Born with immortal seed

Chapter 259 The affairs of the True Person are the sect's top priority
"Is this the magic weapon that He Daoren relies on, capable of deceiving my divine sense?"

Bai Zichen placed the two storage bags aside, picked up a piece of light gauze several feet square, and held it in his hand as if it were nothing.

There were obvious tears on one side of the gauze, indicating that this was not a complete magical artifact.

The fact that even a mere fragment could achieve this much piqued his interest even more.

Other cultivators lack his talent for sword insight and keen observation, and more importantly, they do not have the blessing of the Supreme Pure and Subtle Sword Box.

Otherwise, He Daoren wouldn't have been so confident, and he wouldn't have revealed any flaws in front of other Core Formation cultivators. His death was quite unjust.

I tried to refine the gauze, but the true essence only flowed through it once before slipping out, showing no signs of being able to be refined.

I tried a different method, infiltrating with my divine sense, and it worked!

The light gauze was shrunken into a ball, which could be roughly controlled. By draping the gauze over one's body, the person would instantly disappear.

However, walking a few steps while draped in a light veil, though still invisible, disrupted the sense of harmony that blended into the world.

Bai Zichen had an intuition that moving around draped in a light veil would at most deceive cultivators with similar spiritual senses to his own.

But if it remains stationary, even a Nascent Soul True Monarch might not be able to find it.

Because it cannot be refined, and there is no trace of He Daoren's mind imprint within the light gauze, it can be used by him immediately.

At the same time, they learned the name of this magical artifact: the Enchanting Silk.

It is not a transmission of information, and this broken magic weapon has no spiritual existence. It seems to be engraved deep within the magic weapon, and every cultivator who obtains it can know it.

"With this veil in hand, I can go anywhere in the world except for a few forbidden areas... No, I should be careful. The cultivation world is vast, and there might be some people with similar abilities who can see through invisibility. Once I become dependent on the Bewitching Veil, it's too easy for trouble to happen."

Bai Zichen took the Enchanting Veil off his body, but unfortunately, since he couldn't refine it, he couldn't store it in his dantian.

When you need to activate it, you have to take it out of the storage bag, which is much slower.

In the following months, Green Ox Valley was only attacked by a few groups of second-tier demonic beasts, so of course he, a Core Formation cultivator, did not need to take action.

Once the sect's second-tier top-grade formation arrives and is set up, second-tier demonic beasts will no longer pose any threat.

"My current cultivation speed is truly comparable to a snail crawling..."

As he stopped his cultivation, the scorching red light in the stone cave subsided. Bai Zichen, who was used to rapidly increasing his cultivation level by taking pills, truly felt that his cultivation level had not improved since he formed his core.

Simply meditating and cultivating to refine spiritual energy can only achieve this speed.

If he weren't a perfect Core Formation cultivator who didn't need to consider the path after Core Formation, most newly promoted Core Formation cultivators would still be adjusting their cultivation methods to adapt to the new realm at this time.

"Furthermore, this thousand-year-old ice jade is becoming less and less useful."

The ice jade on her chest had turned dark red, and the fire poison generated within her body was spreading wildly, no longer having a clear destination.

Before the thousand-year-old ice jade could shatter, Bai Zichen took the initiative to replace it with a brand new one.

As he became a Core Formation cultivator, he cultivated the Fire Dragon Returning to Origin Scripture to the fifth level, and the Thousand-Year Ice Jade alone was no longer sufficient to neutralize the fire poison.

Given the current ferocity of the fire poison, a piece of thousand-year-old ice jade can only last for four or five years at most.

Unfortunately, the Nine Yang Divine Fire Mirror is only effective for cultivators below the Core Formation stage. Once a cultivator has passed the Core Formation stage, the limited-grade Divine Soul Mirror cannot provide a solution.

"The Fire Dragon Returning to Origin Scripture has this one drawback: the deeper one's cultivation, the more intense the fire poison becomes... But as long as it can enhance one's fire-type spiritual root, I will not be able to change my cultivation method before reaching the Nascent Soul stage."

Spiritual aptitude is the biggest obstacle on Bai Zichen's path of cultivation.

Imagine that after reaching the Nascent Soul stage, each level of cultivation requires hundreds of years of training. Even if his mysterious holy body can break through realms smoothly without any bottlenecks, he still needs enough lifespan to cultivate to the peak.

If one cultivates the Fire Dragon Returning to Origin Scripture to perfection, one can raise one's aptitude to the level equivalent to most of a fire-type heavenly spiritual root, thus possessing an inferior heavenly spiritual root.

In this way, he could refine the spiritual energy of heaven and earth at a speed that kept up with those cultivators with heavenly spiritual roots.

Since the cultivation method cannot be changed, the only option is to find a higher-level spiritual object that can expel and absorb the fire poison.

Half a year later, Gu Xisheng came to report that the construction of Qingniu Valley was on the right track.

As the sect leader, he cannot stay away from the mountain gate for too long; this trip is to say goodbye.

"Alright, when you get back, set some rules and make sure that the rewards for sect missions are more geared towards this area, so as to attract disciples to move here voluntarily. Try not to use coercive measures."

"Uncle Bai's words are invaluable and insightful. I will study them carefully when I get back and come up with a proper plan."

The two first met because of the pioneering war at Jade Moon Lake; at that time, they were both Foundation Establishment Elders.

A young talent with a bright future.

There are already rumors that someone in charge of the General Affairs Hall has caught the eye of the sect's higher-ups and is about to be given an important position.

Decades later, Gu Xisheng indeed became the leader of a sect, holding a high position and great power.

However, the young elder's growth rate was even more astonishing, and he became the sect's third Core Formation True Person.

Moreover, with overwhelming force, his sword shook the cultivation world of Liang Kingdom, making him even more dazzling than the Ge Cang Zhenren of that day.

"In addition, you can issue a long-term task for me in the General Affairs Hall... For any disciple who submits the secret method for refining a third-tier flying sword, in addition to the sect's own reward, I will personally provide an additional reward."

One person's strength is limited, but pooling the power of an entire sect may yield different results.

Normally, Foundation Establishment cultivators and Qi Refining disciples have no chance to come into contact with the third-tier sword refining secret technique.

However, everyone has different destinies. Disciples like Lu Song, who are blessed with good fortune and found the key to an ancient secret realm when they were young, are rare. It is not impossible for him to obtain the third-order sword-forging secret method during his travels.

The Qingfeng Sect now has thousands of disciples. If even one or two of them have a stroke of good luck, wouldn't that be equivalent to the good fortune that Master Bai has?

Even without considering the Star River Sword Formation, Bai Zichen, with the Supreme Qingwei Sword Box, already had enough true essence to wield the Moon Spinning Sword while also using two third-tier flying swords.

"Yes, I will tell the General Affairs Office to treat this as a top priority when I get back."

Gu Xisheng immediately perked up upon hearing this. The opportunity to help a Core Formation cultivator resolve their troubles was rare, and others would never have such a chance.

Putting everything else aside, at least this will give me a chance to visit Bai Zhenzhen several times in the future.

I've already decided that the reward contribution value for submitting the third-tier sword-forging secret technique will be doubled, just like the weapon-forging inheritance of other third-tier magic treasures.

No, it should be tripled!
Gu Xisheng, a sophisticated egoist, immediately dissolved his Daoist partnership with Lan Hong upon hearing the news of Bai Zichen's Core Formation, and even went so far as to strip several Lan family disciples of their stewardship status under some pretext.

This was to prevent Bai Zichen from still remembering the conflict with the Lan family back then and holding a grudge against him as well.

……

The Truth-Seeking Ship left a white trail in the air, and a brief sonic boom followed its flight.

Qingniu Valley is on the right track, currently dividing up spiritual fields and harvesting minerals.

Bai Zichen had no plans to establish his cave in Qingniu Valley. After giving Tong Huan some pointers, he returned to Feiyue Lake, picked up Gungun, and headed towards the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.

"Don't worry, this time I'll buy you two of the best spirit beast advancement pills, and I guarantee your little guy will break through to the second-tier spirit beast..."

The pup lay sprawled at his feet, squeaking, completely unseemly.

I really don't know what kind of demonic beast blood it has mixed with, turning the originally fierce and combative Tai Chi Bear into this lazy and listless appearance.

Moreover, the difficulty of promotion seems to be much greater than that of a normal Tai Chi Bear.

Given the conditions that Gun Gun enjoys, a normal Tai Chi Bear should have grown into a second-tier spirit beast long ago, reaching the minimum strength expected of an adult of this type of spirit beast.

As a result, the panda's size did not increase, and its cultivation level remained at the peak of the first tier. It is unknown whether this was due to its powerful spiritual perception talent, which limited it in other aspects.

Bai Zichen returned to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect by taking a different route through the Black Mountain Range, a longer detour.

Now we no longer need to avoid the Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators; we can pass through Hejian County openly and honestly. Let's see if any Ghost Spirit Sect disciple dares to stop us.

However, given the speed at which the True Seeking Ship flies, cultivators below the Core Formation stage can only look on with envy.

It was immediately obvious that a Core Formation cultivator was passing through. Given the current state of panic within the Ghost Spirit Sect, they would never dare to come out and intercept them.

Bai Zichen has a poor sense of direction and, despite having a map, went astray several times, wasting several days of his time.

It wasn't until they bumped into a flock of geese, with disciples of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect sitting on the lead ones, that they realized they had come to the right place.

The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect raises countless spirit beasts, and the most arduous duty of its junior disciples is to keep these spirit beasts on guard.

The leader of this group of Ten Thousand Beasts Sect disciples was only at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, while the wild goose he rode was a second-tier low-grade spirit beast.

Bai Zichen controlled his cultivation at the late Foundation Establishment stage and explained that he wanted to go to the Ten Thousand Beasts Market to buy spirit beast-related items. The leading disciple immediately called over someone to ride a wild goose and fly ahead to lead the way for this senior.

After slowing down the speed of the Seeking Truth Ship, the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain finally came into view three hours later.

"Thank you so much for showing me the way."

Bai Zichen put away the Seeking Truth Boat, tossed a mid-grade spirit stone over, and flew towards the Myriad Beasts Pavilion at the foot of the mountain.

"Thank you, senior. I wish you success in purchasing your desired item."

The chubby, dark-skinned disciple of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect accepted the spirit stones with a broad smile. Earning over a hundred spirit stones in half a day was a rare treat.

"This senior is really generous. Usually, Foundation Establishment seniors are only given two or three spirit stones to get rid of them. There are also many who don't give a penny."

Everything in the Beast Pavilion remained the same, unaffected by the war between the righteous and the demonic, and still bustling with activity.

Bai Zichen had a clear goal and went straight to the Spirit Beast Pavilion to ask for help.

"Is Fellow Daoist Hu Yushan in the pavilion?"

The woman who sold Gun Gun to me when I came to the Spirit Beast Pavilion was Hu Yushan, who was in charge of the Spirit Beast Pavilion.

One should not trouble two masters with one matter. This woman once tried to tease me and Su Li with her seductive skills, but it was neutralized by the Divine Forging Technique. However, I remember that she was quite outstanding in the professional skills of spirit beasts.

I believe I have chosen the most suitable elixir for Gun Gun.

"What do you call fellow Taoist?"

Because of Bai Zichen's cultivation level, the person in charge of receiving him at the Spirit Beast Pavilion was a young man in the early Foundation Establishment stage, who was still somewhat reserved in his demeanor.

"My name is Bai Yuanhao. Senior Sister Hu broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage several years ago and has returned to the mountain to cultivate in seclusion, making final preparations before forming her Core."

"I see. I haven't been to the Beast Pavilion for many years and I didn't know that Fellow Daoist Hu had reached this point..."

When Hu Yushan first came to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect with Ancestor Yang, she was already in the late Foundation Establishment stage. It's normal for her to have reached the final step before breaking through to Core Formation over the years.

Bai Zichen casually made up a story: "My name is Su Li. I am an old friend of Fellow Daoist Hu and Fellow Daoist Honglian of your sect. I came here for this little guy... It was Fellow Daoist Hu who chose this spirit beast for me. It has been stuck at the peak of the first rank. I want to buy some pills that can help it advance."

(End of this chapter)