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

Although Yu Jinchen heard someone shout to stop, he still clenched his fist and took nearly 30% of the spirit peaches into his possession.

As soon as he opened his right hand again, the voice immediately cried out, "Ah, ah... stop! I'm sorry, it was the fault of a junior member of my clan. I will bring it here for you two to deal with immediately. Please, you two immortals, let us go."

Xu Qingman gently tugged at Yu Jinchen's sleeve, which finally calmed the man down from his rage.

At this moment, a monkey that looked at least as big as a small calf rushed out of the forest and knelt down in front of the two men. "Master, I am sorry. Please forgive my lack of discipline. I startled you both."

The two ignored it, coldly staring at the remaining, less than half, orchard. Though they didn't utter a sound, the monkey chieftain understood their meaning.

"Please wait a moment, esteemed masters. The culprit who disturbed you just now will arrive soon. You may deal with him as you see fit, and I will have no objection."

Judging from this refined, literary tone, who would believe it came from a monkey's mouth unless they saw it with their own eyes?

Soon, several monkeys came over, leading a monkey with a defiant expression.

One of them asked, "Chief, we've brought the guilty monkey here. What do you think we should do with it?"

The monkey chieftain did not answer, but looked at Xu Qingman and the other person.

Yu Jinchen frowned and waved his hand at it, "You can handle it yourselves. If we are not satisfied with the outcome, it won't just be a matter of picking a few fruits from you. You won't even be able to keep this whole grove of fruit trees."

The monkey chieftain was shocked and swallowed his pleas. With a wave of his hand, he beheaded the monkey and ordered his men to bring out several vats of spirit wine to apologize to the two.

Yu Jinchen waved his hand to put the spirit wine into his storage ring, then took Xu Qingman's hand and left the peach grove without looking back.

When the monkey chieftain saw that the two evil stars had finally left, he finally coughed up a mouthful of blood.

More than a thousand years ago, it left its ancestral land with its family and finally found this sacred peach, and slowly settled down here.

But all of this was almost ruined by a fool. Looking at the few remaining spirit peaches, it silently worried about what its clan would use as cultivation resources for the younger generation in the coming years.

It should be noted that these spirit peaches take five years to grow to full maturity. In previous years, our clan relied on spirit wine brewed from these spirit peaches to improve the cultivation of our younger generation, thus preventing them from being bullied by other nearby races.

Alas! It's a pity that after cultivating for over a thousand years, I've only barely reached the fourth level of cultivation, and I'm no match for those two human cultivators.

After leaving the peach grove, Xu Qingman and her companion gathered some more high-grade spiritual herbs. Although most of them were guarded by demonic beasts, the two were not to be underestimated. As long as they didn't encounter any high-grade demonic beasts, they could easily handle them.

"Honey, something seems off about this place. My spiritual energy isn't working here."

Since entering this forest, Xu Qingman has felt increasingly unwell. She thought of taking out some spiritual fruits from her storage ring to eat and calm down, but she found that her spiritual energy was not working.

When Yu Jinchen heard her say that spiritual power was useless, he tried to cast a spell and found that it was indeed ineffective. He was startled and quickly tried again. Fortunately, his connection with the Qingxuan Space was still intact.

"Wife, I don't know what's going on here. Why don't you go back to the Azure Profound Space first? I'll bring you out after I've made sure it's safe outside."

"Okay, but if you encounter danger and can't handle it, hurry up and go in. We can just have Xiaoqing keep an eye on the outside and wait for the secret realm to close before we go out and get reported out."

Xu Qingman didn't argue with him on this matter, after all, she was pregnant and couldn't gamble with the child's safety.

After Xu Qingman returned to her spatial dimension, Yu Jinchen tightened his grip on his sword and continued walking forward. Although his spiritual energy inexplicably lost its effect here, he was still trained in ancient martial arts, and his sword could still be used.

After walking for about ten minutes, suddenly, he lost his footing and felt a sense of weightlessness. Before Yu Jinchen could react, he felt himself rapidly falling downwards.

Just as he was considering whether to return to the Azure Profound Space, he fell to the ground with a thud.

Yu Jinchen clutched his buttocks, sweating profusely from the pain. He had never been in such a sorry state since he began cultivating.

Yu Jinchen thought that fortunately, after his cultivation, his physical condition was now completely different from before, otherwise this fall would probably have cost him half his life.

Even more fortunately, the Qingxuan Space was still usable, allowing her to enter gradually. Otherwise, how could a pregnant woman like her have withstood such a blow?

Yu Jinchen pricked his teeth and got up from the ground to observe the place.

This is an ordinary stone chamber. Apart from a meditation cushion and a landscape painting hanging on the wall, there is nothing else inside.

Yu Jinchen picked up the prayer mat and examined it; there was nothing special about it.

He put down the prayer mat and went to examine the painting closely. The painting was a landscape painting with an ethereal feel, in which a young man with long hair and wearing a black immortal robe stood suspended between mountains and water.

Upon closer inspection, one could vaguely see the slightly upturned lips on the man's handsome face, which made Yu Jinchen involuntarily move closer to observe him more closely.

Despite being just a figure in a painting, Yu Jinchen could feel an invisible pressure emanating from the person in the painting when he got close, making him dare not be careless at all.

He straightened up and respectfully bowed to the person in the painting, then saw a white light fly out of the person's eye and rush towards his forehead.

Yu Jinchen was terrified and tried to immediately retreat into the spatial dimension. Unfortunately, it was too late; the beam of light had already entered his mind.

In just two seconds, a flood of information rushed into his mind. If it weren't for his cultivation, which had made his consciousness extraordinary, he would probably have been turned into a complete idiot.

The information in his mind indicated that the person in the painting, the Old Ancestor Shangqing, was an ancient cultivator. Before ascending to immortality, he reflected that he had spent his entire life striving for enlightenment and ascension, leaving behind neither a single bloodline nor taking on a single disciple.

It turns out that this painting is not an ordinary painting, but a storage artifact.

The Supreme Ancestor, unwilling to let his skills and over a thousand years of collection go to waste, placed a wisp of his divine consciousness and all his collection into the painting, where it awaits a destined person.

Anyone who takes a liking to him and is willing to become his apprentice can obtain all the treasures in the painting.

After Yu Jinchen understood what had happened, he immediately knelt down and performed the apprenticeship ceremony. After three kneelings and nine kowtows, the painting fell off the wall on its own and transformed into a stream of light that flew into Yu Jinchen's mind.

From then on, Yu Jinchen obtained a complete set of Heaven-rank cultivation techniques and swordplay that could be practiced by people with any spiritual root.

He himself had already reached the Nascent Soul stage, so it was impossible for him to abandon his cultivation and start over.

However, his swordsmanship was far superior to what he was currently learning; they were not even in the same league.

Moreover, although I cannot use that set of techniques myself, I will not need to look for a good set of techniques for my child after he is born.

As the painting disappeared, the spiritual energy of this place automatically recovered.

Thinking that his wife was still anxiously waiting in the space, Yu Jinchen quickly slipped inside.