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

"My God, what kind of monster is this? How can it have such a huge head?"

"Yes, if someone with our cultivation level were to encounter them, would they even survive?"

"We definitely can't do it. Didn't you see they have high-level cultivators with them?"

"Brother Liu, can you tell the cultivation levels of these two seniors?"

"I didn't see it, but my ancestor is already at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and I feel that his aura is weaker than these two."

"Hiss, this is incredible. It's not even comparable to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm. It must be at least the late-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, or even possibly the Integration realm."

"Hmm, more or less. Didn't the shopkeeper mention that there are three ninth-tier demonic beasts here? Even if we human cultivators have talismans and offensive magic weapons as assistance, we can't defeat ninth-tier demonic beasts without the cultivation of the Integration Stage, right?"

Hearing the chattering praises from the shopkeepers, the five little ones puffed out their chests proudly, as if they were the ones being praised.

When Xu Qingman and her group came out of the shop, the couple had an extra two hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones on them. The main reason was that the three ninth-rank demon beasts were valuable, as their entire bodies were excellent materials for refining weapons.

With this large sum of money, the couple decided to take their children to eat local delicacies. In addition to letting them eat as much as they wanted, they also bought a large amount of food to store in a storage ring to take back to their family.

"Sister, when are we going into the mountains to gather herbs?"

Xu Qingyao had been staying at the inn for quite a few days and was getting really bored, so she asked about the date for going into the mountains.

When the other four saw that she had asked the question, they all stared at Xu Qingman and her husband with shining eyes, as they had long been bored of waiting.

Especially these past few days, I haven't been able to calm my mind even when practicing meditation.

"Alright, we'll set off at 5 a.m. tomorrow. No need to cultivate tonight, just get a good night's sleep to recharge. You're not really in the mood to cultivate anyway, but don't oversleep tomorrow morning."

Upon hearing that Xu Qingman had confirmed their departure for the next morning, the children squealed with excitement. They said goodnight to the couple and obediently went back to their respective rooms to rest.

In the Shen brothers' room, before going to sleep, the two brothers once again emptied out their spirit stones and counted them.

Ever since they first received their monthly allowance, the two brothers have often done the same thing.

Over the years, the monthly allowance started with one mid-grade spirit stone per month, but it increased as cultivation levels rose.

Especially in previous years, when the two of them became disciples of Xu Qingman and her husband, their monthly allowance had increased to five high-grade spirit stones per month, just like the Xu brothers.

Furthermore, whenever there is a happy occasion in the family, the master will give them some extra spirit stones.

Aside from using some occasionally for cultivation, they carefully saved the rest.

With what they earned in Dragon Hidden City, the two brothers each had more than two thousand high-grade spirit stones.

Not to mention the various talismans, magical treasures, and pills given to him by his master and his wife; if he were to buy these himself, he would spend all his spirit stones and still not be able to afford them.

Looking at the pile of good things on the bed, Shen Wanrong said with satisfaction, "Brother, it's so good that we came here with Master. If we were at home, not to mention we wouldn't have these skills, we would even have difficulty making a living."

Shen Wanxing nodded, "Yes, so we should remember the kindness of our master's family. Although we can't repay our master with our abilities, we can still help our senior brothers in the future."

After storing all the spirit stones in his storage ring, Shen Wanxing warned his younger brother, "No matter what our cultivation level is in the future, we must never do anything to betray our master and his family."

Without our master, we wouldn't be who we are today. We mustn't be ungrateful.

"I understand, big brother. I won't be an ingrate. Besides, didn't we all swear an oath before we came to the cultivation world that we would never betray the Xu family in this lifetime?"

Our master was so good to us. He brought us out of that remote mountain village and taught us how to cultivate immortality. He even worried that we wouldn't be able to see our grandfather and the others when we went back, so he had us send longevity pills back with us.

"With such good masters, I'd have to be a fool to betray them."

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The next day, Xu Qingman and her husband, along with several children, entered the Dragon Hidden Mountain Range and headed directly into the depths of the mountain range.

Because so many cultivators came to participate in the fight against the beast tide, and everyone was hoping to make a small fortune in the mountains, the entire outer perimeter of the mountain range was teeming with cultivators.

If you don't venture deeper, you won't find anything good.

"Master, we've been here for several days now. How much longer until we stop gathering herbs?" Shen Wanxing asked Xu Qingman.

He had seen the medicinal herbs several times along the way, but his master wouldn't let him stop to pick them.

"Don't rush, let's walk a few more hours. Although there are far fewer people in this area, the better medicinal herbs have all been picked by the people ahead."

There are only a few young medicinal herbs, it's not worth stopping and wasting time. Don't worry, there are plenty of good medicinal herbs for you to collect as we go further in.

However, there are many more monsters here, so you all need to be careful at all times.

After Xu Qingman finished speaking, the children nodded obediently, immediately perked up, and began to divide up the tasks to pay attention to their surroundings.

Just then, a foul, fishy smell wafted over.

Xu Shunu shouted, "Enemy attack! Prepare for battle immediately!"

Upon hearing this, the younger ones immediately threw a defensive talisman at themselves and made an attack gesture.

A fourth-order blue-ringed snake suddenly emerged from the grass, accompanied by an extremely foul-smelling black mist.

Upon seeing this, Xu Shunu shouted, "Hold your breath! This black mist is poisonous!"

However, it was too late. Xu Qingyao, who was standing downwind, had already inhaled a lot of the poisonous fog and collapsed to the ground instantly, clearly having lost her fighting ability.

Shen Wanxing, who was closest to her, rushed over and helped her to the side. He put an antidote pill in her mouth and stood guard beside her to protect her so that she could concentrate on neutralizing the poison.

Meanwhile, Shen Wanrong was cooperating with Xu Shunuo and his brothers to deal with the Green Ring Snake.

Although this blue-ringed snake was already at the fourth level, it would soon be overwhelmed if it faced two Nascent Soul stage cultivators and one Golden Core stage cultivator at once.

As time passed, the three men had pierced more than a dozen large and small bloody holes in the green-ringed snake's body, and it was clear that its movements were gradually becoming sluggish.

Meanwhile, Xu Qingman and her husband were leisurely leaning to the side, watching their children cooperate with each other.

It wasn't that Xu Qingman and her husband didn't care about them; rather, they had made an agreement with them before entering the mountains that Xu Qingman and her husband would only help them when they encountered a crisis that they couldn't handle at all.

At other times, the five of them would solve the puzzles on their own. Of course, the spiritual herbs they collected and the monsters they hunted would also belong to them, and Xu Qingman and the other two would not take a penny.

Only by doing this can the children have the opportunity to grow and achieve the goal of training several people.

Finally, after several people's tireless efforts, the blue-ringed snake reluctantly closed its eyes.

Meanwhile, Xu Qingyao's poison was cured, and the five people excitedly surrounded the giant snake, which was more than ten meters long, whispering that Xu Shunuo would keep it for now and then sell it for spirit stones and divide it among themselves when they got back.

"Ah, help!"

With a scream, one of the five people who were just gathered together disappeared.