I have Immortality In The Cultivation World

Nascent Soul Stage Escape Techniques and Divine Skills are not absent in Zhou Yi; there are no shortages of secret techniques with astonishing speeds in the Wanjuan Daozang.

Alas, the Cultivation World of the Nine Continents had already declined. From ancient times to the age of the Dharma’s end, many Divine Skills and techniques were either altered or lost, their power paling in comparison to the zenith of Dongsheng Divine Continent.

Take for instance the Great Five Elements Escape Technique, which is an inheritance of only four words in the Immortal Realm, has already become extinct in the Nine Continents!

"The Nirvana Sutra of Buddhism cannot continue to be practiced, I need a Xuanmen visualization technique..."

Based on his past experience, Zhou Yi sought a cultivation technique that was slow in practice, powerful in effect, and low in threshold. After comparisons and selections, he found a piece called "Green Emperor Visualization Technique," which was said to be an Immortal Realm inheritance.

"According to the description of this technique, it should originally be the Five Directions Five Emperors Visualization Technique. But the Patch Heaven teachings have only obtained one-fifth from the Immortal Realm ancestors, and the profundity has already surpassed other visualization methods!"

Patch Heaven teachings have their own more complete and profound methods of refining the spirit, which either require a peculiar physique or top-notch comprehension.

The Green Emperor Visualization Technique requires only one thing: an elongated lifespan!

"For the Body Refinement Technique, continue practicing the Purple Sun Scripture. According to elder brother Gu, the potential of an Innate True Person is boundless; there is no need to switch for the time being."

Zhou Yi pondered for a moment, then started to review various sideline and heterodox Divine Skills and secret techniques. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

The sideline and heterodox paths are not entirely demonic or heretical methods; they are just distinct from the Xuanmen Orthodoxy. Techniques like Void Escape Technique and Star Secret Records all fall under the sideline category.

"Eh?"

Zhou Yi exclaimed in surprise, spotting a familiar name of a technique.

"True Dragon Nine Transformations."

"It’s a pity that there are only five transformations, and I have already mastered the ox, tiger, and eagle from my earlier Daoist practices; the ox enhances strength, tiger boosts ferocity, and eagle increases speed. I wonder what profundity the rabbit and clam transformations hold?"

Upon reviewing the technique’s abstract, he noted that mastering the rabbit transformation bestows the talent of the spiritual eye while the clam transformation allows for the creation of a pocket dimension within the body.

"Two types will do for now; I’ll slowly collect the remaining four. The introductory notes state that this technique originates from the Dragon Palace, and with several true dragons in Dongsheng Divine Continent, there will eventually be a chance to obtain them."

"I have the patience to wait. If it comes to it, I’ll just wait until the unparalleled age of Dharma’s end to inherit the scriptures of a whole continent!"

Zhou Yi informed Xu Zhixian of the four techniques he had chosen and asked, "How long will it take to get the complete scriptures of the techniques?"

Xu Zhixian said, "Junior will report back to the sect, and the elders from the Technique Hall will use spells to transmit them into the disciple’s command token."

Zhou Yi voiced his concern, "Won’t this cause the sect’s techniques to be leaked externally?"

"The techniques of our sect are widely spread; we have long ceased to fear the leakage," Xu Zhixian replied.

Xu Zhixian continued, "My master once said during a lecture that our sect has been through several declines and risings. The root of our persistence is precisely this point; unless the Cultivation World ceases to exist, no one can destroy the Patch Heaven teachings!"

"Hmm, your master is quite right."

Zhou Yi’s gaze was profound. Between the revival and peak of spiritual energy, the ages span millions of years, during which even those who had returned to the void as immortal humans had perished by dozens of generations.

With millions of years from prosperity to decline, even the Patch Heaven teachings would struggle to endure forever. Should one not adapt to the ebbs and flows of spiritual energy and adjust the difficulty of their techniques, they are likely to become a mere historical sect of the ancient times.

Xu Zhixian said, "Uncle Master, there is something junior does not know whether it should be said or not."

"Speak without hesitation."

Zhou Yi nodded slightly; wasn’t the very purpose of giving you the Purple Gold Pill to ensure you spoke up?

"This Great Five Elements Escape Technique, known as an Immortal Realm inheritance, yet few in the sect have mastered it," Xu Zhixian said.

"To cultivate each phase, one requires not only profound understanding of the attribute but also needs to refine rare treasures and change the constitution of one’s roots, until the five elements are balanced and the Escape Technique is greatly achieved," Xu Zhixian explained.

"One of our ancestors practiced and found that this technique alters a cultivator’s Spirit Root. For instance, someone with a Heavenly Spiritual Root discovered impurities in their Spirit Root after practicing it..."

"Impurities?"

Zhou Yi raised his eyebrows: "Became a Five Spiritual Roots?"

"More or less," Xu Zhixian, having received a favor, didn’t hide anything. After all, within the Patch Heaven teachings, it wasn’t a secret: "It only slightly affects the original Spirit Root, not quite reaching the level of evenly distributed Five Spiritual Roots."

Zhou Yi immediately understood that the method did not change the innate nature of the Spirit Root, but instead introduced "impurities" to it.

If one were to think of an innate Spirit Root as one, a Heavenly Spiritual Root as a distinct one, and Five Spiritual Roots as 0.2 each, there might be a distribution of higher or lower proportions among them.

The Great Five Elements Escape Technique is akin to adding additional values of the five elements, possibly just 0.01 or so for each. However, for a Heavenly Spiritual Root, this is equivalent to a negative growth in talent!

"This is a good thing for me!"

Zhou Yi, with absolutely no Spirit Root, has relied solely on the passage of time to cultivate. Searching through the historical records of cultivation in either the Nine Continents or Dongsheng Divine Continent, one would not find a single instance of a person without a Spirit Root achieving the Nascent Soul.

If it were to become without a Spirit Root, even a slight impurity would still be a breakthrough from nothingness to existence!

"Nephew, you have taken much effort."

Zhou Yi said, "I shall not cultivate this technique, I just thought to seek it out for comparison and insight the first time I heard about the heritage from the Immortal Realm, perhaps it will benefit my future path."

"Junior admires Uncle-Master’s ambition greatly."

Xu Zhixian’s face flushed slightly, having cultivated for over a hundred years and always considering himself a prodigy, he had never flattered so blatantly. He bowed and said, "Junior will return to the sect to report now."

"Hmm."

Zhou Yi suddenly said, "I am in charge of Qingyun Mountain, and there are many divine positions unfilled beneath me. Would you be willing to take up a role as a Mountain God or River Lord?"

"This..."

Xu Zhixian showed hesitation. The resources at the sect’s headquarters were abundant, and he had not been interested in the outside world. However, after seeing his Uncle-Master’s extravagance and envying the freedom of not being governed, he wavered.

"Do not disdain the position of Mountain Gods and River Lords as minor posts. They seem to have no great benefits, but that’s not really the case," Zhou Yi said.

"The first is the Wish Power Beads, condensed from the incense offered by the common people. However, that is not the main part. The real abundance lies in the mountain and water veins, such as the Xuan Crystal Spirit Mine that once existed in Wu Mountain under my charge."

In the Daheng Imperial Court, mineral veins were by the law owned by the Imperial Court, but local authorities were responsible for mining, and how much they remitted was up to them.

It was the same with Wish Power Beads. The Imperial Court took a fifty percent share from the official gods of the land. However, according to Zhou Yi’s understanding, a god who offered up thirty percent was already considered a great loyalist of the Emperor.

The reason why the Dongsheng Divine Continent had so many official and Wild Gods was truly because where there were people, there were mines!

"Thank you, Uncle-Master."

Upon hearing there were mines, Xu Zhixian made up his mind: "After junior has dealt with the sect affairs, I will inform my Master that I am going out to travel. I will be back in at most a year and a half."

Zhou Yi clapped his hands and laughed, "I await your presence!"

Xu Zhixian’s faced showed joy and after thanking him repeatedly, he transformed into a ray of escaping light and hurried back to his sect.

Having recently ascended to a Golden Elixir True Monarch, Xu Zhixian possessed only the standard magical treasures awarded by the sect. Although powerful compared to a Loose Cultivator’s, they were far from matching his status as a bearer of the Heaven-Mending heritage. He was in need of Wish Power Beads and Spirit Stones to purchase exotic treasures and refine magical items.

Zhou Yi sat cross-legged in Yongshou Hall, glancing in the direction of the capital.

"I have no interest in the great powers of a Mountain God, yet I must meddle a bit to prevent my promised thirty percent from mysteriously becoming ten or even five percent..."

After thousands of years, Zhou Yi could see through the changes of the human heart without needing much thought.

Qingyun Mountain was essentially under the jurisdiction of the Heaven-Mending Sect, and Zhou Yi was simply in the right place at the right time, recommended by Danxia Zi.

According to the agreement, Zhou Yi was entitled to thirty percent of the Wish Power Beads collected as taxes by the Imperial Court.

Even Immortal Gods have desires, and human hearts are never satisfied.

If Zhou Yi were to do nothing and seclude himself in the temple, cultivating his mana while turning a blind eye to the acts of his subordinates, the "Qingyun Mountain Group" would soon run into losses!

He wasn’t concerned about the size of the authority, but he wouldn’t let others take him for a fool.

It had been only half a month since Xu Zhixian left, when another disciple of the Heaven-Mending Sect came to visit, claiming his surname was Wang and his given name, Hong.

Danxia Zi, his secular surname was Wang!

The Golden Armored General led him to the Eternal Peace Hall, where Wang Hong presented a message-sword talisman with a bow.

"Are you my Uncle-Master’s clansman?"

Zhou Yi inspected the sword talisman, which contained the essence of Gu Xiao’s mana and the contents of the message were roughly about arranging the Mountain Gods and River Lords at will.

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Without the slightest hint of arrogance, Wang Hong respectfully said, "Revered senior, junior is the sixteenth-generation descendant of our ancestor."

Zhou Yi asked, "There are seven rivers and thirteen mountains under Qingyun Mountain’s jurisdiction. Which post does Nephew Wang intend to take?"

"I shall follow senior’s arrangements completely," Wang Hong said.

"Before the ancestor departed, he personally admonished me. Once I take up a post in Qingyun Mountain, I am to abide by the Mountain God’s command in all things. If I dare to act presumptuously, senior has full authority to punish or even execute me!"

"Good!" Zhou Yi’s gaze shifted as he spoke slowly.

"I once served as the Wushan Mountain God, neighboring the Yuntong River and I learned that the Wild God of the river was misbehaving and causing havoc under the guise of his dragon lineage. Now that I am in charge of Qingyun Mountain, I hereby appoint you as the Lord of Yuntong River. Depart immediately to assume your duty!"

Wang Hong received the official Yellow Register without hesitation and said with a bow.

"Thank you, Lord Mountain God. Your subordinate obeys the decree and shall restore order to the Yuntong River, upholding the laws of the Imperial Court!"