Lifespan

noon.

After everyone finished their cultivation, they finally had the opportunity to gather around Lin Xiao and chat about various topics.

Especially Jiang Youfu.

He wanted to tell Lin Xiao every single detail of what he had eaten and done each day during this period.

This was the first time in his life, since he could remember, that he had been separated from his Brother Xiao, for so long.

After learning that he had successfully broken through to the Golden Core, everyone asked him what it felt like to be in the Golden Core Stage.

Lin Xiao thought for a moment, then, instead of using a martial analogy, pointed towards the spirit fields within the sect and said:

"With fields as large as the spirit fields in our sect, I can irrigate ten or even a hundred times that area with a wave of my hand."

"Oh--!"

After hearing his description, most people, with the exception of a few, were amazed.

At the same time, many people were thinking that if they reached the Golden Core Stage someday, wouldn't they be able to cultivate even more land? They could easily cultivate a large area of land!

Then everyone heard Lin Xiao say:

"After achieving the Golden Core, I seem to have suddenly gained some awareness of my lifespan. If nothing unexpected happens, I should be able to live peacefully to over three hundred years old."

"Over three hundred years old!"

"Wow! Brother Xiao, does that mean you're going to become an old immortal?!"

Then Liao Pantu from the side:

"This is nothing. Once you reach the Nascent Soul, you'll still have a lifespan of around eight hundred years."

Generally speaking, there isn't an absolutely precise lifespan for each realm.

There is only a general range.

For example, the Golden Core is around 350 years old, while the Nascent Soul stage is around 800 years old.

The exact amount depends on the individual's level of self-cultivation and the degree of care they take for their physical and mental well-being.

If someone's cultivation relies entirely on elixirs, and their breakthroughs depend on sheer luck and a brush with death rather than the steady progress of the past, and their State of Mind is unstable, with their body and mind riddled with open and hidden injuries, even if they desperately try to hold on and not lose their cultivation level, their lifespan will inevitably be the shortest among those of the same cultivation level.

However, if one's cultivation is improved very steadily, and both State of Mind and cultivation are particularly stable and solid, then one's lifespan will inevitably be the longest among those at the same realm.

After Liao Pantu explained it to everyone, everyone silently made a mental note of it, determined to proceed steadily and not be impatient for quick results.

Jiang Youfu, however, was becoming somewhat unsettled.

He asked with slight anxiety:

"Then, what about me, who went straight from the Qi Refining Sixth Layer to Foundation Establishment in just one day? What should I do? Brother Xiao, will I be the shortest-lived among us...?"

Lin Xiao wasn't sure about this either, but he felt that Fuzi's situation must be different from those with unstable foundations. He was about to offer some words of comfort when Senior Liao spoke first:

"Little fatty, do you know why you reached the Foundation Establishment in just one day?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Youfu shook his head in confusion.

At that time, everyone was just happy to see him suddenly Foundation Establishment, and Lin Xiao, because he was in a hurry to arrange his seclusion, didn't have a chance to say anything to him.

Jiang Youfu himself never asked, after all, he had no idea that there were so many intricacies to cultivating immortality. He only thought that he had reached the Foundation Establishment and could barely keep up with Brother Xiao's pace. He happily cooked every day and never thought of asking a single question.

Seeing this, Liao Pantu suppressed his envy and replied:

"Cases like yours, where one suddenly achieves enlightenment and directly Foundation Establishment, are extremely rare in the Immortal Cultivation Realm. I've only ever heard of them in rumors."

It is said that those who achieve enlightenment and directly Foundation Establishment in a single day, like you, do so because they have formed their own foundation, following nature, rather than borrowing from others' paths or imitating them. Their foundation is nurtured by the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and earth. This kind of Foundation Establishment is the most solid of all, so you have absolutely nothing to worry about."

After hearing Liao Pantu's explanation, Jiang Youfu was relieved and looked at Lin Xiao and the others with a smile:

"Hehe, then I won't die young, hehe."

Everyone was very happy for him when they heard this.

"Fuzi is amazing!"

Liu Chun, standing to the side, then realized that the fair-skinned, chubby boy in front of him, who looked quite young, was actually Foundation Establishment cultivator, and had even Foundation Establishment in a single day from the Qi Refining Sixth Layer!

Because everyone usually carries Peach Leaf Pendant, their cultivation levels are not discernible. In addition, Liu Chun spends most of his time cultivating and making talismans, and doesn't chat much with everyone. Therefore, one can only get a rough idea of everyone's cultivation level from the Law Technique they usually cast.

Jiang Youfu doesn't usually participate much in farming or the four arts of immortal cultivation; he only focuses on honing his culinary skills.

Therefore, Liu Chun knew even less about Jiang Youfu's situation.

He did know that Sun Yigao had reached the Foundation Establishment stage.

Because Sun Yigao Foundation Establishment in the cultivation room.

At that time, the surrounding Spiritual Qi flowed and poured into Sun Yigao, making a much greater commotion than when he Foundation Establishment.

It would be hard for him not to know.

Now Liu Chun is looking at it again.

Good heavens, the sect he joined is full of amazing young talents.

Before they could even marvel at their sect leader's advancement to the Golden Core stage before he was even thirteen, another chubby kid suddenly appeared who Foundation Establishment in a single day, not to mention the scholar who had been busy teaching at the foot of the mountain and had also achieved Foundation Establishment in the process.

He had always thought his cultivation speed was pretty good; back when he first joined the sect, he was only at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage.

In just six months, he broke through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and he thought he was pretty good.

As a result, his sect leader is now less than thirteen years old and at the Golden Core Early Stage; his eldest disciple is less than thirteen years old and at the early Foundation Establishment Early Stage Foundation Establishment Early Stage.

Compared to these young people, Liu Chun suddenly felt a sense of urgency.

I'm almost forty-five years old.

It's only the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

Don't let a year or two pass and the entire sect reaches the Golden Core Stage while he's still Foundation Establishment!

Thinking of this, he suddenly longed to hurry back to the cultivation room to continue his cultivation.

Lin Xiao and the others had already shifted their topic from the previous conversation to the Chinese New Year.

That's right, the Chinese New Year is just around the corner.

Today is the Great Cold, and tomorrow is Lunar New Year's Eve.

As early as half a month ago, Liu Yunan had already prepared the New Year's goods for their sect.

That's right, this year, apart from ancestor worship, they plan to celebrate the entire New Year as a sect-based event!

Jiang Youfu has booked the New Year's Eve dinner for the Lingxian Sect.

All that's left is to set up the sect.

So everyone started assigning tasks, each contributing their own ideas.

During Chinese New Year, the atmosphere is definitely filled with the festive spirit everywhere, right?

Even though they live in the mountains and belong to a sect that cultivates immortality, it doesn't stop them from loving the New Year!

Families like Lin Xiao, Jiang Youfu, Tietou, Liu Yunan, and Qin Jianghe still need to prepare for the ancestral worship ceremony in the village on New Year's Eve.

Meanwhile, the villagers at the foot of the mountain, after returning home, were all reminiscing about their dream on the Peach Blossom Mountain Path, while methodically preparing for their New Year's Eve dinner the following day.