Lord of Time: From a Five Elements Cultivator to a Master of All Daos

Chapter 279: First Entering the Spirit World, the Three Powers of the Law Spring

The time of ascension is quite long, longer than the time of traveling to Kyushu.

Wei Zhong once thought that something unexpected happened in the ascension channel.

But when he arrived at the destination, Wei Zhong noticed that the invisible suppressing force disappeared, and only then did he realize that he had finally arrived in the spiritual world.

"Spiritual World Mingyu."

Looking around, there was a spacious stone hall. Outside the reception desk, there was a red-robed monk guarding the side. Upon seeing Wei Zhong appear on the ascension platform, he immediately walked over enthusiastically.

"I see you, fellow Taoist. May I know your name?"

Wei Zhong walked down from the ascension platform and bowed in reply:

"I am Wei Zhong, may I ask if this is the spiritual world, fellow Taoist?"

The latter laughed twice:
"That's right. This place is the Mingyu of the Spirit World, Faquan City in the Baifeng Spirit Realm, located within the jurisdiction of the Five Elements Immortal Sect..."

"Faquan City, Five Elements Immortal Sect?"

Asked Lei Long:
"Do you know where we are?"

The latter looked bewildered:
"There are so many ascension platforms in the spirit world. How can I, Old Dragon, remember them all? You may ask this monk or go to the nearest city to buy a map."

Wei Zhong had no choice but to say to the monk:
"May I ask your name, fellow Taoist? I am new here and am not familiar with this spiritual world..."

The latter answered very straightforwardly:

“I am Jiang Changyu, a member of the Shahe Sect here, and I am responsible for guarding the Ascension Reception Platform here.

“Fellow Daoist, since you have just arrived in the spirit world, you may as well stay in my sect.

"If you really have nowhere to go, my Shahe Sect is recruiting talents. There are several fifth- and even sixth-level spiritual veins in my sect, which are enough to meet your needs for cultivation..."

Wei Zhong heard the other party's words, but did not respond for a while. After a while, he regretfully refused.

"In the past hundred years, several people from the lower realm where I live have ascended to heaven. I would like to discuss this with them before making a decision. I wonder if Brother Jiang..."

The latter shook his head when he saw this:

"If Fellow Daoist Wei wants to find the whereabouts of these people, it is better to save your energy. This ascension platform is not only connected to the small world where Fellow Daoist is, but also to other places.

“There are at least several hundred people who have ascended to the immortal realm in the past hundred years, if not a thousand. These people have merged into this vast spiritual world, so it is impossible to find any trace of them.

"Besides, the people guarding the reception platform are also replaced every ten years, and I have only been here for seven or eight years."

With a sigh, Wei Zhong walked out of this place. When he left, he suddenly turned his head, and silver lightning flashed in his hand:
"By the way, may I ask Brother Daoist Jiang, do you know where Tianyin Leishan is?"

The latter has a different color on his face:
"It's due north. It won't be easy for you to rush to Tianyin Leishan. You have to pass through several spiritual realms, and there are many dangerous places. With your cultivation level, it's better for you to give up this idea."

"Thank you, fellow Daoist," Wei Zhong bowed and clenched his fist before leaving.

When Wei Zhong's figure disappeared from his sight, another person suddenly walked out from the shadows:

"Brother, do you want to do this?"

The latter shook his head:

“It’s obvious that this person is a well-connected person. He is so lucky to have obtained the inheritance of Tianyin Leishan in the lower realm.

"It's better not to do it in order to avoid getting into trouble. Besides, with our cultivation levels, it's still unclear whether we can defeat the other party."

One of them is in the late stage of the Spiritual Transformation Realm, and the other is in the middle stage.

"Why not call our ancestors..."

Jiang Changyu was annoyed when he heard this, and slapped his junior fellow apprentice on the head:

"Grandfather, Grandfather, are you trying to drag my Shahe Sect into this?"

Wei Zhong left the reception platform and felt that the hostility in his heart had dissipated. Only then did he feel relieved.

'Sure enough, the spiritual world is not much different from the lower world. The monks in charge of the reception platform can all have the intention of robbing. How can there be much order?

"I don't know what the current situation of my fellow practitioners who ascended to heaven before me is like."

Looking up, a magnificent city appeared in the distance.

"This is probably the Faquan City that Jiang Changyu mentioned."

Even at such a long distance, Wei Zhong could still see the tall magic sword buildings erected in the city. The rolling spiritual energy emanated from the sword bodies, making the latter seem to be in a cloud of mist.

“What a wonderful sight!”

There was a flash of lightning under Wei Zhong's feet, and he moved towards the city.

After paying the spirit stones at the city gate, Wei Zhong followed the crowd inside.

From what I see around me, not everyone has reached the stage of Spirit Transformation or even Void Refinement. On the contrary, there is not much difference between this world and the human world. Most of the people there are low-level cultivators such as mortals, Qi Refiners, and Foundation Establishers.

Even the Nascent Soul stage is rarely seen, let alone the Divine Transformation stage.

"It doesn't look like a big city."

Muttering to himself, Wei Zhong decided to find a place to stay first.

But before that, I have to ask around here.

After finding the most magnificent commercial building in the city, Wei Zhong entered and was greeted by a maid in blue.

The other party’s foundation-building cultivation.

She had a white veil on her face, revealing her smooth forehead. Her eyes and brows showed the liveliness of a young girl, and her black hair was scattered behind her. When she saw Wei Zhong, she immediately walked forward.

"What do you need, Senior? My Taofang Pavilion is the largest local chamber of commerce. We have all kinds of spiritual objects."

Wei Zhong took a look at the layout of the shop and saw many fourth- and fifth-level spiritual objects. He was somewhat convinced by what the latter said.

"Can you sell the information?"

"Of course I am selling it. Please follow me into the inner room to discuss in detail."

Then he walked into the pavilion and sat in a private room. Someone served him spiritual tea, and then he asked:

"My name is Zhou Zhiqing, you can just call me Zhiqing. What kind of information do you want to buy?"

"The strength of the major forces in Faquan City, accurate to the highest level of cultivation; a map of the surrounding area, preferably with a larger area and more detailed content..."

After hearing Wei Zhong's request, the latter showed some surprise in his eyes, but he concealed it in an instant.

"The information from Faquan City is just ordinary information, not valuable. I will give it to you for two thousand low-grade spirit stones. But the map..."

Wei Zhong frowned:

"But the price is high? No problem, I still have some spirit stones."

The latter shook his head slowly and explained:

“Senior, you may not know that Faquan City is located at the southern end of Baifeng Spiritual Territory and is one of the territories under the jurisdiction of the Five Elements Immortal Sect.

"The area is vast, and my Taofang Pavilion only has a small map including Faquan City. I'm afraid it is difficult to meet your needs."

After a few words of discussion, Wei Zhong paid five thousand low-grade spirit stones to buy what he needed.

"Faquan City has three major forces. One of them is the Shahe Sect located at the northern end of the city. The sect has three Divine Transformation cultivators and an early-stage Void Refining ancestor...

"The second force is the Le family, who live in Changle Lake not far outside the city. Their strength is almost the same as that of the Shahe Clan...

“The first force is the Huanjian Sect entrenched in this city. The strongest cultivator in the sect is said to be an old ancestor in the late stage of Lianxu, but he has not appeared in many years.

"Under them is a leader who is in the early stage of Refining Void, and several Transformation Spiritual Monks. "Their strength is so strong that they can suppress the Shahe Sect and the Le Family."

Wei Zhong was very satisfied with such territory and power.

"The highest level is Refining Void, so it won't be difficult for me to escape."

As for the other map, it was indeed as the waitress had said, very incomplete and small.

Although the entire map covers the Baifeng Spiritual Realm, only the area near Faquan City is marked, and the rest of the area is blank.

"Faquan, Rosewood, Five Clouds, Spring River..."

Looking at the names of the nearby places, the only one that can be called a big city is Faquan.

The inner sixth-order spiritual vein is enough to supply the needs of the Void Refining cultivators. Except for the two sixth-order spiritual veins controlled by the Shahe Sect and the Le Family, the rest of the places are all of the fifth-order level.

"This spirit world isn't much stronger than the human world, is it?"

"Senior, are you an ascended monk?"

Wei Zhong nodded when he heard this, with no intention of hiding it.

"Exactly."

"Senior, you are here for the first time. Are you looking for a place to stay?"

Wei Zhong still nodded.

"In my opinion, you may choose to join one of the three forces. The three forces have always been very welcoming to Ascended Monks like you who have a clear background and clean identity.

"After joining, you can enjoy the treatment of an elder, which can be regarded as officially establishing your roots in this spiritual world. In the future, the forces behind you will also have less trouble."

Wei Zhong frowned:

"If I don't want to join these three forces, is there a chance to find a spiritual place for cultivation?"

"Of course there are some, right here in Faquan City. The Huanjian Sect also has a business of renting caves. However, there are not many sixth-level caves, so you have to go and check them out first to know."

Wei Zhong was very satisfied with his answer. He put away the jade slip on the table and was about to leave when he asked:
"Does your pavilion have the Void Refining Spirit Technique for sale?"

The waitress stood up excitedly:
"Of course I have it. Please wait for a moment, I will go and call the Pavilion Master."

His face turned slightly red, as if he had encountered some lucky thing, and he passed by Wei Zhong and left.

"He is another rich man. The share of his income from refining the Void Spirit Technique is enough to cover my income for several years."

Not long after, a female cultivator in a black dress who was at the level of a spirit being transformed walked into the private room. She also had her face covered with a veil, which made Wei Zhong wonder if there were some strange rules and practices in Taofang Pavilion.

The black-dressed female cultivator had a lazy look in her eyes. She looked at Wei Zhong without much enthusiasm for receiving guests, and her tone was cold:
"Daoyou need the method of refining the Void Spirit?"

"That's right. I just ascended from the lower realm and would like to seek some spiritual advice."

The latter nodded, shook the bell on his waist, and whispered something.

Soon, someone came into the room with a tray.

Wei Zhong saw six jade slips on it, and the female cultivator in black skirt explained:

"These are the Void Refining Spiritual Techniques that our pavilion sells to the public. Among them, there are four of the Five Elements, one of the non-attribute techniques, and one of the Wind Techniques."

Wei Zhong picked them up and examined them one by one.

There are restrictions in the jade slip, and Wei Zhong can only see part of the information, but it is enough for him to judge whether the spell is appropriate or not.

The highest level of the six methods can only reach the great perfection of refining the void, and there is no higher level of harmony with the Tao.

Moreover, the four parts of the Five Elements method are very unfortunate, they are gold, wood, fire and earth, and the water element is missing.

Wei Zhong picked up the wind-attributed method and examined it for a long time, then put it down and took the last non-attributed method, "Xuanling Zhuanyuan Gong".

This method is to constantly refine one's own spiritual power in order to improve one's cultivation level. Each turn can increase one's own spiritual power a little bit.

A cultivator who practices this skill will have great spiritual power, but he does not have the attributes of other spiritual skills. He has no obvious advantage in performing spells or even in fighting.

It’s just that the spiritual power needs to be more powerful, so it can be considered an extremely mediocre method.

Seeing that Wei Zhong seemed to be somewhat interested in the "Xuanling Zhuanyuan Gong", the female cultivator in the black skirt explained:

“This method is mediocre and does not have outstanding advantages over the other five skills, but it is very suitable for cultivators to practice excessively and switch to other methods in the future.

“If you really have no choice, there is no harm in practicing this method.

"In this area of ​​Faquan City, reaching the Refining Void Realm means you are at the absolute top level and safe. Even if you lack the ability to fight due to this skill, it won't be a problem."

Wei Zhong took this to heart, thought about it again and again, and decided to take it down.

"Just choose this "Xuanling Zhuanyuan Gong"."

The deal was done, and Wei Zhong paid 100,000 spirit stones.

After leaving Taofang Pavilion, I couldn't help but shake my head and thought:

"This spiritual world force is so cruel to cheat people. A simple refining technique costs 100,000 spiritual stones. It is really black-hearted."

Inside the business pavilion, Zhou Zhiqing approached the woman in the black skirt and asked curiously:
“Why didn’t Miss try to recruit this person? He ascended to the upper realm with the cultivation of the Spiritualization Realm. He might become a Void Refining Realm in the future. He will be a great help to our pavilion.

"The other party is eager for the exercises. With Miss's power, it shouldn't be a problem for her to bring out a few more good Lianxu exercises, right?"

The woman in the black dress was not very enthusiastic:

"News came from the guild that the Pavilion Master has reached the Great Perfection of Refining Void and will soon be able to break through to the He Dao. At this time, I'd better behave myself, lest I be impeached by those old guys, saying that I intend to usurp the throne while the Pavilion Master is away."

"The Pavilion Master is about to break through?"

There was some joy in the eyes of the maid in blue:

"Doesn't that mean that Taofang Pavilion is going to suppress the Huanjian Sect and other forces?"

It seems that he has some understanding of the major forces other than the Fantasy Sword Sect in his words.

The woman in the black dress shook her head and lifted her hair with her backhand:
"It's not that easy. The Illusion Sword Sect and several other sects have been eyeing us covetously recently.

"You never know when it might pounce on you and bite you. It's hard to resist such an attack...

"Why drag an ascended monk into the water..."

Wei Zhong walked along the streets of the city and selected several commercial buildings, asking for information and martial arts techniques.

The information obtained was almost the same as that obtained from Taofang Pavilion, but the skills were far inferior.

After visiting five shops, I found only one that sold the Lianxu technique.

It was still a very crude method, far inferior to the six sets of skills offered by Taofang Pavilion.

The receptionist said carefully:
"There are only three Void Refining Forces near Faquan City. How many Void Refining Techniques can they sell? It is very difficult for our store to have even one. If you want to find a suitable method, you have to go to the three major forces to have a look."

What the other party said makes sense. How can I allow others to sleep beside my bed? Selling the Refining Void Method to the outside world would only make myself unhappy.

It is better to close the door and recruit talented people.

Only a large external force like Taofang Pavilion can sell it openly.

'But why is Taofang Pavilion not marked on the map I bought?'

I sighed in my heart:
"As expected, independent cultivators are not welcomed anywhere."

(End of this chapter)