Born with immortal seed

Chapter 277 Five Crystal Eternal Cast Body

Spring goes and autumn comes, time flies.

Over these four years, the world has undergone tremendous changes, and many major events have occurred in the cultivation world.

First, the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect found a fourth-order spiritual pill that could regenerate severed limbs, allowing the Supreme Elder Fang Tiansheng to fully recover his body.

However, after Fang Tiansheng made one appearance, he and his natal spirit beast, the Golden-Devouring Earth Dragon, disappeared without a trace, and the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect did not launch a large-scale attack on the territory of the demonic sects.

It is said that Master Fang obtained a clue about the advancement of his natal spirit beast and couldn't wait to go and explore it.

The Holy Lotus Sect only knows that their Holy Son Qu Yang's cultivation has advanced by leaps and bounds, and they are already making arrangements to enter the next Lotus Life Secret Realm.

The Ghost Spirit Sect relinquished a large portion of its profits to bring in the Joyful Union Sect, who jointly guarded the River Gate Sect.

However, in the years that followed, neither the disciples of the Ghost Spirit Sect nor the cultivators of the Joyful Union Sect crossed the boundary and set foot in Black Mountain County.

The Qingfeng Sect enjoyed four years of stable development. Zhou Suqing manifested the extraordinary phenomenon of Core Formation on a small island in the middle of the lake, successfully entrusting her divine consciousness to the sect and becoming the sect's fourth Core Formation True Person.

The news still left a large number of sect cultivators stunned.

Although the news that Zhou Suqing was a potential Core Formation cultivator had spread throughout the sect many years ago, this was evident from the attitudes of several Core Formation elders towards her.

However, due to her past record being so appalling, people still have doubts about whether she can overcome the Core Formation stage.

Even if Zhou Suqing reaches the final step of Foundation Establishment, more than 70% of the elders are not optimistic that she can successfully form her core, believing that a major flaw in combat must mean a weakness in her mind.

No one expected that, just like her calm and unassuming nature, the phenomenon of forming a golden core did not cause any ripples. She formed a golden core without alerting anyone, and countless spiritual energies of heaven and earth rushed into her.

Regardless, Zhou Suqing is already a Core Formation True Person.

Despite their astonishment and shock, the elders could only compose themselves and obediently address him as Ancestor Zhou.

Zhou Suqing still used the small island in the middle of the lake as her spiritual land. At the same time, due to the improvement of her realm, her array formation skills also broke through to the third-level array master.

When the news spread to the outside world, various sects could only marvel at the Qingfeng Sect's improved fortunes, as one Core Formation True Person after another had emerged in recent years.

It's almost equal to the total of the previous hundreds of years.

Of the rest, the only major event was Han Qing finally breaking through to the late Foundation Establishment stage and officially taking over as the Hall Master of the Pill Hall.

Meanwhile, the Enforcement Hall promoted Long Long to the position of Deputy Hall Master, intending to groom her as their successor.

On Tianlei Cliff, the most eye-catching feature is always the vast bamboo forest, and the key is that its scale is still expanding every year.

Although the Bai family members live there and do not enjoy the same treatment as the Qingfeng Sect disciples, their spiritual energy and cultivation environment are far superior to those within the clan.

At least there are so many Qingfeng Sect disciples to exchange ideas and compare, and at the end of the year, one can even ask the patriarch a question for advice.

In just a few years, several clansmen have reached the late stage of Qi Refining.

As for the rewards set by Ancestor Bai, five people have already received them. The five spirit bamboos have mutated and become second-tier sacred sound bamboos.

The Bai family members who obtained the Foundation Establishment spiritual items made various choices: some exchanged them for other resources to accelerate their cultivation, while others hid them away to use themselves in the future.

In any case, it gave hope to the rest of the tribe.

In just a few years, the number of mutated spirit bamboos has exceeded the total number of the Bai family in the past.

It is conceivable that the number of people in the clan who cultivate the sacred bamboo will definitely increase in the future.

According to team leader Bai Xiran, everyone should cherish the present moment.

The ancestor set up extra rewards to encourage everyone to support the family, but they will be canceled one day.

We must seize this opportunity, cultivate diligently, and carefully nurture the spirit bamboo using the Yi Wood Azure Divine Technique, so as not to disappoint our ancestor's expectations.

……

Five crystalline lights continuously emanated from the heavens and earth, converging into the figure meditating cross-legged in the thatched hut.

Over the past four years, each visualization has caused Bai Zichen's body to transform into the Five Crystal Divine Iron by a small amount.

At this point, there is no need to deliberately circulate the body-refining technique; the five-crystal luster will naturally flow around.

Within his sea of ​​consciousness, countless Five Crystal Divine Irons converged, coalescing into a mountain-like formation.

"Five-crystal permanent casting complete!"

It took four years, not a day more or less.

Bai Zichen sensed that the giant five-crystal divine iron in his sea of ​​consciousness had taken shape and remained intact, and he understood that he had finally entered the third level of this body-refining technique, the Five-Crystal Eternal Forging Body.

"Once it is fully cultivated, the body will be comparable to a defensive magic weapon, and every move will possess immense divine power... Following this trend, if one can truly cultivate to the fifth level, the earth-shaking and mountain-moving feats mentioned in the cultivation method will not be impossible, following the path of proving strength."

It will take another eight years to complete the five-crystal permanent casting.

Fortunately, he had prepared for this long ago. Not long after he formed his core, he had considered this matter when he was selecting treasures in the secret hall.

The Five-Eyed Blood Bodhi is a treasure in the eyes of body-refining cultivators.

As a transformed Bodhi seed, it is shaped like a blood bead, with five eye-like patterns on its surface.

Having someone refine a body-refining elixir can save you ten years of arduous cultivation.

Even if taken directly, it is 70% effective.

Bai Zichen calculated the time required for the round trip to Danxia Sect and for refining the pills, and since he didn't know if the other party was willing, he simply swallowed it directly.

The moment you put the Five-Eyed Blood Bodhi in your mouth, it's like biting into a fresh, juicy fruit; the juice bursts out, and the flesh is sweet and delicious.

Immediately, five streams of heat surged within his body, rapidly elevating the realm of the Five Crystal Eternal Forged Body.

Several days later, the effects of the Five-Eyed Blood Bodhi were fully absorbed.

The effect on him was equivalent to seven years of arduous body training, with only one year left to achieve the Great Perfection of the Five Crystal Eternal Body.

"It's a pity I don't have any body-refining elixirs like the Five-Eyed Blood Bodhi on hand, otherwise I could have cultivated the Glazed Fire God Body in one go and added another trump card to my deck..."

Upon receiving a letter from Gu Xisheng, Bai Zichen paused his body-refining process and went out of the courtyard to meet the visitor in the side hall.

“Uncle Bai, this boy has presented a secret sword-forging technique. I have already had Senior Brother Dai examine it and confirmed that it is undoubtedly of the third rank… Knowing that you value the third-rank sword-forging technique, I simply brought him here.”

As the sect leader, Gu Xisheng could easily have asked any elder to help with this kind of task without wasting any time.

He personally took to the field mainly to make his presence known to Old Ancestor Bai.

Furthermore, regarding this secret sword-forging technique, it was a sect mission with high contribution rewards that was set up by Sect Leader Gu against all opposition.

Today we've finally reaped the rewards. How could Gu Xisheng's contribution be appreciated without his personal accompaniment?

"Yes, you are interested."

Bai Zichen accepted the jade slip presented by Tong Huan, which contained the secret recipe for forging a sword called the Azure Dragon Havoc in the Sea Sword.

With his discerning eye, he could tell at a glance that the content was genuine, a true third-tier sword-forging secret.

Moreover, he already had most of the sword-refining materials listed in his storage bag; he was only missing two or three that he needed to collect separately.

"I said that for any disciple who presents a third-tier sword-forging secret technique, I will provide an additional reward on top of the sect's reward... What do you want?"

Two steps behind Gu Xisheng, a thin young man was kneeling. Judging from his clothes, he was just an outer disciple.

I don't know where the opportunity came from, but I obtained such a third-level sword-forging secret.

"The sect leader has already rewarded me with enough contributions. I only ask to become an apprentice of the patriarch and learn his skills."

Upon hearing the question, the thin boy kowtowed forcefully, making a loud thud.

"To become my disciple, one must at least reach the Foundation Establishment stage... If you want to learn skills, doesn't the sect teach you?"

Bai Zichen casually set a threshold for accepting disciples, a question that startled Gu Xisheng, who was standing nearby, into breaking out in a cold sweat.

"The sect will teach him, but Wang Ling is dull-witted and his normal cultivation speed is unlikely to help him avenge his father, so he thought of taking a shortcut."

The thin boy, looking ashamed, spoke up.

“Uncle Bai, Wang Ling’s father was a Foundation Establishment cultivator named Paper Crane Daoist. He died several years ago in an attack by a second-tier demon beast… After Paper Crane Daoist died, his disciples took away his belongings, leaving Wang Ling all alone and destitute, which is why he joined the sect.”

Gu Xisheng spoke up to explain for the thin boy, saying that since he had offered up the third-tier sword-forging secret, he should make sure to understand everything to avoid doing something wrong with good intentions.

"This sword-forging secret was something his father acquired in another prefecture when he was young. He never mentioned it to outsiders, and only Wang Ling knew of its existence."

"The Paper Crane Taoist, I seem to have seen him before during the pioneering wars..."

As the somewhat familiar name came to mind, Bai Zichen quickly recalled a few fragments.

When he first opened up Feiyue Lake, he proclaimed his grand ambition to open up spiritual veins so that every cultivator in Black Mountain could enjoy a spiritual land. This Paper Crane Daoist was present at the scene.

He was very excited at the time and said he would follow me.

Unexpectedly, when they heard the next message from the Paper Crane Taoist, he had already died at the hands of a demon beast.

"You don't necessarily have to become my disciple to avenge your father..."

Bai Zichen originally wanted to find a Xuan Shuang Gang Sha, only to discover that all the Foundation Establishment spiritual items he possessed had been given to the Bai family members, and he didn't have a single one left.

He casually picked up a low-grade spiritual weapon he had crafted and handed it over, saying to Gu Xisheng, "In my name, issue a sect mission: the disciple who retrieves the head of the demon beast that killed Paper Crane Daoist will be rewarded with 3,000 contribution points."

"Don't worry, I believe we'll see that monster's head within a few months."

The method of forging a third-tier flying sword was indeed very important to Bai Zichen.

But it's absolutely impossible for him to take on disciples or personally intervene for this; it's something that can be done with a few thousand contribution points.

Whether this frail boy truly wanted to avenge his father or hoped to use this opportunity to become a disciple of the White Ancestor and rise to prominence overnight, it doesn't matter.

Bai Zichen's actions were impeccable. Other disciples from different sects would only think that Ancestor Bai was a man of his word, and would be willing to hand over any treasures they had to their sects and offer them to Ancestor Bai.

The incident of Wang Ling presenting the treasure was just a small episode, but it made Bai Zichen's words, "Disciples under my tutelage must at least reach the Foundation Establishment stage," spread throughout the entire sect.

If cultivators below the Foundation Establishment level are not accepted, does that mean that Foundation Establishment cultivators have a chance to become disciples of Elder Bai?

Many elders think this way, which has led to a surge in the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators heading to Thunder Cliff recently.

If they couldn't meet with Old Ancestor Bai, they would try to meet with Tong Huan indirectly and get to know Bai Xiran.

They hoped to use them to appear before Old Ancestor Bai.

(End of this chapter)