The entire imperial capital of Qixia Kingdom was primarily populated by mortals, with very few cultivators. To protect ordinary people, no cultivator would carelessly emit their pressure here. Therefore, the terrifying Golden Core pressure radiating from Ding Yun and her children at this moment was extremely conspicuous and out of place. It was like a meteor in the midst of fireflies.
Before long, the cultivators guarding the imperial palace noticed and quickly contacted each other, rushing to investigate. They followed the pressure to the Yang Commandery Prince's mansion and found Ding Yun and her children by the small river, looking bewildered and somewhat lost.
As figures who had recently been in the spotlight, the investigating cultivators, though they hadn't seen Ding Yun and her children before, could roughly guess Ding Yun's identity based on their location and age. Thus, they were naturally shocked by the Golden Core realm pressure emanating from Ding Yun and her two children.
Amidst their shock, the two exchanged a glance. One immediately flew down to inquire about the situation, while the other quickly contacted the ancestor in the royal secret realm. Three Golden Cores were beyond their ability to control. It was safer to have the ancestor come out. This way, any unexpected situation could be managed.
Next, it was time for Ding Yun's acting skills. Although perhaps not perfect, Ding Yun deftly portrayed herself as someone completely unaware of the specific circumstances, who had simply jumped into the river to save her children. In her bewilderment, she had truthfully answered the River God's questions and inexplicably became a Golden Core cultivator, an ignorant commandery princess consort.
Upon hearing this answer, the two investigating cultivators were filled with envy and jealousy. They had endured so much hardship, effort, and time in their cultivation, painstakingly climbing step by step from the Qi Refining realm to the current Golden Core stage. Yet here was a useless individual with four spiritual roots who, by simply falling into a river, had reached their level. Was this fair? Who wouldn't be angry? Anyone would want to curse the heavens and scold the earth, denouncing the unfairness of fate. The most outrageous part was the two children who, without even cultivating yet, were already at the Golden Core realm. What would happen when they started cultivating? They would soar to the heavens. It was as if their ancestors' graves had exploded, a result far beyond such an effect. They must be the favored children of heaven.
While the two investigating cultivators struggled to balance their emotions and avoid going mad, forgetting how to instruct Ding Yun and her children to restrain their pressure, the ancestor in the secret realm, True Monarch Ju Hui, also rushed over. Soon after, he also learned of the matter and was depressed. It was unavoidable; anyone who heard this would be depressed. After all, most people's cultivation paths were not smooth and straightforward. It was no exaggeration to say that they advanced slowly, step by step, facing difficulties at every turn. Now, here was someone who had ascended with ease, like taking an elevator straight to the top. How could anyone remain psychologically balanced?
However, True Monarch Ju Hui's cultivation was slightly higher, and he had heard similar legends. Thus, after some effort, he calmed down and began to teach Ding Yun how to control her internal spiritual power and restrain her pressure. He also concurrently helped Ding Yun's two children to restrain their pressure. Following this, he took Ding Yun and her children into the secret realm to offer some guidance, at least so they could understand cultivation and control their internal spiritual power. Furthermore, this matter needed to be reported further, up to the ancestors, and even to the Qingyang Sect, to see what the next steps should be.
As for Ding Yun's original husband, Liu Yunpeng, he was now separated by the realms of immortals and mortals, no longer relevant. True Monarch Ju Hui directly ignored this matter, without asking Ding Yun for her thoughts, and took the three of them to the secret realm. The two investigating cultivators who arrived first specifically stayed behind to inform Liu Yunpeng and Madam Liu Qin, who had just rushed back, of the general situation. Then, they also flew away.
And then, the truly spectacular part began. Upon learning that her daughter-in-law and grandchildren had all become immortal beings at the Golden Core realm after falling into the river, leaving only herself and her son as mortals, Madam Liu Qin truly beat her chest and stamped her feet in regret. She regretted not being there at the time. If she had been there, she would have immediately jumped in without hesitation. Then they would have become immortals together!
Liu Yunpeng also regretted it, of course. No matter how great the benefits of his children becoming immortals, they were not as great as becoming an immortal himself. However, he was more practical and adventurous than his mother. While his mother was beating her chest in regret, he had already begun attempting to jump into the river. The very river where the fairy had appeared. He wasn't satisfied with jumping once; he jumped repeatedly, even deciding to stay in the river and not come out. He even tried to drown himself. Unfortunately, whether the River God appeared was not a matter of luck or any other factor. It was entirely dependent on Ding Yun's will. If Ding Yun did not wish for it to appear, he could drown in the half-meter deep artificial river, his corpse would swell and rot, and it would be utterly useless.
Following this, a bizarre spectacle occurred in the Yang Commandery Prince's mansion: Liu Yunpeng, his mother, and even the servants of all ranks within the mansion, all desperately jumped into the river. The already small artificial river was squeezed into a small muddy puddle. Subsequently, people from other commandery prince's mansions nearby, upon hearing the news, also came under the guise of visiting and congratulating. Shortly after entering, they intentionally tripped and rushed towards the river. Even though the river was now murky and muddy, they didn't mind at all. They were disappointed when they were rescued. Then they would go home, take a bath, and visit again.
Only after the news spread from the imperial palace that a river where a River God had once appeared would generally not have a second River God appearing did people's enthusiasm gradually wane. However, they merely stopped jumping into the artificial river in the Yang Commandery Prince's mansion. Instead, they began jumping into other rivers, or even digging their own rivers at home and jumping in, trying their best. It was rumored that even the Emperor himself in the imperial palace had secretly jumped into the imperial river several times. Fortunately, this was the world of cultivation, where various elixirs and medicines were real, not lead and mercury, or the Emperor might have already dissolved into the water and passed away from a cold.
Meanwhile, Ding Yun had already learned how to cultivate in the royal secret realm. She also met her youngest son, whom she had not seen since birth, and was granted the right to personally raise him. Previously, Ding Yun, as a mortal, was not qualified to raise her youngest son who possessed the potential to become an immortal. Now, she herself was at the Golden Core realm, and her newly tested aptitude was the Hunyuan Lingti (Primordial Spirit Body), no inferior to the Shaoyang Lingti (Young Yang Spirit Body). Naturally, she was qualified to raise her child personally.