Born with immortal seed

Chapter 308 The Unlucky Scent-Enhancing Cult
Inside the secret hall of the Azure Maple Sect, there were no more treasures that would attract Bai Zichen.

The greatest use of these sect contribution points for him was to issue tasks and drive sect disciples to run errands and do chores.

Just like the second year after taking control of Hejian County, the Mi family, with a pseudo-core cultivator in charge, presented a secret recipe for forging a third-tier Golden Light Blazing Fire Sword passed down in their family.

Bai Zichen directly granted the Mi family an inner disciple spot and awarded them 100,000 contribution points, making the fake Dan family head of the Mi family beam with joy.

Among the many cultivation families in Hejian County, the Mi family has risen to prominence relatively recently, with a history of only a few hundred years.

However, the previous head of the family was a rogue cultivator who had reached the Core Formation stage. In his later years, he established the family and quickly brought the Mi family to the top three aristocratic families in Hejian County.

Before the previous patriarch passed away, he purchased a third-tier demon core to help the most outstanding of his descendants refine the demon core, thus becoming a pseudo-core cultivator.

Among all the cultivation families, they maintain the most outstanding combat strength.

Currently, the tasks related to third-tier flying swords and the secrets of third-tier sword forging are still hanging in the General Affairs Hall.

Although he had the Moon Spinning Sword in hand, before he could set up the Star River Sword Formation, the third-tier flying sword was at most an added bonus for him.

But I would never mind having another third-tier flying sword and another third-tier sword-forging secret.

Gathering twelve fourth-tier flying swords is no longer a pipe dream; it's practically a myth.

For example, the Tianhe Sword Sect only has two fourth-tier flying swords.

Even a super sword sect like the Five Phoenix Sword Sect cannot ensure that every Nascent Soul True Monarch has a fourth-tier flying sword inheritance.

Even including the swords carried by the Nascent Soul stage experts, there are only about six or seven.

In other words, Bai Zichen had to plunder two sword-cultivating sects equivalent to the Five Phoenix Sword Sect in order to have a chance to gather the fourth-tier flying swords needed to set up the Star River Sword Formation.

Furthermore, fourth-tier flying swords cannot be valued in spirit stones, and those who obtain them rarely use them or trade them.

In comparison, a third-tier flying sword seems much more practical.

As long as Bai Zichen's cultivation level improves, he has a good chance of collecting twelve third-tier flying swords.

"Back then, when the Star River Sword Lord set up the formation, he used a third-tier flying sword, which was already powerful enough to shake the world and defeat several opponents of the same level... The sword formation draws on the sword intent of the vast starry sky and forms its own star celestial body. The cultivators in the formation are essentially facing a small world, which is similar to the magical power of the cave heaven of a Nascent Soul cultivator."

He had carefully examined the secret recipe for forging the Golden Blazing Fire Sword, and there was nothing particularly special about the forging materials.

They are all high-grade metals, only the materials used are a bit heavier.

Only at the very moment the sword is forged, when a burst of true fire is incorporated, does one need to be especially careful.

According to the secrets of sword forging, there are no specific restrictions on the type of true fire; different true fires will result in slight differences in the final form of the flying sword.

However, the author of this sword-forging secret manual only tried three kinds of true fire and recorded in detail the effects after the flying sword was forged.

It even provides a detailed description of the origin of the real fire and its easiest location to find.

"The Nine Yang True Fire of the Primordial Era! This Golden Blazing Fire Sword can actually be tempered and shaped using this fire... In the Dian Kingdom of the Southern Region, there are volcanoes stretching for thousands of miles, where rocks melt and gold flows. Only Nascent Soul cultivators are allowed to venture deep into the region."

Bai Zichen saw the name of the Innate Nine Yang True Fire in this third-tier sword refining secret manual. This true fire was essential for him to reforge the Nine Yang Divine Fire Mirror and restore it to a top-grade magic weapon.

"The Dian Kingdom, isn't that the country where the Five Elements Sect is located? ... It's quite far away, and one needs to be at the Nascent Soul stage to safely venture into its depths."

In this way, the innate Nine Yang True Fire has two functions for him.

If you have time in the future, you can make a trip there and visit the Five Elements Sect to see Master Qingmu and Master Heishui.

"I wonder how Master Aoki is doing, whether his injuries have stabilized..."

It seems like only yesterday that I managed to single-handedly invite two Core Formation cultivators to defend Jade Moon Lake against several Core Formation demonic cultivators.

In the blink of an eye, he had already reached the mid-stage of Core Formation.

He kept this in mind and listed the Dian Kingdom as a country he would definitely visit when he traveled the world in the future.

Soon it was harvest time for the blood jujube forest at the end of the year. Watered by the blood of a large number of blood beasts, the blood jujube harvest was not affected in any way, and each jujube was plump and full.

After harvesting, the fruit was weighed and easily exceeded 6,000 jin (3,000 kg).

Huo Feiyan led her people to select the 1,000 best-quality pills for Han Qing to refine, and also selected another 1,000 of the second-best quality pills as backup.

The remaining blood dates were transferred to the Spirit Plant Hall, and a small portion would be placed on the shelves for sect disciples to exchange.

Most of it still flows to the Pill Palace to refine various common pills that replenish qi and blood.

Bai Zichen originally wanted to return to Black Mountain, firstly to learn the essence of the Cantongqi from True Person Ge Cang, and secondly to find a peak third-tier demon beast to attack.

Throughout the entire Liang Kingdom, the Black Mountain Range has the largest number of third-tier demonic beasts.

Even if you turn the whole place upside down in Hejian County, you might not find a trace of a third-tier demon beast.

After all, demonic beasts also need to survive, and without a third-tier spiritual vein, they simply cannot feed the food required by a third-tier demon king.

If we don't go to the Black Mountain Range, then we can only go to the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain and search for traces of third-tier demonic beasts in the back garden of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.

It's hard to say whether there are any third-tier demonic beasts in other parts of Liang Kingdom.

However, after he left Wanxianjian, there was no one to oversee Hejian County. In addition, the day to open the mountain gates to recruit disciples and new members was approaching, so he simply waited for a while.

Unexpectedly, what awaited us was a major news story.

"The Fragrance-Scenting Cult was wiped out?"

Looking at the latest intelligence handed over by Li Guizhen, Bai Zichen asked again without looking at it in detail.

"Three airships from the Heavenly Principle Sect arrived at the gates of the Fragrance-Scented Sect, demanding that they move out within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. Before the Fragrance-Scented Sect could even react, their great formation was blasted apart by countless lightning cannons, and all of the sect's thousands of members were wiped out..."

Li Guizhen's face still showed shock, but also a hint of pride.

Having already clashed with the Qingfeng Sect, the Tianli Sect has chosen another target to deal with.

In other words, despite the formidable strength demonstrated by possessing airships—a powerful weapon in sect warfare—the Heavenly Principle Sect still lacks confidence in defeating the Azure Maple Sect.

The Fragrance-Enjoying Sect was also unlucky, as it was clearly not among the goals of the Heavenly Principle Sect.

The Heavenly Principle Sect's failure to seize Black Mountain and their random choice of a place to settle down can be considered an undeserved disaster.

"Two of the five major sects of the demonic path have been eliminated. Who could have imagined that?"

Bai Zichen read through the intelligence twice, focusing on the important parts, and confirmed that no Nascent Soul level forces appeared during the entire war of conquering mountains and destroying sects.

Of course, given the strength of the Fragrance Sect, the Heavenly Principle Sect could deal with it as easily as looking at a painting on the palm of their hand.

Not to mention that they have airships with refining techniques far exceeding those of the cultivation world in Liang Kingdom, the sheer number of Core Formation cultivators in their family is enough to utterly destroy the vast majority of Core Formation-level sects.

"According to the description above, the airships are indeed terrifyingly powerful. If surrounded by three of them, even the Two Elements Illusion Moon Formation of this mountain might not be able to withstand it... The number of Core Formation True Persons that have been exposed so far is around fifteen, while the Nascent Soul Sect Master has never shown his face."

The sudden influx of such a powerful newcomer into the cultivation world of Liang immediately attracted the attention of all forces.

Even outside of Liang Kingdom, other sects in the Northern Region are paying close attention.

Even if a Nascent Soul sect from the Central Region loses the competition and leaves its homeland, it is still a significant force in the Northern Region.

Fortunately, the Heavenly Principle Sect was likely damaged during its migration, with its airships broken and missing. Most importantly, the sect leader has remained missing.

This relieved the Nascent Soul sects in the Northern Region. The injured Tianli Sect did not stir up any trouble in the Northern Region and could only lie quietly in Liang Kingdom to recuperate.

Bai Zichen deduced from intelligence reports and their actions in seizing the Wenxiang Sect's spiritual veins that the Tianli Sect had indeed moved its entire sect to Liang Kingdom and was unlikely to return to the Central Region in the short term.

"There were also disciples of the Fragrance Sect who escaped the calamity while traveling abroad and went to the Holy Lotus Sect to file a complaint against the Heavenly Principle Sect, demanding that the higher sect take charge. They were directly tied up by the Holy Lotus Sect and handed over to the Heavenly Principle Sect for judgment... They even issued a public proclamation to the world, saying that the Fragrance Sect had sacrificed blood to mortals and was unworthy of its position, and had been stripped of its qualification to establish a sect."

Li Guizhen then took out the edict from the Holy Lotus Sect that he had just received and presented it to them.

"It's like burying your head in the sand. Now you're thinking about punishing the demonic path... It's just a way to save face and avoid damaging the reputation of the nominal ruler of Liang."

Bai Zichen chuckled, but the fact that Liang Kingdom now had two Nascent Soul sects was not a bad thing for Qingfeng Sect.

The Holy Lotus Sect and the Heavenly Principle Sect were originally allies, but as the Heavenly Principle Sect's strength was greatly diminished and it was unable to return to the Central Region in the short term, it had to take root in the Liang Kingdom instead, which made the relationship somewhat delicate.

He didn't know how the agreement between the two sects was stipulated, but no matter who was in the position of the Holy Lotus Sect, it was impossible for them to be completely unprepared for the Heavenly Principle Sect.

Perhaps in the eyes of True Monarch Nine Lotus at this moment, the threat level of the Heavenly Principle Sect has far exceeded that of the Azure Maple Sect.

"I have been closely monitoring the movements of the Heavenly Principle Sect and I am to be informed of any new developments immediately... How are the preparations for opening the sect gates going? There is only one month left, and I don't want it to end in a cold and desolate manner."

Bai Zichen refocused his attention on the immediate task at hand.

The hottest topic in Heishan and Hejian prefectures recently is undoubtedly the Qingfeng Sect opening its gates wide again and recruiting new disciples in the two prefectures for the first time.

The number of places available has more than doubled compared to the previous year.

Of course, the number of recruits in Hejian County is nearly three times that of Heishan County, so this recruitment figure is quite normal.

It should continue to rise in the future.

"Reporting to Master, the immortal seedlings that were searched by the spirit guide have already been provided with courtyards to stay in. As you instructed, as long as these immortal seedlings have spiritual roots, even if they have five spiritual roots, they have been accepted. No one is refused."

Li Guizhen straightened his expression and answered his master's question seriously.

He knew that opening the mountain gates was a key task for the sect, and his master attached great importance to it. After accepting the task, he devoted himself to it wholeheartedly.

"Currently, there are 27 promising young cultivators, 13 of whom have been assigned to the outer sect, and 14 to the miscellaneous disciples... In addition, seven young disciples from various major cultivation families have been invited to join the sect, and the number of independent cultivators expected to reach around 1,500 is expected to be around 1,500."

The so-called "immortal seedling" refers to a person with spiritual roots who is discovered by spiritual forces in the mortal world.

A blank slate, never having stepped into the world of cultivation, is the most sought-after source of disciples for major sects.

According to the original rules of Qingfeng Sect, immortal seedlings with three spiritual roots can directly join the sect, while those with four spiritual roots need to be judged based on their age and how quick-witted they are.

(End of this chapter)