A Useless Person Awakens to the Eternal Spirit Emperor Technique

The bell tolled loudly, piercing through the clouds and splitting the rocks, echoing across the thirty-six peaks of Qingya Mountain.

All who heard the bell change color and look toward the cold pool—the sound of this bell will surely bring about a tremendous change.

The white-bearded elder's breath tightened suddenly, his eyes fixed on Ling Chen, his fingertips trembling slightly.

The spiritual energy emanating from the boy was ridiculously pure and domineering, even more powerful than the spiritual energy of a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator like himself.

"You...are you really just a menial servant?" The elder's voice tightened, all traces of his usual composure gone. "Just now you had a useless spiritual root, how could you have broken through to the fifth level of Qi Refining in an instant?"

The eyes of the inner disciples behind him had long since changed from disdain to horror.

Three years of doing menial tasks led to extraordinary phenomena in the heavens and earth, and in a moment he ascended to the fifth level of Qi Refining?

Even a genius who comes along only once in a millennium couldn't achieve something this terrifying.

Ling Chen withdrew his power, his expression indifferent.

Three years of humiliation have worn away his cowardice; he is no longer a soft persimmon to be manipulated.

"Elder, you jest. It's just the culmination of years of hard work."

"A late bloomer after years of hard work?"

A disciple in brocade robes stepped forward, his cultivation at the seventh level of Qi Refining subtly suppressed. His face was sinister. "A piece of trash without spiritual roots dares to challenge me? You must have stolen the treasure. Hand it over immediately, and I'll forgive your disrespect!"

As soon as he finished speaking, greed was already evident in the eyes of many disciples.

Who wouldn't want a treasure that can cause such a phenomenon?

The white-bearded elder frowned, sternly dismissing the crowd. When he looked at Ling Chen again, his eyes revealed a hint of surprise.

"Regardless of the circumstances, your damaged spiritual root is a blessing for Qingya Mountain. Come with me to the main peak council hall, where the sect leader will make the final decision."

Ling Chen looked up at the main peak, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.

After three years of forbearance and humiliation, he returns today with the Eternal Spirit Emperor Technique.

He will take back every bit of ridicule and trampling.

"I will obey the elder's instructions."

He strode forward, and with each step, his spiritual energy became more refined.

Behind him, the misty pool surged, as if witnessing the rise of a powerful figure.

Inside the main council hall, all the elders had already gathered.

The sect leader sat upright in the main seat, his face solemn, his eyes filled with shock and anticipation.

Before long, the white-bearded elder led Ling Chen into the main hall.

Dozens of gazes shot towards them, some questioning, some disdainful, and some indifferent.

"Sect Leader, it was this boy who triggered the strange phenomenon, destroyed his spiritual root, and reached the fifth level of Qi Refining."

The hall erupted in chaos instantly.

"Impossible! How could a menial servant possibly..."

Among the crowd, the three outer disciples who had provoked Han Tan were pale and trembling like leaves.

Elder Xie Xuan, with a dark face, slammed his hand on the table and stood up abruptly. He was known for his protectiveness and immediately rebuked Xie Xuan in a stern voice:

"Nonsense! You must have stolen the sect's treasures and practiced forbidden techniques! Your cultivation should be abolished, and you should be banished to the Disciplinary Hall!"

The three disciples, as if grasping at a straw, immediately cried out:

"Sect Leader, please investigate! He set a trap to harm us!"

They're turning black into white and blaming others for their own misdeeds.

Ling Chen's eyes suddenly turned icy cold:

"Slander? You dare to accuse me?"

"Just now in the cold pool, who insulted my parents, who pushed me into the pool, and who stood by and watched coldly?"

Now you're turning the tables on me, don't you find that ridiculous?

Before he finished speaking, the spiritual energy of the fifth level of Qi Refining suddenly surged forth.

The surrounding Qi Refining disciples turned pale and retreated repeatedly.

Ling Chen's figure flashed, and he appeared in front of the three like a ghost. With a wave of spiritual power, the leading disciple was slammed hard into the hall.

"Insolence!" Xie Xuan roared in fury, his Foundation Establishment aura crashing down.

"stop."

The sect leader spoke, his imposing aura enveloping the entire area and quelling all unrest, "You say they're framing you, but do you have any evidence?"

"Evidence?" Ling Chen sneered.

The ancient jade in his palm slowly floated to the surface, and a vast and ancient imperial aura permeated the hall.

"The Cold Pool is a node of an ancient spiritual vein, and the mountain-guarding spiritual array has long recorded everything."

The white-bearded elder immediately made a hand seal, and a water mirror unfolded in mid-air.

The images of the three disciples verbally abusing, mocking, and physically pushing people are crystal clear and vividly depicted.

The truth came out.

Xie Xuan's face turned ashen, looking extremely unpleasant.

The three disciples turned ashen-faced and collapsed to the ground.

The sect leader's face darkened, and his voice turned cold and stern:

"Xie Xuan was punished for lax discipline, and was fined a hundred years' salary and imprisoned for three months."

These three bullied their fellow disciples, framed and slandered them; their cultivation has been abolished, they have been expelled from the sect, and they will never be employed again!

The screams and pleas for mercy vanished in an instant.

Ling Chen stood in the hall, his posture upright, no longer showing any trace of the lowliness of a servant.

The sect leader looked at him, his eyes full of admiration, and slowly spoke:

"Ling Chen, you have reversed your useless spiritual root, your Dao heart is resolute, and you are exceptionally gifted."

Effective immediately, you are relieved of menial duties, promoted to the inner sect without regard to seniority, and awarded a superior-grade spiritual residence, one hundred acres of spiritual fields, and full inner sect cultivation resources!

The audience was shocked!

A servant promoted directly to the inner sect—a first in Qingya Mountain's thousand-year history.

Ling Chen bowed, his voice clear and sharp, revealing his sharp edge:

"Thank you, Sect Leader."

"But what I want is more than that."

"From now on, no one in Qingya Mountain will dare to call me a good-for-nothing."

From this day forward, I, Ling Chen, will surely reach the pinnacle and stand proudly above all others!

As soon as he finished speaking, the spiritual energy within his body surged violently once again.

The realm was broken again with a roar—

Qi Refining Level 6!

A vast surge of spiritual energy swept through the entire council hall, leaving everyone horrified.

The gaze directed at Ling Chen completely changed from doubt to awe.

Sunlight streamed through the window, falling on the boy and radiating a dazzling brilliance.

After three years of dormancy, it has transformed into a dragon in a single day.

The Eternal Spirit Emperor's Technique has now appeared in the world.

The era belonging to Ling Chen has just begun.