Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine

The three children all laughed. Although they were curious, they knew they couldn't watch from outside.

"There's a cave down there, and there's an array inside. Do you want to go down and take a look?"

The three children nodded excitedly. "Dad, we want to take a look."

"Alright, in that case, we'll go down together. You must hold on tight to me."

He put away the array plate and tied the three children to himself.

Since the entrance was not far, the four of them stood safely at the cave's entrance.

"You three feel it out."

"Dad, is there an array here?"

Tan Shaoting smiled and nodded, "Qi Wen is very right.

Dad isn't very skilled with arrays, so we'll have to use ordinary methods to break the array."

Tan Shaoting was calculating in his mind how to get in. The three children quietly stayed by the side.

About half an hour later, Tan Shaoting stood up, "You three follow behind me, let's take a look inside."

It's a Five Elements Formation, but there's also a Trapping Array inside.

Although Tan Shaoting's skills with arrays were lacking, he was once a Golden Core Cultivator and managed to break the array smoothly.

"Dad, what's this place?"

Tan Shaoting frowned. "You all keep quiet. I don't think this is a good place."

There was nothing much in this cave, except it gave off an evil aura.

Tan Shaoting turned his head to look at the three children standing next to him.

They were his children, but also cultivators.

But they were still too young. So he whispered, "This place is quite dangerous. You three must stick closely to me."

Tan Shaoting regretted bringing them here when they were just at the Qi Refining Second Level.

But since they had come, there was no turning back.

Tan Shaoting had already discovered there was a mechanism here.

So he opened the mechanism with the three of them, revealing steps below.

The four of them walked for about half an hour before they reached a spacious cave, the true site of the cave dwelling.

This place also had a sense of discord, with another mechanism found.

Now Tan Shaoting regretted bringing the children in.

This place was hell on earth, likely the Corpse Refining Sect's lair for cultivating corpses.

With his current abilities, he couldn't destroy this place, and danger was sure to follow.

Tan Shaoting held the children's hands firmly as they exited.

The father and his three children walked a long distance before setting the array plate, then sat on the ground.

"That place just now must be where the Corpse Refining Sect cultivates their corpses."

The three children had seen it earlier, and it truly terrified them.

"Dad, those were all dead people."

"Yes, they were all dead. You've read books and know what the Corpse Refining Sect does.

Some of those bodies were from mortals who died naturally, and some were cultivators. There's also the possibility they captured mortals and cultivators."

"Dad, does that mean there are living people then?"

Tan Shaoting nodded, "It's very evil. That's why after a duel, it's customary to burn the opponent's bodies, out of respect."

The father and his sons felt very dispirited after encountering something like this.

That night, they rested in the wild with the array plate and tents.

But no one cultivated. Tan Shaoting thought his second son should gain double the result with half the effort by cultivating here.

The next day, the father and his sons continued their journey.

Tan Shaoting decided to head a bit further inside, then return home since they were still too young, and he was already too anxious.

They had quite a good harvest throughout the morning.

After lunch, the father and sons began their journey back.

"You three must be careful. Anyone who leaves here safely would have gained something, so there might be robbers outside."

"Dad, we remember and will be careful."

The four of them returned peacefully without encountering robbers.

When they safely arrived home, Tan Shaoting finally relaxed.

"Dad, I want a bath."

After the four of them bathed and filled their stomachs, they sat down to review the past two days' gains.

The harvest was indeed substantial, only slightly less than what they might gain from a secret realm.

They had ten three-hundred-year-old Lingzhi mushrooms and twenty two-hundred-year-old ones. There were also twenty one-hundred-year-old ones, which was their biggest gain.

"We can't sell them here since the place is too small. Once you reach the Third Level of Qi Cultivation, you'll have some self-protection ability, and we'll go to a bigger workshop."

After this outing, the three children became even more eager for power.

So they didn't follow their dad to the Duobao Pavilion but stayed home to cultivate.

After all, Tan Shaoting had entrusted them with the Refining God Technique, which greatly benefited their Divine Sense training.

Tan Shaoting left the courtyard and went directly to the Duobao Pavilion.

He was a familiar face there. "Taoist friend, welcome again. Let's have some tea inside." This was also protection for Tan Shaoting.

When Tan Shaoting left Duobao Pavilion, he had four thousand Spirit Stones in hand.

None of those herbs were left behind. Moreover, they needed a lot of Spirit Stones, since the Spirit Gathering Array in their courtyard consumed them.

But for the sake of becoming stronger, Tan Shaoting was willing to spend them.

The father and sons began their intense cultivation.

In another world, Su Yuanyuan also received a call from Zeng Zhenqing.

She interrogated Hou Wanzhong daily, and this was already the third interrogation.

This time, his beloved youngest son was brought to him, tied up for him to see.

"Su Yuanyuan, you'll die a terrible death."

"Haha, I know you'll have a bad end. What? It pains you to see this? Did you ever think when committing heinous acts that you'd end up like this?"

"Su Yuanyuan, I'm begging you. He's just a child and knows nothing. He's the cleanest one."

"The cleanest? The money he ate and used from childhood wasn't clean, and you're shamelessly telling me he's the cleanest?"

Hou Wanzhong said nothing. He regretted underestimating Tan Shaoting and his family, not eradicating them.

But there's no cure for regret, no knowing things earlier.

Looking at his tightly bound son not far away, Hou Wanzhong knew all his plans were ruined.

According to Su Yuanyuan, it seemed like her people had already captured the rest of his family.

Looking at the woman seated across from him, Hou Wanzhong sneered cynically.

"Don't be disheartened; I still have surprises for you."

"Su Yuanyuan, you're a demon."

Su Yuanyuan burst into laughter, though tears trickled from her eyes. She would do anything, just to have her husband and child back with her.