Attending the Ceremony

Qi Consumption Path.

Ancient Shu.

Hu Family.

The Hu Family's ancestor had originally been nothing more than an ordinary mortal. By a stroke of luck, he obtained the inheritance of a Qi Consumption rogue cultivator and entered the Dao, developing step by step until the family became what it was today—a Dao Foundation clan. They had truly endured countless trials of blood and tears.

Moreover, the clan's inheritances were rather mixed; they even included Secret Treasury methods...

Because of this, they had suffered a terrible loss. Back then, Hu Guichen, a peerless prodigy who had formed his Dao Foundation early and was considered a Violet Palace seed, had been lured away by the Horse-Headed Vajra Temple of the Secret Treasury Domain to become a monk, taking the Dharma name Duoji...

By this point, the Hu Family had completely forbidden the inheritance of Secret Treasury methods within the clan, fearing them as one would fear venomous snakes and scorpions.

Black Tea Mountain.

A stretch of buildings sprawled across the land. This was the Hu Family's ancestral ground.

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The spiritual aura here was abundant, and after years of cultivation, swathes of spirit fields now covered the area. Numerous buildings had been erected and protected by formations—a truly vast family estate.

"Very good..."

A radiance of [Root Earth] descended, revealing a middle-aged man in black robes. He was Hu Zhaoming, the current head of the Hu Family, a mid-stage Dao Foundation cultivator who practiced the [Root Earth] Black Cloud Everdark Scripture. Looking at the spirit rice and tea trees in the fields, a trace of relief appeared on his face. "That Mystic Heart Nondual Tree should yield seven Heart-Change Leaves this year. With those offered atop the cliff, we should barely be able to meet the requirement..."

Following behind Hu Zhaoming was