418: Chapter 417 Heavenly Dao Entries and Spirit Stones

Qin Changsheng gently waved his hand, signaling him to rise, unwilling to linger any longer, and turned to leave the dilapidated shack.

Just as Qin Changsheng was about to step out of the door, Zhang Wen looked at the back of the Immortal leaving before him. The doubts that had accumulated in his heart for a long time could no longer be held back, and he hurriedly asked: "Immortal Master, your expression changed when you saw me earlier. You... do you know my grandfather, Zhang Yuan?"

His footsteps paused, and Qin Changsheng's back stiffened slightly. He fell silent for a moment, not looking back, but gave a slight nod, providing an affirmative answer.

At the moment he confirmed the answer, the myriad doubts in Zhang Wen's heart were suddenly cleared, and he finally understood why this Immortal Master would take special care of him, a person with nothing.

He also understood why the Immortal Master had sought a job for him in the Prefecture Governor's residence.

So it was all because the Immortal Master knew his grandfather.

It was just that he didn't know how his grandfather, who had been away from home for over forty years, was doing now.

...

A few hours later, this one-day recruitment in the Mortal realm was nearing its end.

The square, which had originally been bustling with people, had become mostly empty. The vast majority of the Mortal youths who had come to participate in the Spiritual Root testing were leaving one after another with dejected expressions.

Only a few thirty people remained below the high platform, waiting to follow the Sect's flying boat back to the Heavenly Sword Sect.

Liu Yun immediately stepped forward and bowed to report: "Junior Martial Uncle Qin, all tests for this Qingfeng County recruitment have ended. A total of over fifteen thousand Mortal youths came to participate in the Spiritual Root testing today, and in the end, only thirty-six people were found to possess Spiritual Roots and meet the standards for entering the Sect."

Qin Changsheng raised his eyes to look at the newly recruited Disciples standing in line below. His gaze swept over everyone, and he could see the Spiritual Root Aptitude of everyone at a glance.

Among these thirty-six lucky ones, the vast majority had the worst Top-grade Five Spirit Roots, with slow Spiritual Qi Sensing, Slow Cultivation Speed, and extremely limited paths for Cultivation.

Only five people had Four Spirit Roots Aptitude, which could barely be considered lower-middle.

Throughout the entire ceremony, not a single Three Spirit Roots Disciple had appeared.

According to the rules of the Heavenly Sword Sect, after these Five Spirit Roots Disciples entered the Sect, they would hardly even be selected as Outer Sect Disciples. In the end, they could only be assigned to the Sect's utility department, becoming the lowest-level Utility Disciples, handling miscellaneous Sect chores all day long, lacking Cultivation resources, and having no hope of getting ahead in their lifetime.

Looking at the mediocre and sparse newly recruited Disciples before him, Qin Changsheng sighed slightly subconsciously.

Spiritual Qi in the Mortal realm is thin, and the creations of heaven and earth are scarce. It is indeed very difficult to produce Cultivation talents with outstanding Aptitude.

People with Spiritual Roots are already one in ten thousand, and wanting to produce peerless geniuses with special Spiritual Roots or Innate Spiritual Roots is even harder than ascending to heaven.

It is no wonder that the Yao Race would spare no effort to send people to infiltrate the Mortal realm to intercept and kill geniuses; the Cultivation Foundation of the new generation of the Human Race's Mortal realm is already very weak.

He sighed inwardly, but he also knew that this was the norm in the Mortal world, and he was powerless to change it.

"Everyone board the boat; we are setting off to return to the Heavenly Sword Sect." With an order from Qin Changsheng, spiritual power surged in his hand, and spiritual light suddenly appeared in mid-air. The standard Sect flying boat appeared again and slowly descended to the open space of the square.

The group of newly recruited Disciples was full of awe and longing, carefully stepping onto the flying boat one by one, their hearts full of nervousness and excitement about stepping into the Immortal Sect.

The more than twenty accompanying Qi Refining Disciples also performed their duties, taking good care of these newcomers and maintaining order on the boat.

After everyone had boarded the boat, Qin Changsheng stood at the bow, pouring all his spiritual power into the core of the flying boat's Formation.

The blue-white flying boat rose with glowing light, broke through the air, went straight through the clouds, changed direction, and carried the group of new and old Disciples, flying at full Speed towards the majestic Heavenly Sword Sect mountain gate in the distance.

The Sect flying boat sped through the air, racing like lightning, shuttling between the sea of clouds and the mountains.

Because it was their first time riding a flying boat, these new Disciples were very excited.

After a full day of continuous flight, the majestic and Immortal Qi-shrouded Heavenly Sword Sect mountain gate finally appeared clearly at the end of the horizon.

The rolling Immortal mountains were layered, palaces and pavilions were built against the mountains, and the sky was filled with spiritual mist, revealing the magnificent style of a large Sect everywhere.

Qin Changsheng controlled the flying boat to slow down slowly and landed steadily on the Sect's exclusive flying boat docking platform.

The spiritual light on the boat gradually converged, and it landed steadily.

As soon as the flying boat stopped, Qin Changsheng looked up and saw a Sect Elder, who had already brought several Outer Sect deacons, waiting quietly on the high platform.

This Elder was in charge of the Sect's newcomer recruitment and Aptitude verification. Every time the Mortal recruitment ended, he would personally come to count the Disciples and verify the newcomers' talents.

Qin Changsheng took the group of new Disciples off the flying boat, stepped forward to bow and salute the Elder, and truthfully reported the entire situation of this Qingfeng County recruitment without any concealment.

When the Elder heard that over ten thousand Mortals had participated in the test, only thirty-six Disciples were finally recruited, and most of them were bottom-tier Five Spirit Roots, with only a few Four Spirit Roots, and not a single mid-to-high Aptitude talent in the entire group, his originally peaceful face instantly darkened.

His brows were tightly knitted, and his eyes were full of disappointment and displeasure.

The once-in-a-decade secular recruitment consumed a large amount of the Sect's manpower and material resources, but in the end, it was exchanged for a group of bottom-level Disciples with mediocre Aptitude and almost no Cultivation potential. They could not add fresh combat power to the Sect at all, and instead, they had to consume the Sect's basic resources for support, which was truly not worth the loss.

He just waved his hand coldly, signaling the deacons behind him to take over the newcomers, his tone flat and perfunctory: "Leave the newcomers to us. You may go down and rest."

As his words fell, the Elder did not stay any longer, turned around, and took the group of deacons, leading the thirty-six ignorant and nervous newly recruited Disciples away in a hurry.

...

Inside the Cave-Heaven Blessed Land.

Qin Changsheng raised his hand to close the Immortal Cave's Restriction, isolating all outside interference.

Confirming that everything around was foolproof, Qin Changsheng waved his hand, and a fragment of soft, vast, gray-white light appeared in his hand.

The fragment was only the size of a thumb, and its surface was surrounded by faint Heavenly Dao patterns. There was no fierce spiritual power fluctuation, but it carried a supreme Dao aura that was above all laws.

[Ding! Detected that the host possesses a complete heavenly dao fragment!]

[The host can choose any one of their own Golden Trait, and permanently promote it to a supreme Heavenly Dao Trait.]

Hearing the System prompt, Qin Changsheng's gaze also looked at the attribute panel.

[trait: Immortality, Substitute Death, Breath Concealment, Exchange, Sharing, Rebirth, Instant Spellcasting, Body Refining, Teleportation, Disease, Teleportation, Poison Resistance, Alchemy, Heart Demon, Insight, Armor Break, Disguise, Disguise, Sensing, Photographic Memory, Affinity, Detection, Spirit Stone]

[Heavenly Dao Trait: Cultivation, External Incarnation, Intelligence, Divine Sense, Source of Mana, Mana Absorption, Fire God, Thunder God, Innate Divine Strength, Qi and Blood, Storage Space, Sword God, Enhancement, Blade God, Repair, Bleeding, Sword Domain, Copy, Slow Cultivation, Law Manifestation. Speed]

First of all, traits like Cultivation are already Heavenly Dao Traits and cannot be promoted further.

And the effects of traits like Immortality, Substitute Death, Exchange, etc., are limited, and even if they are improved, they will not bring any changes.

As the Golden Traits were ruled out one by one, Qin Changsheng's gaze locked onto Spirit Stone.

The passive effect of this Spirit Stone is very powerful.

If it is improved, Qin Changsheng can continuously obtain a large number of Spirit Stones.

He can also use Heavenly Dao Trait Enhancement to obtain many heaven-grade magical tools.

[Ding, do you want to promote the Golden Trait Spirit Stone to a Heavenly Dao Trait?]

"Promote!" Qin Changsheng did not hesitate at all.

[Ding, congratulations on promoting your Golden Trait Spirit Stone to the Heavenly Dao Trait Spirit Stone.]

[Spirit Stone: Heavenly Dao Trait]

[Characteristic 1: Output. The production efficiency of all Spirit Stone Mines and Spirit Stone Secret Realms under the host's control is permanently increased by five times. Whether it is the Spirit Stones automatically nurtured by the Secret Realm or the Spirit Stones naturally growing in the underground veins, the growth Speed and total output will skyrocket by five times. Spirit Stone reserves will be accumulating rapidly at all times, completely eliminating the possibility of resource shortages.]

[Characteristic 2: Advancement. All Spirit Stone Mines and Spirit Stone Secret Realms under the host's jurisdiction, all Low-Grade Spirit Stones within the territory, have a stable and significantly increased probability of autonomous advancement. Without the need for human refining or spiritual power nourishment, they automatically transform into High-Grade Spirit Stones with rich spiritual power and a hundred times the value, and the overall quality of the Secret Realm resources is comprehensively upgraded.]

[Characteristic 3: Absorption. When the host directly absorbs the Spiritual Qi of Spirit Stones for Cultivation, the Cultivation Speed is permanently increased by five times. Absorbing Spiritual Qi without any stagnation, one portion of Spirit Stones can bring five times the Cultivation effect, and Cultivation will advance by leaps and bounds.]

[Characteristic 4: Spiritual Vein. The Spirit Stone Secret Realm owned by the host has a probability of giving birth to a natural Spiritual Vein. A Spiritual Vein is a supreme treasure for Cultivation in heaven and earth. It can not only bless the Spiritual Qi concentration of the entire Secret Realm but can also be directly stripped for tempering the Physical Body and stabilizing the Golden Core Foundation. It is also an indispensable Heaven-Defying treasure when forming the Nascent Soul.]

Looking at the four characteristics of the Heavenly Dao Trait, Qin Changsheng's eyes were full of joy.

With these four characteristics, Qin Changsheng can easily obtain 50 million Spirit Stones every year.

And among these Spirit Stones, there are many High-Grade Spirit Stones.

With these Spirit Stones, it won't take Qin Changsheng a few years to use Heavenly Dao Trait Enhancement to obtain a heaven-grade magical tool.

...

The days of Cultivation pass quickly.

In the blink of an eye, a year has passed.

Throughout this whole year, Qin Changsheng completely cut off all dealings with the outside world, did not step out of his door, and always remained dormant in his exclusive Cave-Heaven Blessed Land, practicing diligently, acting with extreme low profile.

After a year of hard Cultivation, although Qin Changsheng's Cultivation did not increase, he was not far from Golden Core Stage 6.

The resource dividends brought by the Heavenly Dao Spirit Stone trait were terrifyingly high.

Thanks to the five-fold Spirit Stone output bonus, plus the Heaven-Defying effect of the Secret Realm's Low-Grade Spirit Stones autonomously advancing to High-Grade Spirit Stones, for a whole year, Qin Changsheng's Secret Realm Spirit Stones were produced continuously. Excluding the consumption for daily Cultivation and magical tool tempering, he still had 50 million Spirit Stones accumulated in his Storage Pouch.

In addition, the fourth trait, the Spiritual Vein ability, was also successfully triggered. In the depths of the Spirit Stone Secret Realm, a complete natural Spiritual Vein was born out of thin air.

The Spiritual Vein took root in the land of the Secret Realm, continuously pouring out extremely pure Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, causing the Spiritual Qi concentration of the entire Spirit Stone Secret Realm to climb up by another large margin, and the Speed at which the Secret Realm nurtures Spirit Stones increased slightly again, forming a perfect positive cycle.

Massive amounts of Spirit Stones, abundant Spiritual Veins, and thick Cultivation base; the current Qin Changsheng has a Foundation far exceeding Cultivators of the same rank.

However, these were not what Qin Changsheng was looking forward to the most.

What Qin Changsheng was looking forward to most was that today was the beginning of a new year.

He could once again draw a new Golden Trait.

[Lifespan: +∞]

[Cultivation: Golden Core Stage 5 (1,120,000 / 1,400,000)]

[Golden Core Grade: Golden]

[Cultivation Technique: Five Elements Returning Origin Art (Perfection)]

[Vajra Body Refining Art: Perfection]

[Spell: Fire Snake Technique (Perfection), Fire Shield Technique (Perfection)]

[Sword Flight Technique: Perfection]

[Mountain Splitting Blade: Perfection]

[Movement Technique: Wind Chasing Lightning Technique, Perfection]

[Lifebound Treasure: Dragon Abyss Sword * 10]

[Golden Core Divine Ability: Law Manifestation Heaven and Earth]

[Treasure: Spirit Jade Prayer Mat, dongtian pearl, spirit suppressing pearl, Golden Light Spirit Stone, Golden Silk Inner Armor, bixia pendant]

[Spiritual Root: Top-grade Five Spirit Roots]

[trait Extraction Count: 1]

"Extract a new Golden Trait!" Qin Changsheng said.

As Qin Changsheng's words fell, the Void Realm of his Sea of Consciousness suddenly shone with light, and several phantoms of traits of different colors appeared in turn.

In the next instant, a golden light appeared on the attribute panel.

[Ding! Extraction successful! Congratulations to the host for obtaining a brand new Golden Trait: Spirit Seed!]

[Spirit Seed: Golden Trait]

[The host can condense a Spirit Seed of Origin and bury it freely into any land. It will take effect permanently without the need for subsequent spiritual power nourishment.]

[One: After the seed is buried, with the Spirit Seed as the center, within a radius of ten thousand li, all Mortals born without Spiritual Roots will have a certain probability of Awakening basic Spiritual Roots, allowing Mortals who have no chance with the Immortal Dao to have the qualifications to embark on the path of Cultivation, increasing the base number of Human Race geniuses in the entire region from the root.]

[Ability Two: In the core area of one li, children or Mortal youths born will have a probability of directly Awakening a rare Single Spiritual Root.]

After reading the effect of the trait, Qin Changsheng slowly opened his eyes, a flash of understanding in his eyes.

Previously, during the recruitment in Qingfeng County, of the ten thousand Mortals, only thirty or so possessed Spiritual Roots; he had seen the barren status quo of Mortal geniuses with his own eyes.

At the same time, the Yao Race has been secretly hunting down Human Race prodigies, constantly suppressing the Luck of the Human Race, and the Cultivation Foundation of the new generation of the Human Race is already gradually weakening.

And this Spirit Seed trait can just happen to reverse this situation.

As long as he finds a place in the Mortal realm to bury the Spirit Seed, he can continuously catalyze the birth of Human Race Spiritual Root Cultivators, produce Cultivation seedlings in batches, and even autonomously nurture Single Spiritual Root prodigies.

"Beihai Prefecture, Qin Family!" Qin Changsheng thought of the Qin Family in Beihai Prefecture for the first time.

After all, that was his hometown.

He had also been observing the movements of his younger brother, Qin Changan, over the years.

He also knew that Qin Changan's son and daughter had participated in the recruitment.

It's just that they didn't have Spiritual Roots.

Now, as long as Qin Changsheng buries this Spirit Seed in the ancestral hall, their Qin Family will have a chance to have a Single Spiritual Root Genius.

Qin Changsheng did not hesitate any longer, sat on the prayer mat in the Immortal Cave, parted his lips slightly, and whispered the exclusive Spell for introducing the seed that came with the trait.

The obscure and profound Spell text flowed between his lips and teeth. There was no leakage of any spiritual power fluctuation, but it affected the brand new Golden [Spirit Seed] trait in his Sea of Consciousness to slowly glow.

Along with the fall of the last Spell sound, Qin Changsheng spread out his right palm.

Hum—a soft but thick golden light condensed from the void of his palm. In an instant, a round, plump, gilded seed floated quietly in his palm.

This was the Spirit Seed of Origin transformed by the trait.

The gold seed was only the size of a thumb, and its surface was wrapped with fine cyan life patterns, continuously emitting warm and pure Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, and faint Dao rhymes of creation lingered around it. Just holding it in his hand, he could feel its powerful strength.

There were no complicated activation steps, and it did not need to continuously consume his own spiritual power for nourishment.

Just burying this Golden Spirit Seed completely into the soil layer of the earth would unlock its full power instantly.