The Land Where a Dragon Might Rise

Just as they learned from Huai'an City, and based on their own insights, the Tang Household siblings discovered that Gazing Dragon Lake, within a radius of a thousand miles, was indeed a place lacking in Spiritual Qi.

The Carefree Cave, with its spiritual spring, has a Spiritual Qi concentration more than ten times that of the outside.

If they were to cultivate outside, even if Tang Yuan had prepared the Cultivation Method manual and Spiritual Qi, the four Tang Household siblings, except for Tang Tiansong who had Earth Spirit Root, would probably need at least thirty or forty years to reach the Qi Refining First Layer.

"Tiandong, your third sister and I are women after all, and Tianya and Tianshu are still young."

"From now on, the Tang Household will still need your protection, eldest brother." Tang Tianlan patted Tang Tiandong on the shoulder.

"You don't know until you cultivate immortality that it's true. Only after cultivating immortality can you truly feel that people are born unequal."

Regardless of innate talent for cultivating immortality, the concentration of Spiritual Qi varies from place to place.

Our Prosperous Dragon Lake area is indeed a place lacking in Spiritual Qi.

If the Spiritual Qi concentration of Gazing Dragon Lake is considered one, then the average Spiritual Qi concentration of Pingyang Commandery in the east and Danyang Commandery in the south must be ten.

Meanwhile, the average Spiritual Qi concentration in Dragon Breath Valley, occupied by the three major cultivation Lineage of Hua, Yun, and Fang in the east, must be around twenty.

The Carefree Cave, which has some small spiritual springs, has a Spiritual Qi concentration of less than 15.

The Spiritual Qi concentration of Dragon Creek Mountain in Cui Household Village must be around thirty.

Even the extremely dangerous Three Graves Mountain to the north has a Spiritual Qi concentration of over 20.

According to the descriptions of the Rogue Cultivator in Huai'an City, the Spiritual Qi concentration of the sacred mountains and peaks occupied by those immortal cultivation sects must be over one hundred percent.

The path to immortality is a dog-eat-dog world.

If you want to improve your strength as quickly as possible, you still need to go to places with high concentrations of Spiritual Qi energy.

I've also inquired about it. The Azure Origin Sect, which manages the cultivation sect here, has a minimum requirement for recruiting disciples: they must be under eighteen years old and have reached the Meridian Opening Sixth Layer, the Lower Yang Stage.

My sister is already sixteen this year, and there's no way she can enter a sect to cultivate.

You and Tianzi are only fourteen this year, so there is still hope for you to enter the Azure Origin Sect.

If anyone in our Tang Household is a disciple of the Azure Origin Sect, we won't be easily bullied by others.

Tiandong, you should go into your cave abode and meditate.

Tang Tiandong scratched his head. "Second Sister, I'm a bit restless today and can't fully enter a meditative state. I won't go to the cave abode to meditate today."

Tang Tianlan frowned slightly, "Are you worried about my elder brother...?"

Nodding, Tang Tiandong pursed his lips, "Sister, although the guest elder of the Cui Household we invited this time, Shen Kun, is Qi Refining First Layer, killing a Meridian Opening Sixth Layer demon rat should be a piece of cake for him."

But I don't know why, I always feel a little worried.

With a quick flick of his fingers, Tang Tiandong created a soundproof barrier. "Sister."

Although my older brother told Zhou Yi that he would be back no later than the afternoon of the day after tomorrow.

But my older brother told me that if he hasn't returned by midnight tonight, then we should assume he's dead.

Tonight, my whole family must make a great escape and flee to Huai'an City.

We are cultivators now; no one can stop us.

We will return to Dangwu Yuan when things have calmed down; we must return.

Because my father told my eldest brother, "This Dragon-Gazing Lake Desert may be the place where our Tang Household rose to prominence."

Hearing this, Tang Tianlan frowned. "How could the Dragon-Gazing Lake Desert, with its almost nonexistent Spiritual Qi, possibly be the place where my Tang Household rose to prominence?"...

... Outside the mine, Tang Tiansong stared intently at the mine: the howls of wild beasts echoed continuously from inside.

Before three incense sticks had burned, a foul, bloody Blood Qi erupted from the mine, assaulting our senses.

Tang Tiansong held his breath to prevent himself from vomiting.

Bang!

A giant rat tail, over ten feet long and as thick as a person's waist, flew out of the mine, and Shen Kun walked out of the mine with a smug look on his face.

Tang Tiansong was overjoyed and quickly took a few steps forward, cupping his hands in a respectful bow, "Thank you very much, Immortal Master, for helping me slay the demon rat."

Shen Kun took out the spirit incantation contract and frowned slightly. "Use your Spiritual Qi to sign this contract."

"So I can go back and report to Cui Lihai, the head of the Cui Household family."

"Oh well.

"Immortal Master, where... where is the corpse of this demon rat?" Tang Tiansong took the spirit incantation contract.

"Isn't this the demon rat's tail?" Shen Kun glanced coldly at the rat's tail on the ground.

"I have slain the demon rat and burned it with spiritual fire."

It's a pity I forgot to retrieve the beast pill.

how?

You don't believe me?!

If you don't believe me, you can go look in the mine; perhaps the Demon Beast's bones haven't been completely burned yet.

However, I should warn you that there are also some giant centipedes and rodents in the mine.

Although none of them have awakened their intelligence, with your current cultivation level of Meridian Opening First Layer, encountering them would likely be extremely dangerous.

No, no.

The immortal master has misunderstood.

Tiansong didn't disbelieve that the immortal master had already killed the demon rat; rather, the demon rat's pelt could be sold...

"Now that the Immortal Master has already burned the demon rat's corpse, there's no need for Tiansong." Tang Tiansong quickly signed the spirit incantation contract.

Shen Kun put away the spirit contract, made a hand seal, and said, "There might still be Demon Beast nearby. You should leave quickly too," before stepping onto the flying shuttle and speeding away.

Tang Tiansong glanced at the unfathomable mine shaft, but ultimately didn't dare to go in.

Glancing at the piles of human bones on both sides of the cave entrance, Tang Tiansong sighed softly and went to the half-collapsed shed to find a pickaxe and a hoe: he wanted to dig a pit and bury the piles of bones at the cave entrance.

After all, they were all former villagers of Wudang Village and nearby villages. When someone dies, it's best to bury them for peace...

Looking at the villagers' remains in the giant pit, Tang Tiansong felt inexplicably sad.

With a sigh, Tang Tiansong was about to shovel the soil when a stench emanated from behind him.

Turning his head, Tang Tiansong stood frozen in place: a pair of scarlet eyes the size of bowls were staring at him.

Two-foot-long fangs were right in front of them.

A warm, pungent odor wafted towards me.

The demon rat didn't die! It just lost a tail.

Tang Pingan had seen the demon rat before when he came with the villagers to offer tribute.

That damned Shen Kun lied to me; he didn't kill the demon rat at all.

Watching the enraged demon rat pounce on him, Tang Tiansong involuntarily murmured, "My life is over..."

Seeing the demonic rat rushing towards him, Tang Tiansong hurriedly made a hand seal with his right hand, creating a golden protective shield to protect his body.

Puff!

Bang!

Although Shen Kun had already cut off the demon rat's tail, seeing its bruised and swollen face, Shen Kun still gave it a good beating.

However, the demon rat was only at the Meridian Opening Sixth Layer stage, while Tang Tiansong had only been cultivating for about a month. The golden light protective shield could barely hold up.

Faced with the demon rat's claw attack, Tang Tiansong's protective shield was utterly vulnerable.

The demon rat shattered the protective shield with one claw and grabbed Tang Tiansong's chest with the other.

Struck by the demon rat's claw, Tang Tiansong was sent flying more than ten feet away, crashing to the ground.

Blood flowed from his mouth as he looked at his body: his chest had been torn open by the demon rats, and his white ribs were faintly visible.

If the demon rat hadn't been injured and its strength lessened, and if it weren't for the Golden Light Shield blocking its way, Tang Tiansong's heart would surely have been ripped out by now.

They can't beat them in a fight, and they can't outrun them.

Without hesitation, Tang Tiansong endured the excruciating pain and ran towards the mine.

Awooo!

The demon rat roared and chased after Tang Tiansong with lightning speed.

Having run a dozen or so feet into the mine, Tang Tiansong already sensed the demonic rat was almost upon him...