I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 514 Untitled
The cultivators who entered the Kunlun Secret Realm were thrown to the ground, including the Nascent Soul cultivators. After being teleported, they had difficulty stabilizing themselves, as if they had been slapped in the face, and staggered before they could stand up.

"Strange, why does the will of the secret realm seem so unhappy?"

Not only that, after entering the secret realm, they were teleported to the outside of the octagonal tower. The Kunlun Immortal Mountain, which was originally full of magnificent palaces and misty clouds, was now dark and gloomy, with lightning and thunder, and howling winds like ghosts.

Among the group of Golden Core cultivators, Shen Puning, holding the precious pearl, couldn't help but shrink closer to Xin Wushuang.

"Wushuang, have we come to the wrong place? Is this really the Kunlun Secret Realm? Or the Underworld?"

Xin Wushuang frowned and shook her head, "I'm not... sure either."

Shang Shixu affirmed, "We haven't gone the wrong way; perhaps this is just a normal weather change."

Zhao Cangyun drew his sword. "Stop talking nonsense and get into the tower."

When Zhao Cangyun saw Liu Taozhi and several female sword cultivators from the Qingwei Sword Sect teleport in behind them, he felt a surge of crisis and, disregarding everyone else, ran straight into the tower.

The others quickly followed, feeling that this trial would be very dangerous.

……

While everyone was fighting in the Kunlun Secret Realm, Jiang Yi quietly left and returned to Yunmiao Peak of Lingxu Sword Sect.

Jiang Yi saw Liu Fufeng fishing by the lake at the foot of the mountain. He had won the championship in the Nascent Soul stage sword ranking competition last time, but he didn't participate this time, saying it was not interesting.

Jiang Yi learned from Liu Fufeng that her grandmaster Jiang Yunye had participated in the competition for the Nascent Soul stage sword ranking, while Songtao Sword Venerable and Lieqiong Sword Venerable had gone to sea to assist the Xiling Buddhist cultivators in setting up the 'Sea-Stabilizing Formation' and would not participate in the competition.

Jiang Yi could only say, "Master is really clever!"
The trials for the Nascent Soul and Deity Transformation stages are similar to those for the Golden Core stage, except that the difficulty of passing the trials is increased and the focus is different.

There were still not many people on Yunmiao Peak. Jiang Yi felt lost and had nowhere to go, so she simply sat down next to Liu Fufeng and watched him fish.

Seeing this, Liu Fufeng smiled, handed her a fishing rod, and told her to give it a try.

Jiang Yi imitated Liu Fufeng by baiting her hook and casting her line. This was the first time she had ever fished in her over 100 years of life.

When the topic of age came up, Jiang Yi secretly contacted Zhu Xin, asking him to calculate how old she was.

Zhu Xin was probably speechless with anger at Jiang Yi, and after a moment he started cursing and swearing at Jiang Yi.

"Your memory has gone to waste. I'm not your father. Why do you need me to calculate your age? If you take into account the time you spent retraining, you'll form a Heavenly Grade Golden Core at sixty-nine and join the Lingxu Sword Sect the following July."

"At the end of the same year, Sword Tomb went into seclusion for ten years. After emerging from seclusion, his cultivation reached the mid-stage of Golden Core. On the first day of the first month of the year Yi Si, at the age of eighty, he participated in the Kunlun Secret Realm Trial for the first time, won the top spot on the three lists, and left his name on the Dao Stele."

"You entered the Thunder Pool Secret Realm in the year of Wushen, and after returning to the sect, you secluded yourself for twenty-six years, breaking through to the late stage of the Golden Core realm. Today is the first day of the first month of the year of Yihai, and you are only one month away from turning one hundred and twenty years old, old man!"

Jiang Yi praised inwardly, "As expected of you, with you here, why should I bother with all this brainpower?"

"Thank you so much!"

Jiang Yi smiled. At 120 years old, she had cultivated to the late stage of the Golden Core realm. With her three spiritual roots, if she hadn't started cultivating again, she would have reached the late stage of the Golden Core realm by now, having formed her core at 49.

But back then it was a high-grade golden pill, now it's a heavenly-grade golden pill, the difference is still quite big.

In the Eastern Continent, as long as one's aptitude isn't too bad, and there's the support of a sect's resources, and one works hard, half of them can reach the Nascent Soul stage around the age of 150.

A very small number of exceptionally talented individuals can successfully form their Nascent Soul at around 100 years old. Jiang Yi had inquired and learned that there were seven such geniuses in the history of the Lingxu Sword Sect, and Daoist Chonghe was one of them, having formed his Nascent Soul at the age of ninety-nine.

That talent is truly enviable.

"What makes you laugh?" Liu Fufeng suddenly asked Jiang Yi.

Jiang Yi smiled and shook her head. "It's nothing. I just thought that I'm not far from reaching the Nascent Soul stage, so I'm asking if I may ask when Uncle Liu reached the Nascent Soul stage?"

The shadows of the trees swayed, and Liu Fufeng took off her sun hat, holding a fishing rod in one hand and rolling up her trousers leg higher with the other.

"I don't remember, it was a long time ago."

Jiang Yi nodded slightly. "Alright, the people of Liuyun Pavilion are all like her, free-spirited and don't care about these trivial matters."

"Is Uncle Liu about to reach the Nascent Soul stage?" Thirty years ago, when Liu Fufeng participated in the Sword Dao Heaven Ranking competition, he was already in the late Nascent Soul stage. His aura was always extremely restrained, and people who didn't know him would even think he was a mortal.

Liu Fufeng maintained her nonchalant attitude, "I don't know, it should be soon."

Wow!

A soft murmur on the water's surface; Liu Fufeng slowly lifted the fishing rod, the empty hook emerging from the water, only bringing up a few strings of glistening water droplets.

He didn't care at all, casting the rod into the water again with fluid movements.

Jiang Yi asked curiously, "Why does Uncle Liu like fishing so much?"

The light and shadow of the fishing float dancing in her eyes mirrored the unease she had felt over the past few years as she needed to shatter her lazy roots in order to fully integrate her divine soul and golden core.

"When you cast your line, you have no idea whether you're going to catch a fish or a shrimp, a piece of dry twig, or just be disappointed."

Liu Fufeng's voice was calm, carrying a sense of detachment from worldly affairs.

"If there are fish, I'm naturally happy. If there aren't... well, then I'll wait, wait for the next cast, wait for the next moment, wait for that ever-present possibility of the hook being pulled out of the water. The wonder of the universe lies in the 'unknown'."

"I'm not bragging, but for your uncle-master, the top spot on the Heavenly Ranking, which those sword cultivators dream of, is just a piece of cake. At my level of cultivation, there are many things in this world that I can get a decent result if I want them."

"This sense of control is indeed comforting and reassuring at first, but after a while, you can see the whole story clearly, and it gets quite boring. Fishing is much better; it keeps my heart racing, isn't that exciting?"

Liu Fufeng turned to look at Jiang Yi, probably realizing what she was struggling with. Many people fear the moment their core shatters before they reach the Nascent Soul stage.

When he was trying to break through to the Nascent Soul realm, he was also filled with anxiety because of the shattering of his core.

Because there is only one chance, if the Golden Core is shattered, one can only try to form the Nascent Soul in one go. If one fails, the Golden Core cannot be rebuilt.

Unlike the Foundation Establishment stage, where you can take another Foundation Establishment Pill and try again if you fail the first time.

"The Golden Elixir is the foundation of the Great Dao. With a solid foundation, you stand more firmly and can accumulate more power. But you can't stay stagnant forever. Once you have accumulated enough power, you must personally break through the foundation beneath your feet and continue on your journey. The Dao of Heaven is constant and orderly, like the water flowing in this pool, naturally surging forward."

"Abandoning a 'root' may seem like removing your foundation, but in reality, it's severing the vines in your heart, allowing you to break free from dependence and truly grow. If you hold onto some things too tightly, you'll miss the joy of a gentle breeze passing through the forest. Fear breeds inner demons, and inner demons only ever gnaw at those who stagnate."

Jiang Yi smiled. The people of Liuyun Pavilion are all a group of cultivators with great wisdom.

Suddenly, ripples spread across the surface of the pond. She looked at the float bobbing gently with the waves, trying to calm her mind and re-examine her journey of cultivating Lazy Root.

Lazy Root was ultimately an external thing to her, something that belonged to someone else. It brought her innate source energy, repaired her broken body and soul, and also repaired Hua Gu's initially broken demon seed. Later, it helped her improve everyone's demon seed aptitude.

The corresponding "Sleeping Immortal Technique" made her cultivation twice as effective with half the effort, but this is not the only reason why she has come this far.

Wow!

Jiang Yi lifted her fishing rod, and a silver fish, still wet with water droplets, was pulled out of the water by her.

After a moment's thought, Jiang Yi waved his hand, cut the fishing line, and let the fish return to the lake.

She put down her fishing rod, stood up, and bowed to Liu Fufeng.

"Thank you for your guidance, Uncle Liu. I'll head back now."

After saying that, Jiang Yi took one last look at the lake, which seemed to harbor countless fish, and then turned and walked towards the mountaintop.

Her worries and fears remained, and were not dispelled by Liu Fufeng's words. She also had the courage to start over after a failure.

She's so lazy she's unwilling to change.

Cultivation is for the sake of freedom, but what is freedom for?
Of course, it's about having fun!

Cultivation that can be seen to its end is indeed boring. By shattering the root of intention left to her by the Lazy Immortal, she can cultivate her own root of intention that is more in line with her state of mind.

That's what makes it interesting!

(End of this chapter)