There is also spring for passers-by

The Sword Master was lost in thought. This was what he had prepared back then. He had once had a crush on a female cultivator, but fate hadn't fulfilled his wish. During a training session, she died. He had wanted to declare his feelings to her upon his return from training and become her Taoist partner. He had not given away the clothes, dresses, and jewelry he had prepared. He had only accepted two true disciples, both of whom were eight feet tall.

Although the Sword Master of Delusion has a female disciple, this female disciple is somewhat related to Delusion by blood, and he has only met her a few times, so there is naturally no reason for him to give those things away.

Wen Wan asked, "Master, is there a secret technique in the world of immortal cultivation to plant spiritual roots in a fetus?"

The Sword Saint's eyes narrowed slightly. "This method is too vicious. It's literally exchanging life for life. If you're not careful, two lives could be lost. Even if it succeeds, the mother's vitality and essence will be used to support the growth of the baby. The baby will be born with cultivation. If the mother has cultivation, it's fine. If she's a mortal, she may not be able to survive the ten months of pregnancy."

Such secret techniques are common among immortal cultivation families and independent cultivators. Sects like the Taoist Sect, the Buddhist Sect, and the Divine Weapon Sect disdain to use them. After all, they are too detrimental to the harmony of nature and are considered an act of defying heaven and changing one's destiny.

"Why is Wan'er asking this?"

"Grandmaster, Madam Lan Ji, the head monk of Sword King Peak, is currently three months pregnant. The head monk is using this secret technique to plant spiritual roots in the fetus."

"Qisha is truly a lunatic. He even resorted to using secret techniques just to give birth to children with top-grade spiritual roots."

This was not the first time. As far as he knew, all the concubines around the Master of the Seven Killing Swords who died suddenly had children in their belly when they died. The oldest fetus was six months old, but died in the womb due to the sudden death of the mother.

Wen Wan asked: "Won't the master stop him?"

"The Sword Master once tried to stop it before he went into seclusion. In the past hundred years, Qi Sha has become obsessed with it again."

Whether a child has spiritual roots or not can be tested when he is six years old, but he is unwilling to wait and must give birth to a child with extraordinary talents.

"Master, is there no spiritual root fruit in the Azure Dragon Realm?"

"This item only appeared in ancient times. At that time, because of this immortal fruit, everyone in the entire Qinglong Realm had spiritual roots. As a result, the Qinglong Realm was short of spiritual power. For tens of thousands of years, no one ascended to the upper realm.

Later, a cultivator with innate spiritual roots destroyed the spiritual root fruits in anger. After an entire city of spiritual root fruits was destroyed, he unexpectedly ascended into heaven in broad daylight. Rumors circulated at the time that the spiritual root fruits, ripening, required too much spiritual energy, causing the Azure Dragon Fruit to be starved of spiritual energy. The heavens rewarded him by allowing him to rupture and ascend.

Those with innate spiritual roots would naturally destroy this tree for the sake of spiritual power in the world and for their own dreams of becoming immortals. At that time, spiritual root fruits could be seen everywhere. This tree was planted wherever there were people. The five kinds of spiritual root fruits, namely gold, wood, water, fire and earth, were readily available to the common people, while rare spiritual root fruits such as thunder, wind and ice were in the hands of immortal sects and aristocratic families.

After the spiritual root fruit tree became extinct, the spiritual energy of the Azure Dragon Realm gradually became richer. From then on, spiritual roots represented the fate of becoming an immortal, and it was impossible to cultivate into an immortal without spiritual roots.

"There have been some, but there are some. Fortunately, there may still be some in the secret realm."

The Sword Saint asked, "Why is Wan'er looking for the Spirit Root Fruit?"

"I want to dissuade the Seven Killing Sword Master from using the Heavenly Stone to plant spiritual roots. It is too harmful to the harmony of nature and life. If he has children, perhaps he will stop committing murder."

Ugh, that sounds like the truth.

The one in Madam Lanji's belly was the one she had wished for, and she couldn't let her be tortured to death by the Seven Killing Sword Master before she was born. She had promised Wen Wan that she would help her reincarnate with a supreme spiritual root.

The Sword Saint's heart moved. "I've heard that the Qilin Dynasty's royal secret realm contains a Spiritual Root Fruit Immortal Tree, but that secret realm only opens once every one hundred and eighty years. Low-grade fruits ripen in twelve years, mid-grade fruits ripen in thirty-six years, high-grade fruits ripen in sixty years, and the ultimate fruits ripen in three hundred years."

Wen Wan asked, "Master, do you have a map?"

"There's a map of the secret realm's location, but there's no map of the resource distribution within it. The Qilin Dynasty is located within Dao Sect's territory. They can give face to Dao Sect, but they might not be willing to give face to the Divine Weapon Sect."

"No problem. After the apprenticeship banquet, I want to return to the secular world to visit my relatives."

The grandfather and grandson each used their magical powers to go to the main hall of Wanjian Peak.

*

The banquet for accepting disciples is usually attended by fellow disciples and good friends, especially when accepting a last disciple, which means there will be no other disciples in the future. Usually, everyone will attend. The last disciple is also a true, direct, and elite disciple.

Today, there are many cultivators coming to the main hall of Wanjian Peak, including those who have achieved the state of fusion and the state of transformation. As they are cultivators, none of them looks over thirty years old, and they are all handsome men and beautiful women.

The Sword Saint and the Ruthless Sword Master sat in the main seats in the middle, and on both sides of the hall there was a row of True Lords, Taoist Lords, and Fairies who came to watch the ceremony.

The master of ceremonies shouted, "The ceremony for the First Lord of Wanjian Peak, the Merciless Sword Master, to accept his last disciple has begun! Please enter the hall—"

Wen Wan, dressed in the robes of an elite disciple of the Divine Weapon Sect, stepped into the hall. She immediately heard countless voices:

"Why is the sister of this generation of Bright Buddha a young woman, not a white-haired old woman?"

"How many pills did you swallow to successfully form the elixir?"

"She must have taken the Immortal Pill for Rejuvenation. Everyone knows that Fairy Hongxia of the Spiritual Pill Sect and the Merciless Sword Master are having an affair. It must have been Fairy Hongxia who gave her the Immortal Pill for Rejuvenation."

"The most useless person in the Azure Dragon Realm, it took her nearly a thousand years to build a foundation. How dare she come out like this? Tsk tsk tsk tsk, if it were me, I wouldn't dare to come out and embarrass myself."

Wen Wan pretended not to hear their thoughts. She was calm and graceful, looking straight ahead and walking towards the center of the hall. In fact, along the way, she noticed all those who complained about her. Some of them looked at her with disgust, and some had smiles in their eyes, but in their hearts they kept calling her a waste and a disgrace.

"kneel--"

Wen Wan knelt on the ground, "Disciple Wen Wan greets Master!"

"One knock!"

Wen Wan kowtowed as the host shouted, and kowtowed once for each shout, doing so three times in a row.

"Disciple offers tea to Master!"

She took the spiritual tea from the female disciple of Wanjian Peak and held it high above her head, "Master, please have some tea!"

The Merciless Sword Master took the teacup, took a sip, and handed it to the female disciple beside him.

“Master, please give us a lecture!” the emcee shouted.

The Merciless Sword Master said, "Wen Wan, since you have become my disciple, I will grant you a Taoist name today. I will choose one for you. 'The body is a bodhi tree, the mind is like a bright mirror. Wipe it diligently and do not allow it to accumulate dust.' I hope your mind will be as clear as a mirror, free from dust and stain."

"Master, I have a very beautiful expectation. I believe that 'there is no Bodhi tree, nor is there a mirror stand. Originally, there is nothing, so where can dust gather?'"

There was silence in the hall. Some people lamented that this loser was so bold that he openly contradicted his master.

The Merciless Sword Master and Xuanjizi, a guest on the left, were both shocked and instantly entered into enlightenment. Xuanjizi was stuck at the late stage of the Spirit Transformation and could hardly make any further progress, while the Merciless Sword Master was stuck at the early stage of the Fusion and had not made any progress in his cultivation for two hundred years.

The two lines of poetry that Wen Wan said seemed to make them understand instantly, and their knots in their hearts were resolved, and their hearts of Tao were clear.

The Sword Saint Patriarch said, "Wen Wan, you have a point. I will allow you to take the Taoist name of the Ten Thousand Swords Peak, starting with the word 'Wu Zi'."

"People come together and part, the moon waxes and wanes, and life is full of regrets. I only hope to live a life without regrets."

When the people around her heard her words, they immediately felt elegant. Everyone knew that it was rare for a disciple of the Divine Weapon Sect to be elegant.

“No regrets!”

"No shame!"

"No San!"

"Wu Li!"

Several voices guessing the Taoist name came one after another.