“Senior, take care!”
At the edge of the cloud sea, He Pingsheng respectfully bowed towards the flying boat that had already started moving.
On the flying boat sat three people.
Qiao Huizhu, Qiao Daogu, and a Junior Apprentice Brother.
Qiao Daogu looked at He Pingsheng with a smile and said, “You’re already engaged, and you’re still calling me Senior?”
Yu Ning reached out and pinched He Pingsheng’s arm hard.
He Pingsheng quickly corrected himself, saying, “Aunt, take care!”
“Good, good, good…” Qiao Daogu nodded while smiling, “Young man, cultivate diligently!”
“Although you and Huizhu are engaged, if you cannot Breakthrough to the Golden Core Stage in this life, this engagement will ultimately be like the moon in the water, a flower in the mirror!”
“Remember that, remember that!”
“Let’s go!”
The old woman waved her hand, and the flying boat beneath her feet automatically rose, slowly heading towards the cloud sea.
Qiao Daogu was against the marriage between her niece Qiao Huizhu and He Pingsheng.
Not only did Qiao Daogu oppose it, but the entire upper echelon of Tianfu Mountain also opposed it.
Why?
Our Sect’s Disciple, such an excellent Disciple, a Prodigy of Tianfu Mountain, and even renowned as the number one beauty in the Dao Xuan Alliance, why should she marry an ordinary, unknown Cultivator?
The key was that this guy was also plain-looking and had mediocre Aptitude.
But there was no choice!
Who told her niece to encounter a Heart Demon when she was Breaking Through to the Foundation Establishment Stage?
Although He Pingsheng was insignificant, her niece’s Heart Demon was a serious matter.
The higher-ups of Tianfu Mountain had even considered killing He Pingsheng to permanently sever the Heart Demon.
But they were also afraid.
Firstly, although He Pingsheng was not important, he was still a Disciple of the Tai Xu Sect.
Offending a large School easily would not benefit them.
Secondly, what if killing He Pingsheng made her niece’s Heart Demon even worse?
Who could guarantee that killing someone would remove the Heart Demon?
They dared not gamble.
So, after several discussions among the higher-ups of Tianfu Mountain, they adopted the current method.
First, establish a marriage alliance, but give him a condition he could never achieve.
Golden Core Stage?
Hehehehe…
On the flying boat, a cold sneer appeared at the corner of Qiao Daogu’s mouth: A person who takes three years to Breakthrough from the Qi Refining Stage Seventh Layer to the eighth layer will struggle to even reach Foundation Establishment in this life.
Still want to Breakthrough to the Golden Core Stage?
Forget it.
When his Lifespan runs out and he naturally perishes, her niece’s Inner Demon Tribulation will also pass.
It doesn’t matter.
It’s just a paper marriage alliance.
“After returning, can you cultivate in peace?” Qiao Daogu looked at Qiao Huizhu.
Qiao Huizhu nodded.
…
Xiuzhu Peak!
The warmth on Yu Ning’s face instantly turned cold.
“Hmph…” She snorted coldly.
He Pingsheng asked from beside her, “Master, what’s wrong?”
Yu Ning said, “Ninth junior… Do you think they are sincerely here for a marriage alliance?”
He Pingsheng looked bewildered: “Why… aren’t they sincere?”
“You’re so muddled!” Yu Ning poked He Pingsheng’s head hard with her finger and said, “If it’s a marriage alliance, then it’s a marriage alliance. Why ask you to cultivate to the Golden Core Stage before marrying? What does that mean?”
“Isn’t that just playing with you?”
“Do you think you have a chance to reach Golden Core in this lifetime?”
Golden Core…
This was a distant dream for countless Cultivators.
Most of the Prodigies in those Sects could not even enter the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Some who luckily stepped into the Foundation Establishment Stage then became ordinary, unable to Breakthrough a single layer for decades.
Let’s put it this way, entering Foundation Establishment relies on talent.
But if you want to enter Golden Core, you not only need talent but also perseverance, Luck, and Opportunity.
None can be lacking!
Otherwise, why would the vast Tai Xu Sect, with thousands of Inner Sect Disciples and tens of thousands of Outer Sect Disciples, only have a few Golden Core Cultivators?
The difficulty of this is imaginable.
“I think…” He Pingsheng scratched his head and said, “I probably can!”
“Ho…” Yu Ning was so amused by He Pingsheng that she laughed, saying, “You little brat are quite confident… Oh well, oh well, you are young and don’t know the difficulties of Cultivation!”
“When you reach Foundation Establishment…”
At this point, Yu Ning felt that as a Master, conveying these things to a Disciple was not good, so she changed her words: “I hope you can, I hope you ultimately win the beauty!”
“Thank you, Master!” He Pingsheng smiled brightly.
But in a flash, he asked somewhat seriously, “Disciple has a question and wishes for Master to enlighten him!”
Yu Ning said, “Go ahead and speak!”
He Pingsheng asked, “Master, do you know what an Empty Spiritual Root is?”
Qiao Huizhu had said that Xiao Xuan, a Disciple of the Ice Peak Immortal Sect, was an Empty Spiritual Root.
So He Pingsheng went back and looked for it in the cultivation notes.
He did find something called Empty Spiritual Root, but the record about Empty Spiritual Root was too brief, with only one sentence saying that this Empty Spiritual Root was extremely rare, highly malleable, and a type of Spiritual Root encountered once in ten thousand years.
There were no further descriptions.
After reading these introductions, He Pingsheng was still confused and had no concept, so he asked Yu Ning.
Yu Ning looked up and said, “Empty Spiritual Root, why are you suddenly asking me about this?”
He Pingsheng said, “Disciple heard that the Ice Peak Immortal Sect produced an Empty Spiritual Root!”
“Yes!” Yu Ning nodded and said, “I also heard about it a while ago. It is said that he only used three years to cultivate from nothing to the Qi Refining Stage Tenth Layer!”
“As for what an Empty Spiritual Root is?”
“Let me put it this way!”
Yu Ning organized her words for a moment before saying, “Empty means nothing. Under normal circumstances, if tested with ordinary methods, a Cultivator with an Empty Spiritual Root would be detected as a Mortal, having no Spiritual Root!”
“But they are not without Spiritual Root; it’s just that this type of Spiritual Root cannot be detected!”
“So… this Disciple of the Ice Peak Sect, everyone initially thought he had no Spiritual Root, and he remained an ordinary Mortal until he was twenty years old!”
“Even he himself didn’t know he had a Spiritual Root!”
“Later, when he was twenty, this Disciple accidentally saw a Cultivation Technique. Upon trying it, he discovered that he could actually cultivate, and he Breakthrough to the Qi Refining Stage First Level in half an hour. Only then did the people of the Ice Peak Sect realize!”
He Pingsheng nodded.
The so-called Qi Refining Stage First Level was merely introducing Qi into the body.
For a Genius, this was very easy.
However, half an hour, that’s too easy.
It took me many days just to find the feeling of Qi.
“Empty does not mean truly nothing!” Yu Ning continued, “Rather, it is formless and shapeless!”
“All formless and shapeless things have one characteristic, which is myriad forms and myriad appearances!”
“Take this Empty Spiritual Root, for example. When he cultivates a fire-attribute Cultivation Technique, this Spiritual Root is a single fire Spiritual Root; when he cultivates a wood-attribute Cultivation Technique, it is a single wood Spiritual Root; and so on!”
“He can simulate all Spiritual Roots in this Cultivation World!”
“And it’s not limited to the Five Elements; any Spiritual Root is possible!”
“Moreover, when simulating other attribute Spiritual Roots, the efficiency is no less than those single fire Spiritual Roots and single wood Spiritual Roots, and even higher!”
Hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss…
Hearing Yu Ning’s introduction, He Pingsheng immediately gasped: This is too strong!