Chapter 823
The Method of Cultivating Spiritual Roots in the Path of Spiritual Cultivation! I Still
"Hahaha. To remain unfazed even when Mount Tai collapses before you, truly worthy of being the Holy Son of my Ice Spirit Sect. No wonder you were able to escape from the Anning Army's inescapable net. An extraordinary talent, a talent defying the heavens!"
Shen Zhixin laughed loudly.
Zhang Lingshan thought to himself, "They've investigated so thoroughly, they even know I escaped from the Anning Army."
No wonder the other party dared to directly invite me to be their grandson-in-law. It wasn't a rash decision; they must have thoroughly investigated me before making such a choice.
They came prepared.
Fine.
Since I can't hide it any longer, I'm coming clean.
“Grandma has sharp eyes; I knew I couldn’t hide it from her. That’s right, Li Xuanbing was just an alias I used to escape the Anning Army’s blockade. My real name is Zhang Lingshan, and I am the Pure Lotus Alchemist of the Anning Army’s Alchemy Pavilion, as well as the Pavilion Master of the Pure Lotus Alchemy Pavilion in the entire Anning City.”
Zhang Lingshan said in a deep voice.
Then, he glanced at Granny Qian and gave her a look that conveyed his meaning.
The old woman also said that she was very tight-lipped and would not tell anyone that Zhang Lingshan had ascended to heaven.
Wouldn't this turn of events betray Zhang Lingshan?
If Shen Zhixin didn't know that she had ascended to heaven, how could she have guessed that she was Zhang Lingshan?
Because from beginning to end, the only person who managed to escape from Anning City and ascend to immortality was Zhang Lingshan.
It was easy to make the connection; no further clues were needed.
“Don’t look at me. I didn’t mention that you ascended here. I only mentioned that you are Zhang Lingshan.”
"That's what Grandma Qian explained."
"..."
Zhang Lingshan was speechless and could only praise, "You are truly my good senior sister, honest and trustworthy, a role model for us. But now that Sect Leader Shen has become my grandson-in-law's grandmother, and you and I are of the same generation, then from now on I must also call you Sect Leader's grandmother."
"Hahaha."
Seeing the expression on Qian Dapo's face when Zhang Lingshan retorted, Shen Zhixin couldn't help but burst into laughter.
I haven't been this happy in a long time.
This Zhang Lingshan is indeed their Ice Spirit Sect's lucky star.
"Li Xuanbing, no, Zhang Lingshan, you are indeed extraordinary. Not to mention those who have ascended to immortality and escaped Anning City, the fact that you have reached the status of the Pavilion Master of the Pure Lotus Pill Pavilion is already extremely rare, and the world is amazed."
The more Shen Zhixin looked at Zhang Lingshan, the more she liked him. She said, "However, since you can refine the Pure Lotus Pill, you must have both water and fire attributes. Why can't I see your water and fire spiritual roots? On the contrary, you have revealed an ice spiritual root that no one knows about, and it is so compatible with our Ice Spirit Sect. Is this fate, or do you have some kind of unfathomable ability?"
Zhang Lingshan said, "It's both fate and my strength."
There's nothing to hide. The other party has already investigated so thoroughly; lying would only make Zhang Lingshan look ridiculous.
Because ordinary lies simply cannot explain all of the above problems.
Only the truth can convince people.
Moreover, Zhang Lingshan wasn't afraid to tell the truth.
With his current strength, although he is no match for these two Immortal Kings, with his current mastery of ice, as long as he throws out the ice coffin and activates the Frost Talisman and Extreme Frost Talisman on it, the entire Ice Spirit Sect will probably cease to exist.
However, this is a trump card, a deadly move that would inflict a thousand damage on the enemy but also eight hundred on oneself. There is no guarantee that one will not be injured by other runes hidden inside the ice coffin.
Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, Zhang Lingshan would not use it.
"I was born on the continent of Kyushu."
Zhang Lingshan revealed his background: "Because the Nine Provinces Continent was cut apart by an unknown force, its rules were damaged. In order to cultivate to a higher realm, the ancestors of the Nine Provinces Continent devised the method of cultivating within one's own body. By developing the body's internal energy reserves and accommodating the corresponding power of the rules, one can continue to improve. And this power of the rules, when it reaches the Immortal Realm, becomes a spiritual root."
"This is a spiritual root technique!"
Shen Zhixin and Granny Qian's expressions both changed, and they couldn't help but exchange a glance and exclaim in surprise.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Lingshan immediately understood.
It turns out that this method was not invented by the ancestors of the Nine Provinces Continent, but was passed down from the Immortal Realm.
As for who passed it down, that remains unknown.
'No wonder our Glazed Tile School's sect leader left his legacy on the Nine Provinces Continent; this must be the reason.'
"I can't help but think to myself."
The Nine Provinces Continent must be extremely special to have been chosen as the place for the inheritance of the method of cultivating spiritual roots.
What is the method of cultivating spiritual roots?
Seeing that neither of them spoke, Zhang Lingshan couldn't help but ask, "Since you know this method, why don't you plant spiritual roots in yourselves as well?"
Shen Zhixin said, "The method of cultivating spiritual roots was devised by the founder of the Spirit Cultivation Sect, the Spirit Cultivation Dao."
He believed that the Great Dao is fifty, the Heavenly Evolution is forty-nine, and the one that was hidden away was a glimmer of hope for all people, namely, the spiritual root.
"The Immortal Realm is inherently corrupt, filled with mixed spiritual energy. People born with spiritual roots are few and far between; they are all chosen ones."
"The remaining people, without spiritual roots, are unable to absorb this spiritual energy at all; instead, they will be polluted to death by the filthy spiritual energy."
"When the Spirit Path saw the misery of the world, it came up with this method of spiritual roots to help mortals develop the hidden potential within their bodies and absorb the mixed spiritual energy between heaven and earth. Not only can they live long lives, but they can also absorb spiritual energy to cultivate, making them no different from those born with spiritual roots."
"However, as the method of cultivating spiritual roots spread, the Spirit Cultivation Sect grew infinitely and absorbed more and more people. But there is only so much spiritual energy in the world, and it has all been absorbed by the mortals of the Spirit Cultivation Sect. How can people with innate spiritual roots absorb it?"
"Therefore, the powerful individuals with innate spiritual roots foresaw this danger, gathered together, and joined forces to destroy the Spirit Seed Sect. As for where the Spirit Seed Daoist himself went, that remains unknown."
"Now it seems, could it be that he has escaped to your Kyushu continent?"
"But the Nine Provinces Continent should only be a small continent in the mortal world. Can it handle the genius Zhong Lingdao who has been sent down from heaven?"
"You say your Nine Provinces Continent is shattered, is that because the Spirit Seed Path went down and smashed it?"
Shen Zhixin made several guesses, but she always felt that her guesses were wrong.
After all, the deeds of Zhong Lingdao were too ancient, practically the earliest history of the formation of the Immortal Realm. Even Shen Zhixin herself didn't know them very clearly, so how could she analyze them clearly?
Shen Zhixin couldn't figure it out, and Zhang Lingshan had never even heard of the Spirit Cultivation Dao, so he naturally couldn't analyze it either. He said, "So, the method of cultivating spiritual roots disappeared along with the Spirit Cultivation Dao and was lost in the Immortal Realm. That's why you can't cultivate spiritual roots for yourselves?"
Zhang Lingshan brought the topic back to the present.
This is what Zhang Lingshan is focusing on, because it concerns whether he, Zhang Lingshan, is the only one in the immortal realm who knows how to cultivate spiritual roots.
"No."
Shen Zhixin shook her head and said, "Although the Path of Spiritual Cultivation has disappeared, the method of cultivating spiritual roots has not been lost."
"Because not all descendants of those born with spiritual roots possess spiritual roots, they naturally also need methods to cultivate spiritual roots."
"Moreover, the Spirit Cultivation Sect had already become quite powerful. Although it was destroyed by a joint effort, many of its members escaped and passed down the method of cultivating spiritual roots. "However, the conditions for cultivating spiritual roots are quite demanding. The most crucial point is that one must be a mortal to do it. In addition, the rules of the Immortal Realm are far more powerful than the rules of your Nine Provinces Continent."
"Therefore, even if one opens up a treasure trove, it is extremely difficult to absorb and control the corresponding rules."
"After the genius of the Spirit Cultivation Path disappeared, his disciples and their successors, because they did not learn the true skills of the Spirit Cultivation Path, could only rely on luck to help others cultivate spiritual roots."
"Thus, after countless people died from planting, the disciples of the Spirit Seed Sect realized that they could not continue like this, so they each used their own abilities to comprehend a whole bunch of messy methods for planting spiritual roots."
"Why do I say it's a mess? Because their methods of cultivating spiritual roots have many drawbacks, are unstable, and are mostly evil, which can be described as immoral and immoral."
“We orthodox monks would naturally disdain practicing such heretical arts.”
Shen Zhixin's eyes turned serious as she explained, staring intently at Zhang Lingshan. She said, "Therefore, after today, you must never let anyone know that your spiritual root is obtained through the cultivation of spiritual roots. Because your spiritual root, which is the most orthodox one to have received the inheritance of the cultivation of spiritual roots, will attract countless madmen who cultivate spiritual roots through evil methods, all of whom will want to devour your spiritual root as soon as possible."
At this point, Shen Zhixin spoke earnestly, saying, "Therefore, I suggest that you continue to exist as Li Xuanbing, as the Holy Son of my Ice Spirit Sect. I will announce to the public that you are the Holy Son I have been secretly cultivating, giving you the most solid identity. As for your identity as Zhang Lingshan, you should not use it anymore."
Zhang Lingshan paused for a moment, then said, "But I will destroy the Anning Army sooner or later. If I do it under the identity of Li Xuanbing, wouldn't that cause trouble for the Ice Spirit Sect?"
"Hahaha."
Shen Zhixin laughed: "It's alright, this is a small matter, our Ice Spirit Sect can handle it."
"However, it's better to avoid trouble. As long as I keep my identity as Zhang Lingshan discreet and don't implicate the Ice Spirit Sect, that would be the best outcome."
Zhang Lingshan said earnestly.
Shen Zhixin laughed even more heartily: "The fact that you have this intention shows that you truly consider our Ice Spirit Sect your home. You truly deserve to be the Holy Son of our Ice Spirit Sect. I did not misjudge you. In that case, I have a treasure that I can give you. This treasure can conceal one's whereabouts. It was obtained by me during my travels and has nothing to do with our Ice Spirit Sect. No one can trace it back to our Ice Spirit Sect."
That's all.
Shen Zhixin waved her right hand, and a small ball landed in Zhang Lingshan's hand. She said, "This treasure is called the Shadowless Veil. After you refine it, you can put it on immediately by touching the small ball to your body. With a thought, you can take it back and turn it back into a small ball."
Zhang Lingshan was overjoyed: "Thank you, Grandma. With this treasure, I can disappear without a trace, and nothing will affect our Ice Spirit Sect."
"Why be so polite? Even if we're implicated, so what? Granny Qian mentioned it to you, didn't she? Our Ice Spirit Sect has an old immortal behind it. The Great Qing Dynasty wouldn't dare to lay a hand on us."
Shen Zhixin said proudly, but then added solemnly, "However, I must remind you, never expose the spiritual root you possess. If you do, you will not only be facing the Daqing Dynasty, but all the evil cultivators in the entire Immortal Realm."
Judging from this statement, it seems that heretical cultivators all like to cultivate spiritual roots.
Zhang Lingshan was speechless.
His own spiritual root was the glorious path, but now it has become a feast for evil cultivators.
The thought of not being able to use the Xuanjin Body, the Seven Treasures Glazed Technique, and the cultivation of spiritual roots made him hesitant to reveal them.
That's so damn frustrating.
Fortunately, his ice-based techniques have been greatly improved and are now more than enough to make him as strong as any genius in the world.
Therefore, he didn't need to use any other tricks.
With just one trick up his sleeve, the Extreme Cold Soldiers could conquer the world.
Not to mention the Extreme Cold Ice Talisman that he has been working on, which is an even more lethal move.
Thinking about this, Zhang Lingshan knew that he would be staying in the Ice Spirit Sect for a long time to come.
Fortunately, Shen Zhixin, Qian Dapo, Kong Ruobing, Ji Buyi, and others have all treated me quite well.
Setting up camp here wouldn't be a bad thing.
Is things finally stabilizing?
This is great news!
I should grow a huge amount of top-grade spirit rice to celebrate.
I've been wanting to find a place to settle down and farm for a long time, because there's not enough high-grade spirit rice left. If we keep eating it, we might not even have any seeds left.
Therefore, we must quickly begin planting premium spiritual rice in order to ensure sustainable development.
Thinking of this, Zhang Lingshan immediately said, "Grandma, you and my senior sister investigated me, so you should know that besides alchemy, I'm also skilled at growing spirit rice. I wonder where in our Ice Spirit Sect is suitable for growing spirit rice?"
"You still want to grow spirit rice?"
Shen Zhixin frowned: "That's something only hard laborers do. It's exhausting, draining your energy and vitality. You're now the Holy Son of our Ice Spirit Sect, how can you do such thankless work? You should focus on cultivating our Ice Spirit Sect's techniques and reach the Immortal King level as soon as possible. With your talent, breaking through to the Immortal Venerable level isn't impossible. If heaven takes pity on you, you might even become an Immortal Emperor. At that time, what kind of spiritual rice won't you be able to eat? Will you still need to grow it yourself?"
"Grandma, you don't know, I got Pang Mancang's manual from Anning Army. He has a special method for planting spirit rice, which gives us the chance to grow top-grade spirit rice!"
Zhang Lingshan did not give up and continued to persuade him.
Shen Zhixin and Granny Qian were both surprised and asked in unison, "Really? It's possible to grow top-grade spiritual rice?"
The secret to making the finest spiritual rice has long been lost.
Although top-grade spiritual rice is rare, at least various factions still have some seeds left.
There were absolutely no seeds of the finest spirit rice.
If Pang Mancang's manual can truly be used to grow top-grade spiritual rice from high-grade spiritual rice seeds, that would be an earth-shattering event, something that would drive the entire Immortal Realm crazy.
I never expected that such a talented person would be found in such a small army as Anning.
but.
After calming down, Shen Zhixin shook her head and said, "There are plenty of people in the world who have the solutions."
"Let alone Pang Mancang, there are probably ten thousand stronger people at a higher level than Pang Mancang who are researching the cultivation method of top-grade spirit rice, and their research will only be more profound than Pang Mancang's research!"
"And what was the result? Over the years, they still haven't been able to grow top-grade spiritual rice. And what can you do with Pang Mancang's shallow, secondhand manual?"
"Stop daydreaming and focus on cultivating our Ice Spirit Sect's techniques."
"Have I not mentioned it to you yet? Our Ice Spirit Sect has a supreme secret technique."
"Once you break through to the Immortal Lord realm, I will send you into a secret realm to comprehend this supreme secret technique. This is far more worthwhile than that ethereal and elusive method of cultivating top-grade spiritual rice."
Shen Zhixin spoke earnestly.
But Zhang Lingshan was still not giving up, saying, "Perhaps some forces have already researched and developed top-grade spiritual rice, but they are keeping it hidden and enjoying it alone, hoping to make a name for themselves in the future."
"This……"
Shen Zhixin was taken aback, seemingly unable to refute.
Zhang Lingshan pressed his advantage, saying, "Besides, Grandma said that cultivating spirit rice is something only hard-working people do, and even the strong wouldn't bother researching it. Therefore, Pang Mancang's research, as a Golden Immortal, isn't necessarily weak." (End of Chapter)