Act I

Chapter I

Dare to ask the heavens, is there an immortal?

In ancient times, there were great sages who helped the world, and spread the profound way to the world for the blessing of all generations, hoping that future generations would be able to glorify the lintel;

In ancient times, the three emperors and five emperors who had contributed to the creation of the gods were all existences that stood up to the heavens and the earth, and such miracles as absorbing stars and changing the moon were just miracles that seemed incredible to ordinary people.

However, whether it is an ordinary man like a fine dust, or an ancient sage who has made great achievements for eternity, they cannot escape the claws of time, and after all, it is just a splash in the long river of time.

The road of "flying immortals" that made the three emperors and five emperors fascinated had already been filled with ashes turned into dry bones.

Immortality, heaven and earth live together.

Is "immortal" a real life or a fantasy of the ancient emperors? All this will eventually become an unsolved mystery, forever buried in the dust of history.

And the only one who knows the truth of the immortals is probably the three emperors and five emperors who have disappeared......

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"Please ask this immortal master to be accommodating, here is a hundred-year-old ginseng, which is a treasure that the little old man accidentally found when he was hunting in the mountains, and please accept the immortal master with a smile!"

"Well, yes, it's really a nearly hundred-year-old Xuanshen, although it hasn't reached the fire yet, but it's not far away! Don't worry, since I took your things, it is naturally considered to be your affection, this kid can follow me for a while!"

"Hey, thank you, Immortal Master! Little Lao'er remembers your great kindness and virtue, and will definitely offer your tablet to worship at home day and night in the future!"

"Bah, I'm not dead yet, what am I doing to worship Immortal Master? Okay, don't talk nonsense, after the qualification elder has tested the root bone and approved, he will have the opportunity to become a disciple of my Spirit Beast Sect!"

"But I can say ugly things ahead, if your kid is not qualified and can't cultivate, then I can't do anything but find an errand for him to do!"

"Immortal master, you are relieved, in the future, it will all depend on the arrangement of the immortal master, isn't there a saying in the immortal family that 'if there is something in life, there is one, and if there is no one'?

"That's called 'sometimes in life must be there, life is not always forced', what kind of mess, okay, okay, I will take over the matter of your century-old ginseng, and what the final result will depend on his own creation!"

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"Okay, you Zhang Qi, you dare to apply for the assessment with such a patina-mottled qualification, I think you have an itchy butt and want to move a position, right?"

"Hey, no, no, no elder forgive me, even if you lend me a hundred dares, I don't dare to make a mistake in front of you!"

"This sub-root bone qualification is extremely blunt, even if you cultivate for a hundred years, it is impossible to make an inch, say, did you accept a bribe from anyone, otherwise it will never be impossible for you to see it with your own eyesight!"

"Wronged, elder, listen to me, before the disciple went up the mountain, there was a village where the neighbors had a very good relationship, and this time when I went down the mountain, I happened to meet him, and I heard that the disciple had been cultivating in the Immortal Sect, and I was really envious, so I entrusted me to bring this child and find a miscellaneous errand in the sect. You see there is a hundred-year-old ginseng here, I will inform him of your preferences, elder, my neighbor is also sensible, I immediately sent this ginseng, I want to entrust my hand to send it to you, I hope you are old and respectful and accommodating!"

"Well~ This ginseng fire is indeed not bad, this time you are a first-time offender, and you have no selfishness to help your friends and neighbors when you were young, so you will not be punished. However, I confiscated this ginseng to demonstrate solemnity, and if I commit it again in the future, I will be punished!"

"Elder, you have taught you a lesson, and the disciple knows his mistakes!"

"That's it, this kid's temperament is not bad, you should send him to be a miscellaneous disciple, it just so happened that Li Fugui, who was in charge of this alchemy valley, suffered some cold a few days ago, and actually died of illness on the bed, and the position of the miscellaneous servant of this alchemy valley was vacant. ”

"Okay, the disciple will lead him forward, thank you for the elder's accommodation!"

"Hmm~ Elder Ben has always been iron-faced and selfless in the qualification review of the sect, but today I have received your hundred-year-old Xuan ginseng, but there is no explanation, so let's do it, this bottle of 'Qi Condensing Pill' will be rewarded to you." ”

"Thank you, Elder, thank you, Elder! Disciple must remember the teachings and never be in vain!"

"Well, go ahead. ”

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Jiang Hao slowly closed the ancient book that recorded the legend of "immortals", and then carefully put it back on the red Huamu bookcase.

As a miscellaneous disciple, you can't just mess with the things in the Library Pavilion.

But Jiang Hao himself was a seventeen-year-old boy, and he always had the idea of exploring the things he had always longed to contact in his heart, and this idea had already germinated many years before he entered the Spirit Beast Sect and became a miscellaneous disciple.

Usually, there are law enforcement disciples patrolling, but today the law enforcement disciple left first because he was in a hurry, so Jiang Hao took the opportunity to secretly take down a collection of books that told the history of the cultivation realm and looked at it carefully.

The content of the book is roughly to introduce this bizarre world of cultivation, which is really an eye-opener for Jiang Hao today.

The cultivation realm, as the name suggests, is the world of cultivators, in this vast and boundless world, almost everyone has the dream of cultivating to become an immortal, but often only one out of hundreds of people can stand out.

Why is this? Because if you want to cultivate the truth, you must have the root bone qualification that is suitable for cultivating the truth, so what is the root bone qualification?

According to the records of the Ancient Book of the True World, the root bone is the most important thing that determines a person's talent and understanding, and it has been conceived in the baby's body since the mother was conceived in October.

People with good root bone qualifications only need to spend half or even less time to achieve twice the result with half the effort, while people with poor root bone qualifications can not achieve anything famous even if they spend three, double or even longer time.

This is the gap in the qualifications of the root bones.

"The patina is mottled, and the cultivation is really waste", Jiang Hao still remembered the words spit out by the arrogant qualified elder when he touched his bones, which was so harsh and profound that he still couldn't forget that scene eight years later.

The cultivation of the root bone qualification is divided into nine grades, and it is said that even eating and drinking can be regarded as cultivation, even if it is a tour of the mountains and water, the cultivation can gradually increase. And the mortals who live at the bottom of the cultivation realm have so bad qualifications that they may not be able to step into the threshold of cultivation with all their life's energy.

This is the cultivation realm, cruel and realistic.

Why can't you cultivate the truth without good root bone qualifications? Jiang Hao thought again and again.

A bold and dangerous decision arose in his mind, normally he would not have had access to the books in the Library, but today he could!

If you dare to think about it, you dare to do it, Jiang Hao searched carefully on the bookcase, and finally found a dusty introductory exercise cheatbook, after all, this is only the first floor of the library pavilion, and it is basically some knowledge and dissent in the cultivation realm, and the exercises and cheats that can be referred to are simply a drop in the bucket.

Extracting the books from the pile of books and laboriously sweeping away the dust on them, Jiang Hao set his eyes on the delicate small words on the cover of the book.

The Book of Catastrophe

This book is about a finger thick, the pages are yellowed and old, and it is estimated that it has been many years old.

Jiang Hao is literate, in addition to his own wonderful literacy, but also thanks to the fact that he has studied with the teacher in the school for a few years, but since the famine in his hometown, all the people in the village have fled, he has never read again.

And the old father and mother, who were full of expectations to send him to the Spirit Beast Sect, were also drowned in the crowd of people fleeing the famine and disappeared, and now Jiang Hao is the only one in this world, and he has no relatives.

But the loss of his parents was not so uncomfortable for Jiang Hao, and an inexplicable feeling in his mind seemed to give him a hint that even if he was alone, he could live well.

Maybe he was an orphan in his previous life, Jiang Hao couldn't help but laugh at himself every time he thought about it.

With tenacity and tenacity, Jiang Hao has lived a life of being full of food and drink although he is not rich for eight years, but he does not worry about food and clothing.

Compared with the immortal masters of the Spirit Beast Sect who have not seen each other for several months, the hard days of the miscellaneous servants in the outer gate are more like the wind, frost, rain and snow that only exist in the mortal world, and it is inevitable that they will be vulgar in the ethereal dust.

The miscellaneous disciple's monthly silver lu is three hundred taels of silver, which is a lot of wealth if placed in the mundane world, enough to be able to open a teahouse shop in some larger cities, but if it is in the cultivation realm, it is really worthless.

Among the mundane, some of the people of Dawn are extremely poor, and they may not be able to earn a few thousand taels of silver in their lifetime, but when they reach the cultivation realm, an ordinary spirit stone can be exchanged for a thousand taels of silver!

A low-grade Xuanling Stone with the lowest specification is equivalent to one thousand taels of silver, while a medium-grade Xuanling Stone is equal to ten lower-grade Xuanling Stones, which is a full ten thousand taels of silver!

However, no cultivator would have nothing to do with the spirit stone to exchange for gold and silver treasures, just because they were full.

What? What do you ask Lingshi? Alien people!! what is your purpose in invading the cultivation realm?

Frankly speaking, the role of the spirit stone is like the status of gold and silver in the mundane, it is the hard currency of the cultivation realm, but the value of the spirit stone can never be measured by analogy with gold and silver treasures.

Frankly speaking, the grade of the spirit stone is divided according to the concentration and quality of the aura in it, and the grade of the aura is roughly divided into three levels of heaven and earth, that is, the heavenly spirit stone, the earth spirit stone and the Xuan spirit stone, and each level is divided into the lower, middle and upper grades, representing the content of the spiritual energy in the spirit stone.

Generally speaking, the conversion standard between each grade is one to ten, that is, 10 lower-grade Xuanling stones are equivalent to one medium-grade Xuanling stone, and one high-grade Xuanling stone is equivalent to one hundred lower-grade Xuanling stones or ten medium-grade Xuanling stones, and so on.

Of course, some spirit stones are very precious and special, so there is no need for this division, such as the Extreme Spirit Stone.

Lingshi Lingshi, as the name suggests, is a stone containing aura, is a condensation of aura, the more rich and pure the aura, the clearer the color of the spirit stone, and vice versa.

A special spirit stone like the Polar Spirit Stone is not only filled with incomparably pure aura, but also contains a rare "spirit core" inside.

What is a spiritual core? The spiritual core is the core of the spiritual stone, it can secrete spiritual energy independently, it is a priceless treasure in the cultivation realm, if its spiritual power is exhausted, the spiritual core will become an ornament, and there is a polar spiritual stone to be able to produce the spiritual core. Many of the more powerful magic boats or shuttles in the cultivation realm generally use high-grade spirit stone envoys, and only a very few top-grade magic weapons can use extreme spirit stones, which shows that their preciousness is staggering.

Jiang Hao looked left and right, and after finding that no one had found out for the time being, he carefully hid the "Book of Measuring Heavenly Robbery" in his clothes and put it away close to his body, so as not to be discovered.

It must be known that stealing books from the library pavilion without permission is a felony, even if the official disciples of the sect are discovered, they will be severely punished, and if the circumstances are serious, it may even be abolished to be expelled from the mountain gate, Jiang Hao is desperate this time!

After putting away the books, Jiang Hao grabbed the broom he used for cleaning and walked towards the outside of the library pavilion.

"Hmm, Jiang Hao, did you finish cleaning so quickly?" Unfortunately, as soon as Jiang Hao walked to the door of the library pavilion, he bumped into Senior Brother Luo, a patrol disciple who was rushing towards him.

"Not yet, Senior Brother Luo, why did you come back so soon?" Jiang Hao's face did not change, and he said calmly.

"Oh, I've come to the library to borrow scriptures, and there is a senior sister at the inner door who needs to borrow them urgently. After Senior Brother Luo finished speaking, he walked straight towards the bookcase that Jiang Hao had just come out of!

Jiang Haoxin said it badly, but he didn't show any expression on his face, grabbed the broom and pretended to bother.

After a while, Senior Brother Luo walked out steadily, holding a few books of the experience type in his hand, Jiang Hao looked at it and felt relieved, fortunately it was not the exercise book he had just stolen.

"Jiang Hao-" Just as he was thinking to himself, he heard Senior Brother Luo shouting, Jiang Hao came back to his senses and looked blankly.

"Jiang Hao, have you seen an ancient book called 'The Book of Measuring Heavenly Robbery'?" Senior Brother Luo said with a frown.

"What book?" Jiang Hao chuckled in his heart, but pretended to be puzzled.

"The Book of Measuring the Heavenly Robbery, there is probably such a thick one. Senior Brother Luo stretched out a hand and gestured.

"No, I didn't see any books when I was cleaning just now, and I don't dare to read them......" Jiang Hao smiled bitterly, "Are you sure it's on the bookcase over there, you can't be mistaken, Senior Brother Luo?"

"No, I was still on patrol the other day. Senior Brother Luo wondered, "Why is it gone?"

"Senior Brother Luo, what kind of book is this "Book of Measuring Tribulations"?" Jiang Hao took a deep breath and suddenly asked.

"I don't know, but I'm not afraid to tell you that it's an ominous book, and no one in the entire Spirit Beast Sect dares to cultivate that exercise secret book, and I don't know who took it. Senior Brother Luo shook his head and said.

"Ah, no one dares to cultivate that secret book, what does that mean?" Jiang Hao was surprised.

"Well, don't be scared when you say it, that "Book of Measuring Tribulation Heaven" is a secret book handed down by the Ancestor Spirit Saint Venerable of this sect. Senior Brother Luo said with a solemn face, "It is said that there has been nothing good since that exercise entered the Spirit Beast Sect, and there are seventeen senior sisters, senior brothers, uncles, and even senior uncles and ancestors who have cultivated that exercise before and after being killed by the Heavenly Tribulation!"

"???" Jiang Hao opened his mouth wide, "Hacked to death by the Heavenly Tribulation?"

Heavenly Tribulation, a kind of heaven and earth order that has existed since ancient times, all those who have committed murder or amazing talents will be subjected to this catastrophe, and will be split into ashes by the heavenly thunder that fell from the nine heavens.

Of course, not everyone died under the Heavenly Tribulation, but most of the people who survived were either disabled or became invalids, so the Heavenly Tribulation is something that makes people in the cultivation realm talk about it different.

"Yes, it was killed by the Heavenly Tribulation. Senior Brother Luo nodded and said, "Seventeen seniors died under the catastrophe and could not die well, so this secret book was also discarded by the third-generation patriarch of this sect and thrown into the first floor of the library pavilion as an ornament, and no one could cultivate it to the point of crossing the catastrophe anyway." ”

"So that's the case, such a terrifying cheat should really be sealed, otherwise one day it might be the same as who will be harmed!" Jiang Hao said with wide eyes.

"That's fine, if the book is gone, the senior sister should be dead. Senior Brother Luo said to himself, and then walked straight out of the Scripture Pavilion, "You continue to clean, I'll go first." ”

"Okay, Senior Brother Luo, go slowly. Jiang Hao nodded and said.

Seeing off Senior Brother Luo, Jiang Hao found that he was soaked in sweat.

"It's really evil, I don't want to die in the catastrophe. Jiang Hao hurriedly hid in a secluded corner and took out the cheats from his arms to put them back.

But when he took out the cheats, his expression was suddenly stunned.

The original yellow books were soaked with his sweat, and suddenly lines of small characters appeared on the book cover:

"Yu knows that this "Book of Measuring and Tribulating Heaven" is notorious, so it is branded here with mana, and if the younger generations get this secret book, they must not blindly cultivate!"

After reading this, Jiang Hao suddenly felt a sudden burst in his heart for no reason, and continued to look behind.

"Where there is a will, there is a way, this mark needs sweat to be stimulated, and those who do not have the perseverance will achieve nothing in their lives if they practice this skill. You must know that wealth and wealth are taken in danger, and the fairy road is sought in chaos!"

"All future generations who get this secret book must be people with extremely poor root bone qualifications, and have never practiced other exercises, otherwise the cultivation will definitely fail!"

"This book has been passed down from ancient times, and now there are very few powerful people in the cultivation realm, and there is only one in ten thousand who can be worthy of this great task!"

"However, why are our monks afraid of difficulties? When we overcome obstacles and move forward, we will be able to fly to the immortals on the day when we achieve great achievements!"

"If you can't succeed in cultivating this method, remember that you must never force it, and those who don't listen to the advice of our generation will turn into ashes!"

"If you can cultivate, my generation of monks, horizontal and vertical, are fighting for their lives with the sky, what is there to fear?"

The small characters are all here, signed "Xuanzun of the Law of Destruction", and the time is the 21st year of the Xianqin calendar