Starting from the two realms, cultivating immortality by taming beasts

Chapter 6 Spirit Beast Planning

The following morning.

Chen Beiwu opened his eyes, got up, and drew back the curtains, letting the morning light stream into the bedroom.

He sat cross-legged on the bed and began his daily morning practice, meditating on the basic visualization diagram [Tai Xuan Shou Yi], which was being vigorously promoted by the Immortal Alliance.

This visualization technique may seem basic and can be practiced by any student of the Immortal Alliance, but it actually has an extraordinary origin, stemming from the Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven, one of the Five Great Grotto-Heavens.

It is no exaggeration to say that if one comprehends this visualization method deeply enough, it can even transform a cultivator from an insect into a dragon, defying the heavens and changing their fate!

The principal of Shouhe No. 2 Middle School is a renowned Golden Core cultivator in Yuankong County. He once said at the freshman assembly that the Tai Xuan Shou Yi visualization method is the first foundational method for spiritual roots in the Immortal Alliance.

This wonderful method allows cultivators to preserve the pure yang energy within their bodies. Even with only a simple introductory cultivation, one can subtly improve their spiritual root aptitude during daily practice.

If a cultivator can master this visualization technique to a minor degree, regardless of age or whether their Qi cultivation is successful, they can be exceptionally admitted to the Pure Yang Grotto Heaven, thus achieving great success.

However, this method is difficult to master. Chen Beiwu practiced the Tai Xuan Shou Yi visualization method for eleven years but still couldn't even get to the basics.

Even so, years of cultivation have allowed him to improve the purity of all five elemental roots.

"Without knowing the right approach, it's indeed difficult to improve one's spiritual roots."

After finishing his usual morning study session, Chen Beiwu went downstairs to eat the breakfast his mother had prepared before heading off to school.

"morning."

Seeing Chen Beiwu walk into the classroom, Xu Lingling waved and greeted him, "The results are out this time, and your ranking has dropped quite a bit; you didn't even make it into the top five."

Chen Beiwu smiled, sat down, and said, "Do you think I'd believe that?"

"Look if you don't believe me." Xu Lingling handed over her phone.

Chen Beiwu didn't even look up. "Xu Ziqing, control your best friend. She's spouting nonsense first thing in the morning."

"Lingling, a bet is a bet." Xu Ziqing held out her hand to her deskmate.

"Damn it, why can't I ever lie to you!" Xu Lingling glared at Chen Beiwu fiercely.

"Who told you you can't even lie properly?" Chen Beiwu said calmly. "In the entire second year of high school, only Xu Ziqing's grades are better than mine. How dare you say I can't even make it into the top five in the grade?"

Xu Ziqing is not only the top student in her class, but also a top student who has consistently ranked first in her grade for many years.

Her naturally youthful face and slender figure made her extremely popular at school.

But Chen Beiwu never considers family background, cultivation, or appearance when making friends; he only looks at personality and luck.

Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling were among the best-behaved and most fortunate cultivators in the class.

The former has a light orange aura that appears to be of the third rank, while the latter has a dark blue-black second-rank aura, indicating that there may be a calamity in their destiny.

When the topic of grades came up, Chen Beiwu became interested. He took out his phone, opened the official website of Shouhe No. 2 Middle School, and entered his student ID number to check his grades.

Name: Chen Beiwu

[Spiritual Root Aptitude (Maximum Score 100)]

Five Elements Spiritual Roots: 79+ (Water, Wood, Earth Spiritual Roots)

【Beast Taming Department (Max Score 150)】

Mythical Beasts: 145

Animal breeding: 139

Beast Taming: 135

【Cultivation Arts - Optional (100 points total)】

Alchemy: 89

Refinement: 93

Formation: 95

Talisman: 92

[Qi Refining Cultivation Level: Level Six]

Total score: 867 (ranked second in Grade 12)

"Unfortunately, even though my total score in academic subjects exceeds the threshold of the Five Great Grotto-Heavens, I still cannot apply to the Five Great Grotto-Heavens," Chen Beiwu thought to himself.

There are many cultivation sects within the Immortal Alliance, but only the Five Great Grotto-Heavens are remembered and talked about by countless cultivators. They are the rulers of the Immortal Alliance and possess the absolute power to suppress all sects in the world.

It is precisely for this reason that the threshold for applying to the five great grotto heavens of Chunyang, Taiyin, Xuanyuan, Zhouhua, and Yuyu is extremely high, far exceeding the imagination of ordinary people.

When Chen Beiwu first learned from his teacher about the application requirements for the Five Great Grotto-Heavens, he was also shocked: those who do not have a Heavenly Spiritual Root, or those who have broken through the Qi Refining Limit and completed the Foundation Establishment in a hundred days, are not allowed to participate in the Immortal Examination.

Chen Beiwu's spiritual root aptitude was a bit lacking, and he couldn't even pass the threshold.

His goal for the college entrance examination was either one of the Thirteen Immortal Sects, which were only below the Five Great Grotto-Heavens, or one of the Seventy-Nine Upper Sects, which was slightly inferior to the Immortal Sects.

"What's wrong?" Chen Beiwu suddenly looked up.

"Those at the seventh level of Qi Refining can purchase spirit beasts from the Immortal Alliance. Do you have a target in mind?" Xu Ziqing asked.

"It's tentatively set as Azure Spirit Salamander," Chen Beiwu said casually.

Cultivators who borrow beasts to cultivate immortality need to choose beasts that are compatible with their own spiritual roots. The higher the compatibility between the two, the greater the feedback the cultivator will receive from borrowing beasts to cultivate immortality, and the faster their cultivation speed will also increase.

Conversely, if a cultivator's compatibility with a fellow beast is too low, not only will their cultivation be much less effective, but their spiritual roots may also be eroded by the fellow beast, or even suffer a backlash.

The Azure Spirit Salamander is gentle in nature and has a pair of transparent fins on its back. It is skilled at enhancing the vitality of plants and healing, and is a rare dual-elemental spirit beast of water and wood. Even when it leaves the water, it can glide briefly in the air, which is quite compatible with its spiritual root attribute.

Moreover, gentle spirit beasts rarely turn against their masters.

"Azure Spirit Salamander." Xu Ziqing's eyes lit up. "That's a good choice."

"And you, what kind of companion beast do you plan to choose?" Chen Beiwu took out a book called "Ten Years of Detailed Explanation of Formations" from the drawer.

Xu Ziqing has a fire-attribute earth spirit root, and the purity of her spirit root is the same as his water spirit root, 79. She is only one point away from becoming a heaven spirit root. Half a month ago, she broke through to the seventh level of Qi Refining and also has the qualification to purchase spirit beasts from the Immortal Alliance.

"Hey, hey, hey, you two, don't ignore me!" Xu Lingling interjected.

She had the lowest cultivation level among the three, only at the sixth level of Qi Refining, but she was the only first-grade mid-level alchemist in the class.

Chen Beiwu looked up at her and said, "Okay, then Lingling, don't always turn your back to us."

Upon hearing this, Ling was furious. She glanced down at her ample bosom and playfully shoved Chen Beiwu.

"Get out of here! Who turned their back on you?!"

Just then, the school bell rang, and an old man in a Taoist robe walked into the classroom, instantly silencing the noisy class.

As the class representative for the medicine-making department, Xu Lingling quickly stood up and led the class in greeting the teacher.

Teacher Li nodded slightly and distributed the test papers to the students in the first row, signaling them to pass them on.

"The first three questions are very simple, so we won't go into them."

"The three questions in the middle are of average difficulty. If you don't know how to do them, you can ask your classmates."

"As for the last three major questions, they are quite classic. You all need to take careful notes. The difference between water-based alchemy and fire-based alchemy lies in..."

Listening to Teacher Li's hypnosis, Chen Beiwu felt a little sleepy and focused his attention on the Tai Xuan Shou Yi.

Alchemy requires practical skills and consumes a lot of resources, making it very expensive. He has no intention of studying this field.

He only needs to memorize the knowledge in the textbook and make sure that his score in the alchemy subject doesn't fall too far behind in the college entrance examination. He can use the remaining time to comprehend the visualization diagrams.

If he were to be fortunate enough to master the Tai Xuan Shou Yi Visualization Diagram, or even achieve minor success, his water spiritual root might be able to improve its purity and transform into a heavenly spiritual root.

However, Teacher Li's next sentence instantly perked Chen Beiwu up.

(End of this chapter)