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

For the next period of time, the couple was busy with inventory every day.

They either went to the salt lake to dry salt, or picked mushrooms and other mountain products in the mountains. Or they went hunting in the mountains, then salted their game and dried it in the sun or smoked it.

Throughout the autumn, apart from stopping to harvest the crops in the fields, the two of them were basically busy with various tasks on the mountain.

There was nothing they could do. Ever since they entered this place and could no longer use spiritual energy, Xu Qingman and her husband were no different from ordinary people. They would get hungry if they missed a meal.

If it weren't for the fact that the robes I was wearing could maintain a constant temperature and clean themselves, I can imagine that if I stayed here for ten years, I might have become a wild man.

Neither of them was very familiar with farming, and the little grain they grew was sparse. If they could use spiritual energy, it would be fine; they could just perform a ritual to send down a spiritual rain, and all good things would grow very well.

But now it all depends on manpower. Although the two of them know that if they want things to grow well, they need to fertilize them more, they really can't bring themselves to ask two high-level cultivators to use their night-blooming jasmine to fertilize them.

But they couldn't let their crops fail, so the two of them had to work hard to gather leaves and compost from the forest.

Thus, that year the two of them only harvested about three or four hundred catties of corn, about five hundred catties of wheat, and two baskets of sweet potatoes.

This amount of food is definitely not enough to feed two adults for a year, so they basically spend the autumn season on the mountain.

They not only dug up a lot of wild yams, but also collected a lot of chestnuts, pine nuts and other nuts.

In the early winter of my second year in this desolate land, I woke up to find the outside world already covered in white.

"It's snowing. We've made good preparations this year, and we can finally stay indoors and enjoy the winter in peace."

Thinking back to that horrific winter last year, Xu Qingman sighed inwardly.

Yu Jinchen looked at his wife apologetically, "I'm sorry, Manman, I made you suffer with me last winter."

Xu Qingman scolded, "What are you saying? You've already done enough. We didn't expect that the long winter here would lead to insufficient food."

At least you know to prepare more firewood; I don't even know that.

Not long after, Xu Qingman continued, "Let's light a stove and warm ourselves by the fire. Although our robes can keep the temperature constant, it would be very pleasant to warm ourselves by the fire on a snowy day while roasting pine nuts and sweet potatoes."

Watching the goose-feather-like snowflakes fall from the sky outside, gradually accumulating into a thin layer of pale white on the ground.

Listening to his wife's gentle whispers and watching the unique beauty of snow falling on the earth, Yu Jinchen felt an extraordinary sense of peace in his heart.

With such beautiful scenery and his wife by his side, everything in the cultivation world seemed to have faded away, leaving only peace and tranquility.

At this moment, he finally understood why those predecessors from ten thousand years ago came here specifically to cultivate their minds.

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Luotian Mountains, Xujiazhuang.

Since Xu Qingman and her husband left home, Xu Shuyang has tried to contact his parents every time he leaves the country, but it has been more than a year since he last contacted them.

"Brother, we haven't been able to contact our parents for ten years. We don't know how they are doing now."

Hearing her younger brother talking about their parents' whereabouts again, Xu Shuyi glanced at him expressionlessly.

"Before my parents left, they said they wanted to go out and have some time alone with their parents, and that we shouldn't bother them."

We told you to go into seclusion, but you came out again in less than a year. Can't you learn from your second sister and third brother and do a proper seclusion?

"Go back and cultivate quickly. What if your parents come back and find your cultivation hasn't improved at all? What if Wan Xin has caught up with you by then? Wouldn't that be embarrassing?"

After being scolded by his older brother, Xu Shuyang had no choice but to return to his own courtyard.

Xu Shuyi was already missing her parents, and this kid still insisted on coming over to get scolded.

However, since he, his sister, and his uncle disappeared ten years ago, everyone in the Xu family has lit a soul lamp. He went to see it yesterday, and the soul fire was very strong.

As for why they couldn't get in touch, he figured they'd probably entered another interface or space, just like they had that time, accidentally stumbling into a desolate place that made it impossible to contact the outside world.

Chen Zhengguang said that he and his parents separated in the East China Sea, so his parents must have chosen the East China Sea as their first stop. If he still can't contact his younger sister Shuyin after she finishes her tribulation, he might have to go there himself.

As Xu Shuyi was pondering when her younger sister would emerge from seclusion, she suddenly saw dark clouds shrouding the entire Xu Family Village, especially around Xu Shuyin's courtyard, where lightning could be faintly seen.

Is Shuyin about to undergo a tribulation?

Xu Shuyi quickly stood up from her chair and personally activated the protective formation.

Seeing that Shen Wanjie and Shen Wanyun had arrived to receive orders, Xu Shuyi immediately instructed them to keep a close watch on Xu Family Village during this period and forbade anyone from leaving the village.

After making these arrangements, Xu Shuyi quickly headed to the mountain specifically used for undergoing tribulation lightning, the same place where he had undergone his tribulation lightning years ago.

When Xu Shuyi arrived, she saw Xu Shuyin already sitting cross-legged, seemingly ready to undergo her tribulation.

The lightning tribulation came quickly and fiercely; in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the third bolt of lightning had already struck.

When she was undergoing her own tribulation, she didn't feel anything. She only focused on using her spiritual power to resist the lightning tribulation. But when she saw her younger sister, whom she had grown up with, being struck by lightning and covered in blood, yet still enduring it with gritted teeth, Xu Shuyi felt so heartbroken that her eyes turned red.

At this moment, in a small courtyard in a corner of Xujiazhuang.

Looking at the terrifying thunder in the distance, Chen Shidong, the eldest son of the Chen family, clicked his tongue twice and looked at his father, Chen Zhengguang.

"Father, I heard that the one undergoing this tribulation is the second young lady, who is the twin of the eldest young master. Judging from the power of this heavenly lightning, I wonder what kind of tribulation she is undergoing."

Chen Lao Er Chen Shinan said, "It is said that the Second Miss has long been at the Void Realm, so this time it must be the tribulation of advancing to the next level."

Chen Shinan and Zhen Shixi both joined the guard team, which gave him access to inside information that many others did not.

Hearing him say that, the envy of the other members of the Chen family was clearly visible on their faces.

"So, once the Second Miss successfully transcends her tribulation, our Xu Family Village will have two tribulation-transcending experts."

With such strength, our Xu Family Village has become a truly top-tier family in the entire Lingchuan Continent.

“Dai Ping is absolutely right,”

Chen Zhengguang praised, "We are fortunate to be a part of the Xu family, you must cherish this blessing."

Back in Fengdu City, when did we ever see a top-grade spirit stone? But now our family has more than a dozen, all thanks to the head of the family.

"From now on, as long as you wholeheartedly serve the Xu family, I believe that one day our Chen family might produce a Transcending Tribulation expert."

As soon as Chen Zhengguang said this, the Chen family descendants were immediately energized, their faces flushed with excitement.

At this moment, not only were the people of Xu Family Village excited, but all the cultivators near Lin'an City were also thrilled. They flew towards Xu Family Village on their swords, ready to witness the rise of the Xu family with their own eyes.

However, not all the people here wished the Xu family well; there were one or two who had different intentions.