I Have A Qi Fortune Altar-Chapter 1285 - 644: Chen Yuan Enters Shushan!

South State, Nine Dragon Mountain Range.

This place, though known as the Nine Dragon Mountain Range with a resounding name, actually has no inhabitants within a hundred miles, not to mention any clans or sects stationed here.

Because the Primordial Energy here is almost nonexistent.

As Martial Artists cultivate, once they step into Qi Absorption, they need to connect with Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy, otherwise, cultivation would be extremely difficult, and naturally, they wouldn’t settle here.

The reason for its name is that within the mountain range, there are nine peaks resembling a True Dragon. Several hundred years ago, a former official from Chu, famous yet unsuccessful in his official career, left behind half a verse.

"Nine Dragons swallow the sun and moon, gain momentum and rise to Qingyun!"

What no one knows is, this place is actually the true stronghold of the former Imperial Family of Chu, the Xiang Family.

As signs of decline appeared in Great Chu and the world was in turmoil with the Sima Family eyeing them covetously, the Immortals of the Xiang Family, foreseeing danger, made preparations here.

Several true Immortal Arrays were left here, including arrays of slaughter and ones concealing the divine order of heaven, established at great cost by the former Imperial Family of Chu. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

The lack of Primordial Energy within a hundred miles is to supply the consumption of these arrays.

The former Xiang Family of Chu left a massive foundation here, giving later surviving members of the Xiang Royal Family a chance to rise again. This place is extremely secretive, known only to the Xiang Family; no ’outsider’, no matter how trusted, could be informed.

With the example of the Sima Family, the Xiang people trust no one but their own. Thus, even though the Chen Family served the nation and was nearly exterminated by the Sima Family, Chen Huaiyi was unaware that the Xiang Family was hidden in the Nine Dragon Mountain Range.

This place was chosen because it is far from the Central Plains and close to the vast Southern Border Mountains; even if someone found this place, there would be a chance to escape.

The nine dragon-shaped mountain ranges are not chaotic. In fact, the intricately intertwined nine dragon-shaped ranges can be roughly seen as a circle.

This could also be termed "Nine Dragons Embracing the Moon".

Of course, this is also a method attributed to a former Immortal of the Xiang Family, and at the center encircled by the Nine Dragons is the entrance to the Xiang Family’s Secret Realm.

Inside the Secret Realm.

Nearly ten thousand members of the Xiang Family reside here, some sitting atop peaks drawing in Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy, some seeking secluded spots to practice Martial Arts, and a hundred or so clad in black armor standing like statues within a grand hall at the Secret Realm’s center, guarding.

If someone were present, they would be astonished, for these individuals are all Dan Realm Masters, without exception. This is indeed significant news.

For Dan Realm Masters are already powerful figures of the Upper Three Realms, capable of founding a sect and dominating a prefecture, and some may even serve as Golden Envoys of the court, governing regions.

Yet here, they are merely guards.

However, these hundred individuals did not reach this rank through their own cultivation; even though they are Xiang Family members, most have diluted Divine Blood and lack such high talent.

In reality, they were forged into Grandmasters by the Xiang Family using immense resources and various means.

Somewhat equivalent to the Blood Pill of the No-Life Sect, never hoping to reach True Core in this lifetime.

Yet even so, their strength remains formidable. If they form a formation, they can rival a True Monarch. If there is a Yang Transformation True Master as the array eye, it can unleash incredibly terrifying power.

The initially surviving members of the Xiang Family certainly could not be so many. In fact, the reason there are nearly ten thousand people here is not just due to over two hundred years of reproduction but also because many are from outside the Xiang Family.

Without exception, these individuals are women!

They are women chosen from various forces of the Jianghu spread by the Xiang Family, all exceptional, including noblewomen, Jianghu heroines, and some with unfortunate lives due to orphaning, and some, once renowned in their locales.

Unfortunately, in the Xiang Family Secret Realm, most of them are merely machines for childbirth.

Apart from a few who could stand out and earn trust, the majority live repetitive daily lives. They, though free from material worries, can never leave this place even half a step in their lifetime.

Marrying a Xiang Family man and nurturing more sons is their sole mission.

Of course, some take pleasure in it, as the Xiang Family only requires a minimum of two sons; beyond that, each additional child brings immense rewards.

During pregnancy, they are nourished with various precious medicinal herbs to try to produce offspring with good bone structure as much as possible.

The huge cost has proven highly effective, as the vast majority of newborns have excellent qualities, even producing unparalleled talents like Chen Yuan and Xiang Lingtian.

Of course, this also relates to their fathers.

Xiang Qianqiu’s aptitude was already top-notch, and with significant costs, the birth of Chen Yuan was naturally terrifying, though the Xiang Family’s Divine Blood had not been awakened, initially appearing mediocre.

Later, Chen Yuan, whether in Qi Refinement or Body Refinement, even without various fortuitous encounters, was not inferior to anyone of his time; those opportunities merely accelerated his cultivation.

The Xiang Family Secret Realm is vast, after all, a true legacy of the dynasty. Even compared with an Immortal Sect, it is not at all inferior, even having the upper hand.

Within this Secret Realm, a Primordial Crystal Vein was artificially created, several times greater than those outside. It can be said that the Xiang Family members, except for not freely entering or exiting, enjoy excellent conditions in all other aspects.

The center of the Secret Realm is a complex of palaces where the core figures of the Xiang Family reside, either the families of Yang Transformation True Masters or Xiang Family members and families with outstanding talent.