Wizards in the world of cultivation

Chapter 120 Spiritual Root Conspiracy
The memory ended there. The images in the sea of ​​consciousness quietly collapsed, turning into countless starlight.

Within his sea of ​​consciousness, it reassembled into a starlight, deeply imprinted on Su You's soul.

"What is this?" Su You suddenly woke up with a start.

His soul was attacked without his knowledge, and he was completely unaware of it.

Although it's true that as long as the Gemini Mark isn't involved, it doesn't matter what kind of attack his soul suffers, this is definitely something to be wary of.

Fortunately, after the star mark was successfully imprinted, Su You immediately understood its function.

The Star Mark is a contract forcibly formed between someone and him by offering their soul as a sacrifice.

The contract stipulated that after he became the leader of the Dream Butterfly Sect, he must develop and strengthen the sect, restore its glory, and entrust the future of the sect to him.

As for talk of revenge, that simply didn't exist.

After all, even the main sect of the Dream Butterfly Sect, the Lingbao Sect, was almost powerless to fight back in that war, let alone the Dream Butterfly Sect.

Therefore, the content of the contract is to rebuild the Dream Butterfly Sect.

Although he was somewhat annoyed by being forced into a contract, the Star Mark could also bring him some benefits.

After all, this is a contract made with the soul of a powerful being as a sacrifice, and the star mark contains some insignificant soul power of the other party.

Although it was a negligible amount of soul power, for Su You, who was only at the Golden Core stage, this amount of power was already a great supplement.

He can now clearly feel his soul power slowly increasing. It would have taken him hundreds of years to reach the level of a second-tier wizard, but now it would only take a few decades.

Moreover, this contract is actually useless to Su You.

Although this contract affects his soul, as long as it doesn't involve his fundamental twin mark, he only needs to commit suicide, and upon rebirth, the star mark will disappear directly.

However, now is not the time to remove the Star Mark, since it still has great benefits for him.

He will only consider removing it after he has fully absorbed the pure soul power within the starlight mark.

Moreover, to control the sect leader's ring, one needs to obtain the authority of the Star Mark.

If he were to release it now, he would lose control of the sect leader's ring and would also be unable to manipulate the Dream Butterfly Mirror.

If he wants to truly control the sect leader's ring, he needs to cultivate the fundamental techniques of the Dream Butterfly Sect in order to slowly refine the ring.

Don't underestimate this seemingly ordinary ring; it is actually a very powerful magical artifact.

It possesses powerful abilities such as teleportation, protection, and illusion.

Moreover, unlike other magical treasures that cannot be mastered without a certain level of cultivation, this ring can store a certain amount of vital energy, and can be easily used simply by activating it with divine sense.

The Sect Leader's Star Ring has the ability to teleport a distance of millions of miles at will, and it also has a protective ability. When it senses an attack, it automatically activates its defense, which can withstand any attack from the Nascent Soul stage or below.

This is also why Chen Hao is confident that no one can hurt Su You in this small interface.

Unless Su You is foolish enough not to wear the Star Ring, he could not possibly be killed by the enemy.

When he arrived in this small interface, he already knew that the strongest beings in this interface did not exceed the Nascent Soul realm.

"This is a really nice thing!" Su You exclaimed as he touched the ring.

With this ring, one can be said to be invincible in this world.

Of course, it cannot be said to be completely invincible. The energy stored in the Star Ring is limited, and when it is about to run out, it must return to the Dream Butterfly Mirror to replenish it.

After putting the ring on his finger, Su You looked at the wooden figure in front of him again.

The wooden figure is now completely motionless and has lost all its spirit.

He knew that the other party had already sacrificed their own soul to form a pact with him.

However, after viewing the other person's memories, Su You was able to understand their feelings to some extent.

After all, his master, relatives, friends, and loved ones, with whom he had spent thousands of years, had all perished, and he was trapped in a small wooden figure. Let alone taking revenge, he had no ability to even leave the Dream Butterfly Mirror.

Although he survived, he had lost all his cultivation and his soul was still wounded, so he could only remain silent in the tomb, waiting day after day, year after year.

He was hoping to receive a disciple who could succeed him in carrying on the sect's legacy.

Hundreds of thousands of years of desolation had made him weary of everything. If it weren't for the will to inherit the sect that kept him going, he would have broken down long ago.

Su You bowed respectfully before the wooden figure, "Senior, rest assured, I will definitely restore the Dream Butterfly Sect to its former glory!"

After he finished his prayers, he reburied the wooden figure in the tomb.

At this moment, he can finally rest here in peace, forever accompanying his loved ones and friends.

……

After burying the last disciple of the Dream Butterfly Sect, Su You teleported directly to the library with a single thought.

Upon entering, Su You was awestruck by the scene inside.

Unlike traditional libraries, this library does not display jade slips or books on its shelves.

This is an endless starry sky, with starlight twinkling in all directions throughout the entire space.

Each star here represents a book.

The brightness of the starlight represents the rarity and value of the book.

Su You did not seek out the Dream Butterfly Sect's inherited techniques, nor did he look for any weapon-refining inheritance.

He has now become the head of the Dream Butterfly Sect, and these scriptures are all in his possession; sooner or later he will be able to read them.

What he needs most right now is information about the Dream Butterfly Sect; he needs all the information about the Dream Butterfly Sect.

Although he had previously experienced Chen Hao's memories and could be considered a disciple of the Dream Butterfly Sect, he had some understanding of the sect's situation.

However, Chen Hao's memories begin from the start of the war, and he was in a deep sleep for a long time in between, so he still needs to learn about how the sect operates and so on in person.

As soon as Su You had a thought, hundreds of starlight beams fell from above the library, forming books in front of him.

He touched the sect leader's star ring, and the scenery inside the library began to change, leading him to a beautiful spot where he began to read attentively.

This is an extremely large sect. The fact that even a single sect leader's ring is so powerful shows how profound its foundation is. Therefore, he needs to start from scratch to understand it so that he can make better use of the sect's remaining resources.

……

While Su You was sorting out the Dream Butterfly Sect, Xu Lingzhou was anxiously waiting on the mountainside of Dongji Peak.

Inside the secret realm, he was unable to contact the outside world and had no time to make any plans.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye. The moment Xu Lingzhou left the place of inheritance, he informed the ancestor of what had happened within the secret realm.

The Xu family's power in Molten State was also quickly demonstrated.

The teleportation arrays in all the immortal cities of Molten Fire Continent, as well as the city gates from which they left, were all guarded by members of the Xu family, who were watching to see if they could find any trace of the other party.

Xu Lingzhou could only hope that Su You hadn't disguised himself; otherwise, given the other party's skill in illusion, the people sent out by the family wouldn't be able to find him at all.

The only pity was that he hadn't expected Su You to still be in the inheritance site and hadn't left.

As the sect leader who has already gained some authority over the Dream Butterfly Mirror, the Dream Butterfly Mirror naturally wouldn't exclude him.

……

The place of inheritance is located inside the Dream Butterfly Mirror.

Su You stayed there for more than a month.

Over the past month, he has been constantly reading various books to learn about the Dream Butterfly Sect from all aspects, and has finally gained a general understanding of everything about this sect.

Firstly, the Dream Butterfly Sect originates from the vast universe.

The Qiongyu World is a world completely ruled and controlled by the Lingbao Sect.

To have complete control over the entire universe is an extremely powerful ability.

After all, the concept of the vast world is equivalent to the spirit realm above the interface where Su You is located.

This is equivalent to having control of a powerful force encompassing an entire spirit world.

Of course, besides the Lingbao Sect, there are many other sects there. These sects are all branches of the Lingbao Sect and were founded by its disciples.

These sects have two characteristics: first, they possess exclusive magical treasures; second, they have cultivation techniques that complement their exclusive magical treasures.

The Dream Butterfly Sect is such a sect. The Dream Butterfly Mirror is the sect's inherited and exclusive magic weapon, and it is also a magic weapon that the entire sect refines together.

The reason why so many sects were established is due to the fundamental principle of the Lingbao Sect. Only by separating these disciples can there be more room for development.

For this reason, the Lingbao Sect does not only occupy one Great Thousand World, but also has its own branch sects in many Great Thousand Worlds.

Such a powerful force, spanning many worlds, was wiped out in a short time, indicating that the enemy's strength must have been terrifying.

Although the enemies encountered by the Lingbao Sect are unknown, according to the records of the Lingbao Sect in the ancient books, there are dozens of immortals in charge of the sect, and there are also senior masters in the immortal realm.

Such forces were easily destroyed; it's already quite remarkable that Mengdiejing managed to escape.

After all, the foundation of the Dream Butterfly Sect is far inferior to that of the Spirit Treasure Sect. The strongest members of the sect are only a few patriarchs at the Mahayana realm. The Dream Butterfly Mirror is stronger. As a ninth-order magic weapon, its power in a short period of time when unleashed at full strength is barely comparable to that of an immortal.

As for the sect's internal strength, according to the sect's jade records, before the Dream Butterfly Sect encountered trouble, the sect had three Mahayana cultivators, more than twenty Body Integration cultivators, hundreds of Void Refinement cultivators, and thousands of Deity Transformation cultivators.

As for the cultivation levels of Nascent Soul and Golden Core, they are countless.

"It seems I'll have to be even more careful from now on," Su You thought to himself.

He accepted the legacy of the Dream Butterfly Sect, which also meant accepting the cause and effect of the other party.

If he simply stays in this world and doesn't develop, he won't attract the attention of his enemies.

However, as his strength grows, he will inevitably encounter this force again sooner or later.

However, it's still a long way off for that.

Su You doesn't even have the ability to leave this small interface, let alone go to a vast world similar to the Spirit Realm.

Moreover, according to the last information Chen Hao left behind, they had mistakenly entered a world where the laws had been altered.

Leaving would be extremely difficult.

Based on Chen Hao's many years of contemplation and reading of various ancient texts, he deduced a piece of information.

That is this realm of worlds, where the laws have been artificially altered.

Such terrifying power is beyond the reach of ordinary immortals. If the opponent has even altered the laws of the Great Thousand Worlds, then their strength is probably beyond imagination.

It was precisely because of this altered rule that Dream Butterfly Mirror suffered even more severe trauma when she first entered it.

However, it can only adapt to some of the rules now; otherwise, the Dream Butterfly Mirror wouldn't be able to stay in one place and be unable to move.

As for which rules have been altered, Chen Hao has discovered them over the years.

That's a spiritual root!
That's right, spiritual roots are beings shaped by altered laws.

It should be understood that outside this realm, there is no such thing as a spiritual root.

A person's inherent qualities lie within their soul, not in any so-called spiritual root.

Moreover, in the outside world, there is no so-called five-element classification of aptitude, only a classification of high and low.

Aside from a few individuals with special constitutions, most cultivators can practice techniques of any attribute.

Chen Hao also speculated that this was probably a scheme by a powerful figure. He couldn't yet discern the exact conspiracy behind it, but it was definitely not a good thing.

Or perhaps, this realm is merely a testing ground for that powerful being.

Regardless, following Chen Hao's advice, Su You should repair the Dream Butterfly Mirror as soon as his strength improves.

Only by repairing the Dream Butterfly Mirror and returning along the original path from which they entered would they have a sliver of a chance to escape.

“Spiritual root…” Su You’s eyes flickered, but he ultimately shook his head.

No wonder he gained nothing from his research on spiritual roots back then. If it was a scheme devised by a powerful figure, it wouldn't be something he could easily decipher.

However, all of this was too far removed from him, even if this was a testing ground or a conspiracy by that powerful being.

However, his current level of cultivation will not affect him at all. Only when his strength reaches a certain level will he consider how to leave this place.

In addition to learning about the history of the Dream Butterfly Sect, Su You also learned about all the buildings within the sect.

When the battle broke out, Dream Butterfly Mirror immediately took the entire sect into its own miniature world.

Although the sect suffered damage several times during the battle, some buildings remained intact.

For example, a library or a treasure vault.

These two are the most important buildings within the sect; one represents the sect's heritage, and the other represents the sect's resources.

(End of this chapter)