Qingling Mountain, Xinghai County

Qingling Mountain belongs to a side branch of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, and the mountains are covered with clouds and mist all year round, and mortals cannot get a glimpse of the whole mountain peak from the outside.

This mountain range is full of spiritual power, and it is one of the rare cultivation holy places in Xinghai County.

Qingling Mountain stretches for thousands of miles, and there are many rare and exotic beasts that are rare in the mortal world, as well as elixirs that are of great benefit to the cultivation of monks.

Among them, the place with the strongest aura in Qingling Mountain is Yunling Peak.

Yunling Peak is inhabited by a monk family, which is the Ye family of Qingling Mountain.

Ye Tongxuan was sitting upright in a cave on the mountainside of Yunling Peak at this time, meditating and cultivating. The white aura in the cave was entangled, and Ye Tongxuan breathed and absorbed all these spiritual qi.

The furnishings of the cave are simple, there is only one futon, this futon is not made of ordinary things, it can purify the air in the mansion, so that the monks can pay more attention in the process of cultivation.

Ye Tongxuan's hands were sealed, his chest rose and fell with his breath, and purple aura more than a foot long continued to erupt from his mouth.

His eyes were tightly closed, his expression was slightly painful, and the white and purple aura interacted, and the two kept switching, gradually condensing towards the dantian.

At this moment, at a critical juncture, Ye Tongxuan faintly had beads of sweat on his forehead, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and he was enduring a lot of pain.

The purple and white qi gradually condensed into the size of an egg, slowly solidified, and was absorbed by the dantian.

In the next moment, an aura burst out from his body, like a sharp sword, striking the wall. Fortunately, the cave was blessed by the spirit array, and it did not cause much loss. But the futon under him was not so lucky, and was torn in half by the strong aura.

Ye Tongxuan opened his eyes, there was joy in his eyes that could not be hidden, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a smile, he had finally reached the seventh layer of qi refining and entered the cultivation of the late stage of qi refining.

The Ye family has also taken root in Yunling Peak for more than two hundred years, and has been managed by several generations of monks. Finally, Yun Ling Peak was cultivated into a second-order high-grade spiritual vein, which could be used by five foundation building cultivators to cultivate at the same time.

The cultivation of monks is divided into nine realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Building, Purple Mansion, Jindan, Yuanying, Transformation of Gods, Combination, Tribulation, and Mahayana.

After the Yuan Infant, because this world could not support the cultivators of the Transformation Gods, the monks after the Yuan Infant had to fly to the upper realm and continue their own path

In addition to the aura that exists in heaven and earth, the cultivation of monks is inseparable from the assistance of external objects such as spiritual pills, spiritual stones, spiritual objects, and spiritual veins.

If the spiritual energy absorbed by the monk cannot withstand the consumption of his own spiritual energy, and the spiritual energy in the dantian is exhausted, there is a risk that his cultivation will regress.

Therefore, the contention for spiritual objects and spiritual lands is the core of the monks' contention.

Yunling Peak is more than 1,000 zhang high, and there is a large array of gathering spirits laid by the ancestors of the Ye family, which firmly gathers the aura in the mountain around Yunling Peak, making the aura of Yunling Peak more intense.

In addition, Yun Ling Peak itself contains a second-order spiritual vein, and with the blessing of the two, the spiritual energy here is naturally many times higher than that of the outside world.

The higher the Yunling Peak, the thicker the aura above it. However, the top of Yunling Peak is now the cultivation place of Ye Yongzhang, the head of the Ye family.

Thirty years ago, Ye Yongzhang's cultivation reached the Great Perfection of Foundation Building, and he was only one step away from the Purple Mansion. I never thought that I would be attacked during an outing, although I was lucky enough to rely on the fourth-order spirit rune left in the family to save my life, but since then, my foundation has been greatly damaged, and my hope of entering the Purple Mansion is very slim.

After this incident, the prestige of the Ye family was greatly damaged. The sphere of influence of the mortals under his control is shrinking, and the number of markets under his command is also decreasing.

Ten years ago, the Shen family, which is also a member of the Zhuji family, launched an attack on the largest Fang City under the Ye family, Nanshanfang City. The Ye family suffered heavy losses, and Nanshanfang City was lost.

Without this largest market, the Ye family's income has dropped sharply. The Ye family, which was already gradually declining, was even worse after this battle.

Under the decline of the family, most of the clansmen returned to Yunling Peak one after another to keep warm, so as to maintain the last dignity of a foundation building family.

Patriarch Ye Yongzhang's foundation was damaged, and his lifespan was also greatly affected. If in the next thirty years, no one breaks through to the cultivation of the late stage of foundation building, Yun Ling Peak will probably change hands.

Under the nest, how many eggs are gone? The family was in ruins, and the clansmen could only be reduced to the lowest status casual cultivators in the immortal cultivation world.

Under the pressure of extermination, the Ye family hugged each other as much as possible, even if there were contradictions within the clan before, when it came to the critical moment of survival, now they are twisted into a rope and unanimously outward.

The Ye family now has three foundation-building monks, and only one patriarch has reached the cultivation level of the late foundation-building stage. There are more than 200 remaining clansmen who can cultivate, and only 15 of them have reached the late stage of qi refining.

Among the younger generations in the family, Ye Tongxuan's cultivation far surpassed that of his peers. When his peers were still struggling to figure out how to break through to the middle stage of Qi refining, he was already far ahead.

Ye Tongxuan stood up and walked out of the cave. The sudden bright light made him squint his eyes, and it took a while for him to adjust to the sunlight.

"Okay, well, Tong Xuan is in the late stage of Qi refining at a young age, and he will definitely be able to build a foundation in the future."

It was a thin old man with white hair and beard who spoke, the folds on his face were squeezed together because of happiness, and he was looking at Ye Tongxuan with a loving face at the moment.

Although he couldn't open his eyes when he was pierced by the sun, with his voice, Ye Tongxuan could also tell that it was Ye Yongkang, who was the same generation as the Ye family patriarch, who was speaking.

Ye Yongkang is now more than 130 years old, and he cultivated in the early stage of foundation building. Due to his age, there is no hope for further progress on the path in this life.

Originally, with his talent, he had the opportunity to go further in his cultivation. Unfortunately, at that time, the family was entangled in trivial matters, and there was not enough time to cultivate. Moreover, at that time, the family was in internal and external difficulties, and the resources were insufficient, so a great opportunity was wasted and hope was lost.

Therefore, he concentrates on the affairs of the family, discovering the potential descendants in the family and helping the family to develop. Ye Tongxuan was able to come to this halfway mountain to cultivate, a big reason was due to him.

"Grandpa Seventh is overrated. Tongxuan's achievements today are inseparable from the care of the seventh grandfather. ”

Hearing this, Ye Yongkang smiled even more happily. Although Ye Tongxuan is young, he has always been modest and cautious and will not get carried away. This is also the reason why Ye Yongkang is optimistic about him.

In addition to one's own talent, a monk's personality is also an important factor that restricts whether he can go further.

Ye Tongxuan put away his smile and said, "Even though I am now in the late stage of Qi refining, there is hope for foundation building, but without the help of the Foundation Building Dan, the probability of successfully building the foundation in the future is probably not large." ”

Ye Yongkang sighed and said, "Now that the family is struggling, it is already extremely difficult to maintain daily expenses. In exchange for Tsukidan, it requires a lot of resources, and the family is afraid that it will be difficult to come up with it for a while. ”

The family is declining day by day, even if there are juniors with good strength, but the family is unable to come up with the corresponding resources to cultivate, and the great cultivation opportunity is delayed in vain, and in the end it can only be ignored by everyone.

The younger generation cannot get ahead, resulting in the inability of the family strength to rise, the family strength cannot go up, and the family cannot get more resources, and so on in a vicious circle. The strength within the family will only get worse and worse.

Even if he can take out the Zhuji Dan, there are many monks in the family who are stuck in the late stage of qi refining, and in terms of seniority, Ye Tongxuan will have to wait for many years.

Ye Tongxuan knew that this problem would not be solved in a moment and a half, so he hurriedly changed the topic, "Why is Seventh Grandpa waiting for me outside the cave mansion today?" ”

"I felt a wave of spiritual power coming, and I followed the trail to this place. I originally thought it was a clansman who kept the word to break through here, but I didn't expect it to be you, which is really gratifying. ”

The Ye family's character keeper is the older generation of the Tongzi generation, that is, Ye Tongxuan's uncle's generation. The monks of the Character Guarding generation are older, and there are indeed a few people who have been trapped in the middle of Qi refining for several years.

Ye Yongkang continued: "Originally, according to the rules of the family, adult clansmen need to accept the tasks of the family and contribute to the family. However, I consulted with the patriarch and others.

Your situation is quite special, so it's better to concentrate on cultivation for now, and you don't have to worry about things within the family. ”

Ye Tongxuan's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly thanked: "Grandpa Xie Qi." ”

According to the Ye family's regulations, all monks who have reached the age of sixteen will be assigned certain tasks by the family.

These missions are either to kill monsters, to garrison one side, or to work with the monks of the clan to purge dissidents.

There are not enough people in the family, so they can only transfer the clansmen who have just reached adulthood to complete the task.

It's not that the Ye family doesn't know that this is a way to quench their thirst by drinking a donkey, but now the Ye family is already burning their eyebrows, so they can only take care of the moment.

These tasks that are assigned will take up a lot of time, and the time for cultivation will inevitably be reduced a lot. Now that Ye Tongxuan doesn't have to accept the family's task for the time being, he has enough time to concentrate on cultivation.

"You have to cultivate well, don't waste your cultivation." Ye Yongkang advised.