Many children hadn't arrived yet.

Those children were over five years old and were currently in class, learning to read and write.

In this world, there were no ancient texts like the Four Books and Five Classics, nor the Three Character Classic, or the Hundred Family Surnames. They simply learned to read and write normally.

Watching his wives and concubines with a large group of children, Guo Feilong smiled and said, "I will be traveling far soon. If all goes well, I'll be back in two months; if not, it might take three to four months."

"While I'm away, all major and minor matters at home will be handled by First Wife Su Xue and Second Wife Wang Yuyan."

"As usual, First Wife Su Xue will manage the finances and the children's education, while Second Wife Wang Yuyan will oversee cultivation arrangements and handle emergencies."

"Also, I've recently set up a new formation at home. I'll activate it shortly, and distribute the entry tokens to those with cultivation."

As he spoke, Guo Feilong took out a formation disk from his storage bag and infused it with mystic power.

In the next moment, a beam of light shot out from the formation disk, activating the grand formation.

A faint sky-blue light screen rose from around the Guo family courtyard, forming a massive dome that enveloped the entire Guo family estate.

Over the past decade, Guo Feilong had not only achieved success in alchemy but also in formations, crafting spiritual instruments, and making talismans.

Of course, all his achievements were tied to auspicious clouds; without them, he wouldn't be anything.

He simply lacked the talent, and it wasn't his fault.

It was like his struggle with learning English; his math and Chinese grades were excellent, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't grasp English.

You might think he was dumb, but he had represented his school in a city math competition and won second place.

But if you thought he was smart, he failed every English exam.

It wasn't that he didn't study English seriously; he just couldn't learn it.

Similarly, there were students in his class who were utterly clueless about math, unbelievably dense.

Yet, they excelled in English, scoring high in listening, reading, and writing.

There were also students who were poor in math, Chinese, and English, no matter how they were taught.

But they had exceptional talent in sports, singing, and performing.

He vividly remembered a girl from his school days who was particularly poor in academics but had a beautiful singing voice.

Through online live streaming and singing covers, she gained over seven million fans.

She earned 20,000 to 50,000 yuan a day from her live streams.

Talent is indeed a mysterious thing.

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Those who have it, have it.

Those who don't, simply don't.

After activating the grand formation, Guo Feilong distributed several small formation tokens to over thirty of his immortal-cultivating wives and concubines.

The grand formation he set up cost over 300,000 low-quality spirit stones, and the light screen that enveloped the entire Guo family estate.

It could withstand attacks from Foundation Establishment stage cultivators for seven to eight days, and Qi Refining stage cultivators couldn't break it, offering better defense than top-grade spiritual instruments.

The reason was that he used auspicious clouds as materials when setting up the formation, enhancing its defensive power.

With this defensive formation, Guo Feilong no longer worried about the safety of his home.

At the same time, Guo Feilong set up demon-sensing formations in various hidden locations around Yellow Rock Town.

As soon as a demon set foot in Yellow Rock Town, the demon-sensing formation would activate, causing an orb of light to appear above the demon's head, warning the immortal cultivators at home.

As the saying goes, "To die under a peony flower, even as a ghost, one remains dashing."

Before heading to Wanhua City, tens of thousands of miles away, Guo Feilong spent ten days without leaving his room.

He spent time with eighty to ninety of his wives and concubines—until he was utterly exhausted, then slept soundly for a day and a night.

Only then, under the watchful eyes of his many wives and children, did he sit on Da Gui's back and fly into the sky.

Three days later.

Guo Feilong left the Spirit Creek Sect's territory and entered the domain of the Divine Wind Sect.

The Divine Wind Sect was not as powerful as the Spirit Creek Sect, controlling only the territory of four countries and having four Golden Elixir stage grand cultivators.

In this world of immortal cultivation, any sect that had a Golden Elixir stage grand cultivator would be granted a country as a fiefdom.

The descendants of the Golden Elixir stage grand cultivator would become the royal family of that country.

If the Golden Elixir stage grand cultivator fell, the royal family would be given two hundred years.

If no new Golden Elixir stage grand cultivator emerged in the royal family within two hundred years, the fiefdom would be reclaimed, and their royal status revoked.

To gauge the strength of an immortal cultivation force, one only needed to see how many countries were within its territory.

The number of countries equaled the number of Golden Elixir stage grand cultivators.

Although the Divine Wind Sect wasn't as strong as the Spirit Creek Sect, it was still a sect with Golden Elixir stage grand cultivators. Avoiding conflicts with Divine Wind Sect cultivators was wise.

Getting into conflicts on someone else's turf would only lead to losses.

Among the major Golden Elixir level forces, there was an unspoken rule not to maliciously trouble the inner disciples and Foundation Establishment stage cultivators of other Golden Elixir forces.

Unless those disciples and cultivators committed crimes within their territory, they wouldn't be killed.

Whether or not the inner disciples and Foundation Establishment stage cultivators of other Golden Elixir forces committed crimes on their turf, well, that was just a matter of saying so.

You might not have committed any crimes.

But if I say you did, then you did, and I can find plenty of evidence and witnesses.

Once outside the Spirit Creek Sect, one must be discreet, discreet, and more discreet.

While traveling through the Divine Wind Sect's territory, Guo Feilong encountered several battles between cultivators. In some cases, the disadvantaged side even sought his help.

Those at a disadvantage might be killed, which was pitiful.

But those at a disadvantage might not be good people; they could be pursued for wrongdoing.

Whether those seeking his help were good or bad,

To Guo Feilong, they were strangers.

Minding one's own business meant fewer troubles.

Whenever someone sought his help, Guo Feilong would have Da Gui fly away immediately, as it wasn't his concern.

In this manner, it took him four days to traverse the Divine Wind Sect and enter the Primordial Sect's territory.

Previously, Liu Feiyu had given him a map with coordinates to Wanhua City.

After crossing the Divine Wind Sect, he would pass through the Primordial Sect and then cross the Endless River, which was thirty thousand miles wide, to reach Wanhua City.

A river thirty thousand miles wide—how long must it be?

Even Golden Elixir stage grand cultivators didn't know the length of the Endless River. Flying upstream for a year, they still couldn't find its source.

Flying downstream for another year, they still couldn't find where the downstream ended.

Liu Feiyu had advised him to take the boats at the docks along the river when crossing the Endless River.

The Endless River was extremely dangerous, with many powerful aquatic spiritual beasts.

Even powerful Golden Elixir stage cultivators flying over the river could be eaten if they were unlucky enough to encounter a spiritual beast comparable to a Golden Elixir stage.

The boats at the docks belonged to the Primordial Sect.

The Primordial Sect had an agreement with the king-level aquatic spiritual beasts in the Endless River not to attack their boats.

Every year, the Primordial Sect provided the king-level aquatic spiritual beasts with many land-based cultivation resources.

The Primordial Sect was slightly more powerful than the Spirit Creek Sect, as it had over twenty countries within its territory.

On the third night within the Primordial Sect's territory, under the bright moon, Guo Feilong sat cross-legged in the forest, cultivating. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth flowed into his body like water.

The spiritual energy was refined into mystic power, stored within his water attribute spiritual root.

The seventh-rank flying spiritual beast, the Fire-Winged Eagle Da Gui, stood nearby, half-asleep, keeping watch over him.

At that moment, several figures flew toward him from high in the sky.

"You can't escape, Netherworld Demon Hand."

Following these figures was a black-robed cultivator, who swung a palm into the void, conjuring a massive blood-red palm print that swiftly struck the fleeing individuals.

Boom!

Two of them were instantly turned into blood mist, while the remaining ones spat blood, all injured.

The sounds of battle in the sky naturally reached Guo Feilong, who was cultivating on the ground. He opened his eyes and quickly jumped onto Da Gui's back, ready to leave the area.

However, before Da Gui could take off, three figures landed nearby. "Fellow Daoist, please don't leave. If you can save us today, we will surely repay you in the future."

These three figures were all women, the ones being pursued from the sky.

Among them,

One was at the eighth level of Qi Refining, and two were at the seventh level.

The black-robed pursuer was at the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Guo Feilong wasn't the type to be swayed by the sight of women; he was rational and still intended to leave, not wanting to meddle in others' affairs.