Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 318 Spring God Sacrifice to the Farmers
Inside the secluded room, a faint scent of incense filled the air.

"The Thousand Vine Binding Spirit Scripture is a legacy left behind by the Yue people. It is a second-tier inheritance with a complete foundation of the Dao and even contains some third-tier mysteries. If cultivated to its peak, it may be possible to advance to the Purple Mansion based on it."

"This lineage focuses on cultivating wood energy and is good at nurturing life force. Its most mysterious aspect is that it can cultivate a companion spiritual plant to assist one's cultivation. If one has the opportunity to obtain a high-quality companion spiritual vine, even if one's aptitude is poor, one's cultivation speed will not be too slow."

"To some extent, this method can improve a cultivator's aptitude and is quite useful in the early stages of cultivation. Of course, suitable companion spirit vines are not easy to find, and cultivating them is even more difficult."

Jiang Chen's gaze fell on the Taoist book held in the left hand of the Spring God statue, and various thoughts flashed through his mind.

"According to the records passed down by the Qingmu family, the Thousand Vine Binding Spirit Scripture is not actually the core inheritance of the Shanyue tribe. The true core inheritance of the Shanyue tribe is a divine scripture, a true third-order inheritance. Unfortunately, this divine scripture was completely lost during the turmoil."

"Most importantly, this divine scripture is very different from ordinary cultivation methods. To truly master it, one must rely on the power of the Spring God. With the Spring God gone into silence, this divine scripture is actually no longer possible to cultivate."

With a sudden thought, Jiang Chen turned his gaze to another Daoist book.

Compared to the Thousand Vine Binding Spirit Scripture, this Taoist book has a more ancient and obscure aura. Its texture is like tree bark, and the patterns on it seem to be naturally formed, containing the mysteries of nature.

"The Spring God's Sacrifice to Agriculture Book, a third-tier secret manual, not only contains the complete inheritance of third-tier spiritual plant cultivation techniques but also contains some profound array principles. It was compiled by the Mountain Yue people after sorting out the blessings bestowed by the Spring God, and is a treasure left by the Mountain Yue people for future generations."

Jiang Chen reached out and took the Daoist book, the Spring God's Sacrifice to Agriculture, into his hand.

Feeling the natural mysteries within the Taoist book, Jiang Chen smiled. It contained not only the array technique inheritance he desired, but also the spiritual plant cultivation inheritance.

Although it differs from the normal spiritual plant cultivation tradition, the Spring God's Agricultural Treatise requires the cooperation of the Spring God's power in many aspects of its transmission. However, it is undeniable that it is still an extremely rare book. Putting aside everything else, the few spiritual plant secret techniques contained within are extremely rare.

Because of their worship of the Spring God, the Yue people have accumulated a great deal of knowledge about spiritual plants.

“Tao Yao can study this Taoist book. It cultivates the Qi of withering and flourishing and is good at nourishing life. It may be able to use the secret techniques of spiritual plants in it.”

After a quick glance, Jiang Chen put both Daoist books into his pocket.

After doing all this, Jiang Chen turned his gaze to the statue of the God of Spring.

Through Aoki Lei's memories, he knew that the statue was not carved by the Aoki family later, but had been passed down from generation to generation since a very long time ago.

"No miraculous signs were observed..."

With his divine sense sweeping across the area, Jiang Chen carefully examined the statue of the God of Spring. He could vaguely sense that the statue was extraordinary, but he couldn't quite put his finger on why.

"If this statue is truly a relic from the Shanyue era, then it must be extraordinary. Its current state is perhaps because the so-called Spring God has perished."

As the thought crossed his mind, Jiang Chen began to have some guesses.

The path of gods is different from the path of immortals. The core of everything is above the gods. Once the gods have a problem, the entire system will collapse. The decline of the Yue people is a manifestation of this phenomenon.

"Perhaps we can glean some of the mysteries of the gods from this."

With a sudden thought, Jiang Chen flicked his sleeve and pocketed the Spring Goddess statue. After doing so and making sure nothing was missed, Jiang Chen turned and left.

A moment later, as Jiang Chen planted the peach branch, the spiritual energy of the entire Thousand Vine Mountain underwent a dramatic change. However, due to the blockade of the surrounding clouds and mist, this commotion did not spread.

Sensing this change amidst the clouds and mist, Lady Qinghua cast her gaze toward the core of Thousand Vine Mountain.

"Extracting spiritual veins? Sect Master, you truly have a remarkable method."

Realizing something, Lady Qinghua suddenly understood why the small Muyu Island had such a strong spiritual energy.

After a long while, Jiang Chen emerged from Thousand Vine Mountain.

"Sect Master, no outsiders have approached us during this time, but what should we do about Thousand Vine Mountain?"

Upon meeting Jiang Chen, Lady Qinghua glanced at Qing Mulei, who was still kneeling on the mountaintop.

The Azure Wood Profound Light Formation has been broken, and Thousand Vine Mountain is no longer a place inaccessible to outsiders. Moreover, Azure Wood Lei has merged with the Spirit Vine, becoming half-human and half-plant, and has taken root in Thousand Vine Mountain. Taking him away in a short period of time will not be an easy task.

"Qingmu Lei fell into the demonic path, slaughtered his own relatives, and eventually died from demonic possession, thus destroying the Qingmu family. There is no need to deliberately conceal the scene on this mountain."

Looking back at Thousand Vine Mountain, Jiang Chen spoke.

Compared to the past, Thousand Vine Mountain now truly resembles a demon's lair, with eerie vines spreading wildly and hanging from them one after another strange, dried-up corpses, which is truly unsettling.

"As for the spiritual objects on the mountain, disciples of the Taiping Sect will arrive to sort through the harvest from Thousand Vine Mountain. They will take as much as they can, and leave the rest behind for the time being, and build a separate residence here."

With a clear plan in mind, Jiang Chen revealed his intentions.

The Thousand Vine Mountain has been managed by the Qingmu family for many years, and many spiritual plants have been planted there. Transplanting these plants is a painstaking and laborious task, and it is unrealistic for him and Lady Qinghua to do it alone.

Given the current power of the Taiping Sect, establishing a separate residence on Qian Teng Mountain is not a big deal. In fact, if Tao Yao's transformation did not require the support of the spiritual vein, he would not have even drawn the spiritual vein from Qian Teng Mountain. After all, with the Qingmu family's management over the years, Qian Teng Mountain is already a treasure land.

Although it may not be as magnificent as Muyu Island in terms of weather, the development here is already very mature, and it can be used directly after taking over, unlike Muyu Island, where many things still need time to settle.

Hearing this, Qinghua Niangniang understood Jiang Chen's thoughts and nodded.

The Aoki family was, after all, a renowned family in the Southern Kingdom. If it were to perish at the hands of the Taiping Sect, it would be quite unfortunate if word got out. However, it was different for Aoki Lei to fall into demonic possession. Demons are people that everyone has the right to kill.

Most importantly, this matter is true. Even if outsiders have doubts, they can't say anything. As a result, not only will the process of Taiping Sect replacing the Qingmu family be much smoother, but the outside world's speculation about the strength of Taiping Sect will also become biased.

There's a significant difference between Aoki Lei's descent into demonic possession, his massacre of the entire Aoki family, and his self-destruction, and the Taiping Sect's forceful breaking of the great formation to kill Aoki Lei.

(End of this chapter)