Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

"What do you think this is?"

While speaking, Zhao Keru carefully took out a jade box from his storage bag, opened it, and placed it before two men.

The two men looked down and saw a soil-gray, irregular stone the size of a human head inside the jade box. The stone was crisscrossed with numerous tiny cracks, from which countless minuscule golden flames were flickering.

The entire stone was enveloped in golden flames, appearing to be continuously burning.

"Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire?"

"Stone Fire!"

Two exclamations almost simultaneously arose, the first uttered by Zhao Sheng, and the latter by Zhao Jijian.

Stone Fire is one of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fires, known for its gentle and temperate fire nature and pure flawless spirituality, making it one of the most favored Spiritual Fires among Alchemists and Artifact Refiners.

Zhao Keru couldn't help but exclaim excitedly, "Yes, exactly, Stone Fire. This volcanic eruption actually spewed it out. Truly, heaven blesses the Zhao Family!"

No wonder Zhao Keru was so thrilled, for within the entire Zhao family, he was the most qualified to refine this Stone Fire.

At this moment, Zhao Sheng and Zhao Jijian exchanged a look, their expressions odd.

Zhao Jijian chuckled and pulled out a Spirit Fire Gourd, handing it to Zhao Keru and gesturing for him to take a look.

However, the next second,

Zhao Keru suddenly burst out furiously, "Heaven's curse, which old thief wasted this treasure?"

"..."

Seeing this, Zhao Sheng and the other man exchanged glances, unable to utter a word.

...

Time flies, years pass like a shuttle.

Half a year had passed since the battle at Flame Ridge.

In that half-year, Lush Peach Mountain underwent great changes. Not to mention the two mountains adjacent to it, the middle mountain was newly planned.

Most of the disorderly growing peach trees on the mountain were removed, and all sorts of dirt such as rotten soil, decaying leaves, weeds, and broken stones were completely cleared away.

Midway up the hill, a large flat land of several tens of acres was cleared, on which a series of brand new buildings had been erected, including three-to-four-story wooden buildings, large and spacious stone houses, and even a twenty-five-foot-tall ancestral hall of the Zhao Family.

Further down, around the perimeter of the buildings, there lay a massive defensive stone wall, three meters high and two meters thick made of green stone.

The stone wall occasionally flashed with spirit light, obviously having been equipped with powerful defense prohibitions.

Across the pathway of the stone wall, at intervals, stood a large black and shiny Dragon-shooting Crossbow, shaped like flying wings on the side, with runes twinkling on its surface.

The crossbows were loaded with three crossbow arrows each, each over nine feet in length, typically used to hunt large, tough-skinned demon beasts.

The Zhao family, having eradicated two Cultivation Families and temporarily occupied two spirit lands, found themselves suddenly wealthy, and began to spend lavishly.

Those who benefited first and most were the cultivating members of the family.

Not only was their spiritual salary doubled, but each was also provided with at least two magic artifacts for offense and defense.

Moreover, to assure safety, the Zhao family spared no expense to purchase a Second Order High Grade Defensive Array, the Small Four Symbols Formation, and also casually bought five Dragon-shooting Crossbows.

In the middle of the stone wall, there was a gateway ten feet wide, which connected to a stone path six feet wide, extending all the way to the foot of the mountain.

At the base of the mountain, more than twenty acres of spirit field had just been cleared.

Within the spirit field, Zhao Shuo was drenched in sweat, swinging a light-flickering Magic Hoe. The hoe shadow flew up and down, quickly breaking large clumps of hard soil and leveling them.

This morning, just as dawn was breaking, Zhao Shuo had rushed to the spirit field and had been busy working until the sun was almost overhead.

Though he was exhausted, Zhao Shuo did not feel it to be bitter; rather, he felt more and more energetic.

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Even though he wasn't a Cultivator, his son was!

These two acres of spirit field would become their family's ancestral enterprise.

Decades later, Zhao Shuo could proudly point at the spirit field and tell his descendants, "Look, this is the foundation that your grandfather established."

A century later, he might no longer be in this world, but his descendants would definitely remember there once was an ordinary ancestor named Zhao Shuo who had made contributions and shed blood for the family.

Zhao Shuo was energetically at work.

Suddenly,

a wooden kite descended from the sky, and a young man jumped down from it.

The young man ran up to Zhao Shuo and excitedly shouted, "Dad, Seventh Uncle wants to see you. You must come with me."

The young man was Zhao Xuanang, Zhao Shuo's son, born with Four Spirit Roots.

A month ago, Zhao Xuanang's cultivation had advanced to the Qi Refining Third Layer, and he was thus assigned to Lush Peach Mountain.

"Oh, Xuanang, why does the elder want to see me?" Zhao Shuo, upon hearing this, immediately stopped his hoeing, looking very surprised.

Zhao Xuanang grabbed Zhao Shuo and headed towards the wooden kite, while saying, "I don't know why Seventh Uncle suddenly wants to see you. But it must be something good."

Half an hour later, in a stone room, Zhao Shuo met Zhao Sheng, who was busy drawing talismans.

"Just a moment,"

Zhao Sheng said, his pen moving fluidly like a dragon and snake, his talisman's surface becoming increasingly dazzling as he repeatedly traced over it.

A moment later, a Water Healing Talisman, nineteen layers thick, formed instantly, rings of intense light suddenly spreading from the surface of the talisman.

Bang!

Zhao Sheng flicked his finger, and the Spring Breeze and Rain Talisman swiftly flew out, accurately landing in Zhao Xuanang's arms.

"Ang-er, you go outside for now. I have something to discuss with your dad."

"Yes, Seventh Uncle!" Zhao Xuanang left the room, overjoyed, leaving Zhao Shuo alone, looking slightly nervous as he stood watching the family elder.

Zhao Sheng swept Divine Sense over Zhao Shuo, sensing the pure and powerful Infinite True Qi inside him. He nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile, "Indeed, you have reached Innate Great Success. If I remember correctly, you're not yet fifty years old!"

Zhao Shuo cautiously answered, "Elder, I am forty-three this year."

Zhao Sheng felt even more pleased upon hearing this.

He handed over three books to Zhao Shuo, saying at the same time, "The family possesses three supreme Innate Cultivation Techniques: 'Infinite Divine Skill,' 'Law-breaking Nine Swords,' and 'Cloud Dragon Nine Transformations.'"n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

These three books contain some of my improvements and insights on the three techniques. Take them and read them. If you have any questions, you can come here to ask me on this day each month.

Well, you can go now."

Zhao Shuo left the stone room with mixed feelings.

He truly hadn't expected the family elder to summon him to transmit skills,

Yes, in Zhao Shuo's heart, this was indeed the transmission of skills.

However, there was one thing he couldn't understand. Innate Martial Artists could only threaten those in the early stages of Qi Refining and posed no threat to Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

So why did the elder care so much about Martial Arts, even appearing to place great importance on it?

Naturally, Zhao Sheng would not reveal his true intentions to Zhao Shuo.

There were many benefits to continuously reincarnating, one being ample time.

So much time that Zhao Sheng could experiment with any idea he wished.

For example, helping Zhao Shuo break through to the Divinity Realm.

Zhao Sheng could not guarantee that he would reincarnate as a cultivator in every lifetime.

Therefore, whether Zhao Shuo eventually succeeded or failed, it would be a very precious experience for him.

Moreover, Zhao Sheng was also curious whether the Life Span of Innate Martial Artists would significantly increase after breaking through the Divinity Realm and whether they could pose a threat to Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

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