Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Two months passed in a flash.

The scorching summer had arrived, with the weather getting hotter day by day.

However, within the Hidden Dragon Pavilion, it remained cool as spring, with a pleasant temperature.

At this moment, in a garden of the mansion, a group of women surrounded the eldest lady Chen Ying, looking at the child in her arms with full admiration.

"Sister, look at this child, so fair and tender, looking truly beautiful. When Zhi'er grows up, she will definitely be as peerlessly graceful as Sister."

The one speaking was a woman with a celestial beauty, none other than one of the four concubines, Chen Ling'er.

Since giving birth, Chen Ying's figure had become slightly plump, yet she appeared even more dazzling and charming.

She pretended to sigh and said, "Alas, it's unfortunate that she's a daughter and not a son!"

These words immediately stirred a pang of envy among the other wives and concubines, with the more scheming ones secretly cursing.

Chen Shuang'er showed a hint of grievance on her face, chuckled bitterly, and said, "Sister, don't joke. We sisters also want a child, but unfortunately, our bellies are not cooperative and we cannot conceive!"

"By the way, where is our husband now? We haven't seen him at all these past half a month. Which courtyard has he been staying in recently?"

Chen Qi'er, dressed in a bright red palace robe, looked stunning, yet her words contained a subtle hint of resentment.

"No idea!"

"Husband hasn't been to my Huixin Courtyard for ten days."

"Hmph, he's not here with me anyway!"

When this sensitive topic was brought up, the women all spoke to deny it.

Finally, it was Chen Ying who settled the matter, calmly saying, "No need to argue, sisters. Husband has gone into closed-door cultivation since the full-moon banquet of Zhi'er, and he hasn't come out till now!"

Upon hearing this, the women suddenly lost their interest in talking.

At this moment, in one of the cultivation rooms of the Hidden Dragon Pavilion, the Light Stones embedded in the walls illuminated the stone room as bright as daylight.

Zhao Sheng stood quietly before a Jade Table, holding a Spiritual Artifact Talisman Pen with his right hand, suspended in mid-air, the pen tip exuding strands of white electric light.

On the Jade Table, a piece of Second-Order Thunder Frog Skin was spread out, eight inches long and three inches wide, with a surface that was pure white and smooth, yet faintly revealing countless delicate thunder patterns.

In the next second, Zhao Sheng gently moved the talisman pen, as if moving clouds and flowing water,

As the pen danced like a dragon and snake, streams of dazzling runes continuously flowed from the pen tip, gradually constructing an intricate and winding light talisman with flashing thunder light.

Under Zhao Sheng's pen, the extremely difficult top-grade Second Order thunder escape talisman was completed in one stroke!

However, just after completing the thunder talisman, Zhao Sheng did not stop writing, instead he began drawing again from the starting point, still moving clouds and flowing water, completing it in one stroke!

Two layers,

Three layers,

...

Until the twelfth layer was complete, Zhao Sheng finally slowly lifted the pen and finished.

At this moment, the original light talisman was layer upon layer, its edges shrouded in rings of white light halo, emitting a gentle yet piercing brilliance, looking like a "Bright Pearl" suspended in mid-air.

This was the moment when there was only one last step left to truly complete the talisman.

Zhao Sheng formed a Thunder Seal with his hands, Divine Light flashed across his forehead, and he called out in a low voice, "The talisman astounds Ghost God, returns to the acupoint and seals... fall!"

In an instant, the "Bright Pearl" fell in response, flashing into the Thunder Frog Skin, transforming into an intricate and winding, irregular talisman pattern.

Zhao Sheng lifted the pen again, injecting Cloud Peak Thunder Power into the pen tip, painting several sealing runes at the corners of the talisman to seal the thunder escape rune.

Only then was this twelve-layer thunder escape talisman completely finished!

Zhao Sheng lifted the pen, seemingly satisfied with a smile, feeling that his Talisman Tao skills had recovered to fifty percent.

He quickly stored away the thunder escape talisman and spread out another piece of Thunder Frog Skin.

After a moment of regulation, he began creating the second thunder escape talisman.

Day rose and fell, time slowly passed!

Seven days later, Zhao Sheng sat cross-legged on a cushion, torrents of rumbling sounds came from within him, with a thick blood light enveloping his body.

The blood light was dense as water, yet it bore no trace of evil intent, instead exuding a faint sacred aura.

For a long time, the blood light gradually retracted into Zhao Sheng's body, and the rumbling sounds slowly faded away.

After spending three days, he successfully cultivated a Forbidden Technique named "Blood Burning Marrow Burning Great Method."

This spell came from the "Blood Soul Scripture," though the casting cost was enormous, it was extremely easy to fathom, and its power astonishing, comparable to the "White Bone Slaying God Sword."

The reason he chose to cultivate such a forbidden technique was because of his Talent for Blood and Flesh Rebirth.

Ordinary people would run out of blood and marrow after casting it a few times, but Zhao Sheng could perform it as a regular spell.

This method was truly a providential spell, perfectly suited for him.

An hour later, Zhao Sheng used his cultivation skills to recover the consumed Spiritual Power, then counted the treasures in the Sumeru Space.

Then, he changed into a new Daoist robe and used techniques to alter his appearance and physique.

After completing these, he stood up and suddenly vanished into thin air from his original spot.

...

Eight thousand miles southwest of the Cunning Leopard Chen Family territory lies a stretch of thousands of miles of hilly land.

In the center of this hilly region grows the Da Chun Divine Tree, nearly twenty thousand years old.

Returning City is built on the trunk of this Divine Tree, similarly suspended as a giant city. Compared to the one in the Chen Family, this city boasts a grander architectural style, though less refined.

Within the city, tall buildings stand everywhere, various shops are seen all around, and the workshops are clearly divided with distinct functions.

However, the area encircling the trunk is known as the inner city.

Here, beautiful Spirit Palace Treasure Halls and vast gardens were specially established, along with hundreds of dense Spiritual Energy-filled cave mansions scattered throughout the forest gardens, some private, others available for rent.