Born with immortal seed

Chapter 202 Those who learn from me will live, those who imitate me will die.
After bestowing the treasure, True Immortal Ge Cang encouraged all the disciples of the sect, and even the family cultivators offered kind words of advice.

The central idea is simple: Black Mountain County will remain unchanged from now on.

Emboldened by their great victory, the family cultivators knew that Qingfeng Sect had an advantage over Guiling Sect in terms of top-level combat power, so they naturally took the lead and followed suit.

As for the other trivial matters, Master Ge Cang naturally ignored them and soon left to visit his two fellow practitioners from the Five Elements Sect.

"Such a spirit wine, with such a complicated brewing process, using countless precious spirit fruits, even if you gave me the brewing recipe, I still couldn't make it."

Bai Zichen held the jade bottle. The container, made by a Core Formation cultivator, was indeed extraordinary, with a translucent texture and a warm, refined quality.

It is clearly useful for locking in spiritual energy and storing items.

In the world of cultivation, there is a great demand for all kinds of jade products, such as jade bottles, jade boxes, and jade cups, which has even led to the emergence of the profession of jade master.

We specialize in analyzing the characteristics of jade and researching how to maintain the aesthetic appeal of jade products while enhancing their usability.

The status of a Jade Master cannot be compared with the top-ranked professions among the traditional cultivation arts, but its applications are wide-ranging.

Mastering this skill will easily earn you dozens more spirit stones each year.

Inside the jade bottle, twenty-five drops of Ice and Fire Dragon Blood Wine were clearly separated, appearing to be blended into one mass, but in reality, each drop was independent.

Each drop of the spirit wine is an independent entity, as if a miniature dragon is rolling within it, lifelike and vivid.

The obscure knowledge of brewing is not fully passed down even within the Qingfeng Sect.

Bai Zichen's large stockpile of first-grade spirit rice was intended to be brewed into spirit wine, but the brewers he hired were mostly mediocre.

I stumbled upon a few brewing recipes and mastered the craft through trial and error.

However, it lacks a systematic approach and has no possibility of further advancement.

Just like the Ice and Fire Dragon Blood Wine, it requires ninety-nine kinds of spiritual fruits, and the brewing process also requires the environment of a ten-thousand-year-old ice jade cellar.

Only a Nascent Soul sect with a history spanning thousands of years can possess this foundation; the vast majority of Core Formation sects do not have the necessary resources.

"It's a pity there are only twenty-five drops. If I had the whole bottle of Icefire Dragon Blood Wine, that would be great... Even a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator could probably do that in a short time."

A thought flashed through Bai Zichen's mind: could he offer something that would tempt others and allow him to exchange it for other Icefire Dragon Blood Wines?

I believe that among the four of us, I am the one who craves the Icefire Dragon Blood Wine the most.

But he quickly abandoned the idea. All four of them had a chance to form their cores, and who would be willing to give up the spiritual wine that could save them twenty years of arduous cultivation?

You can't impress them with ordinary treasures.

Bai Zichen took a deep breath, and a drop of Icefire Dragon Blood Wine fell into his mouth.

First came the burning sensation, like sitting on the crater of a volcano, as if your whole body was about to burst into flames.

No, it's more like being at the center of the sun, with such dazzling light that it's impossible to open your eyes.

Its masculine heat cleanses away all evil and filth.

This is because the final step in the formation of the spirit wine involves heating it with the True Fire of the Great Sun, leaving a trace of true essence in the wine.

Every part of the body, every acupoint, every piece of flesh, was trembling and rapidly warming up.

If someone were in a quiet room at this moment and scanned the area with their divine sense, they would discover a dazzling fireball, radiating boundless light and spreading infinite heat.

Ten breaths later, just as Bai Zichen was about to reach his limit, the heat dissipated rapidly, as if it had never existed.

A bone-chilling cold swept over us, snowflakes fell, ice crystals covered the ground, and a layer of frost formed on the meditation cushion.

The transition between extreme heat and extreme cold stimulated the dantian and dantian, causing the spiritual fluid to tremble wildly, as if a storm was brewing within the body.

In the same ten breaths, during which time the muscles stiffened, the bone marrow froze, and the liquid mana seemed to be solidified.

Until the strange phenomenon of ice and fire disappeared, a surge of powerful spiritual energy erupted, nourishing the entire body, and liquid mana rained down from the dantian.

For three whole days, he was immersed in the state of rapidly increasing magical power after drinking the Icefire Dragon Blood Wine.

The effects of a drop of spiritual wine only end when a slight swelling sensation appears in the body's meridians.

"Phew... What amazing Ice and Fire Dragon Blood Wine! It should be considered a third-tier spirit wine."

Bai Zichen got up and took a few steps. The only aftereffect of this wine was its strong alcohol content and a slight dizziness in his head, just like a hangover in the mortal world.

"No wonder Uncle Ge said that it cannot be drunk continuously. If the interval is too short, there is a real risk of being in a coma for several years... I have to wait for the Purple Star Thunder Sword Embryo to release the electric arc and expel the alcohol from my body before I can drink the next drop."

In addition, by observing the changes in the amount of spiritual liquid in his dantian and dantian, he realized that he had somewhat underestimated the effects of the spiritual wine.

When Uncle Ge said that a drop of Icefire Dragon Blood Wine could be equivalent to a year of arduous cultivation, he was referring to the efficiency of a normal cultivator in refining magical power.

However, he had a pill-refining efficiency far exceeding that of others, and was not afraid of pill poisons. He treated the Earth Flame Spirit Pills like candy, taking them one after another.

He can achieve in one year what others take two years to accomplish through his own cultivation.

Therefore, this drop of Icefire Dragon Blood Wine only shortened his cultivation time by more than half a year.

"But it's not bad. After drinking twenty-five drops of Icefire Dragon Blood Wine, I'm not far from the peak of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage..."

Bai Zichen temporarily stopped drinking the spirit wine. In his experience, the Ziwei Dazzling Thunder Sword Embryo would release an arc of electricity every two or three days, so he wouldn't have to wait much longer.

Half a day later, Bai Zichen, who was studying the Star Luo Sword Technique, suddenly changed his expression, took out the elder's token, and immediately left Baiyulou.

A gaunt Taoist priest stood with his hands behind his back in the air, gazing into the distance. He blended into the environment, showing no trace of the imposing presence of a Core Formation True Person.

No one expected that this was a powerful Core Formation cultivator who could kill fellow True Persons with ease, as if it were nothing.

"Greetings, Uncle-Master Ge."

After exchanging greetings, Bai Zichen said, "Uncle-Master, why did you come here in person? You could have simply sent someone to deliver a message."

"You did very well. Among the juniors in the sect who have not yet reached the Foundation Establishment stage, only you and Suqing have the potential to form a Core Formation. Yue'er is not as good as you two because she has not experienced training. Suqing is not good at fighting, which is probably hard to change. Even after she forms a Core Formation, she can only guard the sect. If we really have to fight to the death with the Ghost Spirit Sect in the future, you will have to step up."

The strange light in Ge Cang Zhenren's eyes subsided, replaced by a deep and profound look, and he spoke with a sense of satisfaction.

"Thank you for your kindness, Uncle-Master... Senior Sister Zhou and Senior Brother Qi are both outstanding individuals. They will surely bring glory to our Qingfeng Sect in the future."

Bai Zichen waited quietly for what would happen next. It couldn't be that Ge Cang Zhenren had come all this way just to praise him.

“I visited two fellow practitioners from the Five Elements Sect a few days ago. Master Qingmu’s injuries are not optimistic. Although he has been given a Hunyuan Wanmu Pill and has regained consciousness, the demonic fire in his body is difficult to remove and burns day and night. I’m afraid it will cost him two Jiazi of his lifespan.”

Ge Cangzhen stated this in a calm tone, as if he had only taken out an ordinary spiritual pill.

It's a pity that they couldn't achieve complete success.

Bai Zichen was shocked, both by the Hunyuan Wanmu Pill and by Qingmu Zhenren's injuries.

The Hunyuan Wanmu Pill is already a top-grade third-tier spiritual pill. For cultivators who possess wood spiritual roots and cultivate wood-based techniques, its value is almost comparable to that of a fourth-tier spiritual pill.

It allows the user to enhance their perception and utilization of wood-type spiritual energy over a period of 60 years, greatly increasing their affinity for wood-type spiritual energy, equivalent to having a wood-type celestial spiritual root.

At the same time, its side effect contains enormous vitality, which can instantly heal injuries, equivalent to having a second life.

Ge Cang Zhenren was born with a wood-type celestial spiritual root, so the first effect of the Hunyuan Wanmu Dan was useless to him. However, it had great value whether used as a life-saving and healing elixir or traded with other Core Formation Zhenren.

He quietly gave it to Aoki no Makoto, without the slightest reluctance.

Of course, the actions of the two Core Formation cultivators from the Five Elements Sect also deserve any reward from the Azure Maple Sect.

Even after taking the Hunyuan Wanmu Pill, the demonic fire was not completely eliminated, and he still lost two Jiazi of his lifespan, which shocked Bai Zichen even more.

If even a third-grade top-quality elixir is ineffective, then surely a fourth-grade elixir must be used to succeed.

"I heard two True Immortals relay Jiang Yuhe's cultivation method and suspect that he is cultivating the Black Lotus Annihilation Scripture... When he cultivates to a deep level, he can be suppressed by its black lotus platform and forcefully knock a Nascent Soul True Monarch back to the Core Formation stage. Even the Nascent Soul True Monarch cannot escape, which is extremely powerful. Moreover, the demonic fire is deeply hidden in his body. I'm afraid that only by finding a fourth-order demon-repelling spiritual object can it be completely expelled."

When Master Ge Cang mentioned Jiang Yuhe, he became somewhat solemn, as if he knew the origins of her lineage.

"The Five Elements Sect paid a heavy price for coming to our aid this time, and the future paths of both True Immortals have been affected... I feel deeply uneasy and, after much thought, I have decided to make amends by passing on the Desolate God Stealing the Sun Technique to the Five Elements Sect."

"Firstly, it can extend one's lifespan by thirty years, and it does not conflict with longevity pills, thus slightly making up for the time lost by the two True Immortals."

"Secondly, if the Five Elements Sect has outstanding disciples in the future, they can use this secret technique to increase their chances of forming a Core, which is equivalent to having an extra Core Formation spiritual item."

The meaning behind Ge Cang Zhenren's words was that he was somewhat pessimistic about the future of Qingmu Zhenren and Heishui Zhenren.

They worried that the four peak masters that the Five Elements Sect had painstakingly assembled, who had managed to carve out a place for themselves in the treacherous Dian Kingdom, might pass away one or two of them, leaving no new Core Formation cultivators to succeed them, resulting in a generational gap.

The Five Elements Sect paid a heavy price for coming to their aid this time.

For these reasons, Master Ge Cang gifted the Five Elements Sect with the Desolate God Stealing the Sun Technique, a secret technique that would be passed down even among Nascent Soul sects.

“I heard from Wei Dao that you presented this secret technique to the sect... and since you are giving it to someone else, I naturally have to inform you.”

“Uncle’s consideration is thorough. The Five Elements Sect’s kindness is indeed worthy of the Desolate God Stealing Sun Technique… Moreover, this secret technique has already been handed over, and the sect also rewarded the family from which my nephew comes. Whether or not to pass it on to them is up to Uncle and the sect.”

Upon hearing this, Bai Zichen nodded with delight.

"It's good that you can think this way."

With a flick of his finger, Ancestor Ge Cang sent a jade slip flying toward Bai Zichen. He said with satisfaction, "This is some of my experience and insights into Core Formation. It is of no benefit or harm to ordinary cultivators, and may even lead them astray and waste their time... With your aptitude, you can use it as a reference, but you must not copy it verbatim."

“Those who learn from me will live, those who imitate me will die… I only gave Weidao a copy before, and I hope you can also forge your own path.”

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