Chapter 41

Almost at the moment when the Ancestor of the Mountain opened his eyes, Meng Hao had just finished burning the fifty-eighth Blood Crystal. His mind was now roaring with a heavenly sound, with sutras swirling around. Each word of the sutras emitted supreme golden light, penetrating Meng Hao’s entire body, causing the blood light around him to disappear, leaving only a golden glow.

As the golden light swirled, Meng Hao’s body seemed to be transformed in an instant. The Dan Lake inside his body churned, gradually turning entirely golden. The golden lake water roared and churned, altering Meng Hao’s entire body.

His body produced a loud booming sound, his bones seemed to grow, his flesh seemed to develop, and everything inside and outside his body was forcibly changed in that instant.

His meridians appeared transparent, merging into his flesh and blood. His hair continued to grow, and his body was being transformed according to the incantations of the Great Spirit Scripture’s Qi Condensation Scroll.

This process lasted for about three hours. Then, with a loud boom inside Meng Hao’s body, he suddenly opened his eyes, and a golden light appeared in them.

After a while, the golden light in Meng Hao’s eyes disappeared, replaced by a surge of excitement. In his mind, a clear incantation appeared, as if branded into his soul. He clearly understood the meaning of each line of the incantation and knew that this incantation was precisely... the Great Spirit Scripture’s Qi Condensation Scroll.

This Qi Condensation Scroll, if it were to appear in the outside world, would be enough to cause a storm, enough to make countless sects go mad with competition. Now, it was in Meng Hao’s mind!

Furthermore, with the changes to his body over those three hours, although he was still at the sixth level of Qi Condensation, the cultivation method he practiced could be considered one of the best three Qi Condensation methods in the entire Southern Continent!

Such a blessing was difficult for even the disciples of major families and sects to obtain.

If he continued to cultivate according to the incantations of the Qi Condensation Scroll, if Meng Hao had the possibility of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, then at that time, he would be a flawless Foundation Establishment. Even just at the Qi Condensation stage, his spiritual energy would be deeper than that of his peers, though he could not yet be called the strongest of his peers. However, over time, with the accumulation of strength, once he reached the Foundation Establishment stage, he would transform like a cocoon into a butterfly. After all, the focus of the Qi Condensation Scroll was not on techniques but on cultivating a rare and flawless Foundation Establishment!

If he were to encounter Wang Tengfei again now, Meng Hao would not be as wretched as before. He could even control ten flying swords and maintain a certain level of agility, with his power increasing by a factor of two!

Meng Hao was filled with excitement. He clenched his fists tightly, his desire to become stronger growing even stronger. After a long time, he took a deep breath, stepped down from the large stone, and walked towards the distance.

Compared to Meng Hao’s excitement, the Ancestor of the Mountain was almost driven mad. When he opened his eyes and saw Meng Hao, Chen Fan, and Xu Qing, he had hoped that Meng Hao would continue to produce more Blood Crystals from somewhere, but instead, he saw that Meng Hao had gained enlightenment.

“Damn it, damn it, I shouldn’t have left my enlightenment outside back then. No, that’s not right. If I hadn’t left it outside, this little boy wouldn’t have come down. But... how could he gain enlightenment with just over fifty Blood Crystals? He should have needed a hundred, two hundred, or even three hundred to gain enlightenment. If he had needed five hundred, I wouldn’t have to continue my seclusion!” The Ancestor of the Mountain was extremely depressed. This was his strongest hope now, but seeing it disappear, he knew he would continue to decline without the Blood Crystals to sustain him. However, he also knew that his thoughts were probably impossible.

“I was too harsh on myself back then, confining myself here. I can’t break through from inside, and my voice can hardly be heard. Even if I use techniques, I’m too weak to do much. What should I do? What should I do? I need to think of a way...” The Ancestor of the Mountain looked anxious. He had already seen Meng Hao, Xu Qing, and Chen Fan in the secret chamber, and the three were heading towards the altar, about to leave.

“I need to get the entire cultivation world of the Zhao Kingdom to come here, to my place of seclusion. As long as they come, I can use their cultivation to break through my seclusion. Then I can go out and absorb their vitality, giving me the chance to reach the second stage of the Great Spirit!” The Ancestor of the Mountain gritted his teeth, using the little cultivation he had left to raise his right hand and strike the ground.

The ground shook with a loud boom. At the same time, in the secret chamber, Meng Hao found an excuse to explain his disappearance for several days and the changes in his body. Chen Fan smiled and nodded, while Senior Sister Xu, seeing that Meng Hao was not injured, said nothing. The three stepped onto the altar, about to leave.

Suddenly, the entire secret chamber shook with a deafening sound. In an instant, the three saw cracks appearing in the ground in front of them, and a massive stone stele slowly rose. After about the time it takes to burn an incense stick, a ten-zhang tall stele appeared before them.

The stele was entirely golden, with densely packed sutras, which were... the Great Spirit Scripture’s Qi Condensation Scroll!

The three were stunned, especially Meng Hao, who suddenly realized that the Qi Condensation Scroll he had obtained with great difficulty was right before his eyes. He was momentarily dazed, but upon closer inspection, his face gradually showed a strange expression. Only the first two lines of the sutras on the stele were genuine; the rest were false. Although they seemed profound, Meng Hao knew the true sutras and could immediately tell the difference.

Meng Hao hesitated for a moment and did not speak.

Chen Fan’s eyes flashed, and he immediately walked a few steps to stand under the stele. Xu Qing did the same. The two looked at the stele for a long time, then exchanged glances, both showing surprise.

“This stele should be taken out and presented to the sect leader for a decision.” Xu Qing spoke slowly.

Meng Hao blinked and quickly nodded, looking very agreeable.

The Ancestor of the Mountain saw this and immediately grinned, finding Meng Hao and Xu Qing increasingly pleasing to the eye.

“Take it away quickly, take it away. Take it outside so everyone can see. Ha ha, I’m smart. Back then, to prevent anyone from intruding during my seclusion, I left this fake stele. I even made it look real, so it would cause a stir once it was taken out, ensuring that everyone would see it. It was meant to harm others, but now it serves this purpose. Not bad, not bad.”

The Ancestor of the Mountain was excited, but soon his eyes widened.

“No!” Chen Fan said solemnly, carefully examining the stele’s sutras. After a long time, he showed determination, shook his head, and looked at Meng Hao and Xu Qing.

“This stele is of great importance. If we take it away, it will leave a significant隐患 for the sect. If outsiders find out, it could lead to the destruction of the sect.

We should imprint the sutras on jade slips and take only the jade slips out, leaving the stele here. This is the safest and most prudent method.” Chen Fan’s expression was very serious, exuding a sense of righteousness. His words were entirely selfless, considering the sect’s best interests. Xu Qing nodded in agreement, and Meng Hao had no objections. The three immediately imprinted the sutras on jade slips, then stepped onto the altar and hurriedly left.

The Ancestor of the Mountain watched this scene in a daze and let out a roar that could not be heard.

“Damn it, damn it, I’ll strangle the current sect leader of the Mountain Support Sect. How did you admit inner disciples? How did you admit such a guy? This boy is upright, but I don’t like upright people. Back then, my sect members were all as cunning as Black Kid. They would have gotten the sutras and kept quiet, which would have been perfect for my sect!

This upright boy, you... you’ve killed me, old ancestor! Why did you stop them? Damn it, my cultivation, my...” The Ancestor of the Mountain was so angry that his whole body trembled. He gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, and with a low roar, raised his right hand and struck his crown. Instantly, he spat out blood, which transformed into a dense, invisible blood light, directly smashing into the surrounding secret chamber.

The boom echoed, and the blood light dissipated for the most part, but some of it broke through and flew out of the secret chamber as Meng Hao and the others left.

Almost as soon as Meng Hao and the others returned to the Mountain Support Sect’s main hall, He Luohua and Ouyang looked over. Before they could speak, the blood light they couldn’t see had already shot up into the sky.

The heavens instantly roared, and a million zhang of rosy light spread outward, turning the sky a deep red, with rainbow colors swirling within, creating a celestial phenomenon.

At the same time, on the million-zhang sky, characters appeared. Most of the characters were blurry and unclear, but the first two were crystal clear, easily recognizable: ...

Great Spirit!

The celestial phenomenon seemed to announce the appearance of the sutras, especially the two characters “Great Spirit,” which emitted a strong light, shining across the entire sky of the Zhao Kingdom, as if afraid that outsiders wouldn’t see it. In that instant, the disciples of the three major sects in the Zhao Kingdom all saw the strange phenomenon in the sky, and they were all shocked. Immediately, long rainbows shot out from the seclusion places of the various sects, each containing old men, the patriarchs of the sects!

“This is...”

“The Great Spirit Scripture!!”

“The Great Spirit Scripture has appeared, and its location is the Mountain Support Sect. Could it be... the legendary Qi Condensation Scroll from back then, revealed to the world!”

At the same time, the celestial phenomenon of the Mountain Support Sect in the Zhao Kingdom was seen by the surrounding cultivation kingdoms, who were all shocked and immediately used transmission arrays to inform the major sects of the Southern Region.

In a short time, the powerful cultivators in seclusion in the Southern Region were all shocked. The appearance of the Great Spirit Scripture and the revelation of the Qi Condensation Scroll made them excited. Without any hesitation, they immediately rushed to the Zhao Kingdom, fearing that they would be too slow and lose the advantage to the major families and other sects in the Southern Region.

The entire Southern Region was in turmoil.

Long rainbows shot up into the sky, and in the Zhao Kingdom, nearly twenty cultivators from the three major sects, the weakest of whom were at the Foundation Establishment stage, and six at the Core Formation stage leading them, moved with a shock to the heavens, breaking through the sky, heading straight for the Mountain Support Sect, where the celestial phenomenon was occurring.