A spirit peak blessed land was a continent aperture, a place that held the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and all manner of spiritual essence. It gathered the essence of heaven and earth, the splendor of sun and moon, nurturing spirit materials and treasure ores of every kind and fostering the growth of all things. It was an excellent place to advance one's cultivation.
Ancient cultivators often spoke of the four essentials of cultivation: wealth, companions, methods, and land. Both wealth and land were directly linked to such places. They also spoke of attaining the Dao and becoming an immortal. The written character for "immortal" placed "mountain" beside "person," and that mountain was no ordinary mountain, but an immortal mountain with a spirit vein.
Such places were exceedingly rare. To the countless masses, they were almost the stuff of legend. Even cultivators at Foundation Establishment and above often wandered without a fixed abode or a place to settle.
Li Chen had signed a vassalage agreement with the Golden Sun Gate and become a Territorial Lord under its banner. This was a way for rogue cultivators to attach themselves to a powerful faction while retaining a measure of independence.
Every extraordinary place bore extraordinary signs. The root vein of a spiritual root blessed land was an ore-mother spirit spring, a locus of qi channels. The ancient arts of observing qi, geomancy, and feng shui identified clues in the energy seeping out from such places, then pinpointed their locations by tracing underground rivers and the contours of mountains and waterways aboveground.
Li Chen did not understand these arts, but he had personally excavated spirit wells and spirit fields. Recently, he had also inspected Heavenly Dragon Peak, ventured deep beneath it, and seen its spirit vein. From this, he knew what the