Born with immortal seed

Chapter 547 Confucian Supernatural Powers

"The Holy Lotus Sect's secret vault is open. There must be no concealment. We will select together... including those few inherited spiritual treasures."

"If the herb garden secret realm exists, the value of all the spiritual herbs within it needs to be assessed. Mature spiritual herbs will be divided in half... those still growing will be valued at spirit stones."

“Central Plains Immortal Seedling, once our sect’s Spirit Awakening Envoy has selected a target, your sect must not use any other excuse to shirk or obstruct it.”

"If True Lord Bai can agree to the above points, then we will divide the responsibilities according to the previous agreement and work together to destroy the Holy Lotus Sect."

After much hesitation and countless thoughts swirling in his mind, Shi Chengdong made his final decision.

What they gained from the Holy Lotus Sect far exceeded what the Heavenly Principle Sect had paid over the years.

He often thought that if he hadn't set his sights on Qishan and thought that the Holy Lotus Sect after the passing of the Nine Lotus True Monarch was a weak and easy target, perhaps they would have settled down long ago.

The continuous battles, while raising the overall combat skills of the disciples of the Heavenly Principle Sect to a higher level, have severely consumed the time of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Except for a few true disciples who have the freedom to choose their time, it has become a luxury for other Foundation Establishment cultivators to devote themselves to quiet cultivation.

The number of Core Formation cultivators continues to decline, falling far short of what it was in the Central Region, and even less than during the early days in Liang Kingdom.

If it weren't for Yue Zheng's success in transforming into an infant, the Heavenly Principle Sect would have truly faced the risk of a generational gap.

Thinking this through can help you get rid of this hot potato, which is not necessarily a bad thing.

"OK, no problem."

Bai Zichen readily nodded, considering these external things insignificant compared to a long-term foundation.

“Then let us each make a vow of our Daoist heart, with Heaven and Earth as our witness.”

Shi Chengdong said in accordance with the rules.

“Since I have promised, I will keep my word and do what I say, so there is no need for oaths or supervision.”

Bai Zichen waved his hand, not only could the Dao Heart Oath bypass and resolve the issue, but he also entrusted his own destiny to the laws of heaven and earth.

This act of placing a shackle on one's soul in the unseen realm makes one feel uneasy every time an oath is made, and one tries to avoid it if possible.

Throughout Black Mountain, everyone knows that Elder Bai is of noble character and always keeps his word. His deeds in his youth have become legendary tales that circulate within the sect.

One day, the entire cultivation world will know that the will of Heaven is unpredictable and the human heart is unfathomable. True Lord Bai's promise is worth more than nine tripods and heavier than mountains and rivers.

He wasn't worried about whether the Heavenly Principle Sect would keep its promise.

"Then let's do as Lord Bai said."

Shi Chengdong looked slightly surprised, probably not expecting to be rejected.

"Tomorrow at noon, attack Qishan?"

After taking Qishan, there was still a lot of work to be done, and Bai Zichen didn't want to delay for even a moment longer.

“No, wait until Zheng’er arrives in a month. The airship still needs repairs, and the Divine Thunder Tower needs to gather the power of lightning from heaven and earth; otherwise, the super battleship won’t be able to perform at 70% of its potential.”

The two looked at each other. Shi Chengdong had no intention of backing down on this matter. Perhaps he felt that the presence of several Nascent Soul True Monarchs gave him more confidence and that he would not suffer losses in the subsequent distribution of spoils.

Seeing his insistence, Bai Zichen considered that the other party had already agreed to several conditions, and it would be unreasonable for him to refuse to budge an inch.

A month isn't too long, it's acceptable.

After reaching the agreement, Bai Zichen neither went to the Tianli Sect camp nor returned to Black Mountain, but instead went to find a lush and verdant mountain.

Judging from the traces in the mountains, this place was once inhabited, but it has been abandoned for a long time.

The low-lying Taoist temples, with peeling paint, cobwebs, and filth everywhere, had long become the dens of wild animals.

Bai Zichen flicked his sleeve, and a whirlwind rose in the central hall, sweeping away all the dust and grime.

At the head stood a deity statue, its face indistinct, its head shrouded in divine light, its left hand making a gesture of grasping, and its right hand making a gesture of holding up.

Made of clay, it has cracked in many places, and even one of its legs is broken off.

I don't know which deity is being worshipped. In ancient times, the path of deities was also a way of cultivation, and there was a time when it was popular for sects to invite deities.

However, with the disappearance of the Ascension Platform and the loss of contact with the Upper Realm, the Divine Invocation Sect vanished almost overnight.

The legends of the gods and immortals were thus cut off, and the major sects began to worship their own ancestral masters, no longer including gods and celestial officials.

In fact, the fourteen star god statues in the Star Palace Secret Realm are a type of deity.

He rummaged through his storage bag and found three sticks of incense that had reached the first level. He lit them, placed them in the incense burner, and bowed.

Bai Zichen sat on the ground and continued to cultivate the Great Five Elements Annihilation Divine Light.

As expected of the Five Elements Ancestor's great supernatural power that allowed him to dominate the Southern Region, it's no wonder that none of the Five Elements Sect's descendants have been able to truly master it. Even though he was exempted from the cultivation threshold of the Five Elements Sacred Body at the beginning of the sect thanks to his mysterious sacred body, he still faced great difficulties.

The daily progress is only a hair's breadth away.

If it weren't for his cultivation of the Great Dao of Time, his exceptional talent for being timely and meticulous, which makes him extremely sensitive to changes in time, he would have suspected that he was standing still.

"The Five Elements Sacred Body manifests outwardly as the Five Spiritual Roots, but once one embarks on the path of cultivation, its extraordinary nature will gradually become apparent. The speed at which it refines spiritual energy will continuously increase until it grows to the level equivalent to a different spiritual root. Moreover, the Five Elements Sacred Body accepts any type of spiritual energy from heaven and earth without reservation and can transform and absorb it very well. This is something that a different spiritual root cannot compare to, and even a heavenly spiritual root is far inferior to it."

Bai Zichen recalled the description of the Five Elements Sacred Body, and the materials given by the Five Elements Sect also contained their analysis of why they had been unable to successfully cultivate it for so long.

"That's why it's possible to control the simultaneous refining of equal amounts of the five elements of spiritual energy, allowing the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light to progress normally. Later generations could only break this divine power into five parts, with one Core Formation cultivator practicing one part, and the five people working together to form the complete Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light. But no matter how well the five people coordinate and control, it's impossible to guarantee that their progress is exactly the same. As a result, the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light they cultivate is merely in form, without substance."

"My cultivation is similar. In terms of grade, my Sacred Body is definitely superior to the Five Elements Sacred Body. But ultimately, I can't achieve the same result as the Five Elements Sacred Body, where the refined spiritual energy of heaven and earth can't be evenly divided into five parts. To break this deadlock, I would need to control the spiritual energy to the point of being extremely precise. Another approach is to simply follow a single path to the end, similar to the method of the Five Elements Sect cultivators, dividing the cultivation into five parts..."

Having cultivated all five elements to their peak, one achieves a balance among the five elements in a certain sense.

Through the true meaning of time, he discovered that the time required to master the first method was uncertain, because the results of his cultivation were not fixed each time.

The second path has a clearer outcome, but it will take 60 years.

The perfection of the Five Elements is equivalent to repeating the practice five times, which is a full three hundred years.

Let alone the fact that Bai Zichen's time is precious right now, even in normal times he would not be willing to spend three hundred years to cultivate a great supernatural power.

After all, with his current strength, he doesn't lack this divine ability. What he really wants is to use the principle of the Ice Soul Aurora divine ability to condense a Five Elements Divine Sword.

Once the sword is completed, it reaches the fifth rank. It is transformed from the supernatural power that one has cultivated, and does not even need to be refined.

Bai Zichen was multitasking, first refining the fire elemental energy, and at the same time pondering how to break through the limitations.

Several days later, Bai Zichen, who was cultivating, opened his eyes. A quarter of an hour later, a thin young man pushed open the palace door and tiptoed in, carrying a wild rabbit.

Upon entering the main hall, I was immediately struck by the completely transformed environment, thinking I had encountered a mountain demon from a folk tale.

Upon closer inspection, instead of a monstrous creature with a blue face and fangs, there was a handsome young man sitting there casually.

Wearing a light-colored Taoist robe, he sat on the ground without any hesitation, but instead of looking disheveled, he blended in harmoniously with the entire hall.

"Tian Yangsheng greets Senior... I was unaware that you were meditating here, and I apologize for disturbing you."

The skinny boy threw the rabbit in his hand, prostrated himself on the ground, and kowtowed repeatedly.

Having lost both parents in the war and grown up alone in the mountains, he had long since learned to read people's expressions and adapt to changing circumstances.

I've seen too many cultivators whose evil thoughts have been stirred up, who take pleasure in slaughtering mortals to vent their inner turmoil, and whose methods are cruel.

Even among cultivators, there is deceit and scheming.

Two years ago, a group of wandering monks stayed here temporarily. He and other children were captured and used as Taoist servants, keeping them busy every day.

Later, this group of rogue cultivators got into a fight over the loot from a dead cultivator's storage bag. The fight escalated into a bloodbath.

Fortunately, the boy sensed something was wrong and hid in the winding cave he had discovered beforehand.

After hiding for several days, they returned to find the Taoist temple filled with corpses, including more than a dozen Taoist boys, none of whom were missing.

This young man possessed a more profound aura than anyone he had ever seen, and his respectful attitude was even more meticulous, as if he were afraid of being killed with a single blow.

"Tian Yangsheng, a name you chose yourself?"

Bai Zichen waved to the boy, signaling him to get up and come forward.

"Yes, my parents were killed by a group of bandits, and our family's sacred land was taken away. In order to avoid trouble, I changed my surname... At that time, I was still young and had not yet been able to attract spirits, so no one paid attention to me."

Tian Yangsheng answers all questions, suggesting he was born into a family of cultivators and received a good education.

Bai Zichen became interested and learned the true state of affairs in Zhongzhou from the boy, only to discover that the plight of the lower classes was far more tragic than he had imagined.

Countless cultivation families were powerless to resist the turmoil, and the disciples of those dilapidated sects transformed into tribulation cultivators.

In any case, without the supervision of the superior sect, the Holy Lotus Sect couldn't manage it, and the Heavenly Principle Sect didn't have time to manage it, so the Central Plains lost order in a very short time.

According to Tian Yangsheng, he has seen cultivators who specialize in collecting infants and pregnant women, seemingly to refine demonic artifacts.

"audacious in the extreme!"

Bai Zichen was furious, and the murderous intent in his eyes was no longer concealed.

The Qingfeng Sect has always been opposed to the demonic path. From the first day he entered the sect, Liang Yu taught him the sect rules. Even when the sect was in the most difficult situation, they never considered using methods like blood sacrifice to refine people into demonic beings.

He immediately used the sect's token to send a message inside the sect, arranging for personnel to be stationed in Zhongzhou.

Once Qishan is captured, a thorough cleanup will be carried out on the twelve prefectures of Zhongzhou, eradicating these malignant tumors completely.

Given the vastness of Zhongzhou, even the entire power of the Law Enforcement Hall would probably not be enough.

He specifically instructed that a Core Formation cultivator be assigned to lead the team, and that personnel from other halls be drawn upon to ensure the complete eradication of evil.

"Come here, let me see what your aptitude and potential are like."

Bai Zichen picked up the boy's thin wrist and placed it on his wrist, letting out a soft "hmm".

"You have the three spiritual roots of wood, fire, and earth, which isn't too bad... When the Qingfeng Sect moves to Zhongzhou in the future, you can join them and start as a menial disciple. Once you've achieved some success in your cultivation, you can seek revenge on those tribulation cultivators for your parents."

Let alone three spiritual roots, even special spiritual bodies and different spiritual roots are not worth Bai Zichen's amazement.

Unless it is a celestial spiritual root or a sacred body, only those immortal seedlings that he would personally take care of.

However, he was surprised because the boy's spiritual root was exactly the same as his own.

"Qingfeng Sect? Is that the Nascent Soul sect that produced an unparalleled swordsman?"

Tian Yangsheng had obviously heard of the Qingfeng Sect and asked excitedly.

“That’s right. Just wait and see. Before long, Zhongzhou will return to the way it was before, and there will be no more rampant calamities and natural disasters.”

Bai Zichen then asked the boy about the robbery gang, but given his limited knowledge, he certainly couldn't give a coherent answer.

I've only heard a few rogue cultivators mention it, but the most famous one is known as the Iron Hand Demon, who has a fearsome reputation for stopping children from crying.

After thinking for a moment, he waved his hand and sealed a sword light within Tian Yangsheng's body, lest the boy who had told him the truth about Zhongzhou die at the hands of the Jiexiu.

A month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Bai Zichen transformed into a bolt of lightning and shot towards the Tianli Sect's camp.

Half an hour later, Tian Yangsheng, who was living in the side room, noticed that the senior in the main hall was missing. He carefully climbed onto the altar and took out a portrait from the belly of the clay statue. The portrait was covered with densely packed human figures.

He casually rolled the portrait into a ball, stuffed it into his chest, and ran towards the nearest market town.

This senior seems to be a righteous person, but having grown up in this kind of environment, Tian Yangsheng will not open his heart to anyone and will always maintain a sense of vigilance.

……

The airship slowly rose into the air and headed towards Qishan.

"Senior Brother Headmaster, is Bai Zichen really that terrifying?"

At the bow of the ship, two cultivators dressed as Confucian scholars, wearing tall hats and wide belts, stood side by side. They were Shi Chengdong and Le Zheng, who had come from Zengguang Immortal City.

This battle is to end the century-long sect war, to bring it to a complete end, and to begin a new chapter for the Heavenly Principle Sect.

Both of them changed into formal attire and paid homage to the heavens and ancestors, taking it very seriously.

"You know my supernatural powers, so death is nothing to fear, and life is nothing to cherish... The closer one gets to life and death, the stronger one's spiritual awareness becomes."

Shi Chengdong knew this disciple; he had been groomed from a young age to be the future hope of the Tianli Sect.

He was born with a sacred body, which happened to be the most suitable sacred body for Confucian cultivators. It could be said that it was ordained by heaven.

Therefore, they have a sense of pride and will not easily admit that they have lost to other cultivators of the same age.

However, Shi Chengdong is getting old, and the Tianli Sect will still need Lezheng to support it in the future. There are some things that need to be explained clearly to avoid offending others.

"Back then, when I faced the Withering and Flourishing Sword Lord of the Five Phoenix Sword Sect, I sensed that if I dared to retaliate, I would be met with an invincible sword strike, leading only to defeat and death. That's why I suppressed all opinions, offered no resistance, and directly surrendered the spiritual vein. That day, in front of Bai Zichen, my spiritual senses became even clearer, and I was closer to death..."

"I never expected that I was inferior to Bai Zichen when I formed the Core Formation stage, and the same is true after I reached the Nascent Soul stage..."

Le Zheng sighed deeply and adjusted his mindset.

He knew very well that even if he had mastered a great innate divine power after transforming into a Nascent Soul, he was still much weaker than Shi Chengdong.

Since Shi Chengdong already knew he was no match for Yi Jian, the gap between them would only widen if he faced him head-on.

It's not shameful to admit that there are always people better than you. With his righteous body, Le Zheng is very confident that he can cultivate to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and he still has a chance to catch up.

(End of this chapter)