Chapter 248: Bound by the Progeny System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 249 Cultivators Must Strengthen Themselves (19)

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Protagonist:

Shen Yao

Shen Yao and Ren Chengzhou discussed it in private, ultimately deciding to let things take their natural course.

Some things cannot be forced; rather than doing more and making more mistakes, it was better to do nothing at all.

However, the lack of success in accepting disciples also alleviated Jiang Chengyu's worries on another level.

As the emperor of Jiang Guo, a ruler holding actual power, what Jiang Chengyu feared most was waking up to find the country gone and the throne usurped.

The strength of cultivators, as demonstrated by Ren Chengzhou, was enough to make Jiang Chengyu wary.

He had not thought of preventing this from happening, but Jiang Chengyu was no fool; over these past few years, many things had happened in Jiang Guo territory, and while some were exaggerated, most were true.

Since they were true, it was troublesome, because demon beasts would not fear Jiang Guo just because of imperial power.

After much thought, all Jiang Chengyu could do was win over these not-yet-active cultivators to his side, to serve Jiang Guo.

Thus, the newly established Qingyun Sect became a cultivation sect recognized by Jiang Guo, and Ren Chengzhou, who shared the same mother as Jiang Chengyu, also took the position of National Preceptor of Jiang Guo.

This, apparently, was not unexpected by the wedding guests, belonging to the routine operations of a country's imperial family.

Ren Chengzhou had already confessed this matter to Shen Yao and others from the beginning of accepting disciples.

At the same time, Ren Chengzhou promised Jiang Chengyu that he would properly cultivate Jiang Ling, that is, the commandery princess from a branch family, so that she could stand on her own as soon as possible.

Besides this, Qingyun Sect would provide the imperial family with a certain amount of pills and talisman paper and other cultivation auxiliary products, with a quota every year.

Naturally, Qingyun Sect giving so much could not be without return.

The most direct was that Qingyun Sect could, in the name of the Jiang Guo imperial family, purchase mutated herbs from all medicine shops, herb gatherers, and mountain folk within Jiang Guo territory.

Not limited to the form of herb mutation; as long as it was mutated, they wanted it, and the price was not low.

Besides this, for various mysterious events occurring within Jiang Guo territory, as long as they were probably authenticated as true, Qingyun Sect would send people to help investigate, and even clean up the sources of those mutations.

One must know that mutated plants and animals were excellent materials for artifact refinement and alchemy.

Shen Yao felt that since they were establishing a sect here, there was no need not to harvest wool.

She was not some person of big family and great business; although her space had quite a few spiritual herbs, they were used bit by bit, so why not collect and cultivate them locally? And with the Jiang Guo imperial family as a strong partner, she believed her collection journey would surely be smooth and harmonious.

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"Sect Master, these are the herbs of the new ten-day period, all from the back mountain medicine field."

A disciple who had spent a large sum of money to enter Qingyun Sect as a menial disciple looked respectful, holding freshly picked herbs in his arms.

Shen Yao stood on the paved stairs, her gaze toward the other person clear and spirited, "You've worked hard; first send them to the Medicine Hall."

Herbs picked could not be used immediately; they still needed other processing steps.

The fields behind Qingyun Sect were spiritual fields opened up by Shen Yao spending many spirit pearls.

Part of them were planted with the herbs dug back, and another part was used to plant spirit rice.

The seeds were picked from the mountain forest behind, and some were smuggled from her space.

Because there were more and more mutated herbs in the mountain forest, Shen Yao didn't even need to find an excuse; the big shots would naturally attribute it to changes after the spiritual qi revival.

"Sect Master, this is the golden-haired lion dog hunted back by the eldest senior brother; I am ordered by the disciple to send it to the Artifact Refining Room."

Several more menial disciples carried a lion-shaped wild beast weighing several hundred jin back from the mountain down.

Although the beast's appearance was strange, its four exposed paws were thick and powerful, its whole body covered in golden hair as long as a finger, and the large hole broken open on its forehead was the cause of its death.

From the wound, Ren Yangyao's practiced art had advanced somewhat; next time for tempering, arrangements could be made to go farther away.

Secretly deciding certain arrangements for Ren Yangyao in her heart, Shen Yao asked a sentence, "Is it a ferocious beast that ran down the mountain forest to cause trouble?"

The leading disciple replied, "Exactly; the eldest senior brother spent a great deal of effort to subdue the ferocious beast."

The ferocious beast had a violent temperament; the first thing it did upon coming down from the mountain was to hunt the human race.

When they and the eldest senior brother arrived together, they just saw this ferocious beast devouring severed limbs and broken arms.

Recalling this, the several people carrying the ferocious beast obviously had expressions that were not quite right.

To this, Shen Yao expressed understanding; there were many dangerous wild beasts between the mountain forests, but before, they were basically medium and large wild beasts.

Including but not limited to tigers, wolf packs, wild boars, wild boars, and so on and so forth.

After the spiritual qi revival, the quantity and types of wild beasts in the mountain forest both changed.

Like this golden-haired lion dog, no one knew what its original form actually was, but because it frequently appeared around the capital suburbs, it had been slain countless times by Qingyun Sect cultivators.

"You've worked hard on this trip; each person can go to the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall to receive five contribution points."

Shen Yao's words successfully made the menial disciples carrying the golden-haired lion dog beam with joy.

They replied cheerfully with a yes, and the several people went around Shen Yao and continued forward.

Shen Yao turned back, her gaze lightly sweeping a circle, smiling and shaking her head.

Contribution points were the circulating currency within Qingyun Sect; unlike gold and silver outside, the acquisition and spending of contribution points had their own set of logic.

Among them, Qingyun Sect's most popular pills, magic artifacts, and spirit beasts, as well as the Book Pavilion, dining hall, courses, and all matters related to cultivation, were all traded with contribution points.

Establishing this set of rules was also referencing some sects in the cultivation world; after all, at the cultivation level, ordinary gold and silver could play too small a role.

It was better to change the gameplay, and at the same time limit the intersection between cultivators and mortals.

Unfortunately, the spiritual qi revival was not yet thorough; the various methods Shen Yao and Ren Chengzhou came up with were only restrictions and could not be absolute; before they left, they still needed to plan well.

Pondering in her heart which direction to work toward, Shen Yao strode toward the outside of the sect.

"Mother"

A shout came from behind; Shen Yao stopped, turned her head, and saw a flowing light streak across, finally stopping steadily before her.

"Aren't you going into closed-door cultivation?" Shen Yao raised her eyes, "Spiritual power boiling, the whole body vaporizing into silk threads," this child, simply outrageous.

Ren Yangzuo laughed cheerfully. Two years had already passed; not only had Shen Yao's cultivation advanced, but the several children's cultivation was shooting up like a rocket.

The most exaggerated was Ren Yangzuo; the boiling, roaring fire spiritual power around him made everyone who approached him involuntarily retreat three she.

Even though Ren Yangyao and Ren Yangjue were both fire spirit roots, they were not as directly transformed as Ren Yangzuo, even though all three had eaten Yanyang Grass.

"Mother, I feel that breaking through requires an external opportunity. I heard Mother still has a demon-suppressing matter in hand."

"I want to take people there to take a look, and use the opportunity of slaying demons to break through my cultivation realm."

Ren Yangzuo's tone was firm, and his gaze toward Shen Yao showed not the slightest retreat.

Shen Yao rubbed her forehead. "That Heifeng Mountain has tiger demons and fox demons on the surface," it was not something Ren Yangzuo could resolve; Shen Yao suspected a third demon was hidden in the dark.

Moreover, Heifeng Mountain was a thousand li outside Jingcheng, and Shen Yao was not at ease letting Ren Yangzuo rush in alone.

Single spirit root cultivators are formidable, but similarly, in the eyes of those demon beasts, they are walking great tonics; eating them can advance one's cultivation realm.

"I intend to handle the Heifeng Mountain matter personally. If you want to take the opportunity to break through, why not choose a few cities around Jingcheng for tempering?"

Various places had successively seen mountain forest demon beasts descend to harm the Human Race; it was just that the matters could be big or small. The closer to Jingcheng, the less troublesome the demon beasts would be, because demon beasts also bully the soft and fear the hard.

"Mother, this time it's not just me, but also Third Brother. We will join hands and surely resolve the troubles of Heifeng Mountain."

Ren Yangzuo patted his own small chest, guaranteeing he already had plans and preparations. "Mother, as Sect Master of Qingyun Sect, you bear a heavy burden. Matters like going out to slay demons should be left to us."

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao lowered her head to think (actually fishing for system news), confirming that the demon hidden in Heifeng Mountain was a flying eagle demon. "Fine, this matter is left to you two. Remember to ride Treading Cloud Horses, and bring good spirit-testing stones." The once-a-year disciple recruitment day was coming up soon. Since they were not afraid of hardship and running around outside, Shen Yao using them as tool people caused her not the slightest annoyance.

Anyway, it was all for the future of Qingyun Sect. Was it not just slaying demons and then helping recruit a disciple on the side? Ren Yangzuo and the others had done this process who knows how many times.

Receiving his own mother's affirmative reply, Ren Yangzuo cheered, stepped on his flying sword, and turned back to the sect to find Ren Yangjue.

Shen Yao took out a transmission talisman with one hand, repeated what she had said once more, spiritual light flashed in her hand, and the talisman paper disappeared.

A thousand li outside Jingcheng, a group riding Treading Cloud Horses appeared at Black Wind Town Yi Zhan.

The noisy Yi Zhan became extremely quiet because of this group's appearance.

Especially when looking at the two children leading them, each was extremely excited.

"They are the Little Immortal Masters of Qingyun Sect!"

"Qingyun Sect? That is true Immortals. Immortals have come to Black Wind Town; it seems we are saved."

"Who says not. After hoping and hoping, those two beasts on Heifeng Mountain can finally be dealt with. This can also comfort the spirits of our fellow villagers in heaven."

"..."

The group entered the rooms to rest, and the quiet Da Tang instantly exploded.

Who did not know that strange things had often happened in Jiang Guo these past few years? The reason Jiang Guo's foundation had not yet been shaken was because Jiang Guo had several Immortal Masters from Qingyun Sect helping.

Qingyun Sect's disciple recruitment assembly every year was the most eye-catching day.

Countless people from all over the nation rushed here, all for that one chance to become an Immortal.

But until now, the number of people taken into the sect by Qingyun Sect's Immortal Masters could be counted on one hand. The vast majority were ordinary people without cultivation qualifications.

If one had immense wealth and was unwilling to give up, they could scatter a thousand gold to enter the sect as a menial disciple. But most people were reluctant to leave the prosperity of the mortal world and could only harbor regret, then place hope on the next generation, and the generation after that.

Like herbs gathered from the mountain forests, someone would buy them back to secretly consume, hoping to obtain some fortuitous encounter and achieve overnight success.

Even if those who harbored such thoughts ultimately did not end well, it still could not stop everyone from rushing toward it like moths to a flame, fervently admiring cultivation.

However, this had nothing to do with Ren Yangzuo's group. If one wanted to cultivate, go to Qingyun Sect. After all, they went out this time to slay demons.

Organizing the collected evidence, the two brothers discussed various coordination methods and finally decided on the means to use.

"Zuo'er and Jue'er are not rash people. This time they went out to act because Heifeng Mountain has the opportunity they need."

Matters too mysterious to speak of too much. Ren Chengzhou and Shen Yao secretly followed behind the group, simply unable to rest easy, wanting to provide escort protection.

Parents for their children, plans profound and far-reaching.

Shen Yao teasingly looked at Ren Chengzhou. "I did not know National Preceptor Sir had such ability."

Although physiognomy was not what Ren Chengzhou mainly cultivated, ever since he became National Preceptor, he had indeed studied such mysterious things not a little.

Ren Yangyao and the other two's cultivation progress was rapid. Partly because they were exceptionally talented, and partly because Ren Chengzhou could calculate and divine.

Sometimes Shen Yao was very curious about this person. It seemed he had entered the wrong line of work. If he were born in the Cultivation World, he should go to the Astrology Pavilion, Divination Sect, and such sects.

People from those places relied on divination and other means to assist cultivation, overlapping highly with the National Preceptor position Ren Chengzhou held.

It was a pity Shen Yao did not have relevant cultivation methods here. Or perhaps this cultivation path was too niche. The few basic arts books were all put into the long chest and are now sealed in the Book Pavilion for people to read.

Ren Chengzhou was able to smoothly reach today. Those few basic arts books had given him much help.

"If Madam likes it, this husband is also very willing to serve Madam."

Ren Chengzhou finished speaking and changed the subject, mentioning a Secret Realm he had discovered in Fuyang City.

"Inside there is a Transmission Array. After checking, it was found to be a One-way Transmission Array. Where it can transmit to is still unknown."

In these past two years, many Secret Realms had been discovered successively. The items inside were strange and varied, but Transmission Arrays were seen quite often.

Ren Chengzhou was also someone who had read many Jade Slips and understood the function of Transmission Arrays.

The more he thought about it now, the more he worried these Transmission Arrays would become calamities.

Shen Yao sighed inwardly that Ren Chengzhou's thinking was sharp. Was not the existence of this Transmission Array itself a calamity?

A world possessing many treasures but lacking matching combat strength, falling into the eyes of certain people in the Cultivation World, was like a child carrying gold bricks in a busy market. Everyone would involuntarily turn red-eyed and want to snatch them.

Shen Yao had once mentioned to Ren Chengzhou where she came from: at the foot of the mountain forests outside Yunwu Cheng.

As for memories further back, Shen Yao shook her head, saying she did not remember much, only that the environment she lived in was different from this place.

This did not need Shen Yao to emphasize. Back when Shen Yao and Ren Minmin first came into contact, Lady He had privately inquired into Shen Yao's background.

Whether it was her entire bearing or the aura that did not fit with them, people could see Shen Yao was different.

Later, when Shen Yao came to Jingcheng and stayed at Guogong Fu, curing Ren Chengzhou... Lady He no longer pursued the question of where Shen Yao came from. But she also had a serious and sincere conversation with Ren Chengzhou about Shen Yao's secrets.

The result was naturally no result. Ren Chengzhou married Shen Yao and had children. A family of five lived in harmony and beauty. What more needed to be emphasized?

"The matter of the Transmission Array still needs further consideration," even if they were to sabotage the Transmission Array, it was not something Ren Chengzhou alone or the Qingyun Sect as a single sect could manage.

Where there are people, there is the Jianghu; the Jianghu is vast, and the winds and waves are Not Small.