Born with immortal seed

Chapter 98 Revisiting the Five Sacred Mountains Temple

"Is Junior Nephew Bai still troubled by the Foundation Establishment Pill?"

After settling his disciples, Peng Chong also went up to the deck, where the stewards controlled the Wind Chaser.

"Back then, the sect leader promised your Bai family a Foundation Establishment Pill, so why are you worried... If you're short on spirit stones, I'll lend you a few thousand."

"Those within the clan should return to their clan, but I myself still want to fight for it."

Borrowing money before establishing one's foundation is a common practice for true disciples from humble backgrounds.

The lender is both an investor and believes that the true disciple will need to use this spiritual stone again in the future.

Bai Zichen confirmed with Peng Chong the authenticity of the news that the Alchemy Hall was about to start refining Foundation Establishment Pills, and learned that Su Li had already reserved a spot.

"Even if we don't get to this batch, it'll only be three to five years before the next batch comes... The main thing is that the thousand-year-old Golden Crown Ganoderma is rare, and the sect doesn't have a medicinal garden or secret realm that can stably produce this kind of thousand-year-old spiritual herb."

The thousand-year-old golden crown lingzhi mentioned by Peng Chong is a third-grade low-level spiritual medicine and is the most important main ingredient of the Foundation Establishment Pill.

The other auxiliary materials are quite valuable, but they are all readily available on the market.

Only a handful of Nascent Soul sects possess secret medicinal gardens and realms, which can accelerate the maturation of the medicinal herb and ensure a stable harvest in batches.

Other factions could only rely on the few thousand-year-old golden crown Ganoderma lucidum they found to refine Foundation Establishment Pills.

Alternatively, one could take a different approach to alchemy, replacing the main ingredient with the more luxurious inner core of a demon beast.

The source of Qingfeng Sect's thousand-year-old golden crown lingzhi mushroom, besides the accidental discovery deep in the Black Mountain, mainly relies on the auction in Zengguang Immortal City.

"The next time we start refining... but I don't want to wait any longer."

Bai Zichen looked down at the mountains and rivers below from the deck of the Wind Chaser and said to himself silently.

Ten years have passed, and apart from the surrounding lushness, the Five Sacred Mountains Temple remains unchanged.

When the Wind Chaser landed, the disciples of the sect and members of many cultivation families waiting in the courtyard showed different emotions on their faces, including pride, shock, and longing.

Such a massive flying artifact is something that, apart from sects, cultivation families would never buy.

Cultivators from various families came up to greet him, but Bai Zichen was too lazy to exchange pleasantries and went straight to the Bai family.

"Uncle!"

The elder leading the Bai family this time was none other than Bai Jiu'an, the eldest uncle.

"Chen-ge'er, you've grown taller..."

Bai Jiu'an looked at his nephew, who was already taller than him, looking dashing and spirited, his eyes slightly reddening.

"These two juniors were chosen by the clan this time, and we hope they can achieve something in the inheritance stone tablet."

Bai Zichen felt a pang of sadness when he discovered that his uncle was still only at the ninth level of Qi Refining. Without a great stroke of luck, it was extremely difficult for a pseudo-spiritual root cultivator to break through to the next level.

The two young boys who greeted him reservedly were both only at the third level of Qi Refining.

However, the inheritance stele does not place much importance on cultivation level. He himself only had one spiritual body, and the rest were rated as mediocre or below average, which attracted the strange phenomenon of inheritance.

The next day.

When Bai Zichen saw the inheritance stele again, he was still shocked by its ancient and profound meaning. Only when he stood under the stele could he realize his own insignificance.

Peng Chong stood on the high platform and gave a speech, using the same old rhetoric: working together to build Heishan.

The five establishments with the lowest heritage assessment scores will also be removed from the list of those participating in the Five Sacred Mountains tour ten years from now.

Bai Zichen's mindset this time was completely different from when he took the stage. He was much more peaceful. Except when it was the turn of the Bai family disciples and Qingfeng Sect disciples to take a closer look, he remained a calm and detached observer.

"It seems the success rate of obtaining the inheritance has dropped significantly compared to the first time..."

After looking around twice, Bai Zichen noticed that nearly half of the twenty or so people in front of him had failed to obtain the stone tablet's inheritance and walked off the stage looking dejected.

Soon, both of the Bai family's young men went on stage to complete their inheritances. One of them sat quietly on the stone tablet for a long time with his mind blank, while the other received a second-tier weapon-refining inheritance.

The inheritance status of the sect disciples has also been reported to Peng Chong and Bai Zichen. Of the twelve disciples who have participated so far, only seven have received the inheritance.

The content of the inheritance, let alone compared to the previous fourth-tier talisman master inheritance, would only be able to fill the second layer of the skill transmission hall.

"How could this be? The sect leader and the others were hoping to obtain several top-tier inheritances from this trip to the Inheritance Stone Tablet, thus enriching the sect's foundation..."

Peng Chong's face was ashen, as black as charcoal.

Whether it's because the participants are less qualified than the previous year, or because of the legacy of the stone tablet, the effect weakens with each opening.

Bai Zichen suddenly saw a somewhat familiar, beautiful young woman dressed in the robes of an outer disciple of the Qingfeng Sect, walking towards the inheritance stele.

Looking at the list, I realized that the people on it were people I knew.

"So it was her... She's also at the fourth level of Qi Refining. In my memory, she was just a little girl."

This beautiful young woman was none other than Huo Feiyan, the girl with dual spiritual roots that Bai Zichen had identified during the spirit-guiding ceremony. She was later sent to the Qingfeng Sect.

Upon closer inspection, one can still see glimpses of her adorable, delicate features from back then.

"Uncle Peng, Senior Brother Bai, I have obtained a scroll of the Soaring Dragon Mantra, which seems to be a technique for using divine sense."

After stepping down from the stage, Huo Feiyan's voice was soft and sweet. When she bowed, she made a point of glancing at Bai Zichen again, clearly still remembering him.

"Alright, after we return to the sect, we will hand it over to the Transmission Hall, where it will be assessed and awarded a contribution to the sect."

Peng Chong's complexion improved slightly. There are very few cultivation techniques involving divine sense. It is estimated that this Scroll of Dragon Recitation Technique is the only one that has a chance of being included in the third floor of the Transmission Hall during this trip to the Inheritance Stone Tablet.

Although this achievement is not directly related to him, he will definitely not be able to become the leader of the Five Sacred Mountains Temple in the next ten years.

After all fifty people had completed the inheritance, no unusual phenomena occurred, much to the disappointment of many cultivators who had come with high expectations.

In particular, the five newly relocated immortal cultivation families in Black Mountain had heard that there were top-level cultivation techniques hidden in the inheritance stele, and each spot was carefully selected from among the eligible members of their clan.

The resulting inheritance, while not bad, fell far short of expectations.

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At the banquet, the cultivators mingled and exchanged pleasantries, while also exchanging sarcastic remarks between the old and new cultivation families.

Bai Zichen sat for a while, then got up and left, feeling that the room was too noisy.

Unconsciously, he slowly walked back to the third floor of the Five Sacred Mountains Temple.

He possesses a jade pendant representing a true disciple, granting him complete access to all the array formations and restrictions within the courtyard; there is no place he cannot set foot in.

"In a few more months, the first level of the Five Crystal Glazed Body should be perfected, and I won't be far from the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining... As long as I advance to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, I will be qualified to attempt Foundation Establishment at any time. The so-called honing of realm and purification of mana are all empty words. It's just that I lack confidence in Foundation Establishment."

The Great Perfection of Qi Refining, as the name suggests, means that one has reached the pinnacle of the Qi Refining stage, and no matter how much one cultivates, one's magical power cannot increase.

Once a cultivator reaches this stage, all they can do is temper their physical body, use their magic power to refine the poison within their body, and accumulate resources to purchase Foundation Establishment spiritual items or Foundation Establishment pills.

"Ten years ago, standing beneath the inheritance stele, I certainly couldn't have imagined that in just ten years, I would be standing at the threshold of Foundation Establishment, ready to take that first step..."

Bai Zichen murmured with some emotion, reaching out to stroke the words on the inheritance stone tablet.

In ancient times, these flower and bird talismans possessed immense power. At that time, there was no concept of talismans. Cultivators could combine flower and bird talismans to form powerful spells capable of moving mountains, splitting seas, and shattering the void.

However, as time went by, the Flower and Bird Records seemed to have lost their powerful supernatural abilities and turned into ordinary characters.

(End of this chapter)