Chapter 55 – The Complete Eternal Spring Art, Obtained!

Su Xing nodded slightly. His body tempering cultivation had already reached Organ Refining Realm, Ninth Layer, and breaking through to the Primordial Martial Realm would certainly not be easy.

So for the sake of long-term planning, Su Xing still had to set his sights on the Eternal Spring Art.

Even if Grand Protector Zong was a wolf or a tiger, Su Xing would have to press forward against the difficulty and obtain the second half of the Eternal Spring Art.

【You and Wang Qingxuan joined the Advent Cult and obtained the status of ordinary followers.】

【Year Two: Over the past half year, you kept a low profile every day, diligently completing your assigned tasks, appearing to be a conscientious and dedicated follower.】

【One day, you decided the time was ripe, and secretly revealed your alchemy skills.】

【The alchemy skills you displayed quickly drew the attention of Protector Shadow. Protector Shadow summoned you, and after examining your alchemy abilities, wanted to take you on as a trusted confidant.】

【You knew Protector Shadow didn’t have the Eternal Spring Art, so you deliberately kept your distance from her, maintaining an aloof, noncommittal attitude.】

【Elders from the other two factions within the Advent Cult quickly noticed this. They seemed to have guessed that you didn’t want to join the Transhuman Faction, and sent elders from their respective factions to make contact with you.】

【You pretended to be indecisive, but in reality you were investigating which elder belonged to the Zealot Faction. You deliberately hesitated for half a month before finally accepting the olive branch extended by the Zealot Faction.】

【When Protector Shadow learned that you had joined the Zealot Faction, she was in a bad mood, and her attitude toward you cooled considerably.】

Seeing this, Su Xing let out a slight sigh and murmured:

“Ah, little Shadow, even though you’ve been so good to me… I actually have important business in this simulation! Once I’ve achieved my goal, I’ll choose your Transhuman Faction in the next simulation!”

【You joined the Zealot Faction and, as you had hoped, met Grand Protector Zong.】

【Grand Protector Zong was a fierce-looking old man. His entire bearing was sharp and caustic, his gaze dark and gloomy.】

【His attitude toward you was lukewarm, but whenever his eyes locked onto you, you couldn’t help but feel a chill run down your spine.】

【Grand Protector Zong promised that as long as you completed the tasks he assigned, he would grant you the position of Elder within a year.】

【You agreed to Grand Protector Zong’s terms. Your primary goal was still to obtain the Eternal Spring Art, but you knew you had to earn Grand Protector Zong’s trust first.】

【You began attempting to refine pills, but since nearly all spiritual herbs were managed by the Transhuman Faction, and you hadn’t joined them, the amount of spiritual herbs you could obtain each month was quite limited. Moreover, Protector Shadow had a poor impression of you, so you could only obtain fifty stalks of Yellow Immortal Essence per month.】

【Grand Protector Zong’s task for you was to refine two hundred Organ Tempering Pills per month for him. You gritted your teeth and agreed, then began refining the pills.】

Su Xing’s forehead was covered in dark lines when he saw this.

In previous simulations, he could obtain one hundred stalks of Yellow Immortal Essence per month and only needed to refine one hundred Organ Tempering Pills.

But this time the workload had doubled, while the amount of Yellow Immortal Essence he could secretly pocket had been cut in half.

“Damn it, once I get the Eternal Spring Art, I’m definitely throwing myself back into Protector Shadow’s arms!”

Su Xing sighed. This Grand Protector Zong really wasn’t a good person!

【Year Three: Over this year, you provided Grand Protector Zong with over two thousand Organ Tempering Pills. Grand Protector Zong used this large batch of pills to greatly enhance the strength of his subordinates. His status within the Advent Cult rose higher and higher, and the Zealot Faction’s power grew ever stronger.】

【Grand Protector Zong kept his promise and promoted you to the Elder level, with the codename Elder Medicine.】

【You attempted multiple times to earn Grand Protector Zong’s trust, but for reasons unknown, Grand Protector Zong remained lukewarm toward you and never seemed to regard you as a true confidant.】

【Year Four: You continued providing two hundred Organ Tempering Pills per month for the Advent Cult, but Grand Protector Zong showed no signs of granting you any further benefits. This struck you as wrong, and so you prepared to turn against Grand Protector Zong.】

Su Xing also looked puzzled when he saw this.

“Logically speaking, since I can refine pills, Grand Protector Zong should absolutely be grooming me as a trusted confidant. But he doesn’t seem to think that way?”

“What kind of logic is it to keep working the horse to death while never letting it eat?!”

Confused, Su Xing continued the simulation.

【One day, you finally couldn’t take it anymore and went directly to Grand Protector Zong. You told him that you had long heard of his deep knowledge regarding the path of immortal cultivation, and wished to borrow some ancient texts on cultivation to study.】

【You believed that after all you had done for Grand Protector Zong over these two years, borrowing a couple of cultivation manuals to read shouldn’t be difficult.】

【Upon hearing your words, Grand Protector Zong’s face broke into an eerie smile. He pulled the Eternal Spring Art manual from his robes and said: “You joined the Advent Cult for this Eternal Spring Art, didn’t you!”】

【A tidal wave of shock surged through your heart. How could Grand Protector Zong possibly know what you were thinking? But outwardly you maintained a calm facade, saying that you simply believed in the Advent Cult’s ideals, and that your interest in cultivation texts was merely a hobby.】

【Grand Protector Zong smiled at your words and gazed at you with a meaningful look, then handed the Eternal Spring Art over to you. He told you to keep up the good work, and that one day you would become a Protector-level figure like him.】

【You had no interest in becoming a so-called Protector, but at this moment, the Eternal Spring Art you had been dreaming of day and night was finally in your hands, and it felt utterly surreal.】

【For a moment, you even began to suspect that Grand Protector Zong had given you a fake manual.】

【But after verifying it again and again, you finally confirmed that this was indeed the genuine Eternal Spring Art — and it was the complete version, containing all cultivation methods for the Qi Refinement stage, Foundation Establishment stage, Golden Core stage, Nascent Soul stage, Spirit Transformation stage, and Void Return stage!】

“It just… worked?!”

Su Xing’s face flushed with excitement when he saw this. He had known the whereabouts of the second half of the Eternal Spring Art since over a dozen simulations ago, and had gradually come to understand that the manual was in Grand Protector Zong’s possession.

Su Xing knew Grand Protector Zong was no simple character. He had originally been prepared to spend a large number of simulation attempts grinding away at Grand Protector Zong, even if it took eight or ten simulations to bring the Eternal Spring Art back.

He never expected it to go this smoothly — succeeding on the very first attempt.

“No matter what, the Eternal Spring Art is in hand. Even if I die soon in the simulation, I can still successfully bring the Eternal Spring Art out!”

Su Xing took a deep breath, steadied himself from the dizzying rush of unexpected fortune, and chose to continue the simulation.

【You obtained the complete version of the Eternal Spring Art and couldn’t put it down, studying it over and over again.】

【You discovered that the second half of the Eternal Spring Art contained not only the basic cultivation formulas, but also cultivation insights passed down through successive generations of the Eternal Spring Sect.】

【Although the manual was sufficient for you to cultivate all the way to the Void Return realm, you were currently only a Golden Core stage cultivator, still troubled by the task of condensing a high-grade golden core.】

【Year Five: You cultivated diligently, taking Essence Nurturing Pills daily and striving to raise your Qi Refinement cultivation. Your cultivation broke through to Golden Core Stage, Third Layer, and your golden core grew ever more complete.】