Xin Cheng, a restaurant.
This was no ordinary restaurant, but one specifically for cultivators.
"Brother Tian Qin, how has your recent activity in the mortal world been? Have you found any suitable female cultivators to bring back?" Two young men sat at one of the tables.
"I've encountered a few, they're passable!" The young man called Brother Tian Qin took a drink and sighed, "Brother Hao Fei, what about you?"
"You're quite lucky. I've searched for days and only found one that's barely acceptable!" The other young man, 'Hao Fei', sighed, "But I'm planning to visit Meng Cheng next!"
"Meng Cheng? What are you going there for?" Tian Qin raised an eyebrow.
"Where have you been recently? Haven't you heard? The Luo family in Meng Cheng is holding a martial arts competition to choose a husband for their daughter!" Hao Fei raised his eyebrows.
"Isn't it just about finding some good female cultivators to bring back to the Spirit Realm? I've exchanged pleasantries with one or two." Tian Qin briefly explained, then asked curiously, "Martial arts competitions to find a spouse are usually common, is this Luo family daughter somehow special?"
"This Luo family daughter, named Luo Xiangning, was the number one beauty in the cultivation world of the mortal realm twenty years ago!" Hao Fei briefly explained what he knew. "I heard many cultivators from the Spirit Realm have gone, and Luo Xiangning's cultivation is not low. She's already at the ninth level of Xiantian realm perfection at less than forty years old!"
"Less than forty years old, Xiantian ninth level perfection? In the Spirit Realm, such cultivation speed would put her high on the Dragon and Phoenix rankings. In the mortal realm, she must be second to none!" Tian Qin gasped in surprise.
"Isn't that right? We are older than her, but our cultivation is inferior!" Hao Fei mused. "Honestly, if I had known about the Luo family's martial arts competition announcement before, I would have proposed. But now, proposing is out of the question, as many people from the Spirit Realm have rushed here upon hearing the news! I have no chance, but I definitely want to see it. I just want to see how beautiful the number one beauty of the cultivation world twenty years ago is!"
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go together!" Tian Qin said. "Although our chances are slim, I absolutely must participate in such a grand event."
"Are there any requirements?" Hao Fei asked.
"It is said that the requirement is cultivation not below the Xiantian Foundation Establishment level, and age not exceeding sixty. Actually, this threshold is not strictly enforced. We can't stop someone in their sixties from participating, nor can we force people to participate. After all, they are just a cultivation family in the mortal realm, they wouldn't dare to test the bone age of a Golden Core, or even Nascent Soul cultivator, would they?" Tian Qin said.
"That's true!" Hao Fei nodded. "This relies on self-awareness. Even among cultivators from the Spirit Realm, they know each other's general age, unless the difference is quite large."
"That makes sense," Tian Qin nodded. "Although my chances are slim, my twenty-ninth uncle still has hope! I just don't know if he's interested in this twenty-year-old former number one beauty of the mortal realm."
"Your twenty-ninth uncle? Isn't your twenty-ninth uncle over sixty?" Hao Fei's eyes flickered.
"Not yet sixty, to be precise, he's exactly fifty-nine," Tian Qin smiled. "I have no hope. If my twenty-ninth uncle can win the beauty's heart, it would be great. After all, my twenty-ninth uncle has always wanted to find a dual cultivation partner, and he doesn't think highly of ordinary female cultivators."
"That being said, your twenty-ninth uncle has a great chance. He's not yet sixty and is already a top expert on the Human Ranking. There aren't many Human Ranking experts under sixty!" Hao Fei said enviously.
He and Tian Qin look young, both in their forties, and now have cultivation at the seventh or eighth level of Xiantian. They seem decent, but in the Spirit Realm, they are nothing. This is also why they hope to find some talented female cultivators in the mortal realm to take back as concubines. If they can't do it themselves, they can only cultivate the next generation.
"It's just unknown how many experts will participate in the martial arts competition. If those powerful Golden Core cultivators don't participate, my twenty-ninth uncle has a great chance. Otherwise..." Tian Qin didn't elaborate, but his meaning was clear. His twenty-ninth uncle is indeed a top expert on the Heavenly Secret Human Ranking, which has 720 people. Although many are not in the mortal realm, it is rumored that quite a number have come to the mortal realm this time, and even a few of the top ten experts are rumored to have come to the mortal realm.
The top ten Golden Core realm existences are all at the Golden Core realm perfection, and some possess abilities that can even contend with ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.
Throughout the mortal realm, people from the Spirit Realm like Tian Qin and Hao Fei have heard the news and are mostly very interested, mainly because the hype is huge - the number one beauty!
This alone is enough to make many cultivators from the Spirit Realm flock to it, let alone the fact that Luo Xiangning is also a cultivator at the ninth level of Xiantian realm perfection!
Under forty years old, possessing such cultivation in the mortal realm is truly remarkable.
Even those from the Spirit Realm who have no roots in the mortal realm have heard the news, so it's even more so for those within the mortal realm.
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Yang Family.
"Pingtian, you! Xiangning is such a wonderful woman, excellent and talented, not to mention her beauty. How can you just stand by and watch her family hold a martial arts competition to choose a husband for her? This way, you have no chance at all!" Old Master Yang looked at Yang Pingtian, frustrated.
"Yes! We can all see Xiangning's feelings for you. The fact that her family is holding a martial arts competition clearly means that Luo Xiangning has been heartbroken by you!" Yang Pingtian's father also couldn't help but speak.
Others also sighed.
Luo Xiangning's talent back then was no less than Yang Pingtian's, and her current cultivation is even higher than his. Yang Pingtian has also been cultivating diligently for the past year or so. With some financial support from his son and the resources tilted by the Yang family, he has now broken through to the seventh level of Xiantian realm perfection.
The main reason is that he now has the motivation!
His beloved has not abandoned him, has left him a son, and is so outstanding. Now that his wife might be imprisoned by her family, he cultivates very hard. However, his diligent cultivation was surpassed by Luo Xiangning because Yang Feilong's dual cultivation method is too powerful.
Hearing everyone's words, Yang Pingtian smiled and said, "I only regard Xiangning as a junior."
As soon as he said this.
Everyone was speechless.
Junior? Younger generation?
In fact, when he learned that the Luo family was holding a martial arts competition to choose a husband for Luo Xiangning, he had specifically called his son to ask if there were problems with his relationship with Luo Xiangning. After hearing his son's explanation, he was both pleased with his son's decision and filled with worry.
He was pleased that his son was acting in this way to protect Luo Xiangning's reputation to the greatest extent, but he was worried that his son would be defeated in the martial arts competition. After all, the participants would not only be from the mortal realm, but also many cultivators from the Spirit Realm.
Could his son break through the encirclement?