Hermit in the Mountains

After Wang Bing'er greeted the three spirit pets, Gu Changsheng waved to the outside, "You can all go and cultivate."

"Wang Bing'er, you can walk around on the mountain by yourself at night, but come back to the house before dawn. Don't get exposed to the sunlight. I won't be responsible if you do something reckless."

"Woof woof woof..." (Master, I'm going to patrol the mountain!)

Big Yellow trotted away happily.

"Coo coo coo............." (Master, I'm going to cultivate too.)

Big Red flapped its wings and flew up to the mulberry tree next to it.

"Moo—" (Master, I'm going back to cultivate now.)

The blue ox strained its limbs to get up and turned around to cultivate in the cowshed behind it.

"I understand, Peak Master." After replying, Wang Bing'er floated back to the bedside in her bedroom to prepare for sleep, to conserve her energy for the night's battle against the resentment.

Da Huang has a "Contemplation Method for the Heavenly Dog Eating the Moon".

The Green Ox has a "Green Ox Carrying a Mountain Visualization Method".

Da Hong has a "Golden Crow Bearing the Sun Contemplation Method".

Gu Changsheng doesn't need to worry about the cultivation of his three spirit pets in the short term. He can deduce the second level of visualization before they break through to the next major realm.

The eldest disciple, still buried in the ground, possesses the "Earth Dao Seed," which grants him the ability to automatically absorb and exhale the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. He has no major problems with daily cultivation, but he still intends to deduce a visualization method based on the earth attribute.

He has recently been studying the earth's energy flow and has gained a lot of insights into developing a visualization of the earth's attributes. He is struggling to choose which visualization to use.

One option is to choose a familiar mythological image, such as the ginseng fruit tree of the Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi or the yellow plum on Kunlun Mountain. Both are top-grade innate spiritual roots and are very suitable as visualization images.

Another option is to start from scratch and develop a completely new and most suitable visual image.

The former has a clear direction, while the latter is uncertain and full of unknowns.

After much deliberation, Gu Changsheng finally followed his heart and began to deduce a new visualization for his eldest disciple from scratch.

He looked back on the path he had traveled, and realized that the matter had not started from scratch.

Abandoning the most stable path and discarding the way of the Yin spirit, he spent over a hundred days creating his own fundamental methods: the "Method of the Seed of Destiny" and the "Method of the Ultimate State of Life and Death."

He created his own unique cultivation techniques, including the Withering and Flourishing Elixir Technique, the Withering and Flourishing Weapon Nourishing Technique, the Withering and Flourishing Array Technique, and the Spirit Object Cultivation Technique.

He created Taoist seal techniques such as the "Gathering Character Technique" and the "Withering and Flourishing Sword Technique";

He created the "Heavenly Dog Eating the Moon Visualization Method", "Green Ox Carrying the Mountain Visualization Method", and "Golden Crow Carrying the Sun Visualization Method".

In one year, he compiled a systematic text on spiritual practice called "The Scripture of Withering and Flourishing," which encompasses all kinds of spiritual knowledge that he knew and verified to be feasible.

In the world of cultivation, a year is merely the time it takes for a high-level cultivator to take a nap.

Gu Changsheng's achievements in just one year are comparable to those of many cultivators over decades or even centuries.

The awakening of the primordial source, the revival of spiritual energy, and the manifestation of the laws mark the arrival of a new era.

The new era is a golden age, but also the most brutal.

As time goes by, geniuses and outstanding individuals will emerge, and competition for resources and traditions will follow, leading to an era where the strong prey on the weak.

All he could do was to relentlessly cultivate and ensure that his cultivation level remained at the forefront, for strength was his trump card for survival.

By pre-planning cultivation resources and creating a truly internally circulated cultivation paradise, they aim to ensure that they won't have to venture out to risk plundering resources in the future, allowing them to peacefully cultivate in the mountains and forget the passage of time.

Gu Changsheng cleared his mind of distractions, withdrew his gaze, closed his eyes, calmed his mind, and emptied his spiritual platform.

He kept a sliver of thought focused on the outside world, while half of his mind sank into the ground to comprehend the earth's veins, and the other half to comprehend the earth's energy connected to the root of the Dao.

Changsheng Peak is like the paradise described by Tao Yuanming, where all the hustle and bustle of the outside world is irrelevant to it, and it stands quietly in the Qinling Mountains.

After China announced the resurgence of Reiki, other countries followed suit, announcing a global resurgence of Reiki, pushing society to the brink of turmoil.

Aside from a few major powers that maintain a stable social order, other smaller countries have long been plunged into turmoil, with some launching coups and others resorting to religions under the guise of salvation...

Thanks to the plans prepared in advance, China's domestic security has remained relatively stable, with occasional incidents of martial artists or cultivators injuring people being suppressed by iron-fisted forces.

The National Spirit Bureau, the Immortal Cultivation Academy, and various colleges and universities have opened cultivation classes. Major Taoist temples and Buddhist monasteries have announced plans to recruit disciples. A complete, controllable, tangible, and relatively fair new system has been rolled out across the country.

Seeing the hope that everyone could cultivate themselves, the Chinese people naturally refrained from launching a coup.

Seeing hope in cultivation, who would be willing to be the first to stick their neck out? They're not stupid; right now, it's still the era of firearms.

They are paying attention to the official enrollment information and trying to find connections, preparing for both options.

If you can join a prestigious sect and become an apprentice, that would be the best option.

If that's not possible, there's also the official option. However, the official route has a lower barrier to entry, meaning anyone has a chance, and with so many people, the road becomes very crowded.

With more people, resources become scattered, and the amount of resources available becomes very limited.

Prestigious sects follow an elite route, with high entry requirements, few disciples, abundant resources, inherited cultivation methods, and one-on-one master instruction.

A plan announced by the National Spirit Bureau has sparked nationwide discussion on the Chinese internet, with countless people leaving comments on the National Spirit Bureau's official website.

Everyone hopes that their plans can be implemented in their hometown or the city where they live.

The National Spirit Bureau's plan includes selecting five locations across the country to develop ancient towns for cultivating immortality, serving as trading venues for various cultivation resources.

While ordinary people are still making wishes, the major top powers already know about the location of the ancient town for cultivating immortality, because this plan is the result of their joint discussions.

Top-tier powers control resource allocation, while first-rate powers follow suit and get the scraps.

Regardless of the era, whether it's a technological world or a world of cultivation, the big pie will always be in the hands of a small number of people.

However, anything can happen, and an unexpected event occurred within China that left the top powers with no way to act.

Gu Changsheng, the peak master of Changsheng Peak, and his Wanshou Pavilion.

Gu Changsheng and Wanshou Pavilion have all the cultivation techniques, resources, technology, and cultivators they need, forming their own small cultivation circle.

This circle has few people and is backed by the Qinling Mountains, so even if its external resource channels are cut off, it can still ensure that everyone can cultivate.

What troubled them most was Gu Changsheng, the number one cultivator in the spiritual energy revival. He had no weaknesses or vulnerabilities that could be exploited. He possessed unknown methods and even demonstrated the legendary sword flight technique to them.

Gu Changsheng has already flexed his muscles, but they dare not use coercive measures. They can only maintain a peaceful coexistence and allow both sides to conduct their transactions as necessary.

The only good news for them was that Gu Changsheng was indifferent to worldly affairs and had no intention of interfering in the outside world. The Wanshou Pavilion he established was merely his representative for trading goods.

Wanshou Pavilion did not expand its scale and has always maintained neutrality, only establishing departments for information collection, resource trading, and material transportation, with its activities limited to the vicinity of Xiahe Village.