Immortal Venerable's Order
Chapter 39 Taiyin Xuanmen

Chapter 39: Chapter 39 Taiyin Xuanmen

Yan Rufeng withdrew the Spiritual Energy Protection Shield from Ye Lingtian and the others. He said to the four who had their eyes closed, "We’ve arrived. You can open your eyes now."

The four opened their eyes and looked into the distance, only to realize they were in a winding and twisting canyon. The steep and deep geological layers snaked and danced along the twists and turns of the Grand Canyon, with lush green mountains in the distance thrusting skyward like sharp swords.

While setting up the Spirit Gathering Array at the base, Yan Rufeng discovered that the spiritual energy was quite dense here. As expected, there was a newly formed Spirit Vein in the Grand Canyon.

"Just a moment ago, we were at the base, and now we’re here. Are we dreaming?" the four said in astonishment.

Yan Rufeng added, "For the next three months, you four will cultivate here."

"Cultivate? Cultivate what?" Ye Lingtian asked first.

Cheng Hui followed with, "Instructor Yan, isn’t this supposed to be wilderness survival training?"

Before anyone else could speak, Yan Rufeng made a hand seal, and four beams of light entered their foreheads.

The four barely had time to process the vast information in their minds before Yan Rufeng forcibly opened their governor and conception vessels with Spiritual Power.

At this moment, Ye Lingtian, Cheng Hui, Yin Zhiqiang, and Fan Zhiwei all sat cross-legged on the ground, circulating spiritual energy.

After a Grand Circulation, no one could doubt that Ye Lingtian was the first to break through to the Qi Refinement Realm, and astonishingly, he reached the Qi Refining Fifth Level upon breaking through.

"An Innate Taoist Body truly is extraordinary. Reaching Qi Refining Fifth Level in one go is a level higher than when I broke through." Yan Rufeng smiled in satisfaction.

Cheng Hui, Yin Zhiqiang, and Fan Zhiwei also broke through to Qi Refining First Level one after another.

Yan Rufeng smiled faintly, "How do you all feel now?"

The four, still filled with joy, replied in unison, "Reporting, Instructor, we feel full of power, like we could punch a cow to death."

"Hehe!"

Yan Rufeng pointed to a stone a hundred meters away and said with a smile, "See that stubborn stone over there? Show me your strength."

Cheng Hui was the first to attack, shouting, "Cloud Splitting Palm!"

"Boom!"

The ground trembled slightly, and fragments of the stone flew off.

"Not bad."

Yan Rufeng nodded in satisfaction and said, "Yin Zhiqiang, Fan Zhiwei, you try now."

"Yes, Instructor."

After Yin Zhiqiang and Fan Zhiwei attacked the stone one after another, it shattered into pieces.

"Very good. You’re all excellent. Now, Ye Lingtian, your turn."

Cheng Hui asked in confusion, "Instructor Yan, the stone is already a pile of rubble. How can Ye Lingtian show his strength?"

"Hehe."

Yan Rufeng laughed, "You’ll see in a moment."

Ye Lingtian’s sharp eyes focused on the pile of rubble. He made a hand seal and shouted, "Mysterious Thunder Kill!"

A flash of lightning struck the pile of rubble, causing a cloud of dust to rise. When the light faded, the rubble had transformed into a flat piece of land.

The three were astonished, unable to believe it. "As expected, Ye Lingtian’s cultivation is profound. We pale in comparison."

Ye Lingtian, without arrogance or complacency, said with disappointment, "Sigh, my cultivation is still too low. I couldn’t even make a dent in the ground."

Ye Lingtian’s humility greatly pleased Yan Rufeng.

"Ye Lingtian, don’t be disheartened. With diligent cultivation, moving mountains and seas or cutting across rivers will be within your reach one day."

Ye Lingtian bowed deeply. "I will remember Instructor Yan’s teachings."

Fan Zhiwei, still extremely excited, weakly asked, "Instructor Yan, now that we’re considered cultivators, do you think we can eventually become immortals?"

Yan Rufeng, with a hopeful tone, said, "The Cultivation Technique I passed on to you is the Taoist legacy of the Taiyin Xuanmen. As long as you don’t fear hardship and cultivate diligently, ascension to immortality is just a matter of time."

"Wow, so immortals from legend are real," Yin Zhiqiang exclaimed in surprise.

"Of course. In ancient Earth, cultivators were everywhere," Yan Rufeng said.

"One day, I can also fly and tunnel through the earth," Yin Zhiqiang confidently said.

Cheng Hui walked over at this point, "Instructor Yan, are we going to camp and cultivate here for the next three months?"

"To be precise, underground," Yan Rufeng said, pointing to the ground beneath them.

"Underground?"

Cheng Hui asked, "Instructor Yan, how do we get down there?"

Yan Rufeng smiled, "Wait here for a moment."

Ye Lingtian and the others watched as Yan Rufeng vanished into the ground. They knew this was an Earth Tunneling Spell, a technique only those who have reached the Foundation Establishment Stage could perform.

Filled with envy, the four felt an urgent need to enhance their cultivation for the first time...

After opening up the underground cave, Yan Rufeng returned to the surface. With a flick of his sleeve, he enveloped Ye Lingtian and the others in a Spiritual Energy Shield and led them into the underground cave.

"Wow, the spiritual energy here is so dense," the four exclaimed in unison.

Ye Lingtian asked, "Instructor Yan, why is the spiritual energy more concentrated underground than on the surface?"

Yan Rufeng replied, "Because this is a newly formed Spirit Vein, and the spiritual energy on the surface is emitted by it."

Yan Rufeng smiled, "Within three months, cultivate here. Unless you all reach the Golden Core Stage, you won’t affect the Spirit Vein."

Ye Lingtian fell silent. The Golden Core Stage was so far out of reach that even prodigies needed decades to achieve it. Without asking more questions, he sat down cross-legged. He knew the world had changed, and as a soldier, he needed absolute strength to protect those he cared for.

Seeing this, Cheng Hui and the others also began to cultivate. They understood that the competition in three months was not a simple contest but carried hopes and the future.

While Ye Lingtian and the others were in deep cultivation, Yan Rufeng kept watch over them in the underground cave for three days until Lu Mingliang sent a message, "Rufeng, there’s an important task. Come quickly."

Yan Rufeng informed them to cultivate with peace of mind, set up a protective barrier to ensure they were undisturbed by outsiders, and arranged several ’Three-inch Immortal Trapping Arrays’ both above and below ground before leaving with confidence.

High above the canyon, Yan Rufeng stood on his flying sword with his hands behind his back, sighing, "Sigh, my cultivation is still too low. Otherwise, I could leave a Divine Sense here to protect the four of them, avoiding all this trouble with barriers and arrays..."

In a flash of light, Yan Rufeng disappeared and reappeared in Lu Mingliang’s office.

"General Lu, you summoned me so urgently. Is there something more important than the competition in three months?" Yan Rufeng asked puzzledly, looking at Lu Mingliang pacing back and forth.

"Rufeng, this time it’s really trouble. The other four inheritors in the military have already gone."

Yan Rufeng frowned, "General Lu, what happened exactly?"

"The Southern Border..."