13: groove!

"Congratulations to the Host for becoming a backer for others and performing the deeds of a backer."

"Reward: Divine Ability: Azure Sea Underworld Finger."

"Azure Sea Underworld Finger: With one finger pointed, the Azure Sea and Yellow Springs descend, locking spirits and trapping souls, extinguishing ghosts and severing life. A Divine Ability of Divine Soul attack. With one finger, ten thousand souls are annihilated."

"Reward: Magic Treasure: seven-colored divine lotus heart."

"seven-colored divine lotus heart, the Origin heart of the seven-colored divine lotus."

As the System's voice sounded, Shen Xuansheng looked down at a finger on his right hand. A cyan-green and earth-brown halo swirled upon it, followed by a sensation of pain as if his finger were being severed, as if something were tearing his finger apart.

*Huff! Huff!*

After heavy panting, the pain vanished.

There was no change on the surface of the finger, but Shen Xuansheng knew clearly that the Meridians inside his finger had been opened up to adapt to this Divine Ability finger technique.

"A Divine Ability Spell?"

Shen Xuansheng took a deep breath. The Jiesheng Sect certainly did not lack Divine Ability Spells, but to unleash the full power of a Divine Ability Spell, one had to use the power of one's own comprehension of the Dao.

Without comprehending the Dao, it could at most be considered an ordinary Spell, not worthy of being called a Divine Ability.

"This finger technique, surprisingly, requires no Dao comprehension; it can be used directly."

Shen Xuansheng touched his finger. In his view, the best thing the System could give was Cultivation.

As the Senior Brother of the Jiesheng Sect, what Heaven And Earth Treasure could he not get his hands on?

The only thing was the Cultivation he cultivated himself; there was no help for it. His Aptitude was limited, and without an Innate Dao Body, his Cultivation speed was not just a little bit behind those true Prodigies.

As for why the Jie Sheng Sect Master took him as a Disciple?

*Heh.*

According to what the Revered Master said back then, "This seat has roamed the world for billions of years and has never seen a living being with such poor bone structure."

That's right, taking him in was entirely because his Aptitude was sufficiently poor. Back then, after his Second Senior Sister saw him, she even said, "How can there be a living being with such bizarre bone structure in the world? Have you offended the Heavenly Dao?"

This shows that when something is poor to the extreme, it also has different treatment.

The prerequisite is meeting a Revered Master who doesn't care about any circumstances.

Otherwise, if you met those people from the Kunlun Sect, they probably wouldn't even look at you twice, let alone think about joining the sect to Cultivate? What a joke.

Just as Shen Xuansheng asked back then.

"Revered Master, Disciple's bone structure cannot sense even a bit of Heaven and Earth Qi, wouldn't it be a waste of time to take me in?"

Revered Master: "If this seat can train someone with your bone structure, then this Jiesheng Sect of mine is the true Jiesheng Sect, cutting off a sliver of life for the living beings of the world. You have a heart for the Dao, so this seat will give you a chance."

"For this seat, there is actually no loss."

And so.

Under the full infusion of the Jie Sheng Sect Master, he finally sensed the Qi, breaking through the first shackle of Cultivation.

Cultivating on his own, it would be impossible to reach his current Realm in three hundred years.

It relied on one word.

Cheating!

Therefore, Shen Xuansheng hoped more that the System would give him Cultivation.

Cultivate himself?

Forget it.

"Actually, with your Aptitude, the best way to Cultivate is through the power of Luck. It is a pity that the Luck of our Jiesheng Sect is not enough to let you Cultivate. Otherwise, using Luck to perform Foundation Establishment, any kind of Aptitude can become a shocking talent."

"If there is an Opportunity, perhaps in the future, you can recast your Dao Foundation with Luck."

Shen Xuansheng naturally wouldn't think too much about things that even a great sect like the Jiesheng Sect lacked.

"Where is the seven-colored divine lotus?" Shen Xuansheng asked.

Zhong Li gritted her teeth and said, "The Dragon Emperor was afraid that after he perished, we sisters would take the seven-colored divine lotus and leave the underground palace, so he imprisoned the seven-colored divine lotus in his coffin."

"Otherwise, we sisters would not have become his tomb guardians."

Shen Xuansheng looked at the two women and asked curiously, "You two cannot leave the seven-colored divine lotus?"

Zhong Yue snorted coldly, "When the Dragon Emperor imprisoned us, we had just taken human form, and our Foundation was not yet stable. To this day, our sisters' Dao Foundation is still lacking by more than half. The heart of the seven-colored divine lotus was swallowed by the Dragon Emperor. We are just lingering on in this underground palace."

"Only by obtaining the seven-colored divine lotus and letting the lotus heart regrow over ten thousand years can our sisters be considered to have truly taken human form."

Shen Xuansheng was thoughtful, "So that's how it is."

"The lotus heart is equivalent to your demon core, or your Origin?"

Zhong Li nodded, "That's right."

"Only when our sisters completely Fusion with the lotus heart and refine it can we be considered to have broken away from the seven-colored divine lotus and become separate living beings."

"Otherwise, just like now, if the seven-colored divine lotus disappears, we sisters will also dissipate."

Shen Xuansheng put away the seven treasures wonderful tree from the ground and said, "You two should know where the Dragon Emperor's coffin is, right?"

Zhong Li dashed out first, "Follow us."

Shen Xuansheng could no longer see anyone else. The hundreds of underground palace halls were like a maze. Following the two demon concubines, Zhong Li and Zhong Yue, after traveling through the palaces for the time it takes to burn an incense stick, the figures of the two demon concubines finally stopped.

"Push open this gate, and that is where the Dragon Emperor's coffin is located." Zhong Li pointed to the huge stone gate not far ahead and said.

Shen Xuansheng did not move forward immediately but asked, "It shouldn't be that simple, right?"

Zhong Yue nodded.

"Before the gate, there is a Formation set up by the Dragon Emperor's remnant soul. It is the Dragon Emperor's Dao-Questioning Formation. Only by passing the Dragon Emperor's Dao-Questioning Formation, or by directly annihilating the Dragon Emperor's remnant soul, can you push open this gate."

Shen Xuansheng stepped out directly.

One step into the Formation.

Just as Zhong Li and Zhong Yue were about to speak out to stop him, Shen Xuansheng had already stepped into the Formation.

*Hum ~~~~~~~~~~!*

Before Shen Xuansheng's eyes, a middle-aged man wearing a cyan dragon robe slowly condensed.

"Remnant soul?" Shen Xuansheng's eyes were filled with surprise.

Dragon Emperor: "Not yet in the Nirvana Dao Realm? Such a weak Mortal?"

There was disappointment in the Dragon Emperor's eyes.

"Boy, since you have entered my Dao-Questioning Formation."

"Only by passing my Dao-Questioning can you enter my coffin chamber. My Magic Treasures are all inside. It depends on whether you have the affinity."

The Dragon Emperor did not give Shen Xuansheng a chance to speak and asked directly.

"Why do you Cultivate?"

Shen Xuansheng had an "I knew it" look. In his previous life, what Xuanhuan novels hadn't he read?

Dao-Questioning.

Simple.

"Why do I Cultivate?" Shen Xuansheng looked at the Dragon Emperor seriously, "Because I want to become stronger!"

The Dragon Emperor nodded and continued to ask, "Why do you want to become stronger?"

Shen Xuansheng: "Because I want to Cultivate."

Hearing this.

The Dragon Emperor's remnant soul seemed to be stunned, then asked again, "Then why do you Cultivate?"

Shen Xuansheng: "Because I want to become stronger!"

The Dragon Emperor's remnant soul swayed.

"Then why do you want to become stronger?"

Shen Xuansheng: "Because I want to Cultivate!"

The Dragon Emperor's remnant soul shook violently and asked again, "Then why do you want to Cultivate?"

Shen Xuansheng: "I already said, because I want to become stronger!!"

A wisp of smoke drifted out of the Dragon Emperor's remnant soul's mouth, and the voice was no longer as stable as before: "I am asking you, why do you want to become stronger? There must be a reason, right? For example, you want to protect some people, or kill some people, there must be a reason, right?"

Shen Xuansheng was serious, frowned, and thought for a moment: "But, if I don't Cultivate, how can I become stronger?"

The Dragon Emperor's remnant soul trembled violently, and with a *boom*, it actually shattered...

Shen Xuansheng watched the Formation break and seemed to hear one word in his ear.

"Damn!!"