Chapter 497: Longevity: My Steady Farming Cultivation Path — Chapter 497: Fellow Daoist, Please!

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

Days passed one by one like this, utterly uneventful, without a ripple.

During the day, Xu Zhangqing ran outside, handling matters large and small in the Spirit Field.

In the evening, he and Ruo Qunshuang studied the tilt angle of the Nanmu Bed and the placement of the mattress.

"Qing Ge, when will you let me meet that girl?"

"I have to go to the Merfolk Nest to fetch her; let's wait a bit more!"

"Mhm... mhm~"

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Over a year later, winter.

Less than a month remained until the Thousand Sects Dharma Assembly officially began.

Xu Zhangqing now, though his realm was still Golden Core Early Stage, was already not far from Middle Stage; estimated in another two to three years or three to four years he would reach it.

Total Lifespan had already reached: years

During this period, Yin Water Gives Birth to Yang Technique was perfectly mastered.

Must admit, this is indeed a very powerful Earth-grade Cultivation Method.

For the mutual stimulation and enhancement of Water Spirit Root and Fire Spirit Root, it has a very great effect.

Yin Water as substance, Yang Fire as function.

Temper Yang Fire with Yin Water, refine Yin Water with Yang Fire.

Break Water-Fire mutual restriction, achieve dual spirit mutual nurturing.

However, for Xu Zhangqing who possesses all Five Elements, it is somewhat stunning yet cannot be retained; ultimately it still must be fused into the Five Elements Art to form a brand new Cultivation Method.

As for Cultivation Methods, they barely count as assembled.

Metal: Golden Seal Ruling Heaven Art

Wood: Water Wood Circulation Classic

Water:

Fire: Yin Water Gives Birth to Yang Technique

Earth: Thick Earth Inherits Heaven Technique

On the surface, a Water Attribute Technique is missing.

Actually there isn't one missing; it was deliberately omitted.

After all, Nine Curves Tidal Life Technique must be paired with Covering Sea Seal to unleash maximum power.

The good part is that the other two Earth-grade Cultivation Methods both carry Water Attribute, therefore the deficiency in this aspect was made up for.

……Please choose Cultivation Methods to fuse……

Seeing no problem, Xu Zhangqing circulated Nine Flames Mysterious Technique, directly activated Black Flame, and made the decision without hesitation.

Fuse these five Cultivation Methods — namely Golden Seal Ruling Heaven Art, Water Wood Circulation Classic, Yin Water Gives Birth to Yang Technique, Thick Earth Inherits Heaven Technique, Five Elements Art.

As old memories gradually blurred, new memories were born bit by bit.

Just like building a house, constructing step by step from the foundation.

Moreover, unknown whether it was because the content was too rich, this time he waited a very long time yet it still did not end.

Ultimately it took even longer than fusing the Five Elements Art before it was born.

Five Qi Converging to Origin, Law Fusion Body.

Return to Origin Art: Full Level

Effect 1: Five Elements Power +80%, single attribute can temporarily increase another 30% through Mutual Generation cycle, e. g. Wood Generates Fire, Fire extra +30%

Effect 2: Five Elements Magic Power consumption reduced 80%, Mutual Generation attribute spells consume another 10% less, e. g. Earth Generates Metal, Metal spells consume only 10% of original

Effect 3: Spell operation speed +100%, Five Elements spells can achieve instant cast and seamless chaining

Effect 4: Heaven and Earth Spirit Qi perception range expanded to 1000 li, can precisely lock onto single-attribute Spirit Qi

Effect 5: Physical strength surpasses same-stage cultivators by 3 times, can withstand Top-grade Spirit Tool attacks; under nourishment of Five Elements Spiritual Qi and Magic Power, automatically repairs 3% of physical damage per breath

Effect 6: Simultaneously absorb Five Spirit Qi, efficiency 5 times that of Single Spirit Root

Effect 7: Damage against restraining attributes increased to +80%, can tear 50% of target's Defense, e. g. Metal Restricts Wood, triggers full armor-break against Wood Spirit Root cultivators

Effect 8: During Five Elements Mutual Generation cycle, each cycle restores 10% Magic Power; during Mutual Restriction confrontation, each time an enemy attribute is shattered, additionally restore 5% Magic Power

Special Effect 1: Condense Jinzhuan Runes to form Gengjin Holy Decree, automatically generate 108 Judgment Golden Blades, lock onto same-stage Wood Spirit Root cultivators, damage +100% critical hit

Special Effect 2: Hunyuan Divine Light can transform into Five Elements Escape Technique, duration 1 incense stick, movement speed 80 zhang per breath, can penetrate all Five Elements Attribute obstacles — metal, stone, wood barriers, etc.

Special Effect 3: When physical body perishes, Golden Core and Nascent Soul will automatically escape into Spiritual Vein to slumber; as long as Spiritual Vein is not destroyed, can absorb Five Elements Spiritual Qi to repair, revival time shortened by 50%

Special Effect 4: All materials purified 95%, personally refined Spirit Tools and Magic Tools quality increased by 1 grade, Tool Spirit birth probability +40%, Tool Spirit initial Wisdom increased +30%

Special Effect 5: Below Golden Core Stage, Five Elements Attribute attacks damage reduced 80%; below Nascent Soul Stage, Five Elements Attribute attacks damage reduced 50%; resistance to Heart Demon and soul attacks +80%

Special Effect 6: When maintaining Five Elements Balance, each breath automatically repairs 5% physical damage +8% Magic Power; when imbalanced, can rapidly restore balance through Mutual Generation conversion, estimated completion within 3 breaths

Special Effect 7: Nine Profound Earth Rune Pillars can fuse into Five Elements Runes, form Five Elements Guardian Array, block all attacks below Spirit Transformation Stage, duration 3 incense sticks, limited to 1 use per month

Special Effect 8: Plant Spirit Plant Seeds within Five Elements Domain, consume own Spiritual Power to catalyze growth, can automatically obtain a prefix

Unique Effect: Can transform Spiritual Roots into Spiritual Projection Avatars to go out; the more numerous, the more own realm declines; overall quality and comprehensive attributes likewise weaken

The avatar will inherit the main body's cultivation method, spells, and divine abilities, and can grow independently.

After fusion, the main body's cultivation realm, strength, experience, and knowledge will increase greatly.

After an avatar dies, a single one requires half a year before it can be summoned again.

Eight ordinary effects.

Eight special effects.

This was the first time Xu Zhangqing had ever encountered this, and he felt surprise: "Most of the Earth-rank cultivation methods here, even the Five Elements Art, have nine layers; why does this one only have eight?"

It appears there might be some reason for it.

Moreover, it is quite obvious this is absolutely not an Earth-rank cultivation method.

Barring accident, it reaches at least Heaven-rank; otherwise it would not have this kind of heaven-defying effect.

Equivalent to combining all the advantages of the Five Elements Art and several other Earth-rank cultivation methods, and even making various improvements on top of that.

However, if one were to speak of the most shocking or most surprising effect, it is still the unique effect.

It can actually transform the spiritual roots into projected avatars to go out; is that not equivalent to splitting one into five?

From a certain perspective, it is equivalent to five of oneself.

Thinking of this, he activated the unique effect without hesitation by circulating the Return to Origin Art.

In an instant his heart stirred, and along with it the spiritual roots all reacted in turn.

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth — the five kinds of spiritual roots; four kinds can be sent out.

Since he himself is a Wood Spiritual Root, then for the sake of balance, Metal will certainly be sent out first.

Water generates Wood.

Earth generates Metal.

Lacking Metal, although the Five Elements balance is broken, it will not cause a harmful influence.

As the Metal Spiritual Root inside his body trembled, immediately afterward the white light on the surface dimmed, as if sealed, no longer able to absorb or even sense Metal Spiritual Qi, and then it transformed into a phantom image appearing in front of Xu Zhangqing.

Sure enough, both physical constitution and cultivation realm weakened to a certain degree, as if a part had been taken away by the projected avatar.

In fact, Xu Zhangqing had thought of this long ago.

If the five kinds of spiritual roots correspond to five deities, or representative figures.

Fire Spiritual Root is Zhu Rong.

Water Spiritual Root is Gonggong.

Metal Spiritual Root is Rushou.

Earth Spiritual Root is Houtu.

Wood Spiritual Root is Goumang.

Having lived here for many years, he still has some understanding of the history.

The Tianyuan Realm is actually similar to the previous life; only the process of development differs.

Primordial Period: heaven and earth first opened.

Because the Earth's laws bore the foundation of all things, they gave birth to Earth-system deities first; they controlled the spiritual veins and held the authority of reincarnation, gradually becoming the world's masters.

The other deities were a step slower; therefore, in terms of authority, they were inferior to the Earth-system deities.

Ancient Period: because the laws and rules were incomplete, the deities' origins were gradually exhausted, and they finally began to fall, transforming into mountains, rivers, spiritual veins, and heaven and earth spiritual qi.

The remaining deities, to survive, created humans and the demon race using their own divine thoughts plus life origin, borrowing the power of incense to prolong their lives.

Among them, a portion of humans comprehended breathing methods and Qi refining arts, cultivated by absorbing spiritual qi, and became the first batch of Qi Refining Scholars.

Top Qi Refining Scholars awakened divine abilities, called themselves "Immortals," and gradually detached from the deities' control.

Remote Ancient Period: Immortals allied with humans and demons dissatisfied with divine authority oppression, and defeated the remnant gods who relied on incense to survive.

When the remnant gods fell, resentment fused with shattered laws to form "Heavenly Demons," which used desire to tempt and manipulate some humans and demons into causing chaos.

To avoid a world-destruction crisis, Immortals and the demon race formed an alliance, sealing a portion of the Heavenly Demons in the underground abyss; the remaining Heavenly Demons were driven to the dark land of chaotic laws and no spiritual qi, where they could not condense physical bodies.

This battle caused laws, rules, roots, and origins to all be damaged, and the spiritual qi cycle became imbalanced.

Recent Ancient Period: because of survival issues, contradictions between humans and the demon race grew larger and larger; plus all kinds of problems made the heaven and earth spiritual qi that Qi Refining Scholars relied on increasingly unstable; Immortals had no choice but to simplify breathing methods and Qi refining arts.

They established the "Inner Dan Storage, Spirit Root Filter" Cultivator system, which gradually replaced Qi Refining Scholars.

But because of the deities' fall, Cultivators breaking through and crossing tribulations needed to use monster core parts to perfect their own missing parts.

Conversely, the demon race increased their Dao Xing by devouring Cultivators; both sides' contradictions intensified, and killing continued without end.

By now, deities, Immortals, Heavenly Demons, etc. exist only in legends; inheritances are even more only fragmented editions.

Cultivators — no, now they can only be called Xiuxian Zhe.

Relying on incomplete laws and spiritual qi in spiritual veins to cultivate, the demand for monster core parts further increased; the demon race could only retreat to the Demon Realm, then release various monsters to retaliate against humans, occupy Liang Shan and great marshes, and contend for Dongtian Fudi.

Therefore, Xu Zhangqing's Metal Spiritual Root is named Rushou.

Mainly forging and artifact refining, thermal weapons Sword Dao.

Fire Spiritual Root is named Zhu Rong; mainly pill making and alchemy, controls Fire Crows.

Water Spiritual Root is Gonggong; mainly drawing talismans and exploration, searching for the Dragon Race.

Earth Spiritual Root is named Houtu; mainly spiritual arrays and mining, gathering resources.

Wood Spiritual Root temporarily serves as the main body; mainly farming and bearing children, honest and dutiful.

In terms of cultivation methods, all mainly cultivate the Return to Origin Art, then later supplement with another.

Soon, the Water Spiritual Root, Fire Spiritual Root, and Earth Spiritual Root projected out one after another.

And Xu Zhangqing's overall strength fell to Foundation Establishment Perfection; they were Foundation Establishment Early Stage.

The Golden Core and Xuan Seal in the Qi Sea could still be cast, yet became extremely difficult.

Seeing they had no human form, Xu Zhangqing pinched and crafted each one.

Fire Spirit Root has the image of a Fire Spirit Root.

Water Spirit Root has the image of a Water Spirit Root.

It is just that a distinction was made in the Male and Female Aspect.

The other several, including the Main Body, are all Male; only the Earth Spirit Root is Female.

Once things were more or less ready, the four Spiritual Projections were already vivid and lifelike.

The five people looked at each other, then laughed heartily: "Dao Friend, please!"