Chapter 310: Each Person's Choice

At this moment, Jiang Dongming, who had always been taciturn, spoke lightly:

"Sun Da, considering our years of friendship, I advise you to go to the City Lord's Mansion."

Regarding Jiang Dongming's advice, Sun Da dismissed it carelessly:

"Why go to the City Lord's Mansion? Isn't that just putting a tight spell on myself?"

"So you want to leave Dongxuan City?"

Jiang Dongming now gazed coldly at Sun Da.

Sensing Jiang Dongming's gaze,

Sun Da felt a chill in his heart and quickly shook his head, saying:

"That's not the case. I just want to sell my cave abode first to exchange for resources to break through to the Purple Mansion realm."

"After breaking through to the Purple Mansion realm, if Dongxuan City requires me to take a Dao oath or sign a contract, I will go then."

Jiang Dongming was the only one among them who had currently broken through to the Purple Mansion realm.

In silence, he nodded slightly.

However, there were plenty of third-tier cave abodes in Dongxuan City now, so he was not in a hurry.

Seeing this, Jiang Dongming's expression relaxed slightly.

After becoming a Purple Mansion cultivator, unless absolutely necessary, he did not want to leave Dongxuan City either.

Sun Da still had some self-awareness, knowing that with his mindset, he could not take a Dao oath.

Even if he had thoughts of leaving Dongxuan City, he dared not say it in front of Jiang Dongming.

If it were not for Li Yuan's relationship, he would have long since cut off all contact with Sun Da.

Hearing Jiang Dongming's words, this time Li Yuan did not speak up for Sun Da.

As for the Dao oath?

One could directly receive a permanent third-tier cave abode.

After nodding in farewell, he left the cave abode Li Yuan had rented.

"Brother Li, this person Sun Da is not someone to be deeply trusted; take care of yourself!"

He had always been dissatisfied with Sun Da's character.

It was only because the group had agreed to meet at the cave abode Li Yuan rented that he had not yet gone to claim his own cave abode.

His lifespan was now short, and he planned to wait until he broke through to the Purple Mansion realm before doing anything else.

After all, regarding the treatment offered by Dongxuan City, Sun Da was still very reluctant to give it up.

However, he was equally unwilling to sign a contract and serve Dongxuan City permanently.

That was why he was torn and had been unwilling to go to the City Lord's Mansion to sign a contract.

Watching Sun Da's departing figure, Jiang Dongming frowned slightly and said:

He was a Purple Mansion cultivator.

Therefore, Sun Da still felt some fear towards Jiang Dongming.

After a period of exchange, the group eventually parted in discord.

Seeing that both Jiang Dongming and Sun Da had left,

Wang Xing, who had already been awkward, immediately took his leave of Li Yuan and his wife and left the place.

After the three left, Mu Qingqing, with a worried expression, said:

"Husband, if Bin'er cannot become a core member of Dongxuan City, what should we do?"

Seeing the worry on his wife's face, Li Yuan comforted her:

"It's fine. The gap between core members and peripheral members might not be as large as we imagine."

Although he said this, Li Yuan felt that core members must have some special qualities.

Otherwise, the City Lord would not have gone to such great lengths to distinguish between core members and peripheral members.

However, since Dongxuan City had just reformed, he could not yet guess what the special qualities of core members would be in the future.

Hearing her husband's comfort, Mu Qingqing nodded.

At this moment, she suddenly remembered something and asked again:

"Then shall we two go first to claim the rewarded cave abode?"

Both she and Li Yuan were currently at the peak of the Foundation Establishment realm and could claim two permanent second-tier cave abodes.

And their son, Li Bin, was also a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

However, Li Bin's cultivation was only at the early stage of the Foundation Establishment realm.

At this moment, Li Bin, who had probably just had a big argument with the two of them, had likely already successfully claimed his own second-tier cave abode.

Hearing his wife's question, Li Yuan thought for a moment and shook his head, saying:

"The City Lord has given us a hundred years. Our immediate priority is to hurry and break through to the Purple Mansion realm."

"If we can break through to the Purple Mansion realm, we can claim two third-tier cave abodes."

There is a significant difference between second-tier and third-tier cave abodes.

If possible, Li Yuan naturally wanted to strive for the third-tier cave abodes.

"But what about our lifespans?"

Clearly, Mu Qingqing, whose lifespan was nearly exhausted,

did not have confidence that she could open the sea of consciousness space and successfully break through to the Purple Mansion realm within the limited time.

"Don't worry! We still have about twenty years."

"If we really cannot break through by then, we can claim the second-tier cave abodes and pass them down to Bin'er."

Compared to Mu Qingqing, Li Yuan appeared very open-minded.

She did not feel various anxieties despite her lifespan nearing its end.

At this moment, inside the Fifth-Rank cave dwelling Liu Feifeng had just claimed.

Jiang Yinyin was tugging Liu Feifeng's arm, acting coquettishly as she said:

"Oh, Master, please rest assured! I will definitely break through to the Golden Core realm within twenty years, not a hundred."

More than two hundred years had passed.

As the first person born in Dongxuan City with a Five-Element spiritual root talent.

Jiang Yinyin's cultivation base had risen to the peak of the Purple Mansion realm, just one step away from the Golden Core realm.

She had now passed the assessment and become one of the captains of the Dongxuan City Guard.

She commanded quite a few cultivators under her.

Since this cave dwelling reward from Dongxuan City came with a hundred-year time limit.

Jiang Yinyin naturally wanted to wait until her cultivation base broke through to the Golden Core realm before claiming the Fourth-Rank cave dwelling.

During these more than two hundred years, Jiang Yinyin's grandfather had passed away.

Even among the few childhood companions she had grown up with.

Except for Zhang Ergou, who possessed a Two-Element spiritual root and luckily broke through to the Foundation Establishment realm.

Wang Dama and Li Huahua, due to insufficient talent.

Could not break through to the Foundation Establishment realm before their lifespans ran out and had already perished from spiritual exhaustion.

The cultivators born in the early days of Dongxuan City mostly possessed very mediocre talent.

Many could not break through the Qi Refining realm and perished as their lifespans ran out.

This was also the reason why the number of cultivators in Dongxuan City, after a period of rapid surge, eventually entered a plateau.

It was precisely because her grandfather and the two childhood companions had perished from spiritual exhaustion.

That it greatly stimulated Jiang Yinyin.

Leading Jiang Yinyin to become increasingly diligent and hardworking in her cultivation during the later stages.

Hoping to break through to higher realms and extend her own lifespan.

Jiang Yinyin's ability to cultivate to the peak of the Purple Mansion realm.

Relied not only on her own talent but also on her own efforts.

If it were not for the shackles of major realm bottlenecks, which greatly delayed her breakthrough time.

Her current cultivation base would have been even higher.

Regarding her beloved disciple, Liu Feifeng was still very confident.

Hearing Jiang Yinyin's words, Liu Feifeng gently patted Jiang Yinyin's hand with gratification and smiled, saying:

"With your talent, breaking through to the Golden Core realm is not difficult."

"It is just that major realm bottlenecks require a calm heart to contemplate and one must find their own opportunity to have a chance at breakthrough."

"Master only hopes that you can break through as soon as possible."

"The shorter the time you spend stalled before these major realm bottlenecks, the more time you will have in the future to sprint toward higher realms."

(End of this chapter)