The Secret Realm Entrance
"Hehe, no wonder you threatened your father by making you a Buddhism disciple." Tang Miao chuckled in agreement, but he was already determined to visit Emptiness and Form Temple in a while.
"Brother Miao, do you smell anything strange?" Cui Xueyong frowned.
Oh no!
Tiansong burned the meat again. This was a mountain rabbit that I chased for an hour to catch, and Tiansong is really wasting it.
"No, Brother Miao, your cooking skills are superior, you should make dinner."
"Okay, I'll cook again today. Xueyong, you can learn from me."
"Being a better cook is definitely a plus in front of Tianzi," Tang Miao laughed heartily.
The two got up and returned, but Cui Xueyong thought to himself: They were born of the same mother, Tang Miao was a congenital [Aperture Opener], with a top-grade Superior Spirit Root and a naturally born Vajra Sacred Body.
His two younger brothers, Tang Jincan and Tang Jin Feng, were not Aperture Opener and had Mediocre Spirit Root. Furthermore, Tang Miao's parents did not love their eldest son.
Could it be that Tang Miao isn't Tang Xiao's child?...
While Tang Miao and Cui Xueyong were engaged in a lively discussion, the brothers Tang Tiansong and Tang Tiandong also used soundproof barriers to whisper among themselves.
"Brother, it's true that you have Earth Spirit Root, but your Spirit Root is not as good as Tang Miao's top -High-Grade Spirit Root."
Brother, you reached the Meridian Opening Sixth Layer in just three years, and you're about to Meridian Opening Seventh Layer, the Linking Vessel Gathering Stage Realm.
Your cultivation level has improved too quickly; this may be detrimental to your future cultivation.
"Although Father has prepared the Spiritual Qi we need to absorb to advance our cultivation level, absorbing it in a hasty manner will leave a hidden danger, and may cause the Spiritual Qi in your body to become chaotic and unstable." Tang Tiandong looked worried.
"Over the past three years, we have killed Demon Beast and obtained beast cores, which we have exchanged for pills that can accelerate our cultivation at the Huai'an City Market in Heavenly River Commandery."
Over the past three years, I have consumed most of these pills.
"I know that I'm spending less time peacefully absorbing the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, which will affect my cultivation in the future, and I may never be able to achieve Foundation Establishment in this lifetime." Tang Tiansong sighed softly.
"But don't forget, the so-called land north of Gazing Dragon Lake, centered on our Dangwu Village, only has about ten years left before a great fortuitous opportunity arises."
There must be many people coveting this great fortuitous opportunity.
In any case, I want to reach the Qi Refining Stage as soon as possible, so that I can be a fighting force.
In this way, when a great fortuitous opportunity arises and a powerful enemy invades, our Tang Household will not become fish on someone else's chopping block.
"But..." Tang Tiansong was about to continue speaking, but seeing Tang Miao and the other person approaching, he removed the soundproof barrier and remained silent.
"My dear brother Tiansong, you are like a brother to me."
How did you burn the meat again? This rabbit took me ages to catch! Let Brother Miao grill it.
"Especially the two golden carp I caught, I want to grill them myself." Cui Xueyong looked regretful.
Oh, it's all my fault.
"I was preoccupied with something while grilling the meat, and I spaced out for a moment, which is why I burned it." Tang Tiansong scratched his head awkwardly.
Cui Xueyong, tidying up the golden carp, said with envy, "My dear brother."
Although it's true that you have Earth Spirit Root, you only took three years to Meridian Opening Sixth Layer of cultivation, and you'll soon be Meridian Opening Seventh Layer.
Your cultivation level has improved at an Celestial Person speed, so what else do you have to worry about?
At this rate of cultivation, I estimate you will definitely reach the Qi Refinement Refining stage within the next ten years.
On the path of cultivation, if one can reach the Foundation Establishment before the age of sixty, then one has the potential to reach the true True Person level: the Heavenly Gate Realm.
My grandfather has been in seclusion for nearly thirty years, but he has not yet achieved the Foundation Establishment.
I think Tiansong, you might be able to reach the Foundation Establishment before you turn forty.
Once you reach the Foundation Establishment stage, you'll be able to roam freely within a radius of tens of thousands of miles Gazing Dragon Lake.
Even the three major cultivation Lineage south of Gazing Dragon Lake — the Tong Household, Wei Household, and Chu Household —along with the Hua Household, Yun Household, and Fang Household families of Dragon Breath Valley, will definitely take the initiative to visit you.
Even the Wu Household, a renowned Aristocratic Clan cultivators in Pingyang Commandery, might form a marriage alliance with your Tang Household.
"I really don't know, Tiansong, what are you still worried about?"
Above the Meridian Opening is the Qi Refinement, and above the Qi Refinement is the Foundation Establishment.
Only by reaching the Foundation Establishment stage can one truly establish oneself in the dog-eat-dog world of cultivation.
Tang Tiansong knew in his heart that he had only been able to make such rapid progress in his cultivation by forcefully absorbing Spiritual Qi and frantically consuming pills, and that he might have no hope of Foundation Establishment in this lifetime.
However, he was hoping to obtain some key elixirs and heavenly materials and earthly treasures so that Tianlan, Tianzi, and Tiandong could successfully Foundation Establishment before the age of sixty.
Even if only one of them can successfully Foundation Establishment before the age of sixty, then the Tang Household, as Cui Xueyong said, can become a true cultivation Lineage and withstand some risks.
"Xueyong, you're not an outsider either."
In my heart, Tang Tiansong, I have already accepted that you are my brother-in-law.
"I can tell you my concerns." Tang Tiansong glanced at Tang Tianzi. "In the past three years, with the help of the white lynx and your assistance, Cui Xueyong, we, the Tang Household siblings, have been able to help each other."
Although we dare not venture deep into the Three Graves Mountain Three Graves Mountain, we have already obtained quite a few spiritual herbs and spirit medicine on its outskirts.
In particular, the beast cores obtained after killing the Demon Beast were quite a rewarding harvest.
We sell these beast cores in Huai'an City to exchange for Spirit Stone or pills.
Because we are united, we have recently obtained quite a few beast cores from Qi Refining Stage Demon Beast beasts.
However, in the shops of Huai'an City, beast cores for the Meridian Opening Stage are in high demand, but those for the Qi Refining Stage are not in high demand.
While pills for the Meridian Opening Stage are easy to obtain, pills for the Qi Refining Stage are very difficult to acquire.
Even if Qi Refining Stage pills occasionally appeared on the market, they were all snatched up by others, and we never got a chance.
The white lynx had also warned us that we should stop killing Qi Refining Stage Demon Beast in Three Graves Mountain, as it had already angered the large beasts Three Graves Mountain.
So I want to kill some more Qi Refining Stage Demon Beast before the great beast of Three Graves Mountain issues its final ultimatum, and obtain beast cores to accumulate some Qi Refining Stage pills."
"Qi Refining Stage Demon Beast are the foundation of the beast race. If we kill too many, the beast race will definitely be dissatisfied." Cui Xueyong smiled. "Mortal cultivators, as long as they have a little talent for cultivation, most of them are stuck at the Qi Refining Stage, so Qi Refining Stage pills are extremely scarce."
However, I know of a market where, although there aren't many pills for the Qi Refining Stage, you can still buy or exchange some if you frequent it."
"Where? Is it far?" Tang Tiansong's eyes lit up immediately.
Cui Xueyong, with the air of an old man, stroked his bluish chin and said in a deliberately profound tone, "It's far away yet right before our eyes; this market town is right at the doorstep of our Tang Household."
At the entrance of the Tang Household?
Could there be an entrance to a secret realm in front of the Tang Household?
The Tang Household siblings were immediately filled with confusion...