In the flash of silver light, Chen Mobai has arrived at the secret realm of the sacred tree.
After skillfully touching the Xuan Mist Talisman, the scene in front of him made him feel slightly dazed.
I saw that within the area covered by the fog before, less than half of the Chiyang Spiritual Trees had become bare, with only the trunks and branches remaining.
Where are the leaves?
At this moment, a mysterious light rushed towards Chen Mobai. He waved his hand casually, and the Tianmu spiritual light that had not been used for a long time turned into a ball of light and enveloped the mysterious light.
Taking a closer look, it turned out to be a sky-swallowing snake.
However, there was still half an uneaten leaf left at the corner of the snake's mouth. It was trapped in the light of Tianmu, circling and twisting restlessly, but it could not break free at all.
This was the first time Chen Mobai saw a vegetarian snake, and he couldn't help but marvel.
He placed the Heavenly Wood Spiritual Light in his palm in front of his eyes, opened his Dongxu Spiritual Eyes, and carefully observed this masterpiece of the Ascension Sect up and down.
After swallowing the spirit stone he gave, the sky-swallowing snake has evolved into a real monster, and the spiritual power fluctuations throughout its body have reached the level of the early stage of Qi training.
It's just that it may be because he was hungry during this period and ate too many leaves. The flesh, flesh and spiritual power of this sky-swallowing snake already have a trace of wood attribute mixed with it.
Chen Mobai did not intervene. After confirming that the Sky-Swallowing Snake could survive in the secret realm of the sacred tree, he set up a wider Xuan Mist Talisman again, and then threw away the little snake that turned slightly dark green in his palm. Go in.
"We must find a way to make a spiritual beast contract with the Sky-Swallowing Snake."
Seeing the white mist constantly forming and surrounding the area he had designated, Chen Mobai was thinking about how to establish a mental connection with the sky-swallowing snake he fed.
However, Chen Mobai did not consider the spirit beast contract in the Immortal Sect, because the spirit beast protection forces headed by Kunpeng Taoist Academy advocated that monks and spirit beasts live in harmony and equality, so there is no such kind of master-servant contract.
When Lu Qiulong fought with Chen Mobai, he wanted to go all out, but was dissuaded by his spirit beast because the two were equal friends.
If this were in the Tianhe Realm, there would be so much nonsense. When the immortal cultivator gives an order, the spirit beasts will immediately start to attack.
After all, the origin of the Sky-Swallowing Snake is very problematic, so Chen Mobai thinks it would be better to use the spiritual beast contract from the Tianhe Realm.
Just do what comes to mind.
He clicked on the turtle treasure again and teleported to Xiaonan Mountain.
It happened to be time to go to Shenmu City to watch the sect competition between his young disciples. Chen Mobai first sent a messenger talisman to Yuan Chiye and other familiar friends, inviting them to get together.
Then Chen Mobai called his eldest disciple over.
"Wen Bai, my master, please remember that you are a disciple of the Spiritual Beast Department."
"Yes, Master."
"Is there any explanation in the sect for signing a contract with a spiritual beast?"
Liu Wenbai immediately began to talk about the three types of contracts in the Spiritual Beast Department.
"Generally speaking, Qi training disciples will only sign a blood curse contract. This contract will always be effective as long as the strength of the spirit beast does not exceed the level of the beast master."
"Then there is the divine consciousness contract. This requires the cultivator to inject a ray of divine consciousness into the sea of spiritual beast consciousness. Even if the realm exceeds it, it can be controlled with confidence."
"The best thing is the soul contract, but it requires the spiritual beast and the immortal cultivator to be connected and trust each other to make it. This is a contract that will never be betrayed, but it also means that both will be prosperous and the other will suffer."
After Chen Mobai heard this, he immediately ruled out the soul contract, and then asked in detail about the two methods of contract, blood spell and divine consciousness.
Liu Wenbai immediately explained the key points of the blood curse contract, which he had learned in his family when he was a child. However, because the divine consciousness contract was redeemed from the sect's library, it could not be disclosed according to regulations.
But this is a trivial matter to Chen Mobai.
He immediately drove Chixia Yunyanluo and took his eldest disciple to the Library Pavilion. As a foundation-building monk, he easily obtained the contents of the divine consciousness contract.
After getting the things, Chen Mobai was not in a hurry to go to the secret realm of the sacred tree.
He took Liu Wenbai to watch Luo Yixuan's sect competition in Shenmu City, and happened to see her control the black water with the ice breath to defeat a sect disciple who was also practicing at the ninth level.
"Not bad, I'm still as good as I used to be."
Chen Mobai was filled with joy when he saw this scene.
When he was practicing qi, he fought fiercely against monsters on Qingguang Island, and took the Danxia City entrance exam all with the help of his superb "Ice Technique".
Now Luo Yixuan had obtained the true inheritance of his ice technique. Without using the second-level magic weapon, she defeated her opponent and advanced to the sequence of twenty-four true inheritances.
At this moment, he couldn't help but think of the scene when he worked hard to practice ice breath under Yan Bingxuan's guidance.
Seeing Luo Yixuan riding the black water and ice on the stage, as graceful as a dragon, Chen Mobai felt a sense of accomplishment in being a role model for others.
"Master."
After a while, Liu Wenbai came over with Zhuo Ming and Luo Yixuan. The two women looked surprised when they saw him.
"Xuan'er did a good job."
Chen Mobai praised him, and after hearing this, Luo Yixuan smiled gracefully, her graceful body was slightly blessed, and there was undisguised happiness in her eyes.
"Although Ming'er has been eliminated, don't be too discouraged. Just try to become the true successor within six years."
Zhuo Ming nodded, but she didn't care about winning or losing. This time she lost after three rounds, which was already a breakthrough in her previous best results.
The four masters and disciples did not watch the upcoming sect competition, but returned to Chen Mobai's courtyard in Shenmu City.
"Master, my next opponent is my brother."
On the way back, Luo Yixuan suddenly said something.
"Luo Yixiu?"
Chen Mobai had almost forgotten about this person. After the battle with Shanshan Mountain, Luo Shupian was proven not to have betrayed the sect, so Luo Yixiu was able to continue to practice in the Shenmu Sect.
"Well, the family will support him in obtaining at least one foundation-building pill. It seems to be betting that he can succeed in foundation-building."
According to the rules of the Tianhe Realm, Luo Yixuan is equivalent to getting married after joining the Xiaonan Mountain lineage. Although she still has a relationship with the Luo family, she is definitely not as good as Luo Yixiu, a direct male cultivator with upright roots.
Therefore, the Luo family still poured resources into Luo Yixiu, hoping that after he successfully established the foundation, he could replace Luo Shupian and protect the family from wind and rain in the sect.
"In this competition, you don't have to give in to him like before. Go all out and let everyone see how outstanding you are."
Chen Mobai understood Luo Yixuan's heart and said this to her with a smile, indicating that he had his support in everything.
"Yes, Master!"
Sure enough, after hearing this, Luo Yixuan squinted her eyes and smiled even happier.
In the first half of her life, she controlled her own cultivation progress, centered on Luo Yixiu in everything, and tried to compromise. The repression of pretending to be inferior to her brother even though she was obviously better made her character somewhat distorted.
Fortunately, I met Chen Mobai, a good teacher, and under the influence of Xiaonanshan's simple family style, I gradually transformed into a normal female cultivator.
But Luo Yixiu was always a knot in her heart.
It's just a good time to take advantage of this sect competition to settle things.
This evening, Chen Mobai invited Yuan Chiye and Yan Jinye to reminisce about the past.
E Yun and Yue Zutao are still sitting outside the sect, one guarding the Yun Kingdom and the other guarding the Lei Kingdom. They have no plans to come back this year.
Another familiar new member of the Foundation Building Fish Company was also sent by the sect to perform a secret mission. Chen Mobai vaguely guessed what he was going to do, but did not interfere.
In addition to the three foundation builders, Chen Mobai also invited Qi Rui, Xi Jinghuo and other friends he made while practicing Qi. Everyone gave him respect and came.
Zhuo Ming opened five jars of new wine. Although they were all first-grade wine, the taste was different, and everyone drank it very satisfied.
The next day, Chen Mobai led his two apprentices to sit in the teahouse and watched Luo Yixuan and Luo Yixiu in the ring.
At first, Luo Yixiu was full of confidence because he had never lost to Luo Yixuan since he was a child.
Even before the fight, he was trying to persuade Luo Yixuan to admit defeat, lest he accidentally hurt her.
In this regard, Luo Yixuan just said one sentence.
"Brother, actually I have been letting you do it before."
However, Luo Yixiu seemed very angry at this truth. He took the lead and wanted to prove that he relied on strength to defeat his sister.
But the reality is cruel. Without using the sacred wood sword, Luo Yixuan relied on the ice technique taught by Chen Mobai to defeat the three major spells that Luo Yixiu was proud of.
"How can this be……"
On the ring, after being defeated by Luo Yixuan, Luo Yixiu had a look of disbelief on his face. He stood there blankly and muttered to himself. He couldn't believe that he had been the number one in his clan for more than 20 years because of his help. I got it because of my sister’s humility.
"Brother, I won't let you do it again in the future."
After Luo Yixuan finished saying this, she turned around and left the ring.
At this moment, Luo Yixuan suddenly felt that the haze that had been suppressed in her heart since childhood dissipated.
She had never felt so relaxed and comfortable, as if her consciousness and body were freed from the constraints, floating leisurely in the clear river, enjoying the freedom of everything, flowing freely, and rushing to the endless sea.
With an unprecedented relaxed attitude, Luo Yixuan came to the teahouse.
Walking to the second floor, Luo Yixuan saw Master sitting at the window, smiling and nodding at him.
This was her light, the sun that dispelled all her gloom!
"Master, my disciple has won."
Luo Yixuan couldn't believe that this was her own voice. It was full of lightness and coquettishness that she couldn't believe in the first half of her life. She seemed to be showing off her achievements to the most important person and desperately wanted to be recognized by him.
This feeling is just like when I was a child and I proudly told my mother that my spiritual practice progress exceeded that of my brother, but at that time I received a slap from my mother.
Later, her mother even injured herself with her own hands, knocking down her cultivation level.
He also warned himself with cold eyes that he would never surpass Luo Yixiu in the future.
Although she knew her mother was doing it for her own good, Luo Yixuan still can't forget that slap. It didn't hurt, but her heart ached.
"Well done, I'm happy."
Chen Mobai's simple words made Luo Yixuan feel a completely different life.
Here, she no longer needs to suppress herself and can freely unleash her talents. She also does not have to worry about being noticed for her outstanding beauty and talent and being bought as a breeding tool like her mother.
"Master, let me pour you some tea."
Luo Yixuan ran over with a cheerful smile, picked up the teapot on the table and filled it for Chen Mobai. Of course, she did not forget Liu Wenbai and Zhuo Ming.
"My junior sister is far more talented than me."
Liu Wenbai took a sip of tea added by Luo Yixuan, recalling her ever-changing ice skills on the ring, and couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart.
He felt that even in his heyday, he might not be Luo Yixuan's opponent.
"Yeah, I don't know when I will be able to practice Qi to perfection."
Zhuo Ming on the side also sighed and spoke. She had always considered herself to be the least talented person in the Xiaonanshan lineage.
The reason why I was able to become a disciple of Chen Mobai was all due to good luck. I had already joined the disciples when I was in Xiaoyangling in advance, and then I had an idea when Liu Wenbai was about to become his disciple. Chen Mobai reluctantly nodded and accepted.
She fully recognized what Liu Wenbai said.
In her opinion, in the Xiaonanshan lineage, her master is a peerless swordsman genius. Ever since the split of the Shenmu Sect, he has been the leading genius even throughout the history of the Five Elements Sect.
Next is Junior Sister Luo Yixuan. Not only is she smart, but her talent is probably second only to Master and Yu Lian who have already established foundations in the same class.
Then there is the eldest brother, who is also a genius in cultivation and has the backing of his family.
Compared to other dazzling people in Xiaonanshan's lineage, Zhuo Ming feels that she is very ordinary and has always had a bit of inferiority complex. It is precisely because of this that she is very dedicated to the only things she can do well: farming, making wine, and looking after stores.
In her opinion, this is the only way she can repay Chen Mobai for his kindness.
"Ming'er, just practice step by step. I will guarantee that you will become the true successor in six years and get a foundation-building pill."
Seeing the lack of confidence on Zhuo Ming's face, Chen Mobai, who knew that she was the one with the best innate spiritual root value in the Xiaonanshan lineage, couldn't help but comfort her.
It has to be said that Chen Mobai is now very high in the eyes of the three apprentices. As soon as he said these words, Zhuo Ming became more confident. He clenched his little fists and cheered himself up.
"Wen Bai and Ming'er helped prepare some good wine for the master. After the sect competition is over, Xuan'er and I will go visit the master and others."
It’s the end of the year, and everything needs to be taken care of.
Chen Mobai will take up the post of Jianguo Guard at the beginning of next year. Although he does not have to leave the sect, he can get this position thanks to the promotion of Chu Zuoshu and others, so he must give him a gift.
In the following sect competition, Luo Yixuan, who had solved the knot in her heart, made great progress, advancing from twelve to six, six to three, and won two more rounds, ranking among the top three in the true biography!
It's a pity that he lost to the other two people in the finals and only finished third.
But even so, Chen Mobai was already very satisfied.
The main reason for achieving this result is because Mu Yuan and Yu Lian succeeded in building the foundation. In addition, Li Yixian, who was third last year, failed to build the foundation and did not participate in the sect competition while recuperating. The overall quality of this sect competition has declined. .
But no matter what, Luo Yixuan's name was known to all the qi training disciples of Shenmu Sect after this sect competition.
As the only female cultivator among the top three!
Luo Yixuan has a pretty face, excellent cultivation, and a profound background.
All of a sudden, this junior sister from Xiaonanshan became Bai Yueguang in the eyes of many Qi-training monks from the Shenmu Sect.
When Chen Mobai took Luo Yixuan to visit Chu Zuoshu, Fu Huakun, Zeng Woyou, Weng Chuanyou, Xi Yisheng, Sun Gaochang and other veterans were building foundations, these upper-level figures from the sect's three halls and twelve divisions actually talked to her pleasantly. sentence.
Xi Yisheng even secretly sent a message to Chen Mobai to ask if he could bring Xi Jinghuo and Luo Yixuan together.
In response, Chen Mobai tactfully said to let nature take its course. He would not interfere with the choices of the younger generations, as long as they agreed.
Xi Jinghuo can also be considered a good friend of Chen Mobai, but according to his understanding of this friend, he is also a person who focuses on practicing swordsmanship.
It took about half a month for Chen Mobai and Luo Yixuan to send off all the foundation-building monks who were friendly with him.
Among them, Zeng Woyou was in seclusion helping two ancestors refine a batch of elixirs, but I didn't see him, but Chen Mobai's visit meant that he was interested.
Others who were unfamiliar with it, such as Xie Yuntian, the director of the sword training department, etc. Although he did not go there in person, he asked Luo Yixuan to make a trip and presented two jars of good wine.
People do not blame.
After seeing him off, Chen Mobai was about to go back to Xiaonanshan, but an unexpected person came to visit him.
"My Excellency, Liu Ruzhong, I have admired the name of Junior Brother Chen for a long time. I happened to finish my duty report at the Shenmu Palace. The headmaster asked me to come over and explain to you about the founding of the country."
Liu Ruzhong is a polite-looking Confucian scholar with an impressive goatee on his chin.
"It turns out to be Senior Brother Liu, I should be the one to visit you."
This man is the guard of Jianguo. Anyone who can hold this position must have an extraordinary background.
He is Fu Zongjue's registered disciple, and he will serve as the inspector of the Spiritual Beast Department after he returns this time. The previous inspector was injured during the battle with Shanshan Mountain and felt that his time was running out, so he voluntarily resigned.
Among the Shenmu Sect, the foundation-building monks who can sit in the upper echelons of the twelve divisions of the three halls basically understand the ways of the world.
Needless to say, Liu Ruzhong took the initiative to come to the door just because he wanted to make friends with Chen Mobai.
Luo Yixuan immediately went to the Xiaonanshan shop in front, asked Zhuo Ming to bring two jars of good wine, and helped pour the wine.
"This is the situation of the seven immortal cultivating families and the five cities in the founding of the country. If Junior Brother Chen wants to relax, he can go around each city and inspect the sect's shops. People from the seven major families will come to express their feelings. .”
Liu Ruzhong hinted a little, Jianguo is the headquarters of the Shenmu Sect after all, and the seven major families all depend on the Shenmu Sect's face to act, but each has a complicated sect relationship, but the filial piety given to the guard every year will be there.
"Among them, the Fu family is the family from which Patriarch Fu was born, and the Wang family is the disciple of Patriarch Zhou who was born. Both of them are kind in front of the two ancestors."
Before leaving, Liu Ruzhong reminded Chen Mobai emphatically.
"Thank you, Senior Brother Liu, for clarifying my doubts."
When Chen Mobai sent Liu Ruzhong away, he specially asked Luo Yixuan to get two jars of wine.
"Master, when are you going to inspect the city?"
When only the master and apprentice were left, Luo Yixuan asked curiously.
"It will take some time after the beginning of the year."
Chen Mobai actually didn't care at all about the filial piety of the seven major families. Liu Ruzhong said that according to the rules, each family would give one hundred spiritual stones to the guards every year, which he already looked down upon.
Chen Mobai, who has loved watching the program "The Book of Immortal Wealth" since he was a child, deeply understands that if you want to be rich, go into business.
Next, he will create his own puppet factory and develop the resources of the sacred tree secret realm.
At the beginning of next year, since Hua Zijing graduated and left, many new people will join the student union, so he will definitely have to stay in charge for a while.
In addition to these things, he also needs to find ways to practice and see if he can break through the bottleneck of the peak of the middle stage of spiritual consciousness foundation building.
Fortunately, thanks to Enlightenment Tea, he already had a good idea of the Immortal Sect's second-level talisman-making master examination, otherwise he would have to find time to review talisman-making.
At this time, Liu Wenbai and Zhuo Ming also came over. They were sorting out this year's account books at Xiaonan Shanpu and counting the spiritual wine and rice in the warehouse.
"Let's do this, Wen Bai. Next year, you and your master will go to inspect the Wudafang City of Jianguo. You are from a cultivating family and are familiar with the ways here. After the inspection, you will represent our master and communicate with the seven major families of Jianguo."
"The disciples are terrified, afraid that they won't be able to do it well."
"As long as you do things impartially, you are a stable person, and I believe you can do a good job as a teacher."
Chen Mobai, the eldest disciple, does not have any great advantages, but his stable character makes him the most suitable person among the three disciples to do this.
Zhuo Ming is too simple, Luo Yixuan is too smart.
"Yes, this disciple will definitely live up to Master's high expectations."
In this way, the three major disciples under his command have inherited Chen Mobai's three powers.
Liu Wenbai was in charge of the outside, and took his place to connect Jianguo and the cities of various countries in the Eastern Wasteland in the future; Luo Yixuan was in charge, and in the past two years, he took her to visit the senior officials of the sect's three halls and twelve departments, and basically all recognized her as Chen Mobai. spokesperson.
As for Zhuo Ming, he is still in charge of Xiaonanshan, taking him with him and training him as a successor to the farming mantle.
After finishing all the things in Shenmu City, Chen Mobai left his three disciples behind and went back to Xiaonan Mountain to retreat on the pretext of gaining some insights from his cultivation.
Before leaving, he also asked Mu Yuan about the situation of the former head Meng Hong.
However, since he went into seclusion to form the elixir, no one knew about his condition. They could only wait for the heavenly sign of the elixir to get a glimpse of the truth.
Chen Mobai could only sigh and leave Shenmu City.
The secret realm of the sacred tree!
Chen Mobai used the Heavenly Wood Spiritual Light to trap the Sky-Swallowing Snake in his palm, and then sword energy burst out from his fingertips. After opening an opening for himself, a drop of blood essence dripped out.
The Sky-Swallowing Snake looked at Chen Mobai's behavior curiously while eating leaves.
After several times of fruitless resistance, as soon as it saw Tianmu's spiritual light, it reflexively gave up resistance and allowed Chen Mobai to do whatever he wanted.
The blood essence dripped from his fingertips and landed on the forehead of the Sky-Swallowing Snake.
At the same time, a leaf of the jasper sycamore tree in Chen Mobai's sea of consciousness came out of his body, merged into the essence and blood, and penetrated into the chaotic, dark Zifu sea of consciousness of the Sky-Swallowing Snake.
With his level of foundation building, it was natural for him to sign a blood curse and a spiritual contract with a mere spiritual beast in the early stages of Qi training.
After completing it, he found that he could now decide the life or death of the Sky-Swallowing Snake with a single thought.
This little black snake has imprinted his mark on both his body and the sea of consciousness.
(End of chapter)
