Born with immortal seed

Chapter 179 Complete Recovery
Within the Qingfeng Sect, the sixteen newly produced Foundation Establishment Pills stirred up a storm, with disciples from all walks of life harboring their own ambitions.

Inside the Jade Pavilion, all was still silent.

The master here is still in seclusion, and no one dares to disturb him.

Another year passed, and just as the controversy surrounding the Foundation Establishment Pill subsided, another bombshell piece of news broke.

The former sect leader, Wei Dao, chose to integrate the inner core of a third-tier demon king just a few years after advancing to the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, thus becoming a pseudo-core cultivator.

According to his disciples, Wei Dao's forced breakthrough had damaged his very essence, causing him to lose all hope of forming his core.

He had no choice but to settle for second best, choosing to use the inner core of a third-tier demon beast as a means to entrust his divine consciousness, thus becoming a pseudo-core cultivator.

He was in the prime of his life, so this was a great misfortune for Wei Dao himself, but a stroke of good fortune for the sect.

In at least a century, the Qingfeng Sect has gained another Core Formation level fighter.

Even if Ancestor Yang passes away in a few years, we won't have to rely solely on Ancestor Ge Cang. No matter how strong he is, he won't be able to handle everything.

This matter affected several nearby counties, and several sects found excuses to visit and try to get definite information.

It is evident that although everyone looks down on fake cultivators, they still value them quite a bit.

In the end, it was Sect Master Yu of the Hundred Flowers Sect who personally visited the Green Maple Sect to negotiate a large transaction worth hundreds of thousands of spirit stones, accompanied by Wei Dao.

Upon returning, Sect Leader Yu told the disciples of the Hundred Flowers Sect that they now had another fellow traveler on the same path.

This matter was then confirmed; Wei Dao had indeed become a fake Core Formation cultivator!
Everyone in the cultivation world of Liang Kingdom knows that the Hundred Flowers Sect currently has no Core Formation cultivator in charge, and only the beautiful and charming Sect Master Yu is a pseudo-Core Formation cultivator who skillfully maintains the sect's prestige.

Since it came from her mouth that Wei Dao had become a fake Core Formation cultivator, then it couldn't possibly be fake.

Time flies, and three years have passed since Bai Zichen went into seclusion.

Tong Huan entered the White Jade Pavilion, used a dust-removing spell to clean the tables and chairs, then bowed respectfully outside the quiet room, performing the disciple's salute, and prepared to leave.

Over the course of three years, he grew considerably taller. Having spent his childhood in the spiritual fields, his skin was dark, and he appeared lean and strong.

Because his master had instructed him not to rely on the power of pills before reaching the late stage of Qi Refining, Tong Huan has only reached the fourth level of Qi Refining so far.

As an inner disciple of an elder, once he reaches a certain age, he is directly considered an outer disciple.

Tong Huan usually lived near Baiyulou and did not associate with other outer disciples. Besides his own renowned master, he was also taught by his senior brother Lu Song.

Although Senior Brother Lu Song is a bit older, he achieved great things late in life. Several months ago, at the age of fifty, he finally entered the Great Perfection of Qi Refining.

At this age, one is right at the critical juncture of declining blood and energy.

Generally, one still needs to refine and purify their magical power and temper their physical body, which takes at least three to five years.

With the sect contribution points collected and the waiting list for Foundation Establishment Pills, the remaining time for Foundation Establishment is very short, and the chances are slim.

But it was clear that Senior Brother Lu Song had not given up his wish. He continued to practice diligently every day, and his mindset remained unchanged, which Tong Huan greatly admired.

"what!"

Just as Tong Huan was about to leave, he suddenly noticed the stone door of the meditation room making a clicking sound. The door opened to both sides, and a dashing young cultivator strode out of the meditation room.

"Greetings, Master..."

Tong Huan knelt on the ground, his expression a mixture of excitement and restraint.

As Bai Zichen's only disciple, Tong Huan didn't have much contact with his master, and all his knowledge of him came from others.

The youngest elder of Qingfeng Sect in nearly a century, the number one swordsman of Black Mountain, a potential Core Formation cultivator in the sect, and the most talented person after Ancestor Ge Cang...

All sorts of praise and titles were bestowed upon Bai Zichen.

Therefore, Tong Huan was always worried that his master might think he was stupid and unteachable because of his progress in cultivation, and thus expel him from the sect.

"It's Huan'er. Who's home? Call him over... and bring over all the major events of the past few years."

Bai Zichen slowly walked to the front hall. Three years of seclusion was his longest record ever.

In the past, seclusion usually lasted for a year and a half before I would emerge from it once.

In order to rebuild his lost Five Crystal Glazed Body realm, he endured his frustration and spent three whole years mastering the basics of the Glazed Body.

"Another three years have passed, exactly the same amount of time it took to cultivate the Glazed Body for the first time."

The same method of using the Glazed Fire Jade consumes a great deal of spiritual energy.

Even with spiritual tea to accelerate one's spiritual awareness, it's impossible to be distracted by other things.

During the cultivation stage of the Glazed Body, only the divine sense is available. Apart from visualizing the Heaven and Earth Furnace Diagram and studying the Enlightenment Sword Technique, nothing else can be done.

During the two years of cultivating the Glazed Body, although he did not make much progress in the Fire Dragon Returning to Origin Scripture, he summarized and integrated what he had learned and made significant progress that was not easily noticed.

Cai Heng was the first to arrive at Baiyulou. He first reported on the matters under his charge and then handed over the accounts of the spirit fields over the years.

During Bai Zichen's seclusion, two rounds of harvesting of Dragon Tooth Rice and three rounds of harvesting of Red Light Rice were completed, both yielding bumper harvests.

The largest destination for Dragon Tooth Rice is still the Wanbaoge's large-scale purchases, while Red Light Rice, due to its low price and the large number of Qi Refining cultivators, has a smooth sales channel.

Thanks to Old Man Jiang, more than half of the first-grade spirit rice was sold.

Currently, Bai Zichen has deposited more than 50,000 spirit stones in Wanbaoge's accounts, which he can withdraw at any branch of Wanbaoge at any time by presenting the receipt.

"Has anything been settled regarding those sixteen Foundation Establishment Pills?"

Bai Zichen flipped through the chronicle compiled by his disciples, which included all the important information both inside and outside the sect.

"Besides the five true disciples, three stewards and one disciple who had just been promoted from inner sect to manager applied to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills. However, according to the current information, only five people have taken Foundation Establishment Pills."

The whereabouts of the Foundation Establishment Pills is the most concerning topic for every disciple of the sect, regardless of whether it has anything to do with them.

Cai Heng was no exception, even though he had long since given up his dream of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage.

"However, only two people succeeded: one was a true disciple and the other was a senior elder."

"Senior Brother Wei chose to become a pseudo-Core Formation cultivator?"

Bai Zichen was startled when he saw this message.

Although a pseudo-core cultivator possesses the strength of an early-stage core formation cultivator, there is no possibility of further progress throughout their life, and crucially, their lifespan remains the same as that of a foundation establishment cultivator.

Only when there is absolutely no other choice and the situation is extremely dangerous will one choose a fake Core cultivator.

For this reason, pseudo-core cultivators are often not regarded as fellow practitioners by core cultivators.

No one would use the title of "True Person" to address a fake cultivator.

"I heard that breaking through to a higher realm damaged his very foundation, a desperate measure..."

Bai Zichen remained noncommittal; he didn't believe Wei Dao would choose a fake pill.

Moreover, Ancestor Ge Cang had already shown it to Wei Dao and concluded that the alchemical treatise was complete and the foundation building was nearing completion, so how could it have suffered such a fundamental injury?

Considering the question posed by Elder Yang back then, it is highly likely that the sect used its own feint.

By presenting Wei Dao as a fake Core Formation cultivator, he instilled fear in the surrounding forces with ulterior motives.

"Judging by the days, it's about time for Ancestor Ge Cang to go to the Lotus Life Secret Realm. It's time to release the smoke bombs."

The remaining matters were not important to Bai Zichen.

……

"The panda has finally started to move, so all those years of raising it weren't for nothing."

Gun Gun sensed its master's presence, dropped the tender bamboo shoot it was holding in its palm, and came running over happily.

Besides its increased size and weight, most importantly, it finally became a top-tier first-class spirit beast.

If it doesn't advance soon, Bai Zichen will start to doubt whether his spirit beast has any future for growth.

Gun Gun is now too big to climb onto Bai Zichen's shoulder.

But he still grabbed his pants and tried desperately to climb up.

"Alright, stop fooling around... We need to go to the mountain gate, so I'll take you with me."

Although he regained his glass body, he had no intention of going out to gain experience.

This trip to Zengguang Immortal City, which everyone considered extremely safe, almost resulted in Bai Zichen's death outside, leaving him with a lingering trauma.

Anyway, he has no shortage of resources, his cultivation progress is smooth, and cultivating at home is much faster than traveling outside.

Right now, he's only thinking about raising his cultivation level. If he truly achieves the Core Formation stage, the Fire Dragon Returning to Origin Scripture will grant him the supernatural ability to transform into a fire dragon.

According to ancient texts, although the Fire Dragon cannot burn everything like a Fire Dragon after transforming into one, it can still manipulate spiritual fire to enhance the effects of fire-based spells.

This trip back to the mountain gate wasn't to attend the elders' meeting; it was to go to the weapon-refining hall.

With multiple flying swords on his body and the secret techniques for forging third-tier flying swords, Bai Zichen made up his mind to become a weapon refiner who was proficient in sword forging but specialized in other areas.

He used 2,000 contribution points to exchange for the complete inheritance of a first-tier weapon refiner in the weapon refining hall, which consisted of two sets.

One set was already available within the sect itself, while the other was a weapon-refining tradition presented to the Qingfeng Sect by the Liu family of Monkey Mountain. Because it came from another state, it followed a completely different path.

I believe this will allow him to spend a lot of time honing his skills during his upcoming training, and try to get started with the basics first.

At the same time, they purchased a large amount of basic refining materials and a top-grade magic weapon-level cauldron, which was more than enough to refine ordinary magic weapons.

The first thing I did upon returning to Baiyulou was not to immediately begin learning the art of weapon crafting, but rather to maintain my flying sword.

"The Yinzhu Sword is fine. With three to five days of nurturing using the Sword Nourishing Technique, the chip the size of a grain of rice can be repaired... My own Tianxin Sword has a chip and needs to be properly maintained. As for this Willow Leaf Sword, I don't know if it can be repaired."

Bai Zichen took out a bottle of second-tier sword-tempering spirit water, poured it into a clean pool, and soaked both flying swords completely in it.

He then opened the first-tier weapon crafting inheritance and found a low-grade magic weapon called the Ancient Bronze Ring to use for introductory practice.

The bronze ring is quite simple to use; it only manifests a golden halo to block attacks.

For this one low-grade magic weapon, Bai Zichen wasted more than seventy sets of materials. Just adjusting the firepower of the top-grade magic weapon-level cauldron alone resulted in five more failures, directly burning five sets of refining materials into charcoal.

A month later, a bronze ring finally popped out of the cauldron, indicating that it had been successfully forged, and he grabbed it.

"Refining weapons is not much easier than forming formations; it also takes a lot of time..."

Bai Zichen shook his head with a wry smile. Normally, after entering the weapon refining hall, disciples have to work their way up from the fire-starting boy to the top. They wouldn't waste so many spiritual materials right away.

Once the Refining Hall grants them a chance to refine something, they will do everything in their power to carefully showcase their talents.

Fearing failure in refining the weapon, he would be banished back to being a fire-starting boy and have to add fuel to the fire for several more years.

(End of this chapter)