69: Chapter 69 Cultivation Techniques

Ye Jing was quite surprised to see three Cultivators in the Family, all from Ye Xuan's generation. It seemed his eldest son's Bloodline was quite impressive.

However, Ye Jing did not forget to comfort the Family members who had yet to sense Spiritual Qi, telling them not to lose heart. Even if they could not Cultivate, they could still practice Martial Dao to bring glory to the Family.

The Family working together with one heart was the best outcome.

He instructed the descendants who could now Cultivate to begin attempting to cleanse the turbid Qi within their bodies and enter the First Layer of Qi Refining as soon as possible.

After arranging the Family affairs.

Inside his room, Ye Jing entered the Immortal Willow.

Upon entering, Ye Jing was immediately stunned. Beneath the originally pitch-black trunk of the Hongmeng Immortal Clan Willow, three golden-glowing Meridians had appeared, extending from the branches that held the three willow twigs all the way down to the roots.

This was likely because his eldest son Ye Xuan and his two children now possessed cultivation Aptitude.

Ye Jing realized that the Immortal Willow could be upgraded and immediately used five hundred points of Immortal Light to try.

With a thought, several white lights like stars rose from the desolate land and converged into the Immortal Willow's body.

The tender green twigs of the Immortal Willow began to tremble. The entire tree seemed to have received dew and began to grow taller.

The trunk, which was originally less than a zhang tall, thickened and climbed at a visible speed, growing to over three zhang in an instant.

The branches and leaves became more lush and vibrant green.

To Ye Jing's shock, as the Immortal Willow grew, the desolate land around its roots also underwent a world-shaking transformation.

The cracked, barren soil became moist and fertile, turning a warm blackish-brown.

Then, streaks of green Spiritual Qi steamed up from the ground, gathering into a mist under the Immortal Willow's canopy. It slowly settled, and in an instant, a mu-sized Spiritual Field emerged at the base of the Immortal Willow.

The three golden Meridians on the trunk suddenly lit up. A golden pillar of light, more brilliant than all the previous white lights, shot into the sky from the top of the main trunk, circled in mid-air, and shot straight toward the point between Ye Jing's eyebrows.

Ye Jing had no time to react; he only felt a heat at his brow as a vast yet gentle force poured into his body, instantly sweeping through his four limbs and hundred bones.

This power was extremely peculiar, carrying both the Origin aura of the Grandmist Immortal Willow and pure Spiritual Qi.

Wherever it passed, the originally blocked Meridians in Ye Jing's body were forcibly cleared and widened.

His body, which originally had no Spiritual Root and could not sense Spiritual Qi, actually began to form the embryonic shape of a Spiritual Root under the transformation of this power.

Ye Jing subconsciously operated the Basic Breathing Mantra that Ye Xuan and the others practiced. He instantly sensed the Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth. Like birds returning to their nest, the Qi flooded into his body, flowing through the widened Meridians and finally converging in his Dantian.

He could clearly feel his Dantian being filled and transformed by Spiritual Qi. The once empty Dantian gradually condensed wisps of spiritual power.

“This... is this real? I can actually Cultivate too?” Feeling the weak spiritual power in his body and looking at the lush Immortal Willow and the Spiritual Field brimming with Spiritual Qi, Ye Jing trembled with excitement.

He could clearly perceive that his connection with the Hongmeng Immortal Willow had become closer. He could even vaguely sense the state of the Spiritual Field, knowing it could not only grow Spiritual Plant and Spirit Medicines but also gather Spiritual Qi on its own to nourish itself and the Immortal Willow.

The moment the Spiritual Field formed, the Immortal Willow seemed to complete a certain transformation.

A Secret Manual glowing with spiritual light floated down from the Immortal Willow into Ye Jing's hand.

Ye Jing looked at it and saw the title “True Scripture of Fate-Defying Root Transformation,” which recorded methods for cultivation without a Spiritual Root.

It turned out that besides relying on a Spiritual Root, there were alternative paths to the Dao.

Entering the Dao through artifacts, contracting Lifebound Treasures, Spiritual Plant, or Spirit Beasts.

Using external objects instead of a Spiritual Root to guide Spiritual Qi; the stronger the external object, the higher the cultivation level.

The cultivation Foundation of the True Scripture of Fate-Defying Root Transformation was a Heaven-Defying method tailored specifically for those without Spiritual Roots.

Instead of rejecting a body without a Spiritual Root, it used the purity of a “rootless” Physical Body to completely break free from the shackles of Spiritual Root grades.

There was no need to worry about the sluggishness of Spiritual Qi conversion caused by mixed Spiritual Roots, nor was one limited by the cultivation ceiling of low-grade Spiritual Roots. It could be called a smooth path to heaven for those without Spiritual Roots.

From this, it was evident that the overbearing and mysterious nature of this Cultivation Technique was beyond the ordinary.

Seeing this, Ye Jing also came to a sudden realization.

He originally had no Spiritual Root. His ability to absorb spiritual power and gain cultivation Aptitude through the power of the Immortal Willow was because the Hongmeng Immortal Clan Willow lived in symbiosis with him.

The Immortal Willow was his lifebound contracted spiritual entity.

In this way, the cultivation method of the True Scripture of Fate-Defying Root Transformation could benefit the Ye Family members who also lacked cultivation Aptitude.

Even better, the contract technique of this manual wasn't a single binding; one could contract Spirit Beasts or Magic Treasures. Under multiple contracts and simultaneous cultivation, they could complement each other and double a Cultivator's combat power.

Ye Jing skimmed through it and felt every word was clear and easy to understand.

He happened to have subdued three Yao Beasts and had an uncontracted Black Bell Magic Treasure on hand. These could be used to help the Family members who couldn't Cultivate form contracts and step onto the path of cultivation.

There was only one hidden danger: when first practicing this Cultivation Technique, one needed to use their own essence blood to trigger the contract power, a process accompanied by heart-wrenching pain.

More importantly, when forming a contract, one must be in a place with abundant Spiritual Qi.

Only with a continuous supply of Spiritual Qi could the contract power merge with the Cultivator's Physical Body.

If one forcibly formed a contract in a place lacking Spiritual Qi, the Qi and blood would surge without Spiritual Qi to harmonize them, eventually leading to shattered Meridians and death by body explosion.

Behind this Opportunity to defy fate and change one's life, there was ultimately a life-and-death risk.

Seeing this, Ye Jing immediately began to study it carefully. By the time he fully understood the mysteries within, it was already broad daylight.

The day had fully dawned.

Ye Jing activated his body, feeling the hard-won fluctuations of Spiritual Qi within, and began to try deep breathing and exhaling.

The Spiritual Qi in the air was thin. Despite Ye Jing's breathing, he couldn't get the Spiritual Qi in his body to circulate.

This made Ye Jing frown slightly. He remembered that in the silk pouch left by Old Man Hongsha, there seemed to be some Jade Stones. Those Jade Stones looked very special, with a faint glow.

Thinking of this, Ye Jing opened the chest and took out a jade stone. Holding it in his hand, he suddenly felt familiar Spiritual Qi emerging from it.

He hurried to use the jade stone for cultivation. In the next second, Spiritual Qi indeed appeared from the jade stone, much thicker than the thin Qi in the air.

Ye Jing couldn't help but pick them up one by one to absorb.

Soon, those translucent Jade Stones dimmed, and the Spiritual Qi quickly vanished.

It seemed these Jade Stones could replenish Spiritual Qi.

Ye Jing felt the weak Spiritual Qi in his Dantian had grown a bit. Although not thick, it was enough to support the operation of the basic Cultivation Technique, no longer the predicament where he couldn't even move the Qi.

He knew that this bit of Spiritual Qi was not enough to support other Family members in contracting Yao Beasts and Spiritual Artifacts. Ye Jing would not risk his descendants' lives.

Thinking of this, Ye Jing put away the Jade Stones. It seemed his Family had to open up a path for selling Jade Stones to see if they could collect these Jade Stones containing Spiritual Qi. If there was no place with abundant Spiritual Qi, then he would create one!