Born with immortal seed

Chapter 378 The Righteous Path Exemplar: The Moral Sect

"I wonder which sects from the Central Region will be coming?"

Outside of Liang Kingdom, Bai Zichen had not been to many places and had a strong curiosity about the Central Region.

"As far as I know, the Arhat of the Deer Sect of the Faxiang Sect is on good terms with a Nascent Soul True Lord of the Daode Sect, and will definitely come looking for him... This sect has a lineage that has never been interrupted since ancient times, with a history of more than 200,000 years. It prides itself on being a model of the righteous path and acts domineeringly. Its founder participated in the ancient war against demons."

After Ge Cang formed his core, he traveled to the Central Region for a period of time. At that time, the Qingfeng Sect was in dire straits and was supported by Elder Yang alone.

Although the trip was short, I still gained a basic understanding of the major powers in the three kingdoms of the Central Region.

"It is perfectly legitimate and justifiable for the Moral Sect to participate in dealing with the ancient demonic legacy... However, this great sect has many rules, and any sect that does not follow its rules will be condemned as heretical."

“If they do not correct their behavior after being reprimanded and warned, we will even visit them at their homes to discipline them, forcibly correct their behavior, or even revoke their right to preach the Dharma and take back their fiefdom.”

Bai Zichen knew very little about the Central Region, so he took this opportunity to learn more: "With the Morality Sect acting in this way, wouldn't it incur the wrath of Heaven and the resentment of the people? Isn't there any sect that stands up to oppose it?"

"The entire Great Zhou is the territory of the Morality Sect. The sects and immortal cultivation families that survive there are all dependent on them. Only those who have made meritorious contributions to the Morality Sect can be granted a spiritual vein. Of course, they have to follow their rules... As for the other two countries, the Morality Sect's reach is not that far. Those super sects must have some dissatisfaction with its way of doing things, but they can't do anything about it."

When Ge Cang was traveling in the Central Region, he killed a group of ignorant cultivators, but this made him a target of the Daode Sect cultivators, and he was almost captured and taken back.

The Daode School emphasizes that laws should have a basis and punishments should have a basis.

All laws and punishments originate from the Heavenly Punishment Peak of the Moral Sect; no one else has the right to make judgments on their own.

Capturing a cultivator in retaliation is acceptable, but killing them directly without trial by the deacons of Heavenly Punishment Peak is unacceptable.

Because of this incident, Ge Cang gained a deep understanding of the stubborn conservatism and domineering style of the Moral Sect, and in the end, he even fled the Great Zhou in a somewhat disheveled state.

"The Moral Sect has five heavenly treasures, corresponding to five peaks. Each main peak has produced a Nascent Soul cultivator and has its own blessed land. There are also twelve branch peaks, each with a Nascent Soul True Monarch in charge, making them extremely powerful... The most recent instance of a Nascent Soul cultivator publicly taking action was five hundred years ago when the peak master of the Heavenly Punishment Peak killed a peak-fourth-tier eight-tailed fox demon with a single palm strike."

"That demonic fox slaughtered more than ten immortal cultivation families with demon bloodlines in order to refine a tribulation-crossing treasure, resulting in the deaths of nearly ten thousand cultivators. This incident caused a great uproar and shook the world, simply because the deceased cultivators all possessed fox bloodlines and had nothing to do with ordinary cultivators, and the one who made the move was a demonic expert from the Dead Sea of ​​Qingqiu who was only one step away from the fifth rank. Those super sects made a show of action, but everyone could see that the team composed of just a few ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators was not serious."

"No one was willing to face such a powerful demon for the sake of a few cultivation families with demon blood... In the end, it was the peak master of Heavenly Punishment Peak who took action and killed the demon. The Moral Sect announced to the world that those who are half-human and half-demon but live in human territory and abide by the rules are also human cultivators. If any powerful demon dares to do this again, the Moral Sect will show no mercy and will punish them no matter how far away they are."

When Ge Cang recounted the events of five hundred years ago, he still applauded the actions of the Heavenly Punishment Peak Master.

"It has to be said that the Moral Sect is usually infuriating in its way of doing things. They are domineering and have an extremely strict control over cultivation resources. But when it comes to important matters, they are equally willing to risk their lives. For such a trivial matter that other sects would consider to be an internal conflict among the demon race, the peak master of Heavenly Punishment Peak was willing to leave the cave and risk his own energy to help."

"Understood. I'll just be more careful when I encounter cultivators from this sect in the future."

Bai Zichen mentally sketched out the image of the Daode Sect and nodded slightly.

"Furthermore, do you think the sects in the Central Region might take this opportunity to enter the Northern Region?"

"Du Heng's strength is already comparable to the late Nascent Soul stage, and with the Demon Dragon Cone in hand, I'm afraid even two or three Great True Monarchs wouldn't be able to defeat him... Zengguang Immortal City is also the Du family's old lair, which they have cultivated for ten thousand years. Ordinary sects simply cannot do anything to Du Heng. Only super sects are qualified to carry out the task of exterminating demons."

Having not set foot in the Central Region for a long time, Ge Cang's understanding of it was limited to a few super sects, and he had limited knowledge of the current situation in the Central Region.

“Each Great True Lord is a vital pillar for a super sect, and cannot be moved lightly. Whether they will get involved in this mess depends on their internal plans. Apart from the Moral Sect, it’s really hard to guess what the other sects are like.”

"Our Black Mountain is far enough from Zengguang Immortal City that it shouldn't affect us. Once we get back, we can have our sect disciples avoid the direction of the Immortal City. The only problem is that without Zengguang Immortal City, it will be a problem where we can find a stable supply of thousand-year-old golden crown Ganoderma lucidum."

The majority of the spiritual materials used in Qingfeng Sect's Foundation Establishment Pills still come from the auction channels of Zengguang Immortal City.

With so many fewer Foundation Establishment Pills being produced, the already fierce competition among sect disciples will become even more intense.

Among sect disciples, one must truly risk everything for a single Foundation Establishment Pill.

“There are still quite a few third-tier demonic beasts in Black Mountain. If the two of us work a little harder, we can use demonic cores to replace the main ingredients of Foundation Establishment Pills for the next twenty or thirty years… In the future, I imagine large trading companies will replace Zengguang Immortal City. It’s impossible that we haven’t been able to solve Du Heng’s problem for so long.”

Only Ge Cang and Bai Zichen of the Qingfeng Sect could treat the third-tier demonic beasts deep in the Black Mountain as a pasture, killing them at any time to obtain their demon cores.

It took Wei Dao and Zhou Suqing a long and meticulous plan to deal with a third-tier demon beast, and they had to mobilize the sect's army to eliminate a large number of second-tier demon beasts before they had a chance to kill the demon king after a bitter battle.

During this process, there is still a considerable possibility that a third-tier monster might escape or even kill you.

This is why many Core Formation level sects cannot reliably guarantee the production of Foundation Establishment Pills.

Only Ge Cang could say such things so casually.

"And then there's the Grand Ceremony of Ten Thousand Immortals. I was hoping to acquire a third-tier flying sword and a tribulation-crossing treasure at the auction, but now that's all gone."

This incident naturally caused the Ten Thousand Immortals Ceremony to be canceled and disrupted Bai Zichen's plans.

"It's a bit of a pity, but it's also a good thing... Otherwise, if Du Heng suddenly attacked you during the individual transactions of the Ten Thousand Immortals Ceremony, how could you have resisted? Now that I think about it, the sudden convening of the Ten Thousand Immortals Ceremony in Zengguang Immortal City was probably to lure Nascent Soul cultivators into a trap, to use them as nourishment for the growth of Du Heng's True Demon Avatar."

Ge Cang was also looking forward to the Grand Ceremony of Ten Thousand Immortals. He had a lot of items to buy, including subsequent cultivation techniques and natal magic treasures suitable for Nascent Soul True Monarchs.

But upon closer reflection, it was actually a fortunate thing that Du Heng launched his attack ahead of time, before the Grand Ceremony of Ten Thousand Immortals.

"That's all we can think of. Hopefully, this matter can be settled soon... By the way, Blood God Child is here to avenge his junior brother. When he does, he will definitely find out that Blood God True Man's death is related to Fang Tiansheng. Wouldn't the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect be in danger of another disaster after just escaping from the jaws of death?"

At this point, one can understand why Fang Tiansheng was so confident that Blood God True Monarch would not return and dared to annihilate the entire Blood Demon Sect.

He must have secretly joined forces with Du Heng to lure Blood God True Man into a trap, and then Du Heng killed Blood God True Man, allowing the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect to escape from their enslavement.

However, after dealing with the Blood God True Monarch, they also attracted the Blood God Child, making it even more difficult for the Myriad Beasts Sect to contend with them.

Judging from the Blood God's control over the Abyssal Prison Demon Sword, he could probably wipe out the entire Ten Thousand Beasts Sect in just a few strikes.

"Alas, we can only hope that Blood God Child hasn't discovered this, otherwise the Myriad Beasts Sect is truly doomed."

Ge Cang sighed and said.

"Once the matter of Zengguang Immortal City is settled, I plan to travel to the Central Region. I once obtained a treasure map of an ancient site, but I was in a hurry to return and did not explore it in detail... If I want to go further, I must first find a way to solve the problem of cultivation techniques."

"This is a good thing. If Senior Brother can make further progress, then the sect can truly be called impregnable."

Bai Zichen had no intention of going to the Central Region in the short term. His envisioned travel destination was the Boundless Bitter Sea, which was closer to his sect.

"Ever since you, junior brother, found the remains of Ancestor Qingfeng, I had a sudden inspiration and went to the underground palace of the Transmission Hall to carefully examine the books. I also asked the Hall Master of the Transmission Hall and confirmed that Ancestor Qingfeng had mentioned to several disciples that our sect had a top-level cultivation technique. He only lamented that he was not talented enough to learn it, and none of his disciples met the requirements."

Ge Cang then changed the subject, bringing up the sect's inheritance.

"Unfortunately, I have searched the underground palaces and even studied the secrets passed down orally by the lineage of the Hall Master of the Transmission Hall, but I have not found any clues related to cultivation techniques above the Nascent Soul stage. If we could find them, you and I wouldn't have had to go through so much trouble to switch to other cultivation techniques."

The top-tier cultivation technique mentioned by Patriarch Qingfeng must have originated from another cultivation continent, the Jingming Sect of True Monarch Shaoyang.

Comparing the levels of the Cantongqi and the Five Crystal Glazed Body, that top-tier cultivation technique can at least be cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage, and it is even very possible to reach the Divine Transformation stage directly.

One technique for refining treasures and cultivating spirituality, the other for body refinement and unparalleled strength—no one would believe that the cultivation methods brought across the sea by Ancestor Qingfeng could only be at the same level as the Fire Dragon Returning to Origin Scripture.

Ge Cang's tone didn't seem to take to heart the fact that the top-tier cultivation techniques mentioned by Patriarch Qingfeng had extremely high requirements for the cultivator's aptitude, and that even Patriarch Qingfeng and his disciples hadn't met the standards.

He had full confidence in his own abilities, not to mention Junior Brother Bai.

If even the two of them couldn't cultivate this technique, then there are probably very few people in the entire cultivation world who meet the requirements.

Bai Zichen felt the same way. With his mysterious sacred body, there was no cultivation technique he couldn't learn as long as he was willing to spend the time.

Unless it's a hard condition that forcibly limits the level of cultivation, the type of spiritual root, etc., he has never been afraid of testing soft conditions such as aptitude and talent.

Similarly, his confidence in his senior brother Ge Cang was no less than his own.

The Heavenly Spiritual Root aptitude is merely the most noticeable label on Ge Cang. He was able to comprehend the true meaning of the dual Dao of Reality and Illusion, and pushed Divine Thunder to the highest realm. He achieved the level of spirituality in Thunder Techniques at the Core Formation Realm. How could his talent be simply summarized by the Heavenly Spiritual Root?

(End of this chapter)