"Emperor Taizu, why haven't my parents come out yet? They've been in seclusion for over three years."

"Little girl, don't be impatient. The longer your mother and brother go into seclusion, the better it will be for their cultivation. You and your brother are already at the late Golden Core stage, right? You must be obedient and not go into seclusion anymore."

"We know, we will definitely keep our promise to our parents. We will be eighteen in just six months, and we will definitely wait until then."

"Haven't you seen how much my brother is practicing weapon crafting every day? I'll start learning alchemy tomorrow too; Mother left me the alchemy furnace."

"Hahaha... I've finally formed my Golden Core."

Before long, Xu Jingheng came out of the room excitedly. At this time, he was already a cultivator in the early stage of Golden Core. It was really not easy.

"You bastard, how dare you call yourself 'I' in front of your father? Are you tired of living?"

Seeing his son's smug face, Xu Maoye was so angry that he threw a stick at him.

"Father, are you just jealous? With this energy, you might as well go back and go into seclusion to increase your cultivation level, which has been stagnant for so many years."

"Grandpa, you are not a true Golden Core cultivator yet. You haven't passed the tribulation test."

When Xiao Shitou said this, Xu Jingheng suddenly remembered that this had happened, and he froze.

He had forgotten that after the pill was formed, it had to undergo the tribulation test immediately, otherwise it would only be considered a fake pill. It was only because there was an array set up in the courtyard that the heavenly lightning didn't react for a moment.

Look, the dark clouds are gathering in the sky and moving this way.

Upon seeing this, Xu Jingheng hurriedly rushed out. When he moved in, the management had said that he had to undergo the tribulation in an open space outside, otherwise he would have to pay for the damage to the house.

“Emperor Taizu, don’t worry, my sister and I will go and see.”

Xu Maoye responded softly, but did not leave. Although the house was protected by an array, making it difficult for outsiders to enter, he dared not go out casually because so many people in his family were in seclusion.

Perhaps the Golden Core Tribulation wasn't too difficult, because in less than half an hour, Xu Jingheng and his two grandsons returned, chatting and laughing.

Xu Jingheng waved his hand and said, "Father, you should go into seclusion too. Anyway, I've already formed my core, and I won't make any progress in the short term. Let me guard you during this time. Otherwise, when will you be able to establish your foundation?"

"You brat, can't you just shut up? My cultivation level may be low, but do I need you to remind me?"

The old man's hand was itching to strike again. His pain stemmed from the fact that after more than a decade of cultivation, he was still only at the eighth level of Qi Refining. His son, however, always seemed to bring it up; having a son like this was worse than having a piece of barbecued pork.

"Hahaha... I'm about to form my Nascent Soul. Once I pass the tribulation, I'll be a Nascent Soul cultivator. I'm so capable."

Here we go again, here we go again. This old man will be driven to his death by these unfilial descendants sooner or later. What's so great about them? If it weren't for my good genes, none of you might even have spiritual roots, let alone be cultivating immortality.

"Grandfather, what's wrong with you? Why does your face look so dark? Are you sick? That's strange, can cultivators get sick? It's possible, after all, you're only at the Qi Refining stage."

"Get out! Get out of here and go undergo your tribulation! Can't you see the tribulation clouds are almost overhead? If this courtyard gets destroyed, can you afford to pay for it?"

"This is outrageous! What kind of descendants have they produced?" The old man was so angry that he didn't want to say anything and went straight into the house to cultivate.

Little Stone thought to himself, "Great Ancestor, if you could just suppress that smile, I'd really believe you were angry."

Time flies, and more than five years have passed. The three of them, Xiao Shitou and his sister, and Xu Qinghe, are all cultivators in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, but Xu Qingman and her husband have not yet emerged from seclusion.

Xu Meifen successfully formed her core two years ago, and even Xu Maoye and his wife suddenly reached the Foundation Establishment stage last month.

Because they had reached the Foundation Establishment stage and had eaten several Crimson Beauty Fruits, the elderly couple looked to be only in their early fifties.

Originally, Xu Maoye and his son were somewhat disdainful of this effeminate stuff, but when they saw their wives getting younger and younger, they immediately begged their wives to reward them with some "red face fruit".

They couldn't accept that he looked like he was from a different generation when he was with his wife.

More than a year later, the door to Xu Qingman and her husband's room was finally opened.

"Sister, brother-in-law, you've been closed for quite a while. Luckily, we have quite a few spirit stones on us, otherwise we would have been kicked out because we couldn't afford the rent."

"Jinchen, Manman, you're all out? They've all gone into seclusion. Now it's just me and..."

"Alright, I'm not talking to you anymore, we need to go through our tribulation."

As soon as Xu Qingman finished speaking, the two of them had already dashed far out of the courtyard gate.

Xu Jingheng and his son then realized that Xu Qingman was referring to tribulation. When did cultivation become so easy? It's only been a little over ten years, and their daughter/sister is about to break through again?

Isn't it said that cultivation depends primarily on one's spiritual root? Fortunately, Yu Jinchen has a single spiritual root, but Xu Qingman has two spiritual roots. In just over ten years, she's about to advance to the next level.

You should know that this is not just about refining Qi to the Golden Core stage, but about progressing from the Out-of-Body stage to the Divine Soul stage. If outsiders knew about this, it would cause quite a stir.

In fact, under normal circumstances, it would have been impossible for Xu Qingman and the other person to reach the Nascent Soul stage within a dozen years, but who could blame them for having the Qingxuan Space as a cheat code?

The two would spend a few months outside cultivating, and then take turns entering the space to cultivate for a few months at a time. In this way, the time spent was many times that outside, and this was still under their control.

However, it won't be so easy after that. The higher your cultivation level, the more you need spiritual energy to increase it further.

However, after both of them achieved the level of Nascent Soul cultivation, when they ventured out into the world, no one dared to underestimate them anymore.

To be able to have two distractions at less than fifty years old, how many people could do that without a strong backer?

With their current level of cultivation, even if the couple admitted to having no master or sect, no one would believe them.

Didn't you see? Yue Jiyuan, a Nascent Soul cultivator in his fifties, is already considered a genius by outsiders. And that's not all; he has a powerful family like the Yue Clan standing behind him.

This tribulation was more difficult than any other, and the couple finally managed to get through it safely after a great deal of effort.

However, precisely because the tribulation was more difficult, after they survived it, the two of them received a trace of immortal spiritual energy as a gift from the Heavenly Dao.

This allowed the two of them to further refine their newly broken-through cultivation levels, making their cultivation even more solid.

Now that their cultivation had broken through, the family had achieved their goal of coming to Lonely Wind City. The next day, the couple went out to investigate the formations leading to Four Directions City.

After all, the rent is really too expensive. If they stay any longer, those two elderly couples will become extremely worried.

Considering that Xu Jingheng and his son had paid tens of thousands of spirit stones for rent, they must not have many spirit stones left, so Xu Qingman gave each of them 50,000 high-grade spirit stones.

As for top-grade spirit stones? Their cultivation level is too low, so we dare not let them use them.

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