Chapter 255: Bound to the Child-Bearing System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 256: Cultivators Must Strengthen Themselves (26)

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Protagonist:

Shen Yao

Ren Yangyao and the other two learned of their parents' separation on the day the Disciple Recruitment Conference ended.

After all, the Disciple Recruitment Conference was busy; everyone was striving for the sect they wanted to join, and some sects' assessment trials would delay them for quite a while.

However, "This is a private matter between Mother and Father; we have no standpoint to oppose it."

Ren Yangyao stopped Ren Yangzuo and Ren Yangjue, worried that these two headstrong younger brothers would complicate matters further.

Ren Yangzuo and Ren Yangjue were unconvinced; they were both people with some social experience, and it was just the small matter of their parents separating—how could it throw them into disarray?

In modern society, if a married couple can no longer live together, they divorce and live separately; it affects the children, but the impact is still within a range that can be resolved.

In the cultivation world, such impact is reduced to a minimum because both parties have spiritual roots and can cultivate.

The reason is simple: everyone is pursuing longevity, and a single closed-door cultivation session could last years or decades; Dao Companions, let alone being apart, even if they live together, do not spend much time together—otherwise, what is the point of cultivating so hard? Everyone's first pursuit is no longer affection.

"Father went to Bu Xing Pavilion this time, and Mother went to Yunxia Valley; the two sects are far apart, and it will probably be difficult to meet in the future."

Ren Yangzuo analyzed from the perspective of distance: the Lingxiao Hall he went to was not far from Yunxia Valley, but as for Bu Xing Pavilion, he could only ask his third brother to take more care of it.

The sect Ren Yangjue finally joined was still the Guiyun Sect he had valued from the beginning.

However, Guiyun Sect was merely not good at fighting compared to four of the Five Great Sects and liked farming, but its overall strength was still very strong.

The Lingyun Sect Ren Yangyao entered was located at the center of the Eastern Region; in terms of both location and distance, it could be called the foremost of the Five Great Sects.

Similarly, although they were scattered among three sects, each had received the sect's importance.

After all, they were geniuses with Single Spirit Roots; even if they had not lived in the sect since childhood, affection could be slowly cultivated—who said they couldn't be made to feel a sense of belonging to the sect?

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On the surface, Shen Yao and Ren Chengzhou's separation caused no ripples; in private, all three asked Shen Yao and Ren Chengzhou about the reason for their separation.

Some tones were careful, some direct, and some were subtle hints, but it cannot be denied that all three were puzzled in their hearts.

Indeed, the difficult days had passed, and now everything was turning for the better—why would they still separate?

Ren Chengzhou's explanation leaned toward the mystical, while Shen Yao's leaned toward the official.

Both had clearly had the idea of separating long ago, so the result of not separating would naturally not be good.

"In the future, when you brothers enter the sect, focus mainly on sect life.

Your father and I should also have our own lives," Shen Yao smiled and extended her hand, letting Ren Yangyao notice the anomaly in her dantian.

Ren Yangyao was greatly shocked, "Mother, this is..." unable to gain Promotion.

Shen Yao nodded without concealing it, "According to the normal lifespan of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, I have only a hundred years left."

Isn't it good to spend this time on myself and make myself happy?

Ren Yangyao: ……

Shen Yao played a trump card, directly blocking Ren Yangyao's thousands of words.

Finally, Ren Yangyao could only ask dryly, "Does Father know?"

Shen Yao shook her head, "This matter, only you and I know for now."

"Then..." shouldn't we tell him? Ren Yangyao's words trailed off as he wilted on his own.

Whether she knew herself or Mother didn't want to hide it from him, others certainly didn't know; it must be because Mother didn't want to say too much.

He closed his mouth somewhat sheepishly, and Shen Yao was satisfied with this attitude; it seemed he wasn't truly immature.

"Alright, don't worry about me; once you go to Lingyun Sect, focus on cultivation."

"If you have time, you can come to Yunxia Valley to see me," finally able to do what she liked, Shen Yao was beyond happy.

A few days later, the five of them parted in Changqing City, each boarding different flying boats to leave.

The flying boat Shen Yao took to Yunxia Valley was relatively small in area, but its interior decoration was exquisite and beautiful without exception, the kind of adornment that would make any woman's heart flutter.

The middle-aged woman leading Shen Yao smiled and said, "Although Yunxia Valley is a small family business, and its cultivation arts are not outstanding, life within Yunxia Valley is relaxed; Junior Sister, upon entering the valley this time, you will surely not regret it."

Explained with modern society's terminology, Yunxia Valley is very suitable for elderly care.

Especially for someone like Shen Yao who has no hope of Promotion, going to a great sect would always have some discomfort; Yunxia Valley here has fewer restrictions and is more suitable for living.

However, there are pros and cons; unless one is at a dead end or has no future ahead, no one would come to Yunxia Valley for elderly care—everyone has their own schemes.

"Junior Sister, this is the storage bag for disciples entering the valley; please accept it."

The middle-aged woman handed Shen Yao a palm-sized storage bag embroidered with pink butterflies, then turned and left.

Shen Yao pinched the storage bag and walked into the room, coming to sit by the bedside, then checked the items inside the storage bag.

Simple spirit stones, pills, Yunxia Valley attire, cultivation arts, and Yunxia Valley specialty products.

Shen Yao took out the pink-and-white set of Yunxia Valley clothing and placed it by the bedside, while she herself admired the Yunxia Valley specialty products: the Withered Powder Butterfly and Cloud Feather Gauze.

Cloud Feather Gauze was just one of Yunxia Valley's products; besides that, there were more valuable Luo Su Gauze, Qi Ling Gauze, Long Xiao Gauze, and so on.

These fabrics contained plenty of powder from the Withered Powder Butterfly itself, and the dye used for the fabrics was the Colored Moon Mushroom, known for its stability.

Such a thin bolt of Cloud Feather Gauze could easily sell for several hundred spirit stones; if made into ready-made clothes with self-defense effects, the price would multiply several times over.

When Shen Yao was previously in the cultivation world, her storage bag in her space held many treasures; fabrics like these were not lacking, but Shen Yao did not know how to produce gauze.

This time coming to Yunxia Valley, she had the idea of learning gauze production from the root.

Stored finished products would eventually run out one day; if she mastered the golden hen that could lay eggs, she wouldn't need to fear the day the eggs ran out.

Having it herself was better than anyone else having it; this time she was once again a relatively short-lived cannon fodder, and chasing after the Cultivation Path would be more trouble than it was worth—better to lower her head and learn a true skill step by step.

Yunxia Valley, she believed, would not disappoint her.

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The flying boat sailed eastward for several months, and the flying boats of other sects traveling the same route departed one after another, leaving only the flying boat bound for Yunxia Valley.

After the initial period of excitement, everyone's fervor faded and they settled down considerably.

As a newcomer who had just joined Yunxia Valley, Shen Yao, having reached Foundation Establishment, did not need to start from the outer sect but directly took the position of Steward Elder.

Therefore, Shen Yao's treatment was better than that of ordinary people, including specially made accommodation and meals.

Every day they would come out at fixed times to get some air, while everyone else hid in their rooms to meditate; Shen Yao felt this was the most relaxed and comfortable period she had experienced since returning to the Cultivation World.

"Junior Sister Shen."

The middle-aged woman was surnamed Huang and named Ying, an old-timer of many years in Yunxia Valley.

"Senior Sister Huang."

Shen Yao opened the room door, wearing a pink-and-white Yunxia Valley robe on her body, which made her temperament appear even more gentle.

Every time Huang Ying saw Shen Yao, she felt envy; a woman's love of beauty could not be avoided even by cultivators.

Shen Yao understood the other person's thoughts, but she had no better solution for this.

In the Cultivation World, there were many pills and spiritual objects used for appearance, but without exception, they were expensive and extremely difficult to obtain.

Shen Yao's appearance relied on the System Cheat; some methods of the Cultivation World could not yet compare for the time being.

"Senior Sister Huang, you came to find me—is Yunxia Valley almost here?"

Shen Yao looked outside, and through the system window, the light was clear and bright.

Since two days ago, Huang Ying had repeatedly emphasized to her that the flying boat had already entered the range of Yunxia Valley.

Their sect was located on a mountain peak within Yunxia Valley.

Once they arrived at the place and settled these disciples properly, she would definitely treat Shen Yao well.

After getting along for several months, Huang Ying felt that she and Shen Yao were like old friends at first sight.

Since they got along so well, they certainly could not remain ordinary colleagues; drawing closer in companionship was the key.

Huang Ying regained her senses, nodded with an "en," and said, "We're almost there."

"Junior Sister Shen, you can go to the bow of the ship to look; in another half day, we'll be able to rest properly."

The Disciple Recruitment Conference held once every five years was a tiring day for Huang Ying.

Although others in Yunxia Valley could also help, Huang Ying was the main force for recruiting disciples, and during this period, some business dealings of Yunxia Valley could not be interrupted either.

One person had to do the work of two, and every time Huang Ying would return to complain to the Sect Master of Yunxia Valley. But because there were rich rewards supporting her, Huang Ying still persisted until now and had not retired to the second line.

Shen Yao came to the bow of the ship, leaning against a half-open system window to look outside. The cloud layer was already very thin, but still faintly lingered around Yunxia Valley.

Not far away, various flowing lights flickered; they were forbidden restrictions raised by Spirit Power Shields.

Inside the restriction were probably some spiritual plants and spiritual objects cultivated by Yunxia Valley.

"They are specialty products of Yunxia Valley, and also some raw materials for silk production."

Yunxia Valley made its living from silk production and would certainly guard the tools of its livelihood tightly.

People like Shen Yao would go to the Steward Hall to take an oath upon arriving at Yunxia Valley.

Including but not limited to the secrets of Yunxia Valley, they could not reveal them to outsiders; otherwise, they would face the result of being held accountable by Yunxia Valley ten thousand times over, and no one could resist it.

The Cultivation World of the Eastern Region controlled such core technologies in a way very similar to patents in modern society.

The only difference was that patents might be infringed upon and end up in lawsuits, but in the Cultivation World, such behavior would be directly resolved through physical action.

Huang Ying told Shen Yao the names of some raw materials, all spiritual plants that had already spread and were not considered secrets.

"After Junior Sister Shen goes to the Steward Hall, you can plant these spiritual plants and spiritual objects yourself."

"Yunxia Valley is not that kind of conservative sect; Junior Sister need not worry too much about living in Yunxia Valley."

As long as one did not deliberately sell the core of Yunxia Valley, given Shen Yao's cultivation realm and ability, not to mention being highly valued within Yunxia Valley, simply living in affluence could be easily achieved.

After all, Huang Ying still remembered the planting and alchemy techniques Shen Yao had shown until now.

Yunxia Valley lacked exactly this kind of talent; otherwise, how could the title of Elder be given out? Even small sects could not just give preferential treatment to anyone.

"Senior Sister Huang has good intentions, and I understand all of it; since we are not yet one of our own, I cannot blame the other party for acting too cautiously."

Moreover, what Huang Ying did was not blameworthy; who would want to be held responsible if something went wrong in the end?

Chatting and laughing with each other, the flying boat in the sky slowly descended.

Beyond the thin cloud layer lay a dazzling and magnificent valley.

Shen Yao gazed at the beautiful scenery of Yunxia Valley and finally understood what Huang Ying had said before; this place was indeed a holy land with beautiful scenery.

"Junior Sister Shen, let's go down first."

The flying boat had already stabilized, and the originally closed cabin door was pushed open by a technique.

With a hula-la, the crowd disembarked from the flying boat; facing the unfamiliar environment, no one dared to move.

Huang Ying coldly ordered the disciples of Yunxia Valley to lead the newcomers to rest first; as for Shen Yao, she would personally be responsible.

This was not Huang Ying favoring Shen Yao; rather, someone like Shen Yao who had reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage being able to come to Yunxia Valley was itself quite rare.

After all, Yunxia Valley was just a small sect; the Sect Master was only at Golden Core, and the few Elders below were all at Foundation Establishment cultivation realm.

If not for Yunxia Valley being in the Eastern Region, and the Eastern Cultivation World having rules set by the Five Great Sects, the days of Yunxia Valley would definitely be much harder.

Despite this, Yunxia Valley's multi-faceted development had not made it rich overnight.

One could only say they earned enough for their own food and clothing, but as for going further like others, don't even think about it.

The innate martial power issue limited Yunxia Valley's outward expansion. Moreover, Yunxia Valley without threats and with threats were two completely different treatments; even if the Sect Master went mad, she would not dare to provoke the Five Great Sects.

On the way, Huang Ying told Shen Yao some of the founding history of Yunxia Valley; upon arriving at the Steward Hall, she took a miniature Formation Disk, activated it, and let Shen Yao choose a place to stay.

They were all places within Yunxia Valley with abundant Spiritual Energy, and some places even had extremely dense Spiritual Energy, where spiritual plants requiring a lot of Spiritual Energy could be planted.

Huang Ying specifically pointed this out because she valued Shen Yao's skill in planting and alchemy.

Everyone would be fellow disciples in the future; what benefit is there not to help one another and be even better?

Shen Yao stretched out her hand and tapped, choosing a place at the foot of a mountain, where there was also a bamboo forest and a lake.

Moreover, not far away were already-reclaimed spiritual fields, ready for planting, saving time and effort.

Seeing Shen Yao choose appropriately, Huang Ying explained with a smile that this plot had originally belonged to an Elder, but that person's lifespan had run out and could not be saved; he left Yunxia Valley, fallen leaves returning to their roots.

Nowadays not only this plot, but the entire surrounding area had no one living there.

Since Shen Yao had chosen this place, Huang Ying simply did a good deed to the end and directly transferred all the surrounding spiritual fields to her.

Anyway, there were not many Elders in Yunxia Valley; leaving the freed spiritual fields unplanted would be a waste, so it was better to entrust them to Shen Yao—even if she just casually scattered some seeds, it was still something.

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao had not expected the other party to be so enthusiastic, somewhat beyond her expectations.

However, since it did her no harm, Shen Yao naturally would not foolishly open her mouth to refuse.

Smiling and nodding, the two rode a magic artifact to the already-demarcated location.

Truly there were mountains, water, fields, and rooms; living here, it would be hard for one's state of mind not to be calm and stable.

In the following days, Shen Yao mainly ran back and forth between the Steward Hall, the Outer Disciple Hall, and her residence.

Of course, she also met the Sect Master of Yunxia Valley once, a very amiable female cultivator whose behavior style was extremely similar to Huang Ying's.

Or rather, the entire Yunxia Valley was full of female cultivators with Huang Ying's temperament; truly not one family, not entering one family's door.