Chapter 909: Longevity: My Farming-Style Cultivation Is Too Steady Chapter 909 The Fortune of Life

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

Several days later, Xu Ping'an's wedding.

The entire sect was decked out in grand red splendor.

Red lanterns and Double Happiness Knots hung from the branches of spirit wood trees, while Seven-Colored Lotus Lamps floated above Lingxi Stream.

The cultivated spirit flowers all bloomed, their fragrance spreading for a thousand li, and even the air carried a hint of sweetness.

Xu Zhangqing personally arranged everything, leading his disciples to manage the banquet and decorate the hall.

Ruo Qunshuang led the women and the disciples of Lingqu Sect to help.

Xu Zhangqing did not deliberately hold a grand event; he only invited people he knew.

The Lingqu Sect lineage and the Li Clan of the Central Region—no need to say more.

Forces from Fengrao Commandery and sect Dao Friends he had known in the past all arrived.

The first to arrive was actually Xu Zhangqing's Second Disciple, Lin Feng.

He was now over fifty years old.

The immaturity of his youth had faded from his face, his features becoming firm and deep.

Dressed in dark-colored robes embroidered with dark gold dragon patterns, his bearing was steady, yet carried a dignified air of one long accustomed to authority.

He stood alone beneath the mountain gate, gazing at the familiar Qingmu Sect, his eyes full of complex emotions.

Xu Zhangqing looked at his mature and steady Second Disciple and called out, "Feng'er~"

Lin Feng bowed with a gesture of reverence and said with an expression of affection, "Master."

"You've matured so much!"

"You... are still the same as ever!"

"This time you've come, do you choose to stay, or will you return soon?"

"The Great Feng Dynasty no longer needs a disciple to hold the fort; this time I've returned to stay for good!"

"Fine, go take your seat first."

After not seeing each other for decades, master and disciple were filled with emotion.

Not long after, San Eye Tribe Chief Qiong arrived, treading through the void.

He presented two heavy gifts: one was the Cangming Fish Spirit Seed entrusted by Xuan Yan, and the other was the Three-Eyed Clan's supreme treasure, the Three-Eyed Spirit Marrow Seed.

Xu Zhangqing was surprised: "This... was really given to me by the Great Elder?"

Qiong nodded and said, "Dao Friend Xuan Yan knows you've worked hard."

Xu Zhangqing only believed half of that.

From the past to the present, his relationship with the Great Elder had just been so-so.

Previously, nothing had ever been sent, and now suddenly such a supreme treasure was gifted.

There was only one possibility: Liu Xuan Zhou must have said something after returning.

Therefore, this gift seemed like a reward, but was actually a reminder.

More bluntly, it was time to "pick a side."

"Lao Xu!"

"We're here!"

"Oh, it's so festive here!"

Not long after, more old friends arrived in quick succession.

Zhang Su, Bai Xuan of the Beast-Taming Bai Family holding hands with Zhang Xue along with a son and a daughter, Hu Bugui with Lin Xiaoyan and their daughter Huo Huo.

Among the crowd, there was a small interlude.

Han Su had just stopped when he saw a familiar figure—it was his former Dao Companion Li Xianglin.

Their gazes met, and both were stunned.

Standing beside Li Xianglin was a sturdy man, their son Han Gen.

Han Su opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but the words stopped at his lips.

When they were young, they had constant conflicts and endless quarrels.

Now they were old, eighty or ninety years old, and instead had nothing to say.

Behind them, Rong Yan represented the Rong Family in specially sending a batch of cultivation resources.

Even Pei Mo brought Han Xin's gift and arrived as scheduled.

Only Zhao Ziyue could not be found, and therefore did not attend.

Old friends gathered together, all presenting gifts.

Lin Feng presented a Thousand Year Warm Jade Bed.

Zhang Su presented various medicines.

Bai Xuan and Zhang Xue presented Thousand Year Snow Wolf Fur.

Hu Bugui's family presented rare Fire Spirit Liquid.

Han Su's family of three presented a Top Grade Earth Protection Jade Pendant.

All kinds of gifts piled up the empty space.

Some precious, some weighty, some rare—truly a dazzling variety.

The auspicious hour has arrived.

In the great hall, red silk filled the sky, and ritual music sounded.

Xu Ping'an wore a great red wedding robe, his bearing handsome and graceful.

Li Yueyao wore the phoenix crown and xia pei, charming and moving.

Before the eyes of the full hall of guests, the two walked step by step up to the wedding platform.

"First bow to heaven and earth~"

"Second bow to the parents~"

At the main seat, Xu Zhangqing and Li Lingbi sat on the left and right respectively.

Ruo Qunshuang and the Li clan stood in two rows on either side.

At this moment, everyone wore smiles on their faces.

"Husband and wife bow to each other~"

Xu Ping'an and Li Yueyao bowed to each other.

The ceremony complete, they were sent into the bridal chamber.

In the mortal world, there is the custom of making trouble in the bridal chamber.

But Xu Ping'an was a Nascent Soul cultivator; even if the guests present had the mind, no one dared to make trouble.

They could only watch the couple depart, then surge into the banquet and begin toasting.

At the banquet, Xu Zhangqing sat at one table with a group of old friends.

Lin Feng, Sun Shangxiang, Qingyao, three disciples stood to one side.

Han Su, Pei Mo, Zhang Su, Rong Yan, Hu Bugui, Zhang Xue, everyone chatted and laughed merrily.

Speaking of youthful past events, discussing their present circumstances.

Sighing at the passage of time, and rejoicing that old friends were all still present.

Spirit lamps flickered, wine aroma overflowed, and sounds of joy and laughter never ceased.

Xu Zhangqing looked at the relatives and friends gathered in one hall, his heart filled with a thousand feelings.

The greatest fortune in life is nothing more than having one's Dao Companion still present, one's children married and settled, and old friends accompanying!

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In a corner on the other side of the banquet, Qiong and Li stood side by side.

The two looked at the joy and laughter in the great hall, appearing conspicuously out of place.

Li wore plain white clothes, her posture outstanding, her forehead and pink pupils faintly visible.

Qiong glanced at her indifferent expression and could not help but ask: "In terms of aptitude, strength, bloodline, and so on, you far surpass Li Yueyao.

Now Xu Ping'an and she are marrying before everyone's eyes, and you... have not the slightest thought?"

Li's eyes held not a shred of jealousy or unwillingness; she remained calm and placid, replying: "I am not a person of the Tianyuan Realm, so naturally I do not care about these mortal-world rituals."

Qiong let out an "oh" upon hearing this.

Li said in a determined tone: "Xu Ping'an can only stay in the Tianyuan Realm for five years; five years later, he must go to Tai Xu Lie Yuan.

When the time comes, I will accompany him there."

Qiong's body trembled; his originally steady face showed several shades of shock: "That place is perilous and unfathomable; even a Nascent Soul True Monarch stepping in would have only one chance of survival out of ten."

You are the most outstanding person of the young generation of the Three-Eyed Clan; there is no need to accompany him in taking risks!"

Li merely lowered her eyes slightly, her tone carrying an unquestionable stubbornness: "What I have decided, I will follow that one road to the end."

This stubbornness could be said to be cut from the same cloth as Xu Ping'an's nature of never turning back once he has set his course.

Seeing her like this, Qiong could only sigh inwardly and cease to urge her further.

Li changed the subject: "Clan Leader, now that Dongting Immortal Sect is divided, should our Three-Eyed Clan contact other powers in advance and secure a way out?"

Qiong's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness as he nodded: "Rest assured, I have already made arrangements in secret."

He lowered his voice, his tone carrying several shades of solemnity: "The Dongting Immortal Sect today is divided, plagued by internal strife and power struggles, with signs of chaos everywhere.

Were it not for Xu Zhangqing, who can cultivate the ancient spirit plants our clan needs, I would long ago have led the entire clan to defect to another immortal sect."

After all, besides Dongting Immortal Sect, the Tianyuan Realm also has Longhu Immortal Sect and Yao Yue Immortal Sect.

Even if one does not seek an immortal sect, there are also Hidden World Dao Sects and great clans with inheritances of ten thousand years.

Upon this, Li nodded slightly.

The Three-Eyed Clan's reliance on Dongting Immortal Sect was originally to seek shelter, cultivate spirit plants, develop in secret for a time, and then fight their way back.

Now that Dongting is in internal strife, Xu Zhangqing has become the sole tie keeping the Three-Eyed Clan in Dongting Immortal Sect and in Dongyu!