Longevity and Immortal Cultivation: Starting from Controlling Your Own Essence.

Chapter 134 "The Theory of Spiritual Root Origin"

Over the years:

Zhang Yao still had a fresh memory of the original recruitment order, and found more than one doubtful point.

First of all, no matter how harsh the cultivation conditions of "Wanhuadu Tianzhenjing" are, it is not a big problem for Tianbaolou.

The strength of the soul, the strength of the five internal organs, the attainment of the formation...these are all things that can be solved the day after tomorrow, but simply finding a willing five-spirit root monk or mortal, isn't it easy in the territory of Dali?
But they did not do this, but chose to spend a huge price to recruit Wulinggen from the entire southwestern countries, which is obviously abnormal.

Second, there are problems with the recruitment order itself.

Tianbaolou is even willing to accept people who have been forced, threatened, or kidnapped. This is obviously contrary to their goal of cultivating puppets.

Soul magic can subtly affect the mind, but it cannot forcefully reverse the thinking. As long as the forced person has a little bit of resistance in his heart, he will not be able to achieve his goal.

This point was deduced by himself after he repeatedly thought about what happened in Qingyunfang City that year.

"Looking at it now, it's not Tianbaolou that has the problem, but the four Golden Core forces behind it."

"They chose to back down in exchange for support, leading the matter of the recruitment order. There must be some deep reason behind this..."

Zhang Yao's thoughts flickered, he looked at Master Haihe, and was still waiting for his answer.

"..."

Haihe Daoist was silent for a while, and then sighed:
"I have to say, you are really sharp enough."

He smiled casually, took a sip from his teacup, and then said slowly:

"This matter is not a secret among the high-level members of the four major Golden Core forces, so I know a little bit."

"Speaking of it, this is just a shameful scandal that embarrasses several families. It's okay to tell you, as long as you don't spread it..."

"scandal?"

Zhang Yao's expression moved slightly.

"good."

Master Haihe put down his teacup and said:

"After the end of the five clan wars that year, the relics obtained by Pingdumen were shared equally by the four families, and some relics such as files and classics were shared by the four families."

"There is a dossier among them, which is suspected to come from the Nine Mansions of Tianzhou, and it is called "Theory on the Origin of Spiritual Origins."

"The Theory of the Origin of Spiritual Origin..."

Zhang Yao's expression changed, and he pondered:
"The name sounds like a Taoist classic that studies the origin of spiritual roots."

The spiritual root is the cornerstone of cultivating immortals, the only key to open the door of the avenue.

This thing is so important, naturally, the research of the predecessors and sages of the past dynasties is indispensable, including the origin of the spiritual root, the birth mechanism, the operation method, the specific principle...etc., there have been in-depth research in all aspects.

Although no one has been able to decipher the ultimate mystery of the spiritual root so far, many research results and Taoist classics have been handed down.

"You guessed well."

Master Haihe nodded and said:
"Theory on the Origin of Spiritual Roots inherits the 'theory of sympathy between Qi and mechanism' that was popular in the Central Plains hundreds of countries thousands of years ago, and uses this as a theoretical basis to roughly deduce the birth mechanism of spiritual roots."

"Leaving aside whether this theory is right or wrong, the subtle words and profound meanings in it are really a rare treasure."

"And it also records a secret method in the last part, the function is to actively stimulate the mutation of the five spirit roots, and cultivate the alien spirit root by regulating the direction of the mutation..."

Zhang Yao was taken aback, and his heart shook violently:

"Is there such a method?! This, this..."

The secret method of transforming the attribute of the spiritual root acquired is really appalling.

The five spirit roots are just the worst miscellaneous spirit roots in this era; and the foreign spirit roots are top-level qualifications on par with the sky spirit roots!

As long as a cultivator with Heavenly Spiritual Root or Foreign Spiritual Root possesses the appropriate top-level skills, and has the help of spiritual objects and elixir, the chance of breaking through the Golden Core Realm is [-]%!
If the secret method in the "Spiritual Origin Flow Theory" is really effective and can transform the five spiritual roots into different spiritual roots, then the increase in the strength of the sect and the family is simply unimaginable!
"Hey!"

Master Haihe sighed, smiled wryly and said:

"When I first learned about this, my reaction was almost the same as yours. I was so shocked that I couldn't speak."

"In fact, it was because of the leak of the "Spiritual Root Origin Theory" that the Dugu family, the original ally of the Pingdumen, rebelled and was quickly defeated after being besieged by the four families."

"After sharing this scripture, several Jindan Patriarchs regarded the secret method in the scripture as a standard, and started a secret experiment for many years..."

Hearing this, Zhang Yao understood clearly, and said:

"So, before the recruitment order was issued, they had actually secretly collected monks with five spirit roots in Dali territory."

"Correct."

Haihe real person nodded and said:

"Because this matter requires a lot of manpower, they also used the channels of various vassal forces and Tianbaolou."

"The GCC is also involved, but I am personally in charge. Lao Peng and the others are not aware of this matter."

"At that time, except for a very small number of people, probably only the insiders of Tianbao Building who were in charge of connecting with all parties knew a little bit of the inside story."

Hearing this, Zhang Yao suddenly became enlightened.

A mystery that had troubled him for many years was also solved at this moment.

"The shopkeeper in Qingyunfang City paid attention to me precisely because he knew the inside information."

"But because the actions of the four major Golden Core forces have always been carried out in secret, he didn't rashly cause extra problems."

"It wasn't until a year before the recruitment order was made public, after the high-level meeting of Tianbao Building, that he reported me upwards, attracting the Foundation Establishment cultivator from Tianbao Building headquarters..."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yao felt a little depressed.

Judging from the current information, it seems that he was purely unlucky back then, and he was targeted because he asked a question.

Who can I turn to for reasoning?
"call……"

Zhang Yao took a deep breath and said:

"Then, did their experiment succeed in the end?"

"Of course it failed."

Haihe real person said frankly:
"If there are successful examples of the experiment, then the recruitment order will not end ten years after it is released, but will continue until today."

"They paid a huge price, spent an unknown amount of manpower and material resources, and spent decades, but in the end they ended up with nothing."

"Facts have proved that the secret method is not perfect, and even the sage who created it at the beginning has no way to further improve..."

Then, he paused and added:
"By the way, I remember that there was a small episode in this matter."

"A few years after the recruitment order was issued, several monks with Wulinggen were intercepted during the escort, and even the Foundation Establishment monk in charge of the escort died."

"Oh?"

Zhang Yao's expression changed, and he couldn't help asking:
"Someone is vying for these monks with five spirit roots? Who did it?"

"I don't know."

Master Haihe shook his head and said:
"The person who did it was extremely strong and smart. He chose to do it in the barren belt, leaving almost no trace."

"The four major Golden Core forces have been suspicious of each other for a while, but in the end they didn't find any clues. In addition, since no similar vicious incidents happened again, this matter will be settled."

Zhang Yao nodded slightly, asked some other details, and finally ended the conversation, and left.

the next day.

The Haifa conference was held as scheduled, and the real Haihe publicly announced the collection of the spirit of the soul.

Many Foundation Establishment monks talked about this, but many people envied Zhang Yao's good luck. He happened to be sitting in Sui Yushan, and when it was his turn to do this task, he could easily earn a large amount of contribution points.

After the puja, Zhang Yao bid farewell to the many foundation-building monks, and returned to the sub-altar of Sui Yushan by driving the light.

Inside the cave.

"The refining technique of this thing is indeed very delicate..."

Zhang Yao played with the soul rosary in his hand, and his spiritual sense penetrated into it, exploring the internal structure.

Over the years, the study of the Yellow Talisman Taoism and the practice of a large number of materials have allowed his refining level to advance by leaps and bounds, and has reached a level close to the second level.

He judged that the soul rosary in his hand was very special, and the refining method was closer to formations such as formation flags and formation diagrams, and it was at the level of spiritual weapons.

"The main function of this thing is to maintain the array and collect and store the energy of the soul."

"A second-order phantom array is engraved in it, and it can be activated as long as you enter the mana, but the range of coverage is not too large..."

Zhang Yao's expression moved slightly, and he continued to explore the soul rosary in his hand.

As his consciousness deepened further, he discovered that this thing actually has the function of monitoring, and some of the spirit pattern prohibitions are nested semi-finished products.

This means that this soul rosary is not only an array weapon, but also a complete set of special magic tools, similar to the water jade card talisman in his hand.

"This is incredible..."

Zhang Yao's heart was awe-inspiring.

A complete set of magical instruments is often of the child-mother type, with one main controller.

For example, the water jade card talisman in his hand, the main card talisman is controlled in the hands of real Haihe, which mainly plays a role in supervising the transaction of contribution points and preventing people from falsifying.

And this soul rosary also has a similar effect, monitoring the changes of the soul energy at all times, preventing someone from using this bead to collect the soul energy, and at the same time enriching their own pockets and stealing internal storage.

"Realist Haihe said that there are at least dozens of these things, and they are scattered in the hands of many foundation-building monks."

"Looking at it this way... the refiner of this set of soul rosary beads must be a third-rank craftsman!"

"In the entire Dali, there seems to be no third-level refiner on the surface. Could it be that a certain Jindan ancestor went to the hinterland of the Central Plains to obtain it?"

Thinking of this, Zhang Yao felt a little more curious.

What exactly did the Five Elements Sanren leave behind in the secret realm, so that the ancestors of Jindan could spare no effort to search for it?
"Real people."

At this moment, a clear and pleasant voice suddenly came from the cave.

Zhang Yao looked up, and saw Li Shuixian wearing a red palace dress, pinching the corner of the skirt nervously, with a hint of expectation.

"Ha ha……"

Zhang Yao smiled and gestured:
"Don't worry, I won't break my promise."

"Go and prepare, I will help you deal with that blood curse later."

(End of this chapter)