Chapter 972: Great Opportunity

Lin Shaoyou was already old, and this reversal of blood and qi made him unable to bear it. He never woke up after this sleep. He died in the underworld after only three days, without even leaving a last word.

After this incident, he died almost ten years earlier.

With his death, not only could he not repay the good deeds he owed, but he also made his disciple Zhou Fuhu bear a lot of debts.

Xia Youqing and Han Yan couldn't bear it, so they took out some spirit stones to make up for his shortfall.

Lin Shaoyou's death did not cause much impact in Ziyang Sect except that Zhang Zhixuan felt that there was one less old man.

After all, the size of Ziyang Sect is already very large now, and the life and death of a ninth-level Jindan cultivator is insignificant and not worth the attention of fellow cultivators.

In a few hundred years, except for his friends and relatives, ordinary Qi training and foundation building cultivators may not remember that the sect had such a Jindan ancestor who was unlucky and lacked opportunities.

Lin Shaoyou's funeral was quite simple, but there were two Yuanying ancestors at the funeral.

In addition to his master Xia Youqing, Han Yan also rushed back from Tianyuan Island to pay tribute to this old friend.

In the battle of Lingjing Mountain that year, Lin Shaoyou saved Han Yan's life, and after this battle, the two became very good friends.

Han Yan was also a very important factor in Lin Shaoyou's ability to fight for Peiying Pill.

In addition to Lin Shaoyou, Ziyang Sect also has two ninth-level Jindan cultivators, Zhang Yunlan and Wei Jinwen.

Hearing that the sect had obtained a sixth-level soul-nourishing wood, the two immediately took action and began to find connections and borrow good deeds to grab this opportunity.

Zhang Zhixuan Qingchan had just come out of retreat when a spiritual light flew in and a sound transmission note flew towards him.

Zhang Zhixuan sat opposite Qingchan, pointed at the sound transmission talisman in his hand and said, "It's Lanniang, it seems to be for the sixth-level soul-nourishing wood."

Qingchan frowned and said, "Lanniang's life span has just passed 600 years, so she may not need to take the path of Dharmakaya and Nascent Soul, right?"

Zhang Zhixuan sighed, "I'm afraid her ambition is not very high, and she is not sure about refining Nascent Soul. After all, even Hanyan and Yisheng have been stuck in the ninth level of Jindan for 200 years. Her spiritual roots are not as good as the two of them, and it is unknown how long it will take for the sect to refine the next furnace of Nurturing Nascent Soul Pill? Moreover, there are already demons descending to the world in the Demon Cloud Cave, which increases the difficulty of killing the demon Nascent Soul. She must have considered this very clearly."

There are thousands of cultivators in the Yuanyang Realm, and not every one of them has a firm heart of Tao.

Some people embark on the path of cultivating immortals just to have more lifespan, more powerful strength, or even to be superior to others in the mortal world and to act tyrannically.

There are only a few cultivators like Zhang Zhixuan and Qingchan who aim to become immortals and live forever in the world of cultivating immortals.

Some people have good aptitude and opportunities, and can cultivate to the Golden Core Yuanying, but their confidence in seeking the Tao may not be as good as that of a minor Qi training cultivator.

Zhang Zhixuan took the risk to break through the barrier, risking a one-thirtieth probability to impact the foundation-building stage. There are now ten Yuanyings in Ziyang Sect, and no more than one person has such determination.

Once you choose the Dharmakaya Yuanying, it is almost like ruining the Tao.

In the history of Yuanyang Realm for hundreds of thousands of years, although one or two cultivators who took the path of Dharmakaya Yuanying were lucky enough to cultivate the Yuanshen, none of them ascended to become immortals.

Zhang Zhixuan also understood Zhang Yunlan's choice and did not force it.

Qingchan looked at Zhang Zhixuan, who was silent, and said, "I'm afraid that Lan Niang will need us to speak for her this time."

"We two don't need to come forward directly, but Lan Niang's spiritual roots, merits, and qualifications are not much different from Wei Jinwen. Whoever can show more good deeds can get the Soul-Nourishing Wood."

Zhang Zhixuan said this, and the rules naturally favored Zhang Yunlan secretly.

After all, Zhang Yunlan has several relatives in the Nascent Soul stage. Han Yan, Zhang Zhixuan, and Qing Chan are all her elders. When she is about to form a Nascent Soul, they will all give some good deeds to help.

The Jindan and Zifu from the Zhang family cannot sit idly by. The combined strength of this part of the cultivators is already quite impressive.

There are six Jindan cultivators with the surname Zhang in Ziyang Sect, and 26 Zifu cultivators. Even if the Nascent Soul cultivators do not intervene, the financial resources are far more than Wei Jinwen.

The result is naturally not unexpected. None of the more than ten Nascent Soul cultivators in the sect speak for Wei Jinwen. The rule-making is naturally very unfavorable to Wei Jinwen.

He was able to cultivate to the ninth level of Jindan because of chance and good luck. However, when it came to the moment of refining the Nascent Soul, his mediocrity was the biggest mistake.

If this person had extraordinary talent, like Li Yunxiu, he would soon be able to stand out in Ziyang Sect, and the time of forming a Nascent Soul would even be ahead of Tang Yisheng, the direct descendant of the head.

If one has extraordinary luck, such as Tao Hongji, who just joined the sect and happened to catch up with the sixth-level soul-nourishing wood, Li Lingxiu and Tang Yisheng, who were both at the ninth level of the golden elixir and had better conditions at the time, looked down on the path of the Dharmakaya and Nascent Soul.

Although Wei Jinwen gave everything he had, and even shamelessly borrowed a lot of high-interest loans from the Purple Mansion and foundation-building cultivators, he was still not as financially capable as Zhang Yunlan, who had the support of Tiantai Peak.

Before the Nascent Soul cultivators such as Zhang Zhixuan and Hanyan intervened, Zhang Yunlan had already collected 10 million good deeds, leaving Wei Jinwen far behind.

Compared with Zhang Yunlan's smooth sailing, Wei Jinwen still lacked opportunities and luck.

Among the dozens of golden elixirs in the Ziyang Sect, Zhang Yunlan can be considered to have a deep luck. When she was born, the Zhang family of Tiantai Peak was already thriving and had passed the weakest and most humble time.

Compared with Zhang Zhixuan's elders, peers, and even her father Sidao and Sihong, Zhang Yunlan's innate luck far exceeded.

His father Zhang Sidao took the elixir by mistake to save a little spiritual stone and ruined his path. Zhang Tonghuai had amazing perseverance and took risks to break through the foundation-building period. He did not have extra resources to open up the purple mansion, so he went out to risk his life to find opportunities and died outside.

In the battle of Lingjing Mountain, the core monks of Ziyang Sect suffered heavy casualties, and Zhang Yunlan's uncle Zhang Sihong ruined his path. There were also many Zhang family members from Tiantai Peak who died in the battle of Lingjing Mountain. Zhang Yunlan, who participated in the battle of Lingjing Mountain, was not even injured, let alone affected his cultivation progress.

Even if she could not compete with Lin Shaoyou for the infant-cultivating elixir, she soon waited for the soul-nourishing wood.

And Wei Jinwen, who competed with him this time, had a weak foundation. He was born in Qingxuan Sect and had no support from the upper echelons of the sect.

In the battle of Lingjing Mountain, he was only a purple mansion monk and had no experience of fighting side by side with Yuanying monks. The friendship he had established was far from enough.

Several old Jindan who had the best relationship with him, such as Lu Hongniang and Jin Laozu of Qingxuan Sect, did not make it to the end.

Jin Laozu died in the external calamity, and Lu Hongniang was also cut off in the battle of Lingjing Mountain.

No one in the upper echelons of the sect was willing to speak for him, and the rules were naturally inclined to Zhang Yunlan, and even the Yuanying cultivators did not need to intervene, and he could be easily excluded.

After getting the infant-forming spiritual object, Zhang Yunlan immediately closed the death gate and prepared to refine the Yuanying in Lingjing Mountain.

With the protection of Zhang Zhixuan and Qingchan, the difficulty of surviving the thunder calamity and the heart demon calamity was reduced by about 70% to 80%, and Lanniang's refinement of the Yuanying was a foregone conclusion. Even if the potential of the Dharmakaya Yuanying was insufficient, Ziyang Sect could add a Yuanying master to alleviate the situation of the lack of high-level cultivators.