The sect leader Lu Tianhe, as a Nascent Soul cultivator of the sect, could naturally discern the spiritual energy content in the bento boxes. He was greatly delighted by these meals.
After handing the purchased bento boxes to the peak lords, who were also Nascent Soul cultivators, he said again.
"Ancestor, should we send someone to check on Hao Yun Lai?"
"Tianhe! You are the sect leader, these matters are naturally for you to handle. Alright, you should all get busy. Don't bother me unless it's a major issue. I'll go check on Hao Yun Lai first."
Lu Daoyang finished speaking, no longer paying attention to Lu Tianhe and the others. He summoned his contract spirit beast, a celestial crane, and sat on its back, patting its neck.
The celestial crane let out a cry, flapped its wings, and quickly flew into the distance.
Lu Tianhe looked at the distant flying crane and the ancestor who had abandoned them.
He calmly led the peak lords back to the sect's main hall for deliberation.
He was already accustomed to this kind of ancestor. After the turbidity appeared a hundred years ago, although the ancestor no longer went into seclusion, he also did not manage sect affairs. Unless it concerned the survival of the sect, the ancestor paid no mind to anything else.
Soon, the hall erupted in noisy discussion.
After a while, commands were rapidly issued.
Groups of disciples began to act in an orderly fashion. Disciples who were on missions outside quickly received the sect's message and began to advance towards the same location.
...
Meanwhile, Lu Daoyang, seated on the celestial crane, took out a communication talisman and urgently contacted his old friend, Ye Wang, the Tribulation Crossing ancestor of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
Ye Wang, the Tribulation Crossing ancestor of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, was his close friend. He was twelve thousand years old. Although he was four thousand years younger than Lu Daoyang, they had no generational gap and could talk about anything.
Qi Refining stage: 100 years lifespan
Foundation Establishment stage: 200 years lifespan
Golden Core stage: 500 years lifespan
Nascent Soul stage: 1000 years lifespan
Nascent Soul stage: 2000 years lifespan
Integration stage: 5000 years lifespan
Mahayana stage: 10,000 years lifespan
Tribulation Crossing stage: 20,000 years lifespan
Each stage was further divided into early, middle, late, and peak perfection. Each tier was divided into early, mid, and late stages.
When one reached the late stage peak perfection of the Tribulation Crossing stage, they could attempt to undergo the heavenly tribulation and ascend to immortality.
The lifespan of a Tribulation Crossing cultivator was twenty thousand years. However, although Ye Wang still had eight thousand years of lifespan, he was only in the early stage, early tier of the Tribulation Crossing stage.
Lu Daoyang, on the other hand, was a late stage, early tier Tribulation Crossing cultivator with sixteen thousand years of lifespan.
Due to the turbidity outbreak a hundred years ago, the turbidity had been increasing. Cultivation was already difficult as one progressed further, and the appearance of turbidity made cultivation even more arduous. Ascending became even more, and even more difficult.
Lu Daoyang knew that if he continued to cultivate in seclusion, even with his late-stage Tribulation Crossing cultivation and sixteen thousand years of lifespan, given the rate at which turbidity was growing, he would be unable to ascend without some great fortune.
Therefore, after the turbidity appeared, Lu Daoyang stopped cultivating in seclusion.
Rather than reaching the end of his lifespan in seclusion, he preferred to spend his remaining time searching for opportunities or enjoying life.
This time, Lu Daoyang had a vague feeling that this Hao Yun Lai shop might be their opportunity to ascend, and a great opportunity to change the Cang Ling Realm.
Ye Wang was his friend, and he had to inform him. Rather than letting Ye Wang continue cultivating in seclusion as usual, it was better for him to come out and try their luck.
He sent a communication message to Ye Wang, and it was answered shortly.
A clear, calm voice of a young man rang out, neither pleased nor displeased.
"Daoyang, what is it that you need me for?"
"Mmm, I know you are busy cultivating. I wouldn't bother you if it weren't important. I wouldn't want to disturb your seclusion."
Lu Daoyang then quickly explained the matter concerning Hao Yun Lai.
"Is this matter true?" Ye Wang's calm voice carried a hint of surprise and disbelief.
"It's true, I'm on my way to Hao Yun Lai. Come quickly. I have a feeling that place is our chance. That shop also has a koi lottery, and there are even elixirs inside. You can't draw them on the food cart, you have to do it inside the shop..."
The two had a brief conversation and agreed to meet at Hao Yun Lai before disconnecting the communication talisman.
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Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
Ye Wang hung up the communication talisman in his secluded cave and, after probing with his spiritual sense, quickly went to the location of the sect leader, Wan Zhan.
"Ancestor, you... you've come out of seclusion." A man with slightly graying hair said, looking in surprise at the clear-featured, handsome man in white robes standing before him.
Ye Wang grunted and ignored the sect leader's surprise, directly and concisely explaining the matter of Hao Yun Lai.
Wan Zhan's eyes were filled with disbelief upon hearing this, but since the news came from the ancestor, he had no choice but to believe it.
His heart surged with excitement.
Did this mean his wife had a chance to advance to the Nascent Soul stage?
"Ancestor, please rest assured, I will immediately send disciples to Hao Yun Lai. That child, Qi Yiyang, do you want to bring him along?"
Ye Wang hesitated for a moment before saying, "Let him come."
"Yes."
Wan Zhan was excited and did not care about wasting spiritual energy, quickly using a communication talisman to contact Qi Yiyang.
Qi Yiyang was the most outstanding and youngest Golden Core stage cultivator in the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, with the greatest hope of ascension. He had broken through to the Golden Core stage at the young age of twenty-five, a prodigy among prodigies! It was a great opportunity to learn from the ancestor.
Soon, a white-robed man with the same clear and calm demeanor as Ye Wang entered the hall, and they left the Ten Thousand Swords Sect together on a spirit beast, a Fire Phoenix.
Wan Zhan then began to issue commands, and after informing his wife, he personally led a group of elite inner disciples towards Hao Yun Lai.
At the same time, news of Hao Yun Lai quickly spread throughout the entire sect.
Everyone's hearts were filled with anticipation.
...
Luo Yunshi, sitting in the shop, was unaware of all this. She watched movies and cultivated, quickly and easily reaching the early Foundation Establishment stage.
This was much faster than the two old men who shared a rental.
At this moment, the two old men were still in their rooms, diligently cultivating and preparing to break through the hurdle of Foundation Establishment. If they knew that Luo Yunshi had so easily and quickly established her foundation from a lower strength level, they would likely only sigh, "Great figures are great figures, they even pretend to be weak from the start."
But was it too fake for a great figure to advance so quickly? It didn't seem very convincing. However, they would not expose her.
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Meanwhile, Tang Lie, after teaming up with the Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciples to kill an evil cultivator, did not stop. While he still had spiritual energy in his body, he quickly sent a message to his sect.
The message directly stated that within the jurisdiction of the Zixiao Sect, a mysterious area had appeared that could not be probed by spiritual sense, and it contained many strange structures.
The sect quickly replied to Tang Lie's message.