Chapter 6o: Chapter 60 Ren Water Thunder Method 1
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The Eastern Wilderness has nineteen nations.
In total, there are seven major sects of Immortal Cultivation, namely Back to Sky Valley, Five Elements Sect, Golden Cliff, Divine Wood Sect, Liu Jia Mountain, Mountain Shaker Peak, and Snow-Blowing Palace.
Among them, the Five Elements Sect was once the overlord of the whole Eastern Wilderness. However, after the only Nascent Soul elder ‘sat into dissolution’ fifty years ago, a split occurred in the lineage of the five veins. As a result, Golden Cliff and Divine Wood Sect broke away.
But even a skinny camel is still bigger than a horse, the Five Elements Sect remains the strongest force in the Eastern Wilderness.
In the entire Eastern Wilderness, these seven major sects monopolize the supply of Foundation Building Pills. To get these pills, all the remaining Loose Cultivators, Cultivation families, or even heirs of minor schools have to ask the seven major sects.
Most Loose Cultivators tend to join these sects directly, becoming disciples. Once their contributions within the sect are sufficient, they can exchange for a Foundation Building Pill.
On the other hand, heirs of Cultivation families and minor sects can exchange precious resources like Spirit Stones and Spiritual Medicine for the pills.
Every once in a while, the seven major sects release a batch of Foundation Building Pills for the lower Cultivation powers.
In addition to this, there are also markets set up by major foreign commercial associations. From time to time, these markets leak some Foundation Building Pills into the market with the intention of opening up the market in the Eastern Wilderness.
The Yun Country where Southstream Market is located was once a subsidiary power of the Five Elements Sect. After the Divine Wood Sect split off, it became a border area between the two sects. After several clashes, the two sects each raised two Cultivation families. While controlling secular forces, they also slowly harvested the Cultivation resources of Yun Country.
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In this process, the two major sects come to Yun Country every ten years to enroll into their ranks any Cultivation seedlings who possess spiritual roots, ensuring their absolute position.
The Five Elements Sect was originally the supreme emperor of Yun Country, thus it has deep roots among the common folk. Therefore, whenever a child’ with Spiritual Roots is found, their parents generally send them to the Five Elements Sect instead of the Divine Wood Sect.
In contrast, the Divine Wood Sect’s leader cleverly realized they couldn’t compete with the Five Elements Sect in secular competition. Therefore, they shifted their attention to Loose Cultivators. Not only do the recruited disciples have some foundation which saves a part of the spirit stones during training, but it also saves time otherwise wasted in searching among the common people.
The only disadvantage is that the characters of Loose Cultivators are inconsistent, unlike the disciples of the Five Elements Sect who are brought in and trained from childhood, making them more reliable.
Of course, this doesn’t mean the Five Elements Sect doesn’t recruit Loose Cultivators. They do, albeit strictly. Furthermore, it is rumored that joining as a Loose Cultivator involves a heart-questioning and soul-examining process to ensure that those who join do not have ulterior motives.
After reading the introduction to the Divine Wood Sect, Chen Mobai then read the one for the Five Element Sect. Comparing the notes in the Water Mansion, he vaguely realized why Liu Yanpei had disappeared fifty years ago and never’ returned.
Fifty years ago, the only Nascent Soul senior in the Eastern Wilderness, the elder Hun Yuan of the Five Elements sect ‘sat into dissolution’, after which two major factions of the gold and wood veins split. Undoubtedly, it must have been a chaotic time filled with bloody strife.
It is likely that Liu Yanpei was called back to the Five Elements Sect due to the disorder and possibly fell victim to an internal struggle.
For the next twenty years, the Five Elements Sect intensely battled with the split-off Golden Cliff and Divine Wood Sect. During the war, this Rank-2 Spirit Vein Water Mansion with no value was naturally forgotten.
If explained in this way, things basically make sense.”
Sitting in the Water Mansion, Chen Mobai consolidated the information he had read over the past few days from the ‘Introduction to the Major Sects of the Eastern Wilderness’, ‘Distribution Map of Cultivation Powers in Yun Country’, ‘Biography of Donghuang Cultivators’ and so forth, by forming a timeline in his mind. Through this, he was able to analyze the reason why this Water Mansion was now vacant.
“But over the past twenty years, the Five Element Sect acknowledges the split of Golden Cliff and Divine Wood Sect, forming the current power structure of the seven major sects in the Eastern Wilderness. The Water Mansion must be recorded in the internal documents of the Five Element Sect. Would they come to reclaim it?”
Chen Mobai realized a loophole: the reason why Liu Yanpei had been here to farm fish and grow bamboo was mainly to meet the dietary preferences of a Gold Core elder in the upper echelons.
The Five Elements Sect might overlook this small Rank-2 Spiritual Land, but what if this Gold Core elder suddenly got the munchies and remembered it?
Chen Mobai now hopes that this Gold Core elder either died in the internal strife of the Five Elements Sect fifty years ago, or was seriously injured and needed recuperation, thus forgetting about this fish-growing, bamboo-growing Water Mansion.
However, with this thought in his mind, Chen Mobai started to feel uneasy in what he had initially considered a safe Water Mansion.
“After all, this is the Spirit Vein of the Five Elements Sect. If they see me, an outsider, occupying it, they definitely won’t be pleased. Maybe, I should try to join the Five Elements Sect!”
Chen Mobai had already developed some affection for the secret base in the Water Mansion and was somewhat reluctant to leave.
However, joining the Five Elements Sect is not easy, being subject to the heart-questioning process could reveal the existence of the Ground Origin Star and might even lead to a war between the two worlds.
When he thought of the significant casualty numbers in the wars of previous eras recorded in the Immortal Sect’s history books, Chen Mobai felt it best to be careful. For the sake of avoiding a war which could cause widespread death and destruction, resulting in rivers of blood, he decided to join the Divine Wood Sect which is known for lenient recruitment of Loose Cultivators.
“However, before leaving, I should try to open these two auxiliary temples to see what’s inside.”
Having clarified his short-term goal in the Tianhe Realm – to join the Divine Wood Sect, and his long-term goal – to obtain the Foundation Building Pills, Chen Mobai rose to his feet, turning to look at the two auxiliary temples sealed by thunder prohibitions.
The power of these two prohibitions has reached Rank-i top-grade, representing the strongest measures of Liu Yanpei who was at the ninth level of Qi Cultivation.
This method is called “Ren Water Thunder Method.”
This is also the supplementary technique of Blackwater Cultivation, which Chen Mobai found out from the cultivation notes left by Liu Yanpei in the study hall.
The old man who died in the Water Mansion might really be a disciple of Liu Yanpei, because his complete Blackwater Cultivation matched the descriptions in Liu Yanpei’s notes for the most part, except for this powerful “Ren Water Thunder Method,” which requires reaching the ninth level of Qi Cultivation and had not been passed down.
The notes Liu Yanpei left behind about his practice of the Blackwater Cultivation also mentioned that he once saved a young man from drowning nearby and seeing he had spiritual roots, took him in as his nominal disciple to alleviate his tiresome duties of raising fish and growing bamboo.
This “Ren Water Thunder Method” is a prohibition formed by drawing spiritual energy from the Water Vein. It’s not connected to the large formation so one only needs a persistent attack with Spirit Talismans to wear down the power of the prohibition until it disappears.
Originally, Chen Mobai thought that since everything in the Water Mansion would eventually belong to him, he didn’t have to hurry. He planned to cultivate a powerful technique when he reached the late stages of Qi Cultivation and then slowly break the prohibition.
However, it now seems that he may have to spend some money to buy some powerful Spirit Talismans or Magic Artifacts.
Chen Mobai knew that in these auxiliary halls, one must definitely be growing Jade Bamboo. But he didn’t know whether it had died or grown more luxuriant after being unattended for fifty years..