Born with immortal seed

Chapter 38: Fighting Magic, It’s Better to Compare Taoism

The jade dagger emitted a clear ringing sound, indicating that it was about to complete its activation, which relieved Chen Xiu.

He began practicing Qi cultivation at the age of eight and spent twelve years in arduous training. He never lacked resources from a young age, and someone had arranged everything for him.

Several years ago, I didn't attend the Five Sacred Mountains Temple's inheritance stele ceremony because I happened to be traveling with my clan's ancestor and visiting a second-tier high-grade weapon-refining master.

The Chen family's foundation-building ancestor and the weapon-refining master were old acquaintances, and he begged the other party to condescend to forge two magical artifacts: a sword and a bracelet.

The two items were crafted to suit Chen Xiu's personal characteristics, and his essence and blood were added during the process, so that activating them only consumes half the mana of a magic weapon of the same level.

With these two magical artifacts, Chen Xiu rose to fame, defeating even several cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage.

So although I was a little disappointed to miss the visit to the Heritage Stone Tablet, I don't regret it.

The reason why the Chen family's Foundation Establishment Ancestor was willing to pay a huge price to cultivate Chen Xiu and keep him by his side for many years to give him careful guidance is because Chen Xiu was his own great-grandson!
Cultivation families like the Bai and Chen families all revere a common ancestor, but over the centuries, many members have drifted apart and their blood ties have become very weak.

Since his own great-grandson possessed considerable talent, the Chen family's Foundation Establishment Ancestor, whose life was nearing its end, naturally spared no expense in nurturing him.

Finally, the jade dagger circled around Chen Xiu once, transforming into a long, emerald-green blade. Just as it was about to unleash a terrifying attack, a sharp pain shot through his mind.

It was as if someone was using a sledgehammer and a sharp cone to hammer Chen Xiu's head. His mind was shaken so violently that all his magical power dissipated, blood flowed from his mouth and nose, and he collapsed to his knees.

The emerald longsword vanished, and the jade shortsword clattered to the ground.
The golden light shield flashed, dimmed quickly, and disappeared just as fast.

Even the vines and stone walls that trapped Bai Zichen, having lost the support of magic, turned into a pile of soft roots and sand.

Bai Zichen covered his mouth and coughed violently, enduring wave after wave of stabbing pain in his sea of ​​consciousness. He walked up to Chen Xiu, who was in a semi-conscious state, and delivered a chop to his neck, knocking him unconscious completely.

"The strike of divine sense was indeed effective. This is something that even a Qi Refining cultivator cannot withstand, and ordinary magic artifacts also cannot resist attacks of divine sense..."

The Art of Divine Forging mentions that cultivators with powerful divine sense can use their divine sense to suppress others, or even directly attack their sea of ​​consciousness.

However, that is a technique that can only be used by Foundation Establishment cultivators at the very least, and the Divine Forging Technique only has methods for refining divine sense, without any specific methods for utilizing divine sense.

This time, by sheer luck, he stumbled upon a tiny bit of the basics of how divine consciousness can harm people.

The effect is surprisingly good.

The combat was fierce, and Chen Xiu, with his superior magical artifacts, was powerless to fight back and was directly defeated.

This is a true crushing defeat on a higher level.

In the blink of an eye, just moments before Chen Xiu had unleashed his trump card and seemed poised for victory, Bai Zichen had turned the tables and won so cleanly and decisively.

The stark contrast caught the Bai family members off guard. It wasn't until Chen Xiu was struck by a chop to the neck and collapsed onto the stage that a thunderous cheer erupted.

"Chen-ge'er, well done!"

"We should curb the Chen family brat's arrogance. Does he think Hanxiu Peak is some place where just anyone can come and show off?"

"With Brother Chen on the case, it'll be a breeze!"

The skinny monkey brother shouted the loudest and happiest, and even deliberately glanced in the direction of Bai Ling and Bai Wei.

"How is this possible... Sister, what methods did he use? Why did Chen Xiu lose so easily!"

Bai Wei stared wide-eyed in disbelief, accidentally bumping his arm when he raised it, causing him to wince in pain.

Bai Ling's red lips parted slightly, unable to maintain her calm expression. Every cheer from the surrounding clansmen seemed to be a slap in the face to her previous predictions.

"I don't know what method he used... but he clearly practiced the most ordinary Everlasting Spring Technique, and he didn't have any powerful magic weapons. Could it be that his superior magic talent is really that amazing, able to turn the rotten into the miraculous?"

Chen Xiu suddenly collapsed, and all the Bai family cultivators, including Bai Ling, thought that Bai Zichen had used an extremely powerful concealment technique to defeat Chen Xiu in one move.

No one connected it to the concept of divine consciousness.

The highest cultivation level in the arena was only at the seventh level of Qi Refining, and they couldn't even detect the existence of divine sense.

……

Bai Zichen leaned against the edge of the arena, catching his breath for a moment, before the higher-ups from the Bai and Chen families finally arrived. Leading them were Bai Xianzong, the patriarch of the Bai family, and a middle-aged cultivator he had never met before.

Several people followed behind him, including the three elders of the Bai family, as well as Chen Yixue, a female cultivator from the Chen family whom he had met once at the Five Mountains Temple.

Seeing Bai Zichen standing somewhat disheveled on the stage, and Chen Xiu lying on the ground with his life hanging in the balance, everyone was shocked and rushed forward.

The group was discussing important matters between the two tribes and had reached a crucial juncture, with only a few details remaining to be finalized before the matter was considered complete.

Just then, another young man from the Chen family who was accompanying Chen Xiu ran over and reported that the conflict between the two sides had taken place on the arena, and that Bai Wei had been defeated and Bai Zichen had taken over for the second match.

The two clan leaders exchanged a smile and said they would suspend the meeting first to see the younger generation's fighting skills before joining hands.

"Chen Xiu lost?"

Chen Yixin, the head of the Chen family, was taken aback. On his way here, he was worried that Chen Xiu's actions were too ruthless and would damage the relationship between the two families.

He knew perfectly well how much his Foundation Establishment ancestor favored his own great-grandson. He spent a huge amount of spirit stones and used connections to forge two magic artifacts, just so that Chen Xiu could use them easily in the mid-stage of Qi Refining. The spirit stones spent were equivalent to a low-grade magic artifact.

All the cultivation resources in the clan are given to Chen Xiu first, before other younger cultivators can have a turn.

But Chen Xiu, with such a configuration, actually lost to a young man from the Bai family, which immediately aroused his curiosity.

Chen Yixue let out a soft cry, rushed onto the stage, turned Chen Xiu over, and after a thorough examination, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"It must be a backlash from the magic power; he couldn't withstand it and fainted. He'll be fine after a few days of rest."

Since Chen Xiu was unharmed, the rest of them could go back and explain things to their Foundation Establishment Ancestor.

Chen Yixue stared at Bai Zichen from head to toe for a long time before calling over two Chen family cultivators to carry Chen Xiu away.

"Nothing was detected. It's just that the coma was caused by a mental attack, so it's fine."

Chen Yixue was only in the late stage of Qi Refining and was equally ignorant about divine sense, which reassured Bai Zichen that his secret of cultivating divine sense would not be exposed.

"Uncle Bai, so this is Bai Zichen, the prodigy of the Bai family. What an impressive talent!"

Chen Yixin, the head of the Chen family, received a telepathic message from her younger sister and learned the origin of the name of the Bai family youth who had defeated Chen Xiu. She sighed with admiration.

That's a true genius!
"My Chen Xiu, relying on his talent for combat and the magical artifacts he possesses, has an incredibly high opinion of himself. This time, he has finally shown us what it means to be outmatched!"

"However, Chen Xiu's talent in the Five Elements magic is indeed remarkable. Few people at his age can compare to him. Zi Chen was able to win despite the difference in magical artifacts. He is truly a genius in combat!"

Chen Yixin was certain that the Bai family would not spend a fortune to refine a magical artifact for a junior, which put them at a disadvantage compared to Chen Xiu.

Little did they know, Bai Zichen didn't possess a single magical artifact.

I would be even more shocked if I knew this later.

"Chief Chen's praise is too much for me to accept!"

Seeing the Chen family patriarch smiling and commenting on him, Bai Zichen coughed lightly and took a step forward.

"It's better to compare spiritual cultivation than magical techniques!"

"We cultivators seek truth and immortality! No matter how powerful we are in battle, if we do not achieve the Great Dao, it will all be in vain."

(End of this chapter)