The three major sects have become more active in their interactions with the Chu family, and Chu Shen can clearly feel this change.

The Yangyuan Sect, under the pretext of discussing the sales of the Yufu Lu, specifically sent a disciple who frequently visits the Chu family's Hengyuan Garden. This disciple also caters to Chu Shen's preferences and is a charming female disciple.

If it weren't for this female disciple's adept social skills, smooth handling of matters, and most importantly, her actual age being a bit older, Chu Shen might have fallen for this beauty trap.

Although the Taiping Sect claims to teach without discrimination, emphasizing education and preaching to the people, in Chu Shen's eyes, it is all superficial effort and does not deeply connect with the people.

Now, disciples of the Taiping Sect have started to provide talismans, treat illnesses, and even distribute porridge to groups like the refugees. They also help the refugees find employment through the sect's industries.

When asked why they have undergone such a transformation, some disciples of the Taiping Sect actually mentioned that they were inspired by Chu Shen. They praised Chu Shen for creating new industries, providing jobs for the unemployed, and thus helping many people in need.

With this high praise, disciples of the Taiping Sect respectfully come to seek advice from Chu Shen, and they have had a few friendly exchanges.

Of course, the disciples of the Taiping Sect will definitely inquire about the incident where the Chu family's sword light soared into the sky a few days ago. Chu Shen cannot say that he almost caused trouble himself and can only vaguely respond, which leads the disciples of the Taiping Sect to imagine that a powerful expert had visited the Chu family and should not be offended.

Only the Yunshan Sword Sect is the most straightforward. The sect master, Zhang Jiao, personally comes to the Chu family and directly expresses his desire to seek advice from the experts of the Chu family on some cultivation issues.

Chu Shen bitterly smiles. How could the Chu family have the experts that Zhang Jiao, the sect master, is looking for?

He can only accompany him and explain for more than an hour.

Finally, after Zhang Jiao learns that Shu Rong Shangguan comes from the Red Dust Path, he begs Chu Shen to obtain an introduction token from Shu Rong Shangguan and prepares to personally go to the Red Dust Path to seek guidance. Only then does the meeting come to an end.

Chu Shen also witnessed the perseverance of cultivators. Zhang Jiao is probably the most pure cultivator among the three major sects in Nanping City.

This beautiful misunderstanding is not a bad thing either. After frequent exchanges between the three major sects and the Chu family, Chu Shen has had more opportunities to interact with the cultivation world and gained a better understanding of the Dongxuan Tian cultivators.

Places like the three major sects have a close relationship with the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty and several countries that offer their support.

The Great Yan Immortal Dynasty is not an ancient existence. It was established thousands of years ago, overthrowing the previous dynasty. At that time, some cultivation sects stood with the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty, exerting great effort. When the new dynasty was established, they were rewarded and received national-level resources from the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty, becoming known as the nationally supported sects.

These nationally supported sects relied on the national power of the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty and continuously developed over thousands of years, gradually becoming prosperous.

In addition, with a large number of disciples in these sects, it is impossible for all of them to gather in the sects. Many of them return to their hometowns and establish local sects, becoming branches of the main sects.

Of course, not all local sects of the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty are derived from these nationally supported sects. Some are known as hereditary sects, which have remained unchanged even through changes in dynasties, with branches scattered all over. However, they have shrunk under the pressure from the nationally supported sects.

The conflict between these two major sect systems is also the main source of conflict in the cultivation world of the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty.

As for the sects that exist in the gaps between these two major sect systems, they are either hereditary cultivation families passed down through generations, or inheritances left by extraordinary geniuses or those with exceptionally good luck, or forces supported by powers outside the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty. They are not simple existences.

The charming female disciple of the Yangyuan Sect once revealed to Chu Shen that the Taiping Sect in Nanping City is just a branch of a huge sect. This huge sect is called the "Taiping Dao".

In addition to gaining an understanding of the general situation in the cultivation world of the Great Flame Immortal Dynasty, Chu Shen also obtained a lot of useful specific information.

For example, the cultivators in Nanping City and the surrounding counties would hold a market at certain fixed times to exchange goods and share cultivation experiences.

He was very interested in this.

Unfortunately, these gatherings among cultivators were often held only once every three to five years, and the next gathering was still more than a year away.

While expanding his social circle, Chu Shen did not forget to focus on his main task.

He quickly achieved great success with Shangguan Shurong. Not only did he test the maximum lifespan increase reward of the Spirit Essence to be about a hundred years, but he also successfully obtained the [Spirit Melody Heavenly Platform].

Actual experience showed that the concentration of spiritual energy provided by the [Spirit Melody Heavenly Platform] was similar to that of the [Spirit Baptism], but it had the advantage of being long-lasting, equivalent to a Spirit Gathering Formation that existed continuously.

Shangguan Shurong's water spiritual root and Chu Shen's own spiritual root evolved from the ninth rank to the eighth rank, and they could continue to evolve to the seventh rank. However, the number of times they needed to be "slapped" increased to a hundred times, requiring more patience and a slow process.

Due to the large number of "slaps" and the various methods he tried, Chu Shen also managed to achieve several accomplishments, such as [Sharing One's Treasures] and [Indulging in Pleasures]. However, the rewards were relatively mediocre, except for a recipe for a strong bull pill that he was quite satisfied with. The rewards were generally spiritual stones, elixirs, talismans, and raw materials for spiritual flowers and herbs.

However, those raw materials for spiritual flowers and herbs allowed him to become proficient in the skills of a junior alchemist. Now, he could not only refine high-quality spiritual energy pills but also refine several commonly used junior elixirs. This could be considered as mastering a skill that could sustain him in the cultivation world.

With an abundant supply of spiritual energy pills, he quickly broke through to the fifth level of Qi Refining.

Surprisingly, with Chu Shen's frequency and number of attempts, after such a long time, Shangguan Shurong still hadn't become pregnant. Every day, she continued to maintain her routine of cultivation, eating, being "slapped," and sleeping.

If it weren't for her intimacy increasing a little bit, from 10% to 12%, Chu Shen would really suspect whether his efforts during this period were in vain.

However, Tong Zhou, Tong Ye, and several other maidservants such as Lian Chun and Qing Ping couldn't escape and gradually became members of the Chu family's pregnancy army.

When Zhao Chu Lu found him and said that Heng Yuan needed more people, otherwise there would be a shortage of manpower to take care of the pregnant women, he was also very embarrassed.

In addition, after Tong Zhou and the other women became pregnant, Shu Rong Shang Guan lost her support and became the sole target of all attacks. Even though she lacked emotions, she fell into a state of exhaustion and depression, and her body suffered some injuries.

Chu Shen could only endure and enter a state of meditation, while also finding Yu Si Dao, hoping that he could introduce another female cultivator to him.

Ordinary mortal women can provide him with help, but it is not as abundant as female cultivators, especially those with high spiritual aptitude. Moreover, their ability to withstand is too weak. If possible, it would be better to find female cultivators.

Yu Si Dao said he would pay attention, but this time the price might not be cheap, and he couldn't just accept gold.

Chu Shen wasn't afraid to spend money. He had obtained a lot of high-quality spirit stones from the system, but the problem was how to explain their source.

After thinking it over, he finally took out several types of pills that he had refined himself.

"In fact, I have some knowledge of alchemy. The Jade Skin Ointment was made by me."

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