Born with immortal seed

Chapter 15 The Inheritance Stele (Please add to your favorites)

Spring came and autumn went, and two years passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside the quiet room, Bai Zichen slowly finished his practice.

"The Qi-tonifying pills are still too strong for me. It will take a week to fully refine them, and some of the medicinal power will be wasted in the process."

"It's best to have a Qi Refining Level 3 cultivation before you start taking this pill, so that it can be perfectly matched with your age. But time waits for no one. To secure a spot, you need to be at least at the Qi Refining Level 3, and have a cultivation level that is ahead of your peers."

Bai Zichen had grown quite a bit taller and looked rather thin.

Two months ago, after advancing to the second level of Qi Refining, he took his first Qi-replenishing pill.

Today, I finally finished digesting the second Qi-boosting pill.

However, each Qi-replenishing pill is equivalent to three months of his arduous cultivation. If he can take them continuously, he is confident that he can cultivate to the third level of Qi Refining within half a year.

This is the power of having abundant cultivation resources and relying on drugs.

Bai Zichen was so eager to improve his cultivation, even disregarding the fact that it was somewhat like forcing growth, because the opportunity to enter the Five Mountains Temple that his uncle had mentioned had already been decided.

It turns out that the majestic stone tablet on the third floor of the Five Sacred Mountains Temple is a rare treasure, a heirloom from a family called Naihe Sect in an extremely remote and bitterly cold land.

The Naihe Sect is a major sect for Nascent Soul cultivators. Its methods for cultivating disciples are quite different from other sects. It records a large number of cultivation techniques and unique spells in inheritance stone tablets, and then the stone tablets will give each disciple who comes to it a comprehensive score.

Ultimately, based on the evaluation, different training methods are bestowed.

Although it is unclear why the inheritance stele of the Naihe Sect, which is tens of millions of miles away, appeared in the cave of the Five Mountains Immortal, after being examined by the experts of the Qingfeng Sect, it was determined that the stele could still be used normally and could withstand at least 500 inheritances before reaching its limit and becoming a useless stone.

After discussions among the higher-ups of the Qingfeng Sect, which was essentially the opinion of two Core Formation cultivators, it was decided to allocate a portion of the quotas to cultivation families from the Black Mountain Range.

Whether it was to win people's hearts or to reward those who had made contributions to opening up the cave, this move greatly encouraged the cultivation families, who exclaimed that the Qingfeng Sect was wise and that their ancestor's Nascent Soul stage was within reach.

As agreed, fifteen families were selected, with each family receiving two slots—the Bai family taking one.

The requirements for inheriting the stone tablet are very simple: anyone under the age of twenty who has embarked on the path of cultivation can give it a try.

The rewards for different scores vary, presumably based on spiritual root aptitude and cultivation level.

Therefore, Bai Zichen worked hard for these two precious spots.

"There's still a year before the heritage stele opens, so I must secure a spot. How can I miss this opportunity?"

Bai Zichen was originally quite confident about the spot. There weren't many cultivators of his age in the family, and those few whose cultivation level had surpassed his were already approaching twenty. In terms of potential, he was even better than them, so the spot was practically his.

Who would have thought that after such a great calamity, good fortune would surely follow? At the Spirit Awakening Conference two years ago, six members of the Bai family with spiritual roots were discovered in one go, replenishing the Bai family, which was short of manpower, with fresh blood.

Most importantly, they discovered a brother and sister in a remote village, both of whom possessed dual spiritual roots.

Even the clan chief Bai Xianzong was alarmed and personally conducted a spiritual root test on the two of them.

Having dual spiritual roots means that as long as one doesn't die prematurely, reaching the Great Perfection of Qi Refining is only a matter of time.

Even breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage has a chance, though it can only be called a chance.

Aside from those with celestial spiritual roots, who dares to say they can successfully establish their foundation without external help or foundation-building pills?

The brother and sister did not disappoint. They studied under Elder Hong Gu. The older sister, Bai Ling, broke through to the second level of Qi Refining at the beginning of the year. The younger brother, Bai Wei, was two years younger, but it is said that he also recently found a breakthrough opportunity.

This situation threw Bai Zichen into a panic, making it impossible for him to remain calm and collected.

With similar cultivation levels and ages, the elders would naturally allocate the spots to disciples with dual spiritual roots. This led him to consider taking a different approach and suppressing his opponent through cultivation.

"Brother Chen, you've finally come out of seclusion! I've been waiting for almost half an hour!"

As soon as Bai Zichen stepped out of the quiet room, he saw Bai Ying sitting in the courtyard, popping a piece of pastry into her mouth. There were already three empty plates in front of her.

After overcoming the grief of losing his mother, Bai Ying has gained even more weight in the past two years. His biggest hobby has shifted to researching various grilled foods to satisfy his cravings. According to him, since there's no hope of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage anyway, why bother with the arduous cultivation? Wouldn't it be better to enjoy life?

Decades of arduous cultivation, yet failing to reach the Foundation Establishment stage, will only amount to a handful of dust a hundred years later. It's far better to be like him, enjoying fine food, wine, and beautiful women early on. The imperial treatment in the mortal world is easily attainable for a cultivator.

When he reaches a certain age, he will marry several wives and concubines to have children and fulfill his duty of continuing the family line.

I don't know where the chubby boy developed this "lying down" mentality at such a young age, which is completely out of place with the overall atmosphere of the Bai family.

Bai Zichen picked up the purple clay teapot on the small stove and poured himself a cup of hot tea: "Didn't you say a while ago that you were going to go out with your father to Qingfeng Gate Market to broaden your horizons? How come you have time to come here today?"

The chubby man proudly presented a roll of silk cloth, spreading it out on the table: "I think there will definitely be fierce competition for the stone tablet spots next year, and it will probably have to be decided by a contest in the arena. So I was thinking, Chen-ge, why don't you prepare a magic weapon in advance, so you can take them by surprise and defeat those annoying brother and sister!"

Bai Wei had mocked the fat man's lazy demeanor twice, and that's how the feud began.

"This is a list of magical artifacts and their prices from the Treasure Pavilion in the market that I asked my father to copy down. Chen-ge, take a good look and see which one suits you. I'll go there in a couple of days and bring it back to you. I guarantee we'll catch them off guard. If you don't have enough spirit stones, I'll lend them to you first. You can pay me back when you've made it big."

Bai Zichen found it both funny and exasperating; the chubby guy's imagination was truly remarkable, even going so far as to include a ring competition.

"When it comes to disputes among members of the same clan, the elders will make their own decisions. Why take it to the arena? Besides, the inheritance stele doesn't consider your fighting skills. Even if you win against all the cultivators from the Black Mountain clan in the arena, your score on the stele won't be any higher."

But simply discarding it would hurt Bai Pangzi's feelings, so Bai Zichen examined the silk cloth carefully.

The above contains more than thirty low-grade magic artifacts, more than ten mid-grade magic artifacts, and five high-grade magic artifacts. In terms of variety, it is much richer than the collection in the Bai family's weapon refining hall.

The two weapon refiners trained by the Bai family were only at the mid-level of the first rank, so while they were good at refining low-grade magic weapons, their success rate in refining mid-grade magic weapons was really low.

In order to reduce costs, the two only chose to refine a few magical artifacts that they were good at, which resulted in the clan members having an extremely limited range of magical artifacts to choose from in the weapon refining hall.

"If you ask me, a ring match is the best. It'll be immediately clear who's stronger and who's weaker. Otherwise, everyone has their own reasons, and no one can convince the other!"

"Then it all depends on the clan leader's decision."

After being reminded by the chubby man, Bai Zichen pondered for a moment before slowly speaking.

(End of this chapter)