Chapter 216 : Competing for True Inheritance
Chapter 216: Competing for True Inheritance
“Although the Companion Scenery Method of Beast Taming is quite good, it still cannot compare to the Three Purities Companion Scenery Immortal Art.”
Knowing that Chen Beiwu had already taken a master, True Monarch Su Miao instantly lost interest in continuing the lecture.
“The Three Purities Companion Scenery Immortal Art is stored within the Taiyuan Heavenly Realm. You may use the Companion Scenery Method as a foundation first. Once your cultivation reaches the peak of Foundation Establishment, you can then apply to enter the Taiyuan Heavenly Realm to comprehend the Companion Scenery Immortal Art.”
After saying this, True Monarch Su Miao’s figure flickered and disappeared from the lecture hall.
The Taiyuan Heavenly Realm ranked among the top three of the thirty-six minor grotto-heavens in the Yuqing Immortal Sect. Within it were stored many authentic illustrations of scenery insight left behind by sect giants who had comprehended the Three Purities Companion Scenery Immortal Art, for future generations of disciples to sense and draw inspiration from.
However, the quota to enter the Taiyuan Heavenly Realm was exceedingly rare. Without being an official disciple of the sect, even a tenth-level Golden Core student of the Yuqing Immortal Sect would not qualify to enter.
But Chen Beiwu was different. He was the disciple of that True Venerable. Once his cultivation reached the peak of Foundation Establishment, he only needed to submit an application to enter the Taiyuan Heavenly Realm.
After Su Miao departed, Chen Beiwu noticed that the gazes cast upon him turned fervent, with even some classmates revealing overt fighting intent in their eyes.
Just as he turned to leave the lecture hall, a voice suddenly rang out.
“Junior Brother, please wait.”
Jiang Xiaojun quickly stepped forward and said politely, “I’m Jiang Xiaojun, a seventh-level student of the Water-and-Wood Department. My cultivation is at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, and my Companion Beast is the Flame Fiend Tiger. Would Junior Brother be interested in a spar?”
Chen Beiwu halted his steps and glanced at him.
The other’s fate aura was orange—this marked him as a potential Golden Core seed. His strength should not be underestimated.
However, compared to sparring, Chen Beiwu was more interested in returning to Jiuyue Cave Residences to further study the Companion Scenery Method of Beast Taming.
“Sparring isn’t necessary. I have matters to attend to.” Chen Beiwu shook his head slightly and continued forward.
Hearing Chen Beiwu’s refusal, Jiang Xiaojun raised an eyebrow in surprise.
“Junior Brother, please wait.”
Jiang Xiaojun activated an art, blocking Chen Beiwu’s path. “It’s just a quick spar. Please, do me the honor.”
Most cultivators would back off after being refused, but Jiang Xiaojun was not one of them.
He hailed from the Four-Flames Jiang Clan, a gate-clan under a True Venerable, and was famously obsessed with duels within the Yuqing Immortal Sect.
To challenge prodigies, he cared little for saving face.
Chen Beiwu frowned slightly and didn’t even look at Jiang Xiaojun. He directly activated Wave-Stepping Through the Tide and left.
Watching Chen Beiwu vanish, Jiang Xiaojun’s face gradually darkened.
Both at mid-stage Foundation Establishment, yet he had been completely ignored by a newly joined junior disciple.
Even if Chen Beiwu possessed a Flawless Foundation, that was still rather arrogant.
“Forget it. Yuqing Immortal Sect has no shortage of prodigies. There’s no need to provoke him,” Li Hang spoke up to dissuade him.
Chen Beiwu’s future was boundless.
Only a combat fanatic like Jiang Xiaojun would pick a fight just for the sake of a spar.
“What a disappointment. So this so-called third place on the Rising Stars Ranking is nothing but a coward.” Jiang Xiaojun said furiously.
Hearing this, Li Hang’s heart skipped a beat. He no longer had the mind to advise further and quickly exited the lecture hall.
It’s hard to advise someone hell-bent on death.
Chen Beiwu was the disciple of a Nascent Soul True Venerable, who had, in just one class, earned the admiration of True Monarch Nixia and been accepted as a disciple—an exceptional genius.
Li Hang had no intention of making an enemy of Chen Beiwu over something so petty. It simply wasn’t worth it.
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Back at Fuyou Residence, Jiuyue Cave Residences.
Chen Beiwu was fully immersed in the cultivation of the Companion Scenery Method of Beast Taming.
In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.
With the operation of his divine sense and mana, the void in front of Chen Beiwu gradually outlined a vivid image of a Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate True Spirit Diagram.
Compared to before, the golden fish-dragon within the True Spirit Diagram now exuded greater spiritual liveliness—almost lifelike. Even Gold Egg felt like it was gazing into a mirror.
‘Hold your breath, focus, and circulate the Heavenly Book.’
As his thoughts landed, Chen Beiwu controlled the Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate True Spirit Diagram to completely envelop Gold Egg.
“Gulu?” Gold Egg looked surprised.
Bathed in the brilliance of the True Spirit Diagram, it actually felt an ethereal, blissful comfort, as if ascending to immortality.
A quarter of an hour later, when that comfortable sensation suddenly vanished, Gold Egg couldn’t help but show a longing expression.
‘How does it feel?’ Chen Beiwu asked via thought, his face slightly pale.
Although the True Spirit Diagram was only a rudimentary form of scenery, it already contained a trace of purification for the Companion Beast’s bloodline, accelerating its growth.
“Gulu.” (“The mana refined a little.”)
Hearing this, there was no surprise in Chen Beiwu’s eyes.
Bloodline tempering was subtle, not as evident as changes in mana.
Besides, the effects of the True Spirit Diagram were far inferior to an innate scenery. It was only natural that Gold Egg couldn’t sense the bloodline refinement.
Thinking of this, Chen Beiwu operated Tai Xuan Guarding the One, and only after restoring his essence, qi, and spirit to full did he activate the Gate of Ten Directions and return to the Southern Wastes.
Chen Beiwu was well aware of his current limitations.
The reason he hadn’t succeeded in turning the True Spirit Diagram into a true rudimentary scenery wasn’t a lack of comprehension—it was due to his cultivation stage and resources.
By leveraging the price and resource differences between the two realms, he could obtain enough materials at minimal cost to support his cultivation to the peak of Foundation Establishment—for example, through competing for the True Inheritance.
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At the Formation Hall, within the hall master’s cultivation cave.
Yun Yishu set down the formation disk in her hands, her eyes filled with surprise.
“Senior Sister, is something wrong?” Chen Beiwu asked.
“No. According to sect rules, sequence disciples who’ve advanced to Foundation Establishment do indeed qualify to compete for the True Inheritance,” Yun Yishu retracted her gaze, suppressing her inner astonishment.
What’s going on?
Junior Brother Chen had just broken through to Foundation Establishment, yet she could already sense a faint sense of threat from him.
Even when facing three peak Foundation Establishment cultivators at once, Yun Yishu could rely on her mastery of formations to retreat safely—or even slay one of them.
With such strength, no wonder Junior Brother Chen suddenly decided to compete for the True Inheritance.
“Junior Brother Chen, you’ve been in seclusion for nearly four months. What’s your current cultivation?” Yun Yishu asked tentatively.
“Mid-stage Foundation Establishment,” Chen Beiwu replied truthfully.
He possessed the Yuqing Demon-Subduing Profound Talisman gifted by Senior Brother Jiang, capable of unleashing a Nascent Soul-level strike in the Southern Wastes.
Therefore, he no longer needed to overly conceal himself. He could freely display his talent and brilliance in pursuit of the True Inheritance.
If the sect’s higher-ups chose to nurture him, Chen Beiwu would naturally reciprocate, leading Mirror Moon Sect to become the foremost among the Five Great Sects of the Earth Proliferation Territory—or even dominate the entire Southern Wastes Region.
But if the upper echelon dared harbor malicious intent toward him, Chen Beiwu would not hesitate to shatter their delusions with thunderous means.
It wasn’t arrogance. So long as the sect’s patriarch remained in seclusion, Chen Beiwu—wielding a fourth-tier Immortal Alliance talisman—was undoubtedly the number one Golden Core combatant.
Unfortunately, such a life-saving ultimate weapon could only be used three times.
Upon hearing this, Yun Yishu’s heart stirred, her gaze toward Chen Beiwu brightening.
To reach mid-stage Foundation Establishment so soon after his breakthrough—Chen Ziang’s foundation must be immensely deep, possibly comparable to the sect’s third-generation patriarchs.
Senior Sister Zhu’s judgment was truly terrifying!
“Junior Brother Chen, there’s no need to rush into the matter of competing for the True Inheritance just yet,” Yun Yishu smiled sweetly. “Do you know our master’s Golden Core title?”
“Of course. Master is the number one Golden Core in the Earth Proliferation Territory—titled the True Person of Myriad Treasures,” said Chen Beiwu.
Yun Yishu nodded and then said something that left Chen Beiwu utterly astonished—