Starting From The Equal Opportunity To Become A Saint

Chapter 94: Wisdom and Goodness Return, the Sect Leader Will Take Action!

In the next three days, Luozhou City was calm and orderly. This was due to the continuous propaganda from the Military Department, the high treatment provided to martial artists within the city, and the occasional roars of demonic beasts from outside the city.

As a result, everyone in the city, regardless of age or gender, practiced martial arts autonomously in order to survive and have better living conditions and benefits. The concept of respecting martial arts and seeking survival through martial arts gradually took root in people's hearts during this time.

From the widely popular and beginner-friendly "Guided Breathing Technique" and "Five Animal Fist" that were freely distributed to the public, to the martial arts techniques of the Human Grade, Earth Grade, and even Heaven Grade that could only be obtained through certain military achievements, people from all walks of life and martial artists were enthusiastic and diligent in their cultivation.

Especially for those martial artists who had already reached the Iron Bone Realm, they either focused on cultivation under the stimulation of the "Boundary Breaking Pill" or were constantly earning military achievements.

Within these three days, some people made rapid breakthroughs and greatly improved their cultivation, while others unexpectedly perished in the mouths of demonic beasts.

In the face of the tide of the apocalypse, everyone was like a small boat in a huge wave, striving to not be overturned by the waves.

During these three days, Liu Zimo had been guarding the underground cave outside the city, waiting for the "Yin Yang Reincarnation Fruit" to ripen.

During this time, due to the absence of the greedy Flying Rat Clan's excessive absorption and refining, the concentration of spiritual energy in the cave continued to accumulate and became increasingly rich.

Almost every day, a portion of the spiritual energy would vaporize into liquid, gather into a spring, and merge into the central spiritual spring in the cave.

After three days, the capacity of the spiritual spring had increased by at least one-third compared to before!

Next to the spiritual spring, the roots, stems, and leaves of the "Tree of Reincarnation" became even greener and more vibrant due to the incredibly rich spiritual energy nourishment.

Liu Zimo could even feel that every root, every leaf, continuously transformed the absorbed spiritual energy into special medicinal power, which flowed into the "Yin Yang Reincarnation Fruits" on the branches.

Finally, on the third night, the sixteen "Yin Yang Reincarnation Fruits" that had grown to the size of eggs, with alternating red and green colors, yin and yang clearly distinguished, began to tremble and emit a faint sound!

Buzz~!

Like the light buzzing of mosquitoes and flies, the sound is not loud, but the movement is not small.

As these "Yangyang Afterlife Fruits" vibrate and roar slightly, they continuously emit alternating red and green light from the inside out.

Not only that.

Just as the spiritual light around the sixteen fruits reaches its peak, it suddenly begins to contract and converge.

Endless spiritual energy rushes towards them like a hurricane!

The roots and leaves of the "Afterlife Tree" sway in the wind, rapidly absorbing and consuming the water from the nearby spiritual springs!

The whole process lasts for about five minutes, until a loud "boom!" sound.

The wind stops and the light fades.

The sixteen "Yin and Yang Afterlife Fruits" also fall to the ground, turning into dried fruit with hard skins.

The appearance is very similar to dried raisins.

The originally egg-sized fruits have all shrunk into small dried balls the size of cherries.

Swish!

Just as they are about to fall to the ground, Liu Zimo reaches out and collects the sixteen not-so-pretty "Yin and Yang Afterlife Pills" in his hand.

At the same time, several originally lush and vibrant "Afterlife Trees" seem to have completed their reproductive mission and rapidly wither and decay.

In the blink of an eye, they all turn into piles of white debris, blending into the ground and disappearing without a trace.

Seeing this, Liu Zimo shakes his head with regret.

He didn't expect that after these spiritual objects matured, they couldn't even retain their roots, which directly dashed his hopes of harvesting more batches of spiritual fruits.

Perhaps this is why various spiritual medicine resources in the world are so scarce and precious.

The more precious the spiritual medicine, the more demanding the conditions for growth and reproduction, making it impossible for ordinary people or ordinary places to cultivate them artificially.

"It's about time to go back!"

Liu Zimo put the sixteen life-saving Yin-Yang Rebirth Pills into his pocket and, before leaving, looked around the entire cave one last time.

"In the future, this will be the exclusive spiritual haven of my Liu family!"

"After I eliminate all the hidden dangers around here, and use illusion formations to completely conceal all spiritual energy, I will bring my father, uncle, and younger brother here to live permanently!"

"With the abundant spiritual resources of this spiritual haven, even if they are all ordinary White Lock Shadows, they may still be able to break through their limits and achieve the realm of Grandmaster or even Martial Saint!"

Liu Zimo muttered to himself, decisively treating this spiritual haven as their own territory.

His father and the other two had ordinary martial talent, which had always been a concern for Liu Zimo.

Even though his father and uncle had awakened their abilities and even their Lock Shadows had turned blue or green, their martial talent had not improved in the slightest, and their martial cultivation remained at the Copper Skin Realm initial stage.

Liu Zimo was naturally a little anxious about this.

After all, compared to abilities or spiritual cultivation, martial cultivation was the foundation for a warrior to strengthen themselves and extend their lifespan.

Previously, Liu Zimo had been trying to find spiritual medicines to gradually improve the foundation and physique of the three of them.

However, it was still the early stages of the Cataclysm, and many spiritual medicines that could improve innate talent had not yet appeared. Despite his intentions, he had no way to obtain them.

And now...

The appearance of this spiritual haven undoubtedly gave Liu Zimo hope of accelerating the improvement of his father, uncle, and younger brother's martial cultivation.

Swish!

Liu Zimo's figure flashed, and the next second he appeared inside the villa in the city.

The candlelight was dim.

His father, younger brother, and Little Feihong were eating dinner in the dining room, talking and laughing, extremely content.

On the roof outside the courtyard, Liu Guangsheng and Yuan Weibin were still guarding their posts, vigilantly observing any abnormal movements around them.

In the basement, his uncle was in a comfortable position, reclining on a sofa lounge chair, closing his eyes and meditating, his breathing even and orderly.

In front of him, the internal guard Sun Hao was also meditating, maintaining absolute silence.

Everything was normal and had not changed in the slightest due to Liu Zimo's brief absence.

At this moment, Liu Zimo quietly returned, without causing any disturbance.

No one noticed his presence until he deliberately revealed a bit of his aura in the hall. The first to be alert was Little Feihong, who flew over excitedly.

"Ah, Master is back!"

"Master, where have you been these past three days? Your disciple missed you!"

The little girl hugged Liu Zimo's arm and clung to him, unwilling to let go.

At this time, Liu Yi and Liu Zihao also arrived, seeing that Liu Zimo had safely returned, their faces couldn't help but show a relieved and content smile.

Even though they already knew that Liu Zimo's martial cultivation was extremely profound now, and even if he stayed outside the city at night, there wouldn't be much danger, they still couldn't help but worry and miss him as long as Liu Zimo didn't return.

After a while, after a warm dinner...

Liu Zimo took out a jug of spiritual spring water brought from the spiritual haven and divided it into six portions, handing them to his father, younger brother, Little Feihong, Liu Guangsheng, and the other six people.

As for his uncle, he didn't disturb him intentionally since he didn't know when he would wake up.

After receiving the spiritual spring water, the six people couldn't help but feel a slight movement in their minds and an uncontrollable instinctive desire as they sensed the massive spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from the spring water.

Then, under Liu Zimo's gaze, they couldn't wait to drink the spiritual spring water in their hands, their faces showing an extremely satisfied expression.

"Your good brother Liu Guangsheng swallows a cup of Earth Vein Spring Water, solidifying his foundation, soaring blood energy, triggering the 'Heaven Stealing' innate talent attribute, sharing half of the blood energy increase equally, martial foundation +3, blood energy +10,000."

"Your good sister Ye Feihong swallows a cup of Earth Vein Spring Water, solidifying her foundation, soaring blood energy, triggering the 'Heaven Stealing' innate talent attribute, sharing half of the blood energy increase equally, martial foundation +5, blood energy +20,000."

"..."

The consecutive prompts made Liu Zimo's eyes light up.

Perhaps it was because of his high cultivation level that when he drank these "Earth Vein Spirit Springs" himself, he only felt that the spring water was slightly sweet and tasted good, without experiencing a surge of qi and blood or a solid foundation.

Unexpectedly, when his "good brothers" and "good sisters" drank these spring waters, not only did they increase their massive qi and blood power, but their martial foundation also improved significantly!

Not bad, not bad!

In the future, these "Earth Vein Spirit Springs" could be used as stable opportunities and benefits, regularly given to these "good brothers" and "good sisters"!

This way, it would be much more cost-effective than drinking it himself!

On the other side.

Longmen City, Dashishan.

After three days of long-distance travel, the ragged Zhishan monk finally dragged his exhausted body back to the gate of Dalin Temple.

"Elder Zhishan?!"

"Quick, it's really Elder Zhishan who's back!"

"Elder Zhishan, weren't you out chasing the traitor Wuchen? How did you suddenly end up like this?"

The disciples guarding the gate were astonished to see Zhishan monk returning with blood stains, wounds, and tattered clothes.

They thought that Elder Zhishan was seriously injured and quickly gathered around to help and support him.

Just three meters away from Zhishan monk, a strong smell of blood could be detected.

After three days without bathing or changing clothes, the blood of the monsters that had stuck to his body had started to emit an unpleasant odor.

The two gatekeeping disciples frowned and helped the extremely weak Zhishan monk to sit on a nearby rattan chair, giving him the qi and blood pill they always carried to help him recover his strength.

They never expected that Zhishan, who had long reached the peak of the Golden Body Realm, would end up in such a miserable state this time.

At this moment, they still didn't know that Zhishan monk had already successfully broken through to the Grandmaster Realm outside, otherwise they would be even more shocked and incredulous.

"Ah, this trip is really hard to put into words!"

Stepping into the gate, Zhishan monk couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Faced with the inquiries of the gatekeeping disciples, the old monk trembled his eyebrows and sighed bitterly.

A few days ago, he was confident and full of spirit when he was ordered to go out and capture the renegade monk Wuchen, thinking that this trip would be a sure success and he would return soon.

But now, not only did he fail to capture Wuchen, he also ended up in a sorry state, even leaking the sect's secret techniques!

At this moment, facing the inquiries of the gatekeeping disciples, how could he have the face to give a detailed answer?

As for why he ended up in such a miserable state, it was even harder to put into words.

Only heaven knew how he had survived these three days.

He had to guard against the continuous attacks of the monsters in the wilderness, while also being vigilant about whether Luozhou City would suddenly change its mind and come to kill him.

On the way, he was on edge, constantly changing his route, and repeatedly fell into the encirclement of the monsters, struggling to escape.

It was only because he had already reached the Grandmaster Realm that his physical strength was far superior to ordinary Golden Body Realm cultivators.

Otherwise, if he had been repeatedly attacked by wave after wave of beasts, he would have long exhausted his strength and died in the wilderness!

It should be noted that he was still restricted in his dantian and unable to mobilize any internal energy.

Although he had a body that was far superior to the Golden Body Realm in terms of strength and defense, without the support of internal energy, he couldn't fly in the air.

Just like an eagle with broken wings, no matter how sharp its claws were, once it lost its ability to fly, it became no different from a wild chicken.

Once trapped in a tide of beasts, he could only fight his way out and barely seize a glimmer of hope.

Looking at the black blood stains on his body and the claw marks and holes on his clothes and shoes, it was not difficult to imagine how difficult his journey had been.

However, no matter what, he had finally returned safely!

Zhishan monk took a deep breath, melted the qi and blood pill in his mouth, and when his strength recovered slightly, he forcibly boosted his spirits and asked the gatekeeping disciples, "Is the Sect Master here? Is Senior Brother Zhiyuan here?"

The gatekeeping disciples respectfully replied, "The Sect Master and Senior Brother Zhiyuan are both in seclusion on the back mountain. Elder Zhishan can go directly to find them!"

Three days ago, when Zhishan monk had been away for a long time, the Sect Master Wuxing was concerned and had specifically instructed the gatekeeping disciples to inform him as soon as Zhishan returned, so that he could report to the back mountain immediately.

Venerable Zhishan nodded understandingly, without further conversation with the disciple guarding the gate. He didn't even have time to change his clothes and headed straight to the back mountain.

Swish!

Back mountain Zen temple.

After sensing Venerable Zhishan's presence, Wuxing and Venerable Zhiyuan's expressions changed simultaneously, and they appeared in front of Venerable Zhishan without prior arrangement.

"Venerable Zhishan, how did you end up in such a sorry state?"

"Venerable Zhishan, who has sealed your dantian and qi sea?"

Two questions, revealing the truth.

Wuxing only saw Venerable Zhishan's sorry appearance, but did not realize that his dantian and qi sea had been sealed, rendering him unable to use any internal energy.

Venerable Zhiyuan, on the other hand, saw through everything at a glance, his expression solemn as he sensed the prohibition technique on Venerable Zhishan's dantian.

"The grandmaster's powerful aura, combined with a spiritual and martial dual cultivation at least as strong as the Lingtong Realm... The person who made a move is actually a grandmaster!"

Venerable Zhiyuan couldn't help but exclaim, not knowing how Venerable Zhishan had provoked someone whose cultivation was no weaker than his own!

Fortunately, the other party did not go for the kill, and the prohibition technique used was open and aboveboard, without any malicious intent.

Otherwise, Venerable Zhishan, who had just broken through to the Embryonic Breath Realm, would have long since perished.

"What?" Wuxing was shocked and exclaimed, "Venerable Zhishan, someone has actually sealed your cultivation?"

"Who dares to imprison me, even the law enforcement elder of our Dalin Temple?!"

Venerable Zhishan looked embarrassed and was about to explain his encounter in Luozhou City, but he saw Venerable Zhiyuan suddenly reach out and pat his lower abdomen.

Boom!

The grandmaster's aura erupted, and he felt a slight pain in his dantian. In an instant, his blood and qi flowed smoothly, and his internal energy surged, rapidly spreading to his limbs and bones!

Refreshing!

His body was once again nourished and cleared by internal energy. The martial aura on Venerable Zhishan's body also surged and overflowed, and the grandmaster's martial intent unconsciously spread out.

"This is...?!"

Wuxing was pressed back three steps by this martial will, looking up at Venerable Zhishan in astonishment.

"Venerable Zhishan, have you... successfully broken through to the grandmaster realm?!"

"Yes, I made a breakthrough four days ago while tracking Wuchen!" Venerable Zhishan nodded in response to Wuxing's question, and also thanked Venerable Zhiyuan, "Thank you, Venerable Zhiyuan!"

"No need to thank me!" Venerable Zhiyuan shook his head slightly and said calmly, "Now, you can tell us in detail what happened outside and why someone has sealed your cultivation."

"Yes, Venerable Zhiyuan!" Venerable Zhishan respectfully replied and slowly said, "It all started when Wuchen forcibly entered Luozhou City..."

It took more than ten minutes for Venerable Zhishan to recount everything he had experienced in Luozhou City in great detail to Venerable Zhiyuan and Wuxing.

After speaking, Venerable Zhishan prostrated himself on the ground, asking for forgiveness from Venerable Zhiyuan and Wuxing.

Regardless of the circumstances, the leakage of the sect's secret teachings was because of him, and he was willing to accept any punishment.

Venerable Zhiyuan's expression remained unchanged upon hearing this, and he only chanted a Buddhist mantra lightly before falling into deep thought, saying no more.

As for Wuxing, although he was filled with anger and his blood surged, he did not rush to express his stance. Like Venerable Zhishan, he stood respectfully on the side, waiting for Venerable Zhiyuan to speak.

"Amitabha!" After a moment, Venerable Zhiyuan calmly said, "The sect's secret teachings should indeed not be leaked to outsiders. They must be retrieved as soon as possible."

"However, that Mr. Liu is a person of the government and should not be offended too much. Moreover, in the matter of Venerable Zhishan, the other party has shown some mercy."

"Therefore, it is best to prioritize intimidation and negotiation in this matter. Only when necessary should we engage in conflict with the other party!"

Saying that, Venerable Zhiyuan turned to Wuxing and firmly instructed,

"Wuxing, as the abbot of Dalin Temple, personally go to Luozhou City!"

"Bring the second elder, third elder, sixth elder, and tenth elder with you."

"With them, even if you encounter a grandmaster at the peak realm, you will still have the power to fight. Even if negotiations fail, you will still be able to stand undefeated!"

"Yes, Master, I will follow your orders!"

Wuxing respectfully accepted the order, and when he lowered his head, a hint of sharpness flashed in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)