Sentient Immortal Art was merely sentient. Faced with Li Tianwei's power, it instinctively felt fear.
As a Book Spirit, it should not have been like this, yet Li Tianwei's fission spiritual energy made it sense the aura of death from him.
It had never felt such a thing before. As an immortal art that had endured for so many years, a method created by an immortal, it naturally understood the strange aspects of Li Tianwei.
Thus, the Book Spirit's first reaction was to cower.
Seeing the Book Spirit fall silent, Li Tianwei finally raised his eyes and gave it another look.
"Come on! Tell me what exactly you are."
Li Tianwei transmitted his voice to the Book Spirit.
"I am the Book Spirit of the Five Intentions Condensing Heaven Art. It is an immortal art created by the Heavenly Origin Immortal Venerable, and I was born from this immortal art."
"Sentient Immortal Art."
Under the pressure of Li Tianwei's power, the Book Spirit chose without hesitation to reveal everything.
"Heavenly Origin Immortal Venerable? What does he have to do with the Heavenly Origin Dao Foundation Method?"
Upon hearing the Book Spirit say this, Li Tianwei's first thought was of the Heavenly Origin Dao Foundation Method. Since both began with Heavenly Origin, there had to be some connection between them.
"The Heavenly Origin Dao Foundation Method? There is indeed a connection. This Heavenly Origin Dao Foundation Method was the method the Heavenly Origin Immortal Venerable left behind to condense one's Dao foundation before ascending to immortality."
"It can be considered an exceptionally superior Dao foundation method."
The Book Spirit continued answering, while cautiously raising its head to look at the round fan and three-leaf mark manifested above Li Tianwei's head, afraid that Li Tianwei would directly suppress it.
The Book Spirit also wanted to borrow the name of its former master, the Heavenly Origin Immortal Venerable, to intimidate Li Tianwei a little.
After all, Li Tianwei had cultivated quite a bit of his inheritance. At the very least, there was some nominal connection of master and disciple.
Especially when it saw Li Tianwei fall into thought and the Dao foundation mark above his head fade away, because Li Tianwei now knew its origins, it immediately pushed its luck.
"Now you know who I am, right? You have at least cultivated my former master's methods. If you kowtow three times to me now, I will reluctantly impart the Five Intentions Condensing Heaven Art to you and overlook your earlier offense."
After saying that, the Book Spirit straightened its back, as though the name of the Heavenly Origin Immortal Venerable had elevated it above others.
Unfortunately, no matter how much the Book Spirit thought, it never would have expected that the instant Li Tianwei heard their connection, he immediately came to a realization.
"No wonder they're both so blind and useless!"
Li Tianwei immediately muttered.
"Y-you, what did you say...?"
The Book Spirit had naturally heard Li Tianwei mutter those words and asked in disbelief.
Li Tianwei truly thought so. This so-called Heavenly Origin Immortal Venerable was useless. First of all, the Heavenly Origin Dao Foundation Method was completely useless to him; it could not even help him draw in qi.
Because of this, Li Tianwei could only modify it himself. If he had not come to his own realization and altered it, perhaps he still would not have even entered the path yet!
Therefore, this Heavenly Origin Immortal Venerable, this immortal, had only an empty name and was utterly useless.
Now, with the Book Spirit born from the Five Intentions Condensing Heaven Art created by this Heavenly Origin Immortal Venerable, adding the two together, it was perfectly normal for this Book Spirit to be blind and unable to see his spirit root.
Li Tianwei expressed his understanding of this.
"I'm saying that the Heavenly Origin Immortal Venerable was no good, but it's fine. I won't look down on you. With my talent, I will surely lead the trend of cultivation for a new generation."
"I was able to modify the Heavenly Origin Dao Foundation Method into a method suited to me and achieve Foundation Establishment in a Hundred Days. Naturally, I can also thoroughly modify you into an art suited to me. I don't mind."
Li Tianwei spoke earnestly, without the slightest intention of looking down on the Book Spirit.
Li Tianwei still expressed his understanding regarding the Heavenly Origin Dao Foundation Method and the Five Intentions Condensing Heaven Art. He also did not want the Book Spirit to give up on itself after learning how useless its former master had been.
After all, the Book Spirit was also a form of life. Though it was a little foolish, Li Tianwei was confident he could carry it to greatness, just like his system.
Ah! Hey, hey, I'm not useless. Don't drag me into this nonsense.
The system, which had originally been waiting to watch a good show, had never expected Li Tianwei's bizarre mind to take such a turn and target it too, so it immediately retorted.
"I know, I understand, but I won't mind. After all, with a master like me, you do seem rather incompetent, but I will carry you all to greatness."
"What protagonist doesn't have a few burdens dragging him down?"
Li Tianwei shook his head. Listening to the Book Spirit and system's rebuttals, he sighed inwardly.
"It can only be blamed on my abilities being too strong."
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At this moment, the system could no longer control itself. It completely threw its earlier plan of staying calm and not treating Li Tianwei seriously out of its mind, spewing crude words without end. Unfortunately, under the restrictions of the rules, they all turned into garbled characters.
As for the Book Spirit, needless to say, although it was extraordinarily furious, faced with the Dao foundation mark Li Tianwei had revealed earlier, it still cowered.
Meanwhile, after Li Tianwei successfully achieved Foundation Establishment in a Hundred Days, many people had already deduced from the spiritual energy disturbance on Tianmen Peak that Li Tianwei of Tianmen Peak had successfully established his foundation.
Very quickly, the news spread throughout Lingxu Sacred Land. This was a major event not seen in decades. Ever since Bai Muxu had achieved Foundation Establishment in a Hundred Days last time, Lingxu Sacred Land had finally produced another genius who had done the same.
Within Muxu Peak, in the Pill Hall, inside an alchemy chamber.
An alchemy furnace spun in midair, while scorching flames mixed with a faint medicinal fragrance filled the entire alchemy chamber.
Li Tianchen lightly tapped the ground with his foot and rose into the air. Arriving before the alchemy furnace, he waved his hand, and the furnace lid slowly opened. In an instant, medicinal fragrance spread in all directions, revealing more than a dozen pill pellets within the furnace, gleaming with precious light.
"Twelve second-grade pills, all of them high-grade. It seems you are not far from becoming a third-grade alchemist."
The ring on Li Tianchen's hand flickered gently as Elder Ling communicated with him through divine sense.
"Sadly, I could not achieve Foundation Establishment in a Hundred Days, so I can only put effort into alchemy."
Hearing this, Li Tianchen sighed inwardly.
"Alright, it is time to leave seclusion. The hundred days are up. I wonder whether my brother truly achieved Foundation Establishment in a Hundred Days."
Li Tianchen put away the pills and smiled darkly, intending to go watch someone make a fool of himself. He then slowly opened the door to the alchemy chamber.
"Senior Brother Li has emerged from seclusion."
"Greetings, Senior Brother."
The moment he stepped out of the alchemy chamber, the surrounding disciples all greeted Li Tianchen.
Li Tianchen nodded in response.
Just then, a junior brother Li Tianchen knew relatively well hurried over.
"Congratulations, Senior Brother Tianchen! Congratulations, Senior Brother Tianchen! Your elder brother has successfully achieved Foundation Establishment in a Hundred Days."
Xie Youshan cupped his hands and congratulated Li Tianchen.
When Li Tianchen heard those words, he was stunned for a moment.
"What did you just say?"
"Senior Brother Tianchen, your elder brother Li Tianwei achieved Foundation Establishment today on Tianmen Peak. The news has already spread throughout all of Lingxu Sacred Land."
Seeing the grim expression on Li Tianchen's face, Xie Youshan assumed he was overly excited and immediately repeated himself.
Yet after hearing this, Li Tianchen's expression became even gloomier, and his hand involuntarily tightened around the ring on his finger.
"Elder Ling, what exactly is going on?"
"A Pseudo-Spirit Root under the protection of an elder of Lingxu Sacred Land, and now he can achieve Foundation Establishment in a Hundred Days? How is that possible...?"
After Elder Ling learned this news inside the ring, he too was momentarily unable to react.
"Impossible! Even if I am weak now, my divine sense could not possibly have examined it wrongly. Your brother is a Pseudo-Spirit Root."
At that moment, Elder Ling even wondered whether he had been mistaken, whether Li Tianwei really was a Heavenly Spirit Root.
"Right, do you remember that Elder Xu? Perhaps this has something to do with demonic cultivators."
Suddenly, Elder Ling seemed to think of something and hurriedly spoke.
"It seems my good elder brother truly has some secret. But since it is connected to demonic cultivators, perhaps I can use this to make some proper arrangements."
Li Tianchen only felt his heart in turmoil. Back at the Li Household, he had always been suppressed by Li Tianwei. It was not merely the difference between legitimate and concubine-born status; even in reading and learning, he had never surpassed him, and their treatment had been the same as well.
Only after obtaining Elder Ling did Li Tianchen discover that, in cultivation, he could suppress Li Tianwei. Yet these successive strange events made him feel Li Tianwei's suppression once again in Lingxu Sacred Land.
No matter what, I possess a Top-grade Fire-Wood Dual Spirit Root, while he is merely a Pseudo-Spirit Root. The advantage lies with me.
At this moment, in Li Tianchen's eyes, Li Tianwei clearly had a huge problem.