Rebirth of a Quasi-Immortal Spirit

While Gao Zhun was exchanging pleasantries with Elder Lei and Gao Shi, Elder Yan and his group had already returned to their respective elder council.

A somewhat lean middle-aged man finally couldn't hold back and looked at Elder Yan, asking, "Elder Yan, why is there such a seven-year agreement with Gao Zhun? Whether it's the Chaotic Spirit Body or the Chaotic Immortal Root, even the Gao family's highest treasure vault only has a few words about them, indicating that they had already disappeared before the Gao family was established. If, seven years later, Gao Zhun truly wins a top-ten finish in the Gao family's competition, what should we give her?"

"Naturally, it's just those snippets of information you mentioned." Elder Yan narrowed his eyes, a mysterious smile appearing on his face. "That Gao Zhun thinks our Elder Council is all-powerful and must have information about Chaotic Spiritual Bodies and Chaotic Immortal Roots. We didn't say that, did we? Besides, there are still seven years left. With our abilities, if we really wanted to search, finding more wouldn't be a problem. I suppose that's what that girl was planning."

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man was furious. His goatee twitched, and he glared angrily, saying, "That little brat Gao Zhun dares to plot against our Elders' Council! Who are we? We are all busy with important matters every day. How could we have time to help her find clues?"

Elder Yan had anticipated the middle-aged man's reaction. She smiled gently and said, "There's no need to search for her deliberately. Gao Ling possesses a Chaotic Spirit Body and Chaotic Bloodline, so in my opinion, she also carries a legacy. Once her cultivation reaches the Nascent Soul realm, the inherited memories within her will awaken. At that time, she will know how to cultivate without anyone teaching her."

"So Elder Yan means..." The middle-aged man hadn't thought of this, and now he smiled in a good mood: "Hmph, I knew a little girl like me couldn't possibly have any schemes against us. Elder Yan is brilliant. He tricked that girl and got a promise without lifting a finger. This way, he won't disgrace our respect."

Gao Zhun, who was in his own courtyard, was naturally completely unaware of everything in the Elders' Council. If she knew that he had dug a pit for her to fall into, she might vomit blood and die.

Gao Zhun, Elder Lei, and Gao Shi talked until late into the night before parting ways. Before leaving, Elder Lei and Gao Shi each gave her a communication stone. After all, both of them were very busy. Even though Elder Lei was Gao Zhun's master, there probably wouldn't be many more opportunities for him to teach her by example like this in the future. Therefore, the communication stone became a tool for communication between the three of them. If Gao Zhun had any questions during her cultivation, she could contact Elder Lei through the communication stone. The same applied to alchemy.

After seeing Elder Lei and Gao Shi off, Gao Zhun picked up her day's harvest and hurriedly entered the training room. Seven years was not a long time, so she had to seize every second to improve her cultivation and combat power so that she could stand out in the grand competition seven years later. As for the internal competition of Fengming Villa a year later, Gao Zhun twitched her lips, hoping not to lose too badly, at least not to fall out of the top fifty. Entering the top fifty out of five hundred people was a lot of pressure for her. She sighed inwardly, knowing that from this day forward, she would have to ignore Gao Ling for a while. Now was the time when the child recognized people, and she wondered if the child would shy away from her in seven years.

Thinking of this, Gao Zhun felt a tightness in her chest and urgently needed something to distract her. She rummaged through her storage ring and finally took out the jade slip containing Elder Lei's insights into cultivating the Purple Heaven Thunder Spirit Body over the past thousand years. Although she had never witnessed the full power of the Yin and Yang forces within her body, Gao Zhun felt that without a good physique, she would probably not be able to use the Yin and Yang forces at will. Therefore, she still needed to lay a solid foundation for her physical fitness to prepare for the future.

Unlike Gao Zhun, Elder Lei possessed both the Purple Heaven Thunder Spirit Body and a mutated thunder-attribute immortal root. Fortunately, Elder Lei seemed to be thinking of her, so his revised cultivation experience only contained his experience in body cultivation and did not delve too much into the cultivation of thunder-attribute immortal roots. This made it easier for Gao Zhun to understand, as she did not need to deliberately remove anything that conflicted with her own cultivation. She only needed to follow the steps written in the experience and cultivate step by step.

"It's so good to be in such a big family. Even the cultivation problems of the Purple Heaven Thunder Spirit Body and Yin Yang Immortal Root can be solved. It's much better than the unreliable testing platform of the Gu family. However, I must work hard so that Gao Ling can receive such good treatment as her in seven years. Otherwise, I will be guarding a treasure mountain but not knowing how to explore it." Following the contents written by Elder Lei on the jade slip, Gao Zhun tried several times and successfully forced the Purple Heaven Thunder Tribulation contained in his body to the surface, forming a light purple lightning shield. Unlike the spiritual energy shield of ordinary cultivators, this lightning shield can not only protect itself from external damage, but also appropriately reflect damage to attackers. It can be said to be both offensive and defensive. You should know that for ordinary cultivators to have this ability, their cultivation must at least reach the Mahayana realm. Such an ability is usually called reversing divine power, and not every Mahayana cultivator can have it. Opportunity and foundation are indispensable.

Although Gao Zhun's lightning shield can only block attacks from cultivators of the same level, and does not include those whose combat power far exceeds the limitations of the same level, it is only the beginning, and Gao Zhun is already very satisfied. However, she couldn't help but ponder. Since she advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage, the Heavenly Dao has infused the power of the Purple Heaven Tribulation Lightning into her advancement pillar, which is why she is now able to have enough lightning tribulation to form a lightning shield. As recorded in Elder Lei's book, he was only able to form one after the Nascent Soul stage because his body lacked sufficient lightning power. So, could she understand it as the more lightning power contained in her body, the stronger the lightning shield would be?

Suddenly, Gao Zhun thought that his mother might be able to help him test it out. In three days, Madam Zhu would be going into seclusion to recover her cultivation. After reaching the Nascent Soul stage, she would definitely have to undergo a tribulation. If he could absorb some lightning power from the side, wouldn't he be able to benefit from it? Speaking of which, Madam Zhu's previous cultivation level was the late stage of the Spirit Division stage, so she would have to undergo two lightning tribulations. Moreover, Madam Zhu's body had already undergone the baptism of a lightning tribulation, so even if she lost some body-tempering lightning, there would be no problem. Of course, the most important thing was that Madam Zhu was his mother. If he asked, she probably wouldn't refuse.

"Isn't this a bit despicable?" Gao Zhun hung her head helplessly. Although she thought so now, she was afraid she wouldn't be able to speak up when the time came. It was a major taboo for a cultivator to be interfered with during their tribulation. And she was trying to take advantage of the mother-daughter relationship to benefit herself. What was that if not despicable? After all, the soul in this body had changed and was no longer the Gao Zhun she once was.

"Forget it, let's think of another way." Gao Zhun shook her head. She could think of it, so how could Elder Lei not? But he didn't mention it in the jade slip, probably because he knew that such a thing would go against human nature. He himself hadn't done it, so naturally he wouldn't want Gao Zhun to do it either. Thinking of this, Gao Zhun suppressed the idea that had just surfaced in her mind.

After circulating his spiritual energy through his body for two major cycles, transforming it into the true essence used by Nascent Soul cultivators, Gao Zhun finally exhaled a breath of turbid air. When he opened his eyes again, it was already dawn. He removed the restrictions on the training room and, sure enough, heard the sounds of Lady Zhu, Gao Ling, and A Zhong playing around in the courtyard. A gentle smile appeared on her lips, and with a turn, she disappeared from her spot, appearing beside the three in the blink of an eye.

"Little Ling'er, this little lazy pig, has finally gotten up." As soon as he appeared in the courtyard, Gao Zhun focused his gaze on Gao Ling. In just one night, he could sense a fluctuation of spiritual energy emanating from her.

"Mother, what's on Gao Ling's body is..." Gao Zhun looked at Madam Zhu uncertainly, but she nodded lightly and replied, "I discovered it last night, but you were in seclusion, so I didn't say anything."

After a pause, Madam Zhu said with some annoyance, "Moreover, because of Xiao Ling'er's changes, my body has also started to fluctuate with spiritual energy. However, without the help of the Spirit Tempering Pill, how can I accumulate that spiritual energy? In order to prevent that spiritual energy from damaging my meridians, I took the Spirit Tempering Pill last night and will be going into seclusion soon."

"What about Mother's natal magic weapon? Without the help of the natal magic weapon, this tribulation..." Judging from Madam Zhu's appearance, it is clear that because of Gao Ling, Madam Zhu had to take the pill in advance. At the same time, she probably didn't have time to refine her natal magic weapon. What should we do?

Madam Zhu didn't seem to care about this matter, and said calmly, "At worst, we can just take one out of your pile of high-grade immortal artifacts and temporarily make it our master. We can get through this."

"Which one has caught your eye, Mother? I'll get it for you right now." As he spoke, Gao Zhun actually wanted to take out all those top-grade immortal artifacts right there in the courtyard. She only stopped after being glared at by Madam Zhu. She was really too worried, otherwise she would have revealed that she possessed many rare treasures.

Suddenly, the idea that had popped up last night resurfaced in Gao Zhun's mind. After hesitating for a moment, she finally spoke it out, since it concerned whether Madam Zhu could successfully overcome her tribulation.

Lady Bamboo was also startled upon hearing this, but after a moment she said happily, "In that case, I don't need your immortal artifacts anymore. Otherwise, it wouldn't be pleasant for the spirits of my previous immortal artifacts to give me a hard time."

Thus, it was settled that Gao Zhun would use her Purple Heaven Thunder Spirit Body to help Madam Zhu overcome her tribulation, and the heavy responsibility of taking care of Gao Ling these past few days naturally fell to A Zhong. (166 Reading Network)