Cultivating Immortality in a Family: I Prove Immortality Through the Chaotic Dao Realm

Chapter 16 Emerald Lake

Ten days later.

Early morning hours.

Chen Qian slept in his bedroom last night and felt exceptionally refreshed when he woke up.

After practicing some boxing in the courtyard to loosen up, he washed up, put on his robes, took his storage bag, and then leisurely went out.

The storage bag contained 27 spirit stones, two bottles of Qi Gathering Pills, one bottle of Bigu Pills, a low-grade first-rank flying sword, a low-grade first-rank talisman brush, and miscellaneous items such as spirit ink and talisman paper.

A few days ago, I went to Chen Hongwei to collect my monthly allowance of one spirit stone and one bottle of Qi Gathering Pills. I also bought a bottle of Bigu Pills at Baichu Pavilion, 30 pills for 5 spirit stones.

For cultivators in the Qi Refining stage, daily diet is still essential. Since storage bags are too small to hold much food, it is still necessary to keep some fasting pills on hand for emergencies.

This is all the wealth he currently possesses.

He even threw that hundred-times-forged steel sword into the Chaos Pool.

That was just an ordinary mortal weapon, not at the level of a magic weapon. It couldn't even be imbued with magic power. If you were to use that knife against a mid-grade first-tier wolf king, it wouldn't even be able to break through his defenses.

There's no need to keep it anymore; throwing it into the Gray Pearl World for recycling is the best outcome.

As soon as I stepped outside, I saw Chen Yunxi pacing not far away.

"Brother Chen Qian!"

The little girl's face was flushed, delicate and beautiful, with a slender and graceful figure. Her eyebrows were as gentle as autumn water, and her jade-like skin appeared even more delicate in the morning breeze. Her whole body seemed to glow.

Her red lips seemed to be coated with a layer of shimmering glaze, and with each slight parting, a fresh, spring-like scent seemed to waft over.

Girls of this color could only be born in this world of cultivation.

She's about to become my bride.

Chen Qian felt a surge of pride and satisfaction. He stepped forward, took the girl's delicate hand, and said with a smile:

"My sister's here, why don't you come in?"

In the past few days, Chen Yunxi has resumed her previous way of getting along with Chen Qian, and that shyness has passed.

The girl reached out and pulled Chen Qian's collar up, her eyes sparkling with tenderness.

"I just arrived. I know that my brother is going to leave early today to pick up Sister Momo, so I waited here for a while. It's alright."

"After seeing his sister, my brother remembered saying that Yunxi had been missing her a lot and was looking forward to her coming."

The two girls are only a little over a year apart and have been playmates since childhood. They have seen each other less in recent years, but their relationship has always been quite harmonious.

Chen Qian was quite pleased, having understood the girl's delicate thoughts.

The difference in family status between Feng Momo and Chen Yunxi is quite significant; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Feng Momo is all alone. The young woman probably worries that Feng Momo might have some inferiority complex and wants to reassure her as much as possible.

"Don't worry, I understand. Momo has always been carefree and easygoing, she won't overthink it. You two have always gotten along well, and I believe that won't change in the future."

After chatting for a few more minutes, Chen Qian didn't linger. He bid farewell to the girl and headed to the Inner Affairs Hall.

After reporting to Chen Hongwei, the steward of the Internal Affairs Hall, he applied for a blue-scaled horse to use as a mount and headed out of the valley towards Fenglin City.

Through ten days of intensive, hellish magical training, Chen Qian not only became extremely proficient in using the Lightness Technique and Fireball Technique, but also became much more skilled in the Wind Shield Technique, and no longer experienced casting failures.

I've also mastered the basics of Wind Blade Technique.

He also carefully studied the magical runes of the Lightness Technique and the Fireball Technique, laying a solid foundation for drawing these two types of talismans.

After he studies the drawing techniques further and improves his control over his magic power, he can try making talismans. Chen Qian is not in a hurry for this short journey, which can barely be called a wedding procession.

After leaving the mountain road where Fenglin Valley is located, Chen Qian did not intend to go directly to Fenglin City, but instead headed to Bicui Lake, which is hundreds of miles to the southwest.

Emerald Lake is just a remote little lake. When viewed from above, its waters resemble a piece of emerald green, hence its name.

The surrounding area is filled with dense forests and deep ravines, the roads are difficult to travel, and the spiritual energy is scarce, with no special products to be found.

Therefore, mortals are rare, and cultivators almost never set foot there.

What is useless to others is a treasure trove for Chen Qian at present.

After more than a month of cultivation in the valley, Chen Qian would casually steal some miscellaneous rocks, soil, trees, and flowers every time he went out.

However, since it is only to enrich the resource diversity of the Gray Pearl world, the quantities are very small, and it cannot be known to others.

Taking advantage of this trip, Chen Qian plans to make a big splash at Bicui Lake.

Try to send everything you've never seen before, everything you can carry, and everything that doesn't exist in the valley into the Gray Pearl World.

Once you leave the Fengling Valley mountain road, the surrounding area is relatively densely populated, with many villages of varying sizes and farms scattered throughout.

But as we got closer to Emerald Lake, the scenery became more pristine, and there were hardly any proper roads anymore.

This was no challenge for the Green-Scaled Horse; although it couldn't run freely, riding it was still as easy as walking on flat ground.

After bypassing several dense forests and crossing several mountain streams, the man and his horse quickly arrived at a place not far from Emerald Lake.

After finding a relatively flat spot, Chen Qian tied the Green-Scaled Horse to a tree, took out some grass to feed it, and after calming it down a bit, he prepared to start working.

Although this place is sparsely populated, it is still considered to be on the outskirts of Fenglin City. There are no ferocious beasts or birds of prey here, so the Azure Scale Horse will not be in any danger.

Chen Qian rolled up his sleeves and realized that he hadn't prepared enough. He hadn't brought a shovel or any other tools, which would make it inconvenient if he wanted to dig up some trees and flowers.

He patted his storage bag, and a gleaming blue longsword appeared in his hand.

It was a magical flying sword issued by the family.

Although it is only a low-grade first-tier flying sword, its appearance is truly extraordinary. It can be said that among the creations of the cultivation world, few are ugly.

After being imbued with magic power, even the lowest-grade magical artifacts can break through ordinary sand and soil without much effort, though they are not very handy.

Chen Qian selected several tree species he had never seen before. They were about one or two people tall. When dug up and with the soil covering the roots, they weighed several hundred kilograms, but he could easily lift them.

Since he didn't have a proper body-refining technique, Chen Qian couldn't be considered to have practiced body-refining as a side practice. However, he was a martial arts master with innate talent, and his body was already quite strong. His strength in body-refining was actually comparable to that of a first-stage body-refining practitioner.

It is much more robust and powerful than ordinary cultivators of the same level.

All cultivators know that if they can cultivate both their physical body and their spiritual body, their combat power and survivability will be much stronger. However, not all cultivators can do the same.

One is that if you want to succeed in body refinement, your physical aptitude for body refinement is extremely important, and not everyone can possess it.

The second is its extreme dependence on rare and precious natural resources that aid in body refinement. Without suitable resources, even with extraordinary talent, it's difficult to achieve anything. This is unlike magical cultivation, where spiritual energy permeates the world and is readily available.

The last point is that during the body-refining process, the physical body will endure extreme tempering, which will cause extreme pain. Only by constantly breaking the limits can the strength of the body-refining process be increased.

This process is an extreme test of a practitioner's mental and spiritual endurance and willpower.

If one cannot withstand it, at best one will fall into a coma, and at worst one's soul may collapse, leading to a violent death.

These limitations have led to a severe shortage of body refiners in the cultivation world today.

(End of this chapter)