I Have A Cultivation World

Chapter 2945: Chapter 1378: Evergreen Ancestor

Yan Xinji seamlessly integrated the Great Method of the Immortal Gate with the Daoist heritage of antiquity, amassing profound strength. Following Lin Daoming’s successful experience, as long as he refines the Fetal Transformation Essence, he can achieve the Divinity Transformation.

But after body seizing and secluding himself, he has never been able to break through that bottleneck, from Nascent Soul to Deity Transformation.

Upon careful study, Yan Xinji discovered the reason was that the Fetal Transformation Essence within this body was incomplete.

He consulted every trace left by Kong Feichen in the Ascension Sect and sensed that the remaining Fetal Transformation Essence was within the blue bird severed by Kong Feichen’s Twofold Divine Technique.

Though unsure whether Kong Feichen did it deliberately or unintentionally, if Yan Xinji wants to take things further, he must find this bird to devour and refine it.

This is akin to finding a needle in a haystack, as during Chen Mobai’s tenure at the Immortal Gate, the Ascension Sect’s moles in the various departments of the Three Great Halls were thoroughly eradicated.

Yan Xinji can only redevelop new members at the grassroots while simultaneously searching for the blue bird.

Yet, even after a hundred years have passed, there is still no news.

Just as Yan Xinji was about to lose hope and contemplated recklessly forcing through the Divinity Transformation, he received a mysterious message.

It said they knew where the blue bird was and asked him to come for a face-to-face meeting.

This left Yan Xinji highly suspicious, as the meeting place was Jumang Academy, where he initially enrolled his reincarnated self.

He had severed all ties with Jumang Academy years ago through a staged death. Moreover, how did Jumang Academy know about the blue bird, and why could they find him so accurately?

However, since it concerned his Divinity Transformation, Yan Xinji had no choice but to accept the invitation, even if it was a trap.

Moreover, Yan Xinji left several puppets at Jumang Academy during his studies, and after activating one of them, he arrived on an island in Jumang Academy as per the agreement.

He never expected that waiting there for him was the Three Absolutes Sage.

The two had enrolled in Jumang Academy only three years apart, but under Yan Xinji’s radiance, Three Absolutes was as inconspicuous as Zhongli Tianyu was to Chen Mobai.

However, during their time at the academy, the two shared a good relationship because Yan Xinji chose to enroll his reincarnated self at Jumang Academy due to the remains of cultivators who practiced the Lasting Spring Cultivation there, which could be used as material for his envisioned forbidden research.

And Three Absolutes was a medical student with the same aspirations.

After making a name for themselves at Jumang Academy, the two easily gained full support from that line and obtained permission to use the remains for research.

They went on to collaboratively complete many research projects, even co-authoring over a dozen papers before Yan Xinji met Che Yucheng; Three Absolutes was his best friend.

It was during this research process that Yan Xinji encountered much information within the Imperial Medical Academy and discovered that Jumang Academy was built upon their ancient holy land, the Furnace of Life.

One day, Yan Xinji in the data repository found an unpublished, unsigned paper. It proposed an idea: could artificial intervention adjust an infant’s Spiritual Root Talent in the womb to solve the stringent entry requirement for Lasting Spring Cultivation of needing a Three Attribute Heavenly Spirit Root.

After reading, Yan Xinji’s mind was immediately opened.

This became the inspiration for the Immortal Seed Plan.

Later, he unexpectedly met Lin Daoming, and they immediately hit it off, beginning work on adjusting the Immortal Seed in Yu Wood City.

However, after meeting with the Three Absolutes, Yan Xinji learned that the paper was deliberately left for him to see.

"I want to walk the Righteous Path on the Immortal Gate side, so I dragged you into the water. I knew, with your nature, you would definitely try it."

After Three Absolutes said this, Yan Xinji couldn’t resist punching him.

But at that moment, a terrifying spiritual pressure enveloped him, rendering Yan Xinji immobile.

Afterward, Three Absolutes led him deeper into the island.

There, Yan Xinji met the original author of that unsigned paper.

It was a peach tree, upon which was a human face.

In fact, from his first day at the academy, Yan Xinji knew its true identity, and it was under its gradual guidance that Yan Xinji set foot on this path.

Back then, Three Absolutes was merely a pawn for it.

However, using an outsider meant it didn’t have to dirty Three Absolutes’ hands.

After all, in the Immortal Gate, with a Nascent Soul, one can accomplish many things.

[If a congenital Three Attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root Immortal Sprout could be developed, I can break free from the constraints of the Spirit Plant and return with the most peak presence. It’s a pity your research only completed the first step, only managing to deploy a single attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root before it was discovered and terminated by Qian Xing...]

After discovering the truth, Yan Xinji’s sense of pride naturally couldn’t accept it, even feeling his Dao Heart on the verge of collapsing.

He always thought he was the darkest villain of the Immortal Gate, never knowing he was merely a puppet of the person before him.

Yan Xinji wanted to resist and reshape his Dao Heart.

But this thought flickered for only a moment before it vanished entirely.

Because the mastermind behind it all was simply too powerful.

Merely the pressure of Divine Sense made Yan Xinji feel as if he returned to the helplessness he experienced when he met Chen Mobai in the starry sky.

Truly worthy of being one of the Five Ancestors of the Immortal Gate.

The Evergreen Ancestor who founded Jumang Academy.

No one knew why he could live so long; perhaps he had already begun Cultivating Void?

After submitting, Yan Xinji decisively surrendered, even contemplating apprenticing under the Evergreen Ancestor.

The Evergreen Ancestor, having tasks for Yan Xinji, did not refuse.

[Previously, the Immortal Gate lifted the restriction on Spiritual Energy from the Tao Hua essence, enabling Tao Hua to successfully achieve Divinity Transformation. After Pure Yang and others took Tao Hua from the Earth Element Star, they did not withdraw the supply of Spiritual Energy here. Over the years, without triggering a quota alert of the Sky Curtain Ground Network Formation, I’ve been absorbing and refining spiritual energy, combined with thousands of years of accumulation, nearly restoring to the peak.]

[However, if I were to emerge in transformation, it would immediately draw the attention of the Immortal Gate. So the best approach is to create an Immortal Sprout compatible with Lasting Spring Cultivation to reincarnate.]

[If you achieve Divinity Transformation, could you help harmonize an Immortal Sprout with Three Attributes Heavenly Spirit Root for me?]

[If successful, you will become my direct disciple in the future.]

Facing the conditions laid by the Evergreen Ancestor, Yan Xinji naturally nodded repeatedly, stating outright assurance.

Regardless, he planned to achieve Divinity Transformation first, and even if unsuccessful, could argue the technique simply needed more refinement and time.

[The bird you hope to find, over a hundred years ago, I peeked into its memory fragments with Secret Technique and found traces of you.]

Upon hearing this, Yan Xinji felt destined, as if Heaven wished for him to aid Evergreen Ancestor’s rebirth.

However, knowing it was Chen Mobai who took the blue bird, a trace of bitterness showed on Yan Xinji’s face.

Yet concerning his hopes for Divinity Transformation, even if venturing into peril, he had to reclaim his bird.

Concerning Kong Feichen’s relation to Chen Mobai, Yan Xinji had long investigated it thoroughly.

Understanding both individuals were from Red Sandstone City, though their acquaintance mainly stemmed from his finest experimental subject, Qing Nu.

Interestingly enough, when he attempted to take Qing Nu away, Chen Mobai intervened, allowing her to escape. Yet afterward, neither the Immortal Gate nor the planets controlled by Ascension Sect found any trace of Qing Nu.

Vanished into thin air.

Even if Chen Mobai hid her away, with the talent of Qing Nu’s Heavenly Spiritual Root, she should at least be able to attempt Nascent Soul by now.

Such an event couldn’t be concealed.

Yet up to now, Yan Xinji hadn’t detected Qing Nu within the Immortal Gate; could it be Chen Mobai had taken her into Law Domain?

Upon contemplating this plausible answer, Yan Xinji let it go, as he primarily needed the bird separate from Kong Feichen via Twofold Divine Technique.

Over several years, he’d arranged for an Ascension Sect member to join the kitchen staff at Crimson Mountain, searching for traces of the blue bird during logistics duties.

His persistence paid off one day when delivering food to the back hills, sighting a birdcage hanging under the eaves of the guard house.

Upon comparing the photo sent by the informant with the one provided by the Evergreen Ancestor, despite the blue bird having grown plump, it was undoubtedly the same.

Coincidentally, at this time, another masterpiece, Ba Snake emerged as from Devouring Heaven Serpent’s transformation, advanced successfully; feeling the heavens themselves hurried him.

Yet reputation always precedes, his aim being Dance Tool Dao Academy, so Yan Xinji called upon his familiar friend, Shen Yu Xuan Master.

Moreover, before proceeding, he specifically sent a puppet to Jumang Academy to inquire with the Evergreen Ancestor.

[Go boldly, Dance Tool Dao Academy lacks Divinity Transformation, its greatest protection is Sky Curtain Ground Network Formation. Here’s a Talisman Paper; tear it to break the Formation and flee to the heavens as needed.]

With the Evergreen Ancestor support backing him, Yan Xinji felt slightly more courageous.

Yet recalled another matter: [I heard the Dance Tool Dao Academy’s foundations among the four veins are deepest, and when Ancestor Yun Ya left Bai He Dao Arena, he nearly emptied Dan Ding Sect’s treasury; might I encounter a Sixth Rank Artifact?]

Chen Mobai had, one by one, presented items to Tianhe Realm, claiming they were left by Ancestor Yun Ya, which not only the Immortal Gate heard but also rumored within Ascension Sect.

After all, the Dance Tool Dao Academy was the Immortal Gate Refiner’s Ancestral Court.

Whether Lingxiao Palace or Lingxiao Immortal Armor, were created by Ancestor Yun Ya.

Additionally, Chen Mobai was an exceptional Artifact Refiner; should he have left a Sixth Rank Artifact for Dance Tool Dao Academy, even with a Rank-5 Ba Snake, Yan Xinji might tread a path of doom.

[Bah, all rumors, when the five of us came from Central Dojo to Earth Element Star, Yun Ya was the poorest, unable to afford even a single elixir on the road. Being together daily for centuries, do you think I wouldn’t know his assets?]

After hearing the Evergreen Ancestor’s comments, Yan Xinji felt even more assured.

However, for safety’s sake, he requested protective means again.

[Here is a branch of mine, containing a Divine Skill exerted to my utmost. Neither Long Wei nor Spiritual Venerable could break it when joined. With this, Immortal Gate is vast; aside from Lingxiao Palace, you may traverse freely.]

Considering Yan Xinji aiding with tasks, the Evergreen Ancestor was generous, offering a broken branch.