Main Storyline Completed: Mutant Five Elements Root

"Take the Green Pavilion Sect, for example. Is there really no scheming and backstabbing among you Elders in private?"

"If those Elders you don't get along with learned that your cultivation had fallen—say, the Second Elder of Sitting Dao Peak—do you think you could still sit securely as the Peak Master of Fairy Cloud Peak?"

"Throughout the Green Pavilion Sect's history, there were originally ten peaks, meaning ten Elders. Later, for certain reasons, three peaks were merged into the Main Peak."

"When that happened, not only would the position of Peak Master be gone, even the outstanding disciples under them would be taken away."

"My five Senior Sisters and Senior Brother Ye Tian could thrive anywhere with their talent, couldn't they?"

Lin Heng laid out, word by word, the internal troubles she faced.

"Impossible! How would they dare swallow up Fairy Cloud Peak?!"

"Perhaps." Lin Heng released her wrist, leaned down, and continued as he looked into her doubt-filled eyes, "The Green Pavilion Sect might not kick someone when they were down, but those people outside who have their eyes on you are another matter."

"For example, Clear Moon Long Song, whom you offended for Ye Tian's sake in the Kingdom-Destroying Secret Realm. If that woman in white learned of your situation, do you think she would let you off?"

"Leaving her aside, Master, you are quite renowned on the Heavenly Profound Continent—a figure in the top ten of the Beauty Ranking. Haven't you offended anyone else? They may have had no choice but to bow and scrape before you because you were a Return to Void True Lord, but what if your cultivation were gone?"

"Once you lost the Green Pavilion Sect's protection, I'm afraid your ending would be bleak."

Imagine someone who had once stood high above you, someone you had no choice but to humble yourself before and please.

One day, she fell like a tiger stranded on the plains.

Would those enemies and jealous people let her off so easily?

With bad luck, she would lose her life. With good luck, she could still end up a slave.

I've talked her around now, haven't I? No way these arguments won't take her down!

Meng Yutong's gaze drifted uncertainly as she processed the crushing force of his words.

To be honest, she truly had not considered things that far ahead.

What this rebel disciple means is that, in the future, my Fairy Cloud Peak will be annexed, I'll be driven out of the Green Pavilion Sect, and then I'll suffer at the hands of my enemies!

A wave of lingering fear rose in Meng Yutong's heart.

If all of that proved true, then with this held over her, she really might fall here.

If she had not brought Lin Heng to the Kingdom-Destroying Secret Realm, she would have been unable to see through so many secrets and make preparations in advance.

However, just as she was still thinking, a hand suddenly reached out before her.

Under her astonished gaze, it lifted her chin and then pinched her cheek.

"Tsk, tsk. This little face is really nice—soft and smooth to the touch."

"Rebel disciple!!"

Smack!

Meng Yutong reached out and slapped his hand away. The two enormous peaks on her chest trembled furiously from his frivolous action.

She had lived for over seven hundred years, and he was still the first person who dared to lay hands on her face.

How could this be allowed?!

He dared touch her face now—who knew what he might dare touch later?!

"Master, can't you at least let me get closer and admire you? It's not like I'm going to eat you."

Lin Heng boldly extended his hand in invitation.

Meng Yutong frowned tightly, quickly suppressing her anger as she silently comforted herself.

If I expose myself now, it may backfire and make him suspicious.

Since he likes acting, I may as well play along and find out exactly who in the sect bears hostility toward me.

When the time is ripe, I'll suppress him myself and teach him a ruthless lesson.

Perhaps influenced by Lin Heng's habit of being weak yet loving to play, a trace of malicious amusement actually took shape in her heart as well.

That was, seeing Lin Heng's reaction when he learned that her cultivation was intact and everything had been an illusion.

He would probably feel like dying.

Fine, I'll play along with you, you show-off. When the time comes, don't you dare cry and beg for mercy!

"Haha, now that's more like it!"

In the end, Meng Yutong rested her head in his palm, signaling her submission.

That unwilling little expression.

Those eyes that wanted nothing more than to kill him.

Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful!

A Return to Void True Lord of peerless beauty and grace was obediently letting herself be manipulated.

"Rebel disciple, I'll give you the Main Peak Library Pavilion's secret token now. You may freely choose any immortal cultivation technique you want."

"Don't come to my bedchamber again from now on!"

As she spoke, she suddenly turned around and pulled out a diamond-shaped wooden token from who knew where.

Lin Heng's eyes lit up. He snatched it over at once. "Thank you, Master."

"Still, Master, this little thing definitely won't be enough. If I need anything else, I'll come back. You can't be stingy."

He could live off this secret for a lifetime!

Getting benefits from her once was definitely not enough.

Meng Yutong was an Elder, after all. She surely had plenty of treasures on her.

There would be plenty of time in the future to make her drop equipment.

For now, he was going to the Main Peak Library Pavilion to choose a cultivation technique he liked.

After Lin Heng left, Meng Yutong finally let out a breath of relief.

"Acting really isn't easy. If I hadn't restrained myself with all my might, I would probably have slapped that dog thief to death!"

After dealing with Lin Heng, Ye Tian now gave her another headache.

If those two came one after the other to threaten her, just thinking about it was exhausting.

At this moment, Meng Yutong naturally could not have imagined it.

Ye Tian would have no chance at all to become a Master-Defying Disciple.

The prerequisite for Ye Tian to defy his Master was to give her the Life Wood for refinement, then discover the secret of her fallen cultivation.

But now, he too had been seriously injured, and he had used the Life Wood himself.

Of course, even if Meng Yutong knew that—

she would not care.

It was better if Ye Tian did not come to defy his Master. That way, she could focus on dealing with Lin Heng, that show-off.

Meanwhile, following the map in his memories, Lin Heng crossed two mountain peaks and entered the Main Peak.

The gatekeeping disciples at the outermost edge of the Main Peak did not stop him when they saw him. The difference in status was right there.

They were Miscellaneous Servant Disciples, after all. Naturally, they could not afford to offend Lin Heng, the crown prince who had descended from nowhere.

Ding! Main Storyline completed!

Congratulations, Host, you have received a top-grade reward: Mutant Five Elements Root.

Would you like to transplant it now?

The system prompt sounded.

Lin Heng halted, somewhat surprised.

The mission was completed just like that?

Had Ye Tian seamlessly taken over after I left?

Wait, wait!

Mutant Five Elements Root!

Could this thing really count as a top-grade reward?

As a salted fish who had read countless webnovels, he naturally knew just how trashy a Five Elements Spirit Root could be.

Whenever this thing appeared, it was either a genius story or a good-for-nothing story.

Suppose the maximum for all five attributes was: 100.

If yours were: 99 95 99 98 95, then there was nothing to say—you were a noble hexagonal warrior.

But if yours were: 100 50 25 15 10, you would become a pathetic bucket waist.

It looked like some construction guy was laying pipes on site; you could not guarantee that every pipe would be perfectly aligned.

"System, can you replace it with the Void Spirit Root from A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality? Or learn from Gu, the Old Demon—if you give me a Five Elements Spirit Root, what year of the monkey and month of the horse will it be before I develop?"

"If things go badly, I'll be killed by the protagonist before I even develop."

Ding! Host, do not panic. This is not an ordinary Five Elements Spirit Root, but a mutated Five Elements Spirit Root.

"..."

"How is it mutated?"

The Mutant Five Elements Root was easier to break through with than an ordinary Five Elements Spirit Root. For Foundation Establishment, only one attribute needed to be cultivated to Grand Completion.

At the same time, the Mutant Five Elements Root could contain the purest Five Elements, allowing the Host to fuse multiple Dao laws during the Dao Integration stage, ignore conflicting attributes, and truly merge ten thousand Daos into one body.

Furthermore, with the system supporting the Host's heaven-defying comprehension, even advancing along all five paths at once would be more than manageable!

After the system's explanation, Lin Heng immediately felt that it was not so terrible after all.

At least in the early stages of cultivation, he would not need to worry about becoming a polygonal warrior and delaying his realm advancement.

But having only benefits was definitely unrealistic.

Take similar settings as an example: the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body from the ancient era was the most badass physique, right? It required enormous amounts of spiritual energy to cultivate, yet when the era of thin spiritual energy arrived, didn't it gradually withdraw from the stage of sacred bodies?

Even the Mutant Five Elements Root would not require few resources.

Lin Heng found a place where no one was around. "Fine, then begin the transplant! Having a Spiritual Root is better than having no innate foundation at all!"