Chapter 43: Yang-Sheng Gate, All-Out Attack!!!

In ancient times, spiritual roots were indeed of paramount importance, directly dictating one's future.

However, in the modern era, although many people possessed only mediocre spiritual roots, enhancing them was by no means difficult.

To put it bluntly, with the advancement of technology, as long as one had money, many seemingly impossible feats could be accomplished.

If your spiritual roots were inadequate, you simply found ways to upgrade them; and if all else failed, you could forcibly elevate your cultivation realm using medicinal pills and high-end cultivation technology.

Consequently, spiritual roots were not nearly as crucial as they once were. Furthermore, in Liang Chuan's view, the disciples here generally possessed far better spiritual roots than those of his previous life.

The sole reason they had been unable to accelerate their cultivation speed was simply the lack of technological enhancement.

Yet now, possessing the black wooden box somehow, he had resolved this major problem at its root. If the sect had not lacked sufficient time, he would have already started plotting to build his own production lines, bringing the full force of technology to bear across the board.

Liu Ruyan shook her head, pulled her hand out of Liang Chuan's grip, and stepped back two paces. Puffed up like a hamster, she declared, "Senior Brother, stop trying to fool me! I'm not a child anymore, and I will definitely find a way to secure true immortal seedlings!"

Though she did not know how long it might take, the sect was already quite prosperous now, and sooner or later, they would surely find suitable candidates.

"Fine, have it your way." Liang Chuan withdrew his hand, smiling leisurely as he nodded. "Then I'll leave that in your hands. For now, however, we must still adhere to our established rules; everything else can take a backseat."

Expending massive amounts of resources to recruit disciples remained somewhat uneconomical, and even if genuine immortal seedlings were found, they required time to mature. Therefore, regardless of their spiritual root quality, anyone capable of cultivation was essentially worth considering.

"Alright, Senior Brother! I will definitely take good care of everything in the sect!"

Liu Ruyan accepted the task immediately. This was an opportunity to make the White Sword Sect stronger, and she naturally wanted to help Liang Chuan guide the sect toward ever-greater heights.

"It's a good thing I have you, Junior Sister. If not for you, I'd probably be run completely ragged."

Liang Chuan did not forget to offer some praise. Although Liu Ruyan was not the sect master, she handled far more affairs than he did!

Moreover, it was precisely because Liu Ruyan was so sincere that he had never kept anything about the medicinal pills or similar matters a secret from her.

As for Zhao Wu, his intuition told him—though he could not quite read the man's underlying thoughts—that Zhao Wu's motives were driven less by personal respect for him and more by an overarching concern for the sect itself.

It was precisely for this reason that he had delayed bestowing certain secrets upon him.

"Hmph! When any good pills are ready, remember to give them to me first!"

Liu Ruyan brandished her small fist, speaking with a feigned pout.

"Whatever Junior Sister says goes. Naturally, any good items will be given to you first."

Hearing these words, Liu Ruyan's face immediately blossomed with smiles.

Meanwhile, during this period, the White Sword Sect seemed to take on a completely new look with each passing day.

Although the spirit chambers were still insufficient, every disciple who entered them to cultivate emerged having made tremendous progress.

It was nothing short of advancing by leaps and bounds. Coupled with the imminent crisis facing the sect, the disciples were driven to cultivate with unprecedented diligence.

By now, the White Sword Sect boasted a full forty cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage, as those previously stuck at the eighth and ninth layers of Qi Condensation had all successfully broken through.

As for the earlier batch who had reached Foundation Establishment long ago, they were now preparing to assault the mid-Foundation Establishment stage under Peng Shan's leadership.

Once they stepped into the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, the White Sword Sect's overall strength would unquestionably ascend to an even higher tier.

"Oh, right, Senior Brother, since there's nothing pressing today, you should go cultivate!"

Liu Ruyan was well aware that the sect's current strength was inextricably linked to Liang Chuan. Although he was already at the late Foundation Establishment stage, he ultimately needed to secure more time for his own cultivation.

Only by reaching the Core Formation stage could one truly be considered a qualified sect, and at present, Liang Chuan was the only one with any realistic prospect of breaking through to that realm.

"Then I leave the sect in your care!"

Liang Chuan took a deep breath, agreed, and strode toward the spirit chambers.

Pushing open the heavy doors of the spirit chamber, Liang Chuan familiarly retrieved several spirit stones and placed them upon a small array formation.

He then crossed his legs and sat directly upon a woven meditation mat.

This mat had been looted straight from the chambers of the Blood Moon Sect's master, capable of boosting cultivation speed by five percent.

It was better than nothing, and furthermore, assisted by spirit stones and medicinal pills, that five-percent boost would become all the more pronounced.

Casually producing a Meridian-Protecting Pill, Liang Chuan closed his eyes and swallowed it.

Scarcely had it slid down his throat when the medicinal potency began coursing rapidly through his meridians.

During his cultivation, the spiritual Qi rushed through him like a roaring river, and as it coursed through his body, one could even hear a sound akin to crashing waves.

From this alone, one could perceive just how abundant Liang Chuan's current cultivation resources truly were.

It was no exaggeration to say that even in his previous life, Liang Chuan had never commanded such vast resources for his cultivation.

Had he possessed these resources during his modern-day cultivation, he would have reached the Core Formation stage within a few short months at most.

Refusing to let his mind wander further, he set his spiritual power to circulate rapidly through his meridians. As the circulation grew faster and faster, Liang Chuan could distinctly feel his strength climbing at an astonishing pace.

"The Meridian-Protecting Pill is truly formidable!"

Liang Chuan muttered inwardly. Back in the modern era, he could never bear to consume a Meridian-Protecting Pill.

A single Meridian-Protecting Pill cost a staggering five thousand spirit stones—something completely beyond his financial reach.

He could have worked his fingers to the bone tightening screws day and night and still never afforded one.

In the blink of an eye, two days slipped away.

By this point, Liang Chuan's aura had grown increasingly restrained, entirely devoid of the aggressive, surging presence it had previously possessed.

As his aura withdrew inward, Liang Chuan's expression grew solemn.

He swiftly swallowed another Meridian-Protecting Pill. The instant the pill dissolved, his spiritual power seemed to find a long-awaited vent.

Surging into his Dantian, the spiritual power began to liquefy, subsequently condensing together layer by layer.

This was unmistakably the first step toward stepping into the Core Formation stage!

"Break for me!"

The spiritual Qi surrounding Liang Chuan turned turbulent, its velocity multiplying instantly.

To achieve Core Formation, a massive influx of spiritual Qi was absolutely indispensable.

As Liang Chuan's power surged ever higher, torrents of spiritual Qi flooded relentlessly into his body.

Liang Chuan abruptly snapped his eyes open, and a sound echoed from deep within his body.

*Pop.*

It was as if an invisible barrier had been shattered.

"I've finally broken through!"

Overjoyed, Liang Chuan knew this was momentous news for the entire sect. From this day forward, he was officially in the early Core Formation stage!

When word of Liang Chuan's entry into the Core Formation stage spread, the disciples were plunged into wild excitement, for the stronger Liang Chuan grew, the safer they all became.

As the news trickled down, jubilation erupted throughout the entire sect, filled with boundless delight and surprise.

The sect master had reached the Core Formation realm, and at such a young age—a testament to his boundless potential!

Just at that moment, a disciple stationed at Nanyang Town sprinted into the grounds in a panic: "The people from the Sun-Birth Sect have arrived!"

In an instant, everyone present was struck with utter astonishment.

They had come...

They were finally here!

Liang Chuan immediately convened an emergency meeting of the sect's higher-ups. According to the intelligence just received from the stationed disciples, the Sun-Birth Sect had dispatched their entire might!

There might even be a Soul Formation expert among them!