Hermit in the Mountains

Inside the wooden cabin living room on Changsheng Peak, Gu Changsheng finished refining eighty-one strands of the primordial sun's 'purple energy,' and a faint, continuous 'crackling' sound, like metal breaking, emanated from his body.

A powerful suction force emanated from his body, spreading outwards.

Wood-based spiritual energy, attribute-neutral spiritual energy, and earth energy within a radius of 700 meters surged toward Gu Changsheng.

The spiritual energy flowed at high speed, forming wisps of pale blue silk that drifted into the living room of the wooden house, stirring the surrounding air and creating gentle breezes.

Half an hour later, the mist surrounding Gu Changsheng was shaken off, the suction disappeared, and the mist, no longer bound, returned to being water molecules invisible to the naked eye.

When the sun was high in the sky, Gu Changsheng slowly opened his eyes, his gaze shining like a sword drawn from its sheath.

All the changes within his body rushed into Gu Changsheng's mind, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously turned up slightly.

You could tell from that expression that Gu Changsheng was in a good mood.

He was indeed in a good mood, firstly because Wang Bing'er had successfully completed the test, and secondly because his cultivation had broken through.

He extended his divine sense outwards with all his might, and the scenery within a radius of eight hundred meters appeared in his mind simultaneously.

His divine sense, like a heavenly eye, hung high in the void, overlooking the entire Changsheng Peak, where he could see plum and peach blossoms blooming all over the mountain.

The rich spiritual energy of Changsheng Peak caused the vegetation on the mountain to defy the laws of the four seasons, showing no signs of withering.

You can see a large red cow standing on the mountaintop absorbing sunlight and cultivating itself, a blue ox sleeping in the cowshed, a large yellow cow chasing butterflies freely in the forest, and Yang Dashan practicing martial arts at the mountain gate.

His divine sense was like a heavenly ear, able to clearly hear the rustling of leaves in the breeze, the sound of the stream flowing at the foot of the mountain, and the roars of beasts coming from the depths of the Qinling Mountains.

His perception ranged to a radius of eight kilometers. Although he could not see the specific images beyond eight hundred meters, Gu Changsheng could sense the movement trajectories of energy bodies and life forms.

His physical strength increased by another 10,000 jin, reaching a tremendous force of 100,000 jin, and the blood and qi in his body became increasingly thick, as if they were about to materialize.

Physical fitness has been greatly improved across the board, and the defense and damage reflection of the Withered and Flourishing Armor have been increased by 10%.

Lifespan increases by forty years, with the maximum lifespan reaching five hundred and eighty years, close to six hundred years.

Within the natal space, four additional emerald green annual rings appear on the natal chart, and the roots on the root occupy ninety percent of the natal chart.

Gu Changsheng had a premonition that his cultivation would break through again, and his Dao roots and tendrils would cover his destiny plate, at which time new changes would likely occur.

His cultivation broke through from the Dao Seed Realm to the Dao Root Realm, and he grew a main root. One main root took root in his body to guard it, while the other main root took root in the void to absorb energy and accelerate his cultivation.

Breaking through a major realm will inevitably bring new abilities. With supernatural powers already acquired, who knows what unexpected surprises the next realm will bring.

Gu Changsheng withdrew his divine sense, raised his right hand to support the back of his left hand in front of him, and looked down at a gray seed in the palm of his left hand.

The gray seeds were all reflected in my eyes.

The gray seed was formed from solidified Yin energy, and inside it was engraved a Dao seal of inheritance, and within it was nurturing a touch of spirituality.

Yin energy, inherited Dao seal, spirituality, and the halo surrounding spirituality—these four forces seemed to be temporarily assembled together, repelling each other as if lacking a glue to create a sense of wholeness.

Gu Changsheng immediately discovered the problem: Wang Bing'er's physical body had been cremated, her innate Qi, or spiritual root, had been destroyed, and her innate essence had also been destroyed, leaving only innate spirituality in her soul.

Her physical body and spiritual roots need to be reborn to condense a Yin spiritual body, but she lacks a catalyst at the root.

"I will lend you a hand."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Changsheng drew his right hand and made a sword-finger gesture, hovering it three inches above the gray seed.

A drop of his life essence quickly condensed within his body, flying out from his fingertip and hovering in mid-air.

The life essence exudes a rich power of qi and blood, and the Daoist charm of life and death.

Gu Changsheng spread his right hand naturally and placed it over the blood-red amber-like essence.

"change--"

As the character "化" (transformation) fell, the Daoist rhyme of withering and flourishing was removed, and pure natal essence blood slowly fell, dripping onto the gray seed.

The life essence dispersed and seeped into the gray seed, and the yin energy, inherited Dao seal, spirituality, and the halo surrounding the spirituality seemed to return to the mother's embrace.

The four forces, under the influence of the life essence and blood, begin to slowly merge into a whole.

Wang Bing'er's remaining spirituality transformed into specks of light that merged into the halo.

This halo is the "Origin Dao Guide" that Gu Changsheng had hidden in the Dao Seal of Inheritance, a backup plan he left behind long ago.

Wang Bing'er's spirit merged with the "Original Dao Guidance".

The "Original Dao Guide" dispersed into light and merged into the gray seed.

Driven by the essence of one's life, yin energy, spirituality, and the original Dao merge into one, becoming inseparable.

The Dao Seal of Inheritance contains Gu Changsheng's thoughts and belongs to the knowledge base that Gu Changsheng distributed to his disciples. It cannot be integrated into Wang Bing'er's Dao Seed; it can only be imprinted within her Dao Seed for her to read internal information.

If Gu Changsheng wants to teach his disciples cultivation techniques, spells, secret arts, and various cultivation knowledge in the future, he only needs to use his divine sense to input the knowledge into the inheritance seal for storage, and the disciples can read the knowledge inside at any time.

The Dao Seal of Inheritance is currently in standalone mode. Gu Changsheng plans to build a general repository of inheritance within his own Dao Root later.

He can also add keys to every spell, technique, and secret art in the heritage repository; only those who obtain the corresponding key can access the corresponding technique.

Once authorized, disciples can access the main repository of inheritance through the inheritance seal in their sea of ​​consciousness and read the internal materials.

Gu Changsheng only had one idea, but he didn't have a specific direction on how to implement the network function.

He put the plan aside and would try it out later when he had time.

Several hours later, Wang Bing'er's spirituality and original Dao guide perfectly merged with the Yin energy of heaven and earth and Gu Changsheng's original essence blood. The gray seed shrank by half in size, but became fuller and exuded vitality.

Gu Changsheng stared at the gray Dao Seed in his palm and muttered to himself, "I wonder when it will be able to develop into a spiritual body."

He discovered a key point: the first disciple of the sect also started from a seed of Tao, which is still buried in the ground.

Wang Bing'er's soul body merged with the "Origin Dao Guide" and condensed into a Dao Seed.

She's human, she can't be buried in the ground, right? But no, Wang Bing'er isn't human anymore, Gu Changsheng doesn't know what category she belongs to.

Gu Changsheng placed the Taiyin Seed in a small pocket in his sleeve and carried it close to his body, letting it absorb spiritual energy alongside him.

Gu Changsheng got up and walked out of the living room. He glanced at the sun overhead, put his hands in his wide sleeves, and strolled leisurely toward the medicinal herb field.

He stood beside the Earth Spirit Ginseng Cave, using his divine sense to check on his eldest disciple's cultivation progress.

When he saw that the aura of the Earth Spirit Ginseng was actually merging with the Earth Spirit Energy nodes below, it reminded him of the legendary companion spirit treasures and spirit veins.

Gu Changsheng muttered to himself, 'I wonder if Changsheng Peak will one day develop into a blessed land?'

[Earth Spirit Ginseng, at the sixth stage of the Dao Seed realm, primarily cultivating the earth attribute, accompanied by earth spiritual energy nodes.]