Chapter 161 Entering the Realm of Cultivation

Screech...

A giant eagle covered in shimmering silver feathers dived down from tens of thousands of feet in the air, instantly descending into the midst of a mountain range.

"Little Qing is back."

In the ancestral land of Lanhua Mountain, Xiaoting and other girls of her age looked excitedly at the silver streak breaking through the sky. Like a silver arrow, it landed right in front of them in an instant.

Standing there like a small hill, the giant silver eagle looked magnificent and awe-inspiring.

Xiaoting and the other women of the tribe immediately rushed forward, affectionately interacting with the giant silver eagle.

This giant silver eagle was the last of its kind to successfully take to the skies. After consuming a beast-blood fruit, these fledgling eagles had each fallen into a deep slumber lasting over ten days, finally growing into adulthood.

Each of these giant silver eagles was a mid-grade fierce beast. When fully spread, their wings spanned a full hundred zhang, easily capable of accommodating dozens of people standing on their backs.

During this period, the giant silver eagles had become beloved pets in the eyes of the tribe's youths. From time to time, they would climb onto the backs of the giant silver eagles and soar through the nearby skies.

Moreover, these giant silver eagles had all been given names by them.

Watching this scene from afar, Xiao Hei instantly felt displeased, and let out a sudden, low growl.

Hearing this roar, that giant silver eagle's body immediately trembled, shivering like a frightened quail.

Seeing this, Xiaoting's slender eyebrows instantly arched.

She immediately rushed back to Xiao Hei with an indignant puff of her cheeks and lectured Xiao Hei, telling it not to bully Little Qing and so on.

"Woof!"

Xiao Hei's eyes were filled with grievance.

It frequently had to follow its master's instructions to tame these giant silver eagles and wear down their ferocious nature. Why was its master's little sister scolding it instead? This made it feel somewhat wronged.

Of course, Xiao Hei was also harboring a bit of lingering resentment.

These giant silver eagles had been stealing its delicious snacks, leaving it deeply dissatisfied, which was why it occasionally intimidated the fellows.

Seeing Xiao Hei looking so aggrieved, Xiaoting couldn't help feeling a bit embarrassed and quickly began to comfort it.

Before long, Xiaoting took a wood-ginseng fruit from her storage ring to compensate Xiao Hei.

Xiao Hei swallowed the fruit in one gulp, and its mood finally improved a bit.

These lower-grade spiritual fruits were merely small desserts to Xiao Hei.

However, these lower-grade spiritual fruits were still incomparable to the few beast-blood fruits Yitian had given it not long ago. That taste was simply too delicious, leaving an aftertaste that lingered for half a day and helped it grow considerably.

Unfortunately, the remaining beast-blood fruits had all been eaten by those giant silver eagles, which had left Xiao Hei somewhat depressed these past few days.

"Xiaoting, come here!"

In the distance, seeing this scene, Yitian waved to Xiaoting.

"Brother, you've finished your closed-door cultivation."

Seeing Yitian's figure, Xiaoting immediately sprinted toward him like the wind. Her mastery of the Flying Feather Technique had already reached the realm of perfection.

"Woof!"

A black shadow outpaced Xiaoting even faster, instantly pouncing onto Yitian's body.

"Alright, alright."

Yitian rubbed Xiao Hei's head and set it down.

At this moment, Xiaoting also arrived in front of Yitian. His emergence from closed-door cultivation made her very happy.

Little Long had been in closed-door cultivation for some time, preparing to make a breakthrough. Her brother and the others were also mostly in seclusion, which had made Xiaoting rather bored.

Sensing Xiaoting's aura, Yitian noticed she had already reached the peak of the ninth rank and could break through to the human rank at any moment. This drew a sigh of admiration from him, especially considering that Xiaoting, Little Long, and the others were not even sixteen years old yet.

Once Little Long finished his closed-door cultivation, he would be a powerhouse of the human rank.

Of course, human-rank cultivation was merely crossing the threshold of martial arts on the Tianlong Continent, standing at the very bottom of the cultivation world. Warriors below the human rank were considered unranked.

"These items are Xiao Hei's future rations. I'll leave them in your charge, Xiaoting."

Yitian handed a storage bag to Xiaoting.

"Brother, what is this..."

Xiaoting used her true Qi to open the storage bag, and the scene that met her eyes left her momentarily dumbfounded.

Inside the storage bag, which was only a few zhang in size, precious herbs were densely piled up, radiating swirling mists and trails of rosy light, almost filling the entire storage bag to the brim.

"Among these precious herbs, there are two thousand of mid-grade and fifty thousand of lower-grade. Since we don't know how to refine pills and cannot directly absorb the essence of the precious herbs, you can feed these to Xiao Hei from now on."

Yitian's words left Xiaoting unable to process her thoughts for a moment.

"Oh!"

Xiaoting didn't know what to say, and simply put the storage bag away into her storage ring.

Her brother was always so mysterious. Without a word, he had produced Xiao Hei, such a powerful variant beast, contributed various cultivation techniques to the tribe, and she had even heard he possessed a supreme heavenly technique not long ago.

Not long ago, her brother had also produced beast-blood fruits, allowing Little Qing, Little Bai, and the others to grow, and given her quite a few spiritual fruits. Now, he had produced mountains of precious herbs. Xiaoting was almost becoming numb to it all.

All of this filled Xiaoting with an inexplicable sense of adoration for her brother.

After finishing his closed-door cultivation, Yitian, along with Xiaoting and Xiao Hei, walked all the way home to reunite with their mother.

Although he was cultivating in seclusion around Lanhua Mountain, each period of closed-door cultivation lasted ten days or more. Therefore, whenever he had time, Yitian would return home to reunite with his mother and share a meal.

Every time he returned, his mother was very happy.

For Su Yue'e, having the family together was the greatest happiness. She wasn't particularly enthusiastic about cultivation; even so, supported by the massive resources provided by Yitian, Su Yue'e had broken through to the seventh rank, her body healthy, and her appearance growing increasingly beautiful and youthful.

Yitian saw this in his eyes, so over the next few days, he stayed at home to enjoy the warmth of family.

On this day, three streaks of silver light flashed across the distant sky.

In the blink of an eye, the giant silver eagles landed on the ancestral land of Lanhua Mountain.

Figures jumped down from the backs of the giant silver eagles.

"The chieftain and the others are back!"

At this moment, the entire tribe was in an uproar.

This was the first time their tribe had ventured out of Lanhua Mountain to head to Huangqin City and experience the true cultivation world.

The vast Tianlong Continent was surrounded by the sea on all sides and could be said to be an immeasurable continent.

Therefore, the Fulong Mountain Range, as the primary mountain range of the entire continent, possessed incomparably rich resources, becoming a place where various forces intertwined, with sects establishing their mountain gates on auspicious spiritual peaks.

The vast majority of cultivators gathered in the major ancient cities of the Fulong Mountain Range or independently carved out cultivation sanctuaries.

However, some ancient families with ten-thousand-year legacies and secluded clans took root and flourished in the mortal world. Major thousand-year aristocratic families and royal lineages established various kingdoms, led by the Tianlong Dynasty, with myriad nations paying homage.

Major forces had established heavily fortified cities within the Fulong Mountain Range as strategic hubs for gathering and trading resources, which also formed a line of defense against fierce beasts.

Huangqin City was one of these heavily fortified cities for defending against fierce beasts, founded by a powerful entity.

This fortified city was the ancient city closest to the Yi Clan and their first point of contact with the cultivation world.

The prosperity of Huangqin City could not be matched even by ten-thousandths of the imperial capital of the Tianfeng Empire.

In the eyes of everyone in the cultivation world, the Tianfeng Empire was merely a force backed by a supreme giant; it was inconspicuous within the cultivation world and commanded no real fear.

However, they did not dare to act recklessly either.

Because although these empires and kingdoms waged war against one another, once a supreme giant-level entity stepped in to annihilate a nation and slaughter wantonly, it would immediately provoke a joint assault from the powers of all other nations.

Even the Tianlong Dynasty would intervene, dispatching earth-rank giants or even heaven-rank overlords to hunt them down.

Therefore, generally speaking, no entity would casually attack human cities on the continent, unless it was a demonic palace that threw all caution to the wind and had no fear of incurring public wrath.

The kingdoms of the human race all abided by certain rules among themselves. Although cultivators lived within them and bloodshed often occurred, it could not be considered the true cultivation world—at least the safety of ordinary people was guaranteed, free from the unbridled law of the jungle.

This time, a contingent of the Yi Clan led by the Great Chieftain and dozens of young tribal warriors headed to Huangqin City.

Yi Feng, Yi Kuang, and Yi Hong accompanied the team.

Otherwise, encountering bandit raiding parties along the way would have meant certain doom; relying solely on the strength of the Great Chieftain and a few tribal powerhouses at the Yuan-Gang realm, they were far too weak and could be wiped out at any moment.

Yi Feng, Yi Kuang, and Yi Hong possessed formidable strength, capable of contending even with peak Yuan-Dan experts. Along the way, any powerful fierce birds they encountered were dealt with by the three of them.

Some blind and reckless bandits were also easily eliminated.

During this journey, the dozens of Yi Clan tribal warriors witnessed the grandeur of Huangqin City, discovering that the seemingly immensely powerful human rank was practically everywhere in Huangqin City, which dealt a profound blow to the pride of the tribal warriors.