Chapter 1, Young Zhou Yang.

However, it is difficult for the earth's veins to nurture spiritual energy. They can only be nurtured in special places where some earth veins intersect with spiritual veins. Only the "Yuyang Cave" where Zhouyang is currently located in the entire Yuzhen Peak can nurture them.

At this moment, the "little genius" of the Zhou family, who is quite famous within the clan, is sitting cross-legged with his eyes tightly closed in a natural cave halfway up the Yinquan Peak. He is manipulating his hand gestures, fully exerting himself to absorb and refine the milky spiritual energy emanating from the earth veins within the cave.

Humph, it is said that it is better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. The Huangsha Family has a great business, and there is no shortage of top spiritual talents in every generation. Even if I have extraordinary talent, going to the Huangsha Family would only make me an outstanding disciple. The benefits I would enjoy may not be as good as what I have now in the Zhoushi Clan. At least the elders here are all looking forward to my future success in laying the foundation and are wholeheartedly considering my interests.

At the age of seventeen, having reached the sixth level of Qi cultivation, such cultivation at this age is only achievable by a few elite disciples with high-grade spiritual roots even among the cultivation sects like the Yellow Sand Sect.

So, it's better to preserve the spiritual energy of these veins and advance the time of the next opening of the Yuyang Cave by a few years to benefit other ethnic groups.

Yuyang Cave is a sacred place for the Zhou family, with elders of the family guarding it all year round. Currently, the one guarding it is Zhou Xuanhe, a cultivator from the Xuan generation, and also the fourteenth uncle of Zhou Yang.

He made up his mind and immediately opened the cave door and walked out of the cave, explaining the situation to the elders waiting outside.

The Yuzhu Peak itself is a natural spiritual vein of the second-grade superior quality. After more than two hundred years of cultivation by the Zhou family, it has now been promoted to the third-grade medium quality and can be used for several foundational cultivators and over a hundred Qi refining cultivators to practice.

The boundless sea of sand is just like its name, with sand as the sea, endless and boundless.

Zhou Yang is able to make a breakthrough using the "Yu Yang Cave". Of course, this is related to his identity as the first person of the "Yuan" generation. Otherwise, it would be because his father is the sixth elder of the Yuquan Zhou family. This "Yu Yang Cave", which opens once every ten years, would never be his turn for a seventeen-year-old teenager to use.

Zhou Yang is not an ordinary person. He is a reincarnator whose soul comes from the world of Earth, with memories of his past lives that are two or three decades longer than ordinary people.

Innate, Qi cultivation, Foundation building, Purple Mansion, Golden Elixir, Nascent Soul, Tribulation Crossing, Returning to Void, Union of Dao, These are the nine realms of cultivation. If one wants to achieve true immortality, they must become a Union of Dao Celestial Immortal who has merged with the Great Dao.

When the quantity of milky white spiritual energy in the cave dropped to less than thirty percent, Zhou Yang suddenly opened his tightly closed eyes. His shoulder-length hair floated behind him without any wind, and his momentum increased almost twice as much as before.

As for the Zhou family of Yuquan, they are the owners of the Yuquan Lake oasis.

However, as far as Zhou Yang knows, since the existence of cultivators in this world, there has never been any true immortality. The classification of the nine realms of cultivation is only passed down by legendary celestial beings and has not been verified.

Just broke through the realm, my mind was excited and thinking too much. It took Zhou Yang a while to suppress the chaotic thoughts in his heart and look at the remaining milky white spiritual energy in the cave.

The oasis is over a hundred li long from east to west and over seventy li wide from north to south. It is higher in the east and lower in the west. In the east, there is a mountain called Yuquan Peak, which is several hundred meters high. The mountain is covered with dense trees, surrounded by clouds and mist. At the foot of the mountain is the source of life for the entire oasis - Yuquan Lake.

Cultivation is also about cultivating the mind. Since the original intention is unwilling to participate in those intrigues, Zhou Yang naturally chooses to act in accordance with his original intention.

On the thousands of square kilometers of land in Yuquan Lake Oasis, there are tens of thousands of human beings and countless birds and animals, all relying on the clear water of this lake for sustenance.

With a slight change in expression, Zhou Yang immediately thanked Zhou Xuanhe and hurried to the old patriarch's cave at the top of Yuquan Peak.

It should be noted that among the dozens of Qi refining cultivators within the Zhou clan, including those who specialize in divination and bookkeeping, there are quite a few who have been waiting for this opportunity for ten or twenty years!

Others only see the majestic Yellow Sand Gate, with the venerable Golden Elixir Patriarch presiding inside. Outside, there are dozens of desert oases like the Jade Spring Lake, serving as vassals. There is no shortage of various cultivation techniques and treasures. Everyone is eager to join and become a member.

Therefore, among the dozens of Qi-refining clan members of the Zhou family, only a few exceptionally outstanding clan members can break through using the earth's spiritual energy during the Qi-refining period.

Therefore, for 99% of cultivators, having a lifespan of a thousand years as a Golden Core stage cultivator is their ultimate pursuit in cultivation.

In the eyes of Zhou Xuanhe, this performance has made him hold a much higher opinion of this junior.

Is this true? Then I won't bother Uncle Fourteen anymore. Thank you, Uncle Fourteen, for protecting me.

As of today, the founder of the Zhou family, Zhou Yuquan, has long since passed away. However, after more than two hundred years of development, the Zhou family has now become a powerful cultivation clan with one Foundation Establishment cultivator, dozens of Qi Refinement cultivators, and over a hundred thousand mortal followers.

In the beginning, the founder of the Zhou Clan was a Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Huangsha Sect. Information about the Huangsha Sect is recorded in the clan's internal scriptures. Therefore, unless they are those with poor spiritual roots who are willing to take a chance, no one in the Zhou Clan is willing to become a disciple of the Huangsha Sect.

The spiritual energy of the earth veins is a kind of essence that is nurtured by the combination of spiritual veins and earth veins, and it has a miraculous effect on low-level cultivators in breaking through barriers and advancing to higher realms.

Moreover, once I successfully establish my foundation, my treasure body will naturally awaken and give rise to its divine abilities. Then, I will naturally know what kind of treasure body I possess.

Zhou Yang is the sixth generation of the Yuquan Zhou family, bearing the "Yuan" generation name.

The Yuquan Zhou family, with the generational name "Yuan", has a total of fifteen members. Zhou Yang ranks ninth in the family hierarchy, but when it comes to cultivation, he is the first among the fifteen.

Thinking of this, he remembered another matter and quickly said, "Since you have successfully broken through, go quickly to the cave on the mountaintop to pay respects to the elder patriarch. He had given instructions earlier that if you were able to break through, you should go see him."

The first person to discover the oasis of Yuquan Lake was the ancestor of the Zhou family, Zhou Yuquan. Today, the tens of thousands of people living in this oasis are all relatives and friends of the Zhou family.

When facing the praise from Uncle Fourteen Zhou Xuanhe, Zhou Yang humbly expressed that this is what he, as a member of the Zhou clan, should do, and he is not proud because of his identity and cultivation.

The ordinary members of the Zhou clan mainly live in three small towns in the Yuquan Lake Oasis, either cultivating fields or herding cattle and sheep, leading a self-sufficient and carefree life.

Although the spiritual energy of the earth veins inside the Yuyang Cave can be fully absorbed every time it opens, since I have already successfully broken through, absorbing these spiritual energies of the earth veins will only help me stabilize my realm, but the effect is not significant.

As for the cultivators of the Zhou family, they all reside together on the Yuquan Peak, where the spiritual energy is abundant.

Jade Hua Ming Guang, Xuan Yuan Guang Tong, Fu Ze Rong Sheng, Wan Shi Chang Qing. These sixteen characters, which represent the name and title of the family, were personally drafted by Zhou Yuquan, the founder of the Zhou family of Yuquan, when it was established.

At such a young age, achieving the cultivation of the sixth level of Qi is already quite rare. What's even rarer is the ability to remain humble and composed, considering the overall situation. Perhaps the hope of the next generation of the Zhou family will truly rest on this individual.

Therefore, he had already made up his mind that even if there was no hope for the Great Dao or eternal life in this lifetime, he would absolutely not want to live a life full of scheming and plotting all day long.

It's no wonder he is unwilling to involve himself in those scheming affairs for the elusive legend of eternal life.