Immortality Path: From the Blind Man at the Pharmacy-Chapter 398 - 217. Playing Unconventionally, Breaking Through the True Spirit Realm (4.4K - Subscription Requested)

Chapter 398: 217. Playing Unconventionally, Breaking Through the True Spirit Realm (4.4K - Subscription Requested)

After entering the room, Jing Shifei sat by the window, her ink-like black hair and snow-like robes making her seem like a portrait, with the faint semblance of black and white energy undulating around the neck of the garment.

Song Cheng could feel the vitality of this torso.

With every increase in Realm, longevity would be extended, imparting youthful vigor to an otherwise aging body...

The losers would be buried in the dirt, becoming skeletons; only those who succeeded could maintain their beauty while ceaselessly climbing higher.

"Song, what urgent matter brings you?" Jing Shifei asked first.

Song Cheng organized his thoughts and began to relay the suggestions he had gotten from "Sister An and Hua."

He would not hide anything or play coy with an ally.

Because hiding a bit of secret for some inexplicable reason, thinking "it should be fine," and then causing serious consequences... such events were not uncommon.

Jing Shifei frowned and said directly, "Admit the path of the Mourning Spirit? Song, if it were anyone else, they would have been driven out by now.

You have climbed up from the lowest depths; you should know how terrifying the Ghost Tide is.

More Great Mourning Spirits mean stronger and more frequent Ghost Tides.

And... if the Ghost Tide were several times stronger, do you think a Dynasty would have the chance to catch its breath? Would there be the possibility of a genius like you emerging?"

"I’ve seen it, you escaped from Tang River Village, then you went to Shanghe County, confronting the Ghost Tide in the Human World’s county town, and then you went to the Prefectural City.

But if at the very beginning, you were faced with an extremely terrifying Ghost Tide, with overwhelming numbers, you... might have simply died in that Shanghe County."

"To mortals, we are deities.

But we must also protect the Human World.

For if the Human World is destroyed, then ultimately we cannot remain unaffected.

Any one decision we make could bring about an unbearable disaster for the Human World."

Song Cheng said, "Auntie, it’s just a temporary measure... to first lure out the enemy and break their plans. Then slowly explain ’what it means to recognize the path of the Mourning Spirits.’"

Jing Shifei said coldly, "Changing orders by the night?"

Song Cheng sighed, "Auntie, you’ve been a deity for too long."

Jing Shifei fell silent, her beautiful eyes slightly closed, and after contemplating for a moment, her thoughts became clear...

In fact, she had already had an inkling of the "third party scheme" that Song Cheng had mentioned, as well as using the "conflict between True Spirits and Mourning Spirits" to stir up strife among the Seven Great Powers.

Recently, the Mysterious Clear Palace indeed felt like chaos was budding, and even Huang Taixuan, whom she had raised from a child, seemed restless before her.

She had thought it was just a natural resistance, but now that she thought about it, many details were connecting together, all suggesting Song Cheng’s words, "even if not exact truth, were probably close to it."

However, to ask her to change her stance...

It seemed Song Cheng had seen through Jing Shifei’s hesitation, so he said, "Auntie, the focus is not about admitting the path of the Mourning Spirits, but about... it’s possible to seek and explore whether the Masters of Mountains and Rivers who have reached their limit might become Mourning Spirits with their wits intact.

It gives those elders a chance, a glimmer of hope, rather than driving them relentlessly to a dead end...

If they can retain their sanity and become Mourning Spirits, they can continue their cultivation.

But if they lack reason, even if they’re promptly eradicated, no one can complain."

Jing Shifei said, "Eradicating a Great Mourning Spirit, you say it so lightly, you..."

Suddenly, she paused, her mind filled with all sorts of unusual insights the young man before her had demonstrated.

The air suddenly grew quiet.

After a while, Jing Shifei suddenly said, "Song Cheng, if I teach you the ’Water Spirit Illuminating Heaven Scripture,’ how long will it take you to master it?"

Song Cheng hesitated.

Jing Shifei said, "I know you can have revelations, but a True Spirit Realm Cultivation Technique is not that easy."

Song Cheng asked, "Do I need to start my training all over?"

Jing Shifei shook her head, "No need, it’s just that you won’t be able to practice spells corresponding to the Realm."

Song Cheng said, "If so, within a hundred years, I shall reach Perfection."

He knew that mastering a Mountains and Rivers Seal of a Master of Mountains and Rivers could take thousands of years, and for beings like Elder Chen, even spending their entire lives would not grant them insight into the True Spirit Realm level.

A hundred years was already extraordinarily fast.

He was also considering this because Jing Shifei had already seen his secret.

With a hundred years, he could also accumulate new points, and then he would be able to face various problems again.

Even though he had become a Master of Mountains and Rivers, Song Cheng was always clear on what he needed.

Cultivation Techniques, time.

Not slaughter, not conflict.

Thus, he wouldn’t carve a bloody path through the Mysterious Clear Palace, but would muddy the waters as much as possible to create a peaceful time for his cultivation.

"Hundred years... Perfection..."

Jing Shifei felt almost speechless, an impulse inside her wanted to roar "How audacious!" But the person before her was Song Cheng, so she restrained herself and calmly asked, "And if you fail, what then?"

Song Cheng said resolutely, "I will accept any punishment."

Jing Shifei shook her head, "I don’t need to punish you, as long as you stand with me and Chanxi, that’s fine.

Then... a hundred years, I will give you a hundred years. During these hundred years, I will suppress all conflicts as much as possible.

As for the ’true spirit and mourning spirit’ dispute, I will proceed as you have said."

Saying these words, she had the feeling she was going mad.

However, if anyone had seen the speed of Song Cheng’s cultivation, they would think this kind of "investment" was quite appropriate.

Currently, the Mysterious Clear Palace actually had only two True Spirit Realm individuals.

One was the Palace Master and the other was Jing Shifei, both residing to the left and right of the main hall’s primary residences.