the semi-finished prototype in the air and turned to chen daogu.¡±i mixed grade-2 tenth water pure gold into your natal spiritual armor. therefore, although it was a superior-grade level one spiritual armor, the defensive power it could display was almost comparable to a second-grade inferior-grade defensive magic tool. so later, you have to spit out a few more mouthfuls of your life essence blood to refine your life spirit armor, understand?¡± ¡°yes, yes, yes!¡± chen daochu looked at the semi-finished prototype in the air and nodded hurriedly. chen daoxuan nodded and focused on refining chen daochu¡¯s natal spiritual armor. six hours passed. chen daoxuan¡¯s forehead was covered in fine sweat. he had also consumed seventy percent of his genuine qi. he had finally carved the ninth layer of the array pattern. compared to refining flying swords. the difficulty of refining the natal spiritual armor was much greater. it was almost as difficult as refining a level two flying sword. the reason for this was because¡­ it was because the array patterns on the natal spiritual armor were more complicated than the flying swords. this was because it had to ensure that the ling armor did not have any defensive weaknesses, which further increased the difficulty of refining. ¡°dao chu, hurry!¡± chen daochu, who had been waiting for this moment for a long time, took a deep breath. ¡°wow!¡± ¡°wow!¡± ¡°wow!¡± he spat out three mouthfuls of blood essence, covering the spirit armor embryo that was covered with array patterns. in the next moment. his blood essence followed the formation patterns and slowly fused into the embryo. chen daochu suddenly felt that he had an indescribable feeling of blood connection with this ling armor. ¡°not enough!¡± chen daoxuan shouted. hearing this, chen daochu¡¯s small face tensed up, and he spat out two mouthfuls of blood again. this time. chen daochu¡¯s aura of the fifth qi layer instantly weakened. even though his face was as pale as paper, his eyes shone with excitement. because he saw that the dense array patterns on the ling armor were fusing into the embryo along with his life blood essence and disappearing. as a blacksmith himself, he knew that this was a sign of a successful fusion of magic tools. this also meant that his natal spiritual armor had been successfully refined. ¡°alright!¡± chen daoxuan retracted his genuine qi. chen daochu¡¯s natal spiritual armor was like a child as it circled around chen daochu. full of spirituality! this word suddenly appeared in chen daoxuan¡¯s mind. this was another difference between a life-bound magic weapon and an ordinary magic weapon. even though ordinary magic tools also had spirituality, they were still inferior to life-bound magic tools that had been fused with their master¡¯s heart blood. ¡°dao chu, try it on!¡± chen daoxuan coughed and said when he saw chen daochu forget himself. ¡°oh, okay!¡± chen daochu came to his senses. like a swallow returning to its nest, the natal spiritual armor kept shrinking. then, it turned into a ball of spiritual light and drilled into chen daochu¡¯s belly button. chen daochu was shocked at first. however, he soon realized that this ball of spiritual light did not cause any harm to him. he could not help but touch his abdomen strangely. ¡°how magical.¡± after muttering to himself, chen daochu¡¯s divine sense moved. the natal spiritual armor instantly appeared on the surface of his body. in the beginning, it was as if a ball of spiritual light had enveloped his body. immediately after, the spiritual light faded, and a full body armor with a metallic texture firmly protected chen daochu. this scene¡­ it immediately attracted the attention of the cultivators of the dao generation who were working in the other workshops, and they all swept their divine senses over. chen daoxuan discovered that there was even a little fellow who had crippled a flying sword because of this. however, when he saw the other party¡¯s tender face, he really couldn¡¯t bear to scold him. ¡°let¡¯s go out and try this instance dungeon life spirit armor.¡± after thinking for a while, he looked at the other workshops and shook his head. he sent a voice transmission,¡±forget it. i¡¯ll take it as a day off. you guys should go and take a look together.¡± ¡°oh!¡± hearing this. all the cultivators of the dao generation cheered. even though the workload of the flying sword factory wasn¡¯t huge, it was still very torturous to stay in the factory every day. especially since these little fellows were not old. if they were on earth, they would be a group of primary school students. to be honest, chen daoxuan was already very satisfied that this group of cultivators of the dao generation could control their temper. not long after. a group of cultivators of the dao generation came to a plain a few miles away from the industrial zone. ¡°let¡¯s do it here.¡± chen daoxuan descended and said. the others followed suit. it was not until chen daochu finished putting on his natal spiritual armor that chen daoxuan took out his cheng ying sword and said, ¡°¡±are you ready?¡± ¡°yes.¡± chen daochu nodded vigorously. even though he knew that the defensive power of the natal spiritual armor was amazing, he still couldn¡¯t help but feel nervous. after all, the person in front of him was the young clan leader who had taught him how to cultivate and be a person since he was young. looking at chen daochu who was less than 1.5 meters tall in a streamlined ling armor, chen daoxuan¡¯s childlike innocence rose. he laughed and said, ¡°¡±dao chu, eat my sword!¡± ¡°all!¡± chen daochu panicked and immediately cried out in shock.. Chapter 107 - Chapter 107: Armed Family Cultivators (1) chapter 107: armed family cultivators (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw ¡°clang!¡± the cheng ying sword¡¯s sword radiance shot out in all directions and hacked at chen daochu¡¯s natal spiritual armor, producing a crisp sound of metal clashing. ¡°i¡¯m fine! haha, i¡¯m fine!¡± seeing that the natal spiritual armor had blocked chen daoxuan¡¯s attack, the originally nervous chen daochu suddenly smiled happily. seeing him like this, chen daoxuan smiled and said, ¡°¡±don¡¯t be too happy yet. that sword attack of mine was only equivalent to the attack of a third qi layer cultivator with a first tier upper grade magic tool. it would be strange if you couldn¡¯t block it with your level one high-grade natal spiritual armor, which is comparable to a level two defensive magic tool.¡± at this point, the expression on chen daoxuan¡¯s face became serious.¡±¡± the next sword strike is at the fifth qi layer. be careful!¡± hearing this. chen daochu¡¯s expression turned serious. on the field. the other cultivators of the dao generation also had tense faces as they stared at chen daoxuan and chen daogu. ¡°tsk!¡± the cheng ying sword tore through the air, making an inaudible sound. the flying sword was nine feet in length and flew toward chen daochu like a streak of light. chen daochu continued to infuse the true qi from his dantian into his natal spiritual armor. in the next moment. the cheng ying sword and his natal spiritual armor collided again, and an even more intense explosion sounded on the field. immediately after. an invisible shockwave swept past, causing everyone¡¯s clothes to flutter. the dust dispersed. everyone focused their eyes and saw chen daochu standing in the air unharmed. ¡°he blocked it!¡± the cultivators of the dao generation were excited. chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but feel a little excited as he asked, ¡°¡±how is it?¡± chen daochu moved his arms and felt the powerful spiritual light on his natal spiritual armor. he grinned and said, ¡°¡±it doesn¡¯t feel strong enough.¡± he saw that his attitude was completely different from before. chen daoxuan knew that he was conquered by the powerful defense of the natal spiritual armor. now, he probably felt that he could withstand all attacks from qi condensation cultivators. in other words. he was just a little too arrogant. chen daoxuan didn¡¯t say anything. another sword slashed toward chen daochu. this time, it was equivalent to a full force attack from a ninth level qi refinement cultivator. since chen daoxuan was only at the eighth qi layer, he used a bit of the wind chasing sword technique. as the peak of the refinement stage, a ninth level cultivator could unleash the full power of a first-tier superior-grade flying sword. even the current chen daoxuan did not dare to underestimate it. after all, chen daoxuan¡¯s offensive power far exceeded the upper limit of a qi condensation cultivator, but his defensive power was only slightly stronger than a ninth level qi condensation cultivator. this was a defensive ability that he only possessed after he had cultivated the monolith sword technique to perfection. no matter what, a flying sword was a sharp weapon. even if it was a defensive sword scripture, it emphasized on attacking instead of defending. it was almost impossible to have a sword scripture that was purely defensive. hence, rather than calling it a defensive sword scripture, it was more like a special offensive sword scripture. what was important was to use attacks to intercept attacks. it was fundamentally different from a pure defensive magic artifact like the natal spiritual armor. ¡°boom!¡± the power of a ninth-level qi refinement cultivator¡¯s attack even made the surrounding dao cultivators slightly unsteady. when everyone saw such a violent attack, their faces turned pale in fear. after all, most of the cultivators present were only at the second or third level of the aura refining realm, far less than chen daochu and chen daolan, who were at the fifth level of the aura refining realm. as a result, under the shockwave, other than chen daolan, everyone else on the field was a little unsteady. after a while. with chen daochu as the center, a deep pit with a diameter of several meters appeared in front of everyone. everyone knew that this was the result of the collision between the flying sword and chen daochu¡¯s natal spiritual armor. however, no one cared about this at the moment. they all turned their gazes to chen daochu. ¡°how is it?¡± chen daoxuan asked loudly,¡± if you can¡¯t hold on, don¡¯t force yourself.¡± hearing this, chen daochu, who had originally planned to give up, became stubborn and shouted, ¡°¡±i¡¯m fine. it feels like i was lightly punched.¡± hearing this. chen daoxuan was suddenly moved. chen daochu only felt a slight impact from this attack, which meant that there was still a long way to go before this attack could break through the defense of his natal spiritual armor. thinking of this, chen daoxuan¡¯s expression turned solemn. ¡°how much true qi do you have left?¡± ¡°reporting to young clan leader, there is still more than 90%.¡± it was a little terrifying that chen daochu had only used up less than ten percent of his zhenqi to withstand the attacks of a third, fifth, and ninth layer cultivator. ¡°dao chu, i¡¯ll use the wind chasing sword art with all my might for the next sword attack. if you can withstand it, then with this natal spiritual armor, you will be able to dominate qi condensation cultivators!¡± with chen daoxuan¡¯s cultivation at the eighth qi layer, even though he couldn¡¯t compare to his most powerful technique, the wind chasing sword technique, it was still far beyond the attack limit of a qi layer cultivator. if the power of a ninth qi layer cultivator riding a first-tier superior-grade flying sword was 1, then the power of chen daoxuan¡¯s perfected wind chasing sword technique was at least 2. it had more than doubled. chen daochu seemed to know that the next sword attack was not simple. he immediately poured all his genuine qi into his natal spiritual armor. his small face tensed up as he stared at the cheng ying sword hanging in front of chen daoxuan. in an instant. chen daochu felt his vision blur and the cheng ying sword disappeared. at the same time. chen daochu felt a piercing pain in his chest. this time, he was finally unable to maintain his figure and was directly sent flying by chen daoxuan¡¯s sword. ¡°cough, cough, cough!¡± hundreds of meters away. chen daochu descended in a sorry state, and his natal spiritual armor returned to his dantian. chen daochu first spat out five mouthfuls of blood from his heart, and then he was pulled by chen daoxuan to do the defense experiment of the natal spiritual armor. his face was extremely pale. especially chen daoxuan¡¯s last sword, although it still did not reach the defensive limit of the natal spiritual armor. however, chen daochu¡¯s cultivation base was limited, and he was unable to unleash the full defensive power of his natal spiritual armor. therefore, he was slightly injured. seeing the trace of blood at the corner of chen daochu¡¯s mouth, chen daoxuan took two steps forward and held his hand without saying anything. he circulated his genuine qi through his body. ¡°young clan leader, i¡¯m fine.¡± chen daochu said shyly. after a quick check, he realized that chen daochu had only suffered a small impact on his chest. this injury was not even considered a light injury. if chen daochu hadn¡¯t spat out five mouthfuls of blood essence, he wouldn¡¯t have suffered such a small injury. this was a little terrifying. the defensive ability of the natal spiritual armor was no longer just enough to block the attacks of ordinary aura refining cultivators. he could even block chen daoxuan¡¯s attack, which surpassed the upper limit of a aura refining cultivator. what kind of concept was this? if only every cultivator of the mo clan had a copy of this life spirit armor and no outsiders interfered in their battles. at that time, it was really a different matter who would win. chen daoxuan felt that the possibility of him being defeated and fleeing for his life was higher. because almost all the mo clan cultivators were at the late stage of qi refinement, even if chen daoxuan used the wind and rain sword, it would be very difficult for him to break through the opponent¡¯s defense in a short time. since they couldn¡¯t break through the opponent¡¯s defense, the mo clan cultivators could attack chen daoxuan with all their might. with chen daoxuan¡¯s defensive ability, he couldn¡¯t withstand the attacks of more than ten mo clan cultivators. if he didn¡¯t run for his life, would he just wait for death? chen daoxuan¡¯s thoughts turned. if every cultivator of the chen clan could wear such a set of natal spiritual armor, the strength of the clan would increase by leaps and bounds. thinking of this¡­ chen daoxuan looked at chen daochu with a burning gaze.. Chapter 108 - Chapter 108: New Cultivation System (1) chapter 108: new cultivation system (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw not just chen daoxuan. when the other cultivators of the dao generation saw chen daochu wearing such a handsome and powerful natal spiritual armor, their small faces all revealed envious expressions. that little expression almost said,¡±i want it too!¡± seeing everyone¡¯s expressions, chen daoxuan felt amused and couldn¡¯t help but secretly calculate in his heart. natal spiritual armor was different from flying swords. not only was it more difficult to refine, but most importantly, the cost was also much higher than a flying sword. armors were more expensive than swords. it seemed that even in the cultivation world, this principle was the same. refining a high-grade level one flying sword. the cost of production usually did not exceed two to three hundred spirit stones, but the price was as high as five hundred spirit stones. therefore, he had no choice. when a flying sword reached first-tier superior-grade, its profits would skyrocket. it would no longer be like a first-tier inferior-grade or a first-tier intermediate-grade flying sword, which might even incur losses. as long as a weapon refinement master had the ability to refine a superior-grade tier 1 flying sword, they would basically earn a lot. it was just a matter of how much they earned based on the success rate of the armament master. as for defensive magic tools¡­ generally, there were very few people who sold them in the magical equipment market. even in the high-end magical equipment markets run by the wu and zhou clans, defensive magical equipment rarely appeared. firstly, this kind of magic tool consumed a lot of materials, the cost of refining was high, and the price was even more exaggerated. very few cultivators could afford it. moreover, the big clans did not want this kind of spirit armor type defensive magic tool to be overused. in fact, from chen daoxuan¡¯s experiments on ling armor defense, one could see the huge difference in strength between qi layer cultivators wearing and not wearing armor. there were also two cultivators. one was wearing ling armor, while the other was not. unless the difference in their original strength was as exaggerated as chen daoxuan and an ordinary late-stage qi refinement cultivator. otherwise, a cultivator wearing ling armor would have a crushing advantage over an armorless cultivator. the reason for this was because¡­ this was because cultivators wearing ling armor did not need to pay attention to the enemy¡¯s attacks at all. they could withstand the enemy¡¯s attacks and directly attack the other party. who could withstand such a shameless playstyle? it was just like how in ancient times, armored soldiers and unarmored soldiers were two completely different concepts. although the cultivation world was influenced by other factors, it basically followed this law. among cultivators of the same level, cultivators with defensive ling armor would often easily win against cultivators without defensive magic tools. chen daoxuan had refined this instance dungeon life spirit armor for chen daochu. excluding the labor cost of a second grade armament master like him, just the materials consumption alone, he had used up about 200 catties of various first grade spirit ores and 10 catties of second grade tenth water pure gold. level 1 spirit ores were sold at an average of 3 spirit stones per 500 grams, which was 600 spirit stones. with the addition of 10 catties of tenth water pure gold, the total cost was about 2100 spirit stones. this was only the cost. if he sold it to the outside world, how many spirit stones would it be worth? this price had far exceeded the limits of what a qi condensation cultivator could afford. it was indeed not a big problem for the chen family to give each cultivator of the dao generation a set of ling armor. however, when the cultivators of the fu generation grew up and followed this standard, even with the wealth of the chen family, they would be dragged down by the terrifying consumption of ling armor. of course. chen daoxuan could also forge ling armor according to the simplest method in the jade slip. in that case, he could save 1500 spiritual stones worth of tenth water pure gold, and his production cost would be reduced by more than half. however, this way, the defensive power of the natal spiritual armor would also be greatly weakened. this made it difficult for chen daoxuan to choose. from the depths of his heart. he didn¡¯t really want to give the chen family cultivators a weakened version of ling armor. in his opinion, it was either not to do it, or to do the best. it would save him the trouble of adding all kinds of high-grade materials and expelling the low-grade materials from the spirit armor when he upgraded his spirit armor in the future. however, among the cultivators of the dao generation, other than chen daolan and chen daochu, the utilization rate of the other cultivators was too low. it was so low that even chen daoxuan felt somewhat dissatisfied. the cultivators of the dao generation had been cultivating for almost two years. chen daolan and chen daochu were already at the fifth level of the aura refining realm and were about to enter the sixth level. as for the other cultivators of the dao generation, other than chen daochuan, who had reached the fourth qi layer, the best one was only at the third qi layer. it looked like¡­ it seemed that he had advanced from the first qi layer to the third qi layer in just two years. however, one had to know that the chen family had invested all kinds of resources for the cultivators of the dao generation. even the inner sect disciples of the qianyuan sword sect had to call them rich when they saw it. as long as the pill poison didn¡¯t affect the body, he would take all the pills he could get. even a level one water spirit pearl was too low a level to be a treasure that could aid in cultivation. he could even directly use a level two water spirit pearl to cultivate. in addition, there was an endless supply of spiritual rice. as long as the cultivators of the dao generation could eat it, the chen family would supply them no matter how much they ate. unless it was some rare cultivation resources that the chen family could not buy from guang ¡®an prefecture with spirit stones. in terms of the supply of basic cultivation resources, the chen family had really done their best. that was it. in two years, they had only broken through to the second or third qi layer from the first qi layer. how could chen daoxuan be satisfied? therefore, he had no choice. after seeing the expectant eyes of the cultivators of the dao generation. chen daoxuan did not respond immediately. because he already had a vague plan to reform the family system in his heart. just like in the past, regardless of their aptitude, cultivation progress, or refining level, the chen family would provide them with the best resources. chen daoxuan didn¡¯t plan to do it again. this method was like eating from a big pot, which greatly hurt the enthusiasm of the chen family cultivators. he wanted to change the training system. this kind of cultivation system was slightly different from the cultivation system of the big families where the quality of the spirit root determined the supply of resources. however, it was still relatively close. chen daoxuan was prepared to propose this training system at the next clan meeting. as for the other cultivators of the dao generation, their eyes were filled with anticipation. chen daoxuan pretended not to see it. for the long-term development of the family, he had to be ruthless enough. since they were going to set the rules, they had to treat everyone equally. otherwise, as time passed, the rules would become useless. clan cultivators were more vigilant than sect cultivators. this was because the cultivators of the clan were often bound by blood, and it was easier for them to bend the law for personal gain. this kind of favoritism seemed to be taking care of the kinship of the same clan, but in fact, it was extremely harmful to the clan itself. it could even completely destroy a family. this point. chen daoxuan had to be vigilant. there were only eleven cultivators in the chen family now. it seemed that everything was easy to deal with. however, there were some calamities that were buried when the family was young. chen daoxuan knew that small clans relied on unity, while big clans relied on the system. if the chen family wanted to develop into a family like the zhou family, or even a family that was bigger than the zhou family, they could only rely on the system! reforms always brought pain. fortunately, there were not many cultivators in the chen family, which meant that the reform did not affect many parties. there was not much resistance to the reform. if the chen family¡¯s current cultivation system was used to cultivate cultivators of the fu generation, they would reform it at that time. with their interests being violated, there were many clan cultivators who opposed it. thinking of this, chen daoxuan felt that reforming the family system was an urgent matter.. Chapter 109 - Chapter 109: Clan System Reformation chapter 109: clan system reformation translator: daoist6fubtiw several months later. a spirit rice transport ship docked at shuanghu island¡¯s port. chen xianhe flew down. looking at the busy harbor, he was filled with joy. chen xianhe realized that compared to when he was in charge of the clan, the current chen clan had not only seen a huge leap in strength. the mortals in the clan seemed to have more vitality than before. at the port. around the busy port, a small market town was quietly being built. this small market town was a trial that chen daoxuan had instructed changping county magistrate chen zhi to set up. at this rate of development. this small market town could develop into a new county or even a prefecture in the future. chen xianhe stood in the air and observed the busy clansmen. then, he used the wind manipulation technique and flew toward the chen family¡¯s spirit vein. after the time for an incense stick to burn. chen xianhe met chen daoxuan in the courtyard of his spiritual residence. ¡°thirteenth uncle! you¡¯re back.¡± seeing chen xianhe, chen daoxuan¡¯s face was filled with surprise. ¡°yes.¡± chen xianhe smiled and nodded.¡± your port town is doing well. 1 feel that it¡¯s even more prosperous than changping county.¡± hearing this. ¡± no,¡± chen daoxuan shook his head.¡± compared to the prosperity of guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s port, it¡¯s still too far away.¡± hearing this. chen xianhe almost couldn¡¯t catch his breath. he glared at him and said, ¡°¡±i just praised you, and you don¡¯t know your surname anymore, do you?¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan smiled awkwardly. compared to the current chen family and guang ¡®an prefecture, it was indeed a little arrogant. however¡­ chen daoxuan wasn¡¯t without confidence. this was because in his previous life, the country he was from had once created such a miracle. in just a few decades, a small fishing village had become an international metropolis. although the chen family did not have the technological advantages of his previous life, at the same time, they did not have the wonderful cultivation arts of the cultivation world in his previous life. the two of them joked. chen daoxuan told chen xianhe about his thoughts on reforming the family system. chen xianhe frowned and didn¡¯t say anything. after a while. he raised his head and said,¡± what you did was right. the current chen family is no longer the same as before. although there are only eleven cultivators now, the largest group of people in the fu generation is already three years old. in two years, they should enter the family school and step onto the path of immortality. at that time, if the current family system was used, it would definitely cause a lot of chaos. however, what you are doing now will undoubtedly make those people of the dao generation with poor aptitude dissatisfied.¡± who knew that after hearing this. ¡°i¡¯m not a spirit stone. how can i satisfy everyone?¡± chen daoxuan laughed. as long as the new family system is beneficial to the family, 1 will do my best to implement it. no one can stop me!¡± when he said this, chen daoxuan¡¯s face inadvertently revealed a hint of domineering aura. seeing him like this. ¡°you¡¯re becoming more and more like a qualified clan leader,¡± said chen xianhe, full of relief. ¡°thirteenth uncle, what do you mean by similar?¡± chen daoxuan was slightly dissatisfied. ¡°based on your tone now, it can only be like, hahaha.¡± chen xianhe stroked his beard and laughed. the next day. in chen daoxuan¡¯s courtyard. eleven cultivators of the chen clan¡¯s dao generation gathered together. compared to last year. chen daoxuan didn¡¯t chase the young cultivators of the dao generation out. because this year, even the youngest cultivator of the dao generation was already over six years old. in this world, a six-year-old child could already help the family with the fields and work. there were many people who married and started a family at the age of eleven or twelve. although cultivators were different from ordinary people, they were undoubtedly much more mature than the children in his previous life. cultivators of different ages sat in the courtyard. they were like little adults. among them, chen daochu¡¯s expression was the most serious. he glanced at everyone. ¡°since everyone is here, i hereby announce that this year¡¯s chen clan gathering has officially begun,¡± said chen daoxuan. pausing for a moment, he looked at chen xianhe and said,¡±¡± just like last year, let¡¯s first have the old chief introduce our business in guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s rogue cultivator market.¡± ¡°last year, our rainbow sonar flying sword shop opened a branch in guang ¡®an prefecture¡­¡± chen xianhe nodded. all in all, the market for magic tools in the wandering cultivator market is now completely monopolized by our clan. just this alone can bring in at least 150,000 spirit stones a year for the clan.¡± hearing this. chen daoxuan knew that the market wasn¡¯t limiting their profits in the wandering cultivator market, but productivity. currently, the chen family could only produce a maximum of 900 flying swords per month. after deducting the flying swords traded with the merfolk, there were only seven to eight hundred flying swords sold in guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s freelance martial arts market every month. after deducting the taxes paid to the zhou family, a profit of 150,000 spirit stones a year was already the limit. now, the chen family wanted to expand the profits of the flying sword shop. there were only two ways. first, he would continue to expand the flying sword factory in the industrial zone and increase productivity. the second was to increase the production of middle-grade and even high-grade level one flying swords. compared to the profit of a low-grade level one flying sword, which was less than twenty spirit stones, the profit of a middle-grade level one flying sword was more than fifty spirit stones, and the profit of a high-grade level one flying sword was as high as two to three hundred spirit stones. of course. chen daoxuan did not intend to produce a superior-grade tier 1 flying sword. because this thing was very difficult to sell in the wandering cultivator market. the profit from a high-grade level one magic tool was high, but the chen family still had to consider the purchasing power of the freelance martial artists. if it was placed in the core business district, there would still be a market for high-grade level one flying swords. however, the magical equipment market in the core business district was basically monopolized by the zhou family and the wu family. if the chen family wanted to step in, they would definitely have to fight with the zhou and wu families. this was something chen daoxuan did not want to see for the time being. what he wanted to do the most now was to completely develop the magical equipment market in the wandering cultivator market. as long as the market for magical artifacts in the wandering cultivator market was completely developed, the profits from this area alone would allow the chen family to live quite comfortably. seven to eight hundred flying swords a month was far from enough to satisfy the wandering cultivator magical equipment market. after they finished discussing the clan¡¯s most important flying sword business. ¡± cough cough.¡± chen daoxuan coughed.¡± let¡¯s talk about the production and sales of the clan¡¯s flying swords. then, let¡¯s talk about the cultivation system of the clan¡¯s cultivators that everyone is most concerned about.¡± hearing this. everyone straightened their backs. ¡± i know that for the past year, everyone has been working day and night in the flying sword factory to produce flying swords. it¡¯s really hard. on behalf of my family, i would like to thank everyone for your hard work.¡± as he spoke, chen daoxuan stood up and cupped his hands towards everyone. seeing this. everyone stood up and returned chen daoxuan¡¯s greeting. ¡°sit, sit down!¡± chen daoxuan extended his hand. hearing this, everyone hesitated and sat down again. however, for some reason, everyone felt a little uneasy. the young clan leader had always been very serious in front of everyone. no matter how one looked at it, it was not a good sign to be so polite to everyone this time! sure enough, chen daoxuan¡¯s following words verified everyone¡¯s guesses. ¡± i believe that the current cultivation system of the family is no longer suitable for the development of the family. it has reached the point where it has to be reformed!¡± chen daoxuan said in shock.. Chapter 110 - Chapter 110: Family Organization (1) chapter 110: family organization (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw hearing chen daoxuan¡¯s words. everyone held their breaths. the cultivation system of cultivators was closely related to every cultivator present. ¡°in the past two years or so, the clan has always adopted a fixed method of cultivating cultivators of the dao generation. what was fixed training? there were enough spirit pills, no lack of spirit rice, water spirit pearls, and spiritual energy. as a result, i realized that the cultivators of the dao generation are inevitably slacking off in their cultivation and learning of the hundred arts of immortal cultivation!¡± after saying that, chen daoxuan glanced at everyone. ¡± more than a year ago, i taught dao chu and the others how to forge a low-grade tier 1 flying sword, the scarlet shadow flying sword. however, more than a year has passed. chen daochu, tell me, how many low-grade tier 1 magic tools do you know how to forge now? ¡± ¡°i¡­ i¡­¡± chen daochu was suddenly called out. he stood up and stammered, unable to speak. ¡°young clan leader, i¡¯ve only mastered the refinement of three inferior-grade tier 1 flying swords.¡± after a long while, he said shyly. hearing this, chen daoxuan¡¯s eyes flashed with surprise. but he still coughed. ¡°it took me a year to master the forging of three low-grade level one magic tools. do you know how long it took me to master all the low-grade level one magic tools in my family? it¡¯s the same as you guys learning how to refine artifacts, less than two years!¡± chen daoxuan extended two fingers. ¡± moreover, the environment for you to learn armament refining is so good. tell me, are you worthy of the clan¡¯s nurturing? ¡± chen daoxuan¡¯s voice suddenly rose.¡± don¡¯t tell me you think that refining the scarlet shadow flying sword every day like a tool is your entire life from now on?¡± hearing this reprimand, everyone lowered their heads. even those cultivators who were too young and hadn¡¯t learned how to refine weapons lowered their heads and didn¡¯t dare to speak. ¡°in view of your lazy attitude, i have decided to adopt a competitive training system within the family. 1 want those cultivators who are motivated and willing to work hard to have more cultivation resources. 1 want those cultivators who are unwilling to work hard and lazy to only enjoy the most basic cultivation resources! tell me, what kind of cultivator do you want to be?¡± hearing this, everyone looked at each other. ¡°young clan leader, we will not slack off!¡± ¡°good!¡± chen daoxuan nodded in satisfaction.¡± it seems that everyone supports my reform of the cultivation system of the clan.¡± ignoring what everyone thought, chen daoxuan said, ¡°¡±since that¡¯s the case, 1¡¯11 announce the specific policy of the clan¡¯s cultivation system from now on. from today onwards. the cultivation system of the clan would be divided into three levels. basic level, elite level, core level. each level system had a huge difference in the cultivation resources they enjoyed. moreover, even if you enjoy the core training resources, don¡¯t be proud and complacent, because the family has a corresponding assessment waiting for you every year. once you are unable to complete the corresponding assessment, your resources will be downgraded. there was no need for those cultivators who were temporarily at the basic level to be discouraged. as long as they worked hard, they could also pass the assessment and enjoy higher-level resources to nurture. all in all. from now on, your training will no longer be fixed resources. instead, you will enjoy different resources according to the level of effort you put in.¡± upon hearing this, the cultivators of the dao generation finally heaved a sigh of relief. this system sounded very fair. the strong are above, the weak are below. no one thought that they were weak, especially since the cultivators of the dao generation were still so young and were at the age of being competitive. in reality. this kind of training system had already excluded cultivators with poor aptitudes from the core to a certain extent. this was because a cultivator¡¯s cultivation was very dependent on one¡¯s aptitude. with the same resources, those with good spiritual roots would improve faster than those with poor spiritual roots. even if the cultivation time of a cultivator with an upper spiritual root was less than half of that of a cultivator with a lower spiritual root, his improvement speed was still faster than that of a cultivator with a lower spiritual root. but this world was just so unfair. if he wanted absolute fairness, he could only find it in his dreams. of course. chen daoxuan also gave cultivators with poor spiritual roots a chance, which was to make some achievements in the hundred arts of immortal cultivation. for example, a cultivator with a low spiritual root, although his cultivation speed was slow, he was very talented in talisman making. then, he would also have great value in nurturing. the family was not stingy with spending more resources to nurture such talents. however, those cultivators who had no talent in cultivation, alchemy, weapon forging, talisman making, array formations, and so on could only stay at the bottom of the family and be a brick of the family. taking ten thousand steps back, having the protection of a family was better than being a rogue cultivator. chen daoxuan was pleased to see that the cultivators of the dao generation were all on steroids. he had thought that there would still be people who would be dissatisfied with the introduction of this system. however, he did not expect everyone to be so confident in themselves and feel that they were not weaker than others. good news! chen daoxuan grinned when he saw everyone¡¯s fighting spirit. after laughing for a while, he pulled a long face and continued,¡± there¡¯s one more thing. it¡¯s the cultivation period of the clan¡¯s cultivators.¡± ¡°all?¡± at this moment, everyone started to panic. everyone could accept the competitive training method. and if the clan had a fixed number of years to nurture them, what would happen to the cultivators of the chen clan once the nurturing period was over? even though they were anxious, everyone knew that the young clan leader would never abandon his clansmen. seeing everyone¡¯s calm attitude, chen daoxuan nodded. ¡°¡±from now on, our chen clan cultivators will be trained for nine years. during this period of time, the cultivators will enjoy the free training of the clan. the training levels will be based on the three levels i just mentioned. after nine years, you will graduate from the clan school. at that time, you will have two choices. first, find a job in the clan, and second, continue your studies!¡± chen daoxuan paused.¡± if you choose to work, you will naturally receive a salary. this will be your main source of cultivation resources in the future. as for continuing his studies. the family will bear the resources for your further studies. however, since this is no longer compulsory training, the family can persuade you to leave at any time according to your performance!¡± hearing this. everyone finally understood that rather than saying that this training system was designed for them, it was more accurate to say that it was designed for the people of the fu generation who were about to enter the clan school. in any case, the cultivators of the dao generation had never entered any clan school. in the beginning, it was chen daoxuan who taught them step by step in his cave abode. after that. after the establishment of the clan¡¯s spirit vein, they moved to a spirit vein with a better environment. as for the school that was about to be completed in the spirit vein, they had not enjoyed it for a day. ¡°perhaps everyone has already guessed that this training system is designed for cultivators of the fu generation. after all, your environment back then was much more difficult, and your family did not have the ability to set up a clan school.¡± speaking of this, chen daoxuan¡¯s voice was a little low. everyone also thought of the difficult times their families had gone through more than a year ago and fell silent. at this moment. ¡± young clan leader,¡± chen daochu stood up and cupped his hands.¡± we all know that the policies you¡¯ve made are all for the benefit of the clan. we are also a part of the family and are willing to make our own contributions to the family. speaking of not enjoying the family¡¯s voluntary training, could it be that young patriarch has enjoyed it?¡± finally, he heard something pleasant from chen daochu¡¯s mouth. ¡± it might be a little late for you to enter the clan school,¡± chen daoxuan said gratefully.¡± however, the resources that the clan has provided for nine years of voluntary training will still be provided to you. not only that. if you work in the flying sword factory or the flying sword shop, you will also receive an annual salary from the clan. of course, the annual salary will be distributed in the form of clan contribution points. you can take a look at the details of the clan contribution system later.¡± swallowing his saliva, chen daoxuan continued,¡± now that we¡¯re done with the family¡¯s nurturing system, let¡¯s talk about the family¡¯s organizational structure.¡± the organizational structure meant the division of power in the family. the young cultivators of the dao generation were still confused, but chen daochu, who was only a teenager, already knew what this meant and raised his spirits.. Chapter 111 - Chapter 111: Division of Clan Power (1) chapter 111: division of clan power (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw in the infinite star sea. the major cultivation clans usually adopted the elder council system to manage the clans. in other words, they would set up the first elder, second elder, third elder, and so on to manage the various matters of the family. to be honest. from chen daoxuan¡¯s perspective, this kind of management system was simply inefficient to the point of making one¡¯s hair stand on end. this was because there was a huge problem with the elder council system. the responsibilities were unclear. the elders of the council of elders seemed to be the most powerful people other than the patriarch, but what exactly was the matter of the family that each elder was responsible for? he wasn¡¯t sure. the elders could intervene in small matters, but for big matters, the elders and the clan leader would sit down and discuss together. in the end, the clan leader would make the final decision. this way¡­ if something happened, they wouldn¡¯t even be able to find the person in charge. even if the family had divided the powers of the elders, the family was big. the subordinates did not know which elders were in charge of which aspect, so it was easy for the government orders to not be effectively implemented. therefore, chen daoxuan was determined to abolish the elder council system. in other words, he wanted to make major changes on the foundation of the elders guild. at the clan meeting. just when everyone thought that chen daoxuan was going to propose the family elder system, chen daoxuan unexpectedly proposed a new system. ¡°department management system?¡± hearing this new term, everyone looked at each other. cultivators of the dao generation were slightly better. after all, they were young, and their ability to accept things was relatively strong. whether it was a family elder or a department head, they were basically new words to them. however, chen xianhe frowned. the family elder system was the management system adopted by most families in the infinite star sea. he had never heard of the department management system proposed by chen daoxuan. however, chen daoxuan had come up with a lot of new things, such as naming the workshop as a factory, changing the name of the clan school to changping first cultivation primary school, and so on. seeing that everyone was confused, chen daoxuan explained, ¡°¡±yes, it¡¯s a department management system. although our chen family has many immortal seedlings now, the oldest among the fu generation is only three years old, and the youngest is just born. in a short period of time, the cultivation of our clan¡¯s cultivators will also be at a relatively low level. we can¡¯t possibly promote a qi condensation cultivator to become a clan elder, right? wouldn¡¯t others laugh their heads off if word got out?¡± chen daoxuan randomly found a reason to talk nonsense. in fact, in guang ¡®an prefecture, it was common for qi refinement clans to appoint ninth level qi refinement cultivators as elders. hearing this. chen xianhe heaved a sigh of relief. he originally thought that chen daoxuan was going to play tricks again. he didn¡¯t expect that this department head management system was just a ¡± substitute ¡± for the family elder system. chen xianhe was relieved. seeing thirteenth uncle¡¯s relieved expression, chen daoxuan heaved a sigh of relief. he wasn¡¯t afraid that the cultivators of the dao generation would oppose him. in fact, no cultivator of the dao generation dared to oppose his decision. chen daoxuan¡¯s only concern was that thirteenth uncle did not support his decision. if chen xianhe objected, and he was the clan leader himself, chen daoxuan really couldn¡¯t implement the department management system. ¡°since it¡¯s a department management system, from now on, all the things in the family will be divided into specific departments for management.¡± chen daoxuan paused.¡± right now, our chen family has a total of the following items. the first is the management of the ordinary mortals in the clan. this part of the work was originally managed by changping county magistrate chen zhi, but from now on, i will hand this part of the work over to the cultivators in the clan. i call it the ministry of the people¡¯s lives, and the manager is the minister of the ministry of the people¡¯s lives. apart from the management of the mortals, the most important part is naturally the management of the cultivators.¡± when it came to the management of the clan¡¯s cultivators, everyone¡¯s spirits rose. they were all cultivators. they might not be interested in managing ordinary people, but they were obviously interested in managing the cultivators of their families. seeing this. ¡± of course not,¡± chen daoxuan said with a smile.¡± for any cultivation force, education is the most important thing. it¡¯s not an exaggeration to say that it¡¯s the foundation of a cultivation force. therefore, i call the second department of the family the education department. the person in charge is the education minister, who is responsible for the education of the family¡¯s immortal seedlings. the third department was the commerce department, which was in charge of the transactions between cultivators within the family¡¯s sphere of influence. the fourth department was the foreign trade department, which was in charge of the transactions between the family and the external forces. the fifth department was the ministry of industry, which was responsible for the production of the family¡¯s magic tools, pills, talismans, and so on. the sixth department was the ministry of agriculture. it was responsible for the development of the family¡¯s ling fields and the planting of spirit herbs. the seventh department was the spirit vein management department, which was responsible for managing the family¡¯s spirit veins, including the cultivation, advancement, maintenance, and other aspects. the eighth department was the law department, which was responsible for judging cultivators who violated the clan law within the clan¡¯s sphere of influence. the ninth department was the police department, which was responsible for arresting cultivators who broke the law within the family¡¯s sphere of influence. the tenth department is the ministry of foreign affairs, which is responsible for the communication between the family and the outside world.¡± chen daoxuan mentioned ten departments in one breath. among them, the ministry of education, the ministry of agriculture, the ministry of justice, the ministry of police, and the ministry of foreign affairs were temporarily empty. other than the ministry of industry, the ministry of foreign trade, and the ministry of people¡¯s lives, the other departments were in full swing. the business department that was responsible for the family¡¯s internal transactions was basically useless. what was there to trade with eleven qi condensation cultivators? however, from chen daoxuan¡¯s simple description, everyone could see that this organizational structure was quite rigorous. it covered almost all aspects of the family temporarily, and the division of responsibilities was clear. he wasn¡¯t worried at all that they would argue in the future. chen xianhe seemed to have noticed the problem and asked,¡±daoxuan, the so-called legal department and police department you set up, is there a conflict of authority? as far as i know, all the big families use law enforcement teams to arrest and judge illegal cultivators.¡± ¡°thirteenth uncle, you¡¯re right. the powers of these two departments do restrict each other, but 1 did it on purpose.¡± he paused.¡± you all know that the law enforcement team is the most important department to maintain the stability of the family. but at the same time, its power is too great. it has the power to arrest and judge. if the person in charge of the law enforcement team or the internal members bend the law for personal gain, how much harm will it bring to the family?¡± hearing this. chen xianhe fell silent. although he wasn¡¯t as open-minded as chen daoxuan, who had transmigrated, he wasn¡¯t stupid. how could he not know about the situation that chen daoxuan was talking about? for example, the zhou family¡¯s law enforcement team was a department that even the zhou family¡¯s internal cultivators feared. they could arrest you and sentence you however they wanted. basically, other than the top few big shots of the zhou family, outsiders had no right to interfere. this was also the reason why chen daoxuan had met a wandering cultivator called zhang san when he first went to the wandering cultivator market. when he saw the zhou family¡¯s law enforcement team, he was so scared that he trembled. as a result, the cultivators of the clan would definitely resent the law enforcement team and affect the internal stability of the clan. this was something chen daoxuan did not want to see.. Chapter 112 - Chapter 112: Teacher Selection (1) chapter 112: teacher selection (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw he looked at the dumbfounded expressions of the cultivators of the dao generation present. chen daoxuan smiled.¡± of course, some of the departments i¡¯ve divided don¡¯t even have specific matters. there are still some matters in the future of the family, so 1 haven¡¯t divided them into new departments. for example, the cultivator army of the clan, the financial department, the tax department, and so on. most of the departments that i¡¯ve divided will have to wait until the cultivators of the fu generation grow up before they have the manpower to set them up.¡± ¡± but there¡¯s one department that needs to be established urgently. it¡¯s the ministry of education!¡± he said after a pause. at this point. chen daoxuan¡¯s expression became serious. everyone regained their spirits. just now, chen daoxuan¡¯s wild bombardment was somewhat overwhelming for everyone. now that they were talking about the ministry of education alone, everyone finally came to their senses. the ministry of education, according to what the young clan leader said, was the clan¡¯s school. it was as if he could tell what everyone was thinking from their expressions. chen daoxuan pursed his lips and smiled.¡± don¡¯t think that the education department is referring to the school that is being built in the chen family¡¯s spirit vein. you are gravely mistaken.¡± to be precise. from now on, the chen family¡¯s schools will be under the management of the ministry of education, but the ministry of education doesn¡¯t just refer to changping first xiuxian primary school. actually, everyone could tell from the name of the clan school that since changping¡¯s first cultivation primary school had a first place, there would be a second, third, fourth in the future ¡­ since there are primary schools, there will be secondary schools and universities in the future.¡± seeing that everyone was confused again, chen daoxuan coughed and said,¡±¡± of course, the only organization directly under the education department is changping first cultivation primary school.¡± hearing this. chen xianhe laughed, thinking that chen daoxuan was boasting again. on the other hand, the cultivators of the dao generation looked like they had been injected with chicken blood. they were all attracted by the grand scene of the family described by chen daoxuan and wanted to immediately sacrifice their lives for the family. the morale of the army could be used! chen daoxuan nodded in satisfaction. ¡°the first problem our clan school faces is the lack of teachers. currently, the chen clan and chen daochuan, who is still in guang ¡®an prefecture, only have eleven cultivators. these people had to satisfy the production work of the flying sword factory and also take into account the educational work of the clan school. therefore, everyone will be very busy in the next few years. you have to be mentally prepared.¡± hearing this. everyone stood up and said in a clear voice,¡±we are willing to go through fire and water for the family!¡± seeing everyone¡¯s attitude, chen daoxuan was overjoyed. he stretched out his hand and said,¡±sit down, sit down!¡± when he saw this, he even felt a little guilty for reducing the resources of the cultivators of the dao generation with poor aptitude. but soon, this guilt was ruthlessly abandoned by him. because chen daoxuan knew that as the clan leader. the most taboo was being soft-hearted! if chen daoxuan could break the rules for the dao generation cultivators today, would he open the back door for the fu generation cultivators in the future? should he give it to the ze generation cultivators in the future? if that happened, the clan would be in danger. what was even more terrifying was¡­ as the clan leader, chen daoxuan¡¯s every word and action was a role model for the clan. if he took the lead in bending the law for personal gain, the clansmen would definitely follow suit. this was the so-called crooked upper beam, crooked lower beam. at that time, the clan would collapse in an instant. even if chen daoxuan¡¯s strength was tyrannical, he could suppress all opposition and reorganize the family. the chen family would definitely suffer a great loss because of this, and might even be unable to recover. after everyone sat down. chen daoxuan¡¯s voice became serious again.¡±¡± next, i¡¯ll talk about the teachers of the school.¡± he paused for a moment.¡± 1 plan to divide the clan¡¯s studies according to the various inheritances that the clan has. for the time being, they were divided into the equipment refining class, the pill refining class, the talisman crafting class, and the sword dao class. the first year of primary school was mainly a hodgepodge of learning. all the professional schools would teach a little. in the second year, they would be divided into classes according to the results of the various majors of the cultivators of the fu generation. i can temporarily be the teacher for the armament and sword arts classes, but the alchemy and talisman crafting classes don¡¯t have teachers.¡± at this point. chen daoxuan looked at everyone. when the other cultivators of the dao generation saw this scene, they also retreated. if it was about forging, they were more or less confident. after all, they had been forging flying swords day and night for more than a year. after refining so many flying swords, even the most untalented person would be able to thoroughly understand the foundation of the formation patterns of a tier 1 magic tool. at the very least, he had no problem teaching newbies who knew nothing. however, creating talismans and refining pills would be difficult for them. even though they knew that since chen daoxuan said so, it meant that there must be a related inheritance in the family. however, whether it was alchemy or talisman creation, which one could be learned so easily? alchemy, in particular, was known as one of the three great disasters in the cultivation world, along with weapon refinement and array formations. seeing that everyone was retreating. chen daoxuan frowned slightly. just as he was about to call the roll, chen daochu and chen daolan stood up at the same time. ¡°why are you standing up?¡± chen daochu asked in surprise when he saw chen daolan stand up. ¡°you can stand up, but can¡¯t 1?¡± chen dailian glared at chen daochu without showing any weakness. she turned her head and said,¡±young clan leader, 1 want to learn alchemy!¡± ¡°oh?¡± chen daoxuan revealed a smile,¡± why are you thinking of learning alchemy now?¡± ¡°young clan leader, after refining flying swords for a year, i realized that i have no interest in refining weapons. my progress in refining weapons is almost the slowest among all the cultivators of the dao generation.¡± at this point, chen daolan¡¯s voice sounded a little downcast. ¡°so, i want to learn alchemy. it can¡¯t be that my alchemy talent is as bad as my artifact refinement talent, right?¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan was speechless for a moment. this was the drawback of not testing the talent of cultivators of the dao generation. however, in order to increase the production of the rainbow sonar flying sword factory, this was something that could not be helped. after all, chen daochu and chen daolan were the oldest cultivators of the dao generation. it couldn¡¯t be that chen daoxuan was so crazy as to grab a five-year-old child and stuff him into the factory, right? ¡°sit down first. we¡¯ll talk about alchemy after the clan meeting.¡± ¡°yes.¡± chen daolan nodded obediently and sat down. after saying that. chen daoxuan looked at chen daochu and frowned. ¡°¡±why are you standing up again?¡± chen daochu felt a little nervous for some reason, but he still mustered up his courage and said,¡±¡± i feel that i¡¯m getting more and more adept at refining. i hope to be a refining teacher in the clan school! ¡± ¡°didn¡¯t 1 say it? if 1 go to teach forging, what can you teach with your mediocre skills?¡± chen daoxuan said unhappily. ¡°but¡­but¡­¡± chen daochu held it in for a long time and said,¡± but young clan leader, you¡¯re usually so busy, and there are too many things in the clan waiting for you to handle. if you teach the sword arts class and the refining class, i¡¯m afraid you won¡¯t be able to handle it. i¡­ i want to help you.¡± at the end. chen daochu¡¯s voice was almost inaudible. hearing this, the soft spot in chen daoxuan¡¯s heart seemed to be touched. after a long time, chen daoxuan nodded and said, ¡°¡±alright, then i¡¯ll add you in. i¡¯ll go teach the talisman making class.¡± at this point. the first batch of teachers for changping¡¯s first xiuxian primary school had been decided.. Chapter 113 - Chapter 113: With the Clansmen Like This, Why Worry About the Family’s Prosperity chapter 113: with the clansmen like this, why worry about the family¡¯s prosperity translator: daoist6fubtiw the clan meeting ended. all the cultivators of the dao generation left chen daoxuan¡¯s courtyard with complicated feelings, except for chen daolan, who was quietly waiting at the side. ¡°wait for me outside for a while. 1 want to talk to the old chief.¡± chen daoxuan ordered. ¡°alright.¡± chen dailian nodded. he watched as chen daolan left the courtyard. chen xianhe turned to chen daoxuan and said, ¡°¡±you said that you want to build a clan cultivator army in the future. is that true?¡± the cultivators of the dao generation might not have understood the deep meaning behind chen daoxuan¡¯s words. but chen xianhe understood. cultivators were a group of people who possessed extraordinary power. why did they have to specifically distinguish the army? since there was an army of cultivators from the clan, it meant that there was another group of cultivators who were not in the combat sequence. chen xianhe didn¡¯t understand what chen daoxuan was trying to do. however, she felt that he was going to make a big show. the mention of the cultivator army reminded chen xianhe of the cultivator army in the southern mountain¡¯s city fifty years ago. however¡­ chen xianhe felt that the cultivator army mentioned by chen daoxuan might not be the same as the cultivator army in the southern mountain¡¯s city. he pondered for a moment. ¡°thirteenth uncle, you¡¯re worried that i¡¯ll bring my family¡¯s cultivator army to the yun nation¡¯s battlefield in the future, right?¡± chen daoxuan asked. ¡°it¡¯s good that you know!¡± chen xianhe sighed. ¡°back then, all the cultivators of the immortal generation in the family were blinded by the huge benefits of the yun nation battlefield, so much so that they threw all the cultivators in the family into it. it was also because of this that my chen family was almost destroyed.¡± chen xianhe still couldn¡¯t get over the fact that 12 cultivators of the immortal generation had died in the southern mountain¡¯s city, even though more than 50 years had passed. ¡± dao xuan, i know that with the chen family¡¯s current development speed, you will definitely step onto the yun nation battlefield in the future. but you have to promise me that no matter what, you can¡¯t throw in all the family¡¯s strength. you must hold back!¡± chen xianhe said as he stared at him. ¡°alright, i promise you!¡± chen daoxuan nodded. chen xianhe finally heaved a sigh of relief. ¡°thirteenth uncle, how do you know that our chen family will definitely go to the battlefield of the yun nation in the future?¡± chen daoxuan was puzzled. hearing this. ¡± of course not.¡± chen xianhe laughed.¡± small families might be able to avoid the yun nation¡¯s battlefield for the time being, but it¡¯s hard for big families to avoid it.¡± ¡°you mean¡­the qian yuan sword sect forced the big families to go to the battlefield?¡± chen daoxuan asked in surprise. ¡°that¡¯s not the case.¡± chen xianhe shook his head.¡± on the one hand, there are many benefits that the big families can¡¯t give up on the battlefield in the yun nation. they can help cultivators grow quickly. on the other hand, after more than 400 years of war, what do you think of our relationship with the yun nation and the xuanqing dao alliance behind it?¡± ¡°we won¡¯t rest until one of us dies!¡± after thinking for a long time, chen daoxuan used this word to describe it. ¡°that¡¯s right, we won¡¯t rest until one of us dies!¡± chen xianhe sighed.¡± if that¡¯s the case, why would a big family enter the yun nation¡¯s battlefield? can¡¯t you see through it? ¡± under the overturned nest, how can there be an intact egg? unknowingly, the fate of the itinerant cultivators and the major cultivation families in the infinite star sea had long been tied to the qian yuan sword sect. if the infinite star sea lost the war with the yun nation, the xuan qing dao league would counterattack the infinite star sea. what kind of miserable scene would it be? thinking of this, chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but shiver. no wonder! no wonder the major families in the infinite star sea were increasingly supporting this war. it was not only about benefits, but also because the various large families had also understood that they had a relationship with the yun nation that would not rest until one of them died. one of them had to fall completely. do you expect the yun nation to be merciful to the major cultivation families in the infinite star sea after defeating the qian yuan sword sect? thinking about the slaves from the yun nation who had been captured by the various cultivation families, none of them felt that the other party would be magnanimous enough to let them off. anyone who had such a fluke mentality was either stupid or bad. they chatted for a while. chen daoxuan watched as chen xianhe rode away, then transmitted his voice,¡±come in.¡± moments later. chen daolan walked in slowly. he looked at the slim and elegant young girl in front of him. chen daoxuan could still see a trace of the timid look in her eyes when she was selected from the many children of the chen family. thinking of this, chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but smile. ¡°dao lian, have you thought it through?¡± ¡°young clan leader, i¡¯ve thought it through!¡± chen daolan said firmly. chen daoxuan nodded.¡± learning alchemy is not an easy thing. how about this? for the next two years, you will follow me and learn alchemy. you can temporarily stop working at the flying sword factory.¡± however, when she heard this, chen daolan¡¯s pretty face was filled with anxiety as she said,¡±young clan leader, how can this be? chen daochu left the factory to continue learning refining from you. if 1 leave the factory too, won¡¯t there be only three people left in the factory?¡± ¡°what¡¯s wrong with three people? just make them work longer! i told you that in the next few years, everyone in the dao generation will have a hard time. do you think i¡¯m joking?¡± ¡°dao lian wouldn¡¯t dare!¡± chen dailian lowered his head. chen daoxuan sighed and said,¡± don¡¯t worry. they won¡¯t be able to work hard for two years. the youngest cultivator of the dao generation is already more than six years old. during this period of time, they will follow dao chu and learn to refine weapons with me. when the school reopens in two years, this batch of dao cultivators will be able to work in the flying sword factory. at that time, the production of flying swords in the factory will definitely increase by a large margin.¡± chen daoxuan hadn¡¯t forgotten that other than the five cultivators who worked in the factory, there were four younger cultivators. two years later. this batch of young cultivators could be of great use. as for them entering the factory at the age of eight, they did not meet the employment standards that chen daoxuan knew. someone had to take care of them. in any case, his chen family¡¯s eight-year-old child had already entered the factory. in the end, for the sake of the clan, which generation of cultivators of the chen clan did not sacrifice themselves? chen xianhe was like this, chen daoxuan was like this, and even the future cultivators of the fu generation would be like this. it was precisely because of the continuous sacrifice of generations of chen clan cultivators that the chen clan could grow stronger and soar! in the end, chen daolin was still unwilling to go on a full-time study of alchemy. she suggested to chen daoxuan that she would work at the flying sword factory for six hours every day and spend the rest of her time cultivating and learning alchemy. chen daoxuan saw her firm attitude and agreed. at this moment. he finally knew that the chen family didn¡¯t just belong to him, but to every cultivator in the chen family. everyone was working hard for the development of the chen family. if all the people in the clan are like this, why worry about the prosperity of the clan? thinking of this¡­ chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but smile. he felt more and more that it was a happy and interesting thing to be the patriarch of such a family.. Chapter 114 - Chapter 114: Material Problem (1) chapter 114: material problem (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw time flew. in the blink of an eye, half a year had passed. in the courtyard of the spiritual residence. feeling the dantian sea of qi in his body that had almost expanded to its limit, chen daoxuan slowly opened his eyes and revealed a hint of joy on his face. ¡± i¡¯ve finally broken through to the ninth qi layer.¡± from the age of 16 to the age of 19, it had been more than three years. chen daoxuan¡¯s cultivation had soared from the third qi layer to the ninth qi layer, almost at the speed of two qi layers a year. this cultivation speed was not inferior to some heaven spiritual root cultivators with slightly inferior resources. in the past six months. other than teaching chen daochu and the cultivators of the dao generation how to refine artifacts, chen daoxuan also taught chen daolan how to refine pills. it was thanks to the primordial dao enlightenment scripture¡¯s ability to store comprehension. chen daoxuan had already grasped most of the second-grade alchemy inheritance he had obtained from the female cultivators of the yun nation. not only that. in the past half a year, he had also cultivated a tier 1 spell to the perfection realm. this tier 1 spell was called wind blade. it was the spell carried by the leopard puppet monster that chen daoxuan had plundered from the mo clan¡¯s treasury. as the most basic tier 1 wind-type spell, wind blade was not considered powerful among all tier 1 spells. its only advantage was its speed. its casting speed was fast, and the trajectory of the wind blade after it was released was fast. as for its power¡­ chen daoxuan had tested it. the perfected wind blade technique could not even break the ice endurance technique in his talisman. not to mention chen daoxuan¡¯s ultimate move, the wind and rain sword. of course. chen daoxuan chose to cultivate this tier 1 spell not for its power. instead, he used it to comprehend the wind dao pattern, which could also be called the wind laws. in the cultivation world. cultivators divided spells into nine types according to their attributes: metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, light, and darkness. apart from the basic five-element spells, spells of wind, lightning, light, and darkness were relatively rare. as for ice-type spells, they were actually variations of water-type spells. if one counted the various attributed spells derived from the five elements, there were too many types of spells. however, no matter what kind of spell it was. if he wanted to release it, he had to comprehend the great dao patterns of this spell. it was also what cultivators often referred to as the dao pattern of magical techniques. due to the requirements of the job, a talisman craftsman had to be proficient in all kinds of spell dao patterns. thus, every talisman master had high attainments in spells. according to what zhou mubai had said in the sword dao jade slip. if a cultivator wanted to comprehend sword intent, they had to fuse their dao with the sword. and the dao here referred to the dao patterns of spells. as chen daoxuan had rarely cultivated spells before, he was not very proficient in spell dao patterns. in fact, he more or less knew a little about the dao pattern of wind. this was because the wind manipulation technique could be classified as a wind-attribute spell, and it more or less contained a portion of the wind dao pattern. this was also the reason why chen daoxuan chose to practice the wind blade technique first. he had some basic knowledge in this area. reality proved that his choice was not wrong. after more than a month of enlightenment, chen daoxuan had finally cultivated the wind blade technique to perfection. even though the power of the spell was average, it at least made his comprehension of the wind dao pattern much deeper than before. especially after the epiphany last time. he actually realized that his sword dao realm, which had been stagnant for more than a year, had improved again. chen daoxuan discovered that with the help of enlightenment. the wind dao pattern actually slowly merged into his sword path, allowing his sword path level to steadily advance by a level. this discovery made chen daoxuan extremely excited. previously, his improvement in sword dao was simply too fast. as a result, chen daoxuan¡¯s lack of progress over the past year made him doubt his talent in the sword. could it be that his talent in the sword dao was so poor that the primordial dao enlightenment scripture¡¯s ability to store comprehension could not help him continue improving in the sword dao? however, the epiphany from the last time had completely dispelled his doubts. it wasn¡¯t that his talent in the way of the sword was bad, but that he wasn¡¯t looking for the right direction. if it wasn¡¯t for zhou mubai¡¯s jade slip, chen daoxuan would have spent a long time to discover this little trick. every time he thought of this, he felt even more grateful towards zhou mubai. to a certain extent, zhou mubai was like half a teacher to him. the problem of comprehending sword intent had been solved, and chen daoxuan¡¯s cultivation had also reached the ninth layer of the aura refining realm. then the next step in front of chen daoxuan was to build his foundation. of course. before building his foundation, chen daoxuan had to complete three things. this was because he wanted to walk the legendary path of a swordsman. therefore, it was not an exaggeration to say that he had made ample preparations. the first was naturally to comprehend sword essence. chen daoxuan felt that there was no problem with this. since he had found the right direction, all that was left was to use the ability of the primordial enlightenment scripture to store comprehension to continue attacking. second, he had to polish his zhenqi to make it pure and harmonious, reaching a point where it could not be improved. this was something every qi condensation cultivator needed to prepare. in fact, it wasn¡¯t just qi condensation cultivators. there was a special realm in all cultivation realms, which was called the perfection realm. for example, peak ki refining, peak foundation establishment, peak zifu disciple, and so on. however, in reality, perfection was not a new realm. it referred to a cultivator reaching a special state where they could break through to the next realm. in essence, the peak of the aura refining stage was equivalent to the ninth level of the aura refining stage. it was just that the true qi of a ninth qi layer cultivator was perfect and pure, and he was already prepared to build his foundation. the mo clan leader that chen daoxuan had killed was in such a special state. to reach this special state from the ninth qi layer¡­ relying on the power of medicinal pills was already ineffective. wei sihai, a ninth level qi refinement cultivator hired by the chen family¡¯s branch, was one such example. whether it was pills or water spirit pearls that aided cultivation, they were completely useless against this kind of cultivator. this was because the polishing of true qi did not rely on spiritual energy, but the gradual grinding of a cultivator¡¯s martial arts. depending on the situation of the cultivators, it could take as little as a few years and as long as ten years. at this point. only then did chen daoxuan realize how powerful zhou mubai was when he reached the foundation establishment stage at the age of 21. this was because one could not rely on external objects to polish one¡¯s true qi. the only way was to rely on the cultivator himself. in other words, zhou mubai might have reached the ninth qi layer before he turned fifteen. as for the third matter¡­ it was also the most important thing, or perhaps the thing that chen daoxuan was least confident about. to create a life dantian pressure regulator, or a true qi storage device. in the past six months. chen daoxuan had put a lot of effort into this. he flipped through a large number of ancient books and experimented with countless spirit ore materials, but he still could not find a material that could store true qi. this made chen daoxuan extremely depressed. after all, finding this material was only the first step. only by finding this material could he develop a special life-bound magical treasure that could store zhenqi. however, he had not even completed the first step.. Chapter 115 - Chapter 115: Merman Race’s Invitation chapter 115: merman race¡¯s invitation translator: daoist6fubtiw ¡°young clan leader!¡± outside the spiritual residence. a group of figures flew toward chen daoxuan¡¯s courtyard. upon closer inspection. they were chen daochu, chen daolan, and the young cultivators of the dao generation. everyone descended and bowed respectfully to chen daoxuan. seeing this. ¡°let¡¯s begin.¡± chen daoxuan nodded. ¡± go to the alchemy room first.¡± he looked at chen dailian and said,¡± refine the low-grade tier 1 spirit pill i taught you yesterday.¡± ¡°yes, young clan leader.¡± chen dailian bowed. then, he walked towards the alchemy room in the spiritual residence. watching chen daolan leave, chen daoxuan looked at chen daogu and the others,¡±¡± have you learned the technique of stacking array patterns that i told you yesterday¡­¡± very quickly. time passed bit by bit as everyone studied diligently. unknowingly. six hours passed. by the time chen daochu and the others waved goodbye to chen daoxuan, it was already getting late. ¡°phew!¡± chen daoxuan heaved a sigh of relief. he stood up and stretched his muscles. the green scales in the storage bag started to heat up slightly. ¡°hmm?¡± chen daoxuan took out the green scale from his storage bag. it was a message from luo li! chen daoxuan¡¯s expression was somewhat puzzled. logically speaking, today was not the day the merfolk clan and his chen family traded. he thought about it. chen daoxuan sank his divine sense into the green scale. half a cup of tea later. chen daoxuan withdrew his divine sense from the green scale with a strange expression. ¡°inviting me to the devil ape mountain as a guest?¡± chen daoxuan¡¯s face darkened as he thought about the meaning of the merfolk clan¡¯s actions. however, after thinking for a long time, he found nothing. ¡± forget it. why are you thinking so much? why don¡¯t you just ask her face to face?¡± chen daoxuan shook his head with a smile. after two years of trading, his relationship with luo li was no longer just an ordinary trading partner. their relationship was much more harmonious than when they first met. every time they met. the two of them could already sit down and chat, as if they were close friends. redwood island. sea-overlooking pavilion. from afar, a lonely and delicate figure sat on a stone bench in the sea-overlooking pavilion, making people feel pity for her. luo li looked at the boundless sea and slapped the water with her tail in a dispirited manner. as she slapped, her little mouth was counting the numbers rhythmically. ¡± 3020, 3021¡­¡± ¡°what? where did i count to? luo li raised her head blankly, then lowered her head again and mumbled, ¡°¡±forget it, i¡¯ll count again.¡± ¡°hmm?¡± suddenly. luo li looked up and saw a white figure flying over from the distant horizon. it was chen daoxuan. chen daoxuan descended and cupped his hands with a smile. ¡°¡±i¡¯m sorry to have kept miss luo waiting.¡± ¡°no, i just arrived.¡± luo li¡¯s pretty face was slightly uneasy. after pondering for a moment, chen daoxuan asked directly, ¡°miss luo, you just said in the message that you invited me to the noble¡¯s territory as a guest. what¡¯s your intention?¡± ¡°no, nothing. my father just wants to see you.¡± ¡°your father?¡± the expression on chen daoxuan¡¯s face suddenly became serious. luo li¡¯s father was a late-stage zifu disciple. although he was not zhou mubai¡¯s match, he was still considered one of the top figures in the entire guang ¡®an prefecture. to tell the truth. chen daoxuan didn¡¯t really want to see this person. after all, given his level of power as a ki refining cultivator, going to meet an alien zifu disciple was a bit too much pressure. however, if this trip was to encounter any mishaps¡­ chen daoxuan really couldn¡¯t find any reason for the other party to attack the chen family. after more than two years of trade. the merfolk race relied heavily on the chen family in all aspects. it could be said that if anything happened to the chen family, the merfolk clan was the least willing to see it. in fact, for the chen family, the merman race was willing to take the risk to help. one had to know. if the non-humankind dared to interfere with the internal affairs of the humankind, they would have to take the risk of extermination. this point. chen daoxuan only found out about it later when he communicated with chen xianhe. the qianyuan sword sect¡¯s suppression of the alien races in the infinite star sea was extremely terrifying. in order to suppress the alien races in the infinite star sea, the qian yuan sword sect had specially established an existence called the sea-suppressing hall. the sea-calming palace might not be famous among the human monks in the infinite star sea, but in the underwater world of the infinite star sea, it was an organization that could make the non-humankind tremble in fear. this was especially true for the sea suppressing palace hall master. he was one of the most powerful people in the entire infinite star sea and one of the pillars of the entire infinite star sea. this also explained. why did luo li¡¯s father look so scared when he heard about the qianyuan sword sect? in fact, he was not afraid of the qian yuan sword sect, but the sea-suppressing hall under the qian yuan sword sect. seeing the hesitation on chen daoxuan¡¯s face, luo li could not help but feel nervous. she was afraid that chen daoxuan would refuse. because she didn¡¯t know who else to ask for help. ¡°good!¡± chen daoxuan nodded slowly, then asked doubtfully, the refinement stage after all, and i don¡¯t know the art of water escape. how can 1 enter the world of the deep sea? however, i¡¯m only in hearing this. luo li smiled sweetly.¡± have you forgotten? ¡± she asked.¡± the last time i sent you home, i used my innate ability.¡± ¡°what do you mean?¡± ¡± yes, our mermen tribe¡¯s innate ability allows you to go to the underwater world of the infinite star sea without using the water escape technique.¡± at this point, luo li smiled mysteriously.¡± believe me, you will definitely like the deep sea world of the infinite star sea.¡± towards her words. chen daoxuan smiled and said nothing. although chen daoxuan had never been to the deep sea world in this life, he had seen images taken by submarines in his previous life. it was a cold, dark, and deathly silent world. only special lifeforms could survive in such an environment. luo li said that he would fall in love with the deep sea world of the infinite star sea. wasn¡¯t that nonsense? but chen daoxuan could understand. after all, beauty was in the eye of the beholder. how many people would say that their hometown was bad? perhaps in luo li¡¯s eyes, the underwater world of the infinite star sea was like a fairyland? he seemed to see the indifference in chen daoxuan¡¯s eyes. luo li covered her mouth and chuckled. she did not explain. her expression seemed to be waiting for chen daoxuan to make a fool of himself. she didn¡¯t know why, but every time she was with chen daoxuan, she would feel relaxed for a moment. luo li felt that perhaps chen daoxuan had been too helpful to the merfolk clan. as a result, she had developed a faint sense of dependence on chen daoxuan. ¡°are we leaving now, or ¡­¡± chen daoxuan didn¡¯t finish his sentence. he felt his right hand tighten. then, the world spun and he fell into the sea. ¡°next time, can you let me know first?¡¯ chen daoxuan said helplessly. i¡¯m sorry, i was too excited. i¡¯ll be careful next time.¡± luo li smiled, revealing her canine teeth. shaking his head, chen daoxuan didn¡¯t blame him anymore. as the two of them went deeper and deeper into the sea, the light coming from above their heads became less and less. in the end. chen daoxuan entered a completely pitch-black situation. fortunately, he still had his divine sense to use. his body was covered with a layer of transparent film that stuck to his skin. he didn¡¯t feel suffocated, nor did he feel any pressure from the seawater. it was very magical. after losing his sight, chen daoxuan¡¯s sense of touch seemed to have become exceptionally sharp. he could feel the slight warmth emanating from luo li¡¯s hand that was holding his. it was this slight warmth that made him feel a little more at ease in this dark environment. gradually. chen daoxuan¡¯s breathing returned to normal. after an unknown amount of time. luo li¡¯s voice rang in chen daoxuan¡¯s ears again. ¡°¡±we¡¯re about to enter the black curtain layer of the infinite star sea.¡± ¡°black screen layer?¡± chen daoxuan asked.. Chapter 116 - Chapter 116: Do You Know Why It’s Called the Infinite Star Sea? chapter 116: do you know why it¡¯s called the infinite star sea? translator: daoist6fubtiw in the underwater world of the infinite star sea. it was divided into three layers: the surface layer, the black layer, and the starry sea layer below the black layer. after passing through these three sea areas, they would enter the real underwater world of the infinite star sea. compared to the superficial layer. the black screen was truly cold and dark. it was exactly the same as the deep sea world in chen daoxuan¡¯s previous life. however, unlike the seabed in his previous life, the infinite star sea was too deep. luo li, who was in the foundation establishment stage, was traveling extremely fast. however, after diving for a full two hours, they had not even passed through the black curtain layer. this scene made chen daoxuan¡¯s heart faintly feel a little creeped out. he had thought that after becoming a cultivator, he would no longer be afraid of the power of nature. however, at this moment, chen daoxuan found himself insignificant again in the dark layer of the infinite star sea. the so-called cultivators were just slightly stronger people. in front of this boundless might of heaven and earth, let alone qi condensation cultivators, even foundation establishment and zifu disciples were nothing. he seemed to be panicking. chen daoxuan could not help but hold luo li¡¯s little hand. this action caused luo li¡¯s body to tremble slightly as she dove down. but very quickly. luo li, who was blushing, did not say a word. she gently held chen daoxuan¡¯s right hand. along the way. the two of them were silent. there was only an indescribable feeling brewing between the two of them. suddenly. a flash of light appeared in chen daoxuan¡¯s line of sight. ¡°that¡¯s¡­¡± chen daoxuan looked at the stars below and was at a loss. ¡± that¡¯s the starry sea layer of the infinite star sea. we¡¯ve passed through the black screen layer!¡± luo li breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. obviously. every time they crossed the black layer, even for luo li, who had lived in the underwater world of the infinite star sea all year round, it was a great psychological pressure. starry sea layer! chen daoxuan felt as if his worldview had been crushed. the underwater world of the infinite star sea was such a magnificent scene. chen daoxuan looked shocked. luo li found it funny. she held chen daoxuan¡¯s big hand and said, ¡°do you know why it¡¯s called the infinite star sea? ¡± ¡°is it because of this?¡± chen daoxuan pointed at the countless stars below and muttered. ¡°yes! it¡¯s because of this.¡± luo li nodded. all along. chen daoxuan thought that the infinite star sea was called the infinite star sea because there were as many islands on the sea as the stars in the sky. unexpectedly! the underwater world of the infinite star sea really contained a starry sky. ¡°so beautiful!¡± chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but say. ¡°it is beautiful, but also dangerous.¡± luo li looked at the scene in front of her and replied. ¡°dangerous?¡± chen daoxuan turned his head, somewhat confused. ¡± compared to your human world, the underwater world of the infinite star sea is extremely cruel. sometimes, i envy the fact that your human world has the qian yuan sword sect.¡± ¡°envy?¡± chen daoxuan thought about it carefully and then understood what luo li meant. for any family cultivator who wanted to strengthen their family, the qianyuan sword sect was a dark cloud that could not be removed from their heads. however, for itinerant cultivators and cultivators from small families, as well as ordinary people living in the infinite star sea. the qian yuan sword sect had at least given them the most basic guarantee of survival. take guang ¡®an prefecture as an example. even though the chen family was so weak, they were not worried that other families would come to rob them of their family property. the destruction of the chen family depended on the deterrence of the qian yuan sword sect. there was also the existence of the sea-suppressing hall. if it wasn¡¯t for the sea-suppressing hall suppressing the alien races in the underwater world of the infinite star sea, the races at the bottom of the sea wouldn¡¯t dare to make any moves. every year, the demon beast attacks alone would cause countless mortal cultivators to die. the demon beast attack here was not referring to the demon beast riot in changping county back then. the demon beast riot in changping county was all demon beasts like the tiger eye fish that were not ranked. this kind of unranked demonic beast was more like a wild beast than a demonic beast. the qianyuan sword sect didn¡¯t have a good way to manage such beasts. there were too many of them in the infinite star sea. and no matter how they killed, they would not be afraid. moreover, the reproduction speed of these unranked demonic beasts was astonishing. the qian yuan sword sect and the major families could only adopt a regular cleaning method to control the number of these low-grade demon beasts. as the two of them continued to dive. chen daoxuan finally approached these stars. as he got closer, chen daoxuan found that these stars did not have a physical body. they were like clusters of starlight floating in the deep sea world. the bigger ones were as bright as the sun. the small one was like dust, almost invisible. after counting carefully, chen daoxuan discovered that there were a total of seven stars that were as bright as the rising sun. it was these stars that lit up the entire underwater world. in the starry sea layer. chen daoxuan seemed to have arrived at a dreamland. moreover, he realized that as he got closer to the underwater world, the spiritual energy here seemed to become denser and denser. ¡°you said that the spiritual energy is dense?¡± luo li said shyly,¡± that¡¯s because we¡¯re not proficient in arrays. we can¡¯t use arrays to block the spiritual qi from the spiritual pulse.¡± ¡°uhh.¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan didn¡¯t know how to respond. unexpectedly. the cultivation environment that the itinerant cultivators of the infinite star sea dreamed of was not on land but in the deep sea. it was a pity that itinerant cultivators would never be able to enter the deep sea world to cultivate. rogue cultivators with low cultivation levels could not enter this place at all. even if one reached the foundation establishment stage, because they had to maintain the consumption of the water escape technique, they could not cultivate here at all. he wanted to cultivate in the underwater world of the infinite star sea without being affected too much. human cultivators had to be at least at the golden core level to be able to do so. when one reached the golden core realm, not to mention the fact that they could get more and better resources on the battlefield in the yun nation, they would be able to obtain more resources. the high-level spiritual veins in the underwater world of the infinite star sea were almost all controlled by the powerful non-humankind. it made golden core cultivators flinch. this was because if he wanted to obtain these high-grade spirit veins, he had to exterminate the foreign races that occupied the spirit veins. this way. it would be better to go to the battlefield of the yun nation. at least he wasn¡¯t fighting alone. besides¡­ the underwater world of the infinite star sea was the foundation of the qian yuan sword sect. how could a jindan stage cultivator not see this? two hours later. the two of them finally passed through the vast starry sea layer. they had really come to the underwater world of the infinite star sea. luo li stood on a mountain at the bottom of the sea. after identifying the direction, she held chen daoxuan¡¯s hand and flew toward the demonic ape mountain. along the way. luo li avoided the spirit veins occupied by the alien tribes with ease. they flew for several hours. the two of them finally arrived at the boundary of the devil ape mountain. as a mountain range with a tier 3 spirit vein, the devil ape mountain occupied an extremely vast area, reaching thousands of miles in circumference. on the main vein of the devil ape mountain. cave abodes were opened up by the merfolk clansmen. on another mountain range. large numbers of male mermen were entering and exiting the mine. obviously, they were mining for the chen family. he looked down. luo li stretched out her finger and pointed at the largest cave abode on the main vein. she said, ¡°¡±that¡¯s my father¡¯s cave abode..¡± Chapter 117 - Chapter 117: The Origin of the Merman Race chapter 117: the origin of the merman race translator: daoist6fubtiw he calmed his mind. the two of them flew towards the merman clan leader¡¯s cave abode. moments later. the two of them landed in front of luo li¡¯s father¡¯s cave abode. ¡°let¡¯s go.¡± luo li turned around and smiled at chen daoxuan. ¡°yes.¡± chen daoxuan nodded and followed behind him. ¡°daddy, look who 1 invited!¡± luo li said cheerfully as soon as they entered the cave abode. chen daoxuan looked around at the furnishings in the cave dwelling. compared to the cave abodes of human cultivators, the cave abodes of mermen seemed to have a different style. above the cave abode. it was decorated with water spirit pearls of various sizes, looking like the top of the starry sky. chen daoxuan met this merman tribe leader for the second time in the cave abode hall. compared to the first time he saw him, the merman tribe leader¡¯s current condition did not seem too good. luo xiuyuan raised his head, his face pale. he was wrapped in a layer of loose brocade clothes. from the outside, he seemed a little weak. ¡°you¡¯re here.¡± luo xiuyuan¡¯s voice was terrifyingly hoarse, as if he was on his last breath. however, chen daoxuan knew that even though the other party was heavily injured, as a late-stage zifu disciple, he was still not someone he could speculate on. ¡°senior, you¡¯re¡­¡± luo xiuyuan looked up at luo li and waved his hand. ¡°¡±li ¡®er, you can go out first.¡± ¡°yes, father.¡± luo li¡¯s eyes revealed a trace of reluctance. she was very worried about her father¡¯s injuries, but she did not have any good solutions. according to the illustrated guide provided by chen daoxuan, she had found a lot of elixirs to treat her father¡¯s injuries at the bottom of the sea, but none of them had any effect on her father¡¯s injuries. he watched luo li leave. luo xiuyuan looked at chen daoxuan with a deep gaze and said, ¡°¡±brat, we meet again.¡± chen daoxuan cupped his hands and said nothing. luo xiuyuan pulled down his loose robe and said to himself, ¡°¡±as you can see, i don¡¯t have long to live.¡± only to see. on luo xiuyuan¡¯s chest, the wound that zhou mubai had inflicted on him back then had not healed. instead, it had worsened. a terrifying sword aura circled around the wound on luo xiuyuan¡¯s chest. moreover, chen daoxuan also saw that this sword qi was resisting luo xiuyuan¡¯s magic power while devouring the other party¡¯s magic power to grow stronger. this caused luo xiuyuan to be unable to obliterate this sword qi at all. three years of entanglement. luo xiuyuan was almost at the end of his rope. ¡°three years ago, in order to attack the demon ape mountain, it completely lost control, and the result is like this.¡± luo xiuyuan laughed at himself and put on his robe again.¡± do you know why i want to see you? ¡± ¡°junior doesn¡¯t know. please tell me, senior.¡± chen daoxuan cupped his hands. as for luo xiuyuan¡¯s injuries, he knew better than luo xiuyuan himself since he had received zhou mubai¡¯s sword art inheritance. this was the damage left behind by the sword intent. this kind of injury was extremely difficult to heal, unless the sword cultivator used his own sword intent to obliterate this sword qi, or let the golden core cultivator use a higher level of magic power to obliterate it bit by bit. otherwise, if he didn¡¯t get rid of this sword qi, even if he took the spirit pill to heal his injuries, his body would still be destroyed by this sword qi. this was also the terrifying aspect of swordsmen. ¡± in the past three years, our two clans have been trading frequently. whether it¡¯s our weapons, spiritual rice, or even the clothes worn by our clansmen, we all rely on your chen clan to supply them.¡± luo xiuyuan paused.¡± what¡¯s even more ridiculous is that my clan actually used your chen clan¡¯s contribution points. brat, are you planning to take my clan under your wing and become a vassal of your chen clan?¡± hearing this. chen daoxuan¡¯s heart tightened, but there was no fear on his face. he said righteously,¡±senior, what do you mean by this? the deal between our two races is all for the benefit of each other. if senior feels that it is inappropriate to use my chen clan contribution points, you can exchange them for spirit stones.¡± ¡°don¡¯t be in a hurry to quibble. we both know the truth.¡± luo xiuyuan sighed.¡± let me ask you, do you really like our merfolk clan? ¡± chen daoxuan didn¡¯t know what the other party meant and fell silent for a moment. chen daoxuan didn¡¯t say anything. luo xiuyuan¡¯s eyes became misty.¡± do you know why i didn¡¯t trade with the yang family or the wu family? why did i choose to trade with a small family like the chen family? ¡± ¡°junior doesn¡¯t know.¡± chen daoxuan shook his head. he had always been very puzzled about this matter. on the surface, whether it was the yang family or the wu family, it was better than the chen family. after all, the yang, wu, and zhao families were much stronger than the chen family. ¡°because these few families have their own vassal races, and our merman race doesn¡¯t want to become someone else¡¯s vassal.¡± luo xiuyuan said faintly. ¡°vassal race?¡± this was the first time he had heard of the secret of the guang ¡®an prefecture. he could not help but feel curious. ¡°that¡¯s right, the yang family¡¯s purple lightning snapping turtle clan and the wu family¡¯s jade water ape clan are their vassal clans. the zhou family also has a vassal race. it¡¯s said to be a golden core race, but i don¡¯t know which race it is.¡± luo xiuyuan shook his head.¡± a vassal race. they¡¯re called vassals, but they¡¯re actually dogs raised by the big families!¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan¡¯s heart stirred up a great wave. he knew that the cultivation clans in the infinite star sea had a deep foundation, but he didn¡¯t expect it to be this deep. in addition to the strength of their own people, they also had interests in the underwater world of the infinite star sea. actually, thinking about it carefully. no one in this world was a fool, especially these big families. if the chen family could think of something, how could the other families not think of it? besides, trading with the non-humankind could reap a lot of wealth in the underwater world of the infinite star sea. it would be strange if the cultivation families didn¡¯t interfere. as for the chen family, they didn¡¯t know at all because they couldn¡¯t come into contact with this level at all. thinking of this¡­ ¡°since your merfolk clan has always been captured by the zhou family, why don¡¯t you choose to become their vassal?¡± this way, at least it¡¯s better than our clansmen becoming slaves of the zhou clan.¡± who knew that when he heard this. ¡°slaves are still of the same race, but vassals are not.¡± luo xiuyuan said faintly. ¡°what does senior mean by this?¡± chen daoxuan frowned in confusion. luo xiuyuan didn¡¯t answer the question. instead, he asked, ¡°¡±do you know the origin of my merfolk clan?¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan shook his head. even though it was rumored that the merfolk race was a branch of the ancient human race, how could he say such an unverified rumor? at least on the surface, the racial characteristics of the human race and the merfolk race were obvious. one had legs, and the other had a fishtail. ¡°in ancient times, the demonic beasts were the overlords of this world, and humans were just their food. at that time, in order to survive, the human race had a huge disagreement. one side advocated fighting the demon beasts to the end, while the other side advocated escaping to the deep sea to survive. countless years passed. the human race, who chose to fight the demon beasts to the end, defeated the demon beasts and became the ruler of this world. the human race that chose to escape to the deep sea gradually lost their human characteristics and grew fish tails. ¡°however, they discovered that there are also countless demon beasts in the deep sea world. moreover, as the humans on land won, more and more demon beast races fled to the deep sea. as a result, it was difficult for this human race to reproduce, and their race became smaller and smaller.¡± at this point. ¡°that¡¯s right. this branch of the ancient human race is the ancestor of our merfolk race. you and i are of the same race!¡± unexpectedly, chen daoxuan¡¯s expression did not change at all when he heard this. instead, he glanced at the other party¡¯s fishtail. luo xiuyuan seemed to have been provoked by chen daoxuan¡¯s gaze. he immediately became excited.¡±yes, sir! we did escape back then! however, our ancestors only wanted to survive. they only wanted to preserve a trace of the human bloodline! our ancestors only wanted to live, they just didn¡¯t want to die! what did we do wrong? cough, cough, cough!¡± luo xiuyuan started coughing violently. hearing this, chen daoxuan didn¡¯t say a word and just looked at the other party indifferently. that expression definitely didn¡¯t look like he was looking at someone of the same race. his cold attitude had completely torn apart the scar in the deepest part of luo xiuyuan¡¯s heart. it made him, a dignified late-stage purple prefecture cultivator, feel extremely sorrowful and heartbroken. different choices led to different fates for different races. one of the two human races became the ruler of this world. on the other hand, even the most basic reproduction and survival had become extremely difficult. however¡­ now, the side that had become the world¡¯s ruler no longer thought that the merfolk race was a branch of the human race that shared the same origin as them. luo xiuyuan thought back to when he attacked guang ¡®an prefecture. the way those itinerant cultivators looked at him. it was as if he had seen some kind of novel demon beast, and his eyes were filled with ridicule. at the moment of death. luo xiuyuan couldn¡¯t help but feel sad. if it was back then, their ancestors would not choose to escape to the deep sea, but choose to fight side by side with the humans on land. how good would that be! after a long time. luo xiuyuan calmed himself down and looked up. ¡°¡±our merfolk clan is willing to become a vassal of your chen clan.¡± ¡°why?¡± chen daoxuan was very puzzled. although the chen family was thriving, there were so many big families in guang ¡®an prefecture. no matter which one he chose, it would be better than the chen family. ¡°because of li ¡®er.¡± luo xiuyuan¡¯s eyes dimmed. ¡°miss luo? chen daoxuan frowned, even more confused. ¡± because she told me that you¡¯re the only one looking at her like you¡¯re not looking at a monster.¡± luo xiuyuan emphasized again.¡± we are not monsters, nor are we aliens. we are¡­¡± humans!¡± hearing this, chen daoxuan took a deep breath and nodded. ¡°¡±good! on behalf of the chen family, i accept the loyalty of your merfolk clan!¡± obtaining the loyalty of the merfolk clan had always been something chen daoxuan dreamed of. but for some reason. at this moment, he did not feel the slightest excitement. there was only a hint of sadness. sometimes, a single wrong step could lead to eternal damnation. luo xiuyuan straightened his body and knelt in front of chen daoxuan. he signed a contract and said, ¡°¡±i, luo xiuyuan, the clan leader of the merman clan, swear on behalf of all the members of the merman clan that from today onwards, i will be loyal to the chen clan until i die!¡± ¡°i, the clan leader of the chen clan, chen daoxuan, accept the allegiance of the merfolk clan on behalf of my chen clan!¡± in the air, an invisible contract was formed between the two. the race affinity contract! at this moment. he felt that he had a faint connection with every member of the merman race. although this sense could not do anything to the merman clansmen, it could sense if they were loyal to him. this was the effect of the race affinity contract. he watched as chen daoxuan left his cave abode. li ¡®er, i hope father¡¯s choice this time is not wrong.¡± luo xiuyuan sighed silently.. Chapter 118 - Chapter 118: Lotus of Creation (1) chapter 118: lotus of creation (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw devil ape mountain range. following the connection of the subsidiary contract. chen daoxuan quickly found luo li¡¯s location. far away. luo li was lying on a mountaintop that was covered in vegetation and seaweed. her fair and tender hands were crossed and she was resting her head on the back of her head. she was staring blankly at the huge stars in the starry sea layer. ¡°what are you thinking about?¡± silently, chen daoxuan sat beside her. ¡°when 1 was young, i often lay on a rock and looked at the starry sky. at that time, i asked my mother why our clansmen were always fleeing and fighting. mother told me that in order to survive.¡± a line of tears rolled down her cheeks.¡± i asked mother, what is the meaning of life? she told me that just like how she gave birth to me, 1 will give birth to even smaller versions of myself in the future. this is the meaning of life. after that, my mother passed away¡­¡± at this point. luo li sobbed. chen daoxuan looked at her and hesitated. in the end, he gently placed his hand on her shoulder and comforted her,¡±everything will pass. the human race has endured so many hardships in the ancient times. 1 believe that your merfolk clan will also welcome a bright day.¡± upon hearing this, luo li raised her head and stared into chen daoxuan¡¯s eyes with a pair of beautiful, slightly red eyes. ¡°¡±will he die?¡± ¡°yes!¡± chen daoxuan nodded and looked at the starry sky.¡± everyone will die!¡± these words seemed to be comforting luo li, but also seemed to be comforting himself. she cried for an unknown amount of time. ro li was tired from crying and actually fell asleep in chen daoxuan¡¯s arms. looking at her tear-stained appearance, chen daoxuan felt a hint of pity in his heart. although the chen family was struggling. however, they did not know that the life of the chen family was the dream of the mermen who lived in the deep sea world. two hours later. luo li woke up slowly. when she realized that she was lying in chen daoxuan¡¯s arms, her pretty face couldn¡¯t help but blush slightly. however, she immediately thought of something and her face turned pale again. as a member of the race that had signed the subsidiary contract, luo li could feel the faint connection between her and chen daoxuan. ¡°lord¡­ master.¡± she shouted this word awkwardly. ¡± no need.¡± chen daoxuan shook his head.¡± just call me by my name.¡± however, luo li¡¯s expression was unusually firm. he shook his head and said,¡±the etiquette cannot be abandoned, and the rules cannot be broken. since my merman race is a subordinate race of the chen family, from today onwards, you are my master.¡± however, before that, 1 want to be impudent one last time.¡± as she spoke, she looked at chen daoxuan with a hint of anticipation. ¡°good!¡± although he did not know what luo li meant by ¡®presumptuous¡¯, he could not bear to reject this girl who had a tragic fate. seeing that chen daoxuan didn¡¯t reject her. luo li happily grabbed chen daoxuan¡¯s right hand and flew in a certain direction. ¡°come with me!¡± seeing her in such a hurry. chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but laugh. it was true that he couldn¡¯t change his personality no matter what. ¡°slow down.¡± ¡°good, good, good. it¡¯s just in front!¡± after a while. the two of them came to a huge basin in the devil ape mountain. this place was equivalent to a plain in the underwater world. on this plain, there were many strange lotus flowers. these lotuses were white in color, and under the illumination of the starlight, they emitted a strange luster. they were extremely beautiful. even chen daoxuan could not help but sigh at how rare this beautiful scenery was. seeing how chen daoxuan was shocked by the beautiful scenery in front of him, luo li giggled and said,¡±¡± this is a unique spiritual plant in the underwater world of the infinite star sea. we call it the lotus of fate. unfortunately, it¡¯s not the spiritual medicine in the illustrated book you gave me.¡± at this point. luo li¡¯s pretty face revealed a trace of regret. spirit plants? hearing this, chen daoxuan¡¯s heart moved slightly. any kind of undiscovered spirit plant had a huge effect. the only difference was whether this effect had been developed by cultivators. this was a sentence recorded in the alchemy inheritance left behind by the female cultivator of the yun nation. chen daoxuan agreed. there were no useless spirit herbs, only spirit herbs that he had not found the specific usage of. ¡± it¡¯s clearly a white lotus. why is it called the lotus of creation? ¡± chen daoxuan looked at luo li strangely and asked. ¡°just watch.¡± luo li smiled mysteriously. in the next moment, she suddenly flew to the center of the lotus sea. she lifted a stream of true essence with her right hand and threw it into the air. instantly. countless fine true essence scattered towards the lotus on the ground. after the white lotus of fate came into contact with luo li¡¯s ethereal force. it immediately emitted a different kind of brilliance. for a moment. colorful lights filled the air, reflecting the starlight under the starry sky, making luo li look like a goddess under the moon. looking at this beautiful scene. chen daoxuan only felt his heart being fiercely touched. under the starry sky. the two of them looked at each other silently. luo li did not say those words out loud in the end. ¡°so beautiful!¡± chen daoxuan sighed. ¡°what did you say?¡± ¡°i said it was beautiful!¡± luo li smiled happily like a child. ¡°hmm?¡± just as luo li was doing her best to scatter her vital essence, chen daoxuan discovered something different about the lotus of fate. chen daoxuan discovered that the lotus of fate was actually absorbing luo li¡¯s vital essence. this discovery immediately made chen daoxuan¡¯s heart surge with ecstasy. ¡°what happened to you?¡± luo li stopped what she was doing and flew toward chen daoxuan when she saw the smile on chen daoxuan¡¯s face turn into ecstasy. as luo li stopped spraying her vital essence. the lotus of fate did not lose its luster immediately. it still looked radiant. ¡°i¡¯m fine.¡± chen daoxuan stared intently at one of the lotuses of creation and carefully observed it. ¡± luo li, let me ask you. this lotus of fate can absorb your ethereal force, right?¡± ¡°that¡¯s right. unfortunately, this kind of spirit plant had no other use other than absorbing the true essence of cultivators. the true essence absorbed by it will be stored for a period of time before being slowly absorbed by itself and turned into nutrients for growth.¡± luo li said matter-of-factly. it was useless! upon hearing luo li¡¯s evaluation, the corner of chen daoxuan¡¯s mouth twitched violently. luo li actually said that this thing was useless! taking a deep breath, chen daoxuan calmed his excited mood. then, he pulled out a lotus of creation. what surprised chen daoxuan was that this lotus of creation was actually not pulled apart by him. one had to know that apart from being a qi condensation cultivator, chen daoxuan also cultivated a body tempering technique. he had the terrifying power to cripple the blue dragon with a single step. now, he couldn¡¯t even pluck a single lotus. seeing this. chen daoxuan became even more interested in this spirit plant. he took out the flying snow sword and cut off the lotus of creation along with its roots. holding the lotus of fate in his hand, chen daoxuan realized that it had not returned to its original white color. ¡°every time you inject true essence into it, how long will it take for this true essence to dissipate?¡± however, luo li shook her head.¡± it won¡¯t dissipate. it will only be absorbed by it.¡± ¡°what if i don¡¯t let it absorb it?¡± chen daoxuan¡¯s voice trembled slightly. luo li tilted her head and said timidly, ¡°¡±then it will¡­ save it?¡± hearing this. chen daoxuan pulled luo li into his arms and kissed her on her pretty face.. he said excitedly, ¡°¡±i really love you to death!¡± Chapter 119 - Chapter 119: Forging a Life chapter 119: forging a life-bound magical treasure (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw ¡°miss luo, take care!¡± chen daoxuan waved at luo li, but the latter jumped into the sea and ignored him. he awkwardly withdrew his right hand. chen daoxuan knew very well that he had just played the ¡± hooligan ¡± and luo li was angry with him. his actions in the underwater world were enough for him to be imprisoned for seven days in his previous life, let alone in this relatively conservative world. he got carried away. chen daoxuan finally understood the meaning of this word. however, when he thought of the pile of lotuses of creation in his storage bag, he couldn¡¯t care less about anything else. after identifying the direction. chen daoxuan flew towards shuanghu island. when chen daoxuan returned to shuanghu island. it was already late at night. he flew back to his spiritual residence alone. he arrived at his exclusive refining room. chen daoxuan impatiently took out the lotus of creation from his storage bag. previously, in the underwater world. chen daoxuan didn¡¯t have time to observe carefully. after returning to shuanghu island, chen daoxuan discovered that the white lotus of fate was actually glowing with specks of starlight. seeing these specks of starlight. chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but think of the starry sea layer in the underwater world of the infinite star sea. the unusually beautiful underwater starry sky made chen daoxuan feel incomparably shocked. he threw away the distracting thoughts in his mind. chen daoxuan picked up a lotus of creation. the dantian pressure stabilizer that he had envisioned had to be forged according to the method of a life-bound magical treasure. compared to ordinary magic tools, creating a life-bound magic tool only had one more special step, which was to fuse with the owner¡¯s blood essence. as long as he completed this special step. there wasn¡¯t much difference between an ordinary magic tool and a life-bound magic tool. of course. it was not an easy task to fuse the blood essence. the magic tool must be adjusted according to the specific situation of the owner of the magic tool to adapt to the fusion of the blood essence. therefore, he had no choice. a weapon craftsman who forged a life-bound magical treasure must know everything about the owner of the life-bound magical treasure like the back of his hand. as an armament master, it was naturally easy for chen daoxuan to forge a life-bound magical weapon for himself. now, he had found the main materials to refine the dantian pressure stabilizer. the only thing left was how to design this magic tool. regarding this matter. chen daoxuan, who had already created the melting spirit stove, was not without experience. he immediately injected a stream of true qi into the lotus of creation. in the next second. with the infusion of true qi, the starlight on the lotus of creation became especially dazzling. the more true qi he injected, the brighter the light emitted by the lotus of creation. however, no matter how much chen daoxuan injected. the lotus of fate was like a bottomless container that absorbed all of chen daoxuan¡¯s genuine qi. chen daoxuan knew. this spirit plant definitely had a capacity limit. however, the total amount of true qi in his qi sea was far from the capacity of the lotus of creation. at this moment. chen daoxuan thought of another problem. when he reached the foundation establishment stage. after the genuine qi tempered by the sword intent transformed into genuine vitality, the quality would definitely be very high, even comparable to the sword origin of the foundation establishment stage. then how could chen daoxuan be sure that the dantian pressure stabilizer he had created could contain so much true qi or true essence? this was no laughing matter. if he couldn¡¯t test the capacity of this dantian pressure stabilizer¡­ then, when he reached the foundation establishment stage, he would face great risks. he thought about it. he had to find a foundation building cultivator to be his tool to test the capacity of this magic tool. for some reason. what flashed in his mind was not a certain human foundation building cultivator, but luo li. not only was luo li a foundation building cultivator, but she was also in the later stage of the foundation building realm. it could be said that she was very talented. in luo xiuyuan¡¯s words, his daughter was born in the merfolk clan and was delayed. otherwise, he might already be a zifu disciple. however, he had just offended them, and now he was looking for help. chen daoxuan felt that it was a little difficult to say. ¡°forget it. let¡¯s forge this magical artifact first before we test its performance.¡± chen daoxuan shook his head. his consciousness sank into his sea of consciousness. the ten stardusts revolved around the golden scripture. chen daoxuan took a deep breath and fused the ten stardusts together. in the next moment. the familiar epiphany came again. after the time for an incense stick to burn. by the time chen daoxuan opened his eyes again, he had a certain degree of confidence in creating the dantian pressure reducers. he took out a lotus of creation. he used his zhenqi to engrave array patterns on its surface. as the array patterns were engraved, the spirituality on the lotus of creation continued to flow along with the array patterns. one layer of formation pattern, two layers of formation pattern, three layers ¡­ the formation patterns were stacked to the third layer. the spirituality on the lotus of creation instantly dissipated. ¡°i failed.¡± chen daoxuan looked at the crippled lotus of fate and said with a headache,¡± this control array is simply too difficult to fix. it has to control the lotus of fate¡¯s absorption of true qi and feed its master. he also had to control it so that it wouldn¡¯t completely absorb his true energy as nutrients. finally, it has to be superimposed on the other array patterns.¡± rubbing his swollen head, chen daoxuan tried again. he failed again and again. the number of lotuses of creation in front of him also decreased. ten days, twenty days, a month¡­ days passed. chen daoxuan, who was immersed in his research, was unable to notice the passage of time. even when chen xianhe returned to the clan to retrieve his flying sword, he didn¡¯t bother to greet him. half a year later. in the refining room. chen daoxuan stared intently at the lotus of creation in front of him. this was the third time he had taken the lotus of fate from luo li. the three large storage bags of the lotus of creation had all become trash in his experiments. however, after such a long time, after countless experiments, adjustments, and epiphanies. chen daoxuan had finally finalized the formation patterns of this magic tool. this scene¡­ if other second tier armament masters saw this, they would simply be shocked. this was because everyone was following the refining method in the refining inheritance step by step, while chen daoxuan directly jumped to the step of creating new spiritual artifacts. generally speaking. refiners who could create new magic tools were all masters with extremely high refining skills. moreover, even a grandmaster craftsman like him could not create a magic tool in just half a year. every magic tool was created. it would definitely be accompanied by decades or even a lifetime of hard work of a refiner. how could he be like chen daoxuan? in half a year, he had created a magic tool. moreover, it was a heaven-defying magical treasure like the dantian pressure protector. chen daoxuan knew very well what this kind of magic tool meant. not only could he become a legendary sword cultivator, but it also meant that there would be no problems for the chen family¡¯s disciples to build their foundation in the future. as long as the disciples of the chen family reached the peak of the aura refining realm before the age of 60, they would all be able to successfully build their foundation. and reaching the peak of the aura refining realm before the age of 60, even if it was a cultivator with low spiritual roots who enjoyed the basic resources provided by the chen family, there would be no problem.. Chapter 120 - Chapter 120: Don’t Be Afraid (1) chapter 120: don¡¯t be afraid (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw in the refining room. chen daoxuan looked at the dantian pressure regulator that he had painstakingly built and felt a sense of accomplishment bursting in his heart. this dantian pressure stabilizer, which was made with the lotus of fate as the main material, was not a life-bound magical treasure, but an ordinary magical treasure. or rather¡­ this was chen daoxuan¡¯s experimental subject. since the life-bound magic weapon could only be used by the master himself, it naturally could not be used for experiments. as long as the experiment on the pressure regulator was successful, chen daoxuan would be able to forge a natal dantian pressure regulator according to the method of forging a natal magical weapon. at that time. chen daoxuan would be able to boldly comprehend sword intent, temper his zhenqi, and strive to become a legendary sword cultivator. thinking of this¡­ chen daoxuan¡¯s fatigue from studying magic tools for half a year was swept away, and he was filled with fighting spirit. redwood island, sea-overlooking pavilion. chen daoxuan smiled and took out the dantian pressure regulator that he had made and handed it to luo li. ¡°chen daoxuan, is this the thing you said last time that you wanted me to experiment on?¡± half a year passed. the little grudge between him and luo li had long disappeared with chen daoxuan¡¯s words. now, his relationship with luo li had resumed. no! to be precise, it was still a little different from before. for example, luo li never mentioned calling him master again. she called him by his name every time. ¡°yes!¡± chen daoxuan smiled and nodded.¡± you just need to inject your true essence into it.¡± luo li took the magical equipment that looked like the lotus of fate from him. she tilted her head and said, ¡°¡±what speed should i use to inject my true essence into it?¡± ¡°yes.¡± ¡°forget it, come home with me.¡± chen daoxuan thought for a while. ¡°ah?¡± luo li was caught off guard by chen daoxuan¡¯s words. however, chen daoxuan didn¡¯t care so much. he held her hand and rode the wind in the direction of shuanghu island. during this period. worried that the mortals in the clan would see it, chen daoxuan even placed an invisibility talisman on luo li¡¯s body. not long after. luo li landed in the courtyard of chen daoxuan¡¯s spiritual residence. luo li¡¯s eyes lit up when she saw the spiritual pond in the courtyard. with a plop, she dove into the spiritual pond. ¡°stop playing around. help me test this magical artifact first!¡± chen daoxuan was speechless as he watched luo li happily swimming around in the spirit pool. ¡°crash!¡± luo li came out of the spirit pool and said,¡± alright, give me the ritual implement.¡± chen daoxuan threw the ritual implement to her and instructed,¡±¡± follow my instructions and inject your vital essence. for the first time, use half of your speed to inject your vital essence into this magic tool. don¡¯t stop until 1 tell you to!¡± ¡°i know!¡± luo li nodded. then, she looked at the lotus-shaped magical equipment in her hand with a serious expression. taking a deep breath, he poured the true essence in his body into the magic tool in front of him. one breath, two breaths, three breaths¡­ about two hours later. luo li¡¯s pretty face was covered in fine beads of sweat. the lotus-shaped magical equipment in front of her eyes was also emitting a crimson color, as if it would melt at any moment. ¡°alright, stop!¡± chen daoxuan shouted. hearing this shout, luo li instantly stopped. ¡°how is it? how much true qi do you have left in your body?¡± luo li carefully sensed the sea of qi in her dantian and replied, ¡°¡±there¡¯s less than 30% of true essence left.¡± ¡°less than thirty percent,¡± chen daoxuan muttered,¡± including the fact that you¡¯re in the spirit pool and are constantly recovering your true essence, that means that the true essence you injected into this dharma artifact is 90% of the true essence in your dantian!¡± at this point, chen daoxuan¡¯s tone revealed a hint of excitement. he thought about it carefully. ¡°why don¡¯t you stay at my place for the next few days?¡± he continued. ¡°ah?¡± when luo li heard this request, her pretty face blushed and she was at a loss. ¡°it¡¯s like this. the following experiments might be a little dangerous, so i¡¯ve decided to forge a life spirit armor for you first to ensure your safety.¡± as he spoke, chen daoxuan looked at luo li with a burning gaze. it was as if he had set his eyes on an excellent research subject. ¡°you ¡­ what do you want?¡± seeing chen daoxuan¡¯s burning gaze, luo li¡¯s cultivation was obviously one realm higher than his, but for some reason, she felt a little scared. ii don¡¯t be afraid, i¡¯m just a ninth qi layer cultivator, are you worried that i¡¯ll harm a late foundation establishment stage cultivator like you?¡± ¡°who¡­ who¡¯s afraid!¡± luo li said, trying to be brave. ¡°it¡¯s good that you¡¯re not afraid.¡± chen daoxuan¡¯s lips curled into a smile. three days later. luo li put on the natal spiritual armor that chen daoxuan had tailored for her. she looked at chen daoxuan and said, ¡°¡±tell me, what do you plan to do today?¡± ¡°let¡¯s continue the experiment from last time today. we¡¯ll inject genuine qi into this magical artifact at the same speed as last time.¡± ¡°good!¡± luo li, who was wearing her natal spiritual armor, took a deep breath and injected genuine qi into the lotus-shaped magical equipment. an hour later. the lotus-shaped magical treasure in front of him was already so bright that it was almost daytime, but it did not explode. chen daoxuan suddenly felt. this thing was truly worthy of being a second-tier low-grade magic tool. even the true essence of a late-stage foundation establishment cultivator could not fill it up. if he could upgrade it to a high-grade level two or even a level three magic tool, wouldn¡¯t that be heaven-defying? thinking of this¡­ ¡± let¡¯s continue.¡± chen daoxuan continued,¡± recover your true essence first. we¡¯ll continue later.¡± ¡°yes.¡± luo li, who was wearing her spiritual armor, dived into the spiritual pond to recover her vital essence without saying a word. about eight to ten hours later. having recovered her vital essence, luo li continued to repeat the experiment. this was repeated three times. this lotus-shaped magical treasure had already stored three times the true essence of a late-stage foundation establishment cultivator. ¡°alright! stop!¡± chen daoxuan felt that there was no need to continue this experiment. a late-stage foundation building cultivator had three times the vital essence, even though luo li¡¯s cultivation was slightly different from that of a human cultivator. however, no matter how big the difference was, it was at least three times the true essence of a human cultivator in the middle stage of the foundation establishment stage. this time, luo li did not seem to have heard chen daoxuan¡¯s order. the speed at which she withdrew her vital essence was slightly slower. in the next moment. a colorless flame ignited on the lotus-shaped magic tool. then, a beam of light shot into the sky. the shock wave brought by the light beam sent luo li, who was the closest to it, flying. chen daoxuan immediately summoned his natal spiritual armor. in addition, he was standing quite far away, so he did not suffer too much impact. the pillar of light that soared into the sky only stopped after three breaths. ¡°cough, cough, cough!¡± chen daoxuan crawled up from the ground in a sorry state. compared to him, luo li was in an even more sorry state. fortunately, luo li was protected by her natal spiritual armor. in addition, the beam of light just now was directed at the sky, so she did not suffer any harm. seeing this¡­ chen daoxuan heaved a sigh of relief. however, this courtyard was almost completely destroyed. fortunately, all of miss chen¡¯s young maidservants in the spiritual residence had been sent home today. otherwise, it would have probably caused quite a number of casualties. ¡°are you alright?¡± ¡°i¡¯m fine.¡± luo li quickly flew up, but the panic in her eyes could not be concealed. ¡°it¡¯s good that you¡¯re fine. don¡¯t be afraid. let¡¯s continue with the next experiment.¡± after he finished speaking, ignoring luo li¡¯s frightened expression, chen daoxuan took out another lotus-shaped magical equipment from his storage bag.. Chapter 121 - Chapter 121: Second Grade White Lotus of Fate (1) chapter 121: second grade white lotus of fate (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw shuanghu island port. chen daoxuan felt a little awkward as he watched luo li escape back into the sea without looking back. looking at her like this, there was probably no way he could ask her to do similar experiments again. however¡­ he had finally succeeded in refining the dantian pressure protector! chen daoxuan looked at the lotus-shaped magic tool in his hand and suddenly became excited. according to this experiment. chen daoxuan¡¯s test result was that this second-tier low-grade magic tool could store at most three times the true essence of a late-stage foundation establishment cultivator. moreover, luo li had injected her vital essence into it at her fastest speed, but it did not affect it at all. in that case¡­ as long as he could refine this lotus-shaped magical treasure into a life-preserving magical treasure, he would definitely be able to solve the problem of the expansion of the dantian¡¯s sea of qi during the foundation establishment stage. thinking of this¡­ chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t wait to fly back to his spiritual residence. not long after. chen daoxuan, who was flying in the sky, took a look at the devastated courtyard of the spiritual residence. shaking his head, he flew towards the refining room. stepping into the refining room. chen daoxuan took out a tier 2 high-grade lotus of creation. after taking a deep breath, he began to focus on refining his second life-bound magical treasure. time passed little by little during the process of refining the magic tool. in the blink of an eye. three days passed. on a white lotus, countless mysterious array patterns mixed with chen daoxuan¡¯s blood essence slowly fused into the lotus. after a while. both of them merged into the white lotus. only the white lotus flower that was glowing with spiritual light was left spinning slowly in the air. ¡°success!¡± looking at the white lotus floating in front of him, chen daoxuan was extremely excited. in all seriousness, this was the second magic tool he had created. to a certain extent. the significance of this magic tool was definitely not inferior to the harmonious spirit stove. if the harmonious spirit stove gave the chen family cultivators a shortcut to obtain a large amount of cultivation resources, then this dantian pressure reducing magical treasure gave all the cultivators of the chen family hope to build their foundation. one had to know. a cultivator¡¯s breakthrough in a major realm did not depend on their spirit root. this was also the only relatively fair aspect of a cultivator¡¯s cultivation. in other words. there was no essential difference between cultivators with low and high spiritual roots when they broke through to the foundation establishment realm. the spiritual root was only related to the speed of cultivation. in this way, a treasure that could increase the probability of a cultivator reaching the foundation establishment realm was very important. in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, the elite disciples of the large families had to be careful when they built their foundation. in addition to preparing foundation establishment pills for them, they would also prepare other treasures to assist in foundation establishment to ensure that the elite disciples of the clan would succeed in foundation establishment. however, this kind of treatment could not be popularized. one had to know that the price of a foundation establishment pill was already as high as 40,000 to 50,000 spirit stones. if they wanted to make up for the last ten to twenty percent chance of reaching the foundation establishment realm, the price would be nearly ten times higher, reaching hundreds of thousands of spirit stones. such a terrifying price would only be used by the most elite descendants of the clan like zhou mubai. as for the other ordinary clansmen, it would already be good if they could obtain a foundation establishment pill. however, no matter what, a big family was stronger than a small family. this was because not only could their foundation establishment pills be purchased at the internal price, but they could also borrow spirit stones from the clan to purchase them. his divine sense moved slightly. the white lotus-shaped magic tool turned into a ray of spiritual light and rushed straight to chen daoxuan¡¯s dantian. in the next moment. chen daoxuan sank his consciousness into his dantian. he discovered that in his dantian. a small ling armor and a white lotus flower were circling in the center of the sea of vital energy. amongst them. the white lotus was located in the center of the sea of qi, and the ling armor was revolving around the white lotus. it seemed that the two of them were getting along very well. within his qi sea. traces of true energy floated around the white lotus like white mist. however, the white lotus did not take the initiative to absorb genuine qi without chen daoxuan¡¯s order. seeing this scene. chen daoxuan was very satisfied. he had finally refined the lotus of fate into a qualified life-bound magical treasure. absorbing and replenishing true qi required the master to give the order. it would not be like before, where the master would take the initiative to absorb true qi and true essence. thinking of this¡­ chen daoxuan immediately injected his genuine qi into the white lotus magical treasure. due to the use of the second-tier superior-grade lotus of creation, the white lotus-shaped magic tool that chen daoxuan refined actually reached the second-tier middle-grade. it was even a skit level higher than the magical treasure he had experimented on. chen daoxuan knew that this was because his refining skills were not up to par, and the array patterns he had created for this life-bound magical treasure were not advanced enough. as a result, the grade of the magic tool did not reach level two high-grade. but no matter what, a second-tier middle-grade life-bound magic artifact was the most valuable magic artifact in chen daoxuan¡¯s possession. under chen daoxuan¡¯s orders. the white lotus absorbed the genuine qi in chen daoxuan¡¯s dantian. in less than ten minutes, the genuine qi in chen daoxuan¡¯s dantian was almost completely absorbed by the white lotus. he looked at the empty dantian and sea of qi. chen daoxuan¡¯s slightly pale face immediately revealed an excited expression. ¡± next, i¡¯ll try to get it to feed its true qi back to the dantian¡¯s sea of qi.¡± thinking of this, chen daoxuan gave another order to the white lotus. in the next second. a large amount of true qi surged towards the dantian qi sea. in a moment, the dantian qi sea was filled up again. ¡°this¡­¡± seeing this scene, chen daoxuan was so excited that he was somewhat speechless. this life-bound magical treasure, apart from acting as a pressure reliever for the dantian when breaking through to the foundation establishment realm, had another important function. that was to store true qi and increase the endurance of a cultivator¡¯s battle. just think about it. if every cultivator of the chen clan had such a magic tool¡­ during the battle, the others thought that the chen clan cultivator had exhausted all his zhenqi, but in the end, the chen clan cultivator suddenly attacked his opponent ruthlessly. what kind of scene would it be? looking at the white lotus that was constantly spinning in his dantian, chen daoxuan was more and more satisfied. for this magical treasure. he had spent more than a year in total. furthermore, he had spent most of his epiphany opportunities on this magic tool. he even delayed his own cultivation of the sword and teaching chen daochu, chen daolan, and the others how to refine weapons and pills. however, everyone knew that chen daoxuan was busy with something very important. they all began to learn the knowledge of refining and alchemy based on professor chen daoxuan¡¯s foundation. especially chen daochu. after two years of blacksmithing, his blacksmithing skills were much higher than the young cultivators of the dao generation. hence, he decided to do it. he had actually become the artifact refinement teacher of these young cultivators, experiencing the feeling of being a teacher in advance. in the refining room. chen daoxuan stood up. he stretched his muscles and bones, and a bright smile appeared on his face. ¡°what name should i give you?¡± chen dao looked at the white magical equipment in his dantian and pondered for a moment.¡± the third layer of the lotus flower is the first grade, but you have six layers. that means you¡¯re the second grade.. i¡¯ll call you the second-grade white lotus of fate!¡± Chapter 122 - Chapter 122: Changping’s First Cultivation Primary School chapter 122: changping¡¯s first cultivation primary school (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw lie was filled with excitement. chen daoxuan walked out of the refining room. on the way. he saw a group of craftsmen repairing the courtyard that had been damaged by his experiment. after some thought, he walked towards the group of craftsmen. he had been in charge of the family all these years. whether it was the mortals or cultivators in the clan, they all had a deep impression of him, the young clan leader of the chen clan. he saw chen daoxuan. everyone was prepared to kneel down and salute him. ¡°greetings, young patriarch!¡± ¡°there¡¯s no need to be so polite.¡± as soon as he finished speaking, before everyone could kneel down, they were lifted up by a gentle breeze and involuntarily stood up straight. everyone was both respectful and fearful of the clan leader, the immortal master. after bowing, they all stood there blankly, not knowing what to do. ¡°let me ask you, where is your general, chen beiwang?¡± at this moment, a man in his thirties stood up and said boldly, ¡°¡±lord chen has been busy building the clan school. he should be at the construction site.¡± ¡°alright, you guys continue with your work.¡± ¡°yes, young clan leader!¡± seeing that everyone bowed and accepted the order, chen daoxuan flew in the direction of the clan school. the chen clan school was changping¡¯s first cultivation primary school. it had already taken more than two years to build it. the reason why it took so long. it was because the chen family¡¯s craftsmen had been in charge of the construction of the school from the beginning to the end. no cultivators had participated in it. the cultivators of the chen family were basically like radishes and pits. they could not spare any manpower to help chen beiwang build the school. in addition to building the school, chen beiwang also wanted to build 108 independent courtyards as the accommodation for the first batch of cultivators of the fu generation. these 108 courtyards were basically built near the spirit vein and spirit eye. this was also to make it easier for cultivators of the fu generation to cultivate. so much work. for the few craftsmen in the chen family, it was already a huge workload. if not for the fact that everyone had more or less cultivated martial arts and had internal energy, they would not have been able to withstand such intense labor. fortunately, after more than two years, the main campus of the school was finally completed. when chen daoxuan descended. when he saw the words ¡®changping first cultivation primary school¡¯ written on the stone tablet in front of him, he couldn¡¯t help but feel a surge of emotions. this place would be the cradle of the chen family¡¯s rise. after that. there would be more and more cradles like this. sweeping with his divine sense. chen daoxuan noticed chen beiwang and chen daochu, who were surrounded by the crowd. after a while. chen daochu seemed to have sensed something and looked at chen daoxuan¡¯s flying figure. ¡°young clan leader, have you come out of seclusion?¡± when chen daochu saw chen daoxuan, his face was filled with surprise. more than a year had passed. chen daochu had also grown taller, and his cultivation had reached the seventh level of the aura refining realm, becoming a late-stage aura refining cultivator. chen daoxuan nodded his head when he saw the rapid improvement in his cultivation. ¡°¡±not bad, it seems that you haven¡¯t been slacking off during this period of time!¡± ¡°hehe!¡± after finally being praised by chen daoxuan, chen daochu scratched his head in embarrassment. then, chen daoxuan looked at the white-haired chen beiwang with a smile and said respectfully, ¡°¡±general chen, you¡¯ve worked hard.¡± ¡± it¡¯s not hard, it¡¯s not hard. it¡¯s just a pity that i feel that my days are running out. i¡¯m afraid that after this school is built, i won¡¯t be able to do anything for the young clan leader and the clan.¡± chen beiwang¡¯s expression darkened. ¡°don¡¯t say that!¡± chen daoxuan consoled him,¡± what you did was not a meager effort. your contribution to my chen family is not lower than anyone else¡¯s! if you hadn¡¯t built houses, paved roads, built schools, and built all kinds of buildings for the clansmen day and night. my chen family members didn¡¯t have such a scene. although you are not a cultivator, you have helped our chen family to lay a solid foundation for development!¡± then, he cupped his hands and bowed to chen bei.¡± thank you on behalf of the family!¡± hearing this. chen beiwang¡¯s eyes were swollen, and he could not help but cover his face with his sleeve and cry. he looked at the white-haired old man. ¡°from now on, all members of the chen clan who have made sufficient contributions to the clan can enter the chen clan¡¯s ancestral hall and enjoy the clan¡¯s worship forever!¡± chen daoxuan announced in front of everyone. ¡°all?¡± hearing this. chen beiwang could not believe his ears. it had always been the common understanding of the infinite star sea and even the entire immortal cultivation world that mortals and cultivators could not be placed side by side. in the eyes of cultivators, mortals were just tools for reproduction, the most useless of the lowest. whether it was production or martial strength, mortals did not have any advantage. it could even be said that they were a burden. although the zhou clan had tens of millions of mortals, most of them had to rely on the zhou clan cultivators to protect them and even feed them. how could such a mortal be respected by cultivators? but at this moment. chen bei looked at chen daoxuan and could feel the respect that the high and mighty immortal master had for him. he had never experienced such respect before. it made him tremble from the depths of his soul. ¡°this old man¡­this old man thanks young clan leader for your grace!¡± the white-haired chen beiwang was about to kneel down when chen daoxuan pulled him back. ¡°general chen, you don¡¯t have to do this.¡± chen daoxuan said gently. only chen bei was left standing there with tears of gratitude. after a long time. after calming down, chen bei looked at chen daoxuan and introduced,¡±¡± young clan leader, look, the area under our feet was built according to your requirements¡­¡± before chen daoxuan arrived, he had already flown around the campus. he had a rough idea of the school¡¯s appearance. after listening to chen beiwang¡¯s introduction, the impression of this school became even deeper. all in all. this was a primary school that was very similar to chen daoxuan¡¯s previous life. even the class division was very similar to his previous life. he had no choice. the chen family had a limited number of teachers, so it was impossible for them to do one-on-one teaching. they could only implement the method of teaching in large classes. fortunately, everyone was a cultivator, so there was no problem that no one could see or hear, or that the teacher could not take care of everything. moreover, there was another advantage to studying in a large class. it could stimulate the students to compete with each other. it made everyone put in more effort in their cultivation, learning all kinds of alchemy, and refining knowledge. coupled with the chen family¡¯s supporting resource supply system, it was believed that very few cultivators of the fu generation would spend three days fishing and two days drying their nets. of course. if such a lazy cultivator really appeared, chen daoxuan would not be polite to him. he could just give up on him. in the future, there would be more and more cultivators of the fu generation. the first batch alone had more than a hundred people. chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t expect every cultivator of the fu generation to be successful. whether it was in his previous life or this life, this was unrealistic. accompanied by chen beiwang, chen daoxuan toured the entire school. changping¡¯s first cultivation primary school was chen beiwang¡¯s masterpiece. the only unfortunate thing was¡­ chen beiwang was a mortal and did not know anything about arrays. in this aspect, he still had to ask chen daoxuan, this array formation expert, to take action. ¡°general chen, leave the rest of the array formation to me. you guys just need to build the student dormitory courtyard.¡± ¡°yes, young patriarch.¡± chen beiwang cupped his hands.. Chapter 123 - Chapter 123: Rain of Sword Intent 1 chapter 123: rain of sword intent 1 translator: daoist6fubtiw in the following days. chen daoxuan¡¯s cultivation became very regular other than teaching chen daochu, chen daolan, and the others about refining weapons and alchemy, he was also a teacher. all that was left was to comprehend spells and dao patterns to improve his sword dao realm. as time passed. chen daoxuan¡¯s progress in the wind sword dao was getting bigger and bigger until he reached the point where he could not make any progress. on the surface of the sea not far from shuanghu island. chen daoxuan sat cross-legged in the air. in front of him. there were two flying swords revolving around them. they were chen daoxuan¡¯s flying swords, flying snow and cheng ying. suddenly. with chen daoxuan as the center, drizzling rain began to fall within a radius of a thousand feet. the curtain of rain connected with the seawater, making splashing sounds. this was the phenomenon of the sword qi of the wind and rain sword technique turning into rain. in the curtain of rain, white marks shuttled back and forth. this was the killing move of the wind overturning rain sword, formed by the shadow bearing sword. compared to a year ago, when he did not obtain zhou mubai¡¯s sword dao jade slip. when chen daoxuan used the white mark formed by the cheng ying sword again. he felt that both his power and speed had reached a new level. back then, when he killed the female cultivator from the yun nation, if he had reached his current sword dao realm, he definitely wouldn¡¯t have fought for so long. at most three swords. he would be able to break through the other party¡¯s true essence shield. feeling the white mark that had reached its limit, chen daoxuan silently withdrew the flying snow cheng ying dual swords. ¡°after fusing with the wind dao pattern, the power of the wind chasing sword technique has already increased to its limit. now¡­the only thing left is the water dao pattern.¡± chen daoxuan¡¯s eyes lit up. days passed. in the blink of an eye, three months had passed. in three months, he had a total of nine chances to gain enlightenment. it allowed chen daoxuan to cultivate two level one water element spells to perfection, and he also comprehended water element runes to a certain level. he could already try to fuse it with his sword dao. thinking of this¡­ chen daoxuan controlled the ten stardusts in his sea of consciousness to collide together. in the next second. his consciousness flew higher and higher, and his comprehension of the water element sword path became deeper and deeper. after the time for an incense stick to burn. chen daoxuan opened his eyes.¡± 1 see. no wonder zhou mubai said that everyone who cultivates the sword techniques of the qian yuan sword sect can eventually comprehend sword intent. it¡¯s just that the difficulty of comprehending sword intent varies. if i focused on the wind chasing sword technique or overflow rain sword technique, it would be even more difficult for me to comprehend sword essence. fortunately, the upper limit of the wind chasing sword technique and the overflow rain sword technique is much higher than the wind chasing sword technique and the overflow rain sword technique, which reduces the difficulty of my comprehension of sword essence!¡± thinking of this, chen daoxuan grinned. it had been more than four years since he obtained the primordial dao enlightenment scripture¡¯s ability to store comprehension. chen daoxuan was now exactly twenty years old. four years. he had invested most of his epiphany opportunities into comprehending sword dao. so it was. only then did he comprehend the profoundness of the sword essence. from this, one could see how difficult it was to comprehend sword essence and become a sword cultivator. this was also the reason why sword immortal guang ¡®an, zhou mubai, was so famous that he was able to enter the zifu disciple rankings. chen daoxuan leaped up. they flew towards the port of shuanghu island. about a hundred miles away from shuanghu island. chen daoxuan sat cross-legged on the surface of the sea again. flying snow and shadow bearing flew out of his storage pouch. looking at the two flying swords, chen daoxuan revealed a confident expression. he knew that he was only a hair¡¯s breadth away from comprehending sword essence. the so-called half-step into the threshold of sword intent back then seemed so ridiculous to him at this moment. back then, he had only cultivated normal sword scriptures to the point where he could not advance any further. he did not think of using spells to comprehend dao, nor did he know how to fuse dao with the sword. at this moment. a curtain of rain appeared again. compared to the previous rain curtain of sword qi, the rain curtain surrounding chen daoxuan seemed to be more lively. not only that. the next moment, a white mark appeared in the rain. the white mark continued to move through the rain. in the end, the rain of sword qi suddenly disappeared. between heaven and earth. all that was left was a new curtain of rain formed by white marks. ¡± the sword strikes like a breeze, a breeze like a rain, and a rain of sword intent. 1 see.¡± chen daoxuan smiled. more and more terrifying white marks surrounded chen daoxuan, as if they wanted to tear everything that entered this world into pieces. in the next moment. the white mark disappeared and turned into a rain of sword qi. the two changed so freely that it was difficult to deal with them. in the past. the white mark formed by the cheng ying sword was the greatest killing move of chen daoxuan¡¯s wind and rain sword. and after comprehending the rain sword essence, this greatest killing move actually turned into an ordinary white rain curtain. the change in power produced by this was more than ten times stronger. what was even more terrifying was that¡­ sword intent had the ability to temper a cultivator¡¯s true qi, true essence, and magic power. once chen daoxuan¡¯s genuine qi was tempered by the sword intent of the rain of threads, the quality of his genuine qi would definitely rise to a higher level. he wasn¡¯t sure if it was comparable to the true essence of a foundation establishment cultivator, but it was definitely several times more powerful than that of an ordinary qi condensation cultivator. otherwise¡­ zhou mubai wouldn¡¯t have respected this kind of swordsman so much. comprehending sword intent, forging a second-grade white lotus of fate. chen daoxuan had already completed two preparations before foundation establishment. what was left was to rely on the accumulation of time and effort to polish his true qi until it was in a state of perfect integration. this was a painstaking effort. cultivators were not even required to cultivate in seclusion all day long. they could polish their true qi bit by bit in their daily lives. in fact, after more than a year of polishing his true qi, he had been able to refine his true qi. chen daoxuan realized that the speed at which he polished his true qi was relatively fast. it would only take about a year at most. he should be able to reach the realm mentioned in the returning origin technique, where he could not advance and was completely integrated. however¡­ before that. he still had to temper his dantian¡¯s true qi with the silk rain sword intent. he had worked so hard to comprehend the sword essence at the meditational level precisely for this opportunity to temper his genuine qi. chen daoxuan would never miss this opportunity. he returned to the courtyard of the spiritual mansion. the courtyard that was almost destroyed during the last experiment was restored to its original appearance. chen daoxuan even made a little change according to his preferences. for example, he expanded the area of the spirit pond by three times. of course. to expand the area of the spirit pond, one needed to have enough spirit qi. fortunately, there were not many cultivators in the chen family, so the spiritual energy consumed by the spiritual vein every day was not much. the spirit pond could store enough spirit liquid. when the cultivators of the fu generation began to cultivate, it might not be the case. ¡°looks like i have to continue upgrading my spirit meridians!¡± chen daoxuan muttered to himself. in fact, neither he nor chen xianhe had expected the chen family to develop so quickly. in just a few years. level 1 spirit meridians were not enough. the reason for this was because chen daoxuan¡¯s family birth policy was too abnormal. other than working, the male clansmen were always making babies. as a result, the family population had skyrocketed in recent years. it far exceeded the requirement that chen daoxuan had set for changping county magistrate chen zhi to increase the population by ten times. in the courtyard. chen daoxuan threw away his distracting thoughts. he focused on using the rain of threads sword intent he had comprehended to temper his dantian¡¯s true qi. the sword intent was ethereal, colorless and formless. but it really existed. this was what zhou mubai had recorded in the sword dao jade slip. at this moment. chen daoxuan finally understood the meaning of this sentence. he only felt that his true qi was transforming bit by bit under an inexplicable force. the transformation was slow but stable. he went into seclusion for three days. chen daoxuan had finally refined all the genuine qi in his dantian into a brand new type of sword qi. that was what he called this new type of true energy. after a simple test, he discovered that the quality of this new type of zhenqi was at least three times higher than that of ordinary zhenqi. although it was still not at the level where a foundation establishment cultivator¡¯s true essence was more than ten times stronger than a qi refinement cultivator¡¯s. however, compared to ordinary aura refining cultivators, there was a fundamental difference. moreover, compared to a foundation building cultivator, his zhenqi was no longer so fragile. at the very least, if he were to fight that female cultivator from the yun nation back then, chen daoxuan would be able to kill her with a single sword strike given the environment back then.. Chapter 124 - Chapter 124: Buying Foundation Establishment Pills (1) chapter 124: buying foundation establishment pills (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw time flew by. a year passed quickly. because he had comprehended the rain sword essence, he had crossed the symbolic threshold of sword dao. the obstruction on chen daoxuan¡¯s sword path also disappeared. in the past year. while chen daoxuan was polishing his genuine qi and teaching a few cultivators of the dao generation, he spent the rest of his time comprehending the tao of the sword. moreover, as chen daoxuan¡¯s sword doctrine realm became more profound, he discovered that his sword doctrine realm actually improved a little with his comprehension even when he was not in a state of enlightenment. it seemed that as he comprehended sword intent, his talent in the way of the sword had also been strengthened to a certain extent. this discovery undoubtedly made chen daoxuan extremely happy. even though chen daoxuan¡¯s sword dao had improved rapidly, he was clear that he had not relied on his sword dao talent to reach his current level. although chen daoxuan¡¯s talent in the tao of the sword was not bad, he could barely be called a genius in the qianyuan sword sect. however, compared to zhou mubai, who could comprehend sword essence at the foundation establishment stage, his talent in the way of the sword was still much weaker. however¡­ chen daoxuan was no match for him in terms of sword dao talent, but he had a cheat. with the support of the primordial enlightenment scripture¡¯s ability to store perception, any difficulty was easily solved. comprehending sword dao was naturally as easy as drinking water. the rain sword intent, including the wind chasing and rain sword technique that chen daoxuan had displayed earlier, focused on the word ¡°scatter¡±. the sword qi transformed into rain, and the white marks formed a curtain! it reflected the word ¡°scatter¡± in the sword path. this kind of sword intent was most suitable for one against many and was good at group attacks. but at the same time, compared to the other sword essences, the rain of threads sword essence inevitably had its shortcomings. that was the lack of explosive power. of course, it wasn¡¯t that chen daoxuan¡¯s explosive power wasn¡¯t enough. it was just that his explosive power wasn¡¯t enough compared to sword xiu of the same level. therefore, the next cultivation direction of the silk rain sword essence was called ¡± unity¡± by chen daoxuan. the so-called ¡°merging¡± was to fuse the white streaks of rain into one. it was extremely difficult to do this. at the very least, chen daoxuan had to have a deeper understanding of the silk rain sword essence to be confident in doing it. chen daoxuan cultivated for a year. countless times of comprehension had only shrunk the white rain curtain to a hundred feet. after that, he seemed to have encountered a new bottleneck. no matter how much he comprehended, his swordsmanship level would not advance. but chen daoxuan knew that this time, what he encountered was not a bottleneck in sword dao, but a bottleneck in cultivation. to put it simply, his cultivation was too low and was no longer enough to support him in comprehending a higher realm of the sword. this kind of phenomenon where one¡¯s cultivation delayed one¡¯s realm was probably unique in the entire cultivation world. as a matter of fact, there was probably no sword cultivator who could comprehend sword essence in the refinement stage like him in the entire infinite star sea, let alone a cultivator whose cultivation would affect his sword realm. otherwise, chen daoxuan should have at least heard of it. whether it was from the three lists given by the qianyuan sword sect or the rumors in the outside world, he had never heard of the existence of such a sword cultivator. the reason was simple. even if a cultivator with such a monstrous talent in the way of the sword could comprehend sword essence at the meditational level, he probably wouldn¡¯t dare to do so. because doing so was no different from courting death. although this kind of cultivator was invincible in the sword qi stage, he could even kill foundation establishment cultivators of a higher realm. once he reached foundation establishment, what awaited him was death. chen daoxuan, who had seen zhou mubai¡¯s sword dao jade slip, knew this very well. let¡¯s not talk about anything else. he was currently in such a state. every time he thought about building his foundation, a strong sense of panic would surge from the bottom of his heart. a cultivator¡¯s sense of panic and impulse would not appear for no reason. every time a cultivator had this feeling, they had to pay attention to it and see if there was any danger waiting for them. of course, chen daoxuan had already made sufficient preparations to build his foundation. if he couldn¡¯t even build his foundation with such ample preparation, then it meant that it was basically a dead end for a meditational cultivator to comprehend sword essence. however, in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, chen daoxuan still planned to go to guang ¡®an prefecture to buy another foundation establishment pill. shuanghu island. in the courtyard of chen daoxuan¡¯s spiritual residence. ¡°are you saying that you want to buy a foundation establishment pill?¡± chen xianhe took a few quick steps forward and grabbed chen daoxuan¡¯s shoulder firmly. he said excitedly,¡± in just two years, you¡¯ve actually polished your genuine qi to the realm of harmony. that¡¯s fast, too fast!¡± chen xianhe¡¯s eyes were glistening with tears. he smiled and said,¡± if you had taken the meridian unblocking pill back then and had the current cultivation environment, perhaps your foundation establishment age would have really broken zhou mu¡¯s record.¡± looking at the 21-year-old chen daoxuan, chen xianhe couldn¡¯t help but sigh. ¡± whether you¡¯re 20 or 21, it doesn¡¯t make a difference to me.¡± chen daoxuan smiled and said,¡± there¡¯s no point in fighting over this.¡± ¡°right, right, right. there¡¯s no point in fighting over this. hahaha!¡± chen xianhe burst into laughter. this was probably the happiest laugh he had ever had since his family started cultivating the spirit vein. the chen family would finally have their first foundation establishment cultivator. with the first, the second, and the third, it would not be far away. chen xianhe thought of chen daochu and chen daolan. they were both cultivators with superior spiritual roots like chen daoxuan, and they had already reached the eighth qi layer, only a step away from the ninth qi layer. compared to chen daoxuan back then, chen daochu and chen daolan seemed to have enjoyed the best cultivation conditions at the beginning of their cultivation. all kinds of resources were endless. even zhou mubai would not be as extravagant as the two of them when he was in the qi condensation stage. although the zhou family was a big family, there were hundreds of thousands of cultivators in the family. hence, the zhou family couldn¡¯t possibly give zhou mubai so many resources when he was still in the qi condensation stage, even if zhou mubai was a heaven spiritual root cultivator. zhou mubai¡¯s true rise was not because of his heavenly spirit root, but because he had comprehended sword essence at the foundation establishment stage and became a sword cultivator. this was why the zhou family had placed all their bets on him, and all kinds of resources were continuously poured into him. as a result, zhou mubai had become a zifu disciple at the age of less than a hundred. it must be known that it was much harder to advance from the foundation establishment stage to the refinement stage. there was no such thing as advancing several levels in a year. in fact, it was considered a decent speed for a foundation establishment cultivator to advance to the first layer in ten years. the path of cultivation had always been more difficult the further one advanced. otherwise, there would not be a cultivator who had hundreds of thousands of years of lifespan but did not have enough time to cultivate and break through. after three years. once again, chen daoxuan and chen xianhe embarked on their journey to guang ¡®an prefecture. the journey was calm. a month later. chen daoxuan and chen xianhe walked into the rainbow sonar flying sword shop in the wandering cultivator market. daoxuan, you said that you¡¯re buying foundation establishment pills this time, not going to the zhou consortium auction house? ¡± chen xianhe was surprised by chen daoxuan¡¯s words. ¡°yes, i want to find an acquaintance to buy it!¡± chen daoxuan smiled. ¡°acquaintance?¡± chen xianhe¡¯s face was filled with confusion. in guang ¡®an prefecture, the most powerful person the chen family knew was none other than zhou mucheng. chen xianhe guessed that dao xuan wanted to find zhou mucheng to buy it at the zhou family¡¯s internal price? however, wasn¡¯t this forcing zhou mucheng to make a mistake? the zhou clan had strict clan rules. if their own people used foundation building pills, they could buy them at the internal price, but they were not allowed to sell foundation building pills and poach the members of the clan. otherwise, if they were caught, the zhou family¡¯s law enforcement team would not let them off easily. chen xianhe hesitated. ¡°daoxuan, right now, my chen family doesn¡¯t lack these ten to twenty thousand spirit stones. why make things difficult for old brother zhou?¡± seeing that thirteenth uncle was thinking wrongly, chen daoxuan smiled and said,¡±¡± don¡¯t worry, thirteenth uncle. the person i¡¯m looking for isn¡¯t uncle zhou..¡± Chapter 125 - Chapter 125: Life and Death (1) chapter 125: life and death (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw spiritual shell island. in a fresh and elegant pavilion. a tall and handsome young cultivator in a white daoist robe sat on a stone bench and looked indifferently at the rain in the spirit pool outside the pavilion. a late-stage foundation establishment cultivator of the zhou clan stood behind him with cupped hands. ¡°are you saying that spirit day city is about to be built?¡± zhou mubai scattered a handful of ling grains, causing the spirit fish in the spirit pool to fight over them. ¡°reporting to young clan leader, yes.¡± the foundation establishment cultivator of the zhou family lowered his head. ¡°how many wandering cultivators have left our market?¡± ¡°a lot,¡± the foundation establishment cultivator of the zhou family said with a trembling voice,¡± about 30% of the itinerant cultivators have been lost, and they are still disappearing.¡± ¡°thirty percent¡­¡± zhou mubai raised his head.¡± didn¡¯t the clan also build spirit veins for the rogue cultivators to cultivate? ¡± hearing this, the foundation building cultivator behind him lowered his head, not knowing how to answer. as expected, that little fellow was right. zhou mubai said in his heart and continued,¡± what about the core business district? ¡± ¡°the losses are disastrous. a large number of shops have withdrawn from the core business district, and the number of customers has decreased by 20%.¡± ¡°20%, this is just the beginning, sigh!¡± zhou mubai didn¡¯t expect that the establishment of spirit day city would have such a huge impact on guang ¡®an prefecture. he was about to say something. a beautiful maidservant walked in and bowed. ¡°¡±young clan leader, there is a young master outside requesting an audience.¡± ¡°young master?¡± zhou mubai looked at the maidservant strangely. ¡°he said that you¡¯ll understand once you see this.¡± as the maidservant spoke, she took out a white jade slip and handed it over. zhou mubai scanned the area with his divine sense and saw chen daoxuan waiting outside. he smiled and said, ¡°¡±invite him in.¡± ¡°yes, young clan leader.¡± seeing the servant girl leave, zhou mubai waved his hand and said, ¡°¡±you can leave too.¡± ¡± but, young clan leader, are we just going to do nothing and watch as spirit day city grows stronger?¡± the late-stage foundation establishment cultivator of the zhou family said anxiously. ¡°who said we¡¯re not doing anything? aren¡¯t we building a spirit vein?¡± seeing that the other party wanted to continue speaking, zhou mubai waved his hand. ¡°young clan leader, this subordinate shall take his leave!¡± zhou mubai felt a headache as he watched him leave. the continuous expansion of spirit day city caused more and more zhou clan cultivators to feel dissatisfied. the elders in the clan meeting also kept making trouble, wanting to make a move against spirit day city. even with zhou mubai¡¯s prestige, he could no longer suppress these hard-line people. chen daoxuan followed behind the zhou family¡¯s maidservant and came to the pavilion where zhou mubai was sitting. ¡°senior zhou!¡± chen daoxuan cupped his hands. however, the moment zhou mubai saw chen daoxuan, his eyes lit up. his figure instantly disappeared from the pavilion. in the next moment, zhou mubai appeared in front of chen daoxuan. he pointed at chen daoxuan and said in a trembling voice, ¡°¡±you actually did it?¡± ¡°junior was lucky!¡± zhou mubai took a deep breath and heaved a sigh of relief.l really don¡¯t know if i¡¯m helping you or harming you by giving you this jade slip.¡± at this moment. zhou mubai couldn¡¯t help but feel regretful. this kind of emotion would only be felt when he saw a cultivator who was more talented than him about to die in front of him. ¡°senior, when junior saw the path of sword cultivation recorded in senior¡¯s jade slip, i wanted to follow it. if i die because of this, junior will die without regrets!¡± after saying that, chen daoxuan stared at the other party with a burning gaze. when he heard this, zhou mubai couldn¡¯t suppress the admiration in his eyes for chen daoxuan. he kept nodding and said, ¡°¡±good! what a good way to die without regrets! we sword cultivators should be like this!¡± ¡°senior¡­¡± ¡°don¡¯t call me senior!¡± zhou mubai raised his hand.¡± just based on this sentence, you and i will be friends from now on!¡± ¡°big brother zhou!¡± ¡°hahahaha! it¡¯s so fast!¡± zhou mubai laughed loudly.¡± if you succeed, your name will definitely shake the infinite star sea. if you die¡­¡± zhou mubai lowered his voice.¡± as long as i¡¯m alive, i¡¯ll protect your chen family!¡± hearing this promise. chen daoxuan looked at zhou mubai in a daze and said sincerely, ¡°¡±thank you, big brother zhou!¡± he paused for a moment and said seriously,¡± but before that, i have something to ask of brother zhou.¡± ¡°tell me!¡± zhou mubai waved his hand. ¡°it¡¯s about my uncle¡­¡± as he spoke, chen daoxuan explained chen xianhe¡¯s situation in detail. zhou mubai shook his head and sighed.¡± he¡¯s almost a hundred years old. it¡¯s too late. if he¡¯s not even sixty-five years old, according to what i know, there¡¯s another treasure that i can try. but at this age¡­¡± zhou mubai shook his head repeatedly. hearing this, chen daoxuan¡¯s heart, which was originally filled with anticipation, gradually sank. ¡°as a cultivator, you have to get used to the people around you gradually leaving you. you have to know that not every family member has as good a talent as you.¡± zhou mubai consoled,¡± dao xuan, life and death are impermanent! even if we don¡¯t become immortals, this day will eventually come for you and me. it¡¯s just a matter of time.¡± but when chen daoxuan heard this, he was still unwilling to give up. he raised his head and said, ¡°¡±big brother zhou, if there is a pill that can help older cultivators forcefully open their dantian and sea of qi, can¡¯t it help them build their foundation?¡± zhou mubai shook his head.¡± it¡¯s not that simple. in your opinion, what is foundation establishment?¡± ¡± spiritual qi tempering the body, expanding the sea of qi, and transforming the true qi!¡± ¡°what you said is just a facade.¡± zhou mubai explained,¡± when a cultivator reaches foundation establishment, a deeper level of change occurs. it is the transformation of the soul. do you know why we call mahayana true immortals pure yang true immortals?¡± chen daoxuan shook his head. ¡± pure yang, pure yang, refers to a complete transformation of the soul. foundation establishment is the first step to transformation. your uncle, chen xianhe, is not lacking in qi and blood, nor is he lacking in genuine qi. it¡¯s his soul that is lacking.¡± ¡± then if the divine soul is insufficient, can¡¯t we use spirit herbs to remedy it?¡± ¡°of course it¡¯s not that simple.¡± zhou mubai shook his head and said,¡± if you compare a person to a candle, then before he turns sixty, the candle will be burning brightly. after sixty, the candle will gradually burn out. at this time, if you use spirit herbs to prolong life, it will only add a little more fire to the candle. it won¡¯t have any effect on the candle itself.¡± hearing this explanation, chen daoxuan¡¯s eyes dimmed completely. ¡°my condolences!¡± zhou mubai patted his shoulder. after saying that, he handed over a foundation establishment pill and said,¡±although it might not be of much use to you, it can still increase your chances of reaching the first-line foundation establishment realm.¡± ¡°thank you, big brother zhou.¡± chen daoxuan took the foundation building pill and smiled with a pale face. after watching chen daoxuan leave, zhou mubai sighed.¡±¡± another sentimental person. what a pity!¡± he returned to the rainbow sonar flying sword shop. chen daoxuan adjusted his emotions and acted as if nothing had happened. ¡°you¡¯re back?¡± chen xianhe reprimanded,¡± i told you, our chen family doesn¡¯t lack the ten or twenty thousand spiritual stones now. why should we owe others a favor? you know, favors are the hardest to repay.¡± ¡°yes, yes, yes. dao xuan knows his mistake.¡± chen daoxuan smiled as he looked at chen xianhe, whose face was gradually aging.. Chapter 126 - Chapter 126: Borrowing the Spirit Vein (1) chapter 126: borrowing the spirit vein (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw redwood island. sea-overlooking pavilion. ¡°you want to borrow my clan¡¯s spirit vein?¡± luo li looked at chen daoxuan with a strange expression. then, she felt the harmonious aura on his body and exclaimed,¡± ah, you¡¯re going to build your foundation?¡± ¡°yes!¡± chen daoxuan nodded with a smile. ¡± of course there¡¯s no problem with using the spirit vein, but¡­¡± ¡°but what?¡± chen daoxuan frowned. theoretically speaking, as a subsidiary race of the chen family, the merman race¡¯s spirit vein was his chen family¡¯s spirit vein. however, chen daoxuan used the word ¡®borrowed¡¯ to express his respect for the merfolk clan. no¡­ it¡¯s nothing.¡± luo li saw chen daoxuan¡¯s slightly dissatisfied expression and finally swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth. in the underwater world of the infinite star sea. devil ape mountain. in the cave abode of luo xiuyuan, the clan leader of the merfolk clan. a few late-stage foundation establishment realm elderly mermen were talking to luo xiuyuan. ¡°clan leader, recently, the jade water ape clan, which is adjacent to our devil ape mountain, has repeatedly invaded the border of our devil ape mountain. they have already injured several of our clansmen. do you think they could be looking at the old merman who was older than him, luo xiuyuan sighed. ¡°¡±the jade water ape clan is testing us.¡± ¡°test? the old merman was stunned before he reacted,¡± you mean, they know about your injuries!¡± at this point. the old merman¡¯s eyes revealed a hint of fear. once luo xiuyuan¡¯s injuries were exposed, it would definitely be a disaster for the merfolk clan. the merman race was able to occupy the level three spirit vein of the demon ape mountain because of the intimidation of luo xiuyuan, a late-stage purple prefecture realm cultivator. if the outside world knew that luo xiuyuan was seriously injured and could not be treated, the other races living near the demonic ape mountain would probably come knocking on their doors at any moment and tear the merfolk apart completely. seemingly thinking of something, the old merman said hesitantly: ¡°¡±patriarch, do you think that behind the jade water ape clan, the wu clan is¡­¡± hearing this. luo xiuyuan thought about it and shook his head. ¡°¡±guang ¡®an prefecture experienced the rebellion of god extinction and the battle of zhennan pass back then, which led to the decline of high-level cultivators in the major families. the wu clan is one of the clans that has been affected the most. they don¡¯t even have a zifu disciple now, and they might not be able to control the jade water apes as freely as they did in the past.¡± ¡°you mean¡­¡± ¡°this is probably the thoughts of the jade water ape clan. they want our devil ape mountain!¡± compared to the infinite star sea under the rule of the qian yuan sword sect, the law of survival in the underwater world of the infinite star sea was more than a hundred times cruder. killing each other was a common occurrence. it was just like how the merfolk clan occupied the demon ape mountain after killing the water demon ape clan. the jade water ape clan could also kill the merman clan and occupy the other party¡¯s spirit vein again. here. there was no order at all. although the sea-suppressing hall was famous in the underwater world of the infinite star sea, they didn¡¯t care about the slaughter between the races in the infinite star sea. in fact¡­ the sea-calming temple was behind the slaughter of the major races in the underwater world of the infinite star sea. at least, they were guiding it intentionally or unintentionally. it was because the sea-calming temple could only control the underwater world of the infinite star sea better if the underwater races killed each other. otherwise, if all the major races in the underwater world of the infinite star sea joined forces, wouldn¡¯t the qian yuan sword sect find trouble for themselves? regarding this point. the various races in the undewater world of the infinite star sea might not be able to see it. however, the sea-suppressing hall was too powerful! in addition, the various races had fought for countless years and had long formed a blood feud. it was not something that could be stopped just because he wanted to. as they spoke. two figures flew towards luo xiuyuan¡¯s cave abode. sweeping with his divine sense. luo xiuyuan noticed chen daoxuan¡¯s figure. seeing chen daoxuan, luo xiuyuan struggled to stand up and bow to him. however, his injuries were too serious. at this moment, luo xiuyuan couldn¡¯t even stand up, which was a simple action in the eyes of mortals. ¡°i¡¯m sorry!¡± upon seeing chen daoxuan, luo xiuyuan¡¯s pale face squeezed out a bitter smile. he cupped his hands and said,¡± i¡¯m not feeling well, so it¡¯s not convenient for me to bow to you.¡± when the other mermen saw chen daoxuan, even though their expressions were strange, they still bowed to him and said, ¡°¡±greetings, master!¡± ¡°everyone, there¡¯s no need to be so polite.¡± chen daoxuan raised his hand. seeing everyone get up, chen daoxuan looked at luo xiuyuan and said, ¡°¡±senior luo, i¡¯m here to borrow your merman race¡¯s spirit vein.¡± although luo xiuyuan was seriously injured, his divine sense was not damaged. as soon as chen daoxuan entered the cave abode, he felt the perfect aura on his body. clearly, the other party wanted to borrow the merman race¡¯s tier 3 spirit meridians to build their foundation. regarding this request, the merman tribe leader naturally had no reason to reject it. but he seemed to have thought of something and said hesitantly, ¡°¡±master, it¡¯s not that 1 intentionally refuse, but my demon ape mountain has not been peaceful recently¡­¡± as he spoke. he told chen daoxuan about the jade water ape clan spying on the devil ape mountain. who knew that after chen daoxuan heard this, he muttered, ¡°¡±it¡¯s fine. it won¡¯t take me a few days to build my foundation. it can¡¯t be such a coincidence that the jade water ape clan came to attack me just as i built my foundation, right?¡± at this point, chen daoxuan laughed. the two races fought each other, especially races like the merman race and the jade water ape race, which both had zifu disciples guarding them. it was impossible for him to be brainless and go all out! just like when the merman race attacked the water demon ape race, they also probed for a long time before deciding to launch an all-out attack. even if chen daoxuan was unlucky. in the process of building his foundation, the jade water ape clan attacked. however, the mermen could not possibly not even withstand the other party¡¯s probing attack, right? after all, the merfolk clan had bought a large number of magic tools from the chen family over the years. in terms of the strength of the refinement stage and the building foundation stage, no matter how one looked at it, it was much stronger than the barehanded jade water ape clan. luo xiuyuan heard this. he nodded in agreement. in his opinion, even if the jade water ape clan attacked the devil ape mountain today, they would have no problem holding on for ten days to half a month. during this period of time. it was enough for chen daoxuan to successfully build his foundation. thinking of this¡­ luo xiuyuan looked at luo li, who had entered the cave abode with chen daoxuan, and said,¡±¡± li ¡®er, take master to the main spiritual eye of the demonic ape mountain and give the order that our clansmen are not allowed to use spiritual energy to cultivate these days, so as not to affect master¡¯s foundation establishment.¡± ¡°yes, father.¡± luo li bowed and said. he left the cave abode. luo li led chen daoxuan straight to the main spiritual eye of devil ape mountain. a moment later. in the mountains of the devil ape mountain, a huge lake of spiritual liquid appeared in front of chen daoxuan. seeing a spiritual lake in the underwater world sounded a little strange. however, chen daoxuan could only describe this scene as a spiritual lake. due to the influence of seawater. the spiritual lake here was different from the spiritual lake on the ground. looking down from above. the spiritual lake of the devil ape mountain was a huge ball of spiritual liquid floating above the main spiritual eye of the devil ape mountain. it looked quite shocking. chen daoxuan stood in front of the spiritual lake, as tiny as an ant. ¡± is this the main spiritual eye of a tier 3 spiritual vein? ¡± chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but ask when he thought of the spiritual pond formed by the chen family¡¯s first-grade spiritual vein. ¡°yes, that¡¯s it.¡± luo li nodded.¡± with this, you won¡¯t have to worry about not having enough spiritual energy to temper your body when you build your foundation.¡± how was this not enough? this was simply too much! no wonder a third-grade spirit meridian could support a foundation establishment cultivator in breaking through to the zifu disciple level. wasn¡¯t it very normal for such an enormous lake of spirit liquid to be able to support a foundation establishment cultivator in breaking through to the zifu level? however, using this spiritual lake for him to build his foundation seemed a little extravagant. however, chen daoxuan¡¯s foundation was different from other qi condensation cultivators, so it was understandable that he was a little extravagant. otherwise, if he used a second-grade spirit meridian to build his foundation and the lack of spirit qi caused his foundation to fail, then chen daoxuan would not even be able to find a place to cry.. wanna gift the story? 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Chapter 127 - Chapter 127: Foundation Establishment! Second Tempering! chapter 127: foundation establishment! second tempering! translator: daoist6fubtiw in the southwest sea area of the infinite star sea. a common yang consortium cargo ship was sailing through guang ¡®an prefecture. on the deck of the cargo ship. two cultivators who had just reached the foundation establishment realm were currently conversing via voice transmission. ¡± big brother, this battlefield in the yun nation is really a treasure land for us itinerant cultivators. if we can obtain the inheritance of the shenjue immortal mansion and return to the battlefield in the yun nation, then¡­¡± the rough-looking man paused for a moment, and a hopeful look appeared in his eyes.¡± not to mention zifu disciples and golden cores, even nascent souls aren¡¯t impossible for us brothers!¡± hearing this. the white-faced, beardless middle-aged cultivator he called big brother wore a green robe and looked like a scholar. with his hands behind his back, he looked at the sea and said indifferently,¡±the fortune of the god-ceasing immortal abode is uncertain. you and i have just reached the foundation establishment stage. we must be careful and not be careless.¡± if chen daoxuan was here, he would definitely recognize that this middle-aged cultivator was the cultivator surnamed sun who had tricked him into buying the treasure map of the god-ceasing immortal abode. ¡°yes, big brother. i will listen to you, hehe.¡± the rough-looking man said honestly. the pale-faced cultivator shook his head with a smile when he saw his younger brother¡¯s honest appearance. in the underwater world of the infinite star sea. devil ape mountain master¡¯s spiritual eye. under luo li¡¯s gaze of blessing, chen daoxuan stepped into the spiritual lake. his entire body was soaked in the spiritual liquid of the spiritual lake. in his dantian. the genuine qi that had been tempered by the sword intent had long been polished into a perfect unity by him, and there was no way for it to enter. thinking of this¡­ chen daoxuan first took out a foundation establishment pill and consumed it. then, he circulated the true qi in his dantian¡¯s sea of qi according to the breakthrough method recorded in the returning origin technique. as the cultivation technique circulated. the genuine qi in his dantian exploded like sparks entering oil. the impact was so violent that it was more than ten times or a hundred times more violent than the true qi described by chen daoxuan from the foundation establishment experience he had obtained from various channels. but chen daoxuan knew that this was the price one had to pay for walking the path of the strongest sword cultivator. fortunately, the foundation establishment pill that he had taken in advance was effective at this moment. the raging true energy was slightly calmed down by it. but soon, his true qi began to transform into true essence. this time. the terrifying true qi mixed with true essence was running amok in his dantian and qi sea. the foundation establishment pill was no longer able to pacify him. seeing this. chen daoxuan silently used the second-grade lotus flower of creation to absorb the violent primeval essence. in the spirit lake. countless spiritual energy surged towards chen daoxuan¡¯s body. a small portion of the spiritual qi was absorbed by chen daoxuan¡¯s body to temper his body, while the other half surged toward his dantian. under the support of an endless stream of spiritual energy. true qi seemed to be endless as it was continuously converted into true essence. at this moment. the transformed true essence began to rapidly expand the dantian qi sea. if chen daoxuan¡¯s original sea of qi was only an inch, then in less than three breaths, his dantian sea of qi had doubled. moreover, the speed at which his sea of qi expanded was getting faster and faster. seeing this scene. chen daoxuan¡¯s expression changed. no! if this continued, the rapidly increasing true essence would definitely burst his dantian sea of qi. thinking of this, chen daoxuan ordered the second grade white lotus of fate in the center of his dantian to absorb the true essence crazily. at this moment. a strange scene appeared in chen daoxuan¡¯s dantian. on the other hand, the outside world was crazily infusing spiritual qi into his dantian. after being refined into true qi, it was transformed into true essence. moreover, the rapidly increasing true essence was still expanding his dantian¡¯s sea of qi. on the other side, in the center of the dantian¡¯s sea of qi, there was another lotus-shaped magical treasure that was constantly absorbing the soaring true essence to prevent it from expanding its sea of qi so violently. this time. with the help of the second grade white lotus of fate. chen daoxuan¡¯s speed of expanding his dantian and sea of qi quickly decreased by a large margin, and he recovered to a relatively stable state. seeing this¡­ chen daoxuan heaved a sigh of relief. in fact, what qi condensation cultivators feared the most when they built their foundation was when their true qi transformed into true essence and suddenly charged into their dantian¡¯s sea of qi, causing it to explode. after all, the true essence belonged to the foundation establishment stage. how could the qi vessel of the qi layer dantian accept it? the effect of the foundation establishment pill was to pacify the transformed true essence and make it not so violent. but at this moment. for chen daoxuan, the foundation building pill had no effect other than pacifying his raging true energy at the beginning. the only thing that was useful to him now was the white lotus in his dantian¡¯s sea of qi. ¡°you must hold on!¡± chen daoxuan thought to himself. in the spirit lake. the terrifying spiritual energy around chen daoxuan formed a huge spiritual energy vortex. outside the whirlpool, a large amount of spiritual liquid turned into spiritual energy and was absorbed by chen daoxuan. at the same time. new spiritual liquid was constantly replenished, maintaining the consumption of chen daoxuan¡¯s foundation. it wasn¡¯t just the changes in his dantian. chen daoxuan¡¯s physical body also began to strengthen bit by bit under the tempering of such a huge amount of spiritual energy. fortunately, chen daoxuan had been practicing body tempering techniques all year round, so his body was far stronger than ordinary qi condensation cultivators. even compared to most foundation building cultivators, chen daoxuan¡¯s physical body was far stronger than theirs. this way¡­ the first hurdle of his foundation establishment, tempering his body with spiritual energy, was actually the easiest hurdle for him. luo li looked at the expression on chen daoxuan¡¯s face in the spirit lake. it was ferocious at first, but then it returned to its usual calm state. her worried heart gradually relaxed. she knew that chen daoxuan must have passed the most difficult hurdle. next. he only needed to choose to break through step by step. at the thought of this, luo li¡¯s pretty face broke into a smile. she lay quietly on a rock at the side and stood up to protect chen daoxuan. time passed day by day. in the blink of an eye. a month passed. this time. fortunately, chen daoxuan had chosen to break through with a third-grade spirit meridian. if he had chosen a second-grade spirit meridian, he would definitely have encountered the problem of insufficient spiritual energy during this breakthrough. this was because the lake of spiritual energy outside him had already dried up by nearly half. so much spiritual energy had turned into food for chen daoxuan to temper his body and expand his sea of vital energy. of course. more importantly, it was the transformation of the divine soul. however, chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t see or sense the transformation of the divine soul. he could only feel that his sea of consciousness was expanding and his divine sense was strengthening step by step. at this moment, he had not completely broken through to the foundation establishment stage, but he discovered that the range of his divine sense had already exceeded the radius of a foundation establishment stage cultivator. moreover, this range was still expanding. this also meant that the transformation of chen daoxuan¡¯s sea of consciousness was not inferior to his dantian sea of qi. fortunately, chen daoxuan¡¯s sea of consciousness was guarded by the primordial enlightenment scripture. otherwise, chen daoxuan would definitely have failed in his foundation establishment this time. because foundation establishment was definitely not the transformation of his sea of qi that he had imagined. there were also changes in his sea of consciousness. the reason why the other qi condensation cultivators didn¡¯t encounter the difficulty of expanding their sea of consciousness was that their sea of consciousness wasn¡¯t as terrifying as chen daoxuan¡¯s. for an ordinary aura refining cultivator, the range of their divine sense could only expand from one mile to ten miles. and at this moment, chen daoxuan. the range of his divine sense had already reached a radius of more than thirty miles. this was already the strength of a late-stage foundation establishment cultivator¡¯s divine sense. what was even more terrifying was that his divine sense was still continuing to strengthen. to cultivators. whether it was his zhenqi or divine sense, they would not increase for no reason. they must have been consumed. for example, true qi consumed spiritual energy to strengthen itself, but the things consumed to strengthen spiritual sense were more obscure. many cultivators didn¡¯t even know. in reality, the strengthening of one¡¯s consciousness was closely related to one¡¯s soul. the stronger the divine soul, the larger the sea of consciousness, and the stronger the divine sense. the transformation of the divine soul was closely related to the cultivation of a cultivator. this was the reason why a cultivator¡¯s spiritual sense would be greatly enhanced after a breakthrough. due to the influence of the rain sword intent and the primordial enlightenment scripture, the degree of transformation of chen daoxuan¡¯s soul was far more exaggerated than that of ordinary cultivators. in this way. not only did chen daoxuan¡¯s sea of qi expand rapidly, the expansion of his sea of consciousness was not inferior to his sea of qi. in fact, it was even more abnormal because of the primordial dao enlightenment scripture. as the space in his sea of consciousness continued to expand. his formless spiritual sense was also growing stronger. outside the spirit lake. during this one month. luo li had been guarding chen daoxuan closely. suddenly. luo li, who was resting with her eyes closed, suddenly opened her eyes. she frowned and looked at the female clansman who was flying towards her. she asked,¡±what is it?¡± ¡°princess, the jade water ape clan has invaded the demonic ape mountain. they are currently shouting outside the main vein!¡± the female mermaid rushed over and said hurriedly.. Chapter 128 - Chapter 128: Transformation After Foundation chapter 128: transformation after foundation establishment (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw hearing this. luo li looked at chen daoxuan in the spiritual lake. her beautiful eyes gradually became determined. she shook her head at the mermaid who had rushed over and said, ¡°¡±little qing, you can go back first. don¡¯t worry about me.¡± ¡°however, the jade water ape clan may send a small group of soldiers to attack from the rear at any time. at that time, they will definitely pass through this place. your highness, it will be very dangerous for you to stay here. is it worth it for this human?¡± the female mermaid called little green said anxiously. was it worth it? in the underwater world, killing, escaping, and killing had almost become the daily life of the merfolk. for a human, it was possible to lose his life here. was it worth it? to any merman, of course it was not worth it! but to luo li. she did not want to see this person who was very special to her die. it was just like when she saw her mother fall in front of her, but she was helpless. she never wanted to experience this feeling of powerlessness again! thinking of this¡­ luo li drew out two crimson shadow swords and held them horizontally in her hands. the natal spiritual armor appeared on her delicate body. she looked at qing zhu with determination and replied with one word, ¡°¡±it¡¯s worth it!¡± who knew that after little qing heard this. her tightly knitted brows gradually relaxed. she sighed and then raised her head.¡±since the princess is not leaving, i will not leave either.¡± ¡°little qing, you¡­¡± qing zhu shook her head and smiled.¡± your highness, you don¡¯t have to say anything.¡± seeing her maidservant like this, luo li smiled. ¡°¡±good sisters, only death awaits!¡± ¡°yes, only death!¡± in the spirit lake. chen daoxuan¡¯s dantian sea of qi seemed to have expanded to the limit. the speed of expansion gradually slowed down. seeing this scene. chen daoxuan decided to let go of the second grade white lotus of fate¡¯s absorption of true essence. instantly, the sea of qi in his dantian expanded once again. in the end, it stopped moving and could no longer expand. ii i¡¯ve reached my limit!¡± chen daoxuan thought to himself. not only his dantian qi sea, but his sea of consciousness was also at least a hundred times larger than before. that didn¡¯t seem to be accurate. when a qi condensation cultivator first came into contact with cultivation. it was equivalent to lighting up a faint light in his sea of consciousness. other than the place that was illuminated by this faint light, his sea of consciousness was completely dark. and now. chen daoxuan¡¯s sea of consciousness was bright. the area that was lit up was at least a hundred times wider than when he was in the refinement stage. this was undoubtedly an abnormal phenomenon. for a normal qi condensation cultivator to reach foundation establishment, it would be considered good if their sea of consciousness could expand by ten times. normally, the range of the divine sense would expand from one mile to ten miles. and at this moment, the area chen daoxuan¡¯s divine sense covered¡­ he immediately scanned the area with his divine sense. ¡°a hundred miles! h chen daoxuan sucked in a breath of cold air.¡± doesn¡¯t this mean that my current divine sense is comparable to a zifu disciple¡¯s? ¡± thinking of this¡­ chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t help but look at the golden scripture in the center of his sea of consciousness. it was it! although comprehending sword intent would also increase a cultivator¡¯s divine sense to a certain extent, the main effect was to temper a cultivator¡¯s true qi and true yuan. the increase in divine sense was far from as terrifying. only the primordial dao enlightenment scripture! perhaps¡­ there were still many functions of the primordial dao enlightenment scripture that he did not understand. however, his current cultivation was too low. he had only just established his foundation, so he could not discover it at all. for now. chen daoxuan only discovered three functions. first, recover his consciousness. secondly, and most importantly, he had to store his comprehension ability. third, it could help him expand his sea of consciousness when his cultivation base broke through. however, at this moment, chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t care less about that. because he realized that the rain sword essence he had comprehended was like a wild horse that had escaped its reins as his cultivation broke through. it had entered a new realm. the realm of a swordsman¡¯s sword dao was actually greatly restricted by one¡¯s cultivation. when a cultivator¡¯s cultivation was higher, it was much easier to comprehend sword intent than when their cultivation was lower. for example, yang gongwan, the pride of the yang family, was like this. if she chose to break through to the purple mansion stage, she would immediately be able to comprehend sword intent. he would not be like now, stopping at the threshold of sword intent. but at the same time. the earlier a cultivator comprehended sword essence, the greater the benefits they would obtain. for example, when a foundation establishment cultivator comprehended sword essence, he could only temper his true essence once. as for cultivators like chen daoxuan, they had one more chance to temper their zhenqi than those who had comprehended sword essence in the foundation establishment stage. this opportunity was something that every swordsman in the world dreamed of. zhou mubai repeatedly mentioned chen daoxuan¡¯s current state in the sword dao jade slip. his eyes were filled with envy. of course. comprehending different sword essences not only focused on different aspects, but the degree of comprehension of sword essence was also different. the increase in a cultivator¡¯s combat strength was also different. when a cultivator first comprehended sword intent, it was formless and intangible. they knew of its existence, but they could not sense it, let alone touch it. as for the second stage of sword intent. zhou mubai called it the visible stage. the transformation from formless to tangible was the second realm of sword intent. zhou mubai was currently in this realm. at this moment. chen daoxuan discovered that the rain sword essence he had comprehended had actually soared by a large margin along with the disappearance of the cultivation suppression. he could even see something that looked like starlight in his dantian. ¡°this is¡­the threads of rain sword essence that 1 comprehended?¡± chen daoxuan muttered. the starlight flickered as if it could be extinguished at any time, but it was real. at least, chen daoxuan could sense it. it didn¡¯t seem like it was when he had just comprehended the rain of threads sword essence. he couldn¡¯t sense it at all. ¡°hahahaha!¡± seeing this, chen daoxuan, who was immersed in the tao of the sword, couldn¡¯t help but laugh. it was really¡­ once he broke through, the clouds were cleared and the sun was seen. at this moment, he felt as if the clouds had been lifted and the sun had appeared. chen daoxuan took a deep breath. he immediately used the invisible starlight in his dantian to refine his true essence for the second time. when he first tempered his genuine qi, the quality of his genuine qi had increased by about three times. after breaking through to foundation establishment, his true qi would transform into true essence, and its quality would increase tenfold. at this moment! the second time he refined his true qi¡­ as the true essence in his dantian¡¯s sea of qi was refined bit by bit, chen daoxuan discovered that after the true essence was transformed into sword origin, its quality actually increased by three times. in other words. the quality of his true essence had increased by ninety times compared to the true qi he had when he had not comprehended sword essence. this was a qualitative change. there was no change in quantity. of course. the other foundation establishment qi condensation cultivators were not as terrifying as him. after an ordinary qi condensation cultivator successfully reached foundation establishment, their true qi would be converted into true essence, and the increase in quality would be about ten times. in other words, one portion of true essence was equivalent to ten portions of true qi. even if he cultivated a foundation establishment attributed cultivation method in the future, his true essence would only increase its power by about 30% to 70% to 80% with the attribute enhancement. he calculated. ordinary cultivators could at most achieve a quality of true essence that was more than ten times higher than true qi. it was far from chen daoxuan¡¯s 90 times exaggerated level. in other words, chen daoxuan¡¯s current true essence was about seven to eight times that of a foundation establishment cultivator who cultivated an attributed cultivation method. what kind of concept was this? in terms of quality, the magic power of a zifu disciple was roughly ten times that of a late foundation establishment cultivator. chen daoxuan¡¯s current true essence was seven to eight times the quality of an early foundation establishment cultivator¡¯s true essence. that was three to four times the true essence of a late-stage foundation establishment cultivator. in other words, his current level of true essence was already comparable to thirty to forty percent of the magic power of the most ordinary zifu disciple. when he switched to an attribute cultivation method in the future, the power of his true essence could at most increase by 70 to 80%. at that time. his true essence was comparable to seventy to eighty percent of the magic power of the most ordinary zifu disciple. by the time he reached the late foundation establishment stage, his true essence would be even more powerful than the magic power of other zifu disciples! this was also the reason why zhou mubai could not forget about this path of sword cultivation. this was because the basic strength of such a swordsman was too strong! Chapter 129 - Chapter 129: The Might of Swordsmen (1) chapter 129: the might of swordsmen (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw in the spirit lake. chen daoxuan was concentrating on refining his primeval essence. there were new changes in the outside world. it was just as the female mermaid called little green had expected. the jade water ape clan had indeed sent an elite force to probe the merman clan from the rear. although the chief of the jade water ape clan knew that the chief of the merman clan, luo xiuyuan, was seriously injured, he was still in a daze. however, it did not know how serious the other party¡¯s injuries were. it was even more unclear if the other party¡¯s injuries had healed. therefore, he had no choice. during this period of time, he had not dared to act rashly. but after waiting and waiting, he did not see the merman tribe leader. the chief of the jade water ape clan, who originally did not dare to act rashly, began to stir in his heart. as long as they took down the merfolk clan, they would be able to occupy the thousands of miles of demon ape mountain. such a huge territory. how many resources should he have and how many treasures could he exchange for from the human race? as long as they had the devil ape mountain, their jade water ape clan would be able to rise rapidly. at that time. with their stronger strength, they could completely abandon the wu family and find a stronger human backer. for example, the zhou family of guang ¡®an prefecture. other than that, there was another reason why the jade water ape clan¡¯s patriarch chose to attack the merman clan. that was that the merfolk race was stronger than them. the merman race¡¯s patriarch, luo xiuyuan, was at the late-stage purple prefecture realm, while its cultivation was only at the early-stage rank-3, equivalent to the early-stage purple prefecture realm of the human race. if he did not kill the other party before the merman clan leader recovered from his injuries. when the merman race¡¯s patriarch recovered from his injuries, the unlucky one would be their neighbor, the jade water ape race. after all. the water demon ape clan was also considered their close relatives. they had all seen what happened to them. in front. an elite team of twenty jade water apes flew towards the main spiritual eye from the back of the devil ape mountain range. ¡°hmm?¡± the late-stage rank-2 jade water ape, who was leading the group, noticed luo li and little green in front of the spiritual lake. it waved its hand at the clansmen behind it and communicated with its divine sense,¡± kill them! don¡¯t let them send the news back!¡± demonic beasts had very high intelligence. this was especially true for the ape-type demonic beasts. generally speaking, the intelligence of a tier 1 demonic beast was only equivalent to that of a seven or eight-year-old child, while the intelligence of a tier 2 demonic beast was not much different from that of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old human youth. the intelligence of ape-type demon beasts was even more exaggerated. the intelligence of a tier 2 jade water ape was completely not inferior to an ordinary adult. hearing the command of the leader of the jade water apes. a group of twenty jade water apes charged toward luo li and little green in a mighty manner. ¡°your highness, be careful!¡± ¡°okay, you be careful too!¡± just as he finished speaking. the twenty jade water monkeys had already arrived. the two sides did not waste any time and started fighting the moment they met. facing this scene. luo li was already used to it. demonic beasts were more direct than humans. they feared the strong, but they were far crueler to the weak than humans. in the underwater world of the infinite star sea, the naked law of the jungle was followed. it was precisely because they followed this law that the sea-suppressing hall could rely on their crazy slaughter to establish an inviolable reputation among the demon beasts and the alien races. ¡°kill them!¡± luo li drew out two crimson shadow swords and charged at the group of jade water apes. qing zhu protected her from the side. the battle between the merfolk and demon beasts was very different from that of the human race. because demon beasts were born with strong bodies, the merfolk clan also cultivated body tempering cultivation methods, so they were more inclined to close combat. in other words, with the combination of true essence and physical strength, the strength displayed in close combat was stronger than the strength displayed by long-range magic tools. of course, the jade water ape clan did not have any magic tools at all. they were holding a strange iron rod that they had obtained from somewhere. as the wind whistled. the group of jade water apes charged toward luo li and little green. ¡°swoosh!¡± ¡°swoosh!¡± ¡°swoosh!¡± luo li¡¯s figure turned into countless afterimages amidst the jade water apes. however, as a jade water ape of the same rank, it would not be confused by luo li¡¯s movement technique at all. the only thing he had to pay attention to was the magic tool in her hand. with luo li¡¯s vital essence infused into the red shadow sword, the power it unleashed was completely different from that of a refinement stage cultivator. unfortunately, the grade of the scarlet shadow flying sword was too low. it was only a mere low-grade level one. luo li did not dare to pour all her vital essence into the flying sword. this was because a foundation establishment stage cultivator had done this before. in the end, the formation patterns on the scarlet shadow sword were directly destroyed by the violent true essence. the flying sword formation patterns were destroyed, and the spiritual aura of the magic tool also dissipated, becoming no different from ordinary iron. therefore, he had no choice. when luo li used the crimson shadow sword, she would be very careful, for fear of destroying it. in this way. it was also very difficult for her to display her strength. but no matter what, it was still better than fighting barehanded. under her and little green¡¯s cooperation, the twenty jade water apes were continuously injured. however, their injuries were not serious. it was just that the scarlet shadow sword had left a few bloody marks, which was completely harmless. the leader of the jade water apes opened his emerald green eyes and looked at little green, who was behind luo li. he ordered, ¡°¡±kill her first!¡± after the short battle just now, it had already discovered a problem. wanting to kill this spirit armored merman in front of him in a short period of time was unrealistic. this was because when its iron staff struck the other party¡¯s ling armor, not only did it not hurt the other party in the slightest, it would instead hurt its arm. the only way was¡­ first, they would kill little green, who was beside luo li. then, they would take advantage of their numbers to surround luo li in the middle and slowly exhaust her vital essence by taking turns fighting. when the other party¡¯s primeval essence was exhausted, it would be up to them to decide whether it was round or flat. this was obvious. the intelligence of this group of jade water apes was not any lower than that of ordinary people. they even knew how to use strategies. as expected. the jade water ape changed its tactics. the pressure that little green was under instantly increased. luo li had her natal spiritual armor to protect herself, but she did not. in an instant, the twenty jade water apes all brandished their iron rods and attacked her. little green could not withstand it at all. seeing this scene. luo li was angry and anxious. she even used her body to block the other party¡¯s attack for little green, but it was useless. the staff techniques of this group of jade water apes were quite exquisite. she easily avoided luo li¡¯s slender figure. ¡± your highness¡­¡± qing zhu closed her eyes in despair as she watched the countless stick shadows coming at her. seeing this. luo li hardened her heart and immediately used a forbidden technique. with the support of this forbidden technique, her movement technique instantly increased by several times. the attacks that she could not block were also blocked by her natal spiritual armor. he used the ling armor to take the damage. if a human cultivator saw this, their eyes would probably pop out. in the eyes of human cultivators, ling armor was a life-saving magic tool. who would take the initiative to use ling armor to collide with others ¡®attacks? but at this moment. in order to save little green, luo li had no other choice. under the enhancement of the forbidden technique. luo li¡¯s figure turned into countless afterimages, covering all the jade water apes. unfortunately, the flying sword in her hand was too weak. he could only cut open the flesh on the surface of the jade water ape. however, with the recovery ability of a second-order demonic beast, the speed at which luo li injured the other party was not as fast as their recovery. gradually, the time limit of the forbidden technique passed. luo li was in despair when she saw the countless shadows of the staff fall on little green again. at this moment, it was as if time had stopped. she could even vaguely see a trace of tears in the corner of xiao qing¡¯s eyes. ¡°what are you daydreaming about?¡± just as she was in despair, a familiar voice entered luo li¡¯s ears. before he finished speaking. starlight bloomed from the body of a jade water ape. soon after, more and more starlight appeared, and in the end, they all connected into one. in just an instant. the bodies of the twenty jade water apes were completely torn into pieces by the starlight, not even leaving behind a residue. he looked at the familiar figure in front of him. luo li was stunned speechless. after a while. ¡°chen daoxuan, you succeeded?¡± she asked in surprise.. Chapter 130 - Chapter 130: Intimidation (1) chapter 130: intimidation (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw ¡°oh!¡± beside her, little green¡¯s moans pulled luo li back to reality. ¡°all! xiao qing, are you okay?¡± luo li immediately ignored chen daoxuan. she dropped the crimson shadow sword in her hand and flew toward little green. he checked it carefully. luo li heaved a sigh of relief.¡± it¡¯s alright. it¡¯s just a blunt weapon that pierced through his internal organs.¡± an ordinary person¡¯s internal organs would definitely be life-threatening. but on the foundation establishment stage merman race, it was at most a light injury. he would recover in a day or two. qing zhu glanced at luo li and then at chen daoxuan beside her. her eyes lit up slightly and she said, ¡°¡±don¡¯t worry about me for now. the jade water ape clan is calling out in front of the main vein. go back and help!¡± she asked luo li to go and rescue him, but her eyes were actually looking at chen daoxuan. what she meant. how could chen daoxuan not understand? they had seen him easily kill twenty foundation establishment jade water apes and thought that his power was comparable to that of zifu disciples. they wanted him to save the merman race. however¡­ chen daoxuan did not know the true strength of this jade water ape clan, so how could he be willing to take the risk? ¡°miss xiao qing, right?¡± ¡°my lord!¡± seeing chen daoxuan, little qing struggled to stand up and bowed to him. ¡°i wonder how strong the jade water ape clan is?¡± chen daoxuan nodded slightly. hearing this. little qing hurriedly explained, ¡°the jade water ape clan is an ape-type demonic beast clan that is close to my demonic ape mountain. their clan leader is only at the early-stage of the third rank, equivalent to an early-stage zifu disciple of the human race.¡± hearing this. chen daoxuan shook his head. if it was in the past, he would still use his cultivation base to judge a cultivator¡¯s strength. however, after discovering that there were cultivators like him and zhou mubai who did not use common sense in this world¡­ chen daoxuan didn¡¯t dare to simply judge a cultivator¡¯s true strength with his cultivation. the other party did indeed seem to be at the early zifu disciple level, but the difference in strength between different early zifu disciples was enormous. just look at zhou mubai and luo xiuyuan, the clan leader of the merfolk clan. back then, zhou mubai probably didn¡¯t even use his full strength before he managed to severely injure luo xiuyuan and forced him to flee. if he had used his full strength, luo xiuyuan would have definitely died in guang ¡®an prefecture that day. chen daoxuan truly was confident that he would be able to exchange a few blows with the most ordinary zifu disciple. however, if the chief of the jade water ape clan was like zhou mubai, no, even if he was only half as strong as zhou mubai, he would still be able to defeat the jade water ape clan. chen daoxuan going to support was no different from courting death. seeing chen daoxuan remain silent, little qing immediately guessed his concerns. ¡°don¡¯t worry, master. if the chief of the jade water ape clan is really powerful, why would he not dare to attack us directly and choose to send his clansmen to test us?¡± hearing this. chen daoxuan looked up at the sky and remained silent. seeing him like this, little qing, who was at the side, was anxious, but she did not dare to rush him. beside him, luo li¡¯s heart was also wavering. on the one hand, she hoped that chen daoxuan could save her clansmen. on the other hand, she didn¡¯t want chen daoxuan to put himself in danger. for a moment, he felt conflicted. after a while. she looked at chen daoxuan and said,¡±you should leave!¡± there¡¯s no need to die with us.¡± ¡°what are you thinking about?¡± chen daoxuan smiled.¡± i¡¯m thinking of a way to retreat. do you think i¡¯m thinking about how to escape? ¡± seeing that she had misunderstood chen daoxuan, luo li blushed. ¡°then¡­¡± have you thought of a way?¡± ¡°we¡¯ve got a lead,¡± after pondering for a moment, chen daoxuan looked at luo li.¡± do you think the sea-calming hall is a great deterrent to the jade water ape clan? ¡± hearing this. luo li was shocked by chen daoxuan¡¯s audacity. ¡°of course it¡¯s big!¡± luo li hesitated and said,¡± it¡¯s just impersonating the sea-calming temple¡¯s high ambassador. even if you¡¯re a human, it¡¯s still a serious crime. i¡­¡± ¡°why would i pretend to be one?¡± chen daoxuan shook his head. ¡°then why did you ¡­¡± chen daoxuan smiled and said, ¡°¡±you¡¯ll know when the time comes. come, i¡¯ll take you home!¡± at this moment. the starlight shone on chen daoxuan¡¯s side profile. luo li looked at the tall and handsome man in front of her and nodded vigorously. ¡°¡±alright, let¡¯s go home together!¡± under the main mountain range of devil ape mountain. the leader of the jade water ape clan led tens of thousands of clansmen and stared at the merman clansmen on the main vein like a tiger eyeing its prey. they confronted each other. the chief of the jade water ape clan even spoke in human language and shouted,¡±! didn¡¯t know that the merman race had migrated here. i¡¯m really rude. today, i¡¯ve specially chosen a good day to visit the merman race¡¯s patriarch. please pass on the message.¡± a giant ape that was dozens of feet tall and carried an iron rod that was as thick as a tree stump on its shoulder walked in front of the two armies and jumped. ¡°humph! is there a need for such a big formation to pay a visit to my clan leader? why don¡¯t you come alone?¡± hearing this. the chief of the jade water ape clan rolled his eyes, and a trace of fear faintly appeared in his eyes. however, he said,¡± i brought a lot of people with me this time. it¡¯s not convenient for me to go to your clan. please invite your clan leader out.¡± after a pause, it continued,¡±could it be that your clan leader is really like what the rumors say? he was seriously injured by zhou mubai and could not be treated?¡± if that¡¯s the case, i have a spirit pill that i asked for from the human race. perhaps it can save your clan leader¡¯s life.¡± ¡°cut the crap! if you want to fight, then fight!¡± the leading merman elder blew his beard and glared. hearing this sentence. the chief of the jade water ape clan did not dare to act rashly. it looked at a clansman beside it and lowered its head.¡±what happened? where are the clansmen i sent to probe the merfolk clan?¡± ¡°i don¡¯t know! after they went around to the back mountain of the demonic ape mountain, there was no news from them until now. perhaps ¡­ perhaps he has encountered some trouble.¡± the clansmen at the side transmitted their voices in trepidation. ¡°what a bunch of trash!¡± the chief of the jade water apes cursed. at this moment. a white figure flew out from the merfolk camp. he threw the head of a jade water ape in front of the two armies and said,¡± are you looking for this? ¡± ¡°hmm? humans?¡± seeing chen daoxuan, the jadewater ape chief¡¯s imposing manner immediately weakened by a notch. in the underwater world of the infinite star sea. the non-humankind had a natural fear of humans. this fear came from their fear of the sea-suppressing hall. the chief of the jade water apes looked at it. that ape head seemed to be one of the clansmen he had sent out. ¡°fellow daoist, what do you mean by this?¡± even though his heart was filled with anger, the chief of the jade water ape clan still spoke cautiously. seeing its cautious appearance, chen daoxuan felt relieved. ¡°i mean to immediately get out of devil ape mountain!¡± as soon as he finished speaking. a ray of starlight pierced through the seawater and instantly charged towards the chief of the jade water ape clan. seeing this sword. suddenly, the threat of death enveloped it. boom! at the crucial moment. it raised the strange iron staff in its hand and blocked this fatal blow. however, its arm was trembling slightly. clearly, the power of this sword was far from what an ordinary foundation building cultivator could display. swordsman! he was definitely a swordsman! at this moment. it seemed to have mistaken the person in front of it for the guang ¡®an sword immortal zhou mubai. however, it was obvious that the other party was not. because it knew zhou mubai. not only was he not zhou mubai, but he was also so young and a swordsman! there was no such person in guang ¡®an prefecture. the only possibility was¡­ ¡°who exactly are you?¡± even though it had a vague guess in its heart, it still could not believe it. ¡°idiot, who do you think i am?¡± ¡°you¡¯re the town¡­ suppress ¡­¡± at this moment, the chief of the jade water apes, who had finally confirmed the other party¡¯s identity, was so frightened that he could not even speak properly. immediately after. it immediately threw away the iron rod in its hand and knelt on the ground with a thud. it shouted loudly,¡±this subordinate offended the sea calming hall high envoy¡¯s spiritual carriage. damn it!¡± as he spoke, he kowtowed like pounding garlic. it was hard to imagine that the chief of the jade water ape clan, who was arrogant and despotic just a moment ago and wanted to destroy the merman race, was now kneeling on the ground like a clown and kowtowing continuously. at this moment. chen daoxuan was even more curious about the sea-calming hall. what kind of existence could suppress the outsiders to such an extent? not only the jade water ape clan. he carefully recalled the first time he met the merman clan leader. when he mentioned the qian yuan sword sect, the fear in the other party¡¯s eyes could not be suppressed. qian yuan sword sect! even though chen daoxuan had heard of this name before he stepped onto the path of cultivation. but there had never been a time like this. a zifu disciple was kneeling in front of an early foundation establishment cultivator, kowtowing repeatedly. just based on the name of the sea-suppressing hall under the qianyuan sword sect.. Chapter 131 - Chapter 131: The Death of the Flying Snow (1) chapter 131: the death of the flying snow (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw devil ape mountain. merman tribe leader cave abode. ¡°it¡¯s done.¡± chen daoxuan pulled his right hand away from luo xiuyuan¡¯s chest.¡± you¡¯re quite lucky. it just so happens that my cultivation has broken through and my sword dao has improved greatly. otherwise, with your injuries, you wouldn¡¯t have lived for more than three years.¡± luo xiuyuan felt the sword qi in the wound on his chest being dissolved by chen daoxuan¡¯s sword intent. he felt his entire body relax, as if he had been relieved of a heavy burden. at this moment. even though his face was still pale, the unparalleled power returned to his majestic body. ¡°thank you, master, for saving my life!¡± luo xiuyuan stood up and bowed his head in front of chen daoxuan. ¡°get up.¡± chen daoxuan waved his hand. ¡°thankyou, master!¡± he seemed to have thought of something. then, chen daoxuan looked at everyone strangely and said, ¡°¡±is the jade water ape clan that afraid of the sea-suppressing hall?¡± this sentence. instantly, the entire cave abode fell silent, so quiet that one could hear a pin drop. after a while. luo xiuyuan cupped his hands and said,¡± master, you may not live in the underwater world of the infinite star sea, so you don¡¯t know much about the situation here. it shouldn¡¯t be said that the jade water apes are afraid of the sea-calming temple.¡± in fact, there is no race in the underwater world of the infinite star sea that is not afraid of the sea-suppressing hall.¡± ¡°not a single one?¡± chen daoxuan was rather surprised. ¡°i did,¡± luo xiuyuan paused.¡± but¡­¡± they were all exterminated.¡± at this point, his voice suddenly lowered. hearing this, chen daoxuan fell silent. he originally only wanted to borrow the reputation of the sea-suppressing hall to make the jade water ape clan refrain from attacking the rat and retreat in the face of difficulties. he did not expect the effect to be so good that it far exceeded his expectations. the chief of the jade water ape clan practically scrambled to escape from the devil ape mountain. it could be seen. the name of the sea-suppressing hall had left a shadow on it. he left the cave abode. chen daoxuan looked at the starry sky of the underwater world. this time, because his cultivation had broken through to the foundation establishment realm, he seemed to vaguely feel that the sea of stars above his head had become somewhat different. but what was different? chen daoxuan couldn¡¯t say. ¡°let¡¯s go.¡± he glanced at luo li beside him. ¡°yes.¡± luo li nodded. she grabbed chen daoxuan¡¯s hand and headed toward the sea. in reality. with chen daoxuan breaking through to the foundation establishment stage, he could already learn the art of water escape. there was no need for luo li to hold his hand anymore. but at this moment. the two of them seemed to have a tacit understanding and did not mention this. they came out of the sea. returning to the human world once again, chen daoxuan felt greatly relieved. he glanced at luo li beside him and asked, ¡°¡±why do 1 feel that you were so calm when dealing with the invasion of the jade water ape clan? did 1 sense wrongly?¡± after hearing this. luo li was stunned at first, but then she shook her head. a hint of bitterness appeared on her pretty face.¡±¡± this is life in the underwater world of the infinite star sea. i¡¯ve been used to it for so many years.¡± he was already used to it. it revealed too much bitterness that chen daoxuan did not understand. at this moment. he didn¡¯t know how to comfort the girl in front of him. perhaps all comfort was useless to her. ¡°i¡¯m leaving.¡± he waved at luo li, then turned around and flew into the sky. luo li was left alone, staring at his back in a daze. he identified the direction. chen daoxuan flew towards shuanghu island. compared to the refinement stage. the speed of a foundation establishment cultivator was more than ten times faster. as a sword cultivator, chen daoxuan¡¯s speed should be faster than that of an ordinary foundation establishment cultivator. but what was uncomfortable was that¡­ his current flying speed was really not comparable to ordinary foundation establishment cultivators. because he had just broken through to the foundation establishment stage, he did not have the time to cultivate all kinds of sword kinesis flying techniques and light beam transformation techniques. in addition, his two flying swords were now useless. even if he learned how to ride a flying sword, there was no sword for him to ride. after all, the chief of the jade water apes was equivalent to the early-stage zifu disciple of the human race. chen daoxuan was an entire major realm away from him. to be able to fight head-on with the other party. this was already the reason why his foundation was extremely solid and his sword dao realm far exceeded that of sword cultivators of the same level. if it was an ordinary swordsman, he could at most be invincible among his peers. it was impossible for him to cross a major realm and fight with others. even so. chen daoxuan and the jadewater ape clan¡¯s chief exchanged a move head-on, but it was not without a price. the price he paid was that the flying snow sword and the cheng ying sword were almost completely shattered. thinking of this¡­ he took out two flying swords from his storage pouch. especially this flying snow sword, it could be said that it had accompanied chen daoxuan for almost his entire cultivation life. even if it was not bad. with the lifespan of a level one magic tool, the flying snow sword would not last for more than a few years before its spirituality gradually dissipated. he looked at the cracked flying snow sword in his hand. a hint of sadness flashed through chen daoxuan¡¯s heart. for swordsmen. having their beloved flying swords damaged was always one of the saddest things for sword cultivators. chen daoxuan was no exception. as if sensing its master¡¯s intentions, the flying snow sword let out a soft hum. however, the spiritual light on the sword body flickered, as if it would dissipate at any moment. ¡°old friend, you can rest now.¡± he said silently. chen daoxuan put the flying snow sword back into his storage bag and sped up towards shuanghu island. shuanghu island port. chen daoxuan let chen zhi expand the town. as the port continued to transport supplies. the town seemed to be blowing air as it expanded outward in circles. fortunately, chen daoxuan had greeted chen zhi and chen beiwang. he had them plan the town¡¯s various constructions in advance. therefore, he had no choice. chen daoxuan looked over. the entire town was chaotic but not chaotic. compared to changping county, which had the largest number of chen family members, it exuded more vitality. chen daoxuan knew that this was the economic leap brought about by trade. the material foundation determined the superstructures. this principle was also common in the cultivation world. only when the economy developed well would the chen family become stronger. although this world was dominated by cultivators, the majority of them were still ordinary people. for example, the zhou family had tens of millions of people. it was almost equivalent to a medium-sized country in his previous life. so many people. the amount of resources consumed and produced every day was massive. even though these resources were useless to cultivators and looked down on, they were necessities for ordinary people to survive. in the chen family, this part of the work had always been managed by changping county magistrate chen zhi. in the future, chen daoxuan would transfer this part of the work to the newly established ministry of people¡¯s lives of the chen family to manage it. he looked at the busy ordinary clansmen for a while. chen daoxuan¡¯s mood improved slightly. he used the wind manipulation technique and flew towards the chen family¡¯s spirit vein. they had yet to reach the chen family¡¯s spirit vein. chen daoxuan scanned the area with his divine sense. he actually found out that thirteenth uncle was already teaching at the clan school. in the class of changping first cultivation primary school. chen xianhe stood in front of the blackboard. he explained to everyone the various obstacles of the returning origin technique. however, this group of people from the fu generation was only five years old, and many of them could not even read. chen xianhe felt a headache learning the art of returning origin. only now did he know how talented chen daoxuan was back then. no matter what it was, he would be able to understand it as soon as he learned it. in addition, he studied hard and cultivated hard. he was a natural talent for cultivation. thinking of chen daoxuan, chen xianhe was a little distracted. this kid. he should have succeeded in building his foundation. although he was sure that chen daoxuan would succeed in building his foundation, he had not returned for more than a month. it was impossible for chen xianhe not to be worried. at this moment. ¡°thirteenth uncle!¡± chen xianhe heard a familiar voice. hearing this familiar voice. chen xianhe turned to look out the window. a familiar figure appeared in front of him, smiling brightly.. Chapter 132 - Chapter 132: The Concept of Industry (1) chapter 132: the concept of industry (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw shuanghu island. changping first cultivation primary school. in the classroom of first grade class one. chen daoxuan stood on the podium and looked at the black mass of people from the fu generation. he smiled and said, ¡°¡±have you all learned some of the most basic knowledge of artifact refinement from teacher daochu?¡± ¡°i have! i in the classroom. the chen family student shouted. ¡± in your opinion, what is the purpose of refining weapons? ¡± hearing this question. the students in the class whispered, not knowing how to answer. after a while. a little boy who was about 1.2 meters tall raised his hand. ¡°fu lai, tell me.¡± chen daoxuan pointed at the little boy who raised his hand. ¡°teacher, i think the purpose of refining artifacts is to increase the strength of cultivators and help them overcome the tribulations in their cultivation.¡± ¡°very good, sit down.¡± chen daoxuan looked around.¡± does anyone else have a different idea? ¡± at this moment. a little girl stood up and said crisply,¡±teacher, i think refining is for making money!¡± ¡°hahahaha!¡± everyone in the classroom burst into laughter. ¡°stop laughing, stop laughing, what¡¯s so funny!¡± when the little girl saw everyone laughing at her, she was so anxious that she was about to cry. ¡°alright, everyone, stop laughing.¡± chen daoxuan made a stop gesture, and everyone¡¯s laughter gradually stopped. after all, apart from being their teacher, the person in front of them was also the young clan leader of the chen clan. ¡°fuyuan, your answer is not bad. sit down.¡± the little girl sat down angrily. chen daoxuan looked at everyone and smiled. ¡°¡±actually, what fu lai and fu yuan said just now was right. we artifact masters refine artifacts to earn spirit stones and buy cultivation resources. ordinary cultivators bought magic tools to increase their strength and resist the risks in their cultivation. there is no contradiction between the two.¡± chen daoxuan paused for a moment.¡± but there is a problem. in the infinite star sea, ordinary itinerant cultivators often carry spiritual stones, but they can¡¯t buy satisfactory spiritual artifacts. why?¡± ¡± teacher, 1 know this because armament masters are too few!¡± ¡± 1 know. it¡¯s because magic tools are too expensive. ordinary itinerant cultivators can¡¯t afford them!¡± ii ii this time. everyone started to talk about all kinds of reasons. but in conclusion. it was said that there were few blacksmiths and expensive magic tools. ¡°then do you know why there are so few armament masters?¡± ¡± it¡¯s because the cost of training an armament master is too high. small families can¡¯t afford to train them.¡± chen fulai replied. ¡°yes!¡± chen daoxuan nodded.¡± small clans can¡¯t afford to train blacksmiths because the profit from blacksmithing is too low. itinerant cultivators can¡¯t afford magic tools because they are too expensive. one party disliked the low profit, but the other party couldn¡¯t afford it! in fact, neither side was wrong. what was wrong? the mistake is that our efficiency in refining magic tools is too low, and our productivity in producing magic tools is too low!¡± chen daoxuan looked at everyone. ¡± therefore, the lesson i¡¯m going to give you today is to explain how to increase the efficiency of refining magic tools!¡± after saying that. chen daoxuan wrote a few words on the blackboard. h the idea of industrial refining.¡± the students below the stage read out word byword. in the industrial area. rainbow sound flying sword factory. as summer approached, the weather became hotter and hotter. even with chen liangyu¡¯s xiantian cultivation, he felt that he could not withstand the high temperature in the factory. ¡°factory manager chen.¡± chen liangyu was wiping his sweat when a familiar voice made him raise his head. ¡°young clan leader!¡± when chen liangyu saw chen daoxuan, his face lit up with joy before he bowed to chen daoxuan. after the ceremony. ¡°young clan leader, are you here to inspect the situation in the factory?¡± chen liangyu stood up straight and asked with a smile. ¡°yes!¡± speaking of which¡­ it had been a long time since chen daoxuan had come to the rainbow sonar flying sword factory. in the past two years. he was basically busy with his foundation establishment and the chen family¡¯s education. now, he had successfully built his foundation. the chen family¡¯s education problem was also temporarily solved. he finally found time to inspect the factory. ¡°young clan leader, please come in.¡± chen liangyu immediately made an inviting gesture. chen daoxuan followed chen liangyu into the factory. the rainbow sonar flying sword factory now had nine harmonious spirit stoves compared to the one when it was first built. of course. this did not mean that the production of the rainbow sonar flying swords had increased by nine times. the reason was that chen daoxuan, chen daochu, and chen daolan couldn¡¯t spend all their time refining weapons in the rainbow sonar flying sword factory. chen daochuan didn¡¯t need to say much. he had been following chen xianhe to learn how to manage the chen family¡¯s magical equipment store. now, he was able to manage the magic tool shops in guang ¡®an prefecture¡¯s wandering cultivator market alone. chen xianhe returned to teach. it was proof that chen daochuan had the ability to take charge of his own affairs. what made chen daoxuan even happier was¡­ chen daochuan didn¡¯t slow down his cultivation just because he had to manage the magical treasure shop. although chen daochuan¡¯s spirit root was not as good as chen daochu and chen daolan¡¯s, he was still a cultivator with a medium spirit root. therefore, he had no choice. over the past few years. chen daochuan¡¯s cultivation had already reached the sixth level of the aura refining realm, and he was only one step away from breaking through to the advanced stage of the aura refining realm. looking closely. the chen family had changed too much in the past few years. not only did chen daoxuan succeed in building his foundation, but he also became a foundation building cultivator. the other cultivators of the dao generation had also grown. chen daochu and chen daolan were cultivators with superior spiritual roots like chen daoxuan. in addition, they cultivated hard and had sufficient resources, so their cultivation progress was not slower than chen daoxuan¡¯s. in fact, because they had sufficient cultivation resources from the beginning, their overall cultivation speed was faster than chen daoxuan¡¯s. both of them were now at the ninth qi layer. he was in a state of polishing his true qi. once his zhenqi was polished to a perfect state, he could attempt to build his foundation. apart from these three, the other six cultivators of the dao generation only had low spiritual roots, and only three of them had just reached the fourth qi layer. the rest were all at the third qi layer. but no matter what. compared to five years ago, the chen family only had chen xianhe and chen daoxuan. it was already much stronger. especially after the first batch of cultivators with the word ¡®fu¡¯ entered the clan school. according to chen daoxuan¡¯s decision. after a year of basic education, the people of the fu generation were all shocked. they would be allowed to take the meridian unblocking pill to help them open up the meridians in their entire body, saving them a lot of cultivation time. however¡­ there were 108 cultivators in the first batch, and if they all took the unblocking meridian pill, it would cost more than 50,000 spirit stones. this was not counting the increasing number of cultivators of the fu generation each year. once these cultivators stepped onto the path of cultivation. the consumption of spiritual energy and various cultivation resources would be massive. it was simply unrealistic to rely on the chen family¡¯s flying sword factory to support so many cultivators of the fu generation. every time he thought of this. chen daoxuan felt a headache coming on. when i was young, i had a small business. he could make all the cultivators of the dao generation live a comfortable life by working alone in the factory. however, as the clan grew stronger and stronger. even if all the eight-year-old dao cultivators were sent to the factory, the money they earned would still be far from enough to cover the expenses of the new generation of cultivators in the family, let alone chen daoxuan working alone in the flying sword factory.. Chapter 133 - Chapter 133: The Problem of Power (1) chapter 133: the problem of power (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw actually, this was a very easy score to settle. there were a total of 108 cultivators from the chen family who had just reached school age. by next year, this batch of cultivators would become true cultivators and step onto the path of immortality. at that time. they needed to consume spiritual energy and various cultivation resources. let¡¯s not talk about the issue of spiritual energy first. in terms of cultivation resources alone. next year, the chen family would have a total of 118 cultivators of the dao generation and the fu generation. among them, there was one foundation establishment cultivator and 117 qi condensation cultivators. so many people. even if each qi condensation cultivator consumed an average of 1000 spirit stones per year, the cost of cultivation resources was still very high. in a year, he would need close to 120,000 spirit stones. one had to know. this was only the first batch of cultivators of the fu generation. the chen family would have more and more cultivators of the fu generation. in other words, the cultivation resources consumed by the chen family would increase by hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of spiritual stones every year. this was only the consumption of cultivation resources. in the cultivation of cultivators, other than all kinds of cultivation resources, the most basic requirement was naturally spiritual energy, which was the need for spiritual veins. the chen family only had one level one spirit meridian at the moment. to be honest. the problem of the spirit vein was the biggest problem that the chen family needed to solve. because chen daoxuan was already a foundation establishment cultivator. if this grade one spirit meridian was only for him to use, it was barely enough. if the hundred qi condensation cultivators of the chen clan were to use it together with a foundation establishment cultivator like him¡­ that was far from enough. not to mention a few years later. the cultivators of the dao generation were about to start building their foundation, and there were more and more cultivators of the fu generation. level 1 spirit meridians definitely wouldn¡¯t work. there were only two paths left. first, increase the number of grade-1 spirit meridians. second, upgrade the grade 1 spiritual heritage to grade 2. the first method required less spirit stones. after all, a grade 1 spirit vein only cost 100,000 spirit stones. to the current chen family, it was just a drizzle. however, it wasn¡¯t a problem for a qi condensation cultivator to cultivate a grade-1 spirit meridian. however, it was not possible for a qi condensation cultivator to reach foundation establishment. the chen family wouldn¡¯t have to borrow spirit veins from other families every time a cultivator reached foundation establishment, right? it was impossible for others to lend it to you every time. after all, after a second grade spirit meridian helped a cultivator to reach foundation establishment, it would basically be impossible for the next qi condensation cultivator to reach foundation establishment within ten years. this was a huge loss for a family with a grade 2 spiritual heritage. unless it was a grade three spirit meridian. it could be used to build the foundation of qi condensation cultivators. however, if he wanted to cultivate a grade-1 spirit meridian into a grade-3 spirit meridian, he would have to rely on it. it would cost 11 million spirit stones. not to mention the chen family, even for the yang family and the wu family, this amount of spirit stones was a huge sum. within a short period of time. of course, the chen family could not afford such a huge sum of spirit stones. therefore, he had no choice. he could only spend a million spirit stones to temporarily nurture the clan¡¯s spirit vein to grade-2. chen daoxuan followed behind chen liangyu. walking in the factory. compared to two years ago. the rainbow sonar flying sword factory didn¡¯t change much internally. the only change was that the number of apprentices in the factory had increased. seeing this scene. ¡°it seems that you¡¯ve done a good job with the apprenticeship system these two years.¡± chen daoxuan nodded. 11 it¡¯s all thanks to young patriarch¡¯s guidance, liangyu doesn¡¯t dare to claim credit.¡± chen liangyu cupped his hands with a smile on his face as he humbly said. in the next moment. chen daoxuan saw a furnace operator skillfully removing a spirit stone that had used up all of its spiritual energy from the melting spirit furnace in a production room. he pointed at the production room and asked, ¡°¡±manager chen, how many spirit stones does our flying sword factory consume every year?¡± chen liangyu knew. the consumption of spirit stones that chen daoxuan mentioned referred to the consumption of the formation power provided by each harmonious spirit stove to refine the spirit ores. it was the spirit stone that the furnace operator had just taken out from the bottom of the thawing spirit furnace. hearing this question. chen liangyu¡¯s face was filled with bitterness as he complained, ¡°¡±young patriarch, this harmonious spirit stove is good in every aspect. the only flaw is that it consumes a lot of spirit stones every year. according to the factory¡¯s statistics, if each harmonious spirit stove is working at full speed, it will consume one spirit stone in less than three days.¡± ti so many?¡± chen daoxuan asked in surprise. previously, when he was working in the factory, chen liangyu had always been in charge of logistics. including the spirit stones consumed by the harmonious spirit stove. after all, there was only one harmonious spirit stove at that time. even if one spirit stone was consumed every three days, it would only consume a hundred spirit stones in a year. with chen daoxuan¡¯s ability to earn money back then. he really didn¡¯t pay much attention to the consumption in this aspect. but now, the consumption of the nine harmonious spirit stoves was much higher. in just one year, the consumption of spirit stones alone had reached 1,000. in the future, all kinds of magical equipment factories would be built in the industrial zone, and a large number of cultivators of the fu generation would enter the factory. the number of harmonious spirit stoves of the chen family would increase explosively. suppose there were a thousand harmonious spirit stoves. the annual consumption of spirit stones alone would reach more than 100,000 spirit stones. it was equivalent to devouring a spirit vein in a year. not to mention that the chen family¡¯s industrial process would be further advanced in the future. chen daoxuan, who had studied engineering in his previous life, knew that the foundation of industrialization was motivation. whether it was the steam era or the electric era, the change in power would always sound the horn of the industrial revolution. in this life. the driving force chen daoxuan chose for the refining industry was spiritual energy. this was because spiritual energy was a clean and almost unlimited energy source. however, a few years ago. due to the limited conditions. chen daoxuan was in a hurry to get the harmonious spirit stove out, so he didn¡¯t care about its power. he directly used spirit stones to replace the power source of the harmonious spirit furnace. in reality. whether it was cultivation or using spirit stones as the power source of the harmonious spirit furnace, it was an extremely wasteful act. although the spirit stone was called a spirit stone, it was not because of the little spiritual energy it stored. to be honest. the spiritual energy stored in the spirit stones was like a firefly compared to the spiritual energy produced by the spirit vein. the place where spirit stones were truly precious. it was because of the trace of power of creation that was wrapped in spiritual energy inside it. it was precisely because of this trace of power of creation that spirit stones could nurture and upgrade spirit meridians. he used the spirit stones as a power source. chen daoxuan had basically thrown away the most precious trace of the power of creation in the spirit stones. it was because of the harmonious spirit stove that the production efficiency was greatly increased, increasing the profit by dozens of times. otherwise¡­ he simply couldn¡¯t stand chen daoxuan¡¯s prodigal behavior. in the factory. chen liangyu saw chen daoxuan frowning and stopped. he was a little nervous. naturally, he didn¡¯t know that chen daoxuan was thinking so far ahead. in fact, he didn¡¯t even know what was called ¡®industrialisation¡¯. he only knew how to record the finances of the factory and deal with all kinds of logistics problems in the factory. ¡°young ¡­ young clan leader?¡± after a while. chen liangyu called out cautiously. ¡°oh, it¡¯s fine. let¡¯s continue.¡± chen daoxuan returned to his senses and smiled. but in his heart. he had already secretly memorized the problem of power and was thinking about how to solve it.. Chapter 134 - Chapter 134: Spirit Qi Network Imagination (1) chapter 134: spirit qi network imagination (1) translator: daoist6fubtiw after inspecting the flying sword factory. chen daoxuan had a rough idea of the clan¡¯s current flying sword production. all in all. as chen daoxuan and the other two left the factory, a few more cultivators of the dao generation entered the factory. the factory¡¯s output did not increase much. in the past, the rainbow sonar flying sword factory could produce 900 flying swords per month, but now, it could only produce 1000 or so. the increase was only a little more than 10%. the profit generated from this output. of course, it could not satisfy the consumption of resources brought about by the increasing number of cultivators in the chen family. therefore, the expansion of the factory was urgent. however¡­ before that. chen daoxuan needed to solve the power problem of the factory. the first thing that came to his mind was the electricity network in his previous life. on earth. all countries used electric wires to transport electricity. although spiritual energy was completely different from electricity, as a special type of energy, there must be a carrier that could carry and transport it. as long as he could find such a carrier, he would be able to solve the problem of spiritual energy transportation. spiritual stones that had exhausted their spiritual energy were special materials that could store spiritual energy. it should be one of these special carriers. thinking of this¡­ chen daoxuan picked up a spirit stone that had used up all its spiritual energy. who knows? as chen daoxuan exerted a slight force, the spirit stone that had exhausted its spiritual energy turned into a ball of powder and scattered on the ground like a stone that had turned into sand. ¡°powder?¡± chen daoxuan picked up the pile of grayish-white powder from the ground with his fingers. he zoomed in. the white powder was made up of small grains of sand crystals, similar to the sand on earth. each of these small particles was the size of sand. with a light blow, it floated everywhere. chen daoxuan frowned and rubbed his chin. in the next second. he used the fire control technique. a ball of white flame shot out from his palm. since his cultivation had advanced to the foundation establishment stage, this fire control technique, which was almost harmless to qi condensation cultivators, could now pose a fatal threat to qi condensation cultivators. this was the terrifying aspect of a cultivator¡¯s high cultivation. it was clearly the same spell, but when a high-level cultivator used it, it could pose a fatal threat to a low-level cultivator. he controlled the flames while roasting the grayish-white powder under the flames. very quickly. the grayish-white powder turned into a ball of white liquid. chen daoxuan knew. this was the result of the grayish-white powder being melted at high temperatures. then¡­ he controlled his true essence and pulled the grayish-white liquid into a long line as thick as a pinky finger. it was said to be a long line. in fact, this line was less than 20 centimeters long. there was no other way. a fist-sized spirit stone turned into powder could only make such a long line at most. but for chen daoxuan¡¯s experiment. it was enough. after the long line cooled down and solidified. he used his true essence to control the spiritual qi in the spiritual pool and injected it towards the end of the long line. under the pressure of chen daoxuan¡¯s true essence. the spiritual energy easily rushed from one end of the long line to the other. moreover¡­ under chen daoxuan¡¯s perception, there was almost no consumption. ¡°sure enough, it works!¡± chen daoxuan was delighted. he pinched the long gray wire in his hand. it was soft and not as hard as the metal wires in his previous life. instead, it looked like rubber wrapped around the wires. ¡°i didn¡¯t expect that the powder formed after the spirit stone exhausted its spiritual energy would turn into a rubber-like substance after melting and solidifying at high temperatures.¡± chen daoxuan¡¯s eyes were filled with surprise. ¡± in this way, the problem of spiritual energy transportation is half solved!¡± the reason why it was half. it was because chen daoxuan knew that if spiritual energy wanted to flow, in addition to a carrier that could transport it, it also needed a driving force that could push it. on earth, this power was called voltage. and here. chen daoxuan temporarily called it spirit pressure. the spiritual pressure here was not the same as the spiritual pressure from the feedback system of the melting spirit stove. it referred to the pressure that could cause reiki to move in the network of spiritual threads. it was a pity. chen daoxuan experimented for a long time, but to no avail. however, this experiment was probably the fastest progress he had ever made. it was nothing like the past. regardless of whether it was the melting spirit stove or the dantian pressure stabilizer. it took him several years. furthermore, it was with the help of the state of enlightenment. if he didn¡¯t have the cheat of epiphany, he might not even be able to achieve anything in his life. but this time. in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. in just a short while, he had already completed the construction of the spiritual energy network. it had to be said. sometimes, luck was far more important than strength in research. chen daoxuan was a classic example. in the underwater world of the infinite star sea. the sun brothers had gone through many hardships and finally found the location of the black jade tablet in a corner of the underwater world in guang ¡®an prefecture. ¡°big brother, are we here yet?¡± ¡°we¡¯re here!¡± the pale-faced cultivator, sun fu, looked around and said solemnly, ¡°¡±this god extinction immortal abode is just like the rumors say, it¡¯s in an independent secret realm. protect me and don¡¯t disturb me!¡± ¡°don¡¯t worry, big brother!¡± the boorish man also knew that this was the most crucial moment of this trip. if this matter succeeded¡­ perhaps the two of them could also soar to the sky like daoist master shenjue 400 years ago. in the future, they would dominate the battlefield of the yun nation and become jindan and yuanying realm cultivators. if he failed¡­ no, it won¡¯t fail! the rough man¡¯s expression became firm. in order to find this place and set foot here, the brothers had paid too much over the years. ever since he was lucky enough to obtain this black jade token. the two brothers had been plotting for nearly twenty years. only then did he finally find this place. as his thoughts spun. the pale-faced cultivator seemed to have changed. the pale-faced cultivator called sun fu cried out in surprise and said happily,¡±hurry up! the immortal estate has opened!¡± at this moment, the middle-aged cultivator saw a spatial rift suddenly open in front of his big brother. a large amount of extremely pure spiritual energy surged out of the crack. such pure spiritual energy. not to mention guang ¡®an prefecture, they had not even felt it in the guan zhen immortal city on the battlefield of the yun nation. one had to know. the seven immortal cities built by the qian yuan sword sect in the battlefield of the yun nation were all equipped with spiritual veins above the fifth level. in other words. in this immortal abode mystic realm, there was a spirit meridian that was even higher than a tier 5 spirit meridian. ¡°i¡¯m rich! we¡¯re rich! 11 faced with such a shocking amount of wealth, even with the shrewdness of the white-faced cultivator, he couldn¡¯t remain calm. immediately. the two of them did not dare to delay and directly flew into the spatial rift. in the next second. the spatial rift suddenly closed as if nothing had happened. after the sun brothers entered the immortal estate. after strolling in the immortal mansion¡¯s mystic realm for several hours. only then did he realize that it was a little different from what he had imagined. ¡°brother, where¡¯s the spirit vein?¡± ¡°hmm?¡± the pale-faced cultivator also felt that something was wrong. the large amount of pure spiritual energy they had sensed just now was not produced by the spirit vein. instead, it was the rootless duckweed stored in this secret realm of the immortal estate. he discovered this fact. the two of them were instantly disappointed. ¡°forget it. anyway, we¡¯re not here for the spirit vein this time. let¡¯s find the immortal inheritance first!¡± the pale-faced cultivator said in a deep voice. the area of this secret manual was extremely large. the two of them wandered around for a few days before they found a palace that seemed to be inhabited by immortals. this palace was extremely majestic, and it was hundreds of meters tall. the sun brothers stood in front of the palace like ants. the two of them tiptoed and pushed open the palace door. he slowly stepped into it. they entered the palace. the two of them found a corpse sitting upright in the palace. what kind of corpse was this? silver hair, golden eyes, jade-like bones, and a corpse that would last for billions of years. even though the sun brothers didn¡¯t know how old this corpse was, the moment they saw it. the two of them knelt on the ground unconsciously. that was the respect that came from the heart of the seeker after seeing the person who had attained the dao. this kneeling was involuntary, but it came from the bottom of his heart. however, the two of them did not notice at all. not far from the corpse was a silver coffin. at this moment. the lid of the coffin moved slightly. however, the two of them were completely attracted by the corpse of the immortal in front of them and did not notice the changes in the coffin. after a long time. only then did the two of them recover from their shock. ¡°big brother, the corpse of the immortal is here. it¡¯s indeed an immortal¡¯s mansion. it¡¯s indeed an immortal¡¯s mansion!¡± ¡°quickly find the inheritance!¡± the pale-faced cultivator could no longer be indifferent as he hurriedly said. at this moment, a cold and terrifying voice that seemed to be able to freeze people¡¯s souls sounded behind the two of them. ¡°keke, what are you looking for?¡± ¡°who is it? >