113, meritorious service

  A major cycle of cultivation has been completed. The song of the heavenly gate closes with a flourish as the eyes open.

  Here is the translation:

  While cultivating here, she found that her cultivation progress was advancing at an unimaginable speed. As a Five-Spirit Root Constitution, it was originally difficult for spiritual energy to remain in her body, but in this place, it was as if the five spirits were circulating, absorbing spiritual energy several times faster than on Taikang Mountain! Normally, the density of spiritual energy would affect the speed of absorption, but with her poor spirit root, at most it would be one or two times faster, never four or five times as exaggerated. Moreover, since entering the Foundation Establishment period, her cultivation had been stagnant for half a year, but in these two days, her cultivation had risen extremely rapidly.

  Since she obtained the secret skill of the Zhong Mu Ling, she closed the door to study it. During this time, another master, Yuan Bao, was very kind and talked to her a lot, only then did she know the reason.

  Originally, this place was called Xū Tiān Jìng (Virtual Heaven Realm), and it is said that in the ancient times, a great divine being created an independent space by shattering the void. Inside, there is light and water, with its own cycle of life and death. Others cannot enter without permission - which means that here, its master is God. This Virtual Heaven Realm was also a mysterious object in ancient times, only possessed by great divine beings. Even more so today, it is an object that defies the heavens. The spiritual energy environment within is similar to that of ancient times, so the speed of cultivation here is extremely fast. Zhōng Mù Líng (钟沐灵) also obtained this object through a combination of luck and circumstance.

  Mó Tiān Gē was quite envious of this, a portable dōng fǔ, with spiritual energy so dense and safe, convenient for hiding, truly a top-notch tool for killing and escaping. Especially after learning that the master could make it fly like a cào treasure after becoming a deity, she became even more envious.

  However, she also knew that this object was not ordinary, and for these Transcendent Realm experts who were hiding in the world, it was also a treasure against heaven. Yuan Bao said that as far as they knew, apart from theirs, only another Transcendent Realm cultivator who occasionally appeared had one, so she just thought about it.

  About this Yuanbao senior, Mo Tian Ge felt very curious. The other person seemed to have not seen an outsider for many years and was eager to talk to her, telling her a lot of things.

  She was originally the great ancestor Zhong Muling. Not only did she possess a Hunyuan spiritual root, but her yin and yang were also perfectly balanced, making her a purely neutral body. Her blood was known as Tianyuan blood. This Tianyuan blood is only possessed by those with a Hunyuan spiritual root and a neutral body, making it an excellent catalyst for alchemy. Zhong Muling joined a sect that specialized in alchemy at a young age and was treated well by her master, so she didn't know about her special physique until her master passed away and she was imprisoned by her master's brother. Later, she escaped from the sect and experienced many things, stumbling along the way, until she reached the stage of forming an elixir, at which point her situation improved somewhat. After that, relying on the power of Hunyuan and the miraculous effects of Tianyuan blood, she entered the stage of transforming into a god in one leap and never again entered the mortal world.

  After hearing this, Mo Tian Ge felt closer to her ancestor. She herself was a pure yin constitution and had always been prone to disaster. Being cautious and careful, she couldn't help but feel depressed about it. It turned out that this ancestor also had the same troubles - since he could cultivate to become an immortal in the same environment, it gave her great confidence, with the Hunyuan Gongfa, she was sure she could too!

  As for Yuan Bao, he said his experience was much simpler. Born into a large immortal family, in the Great Gate Sect, with a pure yang physique, and a single spiritual root, from a young age he was pampered by his sect and family, plus he himself had a kind heart, cultivating until he reached the yuan ying period, later breaking through to enter the hua shen period. A cultivator in the hua shen period looks down on all worldly things, moreover, as relatives and friends one by one passed away, he found it uninteresting, so he left his family sect.

  Yuanbao spoke calmly, but Mochen Song was very jealous. Although Zhong Muling was also a genius in the Taigu era, she had also experienced many hardships before achieving success, but Yuanbao was a child prodigy and had been carefully cultivated by her family and sect from a young age, making her cultivation path too smooth - so smooth that it made someone like Mochen Song, who was born to face hardships, jealous. She couldn't help but think that Zhong Muling's bad attitude towards Yuanbao might also be due to this psychology.

  Yu Bao met Zhong Muling when he was in his Yuan Ying period, after the shock of transforming into a god. Yu Bao had been living in seclusion within his family's sect since childhood and knew nothing about the world, so he left the sect to wander around the mortal realm. One day, while idly squatting in a certain immortal market, he saw Zhong Muling passing back and forth in front of him, and on a whim, he followed behind him, wanting to tease him a bit, and that's how they met.

  They were originally just senior and junior, but unexpectedly, Zhong Muling also became a god later on. This was when they truly became good friends. Cultivating immortality in this world is not easy, there are only a handful of people who have reached the stage of becoming a god. Only these two were close in age, so under the loneliness, they accompanied each other and lived in seclusion for thousands of years...

  When mentioning this matter, Yuan Bao's eyes had a hint of loneliness, being able to have someone accompany him seemed to bring great joy, causing Mo Tian Ge to secretly sigh in admiration.

  What is the lifespan of a Transcendent? They didn't know either. After thousands of years, they still didn't know the end. Yuan Bao listened and thought that such simple-minded people would also feel lonely - Mo Tian Ge couldn't help but think, isn't cultivating immortality just for longevity? If it's still lonely and difficult in the end, why cultivate immortality?

  Yu Bao smiled and said, "Although immortality is lonely, there are many wonderful things that one must experience in life. So if he had a choice, he would still embark on the path of cultivating immortality and head towards eternal life. Otherwise, human life only lasts for decades, and some things have not been fully understood before it ends, which is too short. Moreover, during lonely times, there are always ways to alleviate them, but if one dies, nothing can be experienced anymore."

  Apart from this, Yuan Bao also told her about the matter of Mo Yaoqing. It turned out that her feeling was not wrong, and between Mo Yaoqing and Zhong Muling, there was only a husband-and-wife relationship, but no husband-and-wife affection. In the past, Mo Yaoqing had secretly plotted against Zhong Muling in order to form a prenatal connection with him, which led to their dual cultivation origin. Zhong Muling hoped to have children for some reason, and Mo Yaoqing also owed him a favor in other matters, so he didn't mind this matter either. Later, after becoming an immortal, he found out that after one night as husband and wife, Mo Yaoqing had actually given birth to descendants. However, at that time, Mo Yaoqing had already passed away and become a Buddha. With joy in his heart, he felt even more grateful towards Mo Yaoqing. In the Void Heaven realm, he traveled through the world, and if he reached the end of the sky, he would take a look at the later generations.

  At this point, Mo Tian Ge felt a bit more at ease. Zhong Mu Ling hoped to have children, and although the descendants would be surnamed Mo, she had always taken care of them, so she must have taken extra care of her.

  Just then, a voice suddenly sounded in her ear: "Tiangē, come into my house."

  This is Zhong Muling's voice, Mo Tian Ge stood up and shook his clothes.

  Upon learning that the master of this place was her own ancestor, she naturally felt overjoyed in her heart. However, since she had been cultivating for so long, she had experienced too many things and her emotions were extremely calm, so she quickly calmed down. Her Hunyuan Spiritual Root was inherited from this great ancestor. Seeing the rarity of this spiritual root that appeared only once every few thousand years, this great ancestor was very kind to her and previously hinted at giving her a cultivation method. She didn't dare hope for more; as long as she obtained a suitable cultivation method, she would be satisfied.

  "Have seen great-grandfather."

  Zhong Muling sat on the couch, pointing to her opposite side, waiting for her to sit down, and said with a smile: "Do you know what is special about Hunyuan Linggen?"

  Moyuan Song replied: "I only know that Hunyuan Linggen is one of the special spiritual roots, but I don't know its true purpose."

  Zhong Muling smiled slightly, and this answer was not unexpected. The special aspect of Hunyuan Linggen had always been unknown to many people.

  "What is called the Hunyuan, is the Hunyuan of chaos, at the time when heaven and earth first opened, the world was in a state of chaos, the five elements were born together, yin and yang began to grow, thus forming a cycle of mutual generation and restraint among the five elements, and the cyclical movement of yin and yang. The Hunyuan spiritual root refers to the balance of the five-system spiritual roots, which can achieve internal balance. Do you understand now?"

  Moyin Song was somewhat shocked. The so-called Hunyuan, is the source of the world, and the Hunyuan Linggen can actually be interpreted like this? She calmed down a bit, thought for a moment, and slowly said: "The intention of the great ancestor, is the Hunyuan Linggen to cultivate a Hunyuan world?"

  Zhong Muling nodded: "Not bad, this is the way of cultivation in the ancient times, and later it gradually disappeared. I dare say that except for me, there is no one else who knows this way of cultivation now."

  "It's actually like this......" She had never thought that her Hunyuan spiritual root would be related to Taigu - in that case, wasn't her spiritual root also extremely good?

  "I also unintentionally obtained this cultivation method, otherwise I would have been a Five Spirits Root too. Your pure yin body is not suitable for cultivating the Hunyuan Linggen, you should know that the elements of the Hunyuan include the five elements and yin-yang. I happened to be a balanced yin-yang body back then, so my cultivation was unusually fast. You are different, with an isolated yin that cannot grow, and a solitary yang that cannot give birth."

  When Mu Ling heard this, Tian Ge's heart suddenly cooled down a bit. Had she just been rejoicing in vain about her own talent?

  Seeing her expression, Zhong Muling smiled and said: "Pure yin constitution, Hunyuan spiritual root, it's already very rare to have one of them, you have both but want to make a discount. However, you don't need to be discouraged, pure yin constitution has its own advantages, and it's not that you can't practice Hunyuan method, yin and yang both have five elements, you can start by practicing the five elements of yin first. These two days, I've carefully studied your **jue** and modified it a bit, adding in the Hunyuan cultivation method, from now on let's call it Hunyuan **gong**."

  Zhong Muling pointed to the two jade slips on the case: "This is my original Hunyuan Gongfa Taoyuan Record, and this is my revised Hunyuan Gong. The reason I'm giving you this Taoyuan Record is that I don't have a purely yin body constitution. These Hunyuan Gongs were all deduced from it. If this gong method doesn't suit you, you can recompile the Taoyuan Record."

  Upon hearing this, Mò Tiān Gē was somewhat taken aback. She had originally thought that Zhōng Mù Líng's willingness to modify her technique was already a great favor, but she hadn't expected him to directly give her the Hún Yuán technique, and even say such words.

  "Great-grandfather, I..."

  Zhong Muling fell into deep thought for a moment, then said: "Although you are my descendant, I cannot keep you in this Void Heaven Realm. This Void Heaven Realm is an ancient space from the primordial era, and your cultivation will naturally progress extremely quickly here. However, without worldly experiences, your mental state will inevitably be insufficient, and when the time comes to advance in rank, it will become a problem. Now that you are an elite disciple of a renowned sect with unlimited prospects, I won't keep you here any longer. You can stay for a while and practice this Hunyuan** Gong to see if it's feasible. When the time comes, I'll give you a few more treasures as well, which will also fulfill our bloodline sentiment."

  "Yes." Mo Tian Ge replied, she didn't have any wild ideas about being able to stay here after all, since it had been thousands of years and the bloodline between her and this great ancestor was extremely diluted, that he would even take care of her was already very good.

  Looking at her being so obedient, Zhong Muling seemed to feel a bit sorry for her and said: "You this period of time, if there is anything, you can ask me. Although I won't do everything for you, I also won't let others bully you."

  Thank you to Zuo Pingyue for the pink ticket! Thank you to Li Zhu, Ai Zhong Wu Hui, Xiuyi, and Shangxia 5000 Nian for the rewards. Today I originally planned to update more, but this morning...I went out to pick someone up and ended up being four hours late, only bringing them back at 8 o'clock. After eating and sleeping, I still had to go out tonight, so I didn't have time to write. Luckily, classmate Youyi voted for two update tickets, allowing me to shamelessly put off the extra update until tomorrow. Hopefully there won't be any unexpected events tomorrow.