Chapter 128: Chapter 113: The Seed of Becoming an Immortal, Peeking into the Path of Immortality!
Su Xing saw black lines rising on his forehead.
What the hell?
Because the rate of turning heads was so high, walking on the road got him noticed by an old man riding a bicycle, leading to a compensation of sixty-six thousand?
This is way too magical, right?
“Indeed, having such a high eye-catching rate is not always a good thing!”
With a sigh, Su Xing shifted his gaze back to the simulation panel.
[You have realized the trouble this talent brings you, but luckily you don’t go out often. It’s also a fine idea to simply stay in the Spirit Field Blessed Land all day for Alchemy and cultivation.]
[One day, you went out to the Luotian Meeting Instance to inquire about the matters of a fourth-grade Nascent Soul.]
[In the Luotian Meeting Instance, the person responsible for opening the instance for you was captivated by you and took an extra glance.]
[You have entered the Luotian Meeting Instance!]
Upon seeing this, Su Xing hurriedly chanted to himself:
“Activate immersive simulation function, duration two hours!”
[Ding, you have successfully activated the immersive simulation, consuming 200,000 energy points. Simulation time: 2 hours, remaining energy: 24,463,003 points.]
As the prompt sounded, Su Xing’s vision began to shift, and he soon found himself inside a palace.
Su Xing looked up and saw Elder Niu Ruolie standing in front of him, who he had met in his last simulation.
Niu Ruolie came over and patted Su Xing on the shoulder, saying:
“Good disciple, you have finally come out of seclusion! Hurry to the back mountain and invite your Shennong Mentor to join the Luo Tian Meeting!”
Hearing this, Su Xing nodded, while covertly digesting a fragment of new memory in his mind.
“My identity is Luo Xiaochuan, a direct disciple of Niu Ruolie… and also one of the Luo Tian Sect’s strongest twelve Nascent Soul cultivators?”
“And also the star disciple who charmed thousands of young girls, ahem… charmed millions of internal and external sect junior brothers and sisters?”
“Hiss… It seems my identity has changed again! The twelve strongest Nascent Soul cultivators? Is it because of the double cultivation of Body Refinement and Qi Refinement Nascent Soul?”
Su Xing quickly sorted through his thoughts and saluted his master Niu Ruolie, saying:
“As you command, Master!”
Su Xing headed straight for the back mountain without asking Niu Ruolie about the fourth-grade Nascent Soul.
After all, in his opinion, Niu Ruolie appeared to be a Body Refinement Cultivator, so he probably wouldn’t know much about Qi Refinement…
Before long, Su Xing saw Shennong Youtian.
Shennong Youtian was performing farming magic. Upon seeing Su Xing, he stopped the magic and said to Su Xing:
“My nephew! I noticed you from a distance! Are you here to invite me to the Luo Tian Meeting?”
Su Xing nodded at his words but felt speechless inside, truly being the brightest in the crowd…
Accompanied by Shennong Mentor, Su Xing made his way to the Luo Tian Meeting venue, chatting with his uncle mentor sporadically along the way.
Seeing the timing was right, Su Xing finally voiced his doubts.
“Mentor Uncle, do you know what a fourth-grade Nascent Soul is, and how to perfectly achieve Divinity Transformation Stage as a cultivator?”
Upon hearing this, Shennong Youtian chuckled and replied:
“My nephew, I haven’t seen you in over a decade, and I didn’t expect you to have reached the Great Perfection stage of the Nascent Soul… The younger generation is truly formidable!”
“But your question about the fourth-grade Nascent Soul, could it be that you’re seeking the path to becoming an Immortal?”
Su Xing frowned slightly upon hearing this and inquired:
“Mentor Uncle, how is the fourth-grade Nascent Soul related to the path of becoming an Immortal?”
Shennong Youtian then said:
“To become an Immortal is like a process of an Immortal Seed taking root and sprouting… And to become an Immortal, one must plant an Immortal Seed!”
“Throughout history, all the ancestors who have crossed the Tribulation and ascended, without exception, possessed a Nine Revolution Golden Core, for this is the foundation of everything…”
“After the Nine Revolution Golden Core, there is the classification of the fourth-grade Nascent Soul, which includes: third-grade Nascent Soul, second-grade Nascent Soul, first-grade Nascent Soul, and the supreme-grade Nascent Soul!”
“With a third-grade Nascent Soul, one may reach the Divinity Transformation Stage but may be stuck without great fortune and unable to progress through the rest of their life.”
“A second-grade Nascent Soul may glimpse the mysteries of Return to Void and enjoy a lifespan of three thousand years!”
“A first-grade Nascent Soul may become an Integration Phase or Mahayana cultivator with a boundless lifespan, living for ten thousand years! But without opportunity, one cannot become an Immortal…”
“Only with a supreme-grade Nascent Soul is the soil prepared for the planting of an Immortal Seed. Once one reaches the Great Perfection of Divinity Transformation, the Immortal Seed can be planted. When it takes root and sprouts, one may glimpse the secret of becoming an Immortal, with a life as enduring as the heavens…”
Su Xing stared at Shennong Youtian, who was speaking animatedly, and for a moment, he was somewhat dazed.
Becoming an Immortal… such a distant concept.
Throughout history, countless exalted beings in the Cultivation World have aspired to ascend and become Immortals, but how many true Immortals are there in the world?
Even with a heaven-defying simulator like his, Su Xing currently dared not contemplate becoming an Immortal.
After all, in myths and legends, Immortals are beings capable of anything…
Returning to his senses, Su Xing asked the Shennong Mentor in front of him:
“So, by condensing a supreme-grade Nascent Soul, one can become an Immortal?”
Shennong Youtian shook his head slightly and said:
“To be precise, on the path of Qi Refinement, one must condense a supreme-grade Nascent Soul to stand a chance of becoming an Immortal…”
Su Xing nodded at these words, understanding that this was a necessary but not sufficient condition!
Therefore, Su Xing asked further,
“So, how are these four types of Nascent Souls differentiated, and how can one achieve a superior Nascent Soul?”
Shennong Youtian replied,
“By consuming an Infant Tempering Pill and passing through the five trials of lust, fear, greed, pride, and anger, one can achieve a superior Nascent Soul!”
“Simply taking an Infant Tempering Pill is not difficult, since the sect provides them. With your Nine Revolution Golden Core technique, you can take up to three Infant Tempering Pills, which directly allows you to achieve a first-grade Nascent Soul.”
“Achieving a first-grade Nascent Soul is not difficult; the challenging part is passing the five trials. Only by overcoming trials of lust, fear, greed, pride, and anger can your mind be firm enough to achieve a superior Nascent Soul…”
Upon hearing this, Su Xing immediately felt a headache coming on. For now, he put aside the issue of the trials of the heart, but even getting his hands on the Infant Tempering Pill was a problem for Su Xing.
If Su Xing didn’t have the herbs required to craft the Infant Tempering Pill, then the trouble would be significant.
So Su Xing hastily asked,
“Uncle-Master, what is the recipe for the Infant Tempering Pill? Your nephew is very interested…”
Upon hearing this, Shennong Youtian curiously said,
“What use would that have for you? With your status and position, you could simply go to the Alchemy House and receive it…”
Su Xing: “…”
Damn it, if he could take things out of the Luotian Meeting Instance, would he still be prattling on here?
Su Xing lifted his eyes to look at Shennong Youtian.
Seeing the sincere look in Su Xing’s eyes, Shennong Youtian sighed and said,
“Well then, since my nephew shows a keen interest in the art of alchemy, your Uncle-Master will give you a helping hand.”
With that, Shennong Youtian pointed at Su Xing’s forehead, and Su Xing suddenly felt a cluster of memories appear in his mind.
The formula for the Infant Tempering Pill!
The main ingredient was Three-tailed Phoenix Grass, supplemented by Snow Jade Bone Ginseng…
Aside from these two ingredients, the rest were common herbs, which Su Xing could find a way to obtain.
But the key was these two ingredients, which Su Xing had never even heard of!
“Now I’m really in trouble! Not only is the Divine Strength Pill difficult to craft, but even this Infant Tempering Pill is out of reach!”
Su Xing sighed. His only hope now was that the Descending Sect’s treasury or the seeds left by Qing Yunzi contained these two herbs.
Su Xing and Shennong Youtian hurried towards the Luotian Meeting.
Along the way, Shennong Youtian was all smiles and laughter, whereas Su Xing wore a look of worry and frustration.
After delivering Shennong Youtian to the Luotian Meeting, Su Xing rushed to the Scripture Pavilion nonstop and found the Herb Compendium. He noted down the appearance of the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass and Snow Jade Bone Ginseng, as well as how to identify their seeds.
Soon, two hours passed, and Su Xing returned to the real world.
After returning to the real world, Su Xing frowned and sighed,
“Sigh, I hope I can successfully find the herbs…”
Su Xing looked towards the simulation panel.
[You have left the Luotian Meeting Instance and returned to the Spirit Field Blessed Land.]
[You have opened a bag of seeds left to you by Qing Yunzi and with your Divine Sense scanned them one by one, finally finding a few seeds that may be the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass!]
[You have planted these seeds, but did not find the Snow Jade Bone Ginseng, so you felt somewhat irritated and could only hope to find them in the Descending Sect’s treasury.]
[In the following months, apart from refining elixirs day and night, you also carefully took care of the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass. Unfortunately, the plant grew extremely slowly. According to the formula’s record, the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass is a type of grass rumored to be favored by the phoenix. It sprouts a tail every hundred years, maturing only after three hundred years!]
[But you had no choice but to wait, nourishing it daily with Wood Type Spiritual Energy, hoping it would take root and germinate sooner.]
[One day, Wang Qingxuan came to find you, and overnight, you both joined the Descending Sect.]
[Upon joining the Descending Sect, you revealed your cultivation level and alchemy talents and requested to become an Elder. The Descending Sect agreed to your request, as long as you completed a few simple alchemy tasks, they would grant you the position of Elder.]
Su Xing looked at this and slightly frowned. The cultivation of the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass was more difficult than he had imagined. Three hundred years… even if he had an affinity for plants and daily nourished it with Spiritual Power, it would probably still take sixty to seventy years…
Taking twenty-five years for one simulation at maximum count, Su Xing would need to use the simulation three times and waste three chances at selecting rewards just to bring out the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass.
This was something Su Xing could not accept.
“Is there no other way to accelerate the maturation of the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass…”
Su Xing considered the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique, an infinitely profound art that was almost as vast as a novel of tens of millions of words. Su Xing had never had the time to read it, let alone memorize it.
Until now, his application of the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique had been limited to raising chickens and learning about the Spirit Gathering Array.
But now, Su Xing could only rely on the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique.
With this thought, Su Xing looked towards the simulation panel.
[You realized that it would take too long for the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass to mature, and you couldn’t wait that long, so you perused the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique left by Qing Yunzi.]
[The contents of this Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique were vast like the sea, and it took you a month to find some techniques within the book that could accelerate the maturation of Spirit Plants.]
[You decided to try learning the Earth Dragon Technique and the Spirit Dew Technique!]
[The Earth Dragon Technique involves cultivating Earth Dragons in fields to continuously till the land, enriching the fertility of the Spirit Field…]
[Earth Dragons of sufficient age could even double or multiply the fertility of the Spirit Field several times over, thereby speeding up the maturation of the Spirit Plants!]
[As for the Spirit Dew Technique…]