Shennong Sequence

"Ugh!"

After Zhao Yun finished packing up his junior sister's last few belongings, he also walked out of the house and turned to look at the small mountain peak.

The mountains were shrouded in mist, and fragmented memories of his time with his junior sister Wang Tian lingered among the grass and trees. He was filled with mixed emotions, but could only let out a heavy sigh.

The path to enlightenment is inherently like this; how can it always be smooth and easy?
This is one of the many difficulties in practicing the old methods—there is no 100% success in seeking the Tao.

Every step of your cultivation journey from now on is fraught with uncertainty and could potentially lead to its end.

In the new sequence method, apart from the initial entry level, as long as you steadily follow the steps of each sequence advancement, meet the advancement conditions, and are not interfered with by external factors, you can basically be guaranteed to advance successfully.

“Young Master, you don’t seem happy,” Xin Ruyin said softly, her tone filled with concern.

"I do feel somewhat disappointed."

Zhao Yun's voice was low and deep, "Since coming to this era, I haven't made many friends. You and I have always been focused on cultivation. Now, my junior sister has suffered a Dao injury that cannot be healed due to a major breakthrough in her cultivation realm. I feel a little bad about it."

"She spent her life, at least, on her own path of seeking the truth, but I don't even know how I'll walk my own path in the future—"

I heard you say before that I was born from a bundle of luck, and that I might suffer a calamity because of it in the future.
"At that time, I truly wonder if you, my lord, will be heartbroken for me?"

As Xin Ruyin spoke, she picked up Zhao Yun and leaned into his arms.

Zhao Yun patted Xin Ruyin on the shoulder, "Once we get back, you can leave the Great Zhou Dynasty."

Then, they would travel along the border to the southern Xinjiang or the western regions, far away from these places where Confucianism flourished, and slowly cultivate themselves elsewhere.

Or, I could send you to the Spring God Temple for training...

And as long as you avoid the powerful Confucian school, they won't have a chance to control you, so don't worry!
Moreover, when Master Longze takes the final step and ascends to immortality, he will be able to provide us with an even greater protective umbrella!

"Okay, I'll listen to you, sir."

Xin Ruyin nodded gently.

Among the many disciples in the past, that seemingly cold and aloof genius of the Beast Clan, with an aura of icy demeanor...
Standing beside Zhao Yun, he completely shed his tough exterior, revealing his worry and tender side without reservation.

Another year has passed.
It slips away quietly without us even realizing it.
Throughout the year, Zhao Yun and the Gao family's shop across the street were constantly at odds and locked in a fierce rivalry.
Often, just as Zhao Yun's side finished offering a discount, the Gao family would try to back up their prices with even higher wealth, and then follow suit by lowering their prices to suppress Zhao Yun's business!
However, after all the discounting and haggling, Zhao Yun won't lose money anyway; at most, his output might be a little lower when he occasionally runs out of mana.

But the Gao family followed suit and desperately lowered their prices, resulting in significant losses...

At the height of the conflict, it even alarmed the sect's law enforcement team, who came to investigate.

However, in the cultivation world, buying and selling is based on the principle that "whoever owns the goods can sell them however they want," and sects do not stipulate a uniform price for all items.

Often, after a little fuss, the matter just fizzles out...

In addition, the verdict for Gao Huan, the man who impersonated Gao Huan, has also been announced:
However, he only compensated Zhao Yun with ten top-grade spirit stones, but gave the sect a hundred top-grade spirit stones as compensation, and finally imprisoned him for fifty years!

And so, the matter passed by uneventfully...

Zhao Yun was furious but helpless. During this year, Zhao Yun's shop, despite its ongoing conflict with the Gao family, never went out of business and earned a reputation among the many cultivators in the Immortal City for "affordable goods and tough stance against powerful families".

Subsequently, Zhao Yun used the various supplies circulating in the shop to extract a trace of spiritual energy from the extraordinary spiritual materials each time he passed them around, which was extremely convenient!
And you don't have to spend much money...

Gradually, as the spiritual energy accumulated, Zhao Yun was able to quickly cultivate the yellow sprout to the point where it had grown three leaves!
In this way, the cultivation of this yellow-bud medicinal herb is almost complete.

As for what lies ahead, there are two options:

Either go to the spiritual world and seek the spiritual treasures to nourish the Yellow Sprout Medicine, allowing it to transform into the Yellow Sprout Heavenly Medicine!

This process enhances the quality of the yellow buds, ultimately refining them into 'golden liquid' and condensing 'golden elixir'!
If one does not wish to venture into the spiritual world or lacks sufficient strength, then the Yellow Sprout Medicine at this moment is enough to condense 'Jade Liquid' and refine a 'True Pill,' thus enabling one to step into the Core Formation realm!
Furthermore, this spiritual world is not so easy to enter.

And in the future world, even though Zhao Yun had reached the position of Deputy Supervisor of a province, he had never entered the spiritual world.

Even if one has established a foundation in the Great Dao, this energy of countless ages still cannot enter the spiritual world.

Even when Zhao Yun asked Xin Ruyin about her situation, Xin Ruyin had never entered the spiritual world before.

However, Xin Ruyin knew how to enter the spiritual world:
Within the sect, there is a special Ascension Platform. By using the Ascension Platform, one can seek an opportunity to enter the spiritual world.

Moreover, in recent decades, a "grand gathering of the gods" has been held within the spiritual world.

That was a place where many opportunities converged...

Unfortunately, the Imperial Dao Sect had already begun its century-long ban on Xin Ruyin and her group when they first arrived here!
And the level of restriction imposed by immortal sects when they seal off their mountains:
Not only the infinite earth of the material world, the high heavens above, but even the surrounding spacetime, the ascension channels to the lower realm, and even all the entrances to the spiritual world are within the closed area!

Therefore, even with her incredible luck, Xin Ruyin was unable to enter the spiritual world under these circumstances, nor could she transform the Yellow Sprout Medicine into the Yellow Sprout Heavenly Medicine!

As for Zhao Yun, he naturally had no way to break through the sect's immortal formation on his own and go to the spiritual world to collect creation.

Therefore, this situation can be considered a regret for Zhao Yun in the process of cultivating the Yellow Sprout Heavenly Medicine!

However, Xin Ruyin had already explored the path of cultivation after the Foundation Establishment stage.

One thing is certain: a hundred years is simply not enough time to climb from the Foundation Establishment stage of the Great Dao all the way to the Golden Core stage!

Even those who did exist were all unparalleled geniuses who left their mark on history.

This is something that cannot be achieved under the current circumstances, where sects are closed off and many resources must be sought from outside.

So Zhao Yun was out of options.
To advance to a higher level, one can only use ordinary yellow sprout medicine to refine the foundation.
However, Zhao Yun considered that after returning to the future world, the old methods would not have completely disappeared and could still be cultivated!

When the time comes, one can create an avatar, completely transferring the old Dharma system to the avatar and separating it from the new Dharma system of the original body... This way, one can continue cultivating.

We will not waste this moment, this still perfect foundation-building cultivation!

So after some thought, Zhao Yun decided to simply stay at the 'Nurturing Yellow Sprouts' stage for the time being, and not try to break through to a higher level with such a weak foundation. (End of Chapter)