After being reborn, I took my childhood sweetheart to cultivate immortality.

After the old farmer's disjointed account, Xu Shuyi and her siblings pieced together the events and gained a general understanding of the situation.

It turns out that the place they came from was called Longlin Mountain Range, named after a dragon that someone had seen in the mountains two hundred years ago.

As for why so many people enter this mountain range every year, it's because of a story from over two thousand years ago.

According to oral tradition passed down from the older generation, this mountain range was once the place where those who cultivated to the highest level ascended to immortality, and it contains many treasures and cultivation techniques left behind by these ascensionists.

After more than two thousand years, most people no longer believe the claim that this mountain range is a place of ascension.

Two hundred years ago, when a group of martial arts practitioners passed by this place, they inadvertently witnessed a dragon undergoing a tribulation of lightning and successfully ascending to heaven.

Moreover, after these martial arts practitioners who watched the tribulation returned home, they were all surprised to find that their martial arts skills had inexplicably increased by a level.

Thinking of the drizzle after the dragon's tribulation, they all understood why their kung fu had improved.

This caused a sensation throughout the martial arts world, with every martial artist wanting to enter the mountains in search of opportunities.

Even if there's no chance to ascend to immortality, finding an opportunity to improve one's martial arts skills would still be good.

Unfortunately, although many people go in each year, very few come out.

Especially in recent decades, it has become very rare to see anyone going in.

That's why the old farmer was so surprised when he heard they came from the mountains.

Having achieved their desired outcome, the brother and sister bid farewell to the old farmer and approached their parents.

Only then did the old farmer get a clear look at what Xu Qingman and her husband looked like.

After the initial amazement, he murmured, "Wow, the child is already so big, but the couple is still so young. Rich people are really something else."

Although he spoke very softly, Xu Qingman and her family still heard him.

Realizing that their appearance was indeed misleading, the couple changed their appearance after leaving the village.

When the family reached a populated area again, they were a couple in their early thirties and a brother and sister who were seventeen or eighteen years old.

Following the directions given by the old farmer in Xiashan Village, the family finally arrived in Lin'an Town more than an hour later.

Two soldiers with broadswords guarded the town gate, and anyone who wanted to enter had to spend two copper coins.

They didn't have any copper coins. Although their cultivation level was high enough to enter freely, they didn't fully understand this world yet and didn't want to attract too much attention by using magic indiscriminately.

Finally, Xu Qingman exchanged a pair of silver ear fungus ornaments and a woman for twenty copper coins, which allowed them to enter the county town.

Thinking that he would need money again later, he went to a money exchange as soon as he entered Lin'an Town and exchanged a few gold ingots for a bag of broken silver and copper coins.

If you want to get more information, the best place is definitely a restaurant.

So, once they had some money, the family went to the largest restaurant in Lin'an Town.

We ordered several of the restaurant's signature dishes and a pot of wine. Like any other diner, the family enjoyed the food and drinks.

Unfortunately, after the meal, they hadn't gathered any useful information.

Thinking it might be because it was a small town, after dinner, the family rented a horse-drawn carriage from a car dealership and prepared to head to Dongyang City.

Along the way, the family learned from the coachman that they were in the Tianyuan Kingdom.

The capital city of Fengtian is more than 2,000 li away from Dongyang City. If ordinary coachmen like them wanted to go to Fengtian City, no one would dare to go.

This was because the journey was not only long and arduous, with many towering mountains and deep valleys, many of which were occupied by bandits. Without exceptional martial arts skills, it would be impossible to reach the destination safely.

Compared to the desolation of Lin'an Town, Dongyang City was much more prosperous.

Before entering the city, Xu Qingman used her divine sense to investigate and found that Dongyang Prefecture was at least dozens of times larger than Lin'an Town.

Upon entering the city and seeing swordsmen carrying swords everywhere on the streets, the whole family felt they had made the right choice.

There are many people in the martial arts world, which means there is a lot of information that can be obtained.

Xu Qingman and her companions learned from the waiter at the restaurant that Dongyang City was a large city with a permanent population of nearly two million.

City Lord Jin Boqing is now over 180 years old and possesses exceptional martial arts skills. According to people in the City Lord's Mansion, Jin Boqing's martial arts have reached the late stage of the Earth Rank.

As for just how powerful the late-stage Earth Rank really is, an ordinary person like Xiao Er has no idea.

While we were waiting for the food to be served, five burly men entered the restaurant.

Judging from their tight-fitting clothes and the large swords in their hands, there's no need to ask; they must be martial arts practitioners.

As soon as the five men sat down, they began to talk at length, and most of the topics they discussed were related to the martial arts world.

From their conversation, Xu Qingman and her family gradually deduced that the world they lived in was one where martial arts reigned supreme.

Martial arts cultivation is divided into four major levels: Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow. Each major level is further divided into four minor levels: early stage, middle stage, late stage, and peak stage.

According to their calculations of power levels, Yellow Rank corresponds to the Qi Refining stage in the cultivation world, Profound Rank corresponds to the Foundation Establishment stage, Earth Rank corresponds to the Golden Core stage, and Heaven Rank corresponds to the Nascent Soul stage.

Those skilled in martial arts are often much older than ordinary people.

Those whose cultivation reaches the Earth Rank or even the Heaven Rank can live for at least two or three hundred years.

By now, they were no longer surprised by the waiter's admiration for the city lord's cultivation level.

A late-stage Earth Rank cultivation level is equivalent to a mid-to-late stage Golden Core cultivation level in the cultivation world. In a world without cultivators, such a level of cultivation is indeed considered a master.

The five people in front of them are currently at the peak of the Profound Rank to the peak of the Yellow Rank. They come from Nanfeng City, which is more than 500 miles away from Dongyang City. They are all from the An family, a martial arts family in Nanfeng City.

As for their purpose in coming to Dongyang City, it turned out that they were preparing to enter the Longlin Mountains to seek opportunities.

From their occasional lowered voices, Xu Qingman and the others realized that the An family had made some unknown discovery, which was why they had sent out several of the family's most skilled martial arts disciples to investigate in the mountains.

Having just emerged from the mountains and finding nothing unusual, they decided not to go with the group again.

After the burly men left, seeing that there were no other martial arts practitioners in the restaurant, Xu Qingman and her family also left.

Next, the family of four found an inn to settle down. Every day, the couple and the brother and sister split into two groups and went to various parts of the city to collect useful information.

That day, Xu Qingman and her husband obtained some extremely useful information at a teahouse.

Some members of martial arts families revealed that in ten days, the city lord of Dongyang City will personally preside over a grand auction.

The eldest son of the city lord announced that this auction would not only feature divine weapons needed by martial arts practitioners, but also elixirs like the Marrow Cleansing Pill, which are only available to cultivators.