Chapter 1061: Successful Case Study

"Earth Deity Path!"

Several major sects in the southwest region of Jianyu soon fully discovered the reason why Qingsongzi of the Qingyuan Sect broke through to become a True Immortal.

It was indeed as the Yuanba Sect Sect Leader Leihong had guessed: he had encountered a fortuitous opportunity, though, of course, it was more due to the support of a power behind him.

And this power was none other than the hegemon of Jianyu, the Sword Sect.

Although the Sword Sect had been established for less than a few short centuries, its strength in Jianyu was unquestionable.

Within the sect, there were powerhouses at the Golden Immortal level, and they were not just ordinary Golden Immortals; one was a Sword Immortal of the Golden Immortal level.

Their strength was comparable to that of a Taiyi Golden Immortal.

Such power was far beyond what other sects in Jianyu could compare to.

Moreover, the Sword Sect did not just have this one Sword Immortal; there were many Sword Cultivators under its banner, each with extraordinary strength.

With such a powerful sect supporting the Qingyuan Sect, any original thoughts the Yuanba Sect had were instantly washed away the moment they heard the name of the Sword Sect.

Even the most stubborn person would not dare to provoke the Sword Sect, the hegemon.

Even the Qingyuan Sect at its peak was small fry compared to the Sword Sect.

The several major sects of the Yuanba Sect instantly lost their nerve.

Of course, they also gathered more useful information, which concerned Qingsongzi: his breakthrough was not solely due to the help of the Sword Sect.

It seemed it was more because he had cultivated the Earth Deity Path.

They had previously heard of the Earth Deity Path, which had been spread by the Sword Sect, but they had many hesitations regarding this technique.

After all, if this thing were truly as good as the Sword Sect claimed, why would the Sword Sect bring it out for no reason?

They did not believe that the Sword Sect was truly so selfless; there must be some scheme of the Sword Sect involved.

Therefore, nearly ninety percent of the sects had great doubts about this Earth Deity Path, believing it very likely had some flaws.

Once they cultivated it, they would be controlled by the Sword Sect.

This suspicion was not unfounded; after all, such situations were not unheard of for those who cultivate the Dao, especially with Heterodox Paths or even the Demonic Path, where many techniques left behind some means of control, causing one to lose their autonomy once cultivated.

They might even turn into someone else's Puppet.

Such things had happened in Nanzhan Buzhou and the Sida Shenzhou; the most famous case was a Golden Immortal-level sect in Nanzhan Buzhou that became a Puppet of a Mokui Laozu.

One hundred thousand years ago, a Mokui Laozu appeared, becoming famous after one battle, turning an entire sect into his Puppets.

That was a Golden Immortal-level sect with two Golden Immortals within, yet because a disciple brought back a cultivation technique from the outside, they suddenly became someone else's Puppets.

That incident left the entire Nanzhan Buzhou terrified, as many sects' Dao techniques were fortuitous opportunities obtained from the outside world.

No one wanted to become the next Puppet sect.

Fortunately, that Golden Immortal sect had some connection with a big shot of the Taoist Sect, and that Mokui Laozu was eventually killed by a powerhouse at the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm from the Taoist Sect.

Only then did the uneasy hearts of the various sects in Nanzhan Buzhou settle down significantly. However, from then on, the various sects became much more serious regarding Dao techniques brought back by disciples from the outside.

Only after constant investigation and discovering no problems would they cultivate them, and they would not cultivate them on a large scale either.

Only some Loose Cultivators did not care.

After all, compared to sects, those Loose Cultivators were much more miserable, so being able to obtain a Dao technique was already not easy.

As for being a Puppet, they did not care, or rather, they simply did not believe that those big shots would care about small fry like them.

But regardless, sects everywhere remained vigilant regarding external Dao techniques and secret arts.

Of course, they did not think that this Earth Deity Path had any effect that could turn its practitioners into Puppets.

After all, the Sword Sect's mountain gate was right there; if the Sword Sect truly dared to do such a thing, big shots from Nanzhan Buzhou would soon emerge to suppress them.

It was just that the Sword Sect had suddenly brought out such a good thing, so any sect would be cautious and careful.

If it were them, if they had such an Inheritance, they would absolutely not bring it out.

Without figuring out what the Sword Sect's intentions were, it was clearly impossible for sects everywhere to cultivate such a Dao technique Inheritance.

However, now that they heard about the Qingyuan Sect, especially that Qingsongzi had switched to cultivating this Earth Deity Path and thus broken through to become a True Immortal.

Not to mention those sects, at the very least, the Loose Cultivators and small factions could not hold back anymore; even the Qingyuan Sect cultivated it, let alone them.

The Qingyuan Sect still held some status in Jianyu.

After all, at its peak, the Qingyuan Sect's strength was enough to rank in the top thirty.

Such a sect was willing to cultivate it, even if other sects remained hesitant, as the Qingyuan Sect was no longer what it used to be.

But those Loose Cultivators did not care; once they heard that this Earth Deity Path had such great benefits, and that passing the tribulation was even simpler than for ordinary Immortals, this was a massive benefit.

Especially for Loose Cultivators, who had no good cave dwellings, as most Spiritual Lands had become the locations of sects.

Loose Cultivators at most had some inferior Spiritual Lands that the sects looked down upon, where the Spirit Energy was not very good.

But with this Earth Deity Path, if they succeeded in their cultivation, wouldn't they be able to renovate their own cave dwellings, strengthen their own Spiritual Lands, and increase the concentration of Spirit Energy in the Spiritual Land?

Not to mention being able to obtain the Qi of Luck and Merit of heaven and earth, which could be described as killing several birds with one stone.

There was no hesitation.

In just a few short years, most of the Loose Cultivators in Jianyu had begun to attempt the Earth Deity Path and the Earthly Dao Technique; some Loose Cultivators had not yet switched, but that did not prevent them from going to groom the Earth Veins.

This secret art was difficult to cultivate, but for Loose Cultivators, they had enough ruthlessness and perseverance.

There were those who succeeded, and naturally, there were those who failed.

However, the time it had been spreading was too short; in a few years, unless one had an extremely tenacious will and a very powerful spirit, most Loose Cultivators mostly failed when grooming the Earth Veins.

If the Earth Vein had no baleful energy, that was fine; at most, the grooming of the Earth Vein would fail, causing some loss to the Earth Vein, which was not too significant.

If there was a lot of baleful energy, triggering a riot of baleful energy would not only cause them to suffer from the erosion of the baleful energy, but the Earth Vein would also riot, and the loss would be great.

If things went poorly, it was even possible for them to die and have their Dao dissipate.

In these few years, news often came that tremors had appeared in certain places, with mountain earthquakes, clearly caused by improper grooming of the Earth Veins.

Of course, because of the time factor, most Loose Cultivators were only grooming those uninhabited Earth Veins, and mountains that almost had no formed Spirit Veins; even if they failed, it would not cause any impact.

Otherwise, the Karma and Merit triggered by the constant rioting of Earth Veins would likely all be heaped upon Su Fan and the others.