Xiuxian, I can travel to another world

Chapter 329 Successive Failures
"Master!"

Gu Rusong knelt on the ground, his long, gray hair falling to his sides, his voice filled with desolation and resentment:
"Your disciple has failed."

He cultivated diligently for seventy years, achieving perfect mastery of all nine orifices despite having only one arm. The hardships he endured far exceeded what ordinary people could imagine.

However,

In the end, I still couldn't take that step.

Stopped at the Innate Realm!

"You've done your best. Such is fate; what can you do?" Zhu Ju gently shook his head and sighed.
"Get up."

"..." Gu Rusong's body trembled:

"Thank you Master!"

"Even if the path to enlightenment is hopeless, there is still hope in life, so there's no need to be so dejected." Zhu Ju looked at him and spoke slowly:
"Although you failed to break through this time, your foundation was not damaged. You are a Qi Refiner with all nine orifices at the peak of your cultivation. With the addition of longevity pills, you can live for at least fifty or sixty years if you take good care of yourself."

"Fifty or sixty years..."

"It's still just an ordinary person's life!"

His voice seemed to carry a mysterious power, quietly soothing the resentment in Gu Rusong's heart.

Yes!

I still have fifty or sixty years to live; life is long.

In order to advance to the foundation of the Dao, I have been practicing like an ascetic for the past seventy years, and it is time to make a change.

Marriage, children, enjoying retirement...

It's not too late!
For ordinary people, it is almost impossible to have children at the age of seventy, but for those who cultivate innate Qi, it is no problem at all.

"Master is right." Gu Rusong came to his senses and nodded.

"It is already a great fortune that the disciple's essence and blood have not been lost. Moreover, marrying and having children to continue the bloodline is also a kind of longevity."

"It's good that you understand." Zhu Ju smiled faintly.
"Take a good rest for a while, fix your hair, and my disciple will still be able to attract many female cultivators."

"in addition……"

"You have devoted yourself to cultivation and stayed away from worldly affairs all these years. In the future, you might as well make some contributions to the sect."

"Yes." Gu Rusong bowed.

"I will leave it to Master's arrangements."

"Although the Mingxu Sect is a cultivation sect, it also has many worldly affairs. In a few days, you will be assigned a task as an external affairs steward, to try your hand at sect affairs and exchange information with the surrounding major sects." Zhu Ju took out a token and a storage bag:

"Communicating with people more can also help you forget your distractions. Here, take these things and try a new life."

“…Yes.” Gu Rusong replied respectfully, accepting the gift with a dejected expression on his lowered face.

You keep saying you're letting go and starting a new life, but how can you really let go all at once?

after all.

This is a seventy-year-old obsession!
But what can be done now that things have come to this?
Gu Rusong sighed inwardly, suppressed the distracting thoughts in his mind, and bowed to take his leave after asking for instructions.

For the first seventy years of his life, he devoted himself to spiritual practice.

In the next fifty or sixty years, it's time to change the way we live.

…………

Two years later.

Xu Hanzhi knelt down in the main hall of the sect.

"metropolitan!"

"Uncle Zhu".

His face was deathly pale, his breath weak, and he spoke feebly:
"Your disciple has failed."

"Hmph!" Zhu Ju snorted coldly.
"If you cultivate diligently, with your talent, comprehension, and the support of the sect, you have a high chance of advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage."

"But look at you..."

What are your plans for the future?

“Junior…” Xu Hanzhi gritted his teeth and said in a muffled voice:

"I have no hope for the path of cultivation. From now on, I am willing to serve the sect wholeheartedly and handle various tasks."

"Very well!" Pei Jingque sighed softly.

"It's come to this point, there's no point in saying more."

"Hanzhi, you have a great talent for brewing wine. What do you think, junior brother, about continuing to be in charge of spirit wine matters?"

"..." Zhu Ju remained silent for a moment before slowly nodding:
"Can!"

"Thank you, Sect Master! Thank you, Senior Uncle Zhu!" Xu Hanzhi was overjoyed and quickly kowtowed.
"This disciple will certainly live up to the sect's expectations and brew the spirit wine well, so that the spirit wine of our Mingxu Sect will become famous throughout the world."

"That won't be necessary." Pei Jingque shook his head.

"A tall tree catches the wind, but that's fine for now. We just need to stabilize the trade routes and brew more high-quality spirit wine."

"Yes." Xu Hanzhi nodded.

"The disciple understands."

"Disciple retire!"

Watching Xu Hanzhi's figure disappear into the distance, Shui Qianning sighed helplessly:

"Why doesn't Junior Brother Xu understand? Uncle Zhu's reprimand was to give him hope and let him try again."

"Given Junior Brother Xu's age, and considering that his breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Realm did not damage his foundation, he can certainly try again."

"Never mind." Zhu Ju's voice was icy.
"His ambitions lie elsewhere, no need to say more!"

Spiritual practice is ultimately a personal matter; no matter how much outsiders try to persuade you, it will not be of much use.

Xu Hanzhi has no interest in cultivation, so how could anyone take his place?

"Yes." Pei Jingque nodded.

"Hanzhi has been lazy since he was a child. Only by giving him a beating will he know to move forward. If he is not punished for a period of time, he will cheat and shirk his duties again. It is difficult for someone with this kind of personality to achieve great things."

"Since he likes alcohol, let him keep it company!"

Zhu Ju nodded slowly.

His disciple, Gu Rusong, was devoted to the pursuit of Tao, but unfortunately, he lacked the talent and after seventy years of arduous cultivation, he could only reach the Innate Realm.

Xu Hanzhi possessed astonishing talent, comparable to an innate Dao body, but his lazy nature prevented him from establishing a Dao foundation.

They didn't even have the thought of trying again.

The Great Way...

How unfair!

"Sigh!" Shui Qianning sighed softly.

"Since Junior Brother Ji achieved the Dao Foundation, several junior brothers have tried to break through in recent years. The most promising ones are Junior Brother Xu and Junior Brother Gu Rusong, a disciple of Uncle Zhu, but unfortunately none of them have succeeded."

"Those of my generation..."

"There is not much hope left."

Among the current second-generation disciples, Zhu Ju's 'little apprentice' Xi Youyue is the youngest, but she is already in her early forties. The others are mostly six or seven years old, or even eighty or ninety, and have no hope of achieving the Dao Foundation.

The third generation of disciples is still a long way off.

Within ten years,
It is highly unlikely that the Mingxu Sect will produce any Dao Foundation cultivators.

Pei Jingque also sighed.

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Cave quiet room.

"call……"

Zhu Juchang exhaled turbid air and slowly finished his practice.

Sensing the abundant true energy flowing within his body, a smile involuntarily appeared on his face.

Since advancing to the mid-stage of the Foundation Establishment realm, he has never stopped cultivating.

Even when it was necessary to set up formations and temper the sword intent, there was never a moment of relaxation.

Now, twenty years have passed.

With the blessing of his external avatar 'Sun Wukong' and the consumption of numerous elixirs, he estimated that his current cultivation progress was comparable to sixty years of arduous training, and that advancing to the late stage of the Dao Foundation stage was just around the corner.

"Twenty more years..."

"He should be able to reach the late stage of the Dao Foundation stage."

In forty years, he advanced from the mid-stage of the Dao Foundation to the late-stage of the Dao Foundation. Such progress is truly remarkable.

Even the innate Dao body cannot compare to it.

But it makes sense.

After all, simply transforming into 'Sun Wukong' would provide him with forty years of cultivation.

With the help of elixirs...

It's said to be forty years, but in reality, one could accumulate over a hundred years of cultivation. It would be unreasonable not to have reached the late stage of the Dao Foundation stage.

"At this rate of progress, even a demonic cultivator who has made rapid progress in cultivation would probably not be able to do much more."

After stretching his limbs, Zhu Ju stepped out of the cave.

"Master!"

Xi Youyue was already waiting at the door.

"Yeah." Zhu Ju nodded:
"Is something wrong?"

"Master," Xi Youyue hesitated for a moment before speaking:

"I heard that the Void Rift Secret Realm is about to open, and Master is looking for suitable candidates to go in and explore."

"Yes." Zhu Ju nodded:
Do you have a suitable candidate?

“…” Xi Youyue spoke slowly:
"This disciple wishes to go."

"Nonsense!" Zhu Ju's face darkened.
"What does this have to do with you?"

Xi Youyue's talent was mediocre, but with a wealthy master like Zhu Ju, her cultivation progress was not slow.

Forty years old.

The seven innate orifices.

At the current pace, it shouldn't be a problem for him to develop the nine innate orifices by the age of fifty.

At fifty, when one is at the peak of their physical and mental energy, they have a 20% greater chance of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage compared to sixty.

Besides, she was a core disciple of the Mingxu Sect, so there was no need for her to covet the benefits of the secret realm.

"Pfft!"

Xi Youyue suddenly knelt down on the ground:
"Master!"

"I want to go inside and find my brother."

"Xi Chen is dead." Zhu Ju frowned.
"Even if he missed the chance to return back then for some reason, more than 20 years have passed, how could he have survived in that dangerous secret realm for so long?"

"I believe my brother isn't dead; he's in the secret realm." Xi Youyue looked up, her face filled with longing.
"Please, Master, let me enter the secret realm. Even if my brother really died inside, I must see his remains with my own eyes before I am at peace."

"Bones?" Zhu Ju snorted coldly, flicking his sleeves and leaping into the air, completely ignoring Xi Youyue's intentions.
"They're probably long gone, their bodies reduced to ashes!"

…………

Today, the six Dao Foundation Masters of the Mingxu Sect have gathered together.

Liu Huang'er stood in the center of the main hall, using her spiritual light to conjure several terrain features in the area, and introduced them:
"Qingfeng and I have been investigating near the Void Rift for many years and have found four places that can serve as the sect's headquarters."

"They are Cold Moon Valley..."

"This place is not far from the new headquarters of the Hundred Flowers Sect. There is Xuan Sha Qi gathering underground, which is suitable for sect disciples to cultivate the Earth Sha Heart Method."

"And here, it's a nearby ley line node, making it even more convenient to set up formations."

"..."

"Senior Sister." After the introductions were completed, Liu Huang'er spoke:
"Currently, many sects want to relocate to the vicinity of the Void Rift. We'd better decide on a location as soon as possible, otherwise suitable places may be occupied by others in advance."

"Hmm." Pei Jingque nodded slowly, looking at the others in the room:

"What do you think?"

"I think Cold Moon Valley is quite nice," Shui Qianning said.
"Nearly half of the sect's disciples cultivate the Earthly Fiend Profound Technique, making this kind of place even more suitable for their cultivation."

"Junior Brother Zhu?"

"I'm optimistic about the last place," Zhu Judao said.

"Safety."

Safety?

Pei Jingque looked thoughtfully at the last spot.

It was extremely close to the abyss region, a long and narrow mountain with spatial rifts around it that could cut through everything.

"If we make this place our sect's headquarters, it will be inconvenient to go out," Ji Mingxi said, shaking her head.
"I feel this is inappropriate."

"Otherwise," Zhai Qingfeng said.
"This place is also a ley line node, rich in spiritual energy. If it is set up as a sect's base, it can be self-sufficient."

"and……"

"Our formation can cover the spatial rifts nearby. If anyone tries to attack, they will definitely suffer."

"Even a Golden Core Grandmaster would have to give way when faced with a spatial rift."

He approved of Zhu Ju.

As a rogue cultivator in the Ten Thousand Mountains, Zhai Qingfeng values ​​safety above all else, with everything else being secondary.

Pei Jingque nodded slowly.

Relocating a sect is a major event, and determining its location requires even greater care.

However, Liu Huang'er suggested that they take some disciples to the vicinity of the Abyss first to secure a place.

after all.

The Void Rift Realm is about to open, but this process will take one or two years, and it's unknown how much longer it will be delayed.

When Zhu Ju returned to his cave, Xi Youyue was still kneeling at the entrance, seemingly determined to go.
(End of this chapter)