Chapter 135: Trust in the Wisdom of Descendants

[Divination is not precognition.]

[In your initial divination, you only received an omen of moderate misfortune.]

[As for the specific danger, you would have to expend much more mental energy to perform a deep divination.]

[If you wanted detailed information about the danger, you might even have to perform a divination that sacrifices your lifespan.]

[Your relationship with the Jiang Family Patriarch was merely average, so there was naturally no need to perform a deep divination for him.]

[Looking at the excited Jiang Family Patriarch, you couldn't help but remind him, "Patriarch, you should still be careful..."]

[When it came to divination, directly revealing the results could trigger a backlash from heavenly secrets.]

[Therefore, you could only give the Jiang Family Patriarch an indirect warning.]

[Although your relationship with the Jiang Family Patriarch was average, there was at least no bad blood between you.]

["A mere group of bandit cultivators—"]

[The Jiang Family Patriarch did not say much else, his face brimming with absolute confidence.]

[You couldn't say much more either. After bidding him farewell, you left the Jiang Family.]

[Before leaving, you took the opportunity to ask Jiang Jixue for some of the Tier 3 upper-grade spirit tea you had just drunk.]

[Seeing this, the Jiang Family Patriarch's heart completely settled.]

[Earlier, when Jiang Jixue had said, "If you ever wish to drink this, you can come to the Jiang Family anytime, and I will personally brew it for you," the Jiang Family Patriarch's heart had clenched.]

[He had even worried you might take advantage of the offer, using it as an excuse to harass his dao companion.]

[Now, seeing you take the initiative to ask for the spirit tea directly, the Jiang Family Patriarch finally relaxed.]

['Since he's already gotten the spirit tea, he probably won't keep coming to the Jiang Family over this matter, right?']

['I had long heard that President Qingyuan has no interest in female cultivators. From the looks of it today, it is really true.']

[The Jiang Family Patriarch nodded to himself, finally at ease about leaving the family during this period to oversee the spirit mine outside.]

[Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce Cave Dwelling]

[You personally brewed the spirit tea and then took a light sip.]

[The warm essence of the spirit tea continuously circulated within your body, making your thoughts incredibly clear.]

[In a trance-like state, you rapidly broke through your many confusions and bottlenecks regarding array formations.]

[Half a day later.]

[You abruptly opened your eyes.]

["Tier 3 mid-grade array Dao skills!"]

[A smile surfaced on your face.]

[With the help of the Tier 3 upper-grade spirit tea, your comprehension received a noticeable boost, allowing you to break through your array Dao bottleneck in one fell swoop and step into a new level.]

["Spirit tea is truly a good thing!"]

[You were in an excellent mood. Originally, you had planned to spend several years, perhaps even a decade, slowly whittling away at this array Dao bottleneck.]

[Now that you had broken through in just half a day, you were naturally delighted.]

["It's a pity that Tier 3 upper-grade spirit tea can only be found by luck. I've hardly encountered it over the past few decades..."]

[You sighed inwardly. For the Jiang Family to bring out spirit tea of this quality, it was likely due to hundreds, or even thousands, of years of accumulated foundation.]

['However, the Jiang Family should still have some stock of this quality of spirit tea...']

[You pondered to yourself. Clearly, even for the Jiang Family, Tier 3 upper-grade spirit tea was a precious treasure; otherwise, the Jiang Family Matriarch wouldn't have personally brewed it.]

[But since she brought it out, it definitely wasn't entirely unique or their absolute last batch.]

["This remaining spirit tea should last me for a few days..."]

[You glanced at the leftover spirit tea and immediately stored it away.]

[At this moment, you also realized the proper time to savor this spirit tea.]

[That would be when you were stuck at a bottleneck, unable to advance even an inch.]

[At that time, drinking the spirit tea might produce miraculous effects, helping you cross the bottleneck in an instant.]

[As for other times? There was no need to drink it; that would be far too wasteful.]

[Year 91. You were 107 years old.]

[With your array Dao skills reaching Tier 3 mid-grade, you secretly adjusted the formations within your cave dwelling once again.]

[One day, just as you finished your cultivation,]

[Jiang Rong'er hastily came to visit.]

["Alchemist Wang, the Matriarch invites you over."]

[Jiang Rong'er's expression was heavy, her tone quite suppressed.]

[You had a rough idea of what had happened, but you still asked for the reason.]

["The Patriarch was ambushed and severely injured while overseeing the spirit mine. The family's healing pills have just run out, so we'd like to ask Alchemist Wang to personally step forward and refine a batch of Tier 3 healing pills..."]

[Jiang Rong'er quickly explained the situation.]

["Please rest assured, Alchemist Wang, we won't ask you to refine them for free. There will be compensation."]

[Jiang Rong'er immediately added.]

["Mm."]

[You gave a slight nod.]

[A year ago, you had already divined that the Jiang Family Patriarch's trip to oversee the mine would carry an omen of moderate misfortune.]

[At the time, you had kindly reminded him.]

[Looking at it now, the Jiang Family Patriarch clearly hadn't taken your warning to heart.]

[Soon, you hurried over to the Jiang Family.]

[You did not see the Jiang Family Patriarch.]

[It was Jiang Jixue who received you.]

["The main and auxiliary ingredients are all prepared. The Endless Vitality Pill is a Tier 3 mid-grade pill, and only you, Alchemist Wang, have the confidence to refine it... I'll have to trouble you..."]

[Jiang Jixue said softly.]

[The Jiang Family had also nurtured a Tier 3 alchemist, but they were only at the Tier 3 lower-grade.]

["If you want any specific compensation, Daoist Wang, you can speak plainly..."]

[Always tactful, Jiang Jixue spoke in a low voice.]

["I wonder if there is any more of the Tier 3 upper-grade spirit tea the Matriarch served me last time..." you asked without standing on ceremony.]

["Alright..."]

[Jiang Jixue gave a slight nod.]

[A day later, you successfully refined a batch of Endless Vitality Pills.]

[Subsequently, you received half a liang of spirit tea as compensation.]

[Every shred of Tier 3 upper-grade spirit tea was incredibly valuable; it wasn't something that could be measured in spirit stones alone.]

[Upon obtaining the spirit tea, you returned to your cave dwelling.]

[Over the following few months, you caught wind of the general details regarding how the Jiang Family Patriarch was severely injured.]

[The bandit cultivator who made the move was none other than True Person Chishe, a renowned late-stage great bandit cultivator of the nearby wildlands.]

[It was said that this True Person Chishe was originally a True Person from the Zixiao Region. However, after plundering a batch of crucial resources from Zixiao Palace, he became a wanted man in the Zixiao Region and could no longer survive in the surrounding major regions.]

[The Zixiao Region was the only major region among the neighboring domains that possessed cross-region teleportation arrays.]

[Being wanted by the Zixiao Region meant that True Person Chishe didn't even have the chance to flee to distant major regions and hide his name.]

[Between the major regions lay vast, endless wildlands. True Persons had the strength to travel back and forth among familiar, adjacent regions.]

[However, major regions located even further away were absolute forbidden zones for True Persons.]

[Generally, only cross-region teleportation arrays could help True Persons travel to those far-off domains.]

[Hunted by the Zixiao Region, True Person Chishe could only roam as a fugitive in the nearby wildlands.]

["Zixiao Region... Cross-region teleportation arrays..." You were quite interested in the Zixiao Region, not just because the Ruins of the Shanhai Lineage were located there, but also because you could travel to distant major regions through it.]

[You had heard that in extremely remote regions, there were super domains like the Wujian Region. The heaven and earth resources there were far richer, and they were overseen by more than just one Nascent Soul True Monarch.]

[If you failed to break through to the Nascent Soul realm in this simulation, you would likely choose to travel to these super domains to seek out new Nascent Soul formation opportunities.]

[Year 92. You were 108 years old.]

[The conflict between the Jiang Family and True Person Chishe escalated.]

[The reason True Person Chishe had attacked the spirit mine controlled by the Jiang Family was because the resources produced there were quite useful for his Tier 3 spirit pet.]

[Although the Jiang Family was entrenched on Profound King Island, where even True Monarchs didn't dare to intrude...]

[Outside of Profound King Island, however, both the Jiang Family and the Wan Family found their reach somewhat limited.]

[Venerable Xuan slumbered deep within Xuanwang Lake and hadn't actively intervened in the outside world for over a thousand years. This was exactly why True Person Chishe dared to make a move against the Jiang Family.]

[Year 93. You were 109 years old.]

[Before you knew it, over twenty years had passed since you stepped into the Mid Golden Core Stage.]

[And you had already traversed more than half of this middle stage.]

[You estimated that in roughly another ten to twenty years, you would be able to cultivate to the peak of the Mid Golden Core Stage.]

[At that time, relying on the Flawless Gold Core's advantage of ignoring bottlenecks, you would be able to step directly into the Late Golden Core Stage.]

[The Late Golden Core Stage, also referred to as a Great True Person, was the breakthrough that granted the largest boost in strength during the Core Formation Stage.]

[This was especially true for you.]

[Theoretically, as long as one stepped into the Late Golden Core Stage, they were qualified to attempt a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm.]

[Of course, almost no Great True Person would actually do so.]

[Attempting the Nascent Soul breakthrough right after entering the late stage carried far too much risk.]

[Basically every Great True Person would push the late stage to its absolute limit, reaching the Core Formation Perfection Stage, before trying to condense a Nascent Soul.]

[Compared to the Late Golden Core Stage, the Core Formation Perfection Stage not only boosted one's strength but also brought their personal state to complete perfection, making it much more favorable for a Nascent Soul breakthrough.]

[On this day, an acquaintance from the Taiyuan Region came to visit.]

["It has been many years since we last parted. I never expected Daoist Wang to settle down in this place permanently."]

[True Person Sword Heart sat facing you, his tone filled with sentiment.]

[True Person Sword Heart was a Golden Core True Person from the Golden Sword Sect in the Taiyuan Region.]

[Back when you broke through to the Core Formation Stage and held your core formation celebration, True Person Sword Heart had attended to show his support.]

[It could be said that he was one of the very few sect True Persons in the Taiyuan Region with whom you shared a good relationship.]

["Yes, I didn't expect it either..."]

[You shook your head slightly.]

[After chatting idly with True Person Sword Heart for a while, you got straight to the point.]

["Daoist Wang, my purpose in coming here this time is to purchase a batch of supplies for the Taiyuan Region..."]

[True Person Sword Heart stated his objective.]

[The war between the Taiyuan Region and the Jiuyou Region had now reached a fever pitch, and both sides' demand for war supplies was at an all-time high.]

["No problem."]

[You immediately nodded in agreement.]

[The more supplies the Taiyuan Region purchased, the more profit you would take from your commission.]

[Once the transaction was complete, True Person Sword Heart's expression visibly relaxed.]

["By the way, Daoist Sword Heart, do you know if a beast king with a True Spirit Bloodline is being nurtured deep within the Myriad Beast Mountain Range..." you asked purposefully.]

[Many years ago, you had learned of this matter from the Jiang Family, who in turn had found out from the awakened Venerable Xuan.]

[You were well aware that you probably wouldn't have the chance to fight that True Spirit Bloodline beast king in this simulation. However, you could pass this information to the sects of the Taiyuan Region, letting them test the waters for you to prepare for your next simulation.]

["I know a little about that."]

[True Person Sword Heart gave a slight nod.]

["You know?"]

[You were taken aback for a moment, but after a second thought, you suddenly realized it made perfect sense.]

[Back when Xiao Hei stepped into Tier 3 in the Myriad Beast Mountain Range, he had vaguely sensed the existence of that True Spirit Bloodline beast king. You refused to believe that in the massive Taiyuan Region, not a single Tier 3 avian great demon had noticed something amiss.]

[In fact, Taiyuan Palace might have even known about this before Venerable Xuan did.]

[After all, the Myriad Beast Mountain Range was right inside Taiyuan Palace's sphere of influence, whereas Venerable Xuan was millions of li away.]

["Since they know, why..."]

[You were incredibly curious.]

[If Taiyuan Palace really knew about this long ago, why hadn't they taken any action? Instead, they had turned around and gone to war with the Jiuyou Region.]

["For that beast king with the True Spirit Bloodline to be fully nurtured and reach its peak... I'm afraid that's a matter of several hundred years from now..." True Person Sword Heart waved his hand dismissively. "It's best to leave this kind of matter to our descendants."]

["We must trust in the wisdom of descendants, as well as their ability to solve problems!"]

[True Person Sword Heart spoke in a calm tone.]

[He was already three or four hundred years old. He figured he wouldn't even live to see the day that True Spirit beast king walked out of the Myriad Beast Mountain Range, so naturally, he wasn't too worried.]

["..."]

[You fell into silence.]

[Then, you realized that this was probably the best way to handle it.]

[Even if they knew a beast king with a True Spirit Bloodline was growing in the deepest parts of the Myriad Beast Mountain Range, what could they do?]

[Infiltrate the deepest parts of the Myriad Beast Mountain Range to investigate?]

[The deepest region of the Myriad Beast Mountain Range was crawling with high-level demonic beasts. To human cultivators, it was no different from a dragon's pool or a tiger's den.]

[Year 94. You were 110 years old.]

[You concluded your cultivation and walked out of your cave dwelling.]

["Calculating the time, it should be just about right."]

[You pinched your fingers in calculation, immediately knowing what was to come.]

[In exactly four months, a Nascent Soul formation opportunity would appear in the border regions of the Taiyuan Region.]

[Among the vast amounts of intelligence and information you had gathered in the third simulation, this was included.]

[Four months from now, at the Taiyuan Region border, a Core Formation-tier faction named Mount Baimo would be breached by an invading squad of demonic cultivators.]

[The entirety of Mount Baimo would be cleanly slaughtered by this squad of demonic cultivators.]

[Yet, when this squad of demonic cultivators ransacked Mount Baimo, they unexpectedly discovered that a Nascent Soul spiritual item, the Nine Heavens Clear Wind, was hidden in their treasury.]

[Naturally, this news wasn't leaked by the demonic cultivator squad; it was actively spread to the outside world by the surviving Young Master of Mount Baimo.]

[Since that Nascent Soul spiritual item had already been snatched by the demonic cultivators anyway, the Young Master of Mount Baimo publicized the news wildly in order to take his revenge.]

[The Young Master of Mount Baimo's goal was simply to attract the experts of the Taiyuan Region so they would strike back and take revenge on that demonic cultivator squad.]

[Even if that demonic cultivator squad returned to the Jiuyou Region, letting other demonic cultivators know about this would create a dog eat dog scenario.]

[The law of the jungle was already deeply ingrained among demonic cultivators; knowing the whereabouts of a Nascent Soul spiritual item, they were bound to fight over it.]

[In your third simulation, this incident caused a massive uproar, and quite a few late-stage Great True Persons had personally taken action.]

[You did not know the ultimate fate of that demonic cultivator squad. At the time, you had only been a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator, so your ability to gather intelligence at the Core Formation level hadn't been sufficient.]

[But you could be certain that the Nascent Soul spiritual item, the 'Nine Heavens Clear Wind', had to be real; otherwise, it wouldn't have attracted late-stage Great True Persons.]

["Nine Heavens Clear Wind!"]

[Your heart thrilled with excitement. Every additional Nascent Soul spiritual item meant that your hopes of stepping into the Nascent Soul Stage grew by a fraction.]