Longevity Family: Let Her Live At The Beginning, Let Her Live

Setting up this large formation took half a year. During that time, Utmost Bliss Peak's master came back once, but hasn't been seen since. Yu Yan has been following Zhang Ran to learn.

The two of them have become familiar with each other and no longer speak as formally as before. They are more like a couple.

"Zhang Ran, I feel like I can set up a bit of a third-level formation."

"What do you mean by 'a bit'?"

On the way back, Zhang Ran and Yu Yan arrived at Zhang's house. Zhang Ran said, "Do you want to come in and sit for a while?"

Yu Yan declined politely, saying, "I'm busy with other things. I won't look at your little concubines."

Zhang Ran felt a bit regretful and said, "Yu Yan, if Evergreen Sect becomes unsafe in the future, my Zhang family might still survive."

Yu Yan smiled and said, "What are you thinking? Evergreen Sect has a fourth-level formation guarding it, and with the Sect Master's Nascent Soul cultivation, even late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators can't cause trouble. How could Evergreen Sect be unsafe?"

Zhang Ran thought to himself and didn't say much.

"Boom!"

From the direction of Ten Thousand Beast Mountain came a violent and earth-shaking sound. It was the sound of the Seven-Star Scarlet Kill Formation attacking Ten Thousand Beast Mountain.

The terrifying power made the few fourth-level demonic beasts deep within Ten Thousand Beast Mountain too afraid to come out, and the rest of the demonic beasts fled in fear, trembling.

"Yu Yan, the method of setting up the Seven-Star Scarlet Kill Formation was modified by Senior Sun from Heavenly Demon Temple. In pursuit of power, it sacrificed stability. It can only attack a few hundred times at most before it is destroyed. We may have to set it up again when that happens."

Yu Yan suddenly realized and said, "I see. With a few third-level formation masters like you and that Senior Sun, you can set up such a large killing formation. No wonder you cut corners."

After returning home, Zhang Ran continued to enjoy his happy days.

During the day, he would check if his children had exceptional talents in alchemy or other extra skills.

Among his female cultivators, there were also those who were learning these extra skills. Nangong Qin, in particular, quickly learned the way of alchemy. In just four or five years, she was able to refine second-level pills. Of course, this was also because Zhang Ran's explanations were very detailed. After all, the experience provided by the system was very comprehensive, with no flaws in each step.

What surprised Zhang Ran the most was Seventh Senior Sister. This senior sister, who had a generous personality and liked to have fun, unexpectedly had great talent in formations.

After Zhang Ran returned, he drew out the essentials of first to fourth-level formations and let her study them alone.

During this half year, there were also many offspring born in the family.

However, Zhang Ran's cultivation was still at the seventh level of Core Formation. But Zhang Ran was not in a hurry because he was marrying and taking concubines at an increasingly fast rate.

Every year, many female cultivators were brought over by some elders or unintentionally brought back by Zhang Ran.

Time flew by, and two more years passed.

Every week, there would be a loud noise coming from Ten Thousand Beast Mountain.

But Zhang Ran and the others were far away and couldn't hear it clearly. The forces closer to Ten Thousand Beast Mountain had also gotten used to it. Everyone knew that the six major sects wanted to break open Ten Thousand Beast Mountain and integrate the Southern Heaven cultivation world.

In these two years, Zhang Ran had gone to Tian Shan Sect several times to refine pills for some Core Formation elders. Unexpectedly, he brought back several good beauties. Originally, these people said that Zhang Ran didn't need to come, but Zhang Ran insisted on going.

Seeing this, the people of the clan sighed. Whenever the Patriarch went somewhere, he would never come back alone. And in the Patriarch's room, as long as it wasn't a man, they couldn't come out.

In these two years, eight offspring with spiritual roots were born.

Among them, there was even one with a fourth-grade spiritual root, which was a great surprise. However, what made him even more pleasantly surprised was that the eldest senior sister's belly was very productive. Another child with a sixth-grade spiritual root talent was born. Zhang Ran's own spiritual root also successfully reached the sixth grade, and his aptitude also improved significantly.

And he successfully reached the eighth level of Core Formation, getting closer to Nascent Soul.

At the same time, Zhang Ran acquired a new skill, Puppetry, and it was directly at the third level. The system also rewarded him with five third-level puppets.

At the same time, the system rewarded him with a Heavenly Flame.

This is the main material for refining the Six Harmonies and Eight Wilderness Formation. Now, he only lacks a fourth-level demonic beast's inner core.

During this time, Senior Sister Huang Jiaxin successfully reached Core Formation, which made Zhang Ran very happy. Now, besides him, the Zhang family finally had two Core Formation cultivators.

However, Senior Sister Huang Jiaxin always refused to take a proper position, which made him quite frustrated.

Zhang Ran was in his room.

He summoned five third-level puppets with a wave of his hand. They made creaking sounds like wood when they walked, but Zhang Ran knew that these puppets were extremely sturdy, comparable to magic treasures. Moreover, their attacks only required a medium-grade spirit stone.

The quality of these puppets was very high, each equivalent to a late-stage Core Formation cultivator.

They were both excellent and affordable. Since Zhang Ran's own spiritual soul was already powerful, he could easily control all five puppets at once. His spiritual soul range had already reached seven hundred li, while the spiritual soul range of an average eighth-level Core Formation cultivator was only around three hundred li.

At most, a tenth-level Core Formation cultivator could reach four hundred li.

And the number of his descendants had also reached over seventy thousand. Although ninety percent of them were mortals, occasionally some of these mortals would exhibit spiritual roots.

Moreover, as the base grew larger, these mortals were also an inseparable part of it.

Zhang Ran floated in the void, watching the offspring of the family fighting each other in the martial arts arena. Some of them were dissatisfied and wanted to fight again. There were also some who formed factions to bully others.

There were even children of Foundation Building Stage female cultivators who bullied children of Qi Refining Stage female cultivators. Among the concubines, there were occasionally children with spiritual roots. They were all very hardworking, but people always liked to compare.

Even though their mothers repeatedly instilled in them that the Zhang family should be equal and not judge people based on appearances, who knew if those nameless individuals you currently looked down upon would become famous in the future?

But there were still a few children who looked down on the offspring of concubines from the bottom of their hearts.

This kind of thing happened in any family. As the Zhang family grew larger, it would inevitably give rise to many factions in the future.

Zhang Ran's approach to dealing with such people was to let stronger children manage them.

For example, Zhang Yin, the child with an extremely Yin physique.

There was a faint trend of her becoming the leader of the younger generation of the Zhang family. With her presence, no one dared to bully the weak.

Although she was still cultivating in the Evergreen Sect, the Zhang family held a major competition every ten years. The Qi Refining stage had one group, and the Foundation Building stage had another group.

Since Zhang Yin reached the seventh level of Qi Refining, she had never lost again. Moreover, she was the fastest among all of Zhang Ran's offspring to enter the Foundation Building Stage.

Even those two children with fifth-grade spiritual roots barely reached Foundation Building Stage in their forties. There was also one offspring with a fourth-grade spiritual root who failed in Foundation Building and fell into decline.

From this, it could be seen that having a special physique was like cheating. Every time Zhang Yin returned home, Zhang Ran would summon her.

"Zhang Yin, you're not young anymore. It's time to have children," Zhang Ran said earnestly. He had already had many offspring with Wang Ling, but none of them had the extremely Yin physique.

If this descendant could have one, the reward would be substantial.

"Dad, I really don't see any male cultivators in the Six Sects that I'm interested in. They're all a bunch of mediocre people. I can't find anyone I like," Zhang Yin inherited many advantages from Zhang Ran and Wang Ling. She was beautiful and had already grown into a graceful young lady. Her talent and appearance had attracted the pursuit of many male cultivators in the Evergreen Sect.

But none of them met her standards. She wanted to find a man as outstanding as Zhang Ran, but where in the world could she find one?

Hearing this, Zhang Ran also felt a headache. It would be great if Zhang Yin were a boy, but it was not easy to find a suitable match for a girl.