Two Old Men

Uncle Zhang was still the same as before, but now he was surrounded by wisps of immortal energy, a characteristic of every immortal. Uncle Zhang was of a simple and indifferent nature, loved carving, and had the aura of purity often found in people who were indifferent to fame and fortune. Now that he had achieved success in his cultivation, his aura was even more pronounced.

As soon as Zhang Xingfeng sat down, he ignored everyone around him and asked Uncle Zhang with a somewhat anxious expression, "Uncle Zhang Xingfeng, how are my father and mother doing now? How is their cultivation? When will they be able to come over?" Back in the Mortal World, Zhang Xingfeng's father was doing well; he was already a powerful cultivator, and with a little help from Zhang Xingfeng, he reached the Golden Core Stage and began cultivating directly. However, his mother had no foundation. When Zhang Xingfeng left the Mortal World, his mother was only at the Golden Core Stage. Under those conditions, it would take her a hundred years to reach the Golden Core Stage, a speed comparable to Zhang Xingfeng's back then.

Uncle Zhang smiled and said, "Nephew, there's no need to worry. Since Third Madam reached the Golden Core Stage, her cultivation speed has increased considerably. Moreover, Ling Qi and Lingling have been doing everything they can to help her. I estimate that Third Madam will be able to come to the Cultivation World within five hundred years. As for Patriarch Zhang Family, I believe you know that if Patriarch Zhang Family cultivates rapidly, he will definitely succeed within two hundred years! Look at me, I succeeded in about two years, didn't I?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xingfeng understood and couldn't help but laugh. Hearing Uncle Zhang's smug look, he sighed and said, "The Spiritual Qi in the Mortal World is indeed much denser than that in the Cultivation World. In addition, the Three Islands of Tian Xin are themselves a huge Spirit Gathering Formation. I used the array to assist me back then, and my cultivation speed was seven or eight times that of the Cultivation World. You used pills, so it's normal for it to take two or three years."

Zhang Xingfeng sighed inwardly, "In my previous life, my Tianxin Sect was just an ordinary sect. It took a lot of materials to build a large Spirit Gathering Formation, and even then, the Spiritual Qi Spirit Gathering Formation was only two or three times that of the outside world. It was normal to take a thousand years of cultivation to Tribulation Transcendence and become an immortal. The Mortal World itself has a much higher concentration of Spiritual Qi, otherwise Zhang Yu and the others wouldn't have been able to Tribulation Transcendence so quickly. In addition, the natural Tian Xin Three Islands form a huge natural Spirit Gathering Formation, which is much more effective. With the assistance of the array, that treasure land is truly precious."

"I just don't understand, how come the concentration of Spiritual Qi in the Mortal World is higher than that in the Cultivation World? Sigh..." Zhang Xingfeng sighed inwardly.

Meanwhile, at the Old Man Hei's house, the Old Man Huo was already holding a wine jar and started waving it around.

The Old Man Huo seemed to know Zhang Xingfeng's thoughts and angrily said to the old man with the Old Man Hei, "You old bastard, why did you have to establish this Cultivation World Realm back then? Originally, the Spiritual Qi concentration of the cultivation world was about the same as that of the Demon Realm, about three times that of the Mortal World. But you absorbed ninety percent of the Spiritual Qi of the Cultivation World into the Immortal Realm, turning it into immortal spiritual energy to nourish the Immortal Realm. Look at this, look at this, what kind of nonsense is this? Now the Spiritual Qi concentration of the Cultivation World is not even as high as that of the Mortal World! The Spiritual Qi of the Mortal World is three times that of the Cultivation World. What a joke!"

The Old Man Hei said nonchalantly, "What does it have to do with me? This Cultivation World is just one of countless dimensional spaces. You should know how many dimensional spaces are destroyed every day in the entire universe. So what if I destroyed one? Besides, I didn't do anything wrong. I just added a little immortal realm to the Cultivation World. What's wrong with that? I'm one of the eight great powers currently in power in the universe. Hmph... Can't I even do such a small thing? In billions of years, I'll abdicate and live a carefree life. But I can't just change space like this."

Upon hearing this, Old Man Huo raised an eyebrow and said, "That makes sense, that makes sense. I've been in power for nearly 10 billion years, but I've never changed anything about space. Hmm... not bad. How about I create a space in the Demon Realm and absorb all the experts above the Heavenly Demon stage into it? Hmm... fun, not bad..." Old Man Huo had clearly found a great game and seemed very excited.

Upon hearing this, the Old Man Hei scoffed, "You? Heh heh, have you forgotten what attribute you manage? Fire! Among the eight giants, only the old man in white and I have the ability to create space. Do you want to create a time that is only fire?"

Upon hearing this, Old Man Huo felt extremely helpless. He knew that what Old Man Hei said was true. Although he could definitely match Old Man Hei in terms of attack, he couldn't compare in terms of spatial ability.

Suddenly, Old Man Huo became furious and pointed at Old Man Bai's nose, cursing, "You old man Bai, you've gone too far! You established the Immortal Realm, and last time, when that Li Qiang reached the early stage of Immortal Emperor, you told him the method to control the Immortal Realm's primordial energy, making him the inheritor of the Immortal Realm. From now on, how can my disciple possibly defeat your disciple in the Immortal Realm? This is too much, too much!"

Upon hearing this, the Old Man Hei couldn't help but feel a little smug. He glanced at the Old Man Huo and said, "Hehe, what's wrong? Not Qi Ingestion? I built that Immortal Realm, and I can pass it on to whomever I want. If you're so capable, why don't you create a space for your disciple? Hehe... My current disciple is already at the early stage of Immortal Emperor. With that God-Slaying Saber, even outside the Immortal Realm, your disciple Zhang Xingfeng wouldn't be a match for him. Hahahaha... Since your disciple has the Origin of Fire, so what? Hmph..." The Old Man Hei was clearly very proud. The Old Man Huo had two disciples who were Heavenly Venerables in the Divine Realm, each with only one disciple. The Old Man Hei was very jealous of the Old Man Huo's ability to quickly achieve freedom, because the Heavenly Venerable Huode was about to break through.

Old Man Huo has a fiery temper. Although he gets along well with all the old guys, he is also very competitive. How could he tolerate his apprentice being inferior to Old Man Hei's apprentice? However, he has no way to create a space, and he knows just how powerful the space inheritor is.

"Ah!" Old Man Huo slapped his forehead and exclaimed, "Oh dear! My good disciple has already reached the Immortal Undying Body realm, and I haven't prepared my reward yet!" Old Man Huo had long ago made arrangements. When his disciple reached the Skyfire Body, he would receive a top-tier divine artifact, the Heavenly Fire Armor. After reaching the Immortal Undying Body, Zhang Xingfeng would be able to emit light blue Blazing Heavenly Fire. At that time, the Heavenly Fire Armor would reach its highest level—able to emit deep blue Blazing Heavenly Fire. Even if Zhang Xingfeng's power increased in the future, and his body could emit blue Blazing Heavenly Fire, the Heavenly Fire Armor would still emit deep blue Blazing Heavenly Fire, because the Heavenly Fire Armor could only emit deep blue Blazing Heavenly Fire at most. Therefore, Old Man Huo now needed to arrange a new reward for Zhang Xingfeng's power advancement, as the Heavenly Fire Armor was almost insufficient. Of course, this reward would be at least a low-level Saint Artifact!

"Hmm... this reward isn't urgent. This old man may not be good at anything else, but when it comes to weapon crafting, I'm number one, and no one can say I'm second. Unlike that person's wood-chopping knife, which was stolen from my descendant's family! And he even openly passed it on to his apprentice. It's a knife used for chopping wood in the Divine Realm, yet someone calls it God-Slaying Saber. Hmph, shame on him!" The Old Man Huo deliberately spoke loudly.

Upon hearing this, the Old Man Hei's face immediately turned red. He had indeed taken the knife from the Heavenly Venerable Huode's house without much thought, as he was Old Man Hei unskilled in weapon crafting. As for when Li Qiang asked the knife's name, how could the Old Man Hei possibly admit it was a wood-chopping knife? So, Old Man Hei shamelessly uttered the name "God-Slaying Saber."

"What's wrong? What's wrong? Although it's just a low-level Saint Artifact, even if a celestial god can't harm it, as long as my disciple reaches the late stage of Immortal Emperor, he can at least deal with those gods who don't have Saint Artifact. Why can't I use the God-Slaying Saber? Besides, I just casually took a knife from Fire Virtue's house. Does Fire Virtue have any objections?" The Old Man Hei acted like he was the elder and didn't care about anyone! Suddenly, the Old Man Hei turned to the white-clad old man and said fiercely, "Hmph, you actually said it was stolen? You still have the nerve to say it was stolen? Hahahaha, that's hilarious! Tell me, where did you get this wine? Don't say you bought it. As far as I know, this jar of wine is a precious fermented wine from the Shi Family Aristocratic Clan in the Mortal World. It's not for sale."

Upon hearing this, Old Man Huo was speechless, muttering to himself, "This Old Man Hei, I'll go to the Mortal World to check on my disciple's original location. It turns out my disciple is still some time away from the mid-stage of the Immortal Undying Body! By the way, while I'm drinking, you'd better think carefully about a way to prevent my disciple from being affected by any celestial energy. Otherwise, given your disciple's status as an Immortal Realm Inheritor, my disciple wouldn't be able to defeat your disciple in the celestial realm. That... is unfair! Of course, I don't need you to create any special space; I just need you to come up with this one method!" After saying this, Old Man Huo resumed drinking.

Old Man Huo drinks very slowly, extremely slowly. Perhaps it's because he's lived so long, or perhaps it's because he needs to savor the wine carefully. It's estimated that Old Man Huo won't finish this jar of wine for several months. In other words, Old Man Hei still has time to figure out a solution.

"Hmph, that Old Man Huo is too cunning. He actually wants me to come up with a way to be unaffected by the Immortal Realm's Yuan Power. If this method can make Zhang Xingfeng unaffected by the Immortal Realm's Yuan Power, then Zhang Xingfeng won't have to worry about being affected when facing inheritors from other dimensions in the future, right? Too cunning, too cunning, that Old Man Huo is too cunning!" Old Man Hei muttered, but after looking at the drunken Old Man Huo, Old Man Hei suddenly laughed. Old Man Hei had a bad temper, and among the eight giants, only Old Man Huo's careless personality could tolerate him. For his good brother, how could he resist?

Moreover, the Old Man Hei himself was quite knowledgeable about space, so coming up with a solution would be quite simple for him. However, the Old Man Hei still muttered, "Hmph, his own disciple doesn't even think of anything himself, but instead makes me, this old man, think of it. That's too much, too much!"

At this moment, the Old Man Huo in his cup had a slight smile on his face, but his flushed face from drinking concealed it.

Zhang Xingfeng looked at his disciples in the Mortal World, smiled with satisfaction, and said, "Not bad, not bad, as expected of my disciples, Zhang Xingfeng. Each and every one of you is quite good. Li Er, I really didn't expect that you could successfully Tribulation Transcendence in such a short time. Not bad, not bad at all!"

Of the disciples Zhang Xingfeng cared about most, Li Er was the slowest to cultivate. Moreover, Li Er loved gambling and didn't care much about cultivation, so his speed always lagged behind his elder brother Li Da and Zhang Yu. But now, he has also managed to come in this batch.

Li Da laughed and said, "Master, this Li Er, back when you were in the Mortal World, he was already the gambling saint of the entire Azure Dragon Continent. He was so amazing!" Zhang Xingfeng couldn't help but smile when he heard this. How many people in the Mortal World gambled like Li Er for decades? Moreover, Li Er was a cultivator. Although he didn't use True Primordial Energy to cheat, his ears were much more sensitive than ordinary people, and his hands were also very sensitive. It was quite normal for him to become the boss of the gambling world.

Li Da glanced at the embarrassed Li Er and continued, "I guess it's because a master is lonely. Li Er will stop gambling soon. Of course, whether it's because a master is lonely or not, I don't know the reason. I only know that this kid Meng Xiang, a female disciple of my Tianxin Sect. Meng Xiang is very competitive. What did she say back then?" Li Da looked at Li Er with a puzzled expression.

Li Er said without blushing, "My Xiangxiang said that if you're not one of the top ten in the sect to Tribulation Transcendence, then you can forget about me! My Xiangxiang is so good. As soon as I successfully Tribulation Transcendence, she finally accepted my 111th marriage proposal!"

Everyone laughed when he said that.

"Our Xiangxiang, hahaha..."

"One hundred and eleven proposals, ah, haha, one hundred and eleven times... hahahaha..."

Li Er didn't blush at all. Instead, he turned around and walked to the side of a female disciple behind him, smiling obsequiously. But Li Er's face seemed to turn into a bitter expression in an instant. You could vaguely see Xiangxiang's hand on Li Er's waist, as if she gently pinched it! Perhaps not gently, after all, Xiangxiang was also a master who had successfully Tribulation Transcendence, who knew how hard she would pinch?

Seeing Li Er's appearance, Zhang Xingfeng laughed and said, "It seems that Li Er will always be so shameless, haha... By the way, isn't this female disciple the one... the one from our family, Xiangxiang? Hahahaha..." Zhang Xingfeng laughed again as he said this, and everyone around him also burst into laughter.

Lang Feng walked over to Li Er, patted Li Er on the shoulder and said, "Well, not bad, you didn't embarrass yourself at all, not bad."

Uncle Zhang introduced with a smile, "This is also an exceptionally talented female disciple of the Tianxin Sect in my Mortal World. She started cultivating fifty years later than Zhang Yu and the others, but she only took her Tribulation Transcendence one year later than Li Er."

After chatting for a while, Zhang Xingfeng said, "Everyone, go back and rest first. I will be overseeing the weapon forging at Qingshaping tomorrow. You all must come and watch. Yu Yan, you go back first. I have something to discuss with Brother Lang Feng!"

Then, everyone left, while Zhang Xingfeng remained with Lang Feng.