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Chapter 23 The Migration of the Li Family
Chapter 23 The Migration of the Li Family
Between the first and second levels of body refinement, Chen Yi's cultivation progress slowed down considerably.
He devoted a portion of his energy each day to cultivating his tortoise-breath internal energy, which contained a trace of watery and grassy essence.
One focuses on healing, the other on health preservation; both are ways to extend lifespan.
"In this life, although I will focus on cultivating my physical body, in order to extend my lifespan, I should also cultivate internal strength, innate abilities, and Qi refining."
Advancing to the Innate Realm can extend lifespan to 120 years; if one reaches the Foundation Establishment Realm, lifespan can reach 200 years.
Now, Chen Yi has fully recovered and is strong and healthy.
Living in a world of cultivation, Chen Yi's goal naturally expanded to include immortality.
This is immortality! Which human hasn't fantasized about it?
The thought that he had the system's assistance and might actually live for a very long time made me quite excited.
"No, my current strength is still that of a tiny ant in the cultivation world. I must not be complacent."
You must cultivate your skills discreetly and steadily, waiting until you've fully developed before taking risks.
Chen Yi reminded himself to be more diligent in his daily cultivation.
While the Li family was still around, he used his profession of dealing with demonic beasts to fleece them every day, and his cultivation level improved rapidly.
Six months later, Chen Yi finished meditating and slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.
He felt the flow of internal energy within his body, his brows furrowing slightly.
Since I stopped processing spirit wheat, and lacked the nourishment of plant spiritual energy, my progress in internal strength has indeed slowed down considerably.
At this rate, it will probably take another year or two to advance to the Innate Realm.
"I'm almost thirty-five years old and I still haven't reached the Innate Realm..." Chen Yi sighed inwardly.
Among cultivators, those who haven't broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining by the age of thirty-five are already finding it difficult to establish their foundation, let alone Chen Yi, who hasn't even broken through to the Innate Martial Arts stage.
The path to immortality is best embarked on as early as possible.
However, at this very moment, a dramatic upheaval broke out within the Li family.
The Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Dong family was still hesitant about whether to continue staying in the Li family's territory, as the news that the Li family's ancestor had "extended his life by ten years" put him in a dilemma.
But just as he hesitated, a piece of intelligence arrived—
The Li family patriarch secretly changed his appearance, went to the Immortal City, and spent thousands of spirit stones to buy a Foundation Establishment Pill!
"So eager to cultivate a new Foundation Establishment cultivator?" A cold glint flashed in the eyes of the Dong family's Foundation Establishment cultivator. "That old scoundrel Li will definitely not live past ten years!"
He instantly realized that the Li family patriarch's claim of "extending life by ten years" was a complete lie!
The other party is probably already exhausted, which is why they are willing to spend all their family's wealth and make a final gamble in an attempt to produce another Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Li family.
The Dong family immediately sent a message to their clan upon the completion of the foundation, requesting secret intervention.
Soon, the Dong family used their connections to tamper with the spiritual vein site in the Immortal City where Li Ningfeng, a ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator from the Li family, was attempting to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage. They bribed the Immortal City guards but didn't do much else.
It only allowed a mid-stage second-tier demonic beast, a pseudo-core expert, to simultaneously break through to the late-stage second-tier within that spiritual vein.
The shockwave from a second-tier demonic beast's breakthrough, along with its extraction of spiritual energy from the spiritual veins, was enough to affect Li Ningfeng's Foundation Establishment process.
really,
The success rate of Foundation Establishment Pills was already low, and with the added interference from external forces, Li Ningfeng ultimately failed to break through and was seriously injured and vomited blood on the spot.
When the Li family patriarch learned of this, he seemed to have aged ten years.
He stood in the family hall, gazing at the dejected Li family descendants, and remained silent for a long time.
"Ancestor..." Li Ningfeng's face was deathly pale, his voice trembling, "This junior is incompetent..."
The Li family patriarch slowly shook his head, his eyes filled with exhaustion: "It's not your fault, it's just that the Li family's fate has run out."
The Foundation Establishment Pill is worth thousands of spirit stones, and the Li family simply cannot afford a second one in a short period of time.
And the lifespan of the Li family patriarch is also coming to an end.
Ultimately, the direct descendants of the Li family made a decision—while their ancestor was still alive, the entire clan would migrate, abandoning the spiritual vein they had cultivated for a hundred years!
For a time, the Li family was in a state of panic, and the family members were filled with anxiety.
The Li family hastily packed up all the precious resources—herb gardens, mines, spirit material warehouses—taking what they could and selling what they could.
As the leather craftsman of the Li family, Chen Yi was frequently transferred around during this period, and was even assigned to pick medicinal herbs in the herb garden.
Although he could occasionally extract some spiritual energy from plants, the amount was limited, and his progress in advancing his inner strength to the innate level remained slow.
More importantly, the Li family has begun arranging for cultivators and some innate martial artists to leave in batches, clearly preparing for a full-scale migration.
Chen Yi now needs to consider how to protect himself.
He now has two options. One is to migrate with the Li family. The Li family patriarch is still alive, so even if the Dong family wants to take advantage of his misfortune, they won't dare to go too far. With Chen Yi's strength, he should be able to protect himself during the migration, unless something unexpected happens.
Secondly, he chose to stay where he was. He was just a mortal servant, and even in Li Yudie's eyes, he was at most a first-rate martial artist. Among the Li family's servants, there were at least three hundred, if not five hundred, people with his strength, so he was insignificant.
The advantage of staying is that, thanks to the lake that flows into the sea, there are monster resources. If he continues to do his old job, he can still come into contact with monsters and continue to improve his body refinement cultivation.
Of course, the downside is that the spiritual vein has been replaced by cultivators from the Dong family, and it is still unknown how they will treat Chen Yi and his fellow mortal servants who belong to two different families.
Just as he was hesitating, the Li family made the decision for him.
That day, Chen Yi suddenly received a mission to gather a group of outstanding mortal martial artists and escort a batch of spiritual herbs away from the Li family.
Chen Yi didn't even have a chance to refuse before being put on the convoy that was leaving the Li family.
Li Yudie clearly knew and acquiesced to Chen Yi's arrangement; at least, she did not raise any objections or try to help Chen Yi.
Among the convoy were members of Huo San Niang's team.
The convoy headed east, traveling along the plains of Lijia.
On the way, taking advantage of a rest break,
Huo Sanniang secretly found Chen Yi and whispered:
"Old Chen, be careful. Our group might be bait thrown out by the Li family."
Chen Yi's gaze sharpened slightly: "What do you mean?"
Huo Sanniang sneered: "The direct descendants of the Li family dare not leave first, for fear of being intercepted and killed by the Dong family, so they sent us mortal martial artists to scout ahead with spiritual medicines."
They are testing the Dong family's bottom line!
The Li family is truly ruthless, Chen Yi thought to himself, but he remained outwardly calm: "Thank you for the reminder."
He made a decision: he absolutely could not follow the Li family anymore—the Li family was using them as cannon fodder, and even if he left with the Li family, he would definitely be pushed out to take the fall if they encountered danger later.
Regardless of how individual cultivators like Lin Youyou and Li Yudie treat Chen Yi, the Li family as a whole treats ordinary martial artists as cannon fodder that can be discarded at any time.
He needed to survive first, then find a chance to escape—since the Li family treated him this way, he didn't need to follow the rules.
The Li family allocated a dozen or so first-tier spiritual herbs to each martial artist, allowing them to carry them with them at all times.
Chen Yi keenly sensed that these boxes of spiritual herbs had special magical fluctuations and even faintly emitted a medicinal fragrance—this was clearly a deliberate attempt to get the Dong family to track them down!
"The Li family is using us as bait to lure the Dong family cultivators to hunt us down, so as to create an opportunity for the Li family's direct descendants to escape."
Chen Yi sneered and, in a secluded spot, directly attacked the spiritual herb in his hand, activating the system's devouring ability to absorb seventy to eighty percent of the herbal spiritual energy within it.
(End of this chapter)