30: Ancient Wood World

[Listening to Mu Lingshuang's words, your heart could not calm down for a long time.]

[You never expected that the so-called Taiping Sect was actually created by this little girl in front of you.]

[After listening to her story, you immediately claimed that you had a way to allow her clansmen to Cultivate, but you needed to personally go to the Ancient Wood Realm to teach them.]

[Mu Lingshuang wanted to refuse, but under your patient guidance, she eventually decided to take you to the Ancient Wood Realm.]

[The thirty-fourth year.]

[You followed Mu Lingshuang to the Ancient Wood Realm and found that, just as she described, it was indeed abundant in Spiritual Qi and rich in resources. It was truly a sacred place for cultivation.]

[If you cultivated here, it wouldn't be long before you could make a Breakthrough.]

["Lingshuang, how could you bring an outsider into our Ancient Wood Realm!"]

[Looking toward the source of the voice, you saw several Elders quickly hurrying over in your direction.]

["Grandfather, this is a friend I met in the outside world. He said he has a way to let us Cultivate."]

["And I've also seen his cultivation method. It is completely different from the way of our Ancient Wood Realm."]

[Hearing this, the leading Elder's tone softened slightly as he said, "Even so, this is not allowed. Our ancestors left behind warnings that our Ancient Wood Realm is rich in resources. If those immortal Cultivators from the outside world find out, they will definitely break into our Ancient Wood Realm at all costs and enslave us."]

["Therefore... my friend, I am sorry!"]

[With that, a large number of Ancient Wood Realm natives appeared behind the Elder, each holding a spear and bursting with Killing Intent.]

[But to you, all of this seemed utterly laughable.]

[A group of Mortals without any cultivation actually dared to try and make a move against you?]

[With a lift of your hands, a terrifying pressure erupted from your body, instantly suppressing them on the spot, rendering them unable to move.]

["It seems that living in this world for too long has rotted your brains."]

["Su Xuan..."]

[Hearing the shout in your ear, you frowned slightly. Honestly, if it weren't for the fact that you couldn't do anything to Mu Lingshuang either, you wouldn't have wasted your breath on these people at all.]

["Fine, who told me to be so kind-hearted?"]

["This is the Taixuan Health-Nurturing Scripture. With just some random Spirit Medicine, you can begin your cultivation. From now on, I will Cultivate in this forest. If there is anything you don't understand, you can come and ask me."]

[With that, you pulled out a copy of the Taixuan Health-Nurturing Scripture that you had obtained from the Tianxuan Sect.]

[This was a Tier One Cultivation Technique. Although it had long been obsolete in the outside world, it could still lead them onto the path of cultivation here.]

[The thirty-fifth year.]

[You had already settled down in the Ancient Wood Realm. The Spiritual Qi here was abundant and resources were plentiful. In just one year, it gave you the confidence to break through to the Golden Core stage.]

[And those natives in the Ancient Wood Realm had also become much more honest. After being suppressed by you on the spot, no one dared to find trouble with you anymore.]

[Only occasionally would Mu Lingshuang come to ask about the cultivation methods of the Taixuan Health-Nurturing Scripture for them.]

[The thirty-eighth year.]

[After making ample preparations, you finally succeeded in breaking through to the first layer of the Golden Core stage in one go.]

[From then on, you possessed the same lifespan as other Golden Core Cultivators—five hundred years!]

[The thirty-ninth year.]

[One of the natives had reached the Peak of Tier One Body Refining and asked if you could provide the subsequent Cultivation Technique.]

[You did not agree, but you didn't refuse either. You only promised them that once your cultivation stabilized, you would give them the subsequent Body Refining Cultivation Technique.]

[But as a condition, they needed to offer you the most precious Spirit Medicine in the Ancient Wood Realm.]

[A few days later, a fruit emitting a faint fragrance appeared before you.]

[At a single glance, you recognized it as the Tier Four Spirit Medicine, the Muhua Fruit.]

[Although this item was precious, it seemed like nothing compared to the dense Spiritual Qi of the Ancient Wood Realm.]

[You suspected that they had deceived you.]

[You began to explore the Ancient Wood Realm on your own.]

[In the fortieth year, you finished exploring the entire Ancient Wood Realm.]

[And you discovered that this place didn't seem as wonderful as you had imagined.]

[Although there was a Spiritual Vein here, it was not powerful. The reason the Ancient Wood Realm was so rich in Spiritual Qi was simply because none of the living creatures here could Cultivate.]

[Yes, every single living creature.]

[There were also many Yao Beasts in the Ancient Wood Realm that could not Cultivate. For instance, the Howling Moon Wolves, who could not Cultivate, did not even develop any demon power even after reaching adulthood.]

[Even though they were not nourished by demon power, the physical bodies of the Yao Beasts were still not weak.]

[In the Ancient Wood Realm, powerful Yao Beasts still remained at the top of the food chain.]

[After learning that the natives had not deceived you, you gave them another Tier Two Body Refining Cultivation Technique called the Taixuan Body-Forging Art.]

[Although this Cultivation Technique could only allow them to break through to Tier Two Body Refining, you felt this was already enough.]

[The forty-first year.]

[One of the natives began to attempt a Breakthrough to Tier Two Body Refining, but unfortunately, he failed.]

[And at the very moment of failure, this person's body actually exploded, causing him to die with his Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering!]

[You were somewhat puzzled.]

[Although the actions of the Tianxuan Sect could not be considered the Righteous Path, they wouldn't go so far as to tamper with the Cultivation Techniques given to Utility Disciples, right?]

[What, could a Utility Disciple's Breakthrough possibly threaten the positions of your Sect Master and Elders?]

[In the end, you could only attribute the result of this failure to the person's extremely bad luck.]

[You continued to Cultivate.]

[In the blink of an eye, the forty-second year arrived.]

[During this year, five more natives attempted to break through to Tier Two Body Refining one after another.]

[But without exception, all of them failed!]

[And every single one of them died from their bodies exploding, their souls flying away and spirits scattering!]

[You realized that something was not quite right.]

[You gave the natives yet another Cultivation Technique.]

[This time, it was a Body Refining Cultivation Technique you had snatched from a clan Cultivator back in Tianxing City—the Song Family Body Refining Secret Classic.]

[This Cultivation Technique was thoroughly ordinary, and its owner was just a common disciple of the Song Family, so there certainly shouldn't be any issues with it.]

[After receiving the Cultivation Technique, the natives did not immediately begin to Cultivate.]

[Clearly, they had developed a great deal of wariness toward you.]

[However, you clearly had an indifferent attitude toward this.]

[After all, your original plan was simply to Cultivate in peace within the Ancient Wood Realm.]

[Giving them the Cultivation Techniques was merely a casual gesture.]

[In the forty-fifth year, with the help of Heaven Rewards Diligence and the Muhua Fruit, your cultivation reached the second layer of the Golden Core stage.]

[But just as you finished your cultivation, you received news that all the natives who had attempted to break through to Tier Two Body Refining over these years had failed!]

[Furthermore, none of them had a chance to try again; all of them died from their bodies exploding, their souls flying away and spirits scattering!]