Chapter 6: Staying in Hermit Valley, Competition after half a month

The South He Shen Guo Country, a subsidiary country of the Dawan Imperial Dynasty, was nothing more than a bullet point on the Middle Continent Continent, with no major sects stationed there.

Only a small Dao Academy under the Zhen Yuan Sect is responsible for enrolment, and is also the starting point of Lei Ou's Dao cultivation path in his previous life.

But at that time, he wouldn't make use of his Chaotic Talent, instead he was burdened by it and didn't have a suitable cultivation technique. In the end, it took five years before he succeeded in building his foundation, and another three years before he entered the inner sect of the Zhen Yuan Sect!

And in this life, all of these problems were no longer problems.

The Heavenless Sunshine Technique was able to use the power of the stars to restrain the chaotic and brutal Chaotic True Qi in the body, helping Lei Ou to condense his true essence and reach Foundation Establishment.

When a Qi Practising Cultivator rises from the 1st level of Qi Practising to the 9th level, a strand of True Yuan will be condensed in the body at the same time, and the greater the amount of True Yuan, the stronger the foundation laid by the cultivator in the Qi Practising Stage, and the higher his or her future achievements will be.

However, each strand of true essence is not exactly the same, there will be attributes.

For example, wind, fire, thunder and earth, pure yin and pure yang, and so on.

As for Lei Ou, he was similarly unsure about what true essence he was going to condense.

In his previous life, the true essence he had condensed was only eight, and the attributes were confusing and inconsistent, resulting in the actual power not being very strong.

This was ultimately because he came from a humble background, with no cultivation resources and no one to guide him.

But in this life, he had the strength to change the opening of this Heavenly Collapse.

Under the self-tempering of the Sun Transformation Technique and the Chaotic Defeat Body Awakening, in just two days, he was approaching the Qi Practising Realm, and was already at the 9th level of the False Pulse.

Lei Ou sat outside the carriage and drove it.

'It seems that after arriving at Hermit Valley, we will be able to condense the first strand of true essence and formally refine Qi.'

'But as a matter of urgency, it's still important to apply for a cave first, so that Renaya can awaken and not let outsiders know about it.'

'Maybe a mere cave house isn't even enough, we also need to set up a formation!'

After three days of running around, Lei Ou and the others entered the Dawan territory.

The carriage drove into a smouldering town with many pedestrians on the street, many of them looked like they had an extraordinary and immortal style.

This place was already outside the Hermit Valley, the town was responsible for providing all kinds of services to the Hermit Valley's cultivators, it was called the Van Valley Town, and the entrance to the Hermit Valley was in the town.

Inside an ancient hall, many, many people of all shapes and colours were queuing up to be registered by Hermit Valley.

The Hermit Valley was just like that, unlike any clan on the Spirit Martial Continent, it had no inheritance, no division between masters and disciples, it was just a simple cultivator alliance.

Any cultivator, regardless of their background, could apply for a cave here with their cultivation to cultivate and live in, as long as they could turn in a certain amount of spirit stones every month.

Lei Ou also brought Renaya and lined up at the back of the crowd, waiting to be reviewed.

Soon, it was Lei Ou's turn, and the old man behind the table looked up, not expecting it to be a teenager.

"Cultivation achievement? age?"

The old man sized up Lei Ou and asked with a straight face.

'Fifteen years old at the ninth level of the Felling Pulse.'

The moment these words came out, many of the people queuing behind Lei Ou let out sounds of surprise and looked over with wide eyes.

At fifteen years old, already approaching Qi Refining, this could definitely be called a genius.

Such a youngster, why wasn't he taken in by the royal family, the powerful clans, or the sects, but instead came to be a Dao self-cultivator?

'Humanity realm ah ... but at a young age, it's quite alright.' The old man stroked his beard and said.

'Chivalrous Hidden Valley District 3, exempt you from one month's fee, go.'

After a short period of thought, the old man made a decision.

As for Renaya, no one cared, it was normal for cultivators to stay in the Hermit Valley and bring one or two more people.

Lei Ou thanked him, took the wooden sign engraved with 'No. 77 in District 3', went to the Hermit Valley, found his own small courtyard, and brought Renaya to live in it.

'Brother, is this entire courtyard ours?'

Renaya, who had entered the courtyard, exclaimed in a small voice as her eyes lit up.

The simple courtyard only had an old tree, a stone table, and a main room facing the courtyard gate.

But in Renaya's eyes, this was already a mansion.

'That's right, only we live here, Renaya can play here every day from now on.'

Leo put down Renaya and watched as she ran to the door of the room with small steps and pushed it open, choking and coughing on the falling dust and wrinkling her small nose.

She was about to walk behind the door to the courtyard and pick up the broom, which was taller than her person, when a knock on the door to the courtyard suddenly sounded.

Renaia was startled, her short legs thumping as she ran behind Leo, hugging his legs and turning her head sideways to look at the door.

She was now afraid of strangers who suddenly came to the door, and only hugged Lei Ou to feel somewhat safe.

Lei Ou bent down and took her into his arms, and Renaya tightly wrapped her arms around his neck. Opening the door, he saw a middle-aged monk in fancy robes standing outside the door.

'Lei Ou, just moved in right.'

The man couldn't help but take a few more glances at Lei Ou as he saw that he looked young and was holding a child in his arms.

'Yes.'

'I've come to inform you of one thing, Chivalrous Hidden Valley Area C will hold a small competition half a month from now, the winner will be able to enter and live in Area 2, the loser will have to retreat to Area 4.'

'District Four is a group dormitory with only one bed per person. At that time, no matter if it's your daoist couple or servants, they all have to leave.'

After informing about this matter, the middle-aged cultivator turned around and left, leaving Lei Ou with a grave face as he closed the door.

'Brother, isn't it true that we won't be living here for long ...' Renaya was smart, of course she understood the middle-aged cultivator's words.

She looked at Lei Ou and said with some aggression.

'Don't worry, brother will let Renaya live here peacefully,' Lei Ou patted Renaya's back and comforted, 'brother is very powerful oh, can let Renaya live a good life!'

Renaya was lying on Lei Ou's shoulder, and when she heard this, her heart was suddenly fluffy.

She ate and laughed somewhat sheepishly, wrapping her arms around Lei Ou even harder.

'Good~' she responded daintily.

Putting Renaya down, the two of them began to clean up, Lei Ou of course took over the majority of the work, and as he worked, he pondered over the middle-aged cultivator's words in his heart.

'The hermit valley's living area in and out mechanism, it's almost forgotten.'

'That guy Yani, he's already living in the more advanced Immortal Hermit Valley by now, right ...'

That's right, right now at this time period, Yani was also within the Hermit Valley!

Moreover, she had taken up residence in the more advanced Immortal Hidden Area because she had worshipped a Daoist expert who lived here in seclusion as her master!

It was under the devoted help of this expert that Yani's cultivation progressed extremely fast, and with her identity as the young princess of the Korean Empire's royal family, she enjoyed countless precious cultivation resources.

From here onwards, Yani was like a rising star, gradually making a splash in the entire Central Continent, and becoming the absolute pride of the entire continent that the world was watching.

She has a stunning appearance, superior birth, and her cultivation is absolutely the first among her peers, such qualifications, so that she can join the Justice League early, become a candidate for leadership, and ultimately in the last leader stepped down to take over.

Since then, Yani has become a representative of the human cultivators, but she has also begun to gradually unleash her true nature.

Born from a powerful clan, she looked down on mortals in her bones, and she let the Justice League collude with all the major clans to levy exorbitant taxes on mortals, forcing them to plant spirit plants and mine spirit stones, starving countless people to death.

And privately, she also favoured one over the other, secretly conveying a lot of resources to the Chu Kingdom.

This led to Chu gradually becoming bigger and bigger, and the beacon between the mortal empires resurfaced.

Perhaps it was also retribution, becoming the Empress of Humanity, her cultivation gradually stagnated, and even the late-cultivating Lei Ou was able to catch up.

Eventually, a 'demonic path' emerged in the north that rebelled against the Justice League and the clans: the Sacred Sect, led by none other than Renaia!

It wasn't until this Demon King showed her face that the world realised that there were even more powerful practitioners than Yani!

The name of the Devil's Road Empress was also gradually spread around the world.

Lei Ou silently looked towards little Renaya who was lying on the stone table in the small courtyard, shaking her little legs and holding her fleshy face, her eyes always hanging on herself.

Seeing Lei Ou looking over, she smiled shyly, turned her head away, and then quietly turned around as if she wanted to give up.

In his heart, he silently thought, 'Renaya, we must win this time!'