Cultivation (Seeking Recommendations, Seeking Favorites)

# Chapter 8: Cultivation (Please Recommend, Please Collect)

God Elephant Suppressing Prison Force, unlike other spiritual arts that follow rigid rules, does not require entering the Spiritual Movement Realm before one can cultivate it.

As long as one condenses a single Dragon Elephant phantom, their cultivation can step into the Spiritual Movement Realm.

"Of course, even condensing a single Dragon Elephant phantom requires an unimaginable amount of Spiritual Energy. For anyone else, it would be impossible to succeed in a short time!"

"But I am different. I possess a God Vein, gathering several times more Spiritual Energy than ordinary people."

"God Elephant Suppressing Prison Force was practically tailor-made for me."

Mu Yuan smiled faintly. He was now somewhat looking forward to the Academy Trial ten days from now.

Withdrawing his thoughts, he turned his gaze to Mu Chen and asked:

"Little Mu, have you chosen?"

At this moment, Mu Chen held three jade slips in his hands.

Earth Shaking Art, Spirit Gathering Mirror, and Flame Dragon Law—all of them were Spirit Grade Low-Rank Spiritual Arts.

Spirit Grade Spiritual Arts—worth at least a million Spirit Coins.

He was reluctant to part with any of these three arts, and for a moment, he hesitated over which one to choose.

"Little Mu, although these three arts each have their own merits, their power is roughly the same. You can pick one to cultivate first. If you find a suitable art later, switching is also fine."

Mu Feng offered Mu Chen a suggestion.

Mu Chen nodded, then turned to ask Mu Yuan:

"Brother Yuan, how about you help me decide?"

He had great faith in Brother Yuan's judgment.

"Little Mu, actually, none of these three arts suit you. Dad has another art stored away—it's the most suitable one for you."

Mu Yuan smiled faintly.

The Great Pagoda Scripture was a spiritual art tailor-made for Mu Chen.

"Oh?"

Mu Chen was startled, then turned his head to look at Mu Feng and asked:

"Dad, is what Brother Yuan said true?"

He had a feeling that the art Dad had hidden was extremely important to him.

If he missed it, he would regret it for life.

Mu Feng shot Mu Yuan a fierce glare and said:

"You brat, nothing gets past you, does it?"

With that, Mu Feng reached deep into the stone shelf and pulled out a dark black jade slip covered in dust, his eyes filled with complex emotions.

After a long moment, he finally let out a long sigh and gave a bitter laugh:

"This jade slip was left behind by your mother. I had intended to let it remain sealed forever."

"Mother?"

Mu Chen's body couldn't help but tremble.

Since birth, it seemed he had never seen his mother.

Only deep in his heart was there a faint yet exceptionally gentle shadow.

"Mother?"

Mu Yuan's heart was also stirred.

In his past life, he was an orphan without parents.

After crossing into the Great Thousand World, he experienced familial affection for the first time.

Although he was not Qing Yan Jing's biological son, he would always remember that elusive, gentle shadow.

It was she who blocked a fatal blow for him when he was still in swaddling clothes.

It was also she who traveled across countless mountains and rivers to find a life-saving divine medicine for him.

In Mu Yuan's heart, he had long regarded her as his true mother.

"You two have always been the ones she cared about most. It's your father who lacks the ability, unable to reunite our family."

Mu Feng slowly clenched his fists, staring intently at Mu Yuan and Mu Chen as he said self-deprecatingly:

"I tried before, but... I failed. I'm sorry."

His eyes were filled with endless longing.

Mu Yuan knew that Qing Yan Jing had voluntarily allowed herself to be imprisoned in the Fudo Ancient Clan to ensure their safety.

"Fudo Ancient Clan, huh?"

"Sooner or later, we brothers will go and raise some hell there."

After a long while, Mu Yuan lifted his head and smiled faintly at Mu Feng.

"Dad, don't worry. What you couldn't accomplish, us brothers will finish for you!"

"Dad, Brother Yuan is right. Brother Yuan and I have already grown up, and one day I'll reunite our family—no one can stop us!"

A determined expression rose on Mu Chen's youthful face.

Mu Feng stared blankly at his two sons, a surge of bitterness swelling in his chest that reddened his eyes, and he finally nodded heavily.

After leaving the stone chamber, Mu Yuan handed the dark jade slip to Mu Chen and instructed:

"Little Mu, you must train hard in this Great Pagoda Scripture. Don't disgrace its name."

"Brother Yuan, this scripture was left to us by Mother—aren't you going to cultivate it with me?"

Mu Chen looked at Mu Yuan in surprise.

"As the number one prodigy under heaven, this Great Pagoda Scripture, though extraordinary, truly doesn't suit me."

Mu Yuan clasped his hands behind his back and gazed up at the sky.

With the God Elephant Suppressing Prison Force in his possession, he naturally looked down on the Great Pagoda Scripture.

"..."

Mu Chen stared at Mu Yuan, utterly speechless.

Mu Yuan sometimes liked to spout all sorts of nonsense or grand principles.

He was also extremely narcissistic.

"If you think I'm bragging, we can fight it out before we head back to the Northern Spiritual Academy."

Mu Yuan let out a laugh.

"Fine."

Mu Chen nodded and said seriously:

"Brother Yuan, I won't let you down."

"Then let me be the witness and see which of my two genius sons is stronger?"

Mu Feng's voice rang out behind them.

"Alright, it's settled then."

Mu Yuan chuckled.

To ensure he could defeat Liu Yang on the day of the Academy Trial.

Liu Yang possessed a Human Grade Spiritual Vein, and even those at the Spiritual Movement Realm's middle stage couldn't do anything to him.

Just how far Liu Yang's strength had actually progressed was unclear.

As long as he trained to the point of defeating Mu Chen, logically speaking, he could completely crush Liu Yang on the day of the trial.

The logic was sound, right?

As for the Spirit Breaking Bead?

Since he knew about that thing, he naturally wouldn't let Liu Yang succeed that day.

"What can I do? It's not my fault I'm familiar with the plot of The Great Ruler?"

Mu Chen appreciated the benefits of having spoilers.

No wonder they always said:

"Spoiling once feels great; spoiling forever feels even better!"

The next day, early morning.

Brilliant sunlight streamed down through the gaps in the layered leaves, forming beams thick and thin that lit up the entire courtyard.

"Transform the body into a pagoda, testify to the great path of spirit..."

Mu Chen sat cross-legged on a stone platform, beginning to circulate his Spiritual Energy, following the meridian routes laid out in the cultivation mantra.

After a long while, the originally crystalline Spiritual Energy within his body began to change, its color gradually turning pitch-black, radiating a deep hue.

A hint of a smile spread across Mu Chen's lips.

"It's done!"

At this point, the pitch-black Spiritual Energy could no longer be called Spiritual Energy; it should be called Spiritual Power.

Mu Chen could also faintly sense that beneath that stillness seemed to hide a heart-shaking sharpness and domineering force.

Clearly, the Spiritual Power cultivated by this Great Pagoda Scripture was absolutely not something ordinary scriptures could match!

"The things Mother left behind truly aren't ordinary goods. Brother Yuan, you've miscalculated this time."

The power of the Great Pagoda Scripture exceeded Mu Chen's imagination; probably not a single scripture in the entire Northern Spiritual Territory could rival it.

Mu Chen was very clear about his own current strength.

He had also already begun to practice the Great Pagoda Scripture.

According to what was said in the oral formula, this Great Pagoda Scripture should be divided into three realms: the first is Foundation Establishment, the second is Form Condensation, and the third is Pagoda Transformation.

Before returning to the Northern Spiritual Academy, he estimated that he could cultivate the Great Pagoda Scripture to a point not too far from the first realm, Foundation Establishment.

Let alone one Brother Yuan, even ten Brother Yuans might not be able to defeat him.

There was no denying that Brother Yuan's talent was truly monstrous, even more monstrous than those with Heaven Grade Spiritual Veins in the Spiritual Road.

But wanting to surpass him within these few days—the possibility really wasn't great!

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