Chapter 149: Chapter 114: The Five Elements Converge, The Flawed Spiritual Root_2

Song Shengming spoke again, his gaze firmly fixed on Geng Yiyang's tree-like face, carefully observing his changes in expression:

"To my knowledge, there is currently a member of the Song Clan within Taixuan, and I hope the Holy Master will do me the favor of letting them leave with me, to acknowledge their ancestors and return to the clan."

This statement was also a test; he wanted to know whether this Geng Yiyang was truly unaware of the Song Clan's bloodline being able to unlock the secret realm or if he was feigning ignorance.

"Oh?"

Geng Yiyang opened his eyes, and a sudden brilliance spilled forth from his murky ones:

"That person is of the Song Family bloodline?"

At that moment, Geng Yiyang was truly surprised. In the small world of Great Zhou, many outstanding individuals had indeed emerged over the years.

Heretic Path geniuses, those with a Fire Spirit Body, descendants of True Immortal noble families, and monsters like Chu Zheng.

Coming back to his senses, he couldn't help but chuckle lightly, "I would like to hand over this person to you, but I'm afraid you wouldn't dare accept."

"Please speak clearly, Holy Master." Song Shengming's brows furrowed slightly.

"The recent disturbance in the Heavenly Dao, and the decree from the Immortal Alliance, was to find this heretic cultivator. He's the one."

Geng Yiyang rolled up his sleeve, revealing his bony, skinny arm, and chuckled, "Is the Song Clan intending to defy the Immortal Alliance and protect a heretic cultivator?"

A killing intent spread through the void, and the next sentence could determine Song Shengming's life or death.

"This..."

Song Shengming's face changed dramatically, and he waved his hands in quick succession, "Absolutely not!"

Defying the Immortal Alliance meant death even for a True Immortal, let alone the now declining Song Clan.

Song Shengming unconsciously clenched his fist, cold sweat seeped from his back. He bowed and, without another word, turned and left.

After a few steps, he returned to the front of the grand formation.

Seeing Song Shengming emerge, several cultivators of the Song Clan gathered around, silent, waiting for him to speak.

"For now, leave Chu Zheng be. Deploy all of the clan's elite forces to find the other fragments as soon as possible."

Calming the fluctuations in his emotions, Song Shengming whispered:

"Taixuan Holy Land should be unaware of the secret realm, so there's no need to panic. Once the fragments are collected, I will visit the other Holy Lands, join forces to pressure Taixuan, and have Chu Zheng personally deal with this matter."

If Chu Zheng truly knew about that secret realm, they could simply share some resources with him; how greedy could a cultivator in the Entry Dao Realm be?

As long as Taixuan Holy Land had no interest in it, there was still room for maneuver.

Thinking thus, Song Shengming looked back at Taixuan Holy Land, his eyes complex. He had not expected a heretic prodigy to emerge from his own Song Family.

It was a pity, such heretic blooms outshone even those with Superior Immortal Bone and were exceedingly rare; this should have been a stroke of great fortune.

If the True Immortal of the clan were still around, he would have definitely been able to find a way out for him in the world beyond, and under the dome of stars, he would have written a new chapter for the Song Clan's bloodline. But now...

How fate plays with us.

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Night descended, moonlight fell, and the world was draped in a layer of silver gauze.

Under the starlit sky, a majestic Spirit Peak stood in the midst of the vast Great Desert, its summit enshrouded in clouds and mist, gathering the radiance of the stars to illuminate the night for miles around.

Chu Zheng sat cross-legged at the peak, all the pores on his body open, absorbing the starlight, refining his physique.

The Heavenly Star Body Refining Technique, his pace in cultivating was only normal. Compared to the speed at which he increased his mana and cultivated qi refining, it was even slower.

In the realm of body refinement, Chu Zheng had little natural talent; he was not one born with exceptional root bone and could only progress step by step.

The Slaughter Blood Descending Dragon Technique he had already begun to practice, any method that could increase his strength, he would not miss out on.

The only pity was that in the Southern Region, where sects stood in great numbers, magical beasts that grew in the wild were uncommon, making it difficult to find resources to supplement his strength.

Approaching midnight, Chu Zheng slowly ceased cultivating and took out two magic treasures, placing them in front of him. He activated the Method of Qi Absorption and slowly drew out the Gold Element Qi contained within.

Finding Gold Element spiritual objects was not an easy task, and Chu Zheng could only resort to this method to supplement his Gold Element Dao Foundation.

After their essence had been drained, these magic treasures would instantly turn to ash, not even the repair panel could reverse their fate, undeniably a great loss.

This was different from mere damage; to be more precise, these treasures hadn't disappeared but had become a part of him.

Chu Zheng's eyes were tightly closed as he concentrated and operated the Golden Cauldron Mantra, constructing the Celestial Foundation within his body. In his Dantian, nourished by the Gold Element Qi, his Dao Foundation began to ascend gradually.

At the break of dawn, his Gold Element Dao Foundation reached the sixth layer, hitting a bottleneck. His mana surged once more, and he was not far from reaching the Mid Entry Dao Realm.

After reaching the sixth layer of the Gold Element Dao Foundation, Chu Zheng did not cease his efforts, taking out a bottle of Spirit Pills instead. Abundant Wood Element Qi poured into his body instantly.

Subsequently, a jade token appeared in Chu Zheng's palm, and streams of information entered his mind. Searᴄh the NôᴠeFire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

[Ancient Pine True Technique (Sixth Order/Incomplete): The Sect-Defending Secret Scripture of the Ancient Pine Sect, after the destruction of the sect, it was sold along with some of the Ancient Pine cultivators to the Locking Immortal Pavilion. You have only mastered the first three levels, restoration required (0/3000).]

This cultivation technique was also obtained from the Locking Immortal Pavilion.

After purchasing Zhang Shiyi and others, Chu Zheng visited several more Locking Immortal Pavilions, searching for disciples of major sects of the past, hoping to find a few more cultivation techniques to construct his own Celestial Foundation.

After a few interactions, he learned that the Locking Immortal Pavilion's business was far from limited to flesh trade; they dabbled in cultivation techniques, elixirs, magic treasures, and divine weapons, though they were not very well known and their prices were marked up significantly.

As for the price, Chu Zheng was not too concerned, using spirit stones as necessary. To save some spirit stones, he only purchased the first three levels of the technique. As long as it included the method for constructing a Celestial Foundation, it was sufficient for his current stage.

Besides the Ancient Pine True Technique, Chu Zheng also purchased another cultivation technique with a bias towards the Earth Element, named the Earth Spirit Technique, also of the Sixth Order, and it included a side branch of Divine Skills such as Spirit Seeking and Meridian Stabilizing.

With this, he possessed a complete set of Five Element cultivation techniques. Although their grades varied, he finally had methods for foundation construction.

As he encountered more cultivation techniques, Chu Zheng developed a new doubt: Immortal Bones do not differentiate in properties, but the constitutions of people do differ among the Five Elements, which is why cultivation techniques gradually became diverse.

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Constitutions like the Fire Spirit Body, within the Immortal Path, do not seem to have a special standard for assessment.

In Chu Zheng's view, even if having the same Fire Spirit Body, different individuals should have varying affinities towards the Fire Attribute, it could not be completely identical.

Just like those with Lower Quality Immortal Bones, some cultivators' ultimate achievements far surpass the average limit of the Lower Quality Immortal Bone, there will always be some exceptional cases.

The concept of the Immortal Bone Heavenly Grant always seemed somewhat flawed to Chu Zheng, just like with Song Lingqing; before she had appeared, no one expected that she was a descendant of a True Immortal Noble Family.

Now, those cultivators born in ordinary families yet possessing Immortal Bones, perhaps had ancestors who had been cultivators. Over time, the transmission of information within the clans broke down, leading them to fall into the mundane world.

In a certain generation, their bloodline reawakened, and they underwent Ancestral Return, giving rise to Immortal Bones, which seemed like a much more likely possibility.

Rather than being innate, it was more akin to a hereditary bloodline.

The Immortal Path, perhaps, is not limited to just the Immortal Bone as the sole path; there might be another path of cultivation.

Utilizing these two techniques, along with the Spirit Pills he had collected before, Chu Zheng smoothened the process of Dao Foundation advancement.

After staying at the summit of the Spirit Peak for a full half month, when the last Earth Element Celestial Foundation reached the sixth layer, Chu Zheng's Dantian suddenly trembled, and the bottleneck shattered. His cultivation naturally progressed further, reaching the Mid Entry Dao Realm.

By now, his Immortal Path Cultivation was on par with his Qi Refinement's Cultivation.

Before Chu Zheng could gather his senses, the mana formed from the balance of the Five Elements surged to the back of his head, causing a slight change in his body.

At the location of his Immortal Bone, towards the back of his head, a tender bud started to sprout.

The prompt from the panel rang out instantly.

[Flawed Spiritual Root: A spiritual root condensed from the Five Elements Qi, capable of absorbing Five Element Spiritual Energy into the body. Due to flaws in the Celestial Foundation, it is incomplete but can be restored.]