Upon arriving at the trading post, Qi Zhiheng first sold most of his high-grade and mid-grade pills. Some of these pills were level three, others level four, totaling one million mid-grade spirit stones. He also sold 100,000 mid-grade spirit stones worth of talismans.

Yang Yitian's talismans were advantageous because they were a set of talismans. Although they were only level three talismans, their combined power was equivalent to a powerful attack from a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, which is why they sold for a good price.

After obtaining the spirit stones, Qi Zhiheng turned around and used them to buy some alchemy materials, spending 30,000 mid-grade spirit stones.

As for the materials for refining weapons, he thought about it and decided that it would be better to leave it to Gu Qinglin to choose himself.

After Qi Zhiheng made this purchase and sale, the shopkeeper gave him a red trading post token. He could get a discount by showing the token when he came to buy materials next time.

Qi Zhiheng accepted the token and looked at Yang Yitian, asking, "Is there anything you want to buy?"

Yang Yitian looked around and said, "Then let's buy some talisman materials."

Qi Zhiheng did plant some materials for making talismans in his space, but these were clearly not enough. Yang Yitian usually bought talisman paper and talisman liquid to draw directly, but now he was also interested in making raw materials.

Seeing that he wanted it, Qi Zhiheng bought him quite a lot, since he would need it eventually.

After buying their things, the two headed home.

That night, Qi Zhiheng slept with Yang Yitian, marking their first time sharing a bed in several months.

As for before? I didn't sleep before, I relied on meditation.

Thinking of her image as a good husband, she should still fulfill her duties as a husband as much as possible.

Although she had already decided to spend more time with Yang Yitian, she still needed to refine the Golden Marrow Pill.

The next day, Qi Zhiheng still went to refine pills, but he didn't stay in the alchemy room for too long. After refining two batches of Golden Marrow Pills, he went to prepare food for Yang Yitian, and the whole family ate together in the end.

No one expected that Yang Yitian's pregnancy would allow them to benefit from it. Qi Zhiheng's culinary skills were only average. There were countless spiritual chefs in the cultivation world, but none could match the excellence of the inheritance in Qi Zhiheng's hands. In terms of handling ingredients, those spiritual chefs who could make delicious spiritual food could not reach Qi Zhiheng's level.

Qi Zhiheng's control over spiritual energy somewhat compensated for his lack of culinary skills, but he had no intention of becoming a spiritual chef. At most, he would refer to Yang Yitian's opinions and make adjustments to the flavors when preparing spiritual food for him.

The whole family was very satisfied with the meal.

Qi Zhirui said with satisfaction, "If only my sister-in-law could stay pregnant forever, I could eat such delicious food all the time."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Qi Zhenhe scolded. In fact, he also had this feeling. If Yang Yitian could stay pregnant, they might be able to eat Qi Zhiheng's cooking more often.

Although Yang Yitian also wanted to eat, he really didn't want to keep carrying around his big belly; it was too inconvenient.

Qi Zhiheng said, "Actually, if you want to eat spiritual food, you can learn how to do it yourselves." As he spoke, he threw out several books on spiritual cooking.

Everyone looked at each other, then lowered their heads to eat, as if they hadn't heard Qi Zhiheng's words.

A hand reached out, and everyone looked to see that it was Yang Yao's mother, Ye Xin.

Seeing everyone looking at her, Ye Xin said, "I have some insights into cooking, so I might as well take a look."

Yang Yao said, "Mother, if you like studying cooking, take a look. I'll prepare more ingredients for you later."

"Okay!" Ye Xin picked up the book, a hint of joy on her face.

Qi Zhiheng nodded and said, "Great-grandmother could learn from this. It is said that there are quite a few people who have entered the Dao through cooking. If great-grandmother could enter the Dao through cooking, it would be a wonderful thing."

"That's good too. I didn't know much about cultivation before, but I was somewhat interested in cooking. This is perfect for me." Ye Xin also felt that this was suitable for her. She had only ordinary three spiritual roots, and it would be difficult to make further progress through cultivation alone. However, she had never been exposed to alchemy or weapon crafting before, and it would be a bit late to learn them now, and she wasn't particularly interested in them either.

She used to rely on her husband for a living, but now she has separated from her husband and is living with her daughter. Although she still has someone to rely on, in the end, she still has to rely on herself on the path of cultivation.

The group continued eating. After the meal, Qi Zhiheng voluntarily handed over some of his homemade sauces and seasonings to Ye Xin, saying that using these would improve the taste of the food.

Even if Ye Xin were to start making the sauce now, it would be too late, so Qi Zhiheng simply gave her his own.

The next day, everyone tried Ye Xin's cooking. Her handling of spiritual energy was still a bit lacking, and Ye Xin's soul power was not as profound and precise as Qi Zhiheng's, but the taste was truly unparalleled.

The whole family ate to their heart's content.

In the past few months, Qi Zhiheng has spent his time either accompanying Yang Yitian or refining pills. Many Golden Marrow Flowers have bloomed, and he has refined dozens of batches of pills, enough to feed Yang Yitian for a while.

His current concern is whether Yang Yitian, with her large pregnant belly, will be able to participate in the selection.

Therefore, Qi Zhiheng even went to inquire whether the sect's selection process included a fighting element.

Fortunately, the selection process is not difficult. It generally only tests one's spiritual root aptitude and temperament. If one is suitable, one will be recruited. Only those who are among the direct disciples will be subject to other competitions. The direct disciples will not be tested in a short period of time. After a while, Yang Yitian will be ready to give birth.

The Slaughter God Sect has always been ranked second, below the Heavenly Origin Sect, but it is still ranked second and was the sect that selected the first batch of disciples.

Time flies. First comes the selection of sect disciples, and ten days later will be the selection of disciples over twenty years old.

Although Qi Zhiheng was somewhat worried, he figured it would only be a ten-day separation and there shouldn't be too many complications. At this point, that was the only way he could comfort himself.

Qi Zhiheng took Yang Yitian, Qi Zhirui, and Qi Zhiwu with him when he was selected in the first round.

Not only Qi Zhiheng, but almost the entire Qi family mobilized, a large group of about ten people leading three individuals to participate in the selection. Qi Zhiheng tried his best to persuade them to stay, and in the end, only Qi Dong and Qi Zhenhe remained. One person each, just right.

You can bring someone with you when you register, but after the spiritual root test, those with poor spiritual roots will be eliminated and taken away by their families.

If you succeed in the first round, then other people will not be allowed to participate in the subsequent assessments.

Qi Zhiheng couldn't help but be worried, but he didn't have a better solution.

The Qi family members lined up in the crowd to test their qualifications.

The crowds surged and stretched as far as the eye could see.

"I thought we were pretty early, but I didn't expect there to be people lining up so early." Yang Yitian glanced ahead and saw that there were at least two hundred people in line.

“It’s not too late for us. Those who live far away will have to travel even longer to get here. They’ll probably have to travel through the middle of the night to get here.” Qi Zhenhe had already inquired about it. The Anxie people were really going to great lengths to get into a good sect.

Most of the children and teenagers around were accompanied by someone. Some were accompanied by their parents or relatives, some by servants, and some were accompanied by cultivators with considerable cultivation levels, presumably indicating that they were of high status.

These people hurried past, seemingly using another passage. Yang Yitian thought to himself, "The bourgeoisie really can be found anywhere!"

However, he was just observing; if he spoke out here, those with higher cultivation levels would definitely hear it.

With cultivators at the late Golden Core stage protecting them, those people must be of high status, and not to be easily offended.

Everyone had measured the spiritual roots of the three of them, so they weren't in a hurry to go through the current stage of transformation.

Yang Yitian's large pregnant belly attracted a lot of attention. Since twins don't exist in the cultivation world, people didn't immediately think of Yang Yitian's belly as a sign of pregnancy. In the distance, a chubby boy whispered to his companion, "Look at that guy, he's even fatter than me."

Yang Yitian: "..." You think I can't blend in just because we're whispering?

Oh!

Yang Yitian turned around and glared at the chubby boy. This chubby boy was so fat he had a double chin, and he still had the nerve to say he was fat? Where was he fat? He just had a big belly!

The chubby boy shrank back a little guiltily after being glared at, and whispered to his friend next to him, "Ah! He glared at me too, he's so fierce, not only is he fat, but he's also very fierce."

"Hey, stop talking, people can hear you."

"Ah! You can hear me even when I'm speaking so softly?" the chubby boy said, then quickly shut up, his face turning slightly red.

Seeing his expression, Yang Yitian wasn't so angry anymore.

The chubby boy was near the front of the line, and the front of the line gradually shortened until it was his turn. Yang Yitian noticed this.

"Dual spiritual roots of ice and wood, top-tier aptitude. Go to the house on the left."

The chubby boy was quite happy and happily skipped off to the house on the left.

His companion was also quite talented, possessing dual spiritual roots, and went along with him.

Soon it was Yang Yitian and his two companions' turn.

Yang Yitian had the two twins test first. The two twins had good aptitude; one had a wind spirit root, and the other had a single lightning attribute spirit root.

Once this aptitude was detected, everyone glanced at them. The fact that they were twins attracted even more attention.

The twins also went into the house on the left.

Yang Yitian already knew his result. When the test revealed that he had a single ice-attribute spiritual root, the testers had to take it seriously! These three people were actually all mutated single spiritual roots!

"Great, great!" the tester exclaimed repeatedly. "You can go into the house on the left too."

Yang Yitian waved goodbye to Qi Zhiheng and entered the house on the left.

There were already more than a dozen people standing inside the house, and these people were at least dual-spiritual-root beings.

The chubby boy who had spoken ill of Yang Yitian saw Yang Yitian and instinctively hid behind his companion.