Returning to his home in Yellow Rock Town, Guo Feilong didn't immediately set off for Wanhua City.
From here to the easternmost border of the Spirit Creek Sect, it's still fifteen thousand miles.
Then, adding another one hundred fifty thousand miles, makes it a total of one hundred sixty-five thousand miles.
Along the way, he needs to cross two immortal cultivation forces similar to the Spirit Creek Sect to reach Wanhua City.
Such a distant journey would take over a month just to go one way.
Adding the return trip, it would be more than two months.
He's not a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, so traveling alone, he might encounter immortal cultivators who specialize in killing and robbing.
For now, relying on refining third-grade cultivation elixirs for Qi Refining stage cultivators is enough to easily support his family. It's better to wait until he's stronger to go to Wanhua City.
In the following days, Guo Feilong lived happily every day.
If he wasn't refining pills and cultivating, he was enjoying time with his young and beautiful wives and concubines.
One day, good news arrived. Matchmaker Wang found him a set of quadruplet sisters from a distant town.
Riding his seventh-rank flying beast, Da Gui, Guo Feilong eagerly brought Matchmaker Wang to the quadruplet sisters' home and was immediately captivated by their looks.
The four sisters were absolute beauties, scoring at least 9.3 out of 10 in terms of appearance.
Standing together, they could only be described as perfectly beautiful.
The names of the quadruplet sisters were:
The eldest was Jiang Chunmei,
The second was Jiang Xialan,
The third was Jiang Qiuzhu,
The fourth was Jiang Dongju.
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter; Plum, Orchid, Bamboo, Chrysanthemum.
These represented the quadruplet sisters.
Their family used to be wealthy.
When their grandfather was alive, he was one of the richest in the town.
Two years ago, their grandfather passed away due to illness.
Their father took over the family business, but he was a habitual gambler.
With the old man gone, no one could control him anymore.
The gambling dens were full of tricks, and in less than a year, their father lost the entire family fortune and owed the casino 2000 taels of silver.
Two thousand taels was no small amount, and their family had no way to repay it.
Coincidentally, Matchmaker Wang was eager to introduce a wife or concubine to Guo Feilong for a reward of 50 taels of silver. She had been diligently searching for young and beautiful girls in places even further than Yellow Rock Town.
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By chance, she came to this town, saw one of the quadruplet sisters, was amazed by her beauty, and learned that none of the sisters were married, leading to Guo Feilong's visit.
The father of the quadruplet sisters had heard of Guo Feilong's reputation, knowing that there was an old immortal cultivator in Yellow Rock Town who loved to marry and take concubines, and was generous with bride prices, offering 3000 taels of silver.
At this moment, the father of the quadruplet sisters was full of respect, nodding and bowing, saying, "Immortal Master Guo, you offer 3000 taels of silver as a bride price for one wife or concubine. If all four of my daughters marry you, could you make it a round number, two taels of silver as the bride price?"
Guo Feilong was very satisfied with the quadruplet sisters and didn't care about the silver. One low-grade spirit stone could be exchanged for ten thousand taels of silver.
Marrying four beautiful, fairy-like quadruplet sisters would cost less than two low-grade spirit stones.
He nodded generously without hesitation, saying, "Two taels of silver is fine, but if you gamble again in the future, I won't pay off your gambling debts."
The father of the quadruplet sisters immediately nodded, saying, "Okay, okay, okay, I promise I won't gamble again. If I do, I'll be a bastard."
Guo Feilong didn't care if he gambled in the future; he just didn't want him to come looking for him after losing money, which would be annoying.
Guo Feilong placed fifteen thousand taels of silver on the ground and prepared to return to Yellow Rock Town with the four beautiful sisters.
The eldest sister, Jiang Chunmei, suddenly tugged at his arm and softly pleaded, "Immortal Master, before we leave, could we visit the town mayor's house? The town's casinos are all run by the mayor.
Please tell them that if my father goes to gamble again, they should throw him out. I don't want my father to lose all the money again."
It was just a warning, a small favor for Guo Feilong. He said, "If you four call me 'husband' a few times and make me happy, I'll go."
The four girls blushed.
But they obediently called him 'husband' a few times.
Guo Feilong laughed heartily and took the four sisters to the town mayor's house, gave a warning, and then brought the quadruplet sisters back to Yellow Rock Town.
That very day, Guo Feilong held a wedding with the four beautiful sisters, not delaying even a night.
Having learned a high-quality dual cultivation technique, Guo Feilong truly enjoyed the bliss of the mortal world on his wedding night.
To his surprise and delight, all four sisters had spiritual roots.
Although they were low-grade spiritual roots, it was still much better than having none.
Marrying them added over two thousand auspicious clouds to the Family Fortune Cauldron, a huge gain.
Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, three years passed.
Guo Feilong sent children to the Spirit Creek Sect three more times.
Once four.
Once seven.
Once five.
All were accepted under Lin Feiyu and Shangguan Mingyue.
Including the first five children sent to the Spirit Creek Sect.
Guo Feilong now had 21 children who became disciples of the Spirit Creek Sect.
Sending so many children with medium-grade spiritual roots to the Spirit Creek Sect every year shocked Liu Feiyu and Shangguan Mingyue.
The two women smiled wryly, saying, "Fellow Daoist Guo, you really can have children, truly blessed..."
They both knew that Guo Feilong had eighty to ninety wives and concubines, could have eighty to ninety children a year, and had over thirty immortal cultivation wives and concubines.
Guo Feilong blushed and said, "I have no choice. If I die in the future, the family won't fall apart."
Liu Feiyu and Shangguan Mingyue nodded in agreement. Guo Feilong was now over 130 years old. If he couldn't establish a Foundation and become a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, he could live for at most another sixteen or seventeen years.
And in another sixteen or seventeen years, his children would have made some progress on the path of immortal cultivation, ensuring the family he built wouldn't fall apart.
"By the way, Fellow Daoists, here are some third-grade cultivation elixirs I refined and some spirit stones. Please distribute them monthly to my children."
Guo Feilong handed each of them a storage bag.
"Alright."
Liu Feiyu and Shangguan Mingyue accepted the storage bags.
Many inner and outer disciples in the Spirit Creek Sect received cultivation resources from their families, such as elixirs and spirit stones.
Guo Feilong returned to Yellow Rock Town.
Half a month later.
He broke through to the ninth-level Qi Refining stage.
Becoming a ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator.
He now had the qualification to establish a Foundation.
But Foundation Establishment was a profound subject.
Without using heavenly materials and earthly treasures, one could only create a low-grade Foundation Platform.
Using heavenly materials and earthly treasures could create medium-grade, high-grade, or even top-grade Foundation Platforms.
The different qualities of Foundation Platforms stored different amounts of mystic power.
To put it in numbers:
A low-grade Foundation Platform stores a certain amount of mystic power.
A medium-grade Foundation Platform stores more.
A high-grade Foundation Platform stores even more.
A top-grade Foundation Platform stores the most.
The Foundation Establishment stage is divided into four sub-stages.
Early stage, mid-stage, late stage, and great perfection.
Each sub-stage of the Foundation Establishment stage stores double the mystic power of the previous one.
The higher the quality of the Foundation Platform, the faster the recovery speed of mystic power.
The heavenly materials and earthly treasures needed for Foundation Establishment are rare and extremely expensive.
To obtain heavenly materials and earthly treasures for Foundation Establishment, one could try their luck in the Dark Forest, where they might find some.
Because in the Dark Forest, there are creatures called fairies, with strange appearances, some of which have heavenly materials and earthly treasures for Foundation Establishment, also known as spiritual objects.
The outer layer of the Dark Forest is shrouded in mist, preventing creatures above the Qi Refining stage from entering; only those at the Qi Refining stage can enter.
"The matter of the Dark Forest can wait for the future. It's known as a meat grinder for Qi Refining stage cultivators, too dangerous."
Time flew by, and half a year passed.
One afternoon.
In a medicinal bath.
Guo Feilong's skin burst with intense golden light.
He had cultivated the Golden Body Technique to the third level.
His body was comparable to a high-quality spiritual instrument.
"Hahaha..."
He laughed wildly.
From now on, no cultivator below the Foundation Establishment stage could kill him.
If he used auspicious clouds, he might even be able to kill Foundation Establishment stage cultivators.
Emerging from the medicinal bath, Guo Feilong gathered all his wives and concubines in the hall. Eighty to ninety young and beautiful wives and concubines held babies under one year old, each accompanied by two or three children.
Since marrying Su Xue, ten years had passed, and these eighty-plus wives and concubines had given him a total of six hundred fifty-four children.
If not for the strong memory of immortal cultivators, he might not even remember all their names or know who their mothers were.