CHAPTER 411: CHAPTER 404: TRUE MONARCH’S GRAND BANQUET (SECOND UPDATE, REQUESTING SUBSCRIPTION)

Crash!

Crash!

The peach tree was swaying, making a soft sound. At the moment, there were no peaches on it, yet a faint fragrance was wafting through the air.

Just by smelling this scent, one felt a sense of clarity.

Sitting upright beneath the Fifth Grade Spirit Tree, just the Dao charm it emitted was of immense benefit to the cultivator.

"What a treasure!"

Ye Wanyi looked at the peach tree, a hint of joy flashing through her eyes. "With this Fifth Grade Spirit Tree anchoring us, our Lu Family can be considered well-founded. But such spirit trees are very rare; from whom did you purchase it?"

"I didn’t purchase it. On the road, I eliminated a bandit, and then found a Fifth Grade Spiritual Peach Tree in the bandit’s lair!"

Lu Xuanji said, recounting the events he encountered on the way to the East Sea.

Ye Wanyi smiled and said, "Husband, how lucky! With this Spiritual Peach Tree, the family can indeed have a foundation. However, a Fifth Grade Spiritual Peach Tree needs three hundred years to sprout, three hundred years to bloom, and three hundred years to bear fruit. It takes a long time to produce peaches; we can’t wait that long!"

"No worries, I have three ripe spiritual peaches here. Would you like to try them fresh?"

Lu Xuanji smiled.

"No need! Fifth Grade Spiritual Peaches can greatly enhance one’s foundation. Eating them directly is ultimately a waste; it’s best to refine them into elixirs!" Ye Wanyi considered, pondering the arrangement for the spiritual peaches.

Just one spiritual peach tree is not enough.

It would be best to trim some branches for transplantation and cultivation.

Cultivate a large number of First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, Fourth Grade peach trees, and so on, combining them into a peach forest.

The numerous spiritual peaches can cater to cultivators of different levels.

...

With the transplantation of the Fifth Grade Spiritual Peach Tree, the spirit vein level of Changyuan Mountain began to rise, gradually transforming into Fifth Grade.

Similarly, the aura of the Fifth Grade Spiritual Peach Tree inevitably leaked out.

Around the Lu Family, horrifying auras appeared, probing with divine thought filled with greed.

Many Nascent Soul cultivators or Nascent Soul Clans did not have a Fifth Grade Spirit Tree as an anchor.

A Fifth Grade Spirit Tree is truly the clan’s supreme treasure.

Comprehending under the spirit tree can enhance the clan’s cultivators’ comprehension and increase cultivation speed.

A peach grove cultivated from the Fifth Grade Spirit Tree can provide a continuous supply of lower-grade spiritual peaches, earning the clan a vast amount of spirit stones.

In the marketplace, a Fifth Grade Spirit Tree requires at least over a hundred thousand Upper Grade Spirit Stones, often having a price but no market.

Nearby Nascent Soul cultivators showed greedy intentions, probing incessantly.

Lu Xuanji was not polite and directly counterattacked with divine thought.

In the void, a buzzing sound echoed.

Intangible divine thoughts clashed, fighting each other.

After going through the divine thought clash, some Nascent Soul cultivators retreated one after another, choosing to leave.

Only a few divine thoughts lingered nearby, exchanging a few words with Lu Xuanji.

Subsequently, they too retreated.

Feeling the retreating divine thoughts, Lu Xuanji also breathed a sigh of relief.

Those cultivators coveting the Fifth Grade Spiritual Peach Tree finally retreated.

Just now, there were fifteen divine thoughts flickering, probing him.

In the recent clash, he proved part of his strength, intimidated a group of wolves and tigers, and appropriately engaged in some interest exchange.

...

In some spiritual place, a Nascent Soul cultivator withdrew his divine thought, leisurely smiling, "Interesting! This person is indeed lucky; worthy of making an acquaintance!"

"The vitality power contained within a Fifth Grade Spiritual Peach is beneficial even to a Nascent Soul. If it can be refined into elixirs, it will be greatly advantageous!"

Originally intended to only send a disciple to participate, but now plans to go in person.

Not just here, in other places, Nascent Soul cultivators also had swirling thoughts.

Probing is a prerequisite;

Establishing good relations is the result.

During the earlier probing, some of Xuanji True Monarch’s strength was tested, laying the foundation for establishing good relations next.

Of course, if Xuanji True Monarch’s cultivation is too weak, they don’t mind directly robbing.

In the Cultivation Immortality Realm, there are no good people.

If the opponent’s strength is weak, easily devoured, they don’t mind turning vicious and directly robbing; but if the opponent’s strength is strong, hard to swallow, or results in great loss, they prefer to be amiable, becoming neighborly and friendly.

...

Changyuan Mountain, the Lu Family is in action.

The Grand Elder is arranging everything, hosting the True Monarch banquet.

To prepare for this True Monarch banquet, the Grand Elder opened the mansion vault, took out numerous spirit medicines, spirit rice, and many elixirs, spiritual meats, and began preparing for the banquet.

Feeling it still insufficient, directly heading to some marketplaces to purchase spirit wine, spirit fruits, and so on.

The banquet hasn’t even started yet, and a large amount of spirit stones has already been spent.

Looking at the items on the bill and the material costs above, Lu Xuanji slightly frowned.

Organizing such a banquet will plunge the Lu Family into a deficit.

For the coming decades, they will only have porridge to eat.

But the Grand Elder did not care at all, deficit is deficit, fiscal deficit is fiscal deficit, these are all minor issues.

The Cultivation Immortality Realm never emphasizes efficiency and profit, more emphasis is on safety.

Safety is more important than efficiency.

In the Cultivation Immortality Realm, an era of constant slaughter and robbery, the first thing many cultivators think about is how to obtain safety, and only then how to make money, how to improve efficiency.

Holding this banquet, though it will plunge the Lu Family into a financial crisis, it will also allow entry into the circle of Nascent Soul and stand firm within it.

...

After a month of preparation, the banquet was held.

Changyuan Mountain became lively.

In just a few hundred years, Changyuan Mountain has undergone drastic changes.

Initially, it was only a remote spiritual mountain of the Lu Family, with only a Second Grade spirit vein, but over the years, with continuous management, constant expansion of the spirit vein, artificial mountains, development of spiritual fields, medicine gardens, fruit gardens, and so on, Changyuan Mountain has undergone a transformation.

There are three major peaks, seventy-two minor peaks, aside from a central Fifth Grade spirit vein, there are six Fourth Grade spirit veins, over thirty Third Grade spirit veins, and over a hundred Second Grade spirit veins interwoven. Numerous arrays surround it.

Grand arrays with sub-arrays, sub-arrays interconnected, countless arrays, and numerous prepared and hidden arrays beyond count.

On the outskirts are vast spiritual fields, about a million acres, planted with White Sun Rice and Jade Emperor Rice.

In the central area are some medicine gardens, planted with Jade Marrow Lingzhi, Celestial Lingzhi, Bone Marrow Cleansing Grass, and many Nirvana Grass, Pure Yang Grass, Purple Mansion Flower, and others, with a vast number and variety overlapping.

Within is the Lu Family’s orchard, with many Second Grade, Third Grade, Fourth Grade spirit trees, numerous and dense.

Some mountain ranges intertwine, with cultivators residing within.

All the Lu Family cultivators fully mobilized.

The mountain gate opened, warmly welcoming guests.

Spiritual Cuisine, spirit fruits, spirit wine, and others, arranged in different areas.

Welcoming cultivators, those with invitations warmly received, those without also warmly received.

As long as the identity is confirmed, they are welcomed inside,

For the loose cultivators at the lower level, as long as they aren’t causing trouble, they are warmly welcomed, not minding them eating and drinking for free.

As the saying goes, just attending shows respect. Gifts are best, but no gifts are also fine.

In a short time, many guests arrived.

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PS: Only two updates today, struggling with writing.

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