Born with immortal seed

Chapter 89 Construction of the Spiritual Land, Two Years of Cultivation

Since the departure of the previous true disciple, the Lock Moon Pool, which had been quiet for two or three decades, has become completely lively these days.

Bai Zichen conveyed his idea of ​​renovating the Lock Moon Pool to the General Affairs Hall. In just three days, he transferred more than 30 miscellaneous disciples or fire-working Taoists, as well as two stewards with rich construction experience who had participated in the construction of sect halls.

At the same time, all kinds of building materials were transported in like water.

Twenty pieces of century-old water nanmu wood were transported, along with two thousand pieces of first-grade jade and twelve first-grade mid-grade Dancing Concubine Lotus plants... instantly turning the Lock Moon Pool into a small construction site.

Bai Zichen handed over all the trivial matters to Su Lie and secluded himself in the quiet room to cultivate in peace.

According to the General Affairs Hall's plan, the entire renovation project will take about a month to complete.

"Junior Brother Lu, do you think Senior Brother Bai will agree to let us live near the Moon Locking Pool?"

Upon learning that Bai Zichen had become a true disciple, Cai Heng and others immediately went to congratulate him.

However, these few handyman disciples were not well-informed enough, and it took them several days to find the right place after a large amount of materials from the General Affairs Hall were transported to the Moon Locking Pool.

After visiting Bai Zichen, the group stayed behind, saying they wanted to lend a hand and do some hard work.

The place where the menial disciples lived only had second-grade low-level spiritual energy, so Cai Heng and the others naturally wanted to move there.

At most, it might be a little inconvenient to travel, but compared to the improvement in the cultivation environment, it's all something that can be overcome.

Cai Heng was still unsure whether Bai Zichen would agree to let them stay.

After all, so far, it was Bai Zichen who had done them a favor, and their group had not shown any usefulness to the true disciples.

All they could do was work hard every day, taking on all the tough and tiring tasks like moving timber and cleaning up dead branches and silt in the water, even more diligently than the Taoist priest in charge of the fire work.

"We've done our best. It would be best if we stayed. If we can't, we shouldn't hold grudges... You know how difficult it is for us menial disciples to even have a name in the minds of a true disciple and establish a connection. Look how diligently the two stewards of the General Affairs Hall have been these past few days, paying their respects morning and evening, just to get a familiar face in front of Senior Brother Bai. You can tell how much we've already gained."

Lu Song was equally delighted that Bai Zichen had been promoted to a true disciple.

This means we're one step closer to opening the secret realm.

Lu Song will stay on, and given their private working relationship, there shouldn't be any problems.

However, Cai Heng and the others had ordinary cultivation levels and no particular strengths, so whether they would receive this benefit depended on luck.

“Junior Brother Lu is right. I heard that the elders have already listed Senior Brother Bai as the disciple with the best chance of successfully establishing his foundation among this generation of true disciples. We are all of mediocre talent. Apart from Junior Brother Xun, who is still young and has the opportunity to become an outer disciple, I will probably have to become a Fire-Worker Daoist in a few years. We must seize this opportunity!”

Cai Heng cheered up her depressed mood, and the four of them went together to find Su Lie and received their work assignments for the day.

A group of cultivators acted as construction workers, and the construction of the Moon Locking Pool progressed rapidly, with progress made every day, completing the project five days ahead of schedule.

First is the bamboo house in the center of the pond, where all the household items have been completely renovated and are still woven from spirit bamboo.

Then the entire Moon-Locking Pool was cleaned up, and twelve Dancing Concubine Lotus plants were planted. The General Affairs Hall specially arranged for a spirit plant master to stay and take care of them for a period of time to ensure that the Dancing Concubine Lotus could survive normally.

Several pavilions in a minimalist style were built along the edge of the pool, forming a continuous structure that stretched across the diagonal side of the Moon-Locking Pool.

In addition, all the ancient trees and weeds in the vicinity were cut down and replaced with beautiful and easy-to-grow spiritual plants. At the same time, thousands of strange stones were transported to build artificial mountains, strange peaks, caves and dangerous cliffs.

In just one month, the place was transformed.

"You want to stay in the Moon-Locking Pool?"

After the inspection was passed, Bai Zichen saw off the group from the General Affairs Hall and rubbed his forehead as he looked at the four people standing below the hall.

“That’s right. We decided to join Senior Brother Bai’s sect that very day and serve him at his beck and call. Senior Brother is a genius with a bright future. Some trivial matters are not worth your personal attention. We hope that Senior Brother Bai can give us brothers a chance to do things.”

Cai Heng bowed deeply and said sincerely.

“You are not my attendants, and according to the sect’s rules, you are not qualified to enjoy the spiritual land… However, it is fate that I will give you a chance.”

It was a trivial matter, and Bai Zichen didn't want to waste any more time on it, so he pointed at Su Lie.

"You'll need to help Su Lie for three years, whether it's gathering information or running errands. After three years, if everything goes smoothly, you can move to Lock Moon Pool."

Who gets to enjoy the overflowing spiritual energy from the Moon Locking Pool is entirely up to Bai Zichen. Would anyone from the Enforcement Hall really investigate him, a true disciple?

Cai Heng and the others were people he had high hopes for. If they hadn't invited him on that trip to the abandoned cave, he wouldn't have been able to obtain the inheritance opportunity of the Taibai Sword Sect. Granting their request was acceptable.

However, he always believed in the principle that one should be grateful for favors and that one should be slow to act when favors are exhausted, so he casually set up a threshold.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Xie Bai. We will do our best from now on."

Cai Heng showed no displeasure, but happily pulled the others to bow and express their gratitude before retreating with Su Lie.

……

As the starlight faded, the lotus flowers on the Locked Moon Pond produced clusters of lotus pods, pressing the lotus leaves heavily into the water.

In the quiet room, Bai Zichen circulated the ninth level of the Changchun Gong for one cycle and slowly finished the exercise.

"It's been almost two years since we moved to the Moon Locking Pool. They say that time has no limits in cultivation, so it's no wonder that so many cultivators who have no hope of achieving the Great Dao indulge in pleasure."

Bai Zichen slowly walked up the passageway to the high platform, poured himself a cup of spiritual tea that he had brewed every day, and admired the dancing lotus in the pond.

I reached out and plucked a lotus pod, peeled out a few lotus seeds, each one carrying a sweet aftertaste.

"Without the Purple Ginseng Pills in the second half, my cultivation speed has slowed down considerably. However, I am not far from the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, and I need to consider the issue of tempering my physical body and expelling the pill toxins. Reducing the frequency of taking the Purple Ginseng Pills may not be a bad thing."

For the past two years, Bai Zichen has been single-mindedly focused on cultivation and studying swordsmanship.

At first, visitors came in droves, but apart from meeting with the elders, he refused to meet with other disciples he was not familiar with, citing his seclusion as the reason.

Over time, the number of visitors decreased significantly.

In addition to successfully breaking through to the ninth level of Qi Refining a few days ago, he also practiced a dual-sword combined attack technique using the peach wood swords that are used to slay ghosts and suppress demons.

On the arena that day, Bai Zichen noticed that although the power of the pair of peach wood swords was inferior to that of other flying swords, the corresponding mana consumption was also reduced.

With his current cultivation level, and by simultaneously wielding the Ghost-Slaying and Demon-Suppressing Peach Wood Swords in true flying sword techniques, he can barely hold out for more than ten rounds.

"Without the help of pills, even in a third-tier spiritual land, it would take me three or four years to reach the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining... I can take some pills to supplement my cultivation. The Qi Refining Perfection stage is not difficult for me. After passing it, I will start preparing for Foundation Establishment. I need to start preparing the notes that I copied in the Transmission Hall."

Bai Zichen's expression turned serious. He could easily ignore the bottleneck in Qi Refining, but he still needed to pay attention to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Only when one reaches the Foundation Establishment stage can one truly be said to have embarked on the path of seeking the Dao.

(End of this chapter)