Stealing the Heavens.

Chapter 7 Luck and Spiritual Root
Elder Yuanchen was the one who led the body's owner through the trial last time, but he was ambushed by the demons and was injured himself.

Unexpectedly, this misfortune turned into a blessing, allowing him to break through to the Integration Realm. Standing at the front of the group, he was full of ambition and ready to wreak havoc.

Elder Yuanchen looked to be in his fifties or sixties, much like the old principal of Zidong Elementary School, and kindly treated all the students as his own children.

However, at this moment, he was wearing a very luxurious and wide purple robe, and the ink-black cloud on his left chest looked like it was about to float up at any moment, making him look like a nouveau riche!
Zi Dong suspected that Elder Yuan Chen's personality was like that of an old woman, lacking decisiveness and ruthlessness, which was why so many disciples were lost last time.

It seems I need to be extra careful this time and stick close to Elder Yuanchen. A cultivator at the Integration Realm should be able to protect himself and others.

The original owner of this body was brought into the sect by Elder Yuanchen, so he shouldn't just watch him die.

Last time, he was unable to rescue himself because he was entangled by two Star Refining Realm demon cultivators. This time, he should not encounter two Integration Realm demon cultivators again.

Zi Dong walked to the back of the group, glanced at Feng Qingwu who kept turning back to look at him, and then looked up at the sky.

I really don't know what she's so proud of. It's just a trial together, not a honeymoon. Girls from Tianyun Continent are so naive!

This trial includes twenty disciples at the Core Formation stage, thirty disciples at the Innate stage, and forty disciples at the Qi Refining stage.

There are also three stewards, one from the Transformation Sea Realm to the Heavenly Profound Realm, and two elders from the Refining Star Realm, for a total of 96 people.

"Let's go!" Elder Yuanchen gave a stern look at everyone and, seeing that everyone had arrived, immediately issued the order.

The Heavenly Profound Realm elder then summoned a cloud boat, leading 96 people, and soared into the sky, heading straight for the outside of the Azure Dragon Mountain Range amidst the light purple clouds.

The cloud boat is a magical artifact; it can be shrunk to fit in a storage space, or enlarged to hold more than a hundred people. It is the most commonly used flying tool by sects.

The protective shield is transparent, controlled by a Star Refining Realm cultivator, and can defend against an attack from a Body Integration Realm cultivator. It is extremely fast.

Zi Dong sat at the very back. The cloud boat flew very fast, yet it was as stable as an airplane. He could even cultivate on it.

However, if Zi Dong really dares to use the spiritual energy inside the cloud boat to cultivate, the Star Refining Realm elder who controls the flying boat will probably just throw him out.

The cloud boat consumes a lot of spirit stones when it flies, and there's not enough time to replenish them, so there's no extra spiritual energy for him to squander.

Zi Dong glanced at the two accompanying elders and finally felt a little more confident. Even if they encountered a demonic ambush, they wouldn't suffer as heavy losses as last time.

As Zi Dong was admiring the fantastical sights high in the sky, he suddenly felt a gaze and was immediately drawn to look in that direction.

Elder Yuanchen, who stood proudly at the very front of the cloud boat, smiled and nodded at him before turning back to continue looking at where the cloud boat was flying.

Zi Dong was baffled by the laughter, not understanding what Yuan Chen meant. Did he also want to marry his daughter to him?!
If Elder Yuanchen knew what Zidong was thinking at this moment, he would definitely slap him across the face immediately.

How could her own daughter possibly marry this lecherous scoundrel who only knows how to harass the female disciples of the Yuntian Sect!
Elder Yuanchen brought the original owner of Zi Dong's body back to the sect because he valued his purple spiritual root.

There is a legend on the Tianyun Continent that once every ten thousand years, a person with a lucky spiritual root will appear. Even the Heavenly Dao cannot kill them, and they have so much luck that they can squander it at will.

However, no one knew what a Qi Luck Spiritual Root looked like, and a Purple Qi Spiritual Root had never appeared before, which is why Elder Yuanchen brought him back to the sect.

Originally, he planned to wait until the training was over before returning to the sect and accepting him as a disciple, but he didn't expect the sect leader to beat him to it.

Anyway, he and the sect leader are from the same faction, and they are both dissatisfied with the domineering nature of the Feng family. Moreover, the sect leader's cultivation level is higher than his.

The sect leader wanted Zi Dong to participate in this trial, but Elder Yuan Chen quickly tried to stop him. As the chosen one, he was already being protected, so how could he risk his life? However, the sect leader insisted on letting Zi Dong participate in the trial and told Elder Yuan Chen that there was no need to send anyone to protect him; he would be treated the same as the other disciples.

Standing on the cloud boat, Elder Yuanchen finally understood that the sect leader wanted to use this opportunity to stimulate Zi Dong's purple qi spiritual root.

There was just one thing he couldn't understand: how did the sect leader know that Zi Dong was the legendary Qi Luck Spiritual Root when he had never even met him?
Elder Yuanchen dared not let Zidong suffer any loss and had decided to protect him in secret. However, he could find a demon cultivator at the Innate Realm to play with him.

The Azure Dragon Mountains are located in the central part of the Eastern Continent. They start from the Stormy Illusionary Sea, which connects to the Central Continent in the west, and extend eastward to the Endless Black Sea, cutting the Eastern Continent in half.

Anyone wishing to travel from the southern part of the Eastern Continent to the northern part must obtain permission from the Yuntian Sect, as the entire Azure Dragon Mountain Range belongs to the Yuntian Sect.

If Guangyan Sect and Qinglian Sword Sect were not protected by divine artifacts, Yuntian Sect would be the strongest sect in the Eastern Continent, dominating the entire continent.

There are large fertile fields inside and outside the Azure Dragon Mountains, and the inner part is spiritual fields, which are managed by affiliated sects and used to grow spiritual herbs and grains.

The outer areas are cultivated by ordinary people, with affiliated sects providing protection. There are simply too many cultivators within the Azure Dragon Mountains, and the spiritual grains are far from enough to feed them.

The demon and witch clans dared not enter the Azure Dragon Mountains; their target was the cultivators who left the Azure Dragon Mountains.

The Yuntian Sect sends cultivators every month to exterminate these demons and witches, which is also known as the sect trial.

This time, they were even more well-prepared, having already located the hiding place of a group of demon cultivators. Elder Yuanchen intended to annihilate them all.

Baijia Village is very remote, surrounded by forests on three sides and a small river to the north. No one from there has ever become a cultivator; it is basically a poor and remote place.

Long ago, cultivators would come to the village, but fewer and fewer came, and eventually, even the last cultivator stopped coming.

No one in Baijia Village has ever had a spiritual root, not even a pseudo-spiritual root. Moreover, the land is extremely barren, and sorghum and corn are their staple foods.

Not only outsiders, but even the people of Baijia Village are puzzled as to why they can only grow sorghum and corn in such a good environment.
The clan chief tried every means to make money, but he was helpless. Not only did the land lack spiritual energy, but the people also lacked spiritual roots. This had been the case since the Bai family village was founded.

When he visited other villages, they wouldn't entertain him because they didn't have sorghum or corn, only white rice and flour. How could Baijia Village reciprocate?

When this group of demon cultivators arrived at Baijia Village, they showered the village chief with real gold and silver, knocking him unconscious. They completely disregarded the Yuntian Sect's rule against secretly colluding with demons and witches.

Elder Yuanchen led nearly a hundred people to completely surround Baijia Village. There were more than thirty demon cultivators inside, the highest of whom was at the Refining Star Realm.

"Zi Dong, come in with me!" Yuan Chen was the head of the Hall of Affairs, so he referred to himself as "this one".

He instructed the other two elders to lead men to surround Baijia Village, while he led three stewards and ten disciples of each of the three realms into Baijia Village.

"Master, what should we do about those demonic cultivators taking the people of Baijia Village hostage?" Zi Dong quickly asked, as this was a troublesome matter.

"Pfft!" Before Elder Yuanchen could turn around, Feng Qingwu, who was standing in front of Zidong, immediately burst out laughing, and everyone else looked at Zidong strangely as well.

"Feng Qingwu, tell him what to do!" Elder Yuanchen's face was a little ugly. As the senior brother, Zidong actually dared to ask such a question.

"Kill them all!" Feng Qingwu looked at Zi Dong with a smug expression, as if she were talking about flies and mosquitoes, while the others all had an expression of taking it for granted.

(End of this chapter)