Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 60: Studying the Heavenly Book
Chen Beiwu paused, a look of curiosity on his face: "Suicide? Why?"

Although Zhang Yang was born into a poor mortal family, he was recognized as a child prodigy in the Yunlong Mansion.

Back then, he completed Xianmeng Primary School in just two and a half years, and then completed Xianmeng Junior High School and Senior High School in another two years.

At the age of twelve, he was promoted to the seventh level of Qi training and took the college entrance examination in advance, and successfully entered the 79th upper sect.

It is no exaggeration to say that when Zhang Yang became famous throughout the state, Chen Beiwu was still a weakling in the second grade of elementary school.

The Jianmu Heavenly Book, where all laws return to their original flow, can be studied a few minutes later, but Chen Beiwu does not want to miss the story of the fall of such a genius.

After all, Sister Qin is a relative of Zhang Yang's family, so the source of the information should be reliable.

"Because of the gap." Chen Qin pursed her lips. "Zhang Yang actually had three chances to change his fate and his family."

For some reason, whenever Zhang Yang was mentioned, she couldn't help but think of her deceased mother.

Chen Beiwu didn't say anything and listened quietly to Chen Qin's story.

"You also know that Zhang Yang is the smartest child in Pingchen Township. He was able to take the college entrance examination at the age of twelve and was only one step away from successfully being admitted to the Thirteen Immortal Sects."

At this point, Chen Qin paused slightly. "At that time, all the teachers at Shouhe No. 2 believed that Zhang Yang had the qualifications to enter the Thirteen Immortal Sects, as long as he was willing to calm down and repeat a year."

"I know about this, too." Chen Beiwu nodded. "But Zhang Yang didn't choose to repeat the year at that time."

"That's right, because Zhang Yang's father thinks that joining the Thirteen Immortal Sects is not important." Chen Qin smiled speechlessly.

"Ah?" Chen Beiwu was a little confused.

"Don't be confused?" Chen Qin glanced at him. "Don't be surprised. Everyone has different ideas. Zhang Yang's father wants his son to break the record and become the youngest sect student in the Immortal Alliance."

"Senior Zhang Yang and the school teachers have no objection?" Chen Beiwu didn't understand.

“He objected, so Zhang Yang’s father chose the Jinghu Sword Sect, one of the seventy-nine senior sects, for him.

The Jinghu Sword Sect is a subsidiary sect of the Jianyuan Immortal Sect, one of the Thirteen Immortal Sects. If Zhang Yang can achieve the Foundation Establishment stage in the future, he can also enter the Jianyuan Immortal Sect to practice."

"This father is really misleading his son." Chen Beiwu shook his head.

It's outrageous. He has never seen anyone betray his son like this!

What’s the point of passing the entrance exam to the 79th highest sect?

If Senior Zhang Yang could repeat a year and be admitted to the Thirteen Immortal Sects, the Zhang family could definitely take off and become the industry leader in Yuankong County.

"After entering the Jinghu Sword Sect, Senior Zhang Yang successfully reached the peak of the ninth level of Qi training in just four years. He is now qualified to explore the limits of Qi training and even surpass the limits of Qi training." Chen Qin said with emotion.

"And then another accident happened?" Chen Beiwudao asked.

"Yes." Chen Qin nodded. "That year, Zhang Yang's father spent a huge sum of money, even taking out a Xiuxian loan, to purchase the Five Spirits for Foundation Establishment, hoping that Zhang Yang would break the record and become the youngest Foundation Establishment practitioner in Tianyan County."

"He succeeded." Chen Beiwu said with emotion.

The year Zhang Yang broke through to the foundation-building stage, the entire Pingchen Township was in an uproar.

In order to express his importance, the Yuankong County Magistrate Xu Zhenren even met with Zhang Yang in person.

"But Zhang Yang's future is also ruined." Chen Qin said coldly: "In order to enter the Jianyuan Immortal Sect after building the foundation of Jinghu Sword Sect, one must have a Taoist foundation of the best grade or above."

"What about the third time?" Chen Beiwu took the initiative to ask.

His intuition told him that Sister Qin wouldn't say so much for no reason. "The third time was because of the cultivation method," Chen Qin bluntly stated. "To improve and supplement his Dao foundation, Zhang Yang spent a huge amount of money to purchase a top-grade cultivation method, the Nine Lights Pure Yang Dao-building Sutra, which improves the quality of his foundation."

"The foundation of a cultivator who has established his foundation can be improved?" Chen Beiwu was a little surprised.

"Of course." Chen Qin did not hide it: "Dao foundation is the foundation of a cultivator's magical power. The better the quality of the Dao foundation, the higher the probability of the cultivator's promotion to the Golden Core stage in the future.

If you can pass the entrance exam to a sect of the seventh or ninth level or above in the future, you will be able to learn about this aspect of immortal cultivation."

"Before that, I don't recommend you understand, let alone practice."

"Because practicing methods like the Nine Lights Pure Yang Dao-building Scripture to improve one's Dao foundation requires a huge amount of time, energy, and resources, the cost is far beyond what a casual cultivator of the foundation can afford. In order to practice this technique, Zhang Yang even took on a huge amount of Xiuxian loans."

Hearing this, Chen Beiwu suddenly understood.

Immortal cultivation loans carry compounding interest, making it impossible for ordinary people to repay. Every year, a large number of cultivators in the Immortal Alliance commit suicide because they cannot repay their loans.

Thinking of this, he asked tentatively, "Did Senior Zhang Yang commit suicide because the interest on his Xiuxian loan was too high and he couldn't pay it back?"

The life span of a Foundation Establishment cultivator is between three hundred and five hundred years.

If Senior Zhang Yang had been willing to cultivate step by step and not take out the Immortal Cultivation Loan, he would have become the overlord of Yuankong County sooner or later. Unfortunately, he was too ambitious and only aimed at the Golden Core.

"Yes. Zhang Yang failed in his cultivation of the Nine Lights Pure Yang Dao-building Scripture, and his foundation was damaged. He will never achieve the Golden Elixir in his lifetime. Not to mention paying off his immortality loan."

Chen Qin sighed, looked at Chen Beiwu, and said meaningfully, "Zhang Yang just sets too high standards for himself.

"The difficulty of practicing Tianpin Gongfa is extremely high. If someone with insufficient spiritual roots forces himself to practice, at best his foundation will be damaged, and at worst he will go astray and lose all his magical powers."

Hearing this, Chen Beiwu felt warm in his heart. He understood that the reason why Sister Qin told him these secrets was just to go around in circles and enlighten him.

A genius like Zhang Yang died because of practicing a heavenly-grade technique. For a cultivator with earthly spiritual roots like him to practice a heavenly-grade technique would be courting death.

"Indeed, one should not be too ambitious in cultivation." Chen Beiwu nodded and agreed.

"I'm glad you know." Chen Qin glanced at the time and hurried to work.

Do your best and leave the rest to fate. She has said what she needs to say.

No matter what happens next, she will be able to feel at peace.

After watching Sister Qin leave, Chen Beiwu returned to the training room on the second floor with the jade slip and talisman package.

He visualized Taixuan Shouyi, put aside all distracting thoughts, placed the jade slip of the technique on his forehead, and activated his spiritual consciousness.

"Boom!" The jade slip of the martial arts technique immediately turned into a pool of flowing liquid green light and merged into the sea of ​​consciousness and exploded.

When Chen Beiwu refocused his vision, he was no longer in the training room on the second floor, but was instead standing above a vast expanse of sea.

In front of his sight, a Jianmu tree, which is difficult to describe in words, stands between heaven and earth, like a gate to heaven, supporting heaven and earth with its unbending backbone, exuding an eternal and immortal breath.

Chen Beiwu just glanced at Jianmu, and a sense of the eternal Dao of the universe emerged in his mind, as if he had become a part of the towering Jianmu, absorbing the spiritual energy of the universe in a mysterious way.

With one breath, eight thousand years of time pass and it becomes spring.

With a spit, time passed and another eight thousand years became autumn.

As Chen Beiwu inhaled and exhaled, the Evergreen Dao rhyme continued to condense, and a green wood spirit seed condensed in his dantian.

(End of this chapter)