HPDBC 286. Chapter 286 Doubt, Nascent Soul Five Realms!
286. Chapter 286 Doubt, Nascent Soul Five Realms!
Qingyun Great Hall.
The five peak masters gathered together.
Yue Qiguang, Meng Zhichen, Zhu Houbin, Dai Yingyu, and the Head Teacher, Zhong Ten Thousand Year, were all present.
"It's been over half a month. Let's all share our findings. Have you made any progress?"
Zhong Ten Thousand Year softly asked the other four.
Yue Qiguang and Dai Yingyu exchanged glances and finally Dai Yingyu spoke first:
"Respected Senior Brother, during this period, we did indeed uncover many spies within the sect, including an Elder at the Gold Core stage."
"However, it seems that these people have no direct connection to the demise of Senior Uncle Qingshan."
"Brother Zhu and I suspect that the person or force behind the attack on Senior Uncle Qingshan and the destruction of his attempt to possess the Human Cauldron is someone from outside the sect!"
Zhong Ten Thousand Year nodded slightly, refraining from making further comments. Instead, he turned his head and looked at Yue Qiguang and Meng Zhichen.
These two peak masters were responsible for the investigation outside the sect. He wondered if they had any relevant clues.
Yue Qiguang glanced at Meng Zhichen and seeing that he remained silent, he took the initiative to speak:
"Respected Head Teacher, together with Junior Brother Meng, I went to the Ascension Ground and Liu Family Village, investigating all the nearby families and sects."
"We found no trace of the culprit."
"However," Yue Qiguang's tone changed, "while we were guarding the Ascension Ground, we discovered a special figure in Xu Yuanzong's sea of consciousness."
"Oh?"
Zhong Ten Thousand Year, Dai Yingyu, Zhu Houbin, and the others perked up, listening attentively.
"You would never guess it, but that Liu Zimo, the disciple favored by the Keeper of the Books, had also appeared in the Ascension Ground!"
Yue Qiguang continued:
"At that time, he happened to be by the small stream where the Ascension Ground is located, and he even witnessed the entire process of a junior from the Ouyang Family ascending."
"That's highly unlikely, isn't it?"
As soon as Yue Qiguang finished speaking, Zhu Houbin questioned:
"Liu Zimo is an ordinary mortal with no cultivation base. How could he possibly enter the Ascension Ground?"
"If I remember correctly, the outskirts of the Ascension Ground should be protected by many high-ranking illusion formations, right?"
The others nodded in agreement.
Although the protection of the Ascension Ground was not as strict as that of the Qingyun Immortal Gate, it was still not easy for an ordinary mortal to set foot in it.
Even if he accidentally entered, he should be trapped in the illusion formations and unable to escape. How could he enter the small stream in the heart of the Ascension Ground?
"Nothing is impossible!"
Yue Qiguang said firmly:
"On this matter, Junior Brother Meng and I are already very certain. It's not just because of Xu Yuanzong's memories, but we also received further confirmation from the Ouyang Family!"
"On the day of the Ouyang Family's junior's ascension, Liu Zimo was indeed present!"
"At that time, both Ouyang Songnian and Xu Yuanzong even suspected that Liu Zimo might also be an ascender!"
"But they saw that Liu Zimo was an ordinary mortal with no spiritual talent and only twenty-one years old, so they treated him as an ordinary mountain villager who had accidentally entered the Ascension Ground."
"Afterwards, it was Xu Yuanzong who personally intervened and sent him near the Liu Family Village, which is how he came to know Liu Yun."
"We also obtained confirmation from the villagers when we investigated the Liu Family Village."
"It is said that at that time, Liu Zimo had already fainted from hunger on the side of the road. The mountain leader of the Liu family, who is Liu Yun's grandfather, took pity on him and brought him back, saving him by giving him a bowl of meat soup."
Speaking up to this point, Yue Qiguang paused softly and continued, "But these are not the key points."
"The key problem is that after we left the Liu family's village, we investigated all the villages and towns near Ascension Land where Life was present, but we did not find any trace of Liu Zimo living there!"
"This Liu Zimo seems to have appeared out of thin air, and the nearby villagers have no impression of him!"
Hmm?
At this moment, the expressions on Zhong Wanwan, Dai Yingyu, and Zhu Houbin's faces all changed.
Obviously, they all thought of a certain possibility.
"This should be even more unlikely, right?"
Dai Yingyu directly shook her head and denied, "That Liu Zimo's Spiritual Roots attribute is not even one, and his bone age looks like twenty-one or twenty-two."
"A person like this is simply as ordinary as can be. How could he be a genius who ascended from the Little Thousand Worlds?"
This is a joke!
Those Ascenders who ascended from the Little Thousand Worlds, the youngest among them are nearly two thousand years old, right?
An Ascender in their twenties, no matter how you think about it, is impossible!
"Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it's impossible!"
Meng Zhichen lightly pursed his lips, glanced at Dai Yingyu, and said in a calm voice, "The world is vast, and there are all sorts of wonders. Occasionally, one or two geniuses who can break the norm appear, and there's nothing strange about it!"
"In my opinion, this Liu Zimo is highly suspicious. It's possible that he has been pretending to be weak all along, and Senior Qing Shan might have fallen into his hands!"
"Furthermore, the deaths of Yue Zhixin, Wu Kai, Wu Xuan, and Tang Dahai, among others, are all somewhat related to Liu Zimo. Who dares to say that it's all just a coincidence?"
"In my opinion, we should just directly search his soul!"
"Whether he's a dragon or a worm, a tiger or a cat, we'll know once we search!"
Meng Zhichen once again proposed the idea of soul searching. In his view, this is the most effective way to solve the problem once and for all.
Some details simply cannot withstand thorough investigation.
Previously, it was thought that Liu Zimo was just an ordinary servant with no cultivation base, so very few people would truly suspect him.
But now, too many coincidences have happened to Liu Zimo, making it impossible for people not to suspect him.
"Soul searching?"
Zhong Wanwan softly muttered to himself and said, "It's not impossible, but I have to inform the senior librarian in advance!"
"In that case, I will temporarily take responsibility for this Liu Zimo. You continue to investigate other clues and don't let any thread slip through!"
"Yes, Head Teacher Senior Brother!"
The four of them responded respectfully at the same time, then got up and left the Great Hall.
When everyone had gone far away, Zhong Wanwan slowly extended a strand of spiritual sense to explore the Library.
"Senior Jing, we suspect that this Liu Zimo is an Ascender and we want to search his soul for clues. I hope you can do us a favor..."
Politely, he explained the cause and effect of the matter to the senior librarian in detail, taking the opportunity to make his own request.
After a moment, he received a cold and indifferent reply from the guardian of the book:
"This person has already been thoroughly investigated by me. He is undoubtedly a mortal with ordinary bones. There is no possibility that he could be an Ascender!"
"In the future, unless necessary, do not disturb him again!"
Upon hearing this, Zhong Ten Thousand Year fell silent in an instant.
He never expected that the guardian of the book would value Liu Zimo to such an extent, far beyond his imagination!
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Library.
For five consecutive days, Liu Yun would come to the library almost every day and stay there for the whole day.
She had finished reading the book "My Life" recommended by Liu Zimo on the third day and was greatly shocked.
She never expected that the world of cultivators could be so exciting and dangerous. Sometimes, even one's own loved ones could betray them!
Liu Yun had never experienced anything like this before. Seeing the contents of the book, it was as if a whole new world had opened up to her.
In order to understand the relationships and conspiracies of the characters in the book, she even read it two or three times.
If there was something she couldn't understand, she would come to Liu Zimo for advice.
Liu Zimo had lived two lifetimes and had experienced the darkest and most dangerous times of the apocalypse. His life experience was far beyond that of Liu Yun, a little girl.
Therefore, when Liu Yun asked him about some of the content in the book, Liu Zimo would generally explain it to her from the perspective of human nature's inherent evil.
He would talk about the importance of being cautious of others.
He would say that people hide their true intentions, and one should always be on guard.
He would also say that in this world, besides one's own parents, no one could be completely trusted, and so on and so forth!
It was a comprehensive and all-encompassing guide on how to protect oneself from deception.
Especially, Liu Zimo mentioned the matter of body possession and made it clear to Liu Yun that both the righteous path and the Devil Dao pursued immortality.
Therefore, almost every Immortal Dao cultivator instinctively feared death.
Many people, when their lifespan was nearing its end, would become reckless lunatics and demons.
In order to continue living and even live better, these lunatics would do everything possible to possess any talented cultivator they encountered, to be reborn and replace them.
The higher the talent and the better the Spiritual Roots, the more likely they would be targeted.
So, girls, especially those with single-element Supreme Grade Spiritual Roots, had to do everything possible to protect themselves.
Seeing that Liu Yun was quite frightened by what he said, Liu Zimo took the opportunity to select a professional inheritance called "Spiritual Sense Nine Tempering" from the nearby Jade Slip area for Liu Yun.
Although this cultivation technique did not have much help in improving the Immortal Dao Cultivation Base Realm, it could continuously enhance the cultivator's Spiritual Sense Cultivation Base, making their Spiritual Sense stronger and more resilient, like a hedgehog, resisting attacks from other cultivators' Spiritual Sense.
He also told Liu Yun that she could recommend this inheritance Jade Slip to Yu Ningxin and Yu Jiangcheng.
As Ascenders who had no foundation in this realm, they were more likely to be targeted, so they also needed this kind of cultivation technique that could continuously enhance and temper their own Spiritual Sense.
Liu Yun agreed with this and said that she would definitely practice "Spiritual Sense Nine Tempering" diligently and, if given the chance, would practice it together with Senior Sister Yu and Junior Brother Yu.
However, unfortunately, for a long period of time afterwards, neither Yu Ningxin nor Yu Jiangcheng came to the library. They chose to engage in Closed Door Training and did not visit even once.
A month later, Liu Yun was once again sent into the Water Spirit secret realm for Closed Door Training by her master.
Without the disturbance of the little girl, Liu Zimo returned to his previous tranquility. He would read books during work and sleep after work, living a very comfortable life.
That's it.
Time flies like water, and years pass like a shuttle.
In the blink of an eye, a year has passed just like that.
Liu Zimo's "good brothers" and "good sisters" who have been bound by him have already exceeded three hundred, and each one of them is a cultivator with a lock-shadow brilliance of more than three feet.
Almost every day, he can share a certain amount of cultivation experience and opportunities from these "good brothers" and "good sisters".
Now, Liu Zimo's Cultivation Base Realm has soared to the fifth realm of Nascent Soul. Within the Qingyun Immortal Gate, he can already stand shoulder to shoulder with the peak masters of the five peaks of Qingyun.
And there's something worth mentioning.
Every month, when the Qingyun Immortal Gate distributes immortal salaries, Liu Zimo can share a huge amount of Spirit Stones, Spirit Medicine, and elixirs.
Especially for those true transmission elders and disciples, their monthly salaries are settled in Supreme Grade Spirit Stones, and the received Spirit Medicine and elixirs are extremely precious immortal medicines.
After a year of accumulation, the number of Supreme Grade Spirit Stones in Liu Zimo's [Eastern Pearl] has already exceeded ten thousand, and Middle Grade Spirit Stones and Low Grade Spirit Stones are piled up like mountains.
All kinds of cultivation resources are also stored in the [Eastern Pearl], which looks very pleasing.
Liu Zimo knows his own aptitude, so he rarely personally consumes and refines these cultivation resources.
Just like before, he will wait for Liu Yun to come out of the Water Spirit Secret Realm and give her a share.
And in a few more years, those Saints in the Earth Realm and his two precious disciples should also be close to Ascension Transcendent.
As for his precious disciples, Liu Zimo will definitely not treat them unfairly.
As for Kong Sheng, Liu Yuan, and others, as long as their aptitude is not too bad, Liu Zimo doesn't mind investing a little more in them.
After all, they are all fellow villagers, as long as they don't rebel, Liu Zimo is willing to invest more in them.
On this day, Liu Zimo was sitting as usual on the third floor of the library, reading and enlightening himself, when suddenly a voice came into his ears, informing him about Yu Ningxin:
"Your good sister Yu Ningxin has had a series of misfortunes and disasters due to her bad luck. She was forcibly suppressed by a Nascent Soul ninth realm expert, lost her divine soul, and died on the spot!"
"'Stealing Heaven' Talent attribute passive triggered, you have inherited half of the remaining gifts from your good sister Yu Ningxin before her death: Golden Cicada Nine Cycles +500, Spirit Plant Nurturing Technique +500, Immortal Dao Cultivation Base +800, Divine Soul Origin +500, Sea of Knowledge Space +30,000."
"Your good sister Yu Ningxin has gone offline, currently available binding targets (369/1000)."
A large amount of Cultivation Base power suddenly surged within Liu Zimo's body and Sea of Knowledge.
Liu Zimo's figure trembled, secretly thinking that what should come has come!
I didn't expect even someone like Yu Ningxin, a cultivator at the Gold Core realm, to be unable to escape the fate of being possessed!
Lost her divine soul, lost her life!
Although her body is still there, her soul has completely turned into another person!
"It's too cruel! Even a Nascent Soul ninth realm expert has emerged!"
"This Transcendent realm is really unfriendly to us Ascension cultivators!"
Liu Zimo sighed inwardly:
"When my Cultivation Base breaks through to the peak of the Nascent Soul realm, not weaker than the Guardian, I must go out and establish a cultivation clan completely under my control."
"Only in this way can I prevent Xiaofei Hong and the others from being targeted by others after they Ascend to this realm in the future!"
While sighing, Liu Zimo was also making such plans in his heart.
Now he is only at the fifth realm of Nascent Soul, and he still has no confidence.
But fortunately, there is still some time before the people from the Earth Realm Ascend. With his current progress in cultivation, he should be able to make it in time. (End of this chapter)