Chapter 82: Recognizing Relatives

  Yan Zhen entered Eagle Swallow Fortress and immediately saw a large pile of relatives.

  Yan Zhen is recognizing her relatives.

  First, there is Da Bo Yan Jin Yi, who is the eighth master of Zhu Ji Jing and also one of the two masters of Ying Yan Fortress. He has a broad and stable personality. Ying Yan Fortress is different from other fortresses as it has two masters, one with the surname Eagle and the other with the surname Swallow. The two masters jointly discuss important matters of the fortress, generation after generation, and this is still the case today.

  Then there is Er Bo Yan Yīn Yī, a person who likes to joke around and laugh, but can be relied upon in important matters. His magical power has reached the fifth level of foundation building.

  Fourth Uncle Yan Tongyi, who was the same age as Yan Tieyi, Yan Zhen's father, but had exceptional talent and had reached the sixth level of foundation building, surpassing even Yan Yin. Yan Tongyi looked at Yan Zhen: "Not bad, in the future, you will be the leader of the Yan clan."

  Wu Shu Yan's leaden clothes, a taciturn and reticent person who dislikes speaking, his cultivation is at the fourth layer of foundation building, which is also quite impressive. He nodded towards Yan Zhen without saying a word.

  Sixth Uncle Yan Xi Yi was a person who liked to be petty and calculative, extremely narrow-minded, disliked by many. When he looked at Yan Zhen, his expression was also nonchalant. His cultivation had reached the third layer of the Foundation Establishment realm. Yan Xi Yi looked at Yan Zhen: "Yan Zhen nephew, how did your cultivation improve so quickly? Did you obtain some heavenly treasure or spiritual fruit? Let me have a taste too." He was joking while trying to get an advantage, but Yan Zhen didn't take him seriously and only smiled faintly.

  Yan Qingyi, a woman with an ordinary appearance, was actually a very influential figure. Her father, Yan Tieyi, had been expelled from the Eagle and Swallow Fortress for twenty years. All her other relatives had come to visit her father, but Yan Qingyi had never visited him. In her past life, she had severed her own meridians, while her elder brothers had helped her, but she had ridiculed them instead. Now, however, Yan Qingyi spoke with extreme enthusiasm: "Nephew, you're really impressive! At such a young age, you've already advanced to the third level of the Foundation Establishment realm. Your future prospects are boundless! As your aunt, I know many beautiful girls. Why don't I find you a concubine? She'll definitely be stunningly beautiful, and you'll be a great man with a harem."

  For Aunt Yan Qingyi's enthusiasm, Yan Zhen just casually responded with a few words and didn't take it to heart. How could Yan Zhen not be clear about Aunt Yan Qingyi's temperament being the same as Eldest Uncle Lin Dali and Second Uncle Lin Dali, both of whom were selfish and greedy?

  Yan Caiyi's name was pleasant to hear, but her face had a very long congenital scar that was extremely unsightly. Yan Caiyi, this aunt, also spoke very little because of this congenital scar. She only said one word to Yan Zhen: "Add oil." When speaking, she slightly tilted her head, trying to use the light to cover up the congenital scar as much as possible. Yan Zhen had little contact with this aunt who was born with a scar and felt inferior, so he just responded with a single word.

  Apart from this, there are also a bunch of cousins and siblings, among these peers, not one is worth paying attention to, according to Yan Zhen's words, they are all mediocre and unremarkable, just ordinary people. Of course, there are also some more distant relatives.

  Yan Zhen recognized all these relatives today, among whom some were relatives he had met in his previous life, and others were relatives he had not met before. Then he kept exchanging pleasantries with these relatives.

  When recognizing relatives, these relatives were also sizing up Yan Zhen. Countless people secretly thought to themselves that Yan Tieyi's son, Yan Zhen, was indeed against the heavens. At just sixteen years old, he had already advanced to the third layer of the Foundation Building realm. His future prospects were boundless, and it was likely that Yan Zhen would become the number one expert of the next generation of the Yan family.

  Everyone in the Yan family has gathered, and next is the matter of Yan Tieyi and Yan Zhen returning to the Yan family tree. This is a big deal, and Yan Tieyi himself is the most excited, as he can finally return to the Yan family tree and have a face to see his ancestors after death. Yan Zhen's reaction to this matter is lukewarm.

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  Yan Zhen had originally planned to return to the Qingfeng Xianmen for cultivation, but his father Yan Tieyi was too excited about returning to Eagle and Swallow Fortress. He would often take Yan Zhen out drinking here and there, visiting this relative and that, and before he knew it, a lot of time had passed.

  And during this period of time, Yan Zhen also worked hard to cultivate and accumulate his magical powers.

  It's finally the 15th of every month again, which is also the time when the Heavenly Food Scroll is used.

  Yan Zhen this time put the sweet potato into the Xianjing culinary scroll. Sweet potatoes are usually buried underground and only dug up when mature, containing a large amount of earth-elemental yuanqi. If it becomes a Xianjing sweet potato, it will contain a lot of innate earth-elemental yuanqi.

  Yan Zhen is now at the peak of the third layer of the Foundation Building Realm, and to break through to the fourth layer, the Yellow Earth Realm, a large amount of innate earth-type yuanqi is needed.

  A whole catty of sweet potatoes was thrown into the Heavenly Food Scroll, and soon the image of sweet potatoes appeared on the screen. At the same time, layer after layer of heavenly spiritual energy poured in, as if transforming these sweet potatoes. These sweet potatoes became slightly larger and redder, with a crystal clear feeling, like red jade or red crystals. The originally rough and unremarkable sweet potatoes had become surprisingly beautiful and charming.

  After a while, the change in the sweet potato seemed to have stopped. And on the right lower side of the Food Scroll, a line of words appeared: "The opportunity to use the Food Scroll once a month has been used up, and the earth-sweet potato has turned into a heavenly-sweet potato, with the energy inside changing from 0.53 units of the earthly measurement standard to 0.53 units of the heavenly measurement standard."

  Yan Zhen took out that one catty of sweet potatoes, they really look nice!

  Each type of food has its own way of eating, like sweet potatoes can't be stir-fried and should be roasted. Roasting sweet potatoes is very simple, put the sweet potatoes in the ash after the fire has gone out, cover them with charcoal embers, wait for a suitable time to roast them soft and ripe, peel off the skin, and they can be eaten.

  Yan Zhen followed the method and after a while, she successfully roasted the sweet potatoes. As a child, she used to eat roasted sweet potatoes often, but hadn't had them in years. Yan Zhen took a bite, and it was delicious, absolutely delicious. All the flavors from her childhood came flooding back.

  Sweet potatoes are not just a taste, but also a childhood memory.

  Swallowing one mouthful after another, numerous memories flashed by like flowing water.

  After a while, the sweet potatoes were finished, and Yan Zhen only felt that in his lower abdomen, a surge of innate earth-based yuanqi suddenly burst forth. This innate earth-based yuanqi was heavy and stable, thick and rich, like the thickness of the earth, like the continuity of mountains, constantly expanding within his body. This innate earth-based yuanqi became more and more condensed, like a huge vortex attracting the earth-based yuanqi between heaven and earth into Yan Zhen's body. It is unknown how long it took, but it seemed as if some kind of checkpoint had been opened, and a thick and stable earth-based yuanqi entered Yan Zhen's baihui acupoint at a not-so-fast speed, then followed the meridians to enter his lower abdomen, then made another turn to enter his spleen, beginning to transform his spleen. This transformation caused his spleen to become thicker and more stable, with a feeling of being like the earth.

  Yan Zhenxin also knew in his heart that he had reached the fourth layer of the Foundation Building Realm, the Four Heavy Earth Realm. This promotion has three benefits: First, the spleen's function is to produce blood, and after being promoted to the Four Heavy Earth Realm, Yan Zhen's own blood energy became even more vigorous. Second, producing blood quickly means that even if he loses a lot of blood during battle, as long as he is willing to consume his spiritual power, he can recover very quickly. Third, it increased his spiritual power by quite a bit.