Yunmeng Immortal Clan

Faced with the monstrous dragons emanating from these giant axes, Song Daoxuan simply flicked his five fingers, and countless streaks of azure light shot out from his sleeves.

When Song Daoxuan used this move, a phantom image of a giant blue tree appeared on his body.

This scene was the astonishing spectacle displayed by the Earth-rank cultivation technique, the Eternal Green Technique, which Song Daoxuan practiced when he formed his Golden Core.

As these monstrous dragons, swirling with turbulent winds, came into contact with the countless azure rainbows unleashed by Song Daoxuan.

The cultivators present heard strange wails as one after another, strange dragons were completely annihilated by this azure aura.

In an instant, Song Daoxuan, dressed in a blue Taoist robe, took dozens of steps forward, a golden flying sword in his hand, which instantly shone with spiritual light.

Song Daoxuan carried a flying sword with his entire body and stabbed towards Song Lingjie's body.

Song Lingjie was suddenly surprised and immediately picked up his axe to resist, but both of his magical weapons were mid-grade magical weapons.

In an instant, the two magical treasures collided, and the cultivators only heard two clangs before the two streaks of light leaped away again.

Song Daoxuan was able to break through Song Lingjie's magical weapon's power with his own sword techniques, but he could not easily break through Song Lingjie's magical weapon's defense.

When Song Lingjie saw the scene displayed within his magic weapon, it was actually broken open by the green-robed man in front of him in an unbelievable way.

A genuine sense of fear arose in Song Lingjie's heart. He worried that if he didn't take things seriously today, he might truly be defeated by this person and lose the so-called Three Sects Grand Competition.

Then his dream of unifying the three lineages during the Spring and Autumn Period would be shattered.

But then Song Lingjie raised his hand and instantly cast a spell, causing a sudden blizzard to fill the world.

The wind and snow before them were constantly compressed under Song Lingjie's control, and then transformed into a net several tens of feet long, emitting streaks of snow-white light, which instantly enveloped Song Daoxuan.

Song Daoxuan gritted his teeth and raised his hand. When the white silk nets were only a few feet away from Song Daoxuan...

A dark cloud rose around Song Daoxuan's entire body, and as the cloud dissipated, a huge white skeletal hand emerged.

The scene before them instantly cracked open with the opening and closing of the enormous skeletal hand.

As soon as this opening appeared, Song Daoxuan's entire body transformed into a streak of azure light, instantly breaking free from the control of the white net in front of him.

The next moment, Song Daoxuan's figure changed, and his body had already appeared behind Song Lingjie. The long sword in Song Daoxuan's hand moved quickly, and a sword light was suddenly slashed out from the long sword in his hand.

This cyan sword light was extremely violent. Just when Song Daoxuan thought that Song Lingjie would surely be defeated by this sword light, Song Daoxuan was about to be defeated.

However, just as the sword light was still several feet away from Song Lingjie...

Song Lingjie turned to the side, his palm flashing with spiritual light. Suddenly, an extremely strange purple flame lit up.

Just as the sword light was about to pierce the person in front of it, the purple flame instantly devoured the sword light completely.

The power of the flames also seemed to have certain limitations; it appeared that the power of this flame was only about equal to the sword light before them.

"This is a spiritual fire that I refined. With its aid, even if you are a sword cultivator in the Core Formation stage, you will be completely unable to harm me..."

"Furthermore, a sword cultivator at the early stage of Core Formation is ultimately just an early-stage Core Formation cultivator. To think he can contend with cultivators like us at the mid-stage of Core Formation is nothing but a pipe dream!"

"Fellow Daoist, you should give up. Don't resist stubbornly. Once my Northern Song Clan unifies the three lineages, with your cultivation level, I promise you a position second only to the clan leader!"

Song Lingjie seemed to have Song Daoxuan completely under his control, and was now advising Song Daoxuan to give up the fight on his own.

However, in the next moment, Song Daoxuan quickly swung a flying sword in his hand.

Only now did Song Lingjie recognize this sword technique; it was actually the sword technique originating from his ancestor Song Qinglian, the Qinglian Sword Technique.

With this sword technique, Song Qinglian was able to contend with a Nascent Soul level cultivator while only having the cultivation of a Pseudo-Nascent Soul cultivator.

However, back then, it wasn't just one Nascent Soul cultivator who destroyed the Azure Lotus Temple, but several. Therefore, even though Song's sword technique was extremely advanced, it ultimately had no power to reverse the situation.

Song Lingjie had naturally seen the Azure Lotus Sword Technique before, but there wasn't a single cultivator in his entire family who could cultivate it to the third level or higher.

A day later, they arrived at the Nine Heavens Gate. What came into Jiang Xun's view was a series of mountain peaks, sharp as swords, breaking through the clouds, surrounded by dreamlike white mist, like a fairyland on earth.

The Nine Heavens Sect belongs to the continental dynasty and is the oldest and most ancient cultivation sect in the continental dynasty.

Along the mountain peaks, numerous bamboo and wooden houses were built along the cliff caves, serving as the dwellings of cultivators. Amidst the surrounding mountains, several majestic palaces stood, important places where sect elders imparted cultivation methods.

Qu Mengli put away the flying sword magic weapon and then led Jiang Xun to a white-robed old man in his eighties with white hair.

The old man was sitting on a huge rock, drinking wine with great relish.

"Elder Heng, this is a new disciple, please make arrangements for me..."

Old Master Heng blushed deeply and waved his hand dismissively: "That's impolite! Who do you think you are, to decide what to do?"

Elder Heng glanced at the woman in white, and suddenly his legs went weak, and he knelt on the ground: "So it's Elder Qu, please forgive my rudeness just now..."

Qu Mengli frowned slightly, gave a soft hum, and then said gently, "Get up!"

Elder Heng cupped his hands respectfully and said, "I didn't know Elder Qu had graced us with his presence. What are your instructions?"

The old man glanced at the graceful figure in a white dress. She spoke softly, though she didn't open her mouth, "This disciple can be promoted to a menial disciple. Please take good care of her..."

The sound was melodious, like a gentle spring breeze, soothing the heart.

Immediately afterward, the woman spoke with Elder Heng about many other matters. Upon finishing, Elder Heng knelt and bowed respectfully, saying, "Respectfully seeing Elder Qu off on her return home..."

The white-clad figure nodded slightly, while Ye Qingti gave Jiang Xun a communication disc, allowing them to contact each other even from thousands of miles away.

After speaking, a sword flew like a rainbow, carrying Qu Mengli and Ye Qingti behind her, disappearing into the verdant mountains deep in the clouds. These were the nine peaks of the inner sect, standing majestically in the center of a spiritual vein. The main branch-shaped terrain extending outwards was the residence of many outer sect disciples, while the scattered small hills on the outermost edge were the residences of the miscellaneous disciples.

There are many miscellaneous disciples, about 50,000. Every year, 100 new disciples are selected to enter the outer sect through martial arts competitions. However, if special circumstances occur, such as war causing a large number of cultivators to die, this limit will be greatly relaxed.

Now, if Jiang Xun wants to cultivate immortality, he must participate in the struggle and step into the outer sect in order to move from the preparatory stage to the formal stage. He must not expose his demonic cultivation, so he must start from the Qi induction of immortality and cultivate step by step to accumulate.

Although his aptitude for cultivating immortality is poor.

However, his aptitude for cultivating demonic arts is extraordinary.

As a disciple of the Demonic Sect, he was subjected to the Demonic Sect's ultimate technique, the Great Rebirth Nirvana Technique, at the moment of his death, transforming him into a physique capable of cultivating both immortality and demonic powers.

As time passed, all the precious collections in his storage bag turned to ashes with the wind and sand.

However, Jiang Xun is, after all, a demon with the cultivation level of Golden Core. He has some things stored in his mind from ten thousand years ago. If he were to throw these things out, the whole world might fight over them. But Jiang Xun will only turn these things into his current trump cards. In this way, Jiang Xun, a demon cultivator, can be ahead of other cultivators of his generation. In addition, he can use the small gourd to possess others, slowly lay out his plans, and eventually accumulate power to ascend to the upper realm. It is not impossible for him to do so.

Ascending to the upper realm grants immortality, and this has remained the ultimate pursuit of cultivators to this day.

However, before ascending to immortality, if a cultivator wants to prolong their life, they must improve their cultivation level. As their level improves, their magical power will also increase, and their status in the cultivation world will also rise.

After Qu Mengli left, only Jiang Xun and Elder Heng remained.

Elder Heng didn't give Jiang Xun a friendly look. He first shrugged, then frowned and said, "Heh! Kid, don't think that just because Qu Mengli told me to, I'll give you special treatment. Qu Mengli is kind; everyone in the Nine Heavens Sect knows that. He's brought back hundreds, if not a thousand, of the mortals, but which one of them has stood out from the menial disciples? So, kid, cultivating immortality isn't that easy! So, once you step into the menial disciples' quarters, you'd better lie low, don't cause trouble, and obediently follow orders!"

Jiang Xun smiled nonchalantly and laughed heartily, "Of course!"

"This is a Bronze Disciple Token, which is possessed by menial disciples. By injecting divine sense into it, one can unlock the basic cultivation technique, Nine Heavens Qi Guiding Technique."

Upon entering the outer sect, one will receive a silver disciple token, which will naturally grant access to the cultivation technique available after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage: the Nine Heavens Spirit Sword Technique.

If one can enter the inner sect, one will obtain the Golden Disciple Token and the complete Nine Heavens Dao Sword Technique…

"But with your talent, if you can even learn the basic Nine Heavens Qi Induction Technique, that would be quite remarkable. As a new disciple, your spiritual sense is weak and your memory is very limited. It's extremely rare for a servant disciple to comprehend the Nine Heavens Qi Induction Technique in ten years. However, I doubt you'll ever reach the Foundation Establishment stage. I also doubt you'll ever learn the Nine Heavens Spirit Sword Technique. Right now, you must water the spirit fields and plants properly, and feed the spirit beast mounts of the formal disciples. Otherwise, don't expect me to expel you from the Nine Heavens Sect. The Nine Heavens Sect never supports idlers or good-for-nothings. Keep this token safe. It allows you to enter the servant disciple's living area. Don't wander around. Otherwise, if you violate any restrictions or killing formations and die, the Nine Heavens Sect won't give you any compensation..." After saying this, Elder Heng tossed the token over.

Jiang Xun accepted the bronze token. To avoid his status as a menial disciple being too special and causing any trouble, he put it into a brocade pouch and tied it to the side of the small black gourd at his waist.

It is not advisable for Jiang Xun to reveal his demonic cultivation at this time. In this era of immortal rule, where demonic cultivation has disappeared, once exposed, it would be a dead end.

Just as Elder Heng was about to turn and leave, he suddenly slapped his forehead.

"I forgot to remind you, if you can't reach the Qi Refining Realm after ten years of cultivation and fail the aptitude test, you'll be expelled from the Enforcement Hall by the elders and your memories will be erased..."

Heng Lao's figure suddenly disappeared.

Jiang Xun was startled. Could it be? But then he realized he was actually quite nervous. After all, the standards for defining cultivation levels were different between the righteous and demonic paths. The demonic path focused on the strength of blood and physical body to determine the level of power.

The strength of righteous cultivation is determined by the control of spiritual energy and divine consciousness.

While the cultivation of spiritual consciousness in the demonic path is inferior to that of the righteous path in immortal cultivation, the demonic path currently surpasses the righteous path in the tempering of the physical body.

But overall...

The stages of cultivation are divided into Qi Refining, Foundation Building, Golden Elixir, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Return to Emptiness, Body Integration, Mahayana, and Tribulation Crossing.

Although his demonic cultivation is decent, his immortal cultivation has only just begun. If he does not cultivate diligently, he will be expelled from the sect. Jiang Xun's bone age is currently around ten years old. If he cannot successfully establish his foundation by the age of twenty in ten years, he will miss the best age for immortal cultivation.

There is a saying that there is a foundation in cultivation. If one cannot establish a foundation by the age of twenty, one will not be able to do so perfectly. Even if one manages to establish a foundation later, one's achievements will be very limited.

Jiang Xun's aptitude is mediocre; even cultivating immortality and establishing a foundation would be difficult for him, but cultivating demonic arts would be a dead end.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xun gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. He wanted to cultivate immortality, not demonic cultivation. From now on, he would be the righteous cultivator Jiang Xun, not the demonic cultivator Jiang Xun, just a child of about ten years old.

He decided to rely on Qu Mengli and temporarily spend his days cultivating at the Nine Heavens Sect. He remained alone, without a Daoist partner or disciple, embarking on a lonely path of cultivation.

After a moment, Jiang Xun channeled his divine sense into the bronze token and located the location of the menial disciples. They were scattered in a branch-like pattern on the outermost edge of the Nine Heavens Sect. Their main duties were to do hard, dirty, and tiring work, and very few of them could actually be promoted to outer sect disciples.

After nearly half a day, Jiang Xun finally found his lodging after bumping and traversing between several cliffs. He tidied up the room, took out the bronze token, and a wisp of divine sense entered, and a scroll with a pale white halo appeared in his mind.

"Nine Heavens Qi Guiding Technique"

It is merely a lower-level cultivation technique in the Qi Refining Realm, which can assist novice cultivators with low cultivation levels in drawing Qi into their bodies and absorbing a very limited amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth. It requires accumulation to transform into true essence, which is also known as internal force in the mortal world.

Jiang Xun sat upright on a futon, suppressing some of his fierce and irritable aura. He slowly narrowed his slightly bloodshot eyes, spread his hands, and faced the sky with his palms facing outwards. This technique allowed Jiang Xun to slowly feel the flow of spiritual energy, which gathered from the heavens and earth into his dantian, and then was digested by his dantian, turning into some insignificant energy.