Starting from the two realms, cultivating immortality by taming beasts

Chapter 60 Cultivating the Heavenly Book

Chen Beiwu paused, a look of curiosity on his face: "Suicide? Why!"

Although Zhang Yang came from a poor family, he was recognized as a child prodigy in the Meteor Dragon Palace.

He completed the Immortal Alliance Elementary School in just two and a half years, and then completed the Immortal Alliance Junior High and High School in another two years.

At the age of twelve, he advanced to the seventh level of Qi Refining and took the college entrance examination ahead of schedule, successfully entering the Seven Nine Upper Sect.

It's no exaggeration to say that when Zhang Yang became famous throughout the prefecture, Chen Beiwu was just a weakling in the second grade of elementary school.

The study of the "All Laws Return to the Flow" book can wait a few minutes, but Chen Beiwu doesn't want to miss the story of the fall of such a genius.

After all, Sister Qin is a relative of Zhang Yang's family, so their source of information should be reliable.

"Because of the disparity." Chen Qin pursed her lips. "Zhang Yang actually had three opportunities to change his fate and his family's destiny."

For some reason, the mention of Zhang Yang always reminded her of her deceased mother.

Chen Beiwu remained silent, listening quietly to Chen Qin's story.

"You also know that Zhang Yang is the smartest child in Pingchen Township. He was able to take the college entrance examination at the age of twelve and was just one step away from successfully entering the Thirteen Immortal Sect."

At this point, Chen Qin paused slightly: "At that time, all the teachers at Shouhe No. 2 Middle School believed that Zhang Yang was qualified to enter the Thirteen Immortal Sects, as long as he was willing to settle down and repeat a year."

"I know about that too," Chen Beiwu nodded. "But Zhang Yang didn't choose to repeat a year back then."

"That's right, because Zhang Yang's father doesn't think entering the Thirteen Immortal Sects is important." Chen Qin smiled speechlessly.

"Huh?" Chen Beiwu was a little confused.

"Don't you understand?" Chen Qin glanced at him. "Don't be surprised, everyone has different ideas. Zhang Yang's father wants his son to break the record and become the youngest sect student in the Immortal Alliance."

"Didn't Senior Zhang Yang and the school teachers object?" Chen Beiwu didn't understand.

"They objected, so Zhang Yang's father chose the Mirror Lake Sword Sect, one of the Seventy-Nine Supreme Sects, for him."

Mirror Lake Sword Sect is an affiliated sect of Sword Abyss Immortal Sect, one of the thirteen immortal sects. If Zhang Yang is able to cultivate to the Foundation Establishment stage in the future, he can also enter Sword Abyss Immortal Sect to cultivate.

"This father is truly misleading his children," Chen Beiwu shook his head.

That's outrageous! He's never seen anyone treat their son so badly!

What's the use of getting into the Seventy-Nine Upper Sect?

If Senior Zhang Yang could repeat a year and be admitted to the Thirteen Immortal Sect, the Zhang family could completely take off and become the industry leader in Yuankong County.

"After entering the Mirror Lake Sword Sect, Senior Zhang Yang successfully advanced to the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining in just four years, qualifying him to explore the limits of Qi Refining, or even to surpass them," Chen Qin remarked.

"And then another accident happened?" Chen Beiwu asked.

"Yes." Chen Qin nodded: "That year, Zhang Yang's father spent a lot of money, even taking out a cultivation loan to buy the five elements for Foundation Establishment, in order to make Zhang Yang break the record and become the youngest Foundation Establishment cultivator in Tianyan County."

"He succeeded," Chen Beiwu said with emotion.

The year Zhang Yang broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage, the entire Pingchen Township was in an uproar.

To show his importance, Magistrate Xu Zhenren of Yuankong County even personally met with Zhang Yang.

"But Zhang Yang's future is also ruined." Chen Qin said coldly, "If a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Mirror Lake Sword Sect wants to enter the Sword Abyss Immortal Sect, they must possess a Dao Foundation of at least the highest grade."

"What about the third time?" Chen Beiwu asked.

His intuition told him that Sister Qin wouldn't say so much for no reason.

"The third time was because of the cultivation technique," Chen Qin said bluntly. "In order to improve and repair his foundation, Zhang Yang spent a huge sum of money to buy a top-grade cultivation technique that improves the quality of his foundation building, the Nine Luminaries Pure Yang Foundation Building Scripture."

"Can a Foundation Establishment cultivator's Dao foundation be improved?" Chen Beiwu was somewhat surprised.

"Of course." Chen Qin did not hide anything: "The Dao Foundation is the foundation of a Foundation Establishment cultivator's magical power cultivation. The better the quality of the Dao Foundation, the higher the probability that the cultivator will advance to the Golden Core stage in the future."

If you are able to gain admission to a sect at the seventh or ninth level or above in the future, you will be able to learn about this aspect of cultivation.

"Before that, I don't recommend you learn about it, much less practice it."

"Because cultivating a method like the Nine Luminaries Pure Yang Foundation Scripture to enhance one's foundation requires a lot of time, energy, and resources, the cost is far beyond what a Foundation Establishment cultivator can bear. Zhang Yang even went so far as to incur a huge amount of cultivation loans in order to cultivate this technique."

Upon hearing this, Chen Beiwu immediately understood.

Cultivation loans accrue exorbitant interest, making them virtually impossible for ordinary people to repay. Every year, a large number of cultivators in the Immortal Alliance commit suicide because they cannot repay their cultivation loans.

Thinking of this, he tentatively asked, "Was Senior Zhang Yang's suicide because the interest on his cultivation loan had snowballed too much and he couldn't repay it?"

The lifespan of a Foundation Establishment cultivator is between three and five hundred years.

If Senior Zhang Yang had been willing to cultivate step by step and not dabble in cultivation loans, he would have become a local tyrant in Yuankong County sooner or later. Unfortunately, he was too ambitious, and his only goal was to reach the Golden Core stage.

"Yes. Zhang Yang failed in his cultivation of the Nine Luminaries Pure Yang Dao Foundation Scripture, damaging his Dao foundation and preventing him from ever achieving the Golden Core stage in his lifetime. Let alone repaying his cultivation loan."

Chen Qin sighed, looked at Chen Beiwu, and said meaningfully, "Zhang Yang just sets too high a standard for himself."

Cultivating Heavenly-grade techniques is extremely difficult. Those with insufficient spiritual root aptitude who force themselves to cultivate them will at best suffer damage to their foundation, and at worst, suffer from qi deviation, losing all their magical power.

Hearing this, Chen Beiwu felt a warmth in his heart, realizing that Sister Qin had revealed these secrets in order to enlighten him in a roundabout way.

Even a genius like Zhang Yang perished because he cultivated a Heaven-grade cultivation technique. Wouldn't it be suicide for a cultivator with only an Earth Spirit Root to cultivate a Heaven-grade cultivation technique?

"Indeed, one should not aim too high in cultivation." Chen Beiwu nodded in agreement.

"You know that's good." Chen Qin glanced at the time and hurried off to work.

She has done her best and left the rest to fate; she has said what she needed to say.

She can be at peace with herself no matter what happens next.

After watching Sister Qin leave, Chen Beiwu took the jade slip and talisman package and returned to the cultivation room on the second floor.

He visualized the Great Mystery of Oneness, cleared his mind of all distractions, placed the jade slip containing the cultivation method on his forehead, and activated his divine sense.

"Boom!" The cultivation technique jade slip immediately transformed into a pool of flowing liquid blue light, which merged into the sea of ​​consciousness and exploded.

When Chen Beiwu refocused his gaze, he was no longer in the second-floor cultivation room, but rather on a vast and boundless sea.

Before his eyes stood a magnificent tree, beyond description, towering between heaven and earth, like a gateway to the heavens, its unyielding spine supporting the world and radiating an aura of timelessness.

Chen Beiwu glanced at the Jianmu tree, and a sense of timelessness and eternal youth arose in his heart, as if he had become a part of the towering Jianmu tree, breathing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in a mysterious way.

With one breath, eight thousand years have passed, and spring has returned.

With a single exhale, another eight thousand years have passed, and autumn has arrived.

With each breath Chen Beiwu took, the Evergreen Daoist essence continuously condensed, forming a Green Wood Spirit Seed within his dantian.

(End of this chapter)