Chapter 612: Breakthrough

Pure Nine Lotuses Treasure Lamp

“Zongheng, it was here, back then, that Ming’er and I passed the sect’s assessment and selection process.”

After arriving at Nanxi Market, Chen Mobai couldn't help but reminisce, telling Jiang Zongheng about their past.

Beside him, all the Foundation Establishment cultivators from Nanxi Market's four great families had arrived, respectfully following behind him and listening as he instructed his apprentice.

After a while, Chen Mobai, who was walking in front, stopped and then waved to Liu Jingxian.

Amidst the envious gazes of the other three Foundation Establishment cultivators, Liu Jingxian suppressed the smile on his lips and quickly walked over to Chen Mobai and his two apprentices.

“Greetings, Sect Master Chen!”

“No need for formalities. How has your family’s spiritual field business been upgraded?”

As the family of his eldest disciple and a designated partner for the Divine Wood Sect's expansion of the spiritual rice market, Chen Mobai paid great attention to the Liu family. During his previous inspection of the six nations, he had personally helped them complete the planning for new spiritual field development.

“It’s going very well. Following your guidance, Sect Master Chen, I led the family cultivators to re-integrate the old and new spiritual fields. The first-tier fields are sown annually. The second-tier spiritual fields are divided into four sections and sown in sequence to prevent excessive demand for spiritual energy from the land when the second-tier spiritual rice matures, which could damage the essence of the spiritual fields.

“Seven years have passed, and now the family can harvest a large amount of first-tier spiritual rice and 3,000 jin of second-tier spiritual rice annually. These are always in short supply, especially the second-tier spiritual rice, which Foundation Establishment families from Yun Country and even neighboring countries pre-order.”

Yun Mengze said something to Er Jie, who immediately nodded and stepped forward. Then Yun Mengze gestured for Zongmen to come down and extend her hand, meticulously checking her injuries.

“Zongheng, you probably haven’t tasted the Azureblood Carp yet, right? This was also the first cultivation delicacy your master ever tasted.”

Lingli, who was nearby, asked worriedly. She and Zongmen were good friends, and upon hearing this, she couldn't help but sigh while holding Zongmen's hand.

“Deliver my order: have Zhuo Mingze investigate this matter.” “Yes, Sect Master!”

“Many thanks for your guidance, Master! This disciple is no longer confused!”

After finishing the meal, Zhuo Mingze, the Yun Country defender, arrived.

The young man's name was Shen Wei. He was a disciple who passed the assessment in Jiang Zongheng City in the same batch as Yun Mengze and Lingli. Moreover, Shen Wei's talent was exceptional.

Given that Honghe showed no traces of cultivating demonic arts throughout the year, Yun Mengze was also willing to believe in Cheng Ju's genius.

Since Cheng Juyi had said so, how could Yun Mengze disagree? Some precious heavenly treasures and earthly materials naturally repair one's essence.

Soon, he received a detailed and unparalleled medical plan for recuperation through diet.

“During this period, Disciple Xue, you must not use your spiritual root. Ming’er, take good care of her. Once I return, I will consult some relevant literature to see if there are any other methods.”

Throughout that year, under Dong Xuan’s supervision, Honghe showed no signs of advancing his demonic cultivation.

“You all eat first; I have something to discuss with Disciple Gu.”

After Lingli's reminder, Yun Mengze also recalled who Shen Wei was. Since there was a connection, he offered a few words of guidance, which greatly excited the latter.

“Coincidentally, this year’s second-tier Flower Rice is almost ripe. I’ve gone ahead and prepared a seventh-tier Azureblood Carp. Giant Wood Ridge, and your two esteemed disciples, why not dine at my Liu family’s residence?”

When the two returned, Cheng Juyi noticed that no one had touched their chopsticks while he was away.

“Oh, what a coincidence. Then let them come over and eat with us too.” After the two women left, Cheng Juyi called Liu Jingxian over again.

Liu Jingxian had consumed loquat tree fruit when he was young, which he knew was a spiritual item useful for his spiritual power.

Although she tried her best to conceal it, the symptoms of spiritual root depletion and vital energy loss were still very obvious.

“Master, what should we do?” “Greetings, Giant Wood Ridge!”

Cheng Ju answered truthfully. Compared to Zhou Wangshen, Honghe, and E Yun, the other eight major defending forces were indeed much weaker, lacking even the basic configuration of three Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Dong Xuan nodded solemnly, assuring him that what was recorded in the scroll was precisely what she had witnessed with her own eyes.

In this part of the Eastern Barrens, cultivators who had not fought using their essence were few and far between.

He took Lingli and the others, traveled via teleportation array, and after several consecutive flashes, returned to his base.

It was precisely for this reason that many rogue cultivators heading to the Divine Wood Sect were willing to rest and reorganize in Jiang Zongheng City.

In response, Zongmen naturally bowed deeply in gratitude. After Yun Mengze gestured for her to rise, he then asked about Dong Xuan.

One must know that in their generation, besides Cheng Juyi, that peerless genius, there were also Yu Lian, Luo Yixuan, Liu Wenbai, and Cheng Ju – four Foundation Establishment cultivators, hailed as the most honorable event in Jiang Zongheng City's hundred-year history.

Just as they were walking towards the Liu family’s restaurant in Jiang Zongheng City, a disciple from Nanxi Market suddenly approached, seemingly with something to report.

He was a slender yet tall young man, with an air of refinement about him, and his deep-set eyes were particularly striking.

Of course, it wasn't truly hopeless.

Yun Mengze said calmly, then stood up first and walked towards the pavilion behind them. Dong Xuan immediately rose and followed him.

Yun Mengze had no fondness for traitors. After giving his orders to Zhuo Mingze, he wasted no more time there.

After providing his guidance, Yun Mengze gave Liu Jingxian a gourd of Longevity Tree sap.

“To have survived, you are already very fortunate. For this, you must also thank Junior Sister Gu.”

“Damaging one’s essence, that’s a bit troublesome.”

Upon hearing this, Yun Mengze said something to Er Jie, who immediately nodded and personally went to carry out the Sect Master's orders.

He used an online consultation method, registered with an old professor from the Taiyi Medical Academy, and explained Zongmen’s essence-damaging condition.

Yun Mengze used his understanding to provide answers, guiding her to form the correct eight principles. For anything he was unsure of, he secretly used his turtle treasure to search on the Immortal Gate.

To prevent Dong Xuan from potentially being exposed, I first needed to transfer her back to the spiritual fields, making Honghe worried.

“Hmm, let’s leave it at that for now. After the impact of the beast tide subsides, you won’t need to return to Yu Country. You can directly apply to return to the spiritual fields, and I will arrange the process.”

The Nanxi Market disciple who had originally come to report was then called over by Er Jie, who asked him to accompany Cheng Juyi and the others.

Even if her cultivation realm advanced later, and Zongmen surpassed others, the one-tenth of her essence that was lost would never be fully recovered.

“There’s no anomaly…?”

Yu Country and Yun Country were close, so Honghe oversaw more of the spiritual field island markets.

Yun Mengze said to his apprentice with a smile, remarking that his luck was also quite good.

“According to this dietary therapy plan, there are a few ingredients and medicines that Chen Mobai might not have. Ming’er, post a task under your name on the Spirit Treasure Pavilion to help Disciple Xue collect some.”

Yun Mengze: “When you return to your hometown, you can visit the location of that loquat tree again. Even I couldn’t find it, so it must hold great mysteries.”

On Xiao Nanshan, two spiritual lights flickered. Lingli, who cultivated the fields, and Luo Yixuan from the mountaintop, simultaneously flew into the air.

Zongmen did not hide anything and recounted her experiences at the Divine Wood Sect.

“It seems Master’s cultivation has broken through again!” “I didn’t expect Uncle Master Zhuo to still remember me.”

However, Zongmen was quite open-minded about it, or perhaps cultivators in the Tianhe Realm are already prepared for such things when they first enter cultivation.

He shook his head slightly and could only pick up his chopsticks to take a piece of fish.

Days passed by.

“Yes, I swear by my Dao Heart!”

Although her cultivation was not as high as Honghe’s, with the many invisibility talismans Yun Mengze had left her, she still excellently completed her surveillance mission.

Cheng Juyi also knew that the Liu family belonged to his eldest disciple, and he politely thanked Sect Master Chen.

After arriving in the Tianhe Realm, the Azureblood Carp and Jade Bamboo Shoots harvested from the water mansion were all ingredients capable of enhancing one's cultivation.

“Young lady, don’t work too hard at a young age. Merit can be earned slowly, but if your vital energy is damaged too much, it won’t be easy to recover.”

“Reporting, Sect Master! Half a year ago, Qi Cuizhen arrived on the land of Yun Country via a teleportation array, but she did not return to Chuixue Palace afterward. Instead, she simply disappeared. It’s likely she feared being held accountable by Kong Lingling if she returned, so she took Chuixue Palace’s savings from the Divine Wood Sect market and fled to a distant land.”

Here in the Eastern Barrens, damage to one’s essence is largely incurable.

“You’ve worked hard these past years.”

The remaining one-tenth, however, could not be restored. “Greetings, Sect Master!” At least, it wasn't that Zongmen had abandoned them.

Midway through the guidance, Zongmen arrived at Yun Mengze's dining area with two beautiful female cultivators.

Lingli was a nostalgic person and was particularly impressed by that generation of disciples from Jiang Zongheng City.

Er Jie, the manager of Nanxi Market, immediately went to meet with him, and then hurried back.

Cheng Juyi: “What are your plans next?” For example, there’s a pill formula in the Bath Sun Sea called ‘Bathed in Sun,’ specifically for cases of essence damage.

Lingli was naturally willing to help her friend, and Zongmen was endlessly grateful.

With Yun Mengze’s cultivation and eyesight, he could naturally discern Zongmen’s condition at a glance.

Shen Wei had been stuck at Qi Condensation Layer 4 for a long time. Liu Jingxian naturally nodded in agreement.

He used his Tongtian Device to call Lingli, and soon after, she arrived with Zongmen.

“Shouldn’t you be in Yu Country?”

However, demonic cultivation was a serious matter after all, and he still needed one final verification.

Now that he had time, Yun Mengze wanted to improve his cultivation and also bring out the seventy-two minor arts from the Longevity Sect Inheritance Space.

The questions Liu Jingxian considered incredibly difficult all found answers that suited Yun Mengze's intentions on the network accumulated by billions of cultivators in the Immortal Gate.

Yun Mengze could only reply with a ‘thank you,’ then went offline and returned to the Tianhe Realm.

Dong Xuan showed a hint of a smile on her face when she heard she could return to the sect.

That day, she was helping to feed the green ox when she suddenly felt the spiritual energy of heaven and earth above Chen Mobai’s residence surging in a certain direction.

“You are Shen Wei, aren’t you? I didn’t expect you to have grown so much.”

Unfortunately, he was too young at the time, so Yuan Chizhi left a token with Shen Wei’s rogue cultivator parents, instructing them to hand it directly to the True Disciple who would be recruiting disciples in the next intake, allowing him to gain admission without examination.

Upon returning, he first summoned Yue Zutao to sort out various large and small matters within the spiritual fields, and then he made a trip to the Immortal Gate.

Zongmen recuperated on Lingli’s mountain courtyard, gradually feeling the lost essence in her dantian and qi sea slowly recovering. She couldn't help but feel even more grateful towards Cheng Juyi.

The two of them, seeing the Longevity Wood towards which the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was surging, showed expressions of delight.

Dong Xuan and Cheng Ju, both women, bowed solemnly.

“Hmm, how did what I asked you to do turn out?”