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Chapter 47 Ping'er, Kneel Down, Daddy Begs You a Favor

"This... is the legendary spiritual essence of heaven and earth?"

That night, in Luyang City, Zhang Xiong carefully examined the aquamarine gem in his hand, and then asked Zhang Wei, who was sitting opposite him, "Is this what you need to break through the foundation building stage through Qi refining?"

"Hmm..." Zhang Wei nodded.

The reason why Qi-refining practitioners pursue the spiritual essence of heaven and earth is mainly for the trace of Taoism contained therein.

Legend has it that when the spiritual power of heaven and earth has not been polluted by turbid air, cultivators can still rely on their own strength to slowly comprehend heaven and earth and build the foundation of their Tao.

But now the spiritual power of heaven and earth is dim, and cultivators can only set their sights on the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, because in this era, only the spiritual essences nurtured by heaven and earth have a strong enough Taoist charm.

And when the cultivator integrates the rhyme of Tao into his Tao foundation, the Taoist foundation of the cultivator can have various magical effects, which can greatly enhance the strength of the cultivator himself.

This is the fundamental reason why there is a gap between foundation-building masters and Qi-refining practitioners.

However, the birth of the Spirit of Heaven and Earth is extremely demanding. Apart from the spiritual veins of major forces that can produce one through the cultivation of large amounts of spiritual energy over decades or even hundreds of years, the rest of the time one can only rely on luck when encountering the Spirit of Heaven and Earth.

Especially when compared with the population base of cultivators at the peak of Qi Refining, the spiritual essence of heaven and earth being nurtured in the spiritual veins of the five domains is simply not enough to be divided.

This can be seen from the fact that when Master Yunhai brought back the spiritual blood jade, his disciples beat them so hard that their brains came out.

"If you refine it, Zijie, you will be able to break through the foundation-building stage, right?" Zhang Xiong said, and then pushed the orb to Zhang Wei, urging him, "Then refine it quickly! Let me see the demeanor of a foundation-building master!"

However, Zhang Wei shook his head and said, "I have checked it. This orb is of water attribute and is not suitable for me."

Having said that, in reality, cultivators do not have such strong restrictions on the properties of the spiritual essence of heaven and earth that they integrate. The integration of spiritual essence of heaven and earth of any properties by cultivators will not affect their foundation building.

But it will affect their future path.

If you are lucky, you may be able to gain stronger power in the conflict of attributes and embark on a smooth road; but if you are unlucky, you may stop at the initial stage of foundation building and make no progress in your life.

Therefore, Zhang Wei still thinks that it is better to fuse the spiritual essence that matches his own attributes. Although mutation is good, it also has risks. He should honestly pursue the Extreme Number.

Anyway, he is still young, and although the thunder-type spiritual essence of heaven and earth is hard to find, he has already made some progress.

And as soon as he saw this spiritual essence of heaven and earth, Zhang Wei remembered Jiang Shun’s questions and eyes before his death.

The most important thing is that Zhang Wei always felt that if he used it, he would be like losing something important.

It's like admitting that he lost.

But Zhang Wei had no idea what he lost.

But he just doesn't want to lose!
"what?"

Zhang Xiong was disappointed when he heard this. He thought that today would be the day when the Zhang family would become a family of immortal cultivators.

But since Zhang Wei didn't want to, he naturally wouldn't force it. What happened during this period told Zhang Xiong that he had no problem making decisions on worldly matters, but once it involved the world of immortal cultivation, he should just listen to his brother who was just 20 years old.

Zhang Xiong asked, "So what are you going to do with this thing? Sell it for some cultivation resources? How much do you think this essence of heaven and earth should be sold for?"

"What are you selling?"

Zhang Wei rolled his eyes. If those cultivators who had been seeking spiritual essence but could not obtain it heard what his brother said, they would probably make him demonstrate how to make Wensi tofu on the spot.

Zhang Wei pushed the orb directly towards Zhang Xiong and said, "Brother, use it."

Zhang Xiong was stunned. He tightened his hands and pulled out a few hairs of his beard. Then he pointed at his nose in disbelief and said incoherently, "Give it to me? But...but I don't have any spiritual roots. I don't know how to cultivate immortality!"

Zhang Wei explained: "The spiritual essence of heaven and earth itself also has the function of gathering spiritual energy, so you can regard it as an acquired spiritual root. After integrating it, ordinary people can enter the Tao and cultivate immortality."

"Moreover, with the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, as long as you have enough resources, you can safely break through the foundation-building stage without any shackles during the process."

In fact, as early as when he revealed to Zhang Xiong and the others that he was cultivating immortals, Zhang Wei had tried to use the method he had used to enter the Tao to lead Zhang Xiong and several other smart children in the family into the door.

But for some reason, Zhang Xiong and his people did not see any results when they received the electrotherapy, except for shaking all over!
After much thought, Zhang Wei could only attribute the reason for his successful enlightenment to his own soul.

Perhaps it was because he was a time traveler and had millions of books in his mind as a golden finger, his spiritual awareness was naturally stronger than that of others. This allowed him to endure the electric shock while distracting himself to practice martial arts to draw electricity.

But it doesn't mean that ordinary people without spiritual roots have no possibility of cultivating immortals, but this requires a lot of experiments and it will take time.

After all, scientific research is not something you can achieve results by just having an idea and dropping two drops of test solution.

Now hearing Zhang Wei's words, and hearing that he could finally practice Taoism, Zhang Xiong couldn't help but reveal a hint of excitement on his face. Looking at the orb on the table, his eyes were burning with passion.

After all, this is an opportunity that even the legendary immortals can only dream of, and once you have it, you can become a legendary foundation-building cultivator and enjoy the spring and autumn of at least one hundred and eighty years.

This is very attractive to him who is already in his forties!

However, after thinking for a long time, Zhang Xiong finally gritted his teeth and refused: "No..."

"Brother..."

Zhang Xiong raised his hand to stop Zhang Wei's persuasion, and said with a self-deprecating smile: "Zijie, thank you for giving me such a precious opportunity, but it's a pity... Brother is old, he is already over 40.

According to the saying in the world of immortal cultivation that one knows one's destiny at fifty, it is too late for you to cultivate immortality now, brother.

Even if I have this spiritual essence of heaven and earth, how many years will it take me to cultivate to the peak of Qi Refining and then build the foundation?
I might as well give the younger generation a chance. It would be a waste of the spiritual essence of heaven and earth if I use it!"

"But……"

Zhang Wei wanted to continue to persuade him, but Zhang Xiong said firmly: "Okay, I have made up my mind."

Then Zhang Xiong smiled with relief and said, "Zijie, my biggest dream now is to lead our family to become a family of immortal cultivators in my lifetime.

In that case, even if I go to the underworld and meet my ancestors, I can proudly say that the Zhang family ushered in glory under my leadership!"

"but……"

Zhang Xiong picked up the pearl, looked at Zhang Wei, and said in a negotiating and pleading tone: "As the saying goes, good things should be kept within the family. Now you are the only cultivator in our Zhang family, and there are too few seeds.

I am here with a shameless face to ask you for a chance to become an immortal. Please give this spiritual essence of heaven and earth to Ping'er!

Ping'er has been smart since he was a child. Although he is not as smart as you, he is also a spiritual child. If he had this spiritual essence of heaven and earth..."

Zhang Wei grabbed his brother's hand at this time, nodded solemnly, and said: "Okay, brother, don't say anymore, I understand!"

Zhang Xiong choked, looking at his brother's young face, his eyes were dazed and tears wet his eyes.

She tightly grasped her brother's hand and thanked him in a voice that was almost choking: "Thank you... Thank you, Zijie."

This was the first time Zhang Wei saw his brother look like this.

In his memory, Zhang Xiong, as the head of the family, has always presented himself as a strict person since he took over the heavy responsibility of being the head of the family.

Although he had laughed before, Zhang Wei had never seen him crying like a child like he was now.

After a while, Zhang Wei understood. He couldn't help but sigh: "How pitiful are the parents in the world..."

He would rather give up his own hope of immortality to pave the way for his children. If it weren't for Zhang Ping, Zhang Xiong would have wanted to give it a try even if he was older.

At this time, Zhang Xiong regained his composure, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said to Zhang Wei with a wry smile: "I'm sorry, Zijie, for letting you see this ugly appearance."

"It's okay. I just regret that I didn't record the video of you crying. I'll show it to my sister-in-law and the others later."

Zhang Wei took out a photo bead and sighed, which made Zhang Xiong's face turn red like a monkey's butt. He quickly waved his sleeves and turned around and walked out of the study.

"I'll go call Ping'er over."

Not long after, Zhang Ping, who was sleeping soundly, was pulled out of bed by Zhang Xiong, who then came to the study room yawning.

"Dad, why are you calling me so late..."

Zhang Ping was still complaining when he just entered the door. If Zhang Xiong wasn't his father, he would have started cursing if someone else had disturbed his sweet dream.

However, as soon as he entered the study, he saw that not only his father but also another elder of his was sitting in the room.

"Second Uncle? You're back from the capital?" Zhang Ping shouted in surprise, and then the next moment he was glared at fiercely by Zhang Xiong.

"What's the name?"

Zhang Ping immediately became frustrated and stood in the middle of the study room with a depressed look on his face, listening to Zhang Xiong's instructions.

Then Zhang Xiong was seen sitting on the armchair, pointing at the ground and saying, "Come, kneel down. Daddy has a favor to ask of you."

"what?"

Zhang Ping was stunned, and looked up at his father in disbelief.

I was thinking, what's wrong with you, it's late at night?
Is this the attitude you use when you ask me to do something? However, when Zhang Ping saw Zhang Xiong's tiger eyes staring at him, he immediately knelt on the ground smoothly, supported his knees with his hands and said respectfully: "Father, you say!"

Zhang Ping's changing appearance made Zhang Xiong feel upset, but Zhang Wei was very happy watching from the side.

"Humph!"

Zhang Xiong snorted coldly and said, "You know about your second uncle's trip overseas to seek immortality, right?"

"Of course I know."

Zhang Ping nodded, and secretly looked at his second uncle, but he only saw a smiling face, which made Zhang Ping confused.

What is father going to do?

Then Zhang Ping heard Zhang Xiong say: "In fact, what the outside world doesn't know is that although your second uncle was not accepted into the Linglong Immortal Sect, he still stepped into the immortal path!"

"what?"

Zhang Ping suddenly raised his head and looked at his second uncle in disbelief.

Then he saw his second uncle, who usually kept a low profile, indifferently stretched out a finger, and then a flash of lightning jumped up from his fingertips, illuminating the entire study room.

How can it be? !
Second uncle, didn't you say you were just an ordinary martial arts master? How come you have become an immortal in the blink of an eye?

"This……"

Seeing Zhang Ping's confused look, Zhang Xiong waved his hand to call Zhang Ping back to his senses and said, "Just think of it as Linglong Xianzong making a mistake."

"Have you read all the books that your second uncle brought back from Linglong Xianfang?" Zhang Xiong asked again.

"I've seen a little bit, just to broaden my horizons."

Zhang Ping answered honestly, but his eyes looked towards Zhang Wei uncontrollably, full of curiosity.

Zhang Xiong asked again: "Then do you know what the essence of heaven and earth is?"

“I know. The Spiritual Essence of Heaven and Earth is…” Zhang Ping repeated the news he had seen about the Spiritual Essence of Heaven and Earth, and then the more he spoke, the more he felt something was wrong.

What on earth did my father and second uncle want to do by calling me over so late at night and asking me so many questions?
Could it be that... they have found a clue to the essence of the spirit of heaven and earth and want me to help them plan it?
So Zhang Ping immediately said, "Could it be that you, Second Uncle, have received some news about the essence of the heaven and earth, and you need my help?"

Then he patted his chest and said, "No problem, Uncle, just tell me what you want me to do!"

The brothers Zhang Xiong and Zhang Wei were stunned, then looked at each other and couldn't help laughing, which made Zhang Ping confused again.

Could it be that I have understood it wrongly?
Zhang Xiong smiled enough and said, "I am very happy that you have this intention. But if it is really the essence of heaven and earth, you are not needed."

As he spoke, he took the pearl out of his arms, gently placed it on the table, and said, "Look what this is."

"This is……"

Zhang Ping looked at it and his eyes were instantly attracted to the pearl. This kind of treasure was so extraordinary that even with his mortal eyes he could tell it was something extraordinary.

Zhang Ping suddenly came back to his senses, looked at Zhang Wei in shock and asked: "Could this be..."

Zhang Wei nodded and said, "I will call it the Mirage Orb for now. As you can see, it is a spiritual essence of heaven and earth.

If you refine it, you can become an immortal, or even build a foundation, and live for thirty years!
We plan to let you, Ping'er, refine and enter the Dao, then break through the foundation building stage, and lead our Zhang family to become an immortal cultivation family!"

Zhang Ping was instantly stunned by the huge pancake that fell from the sky.

He was just sleeping at home and was suddenly woken up by his father. And you told me that you were going to give me the spiritual essence of heaven and earth so that I could become a foundation-building immortal?
Am I still asleep?
Zhang Ping said incoherently: "But Uncle, aren't you a cultivator? Can't you just refine it? Why are you giving it back to me?"

Zhang Wei shook his head and said, "This essence of heaven and earth is not suitable for me. If I give it to your father, he won't want it, so I'll give it to you!"

"Ah? Dad..."

Zhang Ping was shocked when he heard this and looked at his stern father. He never thought that his father would give him the opportunity to become an immortal.

"What are you looking at me doing?"

Zhang Xiong snorted coldly, stood up, kicked Zhang Ping and said, "This essence of heaven and earth was brought back by your second uncle, why don't you kowtow to him!"

Zhang Ping bowed quickly and said, "Thank you, Second Uncle!"

Zhang Wei accepted the gift calmly, and then warned him earnestly: "Ping'er... you don't understand how important the essence of heaven and earth is from books.

I'm telling you the truth. This spiritual essence of heaven and earth triggered a fight among more than 30,000 immortal cultivators, with hundreds of casualties. There were also the deaths of several major sects and several immortal cultivation families.

But now it has fallen into our hands. If the news that the Spirit of Heaven and Earth is in your hands leaks out, you should be able to guess the consequences, right?"

Zhang Ping nodded heavily and said, "Ping'er understands! Even if I die, I will not tell anyone about this!"

Zhang Wei nodded, then took out a jade slip from his arms. It was one of the burial objects he got from the ancient tomb of Master Luoxia.

Zhang Wei handed it to Zhang Ping and said, “This is a martial arts book called Luoxia Lingjiang Jue that I got during a training session. The mysteries in it directly point to the realm of Purple Mansion.

Although it is not completely compatible with the water attribute of this Mirage Orb, it is enough for you now.

If I can find a technique that is more suitable for you in the future, I will switch to another one. Before that, you can use this one as a transition."

Zhang Ping took it in a daze. Zhang Xiong next to him kicked him in the butt again and shouted, "Why don't you thank your uncle for teaching you the Dharma?"

"Thank you, uncle!"

Zhang Wei looked at his confused nephew holding the Mirage Orb, and his mind couldn't help but recall the scenes before Jiang Shun's death.

He sighed slightly in his heart, and then said: "I have nothing to do during this period of time, so I will focus on teaching you how to practice. As for entering the world of immortal cultivation, we will talk about it when you enter the middle stage of Qi Refining."

Zhang Xiong on the side also said: "I will go to the academy tomorrow and ask for a long vacation for you. Don't go anywhere during this period, just follow your uncle to cultivate immortality. When I am satisfied, I will let you go!"

Then Zhang Xiong patted his son on the shoulder and said earnestly: "Ping'er... I've given you such precious spiritual essence of heaven and earth, and your second uncle is here to help you lead the way. You don't have to worry about cultivation resources such as elixirs, weapons, talismans, etc. If you don't make some achievements for me..."

As he spoke, Zhang Xiong glanced at the ruler hanging on the shelf in his study.

"Understand?"

Zhang Ping followed his father's gaze and shuddered when he saw the familiar prop, and quickly replied.

"Understand!"

With the help of the Mirage Pearl, Zhang Ping completed the steps to enter the Tao that night and quickly stabilized his own cultivation.

In line with the principle of doing it all at once, Zhang Xiong directly suggested that Zhang Wei give his son some strength. As a result, Zhang Ping lived a life of pain and happiness for a long time afterwards.

What makes him happy is that the sense of increasing power brought by cultivating immortals makes him unable to stop. The positive feedback of improving his cultivation every time he practices is much more interesting than reading!
But Zhang Wei knew that this was mainly due to the spiritual essence of heaven and earth.

Before Zhang Ping breaks through the foundation-building stage, he will not encounter any bottlenecks. He only needs to practice step by step.

As for the pain... Zhang Xiong has now even put family matters aside. He spends half of the day holding a ruler behind his back, watching Zhang Ping practice and study. If he loses concentration for a moment, he will hit him with the ruler, making Zhang Ping grimace in pain.

Facts have proved that your father is still your father after all.

Even if you become an immortal, your father can still suppress you by relying on his bloodline.

In this way, except for delivering the two Moyun Shuttles required by the Temple of Worship to Shan Guangxue, Zhang Wei stayed in the Zhang family to teach Zhang Ping for the rest of the time.

The teaching period lasted for three months. When the snow melted and spring buds emerged, Zhang Wei stopped teaching Zhang Ping and went back to Izumo City to test the wind direction.

At this time, there were still independent cultivators in Yunmeng Lake searching for the whereabouts of King Bei, but there were fewer people. After all, so much time had passed, and there were rumors that the spiritual essence of heaven and earth had been secretly taken away by someone long ago.

But as soon as Zhang Wei came back, he was still questioned by Yunshangzong because he had a relationship with Jiang Shun, who had not reported back to Beichang for a long time.

But they were all fooled by Zhang Wei's excuses.

In fact, Jiang Shun’s long disappearance did not cause much waves in the Izumo Shell Field, because there were also many independent cultivators who disappeared in the market, and only a few of them could have their bodies recovered like Feng Bin.

The spiritual essence of heaven and earth disturbed the water of Yunmeng Lake, causing a group of independent cultivators to take advantage of the troubled waters and engage in robbing and looting. God knows whether Jiang Shun was unlucky enough to be killed?

Only Zhang Wei knew that Jiang Shun was indeed dead, and he buried him personally.

As for the suspicion on Zhang Wei?
Which cultivator would not immediately fuse and break through to the foundation building stage after obtaining the spiritual essence of heaven and earth? Why would he continue to wait after refining the Qi? It couldn't be that he gave the spiritual essence of heaven and earth to others, right?
The disciples of Yunshang Sect never thought that a casual cultivator in the late stage of Qi Refining could withstand the temptation of building a foundation, which allowed Zhang Wei to take advantage of the loophole in his thinking and clear himself of suspicion.

Just like this, another half a month passed. The Yunshang Sect sent hundreds of disciples to search continuously, and finally found the body of King Bei in an underwater cave. Unfortunately, the spiritual essence of heaven and earth that he had nurtured was nowhere to be found.

No one knew how Master Yunqing felt after receiving the news, but the entire Izumo City breathed a sigh of relief. The turmoil caused by the spiritual essence of heaven and earth that had lasted for several months was finally over.

And Zhang Wei returned to Luyang City after the storm was over.

He received news that their Zhang family had finally successfully cultivated the first batch of mealworms!
(End of this chapter)