Cultivation begins with separation.

Chapter 8: Heaven and Earth Ring

On this day, Yi Hao went to Xia County.

There are more than three hundred Yi family cultivators and more than eight hundred mortals in Zijin Mountain.

Only a small number of people who have close relationships with Yi Liang and his two companions and Yi De have become management with relatively high incomes.

Most of it is no different from life before.

The spiritual farmer should still do his work, and the spiritual plant husband should still take care of the spiritual plants.

Fortunately, ever since the mountain protection formation was opened, the management of the Yi family's lower-level cultivators has been relaxed. This is because the mountain protection formation itself has a recording function, and there are basically cameras at all resource points on the mountain, so there is no need to worry about someone stealing from the mountain.

Therefore, whether they are immortal cultivators or mortals in Zijin Mountain, they can leave the mountain at any time.

Yi Hao's departure did not attract anyone's attention.

Yi Hao rode an ordinary horse towards the county town. As he ran, he controlled the horse to run away from the main road and ran into the wilderness.

In these places where there are no spiritual veins, the Immortal Dynasty will not place patrol instruments.

At the foot of a small barren hill, Yi Haole stopped his horse, looked around vigilantly for a while, and suddenly spoke,
"Senior, this place should be safe now."

There was no one around, and if someone saw him, they would probably think Yi Hao was a madman.

But Yi Hao just looked at the ring on his right hand nervously.

The ring glowed with light, and suddenly a voice sounded in Yi Hao's mind.

"Finally left that formation."

Yi Hao asked,

"Senior, you didn't have any reservations when you communicated with me before?"

Yi Hao was puzzled. He had only obtained this ring a month ago. Under the guidance of the ring spirit, he modified his skills to become a powerful martial artist. He thought he would rise to prominence.

Unexpectedly, half a month ago, the spirit of the ring suddenly sent a message saying that they needed to leave the Purple Gold Mountain formation in order to communicate. This made him nervous for a while, and he thought he had been discovered by Yi Dong.

If he was discovered by Yi Dong, he had no doubt that Yi Dong would kill him.

Although he was a little panicked at first, reason prevailed after the panic.

He knew that if he fled Purple Mountain in a hurry.

Yi Dong has ten thousand ways to catch him.

For example, if he reported the theft of a spiritual medicine and asked the patrolling monks to arrest him, he would basically have no choice but to surrender quickly.

The magic of the fairyland can track the breath of magic power and even the breath of soul. As long as the investigation starts from Zijin Mountain, he will be caught no matter where he goes.

Every time the Immortal Emperor of Qiantian Xiuxian Kingdom changes, it is a cycle of a thousand years.

Every time the Immortal Emperor rotates, there will be great changes in the country. The changes are so great that even the country’s name will be changed, and the country’s name will be directly named after the Taoist name of the new Immortal Emperor.

It is now the 861st year of Qiantian, and the term of office is about to change. The law enforcement in the fairyland has been tightened. Yi Hao has no confidence in escaping the fairyland's search, so he can only stay stable for the time being and continue to stay in Zijin Mountain.

Of course, maybe Yi Dong would ignore a small figure like him and would not issue a wanted order for him, but Yi Hao, who could already foresee a bright future, did not dare to gamble at all.

It was not until half a month later that I was able to register with the Lingtian Deacon's Office to go out.

“Kid, it’s not that I don’t want to contact you, but the situation has changed.

In the past, I could do whatever I wanted thanks to the Purple Cloud Immortal Apricot. However, who could have thought that your brother, who was only a Qi-refining expert, could refine the fifth-rank spiritual plant Purple Cloud Immortal Apricot into his life-long possession. Although the Purple Cloud Immortal Apricot is still in its seedling stage now, it still scared me.

If I hadn't been cautious, the Tiandi Qiankun Ring would have changed hands long ago.

In the past, when you told me about Jin Xiu, I ignored you.

It was not until your brother refined the Purple Cloud Fairy Apricot into a life-saving item that I realized that the world has really changed.

Who could have thought that the cultivation tradition of tens of millions of years could be overturned in just a hundred thousand years.

What on earth happened a hundred thousand years ago that changed the entire world of immortal cultivation?"

“Senior, that’s not right, when I first met you, didn’t you say there were many immortal cultivation worlds?
For example, the Jiannan Immortal Cultivation World, the Beiyuan Immortal Cultivation World, the Tianzhu Immortal Cultivation World, and so on.

The environment in our world of immortal cultivation has changed, but if you go to another world of immortal cultivation, the environment may still be familiar to you."

"Boy, you still don't understand. There are eight hundred states in Qiantian. Haven't you thought of anything about the names of those states?"

Yi Hao suddenly thought of the fairyland history he had read, which seemed to include Jiannan Province, Beiyuan Province, and so on.

Suddenly, Yi Hao's body trembled slightly.
"Senior, what do you mean?"

“That’s right, the Tiandu Spirit Realm is basically under the rule of the Qiantian Cultivation Kingdom.

This is also what puzzles me. The Tiandu Spiritual Realm is an extremely powerful spiritual realm. It has even repelled invasions from the immortal realm and the demon realm. There are endless instances of people transforming into gods and returning to the void. The Tiandu Spiritual Realm is the best among all the spiritual realms and was even once called the small immortal realm.

How could such a powerful world be unified by the human race? Where did those demons go? "Yi Hao didn't care about the affairs of the fairyland, he only cared about his own path.

I couldn't help but ask nervously,
"In this case, can't I find a place to slowly become stronger?"

After a moment of silence, the Ringwraith said,
"I can't help it. The whole world is basically under the supervision of the Immortal Kingdom. All the famous mountains and rivers have owners. Moreover, if you suddenly improve your cultivation, you will most likely be arrested by the Immortal Officials for questioning. I have to find another way.

Well, you don’t need to practice the “Heaven and Earth Qiankun Gong” anymore. If the information I got at Purple Gold Mountain is correct, the Dao Dan and Dao Yuanying of the Immortal Kingdom may be stronger than the Shenhua and Fanxu of the ancient cultivators.

Every generation of Qiankun Taoists are famous people in the Tiandu Spirit Realm. The Heaven and Earth Qiankun Gong can only be cultivated to the point of returning to the void. Even if you successfully cultivate to the point of returning to the void, what is the use if you are rubbed by the Dao Yuanying of the Immortal Kingdom? I can't afford to lose face."

"What should I do?"

Yi Hao's heart was in turmoil.

Ancient cultivation techniques are worthless in this era. That only refers to techniques that can be cultivated to the foundation-building stage. If you are not from an aristocratic family, you may not be able to access techniques that can be cultivated to the golden elixir stage.

Before coming into contact with the Heaven and Earth Stage, in Yi Hao's impression, the Nascent Soul Stage that only existed in rumors was the strongest in the world. Who would have thought that above the Nascent Soul Stage there were the Spirit Transformation Stage and the Return to Void Stage.

This was not even recorded in the history books of the Immortal Kingdom, at least not in the history books he had read.

Yi Hao was extremely surprised to be able to obtain the "Heaven and Earth Universe Gong", a martial art that directly aims to return to the void.

Of course, it’s not that he doesn’t want to become a Jin Xiu, but after half a month, through communicating with the immortal cultivators in Zijin Mountain, he found that it is basically impossible to become a Jin Xiu. If he wants to become a Jin Xiu, entering the Taoist temple is the best way.

To enter the Taoist temple, spiritual roots are not the key; the key is that there are no vacancies.

Theoretically, as long as there are places in the Taoist temple, people with five spiritual roots can also enter the Taoist temple.

Unfortunately, a place in the Taoist temple cannot be bought with spirit stones.

Because there is a crime of unknown source of property in the laws of the fairyland.

A weakling like Yi Hao, whose foundation is no different from that of a casual cultivator, unexpectedly obtains a huge fortune. However, what awaits him is not a happy future, but a fate of being eaten up by others.

The laws of the fairyland are strict, but as long as the people enforcing the laws are humans, the law of the jungle will be an eternal theorem.

Only those with connections and a large amount of legally acquired property could possibly join the Taoist temple.

Aristocratic families would exchange their places in the Taoist temple with other aristocratic families, because they are of the same class and thus have the possibility of communication.

However, many noble families would rather leave the places in the Taoist temples vacant than sell them to independent cultivators in exchange for a large number of spirit stones. It is a secular concept to flatter the powerful and bully the weak.

“Since the Heaven and Earth Universe Art is outdated, let’s research and develop a new version of the Heaven and Earth Universe Art.

Go join the Taoist temple. Now you have a chance, and that is your brother Zijinshan."

“Yi Dong?
That's impossible. He even sold his place in the Taoist Academy and has fallen out with the Yi family. If you want to get a place from him, you might as well go back to the Yi family and ask my cheap father for help."

“Returning to the Yi family is indeed a way, but your Heaven and Earth Body has not awakened, and only three spiritual roots are revealed. Do you think the Yi family will help you get a place?
Your brother is different. He has not enough spirit stones to practice the current technique.

Moreover, if his Purple Cloud Fairy Apricot wants to truly transform, it will also need three key spiritual objects, namely Purple Light Spirit Gold, Nine Heavens Purple Qi, and Nine Nether Mica. These three spiritual objects are all in the Heaven and Earth Ring. If he wants to get them from the outside world, I am afraid it will be impossible without the cultivation of the Great Dao Golden Pill, because such precious spiritual objects will basically not flow out of the Fairyland, at least you small families can't get them. "

Thinking that a fifth-level spiritual plant was obtained by Yi Dong, whom he had always disliked, Yi Hao felt so distressed that he couldn't breathe.

"Can't you take back the Purple Cloud Fairy Apricot and secretly replace it with another apricot tree?"

"Foolish, that Purple Cloud Fairy Apricot has been refined by Yi Dong into a life-giving object. Not to mention you, even if it's the Patriarch of your Yi family, if you touch it, he will activate the formation and kill you to pieces.

Do you really think the laws of the fairyland are so fair?
Given your and Yi Dong's status, even if he kills you a thousand times, the law will still be on his side.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that those powerful immortal cultivators seem to be abiding by the law. That’s because low-level cultivators like you are not worth breaking the law for. If you really touch their pain points, they will find countless evidences to prove how you deserve to die.”

There was a reason why the Ringwraiths were angry. Although Yi Dong had interrupted his studies at the Taoist academy after three years, he still had many classmates in the academy. Most of those classmates were from aristocratic families. As long as they did not commit any serious crimes and paid some price, they could be acquitted through his classmates.

The Ringwraiths have existed for tens of millions of years, and their understanding of the laws of the fairy kingdom is far deeper than Yi Hao's.

Seeing Yi Hao’s unwilling look.

The Ringwraith said:

"There are countless natural treasures in the Heaven and Earth Stage, what is the Purple Cloud Fairy Apricot?
Besides, when you have enough cultivation and your status has been raised, it won’t be a big deal to take back the Purple Cloud Fairy Apricot from Yi Dong.”

Hearing this, Yi Hao felt slightly relieved.

"But what about the safety issue?"

“It doesn’t matter. If you are not a Heaven and Earth Body, you cannot open the Heaven and Earth Ring.

You just have to.."

After the explanation, Yi Hao felt a little relieved.

So, Yi Hao went for a walk around the county town and then returned to Zijin Mountain.

It was not until ten days later that Yi Hao was summoned by Yi Dong through Yi Fu's relationship.

(End of this chapter)