After the incident with Lin Qianxuan, the Lanxi Sect took action against the Renxin Association, as well as other sects involved, giving them a slight warning.

However, the main reason wasn't that they seized the opportunity to cause trouble, but because Lin Qianxuan got involved.

The disciples from the sect's upper echelons were threatened, hence the attention.

It's ironic but true.

Lin Qianxuan is not clear about what major event the Lanxi Sect is planning. He is now under house arrest and doesn't dare to wander around.

It's not that he couldn't sneak out, but Lin Qianxuan himself feels it's necessary to enhance his strength.

Without even reaching the Innate level of cultivation, one truly has no voice in this world.

He stayed home to practice cultivation, and with the help of You Xi, achieved a new milestone.

[Notice: You have tasted ten thousand different types of food and earned the milestone [Taste a Thousand Flavors] of level 'One in a Thousand'.]

[Taste a Thousand Flavors: Digestion +3. (Note: There's not much in this world that you can't eat now.)]

The improved digestion ability greatly enhanced Lin Qianxuan's efficiency in utilizing food.

It's not difficult to eat a carrot and have the effect of ginseng.

Even ordinary food can provide a large amount of food energy.

Just grabbing a handful of leaves and stuffing them into his mouth, Lin Qianxuan could achieve results comparable to a great tonic.

As for eating meat, there's even less to be said.

Lin Qianxuan is now a bit inclined toward dieting.

The food energy obtained from digestion is not being fully used; all the excess is stored as fat, causing his build to become somewhat plump.

After contemplating for a while, Lin Qianxuan tried to combine his breathing with his inner strength, using specific breathing patterns to drive his inner strength.

In doing so, as long as he formed the habit, he could operate his inner strength around the clock.

This isn't unprecedented; in fact, many inner strength techniques have this function, ensuring that one can cultivate while walking, sitting, or lying down.

Even without this function, once reaching the Circulation Realm, the body forms a cycle with Heaven and Earth, and one's True Essence can continuously circulate and refine, gaining improvement even without active cultivation.

After spending some time, Lin Qianxuan slightly modified his inner strength, adding an 'auto-run' plugin.

His breathing frequency became odd, but this breathing frequency could drive the flow of Qi and blood inside his body, causing the transformation of Essence Qi into Inner Qi at all times.

Although this was not as efficient as active energy work, it had the advantage of continuous operation without requiring much effort.

This way, he could maximize the use of his body's digestion ability.

In fact, at the beginning, he overdid the operation slightly.

In less than half an hour, he would feel hungry, eating over ten meals a day couldn't sustain him, and he had to use Qi Nourishing Pills as staple food to feel full.

Fortunately, given his status, Qi Nourishing Pills were almost unlimited, unlike outer disciples who only received three to five pills per month.

In this way, before Lin Qianxuan was six, he already had first-rate inner strength cultivation.

The Inner Qi in his dantian was nearly overflowing, reaching the peak of ordinary inner strength practice.

According to the usual cultivation route, his next step should be to consume Inner Qi to slowly refine the Hundred Convergences point on his forehead until it connects with the inner and outer heavens.

This process must be done personally and must not be rushed, or it may damage the foundation, muscles, and acupoints; it's a gradual process.

Even the most talented individuals would take at least over five years, with some taking decades unable to break through.

Just like Lin Qianxuan's mother, Ji Yao, who has stayed in the first-rate realm for nearly six years without breaking through to the Innate Realm.

Although Lin Qianxuan is extraordinarily talented, it is estimated that it would take him one to two years.

Lin Qianxuan hadn't yet informed his parents about his breakthrough to the first-rate realm. That night, through the window, he noticed a light shooting into the sky from midway up Lanxi Mountain, illuminating the entire mountain and half of Lanxi City.

"What is that?"

Curious, Lin Qianxuan quickly put down the new cultivation technique he was writing in his hand, called You Xi practicing inner strength, and flew towards the light.

The fierce wind brushed against his cheeks as Lin Qianxuan and You Xi swiftly approached the location of the light.

Before he arrived, a blue escape light first soared into the sky, intercepting them.

As the light approached some more, Lin Qianxuan saw that it was a figure shrouded in a pure True Qi Shield.

The person appeared to be about twenty-five years old, wearing a pale blue robe, hands clasped behind his back, with the demeanor of a grandmaster.

Lin Qianxuan had never met the person, but had seen related portraits from Ji Shengquan. Considering only one of the Lanxi Sect had reached the Circulation Realm to fly...

"True Disciple Tan Xuan, pays respect to Mountain Master Peng!" Lin Qianxuan promptly performed a grand salute behind You Xi.

Peng Ran originally had no intention of taking action, merely curious to investigate. Upon hearing Lin Qianxuan announce his identity, he slightly retracted his dispersed aura and nodded to Lin Qianxuan, saying, "Judging by your bone age, you're not yet ten, yet you have first-rate inner Qi cultivation and can tame a congenital exotic bird as a pet. Whose disciple are you?"

"Replying to Mountain Master, my father is Tan Xiaofei, and my maternal grandfather is Ji Shengquan..." Lin Qianxuan replied.

"Oh, it's that little fellow from the Ji family!" Peng Ran nodded with realization.

Although Ji Shengquan was over ninety years old, Peng Ran was already 342 this year.

So calling Ji Shengquan a little fellow in terms of age was no issue.

For those at the Circulation Realm, a lifespan of over 500 years is common, and the Blue Creek Scripture further adds to longevity. Peng Ran could even be said to be in his prime!

In fact, the Lanxi Sect had only been established for a little over a hundred years.

"Follow me, it seems there's quite a commotion. Your grandfather and others are here too!" Peng Ran said.

Then, leading the way, Peng Ran walked ahead while Lin Qianxuan, riding on You Xi, followed closely behind. The two quickly arrived at a mountain stream, where there was a stone gate over ten zhang high on the mountain wall. A faint golden light outlined countless mysterious Dao Patterns on the stone gate, which was already open, revealing nothing inside but a golden film.

Surrounding the stone gate were twenty-seven sect pillars of the Lanxi Sect, all of whom were Innate Masters.

Lin Qianxuan's father, Tan Xiaofei, and his grandfather, Ji Shengquan, were also present.

Seeing Peng Ran bring Lin Qianxuan along, Ji Shengquan and Tan Xiaofei both connected the dots but refrained from questioning or reprimanding him given the circumstances.

Peng Ran landed and said, "Many thanks to all of you for working together to complete the charging of the grand array of this cave mansion in such a short time. It's opened the door, but the situation inside is unknown, and we'll need to explore it together."

"Mountain Master, don't mention it."

"We're all here to follow your directions, Mountain Master!"

Upon hearing this, everyone appeared slightly excited.

They would soon be embarking on an exploration inside the cave mansion.

After working hard for so long, they were finally getting a chance to open a treasure trove, naturally, they were thrilled.

Lin Qianxuan finally understood the major event Peng Ran had been planning with the sect's high-ups for so long during their seclusion.

They had been charging the array all along.

It took ten full years to charge it and open the door?

Could it be that this cave mansion has a prestigious origin?

Lin Qianxuan received no explanation; Peng Ran had already ordered disciples to be on guard around the area and arranged for security.

Meanwhile, many elders and Innate Masters were adjusting and restoring their True Qi.

Lin Qianxuan had no need to recover since he hadn't helped with the charging.

Peng Ran, a Circulation Realm master, had an impressive True Essence recovery rate, having already fully restored his reserves and thus needing no extra meditation.

Ji Shengquan, being at the late Innate stage, recovered even faster, and while Tan Xiaofei continued to adjust his breathing, Ji Shengquan pulled Lin Qianxuan aside to explain the situation in a low voice.

"Ten years ago, the Mountain Master discovered this ancient martial artist's cave mansion here, but couldn't open it. After research, it was found that injecting Innate True Qi would activate the array here. However, the gates of the ancient martial artist were difficult to open; even the Mountain Master's True Essence couldn't activate it one-tenth. So, the Mountain Master took the lead, and we all contributed True Qi to activate the array..."

That's roughly how things went down.

When Peng Ran chose to establish a sect here, it was primarily due to the abundance of Heaven and Earth Energy.

But upon seeing the cave mansion gate here, he began to suspect the reason.

It turned out to be the cave mansion of an ancient martial artist, probably with arrays set up by the ancient martial artist to gather Heaven and Earth Energy.

This was why the Heaven and Earth Energy here was more abundant.

After about a quarter of an hour, everyone nearly recovered. Peng Ran nodded slightly and began arrangements, leaving some elders outside to guard while others followed him inside to explore.

Those following included Lin Qianxuan.

Although Lin Qianxuan only had Postnatal cultivation, Peng Ran saw him as the most worthy of cultivation among everyone.

At his age, with such Inner Qi cultivation, even Peng Ran, who was an Innate genius at thirty, found himself a bit surprised.

Under Peng Ran's lead, everyone orderly stepped into the golden film.

Lin Qianxuan was grabbed by the arm by Tan Xiaofei and Ji Shengquan on either side, followed by You Xi, as they passed through the film.

A peculiar pulling sensation, like penetrating a layer of sticky foam, was felt.

Beyond the film lay another world.

Inside wasn't like a cave at all; it was an expansive space with a golden light source for illumination suspended in the middle of the ceiling a thousand meters high. Below were rivers, flora, and fields filled with a variety of herbs. The paths were paved with bluestone, with pavilions and towers lining the roads. At the deepest part stood a massive courtyard.

Although Lin Qianxuan hadn't reached the Innate Realm, he could faintly sense that the Heaven and Earth Energy here was denser than outside.

Lanxi Mountain had a plentiful Heaven and Earth Energy, but more of it was actually gathered into this Secret Realm.

"Is that... Qi Replenishing Root, or Nine Leaves? A leaf is a hundred years... so wouldn't it be nine hundred years old? There's also Blood Ginseng, Muscle-Cleansing Vine... none of these are recorded in our sect... "

"Warm Agate? Just a thumb-sized piece is the legendary material that can reshape meridians, and here it's used for chairs?!"

"Huh? Is this Millennium Copper Essence? And it's made into lamp stands?"

"What an Immortal Cave Mansion! I wonder what level of cultivation the predecessor here achieved?"

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