Eternal Heavenly Emperor-Chapter 291 - 281 Joining the Sect
Indeed, it must be Body Cultivation.
Only Body Cultivation could enable one to embark on the path of cultivation from a young age. Of course, this must be a freak naturally suited for Body Cultivation, something ordinary people could never achieve.
In this world, there actually exists Body Cultivation, it truly does.
Everyone was surprised as they looked at the Barbaric Girl. The number of Body Cultivators was extremely few, and most of them were like Chu Hao, who practiced Star-Body Dual Cultivation. In fact, Body Cultivation was just a "sideline," because there simply weren’t enough Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures available, nowhere near enough to keep up with Star Force Cultivation.
Pure Body Cultivators were not only rare but also a terrifying synonym; the legendary Body Cultivator of the War Emperor’s level was an existence even the War God couldn’t kill.
An Innate Body Cultivator, no matter where they appeared, would attract a frenzy of pursuit, even Imperial-level Powers of the War God’s level would cherish such a being.
Senior Brother Liang suddenly realized, no wonder he had almost pushed his Star Force to the limit of the Martial Sect, and yet he was still forced back by a single punch. It was because the opponent was a Body Cultivator, whose limits were definitely not the same as those of an Internal Cultivator.
Moreover, it seemed he would have to swallow this loss forever, with never a chance for revenge.
The reason was quite simple; even they knew how rare pure Body Cultivation was. Wouldn’t the bigwigs in the Sect know? Let alone just being punched back, even if he were crippled by a punch, it is estimated the Sect wouldn’t be willing to reprimand severely.
They wouldn’t be quick enough to pamper him.
If he didn’t know his place and kept whining, he would definitely incur the displeasure of the major figures within the Sect.
You tell me, isn’t it unjust?
The Barbaric Girl didn’t pursue the victory but just wrinkled her cute little nose at him and flashed her little pink fists. Just looking at her adorable, charming appearance, who could imagine that her tiny body harbored the terrifying power of a beast from Ancient Times?
On the other side, although Feng Haizhong was dizzy from the beating, he hadn’t lost consciousness and saw Senior Brother Liang being punched back by the Barbaric Girl. He understood that she was a Body Cultivator.
No wonder, although the girl had no aura of Star Force, she was filled with a terrifying sense of power. So, she was a Body Cultivator.
Thinking this, he was naturally stunned because he also knew that Chu Hao and his two companions had a relationship with Shi Yuanming. But to be honest, even Shi Yuanming’s influence wasn’t enough to summon a pure Body Cultivator.
He wasn’t a foolish person and immediately realized that Shi Yuanming had escorted several young people from the Sect to participate in the Fledgling Dragon List ranking battle. This meant... the three people including Chu Hao were all the top competitors on this edition of the Fledgling Dragon List and had been recruited into the Sect.
Therefore, these three people were holding Shi Yuanming’s Identity Token.
He figured out the situation, but Feng Haizhong felt even more annoyed, sensing that Chu Hao and his companions were intentionally causing trouble. Otherwise, if they had revealed their identities earlier, how would Feng Yuan have provoked them? Naturally, the events that followed would not have occurred.
—He naturally wouldn’t think the other way around, why would Chu Hao and his companions need to disclose their identities without any reason? Who was the other party, the personnel checker of the Spirit Spring Sect? Nonsense, even Feng Haizhong himself was not from the Spirit Spring Sect, let alone Feng Yuan.
Chu Hao had had enough fighting. He casually threw Feng Haizhong to the ground and smiled, "Satisfied now?"
Feng Haizhong kept silent, as anything he said now would only embarrass him further.
"Let’s go!" Chu Hao nodded to the Barbaric Girl and Fu Xue, then gestured to the black-clad disciple to lead the way. They still needed him to guide them.
The black-clad disciple wore a bitter expression, knowing that he had gained fame alongside Chu Hao—though almost no one knew his name, his face would surely be remembered.
But such notoriety was something he didn’t wish to gain at all. Big figures contending, even a slight display of their anger was not something people like him could endure.
Reluctantly leading the way, he prayed silently, hoping the calamity wouldn’t reach his doorstep.
No more challengers appeared this time. Chu Hao and the two others followed the black-clad disciple, seeing many Spirit Grasses and rare birds along the mountain path. The Barbaric Girl’s eyes gleamed red as she rubbed her little stomach and declared hunger, while looking at Chu Hao with puppy dog eyes, seemingly hoping Chu Hao would catch some rare birds for her to feast on.
Chu Hao certainly wouldn’t fall for it. Although these rare birds were bred here, there must be powerful beings always watching. If he made a move, he would definitely be immediately beaten up.
Because the black-clad disciple was only a Martial Disciple, his pace wasn’t fast. Half an hour later, they finally arrived at Shi Yuanming’s residence, by this time having reached a height of ten thousand meters on Spirit Spring Mountain.
Even standing here, one couldn’t see the peak of the mountain; the height of the mountain was simply astonishing.
Chu Hao handed several Star Stones to the black-clad disciple, smiling, "Thank you for showing the way. If you encounter any troubles in the future, feel free to find me. By the way, my name is Chu Hao."
The black-clad disciple took the Star Stones, feeling both happy and frightened.
He was naturally happy to have gained a considerable amount of wealth, but he was also frightened of being retaliated against by Feng Haizhong and the others. Fortunately, Chu Hao mentioned that he could look for him if he faced any trouble, which gave him a bit of reassurance.
In fact, he was being overly cautious; Feng Haizhong was after all of a genius level and would not bother over petty disputes with such a minor figure.
After the disciple clad in black left, Chu Hao and his two companions faced a separate courtyard here.
Neither too large nor too small, a surrounding wall enclosed an area about 50 meters in length and width, where from the outside, one could only see a three-story vermilion pagoda. Several small wooden huts were also built outside the courtyard.
Chu Hao stepped forward and knocked on the door.
After a short while, the door opened, revealing a young servant, about seventeen or eighteen years old. Upon seeing Chu Hao, he couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise, "Who are you?"
"My name is Chu Hao. I am here under the orders of Deacon Shi." He took out Shi Yuanming’s Identity Token and handed it over.
"So you are Senior Brother Chu, Yun Cai, and Senior Sister Fu." The servant immediately showed a look of realization, quickly letting the three in, "Lord Shi has been waiting for you for a few days now."
Indeed, they had detoured around Shangfang Mountain and, without a skyship for transport, arrived at least a month and a half later than Shi Yuanming and Luo Ping.
"Please report on our behalf." Chu Hao said with a smile.
"No need, Lord Shi had already instructed that if you three were to come, I should immediately bring you to see him." The servant said, closing the main door first and then leading the way out front.
The courtyard wasn’t very large, but it was exquisitely beautiful, with exotic flowers everywhere, emitting enchanting fragrances. In front of the pagoda, there was a small pond surrounded by rockeries, and in the water swam several long, plump golden carp.
"I really want to eat!" The Barbaric Girl’s eyes lit up again, staring at the carp as saliva uncontrollably dribbled from her mouth.
Seemingly sensing her gaze, the scared carp hurriedly swam to the bottom of the pond, no longer daring to surface for air.
"Are those Red-eyed Dragon Carp?" Chu Hao asked the servant.
"Indeed, they are Red-eyed Dragon Carp. It took a great effort for Lord Shi to acquire a pair from an old friend, and after nearly a hundred years, only a few more have been added." The servant smiled, and this was also a reminder to the Barbaric Girl that these carp are so precious that even Shi Yuanming would not bear to eat them, so stop drooling.
The Barbaric Girl, however, was rolling her dark eyes around, clearly not giving up. In her must-eat menu, she had already noted the name of the Red-eyed Dragon Carp, as for whether it would be steamed or braised, that was a decision for later.
"Hahaha, you have finally arrived." A long laugh came through, and Shi Yuanming had already appeared before them, hopping out from who knows where.
As a War King, standing at the peak of the Middle Three Realms, even though he was not among the top War Kings, he could kill Chu Hao and his two companions hundreds of thousands of times with just a breath.
"We pay our respects to the elder." The three of them bowed simultaneously. Even if they might surpass Shi Yuanming in the Realm in the future, that was their potential, and respect where it was due was still to be given reverently.
Shi Yuanming nodded and amiably said, "Have you finished what needed to be done?"
"All done." Chu Hao nodded.
"That’s good!" Shi Yuanming nodded. His mission was to escort Sect disciples to participate in the Fledgling Dragon List, a very important task being to "steal back" several exceptional talents. He indeed succeeded, even stealing the top ranker of the Fledgling Dragon List and an Innate Body Cultivator that appeared once every several tens of thousands of years, but he didn’t manage to bring them back immediately. Instead, he ended up with a mediocre person—Luo Ping, whose talents indeed could not rank among the geniuses of the Spirit Spring Sect.
The pressure was actually quite huge on him. What if these two exceptional talents were stolen by someone else, or encountered danger and died?
Thankfully, the three of them had finally arrived.
"Follow me, first I’ll take you to meet your mentor. With talents like yours, wasting even a single day is a huge loss." Shi Yuanming gestured to them to follow.
"Yes."
Following Shi Yuanming for another climb up the mountain, this time with a different person leading the way, their pace naturally could not be compared with the previous day’s; it had adjusted to match theirs by Shi Yuanming continually.
After walking for a good couple of hours, they at least climbed up to a peak fifty thousand meters high, finally reaching the top of the mountain, where an ancient hall appeared before them. Just from one glance, one could feel an ancient and majestic aura assaulting their senses.
"This is a vital ground of our Spirit Spring Sect, a place where powerful beings from the Upper Three Realms take their seats, stocked with treasures accumulated by generations of ancestors." Shi Yuanming introduced to them.
The accumulation of a First Grade Sect, Imperial-level Power!
However, Spirit Spring Sect had not been an Imperial-level Power for very long. Before that, they were just at the Venerable Level, so in terms of true heritage, they far couldn’t compare with other long-established Imperial-level Powers.
This hall was constructed from various types of stone materials, enduring countless years of erosion, yet showed no signs of decay, only primitive simplicity.
At the entrance of the hall sat an old man, who very casually sat cross-legged on the ground, eyes tightly shut, with no energy emanating from his body. At a glance, he almost resembled a stone statue.
Leading the three of them over, Shi Yuanming bowed respectfully and said, "Yuanming pays his respects to Lord Hongyu."
"Are these three kids the new talents from this time’s Fledgling Dragon List?" the old man known as Lord Hongyu spoke, his eyes opening, seemingly filled with an indescribable magic, endlessly profound.
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