Chapter 48: Dream-Returning Spirit Fruit

Dream-Returning Spirit Fruit

For Ruan Ci, there were no difficulties in the Qi Refining stage of cultivation, only the work of grinding a pestle into a needle. Every day, she visualized the sword diagram to strengthen her induction with the Donghua Sword, and the faster the Donghua Sword transported spiritual energy, the better. Gradually moving through the heavenly cycle and refining spiritual energy, one day of effort meant one day of progress. When idle, she would only take out the "Complete Collection of Heavenly Cycle Talismans - Qi Refining Section" given by Tianlu and practice drawing many of the daily-use talismans. The great array in the mountain was not opened, she rarely attended monthly lessons, and every few days, the sect would send daily necessities. Tianlu also often came to visit, playing with talismans with her and frolicking in the clouds, which was a rare pastime in her daily cultivation.

Ten years of time passed like turning a page. Ruan Ci looked like a young girl in her prime; her physical body had been tempered by sword intent, so even without opening her meridians and entering the Dao, she wouldn't easily grow old like a mortal. Now, after opening her meridians and being nourished by spiritual energy, the changes were even slower. According to Wang Panpan, even if her cultivation stopped here, she could still live for three to five hundred years. Some short-lived Foundation Establishment cultivators could only live to this age.

Speaking of lifespan and Dao practice, Ruan Ci had been immersed in the matters of seeking the Dao for a long time and gradually knew many common-sense facts—although all cultivators in the world could be framed by the five major realms of Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Grotto-Heaven, if there was anything certain in the Langhuan Heaven and Earth, it was that nothing was certain. The world was vast, and there were so many cultivators that there was no constant rule.

Take the taboo of true names, for example. Why was it so strict in the Central Continent? Because the Central Continent did not set up a continent-protecting array, nor did it forbid the coming and going of the demon sect. Demon sect methods were common, so they were naturally careful. However, the entry and exit paths of South Zhuzhou were limited, and the demon sect was in decline, so many South Zhuzhou cultivators would not encounter a single demon sect cultivator from birth to death. Over time, low-ranked and scattered sect cultivators would frankly show their true names and didn't feel it was inappropriate. When such knowledge fell into the eyes of Central Continent cultivators, they naturally felt that South Zhuzhou was a country place.

Lifespan and Dao practice were the same; they could only be called general theories, but there were many special situations. Generally speaking, the lifespan of a Qi Refining cultivator was at most three hundred years, while a mortal martial artist would not exceed two hundred years. This was where Qi Refining cultivators steadily surpassed mortal martial artists. Cultivators were good at nourishing life, and at this stage, they might not necessarily win in a fight, but they would definitely win in lifespan. Of course, there were also people with congenital deficiencies, or those who had suffered heavy injuries, or those who had other encounters like Ruan Ci, which could not be generalized. Like Ruan Qian, joining the Forget-Sorrow Temple was actually very suitable for him. He had suffered a great change in his youth and was heavily injured, with only that last bit of vitality left. Although he was saved, his lifespan would be far lower than others. The Forget-Sorrow Temple was a great Buddhist sect, best at prolonging life, and had many secret methods for healing injuries. Perhaps they could really find a way to make up for the hidden injuries in his body. However, now that the Donghua Sword had been nailed to the Profound Heaven Sect's mountain gate, whether Ruan Qian could be valued by the Forget-Sorrow Temple depended on himself.

Although the lifespan was three hundred years, if one failed to build a foundation by the age of one hundred and fifty, it could be seen as the path ahead being cut off. Even if one barely built a foundation, one could only build a low platform of one layer. For such cultivators, the lifespan would not extend much after building the foundation. The lifespan of ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators was determined by the height of the platform. If one could forge a nine-layer high platform, the lifespan could be extended by another eighteen hundred years, while a one-layer platform could only extend life by two hundred-plus years. Many Qi Refining cultivators, feeling that there was no hope ahead after the age of one hundred and fifty, would seek Foundation Establishment pills to force a foundation build; being able to live for another two hundred-plus years was still a profit.

From Foundation Establishment to Golden Core, there was also a distinction in pill grade. If the pill was of the ninth grade, one would have to cultivate nine turns in the future, each turn being extremely arduous, but because of this, one could extend life by forty-five hundred years. Similarly, if one only had a first-grade Golden Core, one could extend life by at most five hundred years. Calculating this way, from Qi Refining to Golden Core, if everything was barely passable, the lifespan would be around a thousand years, but for those outstanding cultivators, the lifespan of the Golden Core stage might be six or seven thousand years. Although both sides were in the same realm, there was a huge difference in lifespan and Dao practice; they were already two completely different kinds of people.

By the same token, even with realm suppression, the outcome of a fight was hard to say. Take Ruan Ci, for example; she had Qi Refining cultivation, but she had a sharp weapon and heavy treasure like the Sword Qi Jade Disc in her hand. The Donghua Sword was the remnant of a Great Dao Spirit Treasure. Even if no one operated the sword qi, at the very least it was at the Nascent Soul level. One strand of sword qi could force a Golden Core True Person to flee. Although there was also the reason that Elder Can didn't dare to truly make a move, it could also be seen that in the fights in the Langhuan Heaven and Earth, there were many factors that influenced victory or defeat, and realm was only one of them. Killing enemies across realms was not rare.

Coupled with the fact that the Langhuan Heaven and Earth had always disliked the strong bullying the weak, a trend of strictly distinguishing by grade within each sect gradually formed. Those small sect cultivators, although they also had Nascent Soul cultivators, and the flourishing sects also worshipped Grotto-Heavens, they could not compare with the flourishing sect cultivators. In competitions of the same level, flourishing sect cultivators always occupied the upper hand first, so they were naturally arrogant and looked down on others. Moreover, flourishing sect cultivators had many foundations. Ruan Ci had the Sword Qi Jade Disc; did others not have any protective magic treasures?

It was also because of this that flourishing sects were not like flourishing sects that liked to hold pill-grading assemblies. After all, the flourishing sects had shallower foundations, and there were not many off-board tricks that disciples could compare. Comparing the inner landscape and heaven and earth maps was still meaningful, as it could weigh Dao practice and set the order of seniority among peers. But flourishing sect cultivators all had their own backgrounds and disdained to make such comparisons; they had their own ways of setting the order. Each one was a piece of beautiful jade and good material; one only needed to observe their conduct in the sect to see the clues about their future prospects.

Take Ruan Ci's batch of South Zhuzhou entry disciples, for example. The sword-using Ruan clan naturally didn't need to be mentioned. Although she was an outer sect disciple, she had a transcendent status. After taking a master, she didn't enter Spirit Valley Peak and had never appeared in front of people, being kept by the Sect Master in the Seven-Star Small Abode to focus on cultivation. Rumor had it that her cousin, Little Ci, was sheltered by her, and her treatment was not bad either. She was doted on by True Person Wang of the Purple Void Grotto-Heaven, and sect members often came to bestow spiritual medicines and precious materials. The abundance of supply even caused controversy. It was said that Qi Refining cultivators had limited capacity for spiritual food; eating a little was fine, but eating too much would hinder their cultivation if they couldn't refine it. However, the Purple Void Grotto-Heaven bestowed a large amount of spirit beast dried meat, spirit rice, and spirit jade, and Moon-Catching Cliff accepted it without doubt, which also made people look sideways.

These two women were the most doted on by their teachers, so even if their aptitude didn't surpass their peers, their future achievements would naturally be a cut above. In the future, the disciples from South Zhuzhou would likely have to take these two as their leaders, which was also a very natural thing. The Profound Heaven Sect's sect rules were lenient, and they rarely asked about the disciples, but the supply was limited, so the disciples naturally had to form cliques and help each other. Outer sect disciples didn't have formal masters, and they might not be able to successfully take a master in the future. Without the connection of master-disciple relationships, helping each other according to their hometown was also natural. What Liu Jizi said at the time, that if the Song Kingdom hadn't been blocked by the great array, Zhou Ao and Ruan Rong and others should have helped each other, came from this.

Although Ruan Ci closed her doors to cultivate and rarely went to Spirit Valley Peak for lessons, the South Zhuzhou disciples could come to visit, slowly cultivating human feelings in their daily lives. Among them, Lin Xianen was the most enthusiastic. She was the young girl who had talked to Ruan Ci that day. As a descendant of a flourishing sect's Nascent Soul True Person, she was accidentally favored by Zhou Yanqing, who took her in casually. But after entering the sect, the care became sparse. Lin Xianen knew that although her aptitude was thick, let alone not being valued by her teacher, even if she was valued, Zhou Yanqing was only a Golden Core True Person, and the help she could give her was really not much, not even as good as the batch of spiritual materials True Person Purple Void casually bestowed upon Ruan Ci. Therefore, every three or four months, she would come to Ruan Ci's place to walk around. Her intention to rely on her was not hidden from anyone, and she did it very generously. She also acted as a channel and eyes and ears for Ruan Ci to communicate with her peers, which was also a bit of help.

For Ruan Ci, from birth to now, she had always been constantly stifled in some place, either the Ruan Mansion or the Junping Prefecture. Only the two years she worked as a clerk in the Altar City were the most free. Now at Moon-Catching Cliff, to prevent right and wrong, she could only close her doors and not go out. Her nature was actually very active, and she also yearned for freedom. Although she could restrain herself, she also felt very bored. Lin Xianen's occasional visit was a very good adjustment to her monotonous life.

On this day, Lin Xianen brought a basket of spirit fruits and came to visit again. It happened that Ruan Ci had finished her cultivation, so she invited her into the room to talk. Lin Xianen said, "A few days ago, I went to visit and ask for advice from True Person Yanqing. The Dream-Returning Spirit Fruit in the True Person's grotto-heaven accidentally ripened, and he was just about to brew wine for sale, so he bestowed a basket upon me. I also got a bottle of spirit wine, called 'Three Thousand Fields of Great Dreams.' I kept half a bottle for myself, and there is half a bottle left. If Junior Sister has time, you can taste it a little. However, according to True Person Yanqing, this spirit wine is for Golden Core True Persons to use. A Golden Core True Person can drink a whole bottle and be drunk for three thousand days, dreaming three thousand dreams, which is extremely useful for cultivation in the Golden Core realm. But for us Qi Refining disciples, just inhaling a wisp of the fragrance can make us drunk for three thousand days. I am untalented and cannot bear it at this time, so I plan to seal it up and wait until at least the late stage of Foundation Establishment to drink a sip. But Junior Sister has a preference for spiritual food and has a wide capacity, so perhaps you can try it. However, I've said it first: if Junior Sister drinks it and something happens, don't blame me."

She was a descendant of a Nascent Soul True Person and had already opened her meridians in South Zhuzhou, so she was naturally older than Ruan Ci. However, her cultivation progress was very slow, just because after coming to the Profound Heaven Sect, she felt that her jade pool was still small and her pattern was not big, so she was expanding her jade pool. Otherwise, she would have already built her foundation. Ruan Ci also knew her needs. It just so happened that among the precious materials Tianlu pulled from the Purple Void Heaven, many were inedible and had no spiritual energy; they were all external medicines used by Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages to reconcile the foundation. Ruan Ci didn't need these precious materials at all, and rewarding them to the servants was considered excessive. Wang Panpan let her send some to Lin Xianen, so she wouldn't go back empty-handed, saying, "Since the True Person gave them to you, they are all useful. If she can't use them, she can give them to other fellow villagers."

Therefore, when Lin Xianen came to Ruan Ci's place, there were always some benefits. She herself didn't become addicted and visit frequently. The external medicines she obtained were also shared with fellow villagers, and she thought of repaying the benefits she received. Such details could be seen in her character, so both sides could interact often and gradually become close friends. Ruan Ci said, "I can accept the fruits, but the spirit wine is so precious that even if I sent it to the market for consignment, I could receive a lot of spirit money. How can I accept it?"

Lin Xianen smiled and said, "If Junior Sister says so, I will be ashamed to death. Every time I come, I take your good things. If I also think this way, how can I be embarrassed to take so many things from you?"

For Ruan Ci, external medicines were useless to her, and for True Person Wang, they were things that could be obtained at his fingertips. They were just things Tianlu pulled randomly, so it wouldn't be a pity to give them to people casually. If it weren't for Wang Panpan being good at managing and setting up its own rules, and being very fierce, she would have wasted them all long ago. But Lin Xianen was different. The monthly allowance for outer sect disciples was always not enough, and without sect duties, it was very difficult and accidental to get some good things. A basket of fruits was nothing, and spirit wine was considered a precious thing in the Golden Core stage. She originally didn't want to take it, but upon hearing the wonderful use of this wine, her heart moved, so she didn't be polite anymore and smiled, "Then thank you, Sister. In the future, if Sister lacks anything, just come and ask me. If I have it here, Sister can take it."

If this half bottle of wine was calculated by value, it was enough to offset her previous gifts. Lin Xianen had also repaid her before, so if calculated, Lin Xianen paid more. However, in the interactions of the immortal sect, being too careful would inevitably fall into the lower class, which was the country-bumpkin style that True Person Wang disliked. Therefore, both sides didn't say it too clearly and just understood each other. Ruan Ci asked again, "Having received such thick bestowal this time, it must be that your sincerity moved the True Person. After building your foundation, is there hope for being recorded?"

For the disciples of the Profound Heaven Sect, building a foundation was a crucial juncture. Not only because after building a foundation, one could go out to perform duties and didn't need to be stifled in the sect, but also because after building a foundation, whether one had a master to record them into the sect wall determined one's lifelong achievements. If one was not recorded into the sect wall after building a foundation, one was still an outer sect disciple. The best result would be to be an outer sect elder, and even if one formed a pill, it would mostly be of the lower three grades. Wanting to form a pill of the upper three grades was extremely difficult. I don't know how many disciples with thick aptitude, because they were not amazing enough among their peers and were not old and worldly-wise, were appreciated by their masters. Even after building a foundation, they couldn't be listed in the inner sect and could only sadly hold a position in the outer sect, managing affairs for the sect and gradually ending their lives.

Lin Xianen brought this half bottle of spirit wine and Foundation Establishment external medicines today, so she could first find Ruan Ci to exchange and solve them. Building a foundation was not a problem; whether there was a sect to join after building a foundation was the key point. Therefore, she was also diligent in walking around True Person Yanqing's mansion. Hearing this, she smiled and said, "When I entered the sect, my jade pool was more than ten feet in radius, which was considered rare in South Zhuzhou, but it seemed insufficient in the sect. The True Person was also busy with the matters of forming a Nascent Soul, so he asked less. Now my jade pool has doubled. When I went to ask for advice the day before yesterday, the True Person, on the eve of forming a Nascent Soul, actually spared time to meet me and said that he pitied my sincerity and was not afraid of cold eyes, still coming to greet him for ten years as one day, and bestowed so many good things. It seems that although this matter has not been explicitly stated, it is also a few points more certain."

She had hope of taking a master, so she was naturally jumping for joy. Ruan Ci also nodded and said, "After opening the meridians, it takes a lot of hard work to expand the jade pool by a fraction. Senior Sister not only doubled the number, but the jade pool water rose and didn't fall. The hard work is truly rare."

This was the truth. It was only in the Profound Heaven Sect that Lin Xianen was treated as ordinary and had to plan her own future. If she were in another flourishing sect, she would have already been a genius disciple, and her treatment would be compared to where Ruan Rong went. However, it was precisely this ordinary treatment that could better temper the Dao heart. In the atmosphere of the Profound Heaven Sect, only cultivators with an unswerving heart toward the Dao could make progress step by step. If one was slightly lazy, in a position like Lin Xianen's, one would not have the perseverance to grit one's teeth and expand the jade pool while running around to make connections. One must know that she was also a descendant of a Nascent Soul True Person in South Zhuzhou and grew up pampered; not everyone could put down their face and turn around to flatter Ruan Ci, a former merchant clerk.

Lin Xianen was also happy to be praised like this and smiled happily, "How can it compare to Junior Sister's jade pool that is two or three miles long and wide? However, I know my own affairs. Expanding the jade pool to this point is already the limit, and I have some induction in my heart, so it is not suitable to use force here anymore. Otherwise, I am afraid I will miss the best time to build a foundation. Tomorrow, when I return to the grotto-heaven, I will fully refine spiritual power. When the jade pool water is full, I will take that step. I only hope that True Person Yanqing has already formed a Nascent Soul and left closed-door meditation by then. If I can have a Golden Core senior to protect me, it will be my blessing."

Ruan Ci could not help with this matter, and Lin Xianen did not hint at it, just chatting idly. The two counted on their fingers, and Lin Xianen could try to build a foundation in another fifteen years. If she had more insights, the cultivation speed would be faster, so ten years would be enough.

Building a foundation in twenty-five years, this speed was neither fast nor slow, and it could still keep up with the pace of this batch of disciples. However, Lin Xianen had expanded her jade pool, so this calculation was another fast progress. Compared with the South Zhuzhou sect, Dong Shuangcheng of the Taibai Sword Sect was a Foundation Establishment cultivator at the age of forty-plus. She didn't say at what age she built her foundation, but thinking that she wouldn't go down the mountain immediately after building a foundation, most people spent a few years practicing cultivation methods and talismans. Most ordinary people also opened their meridians in their teens, so it was also twenty-plus years to build a foundation. She lacked the effort to expand the jade pool, and the speed was about the same as Lin Xianen's, which showed the difference in foundation between the flourishing sect and the flourishing sect.

Lin Xianen mentioned this matter and couldn't help but sigh, "Everyone says that people look at people by the rank of the sect and ridicule them for being mediocre and snobbish. Little do they know that the flourishing sect's vision alone exceeds everyone else by a lot. When I opened my meridians, I could have expanded the jade pool to its current size, but my elders were afraid that I wouldn't be able to refine spiritual power in time, so they signaled me to stop at fifteen feet, saying that fifteen feet was already quite rare in South Zhuzhou. Now it has cost me so much effort. If I had joined the flourishing sect since I was a child, I am afraid my future achievements would be even higher. Even with Junior Sister's determination, opening meridians after entering the sect can also save a lot of suffering."

Ruan Ci's jade pool was so wide that everyone was not worried that she wouldn't be able to refine spiritual power in time, just because they all believed that this was the result of the Purple Void Grotto-Heaven's protection in opening meridians. There were also those who said that her jade pool was opened too large, so the Purple Void Heaven often sent spiritual food, which was to speed up her refining of spiritual power and filling the jade pool. Before Lin Xianen said goodbye, she held Ruan Ci's hand and said, "Junior Sister should still be careful in her actions recently. There seem to be rumors in the sect that True Person Wang's bestowal is excessive. However, only ten years have passed, so they can't say much. In short, Junior Sister should still focus on making progress."

Ruan Ci sent her away and returned to the room. Wang Panpan had already jumped out from somewhere, sniffing around in the basket. Seeing Ruan Ci return, it smiled, "This Senior Sister of yours is interesting, and it is right for her to offer this wine to you. Tell me, how much of what she said today was passed on to you by the Changyao Baoguang Heaven borrowing her mouth?"

Under True Person Qiu of the Changyao Baoguang Heaven, there were quite a few people who were on good terms with Ruan Ci. Chen Jun brought her back from South Zhuzhou, and the true body of Wang Panpan that was being raised now—looking at the fat appearance of this black-and-white little cat, its true body must be eating and drinking well in the Junping Prefecture. Not to mention Lin Ji, Green Silk also showed goodwill, and now Zhou Yanqing had taken in Lin Xianen, who was walking closely with Moon-Catching Cliff. Ruan Ci said, "Sister Lin is worldly-wise but not snobbish. She has the aptitude to seek the Dao and the perseverance to seek the Dao. True Person Zhou taking her in is not entirely because of me. Even if it is, that is her own time and luck. I still have to accept this wine."

Seeing Wang Panpan noncommittal, she added, "It seems that True Person Qiu is gradually leaning towards the Sect Master's line. The Sect Master should be happy."

Wang Panpan sneered, "Zhou Yanqing just took in a small disciple; this cannot be said to be leaning, at most it is placing pieces on both sides. Only when Chen Jun and the disciples of the Purple Void Grotto-Heaven start walking around will True Person Qiu be considered to have made up his mind. However, you are right. This Senior Sister Lin of yours, drilling and looking around for human feelings every day, can still raise her cultivation to such a level, she is also a talent. She said that she would build a foundation in fifteen years at the widest, and ten years at the shortest, so you should calculate it as ten years. I see that your jade pool is also seven or eight percent full. It is best to break through the juncture within ten years and get ahead of Lin Xianen. Otherwise, I am really afraid that she will take the place of the host in the future and suppress you."

In Ruan Ci's original calculation, she could fill the jade pool in ten years without sleep, but this was naturally impossible. She had to visualize sword intent every day and learn talismans, and occasionally she had to rest. It was not bad to be able to cultivate for three hours a day. However, her cultivation speed was also faster than originally expected. After all, she had visualized the sword intent diagram these years, and her connection with the Donghua Sword was closer, so the spiritual power transmission was faster. Now, it was calculated that the jade pool was already seven percent full. If she worked hard with focus, she hoped to have the jade pool water rise within five years and then build a foundation.

Her foundation building was different from others and didn't need external medicines to reconcile. If it was the path of a tool cultivator, she only needed to strengthen the induction with the Donghua Sword, attract sword qi, reconcile it with the jade pool water into mud, and forge a high platform. After the water was full, the inner landscape and heaven and earth would naturally change, thus building a foundation. Moreover, the sword qi was endless and absolutely pure, which was definitely the top external medicine in the world. The divine intent was tempered by sword qi in that visualization, and it was many times richer than ordinary cultivators, so forging a nine-layer high platform was not a problem at all. Wang Panpan urged her to build a foundation, just as simple as eating a spirit fruit, which was not without reason.

She must win over all her peer disciples and be the first to build a foundation. Wang Panpan had emphasized this several times, and Ruan Ci also knew that there might be some attention to it. Moreover, although she could use many excuses to prevaricate and not discuss the problems in her cultivation, the jade pool water could not be hidden. One look and one could see how many inches and points were left, and its accumulation had its own speed that could be calculated. Therefore, after the water was full, she would be forced to build a foundation soon. If she used the method of a tool cultivator to reconcile with sword intent, then this Dao foundation could be converted between the Donghua Sword and herself. When she lost the Donghua Sword, it would also crack into two halves. Ruan Ci naturally wanted to advance with the method of an intent cultivator. In her view, she should always use the method of an intent cultivator to push her cultivation to the limit. If there was really no other way, then she would switch to a tool cultivator. By then, when Xie Yan returned, returning the sword would be nothing more than retreating to the beginning of the tool cultivator, and she wouldn't die on the spot.

However, after years of hard work and waiting for opportunities, that kind of strange dream never appeared again. Ruan Ci naturally had various guesses in her heart. One of them was that this strange dream would not appear out of thin air, but needed a certain stimulus. The first time she dreamed of Chang Chunfeng was stimulated by that book "Yin Jun Dan Ge Note." Ruan Ci read that cultivation method and opened the possibility of intent cultivation, sensing Donghua in the dark, and only then did that strange dream appear.

But she had flipped through the handwritten copy many times afterwards and was confident that it was exactly the same as the original, but she never had such an induction again. According to Ruan Ci's thoughts, it was afraid that one opportunity could only open one strange dream, and what counted as an opportunity was hard to say. This time Lin Xianen sent spirit wine, saying that one could be drunk for three thousand days and dream three thousand dreams. This word 'dream' touched her, so she kept the spirit wine.

Lin Xianen couldn't drink this Golden Core spirit wine because she couldn't digest the medicinal power. In Ruan Ci's case, it was naturally different. She could eat a Foundation Establishment stage demon beast at one time. Drinking a sip of Golden Core spirit wine shouldn't make her unable to refine it and die. Wang Panpan didn't worry about her safety, but it also took the spirit wine away for safekeeping, saying, "Now is the time for you to race against time to work hard. If you drink a sip at this time, you definitely won't die, but if you are drunk for thirty years, wouldn't that be a big joke?"

This worry was also reasonable. More importantly, Wang Panpan swallowed the bottle into its belly, and Ruan Ci couldn't break this supernatural power of it. She could only wait for this cat to be happy and slowly plan it. She said, "Why don't I eat a fruit first to taste the medicinal power? If it is bearable, then consider the things behind."

Three thousand years of great dreams were brewed from Dream-Returning Spirit Fruits, and the medicinal power could be inferred. Wang Panpan didn't object when it heard this and introduced, "This Dream-Returning Spirit Fruit is rumored to be a peach tree planted by a Dao Ancestor in the mountain gate in the past. The peach fruit contains a wisp of the power of the law of time, called the Dream-Returning Immortal Peach. After the peach fruit is planted, it bears fruit and divides branches. After several generations of inheritance, the spiritual power is gradually lost. The one Zhou Yanqing planted is far from the mother generation, so it can only be called a spirit fruit."

It added disdainfully, "It doesn't matter if you eat one of these spirit fruits. Anyway, Foundation Establishment stage cultivators eat them, and apart from the progress in spiritual power, at most they will sleep for two or three days and have a vague dream. Some people say that the dream will contain the karma of the previous life, but that was also in the ancient times, before the Netherworld Li Fire Dao Ancestor achieved the Dao. At that time, cultivators could still reincarnate and cultivate again. Eating the immortal peach could trace back the memories of the previous life. Now, the cultivator's true spirit does not enter reincarnation. Even if you remember the previous life, so what? You were just a mortal in the previous life, which is of no help to the current Dao path."

Ruan Ci thought, this Dream-Returning Immortal Peach paired with "Yin Jun Dan Ge Note," isn't it a set of blue cloud paths for great abilities to reincarnate? From these remnants, one could also infer the demeanor of ancient cultivators. Thinking about it, in that era, the acquisition of power was more convenient, and the disputes were much more intense than now. Although heroes emerged in large numbers and were worth praising and remembering by future generations, if one lived as a mortal in that generation, the taste must not be very good.

She picked up the spirit fruit and examined it for a while, couldn't help but hesitate, gritted her teeth and ate it in one bite. She only felt the fragrance full of her mouth. Not long after eating, the rare sleepiness rose, and she leaned against the bed, confused, and fell asleep.

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Updated, sorry for the long wait, everyone. I had beef soup made by my dad for lunch today! It's my favorite! The soup is clear and the meat is tender, and there are tofu, cauliflower, and taro, it's delicious!

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I actually forgot to say yesterday that Xie Yan's Heavenly Demon Dual Aspect is also a point I like very much. I think the most interesting point of cultivating immortals is that some things that exceed the limits of common sense can be realized in the cultivation world, so we can freely use many perspectives to look at them. For example, gender, in the cultivation world, it can be completely meaningless. For example, Xie Yan's Heavenly Demon Dual Aspect, then what does it matter whether Xie Yan's original gender was male or female? Of course, this is just my own opinion. Everyone will have their own thoughts on reading, which is very normal, and I welcome free exchanges.

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