Cultivation: Beginning with the Heart Reflecting Heaven and Earth

Lu Qian roughly understood the criteria for judging a Holy Son. Good talent and a bright future are just the basics. There are many such people in the Holy Land. The key is to have the skills to gain the recognition of others in order to successfully rise to a higher position.

Otherwise, the Holy Land has four palaces, which are equivalent to four independent forces. Apart from the palace where the Holy Son was born, the other forces would not recognize a good-for-nothing.

That's war. Following orders from an incompetent fool would be a pointless death. Even from that perspective, when choosing a Holy Son, one must consider his ability to handle affairs. He doesn't have to be exceptionally talented, but he must at least be passable or passable.

However, talent and cultivation are definitely among the criteria for selecting a Holy Son. One must be among the top in their generation to qualify for this competition.

In the cultivation world, strength is king. If you are too weak and cannot command respect, you will not be able to gain the recognition of others and will not be able to become a holy son.

Ultimately, the significance of a Holy Son is that he is the most outstanding person in the Holy Land in this generation. If he doesn't have good talent or high cultivation, how can he be considered the most outstanding?

However, Lu Qian quickly recalled what Mu Xue had said earlier, "The Holy Land used to have only three palaces? But now it has four. Which one was added later?"

Mu Xue smiled mysteriously, her eyes widening slightly. She placed a finger to her blood-red lips. "Think carefully, which palace has the least presence?"

Lu Qian actually started thinking about it carefully. He was in the Xuan Tian Palace, and Luo Wei, whom he knew, was a disciple of the Zhen Ling Palace. The Cang Hai Palace was the orthodox lineage of Cang Lan. The answer was obvious: "Could it be the Yun Xiao Palace?"

Aside from Yun Shanchuan, whom he had met before, who was a disciple of Yunxiao Palace, and Ye Lingyue, who was ranked second on the Qi Refining Ranking of the Myriad Laws Battle Tower, also a member of Yunxiao Palace, Lu Qian could not think of any other people from Yunxiao Palace.

The key point is not here. People from other palaces are more or less mentioned by others, but Yunxiao Palace is very low-key, and you can hardly hear any news about them.

If we're talking about which palace has the least presence, then we can only say it's the Cloud Palace.

"That's right, it's the Cloud Palace."

Mu Xue nodded, revealing a proud smile. "When the Taixu Sect was destroyed, the survivors were willing to surrender and were incorporated into the Canglan Holy Land, which later became the Yunxiao Palace. Therefore, the Yunxiao Palace not only has the Taixu True Scripture, but also other inheritances that are quite complete, almost equivalent to the foundation of a holy land."

"Alchemy, weapon crafting, array formations, talismans, all the arts of cultivation, and swordsmanship can be found in the Cloud Palace, because its predecessor was the Taixu Sect, so its inheritance is naturally complete. Moreover, the people of the Taixu Sect are proficient in spatial magic and are very good at escaping. In addition, those who have submitted to the Holy Land are not putting in the effort and are unwilling to hunt down their fellow disciples, so there are still remnants of them circulating outside."

"In addition, Yunxiao Academy's rules for recruiting disciples are also somewhat different from ours. Other academies generally recruit disciples with clean backgrounds and teach them techniques from scratch, but Yunxiao Academy recruits independent cultivators because many of them still consider themselves outsiders. Since they are outsiders, it doesn't hurt to recruit some more outsiders, so the current situation has become what it is."

A few hundred years is still too short for a holy land. People from that time may still be alive today, and the events that happened back then are still vivid in their minds. They are not so easy to forget, so it is naturally difficult for them to integrate into the current holy land.

Perhaps it will be a thousand years later that Yunxiao Palace will become like the other palaces and truly integrate into the sacred land; it is too early now.

Moreover, it can be seen from Mu Xue's words that not only Yunxiao Palace is unwilling to fully integrate into the Holy Land, but other palaces also view Yunxiao Palace with distrust.

Based on rational speculation, a disciple from Yunxiao Palace should not be able to become a Holy Son.

Such an important position cannot be handed over to outsiders. At present, Yunxiao Palace is almost like an outsider in Canglan Holy Land, or you could say an outsider among its own people.

However, since there are Nascent Soul cultivators in the Canglan Holy Land, they might not care about these things.

However, there are still remnants of the Taixu Sect outside. If a disciple of the Yunxiao Palace becomes a Holy Son and works together with the former Taixu Sect remnants, they might be able to deliver a severe blow to the Holy Land.

In short, making a disciple of Yunxiao Palace a Holy Son is an extremely risky and dangerous undertaking.

Although this was just Lu Qian's guess, if even he could think of it, why couldn't others?

That's highly unlikely.

"Alright, these things are still too far removed from our lives. I was just saying it casually, so please don't take it too seriously."

Mu Xuewei smiled slightly and stood up. "I'll be leaving now. As for establishing a branch in the Western Continent, we'll have to wait until the instructor makes the official announcement before we can analyze the pros and cons. Right now, we're just talking on paper."

After she finished speaking, she left, leaving Lu Qian alone in deep thought.

"It seems that this news will spread in a few days."

He was well aware that the news had already spread, indicating that the matter was settled and that the experiment would begin soon.

Otherwise, who would dare to spread such confidential information around? How could Mu Xue possibly know about it?

It's likely that things had already been settled before Mu Xue was able to get the news from her family and then come to tell Lu Qian.

However, Mu Xue was right about one thing: the matter of being a candidate for Holy Son was far beyond Lu Qian's reach. In fact, most disciples of the Holy Land didn't need to care about such things. Only a few among the Ten Sons of Canghai could consider competing for it.

Before Lu Qian had shown any potential, thinking about these things was just asking for trouble. He quickly put the matter aside and focused his mind on his inner world, examining the cracks within it.

Under the effect of the Mind-Clearing and Concentration Powder, a continuous stream of colorless energy penetrated into the crack, making it much less noticeable.

At this rate, the crack will disappear within a few days.

"The effects of the elixir are truly miraculous!"

"It's a pity I have no chance to refine pills here. Perhaps I can give it a try once we get to the Western Continent!"

The previous temporary mission could have allowed him to consult some alchemists, but at that time Lu Qian was busy cultivating the Star Undying Body and improving his cultivation level, so he naturally didn't have the mind to consider such matters.

Moreover, the materials are also a problem if you want to refine pills here.

Even if Tao Pili could help find some, it's impossible to keep bothering him, and besides, there's nowhere to sell the pills after they're refined.

In general, given Lu Qian's current situation, alchemy is not very meaningful and can only be used as a pastime.

"There are some low-level inheritances in the Scripture Pavilion. I'll memorize them when I decide to go to the Western Continent, so I'll have time to try them out once we get there."

On the first floor of the library, there are many low-level spells and inheritances, which you can browse at will if you are interested.

There are higher levels, but they are not on the first level, and they require Dao cultivation points to exchange for; they cannot be obtained for free.

However, even though the inheritance on the first floor of the Sutra Repository can be viewed for free, not many people visit it regularly.

Because in things like alchemy and talisman making, having someone to teach you and not having someone to teach you are two completely different things.

There are many things that are like common sense. If you don't have a teacher to guide you and rely solely on self-study, you will need to spend a lot of time figuring things out and waste a lot of resources. Naturally, most people wouldn't do that.

Moreover, for disciples of the Holy Land, ordinary cultivation pills can be obtained through other means, so there is no need for them to refine pills themselves.

Only someone like Lu Qian, who can endlessly experiment in his inner world, would be confident in learning alchemy on his own; otherwise, he wouldn't want to develop in this direction.

Having confirmed that the Mind-Clearing and Concentrating Powder could work, Lu Qian continued to open his eyes in his mental world. His left eye burst open and closed again and again, repeating this process continuously. He felt that success was just around the corner.

Before he knew it, several more days had passed. Lu Qian sensed that the array in his cave had been activated and discovered a new talisman. Upon opening it, he immediately understood: "So the academy is reopening!"

It seems that the people from the Holy Land have all returned, the attack on the Three Sects of Azure Water has ended, and everything is back on track.

Lu Qian sensed his cultivation level and felt somewhat helpless. "Breaking through to the fifth level of Qi Refining seems like a long way off, at least a year away!"

From the mid-stage of Qi Refining onwards, the time required to break through to the next level is generally measured in years, and being stuck for two or three years is normal.

The cultivation speed of the three spiritual roots alone, to go from the mid-stage to the late-stage of Qi Refining, would take an average of about nine years, and that's assuming there are no bottlenecks.

Lu Qian felt that he didn't need that much time. With pills and spiritual veins, he could break through to the fifth level of Qi Refining in less than a year, but he still felt it was too slow.

"We need to think of another way! It would be best to fully utilize the potential of the Zhou Tian Xing Qiao (a type of energy channel) and open another eye aperture; I believe that would further increase our cultivation speed!"

In fact, the star power in the area where Xuantian Palace is located is much higher than in other places, but it is still far inferior to that of the Starfall Land.

After all, ordinary places have almost no star power, which is why Xuan Tian Palace seems a bit different, but it's not that much better. Only places like the Starfall Land can provide a noticeable improvement.

"If we go to the Western Continent, we might be able to set up an array that gathers the power of the stars. I wonder if we can find someone we can trust."

Lu Qian had long had this idea, but he had never spoken of it. The main reason was that the Zhou Tian Xing Qiao technique he cultivated had long been lost, and if it were exposed, it would easily bring him unnecessary trouble.

That is why Lu Qian has never mentioned this matter. There are many people and many eyes in the Holy Land, so it is especially important to pay attention to this. If he goes to the Western Continent, he probably won't have to worry as much as he does now, but he still needs to think about how to do this.

"Before setting up the relevant formations, it's more appropriate to go to the Starfall Land, where opening the star apertures will be much easier!"

When Lu Qian first opened the Star Aperture, he still had to go to the small hill and wait for several hours before he finally accumulated enough Star Power.

But going to the Land of Fallen Stars shouldn't be so troublesome. As for how to get there, I still need to think about it.

Logically, Xie Xunzhen should have come to inform Lu Qian that Zhou Tian Academy had resumed operations, but he didn't come, probably because something came up.

"He probably exchanged some spiritual items with his battle merits and is currently processing what he gained to improve his cultivation."

With this in mind, Lu Qian did not intend to disturb Xie Xunzhen's preparations for the time being, and would decide what to do later depending on the situation.

The day finally arrived, but Xie Xunzhen still did not appear, and Lu Qian went to Zhou Tian Academy alone.

What I saw along the way was almost the same as usual, except that I occasionally saw academy disciples who were either happy or sad.

The destruction of the three sects of Biyue had almost no impact on the Holy Land, but the Holy Land disciples who participated in this training mission felt differently.