The Sacrificial Spirit, Divine Vine

Jun Moxiao had revealed his strength, and Shi Hao had not entered the ordinary camp as he had in the original story. That probably would not be a problem.

Elder Xiong Fei took the two straight to see Pavilion Master Yun Fei. The three entered a grand hall, where a middle-aged man was waiting for them.

Xiong Fei introduced them to Yun Fei. "Pavilion Master, I've brought the two little troublemakers."

"Unbelievable. Eight Cave Heavens at such a young age! Are you the Invincible Handsome Guy or Loves Drinking Beast Milk?"

Yun Fei could see Shi Hao's strength, but he did not know which of the two boys was which.

Shi Hao sheepishly admitted that he was Loves Drinking Beast Milk. There was no escaping his identity as Bear Child.

Yun Fei asked Jun Moxiao curiously, "Then you must be the Invincible Handsome Guy. Why can't I see through your strength?"

Shi Hao warned him from the side, "Pavilion Master, brace yourself. Don't get too scared. Xiaoxiao, show him your strength!"

Jun Moxiao had just checked in and had not had time to look yet. He guessed that twelve Cave Heavens had been unsealed. Meng Die had said before that he had more than eleven.

Shi Hao revealed his eight Cave Heavens, leaving Xiong Fei and Yun Fei stunned for a while. The next moment, they looked toward Jun Moxiao and cried out, "Heavens! How is this possible? Twelve Cave Heavens! Good grief!"

Indeed, Jun Moxiao now had twelve Cave Heavens, completely shattering the rules and everything they thought they knew.

Shi Hao exclaimed, "Xiaoxiao! When did you open another Cave Heaven? Didn't you have eleven before?"

Jun Moxiao said, "Hao Tian, calm down. A few days after our fight in the Void God Realm, I opened another Cave Heaven."

"This completely overturns everything I know. It's as though the laws of heaven and earth don't apply to you."

Pavilion Master Yun Fei and Elder Xiong Fei's heads were buzzing. Twelve Cave Heavens-such a thing had never even crossed their minds.

Jun Moxiao said, "Maybe I'm just rather special! Pavilion Master, please keep our secrets. Hao Tian has people from the Rain Clan and the Martial King Manor watching him now. He's in danger."

Yun Fei exclaimed, "Are you saying Hao Tian is the child whose Supreme Bone was dug out back then?"

Shi Hao also recalled what Xiaoxiao had mentioned before: the Heaven Mending Pavilion was a pure land passed down from ancient times, and its leaders were people of good character. They were not like the scum in the Martial King Manor, much less people who would commit such vicious deeds. So he boldly admitted his identity. In any case, he felt that with a walking cheat like Jun Moxiao around, he would be fine.

"I'm Shi Hao, the one whose Supreme Bone Shi Yi and his people dug out. I nearly died back then. Luckily, I was tough enough to survive. I pulled through, and I've become even stronger."

Xiong Fei said angrily, "To think that Shi Yi of the Double Pupils was that sort of person! And we even let him enter the Ancient Sacred Academy."

Yun Fei said helplessly, "There's nothing we can do about matters in the Ancient Sacred Academy. There are powerful figures inside. But don't worry, Shi Hao. Now that you've joined the Heaven Mending Pavilion, we'll protect you and won't let you come to harm. Only those of us here know about your past, and we won't tell anyone. Keep using the name Hao Tian from now on! What is the Invincible Handsome Guy's real name?"

Jun Moxiao said, "My name is Jun Moxiao. Pavilion Master and Elder Xiong Fei can use my real name. Just keep my strength a secret."

"Thank you, Pavilion Master and Elder Xiong Fei."

With Jun Moxiao, that walking cheat, beside him, Shi Hao was not worried about their safety. If Jun Moxiao encountered any danger, the Willow Deity would immediately intervene to save him.

Yun Fei planned to place Shi Hao under Ancestor Mu Yan, who was both powerful and a man of good character. As for Jun Moxiao, Yun Fei had a headache. He had no idea what he could teach him.

Yun Fei told Jun Moxiao awkwardly, "To be honest, I don't think anyone in the Heaven Mending Pavilion can teach a monstrous genius like you. Go take a look around the Scripture Pavilion yourself. You can learn anything you want."

Shi Hao added from the side, "Pavilion Master, Xiaoxiao mainly came here to keep me company and have fun. This fellow has barely cultivated since he was little. He spends most of his time sleeping under the willow tree. I think you can put him anywhere."

Yun Fei and Xiong Fei's eyes widened in disbelief. "He got this powerful by sleeping?"

Jun Moxiao spun Shi Hao a tale. "Hao Tian, you think I was just sleeping? I was cultivating in my dreams. I sleep every day, cultivating every moment, just like cultivating as a spiritual body in the Void God Realm. Understand? Otherwise, how do you think I got so strong?"

Yun Fei and Xiong Fei were thoroughly taken in, both protesting, "Impossible. Absolutely impossible! There's even a way to do that? Cultivating in your sleep?"

"Don't bother thinking about it. This cultivation method is exclusive to me. Nobody else can do it. Oh, right! Pavilion Master, Shi Qingfeng in the Genius Camp is a brother to both of us. Please look after him."

Having fooled them, Jun Moxiao took the opportunity to ask the pavilion master and the others to look after Shi Qingfeng.

In the end, Yun Fei placed Jun Moxiao under Elder Liu of the Scripture Pavilion, saying that he could freely study any cultivation methods and precious techniques there. They did not dare teach a genius like him. He was already beyond their understanding, and they feared leading him astray.

Shi Hao and Jun Moxiao returned to the Genius Camp, found Shi Qingfeng, and told him to study hard.

That night, Shi Hao and Jun Moxiao were walking along a corridor when they happened to look up and saw an ancient courtyard atop a distant mountain. A stairway stretched from the foot of the mountain all the way to its summit, and a figure was slowly climbing it.

Shi Hao asked, "Is that the Ancient Sacred Academy? I heard Shi Yi went there. The person climbing the mountain must be Shi Yi, right?"

"That's right! He's entered the Ancient Sacred Academy, and he'll be very strong afterward. You'll have to work hard to defeat him."

Although Shi Yi had absorbed Shi Hao's Supreme Bone, there was no denying his talent. No bearer of the Double Pupils was weak.

Jun Moxiao decided to save Divine Vine, the Heaven Mending Pavilion's Sacrificial Spirit. When he had read the novel and watched the animation, he had thought it a great pity that the Heaven Mending Pavilion had been destroyed just like that. In this world where people devoured one another, it could still be considered a pure land.

Since he was here and had the ability, he could not let it be destroyed like that. Jun Moxiao planned to make the Heaven Mending Pavilion the greatest sect in the Desolate Region. After he went to the Upper Realm, he could have it look after Stone Village.

At that thought, Jun Moxiao pulled Shi Hao along, speaking as they walked.

"Come on. I'll find you a lucky opportunity."

Shi Hao asked, "What lucky opportunity?"

Jun Moxiao said, "Let's go meet the Heaven Mending Pavilion's Sacrificial Spirit."

"The Heaven Mending Pavilion's Sacrificial Spirit? Will we get in trouble for just going there like this?"

Shi Hao was still a little worried. After all, they had only just joined the Heaven Mending Pavilion. At the same time, he was excited. He also wanted to see exactly what its Sacrificial Spirit was.

The two searched here and there and finally found a little courtyard. They pushed open the gate and saw a small world.

Jun Moxiao knew this was merely a formation and told Shi Hao, "Hao Tian! Attack it. This is a formation."

Shi Hao immediately struck with a precious technique, and the formation vanished at once.

Before them lay a small courtyard, with a little rockery at its center. An old vine wound around the rockery, its leaves withered, a green-skinned gourd hanging from it. The entire scene felt desolate and dilapidated, without a trace of vitality.

Shi Hao asked curiously, "Is this the Heaven Mending Pavilion's Sacrificial Spirit? He looks sick."

Jun Moxiao said, "From the looks of it, Senior Sacrificial Spirit is in terrible condition. His life force has almost completely drained away. Hao Tian, we have to save him."

Shi Hao asked, "Do you have a way?"

Jun Moxiao answered firmly, "Yes!"

The two walked up to Divine Vine. Jun Moxiao took out a large jar of the Spring of Life and poured it over Divine Vine's roots. "Senior Sacrificial Spirit, this is the Spring of Life. I hope it helps you."

Shi Hao also said, "Senior Sacrificial Spirit, are you sick? Our village's Sacrificial Spirit was sick before too, but after a while, new shoots grew."

The next moment, Divine Vine shone with light, and an elderly voice rang out. "Thank you for your priceless treasure, young ones. Are you disciples of the Heaven Mending Pavilion? I have incurred a great karmic debt to you."

Shi Hao said delightedly, "Senior Sacrificial Spirit, you're awake! There's no need to be so polite. We're disciples recruited by the Heaven Mending Pavilion this year."

Jun Moxiao took out a few drops of Supreme Liquid and explained to the old vine, "Senior Sacrificial Spirit, here are a few drops of Supreme Liquid. Refining them should help you. Hao Tian, pass the Phoenix Nirvana Technique on to Senior Sacrificial Spirit."

Shi Hao said worriedly, "But the Willow Deity told us...!"

Before he could finish, Jun Moxiao interrupted him. "It's fine. I can make that decision. The Willow Deity won't object."

What a joke. I was the one who passed those cultivation methods on to the Willow Deity. One cultivation method to save a noble Sacrificial Spirit? Worth it.

"Senior Sacrificial Spirit, I have a cultivation method called the Phoenix Nirvana Technique. I'll pass it on to you. I believe you'll recover very soon."

With Jun Moxiao's permission, Shi Hao passed the technique straight on to Divine Vine. With such a powerful expert around, he would be safer too.

After receiving the divine technique, the old vine grew excited. That large jar of the Spring of Life alone could give him another life. Now, with the Phoenix Nirvana Technique and the Supreme Liquid as well, he felt that not only could he revive, but his strength would also advance.

He hurriedly told the two boys, "I have incurred a great karmic debt to you. What do you ask of me? I can grant whatever you wish."

Jun Moxiao waved his hand. "Senior Sacrificial Spirit, we don't need anything. We're only doing what disciples of the Heaven Mending Pavilion ought to do. Besides, the Heaven Mending Pavilion is a pure land passed down from ancient times. Only when you recover can you protect it. Take your time recovering, Senior Sacrificial Spirit! We'll come visit you again."

Divine Vine told them that if anyone bullied them outside in the future, they should come straight to him.

At that moment, Shi Hao felt he had another powerful backer. The Rain Clan and Shi Yi's branch of the Martial King Manor had been watching him all along, but now he was no longer afraid.

Jun Moxiao checked the system.

Checked in at the Heaven Mending Pavilion and the Sacrificial Spirit, Divine Vine. Seal unlocked. Strength increased to thirteen Cave Heavens. Thirteen Cave Heavens combined into the divine ring of the unique Cave Heaven. Master's Cave Heaven Realm fully unlocked. Reward: the Great Void Divine Armor, one of the Ten Great Divine Artifacts of the Primordial World. (Once worn, it grants peerless speed and peerless defense! In Perfect World, it is a defensive Quasi-Immortal Emperor weapon. Master's current strength is low, so its full functions cannot yet be activated. The Great Void Divine Armor has an artifact spirit with which Master can communicate.) Reward: ten Enlightenment Tea leaves.

Jun Moxiao said, "Meng Die! That generous? Thank you!"

Meng Die replied, "You're welcome."

Jun Moxiao thought, I have two Quasi-Immortal Emperor weapons now. Give me two offensive divine artifacts too, and it'll be perfect.

Jun Moxiao asked, "Meng Die! Are the Haotian Pagoda and the Great Void Divine Armor both my life-bound divine artifacts? Can they be upgraded to Immortal Emperor weapons later?"

Meng Die replied, "Yes, Master. All divine artifacts provided by the system are life-bound divine artifacts and can protect their master. When your strength reaches the Immortal Emperor level, you can upgrade them. This system will remind you to gather divine materials and immortal metals. In the future, you can kill other Immortal Kings and collect more Immortal King weapons. The divine artifacts will have a chance to advance into Immortal Emperor weapons."

Jun Moxiao said, "That's great! Thank you, Meng Die!"

This trip to the Heaven Mending Pavilion had been more than worth it. The rewards were incredibly abundant.

At that moment, Jun Moxiao really wanted to shout, "Who else dares?"