Chapter 477: Chapter 271: Illusion Spirit Root, Inheritance

Southern Desolate Island, within the City Lord Mansion.

As the Illusion Dream Giant Snake, already a Golden Core Spirit Beast, appeared and deployed its Divine Skills.

These people were instantly dragged into the dream world of the Illusion Dream Giant Snake to undergo tests.

The whole process unfolded without any incidents.

After all, the highest level of cultivation present had merely reached the early period of Foundation Establishment, and even if anyone had hidden lineages, they couldn’t stir any commotion against the prowess of Golden Core Divine Skills.

In the dream world.

The ground was black, while the sky was a shade of blood red.

Upon regaining consciousness, Yun Jiu found himself in this bizarre world.

He swallowed nervously, suppressing the fear in his heart, and chose a direction to walk in.

Simultaneously, many other dreamers did not leave but stood idly in place.

These people soon felt darkness creeping up behind them, and within the rustling noises, it seemed as though something was wriggling inside.

Gazing at the dense, ink-like darkness behind, even the most composed dreamers swiftly got up and ran towards the distance.

Soon after, they discovered homes from the deepest memories in front of them.

Some saw the manors where they lived with their parents as children, others encountered the temple masters who had adopted them and their Taoist Temples…

Yun Jiu saw his poor little mountain village and saw his parents standing at the entrance of a thatched hut, looking at him.

Under the large banyan tree at the village entrance was the old man who loved telling stories about Immortals, smiling broadly with a missing front tooth.

Yun Jiu instantly remembered the joyful times he had spent listening to stories with his friends, triggered by the old man’s toothless grin.

“How could I have come back here?”

“Yun Family Village… It was long gone…”

Yun Jiu’s eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at everything, his heart pounding rapidly and his eyes abruptly moistening.

Yun Jiu hesitated momentarily but couldn’t resist entering the village.

He was just about to speak with the old man under the banyan tree at the village entrance.

No sooner had he begun to speak than he discovered that the old man vanished right in front of him.

“Old…”

Yun Jiu opened his mouth, his mind sobering up significantly from the excitement of seeing the village.

He hastily turned his head towards his family home.

As expected, the figures of his parents at the entrance had also disappeared.

Following this, the entire village began to blur and distort before Yun Jiu’s eyes.

This brought Yun Jiu’s greatest nightmare, the memory of his hometown being destroyed by an Evil Spirit, vividly back to life!

“No!”

Unable to hold back, Yun Jiu cried out in alarm and then turned and ran.

However, Yun Jiu soon realized, no matter how hard he ran, he couldn’t leave the village.

Even though the village entrance was right in front of him, he could never seem to reach it, as if the surroundings were constantly stretching along with him.

Immense fear stimulated Yun Jiu’s nerves.

And as the village morphed entirely into what Yun Jiu perceived as a massive Evil Spirit, suspending him in the air and then enlarging with houses forming a massive mouth, he reached his limit.

Ah!

Yun Jiu cried out loudly and woke up.

He found himself back on the initial black ground.

Trembling, Yun Jiu just wanted to stay quietly in place this time.

However… Yun Jiu widened his eyes in disbelief as the village spontaneously appeared before him.

With a twitch of his lips, Yun Jiu wanted nothing but to stay away from the village.

Yet no sooner had he stood up than his body uncontrollably walked swiftly towards the village entrance.

Upon reaching inside the village, he saw the old man and his parents, along with other familiar figures, fading away before him.

Only then did Yun Jiu regain control over his body.

Then the nightmare stimulation swept through again.

And it cycled through over and over again…

Towards the end, Yun Jiu gradually realized, after witnessing the village transmuting into an Evil Spirit repeatedly.

Some part of the pain and unwillingness regarding his homeland and family started to let go from his heart!

This was accompanied by a voice that seemed to emerge from the depths of his soul.

After a moment of dizziness before his eyes,

Yun Jiu felt the world whirl around momentarily.

Then, he found himself detached from that terrifying place, back in the City Lord Mansion’s grand hall.

His eyes widened as he saw Manager Dongfang and only the Illusory Avatar of the Illusion Dream Giant Snake!

The Illusion Dream Giant Snake also seemed to display a hint of curiosity about Yun Jiu, turning its head to examine him closely, as if to perceive every aspect of him.

Manager Dongfang also revealed a smile towards Yun Jiu.

And invited him to join for a tea.

“I remember your name is Yun Jiu, right? A former disciple of the Outer Sect of Immortal Sect, you later went to Nine Leaf Mountain Workshop.”

“You’re the first one among this group to wake up.”

“No wonder the Spirit Beast under the Old Ancestor also took a second look at you.”

“Spirit Beast under the Old Ancestor?”

Yun Jiu was momentarily stunned, looking towards that one Illusory Projection, roughly understanding the cause and effect of this test.

He quietly sipped his tea, and not long after,

a child burst out crying.

Then, as if triggering a signal, more and more dreamers woke up.

Around the grand hall, following Manager Dongfang’s commands, many maids appeared to take care of those children.

Many of them, due to intense emotions, couldn’t control their bodies upon awakening, causing some unpleasant smells to emerge in the hall.

Fortunately, the cultivators had many methods; a few talismans thrown out solved these troubles.

Afterward, Yun Jiu found that including himself, about twenty people had been brought into the secret chamber where they then saw Manager Dongfang take out a Magic Artifact to conduct a comprehensive new test on them.

Tens of minutes of tense waiting followed.

Yun Jiu watched as one by one, the companions who had entered the secret chamber left with a hint of disappointment, their faces filled with regret.

At last, Yun Jiu heard a voice that sounded as melodious as music from the heavens:

“You truly deserve to be the first one to awaken in this batch.”

“Yun Jiu, my boy, your data this time is much better than before.”

“Not only did it detect your Mid-Grade Spirit Root, but it also discovered your Illusion Spirit Root attribute!”

“No wonder the Illusion Dream Spirit Beast of the Blood God Ancestor had such an interest in you.”

Manager Dongfang said this with some extreme envy.

No matter how envious he might be, he dared not defy the Old Ancestor’s command and meddle undesirably.

After all, no matter his skill, he couldn’t just transplant the Illusion Spirit Root onto his relatives, friends, or even himself.

And besides… even though the Blood God Ancestor is not here, his Nascent Soul Spiritual Beasts are always watching from the skies.

It’s not just the Divine Skills Avatars on the ground!

“Take good care of this item.”

Manager Dongfang took out a wooden box, opened it, and handed over a card, which looked a bit odd to him, to Yun Jiu.

“Remember to keep it close to your body.”

“This is a great opportunity given to you talented ones by the Old Ancestor!”

Upon hearing this, Yun Jiu quickly nodded and placed the card on his chest.

By the next morning.

Yun Jiu was puzzled that the others were arranged to go to different locations for training.

It was rumored that some of the children could even go to learn in the secret realm of the Blood God Ancestor.

As for the secret realm of the Blood God Ancestor, Yun Jiu had long been looking forward to it.

In today’s Southern Desolate Island, any cultivator knows that the spiritual energy density in the secret realms under the Old Ancestor’s command could compare to a Third Tier Top-Grade Spirit Vein!

Just staying there, even a Low-Grade Spirit Root cultivator could have the potential to achieve Foundation Establishment.

Foundation Establishment!

Although he always told himself not to think about it, in the still of the night, Yun Jiu still dreamt of success in Foundation Establishment, becoming the enviable Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator!

“Hmm?”

Suddenly, Yun Jiu felt a query come into his mind.

It was a language he had never heard before, yet he paradoxically understood its meaning.

Recalling Manager Dongfang’s words, he realized this was the opportunity his test had revealed.

Yun Jiu quickly chose to agree in his heart.

Then!

Yun Jiu only felt a tremor throughout his body, and he arrived at a place that looked somewhat like an Immortal Sect Tao Palace, a place of worship for Upper Immortals.

Yet many details were quite different, and the hall had its own unique characteristics.

Yun Jiu found that it was not just him who had arrived; there were about twenty others.

Many of whom he had not seen before, it seemed they were not from the same batch he was tested with.

Yun Jiu felt relieved to have company but also a bit disappointed.

It seems like there are quite a few people who are as special as himself.

If so, then this opportunity might not treat him as the main characters in the tales after all.

Thinking this, Yun Jiu raised his head to look at the most conspicuous Divine Statue in the hall, slightly confused by this Upper Immortal holding a Pagoda and a long sword, adorned with a crown, unsure which existence he was.

Why couldn’t he find a match in his mind’s catalogue of Immortals from Ancient Times?

Thinking he might have entered the Blood God Ancestor’s secret realm, Yun Jiu speculated… could this be an Immortal from the lineage of the Old Ancestor?

But he truly hadn’t heard of it!

Hisss! Could the rumors be true that the Old Ancestor’s lineage was that of guests from other realms of Immortal Cultivation, or even the Immortal Realm?

Yun Jiu couldn’t help but recall the popular rumors among the cultivators of Southern Desolate Island.

As he was lost in his wild imaginings, suddenly a red light enveloped the main hall.

A tremendous presence approached as a red light figure descended onto a cushion beneath the Divine Statue.

Instantly, Yun Jiu and others, filled with a sudden enlightenment, simultaneously knelt down to pay their respects:

“Greetings, Old Ancestor!”

“Stand up, all of you.”

Blood God Ancestor Su Ping sat cross-legged on the cushion, his gaze sweeping over the selected individuals with a scrutinizing intent.

When he saw Yun Jiu, Su Ping did not linger, but he still remembered this familiar face.

Although the change in their circumstances was as different as heaven and earth…

“You all have been discovered to possess the Illusion Spirit Root through the Dream Entry test.”

“The Illusion Spirit Root is rare, yet it is a special Spirit Root that can be activated through the Dream Entry Technique.”

“Those who possess this kind of Spirit Root are naturally born to follow the Incense Fire Path of Cultivation.”

Su Ping spoke nothing but the truth.

After making the Illusion Dream Giant Snake into a Golden Core Spiritual Beast, he had discovered this mysterious function from the Divine Skills it comprehended.

That’s why there was a version of the Immortal Ascension Conference on the Southern Desolate Islands.

He liked that it could find some cultivators from his own lineage to assist.

It also helped in replacing his Blood God body with the World-saving Heavenly Venerate after his Nascent Soul stage.

As for leaking secrets, there was no need to worry.

It wasn’t just that Exorcism True Man Yun Kong would help watch over them.

But also, the Fourth Tier Array set up on the Floating Mountain of the True Martial Demon Suppression Emperor’s Divine Temple.

It was not something these lucky ones could decipher.

And their coursework for the days ahead, 24 hours a day, wouldn’t leave them a single minute of personal time.