Chapter 64: This Is Hell, This Is the Immortals' Breeding Farm (Updating 8000 Daily, Begging for Monthly Tickets!)

The flying car traveled all the way to Foolish Donkey Plains, where Wang Xian Zhou lifted the two of them, put away his dharma artifact, and slowly descended before the clan head.

He handed the storage bag to the clan head—this was once the Wang Clan's genius Dao.

"Went fairly smoothly. Bumped into some Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Gu Shen Sect, bluffed them out of twenty thousand spirit stones."

With that, he turned and left.

The clan head looked at the two thousand spirit stones in the storage bag, feeling puzzled, but remembering this was something Wang Xian Zhou had earned himself, he didn't dare say more and obediently accepted them.

One can only say there was a reason why Ning Qianqian of the Ning Clan of Huishan Prefecture took a liking to Wang Xian Zhou of the Wang Clan of Anbei Kingdom.

From this, one can also see how unsettled Wang Xian Zhou's heart was, and it also explains why Ning Qianqian ran off so quickly.

The clan head, seated cross-legged on the platform, did not rise—merely lifting a hand lightly, he grew two seats for the two youths, fully displaying the profound depth of his wood arts.

"Come, sit. Yulou, how did your talk with Zhou Friend Friend Yingxi go?"

His very first question struck Yulou with great shock.

"Zhou Friend Friend Yingxi? Isn't it Mu Friend Friend Yingxi?" Yulou asked in astonishment.

Wang Yuan didn't understand what the two were talking about, but by now he knew when to keep silent.

"Oh? You didn't call her by the wrong name, did you?

Mu Chunze married into the Zhou Clan as a son-in-law, so his daughter naturally takes the surname Zhou.

I know you may be dissatisfied with the arrangement I've made for you.

But Yulou, opportunities like this are hard to come by—once you agree, you'll have a spot as a direct disciple."

The volume of information was immense. Yulou quickly analyzed it, then realized something and froze on the spot.

Ning Qianqian, Gu Shen Qingyuan, Mu Chunze, Wang Xian Zhou...

It all fit. Everything fit. So that was how it was.

How could the illustrious Wang Xian Zhou ever take a fancy to Mu Chunze?

"Clan Head, I naturally wouldn't refuse an opportunity, but Yulou was born of the Wang Clan—I am unwilling to become a son-in-law and live at someone else's beck and call.

Most importantly, the Wang Clan bore me and raised me, avenged my parents' death—how could I lightly cast that aside?"

Seeing Yulou so sensible, the clan head felt no joy, only heartache.

"Still, Yulou does have some questions he'd like to ask."

The clan head busied himself with the hastily set up tea table, brewing tea as he answered.

"Go ahead. You're home now, no need to be so cautious—relax, relax."

Yulou felt a warmth in his heart. He slowly began, recounting his conversation with Zhou Friend Friend Yingxi in full, while Wang Yuan beside him broke out in a cold sweat listening.

A Purple Mansion opportunity.

This was a Purple Mansion opportunity!

Even with its problems, it was still a Purple Mansion opportunity!

Right now we can only cultivate for a few hours each day, but if the Wang Clan had a Purple Mansion, future Wang Clan disciples could enjoy the best cultivation conditions during the Qi Refining stage.

Big Brother, you've lost your mind!

"... Therefore, I judged that she was hiding something from me, so I wrote a letter through the night, hoping to speak with you face to face."

Yulou held his tea cup without drinking, and only after finishing his account in one breath did he slowly savor it.

"This spirit tea? Eighth-grade?"

Rising spiritual power flowed through his meridians, and Yulou's cultivation cap for the day was actually filled just from a single sip of spirit tea.

"Seventh-grade. Wang Yuan, you drink too."

Not knowing how to answer Yulou's questions in a way that would help him accept things better, the clan head could only urge Wang Yuan to drink his tea.

He actually knew that Yulou was very sensible—even if his answer was cruel, Yulou would understand.

But the more that was so, the less he knew what to say.

"Delicious!"

After just one sip, Wang Yuan exclaimed in pleasant surprise.

The clan head smiled and nodded at this foolish boy, saying:

"Hahaha, you go rest first. He Lao Da, go on, escort Wang Yuan down."

Wang Yuan looked at his big brother, then at the clan head. He wanted to say something, but in the end obediently left.

He wanted to urge his big brother to accept Zhou Friend Friend Yingxi's conditions, but he also understood his big brother's resolve.

And indeed, how wonderful was the Wang Clan. Wang Family Mountain was small, to be sure, but the spirit fruits were sweet, the donkey meat delicious, the spirit springs clear and cold—where was it any worse than other places?

In Wang Family Mountain, the sky was clear and the air fresh. Clan Head Wang Xianmao sat facing Yulou and spoke solemnly.

"Your guess was correct. The Zhou Clan's method of jointly opening a Purple Mansion does indeed have problems.

Opening a Purple Mansion, opening a Purple Mansion—only when all five meridian Dao Foundations are complete can one open a Purple Mansion minor cave heaven.

The Zhou Clan's Secret Technique can save the expenditure of cultivating five meridian Dao Foundations, but Zhou Friend Friend Yingxi's cultivation is higher than yours, so she'll reach Foundation Establishment sooner.

With the Zhou Clan's resources, she'll certainly open three meridians, and then you'll open two. After jointly opening the Purple Mansion, she'll be the primary and you'll be the secondary.

The Purple Mansion minor cave heaven you open will reside within her—in other words, you'll only have the cultivation of a Purple Mansion, but none of its actual strength, let alone its nearly infinite lifespan.

However, I naturally have no intention of pushing you into a pit of fire.

If Master Mangxiang's proving of the Jin Dan goes smoothly, you can borrow the Zhou Clan's resources to steadily cultivate two meridian Dao Foundations first.

In the future, you can take a master under True Person Xuanzhuan or even the Ancestor himself—the karmic ties involved, you won't have to bear them!"

Yulou was dumbfounded.

Good, good, good. The Zhou Clan schemes against his person, and the clan head schemes against the Zhou Clan's resources.

"The karmic ties involved—we won't have to bear them?"

Freeloading on a Purple Mansion family's resources—the clan head truly had nerve.

The Clan Leader nodded slowly, speaking with some pain.

"Mm, the Zhou family and the Ancestral Master have long had a grudge, a great grudge.

If Ancestral Master Mangxiang had achieved Jin Dan, nothing would have happened.

If the Ancestral Master cannot achieve Jin Dan, Yulou, you entering the Zhou family will ensure our Wang Shi does not decline for the next seven hundred years.

Of course, of course, this all depends on you. Now that you are unwilling, then let it be!"

Yulou remained silent.

It was a cultivation-world version of a wager, staking Wang Yulou's future and the Wang Shi's future.

The Clan Leader was very bold, had great ideas, and fortunately, the Wang Shi had a choice in the matter.

Now, the choice had come to Yulou's feet.

The Clan Leader's words sounded like moral kidnapping, but Yulou knew clearly that the Clan Leader would not do such a thing.

The reason he was so conflicted lay in the fact that this was a very painful choice; Wang Xianmao felt too ashamed to face Yulou.

"Although Yulou is not a talented one, I wish to try opening my Purple Mansion on my own; I do not want to become a stepping stone for that Zhou Friend Friend Yingxi.

Moreover, even if there is an accident regarding the Ancestral Master's attainment of the Dao, I and brothers like Yuan can shoulder the family's responsibilities."

Yulou answered decisively, and then asked about another matter.

"What is the specific lifespan of the Purple Mansion? You said it is nearly infinite; is that true?"

Wang Xianmao looked up at the floating clouds in the sky, and with longing and fear, slowly spoke.

"Opening the Purple Mansion itself extends life by six sexagenary cycles; that is a lifespan of over seven hundred years.

But the Purple Mansion's unique small celestial realm is independent of this world; once the cultivator enters it, their lifespan freezes.

For example, True Person Danri, True Person Xuanjuan, and others, if they walk the world little, living another ten thousand years is possible.

The Ancestral Master has existed for at least over two thousand years; the exact number, we of the Wang Shi do not know."

Yulou, plunged into shock, was somewhat speechless; he too looked up, gazing at that clear, bright sky.

The weather was fine, the Wang Family Mountain was beautiful, but Yulou's heart was unbearably bitter.

This is not the Cultivation World; this is hell, this is a farm for the long-lived.

All cultivators who have not become Purple Mansion are pigs and dogs in a cage!

The two sat silently facing each other for a long time before Yulou spoke with difficulty.

"Is there something special about me? It seems you are certain Zhou Friend Friend Yingxi can only choose me?"

The Clan Leader looked at the sensible Yulou, first feeling gratified, then feeling heartache.

He could no longer remember how many times he had felt this heartache.

Child, you are too smart, and too sensible.

I, Wang Xianmao, how could I let the most sensible child bear the cost?

If the cost must be borne, it should be me, the Clan Leader, who goes first!

He waved his hand, leaned his body back against the tree trunk, supported his knee with one hand, and replied with a feigned carefree smile.

"The Zhou family also fears the Ancestral Master might successfully achieve Jin Dan, yet they dare not intervene.

Yulou, stop thinking about it; you are right.

The Wang Shi has reached today by the struggles of generations of Wang Shi ancestors, not by any backer or marriage alliance!

I was attached to appearances; I was attached to appearances!"

Wiping the inexplicable tears flowing from his eyes, suddenly, Wang Xianmao missed his eldest brother.

Eldest brother, the Wang Shi has produced another Qing Qilin, a Qing Qilin no worse than my brother Wang Xian Zhou.

Eldest brother, you should have held on for a few more years to see him properly before leaving.

Eldest brother, the Ancestral Master has drained the Wang Shi dry; they are too bullying; what should I do?

"Clan Leader... having the chance to become a Purple Mansion, Yulou is already very satisfied."

Wang Yulou spoke the truth; a terrible cage had locked the Wang Shi, locked all those who had not become Purple Mansion.

To marry into a wealthy family, to get a beautiful Dao companion for free, and if there is a chance to become a Purple Mansion, to live another seven or eight hundred years—could this not be a life of immortals?

It is enough.

After learning the terrifying truth, Yulou's expectations were actually not that high.

"Nonsense! What do you, you brat, know? The Zhou family might not even let you and Zhou Friend Friend Yingxi successfully open the Purple Mansion.

Look at Miaofeng Mountain; to have another Purple Mansion, what a sorry state they are in now; they are the best example.

Do not mention that matter again!" the Clan Leader scolded angrily.

"Is it also difficult for the Ancestral Master to achieve Jin Dan?" Yulou asked quietly.

Wang Xianmao thought of his conversation with Mu Chunze and replied.

"Mu Chunze said the Zhou family fears the Ancestral Master will succeed; it should go smoothly, right?"

"What they say is not necessarily true, Clan Leader; we must make plans early."

"What is to be done?"

Yulou said no more; he was a transmigrator; he understood many things, many things that could not be born from this world's composition patterns.

But this cage was too cruel; the young Yulou could not find an answer.

Yulou gently closed his eyes; the Jade Ruyi in his mind moved slightly.

Can it help me break the deadlock?

It should be able to; it should be able to.

True Person Shenguang is real; at least the legend of True Person Shenguang, the Wang Clan has witnessed step by step.

So, there must be a chance to break out of this cage! There must be!

"If Divine Light True Person could become a True Person step by step, our Wang Shi has a chance too."

Yulou answered firmly.

Seeing Yulou so confident, the clan leader's somewhat solemn face finally came alive again.

Yes, as long as the Wang Shi unite as one, there will always be a chance!

"Come, our Wang family can't provide you with a small grotto-heaven, but we're not short on spiritual food either.

Crane Elder One, notify everyone — go slaughter a donkey, we'll all have a whole-donkey feast together."

Yulou hurriedly stopped the clan leader and said,

"Clan Leader, I've already reached today's limit in cultivation!"

Ruffling Yulou's head, Wang Xianmao carried him down to Foolish Donkey Plain.

"Hahaha, actually a donkey got heatstroke, so we just happened to prepare it — you just eat."

"Huh? Heatstroke? Isn't it spring right now? And how can a spiritual donkey get heatstroke?"

"Look at that donkey, lying on the ground without moving — isn't that heatstroke?"

"Clan Leader, it seems to be sleeping..."

"Sleeping in broad daylight? That's clearly a lazy donkey — that's the one!"