Born with immortal seed

Chapter 209 The Invitation from the Holy Lotus Sect

"Big sister, did I hear that right...? Elder Ge said that Senior Brother Bai is at the late Foundation Establishment stage?"

Back in his seat, Long Qi still felt like he was hallucinating.

How could someone possibly advance at a rate of one realm every ten years? This completely shattered his common sense.

"You heard me right, it's late Foundation Establishment stage..."

Long Long felt that even the Ice Heart Technique could hardly suppress her shock. It was ridiculous that she had previously said that Bai Zichen was still a long way from the Foundation Establishment stage.

"This cultivation speed seems to be even faster than that of our sect leader back then?"

The senior brother who was the sect leader that Long Qi mentioned was naturally Wei Dao.

He had established his foundation before turning thirty, and his progress was smooth sailing. Even after taking over as the sect leader, he did not fall behind in his cultivation.

"Much faster. I remember Senior Brother Wei advanced to the late Foundation Establishment stage around eighty years old..."

Long Long's eyes were unfocused; such extraordinary genius always gave ordinary cultivators a sense of powerlessness.

"He's almost caught up with Elder Ge, who has a Heavenly Spiritual Root. It's unimaginable... Perhaps in a few decades, Elder Ge's assessment of him as having the potential to become a Nascent Soul cultivator will fall on Junior Brother Bai. We will be worlds apart from him, and soon we will no longer be cultivators of the same level."

Not only the Long siblings, but all the elders were frantically communicating and exchanging information, trying to process this seemingly joking news.

Liang Yu's lips curled up, revealing a look of satisfaction.

Gu Xisheng frowned, then relaxed slightly. A Foundation Establishment cultivator in his fifties could already be regarded as half a Core Formation cultivator.

Fortunately, he hadn't truly fallen out with Bai Zichen, and he had given him face when Bai Zichen sent a letter asking for a Foundation Establishment Pill.

'Perhaps we should seriously consider whether we should become so deeply entangled with the Lan family…'

Lan Hong harbored deep prejudice against Bai Zichen and repeatedly urged him to trip him up, but he ignored her.

Gu Xisheng has been firmly established as the acting sect leader over the years, and has gradually distanced himself from the Lan family. The fact that he has not yet become a Daoist couple with Lan Hong is a clue to this.

Firstly, he sensed that several powerful figures were not happy to see him getting too close to a deeply entrenched family like the Lan family within a sect.

Secondly, in his role as acting sect leader, he also won over many cooperative allies. He was no longer the elder in charge of the General Affairs Hall with no background who needed the Lan family to back him up.

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"How old is Junior Nephew Bai this year?"

"Reporting to Uncle Ge, I am fifty-one."

Bai Zichen knew that he had been left on the Cloud-Viewing Platform, and that Master Ge Cang would definitely have questions for him, so he had already made preparations.

"It's so good to see you. It's like seeing myself back then... I think I advanced to the late Foundation Establishment stage at the age of fifty-three. I still remember that day when Senior Brother Yang held my hand and knelt down in the Ancestral Hall to kowtow to the ancestors and ask them to bless me so that I could successfully form my core."

Master Ge Cang revealed a look of reminiscence, recalling that it was a time when the Qingfeng Sect was at its most turbulent and unstable.

The danger is even greater than when the Ghost Spirit Sect's army swept through Black Mountain six years ago.

The sect had been besieged for more than ten years, and morale was low. It was only thanks to the painstaking efforts of Elder Yang that the sect was able to hold on. The storehouse was almost empty, and at one point, the Foundation Establishment cultivators were in such dire straits that their spiritual artifacts were damaged and they could only fight with magic weapons.

With no strong external support, the Five Elements Sect at that time only had two Core Formation True Persons. The Earth Immortal who came to help stayed in Black Mountain for a year, but had to return to the sect due to the chaos in the Dian Kingdom.

Fortunately, Qingfeng Sect recruited Ge Cang Zhenren, a disciple with the aptitude of Heavenly Spiritual Root, and thus their efforts were rewarded with the reward of perseverance.

"After leaving the Lotus Blossom Secret Realm, the Nine Lotus True Monarch of the Holy Lotus Sect had a long talk with me..."

Master Ge Cang straightened his expression, waved his long sleeves, and the entire Cloud Viewing Platform was covered by a net of lightning, sealing off both inside and outside.

"Nine Lotus True Monarch said he was willing to take on the role of disciple on behalf of his master, allowing me to become his junior brother under the name of the deceased Nascent Soul True Monarch of the Holy Lotus Sect. From now on, the Holy Lotus Sect will fully support my Nascent Soul transformation needs... Nascent Soul Pills, fourth-tier spiritual lands, and all the notes of the past Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the Holy Lotus Sect can be made available to me."

"Furthermore, I can protect Qingfeng Sect for a hundred years. Any demonic sect that dares to set foot in Black Mountain will be an enemy of the Holy Lotus Sect. The reason for a hundred years is that if I reach the Nascent Soul stage by then, I can protect Qingfeng Sect for several hundred more years with a single word. If I die in the tribulation of lightning, then there is no need to mention any other promises."

"What? True Monarch Nine Lotus invites you, Master, to join the Holy Lotus Sect?"

Qi Yue was clearly hearing this news for the first time; his eyes twitched, and he almost lost his composure.

"Junior Nephew Bai, if you were in his shoes, what choice would you make?"

Master Ge Cang ignored Qi Yue and stared intently at his junior disciple Bai, who had brought him such a pleasant surprise.

The Nascent Soul Pill, a fourth-tier spiritual pill, can increase the success rate of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage by 10%.

A fourth-tier spiritual land is essential for Nascent Soul formation; otherwise, without sufficient spiritual energy at the moment of Nascent Soul formation, it would be impossible to survive the Nascent Soul Tribulation.

At the same time, one can also use the fourth-tier spiritual land to set up some formations to resist the lightning tribulation.

The Nascent Soul True Monarch's manual from the Holy Lotus Sect is priceless. This is a super sect that has produced five Nascent Soul True Monarchs, and its experience in Nascent Soul formation is unmatched by ordinary sects.

Nine out of ten Core Formation cultivators in the world would switch sects without hesitation upon hearing such treatment.

After all, it's just a change of allegiance, and the sect can still protect the former sect. There are no demands to betray one's master, destroy one's ancestors, seize the sect's treasures, or offer them up. Many cultivators can convince themselves of this.

"I am self-sufficient and do not need to seek anything from outside."

Bai Zichen blurted out without much thought.

Master Ge Cang was taken aback. He had expected Bai Zichen to hesitate and find it difficult to make a decision.

They would deliberately demonstrate their loyalty to the sect and righteously refuse.

They would say that their hearts are set on the Great Dao, and that only after they become Nascent Soul True Monarchs can they better protect the Qingfeng Sect, and so on.

But I never expected to hear such an answer.

"I am self-sufficient and do not need external help..."

Master Ge Cang murmured softly. With his divine sense, he could naturally discern that Bai Zichen answered the question almost instantly after hearing it. The answer came from his heart without any concealment.

"I pondered for the entire time it takes for an incense stick to burn before finally managing to refuse True Lord Nine Lotus... In this respect, I am no match for you!"

"The path to Nascent Soul is indeed tempting... but I still remember the scene of Senior Brother Yang kneeling in the Ancestral Hall, weeping bitterly, admitting his incompetence and failure to protect the foundation of our ancestors, and feeling ashamed before the ancestors of all generations. Since I promised Senior Brother Yang to protect the sect and bring glory to the sect, how can I just leave?"

"Does this mean that without the help of the Holy Lotus Sect, I, Ge Cang, cannot achieve the Nascent Soul stage?!"

Master Ge Cang's voice boomed like thunder, and an unparalleled aura of confidence returned to him.

"Since you've come to this realization, I'm no longer worried... Otherwise, with your talent, Junior Nephew Bai, I'm truly afraid you'd be kidnapped by some powerful Nascent Soul sect while you're out and about!"

"My junior brother was born in Black Mountain and has benefited greatly from the sect's kindness... Although I am not talented, I also want to learn from Uncle Ge and transform into a Nascent Soul cultivator on my own without relying on those Nascent Soul sects."

When Bai Zichen said those words, he didn't consider whether it was betraying Qingfeng Sect at all; he simply didn't want to join another sect as an outsider.

Within the Qingfeng Sect, he was a prodigy, the center of attention and the sect's greatest hope.

If you truly switch allegiance to the Holy Lotus Sect, you'll still be considered a traitor who joins a sect while already possessing skills. It's not just a matter of having a bad reputation; the real problem is that the other side might be wary of you.

The resources provided to you for achieving Nascent Soul cultivation are all purposeful and conditional.

Of course, more importantly, Bai Zichen had the confidence to overcome the Nascent Soul bottleneck with his mysterious spiritual body, as long as his cultivation speed kept up.

This is the fundamental reason why he is more decisive and unrestrained than Ge Cang Zhenren.

Qi Yue stood to the side, speechless, deeply shaken.

First, Master said that he was invited by True Lord Nine Lotus to join the Holy Lotus Sect on the condition that he would provide all the resources for Nascent Soul Transformation.

Master then posed the same question to Junior Brother Bai, asking him if he would leave the sect and join the Holy Lotus Sect under such circumstances.

Qi Yue admitted that if he put himself in Qi Yue's shoes, he would definitely waver.

That's the Nine Lotus True Monarch, the only Nascent Soul cultivator in the Liang Kingdom's cultivation world.

With the promise he made and the full support of the Holy Lotus Sect, he might actually have a glimpse into the Nascent Soul stage.

But when Bai Zichen said it, he only said a light and casual "I don't need to rely on external sources," which was a wake-up call for Qi Yue, making him realize that the truly proud person was the seemingly humble and easy-going junior brother Bai in front of him.

What kind of arrogance is required to disregard the promises of a Nascent Soul True Monarch and the full support of a Nascent Soul sect?

“It is good that you have such a mindset, nephew… I have read the case file and it says that you possess a special spiritual body and your cultivation speed far exceeds the spiritual root aptitude you have shown?”

It's obvious that Master Ge Cang deliberately tried to learn about Bai Zichen's information, but these are all speculations by Wei Dao and others; he himself has never admitted to it.

The basis for this is that Bai Zichen, Chen Wei, and Su Li all triggered strange phenomena on the stone tablet beneath the Five Sacred Mountains Temple back then.

Since the latter two possess spiritual bodies, it is a reasonable guess that Bai Zichen, who only has the aptitude of three spiritual roots but has shown the cultivation speed of a different spiritual root, also possesses a spiritual body.

"Yes, but unfortunately, even the inheritance stone tablets of the sect couldn't identify my specific type of spirit body, only saying that I was suspected to be a merit-based golden body spirit body..."

By now, Bai Zichen's strength and status have allowed him to reveal some secrets.

The suspected merit-based golden body spirit was indeed the result of the identification of the inheritance stone tablet, but the second time the stone tablet was touched, the answer was changed to a mutated merit-based golden body spirit.

With his cultivation speed, no one would believe he doesn't have a spiritual body.

Master Ge Cang has traveled to many countries and has a broader perspective than others. It would be good to see if he has any clues.

In any case, as long as Bai Zichen doesn't say it, no one can imagine that the spiritual body he possesses not only eliminates cultivation bottlenecks but also covers all kinds of spells, supernatural powers, cultivation methods, and secret techniques.

This effect is something that a meritorious golden body or spiritual body simply cannot achieve.

It was not among any of the spirits he consulted in the scriptures.

"A golden body of merit and spiritual essence?"

Master Ge Cang's expression shifted, and he said, "Because of Yue'er's spirit body, I borrowed many ancient books and jade slips from the Holy Lotus Sect back then, so I have some understanding of this. The Golden Body of Merit is considered a top-tier spirit body, turning natural barriers into pathways, and it is even helpful for Nascent Soul cultivators... But since the inheritance stele says that you are a suspected Golden Body of Merit spirit body, it means that it is only a similarity in spirit, and there are still differences."

A single strike from a Golden Immortal caused billions of miles of void to collapse and billions of worlds to be destroyed!

A Taiyi expert can manipulate the river of time at will, sweeping away all enemies!
The Great Luo Golden Immortal's proof is eternal, reversing cause and effect, ensuring eternal immortality and boundless freedom through past, present, and future!

Yuan Lian exclaimed, "This prehistoric world is far too dangerous!"

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