Chapter 363: Vacation? The Return is Imminent

Ten days later.

All the New Students walked out of Yingxin Gorge.

Led by two Guide Envoys, they walked into the Great Wilderness Immortal Palace.

After the crowd had left.

A flash of Spirit Light appeared in the sky, and a young woman and an old man flickered into view.

"How is it?"

The old man looked at the young woman beside him.

"The methods are ruthless enough, cunning as a fox, and the talent for body refinement is not bad."

"Judging solely by these few traits, he can be considered a rare talent."

"It is just a pity that he is a Five Elements Spiritual Root cultivator."

The woman said indifferently.

Hearing the woman's words, the old man shook his head, "Although the curse of the Five Elements Spiritual Root is frightening, do not forget that he has already reached the Nascent Soul Stage."

"The mere fact that he successfully formed a Nascent Soul with a Five Elements Spiritual Root body can be considered unique throughout the ages."

"Since he has already created a miracle, how can you be certain he cannot continue to extend this miracle?"

The woman shook her head, "A miracle is called a miracle because of its contingency and non-replicability."

"Since ancient times, the upper limit of the Five Elements Spiritual Root has been Golden Core Stage Perfection; it is indeed remarkable that he was able to break through to the Nascent Soul Stage."

"But it only means that he has extended the upper limit of the Five Elements Spiritual Root to the Nascent Soul Stage."

"Wanting to break through to Spirit Transformation is almost impossible."

"And what we need is not a small Spirit Transformation Stage cultivator; even the role of an Integration Stage cultivator is not of much use."

"Even if his luck is heaven-defying and he can reach Spirit Transformation, what about the Integration Stage? What about the even higher Void Refinement Stage?"

Hearing the woman's words, the old man fell silent.

The path of immortal cultivation is difficult to begin with.

The further one goes, the more this is true, with the difficulty of breaking through increasing geometrically.

Perhaps being able to form a Nascent Soul with a Five Elements Spiritual Root is truly already the limit.

Thinking of this, he sighed.

He shook his head and did not continue speaking.

……

Not long after.

Wang Jianqiang and the other New Students entered the Great Wilderness Immortal Palace under the leadership of the two Guide Envoys.

Inside the Immortal Palace.

The Spirit Qi was shockingly dense.

Spirit mist, condensed from the dense Spirit Qi, floated in mid-air like clouds and could be seen everywhere.

In the sky.

Spirit Beasts flew past from time to time.

Their auras were all incomparably powerful.

The group moved forward all the way.

A moment later.

They arrived at a giant Square.

Not long after the group arrived at the Square.

A streak of Spirit Light suddenly flashed in the air, and three figures emerged.

The three were an old man with white hair and beard, an old woman with a hunched figure, and a beautiful woman who looked very young.

The old man was in the center of the three, with the old woman and the beautiful woman on his left and right.

"Greetings, Palace Master, two Vice Palace Masters."

Seeing these two, the two Guide Envoys hurriedly lowered their heads and spoke respectfully.

Hearing the two's address, the New Students were shocked.

These three were actually the Palace Master of the Great Wilderness Immortal Palace!

In the crowd, Wang Jianqiang was also looking at the three.

In his mind, the attribute panels of the three had already appeared.

"Name: Mo Ling

Gender: Male

Cultivation: Dongxu Initial Stage

Age: 8066/

Root Bone: Lightning Spirit Body (Superior Spiritual Body)

Good and Evil Value: 0"

"Name: Nian Qinghe

Gender: Female

Cultivation: Hetie Consummation

Age: 815/5000

Root Bone: Mirror Moon Spirit Body

Good and Evil Value: 0"

"Name: Kuyu

Gender: Female

Cultivation: Integration Stage Perfection

Age: 4520/5000

Root Bone: Water Element Heavenly Spirit Root

Good and Evil Value: 0"

Two at Integration Stage Perfection, one at Dongxu Initial Stage!

They are all big shots!

Wang Jianqiang's gaze swept across the Attribute Panels of the three, and he felt a wave of astonishment in his heart.

That beautiful woman.

Originally, Wang Jianqiang thought she had just taken a Pill like the Youth Preserving Pill.

He did not expect that she was actually young.

To have reached Integration Stage Perfection at only eight hundred-plus years old!

Hearing the voices of the two Guide Envoys, the three Palace Masters nodded.

Their gazes swept over the New Students.

When they discovered that most of the New Students appeared to be completely unscathed, a look of surprise flashed across their faces simultaneously.

"The Old Students who took on this Newcomer Training Mission were quite civilized in their methods." The old woman smiled.

The beautiful woman nodded, "Indeed, according to the past, they should all be in a disheveled state of being deeply struck by now."

The old man in the center heard this and shook his head, "The Newcomer Training Mission is meant to teach the New Students a lesson."

"Jade must be carved to become a vessel; if one cannot suppress the arrogance in the hearts of the New Students and let them enter the Immortal Palace with the arrogance they held in the outside world, it is unfavorable for their cultivation."

"This Newcomer Training Mission was a failure; when the students who took the mission return, let them go and accept their punishment."

The three conversed among themselves, their voices not suppressed in the slightest.

The two Guide Envoys had strange expressions on their faces.

Civilized methods?

They were not using civilized methods; they were wiped out entirely.

They looked at the strange expressions on the faces of Wang Jianqiang and the women, and opened their mouths.

They wanted to offer a reminder, but they did not dare to interrupt the conversation of the three Palace Masters.

Just at this moment.

An old man and a young woman flashed into view.

"Fifth Elder, Ninth Elder, you have arrived."

Seeing the two, Mo Ling looked over and frowned, "You are the supervisors for this Newcomer Training Mission, and the ten people who took on this Newcomer Training Mission were also decided by you."

"But..."

"This Newcomer Training Mission was a failure."

Hearing Mo Ling's clearly accusatory tone, the two could not help but smile bitterly.

"Palace Master, it is not that the people we chose were incapable, but that some extraordinary figures appeared among this batch of New Students."

"Oh?"

Hearing the two's response, the three Palace Masters all revealed expressions of interest.

The Fifth Elder pondered for a moment and recounted the story of Wang Jianqiang and the women hunting the Old Students to the three Palace Masters.

After hearing the Fifth Elder's narration.

The three Palace Masters revealed looks of astonishment simultaneously.

They could not help but look at Wang Jianqiang and the women beside him.

Previously, there were many New Students, so they did not check them one by one.

Upon this look, the three could not help but reveal expressions of pleasant surprise.

With their cultivation, they could judge the foundations of Wang Jianqiang and the women just by their aura.

In their perception.

The foundations of Wang Jianqiang and the women were actually incomparably pure.

Only Nangong Yu and Jiang Xuan were slightly inferior in the purity of their foundations, though they were still much stronger than the others.

The purer the foundation, the easier it is to break through cultivation barriers in the future.

To a certain extent, it can represent a Cultivator's future prospects.

That is to say, the futures of these people were all incomparably bright.

"I didn't expect that so many Immortal Seedlings would emerge in this assessment; not bad, not bad..."

At this moment, Mo Ling did not dwell on the Newcomer Training Mission anymore.

A heartfelt smile appeared on his face.

Faint smiles also appeared on the faces of the two Vice Palace Masters.

"Three Palace Masters, there is one thing I must remind you of; this Wang Jianqiang is somewhat special."

Just at this moment, the Ninth Elder suddenly spoke up.

Hearing this, the three Palace Masters looked toward her.

"This Wang Jianqiang is a Five Elements Spiritual Root Cultivator, at the Nascent Soul Early Stage." The Ninth Elder said slowly.

Five Elements Spiritual Root?

Nascent Soul Early Stage?

Upon hearing the Ninth Elder's words, the three Palace Masters simultaneously revealed looks of astonishment, "Are you saying he achieved the Nascent Soul stage with a Five Elements Spiritual Root?"

"That is correct!"

The Ninth Elder nodded.

Hearing this, the three Palace Masters looked at Wang Jianqiang in unison.

After sensing carefully for a moment, Mo Ling sighed, "It is indeed a Five Elements Spiritual Root; what a pity."

He could feel that Wang Jianqiang's foundation was exceptionally pure.

It was even a notch stronger than the women beside him.

Such a perfect foundation, yet he was a Five Elements Spiritual Root cultivator.

It was a great pity.

Although the cultivation of a Five Elements Spiritual Root cultivator consumes vast resources.

For a behemoth like the Great Wilderness Immortal Palace, these resources were nothing.

What was truly fatal was the Heavenly Tribulation.

From the Nascent Soul stage onwards, every breakthrough to a major realm would bring down a Heavenly Tribulation.

For ordinary cultivators, the Heavenly Tribulation was already an incomparably dangerous ordeal.

The Heavenly Tribulation for a Five Elements Spiritual Root cultivator was even more exaggerated.

It could be called a death tribulation.

Since ancient times.

The reason no Five Elements Spiritual Root cultivator had appeared at the Nascent Soul stage was not because cultivation consumed too many resources, but because no one could survive that powerful Heavenly Tribulation.

That Wang Jianqiang could luckily survive one Nascent Soul Tribulation was already considered heaven-defying luck.

As for the Integration Tribulation...

If nothing went wrong, he would undoubtedly die.

The old woman also couldn't help but shake her head.

Only Nian Qinghe, upon hearing of Wang Jianqiang's Five Elements Spiritual Root constitution, had her gaze flicker.

A momentary daze appeared in her expression.

A moment later.

Mo Ling came back to his senses, looked at the crowd below, and spoke slowly.

"I am Mo Ling, Palace Master of the Great Wilderness Immortal Palace."

"Congratulations to you all for successfully passing the Immortal Palace Assessment; from this day forward, you are students of my Great Wilderness Immortal Palace."

"The first place in the Desolate Ranking and other specialty rankings will all receive extra rewards."

As he spoke, he looked at the two Guide Envoys, "Later, you will take the New Students to receive their Identity Tokens and the rewards for first place on the rankings."

The two Guide Envoys nodded, "Yes, Palace Master."

Mo Ling smiled and waved his palm.

Streaks of Spirit Light fell toward the space below, turning into pieces of Jade Pendant that hovered in front of each New Student.

"These are Teleportation Jade Pendants."

"Having gone through years of assessments and successfully joined the Great Wilderness Immortal Palace, you must be eager to return home to share this joy with your relatives and friends, right?"

"Every batch of New Students can receive a five-year vacation."

"Holding this Jade Pendant, you can use the large Transmission Array of my Great Wilderness Immortal Palace for free once, to help you return to your sects, families..."

"When the five-year period is up, crush the Jade Pendant to be teleported into the Great Wilderness Immortal Palace."

"Note: You must return when the five-year period is up, otherwise you will be punished by the Immortal Palace."

"If you have not returned within ten years, it will be considered a voluntary abandonment of your student status, and you will be expelled from the Immortal Palace."

Hearing Mo Ling's words, everyone's eyes lit up.

A look of joy also appeared on Wang Jianqiang's face.

He had already been away from the Hehuan Sect for thirty years.

Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river.

Now he was also a figure at the level of a Nascent Soul Ancestor.

After returning, he would definitely settle the score with Dong Yue and Yan Qingxuan.

And there was also Shangguan Yurou, who had made him look so miserable out of jealousy.

This grudge had to be avenged.

Moreover, he had been in a hurry when he first came and couldn't bring Little Chicken along.

He wondered how Little Chicken was doing now.

Little Chicken's bloodline was quite extraordinary.

He imagined it should have become very powerful by now, right?

After issuing the Jade Order.

Mo Ling said no more and his figure flashed and disappeared.

After him.

The old woman, the Third Elder, and the Ninth Elder left one after another.

Finally, only Nian Qinghe remained.

She looked at Wang Jianqiang, and a trace of inexplicable emotion flashed in her eyes.

She sighed and disappeared.

After the big shots left.

Two Guide Envoys, one male and one female, turned to look at the crowd.

"Those who obtained first place on the ranking list, follow us; the others wait here for the time being."

After speaking, they flew toward the interior of the Great Wilderness Immortal Palace.

Within the crowd, several figures flew out and followed closely behind.

Wang Jianqiang looked at Mu Lingxi, "Let us follow as well."

Mu Lingxi nodded.

The two flew out of the crowd and followed along.

A moment later.

Everyone received their respective rewards.

What Wang Jianqiang received was an Array Diagram called the Small Heavenly Spirit Array.

Although the name Small Heavenly Spirit Array contained the word "small."

It was not small at all, and its layout was quite complex.

It was not suitable for use during individual combat.

Instead, it was better suited as a Protective Sect Array.

Once set up, even a Spirit Transformation Stage cultivator would find it very difficult to break.

It was much stronger than the existing Protective Sect Array of the Hehuan Sect.

Since he was about to return to the Hehuan Sect, he would give Dong Yue a surprise.

As for Mu Lingxi's reward.

It was a Lightning Bead.

A Disposable Magic Treasure.

Once it detonated, any cultivator below the Spirit Transformation Stage would surely die.

After everyone had finished receiving their rewards.

They returned to the Square to assemble with the main group.

Afterward, led by the two Guide Envoys, they arrived at the place where Identity Tokens were issued.

Each of them received an Identity Token.

After receiving the Identity Tokens, the two Guide Envoys looked at the crowd, "The Identity Token is the symbol of status for a Great Wilderness Immortal Palace Student; as a Great Wilderness Immortal Palace Student, you are under the protection of the Great Wilderness Immortal Palace."

"After you leave the Great Wilderness Immortal Palace, the Identity Token acts as an amulet; any force or individual that harms a Great Wilderness Immortal Palace Student will be held accountable by the Great Wilderness Immortal Palace."

"However, the Great Wilderness Immortal Palace is an absolutely neutral force and does not participate in any conflicts between forces; once you take the initiative to participate in conflicts between other forces, you will lose the protection of the Great Wilderness Immortal Palace; you must keep this in mind."

Speaking to this point, their voices paused.

"Our mission is complete."

"Next, you junior brothers and sisters are free to act as you please."

After speaking, they flew into the sky and disappeared into the distance in the blink of an eye.

Wang Jianqiang withdrew his gaze from the two.

He looked at the people beside him, "First, find your respective residences, then come here to assemble."

Everyone nodded and left one by one.

One incense stick of time later.

Wang Jianqiang found his residence.

The area was not large.

It was composed of four parts: an Alchemy Room, a Cultivation Room, a bedroom, and a rather compact hall.

This living environment was far inferior compared to the Assessment Secret Realm.

The only thing that gave Wang Jianqiang some comfort was.

Perhaps out of consideration for the fact that an Alchemist is quite exhausted from daily Alchemy.

The bed in the bedroom was very soft and very large.

His heart stirred.

He wanted to call Mu Lingxi over to share the joy.

But then he thought again.

The others were still waiting at the agreed-upon location, and making people wait for ten or eight days was truly a bit excessive.

So he gave up on this idea.

Not long after.

Wang Jianqiang left his residence.

He returned to the agreed-upon location.

When he arrived, everyone had already gathered.

Wang Jianqiang's gaze swept over the women, and then looked at Mo Wuming, Nancheng Kong, and Bai Wuqing on the edge of the crowd.

"The three of you, come behind me first."

The three were stunned, not quite understanding what Wang Jianqiang meant.

However, they still did as told.

After the three stood still behind him, Wang Jianqiang looked at the women in front, "Fairies, we have experienced much along the way, and I have long since regarded you all as family."

"Separation is only temporary."

"We shall meet again in five years."

Upon hearing Wang Jianqiang's words, Xing Li and Liu Qing'er, who hailed from the Wan Jian Sect and were also in the Northern Territory of the Tianhuo Domain, traveled along with Wang Jianqiang and the others, and things remained quite calm.

Expressions of reluctance appeared on the faces of Qingcheng, Yang Wanxin, Youyou Tushan, and Yun Xin.

Jiang Xuan looked toward Wang Jianqiang.

"Daoist Friend Wang, you once said you would help me cultivate; does that still hold true three years from now?"