Cultivating Immortality: I Have a High-Martial World

Chapter 91 The Secret of the Different Spiritual Root, Jiang Liqian's Invitation

"ah!?"

Li Zhenqian was startled upon hearing this, then quickly covered his mouth and asked in a low voice:

"Lin Chen, are you going to give me this Foundation Establishment Pill?"

Lin Chen rolled his eyes after hearing this and said speechlessly:

"You want to eat shit?!"

"What I mean is, how about I use this Foundation Establishment Pill, valued at two thousand spirit stones... to exchange for some resources and materials for setting up formations?"

"As you know, I come from Danfeng, and I'm not actually that lacking in Foundation Establishment Pills."

Lin Chen blinked, giving him a knowing look.

Li Zhenqian swallowed hard after hearing this, and looked at the Foundation Establishment Pill in Lin Chen's hand with a hint of longing.

With this mid-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, plus one from his family and one he exchanged for with sect contribution points...

With Li Zhenqian's true spiritual root aptitude, he is extremely confident that he can complete the high-grade Foundation Establishment!

"You... this Foundation Establishment Pill is too valuable, I need to ask the family..." Li Zhenqian said nervously, like a child who needs to ask his parents.

Lin Chen nodded after hearing this, and said slowly:

"In that case, I'll keep this Foundation Establishment Pill for you for a month..."

"If you gather enough array materials worth two thousand spirit stones within a month, I'll give you this Foundation Establishment Pill."

After saying that, Lin Chen turned and left.

He had heard about Lee Jin-gon's background before.

Born in the capital of Yanlai Kingdom, into a renowned family of cultivators, famous for their expertise in array formations.

As the eldest son of the family and possessing a true spiritual root, Li Zhenqian would naturally receive considerable resource support.

Lin Chen hoped to expand his channels by leveraging Li Zhenqian's connections.

If we can acquire the array materials from the Li family later, it will surely save us a lot of effort.

After Lin Chen's victory, the sect competition did not end immediately.

About half an hour later, the first arena was decided.

Those who participated in the first arena were all disciples who had reached the pinnacle of Qi cultivation.

Their aptitude was only considered average among the inner disciples, but they had cultivated for a long time and were vying for first place in this competition.

Another half hour passed, and the winner of the second arena was decided.

The second arena is for disciples who have been in the sect for six to ten years.

The competition on this arena is the fiercest, with all participants being disciples at the Qi Refining Perfection stage, all vying for the Foundation Establishment Pill to pave their way to Foundation Establishment.

The fourth arena finished last.

It wasn't until dusk that the top eight outer disciples were selected and successfully joined the inner sect.

"Therefore, the rules of the Changchun Sect's competition are quite humane... regardless of aptitude, everyone is given a chance."

Lin Chen thought to himself.

Those with top-tier talent like him and Lee Jin-gon would naturally not wait another three years.

Even if Li Zhenqian did not obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill from the Grand Competition, he would definitely achieve Foundation Establishment within a year.

Otherwise, it would be a waste of too much time and not worth the effort.

Only disciples who lack the aptitude and simply don't have the money to buy Foundation Establishment Pills will suppress their cultivation and wait for the opportunity of the Grand Competition.

……

As dusk fell, Lin Chen did not linger in the disciple square.

After taking the competition reward, he stepped onto the purple jade gourd and returned to Danfeng.

Just as they were approaching Danfeng, they suddenly received a telepathic message.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, I have something to discuss... Would you mind coming down for a chat?"

Lin Chen looked in the direction of the sound and saw a slender figure.

"That's... Jiang Liqian?"

"I have no connection with her... why would she suddenly contact me?"

Lin Chen was stunned for a moment, and after some hesitation, he stopped controlling the weapon.

Arriving beside Jiang Liqian, Lin Chen asked with some confusion:

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, what brings you here?"

Jiang Liqian, dressed in the robes of an inner disciple, behaved very appropriately and said:

"Congratulations to Senior Brother Lin on achieving first place in the competition..."

"Senior Brother's talent in body refinement is truly astonishing... If I'm not mistaken, Senior Brother's body refinement realm is probably already close to the Foundation Establishment stage, right?"

Lin Chen frowned slightly after hearing this, but he did not deny it.

His display of body-refining talent was part of his plan, and he could also use his innate talent for learning the Giant Stone Body Refining Technique as a cover.

So Lin Chen humbly replied:

"It's thanks to the Marrow Cleansing Pill. I've been constantly refining my physical body for the past six months, and that's how I've managed to achieve this meager result."

"Alas, body refinement is ultimately a minor path, far inferior to Junior Sister Jiang's top-grade earth spiritual root..."

Jiang Liqian listened without commenting, only smiling lightly as she looked at Lin Chen.

Through those deep gazes, Lin Chen once again felt a strange sensation, as if he had stripped naked and been seen through.

"Ahem..." Lin Chen coughed lightly twice and said, "Junior Sister Jiang, if there's nothing else, I'll be going now... Master is waiting for me to come back and bring good news!"

After saying that, Lin Chen summoned the Purple Jade Gourd and prepared to return to Dan Peak.

Just then, Jiang Liqian's voice came from behind him again.

"Senior brother, aren't you curious about your own spiritual root?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen stopped in his tracks.

Turning back, he pretended not to understand and said:

"Junior sister, what do you mean by this? After the sect's examination, I only have dual spiritual roots in earth and wood."

Jiang Liqian shook her head after hearing this and said:

"In this world, besides the five elemental spiritual roots... there are also extremely rare heterogeneous spiritual roots."

"However, it is so rare, even rarer than a Heavenly Spiritual Root, that ordinary cultivators may not know about it..."

"And Senior Brother, he clearly possesses a unique spiritual root! Otherwise... there's no way to explain his astonishing cultivation speed!"

After Jiang Li finished speaking, she looked at Lin Chen meaningfully.

"However, those with unique spiritual roots often require special methods to fully unleash their potential..."

"If you, senior brother, obtain this method, it wouldn't be difficult for your cultivation speed to increase several times over."

"Doesn't Senior Brother yearn for this?"

After hearing Jiang Liqian's words, Lin Chen fell silent.

He knew better than anyone that his spiritual root was abnormal.

Consuming several times more spirit stones than cultivators of the same realm, in exchange for a cultivation speed far exceeding that of those with dual spiritual roots.

Lin Chen estimated that his current cultivation speed was roughly equivalent to that of a high-grade true spiritual root.

He was already quite satisfied...

But Jiang Liqian's words did indeed pique his curiosity.

Who wouldn't want their cultivation speed increased several times over?

So, Lin Chen took a deep breath, cupped his hands, and said:

"Please enlighten me, Junior Sister Jiang..."

Upon seeing this, Jiang Liqian also put forward her own conditions.

"I can tell you how to use your unique spiritual root to accelerate your cultivation, and I can even give you a more advanced body-refining method."

"But my junior sister also has one request..."

"I hope that five years from now, you will come with me to a place and help me!"

Lin Chen frowned slightly after hearing this. He didn't rush to agree, but instead asked:

"Why me? Where are we going?"

"Because my senior brother has a strong talent for body refinement, and the place we need to go can only be entered by those below the Core Formation stage. Five years from now, I imagine my senior brother's strength will be unmatched among those below the Core Formation stage, which will be of great help to me."

After a pause, Jiang Liqian continued:

"As for where we're going, it's an ancient cultivator's ruin. Inside the ruins lies an important secret technique that will be of great use to me..."

"If you agree, senior brother, I can even share that secret technique with you."

(End of this chapter)