When One Man Attains the Dao, Even Chickens and Dogs Ascend to Heaven

Several hours later, Ling Pengyun and his companion ventured thousands of miles into the territory of Serpent Dragon Lake and finally arrived at the Rock Scale Snake Den, where they met up with Ling Pengxing and the Immortal Spirit Crane King, who were stationed Snake Cave.

After chatting for a while, Ling Pengxing, Ling Pengyun, and Ling Yunhong Ling Yunhong spoke up.

"It took quite a bit of time to get here, and I still have Lineage Pill Refining commission to fulfill, so I won't stay here any longer."

"Peng Yun, I'm leaving this place to you and that Immortal Spirit Crane King. If you encounter any danger, crush the Mother-Child Token I gave you earlier. I'll get there as soon as possible."

After saying that, Ling Yunhong called to Ling Pengxing had gotten away, and they left the Rock Scale Snake Den together.

Ling Pengyun's Wind Shadow Peng was also here.

Ling Pengyun's patronage at the Rock Scale Snake Den remains the same as it was several years ago: the Yang Clan gives him three Second Rank Low Grade Spirit Gathering Pill every year, and the Ling Clan also gives him three Spirit Gathering Pill every year, for a total of six Spirit Gathering Pill.

After Ling Pengyun, the Immortal Spirit Crane King, and the Wind Shadow Peng watched Ling Yunhong and Ling Pengxing leave, Ling Pengyun led them into the Rock Scale Snake Den.

There are a total of 35 mu of Spirit Field inside the Rock Scale Snake Den, which are divided into 15 mu of First Rank Middle Grade Spirit Field, 15 mu of First-Tier Superior-Grade Spirit Field, and 5 mu of Second Rank Low Grade Spirit Field.

These Spirit Field are planted with the main seeds of the best-selling cultivation pills on the market: First Rank Middle Grade Yellow Sprout Pill, First-Tier Superior-Grade Azure Spirit Pill, Second Rank Low Grade Spirit Gathering Pill.

The seeds of these three spiritual materials have been planted in the soil for nearly a month and have now sprouted one after another.

Ling Pengyun, adhering to the idea that if he was going to take care of this place, he first Hand Seals to Cloud Rain Technique, which conjured a small cloud and rained down drops of Spirit Rain, while watering the newly sprouted Spirit Plant in the thirty-five acres of Spirit Field.

Then he used the Spirit Plant Spirit Plant Ripening Technique to accelerate the growth of the newly sprouted Spirit Plant.

Having finished this task, Ling Pengyun wiped the sweat from his forehead and took out the Second Rank Low Grade Spirit Gathering Array Disk and array flag that Ling Yunhong had given him on behalf of the Lineage a dozen days ago from his Storage Bag, and set them up inside the Rock Scale Snake Den.

Once the formation was set up, it began to automatically gather the remaining Spiritual Qi from the Spirit Plant in the thirty-five acres of Spirit Field within the Snake Cave, and quickly purify it into pure spiritual power.

Ling Pengyun didn't linger. After taking the next Spirit Gathering Pill, he sat cross-legged on the ground and quietly cultivated.

The Immortal Spirit Crane King and Wind Shadow Peng, also within the same Snake Cave, were absorbing the rich Spiritual Qi within the Spirit Gathering Formation to cultivate, just like Ling Pengyun.

About half a month later.

Inside the Rock Scale Snake Den, Ling Pengyun, who was refining the Cultivation Method Gathering Spirit Gathering Pill in his belly with his eyes closed, subtly sensed many different Spiritual Qi fluctuations suddenly spreading around him, and he immediately opened his eyes.

Because the source of the Spiritual Qi fluctuations was relatively close to the Rock Scale Snake Den, Ling Pengyun considered it for a moment and then left the Snake Cave, sneaking towards the area emitting the numerous Spiritual Qi fluctuations to observe the situation.

After traveling about two or three miles, Ling Pengyun saw a dozen Qi Refining cultivators from the Hundred Spirits Sect fighting against dozens of Snake Demon, led by a Early-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, at the foot of a hundred-zhang-high mountain.

Ling Pengyun saw the dozen or so Hundred Spirits Sect cultivators appear here and a hint of doubt appeared on his face.

After a moment's thought, he suddenly remembered what Yang Changxing had said a month ago: that the Hundred Spirits Sect would soon invade the Serpent Dragon Lake area again to seize another piece of territory.

"Back then, my Long Xing Grand Uncle said that he had already bribed the cultivators of the Hundred Spirits Sect to pretend that they couldn't see the Second Rank Spirit Vein in the Rock Scale Snake Den. He must have been following the path of my brother-in-law Wu Yan."

"Given Wu Yan's brother-in-law's status, handling this matter shouldn't be difficult."

After figuring things out, Ling Pengyun stopped watching the battle between the Hundred Spirits Sect cultivators and the Demon Beast in the distance and quickly returned to the Rock Scale Snake Den to continue cultivating using the Spiritual Qi gathered by the Spirit Gathering Formation and the Spirit Gathering Pill.

But in just three days, the Storage Bag at Ling Pengyun's waist suddenly flashed with spiritual light.

Immediately afterwards, a deafening sound came from afar.

"I am Zhang Yan, the deputy Hall Master of the Hundred Spirits Sect's Hall of Affairs. I have come here on the orders of my junior brother Wu Yan, and I have no ill intentions."

Ling Pengyun, who was cultivating, was startled and woke up from his cultivation.

"Zhang Yan, the one who presided over the auction at West Yang Market Town a while ago, possessing the cultivation of Foundation Establishment Completion?"

"I never expected that this person would actually become the deputy Hall Master of the Hall of Affairs of the Hundred Spirits Sect, just as the Third Grandfather said."

"I reckon this person is indeed from the faction that Brother-in-law Wu Yan belongs to, otherwise he wouldn't be following orders from Brother-in-law Wu Yan." Ling Pengyun's expression was one of surprise.

He quickly stood up and walked out of the Rock Scale Snake Den.

As soon as he left the Rock Scale Snake Den, he saw Zhang Yan standing about a mile away.

"Please move out of the protective array surrounding the Snake Cave."

Zhang Yan's voice came through again.

Ling Pengyun understood the meaning of these words; Zhang Yan was simply wary of the Geng Metal Splitting Needle Grand Array set up inside the Snake Cave.

He couldn't very well refuse Zhang Yan, who was at the Foundation Establishment Completion, so he quickly stepped out of the array's range and came to stand in front of Zhang Yan.

"Fellow Daoist, are you Ling Pengyun Ling Daoyou, the Ling Clan of Junior Sister Yang Siling?"

Zhang Yan noticed that Ling Pengyun's face looked somewhat familiar. After a moment's thought, his expression shifted slightly, and he asked, "What do you mean?"

"That's right." Ling Pengyun was somewhat surprised to hear this. He hadn't expected that someone like Zhang Yan would recognize him.

"My apologies, Ling Daoyou. I was entrusted by Junior Brother Wu Yan to handle this matter. However, the area within several miles of your Snake Cave has been occupied by my Hundred Spirits Sect recently."

"This land, which my Hundred Spirits Sect has recently occupied for tens of thousands of miles, has been named Yuan Province by my Hundred Spirits Sect. Your Rock Scale Snake Den is also located within the territory of Yuan Province. Currently, the Spirit Vein within this state are occupied by cultivators of my Hundred Spirits Sect, who are cultivating Spirit Field and planting Spirit Plant. Fellow Daoist, in the future, try to minimize your outings while occupying the Snake Den Spirit Vein, so as not to let other cultivators of my Hundred Spirits Sect discover this place."

"Once this gets out, things will get complicated." Zhang Yan's attitude softened a bit after seeing Ling Pengyun's response.

If we're being precise, Ling Pengyun is also a relative of Yang Siling, the wife of Wu Yan, a descendant of the Golden Core cultivator. Yang Siling Xue Yuan is no more than two generations apart.

Zhang Yan made his living within Wu Yan's faction, so he forced a smile and spoke kindly to Ling Pengyun.

Although he had broken through to the Foundation Establishment Consummation Realm, he was able to reach this level only because of the promotion by Wu Tian, the leader of his faction, who was Golden Core True Person.

If it weren't for Wu Tian's help, it would have taken him at least ten more years to break through to his current level.

"Understood, thank you Daoist Zhang for coming to remind me." Ling Pengyun also thanked him tactfully.

"It's nothing. Fellow Ling Daoyou, please take this token. If you encounter any accidents while guarding the Rock Scale Snake Den, you can crush this token and I will arrive as soon as possible. For a long time to come, I will be stationed in the front line of Yuan Water Market Town in Yuan Earth Prefecture to prevent the Demon Beast in the Serpent Dragon Lake a counterattack."

"If you need anything, you can come to Tu Yuan Market Town to find me."

Zhang Yan waved his hand, took out a sub-token from the Mother-Child Token from his Storage Bag, handed it to Ling Pengyun, and said.

Seeing this, Ling Pengyun guessed why Zhang Yan was doing this.

However, he accepted it without ceremony and thanked him.

"Thank you very much, Senior Zhang."

"It's alright, I have other matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave now."

After leaving these words, Zhang Yan summoned a flying boat from his Storage Bag and quickly left the place.

Ling Pengyun watched Zhang Yan's departing figure, then looked at the token Zhang Yan had just given him, a strange light flashing in his eyes.

"When one person attains enlightenment, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven; Cousin Si Ling's identity is quite useful."

After a moment of distraction, Ling Pengyun did not linger there and returned to the Rock Scale Snake Den to enter seclusion.