Chapter 601: Chapter 303: The Next Step
Lin Beichen unleashed a strand of spiritual qi, causing the ornate box to move to his hand.
Mr. Li Jiang observed with curiosity.
Inside the ornate box rested a dry wooden block.
Lin Beichen grasped Five Elements Spiritual Qi and transmitted it bit by bit inside, yet after a moment, he revealed a hint of surprise.
No matter how much Five Elements Spiritual Qi he inputted, the dry wood showed no reaction, as if a drop of water had sunk into the river.
Mr. Li Jiang stood behind, cautiously watching Lin Beichen.
"Sir, is there something wrong with this item?"
In this room full of treasures, Lin Beichen touched nothing else but this item. Could it serve another purpose?
Lin Beichen heard and looked at Mr. Li Jiang, asking indifferently:
"In your eyes, what is this item?"
Lin Beichen was testing him.
Mr. Li Jiang’s heart tightened, hurriedly pondering, and after a moment, he cautiously said:
"I discovered this item 200 years ago during a strange celestial phenomenon. Tens of thousands of bolts of lightning struck the deep mountains in one night.
After the lightning, all things withered, only this item retained its original form. I couldn’t understand its mystery at the time, so I placed it here. Sir, does this item truly hold some profound secret?"
Mr. Li Jiang asked cautiously.
He didn’t know what the item was, so he only mentioned its origins, not any judgment.
This is also a way of being tactful.
However, Lin Beichen found joy in his heart and didn’t trouble Mr. Li Jiang excessively.
Lin Beichen placed the wooden block flat, delicately stroking it, afraid to ruin even a fragment.
"Its original form is not important. What matters is that after enduring the lightning, its nature fundamentally changed."
As he spoke, Lin Beichen injected Five Elements Spiritual Qi into it, slightly rotating it. Instantly, the black surface of the wood burst forth spiritual light, shedding its black outer layer and exposing a rainbow glow.
The rainbow glow enveloped the surroundings. Within this glow, Mr. Li Jiang felt incredibly light, as if transformed into a Wandering Dragon roaming the heavens.
In just an instant, for him, the Celestial Gate Passage blocked for hundreds of years cracked open slightly.
All of a sudden, Mr. Li Jiang’s eyes widened in disbelief and he said:
"Sir, can this thing open the Celestial Gate Passage?"
Lin Beichen nodded.
As he continued to input Five Elements Spiritual Qi, the wooden surface shed worldly dust and black ash, transforming into a Seven-Colored Spirit Pill the size of a pebble.
This pill was merely finger-sized, but within the rainbow glow it emitted was an unprecedentedly rich spiritual qi.
Mr. Li Jiang had just touched the Celestial Gate Realm and could already feel the spiritual qi.
He widened his eyes, obsessively gazing at the item, his heart incredibly excited.
"Celestial Gate... Sir, I have employed countless methods throughout my life but could never peek into the Celestial Gate Realm. Does such an item truly exist in this world?"
"Your understanding of Celestial Gate differs from mine. To me, the Celestial Gate Realm means mastering heaven and earth; to you, it merely means mastering spiritual qi, like an ant just learning to look up at the sky."
Lin Beichen said indifferently.
The Seven-Colored Spirit Pill continued to radiate light in his hand, swelling slightly within moments to nearly half a fist size.
"It’s a pity there’s only one pill left. If the original Divine Tree’s roots can be found, it might be used to regenerate life and grow again."
Lin Beichen murmured.
"Sir, can this item truly grow into a Divine Tree again?"
Mr. Li Jiang asked urgently.
Lin Beichen’s description was too profound for him. His imagination was too limited to conceive what mastery of heaven and earth would be like.
So he could only focus on the present.
"Sir, if I can find the roots from back then and replant it, can this Divine Tree help me break through the Celestial Gate Realm?"
Mr. Li Jiang spoke with such intensity that he hardly dared to breathe loudly.
This moment was the closest he had ever been to realizing his centuries-long dream of entering the Celestial Gate Realm, and he couldn’t help but be tense.
"What’s so difficult about breaking through the Celestial Gate Realm? If you can truly revive this thing, not only the Celestial Gate Realm but even Unity of Heaven and Man can be achieved using this item as assistance."
Lin Beichen shook his head, smiling.
He didn’t notice Li Jiang’s expression, almost fainting from excitement, nor did he care what Mr. Li Jiang was thinking.
"This place must be sealed temporarily so I can cultivate here."
Lin Beichen waved his hand, a gust of gale engulfing Mr. Li Jiang and throwing him out of the mountain gate.
"During this time, no one is allowed to disturb me. If anyone forces their way in, their life or death matters not."
Lin Beichen’s voice echoed through the valley, giving Mr. Li Jiang no chance to resist.
Mr. Li Jiang was extremely anxious, with countless questions to ask but dared not disobey Lin Beichen’s orders.
Divine Tree and Tree Roots.
Heaven and Unity of Heaven and Man.
In extreme anxiety, he desperately tried to recall events from hundreds of years ago.
Where exactly had he discovered this item back then?
This was clearly an exceptionally important matter, so why couldn’t he remember after centuries?
Damn, what had he been doing all these hundreds of years?
Mr. Li Jiang felt extreme regret, almost wanting to kill himself.
In the back mountains of the Medicine Immortal Pavilion, there were hundreds of caves, but only Lin Beichen was alive.
He condensed the spiritual qi from the void, slowly circulating it, absorbing Five Elements Spiritual Qi into his body.
For centuries, few had set foot in the back mountains of the Medicine Immortal Pavilion. Apart from Mr. Li Jiang, only the Great Elder of the Medicine Immortal Pavilion occasionally came.