Born with immortal seed

Chapter 394 Transformation
The so-called Azure Dragon Spirit Rice is a name given to it by the Fish-Dragon Sect.

Growing on the soil of life, nurtured and influenced by the essence and blood of sacred beasts for countless millennia, they have grown into hundreds of trees laden with abundant fruit.

The senior True Monarch of the Fish Dragon Sect accidentally entered the secret realm, collected the essence blood crystal of the sacred beast, and obtained the inheritance of the Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword.

They harvested all the spirit rice from the hundred plants, but regretted that the earthen soil on the ground could not be moved. When the time came, the secret place was revealed.

Having seized this opportunity, the True Monarch of the Fish-Dragon Sect, after forging the Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword, rose to prominence and expanded the sect's influence beyond the Myriad Star Islands for the first time.

With his late-stage Nascent Soul realm, he was known as the number one cultivator in the outer sea.

Even the demons deep in the outer seas avoided the Fish-Dragon Sect.

But it was at this moment that the seeds of disaster were sown.

The tree stood out in the forest, allowing the demon race to discover information about the sacred beast's blood essence.

After planning for thousands of years, they finally seized the opportunity and wiped out the Fish-Dragon Sect in one fell swoop.

This kind of tenacity, persisting for thousands or even tens of thousands of years to achieve a goal, is something that human cultivators find difficult to match.

It's not that the two races have different mindsets, but rather that those vague goals, apart from being driven by the most powerful figures at the top, are simply impossible for lower-level cultivators to maintain without seeing any benefits.

Even among the human race, those at the Nascent Soul stage, with the help of various longevity pills, immortality techniques, and secret realms, can only live for three or four thousand years at most.

Fifth-tier demons possess lifespans of tens of thousands of years, and it is rumored that in the deepest part of the outer sea, there are even ancient beings with special longevity bloodlines who have survived from the Middle Ages to the present day.

When a person dies, it's like a lamp going out. Once a powerful cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage falls, it's hard to say how long their will can last without a capable successor.

The long lifespans of the top-tier demon race members actually prevent this situation, ensuring that their will is carried through to the end.

There are a total of 1,000 catties of Azure Dragon Spirit Rice. According to the research of the Fish Dragon Sect, this kind of spirit rice is not only limited to improving the physical body and strengthening the physique, but also has great benefits for Nascent Soul cultivators in terms of improving their cultivation over a long period of time.

Another point is that if a Core Formation cultivator cannot master the Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword, they can maintain their cultivation by eating Azure Dragon Spirit Rice for one month.

Then you can master this supreme divine power with 100% success, without any further barriers.

These thousand catties of Azure Dragon Spirit Rice are all from the first generation of spirit seeds, the best batch, and the Fish-Dragon Sect used half of them for trial and evaluation.

The remaining 500 jin were all used as spirit seeds in an attempt to reproduce fourth-grade spirit rice on Chilong Island.

To this end, the Fish Dragon Sect went so far as to cultivate a fourth-order spiritual land into a spiritual field and also levied spiritual soil from all over the place.

Despite numerous attempts, the cultivation of Qinglong Lingmi (a type of rice) all ended in failure.

Whether the type of spiritual soil was changed, or even if a Nascent Soul True Monarch was transformed into a Fourth-Order Spiritual Plant Master, precious resources were wasted time and time again, and not a single Azure Dragon Spirit Rice plant truly grew.

In the jade slip, the Fish-Dragon Sect cultivators left a guess: it might only be possible to succeed if the essence blood of a sacred beast was used for close-range immersion and the planting environment was changed to Breath Soil.

"Fourth-grade spirit rice is of extraordinary significance, not to mention the Azure Dragon spirit rice, which has a significant effect on Nascent Soul cultivators... According to the Fish Dragon Sect's speculation, it should be top-grade fourth-grade. If it is successfully cultivated, it can be called the number one spirit rice in this world."

The bag of spirit seeds in front of me is the last remaining Azure Dragon Spirit Rice seed after thousands of years of continuous attempts to cultivate and occasional consumption.

Even if there were any left, they would all have been destroyed on the day the Fish-Dragon Sect was destroyed.

Bai Zichen carefully put away the bag of spirit seeds, which weighed less than a pound, after inspecting the restrictive talismans.

The Fish-Dragon Sect has been researching for thousands of years and has not been able to successfully cultivate it, let alone him.

Breath Soil is the most famous divine soil in the cultivation world, without exception.

The original Breath Soil is said to be a divine object created at the beginning of creation, called the Nine Heavens Breath Soil, which can grow on its own and never diminish.

Any spiritual plant planted on it can be brought back to life, shortening the hundred-year growth cycle to ten years, resulting in twice the outcome and many other miraculous phenomena.

The Breath Soil that has been passed down through the ages is all soil that was separated from this piece of Breath Soil from the Nine Heavens.

Given enough time and spiritual energy, even a palm-sized patch of soil can grow into a small hill.

Fourth-order Breath Soil is extremely rare. A piece was auctioned off as the finale in Zengguang Immortal City hundreds of years ago, and the final price was 130 high-grade spirit stones.

As for fifth-order Breath Soil, it would never appear at such an auction; it would only be seen at high-level cultivator exchange meetings.

Bai Zichen currently lacks the necessary conditions to cultivate Azure Dragon Spirit Rice, and can only plan for the long term.

"The five sects have gathered to discuss a grand plan... We await our senior brother at the foot of Rotten Axe Mountain."

A letter written on brocade, with just a few lines and a hundred words, reveals a great deal of information.

"The five main branches of the Fish-Dragon Sect have all escaped, leaving behind their inheritances. They have even made contact and are preparing to gather at Rotten Axe Mountain. I wonder what big things they are going to do. It can't be that they are going to fight their way back to the Myriad Star Islands, can it?"

Bai Zichen read the contents of the brocade and secretly rejoiced.

If Li Hansi were to escape, he could contact the five main branches of the Fish-Dragon Sect and launch a joint attack.

If he and Senior Brother Ge Cang were not in the sect, the Qingfeng Sect would really be unable to resist and would have to retreat back into the great formation.

However, among the five main lineages, at most Li Hansi is at the level of perfecting the Core Formation stage, and it is impossible for a Nascent Soul True Monarch to appear.

Even on Chilong Island, it cannot be guaranteed that a new Nascent Soul cultivator will be born in the sect every few hundred years.

Moreover, while wandering abroad, at most they could only rely on the cultivation resources they brought with them when they left to ensure their Core Formation.

With this combined strength, it would be easy for them to wreak havoc on the Wanxing Islands and disrupt their peace.

But it was still not enough to overthrow the five Core Formation sects, let alone deal with the real enemy behind them, the Dragon Lord, who was responsible for destroying the sects.

It is estimated that the so-called major industrial and commercial plan refers to other aspects.

"The Chiming lineage needs to select an outstanding member to carry on the legacy and fulfill the ancestors' wishes. It's not appropriate to put them all in the Transmission Hall... The Xuanming lineage doesn't have this concern. Disciples in the sect with water spiritual roots are fortunate; they won't lack cultivation techniques and supernatural abilities in the future."

Bai Muxing's dying wish was to choose a descendant with the potential to form a core, so that the Chiming lineage could continue and that the lineage would not be broken with him.

As for whether it can be carried forward and rebuilt, not a word was mentioned.

Bai Zichen passed the Crimson Nirvana Technique Foundation Building Scroll back to the Bai Clan, hoping to see if any exceptionally talented junior members of the Bai Clan could stand out.

Therefore, the Chi Ming lineage's inheritance has never been placed in the sect's transmission hall, and even his personal disciples only each chose one supernatural power or secret technique.

Unfortunately, over the years, no one in the Bai family has been particularly outstanding.

They're more than capable of maintaining the status quo, but far from being able to break through to the Core Formation stage.

The Bai clan on Tianlei Cliff has produced several young men who have reached the late stage of Qi Refining at a young age. Among them are elders who received Foundation Establishment Pills from the ancestor for cultivating Thunder Sound Bamboo. Their chances of achieving Foundation Establishment are much greater than those of the clansmen on Hanxiu Peak.

However, most of the young disciples of the Bai clan at Tianlei Cliff have chosen to join the Qingfeng Sect, and are no longer suitable to inherit the Chiming legacy.

He put away all the treasures he had obtained from Li Hansi, then took out the Heavenly Illusion Bracelet, thought for a moment, and then put three drops of his essence blood into the bracelet.

The blood lines on the Heavenly Illusion Bracelet moved around and gradually faded away after a full hour.

When activating this magic weapon again, another choice came to mind: one was the mature man with strong, angular features who had changed earlier, and the other was a middle-aged man with a cold and indifferent face who would easily be overlooked in a crowd.

Bai Zichen chose the second image, and with changes in his bones and flesh, another 'Li Hansi' soon appeared on the Star Gazing Pavilion.

"He looks exactly like that person, with an appearance and demeanor that could easily fool the real one... but we don't know his daily habits and tone of voice. He has too many flaws in front of acquaintances and could easily give himself away."

The Heavenly Illusion Bracelet can absorb the essence and blood of others, transforming its physical body into that person's appearance.

However, it can only retain one essence at a time, far from being able to achieve the ability to change its appearance a thousand times.

The fluctuations in true essence cannot be altered within one's divine consciousness, making it difficult to deceive acquaintances.

Bai Zichen suddenly thought of this matter and felt that it might be helpful, so he took three drops of essence blood before burning Li Hansi's body.

Thinking that if he met other disciples of the Fish-Dragon Sect in the future, he might be able to change his identity to Li Hansi and fool them a couple of times.

Anyway, these people probably don't have a deep connection, so they might not be able to see through it.

Even if it doesn't work out, there won't be much loss.

“At Li Hansi’s age, he should be old and frail, with insufficient true essence… Yet he is just like a strong, middle-aged Core Formation cultivator, showing no signs of weakness when fighting others, and even when activating the self-harming secret technique of the Blood Transformation of the Gods and Demons, he can last for so long.”

Although it was just a fleeting encounter, it didn't allow Bai Zichen to fully demonstrate the divine power of his sword in actual combat.

Li Hansi never fought back from beginning to end. After several of his magical treasures were destroyed, he fled all the way, but this does not mean that he was weak.

If it were any other Core Formation cultivator nearing the end of their lifespan, they would have their life essence drained by the Blood Transformation Flying Technique of the Gods and Demons within the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, and would have died instantly.

Li Hansi flew thousands of miles away, but only fainted due to depletion of his vital essence, which is enough to prove the stability of his foundation.

It seems that cultivating the Dragon Transformation Scripture not only gives one a true essence far surpassing one's peers, but also strengthens the foundation, nourishes the vital energy, and prolongs lifespan.

"That's perfect for Junior Sister Zhou. Let's see if her cultivation of the Core Formation Scroll is effective. If she can break through to the mid-stage of Core Formation within thirty years, it means that the gate to Nascent Soul has not been completely closed."

Bai Zichen summoned Ma Ruoxi, handed her a storage bag filled with a large number of treasures, gave her a few instructions, and then began his secluded cultivation.

At the summit of Flaming Mountain, both fourth-tier spiritual lands fell silent, no longer displaying the previous phenomena, gathering spiritual energy, and the rising smoke of heaven and earth.

Ge Cang's refinement of the Nascent Soul realm is a slow and meticulous process, representing the future development potential of his own small world.

No Nascent Soul True Monarch is created randomly; it is normal for it to take hundreds of years to fully refine one.

However, when Ge Cang transformed into a Nascent Soul, he exhibited the extraordinary phenomenon of a grotto-heaven gate, allowing him to refine realms much faster than other Nascent Soul True Monarchs.

It's possible that it will be completed in just a few decades.

Bai Zichen was diligently cultivating the Fire Dragon Returning to Origin Scripture, while analyzing the changes brought about by the aura of the sacred beast from different angles, attempting to trace back to the source.

Two years later, a handsome young cultivator with a tall hat and wide belt sat on a wooden kite and flew openly into the Black Mountain Range.

(End of this chapter)