I imitate others' cultivation, and I will never reason with you.

Chapter 209 Other Worlds
When she came out of the hall, she saw from the corner of her eye that after Hu San came out, ripples of water appeared around him, and Jian Lai walked out from inside.

This is the eighth year that Ruan Xing has come to this strange world to practice Taoism.

For Hu San, the long-lost voice of "Third Brother" made him wait for ten years.

Jian Lai's voice was soft, with a hint of youthfulness and immaturity, similar to the feeling during the mind link, but with a slight difference.

"Third brother."

"Well... OK." Hu San was a little dazed. He stretched out his hand and carefully placed it on Jian Lai's shoulder. He said with a complicated expression: "Do you still remember what the eldest brother and the second brother look like?"

He still looked to be about eleven or twelve years old. After the incarnation stage, his soul could leave his body on its own and was more dependent on the puppet essence that stored his soul rather than this body. So, when Ruan Xing was free from studying the exercises, he helped him remove most of the stitches in his mouth and the talismans on his body. Jian Lai had his own consciousness, and even without the talismans that trapped his soul, he was willing to obey Ruan Xing as his master. And now that Ruan Xing had the silk-pulling technique, he didn't need those unnecessary talismans.

Jian Lai now looks like a normal person except for his white hair.

He nodded in confusion, then shook his head, "I remember some, but I don't remember a lot."

Hu San smiled with relief, "Just remember it. If you want to know about the past, I can tell you slowly."

This heartwarming scene only stayed in Ruan Xing's eyes for a few seconds.

She turned and walked out.

Ruan Xing did not plan to bring Jianlai with her into the Xumi Realm, as Jianlai could not help her with her heavenly tribulation.

Just give Jianlai a few days off so he can spend more time with his brother.

From time to time, disciples passed by the square below the steps, but most of them would not look up at the hall above. Ruan Xing did not intend to use the shuttle spirit boat here to attract others, but planned to get more used to his teleportation technique.

All of her skills that are not recorded on the simulator panel only consume magical power, not spiritual energy.

Her spiritual consciousness spread out in a line towards the direction of the Sumeru Realm, gradually stretching for more than ten miles. With the already vague perception at the end of her spiritual consciousness, she initiated teleportation, causing the two spaces to make brief contact.

Ruan Xing felt his whole body lighten and suddenly changed his position.

As soon as my feet landed on the ground, I heard a roar of fear and anger coming from behind me.

She quickly turned around and looked back, only to see a lynx-like monster with gray-brown patterns all over its body.

It turned out to be a small demon beast in the Jindan stage.

It was startled by Ruan Xing's sudden appearance in its territory, and it stood on end, growling threateningly.

However, the attacks it could launch with its current level of cultivation were just like tickles to Ruan Xing. She was not afraid of it at all. Instead, she thought the way it breathed out was a little cute.

Squinting his eyes slightly, Ruan Xing released a hint of Yuanying stage intimidation, stretched out his hand and made a cat-claw gesture to scratch, "Ha!"

The monster was stunned for a moment, and a confused look flashed in its clear yellow vertical pupils, but it soon felt the pressure with a dangerous aura, which was the suppression from the realm.

Compared to cultivators, the strict hierarchy among monsters is more obvious. Monks may also challenge people stronger than themselves for emotional justice, revenge and other reasons, but once monsters realize that they are completely inferior, they will show a submissive attitude.

It lowered its body and began to tremble uncontrollably, and the sounds from its mouth turned into whimpering like a kitten. Seeing that Ruan Xing had no intention of attacking, it decisively ran away with its tail between its legs.

Without hesitation, it gave up its territory to the new powerful man.

"A little thing who knows the times." Ruan Xing put away his arrogance with a smile.

There is a saying that goes, under the suppression of absolute strength, fierce resistance is like a pet showing its claws to play.

It's fun because it's not threatening.

Ruan Xing is experiencing this feeling now, but she just suddenly felt like playing with the kitten and has no real intention of raising a pet.

It was her first time using teleportation in reality, and she didn't quite control the landing point. She adjusted it and told herself in her heart that she must never land in front of anything next time.

Fortunately, this time it was just a small monster in the Jindan stage.

It would be so embarrassing if it ever ended up in an inappropriate place.

She re-exploited her spiritual sense, estimated the distance, and continued to teleport.

After teleporting twice more, Ruan Xing finally reached the edge of the Sumeru Realm barrier. The magical power in her body was almost exhausted, so she could only use the illusion technique and mask magic to change her appearance and cultivation. Then she entered the National Master's Palace in a low profile and went straight through the underground pool into the bubble where the small seed was.

Although the barrier tree was dead, the roots it left for Ruan Xing did not turn into ashes with its departure, and still retained its original function of penetrating the barrier, while its previous root body had almost all been absorbed into nutrients by the small seeds.

The tree roots seem to be of high quality. After the small seeds are transplanted away, the barrier will disappear and the tree roots will be useless. Maybe I can try to refine the weapon again.

The bubble couldn't knock on the door, and Ruan Xing didn't give the little seed a name. Just as she was struggling to figure out how to wake the little seed up, the little seed seemed to have inherited the perception ability of the barrier tree, and its tender green branches stretched out from the gap in the steps.

"Little seed." she called softly.

The little seed touched her with the top of its branch, and a light voice came over, "I want to grow taller. It's too dark here. I don't like it."

It seemed a little glum.

Because this is an underground bubble, it cannot see any light. In order to allow it to absorb more nutrients, the barrier tree only grows well-developed root systems from the small seeds in the early stages, and only this one slender branch has grown out.

Ruan Xing said carefully: "I came here to take you away this time. The fairy tree before, um, or your mother, said that you can grow a path to the sky, allowing cultivators to ascend to the spiritual world."

The little seed did not refute Ruan Xing's statement about mother, nor did it know whether the concept of mother existed in the plants' minds.

"Yes, I inherited its memory, but I need three things to grow a path to the sky." The little seed's voice was filled with a hint of anticipation, "The sky, the sun and moon divine light, and the primordial purple air."

"What?" Ruan Xing was a little confused.

Is that what she meant?

Ruan Xing fell into deep thought.

According to what the enchantment tree said before, because the path to heaven has a distance limit, the small seeds can only be transplanted to the two islands in the sky. This is probably what the sky means. Hongmeng Purple Qi can probably be understood as the luck that the founder of Liuyang Study had collected artificially.

What is the Sun and Moon Divine Light?
The barrier tree seems to be referring to the two energies of clear and turbid energy, right?

"This is what it left for me before it dissipated. It is something it came up with as a substitute. The clear and turbid energies are originally derived from the sun and the moon, so it can be used for the time being." The little seed answered Ruan Xing's confusion.

Ruan Xing frowned and said, "What should I do? Besides, you should know that I can't find someone with great luck to make sacrifices for this."

"As long as I am closer to the sky, I can transform the sun and moon divine light by myself, but the speed is a bit slow, so you'd better transplant me there as soon as possible. As for the Hongmeng purple energy, although it is no longer in this world, you can get it from other worlds." The little seed sighed imperceptibly, "Anyway, let's meet the first requirement first."

Ruan Xing looked dazed for a moment.

Indulging in what the little seed said, she murmured, "You mean to say that besides the world of immortal cultivation and the world of spirits, there are other worlds!?"

So the world before she traveled through time...

Why didn't the barrier tree tell her before?

"Of course there are, but those worlds may not have living beings and spiritual energy." The little seed asked curiously, "Haven't you been to many secret realms? Most of those secret realms can be considered small worlds, but their space is attached to the world of immortal cultivation. They don't have their own heavenly way, and they can't go out independently. They can only wait for the passage of time and slowly dissipate and collapse. You only need to find those secret realms that have existed for many years but cannot allow cultivators to enter. Those secret realms have been isolated for too long, and it is very likely that they will give rise to luck and become independent small worlds, and that is the Hongmeng Purple Qi."

What the little seed said makes sense.

Ever since she mastered the art of space cutting, she recalled the feeling of stagnation every time she entered the secret realm, as if she had passed through a barrier.

It really is like an isolated little world.

If no cultivator has been able to enter and control this secret realm for thousands or millions of years, then it is very likely that the barrier will become increasingly solid and become a barrier to the world.

You can then separate yourself from the world of immortal cultivation.

However, the secret realm that no one has ever entered is extremely dangerous. No one knows what is inside. Even if one enters it at the Guixu stage, there is no guarantee that he can escape safely.

"Why do I feel like you know more than the barrier tree?" Ruan Xing asked suspiciously.

The barrier tree never mentioned any of this.

The little seed was silent for a moment, then said, "Because it has been locked up in this dark place for too long, it has been contaminated by those man-made lucks, so its memory is confused. It took me a long time to sort out the memories after inheriting them."

"Okay." Ruan Xing decided not to dwell on these things for now, "I still need your help with something. When I'm done, I'll take you to heaven."

"What's the deal?"

"Hmm... Protector? I'm about to be promoted, and I plan to survive the tribulation here. I need your help in covering up the strange phenomena in heaven and earth." Ruan Xing said.

"Protector? You, a cultivator, are looking for a tree to protect you?" Its voice suddenly lost its voice and became a little distorted. "I don't have any means of active attack. Even if I open a barrier to protect you, it can't cover up the Dharma image of heaven and earth!"

"Don't worry." Ruan Xing said, "How far is the nearest Nascent Soul cultivator from here? At least a hundred miles away. You don't need to protect me. I remember that you have an ability that prevents people outside the barrier from seeing the scene inside the barrier. I only need this. You use the barrier to cover the top of your head, so that cultivators a hundred miles away will not be able to see these strange phenomena at all. The low-level cultivators nearby have no idea about the heavenly phenomena caused by the generation of the Dharma. I will arrange a few disciples to spread the word that there are two high-level cultivators fighting here."

"…If you're okay with it." The little seed finally compromised.

After all, it can only place its hope of returning to heaven on Ruan Xing.

In fact, even if it doesn’t return to heaven and keeps growing here, what does it matter?

Apart from being unable to move, it can grow its branches and roots to any place over time. After all, it is not a monster, and as long as it does not actively reveal its magical powers, it is just a tree in the eyes of outsiders.

But it is also the most magical tree in the world.

Born with wisdom, it is the path to heaven that carries thousands of monks to ascend. It is the only thing created by the Heaven.

It has a sense of mission that pushes it to do this, but it itself doesn't know why.

Perhaps it will understand after it grows a path to heaven.

After urging the little seed to spread the barrier to the sky, Ruan Xing sat down cross-legged and took a deep breath, "Then, I'm going to start."

"Wait, do you have any idea what your vision is? I can only spread along the sky above the Sumeru Realm. Is that really enough?" the little seed said worriedly.

Ruan Xingmo said: "I don't know."

She really didn't know that the simulation in her hand was the only time she successfully advanced to the Guixu stage. It was not clearly stated in the text simulation. She planned to directly choose the realm of cultivation, so she could not choose the memory.

"It shouldn't be like this. You should be able to sense the heaven and earth at the Spirit Transformation Stage. At least you should have a vague vision. This was what it saw when it was on the immortal platform watching those cultivators ascend." The little seed found it incredible.

What can Ruan Xing say?

She could only smile bitterly and said, "I am not yet at the Spiritual Transformation Stage. This time, I am advancing from the Nascent Soul Stage to the Guixu Stage."

"Are you crazy!?" The little seed couldn't help but screamed.

"How come... you are much more lively than your mother, and more like a person, not a tree." Ruan Xing laughed and said with emotion: "Me too, many cultivators forget that they were originally human beings when they reach the end of their cultivation. Well, why am I telling you all this? I'm really about to start, don't disturb me by yelling."

The little seed could only helplessly stop talking, but he felt even more uneasy.

Ruan Xing practiced the exercises to adjust her body to the best condition. Her power in teleportation also recovered a lot. After a while, after her mind was calm and relaxed, she calmly opened the simulator and selected the option of cultivation realm.

In an instant, a violent spiritual power flowed into the body like a tornado. A trace of blood flowed from the corner of Ruan Xing's mouth, but he had no time to wipe it. Instead, he used the spiritual power to wrap his Nascent Soul, constantly squeezing and deforming it.

It seemed that because of her experience in the Lotus Platform Secret Realm, her Nascent Soul adapted quickly.

But after a while, there was already a slight tendency to break away.

The fusion of her spirit and soul was close to perfection, so it was more difficult to separate them, but it was a necessary process.

When she can completely separate her soul from her body, she will begin to experience the tribulation of her inner demons.

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