Chapter 178: Everyone's Current Situation, Xiao Yan Returns Home

【Pang Bo: @Cao Cao, @Yue Buqun, you two are so comfortable! In your own worlds, you're all top-tier bosses!】

【Pang Bo: Unlike me, I've been hunted by the Meng Yao Zu for over half a year! Just barely escaped them, and now I'm being chased by powerful experts from other Sacred Lands!】

【Xiao Yan: Brother Pang, isn't that because you went out of your way to provoke them?】

【Han Li: Brother Xiao Yan is absolutely right! Those Sacred Land geniuses were just training properly outside, and you ran over, trampled all over those geniuses, and even demanded ancient scriptures from various Sacred Lands. No wonder the powerful experts behind those geniuses are hunting you!】

【Pang Bo: That was just normal sparring, okay? If I had lost, I would have compensated them with ancient scriptures! Clearly, they just couldn't handle losing, so why blame me?】

【Pang Bo: @Han Li, besides, are you any better than me? Those Jin Dan cultivators and Nascent Soul cultivators were just passing through, but whenever you met them, you had to go up and spar!】

【Pang Bo: If you were at the same realm as them, it would be one thing, but the key is that you've already crossed into the Soul Transformation realm, yet you still go bully those little Nascent Soul early-stage brats. That's simply too much!】

【Pang Bo: If the Jin Dan cultivators and Nascent Soul cultivators you trampled had Void Refinement cultivators or Body Integration cultivators behind them, your situation would definitely be even worse than mine!】

【Han Li: Brother Pang, what you're saying is quite wrong!】

【Han Li: I'm not like you. I actively sought them out purely to improve my combat experience! Don't say they have Void Refinement or even Body Integration cultivators behind them; even if they had Soul Transformation cultivators like me behind them, I wouldn't actively provoke them!】

【Pang Bo: @Han Li, you just keep hiding then. I'd like to see if you really have to wait until you cultivate to the Mahayana realm, or until you absolutely must ascend, before ascending to the Spirit Realm!】

【Han Li: Brother Pang, to be honest, I actually do have that plan right now!】

For Han Li, most of his current cultivation resources were obtained by exchanging them with the group leader Lu Qingshan via the Can Tian Zao Hua Dew, so even after reaching the Soul Transformation realm, he could still continue to improve his cultivation, meaning there was naturally no need to rush to ascend to the Spirit Realm.

Moreover, the Spirit Realm is simply too dangerous; high-level cultivators are as numerous as cattle, and for a Soul Transformation cultivator like him to rashly ascend would definitely be inappropriate.

If he encountered any accidents during the ascension process, it would be even more of a loss than a gain!

In the Martial World, inside the Huashan Great Hall.

Looking at the chat records of everyone in the chat group, Yue Buqun also sighed deeply in his heart.

Pang Bo said he was very comfortable in the Martial World, but how could he not envy the experiences of Pang Bo, Xiao Yan, and others?

In the end, the Martial World can only be considered a low-level world!

If it weren't for the appearance of the chat group and the help of the group leader Lu Qingshan, it would have been impossible for him to even cross into the Primordial Realm, let alone continuously cultivate and become stronger like Pang Bo and others!

Fortunately, everything has changed now; he has long since reached the pinnacle of the martial path, and even with the help of the Dao Comprehension Support function, he has reached a realm unprecedented in history. Now, calling him an Earthly Immortal in the Martial World is not an exaggeration!

【Pang Bo: @Han Li, you just keep hiding then. When you meet the Lord of the Reincarnation Hall or the Time Dao Ancestor Gu Huo Jin in the future, how will you keep hiding?】

【Pang Bo: @Xiao Yan, didn't you say you wanted to go home to visit and then bring your family to develop in the Black Corner Region? Are you home yet?】

【Xiao Yan: Almost! I've already entered the Jia Ma Empire territory; I estimate I'll be home in a little while!】

【Pang Bo: Remember to start a live stream then! I want to see what expression those elders of your Xiao family will have when they see you've crossed into the Star Dou Zong realm!】

That's right!

At this moment, it had only been three years since Xiao Yan joined the chat group, yet Xiao Yan had cultivated from the initial three segments of Dou Qi to the current Star Dou Zong realm.

The reason Xiao Yan could achieve such terrifying cultivation speed was not only due to the help of numerous resources obtained from Lu Qingshan, but more importantly, because of the Dao Comprehension Support function within the chat group.

Like in the original story, even after Xiao Yan obtained the Fierce Art and numerous Strange Flames, the process of fusing the Strange Flames was extremely dangerous and even required a vast amount of time.

Especially when fusing the Fallen Heart Flame in the original story, it consumed a huge amount of time.

However, after the Dao Comprehension Support function was activated, when Xiao Yan fused the Strange Flames, he only needed to activate the Dao Comprehension Support function; not only was it safer, but the required time was also greatly shortened.

Back then, after live-streaming the fusion of the Fallen Heart Flame, Xiao Yan had already advanced to the Seven-Star Dou Wang realm.

And in the time following that, Xiao Yan even successfully fused the Sea Heart Flame obtained from Han Feng and the Bone Spirit Cold Fire from Yao Chen through the Dao Comprehension Support function!

After all, for Yao Chen, whose soul had already been elevated to the peak of the Heavenly Realm, the Bone Spirit Cold Fire was no longer of much help to him, so giving it to Xiao Yan to fuse was naturally a very normal thing.

Precisely because of this, Xiao Yan was able to break through to the Three-Star Star Dou Zong realm in such a short time!

【Ye Chen: I want to see it too!】

【Meng Huan: Me too. JPG】

【Han Li: Me too. JPG】

【Yue Buqun: +1!】

【Xiao Yan: Since everyone wants to see it, I'll just start a live stream then!】

Regarding starting a live stream, Xiao Yan was already extremely proficient, after all, when he previously fused the Fallen Heart Flame, the Sea Heart Flame, and the Bone Spirit Cold Fire, he had successively activated the group live stream to invite all the group members to observe.

Now that he is returning home in glory, starting a live stream is naturally a very normal thing.

And just at this moment...

【System Notification: Lu Qingshan uploaded a group red packet, 1,000 units of Enhanced Body Tempering Elixir!】

This Enhanced Body Tempering Elixir was a potion improved by the alchemists instructed by Lu Qingshan based on the original Body Tempering Elixir; it could not only temper the body but also assist in cultivation, and within the chat group, it was praised like a tidal wave.

Moreover, the red packet Lu Qingshan sent this time was a "grab by luck" red packet, and since everyone in the group was currently just chatting idly, it was snatched up by everyone in just a short moment; even Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, who didn't care much about points and often lurked, came out.

【Cao Cao: The group leader is generous! I grabbed over ninety units!】

【Yue Buqun: The group leader is generous! Although I only grabbed over seventy units, I still thank the group leader for the red packet!】

【Pang Bo: The group leader is generous! Hahaha, I grabbed over two hundred units, who else?】

【Xiao Yan: The group leader is generous! @Pang Bo, Brother Pang, sorry, three hundred and one units!】

【Pang Bo: @Xiao Yan, did you cheat? Why is it that every time you grab a red packet, you get the most?】

【Pang Bo: @Lu Qingshan, Group Leader, I suggest that in the future, when grabbing red packets, we exclude this kid Xiao Yan!】

A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality World.

"I knew it would be this result!"

Looking at the three units of Enhanced Body Tempering Elixir in his hand, Han Li felt like crying but had no tears.

How many people are there in the group in total?

Yet out of a full thousand units of elixir, he only grabbed three; isn't that just bad luck?

While feeling depressed, Han Li also quickly saw Pang Bo's post in the chat group, and then he quickly spoke up.

【Han Li: I agree! Moreover, I think "grab by luck" red packets are very unreasonable; since we are all good friends, when sending red packets, we should treat everyone equally, so I suggest that in the future, when sending red packets, we should just divide them equally!】

As soon as Han Li said this, before Xiao Yan could speak, Pang Bo from the Covering Heaven World was the first to get unhappy.

【Pang Bo: That won't do! I think the lucky-draw red packet is perfectly reasonable — isn't the whole point the thrill of the gamble? We just need to exclude Xiao Yan, who grabs the biggest share every single time!】

【System Notice: Xiao Yan uploaded a group red packet — fifty Tranquil-Heart Pills.】

【Xiao Yan: I just happen to have a bit better luck, that's all!】

【Pang Bo: @Xiao Yan, good lad, you know what's good for you!】

【Han Li: @Xiao Yan, good lad, you know what's good for you!】

【Cao Cao: Many thanks for the red packet, Brother Xiao Yan!】

【Yue Buqun: Many thanks for the red packet, Brother Xiao Yan!】

……

After a round of banter among everyone, Lu Qingshan quickly got down to business.

【Lu Qingshan: @Han Li, my Can Tian Zao Hua Dew has been used up again — I wonder how much you've accumulated?】

【Han Li: Group Leader, even if you hadn't come looking for me, I was about to look for you!】

【Han Li: This time the flow of time on my side suddenly sped up a bit — I've already accumulated over a hundred drops of Can Tian Zao Hua Dew!】

【System Notice: Han Li uploaded a designated red packet — 123 drops of Can Tian Zao Hua Dew. Upload failed!】

"Hm? Upload failed?"

Seeing the notice in the chat group, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but be stunned.

Ever since he had joined the chat group, he had never run into a situation like this.

At that moment, Han Li of the A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality world also spoke up.

【Han Li: @Lu Qingshan, Group Leader, the system just notified me that my red packet exceeded the upload quota. If I want to keep uploading, I'll need to pay an extra hundred-plus thousand points!】

The moment Han Li said this, every other member of the chat group was stunned as well.

One had to remember that, for each and every one of them, the points within the chat group were extremely important.

So when they normally traded various resources and treasures, they mostly still relied on each month's free red packet quota, so as to conserve points as much as possible.

Now that this situation had suddenly appeared on Han Li's end, it naturally made them take it seriously.

【Lu Qingshan: Exceeded the upload quota?】

【Lu Qingshan: @Han Li, try splitting up the Can Tian Zao Hua Dew and sending it in batches? See how much you can send at most in one go?】

【System Notice: Han Li uploaded a designated red packet — fifty drops of Can Tian Zao Hua Dew!】

【Han Li: Group Leader, the most I can upload at once is fifty drops of Can Tian Zao Hua Dew — any more and it'll cost points! Every extra drop costs two thousand points!】

"To think such a situation would arise!" Lu Qingshan was startled, but he quickly recovered.

This so-called red packet upload quota was presumably a restriction the chat group had placed on its members.

The reason it had never come up before was simply that everyone was still relatively weak, and the materials they were exchanging weren't all that precious.

Now that exchanging precious resources costs points, everyone would naturally keep chatting in the group to earn points, thereby speeding up the chat group's upgrade.

Fortunately, the impact of this situation on the group's members wasn't all that great — as for the Can Tian Zao Hua Dew, it could simply be split into multiple trades.

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly spoke up in the chat group.

【Lu Qingshan: This should be a kind of restriction the chat group places on everyone. It looks like from now on, if we want to trade precious resources, we'll definitely have to spend a certain amount of points!】

【Ye Chen: Actually, I think this is quite normal. After all, if we keep trading through the monthly free red packets, then the only use left for points in the chat group would be opening the cross-world teleportation channel and the Dao-Comprehension Boost function!】

【Pang Bo: This is actually fine, isn't it! From what Han Li said, the cap on a single free red packet should be a hundred thousand points — that's plenty for us!】

【Xiao Yan: Exactly! By the time we need to spend points to trade resources, we'll definitely be unimaginably powerful, and earning points will definitely be much easier then!】

Seeing that everyone accepted this situation so readily, Lu Qingshan's heart was quite calm.

Although he was currently far more powerful than the others, and needed points far more than they did, as the chat group's leader he also enjoyed many conveniences.

For instance, ordinary group members only had one free red packet quota per month, but as group leader he had three chances;

Moreover, every time the chat group distributed points, the base amount he received as group leader was several times that of the others;

On top of that, at the same level of strength, the points he needed to use the Dao-Comprehension Boost function and the Cross-World Teleport function were only eighty percent of what others paid.

If the others didn't much care about this situation, then Lu Qingshan, who enjoyed so many privileges within the chat group, naturally cared even less.

After all, within the chat group he was more often the one supplying resources, so when the time came to pay extra points, it would be the one needing the resources who had to pay!

【System Notice: Lu Qingshan claimed Han Li's designated red packet.】

【Lu Qingshan: @Han Li, just send me the rest of the Can Tian Zao Hua Dew next month!】

【Han Li: No problem, rest assured, Group Leader!】

【Lu Qingshan: Of course I'm at ease! By the way, what resources are you looking to trade for this time? I'll prepare them for you!】

【Han Li: Group Leader, I wonder if you still have any of those Soul Transformation potions you sent me last time? If possible, some spiritual herbs on top of that would be even better!】

【Lu Qingshan: No problem!】

【System Notice: Lu Qingshan uploaded a designated red packet — two hundred portions of Soul Transformation potion, and assorted spiritual herbs!】

This so-called 'Soul Transformation potion' was a special potion that Lu Qingshan had ordered his alchemists to develop based on certain special spiritual herbs Han Li had previously sent him; it was of great help to Soul Transformation cultivators in the A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality world in raising their cultivation.

The world of A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality.

Seeing the designated red packet Lu Qingshan had sent, a smile quickly appeared on Han Li's face.

The reason he had said in the chat group that he would stay in the lower realm was precisely because he could rely on Can Tian Zao Hua Dew to trade with Group Leader Lu Qingshan for the many resources he needed to cultivate.

Otherwise, having already become a Soul Transformation cultivator, he would certainly have chosen to ascend to the Spirit Realm in order to continue his cultivation.

【System Notice: Han Li claimed Lu Qingshan's red packet!】

【Han Li: Many thanks, Group Leader!】

After Lu Qingshan and Han Li finished trading resources between themselves, Cao Cao also used his points to trade for a batch of resources from Lu Qingshan.

By this point, Lu Qingshan's three free red packet quotas for the month had already been used up; the others would have to wait until next month to trade resources.

Fortunately, aside from Lu Qingshan's world, the difference between the flow of time in the others' worlds and that of the chat group wasn't all that great — a month's time wasn't all that long for them.

"There are still too few members in the chat group!"

After exchanging resources with Han Li and Cao Cao, Lu Qingshan could not help secretly thinking: "It's been so long now, it's about time new people joined the chat group!"

And just at this moment…

【System Notice: Xiao Yan has started a group livestream.】

【Xiao Yan: Group Leader, fellow group friends, I've already arrived home!】

Upon hearing the chat group's notification, Lu Qingshan and the others immediately tapped open Xiao Yan's livestream.

Now that each of them had improved their strength quite a bit, splitting off a sliver of focus to hang out in the group was a very simple matter.

And the moment Lu Qingshan tapped open the livestream, a rather handsome-looking youth in black appeared in his mind—it was precisely Xiao Yan, who had just activated the group livestream function.

【Pang Bo: @Xiao Yan, Brother Xiao Yan, you really are in high spirits today!】

【Yue Buqun: As the saying goes, 'Wealth unreturned to one's hometown is like brocade worn at night'! Brother Xiao Yan has now broken through to the Star Dou Zong realm—even placed across the entire Dou Qi Continent he would count as a powerhouse, let alone in the Jia Ma Empire, or even the tiny Wutan City!】

Dou Po Cang Qiong World.

Just as Xiao Yan arrived at Wutan City, three figures in moon-white long robes, with silver swords wreathed in clouds embroidered at their cuffs, likewise appeared outside Wutan City.

The leader among these three was an old man emanating an extremely powerful aura. If any powerhouse of the Jia Ma Empire saw him, they would surely recognize his identity—he was none other than the Grand Elder of the Yun Lan Sect, a Star Dou Wang powerhouse, 'Yun Leng'!

Another was likewise an old man in a moon-white robe, looking radiant and full of spirit. On the chest of his robe was embroidered a silver crescent moon adorned with nine golden stars—he was precisely Ge Ye, the Seven-Star Great Dou Shi who had once come to the Xiao family in Wutan City three years ago, except that he had now broken through to Nine-Star Great Dou Shi!

As for the last one, she was a young girl who appeared to be only seventeen or eighteen years old—precisely Nalan Yanran, the super genius of the Yun Lan Sect who had once come to the Xiao family in Wutan City three years ago to break off the engagement, but had been defeated by Xiao Yan with the aid of his teacher's power.

However, on Nalan Yanran's chest, there was now likewise embroidered a silver crescent moon adorned with seven golden stars, and this also marked that she was now already a Seven-Star Great Dou Shi!

In just three short years, advancing from Three-Star Star Dou Zhe to the Seven-Star Great Dou Shi realm—even looking across the entire Dou Qi Continent, she absolutely counted as a super genius!

(End of this chapter)