"How is it possible? Where are people?"

"My Vast Sea Dragon Formation is so powerful that even a Foundation Establishment cultivator cannot break it in a short time. Even a Golden Core Master can break it with one strike, but that is also due to his boundless magic power. How could he take the person away without alarming me at all?"

"Wow!"

Wei Tao mobilized his magic power and wanted to activate the entire formation. At this moment, a voice came into his ears.

"Don't panic. I'm Zhenhai. I'll take the people away first. The Ascension Ceremony will proceed as usual."

The voice was ethereal, but when it reached Wei Tao's ears it sounded so real that it was hard to imagine, and it gave him the illusion of worshipping someone.

"Makai? This name sounds familiar."

"Makai?!"

"Grand Elder Zhenhai? Yuanying Zhenjun!"

Wei Tao was so frightened that his hands shook and he almost lost his grip on the dragon flag.

"It turned out to be the True Lord himself. Does the sect value Heavenly Spiritual Roots so much?"

He knew that the sect valued natural spiritual roots, but he thought that a Jindan master would be enough. He didn't expect that it would be Yuanying Zhenjun who came in person.

You know, if a person with a natural spiritual root has a smooth path to immortality and does not die halfway, he or she will almost certainly achieve the golden elixir.

But there are fewer people who have succeeded in achieving the Nascent Soul stage. According to the sect’s records, most of the Nascent Soul True Lords do not have natural spiritual roots!

"That's Yuanying Zhenjun."

In the Great Wilderness world of immortal cultivation, it has been a long time since a deity appeared, and Yuanying Zhenjun is the top fighting force.

There is a saying that goes "If the spirit is not transformed, the Nascent Soul will be respected!"

Chapter 16: Useless? No, I have a grandfather

"Brother Wei, what happened?"

When Liu An saw Wei Tao withdraw the Vast Sea Dragon formation, he immediately ran over, holding a black spear in his hand and looking nervous.

Yan Ting on the side was holding a green sword and taking a defensive posture.

The weapons in the hands of both men are not ordinary items, but magical instruments. When infused with spiritual power, it is easy for them to cut through iron like mud.

As for the Vast Sea Dragon Flag in Wei Tao's hand, it is even more extraordinary. It is above the magic weapon and is a spiritual weapon. Moreover, even among spiritual weapons, it is the most excellent one.

Generally speaking, ordinary weapons correspond to ordinary mortals, such as ordinary spears and swords.

After embarking on the path to immortality, one can absorb the spiritual power of heaven and earth, becoming gradually extraordinary. Ordinary weapons can no longer contain the power of immortal cultivators, so more powerful weapons are needed.

The magic weapon is prepared for the immortal cultivators in the Qi training stage.

As for the foundation-building and major overhaul, spiritual tools are mostly used.

Whether it is a magical weapon or a spiritual weapon, they are divided into four categories: low, medium, high, and the best.

The Vast Sea Dragon Flag in Wei Tao's hand is a top-grade spiritual weapon. Logically speaking, it would be unlikely for a person in the Qi training stage, let alone a person in the foundation building stage, to obtain such a treasure.

But Wei Tao is a disciple of Huashen Sect. Among the 100,000 outer sect Qi-training disciples of Huashen Sect, he is always ranked in the top ten and is considered a seeded player of the outer sect. The Huashen Sect is very wealthy and gave him the reward when he won the first place among the outer sect disciples.

It was with the help of this Vast Sea Dragon Flag that Wei Tao was able to kill three foundation-building masters by crossing levels. However, he had just started practicing Qi and could not activate the flag for a long time.

"Brother Wei, where is that Tianjiao old man?"

Liu An looked around and only saw Wei Tao on the ring, not the old man from before.

Wei Tao put the Vast Sea Dragon Flag back into his storage bag and said soothingly, "The sect has a senior who came to pick him up and has taken him away."

"The senior master told me that the Ascension Ceremony will proceed as usual, so you don't have to worry."

Wei Tao did not reveal who the person was. After all, Yuanying Zhenjun had a noble status, and the other party did not let him reveal any information about himself, so he would never dare to tell anyone.

"Oh, so I thought there was an enemy attack." Yan Ting waved the sword in her hand and said, "If there are enemies coming here, they will be attacked by my Moon Covering Sword Technique first."

"..." Wei Tao was speechless at the confidence of this junior sister.

If there really were enemies that dared to attack and were able to break his Vast Sea Dragon Formation, they must be extraordinary masters in the foundation-building process. Killing her, a mere Qi training level seven person, would be a piece of cake.

"Junior Brother He." Wei Tao called out.

The city lord He Weicai just appeared from a distance and said awkwardly: "Brother, I haven't been in battle for a long time. If I rush forward rashly, I will only become a burden, so..."

He was trying to excuse himself. As disciples of the Huashen Sect, Yan Ting and Liu An rushed out without hesitation when they suspected an enemy attack. Only he hid behind and dared not show his head.

Wei Tao is the person in charge of the Ascension Ceremony. If he is punished for this reason, no one will stand up for him even if he appeals to the sect's Law Enforcement Hall.

Fortunately, Wei Tao was not so unkind and said, "Junior Brother He, the Ascension Ceremony will proceed as usual. You go down and make the arrangements."

"Yes, senior brother." City Lord He Wei smiled bitterly and left.

Compared with the high-ranking inner disciples, Wei Tao, the outer disciple, is more legendary and better known.

Upon learning that he was here to preside over the Ascension Ceremony, the City Lord He Wei was actually very happy, and was even thinking about how to get closer to him.

Each of them is only at the fourth level of Qi training, and they are easily defeated when facing mortal masters at the fifth or sixth level of martial arts.

One of them, however, has reached the great perfection of Qi training, holding the Vast Sea Dragon Flag, and can fight against ordinary foundation-building cultivators.

The gap between the two is too big. If the latter just leaks a little bit between his fingers, it would be enough for He Wei to eat. Maybe he can even return to the sect and start his journey of cultivating immortals here.

But after this incident, He Wei knew that he had fallen into a low position in Wei Tao's heart. Let alone making friends with him, it was a blessing not to be punished.

"Alas, cultivating immortals is like fighting against heaven for life." Wei Tao sighed as he looked at He Wei's lonely back.

When he first entered the sect, he was full of energy and thought that he would definitely reach great heights in the path of cultivating immortals.

But after so many years, he is still stuck in the Qi training stage, and his morale has declined a lot.

"This time when I return to the sect, I will work on breaking through the foundation. If I can succeed, everything will be fine. If not..."

The road to becoming an immortal is a level of accomplishment at each step.

For ordinary people, the next stage is to practice Qigong. This stage depends on one’s talent. If you have it, you have it; if you don’t, you don’t. It cannot be forced.

From Qi training to foundation building is another hurdle. If one does not break through to foundation building before the age of sixty, the Qi and blood will decline, and it will be extremely difficult to succeed afterwards.

If the breakthrough fails, the result could be loss of energy and blood, serious injuries at best, or death at worst.

Therefore, this is also called the life and death barrier of the 100 days of foundation building. Once you decide to break through, you will die if you fail within 100 days.

At Wei Tao's current age, this is probably the only chance he has to try.

In fact, for most of the cultivators who have reached the great perfection of Qi training, there is only one chance.

Wei Tao arranged Liu An and Yan Ting to guard the Ascension Ceremony. After this incident, everyone had no interest in drinking and chatting. They just wanted to end the Ascension Ceremony peacefully so that they could return to the sect to report on their work.

"Wait, that old man said he has a grandson named Xia Fan."

"I remember that he has five spiritual roots, so he can only be a menial worker at best."

As a cultivator, Wei Tao's memory is naturally far superior to that of ordinary people. He recalled what happened before, thought for a while, and then made a decision.

He glanced around and happened to find Xia Fan, who was at a loss in the crowd, so he immediately walked up to him.

"It's over. The old man was captured by the Immortal Master."

Xia Fan was in the crowd and didn't know what was happening. He only saw the immortal master who had spoken to him before waved his hand and released more than a dozen flags, surrounding the old man.

After the flag was collected, the old man was nowhere to be seen inside.

"If I had known, I wouldn't have let the old man come with me. What should I do now?"

"If anything happens to the old man, I'll just have to hit my head and die."

Xia Fan was anxious. At the age of sixteen, he didn't know how to deal with such an emergency.

"No, I have to go ask. Even if it's dangerous to go up and ask, I can't just walk away."

Just as Xia Fan was about to move, he saw the crowd in front of him automatically make way for him, and a familiar figure walked towards him.

"Master!" The people around, including the officers and soldiers, all lowered their heads and did not dare to look up.

"Junior Brother Xia, follow me."

Wei Tao waved his hand and the two men disappeared into the crowd, leaving the surrounding people amazed.

When the sharp-eared officers and soldiers heard the title "junior brother", they were startled and immediately ran to inform the chief clerk and the county magistrate.

As for Xia Fan, he felt his body become lighter and there was a strong wind blowing around him. When he opened his eyes again, he had arrived in an empty courtyard.

"Hey, this place looks a little familiar." Xia Fan opened his eyes and saw that this was the place where he used to practice martial arts in the martial arts academy.

Seeing his expression, Wei Tao also asked with a smile: "Junior Brother Xia, are you from the Martial Academy?"

"Master, I studied in the martial arts academy for a year."

"Hey, my name is Wei Tao, you can just call me Senior Brother Wei." Wei Tao said enthusiastically.

"This……"

Xia Fan saw that he didn't seem to be teasing him on purpose, and he also wanted to ask where his grandfather had gone, so it was difficult to refute him, so he said, "Senior Brother Wei."

"Okay, okay." Wei Tao nodded repeatedly with a smile on his face.

"I remember that Junior Brother Liu An and Junior Sister Liu Ruyan were both from the Martial Academy. Now, Junior Brother Xia, you are also from the Martial Academy. This Martial Academy is truly a gathering place of talented people." Wei Tao flattered.

Xia Fan was confused by this. Wasn't it said before that he had five spiritual roots, which was rotten to the core?

Why are you saying he is a talent now?

He didn't know who Liu An was, but he knew Liu Ruyan. Judging from the commotion she caused before, she was definitely a genius.

Can he be compared with others?

Could it be that Senior Brother Wei has something wrong with his brain?

"Senior Brother Wei, my old man..." Xia Fan asked hurriedly.

Liu An, Liu Ruyan, none of them are as good as his old man, he doesn't care about them.

Wei Tao said, "Junior Brother Xia, don't worry. The old man has already been taken back to the sect by the seniors."

"After three days, you can go back to the sect with me and meet him."

"Oh, I see." Xia Fan nodded.

He didn't know whether what the other person said was true, but he didn't look like he was lying.

Besides, he is just a mortal, and his martial arts skills are only at the leather training level. Even if the other party deceives him, he can't do anything.

Xia Fan once again felt the importance of strength.

"Junior Brother Xia, here are some rules and benefits for our sect's outer disciples. You can take a look at them so that you won't be confused when you return to the sect in the future."

Wei Tao took out a booklet from his storage bag and placed it in Xia Fan's hand.

At the same time, he waved his hand again, and a white jade token appeared in his hand. "Junior Brother Xia, this is my voice transmission jade token. You can contact me if you have any questions."

Xia Fan took the two things without knowing why.

"Oh, I almost forgot, Junior Brother Xia, you are still a mortal and have no spiritual power."

Wei Tao pointed at the jade token and said, "It's okay though. When you, Junior Brother Xia, join the sect and enter the first level of Qi training, you can use this jade token once you have spiritual power in your body."

Wei Tao called Xia "Junior Brother" all the time in a very affectionate way, which made Xia Fan feel embarrassed.

"Wait, Senior Brother Wei, didn't you say before that I could only be a menial disciple?" Xia Fan asked.

Could it be that the outer disciples of Huashen Sect are just menial disciples, and the menial disciples are just outer disciples?

"It's a different time now." Wei Tao shook his head and said, "Although Junior Brother Xia's aptitude is a little lacking, he has a kind nature and a strong will. He can also make a difference in the path of cultivating immortals."

"Does cultivating immortals not consider aptitude?" Xia Fan asked.

"Qualifications are important, but so is character. Even if one only has qualifications but no character, one won't get far on the path to immortality."

Wei Tao flattered him, "Junior Brother Xia has a strong character and should join our Huashen Sect as an outer disciple."

After saying this, Wei Tao himself couldn't hold it in anymore.

Cultivating immortals does depend on one’s character, but character is acquired and can be honed, whereas aptitude is innate and cannot be cultivated even if one wants to.

Xia Fan’s aptitude is extremely poor, but there is nothing he can do about it, because he has a grandfather with natural spiritual roots.

"Junior Brother Xia, I am also somewhat famous among the outer disciples. If anyone makes things difficult for you, you can tell me my name." Wei Tao said.

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