I want to go back to my original world and live an ordinary life.

After hearing what Village Chief He said, Qiu Yan politely picked up the cup and took a sip. However, Qiu Yan's mind was not on the tea at the moment, and he could not tell whether the tea was good or bad. The question he was thinking about was why there was such a big difference in the speed of cultivation between practitioners before and after the age of fifty. Qiu Yan's master had never told Qiu Yan this, so after putting down the cup, Qiu Yan could not wait to ask the question in his heart. "Village Chief He, why does the cultivation of practitioners become slower after the age of fifty? What is the reason?"

After Qiu Yan finished speaking, Village Chief He was about to speak when he heard Xiao Nan walk to Village Chief He and say, "Uncle He, the food is ready."

Hearing Xiaonan's words, Village Chief He, who was about to reply to Qiuyan, stopped talking, looked at Xiaonan and said with a smile, "Then bring the food. Brother Qiuyan and I will eat and chat!" After Village Chief He finished speaking, Xiaonan did not say anything, just nodded and prepared to serve the food. At this time, Village Chief He seemed to have thought of something again, turned around and said to Xiaonan, "By the way, save some food for your mother to send over, so you don't have to go back and cook it."

After He finished speaking, Xiaonan still did not say anything, but nodded obediently to indicate that he understood. Seeing that Xiaonan understood, He did not say anything more. After a while, Xiaonan and a middle-aged woman came out with two dishes each. Seeing this woman coming out, He briefly introduced this woman to Qiuyan. This woman was He's wife. Usually everyone called her Aunt Yang. After listening to He's introduction, Qiuyan took a look at Aunt Yang. She was about forty years old, looked very easy-going, and was a typical family housewife. Aunt Yang walked towards Qiuyan with the dishes. When she saw Qiuyan sitting at the table, she smiled and said to Qiuyan, "You are Qiuyan, young man. I just heard Xiaonan say that it was you who drove away Qingtianshi who came to cause trouble this morning. I want to thank you on behalf of Xiaonan and her mother." As she spoke, Aunt Yang had already walked to the table, put down the food in her hand, and then continued, "Our Xifeng Village is remote and poor. We can't take out any good things to entertain you, young man. I hope you don't mind."

Aunt Yang's words were very polite. Qiu Yan listened to Aunt Yang and took a look at the food on the table. Although these dishes were very simple and not as gorgeous as the food that the civet cat sent in the wooden house, these four dishes were all hard dishes, and the quantity of each dish was very sufficient. People who have been to the countryside should know that due to the relatively backward living conditions in the countryside, it is very inconvenient to buy vegetables, so in the past, if there were guests in the rural families, they would usually kill chickens and ducks to entertain the guests. Although chickens and ducks seemed a bit shabby compared to the big fish and meat in the city, their hospitality was the same. So, after hearing Aunt Yang's words, Qiu Yan quickly said to Aunt Yang, "You're welcome. These are already very good."

Aunt Yang smiled when she heard Qiu Yan's words, then she looked at Qiu Yan and said, "I'm glad that you don't mind, young man Qiu Yan." After that, Aunt Yang looked at Xiao Nan who was preparing dishes next to her, and then said softly, "Xiao Nan, go get the good wine hidden by your uncle He to entertain your benefactor."

Hearing Aunt Yang say that she would bring wine to entertain Qiuyan, Village Chief He's face suddenly showed excitement. He looked at Xiaonan and said happily, "Yes! Yes! Yes! Go and get out Uncle He's collection of fine wine!" Uncle He sounded very happy, because usually his wife would not let him drink. Today, since it was his wife who asked for wine, he could naturally drink to his heart's content. This was of course a happy thing for a person who loves drinking.

"Okay!" Xiaonan nodded after listening to Aunt Yang and Village Chief He, and ran to the house to get the wine. Aunt Yang saw that Village Chief He was so happy when he heard about the wine, so she glanced at him and said, "You can drink a little with Young Master Qiu Yan today, but you can't drink too much."

Aunt Yang spoke in a very calm tone, but Village Chief He seemed to be very afraid of Aunt Yang. He nodded in agreement after hearing what Aunt Yang said. After a while, Xiaonan brought a small jar of wine from the house and handed it to the village chief. The village chief seemed very excited after taking out the wine. He opened the jar of wine impatiently and sniffed it with his nose. An expression of enjoyment instantly appeared on his face. It seemed that he had not drunk wine for a long time.

Aunt Yang saw Village Chief He and ignored him. She just gave him a dark look, then turned to Qiu Yan and said, "Young Master Qiu Yan, you guys can eat. Xiao Nan and I won't accompany you." After that, Aunt Yang glanced at Xiao Nan, and then they turned back to the kitchen. Qiu Yan saw Aunt Yang and Xiao Nan leave, and looked at Village Chief He who looked excited and asked, "Village Chief He, aren't they eating together?"

Hearing Qiuyan's words, Village Chief He poured a bowl of wine for Qiuyan and said with a smile, "They should have left some food in the kitchen, we don't need to worry about them." As he spoke, Village Chief He had already filled Qiuyan's and his own bowls with wine, then he picked up his own wine bowl and said to Qiuyan, "Come on, little brother Qiuyan, let's drink first!"

After listening to what Village Chief He said, Qiu Yan looked towards the kitchen, but didn't think much about it, because in the world he lived in, some backward villages also had the rule that women didn't sit at the table when guests came, so Qiu Yan, who knew this, didn't think much about it at this time, and turned his eyes back to Village Chief He, and smiled and picked up the wine bowl and drank with Village Chief He. Although they were in different worlds, the wine in this world was no different from the wine in Qiu Yan's original world, both were spicy, and if it was beer, Qiu Yan could still drink a little, but this white wine Qiu Yan really couldn't drink much, so after tasting the wine, Qiu Yan just took a sip symbolically, and didn't drink it directly like Village Chief He.

After drinking, Village Chief He picked up the wine jar and was about to give Qiu Yan another bowl. However, when he saw that Qiu Yan had not finished drinking the wine at all, his expression suddenly became strange. He looked at Qiu Yan and asked, "Brother Qiu Yan, do you think this wine is too bad? So you don't want to drink it?"

Hearing what Village Chief He said, Qiu Yan quickly waved her hands and explained, "No, I can't tell the difference between good and bad wine. I just don't know how to drink."

Hearing that Qiu Yan didn't complain about the bad wine, Village Chief He smiled, took back the wine jar that he was going to pour for Qiu Yan, and said, "It's good not to drink. Drinking too much will affect your cultivation, so I won't force you to drink. I'll have another bowl." After that, Village Chief He filled his own bowl, raised the bowl and drank it in one gulp. Qiu Yan didn't know the exact alcohol content of the wine, but he felt that it should be no less than 40 degrees. Drinking 40-degree liquor was like drinking water. It was the first time Qiu Yan had seen it, and he couldn't help but be impressed by Village Chief He's alcohol tolerance.

After finishing the second bowl, Village Chief He showed satisfaction and joy on his face. He looked at Qiu Yan who was a little dazed, picked up the chopsticks and said, "Come on, Qiu Yan, since you don't want to drink, let's eat some vegetables. Although your aunt's cooking skills are average, these dishes are all game I brought back from the mountains, and they taste very good!"

Village Chief He's words brought Qiu Yan back to his senses. Hearing what Village Chief He said, Qiu Yan smiled awkwardly, thinking, is Village Chief He usually so bold? He actually said that his wife's cooking was average. Qiu Yan remembered that his father had said something similar before, and his mother didn't let his father eat the food she cooked for several days! It seems that Village Chief He's family status should be quite high!

However, Qiu Yan didn't say much or ask anything. After all, this was someone else's family affair. Why should Qiu Yan, an outsider, worry about it? So after listening to what Village Chief He said, Qiu Yan picked up the chopsticks and took a bite of the dish and started eating. Qiu Yan didn't know what the dish was, but it tasted very good. It didn't taste like it was made by someone with poor cooking skills. Thinking of this, Qiu Yan couldn't help but laugh secretly, thinking that it seemed that this Village Chief He was quite interesting. He actually liked to make trouble for his wife for no reason. I really hope that he won't cause trouble for me after I leave.

After taking a bite of rice, Qiu Yan adjusted his thoughts and thought about what he had asked the village chief just now. The village chief had not answered yet, so he looked at the village chief and said, "By the way, Village Chief He, you haven't answered my question just now?" After saying that, Qiu Yan looked at Village Chief He who was eating with curiosity. Village Chief He was stunned for a while after hearing Qiu Yan's words, then put down his chopsticks and smiled and said to Qiu Yan, "Brother Qiu Yan, you want to know why the cultivation speed of practitioners slows down after reaching level 50, right?"

"Yeah!" Seeing that Village Chief He thought of this matter, Qiu Yan nodded affirmatively.

After receiving Qiu Yan's affirmative answer, Village Chief He smiled, and then said to Qiu Yan, "Before the age of fifty, both the meridians and the body of a cultivator are in a state of being undeveloped. During this period, the cultivator's absorption and induction of spiritual power are the strongest, so the cultivation is very fast. After the age of fifty, the meridians and various aspects of the cultivator's body have been finalized, and the cultivator's ability to sense and absorb spiritual power will weaken, and the speed of cultivation will naturally be much slower. Generally speaking, if you practice before the age of fifty, as long as your talent is about the same, and with the help of some elixirs, it is easy to break through more than ten levels in a year.

Of course, I'm only talking about those below level 50. Above level 50, you can only level up a few levels a year. But after the age of 50, if you don't have good pills to help you, it's already very difficult to level up two or three levels a year." After saying that, Village Chief He took another bite of food and started eating. While eating, he looked at Qiu Yan and asked curiously, "These things are common knowledge among practitioners. How come Brother Qiu Yan doesn't know about them?"