Chapter 114 – Planting the Seed of Immortality, Glimpsing the Immortal Path!
by spirapiraChapter 114 – Planting the Seed of Immortality, Glimpsing the Immortal Path!
Black lines rose on Su Xing’s forehead when he saw this.
What the hell?
Because his head-turning rate was too high, an old man riding a bicycle stared at him on the street, and that ended up costing him sixty-six thousand?
This was way too absurd!
“Sure enough, attracting too much attention isn’t a good thing!”
Su Xing sighed and turned his gaze back to the simulation panel.
【You became aware of the troubles this talent brought you. Fortunately, you rarely went out anyway, so holing up in the Blessed Spirit Field all day to refine pills and cultivate was actually quite pleasant.】
【One day, you went out to visit the Luotian Assembly dungeon, intending to inquire about the matter of the Fourth-Grade Nascent Soul.】
【Inside the Luotian Assembly dungeon, the person in charge of opening the dungeon for you was successfully captivated by your appearance and gave you an extra glance.】
【You entered the Luotian Assembly dungeon!】
Seeing this, Su Xing hurriedly recited in his mind:
“Activate immersive simulation function, duration two hours!”
【Ding. You have successfully activated immersive simulation. 200,000 energy points consumed. Simulation duration: 2 hours. Remaining energy: 24,463,003 points.】
As the notification fell, Su Xing’s vision began to shift and transform, and he found himself inside a palace.
Su Xing looked up. Standing before him was none other than Elder Niu Rulie, whom he had met during the last simulation.
Niu Rulie walked over, patted Su Xing on the shoulder, and said:
“Good disciple, you’ve finally come out of seclusion! Hurry to the rear mountain and invite your Martial Uncle Shennong to come participate in the Luotian Assembly!”
Su Xing nodded upon hearing this, but was quietly digesting the small segment of memories that had appeared in his mind.
“My identity is Luo Xiaochuan, Niu Rulie’s direct disciple… and also one of the twelve strongest Nascent Soul cultivators in the Luotian Sect?”
“And also the star disciple who has charmed tens of thousands of young women — ugh, no… charmed the millions of junior brothers and sisters of the inner and outer gates?”
“Hiss… my identity seems to have changed again! One of the twelve strongest Nascent Soul cultivators? Is it because of the dual Body Tempering and Qi Refinement Nascent Soul?”
Su Xing’s thoughts flashed quickly. He bowed to his master Niu Rulie and said:
“As you command, Master!”
Su Xing headed straight for the rear mountain without asking Niu Rulie about the Fourth-Grade Nascent Soul matter.
After all, in his view, Niu Rulie was clearly a Body Tempering cultivator and shouldn’t know much about Qi Refinement…
Before long, Su Xing found Shennong Youtian.
Shennong Youtian was performing a field-tilling technique. Upon seeing Su Xing arrive, he stopped casting and said to Su Xing:
“Martial Nephew! I noticed you from far away as you walked over! Are you here to call me to participate in the Luotian Assembly?”
Su Xing nodded, though internally he was speechless. Indeed, he was The Prettiest Guy in the Room…
Su Xing led his Martial Uncle Shennong toward the Luotian Assembly grounds. Along the way, the two chatted casually.
Seeing that the timing was right, Su Xing voiced the question on his mind.
“Martial Uncle, do you know what the Fourth-Grade Nascent Soul is, and how one can perfectly achieve the Spirit Transformation stage?”
Shennong Youtian smiled after hearing this and replied:
“Martial Nephew, it’s been over a decade since we last met. I didn’t expect you to have already cultivated to Nascent Soul Stage, Grand Perfection… truly, the younger generation is to be feared!”
“But your inquiry about the Fourth-Grade Nascent Soul — could it be that you seek the path to immortality?”
Su Xing frowned slightly upon hearing this and asked:
“Martial Uncle, what connection does the Fourth-Grade Nascent Soul have with the path to immortality?”
Shennong Youtian said:
“So-called immortality is the process of a seed of immortality taking root and sprouting… and to achieve immortality, one must first plant a seed of immortality!”
“Throughout the ages, every predecessor who transcended their tribulation and ascended had without exception a Nine-Revolution Golden Core, because that is the foundation of everything…”
“And after the Nine-Revolution Golden Core comes the four-grade Nascent Soul classification, which is divided into: Third-Grade Nascent Soul, Second-Grade Nascent Soul, First-Grade Nascent Soul, and Super-Grade Nascent Soul!”
“A Third-Grade Nascent Soul can reach the Spirit Transformation realm, but without extraordinary fortune, one may be stuck at the Spirit Transformation stage for life, unable to advance even an inch.”
“A Second-Grade Nascent Soul can glimpse the wonders of Void Return, and enjoy a lifespan of three thousand years!”
“A First-Grade Nascent Soul can become a Body Integration or Mahayana cultivator, with an endlessly extended lifespan of ten thousand years! But without great fortune, one cannot achieve immortality…”
“Only the Super-Grade Nascent Soul is equivalent to opening up fertile soil for planting the seed of immortality. After reaching Spirit Transformation Grand Perfection, one can plant the seed of immortality. Once it takes root and sprouts, one can glimpse the secret of immortality, with a lifespan as long as the heavens…”
Su Xing watched Shennong Youtian swaying his head as he spoke, and for a moment he was somewhat lost in thought.
Immortality… what a distant notion.
Throughout the ages, countless predecessors and masters of the cultivation world had aspired to ascend and achieve immortality, but how many true immortals existed in the world?
Even though Su Xing possessed a heaven-defying cheat like the simulator, he currently didn’t dare think about achieving immortality.
After all, in mythological stories, immortals were truly omnipotent beings…
Su Xing snapped back to his senses and asked Martial Uncle Shennong before him:
“So, condensing a Super-Grade Nascent Soul is enough to achieve immortality?”
Shennong Youtian shook his head slightly:
“To be precise, on the path of Qi Refinement, one must condense a Super-Grade Nascent Soul to have any hope of achieving immortality…”
Su Xing nodded upon hearing this. He understood — this was called a necessary but not sufficient condition!
So Su Xing asked again:
“Then, how exactly are the four grades of Nascent Soul classified, and how does one achieve a Super-Grade Nascent Soul?”
Shennong Youtian said: “Take the Nascent Soul Tempering Pill, then pass the five trials of Lust, Fear, Greed, Pride, and Wrath, and you can achieve a Super-Grade Nascent Soul!”
“Simply taking the Nascent Soul Tempering Pill isn’t difficult, since the sect provides an allocation of this pill. You cultivated a Nine-Revolution Golden Core, so you can take a maximum of three Nascent Soul Tempering Pills, which would directly elevate you to a First-Grade Nascent Soul.”
“A First-Grade Nascent Soul isn’t hard. The hard part is passing the five trials. Only by passing the trials of Lust, Fear, Greed, Pride, and Wrath can one’s mental state be firm enough to achieve a Super-Grade Nascent Soul…”
Su Xing immediately got a headache upon hearing this. Setting aside the five trials of mental state for now, just the Nascent Soul Tempering Pill alone was something Su Xing couldn’t get his hands on.
What if the ingredients needed to refine the Nascent Soul Tempering Pill were things Su Xing didn’t have? That would be a huge problem.
So Su Xing hurriedly asked:
“Martial Uncle, may I ask what the formula for the Nascent Soul Tempering Pill is? Your martial nephew is very interested…”
Shennong Youtian looked puzzled:
“What use is it for you to ask about this, Martial Nephew? With your status and position, you can simply go to the pill-refining hall and collect them directly…”
Su Xing: “…”
Damn it, if things from the Luotian Assembly dungeon could be taken out, would he be standing here wasting his breath?
Su Xing looked up at Shennong Youtian.
Seeing Su Xing’s earnest expression, Shennong Youtian sighed:
“Very well. Since you’re interested in the art of pill refining, Martial Uncle will lend you a hand.”
With that, Shennong Youtian pressed a finger to Su Xing’s forehead, and Su Xing immediately felt a cluster of memories appear in his mind.
The Nascent Soul Tempering Pill formula! The primary ingredient was Three-Tailed Phoenix Grass, supplemented by Snow Jade Bone Ginseng…
Aside from these two ingredients, the rest were all common herbs that Su Xing could find ways to obtain.
But the key issue was precisely these two ingredients — Su Xing had never even heard of them!
“Now this is a real problem! Not only is the Divine Power Pill difficult to refine, but this Nascent Soul Tempering Pill is also out of reach!”
Su Xing sighed. His only hope now was that either the Advent Cult’s treasury or the seeds that old Daoist Qingyunzi had left him contained these two ingredients.
Su Xing and Shennong Youtian headed toward the Luotian Assembly.
Along the way, Shennong Youtian chatted and laughed cheerfully, while Su Xing wore a worried frown.
After delivering Shennong Youtian to the Luotian Assembly, Su Xing rushed without stopping to the Scripture Pavilion, found the Grand Compendium of Medicinal Herbs, and memorized the appearance of both Three-Tailed Phoenix Grass and Snow Jade Bone Ginseng, as well as how to identify their seeds.
Before long, the two hours were up, and Su Xing returned to the real world.
After returning to reality, Su Xing wore a troubled expression and sighed:
“Sigh, I hope I can successfully find the ingredients…”
Su Xing looked at the simulation panel.
【You left the Luotian Assembly dungeon and returned to the Blessed Spirit Field.】
【You opened the bag of seeds that old Daoist Qingyunzi had left you and scanned them one by one with your spiritual sense, finally finding several seeds that appeared to be Three-Tailed Phoenix Grass!】
【You planted these seeds, but were unable to find any Snow Jade Bone Ginseng. This left you feeling frustrated, and you could only place your hopes on the Advent Cult’s treasury.】
【Over the next several months, aside from refining pills day and night, you also carefully tended to the Three-Tailed Phoenix Grass. Unfortunately, the Three-Tailed Phoenix Grass grew extremely slowly. According to the formula’s records, Three-Tailed Phoenix Grass was a type of grass that phoenixes legendarily favored. It grew three tails at its tip — one tail every hundred years, requiring three hundred years to fully mature!】
【But you had no choice and could only wait, infusing it daily with wood-attribute spiritual energy to hasten its growth, hoping it would take root and sprout soon.】
【One day, Wang Qingxuan came to find you. After a night together, you both joined the Advent Cult.】
【As soon as you joined the Advent Cult, you revealed your cultivation level and pill-refining talent, and proposed that you become an Elder. The Advent Cult agreed to your request — as long as you completed a few simple pill-refining tasks, they would grant you the position of Elder.】
Seeing this, Su Xing furrowed his brow slightly. The cultivation of this Three-Tailed Phoenix Grass was even more difficult than he had imagined. Three hundred years… even with his Plant Affinity talent combined with daily spiritual energy acceleration, it would probably take sixty or seventy years…
Based on a maximum of twenty-five years per simulation run, Su Xing would need three simulation runs, and would have to waste three reward selection opportunities, just to bring the Three-Tailed Phoenix Grass out.
This was unacceptable to Su Xing.
“Is there any other way to make the Three-Tailed Phoenix Grass mature faster…”
Su Xing thought of the Shennong Spirit Cultivation Technique. This spirit cultivation technique was endlessly profound, its skill approaching the level of the Dao.
But the content within was far too vast — practically rivaling a novel of tens of millions of words. Su Xing had never had the time to read through it, much less memorize it.
All this time, Su Xing’s use of the Shennong Spirit Cultivation Technique amounted to nothing more than raising chickens and learning a bit about spirit-gathering formations.
But now, Su Xing could only rely on this Shennong Spirit Cultivation Technique.
With this thought, Su Xing looked toward the simulation panel.
【You realized that the Three-Tailed Phoenix Grass would take too long to mature and you couldn’t wait that long, so you opened the Shennong Spirit Cultivation Technique that Qingyunzi had left for you.】
【The contents of the Shennong Spirit Cultivation Technique were as vast as an ocean. You spent an entire month before finally finding some techniques for accelerating the maturation of spiritual plants within the book.】
【You prepared to attempt learning the Earth Dragon Art and the Spirit Dew Technique!】
【The Earth Dragon Art involves cultivating earth dragons within the field, letting them continuously till the spirit field to increase its fertility…】
【Earth dragons of sufficient age can even double or multiply the spirit field’s fertility several times over, thereby accelerating the maturation speed of spiritual plants!】
【As for the Spirit Dew Technique…】