Chapter 52 - Immortal Fate Of Longevity: Starting From Taking Care of Fellow Daoist Wife

Chapter 52: Expanding the Family Xia Changge brought the harvested spiritual rice back to the Xiao family for them to handle. "Do you want to sell these spiritual rice yourself or ask our Xiao family to sell them?" Xiao Wan naturally asked as she contacted Xia Changge. After all, Xia Changge currently didn't have the qualifications to communicate with Xiao Yun. "Of course, I want you to help..." Xia Changge didn't have any channels at the moment. If he sold them individually in Huaying Immortal Town, it would take years to finish. It would be even more troublesome to go to the Immortal City. "Well, I'll give you... three hundred spiritual stones." Xiao Wan made a rough estimate, excluding the cost of Xia Changge's labor. "In a few days, do you want to come with me to the Immortal City?" Xiao Wan invited Xia Changge, her eyes brimming with excitement. Xia Changge considered that the Xiao family still had many enemies. If he openly followed Xiao Wan to the Immortal City, it would be... "Cough cough, I better not. I still need to break through to the seventh level of the Qi Refining Realm during this free time," Xia Changge found a reason to refuse. He did want to improve his cultivation. After Xia Changge declined, Xiao Wan thought to herself that Xia Changge truly didn't understand romance, and didn't say anything more. This time, Xiao Wan personally went to Huaying Immortal Town to make contact regarding the spiritual rice. After all, thousands of spiritual stones were being exchanged. Although the profit wasn't that much, the Xiao family had to take it seriously now. Moreover, Xiao Wan also had to help her mother, Xu Baicha, purchase some plants for cultivating spiritual plants in the Immortal City. There were still many things to do. Before he closed up, Xia Changge bought a monster beast from Xiao Wan at a low price. He intended to use it for cooking and host a banquet to reward his subordinates. After all, this was Xia Changge's legitimate way of earning money. This time, Xia Changge only invited the mortals he hired, not his family members. He could celebrate separately with them when he returned. The wine they drank was fine wine meant for immortals. Needless to say, An Ruoshui's father was already drunk. An Ruoshui and her mother, Xu Baicha, were also tipsy. After paying enough money to their servants, Xia Changge chose to disband the group. The spiritual field needed to increase its fertility in the next half month and wouldn't be planted during that time. It provided an opportunity for the servants to rest. Xia Changge didn't leave right after the disbandment. He waited for a while after arranging his disciple and her family. "Shuishui, how did your inquiries go?" Xia Changge had asked An Ruoshui to inquire in nearby villages if there were any children with spiritual roots who were still staying at home. As long as they were young and had potential, it was fine. "Master, I checked several nearby villages but didn't find any children with spiritual roots staying at home," An Ruoshui replied softly. As a man with social experience, Xia Changge could tell at a glance that An Ruoshui was lying. He didn't mince his words and directly slapped the fleshier part of her body with the ruler in his hand. "Shuishui, when did I teach you to lie?" Xia Changge's stern words instantly made An Ruoshui obedient, and she said, "There were seven. I only found seven." This result was satisfactory to Xia Changge. After all, their contact with the cultivators in this area had already become close. "Your next task is to contact these families and inform them that my Xia family is recruiting. They don't need to permanently leave their homes, and there are a few days off every month. The workload isn't heavy. If you can recruit ten children with spiritual roots, for each additional one, I'll reward you more," Xia Changge said. He couldn't let Tan Qier come out and draw attention since he needed someone with cultivation. After all, without cultivation, how could they convince those people? Therefore, An Ruoshui was the best choice. "Okay!" An Ruoshui immediately became honest and promised. Only after that did Xia Changge let her go to do her own thing. He had nearly completed his tasks. Xia Changge had already finished the violent pills that the Xiao family needed several months in advance. He only needed to turn them in on time. He had Xia Tie bring his captives. The current captive had long been driven to madness by Xia Changge and was like a three-year-old child. Dealing with him was simple for Xia Changge. He had long known where this person came from, one of the group of Qi Refining Realm cultivators at the ninth level in the Xiao family called Wang Yang. Xia Changge didn't reveal this information to the Xiao family. After all, could he just directly state his evidence? At most, he would only mention it to the two people with whom he had a good relationship. After completing the tasks at hand, Xia Changge returned to his mansion. This time, Xia Changge made a firm decision. He purchased the vacant plots of land from the two neighboring families for just over ten spiritual stones. Then he had servants tidy up the buildings a little. Because for the next period of time, Xia Changge would be staying at home. In addition to Tan Qier and the two puppets, he now had four people with a cultivation level above the sixth level of the Qi Refining Realm. This was enough for him to openly receive guests and establish a bit of prestige in Huaying Immortal Town. Although this might attract the attention of some people, a family couldn't hide forever and refuse to see people. Otherwise, what would be the point of establishing a family? This was just a mere small town, with the least competition in the cultivation world. Retreating further would only lead to mortal towns. In Huaying Town, besides them, there was only the Xiao family. The highest level among the other independent cultivators was the eighth level of the Qi Refining Realm. Xia Changge wasn't afraid. Therefore, he couldn't remain too low-key. After handling some trivial matters, Xia Changge finally began to enter a state of cultivation in earnest. Since his lifespan had become long, Xia Changge hadn't immersed himself in cultivation so wholeheartedly for a long time. Xia Changge clearly felt that he was progressing much faster. Could it be because there had been a significant change in his physical qualities? Or was it because he had assimilated a large amount of essence from the blood of monsters, which improved himself? Regardless, it was a good thing, and Xia Changge naturally wouldn't complain about cultivating too fast. "I've reached the seventh level of the Qi Refining Realm..." After more than three months of seclusion, Xia Changge made progress. At this stage, Xia Changge needed to start preparing for the subsequent techniques. If it was only the ninth level of the Qi Refining Realm, there was no problem. Xia Changge's current wealth would allow him to acquire the technique within two or three years. But as for the Foundation Building Realm... It seemed that there was only one shortcut in front of Xia Changge. (The End of this chapter)