Chapter Thirty-One: Setting Foot on the Path of Cultivation

  In recent days, three major events have occurred in Xuanshan City, and all three are related to the City Lord's Manor.

  The first thing was that the second young master of the city lord, Xiao Ershao, the number one young master of Xuan Shan City, encountered an assassination attempt and almost got killed.

  The second thing is that the steward of the city lord's mansion, Xiao Fu, led 300 members of the Iron Blood Guard to depose Lin Jianren, the young master of the Lin family, and it was done in front of the old and young members of the Lin family. After Lin Jianren was deposed, the Lin family didn't even dare to fart.

  There is also a third thing, which is that the city lord's mansion actually spent a huge amount of gold coins to transform the four refugee areas in the city.

  Three things are all related to the City Lord's Mansion, and for a time, the City Lord's Mansion became the object of everyone's discussion. Especially the third thing, the City Lord's Mansion renovated the refugee area in the city, rescued 100,000 refugees in the city, causing a sensation throughout Xuan Shan City, even the cities around Xuan Shan City heard the news and caused a stir.

  When the 100,000 refugees in the city were singing praises of Fu Bo's great kindness, Fu Bo made a condition that anyone who wanted to receive assistance had to set up a longevity tablet for Xiao Er Shao at home and worship it sincerely every day.

  After Mr. Fu proposed this requirement, 100,000 refugees gladly accepted it. For those refugees, as long as they could eat their fill and wear warm clothes, everything else was acceptable, no matter what requirements were imposed on them.

  "Have you heard? Xiao Er Shao encountered an assassination attempt and due to severe injuries, he's on the verge of death."

  "Yes, yes! The City Lord's Manor spent a huge amount of gold coins to help Xiao Erlang pray for blessings and assist the 100,000 refugees in the city."

  "Hmph, who would have thought that Xiao Ershao, this spoiled brat who has been evil for over a decade, would actually do something good when he's about to meet his end."

  "It's really serious, there are 100,000 refugees, if no one takes care of them anymore, I'm afraid it won't take a few months for these 100,000 refugees to starve or freeze to death."

  "It's said that saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. Tsk, tsk, the City Lord's Manor has saved 100,000 people in Xiao Er Shao's name, and Xiao Er Shao has become a great philanthropist."

  For a time, the whole of Xuan Mountain City was abuzz with discussion, and their conversations after tea and dinner all had to do with Xiao Erlang of the City Master's Manor.

  It seems that Fu Bo's impatient invitation to the major families in Xuanshan City to help with the reconstruction of the city's four major refugee areas has been verified by the people inside the city.

  The first thing Mr. Fogg did was to provide the refugees with enough food and clothing, and then set up tents for them as a temporary rest.

  After the 100,000 refugees had a temporary place to settle down, they were put into the construction project of building new refugee areas. Among the 100,000 refugees, excluding the elderly, weak, women and children, there are still tens of thousands of laborers, which is enough.

  Xuanshan City's refugee new district is being built with great enthusiasm, while Xiao Fan is comfortably recovering from his injuries in the Appraisal Hall.

  Xiao Er Shao's life in the Appraisal Hall was extremely comfortable, with the little demon girl's care and concern every day, as well as various spiritual medicines to nourish his body. The only drawback was that he had to endure a headache every day.

  Fortunately, every time Xiao Fan had a headache, there was always the little witch by his side, taking care of him with great care. The feelings between the two seemed to be gradually warming up...

  Half a month later, Xiao Fan's external injury finally healed, the wound had scabbed over, and he himself was also white and chubby after being raised in Jian Bao Tang.

  "I'm going to start my seclusion and take the 'Soul-Returning Pill'." On this day, Xiao Fan found Wang Da Shixiong and Little Demon Girl, and told them of his plans.

  "Alright, I'll have Yu Yan take you to the secret room later. Remember, don't overexert yourself." Master Wang said gently.

  "Uh-huh."

  Xiao Fan nodded, feeling a warm sensation rising in his heart.

  "I believe you can do it!" The little witch brought Xiao Fan to the secret room inside the appraisal hall and said before leaving.

  "Don't worry, once I've successfully cultivated, I'll be the one protecting you from now on." Xiao Erlang said with a mischievous smile on his face.

  "They don't need your protection, as long as you're safe and sound." The little witch whispered softly and left the secret room.

  "This little girl... hehe..." The Little Witch's voice was low, but Xiao Fang still heard it. He smiled lightly, his eyes filled with a soft and sweet affection that couldn't be dissipated.

  Xiao Fan sat cross-legged in the secret room, took out the "Huanhun Dan" and held it in his mouth, starting his third meditation.

  Xiao Fan's emotions were stirred up, he had been waiting for this day for a long time. As long as he could successfully visualize in the spiritual sea of consciousness, then he would officially step into the cultivation world and become a most special cultivator, a spiritual system cultivator.

  Xiao Fan's entire being fell into a state of clarity and emptiness, his mind began to recall the bits and pieces about the Tongtian Sect Master.

  Tongtian Jiaozhu is the one-third of the primordial spirit that emerged after Pangu's creation of heaven and earth. He, along with Taishang Laojun and Yuanshi Tianzun, are collectively known as the Three Pure Ones, representing the orthodox teachings of Pangu. Tongtian Jiaozhu is renowned for his mastery of the sword path, wielding the Zhuxian Four Swords. Although his magical powers may not be the strongest among the saints, he possesses unparalleled attacking prowess thanks to his Supreme Sword Path. With the Zhuxian Array Diagram, he can suppress heaven and earth; unless four saints join forces simultaneously, no one can breach his defenses.

  The Grandmaster of Tongtian is a legendary figure, founding the Intercepting Sect, which rivals the Human Sect, the Explicating Sect and Buddhism. Moreover, before the Investiture of the Gods, the Intercepting Sect was renowned for having millions of immortals come to pay homage, making it the most powerful sect.

  The way of Tongtian Jiaozhu lies in the sword, and the sword is also the heavenly way. The Supreme Sword Way is a killing way, and it can be said that it is the founder of the world's sword way.

  As Xiao Fan's thoughts turned, Xiao Fan's somewhat damaged spiritual sea gradually revealed the image of Tongtian Sect Master.

  This time, the virtual image of Tongtian Sect Master that appeared in Xiao Fan's spiritual sea was different from before. The virtual image of Tongtian Sect Master not only carried a Qingping sword on his back, but also stepped on the Xianzhan array diagram, with the four swords of Xianzhan suppressing the four directions.

  Just as the virtual image of Tongtian Sect Master was gradually appearing in Xiao Fan's spiritual sea, the entire vast world of Huangyu suddenly had a burst, and countless divine thunders were walking in the endless void. A destructive aura was spreading through the void.

  At the same time, a mysterious and powerful force once again descended upon the secret chamber where Xiao Fang was.

  This time, unlike the previous two times, the emergence of this mysterious and powerful force was not very bright and open. No one could feel this mysterious power, but it suddenly appeared quietly in Xiao Fan's spiritual sea.

  The mysterious and mighty power merged into Xiao Fan's spiritual sea of consciousness, in that instant, the illusory image of Tongtian Sect Master in Xiao Fan's spiritual sea of consciousness gradually became real.

  "Ah..." As the illusion gradually became real, Xiao Fan's spiritual sea was shocked again, and he was about to collapse once more.

  Xiao Fan swallowed the 'Huanhun Dan' in his mouth without hesitation, and instantly, the 'Huanhun Dan' turned into a mysterious spiritual power that seeped into Xiao Fan's spiritual sea, stabilizing the collapsing spiritual sea.

  "Huh..." At this moment, Xiao Fan's face changed color. He discovered that the power of 'Hún Dān' was not as strong as he had imagined, and it could not directly repair his spiritual sea. Instead, it could only slow down the collapse of his spiritual sea.

  "No way, if we keep going like this, it'll collapse sooner or later. We're almost successful, I won't give up. Hurry, hurry, hurry..."

  Xiao Fan discarded all distractions, wholeheartedly and whole-mindedly visualizing, wanting to fully condense the visualization diagram before his spiritual consciousness collapsed.

  However, Xiao Fan found that the faster the observation chart condensed, the faster his spiritual sea collapsed.

  In Xiao Fan's spiritual sea, a spiritual storm gradually emerged. Xiao Fan's spiritual sea was slowly collapsing, and the speed was getting faster and faster.

  The illusory shadow of Tongtian Jiao's master in the fantasy diagram is about to appear completely, but at this rate, it will still be too late.

  "Is it going to fail again?" Xiao Fan was on the verge of tears, this time he had come with injuries, if he failed again, his mental state would not just be hurt, but might even become an idiot.

  "If I had known this earlier, I wouldn't have thought about the Tian Xuan Sect Master. Alas, I really don't know if he truly exists in the Ninth Heaven." Xiao Fan muttered to himself.

  At this time, the thought form had not yet solidified, and Xiao Fan's spiritual sea of consciousness had almost completely collapsed, leaving only the place where the thought form was still intact.

  "Great God of Tongtian, if you really have a spirit, please help me. Don't let me fail again and again..." Xiao Fan muttered to himself, staring at the last piece of 'pure land' in his spiritual sea as it began to collapse.

  "It's all over..." In the blink of an eye, that last piece of 'pure land' had collapsed, Xiao Fan had already thought of his own consequences, from now on becoming a fool was destined...

  Just as Xiao Fan was about to cry without tears and had made mental preparations, a mysterious and powerful force suddenly appeared in his spiritual sea of consciousness and merged into the observation diagram.

  "Hum..." After that mysterious and mighty energy merged into the virtual shadow of Tongtian Sect Master, in an instant, Tongtian Sect Master's virtual shadow became clear, and the Observation Chart successfully condensed in this final lesson.

  In Xiao Fan's spiritual sea, the completely clear virtual shadow of Tongtian Sect Master suddenly opened his eyes. His eyes had a chaotic air flowing around, as if it was a mysterious and unattainable Great Dao.

  Those eyes were profound and invisible, a glance could make one fall into them, as if having passed through millions of years, yet as if arriving at the deepest part of the universe, seeing the origin of the universe, and as if becoming a high and mighty saint...

  At the moment when Xiao Fan was immersed in that pair of chaotic eyes, Xiao Fan's spiritual sea quickly recovered and restored in an instant. However, it did not stop there. The spiritual power in Xiao Fan's spiritual sea greatly increased, and the originally formless spiritual power gradually turned into a dense golden spiritual mist.

  When Xiao Fan's spiritual sea was completely filled with golden spiritual mist, the virtual image of Tongtian Sect Master in his mind closed its eyes.

  Xiao Fan was overjoyed, he had finally condensed his mental image, taking the most important step in cultivating the 'Mind Sword Body', from now on, he became a true cultivator.