Cultivation: Beginning with the Heart Reflecting Heaven and Earth

"I will arrange for someone you can trust, but not someone you can completely trust. You can talk to them about general matters."

Tao Pili emphasized, "If it's a reasonable request, he'll help you resolve it. If he can't, I'll help you resolve it."

Lu Qian understood Tao Pili's meaning. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about these things. But who should I ask for those accompanying inheritances? I guess I'll need some special cultivation resources too?"

In fact, no matter what kind of cultivation method it is, if there are corresponding cultivation resources, the progress will be faster.

Tao Pili glanced at Lu Qian. "You don't need to worry about that. I will arrange these things according to the situation. No one has successfully cultivated the Zhou Tian Xing Qiao for thousands of years. Many things have been put away somewhere unknown. I will have to spend some time looking for them."

Lu Qian was naturally at ease. In fact, he himself didn't have much of a feeling about the Zhou Tian Xing Qiao, but Tao Pili took it very seriously, so it shouldn't be of any harm to Lu Qian.

"Once you arrive at Xuantian Palace, you'll still have classes, but just learn those things as best you can, and try not to waste too much time on them. You need to focus your energy on other things, understand?"

No matter what Lu Qian did next, he couldn't possibly oppose Tao Pili at this point, so he could only nod and say, "Don't worry, I understand!"

Before long, the two arrived at an area covered in gray and black. The surfaces of the buildings, including the ground, looked as if they had been burned by a fire and smoked by thick smoke. Large areas of gray and black covered the area, making it look very desolate.

This didn't resemble the blessed land Lu Qian had imagined; it was more like the wasteland he remembered, and clearly not in the same style as other parts of the Canglan Holy Land.

"This place was once a land of fallen stars. Our Xuantian Palace's founder used his great supernatural powers to draw stars down, creating this land and laying the foundation for our Xuantian Palace. Now that you've come all this way, don't you feel anything?"

Lu Qian carefully sensed it and immediately noticed something unusual. It seemed that he could feel a strong stellar power here even during the day, but it wasn't coming from the sky; rather, it was coming from the ground. Perhaps the underground of Xuantian Palace contained too many meteorites, which created such a peculiar scene.

Upon arriving at Xuantian Palace, Tao Pili ignored Lu Qian and led him towards a palace near the entrance. They went straight to a side hall on the left, opened the door, and a middle-aged man hurriedly greeted them. Upon seeing Tao Pili, the man immediately bowed respectfully: "Elder Tao, it's been a long time! What brings you here?"

Tao Pili's expression was cold and hard as he said indifferently, "Deacon Bai, this is one of my juniors who wants to enter Zhou Tian Academy. Please make a note of him."

Even Golden Core Elders must follow the rules and go through the proper procedures; there is no situation where one can simply say a word and expect to get things done.

However, even if it is handled according to the rules, recommending someone to enter Zhou Tian Academy is not a big deal for Tao Pili, as long as he does it not too often, because he has some status in Canglan Holy Land and is not an ordinary Golden Core cultivator.

Bai Zhaoyan immediately nodded and said, "Since he is your junior, you only need to tell me about his spiritual root and cultivation level. You don't need to waste any more time on the rest."

If it weren't for Tao Pili's guarantee, entering Zhou Tian Academy would have been much more complicated. First, one would have to examine one's talent and bone age, and then send someone to conduct a background investigation, asking about one's origins from multiple sources to prevent spies from infiltrating. After ensuring that there were no doubts, one would have to constantly monitor one's progress, and those who did not perform well might be sent back.

But if someone vouches for them, then there's no need to worry about so much. Just let them enroll in school step by step. Their performance doesn't matter, as long as they don't cause trouble.

Upon seeing Bai Zhaoyan's gaze turn to him, Lu Qian quickly said, "I possess the three spiritual roots of wood, fire, and earth, and have reached the third level of Qi Refining cultivation."

Even though he heard about the spiritual root talent that was rarely seen in the Xuantian Palace, Bai Zhaoyan did not show any abnormality. He naturally took out an identity jade tablet to record his identity information and was about to hand it to Lu Qian.

"slow!"

Just then, a chilling sound came from outside, as if a cold wind had blown in, and Lu Qian couldn't help but shiver.

The temperature, which had been pleasant just moments before, suddenly turned into a freezing cold. Even with Lu Qian's physical strength, which had been cultivated through body-refining techniques, he was struggling to withstand it. When he looked at Bai Zhaoyan, the Foundation Establishment cultivator, his performance wasn't much better. He also exhaled a breath of cold air, and both his hands were curled up from the cold.

"Mu Linyuan, your water and fire magic is still lacking; it's practically turned into an ice pop!"

Tao Pili turned to look behind him, his face full of mockery, "But it's no wonder. You clearly have an ice spirit root, but you insisted on learning water and fire magic. As a result, you couldn't balance ice and fire and couldn't control the cold energy, which is why you became such an old ice pop."

Approaching us was a handsome middle-aged man with frosty eyebrows. His pupils were silver, as if forged from eternal ice, and his gaze was colder than snow. His skin gleamed with an icy sheen, and his every step exuded a chilling aura, turning spring into winter.

He was Mu Linyuan, a Golden Core elder of the Canglan Holy Land, and he had a bit of a falling out with Tao Pili. Hearing Tao Pili mocking him, he retorted without hesitation, "How could I be as stupid as you? At least the Water and Fire Dao Techniques have been practiced generation after generation. The Zhou Tian Star Aperture has been lost for thousands of years, and you still have the delusion to try and find the inheritance. You've been searching for almost three hundred years, and you've become an old man. I guess you'll never find it even when you die of old age!"

In the past, Tao Pili would have exploded at the slightest provocation upon hearing such words, but this time he merely sneered: "How can a sparrow know the ambitions of a swan? You're just destined to parrot others! You're always thinking that the ancestral methods cannot be changed, forcibly cultivating water and fire techniques, yet unwilling to relinquish the power of your ice spiritual root, ultimately becoming such a hybrid. What right do you have to criticize me?"

Mu Linyuan immediately retorted, "I think your head was struck by lightning! No wonder the Heart Demon Sect has been unable to deal with you. How could someone without a brain possibly have a heart demon?"

"you……"

Tao Pili was furious and a string of foul language came out of his mouth. Mu Linyuan was not to be outdone and started cursing back.

Bai Zhaoyan pretended not to see anything and lowered his head.

Lu Qian thought the same thing. He guessed that these two must be hundreds of years old. How could they still have this interest?

After a long pause, Mu Linyuan finally lost the argument and couldn't win the verbal battle against Tao Pili. He quickly changed the subject and asked, "Who is this kid?"

Bai Zhaoyan carefully observed Tao Pili's expression and cautiously said, "He is one of Elder Tao's juniors."

Mu Linyuan asked in confusion, "You were an orphan who entered the Holy Land to cultivate from a young age and have never gone back to find your blood relatives. Where did you get any descendants?"

Tao Pili snorted coldly, "I'm getting old, is it wrong for me to find a younger person? It's none of your business!"

He took the jade token and left with Lu Qian, leaving Mu Linyuan behind, watching their retreating figures thoughtfully.