Please show your spirit to our ancestors

Chapter 171 Zhongli Returns! The Seventh-Rank Transcendent Pill is Obtained

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Chen Xuanmo had just dealt with Chen Ningtai's promotion, and immediately ran to the top floor of the family's Thick Earth Tower.

This tower also has its formation fully activated, connected to the middle-grade earth spirit vein within the ground, and enjoying the amplification of the middle-grade fire spirit vein.

This was opened for Chen Ningzhuo to advance to the fifth level of the Foundation Establishment Stage, and Chen Xuanmo also paid a golden mark for it to help him break through smoothly.

If it is an ordinary cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage with four spiritual roots, with the help of a suitable environment and suitable elixirs, it is not difficult to break through from the fourth level to the fifth level, and the chance of success is very high.

This is because the vast majority of foundation-building cultivators from ordinary families take the slow, methodical approach. Even if they have reached the peak of the fourth level, they will never advance immediately. Instead, they will spend a great deal of time slowly grinding away at bottlenecks, and will only attempt to advance once they have accumulated enough experience.

But Chen Ningtai and Chen Ningzhuo are different. They both take relatively extreme routes.

Chen Xuanmo hopes that the two of them can try to break through to the Golden Core stage. This will place higher demands on both the speed of practice and the time it takes to break through.

With the speed of cultivation of the four spiritual roots, if the two of them are slow to break through, it is easy for their lifespan to be exhausted, and they still cannot reach the requirements of the Golden Core Stage.

In this case, it is naturally impossible to rely on slow work to achieve a breakthrough, and one must rely on the protection of purple energy.

Fortunately, the purple energy is not completely wasted. In the case of assisting a breakthrough, it can often trigger a state of enlightenment, which is extremely helpful for them to comprehend the true meaning of their profession.

With the support of Chen Xuanmo, Chen Ningzhuo was promoted to the fifth level of foundation building very easily and smoothly.

With such strength, he can be considered a backbone force in the foundation-building circle.

However, in Chen Xuanmo's consideration, after Chen Ningzhuo's cultivation reached the fifth level of the Foundation Establishment Period, it was no longer suitable for him to stay in the sect. Although he had four spiritual roots, he did not follow the route of a direct disciple, but an ordinary sect deacon.

In the sect's eyes, the earth-based wild methods he practiced were at most at the peak of the sixth level of the foundation-building period.

In fact, he had secretly changed his main practice to the foundation-building chapter of [Wu Earth True Art]. Although both were earth-based practices, the foundation-building chapter of the True Art had a more solid foundation and could be practiced all the way to the peak of the foundation-building stage.

Even if Chen Xuanmo intends to let him acquire the Wu Earth Secret in the future, no matter whether his plan succeeds or not, it is no longer suitable for him to stay in the sect. Otherwise, would the righteous method that he has obtained with great difficulty belong to the sect or the family?
What's more, Chen Ningzhuo's eldest son, Chen Daojue, has now reached the ninth level of Qi Refining and is about to try to break through the Foundation Establishment stage.

Dao Jue is a very low-key child, but he has followed his father to work in the sect since he was young, and now he is the manager of the sect's outer sect.

Therefore, Chen Xuanmo considered that after Dao Jue established his foundation, he could let Chen Ningzhuo apply for retirement from the sect and return to the family to help, and let Dao Jue take over his job as the inner sect deacon. When Ningzhuo came back, the family would have another reliable and mature person.

The sect was relatively lenient when it came to the issue of whether ordinary foundation-building cultivators could stay or leave. Ning Zhuo's contribution to the sect had long been enough, and as long as Zhong Liye, the peak master, approved, he could leave the sect and return home at any time.

The ancestor worship ceremony would be held in five days, so after Chen Ningzhuo was promoted, Chen Xuanmo simply did not sleep any more, but started patrolling the main house directly, waiting for the ancestor worship ceremony to begin.

During this year, the family developed quite smoothly thanks to the purple jade tablet and gold-seal jade tablet left by Chen Xuanmo. Without too many special circumstances, the ancestor worship ceremony was naturally uneventful.

After the ancestor worship ceremony, Chen Xuanmo listened to the annual report in Moxiang Pavilion as usual, put forward some suggestions on the development of the family, and left two golden marks on Qianqian and Xinsong respectively, then went straight back to the lucky bead and fell asleep.

Time passed quickly and it was the 237th year of the Xuanmo calendar.

This year marks the fortieth anniversary of Chen Xuanmo's death.

as usual.

Chen Xuanmo woke up again to the sound of Chen Ningtai's chattering eulogy.

He did not open his eyes in a hurry, but silently felt the purple air coming towards him like silk threads and pouring into the lucky bead.

Every time at this time, he missed his beloved son Zhong Li Ye especially.

It has been more than two years since he went to Tianyuan Continent. My dear son Zhongli Ye, it’s about time for you to come back and pay homage to your father, right?

In recent years, he has been thinking about his beloved son Zhong Li Ye every year, but his beautiful vision has been shattered every time, making him feel like a "lonely old man". Every New Year, he looks forward to his child who is wandering overseas to come back to visit him, but he is disappointed every time.

I thought this year would be the same as last year.

however.

After feeling it for a moment, he exclaimed "Huh" and suddenly opened his eyes.

He sensed that there was an exceptionally thick purple aura that was aggressively impacting the lucky bead. The familiar breath and the familiar smell made Chen Xuanmo extremely surprised, and he quickly took a closer look.

really.

The eldest son Zhong Li Ye was standing at the front of the crowd, with his head down, eyes closed, and silently reciting something.

After not seeing each other for several years, Zhong Liye's figure has become taller than before, his face has become more resolute, and he seems to have become much more mature and handsome. Even his cultivation seems to have improved a lot.

It's no wonder. He has been following Old Ghost Ziyin in overseas activities for many years and has often received guidance from the old ghost. In addition, he has completed the merits of the sect and has a large amount of resources in his hands, so it is reasonable that his cultivation speed is fast.

"Good good."

Chen Xuanmo was overjoyed. Zhong Liye's return meant that the purple energy in this sacrifice would surge significantly.

Soon, the purple energy was absorbed.

Chen Xuanmo suppressed his excitement and immediately began to count the amount of purple energy.

Excluding the accumulation from the previous time, this sacrifice yielded a total of 1542 strands of purple energy!
This number also made Chen Xuanmo's breath catch in his throat.

Because last year, during the 236th year of the Xuanmo calendar, when the ancestors were worshipped, only 1060 strands of purple energy were gathered, and this was due to the fact that Chen Ningtai and Chen Ningzhuo both advanced.

Because of the huge consumption of purple energy in the previous year, Chen Xuanmo did not use much purple energy last year. He only consumed four golden marks to assist Qianqian and Xinsong in achieving breakthroughs in the directions of refining equipment and agricultural grains. The rest was accumulated together with the remaining from the previous year.

Adding to the large wave absorbed this year, the total number of purple energy has reached an astonishing 2405 strands!
In terms of annual purple energy reserves, this number is undoubtedly the highest in history. If he does nothing, these purple energies are enough for him to survive in the form of a heroic spirit for about seven years. It is so abundant that Chen Xuanmo wants to create a thousand purple-orange marks and set off fireworks to add to the fun.

After a while.

Chen Xuanmo had just gotten used to his "rich identity" with thousands of dollars' worth of purple energy around his waist. While Chen Ningtai was still chattering and presiding over the ancestor worship ceremony, he consumed a trace of purple energy, left the lucky bead, and came to the ancestral hall in the state of a heroic spirit.

Ignoring Chen Daoling, Chen Jingpeng and other tools, Chen Xuanmo's attention was directly focused on Chen Jingyun and Wang Qianqian's family.

"what?"

After a brief observation, Chen Xuanmo discovered that Qianqian's cultivation had reached the third level of the Foundation Establishment Stage, and she had not yet used the golden mark.

He is truly worthy of being a genius with three spiritual roots. His cultivation speed is truly incredibly fast.

Afterwards, Chen Xuanmo caught a glimpse of Chen Jingyun, who was still far away from the second floor.

Alas~ He sighed.

Fortunately, he, Chen Xuanmo, also has Chen Shiyun and Chen Xinlei.

He looked at Chen Shiyun.

Although the baby fat on this child's face has faded, she still has the image of a beautiful girl full of youthfulness.

This is because her cultivation progress is extremely fast, which suppresses her aging speed.

She is only thirty-five years old now, but her cultivation has reached the eighth and a half level of the Qi Refining Stage, almost to the ninth level. She is still much better than the rebellious son Zhong Li Ye was in his days. This is even though she has spent a lot of time learning the knowledge of refining equipment.

Seeing her lowering her head and praying devoutly for the spirit of her ancestor in heaven, Chen Xuanmo couldn't help but smile happily.

Then look at Chen Xinlei next to her.

The little guy is only three years old, still a tiny kid, but he looks quite strong, with black eyes and looks very energetic.

Although still young, under the guidance of his parents and sister, he is now praying for his ancestors in a serious manner.

Very good, very good. This kid is the hope star of our Chen family's future. The cultivation speed of the three spiritual roots is much faster than the normal three spiritual roots. It can be regarded as two and a half spiritual roots. Even without the blessing of purple energy, there is a small hope that he can become the future Nascent Soul boss.

If Chen Xuanmo consumes a large amount of purple energy to assist him and find opportunities for him, the probability of him becoming a Nascent Soul master in the future will be greatly increased.

Maybe, he will be the first Yuanying leader in the family in the future.

After watching Qianqian’s family.

Chen Xuanmo's gaze quickly passed over the reproduction tool Chen Xinyuan, and then fell on Shangguan Wanqing.

Although she is 52 years old now, she still looks like a beautiful young woman, and her cultivation has reached the early ninth level of the Qi Refining Stage.

If nothing unexpected happens, she will most likely reach the foundation-building stage before she turns sixty.

Afterwards, Chen Xuanmo turned his attention to Chen Xiuyang.

Chen Xuanmo was also very troubled looking at this great-great-grandson of the eldest direct line. The qualifications of this person with four spiritual roots and special spiritual roots were indeed good, and he could be considered a high-quality stock.

But this eccentric temper made Chen Xuanmo's head beat fast.

Especially in the past two years, this kid has been vigorously promoting "The Romantic Swordsman and the Pretty Master", which has caused the pen name Mo Xiangzi to spread rapidly in the immortal cultivation world of the Great Wu Kingdom, which has really made an old man like Chen Xuanmo feel ashamed.

Fortunately, Shangguan Wanqing was very attentive in urging her son to practice, and it was quite good for him to have reached the seventh level of Qi Refining Stage at the age of thirty.

Chen Xuanmo shifted his gaze and looked at Xiu Yang's younger brother Chen Xiuxu and younger sister Chen Wenxue.

Xiu Xu is a bit silly, but he is very hardworking in his practice. At the age of 25, he has already reached the fourth and a half level of the Qi Refining Stage, which is pretty good among those with the five spiritual roots.

And Chen Wenxue is only eighteen years old this year, and his cultivation has just broken through to the third level of the Qi Refining Stage. His progress in cultivation is considered very good.

But her age is quite awkward. She can only join in the fun by going on stage at this three-tribe youth conference, but she will be over the age limit for the next one.

Then, he looked at his great-great-granddaughter Jiang Xiaoyu. He remembered that this child was the same age as Chen Xiuxu, about 25 years old, but his cultivation was already at the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage.

This progress of cultivation is not as good as that of Chen Shiyun at the same age, but it also meets the standard of a genius with three spiritual roots.

Considering the misfortune she encountered that year, and not knowing how long she had slept in the escape ball, she lacked trust in the Chen family when she first came to the Chen family, and probably did not dare to practice freely. This progress in practice is probably the result of her secret efforts in recent years.

Although she has a promising future, as she grows older and improves her cultivation, she will sooner or later have to face the "side quests" she is carrying.

Then will be the real test for her.

Chen Xuanmo came to Chen Jinghuan and his wife again. Uh... Why is Yu Ling holding a baby girl? And it looks like she is already four or five months old...

Well, most likely she got pregnant when Yu Ling went to Yunyang Sect to visit Jing Huan last year. I wonder if she used the golden mark?
When Chen Xuanmo saw the blind box, he couldn't help but have the urge to open it, but after glancing at the whole place, it seemed that there seemed to be two other kids who needed to be identified together, so he could only suppress his desire for the time being.

He first glanced at Jing Huan and his wife.

They were of similar age, around 48 or 49 years old, but their cultivation had already reached the ninth level of the Qi Refining Stage, which was a little faster than Shangguan Wanqing.

It seems that in the next ten years, the Chen family will usher in a surge of foundation-building cultivators.

Then, his eyes fell on his great-grandson Chen Xintao, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

Since Wuyun-3 opened up a domestic cruise route last year, it has been able to pick up Chen Xintao along the way, and also brought back Zhuge Linglong who was far away in Xihai County.

The child is now twenty-two years old, but unlike Jingyun and Xinsong, who were handsome and elegant young men when they were young, his facial lines are soft and his figure is slightly thin. He looks a bit like some of the young handsome guys in the film and television works of his previous life.

This made Chen Xuanmo frown slightly.

Could it be that he's been in Wanhua Palace, a place where women outnumber men, for too long and has become a bit effeminate?
If you think about it carefully, this is not impossible.

There are too many senior sisters and junior sisters around me, and the Fairy Yulian from the Qinglian Sword Pavilion of the Wanhua Palace is a seductive girl. There is something wrong with the style of this sect.
Chen Xuanmo glanced at Zhuge Linglong not far away, and immediately had an idea in his mind. It seemed that Linglong had to take the trouble to give him some physical training to boost his masculinity.

Speaking of Zhuge Linglong, she has now reached the peak of the second level of the Foundation Establishment Stage. We can take advantage of the situation to give her a golden mark to help her comprehend the true meaning of the Earth Element and break through the bottleneck of her cultivation.

She has been married for such a long time and has contributed a lot to the family. It’s time for her to enjoy the family benefits.

Cui Lingying, who was also beside Chen Xinsong, was only at the seventh level of the Qi Refining Stage due to her young age, but she had made a lot of progress in alchemy in the past two years.

It is said that she is now able to barely break even by refining the two or three types of second-grade pills that she is most skilled at, so her future is promising.

As for the two children of Xinsong and his wife, Chen Xiuyan and Chen Wenjing, they are only about fourteen years old now, and their cultivation level is only more than two levels.

They definitely won't be able to make it to this year's Three Tribes Youth Conference, but the next one will be just right.

In less than two years, Chen Wenjing would have to go to Qianqiu Valley in Wanhua Palace to practice.

Afterwards, Chen Xuanmo patrolled the ancestral hall and checked all the descendants in the hall.

Subsequently.

Chen Xuanmo then started his favorite part of opening the blind box and identifying the babies.

The first child is the second son of Chen Shining, the first generation cultivator of the second family.

At that time, the second brother's family had finally raised two children with five spiritual roots, so naturally they would not let Chen Shining marry off. Instead, they chose a five spiritual root male cultivator named Sun Weikai from the Sun family of Linhaiwei to marry into the family.

Although Chen Xuanmo did not hold much hope for this child, he still followed the process and silently recited "Heavenly Spiritual Roots" ten times in his mind!
Then, an ordinary five spiritual roots emerged.

After a little thought, I named him [Chen Xiuwei].

The second baby is the daughter of Chen Jingpeng’s third son [Chen Xinli], and is considered the second-line legitimate child.

As expected, he still had five spiritual roots, so he was named Chen Wenlei.

The third baby is naturally the child of Chen Jinghuan and Yang Yuling.

Chen Xuanmo had some expectations about this.

If both parents have four spiritual roots, there is still a certain probability of giving birth to a child with different spiritual roots after using the golden mark. There is even a very small probability of giving birth to a child with three spiritual roots!

then.

Ok.

There was no surprise, just a normal four-spiritual root child. After thinking for a moment, he named the child [Chen Shilian].

After identifying this year's three blind boxes.

The sacrificial ceremony for Chen Ningtai was almost coming to an end. Soon, the clansmen who participated in the sacrifice, including Chen Ninghe and Zhong Liye, dispersed one after another. Several core figures of the Chen family moved to the Moxiang Pavilion to start a meeting.

Chen Xuanmo was just about to ask Chen Ningtai about Zhong Liye's situation.

Chen Ningtai suddenly started to cry about being poor: "Father, our family hasn't replenished the gold seal jade tablet and the purple jade tablet for many years. Although I have been very frugal, we only have two gold seals and 19 purple seals left now."

"What?"

Chen Xuanmo was a little confused.

All the gold and purple seals that I had accumulated with great difficulty in the past few years were used up so quickly?

It is very obvious that Chen Ningtai knows his old father very well and knows that his father usually doesn't like to hear about the accounts, but once he finds out that he has no money, he will be very shocked, as if asking "where did my money go".

He immediately took out a list and spread it on the desk respectfully: "Father, every gold seal and purple seal has a place. The specific application date and who applied for it are all recorded here. I think it is necessary to add five gold seals and fifty purple seals this year."

This is the expenditure of 1,100 purple qi.

Faced with his rebellious son blocking his mouth in advance, Chen Xuanmo was still full of resentment.

This time he finally got 2,400 strands of purple energy, but before he could feel the richness of being filled with purple energy, this prodigal son had already set his sights on him with premeditation.

Can't you let your father arrange his own spending freely?

"Buzz!"

Chen Xuanmo shuddered and angrily wrote a letter to reject it.

We will replenish the purple energy after the Sheshan Market Fair. What if it is useful in the fair?
At the very least, even if he didn't spend the purple energy, he wanted to feel the satisfaction of having a full "purse".

"Father has a far-sighted vision, and I obey his orders."

Chen Ningtai immediately accepted the advice.

In fact, the reason why he brought up this matter in advance was not that he really wanted his father to replenish the purple jade token now, but he was afraid that his father had accumulated too much purple energy this year and became arrogant, so he waved his hand and directly used two thousand strands of purple energy to gamble for treasures.

Although two thousand strands of purple energy might indeed be able to win something good, the development of the family is now complicated and requires support in all aspects. If the number of gold seal jade plates and purple energy jade plates is not enough, they dare not even go out to explore the open sea, for fear that if something goes wrong, no one will be able to help.

It’s not to say that having the golden seal will make you infallible, but having it will give you peace of mind, your self-confidence will be greatly enhanced, and you won’t panic easily when you encounter problems, and the possibility of turning the situation around will be greatly increased.

Sometimes, you can solve the problem yourself without even using the Purple Jade Plate or the Gold Seal Jade Plate.

After reminding his father, Chen Ningtai began to report on the various changes in the family this year, the financial situation, etc.

This time Chen Xuanmo did not fall asleep, but interrupted the conversation halfway and wrote with trembling hands, indicating that he wanted to hear about Zhong Liye's story.

Didn’t he take the [Seven-Colored Treasure Ganoderma] to the Tianyuan Dynasty to find a refiner?
What exactly is going on?
This rebellious son refused to say a word. Could it be that something went wrong while refining the elixir?

oh~~
Chen Ningtai also sighed.

He knew that his father didn't like to hear these things, so he took this opportunity to mix in with Qicai Baozhi and instill some ideas in his father.

This dad is really hard to serve.

Chen Ningtai sighed secretly, but he didn't dare to show it. He coughed and explained seriously: "Father, I originally wanted to tell you this good news last."

As he spoke, Chen Ningtai took out a jade box from his storage bag and opened it.

There were two white jade porcelain bottles placed in it. The porcelain bottles were only slightly larger than the belly of a thumb. The jade was of excellent quality and the bottle body was translucent. The mouth of the bottle was sealed with a special talisman. It was obvious at a glance that they were not ordinary objects.

Chen Ningtai looked at the two small jade bottles, full of joy: "This time, it was True Man Ziyin who personally came forward to invite True Man Qinghao, who is known as the True Immortal of Alchemy, to personally make the elixir. One furnace made three elixirs, one of which was given to True Man Qinghao as a reward, and the remaining two all belonged to our Chen family."

Normally, this type of seventh-grade elixir is extremely difficult to refine. Even if True Man Qing Hao takes action, there is no way to guarantee that three elixirs will be produced in each furnace. However, the probability of producing two or four elixirs is not high either.

He can be considered a decent alchemy grandmaster with stable output.

Therefore, Chen Ningtai felt that this harvest was already worth being happy about. He was just afraid that there were only two successful pills and Chen could only get one. Then he would have to consider whether this seventh-grade metamorphosis pill should be given to Chen Ninghe.

Although Chen Xuanmo knew this logic, his heart was bleeding when he thought that he had only made three pills in total but the alchemist had to take one away.

The disadvantage is that there is no powerful alchemist in the family.

If someone in your family can refine the seventh-grade Transcendental Pill, why would you need to take a cut from others?

Of course, it’s also because his boss Ziyin Zhenren’s alchemy skills are too poor.

Otherwise, you can adopt him as your godson, use the purple energy to cultivate his alchemy skills, and then invest a large amount of purple energy in the key elixirs. It is possible that you will be able to produce five or six elixirs in one furnace!

Alas, it’s all because of old monster Ziyin’s incompetence~
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(End of this chapter)