Qi Refining Level 7, Spirit Beast Garden

Town Chief Zhang pushed open the door and immediately saw a youth in a dark cyan Daoist robe, tall and slender, remarkably handsome, sitting quietly beside a stone table.

His raven-black hair was tied high, his heroic bearing striking. His expression was calm and unreadable, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.

Without the slightest hesitation, Town Chief Zhang hurried over, dropped to his knees with a thud, and said respectfully:

"Zhang Yang of Qingniu Town pays his respects to the Immortal Master!"

Zhang Xuanchen nodded and flicked his sleeve.

A gentle breeze drifted past and lifted Zhang Yang from the ground.

He said softly, "No need for such ceremony. I did not come for anything important. I only wish to ask where Wang Yumei and Granny Wang live."

Hearing that the Immortal Master before him had come looking for Wang Yumei, Zhang Yang was greatly surprised.

At the same time, he secretly thought Wang Yumei was truly blessed by fortune.

She had actually drawn the attention of an Immortal Master from the mountain.

Though he did not know the exact circumstances, it had to be a good thing.

Otherwise, the Immortal Master would not be acting like this.

Still, he did not ask further and replied:

"To be honest with you, Immortal Master, I only arranged housing for Wang Yumei and her mother yesterday. They live at the far western end. I will take you there at once."

Seeing that Zhang Yang knew, Zhang Xuanchen did not waste any words.

Clang!

A First-grade Top-tier Magic Tool longsword suddenly landed on the ground.

He seized Zhang Yang by the collar and flew into the air, though not very high—only three or four meters above the ground.

"Lead the way!"

Zhang Yang cried out in alarm as he was lifted into the air. Since they were not flying very high, he quickly adapted and pointed out the way for Zhang Xuanchen.

Wang Yumei lived in a newly built house made from packed earth and timber.

It was simple but tidy.

That proved Zhang Yang had not lied.

Upon reaching their destination, Zhang Xuanchen stopped Zhang Yang, who was about to knock on the door.

He walked over to a chicken coop containing only one old hen.

He looked at the egg beneath the hen's backside, where strands of spiritual energy coiled around it.

On the surface, it looked no different from an ordinary egg.

Joy appeared on Zhang Xuanchen's face!

There really was one!

After taking the egg, he thoroughly examined the old hen and found that it was merely an ordinary hen, so he put it back.

He then went to Zhang Yang, who was standing obediently where he was, took out the First-grade Low-tier Spirit Rice he had prepared in advance, and said:

"There are ten jin of Spirit Rice here. Take five jin for yourself. The other five jin are payment for this egg. Once dawn comes, help me pass them to Granny Wang, and tell her how much to eat each time. Do not disappoint me."

Zhang Yang immediately pounded his chest and promised, "Rest assured, Immortal Master! Tomorrow, I will deliver all five jin of Spirit Rice to Wang Yumei, complete and without a single grain missing!"

He could hardly contain his delight.

Though Spirit Rice could not turn him into a cultivator, it could improve one's physique and prolong one's life.

It was of immense benefit to mortal martial artists.

Five jin of Spirit Rice was no small amount. It was enough for a Houtian Martial Artist to cultivate for half a year!

An ordinary person would not even finish it in a year!

He decided that tomorrow, he would directly build Wang Yumei's family a brick-and-tile house to show his gratitude!

Zhang Xuanchen nodded. Zhang Yang would not dare deceive him.

After sending Zhang Yang home, he departed in grand fashion.

A blessing echoed through the air: "May you soon produce an Immortal Seedling with a Spiritual Root!"

Zhang Yang froze, then erupted in wild joy!

The Immortal Master had blessed him!

Tonight was surely his lucky night!

He could not squander it!

He immediately stripped off his clothes, rushed into the bedroom, and shouted:

"Wife! Don't sleep! Let us battle for three hundred rounds!"

"You're awful~"

Zhang Xuanchen, who had caused all this, knew nothing of it.

By then, he had already returned to his room and begun cultivating in seclusion for a breakthrough.

His cultivation was indeed a little too low.

But there was nothing he could do about it. A Golden Core Family had quite a few businesses.

Some matters truly were not suited for those muddleheaded members of the Lineage to handle.

Especially when dealing with people from merchant associations.

They could be sold off and still help count the other party's spirit stones—it was no exaggeration.

Inside the room.

Zhang Xuanchen sat cross-legged atop a meditation cushion and circulated the Sky Burning Wind Control Art.

In an instant, Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy gathered from all around, forming a Spiritual Power Vortex around him.

Spiritual energy surged madly into his body, swiftly coursing through his Meridians.

It let out wave after wave of humming.

Xuanxiao Mountain's Spirit Vein was as high as Third-grade Top-tier. Its spiritual energy was dense, and with the support of the Spirit Gathering Array, the Qi Refining members of the Lineage on the mountain did not need spirit stones at all to cultivate and break through.

They had never experienced the feeling of not having enough spiritual energy.

As for the Sky Burning Wind Control Art, it was a Wind and Fire Dual Attributes Golden Core Cultivation Method, enough to cultivate all the way to Late Golden Core.

It also contained three First-tier Spells: Fireball Spell, Chain Fireball Spell, and Wind Shield.

There were also two Second-tier Spells: Repelling Fire Ring!

It could instantly unleash a Circular Shockwave. Its destructive power was not high, but at critical moments, it could break free from encirclement and control the distance.

Wind Blade Technique!

It highly compressed Wind Attribute Spiritual Energy into a translucent blade of air, thin as a cicada's wing and incomparably sharp, with extremely powerful cutting force.

And one Third-tier Spell—Wind Fire Tornado! It devoured and shredded everything, its power astonishing.

Besides these, he had also cultivated several First-grade Sword Dao Spells.

They were more than enough to keep Zhang Xuanchen cultivating for a very long time.

When he first came into contact with this cultivation method, Zhang Xuanchen was deeply moved.

This was the foundation of a Golden Core Family!

Those transmigrators in the novels from his previous life had not even possessed a decent cultivation method in the early stages.

The only shortcoming was the lack of an escape technique.

After this breakthrough, he planned to visit the Family Scripture Pavilion and select an escape technique.

With a Wind Spiritual Root, how could he not learn an escape technique?

Three days later.

The spiritual energy in Zhang Xuanchen's Dantian reached its peak, and his Meridians were brimming with spiritual energy.

Suddenly, his body trembled.

The bottleneck of Late Qi Refining shattered directly!

A powerful aura burst forth from within him.

He opened his eyes, and a sharp gleam flashed through them.

He clenched his fists and felt the vast power within his body, delight surfacing in his eyes.

At fifteen, he had reached Qi Refining Level 7. With the cultivation speed granted by his Dual Spirit Root, breaking through to Foundation Establishment before the age of twenty would not be a problem.

"Now that my foundation is solid, my spiritual energy pure, and I am a sword cultivator, there is naturally nothing to say about my killing power.

"But my body is not tough enough. That is also the common flaw of all sword cultivators. Unfortunately, the Lineage does not possess a Fire Attribute Body Tempering Method, much less one with Wind and Fire Dual Attributes.

"It seems I will need to keep an eye out for this kind of cultivation method in the future."

Having identified his own weakness, Zhang Xuanchen took out the egg surrounded by spiritual energy.

Upon close inspection, golden patterns even flickered across the eggshell.

He had never expected an ordinary old hen to lay an egg containing a faint Phoenix Bloodline.

The cultivation world truly contained every strange thing under heaven.

This egg, combined with Three-leaf Orchid Grass Juice, could raise the strength of my body to the level of a First-grade Top-tier Magic Tool.

Should I eat it?

The moment this thought surfaced, Zhang Xuanchen suppressed it.

What if the demonic beast that hatched from this egg had the potential to reach Golden Core? Would that not be an enormous loss?

That was a Phoenix Bloodline. Even if it was faint, it should still be able to break through to Foundation Establishment.

It would be far better than merely strengthening his physique a little.

With that thought, Zhang Xuanchen rose and headed for the Spirit Beast Garden.

He did not know how to hatch eggs, but Thirteenth Grandfather, a Second-grade Top-tier Beast Tamer, definitely would.

Leaving it to him could not go wrong.

Because the Lineage's Spirit Beast Garden occupied a large area, it had been built beneath a protruding hill at the easternmost edge of Xuanxiao Mountain.

The Lineage's largest Spirit Lake, Moon Gazing Lake, was located there.

Within it were more than ten Second-grade Mid-tier Red Pearl Spirit Fish.

Their fish eyes contained Red Spirit Pearls, and each produced one every year.

They could improve the cultivation of Foundation Establishment Cultivators without any side effects, making them a rare and precious treasure.

However, they were extremely difficult to breed. They were still under observation, and had not yet been raised on a large scale, lest everything be lost and the capital vanish like smoke.