Spirit Sunflower Secret Realm
On the sixth day of the sixth month of the new Celestial Calendar, 4053, the sky was cloudless.
Five children are playing in a pond in the Tang Household cemetery behind Dangwu Village.
Thirty-year-old Tang Tiandong smiled as he glanced at the five children playing, then bent down to fill a wine glass on the ground. He looked at his eldest brother Tang Tiansong's tombstone and said, "Brother, it's been eleven years since you left us. I hope you're doing well over there."
I've said many of these things before, but I'll repeat them to you again, brother.
Our father specially compiled a sixteen-character family genealogy: Heavenly stars shine brightly, the spirit is abundant and long-lasting, the mysteries extend and blessings abound, and the immortal fortune is eternally prosperous.
Your son's name is Tang Xingxiang. He is eleven years old this year and is born with Aperture Opener. When Tianya returns in a while, he can teach Tianya to circulate his energy through the body.
Haha, I have three children: Tang Xinghe, who is eight years old; Tang Xingjing, who is six years old; and Tang Xingyu, who is five years old.
Tianzi and Cui Xueyong's child has taken the surname Tang and is seven years old this year, named Tang Xingle.
A gentle breeze caressed his face, and Tang Tiandong smiled, then frowned slightly. "Brother Tang Miao has changed his surname to Qin. He went back to Dangwu Village last month, but after ten years of traveling all over the Purple Mother Continent, he still has no news of Sixth Brother Tianshu."
My second sister, Tianlan, plans to go to the distant Nether Cold Continent in the north with Qin Miao next month to see if they can find the Tianshu.
That's for the best. Although Qin Miao isn't related to us by blood, he did share the surname "Tang" and Dangwu Village. The bond between him and my second sister, Tianlan, is bound to be gossiped about by some unscrupulous people. It's actually better that they left Dangwu Village together...
"Fourth Uncle, look! An immortal is coming!" Tang Xingxiang shouted loudly, pointing eastward.
Tang Tiandong frowned as he looked towards the eastern horizon, then smiled and said, "Your Sword Immortal Fifth Uncle, Tianya, is back. You lot, come here quickly and line up."
"Wow, Uncle Sword Immortal is back."
"Tang Household cultivators, listen to my command! Quickly straighten your clothes and follow me to pay respects to our beloved fifth uncle, the Sword Immortal." Tang Xingxiang straightened his chest.
"Yes, sir!" The four children stood up unsteadily and raised their heads...
As they were speaking, a white streak of light streaked across the sky and landed outside the cemetery.
Dressed in white, Tang Tianya straightened his clothes and solemnly entered the cemetery. He stood before Tang Tiansong's tombstone, lit three sticks of incense, and bowed respectfully. "Brother, your fifth brother has come to see you."
After paying his respects to Tang Tiansong, Tang Tianya hugged each of his five nephews and chatted and laughed with them for about half an hour before sitting down with Tang Tiandong in front of Tang Tiansong's tombstone.
"Fourth Brother, thanks to the resources provided by the Lineage, I have been in the Azure Origin Sect for eleven years and have now reached the Qi Refinement Sixth Layer Refining."
"Most of the Lineage's resources were given to me, but your, your second sister's, your third sister's, and your brother-in-law's cultivation has progressed rather slowly." Tang Tianya looked grateful.
Tang Tiandong waved his hand. "Your cultivation has improved so quickly mainly because you have exceptional talent; you are a future sword immortal."
How do you rate your current strength?
"Brother, although I'm only at the Qi Refinement Sixth Layer right now, I'm skilled in swordsmanship and can hold my own against cultivators at the Late-stage Qi Refinement."
"Your sect isn't allowed to return home only once every three years. You just went home last year, so why are you able to come back this time?"
"Do you need some supplies? Do you need support from your family?" Tang Tiandong asked with concern.
"My family has given me enough supplies, and they also gave me the Seven Stars Sword that my father left me. I don't lack supplies." Tang Tianya waved his hand to create a soundproof barrier. "Brother, Master gave me news: the Spirit Sunflower Secret Realm in the Northern Heaven Nether Cold Continent will open in five or six years."
Because the Spirit Sunflower Secret Realm does not belong to the Purple Mother Continent, Master said that only one-tenth of the heavenly materials and earthly treasures obtained in the Spirit Sunflower Secret Realm need to be given to the sect.
Because of the Heavenly Dao's restrictions, cultivators with Qi Refinement Tenth Layer, Qi Refinement Great Perfection, and above cannot enter. In other words, the cultivators who can enter the Spirit Sunflower Secret Realm have a cultivation level of no more than Qi Refinement Ninth Layer.
The Spirit Sunflower Secret Realm contains the main ingredient for refining Foundation Establishment Pill Foundation Establishment, so I plan to go there. If I'm lucky enough to obtain the main ingredient, I plan to keep one for myself and also leave one for my father and Lineage.
Therefore, I need to go into seclusion for five years. For the next five years, I may not be able to come to Dangwu Village.
Tang Tiandong nodded. "Don't worry about things at home, just focus on your cultivation."
Although our second sister, Tianlan, is at the Qi Refinement Third Layer Refining, and Qin Miao is at the Qi Refinement Fifth Layer level, because they are going out, and our brother-in-law, Cui Xueyong, is also at the Qi Refinement Third Layer and resides in our Dangwu Village, if we don't count the three of them, our Tang Household still has seven Qi Refinement cultivators. We are now considered quite prominent among the various cultivation Lineage in Gazing Dragon Lake, ranking among the top fifteen..."
Tang Tiandong gave Tang Tianya a brief overview of the Tang Household's current strength: The Tang Household currently governs about 80,000 mortals and has more than 50 cultivators.
Among them, there were six Qi Refinement: Tang Tiandong at the Qi Refining Second Layer, Tang Tiandong's wife, Tong Lingling, at the Qi Refining Fourth Layer, Tang Tianzi at the Qi Refinement Third Layer, the Zhou father and son at the Qi Refining Second Layer, and the Chen brothers at the Qi Refining First Layer.
Furthermore, Tang Qilang —the white lynx—is at the Qi Refining Second Layer, and Tong Lingling's family is also a Foundation Establishment cultivation Lineage with Foundation Establishment cultivators. Therefore, apart from the three major Foundation Establishment cultivation Lineage, the Tang Household's overall strength ranks among the top fifteen cultivation Lineage in Gazing Dragon Lake...
Listening to his fourth brother recount the Lineage's history, Tang Tianya nodded with satisfaction...
... Time flies, and five years have passed in the blink of an eye...
On the third day of the third month of the year 4058 in the New Immortal Calendar, in the Kunling Palace of the Blood Yin Sect on the Northern Heaven Nether Cold Continent.
"Disciples, listen to my command! Your opportunity to make contributions to the Blood Yin Sect has arrived."
The Spiritual Qi is currently scarce, and medicinal herbs that can enhance Spiritual Qi are extremely rare.
One month later, the Spirit Sunflower Secret Realm opened, where there were many medicinal materials for refining pills, especially the three main ingredients for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill: Monkey Foundation Grass, Fire Spirit Mushroom, and Heavenly Profound Fruit.
Monkey Foundation Grass also involves some elixirs needed by the Purple Mansion True Person, and my Blood Yin Sect urgently needs to obtain Monkey Foundation Grass.
Many sects in the Northern Wilderness Land will send disciples there, including so-called prestigious sects, to gather spirit medicine.
The sect planned to send you to gather spirit medicine as well, but the Spirit Sunflower Secret Realm is suppressed by spiritual energy, and only disciples with Qi Refinement Tenth Layer can go. Therefore, the sect arranged for you disciples who have been disciples for less than twenty years to go.
There's strength in numbers, and the more people who go, the better.
However, those despicable so-called righteous sects only allowed my Blood Yin Sect to send a maximum of sixteen disciples.
"You fifteen people have all reached the Qi Refining Seventh Layer. Are you willing to go?" The Right Protector of the Blood Yin Sect asked with a gloomy expression.
The fifteen young disciples standing there moved slightly and accepted the decree.
Standing in the corner, Tang Tianshu sighed softly, finally relieved—he was only at the Qi Refining Fifth Layer, so he didn't need to go to the Spirit Sunflower Secret Realm.
I've been a member of the Blood Yin Sect for five years now, and I'm twenty-five years old, but I'm only at the Qi Refinement Fifth Layer.
He thought that by bleeding himself and using the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation handkerchief, he could increase the lifespan of the spiritual herbs, but the Blood Yin Sect was located in a harsh and cold place where there were hardly any spiritual herbs to cultivate.
Tang Tianshu had tried the few spiritual herbs he had tried, but most of them could not increase the medicinal lifespan of the herbs.
Therefore, Tang Tianshu's cultivation progressed relatively slowly. If he hadn't been a cultivation vessel, he probably would have been blasted off the mountain long ago...