My path to immortality was smooth sailing.

Wei Jing rode the Cloud-Breaking Shuttle and arrived at the Transmission Hall in less than the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea.

The hall doors were open, and a plaque hung above the lintel with the three large characters "Chuan Gong Dian" (Hall of Passing on Merit), written in vigorous strokes and with a majestic style.

Wei Jing stepped across the threshold and entered the hall.

Wei Jing took out his inner disciple's waist token and handed it to the guard on duty.

"This junior apprentice looks unfamiliar. His surname is Wei. Could he be from the Wei family of Jiangzuo?"

"Yes, it's rare that you've heard of the Jiangzuo Wei family, Steward."

"Haha! Of course I know, Wei Family Dragon Tooth Rice is famous throughout Wushan County."

After exchanging pleasantries, Wei Jing successfully entered the Transmission Hall.

The steward on duty probably saw that Wei Jing was a young inner disciple, so he wanted to get acquainted with him.

Therefore, I talked a bit more.

The first floor of the Hall of Transmission of Merit mainly contains books on biographies, geography, local customs, and so on.

There are also some strange tales and legends about the cultivation world in the Zheng Kingdom.

Wei Jing wasn't picky and casually picked up a book called "Anecdotes and Strange Tales of the Immortal Cultivation World in Zheng Kingdom" and started reading it.

Biluo Huangquan Sect, Xuanbing Valley, and Wanyao Valley.

Suddenly, he saw a name: Wu Yun Zhen Jun (五蕴真君).

"Five spiritual roots? Nascent Soul True Monarch?"

This piqued Wei Jing's interest. The biography was short, only three or four thousand words.

The Five Elements True Lord was born into a wealthy ordinary family, but he was determined to seek immortality and ask the Dao. At the age of eighteen, he was taught the Daoist arts by an old Daoist.

He gave up wealth and honor to travel the world with an old Taoist priest.

He developed a sense of Qi within a year, and it took him another three months to refine the Qi into his body.

As expected, the test later revealed that he had five spiritual roots, which was arguably the worst kind of spiritual root.

After thirty years of cultivation, now past fifty, he has only reached the third level of Qi Refining.

Actually, this is normal. The path to immortality is long and arduous, filled with trials and tribulations. Since ancient times, how many people have been able to reach the peak?

Seeing this, Wei Jing sighed. He thought of Wei Tiezhu, who also had the talent of five spiritual roots, but after ten years of cultivation, he was still only at the second level of Qi Refining.

The story should have ended here, but since he is called a True Lord, he must have attained the Nascent Soul stage in the end.

Sure enough, when the Five Elements True Lord was fifty-three years old, he created a new cultivation method called the Five Elements True Scripture.

This is a five-attribute cultivation technique.

Heaven and earth were originally chaotic, but they entered the body and differentiated into the five elements.

He was completely dumbfounded when he saw this.

The Nine Cauldrons Elixir Sect's Wood-Earth Technique he cultivates is a dual-attribute technique, capable of absorbing two different types of spiritual energy, which is already quite extraordinary.

These five-attribute cultivation techniques, how heaven-defying must they be?

The Five Spiritual Roots instantly transformed into Heavenly Spiritual Roots!

"A self-created five-attribute cultivation technique?" Wei Jing recognized these words individually, but when put together as a sentence, they seemed completely unfamiliar!

After creating the Five Aggregates True Scripture, the Five Aggregates True Man unsurprisingly took off from where he started.

After ten years, one will establish a foundation; after sixty years, one will form a core; and at two hundred years, one will transform into an infant.

The biography devotes a great deal of space to the early period of the Five Aggregates True Man, while only mentioning a few words about his foundation-building stage.

Fifty years have passed with unfulfilled ambitions, but one day a foundation will be laid to break free from the shackles of confinement.

The five elements interact and the universe moves; I laugh as my peers all grow old.

"This must be fake! A novel made up by someone from the past?" Wei Jing shook his head and then put it back in its original place.

Wei Jing spent the entire day immersed in the first floor of the Transmission Hall, browsing through ancient texts, cultural and geographical information, and some secret rumors about the cultivation world.

This is something you can't see on Jade Stack Peak.

"So that's how it is, Zheng is so big." Wei Jing suddenly realized.

The State of Zheng was divided into nineteen provinces and one hundred and eight commanderies.

Chuyun Prefecture and Wushan Commandery comprised less than one percent of the territory of the Zheng Kingdom.

Chuyun Prefecture is located in the northwest corner of Zheng State, and the most powerful sect there is the Five Elements Sect.

"Hiss! The Five Elements Sect, could it be that the Five Elements True Monarch was a real person? Or just a fictional character?" Wei Jing murmured in surprise.

The founding patriarch of the Five Elements Sect was none other than the Five Elements True Lord, who attained the Nascent Soul stage three thousand years ago.

Since the Five Elements True Lord established the sect and passed it down through generations, taking the Five Elements True Scripture as the foundation of the sect, and with the Nascent Soul True Scripture guarding each generation, it has undoubtedly become the most powerful sect in Chuyunluo.

He held the reins of a state.

The Five Elements Sect is renowned in the world, and it even has two Nascent Soul stage experts among its members.

They overwhelmed the Nascent Soul sects of several neighboring states.

"Lishi Prefecture has a population of 800 million, with numerous large sects and three Nascent Soul sects." Wei Jing was shocked again. 800 million people means 800 million people.

Given the world's food production and the constant slaughter by monsters and demonic sects, the fact that it still has 800 million people gives you an idea of ​​how vast the territory of Shizhou must be.

Wei Jing turned another page: Chuyun Prefecture, with a population of 400 million.

It has only half the population of Shizhou, but that's still quite astonishing.

"The State of Zheng had more than a dozen prefectures, with an unknown territory and a population of over 10 billion."

"Truly shocking," Wei Jing murmured to himself.

This broadened his horizons, and he finally understood what the world was like.

"I wonder who the ruler of Zheng is? An emperor?"

To be able to rule over a nation of billions of people and countless cultivation sects, the royal family must be incredibly powerful.

"Perhaps he is a Nascent Soul cultivator."

Wei Jing spent the entire day on the first floor, but he only managed to peruse less than a tenth of the classic texts.

Many of them lose interest after just one glance and are put down immediately.

"Let's go upstairs and take a look!" Wei Jing stretched.

The second floor is full of cultivation techniques and spells, but most of them are common, non-advanced spells and secret techniques.

However, Wei Jing patiently flipped through the books, and fortunately, there were more than half as many books on the second floor as on the first floor.

"Huh, this is a secret technique." Wei Jing stopped and began to peruse a secret technique.

The Secret Technique of Burning Spirit.

This secret technique can temporarily boost one's cultivation level, allowing one to advance to a higher level within the duration of the technique.

For example, after Wei Jing started practicing, he was able to raise his cultivation level to the eighth level of Qi Refining in a short period of time.

However, after a certain period of time, the side effects become very obvious. Once the period is over, one's cultivation level will continue to decline, and even after falling back to the original level, one will continue to fall another level.

And it continued to weaken for three whole days.

This is the real deal: ten minutes of hardness, three days and three nights of impotence.

This instantly reminded Wei Jing of his first time fighting in the arena, the one against Chu Qingshan.

He was about to give up when Chu Qingshan suddenly became impotent.

"Forget it!" Wei Jing shook his head; he dared not practice such a secret technique.

After spending another two hours on the second floor without finding a satisfactory spell, Wei Jing went to the third floor.

The number of books on the third floor of the Transmission Hall was even smaller, with only seven rows of bookshelves, and four or five disciples were browsing through them.

Wei Jing stepped forward, and on the first bookshelf were two large characters: Sword Techniques.

Wei Jing wasn't interested in swordsmanship and walked past the first bookshelf.

Five Elements Magic, Body Refining Techniques, Alchemy, Qi Refining Techniques, Talismanic Arts.

As Wei Jing walked along, the last bookshelf was labeled: Escape Technique.

"Escape technique, interesting." Wei Jing smiled with satisfaction. If you can't beat them, run away. That's the right thing to do.

Wei Jing casually picked up a magic book with three large characters written on it.

Earth Escape Technique.

"This is great, Earth Release: Earth Escape Technique is awesome!"

"I need to learn the Earth Shield Technique." Wei Jing grinned.