Time flew by, and five years passed in the blink of an eye.
Wu Xuemeng and Wu Yumeng, the two sisters, although not yet grandmaster-level alchemists, had reached a level in alchemy that was almost indistinguishable from that of a grandmaster.
"Husband, it's our turn to receive the Yang Essence Pill from the Wu Family this year. My sister and I plan to return to the Northern Borders Continent's cultivation world tomorrow to collect it."
That afternoon, Wu Yumeng, holding their second daughter in her arms, brought up the matter.
Guo Feilong was fully supportive of this.
That night, he stayed in Wu Yumeng's room.
The next day, as the sisters were about to leave, Guo Feilong gifted Wu Yumeng a small flying device. Although they were at the late Foundation Establishment stage at Great Perfection, the cultivation world was fraught with dangers. What if they encountered a Golden Elixir stage cultivator with ill intentions?
With the small flying device, unless they ran into an Elemental Infant stage old monster, even flying spiritual beasts at the late Golden Elixir stage at Great Perfection wouldn't be able to catch up with them.
After the sisters left, Guo Feilong went to the Spirit Creek Sect's Heavenly Abode headquarters, though he didn't have much to do there. He just wanted to check on his children who had joined the Spirit Creek Sect and, incidentally, exchange alchemy experiences with Yuwen Yanhong, the daughter of the Golden Elixir Ancestor from Alchemy Peak.
Over the years, he and Yuwen Yanhong had become very good friends. Every time Guo Feilong came to exchange alchemy experiences, Yuwen Yanhong would gain something, especially in the past year or two. She felt as if she could step into the high-level alchemist realm at any moment.
But it always seemed like something was missing, yet she couldn't figure out what it was, unable to break through that barrier.
After exchanging alchemy experiences with Yuwen Yanhong for two days, Guo Feilong returned.
Although it was called an exchange, he was actually guiding and advising her unintentionally. Otherwise, with Yuwen Yanhong's talent in alchemy, she would never reach the threshold of a high-level alchemist in her lifetime.
High-level alchemists were not as common as Chinese cabbage; in the entire Spirit Creek Sect, only Guo Feilong and the Golden Elixir Ancestor from Alchemy Peak held that title.
Even across the entire Arctic Continent's cultivation world, the number of high-level alchemists wouldn't exceed 30.
It's important to note that there are three to four hundred Golden Elixir stage cultivators in the Arctic Continent's cultivation world, yet there are fewer than 30 high-level alchemists.
This shows how rare high-level alchemists are.
Over the years, Guo Feilong had rarely married or taken concubines, with his total number of wives and concubines now at exactly 380.
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Many of his wives and concubines who had given him seven or eight children seemed to have reached menopause; no matter how hard he tried, they just wouldn't get pregnant.
Especially those like Su Xue, who didn't have spiritual roots, after his cultivation reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, almost none of them got pregnant, as if there was a reproductive barrier.
This situation wasn't unique to Guo Feilong; it was common among all male cultivators at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage and beyond.
At the Foundation Establishment stage, there was still a chance, if lucky, to impregnate ordinary women without spiritual roots.
However, male cultivators at the Golden Elixir stage couldn't impregnate any ordinary women without spiritual roots.
As the cultivation stage increases, the chances of reproduction decrease, and the requirements for partners become higher.
Now at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, Guo Feilong still had a good chance of impregnating women at the Qi Refining stage.
But once he reached the Golden Elixir stage, it would be difficult for women at the Qi Refining stage to get pregnant.
In contrast, the smaller the cultivation stage gap between immortal cultivator couples, the higher the chance of pregnancy.
However, the higher the cultivation stage, the more difficult it is to reproduce.
If two Elemental Infant stage cultivators were to marry, even with constant effort, it might take a hundred or eighty years for the female to get pregnant, or even longer.
If an Elemental Infant stage man married a Foundation Establishment stage woman, the chance of pregnancy would be almost zero.
As his cultivation stage increases, Guo Feilong will also face this issue in the future.
Therefore, he no longer marries women without spiritual roots.
Bringing them back would make it difficult to have children.
For him, they would just be like ornamental stands.
With 380 beautiful wives and concubines, he certainly wasn't lacking in ornamental stands.
With no suitable female cultivators left in the Spirit Creek Sect, Guo Feilong sighed deeply and walked into the courtyard where his beautiful quadruplet wives and concubines lived.
In the days that followed, Guo Feilong's life was fulfilling.
He either crafted strange and rare spiritual instruments in the Forbidden Zone or spent joyful times with his beautiful wives and concubines.
Otherwise, he would teach his children with spiritual roots about matters to consider when venturing outside.
Today, he came to give a lesson to several children who had just turned five, possessed spiritual roots, and had already cultivated to the first level of Qi Refining.
"You must remember, when you venture out into the cultivation world in the future, always prepare a few masks."
Guo Feilong looked at the young children obediently sitting at their desks and continued, "Think about why your father wants you to wear masks when you're out and about."
"Father, I know."
A son raised his hand.
Guo Feilong chuckled and said, "Go ahead."
"Father, I think the purpose of wearing a mask outside is because the sun is too big and hot, and wearing a mask can protect us from getting sunburned."
His son's answer was unexpected for Guo Feilong.
But, children are children, and it's normal for them to have strange and whimsical thoughts.
Even though his son's answer was incorrect, Guo Feilong wasn't upset at all. It's normal for children not to understand, and they can be taught.
"Does anyone else have a different opinion?"
Guo Feilong smiled and asked the other children present.
"Father, I have a different opinion."
A little daughter with two pigtails, exquisitely cute, raised her hand.
Guo Feilong chuckled and said, "Go ahead."
"Father, the function of a mask is to cover one's appearance, so I think wearing a mask when venturing outside is to hide one's identity and appearance, so others won't know who I am."
The adorable daughter finished speaking, blinking her big eyes, and eagerly asked, "Father, am I right?"
Guo Feilong laughed heartily and said, "You're absolutely right."
He looked at all the children in the classroom and said, "The cultivation world outside is full of dangers, and bad people are everywhere.
We can't tell who is good and who is bad.
When we venture out, wearing a mask ensures that even if we make enemies, they won't know our true identity.
This way, we can protect ourselves and our family.
Today's first lesson from your father is how to use masks."
As he spoke, Guo Feilong took out many spiritual instrument masks from his storage bag and distributed one to each child.
Using the spiritual instrument masks was simple: just inject mystic power to activate the formation on the mask and stick it on your face.
The children, after putting on the spiritual instrument masks, danced with joy.
Because they saw each other transform into strangers, which they found very amusing.
Buzz~ Buzz~ Buzz~
At this moment, the jade slip for voice transmission hanging from Guo Feilong's waist suddenly began to flash and vibrate, indicating multiple messages arriving at once.
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