454: This time, the experience of not canceling

After finishing his consultation, Wen Xinghai returned to Red Rain Pavilion. Without saying a word, he silently relaxed the recruitment standards for Red Rain Pavilion.

Before the Yanwang Prefecture Ascension Assembly, a player's fifth-rank power still held considerable appeal, allowing them to recruit many outer and inner sect disciples.

The members of Red Rain Pavilion also discovered that, besides them, other fifth-rank player powers had also relaxed their recruitment standards and begun large-scale recruitment.

Furthermore, everyone tacitly passed down the Immortal Foundation Method practiced by the Immortal Masters.

This move sparked heated discussions among many players; some low-level players believed an era of mutual benefit and common progress had arrived.

Even some cautious players, who suspected the top players of ill intentions, only saw this as a "Cultivation Technique dumping" after careful analysis.

Simply put, the major powers that had already obtained the Nascent Soul Method no longer needed to keep the precious Immortal Foundation Method and Core Formation Method secret.

On the contrary, because practicing the same Dao Lineage made it easier to determine cultivation progress and thus gauge the progress of those trying to catch up, the major player powers were inclined to pass down the Immortal Foundation Method and even the Core Formation Method.

In short, while there were issues from a macro perspective, for individual players, it was a tangible benefit.

This was the consensus of most players... Burial Emperor Star.

Inside a large manor of the Jian Family.

Green bricks inscribed with mysterious patterns formed a neat floor, while white jade pillars all around supported a square pavilion, creating a small pool in the center to collect rainwater.

This Time Bu Ge was tied with ropes to a pillar and placed in the pool, subjected to the constant washing of the rain.

In any Mortal Dynasty, this would be considered a form of torture, and a person would likely die within three days.

But here, not only did This Time Bu Ge have no complaints, he was actually ecstatic.

"I never thought I'd have such a fortuitous encounter... As expected of a special start, it can still exert power even after the major update!"

At that time, Jian Linran wanted to use him as a medium to find the immortal path between the Prison Land and the Burial Emperor Star, but he was injured by the means left behind by Jian Wanzhong.

This Time Bu Ge originally thought he no longer had any value and was certain to die.

But... Jian Linran did not give up!

This Jian Family Head had become quite concerned with the Prison Land after "Transforming into a Dragon," and it was said he had suppressed many opposing voices within the Jian Family.

As far as This Time Bu Ge knew, Jian Linran had chosen three paths to attempt a restart:

First, to continue searching for ancient artifacts related to the Prison Land on the Burial Emperor Star, attempting to open the path using the most orthodox method.

Second, to teach players who had come to the Burial Emperor Star and use them to contact certain players in the Prison Land, attempting to open the path through the connections between players.

Neither of these two paths had made much progress; even if there were progress, it would be measured in decades or even centuries.

Jian Linran originally didn't care about the speed; for a High-level Cultivator like him, several hundred years were but a snap of the fingers.

But when he learned that the Great Flood Dragon's jade bone had appeared in the Prison Land, his attitude changed.

It seemed he felt a certain point in time had arrived, and he had to race against the clock.

Or perhaps he was worried that a child of destiny in the Prison Land would rise against the odds and ruin his schemes.

In short, Jian Linran chose a third path: to refine This Time Bu Ge, raising the cultivation of his golden body statue, and then use the golden body statue as a primary body to re-attract the Cultivators of the Prison Land.

Thus, Jian Linran personally took action, setting up a Formation to gather Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. Combined with various rare Spirit Medicines, it eventually turned into a continuous cycle of heavy rain, subjecting This Time Bu Ge to constant baptism and refinement.

The golden body statue was originally just a Treasure Artifact crafted by a Golden Core Cultivator to preserve their Divine Soul after a failed Breakthrough, possessing strength but no cultivation.

After This Time Bu Ge's soul transmigration, the golden body statue underwent some changes, but it still lacked cultivation.

After Jian Wanzhong stepped in to help, he severed the connection with the original Cultivator, making him a truly independent entity.

Theoretically, he could already practice on his own, but there was simply no method suitable for a golden body statue, leaving him with no path forward.

Jian Linran's intervention, however, was a brute-force approach, using means unimaginable to the players in the Prison Land to forcibly refine This Time Bu Ge's golden body statue.

Heaven knows how many Spirit Medicines were consumed to forcibly elevate This Time Bu Ge to the fourth-rank level in such a short time!

Theoretically, This Time Bu Ge was the first among all players to reach the fourth-rank level, which was worth celebrating.

But when he posted this news on the Forum, detailing his entire experience...

...not a single person truly thought he was a fourth-rank High-level Cultivator.

The comments were all of a kind:

[You've been refined into a fourth-grade magic treasure, haven't you?]

[I think it's a fourth-rank Great Medicine?]

[Is he even a Cultivator anymore?]

This Time Bu Ge was crestfallen but had no way to refute them.

Indeed, he now possessed a fourth-rank Divine Soul and Physical Body, but he lacked the corresponding Dao Cultivation.

He was even limited by the shell of the golden body statue, unable to fully utilize fourth-rank power.

Instead, Jian Linran could casually lift him from the pillar and toss him out, instantly operating him as freely as a Magic Treasure.

This made This Time Bu Ge feel somewhat distressed.

At the same time, the Nascent Soul race among the players continued as normal, uninterrupted by this little interlude.

This Time Bu Ge could only pray that Jian Linran would set him free after using him, allowing him to properly savor the taste of being a Fourth-Rank Expert.

'I wonder how Jian Linran plans to use me...'

Since he reached the fourth rank, Jian Linran no longer kept him in the pool for Spirit Medicine rain baptisms; it seemed the fourth rank was enough.

This Time Bu Ge speculated that the expert who forged the golden body statue was only at the Golden Core stage and was still in seclusion to break through to Nascent Soul. So, if he, the "spare tire," could break through to the fourth rank ahead of time...

...then there might be some miraculous reaction.

In any case, Jian Linran specially set up a Formation platform with various magical designs that This Time Bu Ge couldn't understand.

He specifically started a live stream, attracting players like Xiao Buyu who were skilled in Formations, but no one could understand it.

According to Jian Wanzhong, Jian Linran wasn't supposed to be a Cultivator specialized in Formations, yet his attainment in Formations still thoroughly outclassed the top-tier Formation Masters among the players.

It was evident that the higher one's cultivation and the deeper one's Dao Cultivation, the more exquisite the hundred arts they learned became.

Finally, the Formation was activated.

A profound and mysterious sensation erupted from This Time Bu Ge, like a peculiar pulling force coming from afar... the Prison Land.

East of the East Region, Heshui Prefecture.

A concealed small mountain peak.

From the outside, it looked unremarkable, just planted with some fruits and vegetables, seemingly for the exclusive use of outer sect disciples.

However, within this mountain peak, spiritual power gathered; it was exactly the place where the Old Ancestor of He Shui Manor was in seclusion.

To outsiders, the place where the Old Ancestor of He Shui Manor was in seclusion was very hidden, and with multiple boltholes, it was impossible to find.

For instance, the state-stabilizing seal had once tried to find and slaughter all the secluded Cultivators within the territory of the Immortal Dynasty, but it ultimately failed.

Even for the Cultivators within Heshui Prefecture, this was top secret.

At least, a direct descendant like Ye Chun, who was publicly seen as the next Sect Master of Heshui Prefecture, was not qualified to know.