Clan Cultivation: The Ye Clan

"Uncle Ten, it's been a long time." Ye Zhenzhen greeted the visitor.

When Ye Anyu saw that it was Ye Zhenzhen guarding the place, a hint of surprise flashed across his face. He quickly composed himself and greeted her with a smile, "So it's you on duty here?"

"Yes, Uncle Ten, you've collected enough mission points so quickly?"

"Uh," Ye Anyu touched his nose a little embarrassedly, "wasn't it because the family issued a new notice a few days ago?"

"What notice?" Ye Zhenzhen asked, puzzled.

Seeing the curiosity on Ye Zhenzhen's face, Ye Anyu explained, "Don't you know? A few days ago, the family issued a new notice that family members who have been stuck at the 12th level of Qi Refining for more than a year can first borrow mission points to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills, and then make up the difference later."

Hearing this, Ye Zhenzhen's lips curled up slightly. It seemed that her words that day had had some effect, and her uncle had finally come to some understanding.

Ye Zhenzhen smiled and congratulated him, "Then I hope Tenth Uncle's wish comes true."

Ye Anyu said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, Zhen'er."

Ye Zhenzhen led Ye Anyu to the secluded cultivation chamber at the end of the passage, opened the stone door, and said to Ye Anyu, "Tenth Uncle, this stone door can only be opened from the inside, except with the token in my hand. You can rest assured that you can break through inside without anyone disturbing you."

"I will protect you from outside, so you can rest assured."

Ye Anyu bowed in thanks and slowly closed the door.

Ye Zhenzhen felt relieved after seeing the door closed and the array runes on it lit up. She hoped that her tenth uncle could successfully establish his foundation.

Now that they couldn't go to the Spirit Spring, Ye Zhenzhen left Qingluan there and guarded the cave entrance. She made a new stone table and stood guard not far from the doorway, working and watching at the same time.

This vigil lasted for a month.

For the past month, there has been no response from inside the door. Ye Zhenzhen has been on tenterhooks, wondering what the situation is like inside.

Let's wait a little longer; it will probably take some more time.

Just then, Qingluan's voice came again, "Zhenzhen, someone else is here."

Hearing the sound, Ye Zhenzhen walked out of the passage and arrived at the cave entrance.

A smile instantly spread across her face. She took a few steps closer to the person and immediately called out a sweet "Mother."

The person who arrived was Ye Anxin, followed by Ye Zhenwen and Ye Zhenwu.

Ye Anxin gently brushed the stray hairs from her daughter's forehead and said with a smile, "You're a grown woman now, yet you're still so immature."

Ye Zhenzhen said with a grin, "Isn't it because I saw Mom!"

Ye Zhenwen was watching from behind, but the chubby little boy Ye Zhenwu next to him was not happy. "Sister, there's also Wu'er. Wu'er has come to see you too."

Ye Zhenzhen immediately squatted down and tapped Ye Zhenwu's forehead, "How could your sister forget you?"

She casually took a spirit peach from her storage bag and handed it to him.

Ye Zhenwu manually made a hand seal to cast a cleansing spell on the spirit peach before he began to eat it.

Ye Zhenzhen's eyes widened instantly. Pointing at Ye Zhenwu, she asked Ye Zhenwen, "He already knows how to cast spells?"

Ye Zhenwen looked at his sister's shocked expression, said nothing, and raised an eyebrow.

Ye Zhenzhen patted the chubby boy on the shoulder encouragingly and praised him, "As expected of my brother, you're so amazing."

Upon hearing this, Ye Zhenwu proudly puffed out his chest and said smugly, "Of course! In just one month, I've already reached the fourth level of Qi Refining. Even my father says I'm amazing!"

The other three laughed heartily at Ye Zhenwu's smug expression.

After chatting for a while, they got down to business.

Ye Anxin asked, "Zhen'er, is there any secluded cultivation cave available? Mother is preparing to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage."

Ye Zhenzhen nodded, "There's another room inside. Uncle Shi is currently breaking through in that room. It's been a month, and there's still no sign of progress."

Ye Anxin put away her smile and said seriously, "Mother exchanged two Foundation Establishment Pills in preparation for breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage."

After listening, Ye Zhenzhen looked worried. "Is Mother ready? Does she need to refine her spiritual power again?"

Ye Anxin said solemnly, "Mother has been working on it for a year and a half, and she feels it's worth a try."

Ye Zhenzhen turned her head to look at Ye Zhenwen, who paused for a moment and then nodded seriously.

Seeing that everyone agreed, Ye Zhenzhen led the group toward the passage.

At the end of the passage, Ye Anxin pointed to another open door and said, "This is the one."

Ye Anxin turned around, looked at the worried children behind her, and comforted them, "Don't worry, trust your mother, everything will be alright."

After saying that, he walked straight in and slowly closed the door.

Ye Zhenwen, Ye Zhenzhen, and Ye Zhenwu kept a close eye on the door until it was completely closed.

Ye Zhenwen looked at Ye Zhenzhen, "You know about the family's new debt notice, right?"

Ye Zhenzhen nodded slightly, "I've heard about it."

"Before this, you said something to your uncle, right?" Ye Zhenwen said this in a declarative tone, indicating that he had already guessed something.

Ye Zhenzhen frankly admitted, "Yes, I said a lot of things I shouldn't have said."

After listening, Ye Zhenwen didn't say whether she was right or wrong, but just said worriedly, "Take care of yourself, we'll go back first."

Ye Zhenzhen watched the two leave, still guarding the door, but this time, she was guarding both doors.

Time passed slowly, and before you knew it, half a month had gone by.

One of the caves reacted; the door didn't open, but the spiritual energy inside was being consumed extremely quickly, drawing in the spiritual energy outside.

The spiritual energy outside the door was being absorbed at a visible speed, and Ye Zhenzhen began to worry. If there wasn't enough spiritual energy here, it would definitely attract her mother from the neighboring cave.

Without hesitation, Ye Zhenzhen took out a low-grade spirit stone from her storage bracelet and placed it at the entrance of Ye Anyu's secluded cultivation cave.

The spiritual energy in the spirit stones at the entrance was quickly absorbed, and soon, some of the spirit stones turned into ordinary stones.

Seeing this, Ye Zhenzhen unconsciously frowned. Was this not enough?

Just as I was wondering whether I should add some more spirit stones, the absorption rate of spiritual energy gradually decreased, so it seems that it's not necessary for the time being.

With that thought in mind, Ye Zhenzhen quickly walked to the entrance of Ye Anxin's secluded cave and placed some low-grade spirit stones there as a precaution.

It seems I'll need to remind people to bring their own spirit stones next time they come in; at this rate, I definitely won't be able to keep up.

The cave remained unresponsive, so Ye Zhenzhen returned to the stone table and continued drawing talismans.

We're almost out of the 500+ talismans. We should be able to hand in the mission next time we go out.

Looking at the more than 300 talismans that had been successfully made this time, Ye Zhenzhen smiled with satisfaction. This time she should be able to get back quite a few mission points.

Just then, Ye Zhenzhen's communication jade tablet lit up.