An Evergreen Joyful Banquet Will Be Had, a Rare Orthodox Lineage for Immortals

In the southern Zhanxian City, Chen Dengming stood with his hands behind his back, gazing out the window. He was imposing and robust, possessing a unique and extraordinary temperament.

He looked at the bustling and peaceful Zhanxian City. In just a few years, the city had become a thriving place because of the name of the True Immortals who resided there.

The city boasts numerous casinos, entertainment venues, and restaurants, attracting a large number of merchants, surpassing many bustling metropolises in the south.

Along the riverside wharves in the west of the city, various water transport and trade activities have developed rapidly, generating substantial daily profits.

Looking at Zhanxian City, which had developed to this extent in just four years, Chen Dengming couldn't help but admire Jiang Qiang's business acumen and smiled faintly.

"Qiangzi, I feel that you, who are currently the number one expert in the world, are more like the number one business expert in the world. You chose the name Zhanxian City well, and you've made good use of it. You truly deserve to be called a business talent."

Behind him, Jiang Qiang smiled and respectfully said, "Brother Chen, my original intention in naming this city 'Zhanxian City' was in your name. However, over the years, these mortals have misunderstood and regard me as a deity of Zhanxian City. This is truly..."

Jiang Qiang shook his head with a wry smile.

Chen Dengming smiled and said, "Qiangzi, do you think I care about such a little bit of empty fame? Besides, it's only been a few years since we last met, and you've already become so reserved?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Qiang scratched his head awkwardly, a more genuine smile appearing on his face. "I'm not... Brother Chen, you are, after all, False Core Great Cultivator."

"No matter what, even if I'm Golden Core Great Cultivator now, I'm still your Brother Chen."

Chen Dengming shook his head and smiled, walked to the table with his hands behind his back, picked up a wine glass, and poured two glasses.

He handed a cup to Jiang Qiang and said, "I've always told you not to take your identity as a cultivator too seriously. Don't keep calling yourself a mortal. Weren't we both mortals once?"

Jiang Qiang hurriedly accepted the gift with both hands. Hearing this, he felt both admiration and gratitude, a complex mix of emotions and shame. He nodded solemnly and said, "Brother Chen, you're right."

He was nervous and reserved just now, feeling that Chen Dengming was already False Core Great Cultivator, while he was still just a small Qi Cultivation Cultivator. After not seeing him for several years, it was inevitable that he felt nervous and uneasy.

But then it was discovered that Chen Dengming had remained consistent all these years.

When he was weak, he was so approachable, treating everyone the same, even ordinary people. And he remained so after he became powerful.

This unwavering commitment to one's original aspirations despite the passage of time and the growth of one's strength is truly admirable and moving. Only such a person would never forget their old friends, no matter how powerful they become.

Putting himself in Chen's shoes, Jiang Qiang asked himself if he would become stronger in the future, and he was afraid it would be difficult for him to maintain his original intentions as consistently as Brother Chen.

"Just!"

The two wine glasses clinked together, and Chen Dengming drank it all in one gulp. He then casually drew a wisp of Spiritual Qi from the Ancient Human Immortal Palace, patted Jiang Qiang on the shoulder, and transferred it to him before speaking.

"Qiangzi, you've taken care of the Lineage for me all these years, so naturally I won't treat you unfairly."

Jiang Qiang smiled and said, "Brother Chen, what you're saying is Qiangzi. You've saved my life several times, and I'm truly willing to do so. Besides, I really like Jing'er and Yiran very much."

As he spoke, he looked downstairs with a smile in his eyes.

Chen Dengming also looked down at the two children, a boy and a girl, who were playing together downstairs, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

Chen Yiran and Chen Jing are almost eight years old now, and have been practicing martial arts for almost two years.

Perhaps due to drinking the blood of the Black Cloud Leopard since childhood, and with Jiang Qiang often using spirit crystals to transfer a little gentle Spiritual Qi to temper their bodies, the hidden dangers of their past losses have long been eliminated. Their physiques are much stronger than those of normal children, showing excellent martial arts talent and fully inheriting Chen Dengming's martial arts mantle.

Jiang Qiang watched the two children chasing and playing nimbly, and thought to himself that it was a pity.

Unfortunately, neither of Brother Chen's two offspring possessed Spirit Root, but he couldn't say much about it.

Having no Spirit Root also has Spirit Root advantages. At least the Chen Family has its current power, and the two children can definitely live a carefree and wealthy life, but ultimately they will not be able to achieve immortality.

Jiang Qiang opened his mouth, but still managed to say, "Brother Chen, I guess my life will just pass by like this. After all, I'm already over forty years old, and I'm only at the Qi Cultivation Fifth Level of Qi Refining with a Low-grade Spiritual Root. I'm already very satisfied with my current achievements."

"Oh?"

Chen Dengming looked at Jiang Qiang and saw the satisfied smile on his face, knowing that Qiangzi was truly at peace and content.

In recent years, Jiang Qiang has established Lineage and expanded his influence in the mortal realm. He has not only gained the title of the number one martial arts master in the world, but has also married several wives and concubines and had four children. He is indeed living a very happy life.

Jiang Qiang continued in a joking tone, "This is how my life is going to be. Even if you, Brother Chen, let me go back now, I'll still be working myself to the bone every day, pursuing that tiny bit of hope of Foundation Establishment."

I'd rather marry more wives and concubines in the mortal world, have more children, and be the number one person in the world. It's better to be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond. That would be much better.

"If my child has good potential in the future, I will send him to the Cultivation World."

Chen Dengming smiled, reached out and patted Jiang Qiang on the shoulder, and said.

Don't worry!

Jiang Qiang's face immediately lit up with excitement, his skin flushed red, as if he was even more excited than if he had broken through his own cultivation level.

Because he knew that as long as Brother Chen said he could rest assured, he could absolutely rest assured.

It doesn't matter if he can't reach the Foundation Establishment. He's already had his moment of glory and enjoyed himself. He's even personally piloted the spirit boat. But he only Low-grade Spiritual Root, so what's the point of striving for it?

However, if one of his offspring were to be born with a Medium-grade Spiritual Root, with Brother Chen's support, the Jiang family might produce a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the future.

He, Jiang Qiang, also has a Foundation Establishment son who calls him "Dad".

At that moment, amidst the 'thump thump' sound, Chen Yiran and Chen Jing excitedly ran upstairs, shouting.

"Father, Father, we want to ride a leopard and fly!"

"Leopard fly, leopard fly!"

Chen Dengming laughed heartily, got up and walked over, taking one little hand in each of his, and said, "Okay, I'll take you to ride Leopard Flying."

Several days later.

Deep within the Chen Family Mansion.

Chen Dengming sat quietly in the meditation room, and his soul quickly ascended to the Ancient Human Immortal Palace through the Daoist inscriptions in his Sea of Consciousness.

He could only come into contact with or even enter the Ancient Human Immortal Palace by searching in the south.

Outside of Nanxun, although he could vaguely sense the existence of the Ancient Human Immortal Palace when practicing martial arts in a state of Unity of Heaven and Man, it always seemed as if there was a barrier between them, making it difficult to approach.

Therefore, it must be said that Nanxun is indeed a blessed land for the Human Immortal Orthodox Lineage.

At this moment, Chen Dengming's soul entered the Ancient Human Immortal Palace and instantly felt the abundant Spiritual Qi in the palace environment.

My entire being felt as if it were immersed in an ocean of Spiritual Qi, radiating spiritual light.

He suspected that the reason why Nanxun's Spiritual Qi was cut off might not be because there was never any Spiritual Qi to begin with, but because all the Spiritual Qi was absorbed into the Ancient Human Immortal Palace and the indistinct curtain behind the palace.

If someone were to obtain the complete Human Immortal Orthodox Lineage in the future, liberate the ancient palace and the Great Curtain, and allow the Spiritual Qi energy tide to return to Nanxun, thus reviving the Spiritual Qi, perhaps Nanxun would become a new small world for cultivation, and many talented Innate Martial Artist in Nanxun would break through to become cultivators.

Their descendants will be born into a Spiritual Qi environment, with all eight meridians of their Xiantian opened, and many more mortals will possess Spirit Root.

Thinking about this possibility, Chen Dengming felt that this Human Immortal Orthodox Lineage was well worth exploring.

Now, he has returned to the Ancient Human Immortal Palace, having already reached the False Core stage of cultivation, and has researched and created new Divine Ability from multiple martial arts techniques.

He wanted to try and see if he could obtain another Dao Scripture.

However, he still had no confidence in defeating the Golden Core Realm Sha Star spirit that might exist within the ancient hall.

It should be noted that the Sha Star Dongfang Huayuan had already killed a powerful figure in the Nascent Soul Early Stage while still in the Golden Core Late Stage.

Ordinary Golden Core Cultivator are no match for the Sha Star.

"The first wisp of spirit left by the Sha Star in the Ancient Human Immortal Palace was in the Foundation Establishment Early Stage."

Hopefully, the second shard of his spirit that he left behind was at the Golden Core Early Stage; perhaps then there would be a sliver of hope.

Chen Dengming strode towards the ancient hall.

This time, his main objective was to test the waters. Even though the Sha Star had left behind a nascent soul at the Golden Core Early Stage realm, his chances of winning were extremely slim. His aim was not to defeat the Sha Star, but to break through the Sha Star's blockade and access the Daoist inscriptions on the blank stone pillar.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Dengming arrived at the entrance of the ancient hall. His gaze fell on the stone pillars at the entrance, which remained motionless, and he deliberately shook them twice.

Upon discovering that the Sha Star spirits at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage on this stone pillar were not emerging at all, he felt utterly disheartened.

He even suggested warming up with this Foundation Establishment Early Stage -Foundation Establishment Early Stage Sha Star Sha Star first, to see how long it would take to defeat it now that his strength had increased.

The other party didn't give me a chance.

He continued walking into the ancient hall, his gaze fixed on the three stone pillars inside.

The three stone pillars all bear the silhouette of the Sha Star Dongfang Huayuan, except for one that does not.

He then looked to the other side.

Of the twelve stone pillars inside the hall, four were already covered in cracks, and three of the four in the middle were occupied by Sha Star. Only four other blank stone pillars remained unoccupied, all of which had Daoist inscriptions.

"Let's give it a try and see if we can steal a chicken. Why fight this Sha Star to the death?"

Chen Dengming's eyes gleamed. He moved his legs on the ground for a moment, then suddenly exerted his strength and used his Movement Method to rush towards the empty stone pillar on the other side like a gust of wind.

Almost the instant he rushed into the ancient hall, a soft whistle erupted from one of the central stone pillars.

"How dare you!"

A figure suddenly shot out from the first stone pillar in the middle, radiating a strong golden core spiritual power. The whole person seemed to be shrouded in a subtle Golden Light, majestic and domineering. His hands transformed into thousands of claw shadows, grabbing at Chen Dengming from a distance.

In an instant, a series of crackling sounds rang out in the ancient hall, causing people's minds to tremble. A fierce and domineering aura enveloped Chen Dengming's soul in the blink of an eye.

An extremely powerful pressure made it almost impossible for Chen Dengming to move an inch, as if Mount Tai was pressing down on him, and the claw shadows were as numerous as overlapping mountains, pressing down on him.

This Sha Star had actually honed his fierce claw technique to a level that was both as heavy as a mountain and as sharp as a weapon.

In that instant, Chen Dengming shook his arms, his whole body was covered by a ball of silver light, the air around him surged and collapsed, and the air itself seemed to become a deep pool.

The Spirit Devouring Technique, combined with the Daoist incantation, was unleashed at full power. A burst of silver light quickly erupted, and the resulting vortex of air barely managed to neutralize part of the incoming claw shadows.

"Whoosh!--"

Chen Dengming shot out from the weak gap in the claw shadow pressure, leaving him less than two zhang away from the stone pillar in front of him.

The Sha Star suddenly let out a long howl, and between his outstretched fingers, a dazzling Silver Light burst forth.

Roar!!!

Amazing waves of music exploded within the ancient temple!

The energy transformed into a silver dragon, its mouth opening to emit a powerful suction force, shooting towards Chen Dengming.

"Dragon-Capturing Hand?!"

Chen Dengming's eyes flashed with a strange light. Sensing that his body was being pulled back, he immediately arched his back, his two shoulder blades protruding like a crane spreading its wings. He let out a long howl and his two palms transformed into claws as he struck out at the same time.

Dao Wen flashed with Silver Light.

A powerful surge of air erupted like a tidal wave, resembling a crane with its beak open, colliding with the silver dragon.

"The Crane Soaring Skill?" The Sha Star exclaimed in surprise.

Capture the dragon and soar the crane!

The extraordinary skills that had not reappeared for many years suddenly reappeared, demonstrating the power of the Dragon- Crane Soaring Skill once again.

This pair of duo are among the most outstanding figures Nanxun has produced in many years; they are truly a match made in heaven.

With a loud rumble, the sound exploded within the hall, shaking the surrounding Spiritual Qi, causing it to surge violently and spread across the ground, stirring up thick plumes of Spiritual Qi and mist.

The crane-shaped energy barrier was instantly torn apart.

A silver dragon shot past, opened its mouth and inhaled, and Chen Dengming's figure stopped in mid-air, only a foot away from the stone pillar.

The next instant, the silver dragon coiled around him, and Chen Dengming felt as if a ten-thousand-pound boulder was pressing on his heart, his whole body felt as if it were being cut by knives, and he was directly sucked into the palm of the Sha Star.

He snorted coldly and severed the connection between the Dao script and the Ancient Human Immortal Palace.

In an instant, his soul shattered into countless tiny bubbles, just as it had before, passing by the Sha Star's distraction and plummeting downwards.

Chen Dengming suddenly awoke from the quiet room, his face pale. He felt a sharp pain in his head and involuntarily rubbed his temples, his brows furrowing.

"The Sha Star spirit on the first stone pillar in the ancient hall is indeed a Golden Core cultivator, but it might only be in the early stages. Could the one on the second stone pillar be Nascent Soul cultivator? And the one on the third pillar be Spirit Transformation?"

Thinking it over, Chen Dengming took out Zhuang Shen Dan Pill to restore his damaged spirit, and thought to himself that this was troublesome.

The Golden Core Early Stage realm, the Sha Star's Divided Spirit, is extremely powerful.

Even though he had just almost succeeded in stealing a chicken, he still couldn't escape being killed by the other party.

Clearly, the Sha Star's Divided Spirit is no longer as simple as an ordinary Golden Core Early Stage. It possesses Daoist runes, and once activated, it can easily crush him with its superior strength, killing him instantly upon contact.

If it were any other Golden Core Early Stage cultivator without Dao runes, he was confident that he could still overpower their Core Power with his own Dao runes, withstand a few blows without much problem, and easily obtain the Dao runes.

For example, back then, even if Lin He, the patriarch of the Lin family, attacked with a magic weapon, he could only injure him. It would be difficult to kill him directly, since the Dao script could break through the opponent's core power.

"This attempt failed, but we'll try again next time. The Sha Star spirit is probably on guard now, making it much harder to steal a win."

Chen Dengming felt the Medicinal Power of the Zhuang Shen Dan begin to take hold, and the throbbing pain in his brain was relieved. He immediately got up and left the quiet room.

His main purpose in returning to Nanxun was to visit his family and, at the same time, try to obtain a Dao Scripture.

Now that everything is settled, it's time to leave.

"Brother Chen, the courtyard outside is full of Martial World masters I've recruited over the years, including five Xiantian masters and one of them, Wang Shiduo."

He was close to breaking through to the threshold of becoming a cultivator, but the Spiritual Qi in this world was cut off, so I persuaded him not to break through."

Upon reaching the front hall, Jiang Qiang reported to Chen Dengming.

Chen Dengming probed out slightly and immediately sensed the various auras outside.

Among them, only Wang Shiduo possessed the strongest aura, which was close to that of a cultivator; the strongest of the rest was only at the sixth level of the Xiantian.

Of these six people, four were old acquaintances.

Although they weren't particularly close, they were all people I recognized.

After a moment's thought, Chen Dengming walked out of the hall, and Jiang Qiang immediately followed closely behind.

Outside the courtyard, the six most powerful experts from the Southern Search stood respectfully, holding their breath, waiting to be received by True Immortal Chen.

Several days ago, Master Jiang sent them a message informing them that True Immortal Chen had returned to the mortal realm and might meet with them.

They quickly dropped everything they were doing and rushed to Zhanxian City, traveling with almost all their might.

At this moment, whether True Immortal Chen saw them or not, they were already extremely nervous and excited.

Suddenly, all six of them felt a chill run down their spines as a terrifying pressure appeared from the house in front of them.

"True Immortal Chen!"

All six of them felt a tightness in their chests and quickly bowed their heads in respect, not daring to offend the immortal countenance.

Chen Dengming looked at the five men and one woman in the courtyard. Almost all of them were middle-aged or even elderly, and some of them looked familiar.

He smiled faintly and said, "Fu Shaogang, Yuan Shufen, Nalan, and you, Wang Shiduo, are all old friends from my time."

The two whose names weren't called both looked envious and disappointed, secretly regretting that they broke through to the Xiantian too late and didn't have the good fortune to meet True Immortal Chen.

The four people whose names were called were all startled, their eyes filled with excitement and emotion, but they still dared not look up.

To their surprise, True Immortal Chen actually remembered their names and was willing to call them by name; this was already a great honor.

A complex emotion flickered in Wang Shiduo's eyes. He and Chen Dengming had participated in the Ascension Convention together.

He thought that with the wonderful methods given to him by the immortals over the years, he could cultivate to become an immortal and wouldn't be much worse than Chen Dengming and others who went to the Cultivation World.

But in retrospect, his idea at the time was a naive joke.

Chen Dengming is now a highly respected figure in the Cultivation World, even revered by a genuine immortal Immortal Master like Master Jiang who descended to earth.

"Get up, everyone. You don't need to bend over to talk to me."

Chen Dengming waved his hand.

Wang Shiduo and the others, who had been bending over, immediately straightened up, only daring to cautiously sized up Chen Dengming.

Seeing that Chen Dengming still looked the same as before, and even seemed to be much younger, with white hair at his temples that did not give him a sense of aging, but instead gave him a sense of majestic immortal power, the group of people became even more reserved.

Chen Dengming could tell at a glance what these people were nervous about and what they were thinking.

Just like back at the Ascension Convention, cultivators could see through the thoughts of mortals and immortals at a glance.

"Qiangzi, it seems they all want me to pass on Immortal Method and elixirs, and even want me to take them to the Cultivation World."

Chen Dengming smiled and transmitted his voice to Jiang Qiang.

Jiang Qiang responded, "Brother Chen, I've already tested them. Except for Wang Shiduo, who has inferior Spirit Root, none of them possess Spirit Root. They just want some pills to strengthen their bodies."

Chen Dengming nodded slightly.

He could bestow elixirs with ease.

However, he was not obligated to grant Wang Shiduo's request to go to the Cultivation World.

He had already given this person some benefits like Pure Peace Pill back then, and Jiang Qiang had also cultivated and promoted him over the years. It wouldn't be appropriate to continue giving him benefits indefinitely.

Ultimately, the Chen Family isn't running a charity. These people are just fellow villagers; they don't have any deep friendships. If they want to gain more, they have to give more, such as protecting the Chen Family.

At Chen Dengming's instruction.

Wang Shiduo and the others attacked Jiang Qiang together, each unleashing their full power.

The result was, without exception, that they were all defeated by Jiang Qiang.

However, these people also successfully depleted 50% of Jiang Qiang's Spiritual Qi.

Unfortunately, the power of Qi Cultivation Cultivator's Technique Method was reduced by more than ten times, and their casting speed was also significantly reduced.

Under such circumstances, Jiang Qiang was able to defeat six people on his own because he had also cultivated martial arts and movement Movement Method over the years, which improved his combat strength. Otherwise, even if he could kill all six of them, he would still have died.

This also shows that if enough Innate Martial Artist are recruited, they still pose a significant threat to Qi Cultivation Cultivator who descend to the mortal realm.

Chen Dengming bestowed some pills upon the six men as a reward and offered them encouragement before departing.

The six were overjoyed to receive the miraculous medicine, but Wang Shiduo was quite disappointed.

However, he also knew very well that True Immortal Chen had already been good enough to him.

If asked what contributions he had made to the Chen Family, he honestly replied that the value he had created for the Chen Family was far less than the investment the Chen Family had made in him, so how could he dare to ask for more?

Two days later, Chen Dengming entered the Ancient Human Immortal Palace again and tried to steal the chicken once more, but unsurprisingly, he failed again.

He immediately bid farewell to Jiang Qiang and his family, and rode away on his Black Cloud Leopard.

In the mortal realm, martial arts masters attempted to follow his departing figure, searching for traces of his immortality.

In the end, all they could do was helplessly watch as the Black Cloud Leopard flew into the clouds and disappeared.

From then on, another legend emerged in the martial arts world of the Martial World: True Immortal Chen rode away on a leopard, appearing and disappearing like a dragon whose head is seen but not its tail.

At this very moment.

Beyond the South.

Inside the Evergreen Sect, a joyous and lively scene unfolded. The entire sect had been decorated in advance in a magnificent and solemn manner, with red silk and fresh flowers adorning every corner, creating an exceptionally festive atmosphere. The disciples within the sect were all beaming with joy.

The Evergreen Sect had already sent out invitations to many surrounding Immortal Sect for a celebratory banquet, inviting fellow Immortal Sect to come to the Evergreen Sect to attend the wedding banquet of the 'Evergreen Immortal Couple'.

This grand event will be officially held on an auspicious day in half a month.

The Evergreen Immortal Couple will be united in marriage under the witness of the Golden Elixir Longevity Sect and the Golden Core Great Cultivator, and will embark on the Great Path of Golden Elixir together in the future.

Such a grand event had already spread like wildfire throughout the area surrounding the Evergreen Sect, and even the mortal world had heard of it.

Many Rogue Cultivator talked with great interest about the Evergreen Immortal Couple. The woman He Yingyu, was incomparably beautiful, a rare beauty, and a master of weapon refining with the strength of the Foundation Establishment Late Stage. The man, on the other hand, was handsome and dashing, and was now False Core Great Cultivator with formidable strength.

The union of these two can be described as a match made in heaven, and it is a blessing for the Evergreen Sect to have such a perfect couple.

The cave abode where He Yingyu was located was already filled with jewels and precious stones, and all kinds of congratulatory gifts that had been delivered in advance were piled up in a small room.

"Weiwei, do you think this looks good?"

He Yingyu sat gracefully in front of the dressing table, her face flushed, and asked Xu Wei a question.

She wore a magpie feather crown and held a flower feather in her hand; she was beautiful, charming, and stunning.

Xu Wei was about to respond with a smile when she suddenly heard a leopard roar and immediately whispered.

"Brother Chen is back."

He Yingyu was taken aback, watching Xu Wei float away like a ghost, and said reproachfully, "Your soul has been following your Brother Chen around the whole time."

As soon as she finished speaking, she was already dressed in red, turned around and walked out of the cave abode, overjoyed.

She was genuinely afraid that Chen Dengming would linger in the south and forget about their wedding banquet, which would make the Evergreen Immortal Couple a laughingstock.

Chen Dengming was somewhat dazed as he looked at He Yingyu's bright and beautiful appearance in her red dress.

If we really get married, it'll be in the Cultivation World.

He was a wretched old man who had crawled out of a poor place, and he married a beautiful and wealthy woman from the Evergreen Sect, who was forty or fifty years younger than him.

This is a plot rarely seen even in novels, but it has actually happened to him, making others envious.

My friends have been experimenting with this lately, so I'll be recommending more books. One friend recommended a book he wrote; you can check it out if you're interested. It's probably the global martial arts genre.