Unlimited priesthood

Chapter 147 Development
Shen He walked out of the Zhengfa Hall and went to the alchemy room.

He left Red Maple Valley and returned to Dongting Lake more than eighty years ago.

Eighty years, nearly a century, and many things have happened in this long period of time.

First and foremost is the prosperity and development of Yulong Island.

Under the influence of the Fish-Dragon Seal, the Spirit Gathering Array, and the [Longevity Immortal Blessed Land], the spiritual energy of Fish-Dragon Island has been continuously increasing, and it has now reached the level of a fifth-tier spiritual land.

A fifth-tier spiritual land, sufficient to support Core Formation cultivators to cultivate up to the Nascent Soul stage. In the entire inland cultivation world, only Xuanxiao Mountain of the Xuanxiao Sect, the former leader of the righteous path, can rival it.

This is an enhancement of the spiritual energy of this blessed land.

There is also an increase in the population of ichthyosaurs.

Shen He had Long Yu use the Fish-Dragon Seal and the Nine Transformations of the Fish-Dragon to enlighten a large number of aquatic spirits.

He had already conducted experiments and found that the aquatic spirits transformed by the Fish-Dragon Seal would lose the original beast form's attributes. For example, if the Fish-Dragon, such as Long Yu, were to transform into a spirit, it would affect the purification of the dragon's true blood, making it unsuitable for those rare and exotic beasts with exceptional talents.

However, these are merely rare and exotic beasts with exceptional talents. For ordinary spirit beasts, transforming into spirits is neither beneficial nor harmful.

Because their bloodline is too ordinary and their aptitude is also very average, the difficulty of bloodline evolution is too high. It is far less efficient than transforming into a spirit, awakening intelligence, and cultivating human methods.

Therefore, Shen He used the Fish-Dragon Seal to enlighten a large number of aquatic spirits, expanding the population and labor force of Fish-Dragon Island.

Shen He had them clear wasteland for him, cultivate crops, dig ponds to raise fish, and some with good aptitude and high spiritual immortality could even cultivate advanced arts and techniques, refine pills and weapons for him, and make talismans and set up formations.

This greatly increased the productivity of Fish Dragon Island, enabling him to cultivate a large number of spiritual creatures and items such as pills, talismans, and artifacts.

Although their rank is not high, their sheer numbers can be terrifying.

This is the population provided by the aquatic race, and there is also population provided by the human race.

Besides its ability to conceal and gather spiritual energy, the blessed land of immortality has another remarkable effect: it can attract "celestial opportunities" to flow in.

This celestial connection covers a very wide range.

Things can be connected to the divine, beasts can be connected to the divine, and people can also be connected to the divine.

Over the years, all sorts of strange things have drifted to his Fish-Dragon Island through all sorts of shady channels. Some are rare treasures, some are exotic beasts, and some are all kinds of people.

Needless to say, exotic treasures and beasts can be directly collected and used by oneself.

People are a bit particular; first, they need to be selected, and those who are cunning, treacherous, and wicked are not to be accepted.

This is not just about Shen He's personal moral fastidiousness, but a fundamental issue of interests.

Do you want to associate with upright gentlemen or with demons and evil cultivators?

Any normal person would choose the upright gentleman.

While a true gentleman may not necessarily be truly upright, those demons and evil cultivators who don't even bother to pretend are definitely not good people.

Not to mention others, even the evil cultivators themselves don't want to associate with evil cultivators, but they have no other choice.

Shen He develops his power and cultivates his subordinates, not only to benefit himself, but also to help each other and work together.

That's why he must have gone mad to hire a group of evil cultivators to raise Gu poison.

He was already busy enough dealing with matters in both the real world and the dream world, so where would he find the time to scheme against those bastards?
Therefore, character is very important, extremely important. Those enthusiasts of heretical practices were either kicked off the island by him or turned into fertilizer.

Only virtuous people can enter the gate, receive the transmission of his skills, and be entrusted with important responsibilities.

These people formed the human community on Fish Dragon Island, filling the gap in the island's advanced development.

Because of their inherent limitations, spirits can only perform basic and low-level tasks. High-level skills such as alchemy, talisman making, weapon crafting, and array formations can only be filled by high-level human cultivators.

These people who were destined to enter Yulong Island are very suitable for this job because they entered Yulong Island as "destined immortals".

A divine destiny, an extraordinary destiny, that's what makes it a divine destiny.

These people destined for immortality either possess extraordinary treasures or are exceptionally gifted.

It seems that the white-clad girl who just bid him farewell was his youngest personal disciple.

This woman's name is Zhong Yuxiu. She was born into the royal family of Xingguo and was the daughter of a prince. However, due to palace intrigue, her mother was murdered and her younger sister also died and went missing. She escaped alone and by chance ended up on Yulong Island.

After examining her, Shen He discovered that she possessed a rare and precious celestial treasure. On the surface, she was an ordinary person with no talent for cultivation, but in reality, she secretly possessed a high-grade Earth-rank Five Elements spiritual root. Shen He took her as his disciple and taught her with great care. In just twelve years, she raised her cultivation to the Qi Refining realm, only one step away from Foundation Establishment, demonstrating her extraordinary talent and wisdom.

Although there aren't many high-quality "people destined for immortality," there are a few of them, all of whom he has taken in as his personal disciples and entrusted with important responsibilities. The others, who are of slightly lower quality, also have their own strengths, and if used properly, they can all stand on their own.

Shen He took them under his wing and taught them meticulously. Coupled with a system of rewarding good and punishing evil based on merit and contribution, Yulong Island quickly embarked on a path of rapid development.

In this way, after more than eighty years of accumulation, there are now as many as thirty-five humans, aquatic creatures and spirit beasts on Fish-Dragon Island who have reached the fourth level of Foundation Establishment. There are also thousands of people below the Foundation Establishment level who are engaged in Qi Refining, Cultivation, and Spirit Gathering. Everyone is contributing their strength to Fish-Dragon Island.

The treasury of Fish Dragon Island is filled with countless kinds of spirit rice, spirit pills, spirit wine, spirit medicine, as well as talismans and magic artifacts. Although most of them are first to third grade, and there are few fourth grade pills and foundation-building spirit items, they are still quite remarkable.

Now, Fish Dragon Island has become a fifth-tier spiritual land. The humans and aquatic creatures cultivated on the island also serve as spiritual plant growers, spiritual fishermen, alchemists, weapon refiners, talisman makers, and even array masters. With their efforts and the role of Shenhe's profession, Fish Dragon Island's production capacity will only become stronger and stronger. It is only a matter of time before it can cultivate fifth-tier and sixth-tier spiritual creatures.

This is the result of the "great undertaking of farming".

Aside from lacking Core Formation cultivators and high-level spiritual items, Fish Dragon Island's current foundation surpasses that of Core Formation sects.

However, compared to the development of Yulong Island, Shenhe's own progress has been somewhat slow.

Zhong Chuan (Shenhe)
Occupation: Immortal.

Cultivation level: Martial Arts Stage 4, Spirit Control Stage 4, Immortal Path Stage 3.

Lifespan: 329/1800.

Job Rank: Tier 3, Level 8.

Professional Talents: Longevity Fisherman, Longevity Immortal Paradise, Longevity Nourishing Method.

Professional skills: Xingyi Quan, Five Elements Technique, Yu Ling Jing, Shennong Bencao Jing, Xingyi Shenwu Jing, Basic Explanation of Alchemy, Basic Explanation of Talisman Technique, Basic Explanation of Weapon Technique, Basic Explanation of Formation Technique...

Professional items: None.

General skills: Omitted.

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More than eighty years have passed, and Shen He's cultivation level is still the same as before: fourth level of martial arts, fourth level of spirit control, and third level of immortality.

The only change is that the level of the immortal has been raised from level one to level eight, and the upper limit of lifespan has also been increased from six hundred to one thousand eight hundred, which is close to the normal lifespan of the seventh level of immortality and the Nascent Soul realm.

In addition, his age increased from ninety-nine to three hundred and twenty-nine.

This is not normal growth. After all, only eighty years have passed; there's no reason for someone to have grown more than two hundred years older.

His aging was caused by overdrawing his life force through several "life-extending" secret techniques, but he can recover through longevity and health preservation methods.

However, these life-saving secret techniques are mostly forbidden killing moves, and do not significantly help improve cultivation.

In addition, Shen He had to juggle two things, being busy with real-world matters, so his dream body was often in a "closed-door" state. Therefore, even after more than eighty years, Shen He's cultivation level had not improved significantly.

However, there was no significant improvement; in reality, there was still considerable progress. At least in terms of cultivating the Five Elements Technique, Shen He had gradually mastered it and accumulated a lot of experience in immortal cultivation.

Next…

"Master!"

Shen He entered the alchemy room and was greeted by several disciples.

"I'm going to start refining pills. You all stand guard outside the door and don't allow anyone to disturb me!"

After saying that, Shen He unleashed a beam of spiritual light, opening the door to the Earth Fire Chamber.

"Yes!"

Several disciples responded and immediately stood guard at the door, sealing off the alchemy room.

Although Shen He has trained many disciples over the years, including alchemists and weapon crafters, they are at most only at the third level of skill and are not qualified to use earth fire to refine pills and weapons. This earth fire chamber is basically set up for him alone.

However, he did not abuse it. After all, the Earth Fire Furnace burns the spiritual energy of the earth veins, and excessive consumption would affect the grade of the spiritual land. Therefore, Shen He would only use the Earth Fire Furnace to refine fourth-grade items.

Now he is about to refine a fourth-tier pill, the Foundation Establishment Pill, which is the most valuable among the fourth-tier pills!
He needs to take this Foundation Building Pill to forge the foundation for immortality and reach the fourth level of the cultivation of immortality, martial arts, and spirit.

Immortal martial arts and spirit control, cultivating the three arts simultaneously!
Although it is only the fourth level, a small step forward in the basics, it is still a significant achievement for Shen He and is worth writing about.

(End of this chapter)