Sword's Initial Ultimate Intent and the Sacred Cleansing Waterfall

The next day.

The Heavenly Mist Sect.

Within the Sect.

The Sect's Discussion Hall.

"Master, Qi Refinement Third Layer, Disciple has reached the Qi Refinement Third Layer!"

Zhang Xingfeng rushed into the hall with irrepressible excitement, beside himself with thrill.

He had long since yearned to receive his own Heaven-Tier Upper Grade cultivation technique just like Dongfang Muxue.

Now that his Source Aspect had awakened, he was finally on the verge of getting his wish. How could he not be thrilled? How could he not be excited?

"Congratulations, Senior Brother!"

"Congratulations, Senior Brother Xingfeng!"

Dongfang Muxue and Lü Liu hastened to offer their congratulations.

"Xingfeng, not bad at all. You've reached the Qi Refinement Third Layer so quickly. Could this still be the mortal from half a month ago?"

"I'm starting to doubt whether my own spiritual intelligence is inferior to yours."

Mo Lingyuan teased with a beaming smile.

"Hehe..."

Zhang Xingfeng gave a noncommittal smile, then turned to look at Li Moqing with a face full of eager anticipation.

"Xingfeng, what is your Source Aspect?"

Seeing Zhang Xingfeng looking forward to it so, Li Moqing asked with a solemn expression.

"A sword!"

Zhang Xingfeng answered immediately.

As he spoke, he channeled his Source Power, and countless long swords materialized around his body, quite a startling sight.

"Mhm..." Li Moqing murmured. "Very well, then as your master, I shall bestow upon you a Heaven-Tier Upper Grade cultivation technique—Sword's Initial Ultimate Intent!"

"Many thanks, Master!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xingfeng withdrew his Source Aspect and gave a joyful expression of gratitude.

Naturally, he harbored no doubts. After all, Li Moqing had already bestowed upon Dongfang Muxue a Heaven-Tier Upper Grade cultivation technique.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for the fabricated words gaining the belief of personal disciple Zhang Xingfeng. The Heaven-Tier Upper Grade cultivation technique "Sword's Initial Ultimate Intent" has been manifested. This cultivation technique requires the host to write it out personally!]
[This fabrication has become reality. Deducting the fabrication-to-reality chance gained from Zhang Xingfeng breaking through from the Qi Refinement Second Layer to the Third Layer, the host no longer has any chances to use fabrication-to-reality on Zhang Xingfeng!]

The system's voice rang out, yet Li Moqing remained utterly unruffled.

He had already grown accustomed to the system's demand that he write out Heaven-Tier Upper Grade cultivation techniques himself.

In fact, he had long since written dozens of different cultivation techniques and placed them in his pavilion, waiting only for someone to believe in them so he could transform them into Heaven-Tier Upper Grade cultivation techniques.

"Xingfeng, wait here for a moment. Master will go to the pavilion and fetch it for you."

With those words, Li Moqing transformed into a streak of light and departed.

"Very well, Master!"

Inside Li Moqing's pavilion.

"Xingfeng has stepped into the Qi Refinement Third Layer. If his cultivation reaches perfection, given his current spiritual intelligence, the amount of Source Stones required when he breaks through will certainly be vast."

"This simply won't do. I must think of a way to change the spiritual intelligence of both Xingfeng and Lü Liu."

As Li Moqing took down "Sword's Initial Ultimate Intent", he muttered inwardly to himself.

"Mhm... Perhaps I should take them to North Mountain!"

The Sect's Discussion Hall.

"Xingfeng, this is 'Sword's Initial Ultimate Intent'. Take it."

Seated on the dais, Li Moqing produced a cultivation technique manual and handed it to Zhang Xingfeng.

"Understood, Master!"

Zhang Xingfeng took it with boundless joy, cradling it like a treasured artifact.

"Follow me to North Mountain to collect your respective Sourceheart Tea, including Lü Liu."

No sooner had Zhang Xingfeng put away "Sword's Initial Ultimate Intent" than Li Moqing spoke to the assembled group, transforming into a stream of light and flying toward North Mountain.

"Understood, Master!"

"Understood, Master!"

"Understood, Sect Master!"

Zhang Xingfeng, Dongfang Muxue, and Mo Lingyuan beamed with delight at once.

"Many thanks, Sect Master!"

As for Lü Liu, she felt flattered beyond measure.

"Get on my Purple-Gold Gourd!"

Seeing Li Moqing fly off, Mo Lingyuan hastily spoke.

"Thank you, Elder Mo!"

Without standing on ceremony, Zhang Xingfeng, Dongfang Muxue, and Lü Liu hopped aboard.

North Mountain, central region.

"This? So much Sourceheart Tea? There must be over sixty thousand leaves here, right?"

The four of them landed and gazed at the lush, foliage-heavy Sourceheart Tea Tree, struck with utter awe.

"There are actually five Sourceheart Tea Trees? That's two more than on the Western Region Spirit Island!"

Mo Lingyuan and Lü Liu, who had only heard rumors that the Sect possessed Sourceheart Tea but knew none of the specifics, felt their pupils dilate violently.

"Elder Mo, you may pluck three leaves; Xingfeng and Muxue, the two of you may pluck five leaves; Lü Liu, you may pluck one leaf."

Li Moqing gave his calm command.

"Pluck them carefully and do not damage the tea tree."

He cautioned.

"Understood, Sect Master!"

"Understood, Master!"

The four of them were brimming with joy as they went off to pluck the leaves.

Their hands trembled slightly as they harvested, unsure whether it was from sheer excitement or the fear of damaging the tea tree.

"My monthly stipend is three sourceheart tea leaves. I shall drink one every half-month to accelerate my cultivation speed, and keep the remaining one to break through bottlenecks, or store it away."

Having finished plucking, Mo Lingyuan placed the Sourceheart Tea into his Storage Bag and pondered inwardly.

Zhang Xingfeng and Dongfang Muxue, on the other hand, harbored no such thoughts; since they could collect five leaves of Sourceheart Tea every month anyway, they had no need to worry about a shortage.

Lü Liu cherished her single leaf beyond measure, knowing that this piece of Sourceheart Tea was a bestowal of grace from Li Moqing, and she would likely never have such an opportunity again.

I must preserve it properly and only use it when I encounter a bottleneck!

She told herself in her heart.

"Follow me to the waterfall on the east side of North Mountain."

Seeing that all four had finished plucking, Li Moqing addressed them.

Bringing the four of them to North Mountain today was not solely for the purpose of distributing Sourceheart Tea, but for another objective entirely.

"Understood, Sect Master!"

Just as before, Zhang Xingfeng and the others rode upon Mo Lingyuan's Purple-Gold Gourd, following closely behind Li Moqing.

North Mountain, east side.

"Boom!"

A curtain of a waterfall hung suspended, its summit wreathed in clouds and mist, its true source obscured from view as though a silver river had plunged down from the nine heavens.

The waters of the waterfall cascaded down with torrential force and magnificent momentum.

Yet Mo Lingyuan and the other three wore looks of bewilderment. What was the Sect Master bringing them here for?

"This waterfall is no ordinary waterfall, but the Sacred Cleansing Waterfall."

Li Moqing glanced at the four of them and spoke with a solemn expression.

"The Sacred Cleansing Waterfall?"

Mo Lingyuan and the four looked at each other in blank dismay.

"The water of the Sacred Cleansing Waterfall is water from the nine heavens; it can wash away impurities within the body and improve one's spiritual intelligence."

Li Moqing continued with a completely straight face.

"Wash away impurities within the body and improve spiritual intelligence?!"

Mo Lingyuan, Dongfang Muxue, and Lü Liu cried out in astonishment.

Spiritual intelligence was something ordained by the heavens, and in their impression, it was fundamentally unchangeable.

Yet upon a second thought, the Sect possessed such heaven-defying, mortal-to-immortal transforming items as the Dao-Enlightenment Stone and the Spirit-Awakening Tree; thus, the existence of something capable of improving spiritual intelligence was hardly surprising.

With this thought in mind, the three of them harbored not a shred of doubt toward Li Moqing's words.

"Master once told me that North Mountain possessed an item capable of enhancing a cultivator's spiritual intelligence. So it was this Sacred Cleansing Waterfall all along!"

Zhang Xingfeng's remark only served to make the other three believe it even more firmly.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for the fabricated words gaining the belief of Zhang Xingfeng, Dongfang Muxue, Lü Liu, and Mo Lingyuan. The Sacred Cleansing Waterfall has been manifested!]
[Sacred Cleansing Waterfall: Can wash away impurities, improve and elevate spiritual intelligence!]
[This fabrication has taken effect, deducting the everyone-target fabrication chance gained when Zhang Xingfeng broke through from a mortal to Qi Refinement!]
[The host has one remaining chance to use a fabrication-to-reality targeting everyone: taking Dongfang Muxue as a disciple.]

Before the system's voice had even faded, Mo Lingyuan and the other three suddenly felt spiritual charms lingering around their bodies, a profound physical comfort washing over them as the impurities within seemed to slowly purge away!

"This?!"

The four could not help but exchange stunned glances.

"Mhm..."

The sudden wave of intense comfort even caused Zhang Xingfeng to let out an involuntary cry.

Noticing the peculiar gazes cast by Li Moqing and the others, he hastily clamped a hand over his mouth.

Mo Lingyuan, Dongfang Muxue, and Lü Liu could not spare the energy to mind Zhang Xingfeng. They snapped their heads around to stare at the Sacred Cleansing Waterfall, their eyes shining brightly.

None of their spiritual intelligences had reached ten stars, so naturally they all wished to elevate them.

Lü Liu's expression shifted dramatically in particular. Her spiritual intelligence, identical to Zhang Xingfeng's, was merely one star, and she was in desperate need of improvement!

"You may come here every day to draw a bucket of water from the Sacred Cleansing Waterfall and use it for bathing to cleanse the impurities from your bodies."

Taking in the expressions of the four, Li Moqing said with a faint smile.

"Understood, Master!"

"Understood, Master!"

"Many thanks, Sect Master!"