Mortal Cultivation

106 Journey To The Lingchen Cave [I]

“As a master, I think, if you are allowed to retreat and cultivate in this Lingchen Cave for a year, will your cultivation achieve a qualitative leap? You can also get a good ranking in the college competition. It’s better to give our Xuanbing branch a fight.”

It could be said that master Bu Wenle’s mind was still at a very careful state. A few simple words not only explain his intentions, but also stir up Wang Wei’s desire to win. Especially the last two sentences, it was very important to know Wang Wei’s thinking.

After Wang Wei listened, he agreed after a little thought. Wang Wei said: “Okay, master, just make a decision. I will definitely practice hard during this year, win glory for our Xuanbing branch, and let the master raise his head in pride in front of the main sect.”

“Okay, good boy. Let me thank you on behalf of everyone. When the school starts in a few days, I will ask Wen Feng and the others to come to a secluded area for a year in retreat.” After hearing Wang Wei’s words, Bu Wenle said happily, and continued. “After a year, we will definitely give the main sect a big surprise. Let the people in the main sect see that although there are only five students in our branch, none of them is weak! I will say hello to the main school when I go back, and tell them to leave five places for our branch when the competition starts next year. When the school starts next year, we will not recruit new students. Everything will be discussed after the competition.”

Wang Wei also said firmly. “Master, I support you. However, next year’s college competition, will there be many seniors with strong cultivation bases to participate? With our current level of cultivation of first-level spiritual masters, even one year will be considered. After the cultivation base has become stronger, compared with the seniors who have cultivated for many years, it is still too low.”

“On this point, you can rest assured that there is an age limit for the academy competition. The spiritual master academy competition in the whole continent is held every five years. No more than 15 years old, so the age limit will be limited to 14 years old when each college selects the participating spiritual masters in the previous year.” Bu Wenle said. “And among the spiritual masters under the age of 14, the Revenant-level is usually the highest for spiritual masters competing, and there are very few spiritual masters who reach the third-level spiritual savant. Therefore, if you retreat in Lingchen Cave for a year, you can achieve the second-level revenant cultivator, you can get good grades in the college competition.”

After listening, Wang Wei nodded and said, “So, we just need to work hard, and we should have a chance to win the top few, right?”

Bu Wenle smiled and said, “If it is as what you said, then I’m really looking forward to it as a master! Hahaha!”

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In a blink of an eye, it was the start of the next semester.

In the classroom of Xuanbing Branch, all five students have arrived. Bu Wenle sat on the podium.

At this moment, there was something on the table in front of Lu Wenfeng, Feng Ziyu, and Yi Meier, and their eyes were about to fall.

After a while, Ziyu said, “Teacher, you don’t really want us to eat this, do you? Why do I feel sicker the more I look at it?”
That’s right, the Celestial Silkworm was placed in front of the three of them.

At the beginning of the school year, Bu Wenle had already told the family members who sent the three to school, and told them that he would lead the five students to retreat and practice for a year in order to meet the college competition next year. Let all parents receive the message that they should not come to disturb their cultivation during this year.

On the side of the main school of Xuanbing, Bu Wenle had already explained it clearly to grand elder Shen Lingyun. In this regard, Shen Lingyun was still excited for several days, thinking: Bu Wenle is finally going to return to normal. To be able to have this kind of self-motivation to participate in the college competition had already explained everything.

Therefore, Shen Lingyun did not hesitate, and directly approved Bu Wenle leading the students to retreat and practice. As for where to retreat, Shen Lingyun didn’t ask deeply, he trusted Bu Wenle quite a lot. He was not only his brother-in-law, but also his secret lover.

Everything was ready, and he was just about to set off with five students. But before setting off, Bu Wenle still had to test the courage of the other students, that was, whether they dared to eat this silkworm.

When Bu Wenle ate the first celestial silkworm, he hesitated again and again before he dared to eat it. After all, eating celestial silkworms could not only exercise everyone’s courage, but also one of the things that would be cultivated in the future. If they didn’t dare to eat, then the training would not be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Needless to say, Wang Wei, Bu Yueyue had already started eating it before school started. Because of Bu Yueyue’s trust in her adoptive father, Bu Yueyue ate it without any hesitation when it came to the celestial silkworms.

In this regard, even Bu Wenle was surprised. He didn’t expect that his adopted daughter would act so decisively.

Seeing the hesitation of Lu Wenfeng and the others, Bu Wenle took out two more heavenly silkworms and gave them to Wang Wei and Bu Yueyue.

Bu Wenle said at the same time: “Yueyue, Wei’er, you should set an example for the three of them.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Wei and Bu Yueyue threw the Celestial Silkworm into their mouths at the same time. Bu Yueyue also deliberately grumbled a few times at the three of them with great interest, as if it was delicious. Especially when he gave Fatty a teasing look, and Fatty couldn’t even lift it up when he was angry.

After Wang Wei and the two ate the Heavenly Spirit Silkworm, they sat cross-legged and practiced.

When Lu Wenfeng saw that their master was not joking, he picked up the Celestial silkworm and ate it. Then he sat down with his knees crossed, and began to practice.

Fatty and Mei’er blinked and looked at each other.

Fatty didn’t show any bad feelings after seeing the three of them eating the Heavenly Spirit Silkworm. And after Lu Wenfeng finished eating just now, his face was clearly surprised.

So Ziyu closed his eyes, his heart was stunned, and he also ate the Heavenly Spirit Silkworm. Afterwards, he also learned from the others and began to practice.

Mei’er saw that he was left alone, gave Bu Wenle an innocent look, and said weakly, “Teacher, can I take this back to my room to eat slowly?”

Bu Wenle didn’t speak, stared at Mei’er with his eyes, and raised his head. That means, if you don’t eat it now, there will be something for you to watch.

Seeing that he couldn’t hide, he had to close his eyes and put Celestial Silkworm into his mouth carefully. Then he covered his mouth with his hands, for fear that one would accidentally spit it out again.

Mei’er’s expression finally relaxed as he felt a refreshing feeling in his stomach. Sitting cross-legged, he began to practice.

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Ruins Great Forest.

The light of sun had become very soft after passing through the tall canopy. It shines on the lush moss and exotic flowers and plants that could be seen everywhere on the ground, showing a soft and hazy beauty.

Inside and outside the forest, there were huge ancient trees with a height of dozens of feet, and there were more than a dozen people hugging each other. Walking in this virgin jungle made people feel extremely small.

After half a year away from this place, Wang Wei finally stepped back onto the land that he had been walking for more than eight years.

At the beginning of the new semester, Bu Wenle told five people about this secret training camp. Everyone had no objection to win glory for the branch in the competition. Especially when they heard that the destination of this training camp was Wang Wei’s hometown, everyone had a sense of excitement to go out and explore.

Bu Wenle didn’t tell everyone about Lingchen Cave in advance, for fear that everyone would say that destination would be known by others on the way, causing trouble. Along the way, everyone hastened during the day and practiced at night. But for Bu Wenle, Wang Wei, and Lu Wenfeng, who couldn’t cultivate at night, just relying on absorbing the spiritual power of the celestial silkworm was much faster than cultivating on their own.

After more than a month of traveling. A group of six finally came to Wang Wei’s hometown. Although things have changed, but after Wang Wei returned to the Great Ruins Forest, he still felt a sense of intimacy of being at home.

Gradually, it was very close to the site of the Ironwood tribe. Wang Wei’s mood also began to become heavier, as he walked, picking wild flowers in full bloom.

Everyone also knew what happened to the Ironwood tribe. Seeing that Wang Wei was picking wild flowers, everyone picked a bunch of them.




Soon, Wang Wei came to a dirt slope and stopped. Everyone followed behind Wang Wei, looking at an open valley ahead.

He saw that the valley area was very large, and there were more than ten big trees scattered on the ground. One side of the valley was a grassland, and the other side was the entrance to the forest.

And on the slope where Wang Wei and the others were standing, there was a collapsed stone house.