Although Qinglingzi, one of the other Five Gentlemen of the Capital, did not have as many touted battle achievements as Bailu Yuan, he was quite formidable in his mastery of Daoist cultivation.
The mighty figures of the Plum Blossom Deer clan were entrenched around the Yanan Mountains, a blessed realm bestowed by heaven and earth for immortal cultivation. Not only was the area rich in spiritual energy year-round, but the mountains also grew a miraculous plant—the Ruomu Tree.
This tree possessed a straight trunk and lush, verdant foliage. It blossomed and bore fruit once every hundred years, with each tree producing only a scant few fruits. Though rare, these fruits were supreme elixirs for Daoist practice and martial cultivation; swallowing just a single one could instantly elevate decades of cultivation. Consequently, the Yanan Mountains once became a fiercely contested battleground for the powerful demon cultivators of various clans.
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