Chapter 1: When the father suffers humiliation, the son will surely avenge him

  As the young generation of Lu Yun Gu Si Mai, these people naturally knew that Duan Ming Hua Shixiong was desperately pursuing Ji Yue Wu. According to legend, this matter had also been tacitly approved by the Zongmen Zhēn Rén, but Ji Yue Wu was completely unresponsive to him, not giving him any color at all. But today, she was like that with Xiao Chen, and the meaning expressed in this was not easy to give Duan Ming Hua a loud slap in the face on the spot.

  "Hehe, little brother also has things to take care of, so I'll take a step ahead." Lei Yue's heart was coldly smiling, the sect leader had already acknowledged good relations with Duan Huaming and Ji Yuedance, since he couldn't participate in the competition, naturally he would be willing to see the former lose face at this moment.

  For a moment, many people retreated with various excuses, and their eyes on Duan Huaming were also filled with unusual colors.

  "Xiao Chen, on the day of our sect's grand ceremony, even if I have to suffer punishment for this, you will still have to pay a sufficient price!" As soon as everyone had dispersed, Duan Minghua's face suddenly turned gloomy, and a sinister glint flashed in his eyes.

  Yaogu, mountain belly medicine garden.

  Xiao Chen sat cross-legged, his face now a deep purple color as the spiritual energy inside him went into overdrive, constantly compressing and suppressing the remaining sword aura before using his spiritual energy to wrap around it and force it out of his body.

  "Gasp!"

  Suddenly, a black light flashed from Xiao Chen's fingertips and shot onto the ground, instantly creating a thumb-sized, bottomless small hole.

  Xiao Chen slowly opened his eyes, a hint of gloominess flashing across them, and then coldly laughed: "What a vicious plot. If I hadn't quickly forced this sword energy out of my body, I'm afraid it wouldn't have taken long for it to shatter my dantian, rendering me a useless person."

  "Guan Zhong, today's humiliation will be repaid tomorrow. I, Xiao Chen, will definitely step into your grand temple at dawn and return everything to you!"

  Xiao Chen suddenly stood up, and a powerful aura burst out from his body, sweeping out in all directions!

  Half a moment later, Xiao Chen's emotions calmed down, and his face revealed a few hints of contemplation. "Although this trip has yielded many gains, I still haven't found the method to establish my foundation. This is currently the most important thing." As long as he could successfully establish his foundation, Xiao Chen believed that with his deep foundation in magical powers, he would be able to directly reach the mid-stage of foundation establishment or higher. Adding on his heaven-defying alchemy skills, his cultivation would also rapidly increase at that time.

  "That's right, Yu Ji's identity is mysterious, maybe she can know about this matter." Xiao Chen's heart moved, and his divine sense immediately entered the sea of consciousness to ask: "Is the Taoist friend present?"

  Half a moment later, Xiao Chen showed no impatience, and Yu Ji's languid and enchanting voice finally sounded, "I was just sleeping, what's up, little brother, do you have something to find me?"

  Xiao Chen's expression was stern, and he didn't mind Yu Ji's teasing at all. He hesitated slightly before speaking slowly: "I want to know if you have a method that can help someone without spiritual roots build their foundation?"

  "No spiritual roots?" Yu Ji's tone carried a hint of puzzlement, but she quickly regained her composure and her voice suddenly rose, "You're saying that someone without spiritual roots won't be able to cultivate? Could it be... you yourself? No wonder your cultivation has already reached the 15th layer of Qi Refining... wait, no, it's actually the 16th layer. I thought you were holding back on building your foundation for the sake of the legendary Heavenly Dao reward, but it turns out you don't have spiritual roots!" Yu Ji's words also carried a hint of shock at this point.

  "Little brother, can you tell sister how you cultivated to such a realm and your strength is still so pure?"

  Xiao Chen hesitated slightly, then said lightly: "Not to deceive you, I don't have a spiritual root. Being able to enter the sect and embark on the path of immortality was all due to my master's pity back then. As for how I cultivated to this realm, I won't say it now, but I'm sure you'll realize it later." Yu Ji resided in Xiao Chen's body, and even if he didn't mention the matter of the golden seal, she would also realize it later.

  At this time, Xiao Chen recounted the process of how he had obtained the Golden Seal and acquired the ability to refine the Reversal Dan.

  "There is actually such a treasure in the world, Xiao Chen Dao friend, I don't know if you can take it out and let me see it." Yu Ji's voice was full of shock, even with her experience, she had never heard of such a heaven-defying object as the golden seal before, and her tone became serious.

  Xiao Chen heard the words and smiled bitterly, shaking his head: "The golden seal has merged into my primordial spirit, I can sense its existence, but I am unable to mobilize it, this point is indeed unsatisfactory for fellow daoists."

  Yu Ji felt a little regretful, but she had been living in Xiao Chen's body and had never sensed anything unusual from his original spirit, which made her believe it a bit more.

  "Hehe, little brother didn't think you'd have such great luck, I was worried that no one in the mortal realm could help me refine that elixir, now it seems that there's probably no alchemist more formidable than you in this world." Yu Ji smiled sweetly and softly, her voice husky and alluring.

  Xiao Chen's heart slightly fluttered, and he immediately forced a bitter smile to calm his mind. Yu Ji's enchanting power was indeed too strong, so he hastily changed the subject and asked: "Since you already know about the matter, do you have any way to help me successfully build my foundation?"

  Yu Ji's voice slowly rose after a brief pause, "Without spiritual roots, relying on the power of elixirs and spiritual objects, although one can cultivate, it is absolutely impossible to reach the foundation-building realm!"

  Xiao Chen's face suddenly turned gloomy upon hearing this, if it was indeed the case that his cultivation could only go so far, how could he be willing to accept it?!

  "The spiritual root is like a seed, and the cultivator's meditation and cultivation of spiritual energy is like accumulating nutrients. When it reaches or exceeds a certain limit, the spiritual root can undergo some kind of fundamental evolution under the nourishment of these nutrients, and the corresponding cultivator's cultivation will show an upgrade in level. However, if there is no spiritual root in the body, even if the accumulation is very deep, without that seed, there will be no change." Yu Ji's voice, like a memory, echoed faintly, causing Xiao Chen's face to become even more unsightly.

  "Isn't there another way?" Xiao Chen asked, unwilling to give up.

  "Any other way?" Yu Ji heard the words and was slightly stunned, after nearly a minute, just when Xiao Chen couldn't help but urge her to speak, she finally said: "From ancient times to the present, there have been countless cultivators, and there must be great predecessors who blaze a trail. Although those without spiritual roots want to lay foundations, it's not impossible. Tens of thousands of years ago, some unknown demonic path great master created this method, called... Devouring Spirit!"

  "As long as you can find someone with the same roots and bloodline, who also has a spiritual root in their body. If you follow my instructions to set up the formation and absorb all of his bodily essence, there's over an 80% chance that you'll obtain the spiritual root from his body. With the spiritual root, building your foundation will be as easy as reaching out and grabbing it with your current cultivation level."

  Same root, same origin, same bloodline, devouring all the essence of flesh and blood, Xiao Chen was slightly stunned, then slowly shook his head, not to mention that he was an only child with no brothers or sisters, even if there were, he would never do such a thing that would make gods and humans angry.

  PS: Barely made it to the new book chart, wow, but still hanging on as the last one, extremely dangerous, to protect chrysanthemum, please vote and collect!