Immortality and Cultivation: This old man seeks enlightenment through mere survival.

Fangyou City.

This city is not large in area, and most of its inhabitants are ordinary people.

The sounds of vendors calling out their wares filled the air, creating a vibrant, bustling atmosphere.

However, in the heart of the city, where spiritual energy is abundant, another Qi-refining family has taken up residence.

The family is called the Jiang family.

Lu Zaian scanned the area with his divine sense and discovered that the protective array of the Jiang family mansion was only a first-grade high-level array.

It was completely unable to withstand Lu Zaian's penetrating divine sense.

Furthermore, the strongest member of the Jiang family is merely an old man at the eighth level of Qi Refining, hidden deep within the family.

"To recover from injuries quickly, I need to refine elixirs, which requires being in a place with abundant spiritual energy. This place is barely enough..."

Lu Zaian concealed his aura, easily evaded the formation, and slipped into it.

Deep within the Jiang family mansion lies a forbidden area in the back mountains, where birds sing and flowers bloom.

The so-called forbidden area is naturally heavily restricted.

Unfortunately, it still couldn't stump Lu Zaian's divine sense.

Suddenly, Lu Zaian was stunned.

"This... hiss... this is the Seven Treasures Tree?"

He discovered that there was a precious tree here with branches of seven colors and an extraordinary appearance.

Previously, Lu Zaian's divine sense had not yet penetrated this place because they were too far away.

I only noticed it upon closer inspection now.

A first-grade, top-level Seven Treasure Tree was actually growing in the forbidden area behind the Jiang family's mountain.

The so-called Seven Treasures.

This refers to the fact that this tree can produce six different kinds of fruit.

Consuming it or refining it into an elixir can produce different effects.

These are: Healing, Enhancement, Strengthening the Body, Soul Condensation, Breaking Through Realms, and Extending Life.

But these are only the six treasures.

And there is another treasure, which is the tree trunk itself.

Once planted, the precious tree can absorb and gather spiritual energy on its own year-round, thus protecting the spiritual veins.

It slowly and autonomously advances in rank, thereby fundamentally improving the quality of the spiritual veins in this area.

It can indeed be considered a top-tier spiritual object in the cultivation world.

It is especially suitable for sects and families that have a long and continuous lineage.

"No wonder I said that a decent first-grade spiritual vein suddenly appeared in this desolate place; it turns out it's because of this Seven Treasures Tree..."

Putting aside the illustrated guide, this was the first time Lu Zaian had ever seen a real one in the cultivation world.

He circled the Seven Treasures Tree twice, offering his opinions.

Unfortunately, this precious tree is only suitable for sects and families to cultivate.

Because at the first stage, this fruit ripens only once every seventy years.

At the second stage, it ripens once every seven hundred years.

On a daily basis, it also requires careful care and prevention of pests, etc...

As for the third tier... even with Lu Zaian's limited knowledge, he didn't know.

If we were to guess at seven thousand years, then perhaps only a Nascent Soul sect with a ten-thousand-year-old lineage could cultivate such a talent.

"A second-tier fruit ripens only once every seven hundred years. By then, I'll probably have already formed my core, so it won't be of much use to me..."

Lu Zaian did not try to take advantage of the precious tree.

First of all, this is a blessing that belongs to the Jiang family.

Lu Zaian wasn't some kind of cultivator who would snatch anything good he saw.

Secondly, he had sneaked into this place to heal his injuries, so he was indebted to the Jiang family.

"Never mind... let's heal our wounds first."

Lu Zaian casually tossed down the array plate and set up a second-order array.

It has the effects of illusion, defense, and stealth.

Then he took out a bottle of second-tier healing pills, swallowed them, and began to meditate to heal his injuries.

Lu Zaian's life essence was only about 10% of his total body essence burned in this battle.

The body of immortality will recover in no time.

However, when he unleashed the "Blood Slaughter Flow," the killing intent thoroughly plowed through his meridians and dantian.

With injuries like this, it's unlikely that he'll fully recover in a month or two.

.........

A month has passed in the blink of an eye.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth converged in large quantities in the direction of Lu Zai'an.

A massive vortex of spiritual energy was faintly forming, stirring up strange phenomena.

Lu Zaian underestimated the commotion caused by his healing.

Indeed, the concentration of spiritual energy in this place is still somewhat low.

He simply circulated his cultivation technique slightly to refine the power of the elixir.

The surrounding spiritual energy surged back like a tidal wave.

However, if the average concentration of spiritual energy is sufficient in the second or third tier spiritual veins.

That way, it won't have such an impact.

This commotion immediately alerted the Jiang family's top brass.

Seven or eight figures gathered in front of the forbidden area on the back mountain.

One of them asked:

"What exactly happened? Did our ancestor investigate the cause?"

"Our ancestors are still investigating," someone replied.

Some people asked with surprise, "Is the Treasure Tree about to advance to the next level?"

The other person immediately rejected it:

"Impossible. Baoshu only advanced to the first-grade high-level not long ago. How could it be so fast?"

Moreover, the advancement of the Treasure Tree wouldn't happen this way.

At this moment, the Jiang family patriarch, who was at the eighth level of Qi Refining, carefully observed the area twice and said with a solemn expression:

"Don't you think this commotion sounds a lot like the absorption of spiritual energy during cultivation?"

"what?!"

Everyone was horrified.

"Our ancestors said that someone is refining spiritual energy?!"

Who is it?! Who dares to trespass on the Jiang family's forbidden territory, so arrogantly!

A hot-tempered, high-ranking man was shocked and enraged.

"Shh... Keep quiet! Someone who could cause such a commotion must be a Foundation Establishment cultivator..."

The Jiang family patriarch held a finger up to his lips, his expression as still as water.

His cloudy eyes scanned his surroundings carefully, but he still couldn't find the source of the anomaly...

Because between Lu Zaian and them, there was an illusion created by a second-order grand formation.

Upon hearing this, the senior executives gasped in shock, their eyes glazed over.

Major foundation repairs?

What if the one who infiltrates their Jiang family's forbidden area is a Foundation Establishment cultivator?

Could they be after the Seven Treasures Tree?

"Grandpa, look, the light here is distorted, something seems wrong!"

At this moment, a boy from the fifteenth or sixteenth floor reached the edge of the treasure tree and pointed to the light filtering through the leaves.

"How dare you! Third brother, what are you doing bringing this piece of trash to the forbidden area in the back mountain!"

Is this where he should be?

"That hot-tempered burly man just now said angrily."

"Feng'er, don't be silly."

A middle-aged man in a yellow robe stopped the boy's actions, then retorted with a stern face:

"This precious tree was originally transplanted to my Jiang family by Feng'er's mother, and Feng'er grew up with it since she was a child."

I selflessly dedicate it to my family.

This time, I also spent 10,000 contribution points to legitimately obtain a rare fruit for Feng'er.

Why can't he come?

Furthermore, I'll say it again: my son, Jiang Tianzhan's son, is not a good-for-nothing!

The gruff man burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, not trash?"

It's not that he's useless; he was found to have a superior spiritual root and cultivated for ten years, yet his magical power vanished overnight.

It has wasted countless resources of my Jiang family.

Wouldn't a good-for-nothing be rejected by the Lan family, his childhood sweethearts?

Hmph, in my opinion, it was probably this little good-for-nothing who let it slip.

Now that the eldest daughter of the Nalan family has climbed up to the Song family's coattails, she's turned her attention to our precious darling!

This Foundation Establishment cultivator of unknown origin is probably from the Song family!

These words startled all the high-ranking members of the Jiang family.

The boy named Jiang Feng clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug into his palms, and gritted his teeth as he said:

"I didn't! Feng'er has never told anyone about the precious tree!"

Second Uncle, I know you resent me for taking away my cousin's opportunity.

But you can't frame me like this!

So what if you have no magic power? Fortune changes every thirty years, so don't underestimate a young man's potential.

What I've lost, I'll get back sooner or later!