Shang Shujue successfully recruited Qing Shu into his ranks. From then on, Qing Shu became Shang Shujue's protector and their faction's trump card.
With Qing Shu's addition and assistance, the new rules for Shang Shujue's faction began to take shape during the mid-stage of the spiritual energy revival.
After ten years of development, spiritual energy has been fully revived, and Hua Nation remains peaceful, orderly, and well-behaved.
Other countries, apart from a few that were friendly with Hua Nation, sent diplomats to study and reorganize their capitals.
Those who ignored the advice had already fallen into internal strife, and were now filled with fear and panic. The small Japanese chicken farm had been completely wiped out within a year.
As spiritual energy revived, many plants and animals mutated. Surrounded by the sea, the Japanese chickens were overrun by sea monsters, resulting in countless deaths and the fall of an entire nation...
In the past few years, Hua Nation has risen to become the strongest nation, commanding tens of thousands of troops, slaying rampant rebellious cultivators, and driving away wreaking havoc from demonic beasts. It is extremely powerful.
The Cultivators' Alliance was also established at the beginning, and now it has a complete system. Many cultivators in the early stages of their cultivation must come here to have their spiritual roots tested and be admitted to different academies based on their spiritual roots.
Anyone with spiritual roots can cultivate; without them, one is just an ordinary person and has no way to enter an academy for cultivation...
All signs indicate that Shang Shujue's idea of establishing cultivation laws in a chaotic cultivation environment is quite correct; at least, the people of Hua Nation are the happiest.
"Your Highness, your cultivation has reached the peak of the Tribulation Transcendence. You only need to enter the mortal world, experience the myriad aspects of human life, and taste the seven emotions and six desires before you can achieve enlightenment and successfully Spirit Transformation."
Even with the revival of spiritual energy, the Spirit Transformation arts here are still incomplete. The Nascent Soul stage is already the pinnacle of cultivation in this world, and no one dares to underestimate it. So far, there is only one Nascent Spirit Transformation, Qing Shu, whose primary identity is Shang Shujue's protector.
Shang Shujue's aura is different from before. He opened his eyes and gently exhaled a breath of white mist, which was a state of excessive spiritual energy.
After he began abstaining from grains, he stopped eating them altogether. Instead, he consumed nectar, spirit stones, and fruits, which not only strengthened his muscles and bones but also enhanced his cultivation.
" Qing Shu, during my cultivation recently, I always feel like someone is calling me, but it's not like they're calling me, but rather guiding me to the past."
Shang Shujue took the jade spring water from Qing Shu, but instead of drinking it straight down as usual, he looked at him with great confusion and voiced his doubts.
"Every time I practice my internal energy to my forehead, the golden lock on my forehead gets hot, and the Little Tangyuan reflects my sad emotions. Do you think this is related to the golden lock?"
As soon as Shang Shujue finished speaking, she suddenly felt a tightness in her chest and unconsciously clutched it. "Whenever I try to sense who is calling me, I feel a heavy feeling in my chest. I can't figure out who it is even if I try to deduce it myself."
Upon hearing this, Qing Shu frowned slightly, raised her hand to form a hand seal, and then bent her fingers to enter Shang Shujue's forehead. Before she could sense anything, her spiritual energy was cut off, and Little Tangyuan appeared.
"Brother Qing Shu, please don't channel your spiritual energy into it. I'll be bothered by another aura. That guy doesn't harm me, but he's incredibly possessive. Whenever he encounters an unfamiliar spiritual aura, he pesters me day and night. I'm so annoyed!"
Little Tangyuan stood with his hands on his hips, pouting. His chubby face was all scrunched up when he said this, making him look quite pitiful. Shang Shujue chuckled and reached out to bring him to her.
"Don't be angry anymore. This time, I need to enter the Spirit Transformation realm, so I must start traveling north from here. Sooner or later, I'll find that guy who's causing us both trouble."
"Uh-huh!"
Qing Shu, who had been silent the whole time, finally spoke up after hearing their conversation, "It seems that this matter is a consequence that His Highness the Holy Son incurred sometime ago. I cannot assist you from the sidelines; you will have to face it on your own."
" Qing Shu, thank you."
Shang Shujue knew that Qing Shu could no longer interfere in this matter, so he stood up and solemnly clasped his hands in a disciple's salute. The teaching they had received over this period of time had already formed a teacher-student bond, and Qing Shu accepted the salute.
"Your Highness, the journey here is long and arduous, and we do not know how many difficulties and dangers await you. You must be extremely careful."
"I will."
Qing Shu quickly helped Shang Shujue up, holding his arm with worry in her eyes. Shang Shujue nodded heavily to her, then took Little Tangyuan home, explained the situation to Daoist Qingfeng, and went down the mountain after resting.
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" Song Yanqing, do you think that just because you have your natal magic weapon, we can't kill you?"
"If you know what's good for you, give us the key you have. The spirit inside is already on its last legs; I just need to crush it, re-bind it with my blood, and it'll be mine! Hehehe..."
The man with a ferocious face held a lightning bead in his hand, staring with a sinister gaze at the ruthless youth trapped in the formation.
The boy was originally wearing a black hoodie and black pants, looking like a dark messenger. But now, his clothes were slashed to pieces, and his skin was covered in bloodstains, making him look even more like a ghostly demon.
" Yan Chen, you're dreaming!"
"Puff--"
"Peng--"
The boy's blood-stained face was extremely cold. The moment he uttered those words in a cold voice, he flicked his slender fingers, and five silver needles flew to the five key points of the array. The key points were destroyed, the person who set up the array was backfired, and an explosion followed.
Unable to dodge in time, everyone was injured by the explosion of the formation. Smoke and dust billowed up, blurring people's vision. When the smoke and dust cleared, the vicious wolf cub had already disappeared without a trace.
"Damn! When did this ruthless wolf cub learn formations? Weren't all the students at the Yulin Academy supposed to be trash? What kind of monster is he?! Chase him!"
Yan Chen coughed up several mouthfuls of blood and only managed to save his life by sealing his acupoints. He was the closest to the attack and was naturally the most seriously injured. At this moment, he was so angry that his face turned red, and he vowed to kill Song Yanqing.
But Song Yanqing had already fled...