Chapter 422 - 176: Granting of Noble Titles and Opening Camp at Hongze_2

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It wasn’t until the evening of the next day.

Chen Sansi finally returned to his senior brother’s residence from Ziwei Mountain.

"Sansi!"

Wang Zhi and Fang Qingyun had been waiting at the door for a long time.

"How did it go?"

Wang Zhi glanced at the blood on his junior brother’s body and, knowing that extra concern was unnecessary, asked directly, "I heard that last night there was a rebellion by the Incense Fire Divine Sect? I watched from the rooftop as Ziwei Mountain nearly collapsed!"

"Let’s talk inside."

Inside the room.

With his upper body bare, Chen Sansi was applying medicine and wrapping his own wounds. He didn’t stop speaking and briefly recounted the events that had transpired the day before.

"The Crown Prince is the Sect Hierarch of the Incense Fire Divine Sect?!"

Wang Zhi muttered, "The bastard hid it deep, and the boss, really, he’s capable of anything... After this, there will likely be significant changes at court. Fourth brother, what do you think?"

"The Crown Prince’s rebellion showed signs long ago, so this development is not entirely surprising."

Fang Qingyun, holding a scroll book in his hands, said, "After this event, according to my predictions, those who will rise in the court will likely be from the Sixth Master Party."

"Sixth Master?"

Chen Sansi had no concept of this person.

"This man has briefly taken over the Supervisor’s position twice many years ago, his mother the Virtuous Consort’s family is one of the preeminent noble families, second only to the Crown Prince in the court. He just lost out previously and ended up confined for life," explained Fang Qingyun. "But now, he should be released. According to the Emperor’s ways, he shall continue his cultivation and won’t truly devote himself to governing entirely, nor let Elder Yan’s faction become too powerful. At this moment, bringing out the Sixth Prince can maintain the original balance of power and is relatively easier to control."

"Speaking of which..."

"The Dragon Abyss Sword is rather interesting."

"From your description, it seems not to carry spiritual energy but some special power left behind by Grand Ancestor Cao Xie."

"Good gracious."

Wang Zhi, interested, remarked, "Fourth, you all are dealing with such mystic stuff now, can you teach me how to use it?"

"You can’t."

Fang Qingyun bluntly said, "The Immortal Path is beyond your reach; continue practicing your martial arts. Above Martial Saint, you have a chance, not any less formidable than the Cultivation Technique. Little junior brother, you’re also about to reach the Profound Image Realm, push harder, strive to break through Martial Saint within a year and a half." Experience tales at Freewebnovel

"Don’t worry, senior brother, I’ll do my best," said Chen Sansi.

"Oh, right."

Fang Qingyun reminded, "You have several letters from home, since you weren’t here in the past days, they were left in your room, go have a look."

"Okay."

Chen Sansi rose and left.

Back in his room.

Indeed, there were letters from home.

There were three in total.

They were from his Sister Lan at home, Sun Buqi, and Sun Li, each of whom had written one.

The pleasantries had been exchanged half a month ago, but this time, all the letters mentioned the same thing.

There was a new female guest at home.

Sister Lan said it was an old acquaintance.

Sun Li said it was a strange person.

Sun Buqi said it was an unwelcome guest.

They all hoped he would hurry back to check.

A female guest?

Chen Sansi pondered that he hadn’t provoked any women outside, so who would come looking for his family’s home?

Fortunately, from the tone of Sister Lan’s letter, there didn’t seem to be any danger.

After the sealing ceremony was over, he could also go home to have a look.

"..."

Chen Sansi put away the letters and then took out the relics of the Grand Ancestor that he had acquired.

"Five Elements Decision"

Those were the three big characters written on one of the booklets.

Upon opening it,

Chen Sansi’s pupils gradually brightened.

This seemed...

To be the genuine Cultivation Technique of immortality!

The booklet recorded the initial stages of entering the Immortal Path, consisting of Qi Refinement, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core...

The "Five Elements Decision" in his hand was the cultivation technique for the early stages of Qi Refining.

Furthermore, not everyone can cultivate immortality.

You must possess a Spirit Root to cultivate immortality.

The five elements of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth correspond to the five most common Spirit Roots, with certain exceptional Spirit Roots like Lightning, Sound, etc., being unique to geniuses.

Each type of Spirit Root has its corresponding Cultivation Technique.

Ascending to immortality requires nature’s spiritual energy to cleanse the mortal flesh and body.

Yet.

There’s no spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

The personal letter attached to the technique said,

In ancient times this place was abundant with spiritual energy, everyone could cultivate immortality, until a great war caused the rapid depletion of the continent’s spiritual energy, eventually leading to its separation from other worlds and becoming isolated.

The legends of the three great ancients are true.

But that was the best era for cultivators before entering a time of decline, which ended completely a thousand years ago.

Therefore,

If the people of this land want to cultivate immortality, they must either find the remaining Spirit Stones, or the next best option is to use a Transmission Jade Plate to reach the Cultivation World when there is a rift between heaven and earth, where opportunities and risks coexist.