Yang Guanfeng returned home and arrived at the Restricted Grounds. Lingqing and Lingrui had just finished a round of cultivation.

"Ancestor, that Spirit Liquid..."

"It was delivered, naturally. What, you don't trust me to handle things?" Yang Guanfeng pretended to be angry.

"Ah, no, no, Lingrui wouldn't dare."

"Pfft..."

Yang Lingrui quickly waved his hands. Yang Lingqing, watching from the side, found it amusing: "Alright, the Ancestor is just teasing you."

The three chatted for a while, then the conversation turned to Yang Lingqing's arrangements for today's meeting.

The various clans on the north bank, upon receiving the news, could not contain their excitement and sent people to inquire everywhere.

After all, in their eyes, being able to ascend this small cliff meant entering the immortal sect. From then on, they could be like the Immortal Masters of the Yang family, flying through the sky, diving into the earth, slaying demons, and vanquishing monsters!

"The north bank clans are all very cooperative. They've already reported the numbers."

Yang Lingqing handed a roster to Yang Guanfeng. There were fifty-five people in total.

After looking it over, Yang Guanfeng said, "Fifty-five people. I wonder if even one talented seedling will emerge."

"Sister Qing, is it really that hard for children with aptitude and talent to appear? Our generation only had a dozen or so people, and three of us emerged."

Yang Lingrui stood to the side and asked Yang Lingqing in a low voice.

"It's more than just hard."

Yang Lingqing shook her head and explained: "Our family is different from ordinary mortal families. Our ancestors produced a great cultivator at the Spirit Communion realm, so we have a bloodline inheritance."

"But even so, look at our father's generation. Only the Ancestor emerged. For our generation to produce three is already the pinnacle of good fortune."

"For ordinary commoner families, the proportion of those with cultivation aptitude is probably less than one in ten thousand."

"So few!"

Yang Lingrui was quite surprised: "Then for these fifty-five children, it will be difficult for even one to emerge."

"It's fine. The family currently has you three to handle things. It would be better to have external cultivators, but it's not mandatory if we don't. Let the north bank clans recuperate for a few years. Once the population increases, a few seedlings will emerge sooner or later."

Yang Guanfeng put away the roster and said, "You don't need to worry about this matter. I will make the arrangements. Just focus on your cultivation."

"Yes, Ancestor."

When Lingrui and Lingqing returned to the ancestral hall to cultivate, Chen Yang's consciousness gradually became clear.

"Why did I sleep so long again this time, all dazed and confused?"

He pondered while gathering Spiritual Qi for the two to cultivate.

Ever since the Blood-Burning Spirit Sacrifice, he had become very prone to drowsiness, as if he had returned to the first few years after his transmigration.

However, unlike back then, when he would sleep like the dead, now even when Chen Yang slept, he retained a layer of conscious reaction, allowing him to force himself awake in an emergency.

"Mm, my consciousness has indeed solidified a bit more."

This kind of slumber was not without benefits. After waking up from the first such sleep, Chen Yang noticed that his consciousness had undergone some changes.

If his original consciousness was "perception"-understanding and knowing things through observation and feeling-now he could slowly "touch" them.

"Perfect timing, the two little ones are here. I'll try it on you."

Thinking this, Chen Yang extended his consciousness towards the two.

"Mm?"

"What is that?"

The moment his consciousness touched them, they immediately reacted.

"Oh? So easily detected."

Chen Yang was also a bit surprised, as this was his first time using this method.

"It seems this method can't be used on people casually. Even Lingrui and Lingqing, two minor cultivators at the early Qi Gathering stage, can react. Let alone those with higher cultivation."

His little stunt startled the two children. They quickly got up and searched the entire Restricted Grounds.

"No one's here."

"Same here. Then where did that feeling of being watched come from?"

The two returned to the ancestral hall, puzzled, when a thought suddenly transmitted into their minds.

"This is!"

"It's the Spirit Stone Immortal Venerable!"

They immediately looked at Chen Yang and saw him flickering faintly on and off.

"The Immortal Venerable wants to examine us."

"Then sit down quickly!"

Yang Lingrui and Yang Lingqing immediately returned to their seats and sat down. Chen Yang extended his consciousness again.

This time, they didn't resist. They opened their minds and let Chen Yang investigate.

"Truly marvelous!"

Chen Yang marveled as he "touched."

Before, he could only judge everyone's strength by the fluctuations of Spiritual Qi. Now, he could penetrate the exterior and reach the essence.

Every Qi Node inside the two children, the form and shape of their Qi Mansions, their spiritual power reserves, and even where the spiritual power flow was obstructed-he could see it all clearly!

After a thorough investigation, he could more intuitively see that Yang Lingrui's talent was exceptionally good.

His twelve Qi Nodes were wide, complete, and uniform in thickness. The connections between the Qi Nodes were smooth and natural. More importantly, this child's Qi Mansion was especially large, allowing him to store more spiritual power than an average cultivator.

In comparison, Yang Lingqing's situation was slightly weaker. Moreover, through this investigation, Chen Yang actually found a Qi Channel in her body that was obstructing the flow of spiritual power.

This Qi Channel was on Yang Lingqing's left shoulder. It seemed to have been compressed by something, becoming somewhat narrow.

With a try-it-and-see attitude, Chen Yang mobilized the spiritual power within himself, wanting to help Yang Lingqing repair this Qi Channel.

"Hiss-"

When his spiritual power reached the Qi Channel, Yang Lingqing felt a needle-pricking pain in her shoulder.

But out of trust in Chen Yang, she gritted her teeth and endured the pain.

Chen Yang carefully controlled his spiritual power, using it bit by bit to relax the compressed Qi Channel.

After about an incense stick of time, Chen Yang withdrew his consciousness and also retracted his spiritual power.

"Ha... ha..."

Only then did Yang Lingqing start breathing heavily. The process just now was truly difficult to endure.

"Sister Qing, are you alright? How do you feel?"

Because he knew it was the Spirit Stone Immortal Venerable's doing, Yang Lingrui hadn't asked much earlier.

"I'm... fine. It just hurt a bit."

Saying this, Yang Lingqing stood up and rubbed her left shoulder.

She hadn't thought much of it, but upon rubbing it, she noticed a difference.

"My left shoulder was injured by a wooden stake when I was young. Although the injury healed later, it still had some effect on my Qi circulation. But now, it feels a bit better?"

To verify her conjecture, Yang Lingqing immediately entered a meditative state. Spiritual Qi flowed through her Qi Channels throughout her body. When it reached her left shoulder, it was indeed smoother than before!

She told Yang Lingrui about this, and both were overjoyed. They quickly found Yang Guanfeng and Elder Yu.

At first, the two were somewhat skeptical, but after they each examined Yang Lingqing's Qi Channels, the damage there had indeed been partially repaired.

Yang Guanfeng and Elder Yu exchanged glances, both seeing the astonishment in each other's eyes.

They had discovered Yang Lingqing's injury earlier, but since neither of them understood medicine, they couldn't repair it.

The Spirit Stone actually possessed such a miraculous method!

"Patriarch, we must properly thank the Immortal Venerable."

"Mm, follow me!"

The four went to the ancestral hall again. Led by Yang Guanfeng, they thoroughly thanked Chen Yang.

Helping Yang Lingqing repair her Qi Channel had been a spur-of-the-moment idea. After discovering it was effective, Chen Yang became serious and expended a considerable amount of his own spiritual power throughout the process.

Seeing this, he transmitted a thought to Yang Lingqing, who understood his meaning after a brief daze.

"Two Ancestors, the Spirit Stone Immortal Venerable has transmitted a thought. He says that this method can only be used once a month for me. This damaged Qi Channel of mine will require four more sessions to fully heal. However, performing this method consumes a great deal of energy, and each time it is used, it requires both Ancestors to personally nourish him for ten days," Yang Lingqing said.

"Good! Absolutely no problem!"

"The Immortal Venerable has worked hard. The Yang family is endlessly grateful!"