Chapter 176.1
The life in the small courtyard was peaceful and simple, a comfort that Li Tianyan and Cheng Qi had never experienced before. The two had lived there for three years.
Occasionally, the family would go out for an outing on the bull beast. When tired, they would return to the courtyard, arrange flowers and trees, decorate the courtyard, play chess, drink tea, and talk about Buddhist scriptures.
Although Cheng Yi was a mortal, it was not difficult to see that he had done some homework. Speaking of it, he actually had his own opinions. After chatting with him a lot, Li Tianyan also gained some insights.
In the past few years, Cheng Yu often travelled between the sect and the small courtyard. In comparison, he had stayed in the small courtyard for longer, and he often asked Li Tianyan for advice on cultivation matters.
Many questions that had been unclear before could not be solved even by asking the elders of the sect, but Li Tianyan always made him enlightened with just a few words. Although Cheng Yu’s cultivation had not been improved in the past three years, he had a different understanding of the direction of the road.
As for the Cheng family in Yueliang City, as Li Tianyan had expected, it didn’t take long for the man surnamed Mu to start causing trouble for the Cheng family.
The Cheng family were not vegetarians either. Although they did not have the power of the Mu family, they were thick-skinned. They insisted that the betrothal gift given by the Mu Family was just to marry a young lady from the Cheng family. Mu Hengtian almost lost his temper when he heard this.
However, he did not dare to tell the truth about the real bride, Cheng Yu. He could only hold his nose and admit it. Who told him to be so high-profile when he brought the betrothal gift to Cheng Mansion, but it was impossible for him to marry a young lady from Cheng Mansion.
Naturally, things could not be settled like this. If things did not work on the surface, they would be hidden. The Cheng family and Mu family’s mother and son battled wits and courage, and they were entangled for a year.
In the end, everyone in the Mu family knew about the commotion. Father Mu gave Mu Hengtian a hard time, and the Cheng family also spent all the betrothal gifts in less than two months due to various inexplicable reasons.
Later, under the pressure of the Mu family, the Cheng family had to leave the Central Region and settle in the nearest Northern Region. Only then did the matter finally come to an end.
Fortunately, there was some distance between Yuelian City and Yueguan City, and Yueguan City was just a small town where warriors gathered. The affairs of Cheng Mansion had not been reported here, and Cheng Yu and Li Tianyan did not specifically tell Cheng Yi and his wife.
Three years later, Li Tianyan finally returned to the sect, and Cheng Qi had to concentrate on preparing to form a core.
After three years of hard work, and with the help of Li Tianyan’s true spiritual energy, Cheng Qi’s veins were much wider and tougher than those of ordinary foundation-establishment cultivators.
To be on the safe side, Cheng Qi also chose to retreat at the top of the mountain where Li Tianyan formed his core. Since that place was used by Li Tianyan to overcome the calamity, no cultivators had lived nearby.
When the people of the Tianfan Immortal Sect learned that Cheng Qi was also preparing to form a core, they dared not believe it, but they couldn’t help but be curious. They all wanted to know what would happen to Cheng Qi if he succeeded in forming a core.
Even the sect leaders and elders of other sects were very concerned about this matter. They were late about Li Tianyan’s, and they did not want to miss Cheng Qi’s thunder tribulation. They wanted to go and have a look, but unfortunately, they were all rejected by the Xuan Zhen.
Forming the core was an important moment. If too many elders from outside were allowed to come, the consequences would have been disastrous if something went wrong. Therefore, Li Tianyan had asked the sect master from the very beginning.
Cheng Qi had been in seclusion for a long time without any movement, and the atmosphere in the entire Tianfan Immortal Sect became increasingly tense.
“Senior Brother Cheng is in seclusion. Even Tan Eyu might not come out to sell medicinal pills at a stall for a long time.”
“I don’t know when Senior Brother Cheng would be able to form a core. He has been in seclusion for several months.”
“Maybe the time hasn’t come yet. It’s not that easy to form a core.”
“It’s also possible because Master Li Tianyan is so good, so Senior Brother Cheng is under a lot of pressure.”
“But Senior Brother Cheng is still young. In fact, it doesn’t matter if he waits for a few more years. Don’t be like Senior Brother Ji at the beginning, his foundation building went wrong and he almost died.”
“Bah, you can’t say anything nice.”
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Qingdan Palace.
“Tianyan, will Xiao Qi really be okay? It’s almost half a year, and there is still no movement at all.” Elder Tian Min, like others, became more and more anxious as he waited.
Cheng Yu also looked at Li Tianyan with a worried look on his face. The news of Cheng Qi’s forming his core had spread a lot, and Cheng Yu couldn’t sit still. He secretly came to Tianfan Immortal Sect last month.
“Xiao Qi is sensible.” Li Tianyan was very calm because he and Cheng Qi had the same heart, and he could sense Cheng Qi’s mood to some extent.
During this period, Cheng Qi’s mood had been very stable, without a trace of anxiety, which proved that Cheng Qi was confident about this forming a core.
After hearing Li Tianyan’s words, Tian Min and Cheng Yu felt relieved. After all, Li Tianyan should have been more anxious than them about something.