This can increase their sense of belonging and perhaps bring some new blood into the family.

The fifth clone, Mu Chunyang, walked towards the deepest part of the peach forest under the leadership of the head of the Mu family.

It is said that this is the secluded place of the ancestor of the Mu family.

Even for them, it is an absolutely forbidden area that cannot be entered.

The closer Jiang Li got to the center of the peach forest, the more he could feel the terrain was getting lower and lower.

Unlike many mountain spirits and monsters who like to live in higher places, the place where the ancestor of the Mu family lives seems to be a low-lying place.

Mu Chunyang thought of something and kicked the peach leaves that fell on the ground, revealing the soil underneath.

The soil here has begun to change a little. It is more fertile, with finer particles, and some white minerals mixed in the soil.

This doesn't seem to be ordinary mud.

This kind of soil condition often appears next to mineral-rich hot spring pools.

The spring water that emerges from the ground transports a large amount of minerals to the surface, which then condense and turn into these mineral salts.

Could it be that the core of this peach forest is actually a large hot spring lake? The fifth clone's actions caught Mu Zheshu's attention, and he nodded imperceptibly, looking satisfied.

"You're able to notice this on your first visit. You're more careful than your elder brother."

"Before my Mu family was established, this place used to be an ancient hot spring lake called Zhuo Gu Spring."

"It's a pity that it dried up eight thousand years ago. Our Mu family's ancestor lived at the core of the spring of this spiritual lake."

The head of the Mu family explained to Mu Chunyang some of the family's past secrets. As a large family with a history of 8,000 years, few descendants would know about these past events.

But when Jiang Li heard this name, it did bring back some distant memories.

Zhuo Gu Spring? Could this name be one of the nine Yang Springs in the world in the legend of the previous life?

Legend has it that in ancient times, ten suns were in the sky, burning the earth, and Yi shot nine of them with a bow.

Nine golden crows fell to the earth and turned into nine-eyed yang springs, which is the origin of the Nine Yang Springs.

And this Zhuo Gu Spring, if Jiang Li remembered correctly, was once the place where the seven fairies bathed.

But because of the presence of mortals, led by the Cowherd, they often came to peep, and later even went to the extent of stealing clothes to force the goddess to submit.

Gradually, the seven fairies no longer liked coming here to take a bath.

Later, seven spider spirits who were taught by an unknown powerful being (Fairy Zixia?) built caves nearby, and the spring became the territory of Panshi Cave again.

They also like to imitate the seven fairies and take a bath here, but the mortals who come to peek are not so lucky. They are all eaten after being bridegrooms for a night.

These are the knowledge Jiang Li learned from Journey to the West.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. With the power of that unknown great being, he could even make Guanyin Bodhisattva rescue his disciple, the centipede monster. Obviously, he is at least a first-level great god with a prominent status.

At the Peach Banquet, getting a few peaches to give to disciples was not a big deal.

The peach seed that gave rise to this peach orchard might have been left behind in this way.

And only by hiding in the cleansing Yang Spring transformed by the Golden Crow can the peach kernels of the Immortal Peach have a chance to survive the long Dharma Ending Age and take root and sprout in the present time when spiritual energy is revived.

I'm afraid even the people in the Mu family don't know this.

"Don't be surprised by anything you see later, and don't speak nonsense. Listen carefully to the teachings of the ancestor. This will be of great benefit to your future."

Mu Zheshu carefully instructed his sixth son on some matters that he should pay attention to when meeting the ancestor, and then he turned toward the center and bowed respectfully.

"Grandmaster, your descendant Mu Zheshu and his six sons come to see you."

After walking along the last path, there is an open space in front, and in the center of the open space there is another peach tree that is somewhat different.

This peach tree is not very tall, and is located in the center of the dried-up Zhuogu Spring, where the terrain is even lower, so it cannot be seen directly from the outside.

The entire peach tree exudes a thin layer of golden light from top to bottom, and the rich spiritual energy of the yang wood attribute is lingering between the branches and peach blossoms.

There are some subtle and mysterious golden lines printed on every petal and leaf of the peach tree.

Jiang Li even felt a hint of aura similar to that of the Dao Yun Fruit from it.

The leaves showed Taoist patterns. This peach tree had actually cultivated to this level.

The Jiuyou Wood, which is also a spiritual root of heaven and earth, can naturally grow Dao patterns.

But that can only be done slowly after the third tree heart is born.

Jiang Li's Jiuyou clone and the Jiuyou tree in the cemetery are far from reaching that level.

Looking down from above, among the twisted and thick tree roots, there was an old man sitting cross-legged close to the peach tree.

That is the so-called ancestor of the Mu family.

"Come forward."

Mu Zheshu did not step forward. Only Mu Chunyang bowed and then walked carefully to the old man and sat down on a cushion.

Then he took out the small box.

"Ancestor, your descendant Chunyang has something to offer you!"

The fifth clone was very straight to the point.

The Nine Ghosts' aura spread out, and that naked breath made the entire peach tree tremble.

"Not bad, very good. It seems that Zhe Shu has given birth to a filial child."

"Your name is Chunyang, right? I remember that."

A vine emerged from the tree canopy, wrapped around the box in the clone's hand and pulled it back.

"Don't worry, the ancestor won't let you suffer any loss."

Another branch stretched out, and on it hung a pure and transparent peach. Judging from its appearance, it was even better than the one he had gotten before.

"I heard that you won the first prize and got a peach. Take it now, and the ancestor can help you refine it."

The Mu family ancestor was obviously very satisfied with this gift. It was not difficult to hear the joy in his words.

This was also the main purpose of establishing the Mu family. This family had not let him down over the years.

"Thank you, ancestor! It's just that Chunyang just broke through not long ago, and his foundation is not yet stable, so he is not suitable for taking the sacred peach fruit yet."

"Chun Yang only wants to listen to the teachings of the ancestor, and he will be satisfied."

But after collecting the peaches, Mu Chunyang declined this good opportunity.

Because Mu Chunyang's body doesn't have much special features and he probably won't be able to continue staying in the Mu family after today, so Jiang Li doesn't plan to use him as a long-term clone.

It's a bit of a waste to give him such a good thing to eat.

"Not arrogant or impatient, good."

After receiving the things, the old ancestor now felt comfortable no matter how he looked at him.

She was not even angry at his rejection, but instead praised Mu Chunyang for it.

"Since you want to be taught by the church, I will grant your wish."

The old man's body, which was obviously just for show, didn't move at all.

On the peach tree, a piece of peach blossom emitted golden light and then floated down, slowly floating into the palm of Jiang Li's hand.

"Hold it in your mouth and meditate."

The clone opened his mouth and took it in, and immediately the parallel consciousness was pulled into an illusion.

The scene in the illusion turned out to be the legendary Heavenly Palace!

The ancestor of the Mu family was once a peach, so naturally he also participated in the Yaochi Peach Banquet.

I didn't expect that he had kept this scene until now.

Although only some sporadic images could be seen and they looked rather blurry, the images of the immortals and gods at the banquet were even less clear.

However, just by looking at this corner of the Yaochi scene, the fifth parallel consciousness began to become stronger and clearer.

Since the creation of the world, pure air has been rising and turbid air has been sinking.

After the connection between the earth and the sky, the heaven became a place for immortals composed entirely of pure air.

The Yaochi in the Heavenly Palace is an extremely pure and clean place.

Just by observing and visualizing the ancient Yaochi, your soul can become pure and clear.

The Pan Yang Taoist Sutra in the fifth body also began to operate at a very fast speed, and his cultivation level continued to rise.

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This can definitely be considered an adventure, but it is a pity that it is completely contrary to the direction of the original practice.

The Nine Netherworld Taoist Scriptures were born out of the Nine Netherworlds of the underworld. What he considered to be nutrients were basically dross to the Yao Chi Illusionary Realm.

If his original body came, I'm afraid his cultivation would regress. Currently, only the fifth clone can enjoy this opportunity.

After giving the reward, Pan Tao Patriarch began to look at the Nine Nether Tree Heart impatiently.

This Nine Netherwood should not have been very strong originally, and there was not much power accumulated in the heart of the tree, but it was still an absolute tonic for Pantao Patriarch.

As long as it has three more, it can break through its current realm again.

After a quick inspection, I didn't find any problems.

A hole automatically appeared on the tree and swallowed the core of the tree.

Just like what Jiuyou's clone had done before, the spiritual roots of heaven and earth devoured each other, and yin and yang gave birth to each other to strengthen themselves.

The Pantao Ancestor was originally a branch of the Pantao spiritual root. In terms of bloodline level, it should have been inferior to the Jiuyou branch.

But over the years, he has devoured more than ten branches of the Jiuyou, and has replenished his bloodline to the level of one thousand two hundred low-grade peaches.

If he continued to devour the tree heart, he might evolve into a medium-quality peach tree or even a high-quality peach tree.

But just as the Panyang spiritual energy permeated the outer layer of the Jiuyou tree's heart, suddenly a large amount of extremely filthy stuff leaked out from it.

Mixed in it is also a large amount of the most filthy soul residue!

This is simply a highly targeted gift package to trick the ancestors.

From the location of the Pantao Garden, it can be seen that the Pantao trees can only survive in a pure environment.

Under normal circumstances, the human world is not sufficient to meet the survival conditions of the peach tree.

However, this spring not only contains the most yang power in the world, but also the power of the sun to cleanse away dirt and impurities, allowing it to grow.

Even though he has reached his current level, Patriarch Pantao still hates this filth.

This sudden filth caught Pan Taomu off guard.

He originally thought that even the Nine Nether Wood could not put these filthy things in its body.

So I didn't do any in-depth inspection before, but it was obviously tampered with! I immediately wanted to spit out the tree heart.

Those filthy forces have extremely strong spiritual viscosity and corrosiveness.

The most filthy and malicious thoughts in their souls began to pollute the spirit of Pan Tao Patriarch.

As long as his spiritual energy and thoughts touch this side, they will be contaminated and bitten.

So even with his level of cultivation, he was unable to clear these things out immediately.

The spiritual energy surrounding the peach tree was visibly stained with a layer of haze, and there was a thick black mass in the middle that was trying hard to erode the surroundings.

Not only that, the Pantao Patriarch is the core of the entire Mu family peach forest, located in the center of the dried-up Zhuo Gu Spring. Once something happens to him, the entire Mu family peach forest will begin to churn violently.

The sky, which was originally filled with rosy clouds, also changed, and a ball of black air rolled over everyone's head.

"What's going on!"

The head of the Mu family, who was guarding not far from the core forbidden area, appeared beside Mu Chunyang in an instant.

But Mu Chunyang was in a dream, and Pantao Patriarch was disturbed by the remnant soul, so he couldn't pay attention to him at all. As a result, he couldn't figure out the reason at the first time.

This is also the reason why Mu Chunyang had to hand over the tree heart to Pan Tao Patriarch in person.

If he went through Mu Zheshu and something went wrong at this time, he would be suspected at the first moment, and his life would be over with one slap.

Boom! At this moment, a violent explosion of spiritual energy was heard from afar.

The raging demonic flames ignited several peach groves.

The black smoke rose straight into the sky.

Someone was actually causing trouble in the Mu family! He looked at the dark mist on the core peach tree, and then looked at the commotion happening everywhere in the distance.

For a moment, I was a little undecided as to whether I should leave the core and go to the rescue.

But soon his communication spirit stone began to ring.

The face of the Mu family's patriarch immediately became even uglier.

The person who brought the message was the elder of the Mu family's fortune-telling room.

Normally, even if one or two members of the Mu family died, the elders in the fortune-telling room would only record it and then follow the normal procedures to report to him.

Contacting him urgently directly through the communication spirit stone means that the situation must be so bad that this has to happen.

Sure enough, after receiving the message, the elder guarding the fortune-telling room told him that the fortune-telling cards of the younger generations of the Mu family suddenly began to shatter on a large scale.

After just a short while, hundreds of them had been shattered, and the number was still increasing.

Because of the Birthday Peach Party, all the younger generations of the Mu family, regardless of their relationship, were called back to the family.

They are gathering together now, probably communicating with those independent cultivators.

Damn it! There's something wrong with that group of casual cultivators!

Mu Zheshu thought of this the first time.

Although there was a problem with the ancestor, he was willing to help him out.

But he didn't know how to help the ancestor for a moment, and with so many descendants of the Mu family, he couldn't afford to let any of them fail.

Besides, the ancestor’s cultivation is extremely high, even if he is temporarily ambushed, it will certainly not harm his foundation.

After thinking for a moment, he made a decision to deal with the culprits first.

Once they are dealt with, the rest can be done slowly.

After making the decision, Mu Zheshu's figure disappeared instantly, leaving only the fifth clone Mu Chunyang in this core forbidden area.

After he left, Mu Chunyang, who was supposed to be gaining insights in the illusion, immediately opened his eyes.

He spit out a petal that was already a little dim, and decisively gave up the Yaochi illusion that could be compared to the effect of enlightenment.

After looking around and seeing that there was no one around, he leaped without hesitation and entered the tree canopy of the Pantao Patriarch.

(End of this chapter)