Very reasonable cultivation

The streets are wide and flat, paved with bluestone slabs. The houses on both sides are lined up one after another, with roofs with flying eaves and pointed corners, carved beams and painted buildings, showing an antique charm everywhere.

The streets are bustling with people and traffic, creating a bustling scene. Ancient arch bridges span the river, with pedestrians constantly passing through them. The rippling water beneath the bridges reflects the bustling scene on the shore, forming a beautiful picture.

"Hey, Brother Hong, since you have martial arts skills, why are you still so poor? How do you live here?" Tian Zhen walked on the road, looking around as if he had entered a big garden. But he kept talking.

"I'm just a gatekeeper, trying to make a living. What else can I do? I can't get rich overnight. I can be a escort, but I need connections, and I can't find any." Hong Xiaoqi was also a little depressed.

He did have some skills. The money he earned from guarding the door was already a lot for an ordinary person, but most of the money he earned was used to buy expensive medicinal materials for cultivation and auxiliary supplies for physical training, so on the surface, his life was also very difficult.

Tian Zhen saw a microcosm of this society. Beneath the prosperous appearance, there were people who were just breathing quietly under the strict class system.

Some people with martial arts skills are like this, but what about those who are so ordinary that they don’t even have the opportunity to practice martial arts?

Tian Zhen shook his head to get rid of these thoughts and continued to smell some common sense of this imperial capital.

"Haha, little brother, this is your first time here, right? Then you asked the right question. I've been here for many years, so I know a lot of gossip. I heard that the imperial capital was not like this originally. After the immortals came, they built such a high city wall, and the immortals lived on the top of the highest city wall. The immortals couldn't stand the previous emperor's debauchery and tyranny, so they took action to replace the emperor. That was a change of dynasty. With the immortals backing you up, everything will naturally go smoothly, and some good policies can be implemented smoothly." He paused, brewing a reversal of emotion.

"But in just this short period of a hundred years, with the rise of some immortal cultivation families, the words of the new generation of emperor are no longer effective. Not to mention pretending to obey, they even openly show their disapproval. The new emperor is a complete mascot!" He shook his head and sighed.

"What did those immortal cultivation families do? Don't the immortals guarding here care?" Tian Zhen asked in surprise.

"Why should they care? Those immortals won't care unless there is a large-scale disturbance. In the past, people from those immortal families were law-abiding, but in recent years." Hong Xiaoqi looked around and made sure that there was no one around before he leaned over and whispered in Tian Zhen's ear.

"They forcefully kidnap women and have them give birth to children, just to find the ones with potential to become immortals among the majority of children. But those who don't become immortals are abandoned, or they die!" He said with a horrified expression.

"So unscrupulous, are they really lawless?" Tian Zhen said in disbelief, thinking that there is a lot of trouble here, can such rumors spread everywhere?

"Shh! Keep your voice down! These are just rumors and can't be taken seriously, but they can serve as a precaution." Hong Xiaoqi hurriedly hushed and reminded, looking around again.

"What! They don't even let men go?" Tian Zhen spoke softly this time, but also exclaimed in surprise.

"Of course, there are also female immortals in the immortal cultivation family. A strong man like me will be targeted by them sooner or later." He said seriously.

"Haha." Tian Zhen could only laugh dryly. He didn't expect that this strong man was such a narcissistic guy.

After chatting with the burly man for a few more words and learning about the distribution of the immortal families and the location of the mascot emperor, Tian Zhen suddenly asked, "Brother, if, let me say, if, you had the supernatural power of an immortal, and didn't need to eat grains or worry about making a living, what would you do?"

He was taken aback by Tian Zhen's sudden question, then laughed and said, "Haha. Little brother, you are really bold. If your hypothesis could come true, I would like to go around and see it. Haha, don't laugh at me. I have never even left the capital of Dayan Kingdom in my life, let alone places outside Dayan Kingdom."

After getting the answer he wanted, Tian Zhen became extremely determined about the purpose of this trip.

He took out some gold beans from his pocket, handed them to Hong Xiaoqi, and said with a smile: "Brother Hong, these are some personal belongings, a small token of my appreciation. Please keep them for now. I have something important to attend to. I will come to you another day to catch up with you when I have time."

"Oh, this is not possible!" Hong Xiaoqi's eyes widened when he saw that it was gold. After repeated refusals, he finally accepted it.

Seeing that Tian Zhen was about to leave, he looked at his back and thought about the time they had just met. He felt something and hurriedly shouted to Tian Zhen's back: "Little brother! What you said about if, is it true?"

Tian Zhen didn't answer, but turned his back, gave him a thumbs up, waved and said goodbye.

Tian Zhen first went to the area where those immortal cultivation families were staying. These immortal cultivation families were some disciples accepted by the ancestors who were not talented enough and could not reach the foundation-building stage within five years. After completing the sect's mission, they returned to the mortal world to reproduce and thrive.

Of course, they also have to abide by the sect's rules and are not allowed to frequently use their poorly practiced magic in front of ordinary people.

There were also some promising immortal cultivators among their descendants. Originally, the sect's immortal cultivation methods were not to be passed on to outsiders, but they were fellow disciples of the same generation as the current Jindan elders, so under the unspoken rules, they all turned a blind eye, and the ancestor didn't say anything even when he knew about it.

This kind of immortal cultivation family was established in this way. When the ancestor was alive, they still followed some rules, but now Tian Zhen only sees family disciples who bully others and forcibly abduct women.

"No, please, let me go!" The girl's crying voice was heard. She was being dragged by several servants to the gate of a big mansion. There were two words written on it - Ji Mansion.

Upon hearing this, the leading young man turned around and, ignoring the girl's struggle, lifted her chin and said, "Young lady, it is your honor to carry on the family line for our Ji family. Don't worry, if you can give birth to some immortal cultivators for our Ji family, we promise not to treat you unfairly."

There was no need to know the cause or the consequence. Tian Zhen only knew that this girl needed a little help.

In a teahouse, Tian Zhen's eyes flashed red, and the color changed from time to time, without attracting other people's attention.

The captured girl's eyes suddenly widened. She felt a tingling sensation in her lower abdomen, which filled her whole body with strength. Then a voice came: "After swallowing a golden elixir, I realized that my fate is in my own hands."

Suddenly, a huge and dazzling stream of light burst out from her body, knocking all the servants dozens of meters away. They fell to the ground and their lives were unknown. The light flowed over her body, and her hair, which was messed up due to her struggle, floated up, as if an immortal had descended to the earth.

Seeing this scene, the mortal young man was so frightened that he knelt down and kowtowed, begging for mercy: "Immortal, spare my life! I am blind and do not recognize the great man. My ancestor is also a member of the immortal sect..."

"Kill him. It's not because he knows he's wrong, he's just afraid of death." The voice came, like the devil's whispering temptation.