Longevity starts from having a daughter in old age

Chapter 398: Chapter 367 Banquet_1

Xu Mu wasn’t flirting with the women; it was merely a casual joke. The deeper one’s cultivation, the less desire one tends to have.

Compared to improving cultivation, momentary pleasures aren’t worth mentioning.

Ordinary people like this whole area mostly due to the inherent desire to procreate. Lower organisms place a greater emphasis on procreation.

Their lifespan is short, so to perpetuate their bloodline, they need to reproduce quickly and in large numbers.

For example, insects reproduce several times a year, producing hundreds or thousands at a time.

High-level creatures are less concerned with this as they have a longer lifespan.

For instance, humans, even the ones very capable of reproducing, only have a handful of descendants.

Cultivators are an even more advanced lifeform, with even less desire to reproduce.

In the Qi Cultivation Stage, they might still have offspring. By the time of the Foundation Establishment Stage, though, they’re much less likely to have children due to both the difficulty and lack of desire to do so.

Anyway, even if children aren’t easy to conceive, if they try constantly, producing ten or eight over one or two hundred years isn’t a problem.

By the Golden Core Stage, unless necessary, they generally don’t even engage in intercourse, let alone have children.

By the even higher Nascent Soul Stage, unless they’re like the DaYuan Dynasty where offspring is a necessity, they basically have no desire in that area.

Holding advanced cultivation at the Nascent Soul Stage, Xu Mu’s expectations in that area are primarily to enhance emotional connections.

There isn’t much else to it. If he wanted to seek pleasure, he could concoct some kind of pills himself. Compared to sexual interaction, these pills could bring even greater sensations.

However, Xu Mu practices a Secret Skill called ‘Yin and Yang Harmony’ which not only raises his cultivation level but also makes his partner happier. So, he does practice it occasionally.

After having a brief conversation with the two women, Xu Mu returned to his residence to continue improving his ultimate form and study the mysteries of the Divine Kingdom space. Once he has gained full control, he will let his close ones use it.

The opening of the Xuan Yang Secret Realm is still a few years away, so there’s no need for him to hurry.

Meanwhile, Feng Que stayed around for two days until the banquet was over, and then hurriedly said her goodbyes.

She didn’t see Xu Mu during her time at the Palace of Pure Heart. He only briefly offered a toast to her at the banquet, probably because he was struggling to accept something.

Aside from Feng Que’s unexpected departure, there were no major troubles.

Over the years Mo Wuxin acted rather covertly, and nobody discovered their secret trade with the Sea Race.

Without that to worry about, the Palace of Pure Heart continued to thrive, particularly with the potential limitless power of Mo Wuxin.

Strengthened by the support from the Nascent Soul Stage Existences, no one would wish to offend them unless necessary.

The Cluster Stars Sect, Butian Pavilion, and the Four Seas Immortal Palace sent representatives to congratulate them at the banquet. However, the Cluster Stars Sect only sent a local official at the Foundation Establishment Stage, which was a mere token gesture and had no real significance.

Even though the three powers were nominally equal, anyone with any sense knew that the Cluster Stars Sect completely overshadowed the other two.

Putting it bluntly, the other two powers could only be considered as vassals of the Cluster Stars Sect.

The Cluster Stars Sect looked down on the others. It would have been strange if they didn’t just send someone from the Foundation Establishment Stage over to fulfil the social obligation.

The Butian Pavilion were a little better, sending someone from the Golden Core Stage with a gift that could hold its own in public.

But that was it. There always existed a tier of contempt within the chain of contempt.

For instance, the Butian Pavilion looked down on the Four Seas Immortal Palace.

And the Palace of Pure Heart was just a branch of the Four Seas Immortal Palace. They could only be expected to send a representative. It was already considered a favor done for Mo Wuxin’s face.

If it were not for Mo Wuxin’s potential to reach the Nascent Soul Stage, the two major powers probably wouldn’t even have given them a second thought.

Beyond these two high powers, the Four Seas Immortal Palace, being the mother organization, couldn’t afford to just go through the usual motions.

They not only sent a team made entirely of Golden Core cultivators, named after the Four Seas Immortal Palace, to offer their congratulations, but also had several branch forces and several Nascent Souls old ancestors within the sect send their personal gifts.

The largest gift came from Xu Tian Yi’s master, True Monarch Fugai, the total value of his gift reached a hundred thousand.

The banquet was bustling and full of experts.

Since he had revealed his cultivation level, Mo Wuxin went all out and held a grand feast.

This time, the promotion banquet became the biggest Palace of Pure Heart event in a hundred years, even more extravagant than when Mo Wuxin was promoted to Golden Core.

If there were anything regrettable about this banquet, it was that no one from the Nascent Soul Stage was present.

However, this was normal. The grandeur of this banquet was attributed more to the face given to Mo Wuxin rather than Feng Luan, the day’s protagonist.

Giving Feng Luan’s demonstrated talent and background, it was already nice of them to send a gift. Expecting them to come to congratulate in person was a bit too much.

The reason they gave face was not only because Feng Luan was a disciple of the Palace of Pure Heart but also because there had been rumors about the two of them.

The fact that Xu Mu changed his appearance to attend the banquet to avoid awkwardness solidified these rumors.

Now the confounding rumors are stuck like mud in his pants even though he finds it hard to explain!

It was only now he realized why many people in the Palace of Pure Heart had been looking at him strangely.

Even Xu Tian Yi, who had come to congratulate him, was aloof and didn’t want to talk to him much.

Although it was a little awkward, Xu Mu didn’t care much.

On one hand, his concern was pointless unless he was willing to expose his real strength.

On the other hand, it was a family affair anyway. What’s wrong with getting rich quietly!

And because there weren’t any Nascent Soul Stage individuals present, he didn’t have to worry about his identity getting revealed.

The banquet began with much fanfare and ended the same way.

Once everything quieted down, Xu Mu spent two to three months improving his ultimate form to the tenth level.

Upon reaching this level, he stopped improving his form.

Pushing further would consume a lot of Luck Value, which wasn’t worth it.

What he needed to do now was to find a way to enhance his physical strength as soon as possible.

“In the depths of the island where the Palace of Pure Heart is located, there is a terrestrial fire vein, I can use it for testing and see how it goes,” Xu Mu thought to himself.

Speaking of the terrestrial fire vein of the Palace of Pure Heart, he had some fond memories.

That’s because when he was helping Nangong Suyi with Alchemy, he had used that fire vein. At that time, he was still at the Foundation Establishment Stage.

“It really feels like a lifetime has passed,” Xu Mu sighed slightly when he returned to the same room where he had practiced Alchemy.

He stepped forward into the room, passed through the layers of Formations, and headed toward the depths of the earth.