Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

"Get up! If you dare to steal your brother's things again, watch your ass blossom."

"Uncle Seven, An'er will never dare to do it again," An'er said.

Zhao Xuan'an quickly scrambled to his feet, though he spoke earnestly, his eyes were shifting around.

"Hmm," seeing this, Zhao Sheng had no good solution for dealing with this little clever ghost.

"Uncle Seven, can we go now?" Zhao Xuan'an asked cautiously.

Zhao Sheng nodded and waved his hand to signal that they could leave.

Relieved at hearing this, Zhao Xuan'an and Zhao Xuanjing both ran up the mountain.

Just then, a voice filled with anger suddenly came from below:

"Zhao Xuan'an! Stop right there!"

Hearing this voice, Zhao Sheng looked helplessly down the mountain to see a visibly fuller Zhao Chongwei charging over in a fury.

"Aiya, my mom's coming!"

Zhao Xuan'an, upon seeing the approaching figure, was scared out of his wits and didn't dare to stop, taking off as fast as lightning.

Zhao Chongwei reached Zhao Sheng's side, took out a Jade Purifying Bottle, and stuffed it into his arms: "Chonghe, this is the Purple Mist Jade Dew you wanted. There's about one liter. If it's not enough, there's some more in the Dew Plate."

The Spiritual Peach Tree occasionally condenses drops of life-infused spiritual dew on its leaf tips after bathing in the first rays of the morning sun.

This kind of spiritual dew is known as Purple Mist Spirit Dew. Though not extremely rare, it's very troublesome to collect.

Zhao Sheng put away the Jade Purifying Bottle and said sternly, "Not even close! I need at least ten times more than this."

Zhao Chongwei was stunned, then quickly said, "That would take at least ten years to collect the amount you need. What do you need so much Purple Mist Jade Dew for? You're not an alchemist."

Zhao Sheng waved his hand, "I have my uses, but I need to keep it a secret for now."

"Fine, who asked you to be the head of the Zhao Family? I'll urge Chongying and the others to collect it."

"Chongwei, I've already stepped down. Now it's Jianbo who is the head of the Zhao family," Zhao Sheng explained helplessly.

"It's all the same! Anyway, I'm not going to talk to you anymore, I still have to chase that little brat. At such a young age, not learning good things, this time I won't stop until I spank his ass rotten."

Saying this, Zhao Chongwei went off in a huff up the mountain.

Zhao Sheng was left on the spot, caught between laughter and tears.

Back in the day, Zhao Chongwei was such an understanding and reasonable woman!

But after becoming a mother, I never expected her to become so fierce.

Looking at the sky, Zhao Sheng turned around and headed down to the alchemy room.

The Great Alchemist Zhao was waiting for him there.

Ever since Zhao Keru found out about his extraordinary sense of smell, he had been pestering him.

Identifying the origin and properties of Spiritual Medicine and "taking care of" the timing for Spirit Pills, all depended on his nose.

Zhao Keru often lamented that it would be great if Zhao Sheng's cultivation wasn't the Mystical Spirit Skill but the Fire Flame Technique instead.

Then the Zhao family would have another alchemist.

Unfortunately…

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Spring came and went, time flowed like water.

By the time frost descended, the dozen hectares of spirit grain at the foot of Taifu Mountain had been completely harvested, and the dozens of Spiritual Peach Trees on the mountain had their peaches carefully picked and placed into special storage bags.

At dawn that day, just as a sliver of light appeared in the sky,

a wooden kite suddenly flew out from the peak of Taifu Mountain, and after soaring high, it flew off in the direction of the northeast.

Three hours later, at the Elixir Cauldron Sect's Outer Mountain Gate, Foreign Affairs Hall,

Zhao Sheng put away the wooden kite, and hurried into the hall.

Thirty minutes later, in the guest room on the second floor, Zhao Sheng and Liu Quji sat opposite each other.

As soon as he was seated, Zhao Sheng noted a different aura emanating from his counterpart and couldn't help but show a look of joy as he hurriedly congratulated him, "Congratulations to Brother Liu on advancing to Foundation Establishment. From now on, the path of immortality will be wide open, and the Golden Core lies within reach!"

"How could I dare to hope for forming a Golden Core? It's already a fortune granted by the heavens to have successfully established my foundation. And it's largely thanks to that Red Fire Ganoderma you gave me," said Liu Quji, both proud and emotional.

Hearing this, Zhao Sheng laughed and said, "Ah, Brother Liu, you are being too modest. The Red Fire Ganoderma just added splendor to what was already there, after all, it's your foundation that's profound."

"Haha, let's not speak of this anymore. You came at a good time, little brother. A few days ago, I found the Earth Element Technique you asked me to search for. Quickly take a look and see if it matches your intentions?"

As he spoke, Liu Quji took out a jade scroll from his storage bag and handed it to Zhao Sheng.

A jade scroll?

Zhao Sheng was startled inwardly. Such an item was rare. It seemed that this technique must be extraordinary.

Zhao Sheng pressed the jade scroll to his forehead and his divine intent probed into the scroll.

In an instant, a vast amount of obscure and unknown information flooded his mind.

A moment later, Zhao Sheng let out a muffled grunt and moved the jade scroll away from his forehead.

He wiped the sweat from his brow and with a look of surprise said to Liu Quji, "Brother Liu, this technique... is truly profound! Isn't it too precious?"

The technique recorded in the jade scroll was an Earth Element Technique named "Infinite Earth Technique," and it detailed every stage from the beginning of Qi Refinement to Foundation Establishment Perfection in extreme detail, leaving nothing to question.

This technique was clearly one that had been refined to this degree of detail through the continuous practice and analysis of countless generations.

A completely "mature" technique like the Infinite Earth Technique is considered a treasure that loose cultivators and ordinary cultivation families can only hope for but never obtain.

Only a fool would sell it to others.

Liu Quji smiled slightly, a hint of pride on his face, "Brother Zhao need not worry. This technique comes from the Ksitigarbha Sect, and it's definitely reliable."

"Ksitigarbha Sect?!"

Zhao Sheng repeated these three words, thoughtful, and then suddenly understood, his expression becoming overjoyed.

He remembered.

The Ksitigarbha Sect was known as the Hidden Immortal Sect in the cultivation world and never publicly recruited disciples.

Its method of passing on the legacy greatly differed from other cultivation sects, as it actively spread its exclusive cultivation techniques throughout the various boundaries of the cultivation world.

Any cultivator who practiced a technique from the Ksitigarbha Sect was considered an outer disciple of the sect.

Usually, once they reached Foundation Establishment Perfection in their practice, they would find their cultivation stagnating, unable to form a core no matter what.

At this point, the Ksitigarbha Sect would often actively reach out through secret methods.

Facing such a situation, the cultivators usually had two choices: either remain forever at Foundation Establishment Perfection, or join the Ksitigarbha Sect and acquire the second half of the technique.

Their choice was obvious, wasn't it?

Having understood all this, Zhao Sheng finally felt at ease.

He didn't think his family descendants would reach the Golden Core barriers within a few hundred years.

In his view, advancing to Foundation Establishment was already a perfect accomplishment of merit.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"Brother Liu, may I ask how this technique can be exchanged?"

"It's not expensive, seventy percent of this year's spiritual peach output can be traded for it. After all, it's a technique that the Ksitigarbha Sect deliberately spreads and is not rare."

"Good, let's go by that price," Zhao Sheng said, his face lighting up with joy as he immediately accepted without hesitation.

Thirty minutes later, Zhao Sheng bid farewell to Liu Quji, taking with him the cultivation technique, elixir pills, and various cultivation resources exchanged for spirit grain and spiritual peaches, and left the Foreign Affairs Hall aboard a wooden kite.

As autumn passed and winter arrived, and then spring returned, the peach blossoms bloomed once more.

In that year, Zhao's Immortal Cultivation School was officially established,

The Cultivation Academy was built at the base of Taifu Mountain, neighboring the Jade Water to the north, surrounded by peach groves. In the front courtyard, there was a seven-hundred-year-old Spiritual Peach Tree, securing the academy's Qi Fortune.

That year, Zhao Xuanjing, who had turned six, and Zhao Xuan'an, who was five, became the first batch of students in the academy.