Am I the old man who's always by my apprentices' side?

Chapter 350 My Disciple's Name is Red? (Please read on and vote! I can't afford to eat QAQ)

Rumbling--

The dark clouds in the sky gradually gathered.

This was no ordinary cumulonimbus cloud, but a tribulation cloud imbued with spiritual energy.

It's obvious that Shi Yizhi is really about to reach the Foundation Establishment stage, after all, even a lightning tribulation has appeared.

Although it was only the most basic Foundation Establishment Tribulation, the faint pressure caused the surrounding air to stagnate slightly.

The branches of the trees in the mountains rustled in the strong wind, and the wind, carrying chaotic spiritual energy, swirled and rushed towards Shi Yizhi, making his sleeves feel as if they were being torn against his skin.

Shi Yizhi seemed oblivious to the strange phenomena around him. He closed his eyes tightly, and his mind became completely calm.

Past obsessions, the opinions of others, the gains and losses of victory and defeat, are like being washed away by clear water, gradually settling and peeling away, leaving only the purest desire from when I first stepped onto the path to immortality—

"I want to cultivate immortality."

It's not about proving anything, not about surpassing anyone; it's simply about wanting to explore this infinitely mysterious path, wanting to touch the scenery at higher levels, wanting...

Going against the heavens!

"The path to immortality is inherently defying the heavens, hence every breakthrough to a higher realm is inevitably accompanied by a tribulation of lightning. And once one truly transcends the mortal realm and attains immortality, numerous heavenly tribulations will follow. These heavenly tribulations differ from lightning tribulations; they are not merely a matter of a few bolts of lightning striking down. Rather, they are intimately connected to the experiences and choices made along one's long path of cultivation. Therefore, many cultivators are influenced by their inner demons and fall victim to these heavenly tribulations..."

The words of the senior brother echoed in his ears. Shi Yizhi gripped the Foundation Establishment Pill in his hand tightly. Without the slightest hesitation, he channeled his spiritual power and crushed the Foundation Establishment Pill, which was quite expensive in the sect.

If even foundation building requires external forces, how will one be qualified to transcend the mortal realm and become an immortal in the future!

In that instant, Shi Yizhi's mind became clear.

The originally restless and unruly spiritual energy now seemed to have found its backbone, no longer charging recklessly, but following many invisible paths, like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea, surging and converging within the body, and gradually being compressed and condensed.

The clouds overhead grew thicker and thicker, and the thunder grew louder and louder, shaking the mountains and forests, causing birds to take flight and beasts to fight for their lives.

This is the moment!

"Boom——"

A powerful bolt of lightning struck down from the clouds and slammed into Shi Yizhi.

At the same time as the pain subsided, countless chaotic and surging spiritual energies followed the heavenly lightning and entered Shi Yizhi's body, merging with the spiritual power that was gradually gathering within him...

"boom--"

Another bolt of lightning struck, though it was much weaker than the first one, but it still caused Shi Yizhi to cough up blood.

However, the spiritual energy brought by this heavenly lightning further solidified the spiritual power within his body. Gradually, Shi Yizhi felt as if the spiritual power within his body seemed to condense into many roots. These roots were red, green, blue, and purple, with varying shades of color, and gradually gathered together to form something like tree roots, appearing and disappearing within Shi Yizhi's body.

"boom--"

Another bolt of lightning struck, weaker than the last, at least preventing Shi Yizhi's injuries from worsening too much.

But the "roots" within him became increasingly clear, gradually displaying two colors: one orange-red, the other blue-white.

fire……

With the three bolts of heavenly lightning ending, the dark clouds gradually dissipated, and Shi Yizhi successfully established his foundation as his spiritual root solidified.

But a deep doubt arose in his heart.

When the senior brother was explaining spiritual roots, he specifically mentioned that although there are thousands of spiritual roots, cultivators with multiple spiritual roots generally have spiritual roots belonging to the five elements that generate and assist each other, such as wood, fire, fire, earth, etc.

If he wasn't mistaken, his own spiritual root should be a dual spiritual root of fire and ice.

Fire is one of the five elements, while ice is one of the water elements. The two are mutually destructive. Even if they can coexist in the body of a cultivator with multiple spiritual roots, they will be of different sizes, strengths, or simply auxiliary spiritual roots, while the main spiritual root has other attributes.

How could I...

Feeling the fire and ice spiritual roots completely split within his body, Shi Yizhi fell into deep thought.

Also lost in thought was Zhang Chengdao, who stood in the sky, his figure obscured.

If a cultivator was establishing their foundation so close to the White Stone Immortal Sect, Zhang Chengdao would have been able to detect it if he wasn't deaf. So when Shi Yizhi's thunderclouds first started gathering, Zhang Chengdao rushed over to observe.

When he saw Shi Yizhi crush the Foundation Establishment Pill in anger, Zhang Chengdao even hissed in pain.

Foundation Establishment Pills aren't cheap! If this spendthrift brat keeps pulling these kinds of stunts, he'll squander all the sect's assets sooner or later!

However, what silenced Zhang Chengdao at this moment was the character panel in the character section of his cheat system.

As far as Zhang Chengdao knew, behind this cheat system, the characters in the character panel, that is, the disciples he had taken in, whether they were inner disciples or outer disciples, could be classified according to the color of their names on the panel.

For example, the best names are those with gold names like Chang Ping'an, Murong Ruyan, Ye Shuyun, Tang Xiaoyu, and Huang Wu. Next are those with purple names, represented by He Shilie Tudi. Then come blue names, which are everywhere. After blue names, there are green and gray names. Generally, Zhang Chengdao would secretly manipulate things to prevent people with these qualities from even passing the Immortal Destiny Assembly.

Of course, those with green or gray names are not even qualified to climb the Ascension Steps, so they are not qualified to enter the sect. The An Che siblings, who are green and gray names, were recruited into the sect before the White Stone Immortal Sect was officially established.

but!

But what's with this red name right now?!
To be precise, it was that kid Shi Yizhi whose golden name on his character card had turned into a flashing red!

Zhang Chengdao felt completely numb. For a moment, he didn't know whether to be shocked that there was a red name above a gold name, or shocked that a gold name's disciple could become a red name.

In short, just from Shi Yizhi's current red name effect that is flashing with golden light, Zhang Chengdao can tell that this kid is now more rare than all his senior brothers and sisters!

and……

The character card, which originally only had two columns, Realm and Status, now has an additional column called "Talent".

Following Shi Yizhi's "talent" is a red flashing talent: [Dual Ice and Fire Spirit Body].

【Dual Ice and Fire Spiritual Body】: The spiritual root is a pure dual ice and fire spiritual root. After successful cultivation, it can freely transform into dual ice and fire forms.

Zhang Chengdao's eyes were somewhat vacant.

What is meant by "ice and fire dual forms"?
"form"?
Do you think you're a Pokémon? What's with this "dual form" thing?
Zhang Chengdao was still somewhat overwhelmed by the fact that his sixth disciple had suddenly upgraded from gold quality to red flash quality.

Oh no! My apprentice's name has turned red!

(End of this chapter)