Born with immortal seed

Chapter 535 The Benefits of a Famous Reputation

"Having a good reputation has its advantages. If you always live in seclusion and cultivate diligently, you certainly won't achieve your goals as easily as you do."

They reached an agreement with two Core Formation cultivators from the Divine Wood Sect to meet in the Black Mountain of the Northern Region ten years later and help Bai Zichen cultivate spiritual rice.

There was no mention of specific spirit stone treatment; it was just a vague promise that they would provide guidance on their cultivation paths.

The two fourth-tier spirit plant masters, who were both well-known in the Central Region, readily agreed.

Judging from the expressions of the other Core Formation elders of the Divine Wood Sect, they were still resentful about losing this opportunity and wanted to continue to recommend themselves.

However, Gu Jue, acting as the sect leader, suppressed them, not giving anyone else a chance to speak.

If it weren't for the fact that the two races were engaged in a great war, and that even the super sects were caught up in it, there would have been Nascent Soul True Monarchs who were unwilling to accept the situation coming to challenge them long ago.

The Azure Lotus Sword Sect, for example, has always considered itself a prestigious school of swordsmanship, and its disciples are all unrestrained, wild, and do whatever they please.

Otherwise, neither the sect leader nor Gu Xuanzhong would have been dubbed "Sword Madman" for two consecutive generations.

Bai Zichen emerged out of nowhere, and despite not having the background of a major sect in the Central Region, he overshadowed all the younger generation of Nascent Soul cultivators.

Among those of the same age, even the Holy Sons of the Moral Sect have not yet all successfully transformed into Nascent Souls; the gap is too great.

This was only because the news of his breakthrough to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm and his mastery of sword light differentiation had not yet spread. Even the Core Formation cultivators of the Divine Wood Sect could not discern his presence when he concealed his aura; otherwise, those sects would have been even more restless.

Purely a sword fight, figuring out each other's strengths and weaknesses, secretly nipping each other in the bud... all sorts of situations, a thousand people with a thousand different intentions, all rushing forward with different motives.

In addition, I inquired with Shenmu Zong about what happened on the Ji River some time ago.

The high-ranking cultivators who discovered the Jishui camp did not publicize what happened that day, only saying that several Great True Monarchs joined forces to kill another great demon leader.

The thousand-foot golden centipede and the twelve-winged serpent of Rotten Ke Mountain were killed on the spot, greatly boosting the morale of the human race and completely suppressing the voices that wanted to negotiate peace with the demon race.

Strangely, the identities of the Grand True Lords who led the operation and achieved the results were not disclosed to the public.

Logically, such achievements can bring fame to cultivators and create an image of human powerhouses, so they should be reported immediately.

On the merit list, the fourth-tier superior-grade Thousand-Legged Golden Centipede has an exclusive reward that can be directly exchanged for a medium-sized fourth-tier superior-grade spiritual vein.

However, this is in the Eastern Region, and we can only do so after defeating the demon race and recovering our homeland.

The original sect has completely sided with the demon race, acting as their accomplice. It has already been unanimously condemned by several super sects, and they will definitely attack and destroy it in the future. It is impossible to allow it to continue its lineage.

For a long time, it will all be a mirage, a dream, a mere speculation about the future.

However, even without choosing the spirit vein, you can still exchange the spirit stones for eighty top-grade spirit stones.

It is a fourth-grade superior spiritual vein that is suspended in the air and can serve as a foundation for generations to come, with even greater value.

It's best to secure the money and choose the top-grade spirit stones, which are of paramount importance even to a Great True Lord.

It depends on individual thoughts and future plans.

But the bounty remained unclaimed, and with the human race's high-ranking officials acting covertly, rumors quickly began to circulate.

It is said that this action was not a joint effort by great lords to slay demons, but rather an act of deification of the human race who could not stand by and watch, and thus took action in anger.

Of course, a Nascent Soul cultivator wouldn't care about such a small reward, which is why there are situations where the rewards on the merit list go unclaimed.

This speculation did not affect the morale of the human race; on the contrary, it gave the cultivators more confidence.

Since the start of the war, apart from the Morality Sect, no Nascent Soul Ancestor from any of the super sects has been mobilized, making the cultivators of these sects uneasy.

The demon race claims that most of the human race's Nascent Soul stage cultivators have passed away in their grotto-heavens, with only a few remaining barely clinging to life and lacking the strength for normal combat. It's unclear how much of this claim is true.

If it really is a Nascent Soul cultivator making a move, it at least proves that, apart from the Moral Sect, there are still top-tier experts active on the human side.

This is a shot in the arm for all human cultivators.

Bai Zichen was invited to visit the divine trees of the Divine Tree Sect. Each divine tree formed a huge canopy that completely blocked out the sky.

Even the branches of the sacred tree can be used to build houses.

It was arguably the largest spiritual plant he had ever seen.

No wonder the disciples of the Taibai Sword Sect were tempted by the spiritual wood here; it is indeed a good material for refining wood-type flying swords.

Even if the celestial seedlings from the upper realm cannot grow to their full potential due to the limited spiritual energy environment of the mortal realm, they are still far superior to ordinary spiritual trees.

The emotions conveyed by the divine tree were vast and powerful, but they were also muddled and confused, unlike a tree that seemed to have a clear self-awareness. It was merely responding and sending out information passively.

If one can cut down a tree and extract its inner core, the resulting wood-type flying sword has a good chance of growing to the fourth tier.

It can be said that the more than 300 remaining divine trees on Wuzhong Ridge are the greatest treasure of the Divine Tree Sect.

After declining into an ordinary Nascent Soul sect, no one has yet set their sights on the spiritual vein and divine tree of Wuzhong Ridge. Apart from the Divine Wood Sect's own strategic planning and occasional introduction of powerful lone cultivators as helpers, there must be a pillar behind it.

More than three hundred divine trees and more than three hundred pieces of wood cores could, proportionally, give birth to more than a dozen fourth-tier wood-type flying swords.

Which sword-cultivation sect could resist such temptation?

Even Bai Zichen couldn't help but let his imagination run wild as he reached out and stroked the rough bark of the divine tree.

However, he is more concerned about something else right now.

"Among the Star Lords, besides me, is there anyone else who has slain a great demon?"

After defeating the pursuers and entering the Star Palace Secret Realm that day, the Star Lords were all in relatively good condition, at least without any obvious injuries.

No one mentioned how they managed to shake off the demon pursuers during their escape, or how they actually killed their opponents.

The Twelve-Winged Serpent is a mid-grade fourth-tier demon with exceptional bloodline. Even if several Star Lords have hidden methods, achieving a complete victory will not be easy.

"None of the four could have killed it, so the only one who killed the Twelve-Winged Serpent is the most unfamiliar Lian Zhen Star Lord... I didn't expect that this newcomer, who cultivates an extremely unpopular ancient sword path, is the one who is the most deeply hidden."

Bai Zichen recalled the scene of their first meeting, and only those indifferent yet tyrannical eyes left a deep impression on him.

"It seems that he killed the Twelve-Winged Teng Snake, but he also suffered serious injuries, which is why he missed the time to open the Sword Cleansing Cave Heaven... What a pity. After missing that opportunity, Zhuo Xiong will not let outsiders into the Sword Cleansing Cave Heaven again."

After obtaining the Dongxuan Lushen Sword Scripture, the Taiyin Star Lord and his companions will soon discover that they are unable to cultivate it to the third level.

But at least through this supreme sword scripture, one can understand many later realms and broaden one's horizons.

With the addition of the Mica Sword Pill, other flying swords, and miscellaneous inheritances, the gains were still enormous.

If the group is bold enough and lucky enough, the overall cultivation level of the Star Palace members might be raised to a higher level when they meet again.

Bai Zichen rested for two days at Wuzhong Ridge, where the Shenmu Sect offered him the most hospitable hospitality.

Without him even having to ask, Gu Jue offered up a third-tier flying sword, which was forged from the heartwood of a divine tree that had been destroyed by the second-generation Divine Transformation Sword of the Taibai Sword Sect.

More than sixty sacred trees were destroyed that day. The Divine Tree Sect was full of resentment towards the compensation terms and secretly withheld a few pieces of the wood core.

Although it is a third-tier flying sword, like those normally growing divine trees, it already has a sword spirit that is vaguely present in the sword body.

Compared to a regular third-tier flying sword, its value is several times higher.

Gu Jue's generosity from the start made Bai Zichen feel a little embarrassed. He hadn't even spent spirit stones to hire someone to do the work yet, but he had already brought in a near-fourth-tier flying sword.

He could only secretly decide that he should be more diligent in teaching Elder Bai and Lin Shan, so that they could at least break through their current realm while planting spirit rice for him, and ideally find their future direction.

Furthermore, his guess was correct; Lin Shan was indeed Gu Jue's last disciple, and also had some kinship with Gu Jue's maternal clan.

It was specifically mentioned that they hoped Bai Zhenjun would take good care of them.

This flying sword, crafted from the heartwood of a divine tree, has an indigo hilt and an orange-red blade; it is named Ruomu.

Between the wielders, there would be numerous divine tree sword shadows, concealing the fragility of the wood-type flying sword itself.

In terms of sheer lethality, the Ruomu Sword is far superior to the Leiyin Sword.

In the past few days, many cultivators from the Shenmu Sect have tried to visit Langyuan, where Bai Zichen is staying, but they have all been turned away.

Gu Jue was fine as the acting sect leader, but he had no patience to chat idly with a group of Core Formation cultivators.

However, these people did not give up. Under the pretext of offering spiritual food and taking care of daily life, they stuffed several groups of singers and dancers into the Langyuan Garden. They were all beautiful and outstanding female cultivators who had reached the Foundation Establishment stage, with different styles, ranging from pure and innocent little flowers to cold and beautiful snow lotuses and ripe peaches. There were all kinds of types.

Judging from their expressions and demeanor, they are probably disciples of the Shenmu Sect, rather than specially kept singers and dancers.

Bai Zichen drank the spiritual wine and ordered his female disciples to perform their signature songs and dances. After each song, they struck the wine cups to celebrate.

However, that's all. Before the path to immortality, one can still resist the temptation of a little beauty.

In the cultivation world, there has always been a legend that a primordial yang body can help resist the tribulation of becoming a deity.

Whether it's true or false, they're already close to reaching the Nascent Soul stage; how could they be thwarted by external things?

After attaining enlightenment, one will naturally have time to enjoy life and indulge in unrestrained pleasures.

When he was in the Nascent Soul stage, he experienced an unprecedented future star tribulation, which left him with some lingering worries.

He never worried about breaking through his cultivation level.

However, starting from the Nascent Soul stage, the tribulations that arise during breakthroughs in higher realms cannot be overcome simply by relying on the Mysterious Sacred Body.

If the difficulty of the Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation continues to increase in the same way, I can't even imagine what kind of Heavenly Tribulation I will face when I reach the Deity Transformation stage.

Therefore, they will seize any opportunity to help.

After briefly refining the Ruomu Sword, Bai Zichen left a message and drifted away.

Not to mention that there was another uproar in the Shenmu Sect, with the elders who were at odds with Gu Jue launching attacks, accusing him of being too selfish and taking all the opportunities to do things for Bai Zhenjun for himself without sharing them with his fellow disciples.

Gu Jue, on the other hand, said that these elders were not ambitious and that the techniques of cultivating spiritual plants had become stagnant and declining.

If they were recommended to True Lord Bai, and the precious spiritual rice were to be ruined, it would not only harm the individual but also implicate the Divine Wood Sect.

The Shenmu Sect can no longer afford to offend a powerful sword cultivator with a promising future.

In other words, in terms of current combat strength, Bai Zichen is already comparable to those Great True Monarchs who have been famous for hundreds of years, and they are much younger.

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"The fact that they were able to acquire a Soul-Binding Datura flower shows that the sects in Yunnan have been diligent in their work over the years, taking my instructions to heart. As for the Three Immortal Corpse Toads, they are, after all, the core Gu insects of the Gu Immortal Clan. They can't be found simply by sending more people, so we can't blame them."

Before returning to the Northern Region, Bai Zichen made another trip to the Southern Frontier.

Firstly, I need to check if I've collected the last two poisonous items needed to cultivate the Hundred Poisons Jade Scale Bone technique. Secondly, I need to inform the Five Elements Sect.

If the war between humans and demons truly deteriorates into the worst-case scenario, the Five Elements Sect has no need to defend its mountain gate to the death.

They could abandon Liangjie Mountain and move their entire clan to Black Mountain as soon as possible, or even hide in the Ten Thousand Evil Mountains.

Given the strength of the demon race, even if they could truly defeat the Jishui camp and invade the Central Region, they would certainly be at their last gasp. There is no reason why they would not first occupy the various grotto-heavens and spiritual mountains in the Central Region, but instead send their few remaining demon beasts to conquer the Southern Region.

At most, a few powerful demons roamed the southern region, causing chaos and destruction.

When that time comes, Bai Zichen believes that even if he hasn't taken the final step, he will definitely have the strength to briefly contend with the Assimilation God.

We should find a way to protect our sect and then wage guerrilla warfare against the demon race.

Of course, this is all based on the premise that so many super sects in the Central Region have been defeated.

If the flames of war were to reach our doorstep, I believe that some of the old fogies from those super sects would eventually stand up and resist.

They abandoned everything in the real world, took a few elite disciples and resources and hid in a secret cave, waiting for the demon race to withdraw before emerging again.

This method seems safe, but the losses to the sect can only be described as a heroic act of cutting off one's own arm; it's more like severing limbs and causing continuous bleeding.

If the old dragon of the Ao family lives longer, and their own Nascent Soul ancestor can no longer sustain the cave heaven, then the entire clan will be wiped out, and no one will escape.

It would be better to use one's last breath before death to fight to the death, and perhaps one can still find a glimmer of hope.

This Soul-Binding Datura flower was acquired by the Crimson Flame Sect from a Nascent Soul cultivator who had just emerged from the Ten Thousand Evil Mountains after decades of wandering, for 120 high-grade spirit stones.

Bai Zichen certainly wouldn't take advantage of the sect that was doing things for him. He paid the Crimson Flame Sect the original price in spirit stones and also rewarded them with a top-grade magic weapon.

He pinned his hopes on the black market for the remaining three immortal toad corpses.

He remembered that there was a shop in the black market that specialized in selling all kinds of prohibited monsters and also accepted commissions.

They claim they can sell anything as long as the price is high enough.

Bai Zichen can no longer use the Ziwei Star Lord mask. The fact that he killed the Thousand-Legged Golden Centipede under this identity has not yet spread, but it is certainly not a secret to the human race's high-ranking officials.

If he continues to parade around wearing this mask, he will be easily tracked down.

In addition, when he entered the black market last time as the Ziwei Star Lord, he also encountered the Nascent Soul cultivator of the Evil Fate Sect who cast a divination for him, resulting in an astonishing outcome.

Despite all these considerations, he still used the Heavenly Illusion Bracelet to transform himself into Li Hansi's appearance and enter the black market.

After browsing around, I found that the black market did not have any Three Immortal Corpse Toads for sale.

However, one shop openly stated that they had connections with the Gu Immortal Clan, and that as long as one could afford the price, it was not impossible to obtain one.

Bai Zichen paid a top-grade spirit stone as a deposit, and the other party guaranteed to obtain the Three Immortal Corpse Toads within one year.

If the deal falls through, the deposit will be refunded.

For him, the opportunity to use top-grade spirit stones was rare, so refining immortal bones was naturally more important.

(End of this chapter)