Hermit in the Mountains

After the meeting ended and everyone left, Yin Yue stayed behind to meet with Bai She and told her that her master was in seclusion and that she should rest assured and wait quietly in the Shou'an River area.

Mount Kurong

After leaving the Dao Realm, Yin Yue got up and walked out of the main hall, standing by the pool and gazing at Changsheng Peak.

She gazed at Changsheng Peak silently for a few minutes before coming back to her senses.

"Master, your disciple will strive to catch up with you."

In the heart of the Golden Thunder Bamboo Forest, Su Xinghe, carrying his weapons, stepped out of the bamboo hut and gazed up at Changsheng Peak for a moment.

He withdrew his gaze and hung the Xuan Tian Blade on his back onto his belt.

He stood in the open space, his body slightly crouched in a horse stance, his left hand resting on the scabbard and his right hand gripping the hilt of the sword.

He adjusted his body to draw his sword, but hesitated to actually draw it.

Behind the bamboo house, a giant bamboo tree, a thousand meters tall and ten meters thick, has evolved into a pair of golden eyes.

The spirit of the Golden Thunder Bamboo King, Golden Thunder, observed Su Xinghe practicing his sword-drawing technique.

The two branches, like a pair of flexible arms, reached towards Su Xinghe's back.

The branch, which was about ten meters away from Su Xinghe's back, suddenly pierced towards him with lightning speed.

Su Xinghe, whose eyes were originally closed, frowned and twitched his ears.

His eyes snapped open, his body spun clockwise, and his right hand drew his sword.

"Clang—"

The sword was drawn, its blade flashing first, slicing towards the two branches.

"Clang... clang..."

Su Xinghe was thrown back ten meters by a tremendous force, leaving a long footprint on the ground.

He planted the Xuan Tian Blade in his hand into the ground to steady himself and looked up.

"Brother Jin Lei, you've launched another sneak attack."

A bold, middle-aged man's voice rang out from the bamboo forest.

"Haha, good reflexes, you didn't hit my butt this time."

Su Xinghe pulled hard with his right hand and pulled the Xuan Tian Blade out of the ground.

With a flick of his right hand, he raised the Xuan Tian Blade.

Grasp the knife handle with your left hand and hold the knife with both hands.

He has his left foot forward, his right hand behind, his body leaning to the side, and his body slightly crouching, assuming an offensive and defensive stance.

"Bang...bang!"

Two golden bamboo roots broke through the soil and wrapped around Su Xinghe's legs.

The bamboo roots spread upwards towards Su Xinghe's calves.

At the same time, the two branches launched a direct attack on Su Xinghe.

"Damn, they're using this trick again."

Su Xinghe cursed loudly, and with a thought, sword energy burst forth from his body.

"Jingle bells..."

The bamboo roots were shaken back, and Su Xinghe, watching the branches getting closer and closer, pushed off the ground with both feet and slid backward.

He swung his Xuan Tian Blade with his right hand to block the branches attacking from the front.

A golden bamboo shoot emerged diagonally from the ground, piercing towards Su Xinghe and blocking his retreat.

Su Xinghe remained calm and composed, first striking the branch with his Xuan Tian Blade to the left to utilize the force of the recoil.

"clang-"

He made a graceful 180-degree turn and moved to the right to avoid being attacked from both sides.

Jinlei Bamboo Forest is Jinlei's home ground. He manipulates the bamboo branches and roots to launch sneak attacks on Su Xinghe from all sorts of tricky angles.

The bamboo roots sometimes twine around the roots, and sometimes pierce straight through them;

Bamboo twigs are used to thrust, whip, and flick the opponent's skin.

Bamboo leaves transformed into flying leaves to deflect the attacks...

A few hours later, Su Xinghe lay on the ground, panting and cursing.

"Why am I suffering so much?!"

He reached his right hand to his buttocks and gasped in pain.

"hiss--"

He was indeed in a terrible state; there were several red welts on his face, and his clothes were torn in several places.

He recalled being trained by his Uncle Huang Feng at Changsheng Peak, and then by his beloved elder brother at Jinlei Bamboo.

All the bamboo in Jinlei Bamboo Forest are Jinlei's eyes and ears; he even has to sleep with one eye open and one eye closed.

The worst fear is being ambushed; it would be even worse than cultivating on Changsheng Peak.

Looking back, Su Xinghe realized that the days he spent cultivating in the Qingxuan Palace were the most comfortable, at least he wasn't afraid of being ambushed while sleeping.

It's unbearable!

The weak have no human rights. He's so pitiful; he doesn't even have a place to report it.

He also wanted to meditate and cultivate in the main hall as beautifully as his third senior sister.

Like the second senior brother, bask in the sun every day to improve your cultivation.

Like the eldest brother's true form, it is rooted in the soil and automatically absorbs the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Jin Lei looked at the miserable Su Xinghe and shook his two branches twice to indicate that he didn't want to be like this either.

He could only pray in his heart to lessen his sins.

"Blame your master; I was just following orders."

"My sins, my sins............"

"Hehe...but it's pretty fun."

The branches returned to their natural state, and Jin Lei stopped paying attention to Su Xinghe, his mind entering the Dao Realm to share the fun with his younger siblings.

Meanwhile, Zhang Yuanfu returned to the mortal courtyard and convened a meeting.

The number of Lingwang users has officially experienced a surge.

In just three days, 90% of the eligible beings have basically verified their soul accounts.

The news that condensing a Dao Seed could immediately log onto the Spirit Network spread far and wide, and the number of Dao Seed cultivators increased exponentially every day.

As the Earth expanded, more and more rare and precious materials appeared, and many ordinary people were able to obtain relatively common spiritual items.

Many ordinary people without spiritual roots, regardless of the grade of the spiritual object, will find a spiritual object and then use their cultivation techniques to condense a seed of Dao.

Some people even choose strange and unusual spiritual objects to replace spiritual roots, thus condensing all sorts of Dao seeds.

It contains chips infused with spiritual energy, psionic batteries, psionic pistols...

Anything that carries spiritual energy can serve as a substitute for a spiritual root.

Some embody the Daoist seeds of music, chess, calligraphy, and painting; some embody the Daoist seeds of calculation; some embody the Daoist seeds of mapping...

Anything imaginable, someone will try.

There is no experience to refer to when it comes to strange and unusual spiritual objects, so the failure rate is higher, but people are gambling on the novelty and on the unique ability.

Some people use the spiritual zither to replace the spiritual root to condense the Dao seed, thus refining the Dao seed of music and the Dao seed of the soul.

Based on their own musical style, they deduce calming songs and sonic wave songs.

The former is for support, the latter for attack.

As time went by, all sorts of practitioners and masters of various arts and crafts emerged on Earth.

Alchemy, weapon crafting, and array formations remain the mainstream techniques.

Plant connoisseur, food connoisseur, and appraiser are also popular skills.

The biggest event was a notice posted by Zijinge on the spiritual network.

The announcement conveys only one meaning.

"Cities in China are autonomous, but they need to apply to the Zijing Pavilion."

This announcement officially declared that China had entered a period of self-governance.

Various regions applied for autonomy to maintain the legitimacy of the Chinese nation.

They need time to develop; now is not the right time for them to each go their own way.

Although Earth has only expanded a dozen times, its industrial civilization collapsed overnight, and countless deterrent weapons became ineffective.

The nation's deterrent power has long since disappeared.

but,

The legitimate successor of the Chinese nation

It is still something that everyone needs.

Ambitious individuals, ruthless figures, and politicians need to act in the name of "China".

Unify the world, inherit the legitimacy of the "Hua Kingdom", and establish a new dynasty.

The "Chinese civilization" etched into our bones and blood will not disappear.

To rule the people, one must become the successor of the "Chinese Nation" in order to gain their trust and genuine approval.

They still recognize the Zijinge Pavilion in various places, and they still need to stick together and keep warm under the banner of "China".

Because the external enemies are powerful and numerous.

Monsters, spirits, sea creatures, otherworldly humans, and other races, etc.